WO2023070406A1

WO2023070406A1 - Method and apparatus for transmitting indication information, and readable storage medium

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Publication number: WO2023070406A1
Application number: PCT/CN2021/126839
Authority: WO
Inventors: 付婷
Original assignee: 北京小米移动软件有限公司
Priority date: 2021-10-27
Filing date: 2021-10-27
Publication date: 2023-05-04
Also published as: CN116406515A

Abstract

A method and apparatus for transmitting indication information, and a readable storage medium, which are used in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving first hibernation indication information from a network device (102), the first hibernation indication information being used to indicate that a user equipment (101) does not need to monitor a paging message and/or the hibernation duration of a paging early indication (PEI). In the method, the user equipment (101) receives the first hibernation indication information sent by the network device (102), and on the basis of the indication of the first hibernation indication information, does not monitor the paging message and/or the PEI within a subsequent hibernation duration, thereby using the user equipment (101) does not require performing waking and monitoring when monitoring does not need to be performed, which may effectively reduce energy consumption.

Description

A method, device and readable storage medium for transmitting indication information

technical field

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of wireless communication, and in particular to a method, device and readable storage medium for transmitting indication information.

Background technique

After the user equipment (User Equipment, UE) establishes a radio resource control (Radio Resource Control, RRC) connection with the network device, it periodically Monitor the paging (paging) message, and enter the RRC-CONNECTED state after monitoring the paging (paging) message, and exchange service data with the network device.

In each paging cycle, the user equipment needs to wake up (wake) for synchronization and perform blind detection in its corresponding paging occasion (Paging Occasion, PO) to determine whether it can receive the paging for itself. Call DCI (Paging DCI).

In some implementation manners, in order to save energy consumption of the user equipment, the network device sends a paging early indication (Paging early indication, PEI) to the user equipment. One mechanism is:

If the user equipment receives the PEI for itself, and the PEI indicates wake-up, the user equipment wakes up (wake) and monitors the paging message before the next paging opportunity;

If it is received that the user equipment receives the PEI for itself, and the PEI indicates not to wake up, the user equipment does not need to wake up (wake) before the next paging occasion, that is, the user equipment does not need to monitor the next paging occasion;

If it is received that the user equipment has received the PEI for itself, the user equipment does not need to wake up (wake) before the next paging occasion, that is, the user equipment does not need to monitor the next paging occasion.

But UE needs to wake up to monitor PEI every PEI cycle.

Therefore, the user equipment must be woken up and monitored in each paging cycle, which will increase the power consumption of the user equipment.

Contents of the invention

In view of this, the present disclosure provides a method, device and readable storage medium for transmitting indication information.

According to the first aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, applied to user equipment, a method for transmitting indication information is provided, including:

Receive first dormancy indication information from a network device; wherein, the first dormancy indication information is used to indicate a dormancy duration, and within a period corresponding to the dormancy duration, the user equipment does not need to monitor paging messages and/or paging notices Indicates PEI.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the user equipment receives the first dormancy indication information sent by the network equipment, and based on the indication of the first dormancy indication information, does not monitor the paging message and/or the paging advance indication PEI within the subsequent dormancy duration, so that the user equipment When the device does not need to perform monitoring, it is not necessary to perform wake-up and monitoring, which can effectively save energy consumption.

In some possible implementation manners, the paging message and/or the paging advance indication PEI are not monitored during the period corresponding to the sleep duration.

In some possible implementation manners, the receiving the first dormancy indication information from the network device includes:

Receive downlink control information DCI from a network device; wherein, the DCI includes the first dormancy indication information, and the first dormancy indication information includes an information field for indicating the dormancy duration.

In some possible implementation manners, the downlink control information DCI is downlink control information DCI indicating PEI.

In some possible implementation manners, the downlink control information DCI is downlink control information DCI of a scheduling paging message.

In some possible implementation manners, the information field of the sleep duration is carried in reserved bits of the downlink control information DCI of the scheduling paging message.

In some possible implementation manners, the downlink control information DCI of the scheduling paging message is DCI1-0.

In some possible implementation manners, the method also includes:

Receive second dormancy indication information from the network device, where the second dormancy indication information is used to indicate whether the downlink control information DCI includes the information field for indicating the dormancy duration.

In some possible implementation manners, the method also includes:

Receive third dormancy indication information from the network device, where the third dormancy indication information is used to indicate bits occupied by the information field.

In some possible implementation manners, the method also includes:

The bits occupied by the information field are determined according to the agreement.

In some possible implementation manners, the first dormancy indication information is used to indicate dormancy durations corresponding to multiple groups; wherein, each group corresponds to multiple user equipments.

In some possible implementation manners, the first sleep indication information includes a plurality of sub-information, and each sub-information is used to indicate a sleep duration corresponding to a group.

In some possible implementation manners, the sleep duration includes at least one of the following:

The absolute duration of sleep;

N paging cycles;

M paging notices indicate PEI sending periods; wherein, N and M are integers greater than zero.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, applied to network devices, a method for transmitting indication information is provided, including:

Sending first dormancy indication information to the user equipment; wherein, the first dormancy indication information is used to indicate a dormancy duration, and within a period corresponding to the dormancy duration, the user equipment does not need to monitor paging messages and/or paging notices Indicates PEI.

In some possible implementation manners, the sending the first dormancy indication information to the user equipment includes:

Sending downlink control information DCI to the user equipment; wherein, the DCI includes the first dormancy indication information, and the first dormancy indication information includes an information field for indicating the dormancy duration.

In some possible implementations,

The downlink control information DCI is downlink control information DCI indicating PEI.

In some possible implementation manners, the method also includes:

Sending second dormancy indication information to the user equipment, where the second dormancy indication information is used to indicate whether the downlink control information includes the information field for indicating the dormancy duration.

In some possible implementation manners, the method also includes:

Sending third dormancy indication information to the user equipment, where the third dormancy indication information is used to indicate bits occupied by the information field.

The absolute duration of sleep;

N paging cycles;

According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication device is provided. The communication device may be used to execute the steps performed by the user equipment in the above first aspect or any possible design of the first aspect. The user equipment can implement each function in the above methods in the form of a hardware structure, a software module, or a hardware structure plus a software module.

When the communication device described in the third aspect is realized by a software module, the communication device may include a transceiver module, where the transceiver module may be used to support the communication device to perform communication.

When performing the steps described in the first aspect above, the transceiver module receives first dormancy indication information from the network device; wherein, the first dormancy indication information is used to indicate the dormancy duration, and within the period corresponding to the dormancy duration, the user equipment There is no need to listen for paging messages and/or paging advance indication PEI.

According to a fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication device is provided. The communication device may be used to execute the steps executed by the network device in the above second aspect or any possible design of the second aspect. The network device can realize each function in the above-mentioned methods in the form of a hardware structure, a software module, or a hardware structure plus a software module.

When the communication device shown in the fourth aspect is realized by a software module, the communication device may include a processing module coupled to each other and a transceiver module, wherein the processing module may be used by the communication device to perform processing operations, such as generating information/messages that need to be sent, or The received signal is processed to obtain information/message, and the transceiver module can be used to support the communication device to communicate. Wherein, the transceiver module can be used to support the communication device to communicate.

When performing the steps described in the second aspect above, the transceiver module sends the first dormancy indication information to the user equipment; wherein the first dormancy indication information is used to indicate the dormancy duration, and within the period corresponding to the dormancy duration, the The user equipment does not need to monitor the paging message and/or the paging advance indication PEI.

According to a fifth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a communication device, including a processor and a memory; the memory is used to store a computer program; the processor is used to execute the computer program, so as to realize the first aspect or the first Any possible design of the aspect.

According to a sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a communication device, including a processor and a memory; the memory is used to store a computer program; the processor is used to execute the computer program, so as to realize the second aspect or the second Any possible design of the aspect.

According to a seventh aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium stores instructions (or called computer programs, programs), and when they are invoked and executed on a computer, the The computer implements the above first aspect or any possible design of the first aspect.

According to an eighth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium stores instructions (or called computer programs, programs), and when they are invoked and executed on a computer, the The computer implements the second aspect or any possible design of the second aspect.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the present disclosure.

Description of drawings

The drawings described here are used to provide a further understanding of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and constitute a part of the application. The schematic embodiments of the embodiments of the present disclosure and their descriptions are used to explain the embodiments of the present disclosure, and do not constitute a reference to the embodiments of the present disclosure. undue limitation. In the attached picture:

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the embodiments of the disclosure, and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the embodiments of the disclosure.

Fig. 1 is a structural diagram of a wireless communication system according to an exemplary embodiment;

Fig. 2 is a flow chart showing a method for transmitting indication information according to an exemplary embodiment;

Fig. 3 is a flow chart showing another method for transmitting indication information according to an exemplary embodiment;

Fig. 4 is a flow chart showing another method for transmitting indication information according to an exemplary embodiment;

Fig. 5 is a flow chart showing another method for transmitting indication information according to an exemplary embodiment;

Fig. 6 is a flow chart showing another method for transmitting indication information according to an exemplary embodiment;

Fig. 7 is a structural diagram of a device for transmitting indication information according to an exemplary embodiment;

Fig. 8 is a structural diagram of another device for transmitting indication information according to an exemplary embodiment;

Fig. 9 is a structural diagram of another device for transmitting indication information according to an exemplary embodiment;

Fig. 10 is a structural diagram of another device for transmitting indication information according to an exemplary embodiment.

Detailed ways

Embodiments of the present disclosure will now be further described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific implementation methods.

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, the same numerals in different drawings refer to the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all implementations consistent with the embodiments of the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatuses and methods consistent with aspects of the present disclosure as recited in the appended claims.

As shown in FIG. 1 , FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a communication system according to an exemplary embodiment. The method for transmitting indication information provided in this embodiment of the present disclosure may be applied to a wireless communication system 100 , and the wireless communication system may include a user equipment 101 and a network device 102 . Wherein, the user equipment 101 is configured to support carrier aggregation, and the user equipment 101 can be connected to multiple carrier components of the network device 102, including a primary carrier component and one or more secondary carrier components.

It should be understood that the above wireless communication system 100 may be applicable to both low-frequency scenarios and high-frequency scenarios. The application scenarios of the wireless communication system 100 include but are not limited to long term evolution (long term evolution, LTE) system, LTE frequency division duplex (frequency division duplex, FDD) system, LTE time division duplex (time division duplex, TDD) system, global Interoperability microwave access (worldwide interoperability for micro wave access, WiMAX) communication system, cloud radio access network (cloud radio access network, CRAN) system, future fifth-generation (5th-Generation, 5G) system, new wireless (new radio, NR) communication system or future evolved public land mobile network (public land mobile network, PLMN) system, etc.

The user equipment 101 (user equipment, UE) shown above may be a terminal (terminal), an access terminal, a terminal unit, a terminal station, a mobile station (mobile station, MS), a remote station, a remote terminal, or a mobile terminal (mobile terminal) , wireless communication equipment, terminal agent or user equipment, etc. The user equipment 101 may have a wireless transceiver function, which can communicate with one or more network devices of one or more communication systems (such as wireless communication), and accept network services provided by the network devices, where the network devices include but not The illustration is limited to network device 102 .

Wherein, the user equipment 101 may be a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a session initiation protocol (session initiation protocol, SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (wireless local loop, WLL) station, a personal digital assistant (PDA) device, a Handheld devices with wireless communication functions, computing devices or other processing devices connected to wireless modems, vehicle-mounted devices, wearable devices, user equipment in future 5G networks or user equipment in future evolved PLMN networks, etc.

The network device 102 may be an access network device (or called an access network site). Wherein, the access network device refers to a device that provides a network access function, such as a radio access network (radio access network, RAN) base station and the like. The network device 102 may specifically include a base station (base station, BS), or include a base station and a radio resource management device for controlling the base station, and the like. The network device 102 may also include a relay station (relay device), an access point, a base station in a future 5G network, a base station in a future evolved PLMN network or an NR base station, and the like. The network device 102 may be a wearable device or a vehicle-mounted device. The network device 102 may also be a communication chip with a communication module.

For example, the network device 102 includes but is not limited to: a next-generation base station (gnodeB, gNB) in 5G, an evolved node B (evolved node B, eNB) in an LTE system, a radio network controller (radio network controller, RNC), Node B (node B, NB) in WCDMA system, wireless controller under CRAN system, base station controller (base station controller, BSC), base transceiver station (base transceiver station, BTS) in GSM system or CDMA system, Home base station (for example, home evolved nodeB, or home node B, HNB), baseband unit (baseband unit, BBU), transmission point (transmitting and receiving point, TRP), transmission point (transmitting point, TP) or mobile switching center, etc. .

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for transmitting indication information, which is applied to the communication system 100 . Referring to FIG. 2, FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for transmitting indication information according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the method includes:

Step S21, the network device 102 sends the first dormancy indication information to the user equipment 101; wherein, the first dormancy indication information is used to indicate the dormancy duration, and within the period corresponding to the dormancy duration, the user equipment does not need to monitor the paging The message and/or paging announcement indicates the PEI.

Step S22 , the user equipment 101 receives first dormancy indication information sent by the network equipment 102 .

In step S23, the user equipment 101 does not monitor the paging message and/or the paging advance indication PEI within the period corresponding to the sleep period based on the first sleep indication information.

In some possible implementation manners, the period corresponding to the sleep duration includes the first moment to the second moment.

In an example, the first moment is the moment when the first sleep indication information is received, and the second moment is located after the first moment and the interval between the first moment and the first moment is the aforementioned sleep duration.

In another example, the interval between the first moment and the moment when the first dormancy indication information is received is the set buffer duration, the second moment is located after the first moment and the interval between the first moment and the first moment is the aforementioned sleep duration. duration.

In some possible implementation manners, step S23 corresponds to that the user equipment 101 keeps the original state during a period corresponding to the sleep duration.

In an example, the user equipment 101 is in the RRC idle (RRC-IDLE) state before receiving the first dormancy indication information, and then the user equipment 101 continues to maintain RRC in the subsequent dormancy duration after receiving the first dormancy indication information. Idle (RRC-IDLE) state.

In another example, the user equipment 101 is in the RRC-INACTIVE state before receiving the first dormancy indication information, and then the user equipment 101 continues to be in the subsequent dormancy duration after receiving the first dormancy indication information. Keep the RRC inactive (RRC-INACTIVE) state.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the user equipment 101 receives the first dormancy indication information sent by the network equipment 102, and based on the indication of the first dormancy indication information, does not perform monitoring of the paging message and/or the paging advance indication PEI within the subsequent dormancy duration, thereby The user equipment 101 does not need to perform waking up and monitoring when it is not necessary to perform monitoring, which can effectively save energy consumption.

It should be understood that the network device sends the first dormancy indication information to the user equipment, where the first dormancy indication information is used to indicate a dormancy duration, and within a period corresponding to the dormancy duration, the user equipment does not need to listen to paging messages and/or The paging advance indication PEI does not mean that the user equipment must not listen to the paging message and/or the paging advance indication PEI within the sleep duration, and the user equipment may not perform paging messages and/or paging information according to the instruction information from the network device. The monitoring of the paging advance indication PEI may also be performed according to the agreement or other information or signaling to monitor the paging message and/or the paging advance indication PEI.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for transmitting indication information, which is applied to the user equipment 101 . Referring to FIG. 3, FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a method for transmitting indication information according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the method includes:

Step S31, receiving the first dormancy indication information sent by the network device 102, wherein the first dormancy indication information is used to indicate the dormancy duration, and within the period corresponding to the dormancy duration, the user equipment does not need to monitor paging messages and/or paging The advance notice indicates PEI.

In some possible implementation manners, the first dormancy indication information is used to indicate a dormancy duration, and within a period corresponding to the dormancy duration, the user equipment does not need to monitor paging messages.

In some possible implementation manners, the first dormancy indication information is used to indicate a dormancy duration, and within a period corresponding to the dormancy duration, the user equipment does not need to monitor the paging advance indication PEI.

In some possible implementation manners, the first dormancy indication information is used to indicate a dormancy duration, and within a period corresponding to the dormancy duration, the user equipment does not need to monitor the paging message and the paging advance indication PEI.

In some possible implementations, the sleep duration includes at least one of the following:

The absolute duration of sleep;

N paging cycles;

M paging notice indication PEI sending cycle;

Wherein, N and M are integers greater than zero.

N and M may or may not be the same.

In a possible implementation manner, the sleep duration may be an absolute duration. The starting point for calculating the absolute duration is the moment when the first sleep instruction message is received. The dormancy duration of 160ms means that, for example, the user equipment does not need to monitor the paging message and/or the paging advance indication PEI within 160ms after receiving the first dormancy indication information.

In a possible implementation manner, the sleep duration may be the number of paging DRX cycles. For example, the indication is N, which means that in the next N paging cycles, the user equipment does not need to monitor the paging message and/or the PEI corresponding to these N paging cycles.

In a possible implementation manner, the sleep duration may be the number of cycles of the PEI. For example, the indication is M, which means that in the next M PEI sending periods, the user equipment does not need to monitor the PEIs of the M periods and the paging messages in the paging occasions corresponding to the M PEIs.

In some possible implementation manners, the first dormancy indication information occupies multiple bits, and when values represented by the multiple bits are different, they correspond to different dormancy durations. The sleep duration indicated by the first sleep indication information is applicable to all user equipments.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the user equipment 101 receives the first dormancy indication information sent by the network equipment 102, so that the user equipment 101 may not monitor the paging message and/or the paging advance indication PEI within the subsequent dormancy duration based on the indication of the first dormancy indication information. , so that it is not necessary to perform wake-up and monitoring when the monitoring is not necessary, which can effectively save energy consumption.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for transmitting indication information, which is applied to the user equipment 101 . Referring to FIG. 4, FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a method for transmitting indication information according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the method includes:

Step S31, receiving first dormancy indication information sent by the network device 102, wherein the first dormancy indication information is used to indicate a dormancy duration, and within a period corresponding to the dormancy duration, the user equipment does not need to monitor paging messages and /or Paging Announcement Indication PEI.

Step S32, not listening to paging messages and/or paging advance indication PEI within a period corresponding to the sleep duration.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for transmitting indication information, which is applied to the user equipment 101 . Referring to FIG. 5, FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a method for transmitting indication information according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, the method includes:

Step S33, monitor the paging message and/or the paging advance indication PEI after a period corresponding to the sleep duration.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for transmitting indication information, which is applied to the user equipment 101 . This method includes:

Step S31a, receiving downlink control information DCI from the network device; wherein, the DCI includes first dormancy indication information, and the first dormancy indication information includes an information field for indicating a dormancy duration, and the dormancy duration is for the user equipment to not need to monitor paging messages and/or Or the paging notice indicates the sleep duration of the PEI.

Optionally, the method may further include step S32a of not listening to paging messages and/or paging advance indication PEI within a period corresponding to the sleep duration.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first dormancy indication information is carried by the DCI so that the user equipment can successfully receive the first dormancy indication information.

Step S31b, receiving DCI indicating PEI from the network device; wherein, the DCI indicating PEI includes first dormancy indication information, and the first dormancy indication information includes an information field for indicating a dormancy duration, and the dormancy duration is for the user equipment to not need to monitor paging The message and/or paging announcement indicates the sleep duration of the PEI.

Optionally, the method may further include step S32b of not listening to paging messages and/or paging advance indication PEI within a period corresponding to the sleep duration.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, by indicating that the DCI of the PEI carries the first dormancy indication information, the user equipment can successfully receive the first dormancy indication information.

Step S31b, receiving the DCI of the scheduling paging message from the network device; wherein, the DCI of the scheduling paging message includes first dormancy indication information, and the first dormancy indication information includes an information field for indicating a dormancy duration, and the dormancy duration is the user equipment There is no need to monitor the sleep duration of the paging message and/or paging advance indication PEI.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the DCI of the scheduling paging message carries the first dormancy indication information so that the user equipment can successfully receive the first dormancy indication information.

Step S31c, receiving the DCI of the scheduling paging message from the network device; wherein, the DCI of the scheduling paging message includes first dormancy indication information, and the first dormancy indication information includes an information field for indicating a dormancy duration, and the dormancy duration is the user equipment There is no need to monitor the paging message and/or the dormancy duration of the paging advance indication PEI, and the information field of the dormancy duration is carried in the reserved bits of the downlink control information DCI of the scheduling paging message.

Optionally, the method may further include step S32c of not listening to paging messages and/or paging advance indication PEI within a period corresponding to the sleep duration.

In a possible implementation manner, the DCI of the scheduling paging message is DCI1-0.

In a possible implementation manner, corresponding to the licensed frequency spectrum, DCI1-0 includes 6 reserved bits. Corresponding to the case of unlicensed spectrum, DCI1-0 includes 8 reserved bits.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the spare reserved bits in the DCI are used to carry the first dormancy indication information, the first dormancy indication information can be effectively transmitted while being compatible with the existing DCI, and the resource utilization rate is improved.

Step S310, receiving second dormancy indication information from the network device, wherein the second dormancy indication information is used to indicate whether the downlink control information DCI includes the information field for indicating the dormancy duration.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, by receiving the second dormancy indication information, it can be known whether the DCI contains an information field for indicating the dormancy duration, so that the information carrying condition of the corresponding position in the DCI can be clearly known, and the information carrying condition Applied in suitable various treatments.

Step S31a, receiving downlink control information DCI from the network device; wherein, the DCI includes an information field for indicating a sleep duration, and the sleep duration is a sleep duration during which the user equipment does not need to listen to paging messages and/or paging advance indication PEI.

Step S310', receiving third dormancy indication information from the network device, wherein the third dormancy indication information is used to indicate the bits occupied by the information field of the dormancy duration.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, by receiving the third sleep indication information, the bits occupied by the information field used to indicate the sleep duration can be known, so that the bits can be applied to various suitable processes.

Step S310", determining the bits occupied by the information field used to indicate the sleep duration according to the agreement.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the bits occupied by the information field used to indicate the sleep duration can be known through the protocol, so that the bits can be applied to various suitable processes.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, by receiving the second dormancy indication information, it can be known whether the DCI contains an information field for indicating the dormancy duration, and by receiving the third dormancy indication information, it can be known that the information field for indicating the dormancy duration is occupied bits, so that the information bearing status and the above-mentioned bits at the corresponding positions in the DCI can be clearly known, and the information bearing status and bits are applied to various suitable processes.

Step S31, receiving first dormancy indication information sent by the network device 102, wherein the first dormancy indication information is used to indicate a dormancy duration, and within a period corresponding to the dormancy duration, the user equipment does not need to monitor paging messages and/or The paging advance notice indicates PEI, and the first dormancy indication information is used to indicate dormancy durations corresponding to multiple groups; wherein, each group corresponds to multiple user equipments.

In a possible implementation manner, the first sleep indication information may indicate a sequence, and the sequence includes sleep durations corresponding to multiple groups. Different first dormancy indication information may indicate different sequences.

In another possible implementation manner, the first sleep indication information includes a plurality of sub-information, and each sub-information is used to indicate a sleep duration corresponding to a group.

In a possible implementation manner, the first dormancy indication information occupies 8 bits, wherein every 2 consecutive bits corresponds to 1 group, then the first dormancy indication information corresponds to 4 groups in total, and each group may correspond to Different sleep durations. Each group corresponds to a plurality of user equipments, and the sleep duration corresponding to all user equipments in the same group is the same.

In an example, the first dormancy indication information occupies 8 bits, the first bit and the second bit correspond to the first packet, the third bit and the fourth bit correspond to the second packet, the fifth bit and the sixth bit correspond to In the 3rd packet, the 7th bit and the 8th bit correspond to the 4th packet. The first group corresponds to the sleep duration T1, the second group corresponds to the sleep duration T2, the third group corresponds to the sleep duration T3, and the fourth group corresponds to the sleep duration T4, where T1, T2, T3 and T4 are all different or partly the same .

In a possible implementation manner, the first dormancy indication information occupies 6 bits, wherein every 2 consecutive bits corresponds to 1 group, then the first dormancy indication information corresponds to 3 groups in total, and each group may correspond to Different sleep durations. Each group corresponds to a plurality of user equipments, and the sleep duration corresponding to all user equipments in the same group is the same.

In an example, the first dormancy indication information occupies 6 bits, the first bit and the second bit correspond to the first packet, the third bit and the fourth bit correspond to the second packet, and the fifth bit and the sixth bit correspond to the Group 3. The first group corresponds to the sleep duration T1, the second group corresponds to the sleep duration T2, and the third group corresponds to the sleep duration T3, wherein T1, T2 and T3 are different or partly the same.

In a possible implementation manner, the first dormancy indication information includes a plurality of sub-information, and each sub-information is used to indicate a dormancy duration corresponding to a group.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first dormancy indication information may be used to indicate different dormancy durations for unused user equipments in groups.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for transmitting indication information, which is applied to the network device 102 . Referring to FIG. 6, FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a method for transmitting indication information according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG. 6, the method includes:

Step S61, sending first dormancy indication information to the user equipment; wherein, the first dormancy indication information is used to indicate a dormancy duration, and within a period corresponding to the dormancy duration, the user equipment does not need to monitor paging messages and/or The paging announcement indicates PEI.

In some possible implementation manners, the first dormancy indication information is used to indicate a dormancy duration during which the user equipment does not need to monitor paging messages.

In some possible implementation manners, the first dormancy indication information is used to indicate a dormancy duration for which the user equipment does not need to monitor the paging advance indication PEI.

In some possible implementation manners, the first dormancy indication information is used to indicate the dormancy duration for which the user equipment does not need to monitor the paging message and the paging advance indication PEI.

The absolute duration of sleep;

N paging cycles;

M paging notice indication PEI sending cycle;

Wherein, N and M are integers greater than zero.

N and M may or may not be the same.

It should be understood that the user equipment receives the first dormancy indication information sent by the network device, and the first dormancy indication information indicates that the user equipment does not need to monitor the paging message and/or the dormancy duration of the paging advance indication PEI, which does not mean that the user equipment must During the dormancy duration of not listening to the paging message and/or the paging advance indication PEI within the dormancy duration, the user equipment may not monitor the paging message and/or the paging advance indication PEI according to the instruction information from the network device, or The monitoring of the paging message and/or paging advance indication PEI may be performed according to agreement or other information or signaling.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the network device 102 sends the first dormancy indication information to the user equipment 101, so that the user equipment may not perform monitoring of paging messages and/or paging within the subsequent dormancy duration based on the indication of the first dormancy indication information. The advance notice indicates the PEI, so that it is not necessary to perform wake-up and monitoring when the monitoring is not necessary, which can effectively save energy consumption.

Step S61, sending downlink control information DCI to the user equipment; wherein, the DCI includes first dormancy indication information, the first dormancy indication information is used to indicate the dormancy duration, and within the period corresponding to the dormancy duration, the user equipment does not need to listen The paging message and/or paging advance indication indicates the PEI, and the first dormancy indication information includes an information field for indicating the dormancy duration.

That is, in some possible implementation manners, the network device sends downlink control information DCI to the user equipment; wherein, the DCI includes first dormancy indication information, and the first dormancy indication information is used to indicate that the user equipment does not need to monitor the paging message and/or Or the paging notice indicates the sleep duration of the PEI, and the first sleep indication information includes an information field for indicating the sleep duration.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for transmitting indication information, which is applied to the network device 102 . This method includes:

Sending downlink control information DCI indicating PEI to the user equipment; wherein, the downlink control information DCI indicating PEI includes first dormancy indication information, and the first dormancy indication information is used to indicate that the user equipment does not need to monitor paging messages and/or paging The advance notice indicates the sleep duration of the PEI, and the first sleep indication information includes an information field for indicating the sleep duration.

Send the downlink control information DCI indicating the scheduling paging message to the user equipment; wherein, the DCI of the scheduling paging message includes first dormancy indication information, and the first dormancy indication information is used to indicate the dormancy duration, within the period corresponding to the dormancy duration , the user equipment does not need to monitor the paging message and/or the paging advance indication PEI, and the first dormancy indication information includes an information field used to indicate the dormancy duration.

Send downlink control information DCI to the user equipment; wherein, the DCI includes first dormancy indication information, and the first dormancy indication information is used to indicate a dormancy duration, and within a period corresponding to the dormancy duration, the user equipment does not need to monitor paging messages and /or the paging advance indication indicates the PEI, and the first dormancy indication information includes an information field for indicating the dormancy duration. The information field of the sleep duration is carried in the reserved bits of the downlink control information DCI of the scheduling paging message.

Send DCI1-0 to the user equipment; wherein, DCI1-0 includes first dormancy indication information, and the first dormancy indication information is used to indicate the dormancy duration, and the user equipment does not need to monitor the paging message during the period corresponding to the dormancy duration And/or the paging advance indication indicates PEI, and the first dormancy indication information includes an information field for indicating the dormancy duration. The information field of the sleep duration is carried in the reserved bits of the downlink control information DCI1-0 of the scheduling paging message.

Sending second dormancy indication information to the user equipment, where the second dormancy indication information is used to indicate whether the downlink control information includes an information field for indicating a dormancy duration.

Sending downlink control information DCI to the user equipment; wherein, the DCI includes first dormancy indication information, and the first dormancy indication information includes an information field for indicating a dormancy duration. The notice indicates the sleep duration of PEI.

Sending downlink control information DCI to the user equipment; wherein, the DCI includes an information field for indicating a sleep duration, and the sleep duration is a sleep duration during which the user equipment does not need to monitor paging messages and/or paging advance indication PEI.

Sending third dormancy indication information to the user equipment, where the third dormancy indication information is used to indicate the bits occupied by the information field of the dormancy duration.

The first dormancy indication information sent to the user equipment 101, wherein the first dormancy indication information is used to indicate that the user equipment does not need to monitor the paging message and/or the dormancy duration of the paging advance indication PEI, and the first dormancy indication information It is used to indicate the sleep duration corresponding to multiple groups; wherein, each group corresponds to multiple user equipments.

Based on the same idea as the above method embodiments, the embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a communication device, which can have the functions of the user equipment in the above method embodiments, and can be used to execute the user equipment provided by the above method embodiments. steps to execute. This function can be implemented by hardware, and can also be implemented by software or hardware executes corresponding software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the above functions.

In a possible implementation manner, the communication apparatus 700 shown in FIG. 7 may serve as the user equipment involved in the above method embodiments, and execute the steps performed by the user equipment in the above method embodiments. As shown in FIG. 7 , the communication device 700 may include a transceiver module 701 and a processing module 702 , and the transceiver module 701 and the processing module 702 are coupled to each other. The transceiver module 701 can be used to support the communication device 700 to communicate, and the transceiver module 701 can have a wireless communication function, for example, it can perform wireless communication with other communication devices through a wireless air interface. The processing module 702 can be used to support the communication device 700 to perform the processing actions in the above method embodiments, including but not limited to: generating information and messages sent by the transceiver module 701, and/or demodulating signals received by the transceiver module 701 decoding and so on.

In an example, when performing the steps implemented by the user equipment, the transceiver module 701 is configured to receive first dormancy indication information from the network device; wherein the first dormancy indication information is used to indicate a dormancy duration, and the dormancy duration During the corresponding time period, the user equipment does not need to monitor the paging message and/or the paging advance indication PEI.

In a possible implementation manner, the transceiver module 701 is configured to receive first dormancy indication information from a network device; wherein the first dormancy indication information is used to indicate a dormancy duration, and within a period corresponding to the dormancy duration, the The user equipment does not need to monitor the paging message and/or the paging advance indication PEI.

When the communication device is a user equipment, its structure may also be as shown in FIG. 8 . The apparatus 800 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, a fitness device, a personal digital assistant, and the like.

8, device 800 may include one or more of the following components: processing component 802, memory 804, power component 806, multimedia component 808, audio component 810, input/output (I/O) interface 812, sensor component 814, and communication component 816 .

The processing component 802 generally controls the overall operations of the device 800, such as those associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing component 802 may include one or more processors 820 to execute instructions to complete all or part of the steps of the above method. Additionally, processing component 802 may include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between processing component 802 and other components. For example, processing component 802 may include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between multimedia component 808 and processing component 802 .

The memory 804 is configured to store various types of data to support operations at the device 800 . Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the device 800, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, etc. The memory 804 can be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device or their combination, such as static random access memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EPROM), Programmable Read Only Memory (PROM), Read Only Memory (ROM), Magnetic Memory, Flash Memory, Magnetic or Optical Disk.

Power component 806 provides power to various components of device 800 . Power components 806 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for device 800 .

The multimedia component 808 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the device 800 and the user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive input signals from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touches, swipes, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense a boundary of a touch or swipe action, but also detect a duration and pressure associated with the touch or swipe operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 808 includes a front camera and/or a rear camera. When the device 800 is in an operation mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode, the front camera and/or the rear camera can receive external multimedia data. Each front camera and rear camera can be a fixed optical lens system or have focal length and optical zoom capability.

The audio component 810 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 810 includes a microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when the device 800 is in operation modes, such as call mode, recording mode and voice recognition mode. Received audio signals may be further stored in memory 804 or sent via communication component 816 . In some embodiments, the audio component 810 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 812 provides an interface between the processing component 802 and a peripheral interface module, which may be a keyboard, a click wheel, a button, and the like. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: a home button, volume buttons, start button, and lock button.

Sensor assembly 814 includes one or more sensors for providing status assessments of various aspects of device 800 . For example, the sensor component 814 can detect the open/closed state of the device 800, the relative positioning of components, such as the display and keypad of the device 800, and the sensor component 814 can also detect a change in the position of the device 800 or a component of the device 800 , the presence or absence of user contact with the device 800 , the device 800 orientation or acceleration/deceleration and the temperature change of the device 800 . Sensor assembly 814 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of nearby objects in the absence of any physical contact. Sensor assembly 814 may also include an optical sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor component 814 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 816 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between the apparatus 800 and other devices. The device 800 can access wireless networks based on communication standards, such as WiFi, 4G or 5G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 receives broadcast signals or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 also includes a near field communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communication. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, Infrared Data Association (IrDA) technology, Ultra Wide Band (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, apparatus 800 may be programmed by one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable A gate array (FPGA), controller, microcontroller, microprocessor or other electronic component implementation for performing the methods described above.

In an exemplary embodiment, there is also provided a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions, such as the memory 804 including instructions, which can be executed by the processor 820 of the device 800 to implement the above method. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be ROM, random access memory (RAM), CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, and the like.

Based on the same idea as the above method embodiment, the embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a communication device, which can have the function of the network device in the above method embodiment, and can be used to implement the network device provided by the above method embodiment. steps to execute. This function can be implemented by hardware, and can also be implemented by software or hardware executes corresponding software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the above functions.

In a possible implementation manner, the communication device 900 shown in FIG. 9 may serve as the network device involved in the above method embodiment, and execute the steps performed by the network device in the above method embodiment. As shown in FIG. 9 , the communication device 900 may include a transceiver module 901 and a processing module 902 , and the transceiver module 901 and the processing module 902 are coupled to each other. The transceiver module 901 can be used to support the communication device 900 to communicate, and the transceiver module 901 can have a wireless communication function, for example, it can perform wireless communication with other communication devices through a wireless air interface. The processing module 902 can be used to support the communication device 900 to perform the processing actions in the above method embodiments, including but not limited to: generating information and messages sent by the transceiver module 901, and/or demodulating signals received by the transceiver module 901 decoding and so on.

In an example, when performing the steps implemented by the network device, the transceiver module 901 is configured to send first dormancy indication information to the user equipment; wherein, the first dormancy indication information is used to indicate a dormancy duration, During the period corresponding to the duration, the user equipment does not need to monitor the paging message and/or the paging advance indication PEI.

When the communication device is a network device, its structure may also be as shown in FIG. 10 . The structure of the communication device will be described by taking the base station as an example. As shown in FIG. 10 , the device 1000 includes a memory 1001 , a processor 1002 , a transceiver component 1003 , and a power supply component 1006 . Wherein, the memory 1001 is coupled with the processor 1002, and can be used to store programs and data necessary for the communication device 1000 to realize various functions. The processor 1002 is configured to support the communication device 1000 to execute corresponding functions in the above methods, and the functions can be realized by calling programs stored in the memory 1001 . The transceiver component 1003 may be a wireless transceiver, and may be used to support the communication device 1000 to receive signaling and/or data and send signaling and/or data through a wireless air interface. The transceiver component 1003 may also be called a transceiver unit or a communication unit, and the transceiver component 1003 may include a radio frequency component 1004 and one or more antennas 1005, wherein the radio frequency component 1004 may be a remote radio unit (remote radio unit, RRU), specifically It can be used for the transmission of radio frequency signals and the conversion of radio frequency signals and baseband signals, and the one or more antennas 1007 can be specifically used for radiating and receiving radio frequency signals.

When the communication device 1000 needs to send data, the processor 1002 can perform baseband processing on the data to be sent, and then output the baseband signal to the radio frequency unit, and the radio frequency unit performs radio frequency processing on the baseband signal and sends the radio frequency signal through the antenna in the form of electromagnetic waves. When data is sent to the communication device 1000, the radio frequency unit receives the radio frequency signal through the antenna, converts the radio frequency signal into a baseband signal, and outputs the baseband signal to the processor 1002, and the processor 1002 converts the baseband signal into data and converts the data to process.

In an exemplary embodiment, there is also provided a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions, such as the memory 1001 including instructions, which can be executed by the processor 1002 of the device 1000 to complete the above method. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be ROM, random access memory (RAM), CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, and the like.

Other implementations of the disclosed embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any modification, use or adaptation of the embodiments of the present disclosure, which follow the general principles of the embodiments of the present disclosure and include common knowledge in the technical field not disclosed in the present disclosure or customary technical means. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosed embodiments being indicated by the following claims.

It should be understood that the embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited to the precise structures that have been described above and shown in the accompanying drawings, and various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the disclosed embodiments is limited only by the appended claims.

Industrial Applicability

The user equipment receives the first dormancy indication information sent by the network equipment, and based on the indication of the first dormancy indication information, does not perform monitoring of the paging message and/or paging advance indication PEI within the subsequent dormancy duration, so that the user equipment does not need to perform monitoring There is no need to perform wake-up and monitoring, which can effectively save energy consumption.

Claims

A method for transmitting indication information, applied to user equipment, comprising:

Receive first dormancy indication information from a network device; wherein, the first dormancy indication information is used to indicate a dormancy duration, and within a period corresponding to the dormancy duration, the user equipment does not need to monitor paging messages and/or paging notices Indicates PEI.
The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

During the period corresponding to the sleep duration, no paging message and/or paging advance indication PEI is monitored.
The method of claim 1, wherein,

The receiving the first dormancy indication information from the network device includes:

Receive downlink control information DCI from a network device; wherein, the DCI includes the first dormancy indication information, and the first dormancy indication information includes an information field for indicating the dormancy duration.
The method of claim 3, wherein,

The downlink control information DCI is downlink control information DCI indicating PEI.
The method according to claim 3, wherein the downlink control information DCI is downlink control information DCI of a scheduling paging message.
The method according to claim 5, wherein the information field of the sleep duration is carried in reserved bits of the downlink control information DCI of the scheduling paging message.
The method of claim 5, wherein,

The downlink control information DCI of the scheduling paging message is DCI1-0.
The method according to any one of claims 3 to 7, wherein said method further comprises:

Receive second dormancy indication information from the network device, where the second dormancy indication information is used to indicate whether the downlink control information DCI includes the information field for indicating the dormancy duration.
The method according to any one of claims 3 to 7, wherein said method further comprises:

Receive third dormancy indication information from the network device, where the third dormancy indication information is used to indicate bits occupied by the information field.
The method according to any one of claims 3 to 7, wherein said method further comprises:

The bits occupied by the information field are determined according to the agreement.
The method of claim 1, wherein,

The first dormancy indication information is used to indicate dormancy durations corresponding to multiple groups; wherein, each group corresponds to multiple user equipments.
The method of claim 11, wherein,

The first dormancy indication information includes a plurality of sub-information, and each sub-information is used to indicate a dormancy duration corresponding to a group.
The method of claim 1, wherein,

The sleep duration includes at least one of the following:

The absolute duration of sleep;

N paging cycles;

M paging notice indication PEI sending cycle;

Wherein, N and M are integers greater than zero.
A method for transmitting instruction information, applied to network devices, comprising:

Sending first dormancy indication information to the user equipment; wherein, the first dormancy indication information is used to indicate a dormancy duration, and within a period corresponding to the dormancy duration, the user equipment does not need to monitor paging messages and/or paging notices Indicates PEI.
The method of claim 14, wherein,

The sending the first dormancy indication information to the user equipment includes:

Sending downlink control information DCI to the user equipment; wherein, the DCI includes the first dormancy indication information, and the first dormancy indication information includes an information field for indicating the dormancy duration.
The method of claim 15, wherein,

The downlink control information DCI is downlink control information DCI indicating PEI.
The method according to claim 15, wherein the downlink control information DCI is downlink control information DCI of a scheduling paging message.
The method according to claim 17, wherein the information field of the sleep duration is carried in reserved bits of downlink control information DCI of the scheduling paging message.
The method of claim 17, wherein,

The downlink control information DCI of the scheduling paging message is DCI1-0.
The method according to any one of claims 15 to 19, wherein the method further comprises:

Sending second dormancy indication information to the user equipment, where the second dormancy indication information is used to indicate whether the downlink control information includes the information field for indicating the dormancy duration.
The method according to any one of claims 15 to 19, wherein the method further comprises:

Sending third dormancy indication information to the user equipment, where the third dormancy indication information is used to indicate bits occupied by the information field.
The method of claim 14, wherein,

The first dormancy indication information is used to indicate dormancy durations corresponding to multiple groups; wherein, each group corresponds to multiple user equipments.
The method of claim 22, wherein,

The first dormancy indication information includes a plurality of sub-information, and each sub-information is used to indicate a dormancy duration corresponding to a group.
The method of claim 14, wherein,

The sleep duration includes at least one of the following:

The absolute duration of sleep;

N paging cycles;

M paging notice indication PEI sending cycle;

Wherein, N and M are integers greater than zero.
A communication device comprising:

A transceiver module, configured to receive first dormancy indication information from a network device; wherein, the first dormancy indication information is used to indicate a dormancy duration, and within a period corresponding to the dormancy duration, the user equipment does not need to monitor paging messages and/or The paging announcement indicates PEI.
A communication device comprising:

A transceiver module, configured to send first dormancy indication information to the user equipment; wherein the first dormancy indication information is used to indicate a dormancy duration, and within a period corresponding to the dormancy duration, the user equipment does not need to monitor paging messages and /or paging advance indication PEI.
A communication device, including a processor and a memory;

The memory is used to store computer programs;

The processor is configured to execute the computer program to implement the method according to any one of claims 1-13.
A communication device, including a processor and a memory;

The memory is used to store computer programs;

The processor is configured to execute the computer program to implement the method according to any one of claims 14-24.
A computer-readable storage medium, where instructions are stored in the computer-readable storage medium, and when the instructions are invoked and executed on a computer, the computer is made to execute the method described in any one of claims 1-13 method.
A computer-readable storage medium, wherein instructions are stored in the computer-readable storage medium, and when the instructions are invoked and executed on a computer, the computer is made to execute the method described in any one of claims 14-24 method.