WO2017148214A1

WO2017148214A1 - Discontinuous reception control method and device

Info

Publication number: WO2017148214A1
Application number: PCT/CN2017/000067
Authority: WO
Inventors: 陈中明; 詹俊鹏; 吴昱民
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2016-03-03
Filing date: 2017-01-03
Publication date: 2017-09-08
Also published as: CN107155212A; CN107155212B

Abstract

Provided in embodiments of the present invention are a discontinuous reception control method and device. The method comprises: acquiring an execution request for executing a specific process, wherein the specific process changes an active duration of being in a discontinuous reception (DRX) active state of a terminal; adjusting, according to control information corresponding to the specific process, the active duration of being in the DRX active state of the terminal; and notifying a first base station and/or a second base station of the adjustment, wherein the first base station and the second base station are both connected to the terminal. The embodiments of the present invention address the problem in the related art in which an active duration of a DRX active state is not adjustable when carrier aggregation is performed between cells under different base stations, thus enabling adjustment of the active duration of the DRX active state when carrier aggregation is performed between cells under different base stations.

Description

Discontinuous reception control method and device

Technical field

Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communications, and in particular, to a discontinuous reception control method and apparatus.

Background technique

In the Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, the protocol architecture of the user equipment or the User Equipment (UE) user plane according to the related art is as shown in FIG. 1 . From the bottom to the top, it is divided into the following protocol layers: physical layer (PHY), media access control (MAC), and radio link control (Radio Link Control, RLC for short). ), Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP). The PHY layer mainly transmits information to the MAC layer or higher layer through the transport channel; the MAC layer mainly provides data transmission and is responsible for radio resource allocation through the logical channel, and completes hybrid automatic repeat request (Hybrid ARQ, HARQ for short) and scheduling (Scheduling, Short for SCH), priority processing and multiplexing demultiplexing (MUX), discontinuous reception (DRX), control of discontinuous monitoring and reception of corresponding physical channel signals and data by the UE; RLC layer The segmentation and retransmission service of the user and control data is mainly provided; the PDCP layer mainly performs the delivery of user data to the RRC or the user layer.

For the power saving of the terminal, the discontinuous reception (DRX) technology is adopted, and the terminal can periodically perform monitoring of the physical downlink control channel (Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH for short) according to the configuration. The DRX technology is jointly determined by these parameters configured by RRC: onDurationTimer (monitoring timer), drx-InactivityTimer (disabling DRX timer), drx-RetransmissionTimer (DRX retransmission timer), mac-ContentionResolutionTimer (contention resolution timer), The longDRX-Cycle (long DRX cycle), drxStartOffset (DRX start offset), drxShortCycleTimer (short DRX timer), shortDRX-Cycle (short DRX ring length). In addition, for certain processes, for example, after receiving a new transmission, such as downlink retransmission, such as uplink retransmission, such as non-contention random access downlink data waiting, such as a conflict resolution process, such as a scheduling request (Scheduling Request, For example, the SR) process, the terminal needs to continuously detect the PDCCH for a period of time outside the DRX period. For this purpose, a DRX activation time (Active Time) is defined. When the terminal is in the activation time, the PDCCH needs to be detected without special circumstances. The activation time of this DRX is shown in Figure 2. For the above process, and the configuration of DRX, an irregular activation time is formed.

In order to provide a higher data rate to mobile users, carrier aggregation (Carrier Aggregation (CA) is introduced. After the UE enters the connected state, it can simultaneously communicate with the source base station through multiple component carriers (such as CC1, CC2) and introduce the master. A primary cell (referred to as a Pcell) and a secondary cell (Scell). In the subsequent stage of carrier aggregation, the number of Scells will increase due to the increase in the amount of data. If the number of Scells is increased to four, the scenario will be relaxed. For example, Remote Radio Head (RRH) and Repeater (repeat) are supported. ), a Tracking Area (TA) cannot solve the problem, so multiple TAs will be introduced. For the convenience of management, the serving cells using the same TA are classified into one TA group. At this time, the TA group including the Pcell is a primary TA group (pTAG), and a TA group that does not include a Pcell is a secondary TA group (abbreviated as sTAG). Since multiple serving cells are in the same base station, the protocol structure of the user plane does not change. For different serving cells, the same DRX mechanism is adopted. A terminal that supports carrier aggregation is called CAUE.

Due to the needs of network deployment, multiple base stations may be deployed nearby, and the delay between base stations is very short, making it possible for carriers between base stations to perform carrier aggregation. However, since carrier aggregation is performed by cells of a plurality of base stations, the conventional carrier aggregation technology cannot be completely reused.

The problem of the activation duration adjustment of the DRX activation state cannot be achieved when performing carrier aggregation between cells in different base stations in the related art, and an effective solution has not been proposed yet.

Summary of the invention

Embodiments of the present invention provide a discontinuous reception control method and apparatus method and apparatus, At least the problem of the activation duration adjustment of the DRX activation state cannot be achieved when performing carrier aggregation between cells in different base stations in the related art.

According to an aspect of an embodiment of the present invention, a discontinuous reception control method is provided, comprising: acquiring an execution request for executing a specific process, wherein the specific process changes an activation duration of a terminal in a discontinuous reception DRX activation state; The control information corresponding to the specific process adjusts the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state; notifying the first base station and/or the second base station, wherein the first base station and the The second base station establishes a connection with the terminal.

Optionally, the adjusting the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state according to the control information corresponding to the specific process includes: acquiring pre-configured timing control information corresponding to the specific process, where The timing control information is used to indicate a predetermined duration required to perform the specific process; and the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state is adjusted according to the predetermined duration.

Optionally, the adjusting the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state according to the control information corresponding to the specific process comprises: acquiring a predetermined trigger request corresponding to the specific process, where the predetermined The trigger request is used to request entry or exit of the specific process; and the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state is adjusted according to the predetermined trigger request.

Optionally, the adjusting the duration of the activation of the terminal in the DRX activation state according to the predetermined duration includes: acquiring a first time corresponding to a sum of a current time and the predetermined duration; comparing the first a time and initial activation time, wherein the initial activation time is a maximum of the activation time length of the first base station in the DRX activation state and the activation time length of the second base station in the DRX activation state When the first time is greater than or equal to the initial activation time, the first time is used as an end time of the terminal in the DRX activation state; when the first time is less than the initial activation time, The initial activation time is taken as the end time of the terminal in the DRX activation state.

Optionally, the obtaining an execution request for performing a specific process includes: receiving the first base station And/or specific process status update indication information sent by the second base station, where the specific process status update indication information is used to indicate that the terminal enters the specific process; or acquires a specific process status update initiated by the terminal The request, wherein the specific process status update request carries indication information for instructing the terminal to enter the specific process.

Optionally, the receiving, by the first base station, and/or the second base station, the specific process state update indication information includes at least one of: receiving the first base station and/or the second base station sending a new transmission scheduling indication information, where the new transmission scheduling indication information is used to indicate that the terminal enters a forbidden DRX process; and receives downlink assignment indication information sent by the first base station and/or the second base station, where The downlink assignment indication information is used to indicate that the terminal enters a downlink retransmission waiting process, and receives uplink grant indication information sent by the first base station and/or the second base station, where the uplink grant indication information is used to indicate The terminal enters an uplink retransmission process.

Optionally, the obtaining the specific process status update request initiated by the terminal includes at least one of: acquiring an uplink scheduling request initiated by the terminal, where the uplink scheduling request is used to indicate that the terminal requests to enter an uplink scheduling. Obtaining a non-contention random access success request initiated by the terminal, where the non-contention random access success request is used to indicate that the terminal requests to enter a downlink waiting process; and acquiring a conflict request initiated by the terminal, where The conflict request is used to instruct the terminal to request to enter a conflict resolution process.

Optionally, the notifying the adjustment to the first base station and/or the second base station, at least one of: notifying the first base station and/or the second base station, updating the adjusted adjustment procedure, updating The activation time duration of the DRX activation state stored by the first base station and/or the second base station; notifying the first base station and/or the second base station of the adjusted adjustment result, updating the location Determining an activation duration of the DRX activation state stored by the first base station and/or the second base station, where the adjustment result carries an adjusted end time of the DRX activation state.

Optionally, the method further includes: detecting whether the predetermined condition for entering the sleep state is met, wherein the predetermined condition includes at least one of the following: the downlink HARQ feedback continuously detects that the number of times of discontinuous transmission of DTX reaches a first threshold, or The number of times the detected downlink control information is lost reaches a second threshold; after detecting that the terminal meets the predetermined condition, entering the Sleeping state, and notifying the first base station and/or the second base station of the current time as the end time of the terminal in the DRX activation state.

Optionally, before acquiring the execution request of the specific process, the method further includes: receiving the discontinuous reception DRX command sent by the first base station and/or the second base station, where the discontinuous reception DRX command is at least used The cycle type indicating that the terminal is in the DRX activation state, the cycle type includes: a short DRX cycle and a long DRX cycle; and acquiring, according to the discontinuous reception DRX command, the start of the terminal to enter the DRX activation state time.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a discontinuous reception control method is further provided, including: when a terminal acquires an execution request for executing a specific process, adjusting, according to control information corresponding to the specific process, that the first base station is in Non-continuously receiving an activation duration of a DRX activation state, wherein the specific process changes the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state, and the activation duration of the first base station in the DRX activation state And notifying the second base station to update the activation duration of the second base station that is in the DRX activation state, where the first base station and the second base station both establish a connection with the terminal.

Optionally, when the terminal acquires an execution request for performing a specific process, adjusting, according to the control information corresponding to the specific process, the activation duration of the first base station in a DRX activation state, including: acquiring at the terminal And obtaining, by the terminal, an activation duration of the terminal that is in the DRX activation state according to the pre-configured control information corresponding to the specific process, according to the specific process state update request initiated by the terminal; The activation duration in the DRX activation state adjusts the activation duration of the first base station in the DRX activation state.

Optionally, when the terminal acquires an execution request for performing a specific process, adjusting, according to the control information corresponding to the specific process, the activation duration of the first base station in the DRX activation state includes: And when the terminal acquires the specific process state update indication information sent by the first base station, the activation time length of the first base station in the DRX activation state is adjusted according to the pre-configured control information corresponding to the specific process.

Optionally, notifying the second base station to update the second base station to store the The activation duration of the DRX activation state includes at least one of: transmitting the adjustment adjustment process to the second base station, wherein the adjustment process carries an adjusted end time of the DRX activation state; The second base station sends the adjusted adjustment result, where the adjustment result carries an adjusted end time of the DRX activation state.

According to another aspect of an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a discontinuous reception control apparatus, comprising: a first acquisition module configured to acquire an execution request for executing a specific process, wherein the specific process changes a terminal to be discontinuous Receiving an activation duration of the DRX activation state; the first adjustment module is configured to adjust, according to the control information corresponding to the specific process, the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state; the first notification module is configured to The adjusting informs the first base station and/or the second base station, wherein the first base station and the second base station both establish a connection with the terminal.

Optionally, the first adjustment module includes: a first acquiring unit configured to acquire pre-configured timing control information corresponding to the specific process, where the timing control information is used to indicate that the specific process is performed a predetermined duration required; the first adjustment unit is configured to adjust the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state according to the predetermined duration.

Optionally, the first adjustment module includes: a second obtaining unit, configured to acquire a predetermined trigger request corresponding to the specific process, where the predetermined trigger request is used to request to enter or exit the specific process; And a second adjusting unit, configured to adjust the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state according to the predetermined trigger request.

Optionally, the first adjusting unit is configured to: acquire a first time corresponding to a sum of the current time and the predetermined duration; compare the first time with an initial activation time, where the initial activation time is a maximum value of the activation time length of the first base station in the DRX activation state and the activation time length of the second base station in the DRX activation state; when the first time is greater than or equal to the initial activation time And determining, by the first time, an end time of the terminal in the DRX activation state; when the first time is less than the initial activation time, using the initial activation time as the terminal is in the DRX activation The end time of the state.

Optionally, the first acquiring module includes: a receiving unit, configured to receive specific process state update indication information sent by the first base station and/or the second base station, where the specific process state update indication information And the third acquiring unit is configured to acquire a specific process status update request initiated by the terminal, where the specific process status update request is used to indicate that the terminal enters The indication information of the specific process.

Optionally, the receiving unit is configured to receive at least one of the following: receiving new scheduling indication information sent by the first base station and/or the second base station, where the new scheduling indication information is used to indicate Receiving the downlink retransmission indication information sent by the first base station and/or the second base station, where the downlink allocation indication information is used to indicate that the terminal enters a downlink retransmission waiting process; The uplink grant indication information sent by the first base station and/or the second base station, where the uplink grant indication information is used to indicate that the terminal enters an uplink retransmission process.

Optionally, the third acquiring unit is configured to: acquire the uplink scheduling request initiated by the terminal, where the uplink scheduling request is used to indicate that the terminal requests to enter an uplink scheduling process; And the non-contention random access success request, where the non-contention random access success request is used to indicate that the terminal requests to enter a downlink waiting process; and the conflict request initiated by the terminal is acquired, where the conflict request is used for Instructing the terminal to request to enter a conflict resolution process.

Optionally, the first notification module is configured to notify at least one of: notifying the first base station and/or the second base station, and updating the first base station and/or the Determining an activation duration of the DRX activation state stored by the second base station; notifying the first base station and/or the second base station of the adjusted adjustment result, updating the first base station, and/or the The activation time of the DRX activation state stored by the second base station, wherein the adjustment result carries an adjusted end time of the DRX activation state.

Optionally, the apparatus is further configured to: detect whether a predetermined condition for entering a sleep state is met, wherein the predetermined condition includes at least one of the following: downlink HARQ feedback continuously detects non- The number of times that the DTX is continuously sent reaches the first threshold, or the number of times that the uplink control information is continuously detected in the uplink reaches the second threshold; after detecting that the terminal meets the predetermined condition, the sleep state is entered, and the The first base station and/or the second base station regard the current time as the end time of the terminal in the DRX activation state.

Optionally, the device further includes: a receiving module, configured to receive a discontinuous reception DRX command sent by the first base station and/or the second base station, where the discontinuous reception DRX command is at least used to indicate The terminal is in the cycle type of the DRX activation state, the cycle type includes: a short DRX cycle, a long DRX cycle, and a second acquisition module, configured to acquire the terminal to enter the DRX according to the discontinuous reception DRX command The start time of the activation state.

According to another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a discontinuous reception control apparatus, comprising: a second adjustment module, configured to: when the terminal acquires an execution request for executing a specific process, according to the specific process Corresponding control information adjusts an activation duration of the first base station in a discontinuous reception DRX activation state, wherein the specific process changes the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state, and the first base station is in the Determining the activation duration of the DRX activation state; the second notification module is configured to notify the second base station to update the second base station to update the activation duration of the DRX activation state stored by the second base station, where the A base station and the second base station both establish a connection with the terminal.

Optionally, the second adjustment module includes: a fourth acquiring unit, configured to acquire, according to the pre-configured and the specific process, the terminal, when the terminal acquires a specific process state update request initiated by the terminal Adjusting, by the corresponding control information, the activation time of the terminal in the DRX activation state; the third adjustment unit is configured to adjust, according to the activation duration of the DRX activation state, the first base station is in the DRX The activation time of the activation state.

Optionally, the second adjustment module is configured to: when the terminal acquires the specific process state update indication information sent by the first base station, adjust the first according to the pre-configured control information corresponding to the specific process The base station is in the activation time of the DRX activation state.

Optionally, the second notification module is configured to be at least one of: sending the location to the second base station The adjustment process of the adjustment, wherein the adjustment process carries an adjusted end time of the DRX activation state; and the adjusted adjustment result is sent to the second base station, where the adjustment result carries the adjusted The end time of the DRX activation state.

In the embodiment of the present invention, a computer storage medium is further provided, and the computer storage medium may store an execution instruction for executing the discontinuous reception control method in the above embodiment.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, an execution request for acquiring a specific process is adopted, wherein the specific process changes the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state; and the activation duration of the DRX activation state is adjusted according to the control information corresponding to the specific process; Notifying the first base station and/or the second base station, wherein the first base station and the second base station both establish a connection with the terminal, that is, the specific process changes the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state, and the terminal needs to be in the DRX The activation time of the activation state is adjusted. After the execution request for performing the specific process is obtained, the activation time of the DRX activation state of the terminal may be adjusted according to the control information corresponding to the specific process, and the adjustment is notified to the terminal. The connected first base station and/or the second base station can synchronize the terminal and the base station, and solve the problem that the activation time adjustment of the DRX activation state cannot be realized when the carrier aggregation between the cells in different base stations in the related art is implemented. DRX stimuli when performing carrier aggregation between cells under different base stations Activation duration adjustment state. Further, by adjusting the activation duration of the DRX activation state, DRX management during carrier aggregation between cells is implemented, and data scheduling for the terminal is more convenient. In addition, the adjustment is notified to the first base station and/or the second base station that establish a connection with the terminal, so that the base station can know the change of the activation time of the terminal DRX in time, so that the base station can perform reasonable scheduling on the terminal and improve resource utilization. Rate and user experience.

DRAWINGS

The drawings described herein are intended to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are intended to be a part of the invention. In the drawing:

1 is a schematic diagram of a protocol architecture of a user plane according to the related art;

2 is a schematic diagram of an activation time of DRX according to the related art;

3 is a flow chart of an alternative discontinuous reception control method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a schematic diagram of a method of disabling discontinuous reception control in a DRX process in accordance with an alternative embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a schematic diagram of a method for discontinuous reception control in a downlink retransmission waiting process according to an alternative embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a schematic diagram of a method of discontinuous reception control in an uplink retransmission process according to an alternative embodiment of the present invention;

7 is a schematic diagram of a method of discontinuous reception control in an SR process according to an alternative embodiment of the present invention;

8 is a schematic diagram of a method for discontinuous reception control in a non-contention random access downlink data waiting process according to an alternative embodiment of the present invention;

9 is a schematic diagram of a method of discontinuous reception control in a conflict resolution process according to an alternative embodiment of the present invention;

10 is a schematic diagram of a protocol architecture of a user plane according to an embodiment of the present invention;

11 is a flow chart of another alternative discontinuous reception control method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

12 is a block diagram showing the structure of an optional discontinuous reception control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a structural block diagram of another optional discontinuous reception control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

14 is a block diagram showing the structure of another optional discontinuous reception control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

15 is a block diagram showing the structure of another optional discontinuous reception control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

16 is a block diagram showing the structure of another optional discontinuous reception control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

17 is a block diagram showing the structure of another optional discontinuous reception control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

18 is a block diagram showing the structure of another optional discontinuous reception control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

The invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings in conjunction with the embodiments. It should be noted that the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

It is to be understood that the terms "first", "second" and the like in the specification and claims of the present invention are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not necessarily used to describe a particular order or order.

Example 1

In this embodiment, a discontinuous reception control method is provided. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of an optional discontinuous reception control method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the flow includes the following steps:

Step S302: Acquire an execution request for executing a specific process, where the specific process changes an activation duration of the terminal in a DRX activation state;

Step S304, adjusting, according to the control information corresponding to the specific process, the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state;

Step S306, notifying the first base station and/or the second base station of the adjustment, wherein the first base station and the second base station both establish a connection with the terminal.

Optionally, the discontinuous reception control method may be, but is not limited to, applied to a scenario of DRX management during carrier aggregation. For example, a DRX management scenario when performing carrier aggregation on a cell of a plurality of base stations in an LTE system.

Optionally, the discontinuous reception control method may be applied to a terminal, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a smart wearable device, or the like.

Through the above steps, since the specific process changes the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state, it is necessary to adjust the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state, and after obtaining the execution request for executing the specific process, according to the specific process The control information adjusts the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state, and then notifies the adjustment to the first base station and/or the second base station that establishes a connection with the terminal, so that the terminal and the base station can be synchronized, and the cells are in different cells under different base stations. When the carrier aggregation is performed, the activation time adjustment of the DRX activation state cannot be implemented, and the activation duration of the DRX activation state when performing carrier aggregation between cells in different base stations is realized. Further, by adjusting the activation duration of the DRX activation state, DRX control during carrier aggregation between cells is realized, which makes data scheduling for the terminal more convenient. In addition, the adjustment is notified to the first base station and/or the second base station that establish a connection with the terminal, so that the base station can know the change of the activation time of the terminal DRX in time, so that the base station can perform reasonable scheduling on the terminal and improve resource utilization. Rate and user experience.

In this embodiment, the first base station is the primary base station, and the second base station is the secondary base station; the second base station is the primary base station, and the first base station is the secondary base station, which is not limited in this embodiment.

In this embodiment, the execution request for executing the specific process may be, but is not limited to, an execution request for executing a specific process received from the base station side, or may be a request initiated by the acquired terminal. For example: a scheduling request (SR) initiated by a terminal, and the like.

In this embodiment, the foregoing specific process may include, but is not limited to, one of the following: a scheduling process of receiving a new transmission, a downlink data retransmission process, an uplink data retransmission process, a non-contention random access downlink data waiting process, and a conflict resolution process. In the process, the SR process, the terminal receives the DRX Command (DRX Command) process, and the terminal receives the Long DRX Command process.

In the present embodiment, the above-described control information may include, but is not limited to, one of the following: timing control information (for example, scheduling information) for indicating a predetermined duration required to execute a specific process, for requesting entry or exit of a predetermined process. Trigger the request.

In this embodiment, after receiving the predetermined trigger request, the predetermined trigger may be obtained. The carried information content enters the next specific process according to the information carried in the predetermined trigger request.

In this embodiment, when the adjustment is notified to the first base station and/or the second base station, the change process of the activation duration in the DRX activation state may be notified to the first base station and/or the second base station, It may be that the result of the change in the activation duration in the DRX activation state is notified to the first base station and/or the second base station.

In this embodiment, the specific process on the S-eNB or the P-eNB causes a change in the activation time of the terminal DRX, which may be, but is not limited to, including: the activation time change of the DRX caused by the terminal to perform a specific process, such as an extension required. Time, or the time of the end. These times can be identified by the frame number and the subframe number.

The discontinuous reception control process of this embodiment will be described and described below in conjunction with an alternative embodiment.

In an optional implementation manner of the present invention, the DRX state maintenance is separated at the MAC layer, that is, the control plane only configures the DRX parameter for the access carrier, and the secondary carrier DRX configuration notifies the SCell of the configuration by the MAC layer PCell when the subsequent secondary carrier is added.

The DRX function of the CA is maintained on the primary and secondary carriers. To maintain the primary and secondary DRX states (Sleep and Active), the DRX-related timer start information needs to be transmitted between the primary and secondary carriers.

In the following optional implementation manner, the primary base station (P-eNB) takes the base station 1 as an example, and has one cell, which is a cell 1. The secondary base station (S-eNB) takes the base station 2 as an example, and has two cells, which are respectively Cell 3 and Cell 4.

The terminal establishes a connection with the cell 1. The cell 1 is the primary serving cell of the terminal, and the base station configures the DRX configuration for the terminal. The configured content may include, but is not limited to, onDurationTimer, drx-InactivityTimer, drx-RetransmissionTimer, mac-ContentionResolutionTimer, and DRX, short DRX related configuration, such as cycle, offset, short DRX timer, etc.

Due to the increase in traffic, the base station 1 adds a cell 3 to the terminal according to the measurement report, the cell 3 is a secondary serving cell, and the cell 1 and the cell 3 perform carrier aggregation across the base station. Base station 1 notification base The DRX configuration information that the station 2 configures for the terminal, and the DRX configuration information includes the above related parameters.

The terminal determines the activation time of the DRX according to the configuration of the base station.

Optionally, according to the control information corresponding to the specific process, the activation time of the terminal in the DRX activation state may be adjusted by one of the following two methods:

In the first manner, the pre-configured timing control information corresponding to the specific process for indicating the predetermined duration required for executing the specific process may be acquired, and then the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state is adjusted according to the predetermined duration.

In the second manner, a predetermined trigger request corresponding to a specific process for requesting to enter or exit a specific process may be acquired, and then the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state may be adjusted according to the predetermined trigger request.

Optionally, in the manner 1 of adjusting the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state, according to the predetermined duration, the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state may be adjusted according to the following steps:

Step 1: Obtain a first time corresponding to a sum of a current time and a predetermined duration;

Step 2: comparing the first time with the initial activation time, where the initial activation time is a maximum value of the activation time length of the first base station in the DRX activation state and the activation time length of the second base station in the DRX activation state;

Step 3: When the first time is greater than or equal to the initial activation time, the first time is used as the end time of the terminal in the DRX activation state;

Step 4: When the first time is less than the initial activation time, the initial activation time is taken as the end time of the terminal in the DRX activation state.

Alternatively, the obtaining of the execution request to perform a specific process may be, but is not limited to, including one of the following ways:

In a first mode, the execution request of the specific process is obtained by receiving the specific process state update indication information sent by the first base station and/or the second base station, where the specific process state update indication information is used to indicate that the terminal enters a specific process;

Manner 2, obtaining a specific execution by acquiring a specific process status update request initiated by the terminal The execution request of the process, wherein the specific process status update request carries indication information for instructing the terminal to enter a specific process.

Optionally, in the foregoing manner 1 of acquiring an execution request for executing a specific process, the specific process state update indication information may be, but is not limited to, new transmission scheduling indication information used to instruct the terminal to enter a forbidden DRX process.

Alternative embodiment 1

As shown in FIG. 4, the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 1 is T5, and the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 3 is T4, because it is applied to the method of the discontinuous reception control when the terminal enters the DRX prohibition process. The public DRX, therefore the terminal's DRX activation time to T5.

The terminal receives the new transmission scheduling indication on the cell 3 at the time T3. According to the configuration of the base station, the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 3 will continue from the time of T3 to the end of the drx-InactivityTimer to the end of T6, so the terminal is on the cell 3. The DRX activation time is extended to T6, and the DRX activation time of the terminal is extended to T6 due to the common DRX.

The terminal or the base station 2 notifies the base station 1 that the terminal receives the new transmission schedule at time T3. After receiving the notification, the base station 1 knows that the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 3 is extended to T6. Therefore, the DRX activation time of the terminal is extended to T6. That is, the terminal can be reasonably scheduled before T6.

Alternatively, the terminal or base station 2 notifies the base station 1 that the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 3 is extended to T6.

Optionally, in the manner 1 of the foregoing obtaining the execution request of the specific process, the specific process state update indication information may also be the downlink allocation indication information used to indicate that the terminal enters the downlink retransmission waiting process.

Optional implementation method 2

For example, in the method for the discontinuous reception control when the terminal enters the downlink retransmission waiting process, as shown in FIG. 5, the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 1 reaches T6, and the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 3 reaches T5. Because it is a public DRX, the DRX activation time of the terminal is up to T6.

The terminal receives the downlink allocation indication on the cell 3 at time T2. After the RTT timer to the time T4, the downlink retransmission starts. According to the configuration of the base station, the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 3 is extended from the T4 to extend the drx-RetransmissionTimer. The time ends at T7, so the DRX activation time of the terminal on cell 3 is extended to T7.

The terminal or the base station 2 notifies the base station 1 that the terminal receives the downlink allocation indication on the cell 3 at the time T2, and after receiving the notification, the base station 1 knows that the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 3 is extended to T7, and therefore, the DRX activation time of the terminal Extend to T7, that is, the terminal can be reasonably scheduled before T7.

Alternatively, the terminal or base station 2 notifies the base station 1 that the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 3 is extended to T7.

Optionally, in the manner 1 of the foregoing obtaining the execution request of the specific process, the specific process state update indication information may further be uplink authorization indication information used to indicate that the terminal enters an uplink retransmission process.

Alternative embodiment three

As shown in FIG. 6, the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 1 is T8, and the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 3 is T7, because the terminal is applied to the method of discontinuous reception control when the terminal enters the uplink retransmission process. It is a public DRX, so the terminal's DRX activation time is up to T8.

The terminal receives the uplink grant indication on the cell 3 at the T2 time. After the 4 subframes (sf) to T3, the terminal sends the uplink data, receives the NACK message at the time T5, retransmits at the time T6, and ends the retransmission process at the time T9. . According to the configuration of the base station, the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 3 will be extended from T6 to the end of T9, so the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 3 is extended to T9.

The terminal or the base station 2 notifies the base station 1, the terminal receives the NACK at time T5, or retransmits at time T6, and after receiving the notification, the base station 1 knows that the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 3 is extended to T9, and therefore, the DRX of the terminal The activation time is up to T9, that is, the terminal can be reasonably scheduled before T9.

Alternatively, the terminal or the base station 2 notifies the base station 1 that when the terminal activates the DRX on the cell 3 The length is extended to T9.

Optionally, in the foregoing manner 2 of acquiring the execution request of the specific process, the specific process state update request may be, but is not limited to, an uplink scheduling request for instructing the terminal to request to enter the uplink scheduling process.

Optional implementation four

As applied to the method of discontinuous reception control when the terminal requests to enter the uplink scheduling process (SR procedure), as shown in FIG. 7, the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 1 is T5, and the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 3 is as shown in FIG. To T4, because it is a public DRX, the DRX activation time of the terminal is up to T5.

The terminal sends the SR and suspends at time T3. The scheduling SR of the receiving base station is terminated at the time of T6. According to the configuration of the base station, the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 3 is extended from T3 to the end of T6, so the terminal is in the cell 3. The DRX activation time on the extended time is extended to T6.

The base station 1 receives the SR sent by the terminal, learns that the terminal enters the SR suspension time, and notifies the base station 2, and after receiving the notification, the base station 2 saves the related information. The base station 1 also knows that the end of the SR suspension at time T6, and notifies the base station 2, after receiving the notification, the base station 2 saves the relevant information.

Alternatively, the terminal notifies the base station 1, the terminal sends the SR and suspends at time T3, and the SR hangs at the time T6. After receiving the notification, the base station 1 knows that the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 3 is extended to T6, and therefore, the DRX of the terminal The activation time is up to T6, that is, the terminal can be reasonably scheduled before T6.

Alternatively, the terminal or base station 1 notifies the base station 2 that the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 3 is extended to T6.

Optionally, in the foregoing manner 2 of acquiring the execution request of the specific process, the specific process state update request may also be a non-contention random access success request for instructing the terminal to request to enter the downlink waiting process.

Alternative embodiment five

For example, the non-contention random access downlink data applied to the terminal requesting to enter the downlink waiting process, etc. In the method of discontinuous reception control in the process, as shown in FIG. 8, the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 1 is T5, and the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 3 is T4, because it is a public DRX, so the terminal The DRX activation time is up to T5.

The terminal successfully performs non-contention random access at time T3, enters a downlink data waiting process, and receives a downlink PDCCH at time T6. The DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 3 will be extended from T3 to the end of T6, so the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 3 is extended to T6.

The terminal notifies the base station 1 that the terminal performs the non-contention random access successfully at the time T3, enters the downlink data waiting process, and receives the downlink PDCCH at time T6. After receiving the base station 1, the terminal learns that the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 3 is extended to T6. Therefore, the DRX activation time of the terminal is extended to T6, that is, the terminal can be reasonably scheduled before T6.

Optionally, in the foregoing manner 2 of acquiring an execution request for executing a specific process, the specific process state update request may further be a conflict request for instructing the terminal to request to enter the conflict resolution process.

Alternative Embodiment 6

As applied to the method of discontinuous reception control when the terminal requests to enter the conflict resolution process, as shown in FIG. 9, the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 1 reaches T5, and the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 3 reaches T4 because It is a public DRX, so the terminal's DRX activation time is up to T5.

The terminal sends msg3 at time T3, and the msg4 collision is resolved at time T6. The DRX activation time of the terminal on cell 3 is extended from T3 to the end of T6, so the DRX activation time of the terminal on cell 3 is extended to T6.

The terminal notifies the base station 1, the terminal transmits msg3 at time T3, and receives the msg4 collision resolution at time T6. After receiving the base station 1, it knows that the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 3 is extended to T6, and therefore, the DRX activation time of the terminal is extended to T6. That is, the terminal can be reasonably scheduled before T6.

Alternatively, the terminal or the base station 2 notifies the base station 1 that when the terminal activates the DRX on the cell 3 The length is extended to T6.

Optionally, the manner of notifying the first base station and/or the second base station of the adjustment may be, but is not limited to, including at least one of the following:

1) notifying the first base station and/or the second base station of the adjusted adjustment process, and updating the activation duration of the DRX activation state stored by the first base station and/or the second base station;

2) Notifying the first base station and/or the second base station of the adjusted adjustment result, and updating the activation duration of the DRX activation state stored by the first base station and/or the second base station, wherein the adjustment result carries the adjusted DRX activation The end time of the state.

For example, since the control function of DRX is present on the primary base station (P-eNB), the primary base station (P-eNB) and the secondary base station (S-eNB) adopt a common DRX, and there are multiple specific procedures for DRX. The activation time has an impact. In order for the P-eNB to accurately know that the terminal receives the specific process on the S-eNB and causes the change of the activation time of the DRX, the terminal or the S-eNB needs to notify the P-eNB of these processes, or The P-eNB is directly notified of the result of the terminal activation time change on the S-eNB. On the contrary, the terminal receives the specific processes on the P-eNB to cause a change in the activation time of the DRX, and the terminal or the P-eNB needs to notify the S-eNB of these processes, or directly causes the terminal activation time to change on the P-eNB. The result is notified to the S-eNB so that the S-eNB can reasonably schedule the terminal.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the method may further include: detecting whether the predetermined condition for entering the sleep state is met, wherein the predetermined condition includes at least one of the following: the downlink HARQ feedback continuously detects that the number of non-continuous transmissions of the DTX reaches the first a threshold, or the number of times the uplink control information is continuously detected in the uplink reaches a second threshold. After detecting that the terminal meets the predetermined condition, the terminal enters a sleep state, and notifies the first base station and/or the second base station to use the current time as a terminal. The end time of the DRX activation state.

Alternative Embodiment 7

For example, it is applied to a method of discontinuous reception control when a terminal enters a forced sleep state. The terminal downlink HARQ feedback detection of the current UE in the cell 1 is continuously consecutively designated times, for example, 10 times, DTX or uplink detection consecutively designated times, for example, 3 times, when the DCI0 is lost, the UE is forced to enter the sleep. In the sleep state, the base station 2 is notified. In contrast, the current UE downlink HARQ feedback detection in the cell 3 is continuously consecutively designated a number of times, for example, 10 times, DTX or uplink detection is continuously designated a number of times, for example, 3 times, and when the DCI0 is lost, the UE is forced to enter a sleep state to notify the base station 1.

The SR is detected during the DRX sleep. After the DCI0 is sent, the primary carrier starts the Inactive timer of the primary carrier and starts an SR virtual check timer, and notifies the flag of the secondary carrier SR virtual check timer that is running (SRTimerFlag, the flag is 0. Indicates that the SR virtual check timer is stopped. If the value is 1, the SR virtual check timer is running. After the secondary carrier receives the flag, the secondary carrier's Inactive timer is restarted but the secondary carrier does not activate the DRX (that is, the downlink scheduler prohibits scheduling). When the primary carrier receives the CRC OK, the secondary carrier is notified to activate the downlink scheduler according to whether the Inactive timer is running or not. When the SR virtual check timer runs out, the secondary carrier Flag=0 is notified and the Inactive timer is stopped.

The base station 1 receives the SR sent by the terminal, learns that the terminal enters the SR suspension time, restarts the Inactive timer, and notifies the base station 2, and after receiving the base station 2, also restarts the Inactive timer. In addition, the base station 1 sends the DCI to the terminal. After receiving the acknowledgment message from the terminal, if the Inactive timer is still running, notify the base station 2 that the Inactive timer is running and can perform normal scheduling; if the Inactive timer has stopped, notify the base station 2 that the Inactive timer has stopped. , normal scheduling is not possible. The base station 1 also knows that the end of the SR suspension at time T6, and notifies the base station 2, after receiving the base station 2, the relevant information is saved. When the Inactive timer stops on the base station 1, the base station 2 is notified, the Inactive timer is stopped, and the base station 1 receives the information and stops the Inactive timer.

Optionally, before the step S302, the discontinuous reception DRX command sent by the first base station and/or the second base station may be received, where the discontinuous reception DRX command is at least used to indicate the period type of the terminal in the DRX activation state, and the period The types include: a short DRX cycle, a long DRX cycle, and the start time of the terminal entering the DRX activation state according to the DRX command.

Alternative Embodiment 8

For example, it is applied to the discontinuous reception control method when the terminal receives the DRX command. The terminal receives the DRX command sent by the base station 1 and stops the current onDurationTimer (monitoring Timer), drx-InactivityTimer (disable DRX timer). At this time, if a short DRX cycle is configured, the terminal starts the drxShortCycleTimer (short DRX timer) and re-enters the short DRX cycle, otherwise it re-enters the long DRX cycle.

If the terminal receives the Long DRX command, the terminal stops the drxShortCycleTimer (short DRX timer) and re-enters the long DRX cycle.

At the same time, the terminal notifies the base station 2 terminal that the DRX command or the Long DRX command is received, or the base station 1 notifies the base station 2 that the base station 1 transmits the DRX command or the Long DRX command to the terminal.

If the short DRX cycle is entered, the terminal calculates the time when the terminal enters the DRX activation state according to the current system frame number and the subframe number, and the configured drxStartOffset and short DRX-Cycle.

If the long DRX cycle is entered, the terminal calculates the time when the terminal enters the DRX activation state according to the current system frame number and the subframe number, and the configured drxStartOffset and longDRX-Cycle.

In an example of the embodiment, in order to solve the above problem, a new user plane protocol architecture is also proposed. As shown in FIG. 10, the data radio bearer is split between multiple base stations (MeNBs), that is, one. The data radio bearer data is transmitted through multiple base stations, and the multiple base stations include one primary base station (P-eNB) and at least one secondary base station (S-eNB). The P-eNB includes at least a primary serving cell (PCell) of a terminal (UE) carrier aggregation cell, and may include one or more secondary serving cells (SCells) of the UE carrier aggregation cell. The S-eNB includes one or more SCells of the UE carrier aggregation cell. As can be seen from FIG. 4, PDCP and RLC exist only on one base station, but the MAC layer exists on each base station respectively, wherein the MAC layer on the P-eNB includes all functions of the MAC layer including data packet function, S The MAC layer on the eNB contains at least the data packet function. It should be noted that the above architecture is one of the methods for solving the above problem, and the other protocol architecture is not excluded, and the foregoing protocol architecture is not limited in the present invention.

In the above examples and alternative embodiments, Tx (e.g., T1, T2, ... T9) and the like may be identified by a frame number and a subframe number. If cell 1 and cell 3 are configured for the terminal, cell 4 enters Line carrier aggregation, the operation process is similar, and will not be described here.

In the above examples and alternative embodiments, all are described by procedures on the base station 1. If the process occurs on the base station 2, the execution process of the terminal is the same, except that the object of execution is changed from the base station 1 to the base station 2, such as In the instance zero, the terminal receives the DRX command of the base station 2, and the behavior of the terminal is the same as above, except that the notified object becomes the terminal notifying the base station 1, or the base station 2 notifies the base station 1, including the information that the terminal receives the DRX command or the Long DRX command. .

Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the method according to the above embodiment can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course, by hardware, but in many cases, the former is A better implementation. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention, which is essential or contributes to the prior art, may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, disk, The optical disc includes a number of instructions for causing a terminal device (which may be a cell phone, a computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform the methods described in various embodiments of the present invention.

Example 2

In this embodiment, a discontinuous reception control method is provided. FIG. 11 is a flowchart of another optional discontinuous reception control method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 11, the flow includes the following steps. :

In step S1102, when the terminal acquires an execution request for executing a specific process, the activation time of the first base station in the DRX activation state is adjusted according to the control information corresponding to the specific process, wherein the specific process changes the activation of the terminal in the DRX activation state. The duration, and the activation time of the first base station in the DRX activation state;

In step S1104, the adjustment is notified to the second base station to update the activation duration of the DRX activation state stored by the second base station, where the first base station and the second base station both establish a connection with the terminal.

Optionally, the discontinuous reception control method may be applied to, but not limited to, a base station, such as a primary base station, a secondary base station, or the like.

Through the above steps, since the specific process changes the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state, the activation duration of the base station in the DRX activation state needs to be adjusted. When the terminal acquires the execution request for performing the specific process, the base station may according to the specific process. The corresponding control information adjusts the activation duration of the first base station in the DRX activation state, and then notifies the adjustment to the second base station that establishes the connection with the terminal, and cannot implement the DRX activation state when performing carrier aggregation between cells in different base stations. The problem of the activation duration adjustment makes it possible to adjust the activation duration of the DRX activation state when performing carrier aggregation between cells under different base stations. Further, by adjusting the activation duration of the DRX activation state, DRX control during carrier aggregation between cells is realized, which makes data scheduling for the terminal more convenient. In addition, the adjustment is notified to the first base station and/or the second base station that establish a connection with the terminal, so that the base station can know the change of the activation time of the terminal DRX in time, so that the base station can perform reasonable scheduling on the terminal and improve resource utilization. Rate and user experience.

The discontinuous reception control process of this embodiment will be described below with reference to an optional implementation manner. And description.

Due to the increase in traffic, the base station 1 adds a cell 3 to the terminal according to the measurement report, the cell 3 is a secondary serving cell, and the cell 1 and the cell 3 perform carrier aggregation across the base station. The base station 1 notifies the base station 2 of the DRX configuration information configured for the terminal, and the DRX configuration information includes the above related parameters.

Optionally, the manner of adjusting the activation duration of the first base station in the DRX activation state may be that the base station adjusts the preset information according to the pre-configured control information corresponding to the specific process when the terminal acquires the execution request for performing the specific process. The activation time of the DRX activation state of the terminal is adjusted, and the activation time of the first base station in the DRX activation state is adjusted according to the activation duration of the adjusted terminal being in the DRX activation state. When the terminal acquires the specific process state update indication information sent by the first base station, the base station directly adjusts the activation duration of the first base station in the DRX activation state according to the pre-configured control information corresponding to the specific process.

Optionally, the base station may send specific process status update indication information to the terminal, and notify the terminal. Executing an execution request of a specific process, wherein the specific process status update indication information is used to indicate that the terminal enters a specific process;

Optionally, the specific process status update indication information may be, but is not limited to, new transmission scheduling indication information used to indicate that the terminal enters the DRX-disabled process.

Alternative embodiment nine

As applied to the method for instructing the terminal to enter the discontinuous reception control when the DRX process is prohibited, as shown in FIG. 4, the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 1 is T5, and the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 3 is T4 because It is a public DRX, so the terminal's DRX activation time is up to T5.

Optionally, the specific process status update indication information may also be downlink allocation indication information used to indicate that the terminal enters a downlink retransmission waiting process.

Optional implementation ten

For example, in the method for indicating discontinuous reception control when the terminal enters the downlink retransmission waiting process, as shown in FIG. 5, the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 1 is T6, and the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 3 is T5. Because it is a public DRX, the DRX activation time of the terminal is up to T6.

The terminal receives the downlink allocation indication on the cell 3 at time T2, and passes the RTT timer to the T4. After the time, the downlink retransmission starts. According to the configuration of the base station, the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 3 will extend the time of the drx-RetransmissionTimer from T4 to the end of T7, so the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 3 is extended to T7.

Optionally, the foregoing specific process status update indication information may further be uplink authorization indication information used to indicate that the terminal enters an uplink retransmission process.

Alternative Embodiment 11

For example, in the method for indicating the discontinuous reception control when the terminal enters the uplink retransmission process, as shown in FIG. 6, the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 1 is T8, and the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 3 is T7. Because it is a public DRX, the DRX activation time of the terminal is up to T8.

The terminal receives the uplink grant indication on the cell 3 at the time T2. After the time from 4sf to T3, the terminal sends the uplink data, receives the NACK message at the time T5, retransmits at the time T6, and ends the retransmission process at the time T9. According to the configuration of the base station, the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 3 will be extended from T6 to the end of T9, so the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 3 is extended to T9.

Alternatively, the terminal or base station 2 notifies the base station 1 that the DRX activation time of the terminal on the cell 3 is extended to T9.

Optionally, notifying the second base station to update the second base station to store the DRX activation The manner in which the state is activated may be, but is not limited to, include at least one of the following:

One way is that an adjusted adjustment process carrying the end time of the adjusted DRX activation state can be sent to the second base station;

Alternatively, the adjusted adjustment result of the end time carrying the adjusted DRX activation state may be transmitted to the second base station.

Example 3

In the embodiment, a discontinuous reception control device is also provided, which is used to implement the above-mentioned embodiments and preferred embodiments, and has not been described again. As used below, the term "module" may implement a combination of software and/or hardware of a predetermined function. Although the apparatus described in the following embodiments is preferably implemented in software, hardware, or a combination of software and hardware, is also possible and contemplated.

FIG. 12 is a structural block diagram of an optional discontinuous reception control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 12, the apparatus includes:

1) The first obtaining module 122 is configured to acquire an execution request for executing a specific process, wherein the specific process changes an activation duration of the terminal in a discontinuous reception DRX activation state;

2) a first adjustment module 124, coupled to the first acquisition module 122, configured to adjust the terminal to be in the DRX activation state according to control information corresponding to the specific process Length of time;

3) a first notification module 126, coupled to the first adjustment module 124, configured to notify the first base station and/or the second base station of the adjustment, wherein the first base station and the second base station are both The terminal establishes a connection.

Optionally, the discontinuous reception control apparatus may be, but not limited to, applied to a scenario of DRX management during carrier aggregation. For example, a DRX management scenario when performing carrier aggregation on a cell of a plurality of base stations in an LTE system.

Optionally, the discontinuous reception control device may be, but not limited to, applied to a terminal, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a smart wearable device, or the like.

Through the foregoing device, since the specific process changes the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state, the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state needs to be adjusted. After the first acquisition module 122 obtains the execution request for executing the specific process, the first The adjustment module 124 can adjust the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state according to the control information corresponding to the specific process, and the first notification module 126 notifies the adjustment to the first base station and/or the second base station that establishes the connection with the terminal. Therefore, the terminal and the base station can be synchronized, and the activation time adjustment of the DRX activation state cannot be implemented when performing carrier aggregation between cells in different base stations, and the activation of the DRX activation state when performing carrier aggregation between cells in different base stations is realized. Adjustment of duration. Further, by adjusting the activation duration of the DRX activation state, DRX control during carrier aggregation between cells is realized, which makes data scheduling for the terminal more convenient. In addition, the adjustment is notified to the first base station and/or the second base station that establish a connection with the terminal, so that the base station can know the change of the activation time of the terminal DRX in time, so that the base station can perform reasonable scheduling on the terminal and improve resource utilization. Rate and user experience.

In this embodiment, after receiving the predetermined trigger request, the information content that is requested to be carried by the predetermined trigger may be acquired, and the information carried in the request is requested to enter the next specific process according to the predetermined trigger.

FIG. 13 is a structural block diagram of another optional discontinuous reception control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 13, optionally, the first adjustment module 124 includes:

1) The first obtaining unit 132 is configured to acquire pre-configured timing control information corresponding to the specific process, wherein the timing control information is used to indicate a predetermined duration required to execute the specific process;

2) The first adjustment unit 134 is coupled to the first acquisition unit 132 and configured to adjust the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state according to the predetermined duration.

FIG. 14 is a structural block diagram of another optional discontinuous reception control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 14, optionally, the first adjustment module 124 includes:

1) The second obtaining unit 142 is configured to acquire a predetermined trigger request corresponding to the specific process, wherein the predetermined trigger request is used to request to enter or exit the specific process;

2) The second adjustment unit 144, coupled to the second acquisition unit 142, is configured to adjust the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state according to the predetermined trigger request.

Optionally, the first adjusting unit 134 is configured to: acquire a first time corresponding to a sum of the current time and the predetermined duration; compare the first time with the initial activation time, where the initial activation time is that the first base station is in the DRX activation state. The maximum time of the activation duration and the activation time of the second base station in the DRX activation state; when the first time is greater than or equal to the initial activation time, the first time is taken as the end time of the terminal in the DRX activation state; When the initial activation time is less than the initial activation time, the initial activation time is taken as the end time of the terminal in the DRX activation state.

FIG. 15 is a structural block diagram of another optional discontinuous reception control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 15, optionally, the first obtaining module 122 includes:

1) receiving unit 152, configured to receive specific process status update indication information sent by the first base station and/or the second base station, where the specific process status update indication information is used to indicate that the terminal enters a specific process; or

2) The third obtaining unit 154 is coupled to the receiving unit 152, and is configured to obtain a specific process status update request initiated by the terminal, where the specific process status update request carries indication information for instructing the terminal to enter a specific process.

Optionally, the receiving unit 152 may be, but is not limited to, being configured to receive at least one of: receiving new scheduling indication information sent by the first base station and/or the second base station, where the new scheduling indication information is used to indicate that the terminal enters the prohibition. And receiving the downlink allocation indication information sent by the first base station and/or the second base station, where the downlink allocation indication information is used to indicate that the terminal enters a downlink retransmission waiting process; and receives the uplink sent by the first base station and/or the second base station. The authorization indication information is used to indicate that the terminal enters an uplink retransmission process.

Optionally, the foregoing third obtaining unit 154 may be, but is not limited to, being configured to obtain at least one of the following: acquiring an uplink scheduling request initiated by the terminal, where the uplink scheduling request is used to indicate that the terminal requests to enter an uplink scheduling process; The random access success request, wherein the non-contention random access success request is used to indicate that the terminal requests to enter the downlink waiting process; and the terminal initiates the conflict request, where the conflict request is used to instruct the terminal to request to enter the conflict resolution process.

Optionally, the first notification module 126 may be, but is not limited to, set to at least one of: notifying the first base station and/or the second base station of the adjusted adjustment process, and updating the first base station and/or the second base station to store The activation duration of the DRX activation state is notified to the first base station and/or the second base station, and the activation duration of the DRX activation state stored by the first base station and/or the second base station is updated, wherein the adjustment result carries There is an end time for the adjusted DRX activation status.

Optionally, the device may be, but is not limited to, being configured to: determine whether a predetermined condition for entering a sleep state is met, where the predetermined condition includes at least one of: downlink HARQ feedback continuously detecting that the number of times of discontinuous transmission of DTX reaches a first threshold Or, the number of consecutive downlink control information loss detected reaches a second threshold; after detecting that the terminal meets the predetermined condition, the user enters a sleep state, and notifies the first base station and/or the second base station to use the current time as the terminal in the DRX. The end time of the activation state.

FIG. 16 is a structural block diagram of another optional discontinuous reception control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 16, optionally, the apparatus further includes:

1) The receiving module 162 is configured to receive the discontinuous receiving DRX command sent by the first base station and/or the second base station, where the discontinuous receiving DRX command is used to at least indicate a period type of the terminal in the DRX active state, and the period type includes: Short DRX cycle, long DRX cycle;

2) The second obtaining module 164 is coupled between the receiving module 162 and the first obtaining module 122, and is configured to acquire a starting time of the terminal to enter the DRX activation state according to the discontinuous receiving DRX command.

It should be noted that each of the above modules may be implemented by software or hardware. For the latter, the foregoing may be implemented by, but not limited to, the foregoing modules are all located in the same processor; or, the modules are located in multiple In the processor.

Example 4

In the embodiment, a discontinuous reception control device is also provided, which is used to implement the above-mentioned embodiments and preferred embodiments, and has not been described again. As used below, the term "module" may implement a combination of software and/or hardware of a predetermined function. Although the apparatus described in the following embodiments is preferably implemented in software, hardware, or a combination of software and hardware Implementation is also possible and conceived.

FIG. 17 is a structural block diagram of another optional discontinuous reception control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 17, the apparatus includes:

1) The second adjustment module 172 is configured to, when the terminal acquires an execution request for performing a specific process, adjust an activation duration of the first base station in a discontinuous reception DRX activation state according to the control information corresponding to the specific process, where The process changes the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state, and the activation duration of the first base station in the DRX activation state;

2) The second notification module 174 is coupled to the second adjustment module 172, configured to notify the second base station to update the activation time of the DRX activation state stored by the second base station, where the first base station and the second base station are both connected to the terminal establish connection.

Optionally, the discontinuous reception control apparatus may be, but is not limited to, set to be a DRX management scenario during carrier aggregation. For example, a DRX management scenario when performing carrier aggregation on a cell of a plurality of base stations in an LTE system.

Optionally, the discontinuous reception control apparatus may be applied to, but not limited to, a base station, such as a primary base station, a secondary base station, or the like.

With the above device, since the specific process changes the activation time of the terminal in the DRX activation state, the activation time of the base station in the DRX activation state needs to be adjusted. When the terminal acquires the execution request for executing the specific process, the second adjustment module 172 may Adjusting the activation duration of the first base station in the DRX activation state according to the control information corresponding to the specific process, and the second notification module 174 notifying the adjustment to the second base station that establishes the connection with the terminal, between the cells under different base stations. When the carrier aggregation is performed, the activation time adjustment of the DRX activation state cannot be implemented, and the activation duration of the DRX activation state when performing carrier aggregation between cells in different base stations is realized. Further, by adjusting the activation duration of the DRX activation state, DRX control during carrier aggregation between cells is realized, which makes data scheduling for the terminal more convenient. In addition, the adjustment is notified to the first base station and/or the second base station that establish a connection with the terminal, so that the base station can know the change of the activation time of the terminal DRX in time, so that the base station can perform reasonable scheduling on the terminal and improve resource utilization. Rate and user experience.

FIG. 18 is a structural block diagram of another optional discontinuous reception control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 18, optionally, the second adjustment module 172 includes:

1) The fourth obtaining unit 182 is configured to: when the terminal acquires the specific process state update request initiated by the terminal, acquire the activation time of the terminal that is adjusted by the terminal according to the pre-configured control information corresponding to the specific process in the DRX activation state;

2) The third adjusting unit 184 is coupled to the fourth obtaining unit 182, and is configured to adjust the activation duration of the first base station in the DRX activation state according to the activation duration of the terminal being in the DRX activation state.

Optionally, the second adjustment module 172 can be, but is not limited to, being configured to: when the terminal acquires the specific process state update indication information sent by the first base station, adjust the first base station to be in the DRX according to the pre-configured control information corresponding to the specific process. The activation time of the activation state.

Optionally, the second notification module 174 can be, but is not limited to, set to at least one of: sending an adjustment adjustment process to the second base station, where the adjustment process carries an end time of the adjusted DRX activation state; to the second base station The adjustment result of the adjustment is sent, wherein the adjustment result carries the end time of the adjusted DRX activation state.

Example 5

Embodiments of the present invention also provide a storage medium. Optionally, in the embodiment, the foregoing storage medium may be configured to store program code for performing the following steps:

S1, obtaining an execution request for executing a specific process, wherein the specific process changes an activation duration of the terminal being in a discontinuous reception DRX activation state;

S2, adjusting, according to the control information corresponding to the specific process, the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state;

S3. Notify the first base station and/or the second base station of the adjustment, where the first base station and the second base station both establish a connection with the terminal.

Optionally, the storage medium is further arranged to store program code for performing the following steps:

S1. When the terminal acquires an execution request for executing a specific process, adjusting, according to the control information corresponding to the specific process, the activation duration of the first base station in the discontinuous reception DRX activation state, where the specific process changes the terminal to be in the DRX activation state. Activation time, and the activation time of the first base station in the DRX activation state;

S2, the adjustment is notified to the second base station to update the activation duration of the DRX activation state stored by the second base station, where the first base station and the second base station both establish a connection with the terminal.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the foregoing storage medium may include, but not limited to, a USB flash drive, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a mobile hard disk, and a magnetic memory. A variety of media that can store program code, such as a disc or a disc.

For example, the specific examples in this embodiment may refer to the examples described in the foregoing embodiments and the optional embodiments, and details are not described herein again.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the various modules or steps of the present invention described above can be implemented by a general-purpose computing device that can be centralized on a single computing device or distributed across a network of multiple computing devices. Alternatively, they may be implemented by program code executable by the computing device so that they may be stored in the storage device by the computing device Execution, and in some cases, the steps shown or described may be performed in an order different than that herein, or they may be separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or a plurality of The integrated circuit module is implemented. Thus, the invention is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.

The above description is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes can be made to the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and scope of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Industrial applicability

In this embodiment, an execution request for acquiring a specific process is adopted, wherein the specific process changes the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state; and the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state is adjusted according to the control information corresponding to the specific process; Notifying the first base station and/or the second base station, wherein the first base station and the second base station both establish a connection with the terminal, that is, the specific process changes the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state, and the terminal needs to be in the DRX The activation time of the activation state is adjusted. After the execution request for performing the specific process is obtained, the activation time of the DRX activation state of the terminal may be adjusted according to the control information corresponding to the specific process, and the adjustment is notified to the terminal. The connected first base station and/or the second base station can synchronize the terminal and the base station, and solve the problem that the activation time adjustment of the DRX activation state cannot be realized when the carrier aggregation between the cells in different base stations in the related art is implemented. DRX activation when performing carrier aggregation between cells under different base stations Length adjustment when activated. Further, by adjusting the activation duration of the DRX activation state, DRX management during carrier aggregation between cells is implemented, and data scheduling for the terminal is more convenient. In addition, the adjustment is notified to the first base station and/or the second base station that establish a connection with the terminal, so that the base station can know the change of the activation time of the terminal DRX in time, so that the base station can perform reasonable scheduling on the terminal and improve resource utilization. Rate and user experience.

Claims

A discontinuous reception control method includes:

Obtaining an execution request to perform a specific process, wherein the specific process changes an activation duration in which the terminal is in a discontinuous reception DRX activation state;

Adjusting, according to the control information corresponding to the specific process, the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state;

Notifying the first base station and/or the second base station of the adjustment, wherein the first base station and the second base station both establish a connection with the terminal.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the adjusting the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state according to the control information corresponding to the specific process comprises:

Acquiring pre-configured timing control information corresponding to the specific process, wherein the timing control information is used to indicate a predetermined duration required to execute the specific process;

Adjusting the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state according to the predetermined duration.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the adjusting the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state according to the control information corresponding to the specific process comprises:

Obtaining a predetermined trigger request corresponding to the specific process, wherein the predetermined trigger request is used to request entry or exit of the specific process;

And adjusting the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state according to the predetermined trigger request.
The method of claim 2, wherein said predetermined length of time Adjusting the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state includes:

Obtaining a first time corresponding to a sum of the current time and the predetermined duration;

Comparing the first time and the initial activation time, where the initial activation time is both an activation duration of the first base station in the DRX activation state and an activation duration of the second base station in the DRX activation state. The maximum value in

When the first time is greater than or equal to the initial activation time, the first time is used as an end time of the terminal in the DRX activation state;

When the first time is less than the initial activation time, the initial activation time is taken as an end time of the terminal in the DRX activation state.
The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining an execution request to perform a specific process comprises:

Receiving, by the first base station and/or the second base station, specific process status update indication information, where the specific process status update indication information is used to indicate that the terminal enters the specific process; or

Acquiring the specific process status update request initiated by the terminal, where the specific process status update request carries indication information for instructing the terminal to enter the specific process.
The method according to claim 5, wherein the receiving the specific process status update indication information sent by the first base station and/or the second base station comprises at least one of the following:

Receiving new scheduling indication information sent by the first base station and/or the second base station, where the new transmission scheduling indication information is used to indicate that the terminal enters a forbidden DRX process;

Receiving downlink allocation indication information sent by the first base station and/or the second base station, The downlink allocation indication information is used to indicate that the terminal enters a downlink retransmission waiting process;

And receiving the uplink grant indication information sent by the first base station and/or the second base station, where the uplink grant indication information is used to indicate that the terminal enters an uplink retransmission process.
The method of claim 5, wherein the obtaining the specific process status update request initiated by the terminal comprises at least one of the following:

Obtaining an uplink scheduling request initiated by the terminal, where the uplink scheduling request is used to indicate that the terminal requests to enter an uplink scheduling process;

Acquiring the non-contention random access success request initiated by the terminal, where the non-contention random access success request is used to indicate that the terminal requests to enter a downlink waiting process;

Obtaining a conflict request initiated by the terminal, where the conflict request is used to indicate that the terminal requests to enter a conflict resolution process.
The method of claim 1, wherein the notifying the adjustment that the first base station and/or the second base station comprises at least one of:

Notifying the first base station and/or the second base station of the adjusted adjustment process, and updating an activation duration of the DRX activation state stored by the first base station and/or the second base station;

Notifying the first base station and/or the second base station of the adjusted adjustment result, and updating an activation duration of the DRX activation state stored by the first base station and/or the second base station, where The adjustment result carries an adjusted end time of the DRX activation state.
The method of claim 1 further comprising:

Detecting whether a predetermined condition for entering a sleep state is satisfied, wherein the predetermined condition package At least one of the following: the downlink HARQ feedback continuously detects that the number of times of non-continuous transmission of DTX reaches a first threshold, or the number of consecutively detected uplink control information loss reaches a second threshold;

After detecting that the terminal satisfies the predetermined condition, entering the sleep state, and notifying the first base station and/or the second base station to use the current time as an end time of the terminal in the DRX activation state.
The method according to claim 1, wherein before acquiring the execution request for executing the specific process, the method further comprises:

Receiving a discontinuous reception DRX command sent by the first base station and/or the second base station, where the discontinuous reception DRX command is at least used to indicate a period type of the terminal in the DRX activation state, Cycle types include: short DRX cycle, long DRX cycle;

Obtaining a start time of the terminal to enter the DRX activation state according to the discontinuous reception DRX command.
A discontinuous reception control method includes:

And when the terminal acquires an execution request for executing a specific process, adjusting, according to the control information corresponding to the specific process, an activation duration of the first base station being in a discontinuous reception DRX activation state, wherein the specific process changes the terminal The activation duration in the DRX activation state, and the activation duration of the first base station in the DRX activation state;

And notifying, by the second base station, the second base station to update the activation duration of the second base station that is in the DRX activation state, where the first base station and the second base station both establish a connection with the terminal.
The method of claim 11 wherein said obtaining at said terminal When the execution request of the specific process is performed, adjusting the activation duration of the first base station in the DRX activation state according to the control information corresponding to the specific process includes:

When the terminal acquires the specific process status update request initiated by the terminal, acquiring the activation time of the terminal that is in the DRX activation state after the terminal is adjusted according to the pre-configured control information corresponding to the specific process. ;

Adjusting the activation duration of the first base station in the DRX activation state according to an activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state.
The method according to claim 11, wherein, when the terminal acquires an execution request for executing a specific process, adjusting the first base station in the DRX activation state according to control information corresponding to the specific process The activation duration includes:

And when the terminal acquires the specific process state update indication information sent by the first base station, adjusting the activation of the first base station in the DRX activation state according to pre-configured control information corresponding to the specific process duration.
The method according to claim 11, wherein the notifying the second base station to update the second base station to store the activation duration in the DRX activation state comprises at least one of the following:

Transmitting, by the second base station, the adjustment adjustment process, where the adjustment process carries an adjusted end time of the DRX activation state;

And transmitting, to the second base station, the adjusted adjustment result, where the adjustment result carries an adjusted end time of the DRX activation state.
A discontinuous reception control device includes:

a first obtaining module, configured to acquire an execution request for executing a specific process, wherein the specific process changes an activation duration of the terminal being in a discontinuous reception DRX activation state;

a first adjustment module, configured to adjust, according to the control information corresponding to the specific process, the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state;

The first notification module is configured to notify the first base station and/or the second base station of the adjustment, wherein the first base station and the second base station both establish a connection with the terminal.
The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the first adjustment module comprises:

a first acquiring unit, configured to acquire pre-configured timing control information corresponding to the specific process, where the timing control information is used to indicate a predetermined duration required to execute the specific process;

The first adjusting unit is configured to adjust the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state according to the predetermined duration.
The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the first adjustment module comprises:

a second obtaining unit, configured to acquire a predetermined trigger request corresponding to the specific process, wherein the predetermined trigger request is used to request to enter or exit the specific process;

And a second adjusting unit, configured to adjust the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state according to the predetermined trigger request.
The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the first adjustment unit is configured to:

Obtaining a first time corresponding to a sum of the current time and the predetermined duration;

Comparing the first time and the initial activation time, where the initial activation time is both an activation duration of the first base station in the DRX activation state and an activation duration of the second base station in the DRX activation state. The maximum value in

When the first time is greater than or equal to the initial activation time, the first time is used as an end time of the terminal in the DRX activation state;

When the first time is less than the initial activation time, the initial activation time is taken as an end time of the terminal in the DRX activation state.
The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the first obtaining module comprises:

a receiving unit, configured to receive specific process status update indication information sent by the first base station and/or the second base station, where the specific process status update indication information is used to indicate that the terminal enters the specific process; or

And a third acquiring unit, configured to acquire a specific process status update request initiated by the terminal, where the specific process status update request carries indication information for instructing the terminal to enter the specific process.
The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein said receiving unit is set to at least one of the following:

Receiving new scheduling indication information sent by the first base station and/or the second base station, where the new transmission scheduling indication information is used to indicate that the terminal enters a forbidden DRX process;

Receiving the downlink allocation indication information sent by the first base station and/or the second base station, where the downlink allocation indication information is used to indicate that the terminal enters a downlink retransmission waiting process;

And receiving the uplink grant indication information sent by the first base station and/or the second base station, where the uplink grant indication information is used to indicate that the terminal enters an uplink retransmission process.
The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein said third acquisition unit is set to at least one of the following:

Obtaining an uplink scheduling request initiated by the terminal, where the uplink scheduling request is used to indicate that the terminal requests to enter an uplink scheduling process;

Acquiring the non-contention random access success request initiated by the terminal, where the non-contention random access success request is used to indicate that the terminal requests to enter a downlink waiting process;

Obtaining a conflict request initiated by the terminal, where the conflict request is used to indicate that the terminal requests to enter a conflict resolution process.
The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the first notification module is set to at least one of the following:

Notifying the first base station and/or the second base station of the adjusted adjustment process, and updating an activation duration of the DRX activation state stored by the first base station and/or the second base station;

Notifying the first base station and/or the second base station of the adjusted adjustment result, and updating an activation duration of the DRX activation state stored by the first base station and/or the second base station, where The adjustment result carries an adjusted end time of the DRX activation state.
The apparatus of claim 15 wherein said apparatus is further configured to:

Detecting whether the predetermined condition for entering the sleep state is met, wherein the predetermined condition includes at least one of the following: the downlink HARQ feedback continuously detects that the number of times of discontinuous transmission of DTX reaches the first threshold, or the uplink control information that is continuously detected by the uplink is lost. The number of times reaches a second threshold;

After detecting that the terminal satisfies the predetermined condition, entering the sleep state, and notifying the first base station and/or the second base station to use the current time as an end time of the terminal in the DRX activation state.
The apparatus of claim 15 wherein said apparatus further comprises:

a receiving module, configured to receive a discontinuous reception DRX command sent by the first base station and/or the second base station, where the discontinuous reception DRX command is at least used to indicate that the terminal is in the DRX activation state a cycle type, the cycle type includes: a short DRX cycle and a long DRX cycle;

And a second acquiring module, configured to acquire, according to the discontinuous reception DRX command, a start time of the terminal to enter the DRX activation state.
A discontinuous reception control device includes:

a second adjustment module, configured to: when the terminal acquires an execution request for executing a specific process, adjust an activation duration of the first base station in a discontinuous reception DRX activation state according to the control information corresponding to the specific process, where The specific process changes the activation duration of the terminal in the DRX activation state, and the activation duration of the first base station in the DRX activation state;

a second notification module, configured to notify the second base station to update, by the second base station, the activation duration of the second base station that is in the DRX activation state, where the first base station and the second base station are both The terminal establishes a connection.
The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the second adjustment module comprises:

a fourth obtaining unit, configured to: when the terminal acquires a specific process state update request initiated by the terminal, acquire, by the terminal, the terminal that is adjusted according to the pre-configured control information corresponding to the specific process The activation time of the DRX activation state;

The third adjusting unit is configured to adjust the activation duration of the first base station in the DRX activation state according to an activation duration of the terminal being in the DRX activation state.
The apparatus of claim 25 wherein the second adjustment module is configured to:

And when the terminal acquires the specific process state update indication information sent by the first base station, adjusting the activation of the first base station in the DRX activation state according to pre-configured control information corresponding to the specific process duration.
The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the second notification module is set to at least one of the following:

Transmitting, by the second base station, the adjustment adjustment process, where the adjustment process carries an adjusted end time of the DRX activation state;

And transmitting, to the second base station, the adjusted adjustment result, where the adjustment result carries an adjusted end time of the DRX activation state.