WO2023082201A1

WO2023082201A1 - Method and apparatus for sending or processing closing notification, and readable storage medium

Info

Publication number: WO2023082201A1
Application number: PCT/CN2021/130452
Authority: WO
Inventors: 付婷
Original assignee: 北京小米移动软件有限公司
Priority date: 2021-11-12
Filing date: 2021-11-12
Publication date: 2023-05-19
Also published as: CN116438827A

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for sending or processing a closing notification, and a readable storage medium, which are used in the technical field of wireless communications, the method comprising: receiving a closing notification sent by a network device, the closing notification being used to instruct to close an object to be closed, the object to be closed being a synchronization signal block (SSB) beam or carrier; and stopping executing or not executing measurement of the object to be closed. In the present disclosure, the network device sends a closing notification to a user equipment (UE), so that the UE learns of an object to be closed, and stops executing or does not execute measurement of the object to be closed, thereby avoiding unnecessary measurement operations by the UE and reducing energy consumption of the UE.

Description

A method, device and readable storage medium for sending or processing shutdown notification

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 sending or processing a shutdown notification.

Background technique

In the wireless communication protocol, the base station will configure periodic beam measurement for the connected user equipment (User Equipment, UE) to evaluate the channel quality of the user equipment under each beam, so as to select the appropriate beam as the transmission beam at the right time . The user equipment needs to measure the configured multiple reference signals (each reference signal has its corresponding beam) according to the requirements of the base station.

How to prevent the user equipment from performing unnecessary measurements is a technical problem that needs to be solved.

Contents of the invention

In view of this, the present disclosure provides a method, device and readable storage medium for sending or processing a shutdown notification.

In the first aspect, a method for processing a close notification is provided, and the method is executed by a user equipment, including:

receiving a closing notification sent by a network device, wherein the closing notification is used to indicate closing an object to be closed; the object to be closed is a synchronization signal block SSB beam or carrier, and,

Stopping or not performing measurements on the object to be shut down.

In this method, the network device sends a closing notification to the user equipment, so that the user equipment knows the object to be closed, and stops or does not perform measurement on the object to be closed, thereby avoiding unnecessary measurement operations of the user equipment and saving Energy consumption of user equipment.

In some possible implementation manners, the method also includes:

Stop reporting or not report the measurement results of the object to be closed.

In some possible implementations, the measurement results include at least one of the following:

CQI, PMI, CRI, SSBRI, LI, RI, L1-RSRP, L1-SINR.

In some possible implementation manners, the deactivation notification is a beam deactivation notification; the object to be deactivated is a synchronization signal block SSB beam.

In some possible implementation manners, the beam closing notification includes the index of the SSB beam to be closed.

In some possible implementation manners, the SSB beam to be turned off is the SSB beam that transmits the notification of turning off the beam.

In some possible implementation manners, the measurement of the object to be closed includes at least one of the following items:

measuring the SSB of the SSB beam to be turned off;

Measuring a channel state information reference signal CSI-RS that has a quasi-co-location (Quasi Co-Location, QCL) type D relationship with the index of the SSB beam to be turned off;

Measuring a channel state information reference signal CSI-RS that has a QCL relationship with the index of the SSB beam to be turned off.

In some possible implementation manners, the closing notification is a carrier closing notification, wherein the object to be closed is a carrier.

In some possible implementation manners, the carrier deactivation notification includes an index of the carrier to be deactivated.

In some possible implementation manners, the carrier to be turned off is the carrier that transmits the notification of turning off the beam.

measuring all SSBs on the carrier to be turned off;

Measure all CSI-RS on the carrier to be turned off.

In the second aspect, a method for sending a shutdown notification is provided, and the method is executed by a network device, including:

Sending a shutdown notification to the user equipment, wherein the shutdown notification is used to indicate the shutdown of an object to be shutdown, the object to be shutdown is a synchronization signal block SSB beam or a carrier, and the shutdown notification is also used to instruct the user equipment to stop The measurement of the object to be closed is performed or not performed.

In some possible implementation manners, the deactivation notification is further used to instruct the user equipment to stop reporting or not to report the measurement result of the object to be deactivated.

measuring the SSB of the SSB beam to be turned off;

Measuring the channel state information reference signal CSI-RS that has a QCL type D relationship with the index of the SSB beam to be closed;

measuring all SSBs on the carrier to be turned off;

Measure all CSI-RS on the carrier to be turned off.

According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication device is provided. The communication apparatus 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 is configured to receive a closing notification sent by the network device, wherein the closing notification is used to indicate closing of an object to be closed, and the object to be closed is a synchronization signal block SSB beam or carrier; a processing module configured to stop or not perform the measurement of the object to be turned off.

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

When performing the steps described in the second aspect above, the transceiver module is configured to send a shutdown notification to the user equipment, wherein the shutdown notification is used to indicate the shutdown of the object to be turned off, and the object to be turned off is a synchronization signal block SSB beam or a carrier, and the shutdown notification is further used to instruct the user equipment to stop or not perform the measurement on the object to be turned off.

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 schematic diagram of a wireless communication system architecture provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

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

Fig. 3 is a flow chart of another method for transmitting a shutdown notification according to an exemplary embodiment;

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

Fig. 5 is a flow chart of another method for transmitting a shutdown notification according to an exemplary embodiment;

Fig. 6 is a structural diagram showing another method for transmitting a shutdown notification according to an exemplary embodiment;

Fig. 7 is a structural diagram showing another method for transmitting a shutdown notification according to an exemplary embodiment;

Fig. 8 is a structural diagram of a device for receiving a shutdown notification according to an exemplary embodiment;

Fig. 9 is a structural diagram of another device for receiving a shutdown notification according to an exemplary embodiment;

Fig. 10 is a structural diagram of another device for sending a shutdown notification according to an exemplary embodiment;

Fig. 11 is a structural diagram of another device for sending a shutdown notification 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 , a method for transmitting a shutdown notification provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure may be applied to a wireless communication system 100 , and the wireless communication system may include but not limited to a network device 101 and a user equipment 102 . The user equipment 102 is configured to support carrier aggregation, and the user equipment 102 can be connected to multiple carrier components of the network device 101 , including one 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 102 shown above may be user equipment (user equipment, UE), terminal (terminal), access terminal, terminal unit, terminal station, mobile station (mobile station, MS), remote station, remote terminal, mobile terminal ( mobile terminal), wireless communication equipment, terminal agent or user equipment, etc. The user equipment 102 may have a wireless transceiver function, which can communicate with one or more network devices 101 of one or more communication systems (such as wireless communication), and accept network services provided by the network device 101, where the network device 101 Including but not limited to the illustrated base stations.

Wherein, the user equipment 102 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 101 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. Specifically, the network device may include a base station (base station, BS) device, or include a base station device and a radio resource management device for controlling the base station device, and the like. The network device may also include a relay station (relay device), an access point, and 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. Network devices can be wearable or in-vehicle. The network device can also be a communication chip with a communication module.

For example, the network device 101 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 (basestation 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.

If the pilot to be measured configured by the network device 101 for the user equipment 102 includes the pilot of the beam to be turned off, it will cause the user equipment to perform unnecessary measurements and increase the energy consumption of the user equipment.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for transmitting a shutdown notification. Fig. 2 is a flow chart of a method for transmitting a shutdown notification according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in Fig. 2 , the method includes:

Step S201, the network device 101 sends a shutdown notification to the user equipment 102, wherein the shutdown notification is used to indicate to close the object to be closed, the object to be closed is a synchronization signal block SSB beam or carrier, and the shutdown notification is also used to instruct the user equipment to stop or not perform the measurement on the object to be turned off.

In step S202, the user equipment 102 receives a closing notification sent by the network device 101, wherein the closing notification is used to indicate closing the object to be closed; stop performing or not performing measurement on the object to be closed.

Step S203, stop or not perform the measurement of the object to be closed.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the network device 101 sends a closing notification to the user equipment 102, so that the user equipment 102 knows the object to be closed, and stops or does not perform the measurement of the object to be closed, so as to avoid the user equipment 102 Necessary measurement operations save energy consumption of the user equipment 102 .

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for transmitting a shutdown notification, and the method is executed by the user equipment 102 . Fig. 3 is a flowchart of a method for transmitting a shutdown notification according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in Fig. 3 , the method includes:

Step S301, receiving a closing notification sent by the network device, wherein the closing notification is used to indicate closing the object to be closed;

Step S302, stop or not execute the measurement of the object to be closed.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for transmitting a shutdown notification, and the method is executed by the user equipment 102 . Fig. 4 is a flow chart of a method for transmitting a shutdown notification according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in Fig. 4 , the method includes:

Step S302, stop or not execute the measurement of the object to be closed.

Step S303, stop reporting or not report the measurement result of the object to be closed.

Channel Quality Indicator (CQI), precoding matrix indicator (precoding matrix indicator, PMI), CSI-RS resource indicator (CSI-RS resource indicator, CRI), SS/PBCH block resource indicator (SS/PBCH Block Resource indicator, SSBRI), layer indicator (layer indicator, LI), rank indicator (rank indicator, RI), layer 1 reference signal received power (layer 1-reference signal receiver power, L1-RSRP), layer 1 reference signal signal-to-noise ratio (layer 1-signal interference and noise ratio, L1-SINR).

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the network device 101 sends a closing notification to the user equipment 102, so that the user equipment 102 knows the object to be closed, and stops or does not perform the measurement of the object to be closed, and stops or does not report the corresponding measurement results, thereby avoiding unnecessary measurement operations and reporting operations of the user equipment 102, and saving energy consumption of the user equipment 102.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the network device 101 sends a closing notification to the user equipment 102, so that the user equipment 102 knows the object to be closed, and the user equipment may stop or not perform the measurement of the object to be closed, but may still perform The measurement, but the reporting of the corresponding measurement results is stopped or not reported, thereby avoiding the reporting operation of the user equipment 102 and saving the energy consumption of the user equipment 102 .

The description about the object to be measured and the measurement result has been described in the foregoing embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for transmitting a shutdown notification, and the method is executed by the user equipment 102 . This method includes:

Step S301a, receiving a beam closing notification sent by the network device, wherein the beam closing notification is used to indicate closing the SSB beam to be closed.

Step S302a, stop or not perform the measurement of the SSB beam to be turned off.

In some possible implementations, the measurement of the object to be closed includes at least one of the following:

Measure the SSB of the SSB beam to be turned off;

Measure the channel state information reference signal (Channel State Information Reference Signal, CSI-RS) that has a QCL type D relationship with the index of the SSB beam to be turned off;

The channel state information reference signal CSI-RS having a QCL relationship with the index of the SSB beam to be turned off is measured.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the network device 101 sends a beam closing notification to the user equipment 102, so that the user equipment 102 knows that the object to be closed is a synchronization signal block SSB beam, and stops or does not perform measurement on the object to be closed, Therefore, unnecessary measurement operations of the user equipment 102 are avoided, and energy consumption of the user equipment 102 is saved.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for transmitting a shutdown notification, and the method is executed by the user equipment 102 . Fig. 5 is a flow chart of a method for transmitting a shutdown notification according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in Fig. 5, the method includes:

Step S301b, receiving a beam closing notification sent by the network device, wherein the beam closing notification includes an index of the SSB beam to be closed.

Step S302b, stop or not perform the measurement of the SSB beam to be turned off.

In some possible implementations, this method also includes:

Step S302b, stop reporting or not report the measurement result of the SSB beam to be turned off.

Measure the SSB of the SSB beam to be turned off;

Measure the channel state information reference signal CSI-RS that has a QCL type D relationship with the index of the SSB beam to be turned off;

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the closed SSB beam is indicated by including the index of the SSB beam to be closed in the beam closing notification.

Step S301c, receiving a beam closing notification sent by the network device, wherein the SSB beam to be closed is the SSB beam transmitting the beam closing notification.

Step S302c, stop or not perform the measurement of the SSB beam to be turned off.

Measure the SSB of the SSB beam to be turned off;

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the SSB beam that transmits the notification of closing the beam is determined as the SSB beam to be closed.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for transmitting a shutdown notification, and the method is executed by the user equipment 102 . Fig. 6 is a flowchart of a method for transmitting a shutdown notification according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in Fig. 6, the method includes:

Step S301d, receiving a carrier shutdown notification sent by the network device, wherein the beam shutdown notification is used to indicate the shutdown of the carrier to be turned off.

Step S302d, stop or not perform the measurement on the carrier to be turned off.

In some possible implementation manners, the measurement of the carrier to be turned off includes at least one of the following items:

Measure all SSBs on the carrier to be turned off;

Measure all CSI-RS on the carrier to be turned off.

In some possible implementation manners, one carrier corresponds to multiple SSB beams.

In some possible implementation manners, all SSBs on the carrier to be turned off are SSBs corresponding to all SSBs on the carrier to be turned off.

In some possible implementation manners, all CSI-RSs on the carrier to be turned off are CSI-RSs corresponding to all SSB carriers on the carrier to be turned off.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the network device 101 sends a carrier shutdown notification to the user equipment 102, so that the user equipment 102 knows the carrier to be turned off, and stops or does not perform the measurement of the carrier to be turned off, thereby avoiding unnecessary The measurement operation saves energy consumption of the user equipment 102 .

Step S301d, receiving the notification of closing the carrier sent by the network device, wherein the notification of closing the beam includes the index of the carrier to be closed.

Measure all SSBs on the carrier to be turned off;

Measure all CSI-RS on the carrier to be turned off.

Step S301d, receiving the notification of closing the carrier sent by the network device, wherein the carrier to be closed is the carrier that transmits the notification of closing the beam.

Measure all SSBs on the carrier to be turned off;

Measure all CSI-RS on the carrier to be turned off.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for sending a shutdown notification, which is executed by the network device 101. FIG. 7 is a flow chart of sending a shutdown notification according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG. 7, the method include:

S701. The network device 101 sends a shutdown notification to the user equipment 102, where the shutdown notification is used to indicate to close the object to be closed, so that the user equipment stops or does not perform measurement on the object to be closed, wherein the The object to be turned off may be a synchronization signal block SSB beam or a carrier.

Optionally, the closing notification may also make the user equipment stop reporting or not report the measurement result of the object to be closed. The description about the object to be measured and the measurement result of the object to be turned off has been described in detail in the description for the user equipment, and will not be repeated here.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for sending a shutdown notification, the method is executed by the network device 101, and the method includes:

The network device 101 sends a shutdown notification to the user equipment, where the shutdown notification is used to indicate to close the object to be closed, so that the user equipment stops reporting or does not report the measurement result of the object to be closed, wherein the object to be closed Objects can be synchronization signal blocks SSB beams or carriers.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the network device 101 sends a closing notification to the user equipment 102, so that the user equipment 102 knows the object to be closed, and stops reporting or does not report the measurement result of the object to be closed, thereby avoiding the user equipment 102. Unnecessary measurement operations save energy consumption of the user equipment 102 .

S701a. The network device 101 sends a closing notification to the user equipment 102, where the closing notification is used to indicate closing the object to be closed, and the closing notification is also used to instruct the user equipment to stop or not execute the object to be closed The shutdown notification is further used to instruct the user equipment to stop reporting or not to report the measurement result of the object to be shut down.

S701b. The network device 101 sends a beam closing notification to the user equipment 102, where the beam closing notification is used to indicate that the synchronization signal block SSB beam to be closed is closed, and the beam closing notification is also used to instruct the user equipment to stop executing or No measurements are performed on the SSB beams to be turned off.

In some possible implementation manners, the notification of closing the beam is further used to instruct the user equipment to stop reporting or not to report the measurement result of the SSB beam to be closed.

In some possible implementation manners, the measurement of the SSB beam to be turned off includes at least one of the following items:

measuring the SSB of the SSB beam to be turned off;

S701c, the network device 101 sends a beam closing notification to the user equipment 102, wherein the beam closing notification includes the index of the SSB beam to be closed, and the beam closing notification is also used to instruct the user equipment to stop or not perform the Describe the measurements of the SSB beams to be turned off.

measuring the SSB of the SSB beam to be turned off;

S701d. The network device 101 sends a beam closing notification to the user equipment 102, wherein the SSB beam to be closed is the SSB beam transmitting the beam closing notification, and the beam closing notification is also used to instruct the user equipment to stop execution or not execute Measurements on the SSB beams to be turned off.

measuring the SSB of the SSB beam to be turned off;

S701e. The network device 101 sends a carrier shutdown notification to the user equipment 102, where the beam shutdown notification is used to indicate that the carrier to be shutdown is closed, and the carrier shutdown notification is also used to instruct the user equipment to stop or not perform Describe the measurement of the carrier to be turned off.

In some possible implementation manners, the notification of turning off the beam is also used to instruct the user equipment to stop reporting or not to report the measurement result of the carrier to be turned off.

measuring all SSBs on the carrier to be turned off;

Measure all CSI-RS on the carrier to be turned off.

S701f, the network device 101 sends a carrier shutdown notification to the user equipment 102, wherein the carrier shutdown notification includes the index of the carrier to be shutdown, and the carrier shutdown notification is also used to instruct the user equipment to stop or not execute the carrier shutdown Measurement.

measuring all SSBs on the carrier to be turned off;

Measure all CSI-RS on the carrier to be turned off.

S701g. The network device 101 sends a notification of closing the carrier to the user equipment 102, wherein the carrier to be closed is the carrier that transmits the notification of closing the beam, and the notification of closing the carrier is also used to instruct the user equipment to stop or not perform the notification of the pending beam. measurement of the off-carrier.

measuring all SSBs on the carrier to be turned off;

Measure all CSI-RS on the carrier to be turned off.

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 user equipment 102 in the above method embodiment, and is used to execute the user equipment 102 provided by the above 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 apparatus 800 shown in FIG. 8 may serve as the user equipment 102 involved in the above method embodiment, and execute the steps performed by the user equipment 102 in the above method embodiment. As shown in FIG. 8 , the communication device 800 may include a transceiver module 801 . The transceiver module 801 can be used to support the communication device 800 to communicate, and the transceiver module 801 can have a wireless communication function, for example, it can perform wireless communication with other communication devices through a wireless air interface.

When executing the steps implemented by the user equipment 102, the transceiver module 801 is configured to receive a closing notification sent by the network device, wherein the closing notification is used to indicate closing the object to be closed; the processing module 802 is configured to stop execution or not execute The measurement of the object to be closed.

When the communication device is user equipment 102, its structure may also be as shown in FIG. 9 . The device 900 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.

9, device 900 may include one or more of the following components: processing component 902, memory 904, power supply component 906, multimedia component 908, audio component 910, input/output (I/O) interface 912, sensor component 914, and communication component 916 .

The processing component 902 generally controls the overall operations of the device 900, such as those associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing component 902 may include one or more processors 620 to execute instructions to complete all or part of the steps of the above method. Additionally, processing component 902 may include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between processing component 902 and other components. For example, processing component 902 may include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between multimedia component 908 and processing component 902 .

The memory 904 is configured to store various types of data to support operations at the device 900 . Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on device 900, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and the like. The memory 904 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.

The power supply component 906 provides power to the various components of the device 900 . Power components 906 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for device 900 .

The multimedia component 908 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the device 900 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 the boundary of a touch or swipe action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or swipe action. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 908 includes a front camera and/or a rear camera. When the device 900 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 910 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 910 includes a microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when the device 900 is in operation modes, such as call mode, recording mode and voice recognition mode. Received audio signals may be further stored in memory 904 or sent via communication component 916 . In some embodiments, the audio component 910 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 912 provides an interface between the processing component 902 and a peripheral interface module. The peripheral interface module 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 914 includes one or more sensors for providing status assessments of various aspects of device 900 . For example, the sensor component 914 can detect the open/closed state of the device 900, the relative positioning of components, such as the display and keypad of the device 900, and the sensor component 914 can also detect a change in the position of the device 900 or a component of the device 900 , the presence or absence of user contact with the device 900 , the device 900 orientation or acceleration/deceleration and the temperature change of the device 900 . Sensor assembly 914 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of nearby objects in the absence of any physical contact. Sensor assembly 914 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 914 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 916 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between the apparatus 900 and other devices. The device 900 can access wireless networks based on communication standards, such as WiFi, 4G or 5G, or a combination thereof. In one exemplary embodiment, the communication component 916 receives broadcast signals or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 916 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 Wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, apparatus 900 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.

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 101 in the above method embodiment, and is used to execute the network device 101 provided by the above 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 apparatus 1000 shown in FIG. 10 may serve as the network device 101 involved in the above method embodiment, and execute the steps performed by the network device 101 in the above method embodiment. As shown in FIG. 10 , the communication device 1000 may include a transceiver module 1001 . The transceiver module 1001 can be used to support the communication device 1000 to communicate, and the transceiver module 1001 can have a wireless communication function, for example, it can perform wireless communication with other communication devices through a wireless air interface.

When executing the steps implemented by the network device 101, the transceiver module 1001 is configured to send a closing notification to the user equipment, wherein the closing notification is used to indicate closing the object to be closed, and the closing notification is also used to indicate the user equipment Stopping or not performing measurements on the object to be shut down.

When the communication device is a network device, its structure may also be as shown in FIG. 11 . The structure of the communication device is described by taking the network device 101 as a base station as an example. As shown in FIG. 11 , the device 900 includes a memory 1101 , a processor 1102 , a transceiver component 1103 , and a power supply component 1106 . Wherein, the memory 1101 is coupled with the processor 1102 and can be used to store necessary programs and data for the communication device 1100 to realize various functions. The processor 1102 is configured to support the communication device 1100 to execute corresponding functions in the above method, and this function can be realized by calling a program stored in the memory 1101 . The transceiver component 1103 can be a wireless transceiver, and can be used to support the communication device 1100 to receive signaling and/or data and send signaling and/or data through a wireless air interface. The transceiver component 1103 may also be called a transceiver unit or a communication unit, and the transceiver component 1103 may include a radio frequency component 1104 and one or more antennas 1105, wherein the radio frequency component 1104 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 1105 can be specifically used for radiating and receiving radio frequency signals.

When the communication device 1100 needs to send data, the processor 1102 can perform baseband processing on the data to be sent, and 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 1100, 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 1102, and the processor 1102 converts the baseband signal into data and converts the data to process.

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. These modifications, uses or adaptations 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 network device sends a closing notification to the user equipment, so that the user equipment knows the object to be closed, and stops or does not perform measurement on the object to be closed, thereby avoiding unnecessary measurement operations of the user equipment and saving energy of the user equipment consumption.

Claims

A method for processing a closing notification, the method being executed by a user equipment, comprising:

Receiving a shutdown notification sent by a network device, wherein the shutdown notification is used to indicate that an object to be closed is closed, and the object to be closed is a synchronization signal block SSB beam or a carrier; and

Stopping or not performing measurements on the object to be shut down.
The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

Stop reporting or not report the measurement results of the object to be closed.
The method of claim 2, wherein the measurement results include at least one of the following:

CQI, PMI, CRI, SSBRI, LI, RI, L1-RSRP, L1-SINR.
A method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein,

The closing notification is a beam closing notification; the object to be closed is a synchronization signal block SSB beam to be closed.
The method of claim 4, wherein,

The closing beam notification includes the index of the SSB beam to be closed.
The method of claim 4, wherein,

The SSB beam to be turned off is the SSB beam that transmits the notification of turning off the beam.
A method as claimed in any one of claims 5 to 6, wherein,

Said measurement of said object to be closed comprises at least one of:

measuring the SSB of the SSB beam to be turned off;

Measuring the channel state information reference signal CSI-RS that has a QCL type D relationship with the index of the SSB beam to be closed;

Measuring a channel state information reference signal CSI-RS that has a QCL relationship with the index of the SSB beam to be turned off.
A method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein,

The shutdown notification is a carrier shutdown notification, wherein the object to be turned off is the carrier to be turned off.
The method of claim 8, wherein,

The carrier deactivation notification includes the index of the carrier to be deactivated.
The method of claim 8, wherein,

The carrier to be turned off is the carrier that transmits the notification of turning off the beam.
A method as claimed in any one of claims 9 to 10, wherein,

Said measurement of said object to be closed comprises at least one of:

measuring all SSBs on the carrier to be turned off;

Measure all CSI-RS on the carrier to be turned off.
A method for sending a shutdown notification, the method being executed by a network device, comprising:

sending a closing notification to the user equipment, where the closing notification is used to indicate closing the object to be closed, so that the user equipment stops or does not perform measurement on the object to be closed, wherein the object to be closed The object is a sync signal block SSB beam or carrier.
The method of claim 12, wherein,

The shutdown notification is further used to instruct the user equipment to stop reporting or not to report the measurement result of the object to be turned off.
The method of claim 12, wherein,

The closing notification is a beam closing notification; the object to be closed is a synchronization signal block SSB beam to be closed.
The method of claim 14, wherein,

The closing beam notification includes the index of the SSB beam to be closed.
The method of claim 14, wherein,

The SSB beam to be turned off is the SSB beam that transmits the notification of turning off the beam.
A method as claimed in any one of claims 15 to 16, wherein,

Said measurement of said object to be closed comprises at least one of:

measuring the SSB of the SSB beam to be turned off;

Measuring the channel state information reference signal CSI-RS that has a QCL type D relationship with the index of the SSB beam to be closed;

Measuring a channel state information reference signal CSI-RS that has a QCL relationship with the index of the SSB beam to be turned off.
The method of claim 12, wherein,

The shutdown notification is a carrier shutdown notification, wherein the object to be turned off is the carrier to be turned off.
The method of claim 18, wherein,

The carrier deactivation notification includes the index of the carrier to be deactivated.
The method of claim 18, wherein,

The carrier to be turned off is the carrier that transmits the notification of turning off the beam.
A method as claimed in any one of claims 19 to 20, wherein,

Said measurement of said object to be closed comprises at least one of:

measuring all SSBs on the carrier to be turned off;

Measure all CSI-RS on the carrier to be turned off.
A communication device comprising:

The transceiver module is configured to receive a closing notification sent by a network device, wherein the closing notification is used to indicate closing of an object to be closed; the object to be closed is a synchronization signal block SSB beam or a carrier;

A processing module, configured to stop or not perform the measurement of the object to be closed.
A communication device comprising:

The transceiver module is configured to send a shutdown notification to the user equipment, wherein the shutdown notification is used to indicate that an object to be closed is closed, and the object to be closed is a synchronization signal block SSB beam or a carrier, and the shutdown notification is also used to indicate The user equipment stops or does not perform the measurement of the object to be turned off.
A communication device, including a processor and a memory, wherein

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 1-11.
A communication device, including a processor and a memory, wherein

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 12-21.
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 1-11 method.
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 12-21. method.