WO2023206032A2

WO2023206032A2 - Sidelink discontinuous reception (drx) control method and apparatus

Info

Publication number: WO2023206032A2
Application number: PCT/CN2022/089099
Authority: WO
Inventors: 杨星
Original assignee: 北京小米移动软件有限公司
Priority date: 2022-04-25
Filing date: 2022-04-25
Publication date: 2023-11-02
Also published as: CN115004850A

Abstract

The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of communication, and embodiments thereof disclose a sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX) control method and apparatus. the sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX) control method is applied to a transmitting user equipment (UE), and the method comprises: when the transmitting UE detects a cell that does not support sidelink DRX, said UE sends a first indication to another UE, the first indication being used for indicating that the cell does not support sidelink DRX, so as to allow a receiving UE to continuously listen for sidelink communication in response to the first indication, and to not enable sidelink DRX; said method can prevent a UE from being unable to receive sidelink data of another UE that is under the control of a cell that does not support sidelink DRX.

Description

Control method and device for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX

Technical field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular, to a control method and device for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX.

Background technique

In order to save power consumption during direct communication between user equipment (User Equipment, UE) and UE, sidelink discontinuous reception (Discontinuous Reception, DRX) is introduced. The receiving UE only receives sidelink data within the activation time, and the sending UE only receives sidelink data during the activation time. Sidelink data is sent within the activation time of the receiving UE.

If UE A is in cell 1 that supports sidelink DRX, and UE B is in cell 2 that does not support sidelink DRX, then UE B may send sidelink data outside the activation time of UE A. If UEA only performs sidelink reception during the sidelink DRX activation time , it may not be able to receive the sidelink data sent by UE B.

Contents of the invention

The embodiment of the first aspect of the present disclosure proposes a control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX, which is applied to sending user equipment UE. The method includes: when a cell that does not support sidelink DRX is detected, sending the first signal to other UEs. One instruction.

In this technical solution, when the sending UE detects a cell that does not support sidelink DRX, it sends a first indication to other UEs so that the receiving UE continues to monitor sidelink communication in response to the first indication and does not start sidelink DRX, which can avoid the UE Sidelink data from other UEs under the control of a cell that does not support sidelink DRX cannot be received.

Optionally, the first indication includes at least one of the following: an identity of the cell; and a frequency where the cell is located.

Optionally, the method further includes: in response to the sending UE satisfying the first condition, performing the sending of the first indication to other UEs; the first condition is the communication between the sending UE and the serving cell to which it belongs. The channel measurement result is less than the first threshold.

Optionally, the method further includes: performing the sending of the first indication to other UEs in response to the cell satisfying at least one of the following; the cell is the serving cell to which the sending UE belongs; and the cell is at the sidelink operating frequency. ; and the cell supports the sidelink function; and the cell does not carry sidelink transmission resources in the system information.

Optionally, the sidelink operating frequency includes: determining based on preconfiguration or high-level configuration.

Optionally, supporting the sidelink function includes: determining in response to the sidelink system information.

Optionally, the sidelink system information includes the following information: system information module SIB12.

Optionally, the sending of the first indication to other UEs is performed in at least one of the following ways, including: sending the first indication to other UEs through broadcast; and sending the first indication to other UEs through multicast; and through single transmission. The broadcaster sends the first indication to other UEs.

The embodiment of the second aspect of the present disclosure proposes another control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX, which is applied to receiving user equipment UE, including: receiving a first indication, the first indication is used to indicate that the cell does not support sidelink DRX ;Continue to monitor sidelink communications in response to the first instruction and do not enable sidelink DRX.

In this technical solution, when the sending UE detects a cell that does not support sidelink DRX, it sends a first indication to other UEs. The first indication is used to indicate that the cell does not support sidelink DRX, so that the receiving UE does not start sidelink according to the first indication. DRX, so that the receiving UE continues to monitor sidelink communication in response to the first indication, and sidelink DRX is not activated to prevent the UE from being unable to receive broadcast and multicast data from other UEs under the control of a cell that does not support sidelink DRX.

Optionally, in response to the first indication carrying the frequency of the cell, performing the continuous monitoring of sidelink communication at the frequency without starting sidelink DRX.

Optionally, in response to the first indication carrying the identity of the cell, determine whether the serving cell to which the receiving UE belongs is a neighboring cell of the cell corresponding to the identity of the cell; if the serving cell to which the receiving UE belongs is the The identity of the cell corresponds to the neighbor cell of the cell, and the continuous monitoring of sidelink communication is performed in the neighbor cell of the cell without starting sidelink DRX.

Optionally, in response to the first indication carrying the identity of the cell, determining whether the serving cell to which the receiving UE belongs is a neighboring cell of the cell includes: based on the neighboring cell broadcast by the serving cell to which the receiving UE belongs. Information determines whether the serving cell to which it belongs is a neighboring cell of the cell

Optionally, the receiving the first indication includes at least one of the following methods, including: receiving the first indication sent by broadcast; and receiving the first indication sent by multicast; and receiving the first indication sent by unicast. The first instruction sent.

Optionally, when receiving the first instruction sent through broadcast, the continuous monitoring of sidelink communication is performed without starting sidelink DRX.

Optionally, when receiving the first indication sent through multicast, perform the continuous monitoring of sidelink communication without starting sidelink DRX.

The third embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a control device for directly connected sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX. The device is used to send user equipment UE. The device includes: a sending unit for detecting that sidelink DRX is not supported. When connecting to a cell, a first indication is sent to other UEs, where the first indication is used to indicate that the cell does not support sidelink DRX.

An embodiment of the fourth aspect of the present disclosure proposes another control device for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX. The device is used to receive user equipment UE. The device includes: a receiving unit configured to receive a first indication, the The first indication is used to indicate that the cell does not support sidelink DRX; the execution unit is used to continuously monitor sidelink communication in response to the first indication and not start sidelink DRX.

The fifth aspect of the present disclosure provides a control device for direct-connected sidelink discontinuous DRX reception. The device includes a processor and a memory. A computer program is stored in the memory. The processor executes the data stored in the memory. A computer program, so that the device executes the method described in the embodiment of the first aspect of the present disclosure.

The sixth aspect of the present disclosure provides another control device for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX. The device includes a processor and a memory. A computer program is stored in the memory. The processor executes the memory. A computer program is stored, so that the device executes the method described in the embodiment of the second aspect of the present disclosure.

The seventh embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a control device for directly connected sidelink discontinuous DRX reception, which is characterized in that it includes: a processor and an interface circuit; the interface circuit is used to receive code instructions and transmit them to the processor The processor is configured to run the code instructions to perform the method described in the embodiment of the first aspect of the present disclosure.

The eighth embodiment of the present disclosure proposes another control device for directly connected sidelink discontinuous DRX reception, which is characterized in that it includes: a processor and an interface circuit; the interface circuit is used to receive code instructions and transmit them to the Processor; the processor is configured to run the code instructions to perform the method described in the embodiment of the second aspect of the present disclosure.

The ninth embodiment of the present disclosure provides a computer-readable storage medium for storing instructions. When the instructions are executed, the method described in the first embodiment of the present disclosure is implemented.

The tenth aspect embodiment of the present disclosure provides another computer-readable storage medium for storing instructions. When the instructions are executed, the method described in the second aspect embodiment of the present disclosure is implemented.

An eleventh aspect embodiment of the present disclosure provides a computer program product that, when run on a computer, causes the computer to execute the method described in the first aspect embodiment.

The twelfth aspect embodiment of the present disclosure provides another computer program product, which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to execute the method described in the above-mentioned second aspect embodiment.

Additional aspects and advantages of the disclosure will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the disclosure.

Description of the drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the disclosure or the background technology, the drawings required to be used in the embodiments or the background technology of the disclosure will be described below.

Figure 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication system provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 2 is a schematic flowchart of a control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 3 is a schematic flowchart of another control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 4 is a schematic flowchart of another control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 5 is a schematic flowchart of another control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 6 is a schematic flowchart of another control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 7 is a schematic flowchart of another control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 8 is a schematic flowchart of another control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 9 is a schematic flowchart of another control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 10 is a schematic flowchart of another control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 11 is a schematic flowchart of another control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 12 is a schematic flowchart of another control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 13 is a schematic flowchart of another control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 14 is a schematic flowchart of another control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 15 is a schematic structural diagram of a control device for directly connected sidelink discontinuous DRX reception provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 16 is a schematic structural diagram of a control device for directly connected sidelink discontinuous DRX reception provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 17 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure; and

Figure 18 is a block diagram of a user equipment provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed ways

Exemplary embodiments will be described in detail herein, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the drawings, the same numbers 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 embodiments of the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with aspects of embodiments of the present disclosure as detailed in the appended claims.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the present disclosure is for the purpose of describing specific embodiments only and is not intended to limit the embodiments of the present disclosure. As used in the present embodiments and the appended claims, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. It will also be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein refers to and includes any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used to describe various information in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish information of the same type from each other. For example, without departing from the scope of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the first information may also be called second information, and similarly, the second information may also be called first information. Depending on the context, the words "if" and "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "when" or "when" or "in response to determining."

Embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein the same or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are exemplary and intended to explain the present disclosure and are not to be construed as limitations of the present disclosure.

In order to better understand the control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX disclosed in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the following first describes the communication system to which the embodiment of the present disclosure is applicable.

Please refer to Figure 1. Figure 1 is a schematic architectural diagram of a communication system provided by an embodiment of the present application. The communication system may include but is not limited to a network device, a sending UE and a receiving UE, wherein the sending UE and the receiving UE can communicate with the network device respectively, and the sending UE and the receiving UE can communicate with each other, as shown in Figure 1 The number and form of the equipment are only for examples and do not constitute a limitation on the embodiments of the present application. Practical applications may include two or more network devices, two or more sending UEs, two or more of receiving UE. The communication system shown in Figure 1 includes a network device 101, a sending UE 102 and a receiving UE 103 as an example.

As an example, a user equipment UE can serve as either a receiving UE or a sending UE.

As another example, one user equipment UE may act solely as a receiving UE, and another user equipment UE may act alone as a transmitting UE.

It should be noted that the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to various communication systems. For example: long term evolution (LTE) system, fifth generation (5th generation, 5G) mobile communication system, 5G new radio (NR) system, or other future new mobile communication systems.

The network device in the embodiment of the present disclosure is an entity on the network side that is used to transmit or receive signals. For example, the network device 101 can be an evolved base station (evolved NodeB, eNB), a transmission reception point (transmission reception point or transmit receive point, TRP), a next generation base station (next generation NodeB, gNB) in an NR system, or other future mobile Base stations in communication systems or access nodes in wireless fidelity (WiFi) systems, etc. The embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit the specific technologies and specific equipment forms used by network equipment. The network equipment provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may be composed of a centralized unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU). The CU may also be called a control unit (control unit). CU-DU is used. The structure can separate the protocol layers of network equipment, such as base stations, and place some protocol layer functions under centralized control on the CU. The remaining part or all protocol layer functions are distributed in the DU, and the CU centrally controls the DU.

The user equipment in the embodiment of the present disclosure is an entity on the user side that is used to receive or transmit signals, such as a mobile phone. Terminal equipment can also be called terminal equipment (terminal), mobile station (mobile station, MS), mobile terminal equipment (mobile terminal, MT), etc. The user equipment can be a car with communication functions, a smart car, a mobile phone, a wearable device, a tablet computer (Pad), a computer with wireless transceiver functions, a virtual reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality ( augmented reality (AR) terminal equipment, wireless terminal equipment in industrial control, wireless terminal equipment in self-driving, wireless terminal equipment in remote medical surgery, smart grid ( Wireless terminal equipment in smart grid, wireless terminal equipment in transportation safety, wireless terminal equipment in smart city, wireless terminal equipment in smart home, etc. The embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit the specific technology and specific equipment form used by user equipment.

The relay UE in the embodiment of the present disclosure is a UE that provides relay functions.

In order to save power consumption during direct communication between user equipment (User Equipment, UE) and UE, sidelink discontinuous reception (Discontinuous Reception, DRX) is introduced. The sending UE only sends sidelink data within the activation time of the receiving UE, avoiding data lost.

If UE A is in cell 1 that supports sidelink DRX, and UE B is in cell 2 that does not support sidelink DRX, then UE A may not be able to receive UE B if it only performs sidelink reception during the sidelink DRX activation time of broadcast and multicast. Sidelink broadcast and multicast data sent.

In response to the above problems, the present disclosure proposes a control method and device for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX.

Figure 2 is a schematic flowchart of a control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. It should be noted that the control method of direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX according to an embodiment of the present disclosure can be applied to sending users Device UE.

Step 201: When a cell that does not support sidelink DRX is detected, send a first indication to other UEs.

Wherein, the first indication is used to indicate that the cell does not support sidelink DRX.

In this disclosed embodiment, the sending UE determines whether the cell supports sidelink DRX based on whether the cell carries sidelink DRX parameters for multicast and broadcast in system information block type 12 (SIB12). For multicast and broadcast sidelink DRX parameters, send the first indication to other UEs.

As a possible implementation manner, the other UEs are receiving UEs other than the sending UE itself.

The receiving UE and/or other UE may be a device that provides voice and/or data connectivity to the user, a handheld device with wireless connectivity capabilities, or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, etc. In different systems, the names of the receiving UE and/or other UEs may also be different. For example, in the 5G system, the wireless UE can communicate with one or more CNs (Core Network) via the RAN. Wireless First The UE may be a mobile UE, such as a mobile phone (also known as a "cellular" phone) and a computer having the mobile UE, for example, a portable, pocket-sized, handheld, computer-built-in or vehicle-mounted mobile device that interfaces with a wireless interface. Access the network to exchange language and/or data.

For example, the receiving UE and/or other UEs can be PCS (Personal Communication Service, personal communication service) phones, cordless phones, SIP (Session Initiated Protocol, session initiation protocol) phones, WLL (Wireless Local Loop, wireless local loop) ) station, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant, Personal Digital Assistant) and other equipment. Wireless UE can also be called a system, subscriber unit, subscriber station, mobile station, mobile station, remote station, access point, Remote UE (remote terminal), access UE (access terminal), user UE equipment (user terminal), user agent (user agent), and user device (user device) are not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

To sum up, in this technical solution, when the sending UE detects a cell that does not support sidelink DRX, it sends a first indication to other UEs. The first indication is used to indicate that the cell does not support sidelink DRX, so that the receiving UE can respond according to the first indication. Sidelink DRX is not enabled so that the receiving UE continues to monitor sidelink communication in response to the first indication. Sidelink DRX is not enabled to prevent the UE from being unable to receive sidelink data of other UEs under the control of a cell that does not support sidelink DRX.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides another control method for discontinuous reception of DRX by a direct sidelink. Figure 4 is a schematic flowchart of another control method for discontinuous reception of DRX by a direct sidelink provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The direct sidelink The control method of discontinuous DRX reception can be applied to the sending UE. The direct sidelink discontinuous reception DRX control method can be executed alone, or can be combined with any embodiment in the present disclosure or the possible implementations in the embodiment. They are executed together, and can also be executed in combination with any technical solution in related technologies.

As shown in Figure 3, the control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX may include the following steps:

Step 301: Detect whether there is a cell that does not support sidelink DRX.

In this disclosed embodiment, the sending UE determines whether the cell supports sidelink DRX based on whether the cell carries sidelink DRX parameters for multicast and broadcast in system information block type 12 (SIB12).

Step 302: When a cell that does not support sidelink DRX is detected, send the first instruction to other UEs. The first indication also includes an identification of the cell.

The first indication includes a cell identifier, and the cell identifier is used to indicate which cell it is. The cell may be a serving cell to which the UE belongs, or a serving cell to which the UE does not belong.

As a possible implementation manner, the first indication includes the frequency where the cell is located.

As a possible implementation manner, the first indication includes the identity of the cell and the frequency where the cell is located.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides another control method for discontinuous reception of DRX by a direct sidelink. Figure 4 is a schematic flowchart of another control method for discontinuous reception of DRX by a direct sidelink provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The direct sidelink The control method of discontinuous DRX reception can be applied to the first UE. The control method of direct sidelink discontinuous DRX reception can be executed alone, or can be combined with any embodiment in the present disclosure or the possible implementations in the embodiment. The method can be executed together, and can also be executed in combination with any technical solution in related technologies.

As shown in Figure 4, the control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX may include the following steps:

Step 401, detect whether there is a cell that does not support sidelink DRX.

Step 402: When a cell that does not support sidelink DRX is detected, the UE satisfies the first condition in response to the sending.

In this disclosed embodiment, the sending UE determines whether the cell supports sidelink DRX based on whether the cell carries sidelink DRX parameters for multicast and broadcast in the system information (SIB12). The sidelink DRX parameter sends the first indication to other UEs.

In order to reduce the loss of cell processing resources, in response to the sending UE meeting the first condition, step 403 is continued. In response to the sending UE not meeting the first condition, the first indication sent to other UEs is ignored this time to save cell processing resources. unnecessary losses.

Step 403: In response to satisfying the first condition, send a first indication to other UEs.

Other UEs (or receiving UEs) do not activate sidelink DRX according to the first instruction, so that the receiving UE continues to monitor sidelink communication in response to the first instruction, and do not activate sidelink DRX to avoid that the UE cannot receive control of a cell that does not support sidelink DRX. Broadcast and multicast data of other UEs under

To sum up, in this technical solution, the sending UE detects whether there is a cell that does not support sidelink DRX; when a cell that does not support sidelink DRX is detected, it continues to determine whether the sending UE meets the first condition, and in response to satisfying the first condition Conditions, continue to send the first instruction to other UEs, so that the receiving UE does not start sidelink DRX according to the first instruction, so that the receiving UE continues to monitor sidelink communication in response to the first instruction, and does not start sidelink DRX to avoid that the UE cannot receive Sidelink data of other UEs under the control of cells that do not support sidelink DRX. In addition, it can also save unnecessary loss of cell processing resources.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides another control method for discontinuous reception of DRX by a direct sidelink. Figure 5 is a schematic flowchart of another control method for discontinuous reception of DRX by a direct sidelink provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The direct sidelink The control method of discontinuous DRX reception can be applied to the first UE. The control method of direct sidelink discontinuous DRX reception can be executed alone, or can be combined with any embodiment in the present disclosure or the possible implementations in the embodiment. The method can be executed together, and can also be executed in combination with any technical solution in related technologies.

As shown in Figure 5, the control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX may include the following steps:

Step 501: Detect whether there is a cell that does not support sidelink DRX.

Step 502: When a cell that does not support sidelink DRX is detected, in response to the sending UE meeting the first condition, the first condition is that the channel measurement result between the sending UE and the serving cell is less than the first condition. threshold value.

As a possible implementation manner, the first condition is that the channel measurement result between the sending UE and the serving cell is less than a first threshold value. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the wireless channel measurement quantity may represent the signal received power, where in different communication systems, the received power corresponding to at least one wireless channel measurement quantity of the sending UE is also different.

As a possible implementation, the wireless channel measurement result is Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP).

Step 503: In response to satisfying the first condition, send a first indication to other UEs.

Other UEs (or receiving UEs) do not activate sidelink DRX according to the first instruction, so that the receiving UE continues to monitor sidelink communication in response to the first instruction, and do not activate sidelink DRX to avoid that the UE cannot receive cell control in a cell that does not support sidelink DRX. Broadcast and multicast data of other UEs under

To sum up, in this technical solution, the sending UE detects whether there is a cell that does not support sidelink DRX; when a cell that does not support sidelink DRX is detected, it continues to determine whether the sending UE meets the first condition, and in response to satisfying the first condition Condition, the first condition is that the channel measurement result between the sending UE and the serving cell is less than the first threshold value, continue to send the first instruction to other UEs, so that the receiving UE does not start sidelink DRX according to the first instruction, so that The receiving UE continues to monitor sidelink communication in response to the first instruction and does not activate sidelink DRX, which can prevent the UE from being unable to receive broadcast and multicast data from other UEs under the control of a cell that does not support sidelink DRX. In addition, it can also save the cell. Unnecessary consumption of processing resources.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides another method for controlling discontinuous reception of DRX by a direct sidelink. FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart of another method of controlling discontinuous reception of DRX by a direct sidelink provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The direct sidelink The control method of discontinuous DRX reception can be applied to the first UE. The control method of direct sidelink discontinuous DRX reception can be executed alone, or can be combined with any embodiment in the present disclosure or the possible implementations in the embodiment. The method can be executed together, and can also be executed in combination with any technical solution in related technologies.

As shown in Figure 6, the control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX may include the following steps:

Step 601: Detect whether there is a cell that does not support sidelink DRX.

As a possible implementation method, cells that do not support sidelink DRX need to meet the conditions: they are the serving cells to which the sending UE belongs.

As a possible implementation method, cells that do not support sidelink DRX need to meet the conditions: be at the sidelink operating frequency.

As a possible implementation method, cells that do not support sidelink DRX need to meet the conditions: support the sidelink function.

As a possible implementation method, cells that do not support sidelink DRX need to meet the conditions: no sidelink transmission resources are carried in the system information.

As a possible implementation method, a cell that does not support sidelink DRX needs to meet the following conditions: it is the serving cell to which the sending UE belongs, is at the sidelink operating frequency, supports the sidelink function, and/or does not carry any two of the sidelink sending resources in the system information. or a combination of at least two.

As an example, the frequency at which cells that do not support sidelink DRX operate sidelink can be determined based on preconfiguration or high-level configuration.

As an example, whether a cell that does not support sidelink DRX supports the sidelink function needs to be determined in response to the sidelink system information.

Step 602: When a cell that does not support sidelink DRX is detected, send a first indication to other UEs, where the first indication is used to indicate that the cell does not support sidelink DRX.

To sum up, in this technical solution, the sending UE detects whether there is a cell that does not support sidelink DRX; when a cell that does not support sidelink DRX is detected, a first indication is sent to other UEs, and the first indication is used to indicate that the cell does not support sidelink DRX. Support sidelink DRX, so that the receiving UE does not activate sidelink DRX according to the first instruction, so that the receiving UE continues to monitor sidelink communication in response to the first instruction, and does not activate sidelink DRX, so as to avoid the UE from being unable to receive cell control in a cell that does not support sidelink DRX sidelink data of other UEs.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides another control method for discontinuous reception of DRX by a direct sidelink. FIG. 7 is a schematic flowchart of another control method for discontinuous reception of DRX by a direct sidelink provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The direct sidelink The control method of discontinuous DRX reception can be applied to the first UE. The control method of direct sidelink discontinuous DRX reception can be executed alone, or can be combined with any embodiment in the present disclosure or the possible implementations in the embodiment. The method can be executed together, and can also be executed in combination with any technical solution in related technologies.

As shown in Figure 7, the control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX may include the following steps:

Step 701: Detect whether there is a cell that does not support sidelink DRX.

Step 702: When a cell that does not support sidelink DRX is detected, send a first indication to other UEs, where the first indication is used to indicate that the cell does not support sidelink DRX.

Sending the first indication to other UEs is performed in at least one of the following ways, including: sending the first indication to other UEs through broadcast, sending the first indication to other UEs through multicast, and sending the first indication to other UEs through unicast. instruct.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides another control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX. Figure 9 is a flow chart of another control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure. The path switching method It can be applied to receiving user equipment UE. The control of the direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX can be executed alone, or it can be executed in combination with any embodiment in the present disclosure or the possible implementation methods in the embodiment, or it can be It is executed in conjunction with any technical solution in related technologies.

As shown in Figure 9, the control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX may include the following steps:

Step 901: Receive a first indication, which is used to indicate that the cell does not support sidelink DRX.

The sending UE determines whether the cell supports sidelink DRX based on whether the cell carries sidelink DRX parameters for multicast and broadcast in the system information block type 12 (SIB12), and responds that the sidelink for multicast and broadcast is not carried The DRX parameter is used to send the first indication to the receiving UE (or other UEs except the sending UE).

Step 902: In response to the first instruction, continue to monitor sidelink communication and do not start sidelink DRX.

In this disclosed embodiment, in order to prevent the receiving UE from being unable to receive data from the sending UE under the control of a cell that does not support sidelink DRX. The receiving UE will continue to monitor sidelink communication and will not activate sidelink DRX.

It should be noted that the above embodiments are explained by taking one sending UE and one receiving UE as an example. Practical applications may include two or more sending UEs and two or more receiving UEs. The control methods for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX adopted respectively have the same principle, so the embodiments of this disclosure will not elaborate on them one by one.

In this technical solution, the sending UE detects whether there is a cell that does not support sidelink DRX; when a cell that does not support sidelink DRX is detected, a first indication is sent to other UEs. The first indication is used to indicate that the cell does not support sidelink DRX, so that The receiving UE does not activate sidelink DRX according to the first instruction, so that the receiving UE continues to monitor sidelink communication in response to the first instruction, and does not activate sidelink DRX to prevent the UE from being unable to receive messages from other UEs under the control of a cell that does not support sidelink DRX. sidelink data.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides another method for controlling discontinuous reception of DRX by a direct sidelink. Figure 10 is a flowchart of another method of controlling discontinuous reception of DRX by a direct sidelink provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The path switching method It can be applied to receiving user equipment UE. The control of the direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX can be executed alone, or it can be executed in combination with any embodiment in the present disclosure or the possible implementation methods in the embodiment, or it can be It is executed in conjunction with any technical solution in related technologies.

As shown in Figure 10, the control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX may include the following steps:

Step 1001: Receive a first indication. The first indication is used to indicate that the cell does not support sidelink DRX. The first indication includes the frequency where the cell is located.

The sending UE obtains the frequency of the cell of the serving cell to which the sending UE belongs through sidelink communication with the network equipment, and after confirming that the cell does not support sidelink DRX, sends it to the receiving UE together with the first indication.

As a possible implementation manner, the first indication also includes a cell identity, which is used to indicate the cell identity of the serving cell to which the sending UE belongs.

Step 1002: In response to the first indication carrying the frequency of the cell, perform the continuous monitoring of sidelink communication at the frequency without starting sidelink DRX.

In this technical solution, the sending UE detects whether there is a cell that does not support sidelink DRX; when a cell that does not support sidelink DRX is detected, a first indication is sent to other UEs. The first indication includes the frequency of the cell for indication. The cell does not support sidelink DRX, so that the receiving UE responds to the first indication by carrying the frequency described in the cell, performs the continuous monitoring of sidelink communication at the frequency, and does not start sidelink DRX, so that the receiving UE responds to the third indication. An instruction to continuously monitor sidelink communication and not activate sidelink DRX can prevent the UE from receiving sidelink data from other UEs under the control of a cell that does not support sidelink DRX.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides another method for controlling discontinuous reception of DRX by a direct sidelink. Figure 11 is a schematic flowchart of another method of controlling discontinuous reception of DRX by a direct sidelink provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The path switching method It can be applied to receiving user equipment UE. The control of the direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX can be executed alone, or it can be executed in combination with any embodiment in the present disclosure or the possible implementation methods in the embodiment, or it can be It is executed in conjunction with any technical solution in related technologies.

As shown in Figure 11, the control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX may include the following steps:

Step 1101: Receive a first indication. The first indication is used to indicate that the cell does not support sidelink DRX. The first indication includes the identity of the cell.

Step 1102: In response to the first indication carrying the identity of the cell, determine whether the serving cell to which the receiving UE belongs is a neighboring cell of the cell corresponding to the identity of the cell.

Step 1103: If the serving cell to which the receiving UE belongs is a neighboring cell of the cell corresponding to the identity of the cell, perform the continuous monitoring of sidelink communication in the neighboring cell of the cell without starting sidelink DRX.

In this technical solution, the sending UE detects whether there is a cell that does not support sidelink DRX; when a cell that does not support sidelink DRX is detected, a first indication containing the identity of the cell is sent to other UEs. The first indication is used to indicate that the cell does not support sidelink DRX. Support sidelink DRX, if the serving cell to which the receiving UE belongs is a neighboring cell of the cell corresponding to the identity of the cell, so that the receiving UE performs the continuous monitoring of sidelink communication in the neighboring cell of the cell according to the first instruction, and sidelink DRX is not started. , which can prevent the UE from receiving sidelink data from other UEs under the control of a cell that does not support sidelink DRX.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides another control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX. Figure 12 is a flow chart of another control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure. The path switching method It can be applied to receiving user equipment UE. The control of the direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX can be executed alone, or it can be executed in combination with any embodiment in the present disclosure or the possible implementation methods in the embodiment, or it can be It is executed in conjunction with any technical solution in related technologies.

As shown in Figure 12, the control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX may include the following steps:

Step 1201: Receive a first indication. The first indication is used to indicate that the cell does not support sidelink DRX. The first indication includes the identity of the cell.

Step 1202: In response to the first indication carrying the identity of the cell, determine whether the serving cell to which the UE belongs is a neighboring cell of the cell according to the neighbor cell information broadcast by the serving cell to which the receiving UE belongs.

Step 1203: If the serving cell to which the receiving UE belongs is a neighboring cell of the cell corresponding to the identity of the cell, perform the continuous monitoring of sidelink communication in the neighboring cell of the cell without starting sidelink DRX.

In this technical solution, the sending UE detects whether there is a cell that does not support sidelink DRX; when a cell that does not support sidelink DRX is detected, a first indication containing the identity of the cell is sent to other UEs. If the serving cell to which the receiving UE belongs is The broadcast neighbor information determines whether the serving cell is a neighbor of the cell. The receiving UE performs the continuous monitoring of sidelink communication in the neighbor of the cell according to the first instruction without starting sidelink DRX, which can avoid the UE being unable to Receive sidelink data from other UEs under the control of a cell that does not support sidelink DRX.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides another method for controlling discontinuous reception of DRX by a direct sidelink. Figure 13 is a schematic flowchart of another method of controlling discontinuous reception of DRX by a direct sidelink provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The path switching method It can be applied to receiving user equipment UE. The control of the direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX can be executed alone, or it can be executed in combination with any embodiment in the present disclosure or the possible implementation methods in the embodiment, or it can be It is executed in conjunction with any technical solution in related technologies.

As shown in Figure 13, the control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX may include the following steps:

Step 1301: Receive a first indication. The first indication is used to indicate that the cell does not support sidelink DRX. The first indication includes the frequency where the cell is located.

As a possible implementation manner, receiving the first indication includes at least one of the following ways, including: receiving the first indication sent through broadcast, receiving the first indication sent through multicast, and receiving the first instruction through single broadcast the first instruction.

Step 1302: In response to the first indication carrying the frequency of the cell, perform the continuous monitoring of sidelink communication at the frequency without starting sidelink DRX.

As a possible implementation manner, continuous monitoring of sidelink communication is performed corresponding to different ways of receiving the first indication.

Exemplarily, when receiving the first indication sent by broadcast, the continuous monitoring of sidelink communication is performed without starting sidelink DRX. When receiving the first indication sent through multicast, the continuous monitoring of sidelink communication is performed without starting sidelink DRX.

In this technical solution, the sending UE detects whether there is a cell that does not support sidelink DRX; when a cell that does not support sidelink DRX is detected, a first indication is sent to other UEs. The first indication is used to indicate that the cell does not support sidelink DRX, so that The receiving UE does not activate sidelink DRX according to the first instruction, so that the receiving UE continues to monitor sidelink communication in response to the first instruction, and does not activate sidelink DRX to prevent the UE from being unable to receive messages from other UEs under the control of a cell that does not support sidelink DRX. Broadcast and multicast data.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides another control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX. Figure 14 is a flow chart of another control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure. The path switching method It can be applied to receiving user equipment UE. The control of the direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX can be executed alone, or it can be executed in combination with any embodiment in the present disclosure or the possible implementation methods in the embodiment, or it can be It is executed in conjunction with any technical solution in related technologies.

As shown in Figure 14, the control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX may include the following steps:

Step 1401: Receive a first indication, which is used to indicate that the cell does not support sidelink DRX.

Receiving the first indication includes at least one of the following methods, including: receiving the first indication sent through broadcast, receiving the first indication sent through multicast.

Step 1402: In response to the first indication, do not start sidelink DRX for monitoring broadcast or multicast.

As a possible implementation, corresponding to the multicast or broadcast mode that receives the first indication, continuous monitoring of sidelink communication is performed, and sidelink DRX is not started for monitoring of broadcast or multicast.

It should be noted that the explanation of the control method of direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX performed by the sending UE in any of the embodiments shown in Figures 2 to 9 is also applicable to the direct sidelink performed by the receiving UE in this embodiment. The control method of discontinuous reception of DRX has similar implementation principles and will not be described in detail here.

It should be noted that the above possible implementation methods can be executed individually or in combination, and the embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit this.

Corresponding to the control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX provided by the above embodiments of FIG. 2 to FIG. 9 , the present disclosure also provides a control device for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX. Since the embodiment of the present disclosure provides direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX The control device for discontinuous DRX reception corresponds to the control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX provided in the above embodiments of Figures 2 to 9. Therefore, the implementation of the control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX is also applicable to this application. The control device for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX provided in the disclosed embodiment will not be described in detail in the disclosed embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of a control device for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The device should be used to send user equipment UE. The device includes:

The sending unit 1501 is configured to send a first indication to other UEs when a cell that does not support sidelink DRX is detected, where the first indication is used to indicate that the cell does not support sidelink DRX.

The control device for directly connected sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure sends a UE to detect whether there is a cell that does not support sidelink DRX; when a cell that does not support sidelink DRX is detected, a first indication is sent to other UEs. The first indication is used to indicate that the cell does not support sidelink DRX, so that the receiving UE continues to monitor sidelink communication in response to the first indication, and does not activate sidelink DRX to avoid that the UE cannot receive other UEs under the control of a cell that does not support sidelink DRX. broadcast and multicast data.

As a possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first indication includes at least one of the following:

The identification of the community; and

The frequency at which the cell is located.

As a possible implementation of the embodiment of the present disclosure, the method further includes:

In response to the sending UE meeting the first condition, performing the sending of the first indication to other UEs; the first condition is that the channel measurement result between the sending UE and the serving cell is less than a first threshold value .

In response to the cell satisfying at least one of the following, performing the sending of the first indication to other UEs;

The cell is the serving cell to which the UE is sent; and

The cell is at the sidelink operating frequency; and

The community supports the sidelink function; and

The cell does not carry sidelink transmission resources in the system information.

As a possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present disclosure, sending the first indication to other UEs is performed in at least one of the following ways, including:

Send the first indication to other UEs by broadcast; and

Send the first indication to other UEs via multicast; and

Send the first indication to other UEs via unicast.

Corresponding to the control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX provided by the above embodiments of FIG. 10 to FIG. 14 , the present disclosure also provides a control device for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX. Since the embodiment of the present disclosure provides direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX The control device for discontinuous reception of DRX corresponds to the control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX provided in the above embodiments of Figures 10 to 14. Therefore, the implementation of the control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX is also applicable to this application. The control device for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX provided in the disclosed embodiment will not be described in detail in the disclosed embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of a control device for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The device is used to receive user equipment UE. The device includes:

The receiving unit 1601 is configured to receive a first indication, where the first indication is used to indicate that the cell does not support sidelink DRX;

The execution unit 1602 is configured to continuously monitor sidelink communication in response to the first instruction and not start sidelink DRX.

The identification of the community; and

The frequency at which the cell is located.

As a possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present disclosure, in response to the first indication carrying the frequency of the cell, the continuous monitoring of sidelink communication is performed at the frequency without starting sidelink DRX.

As a possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present disclosure, in response to the first indication carrying the identity of the cell, determine whether the serving cell to which the receiving UE belongs is a neighboring cell of the cell corresponding to the identity of the cell;

If the serving cell to which the receiving UE belongs is a neighboring cell of the cell corresponding to the identity of the cell, the continuous monitoring of sidelink communication is performed in the neighboring cell of the cell without starting sidelink DRX.

As a possible implementation manner of an embodiment of the present disclosure, determining whether the serving cell to which the receiving UE belongs is a neighboring cell of the cell in response to the first indication carrying the identity of the cell includes:

Determine whether the serving cell to which the UE belongs is a neighboring cell of the cell based on the received neighbor cell information broadcast by the serving cell to which the UE belongs.

As a possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present disclosure, receiving the first indication includes at least one of the following ways, including:

receiving said first indication sent via broadcast; and

receiving the first indication sent via multicast; and

The first indication sent via unicast is received.

As a possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present disclosure, when receiving the first instruction sent by broadcast, the continuous monitoring of sidelink communication is performed without starting sidelink DRX.

As a possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present disclosure, when receiving the first instruction sent through multicast, the continuous monitoring of sidelink communication is performed without starting sidelink DRX.

As a possible implementation of the embodiment of the present disclosure, sidelink DRX is not enabled for broadcast or multicast monitoring.

In order to implement the above embodiments, the present disclosure also proposes a control device for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX. The device includes a processor and a memory. A computer program is stored in the memory. The processor executes the computer program stored in the memory to enable The device performs the methods described in the embodiments of Figures 2 to 9.

In order to implement the above embodiments, the present disclosure also proposes another control device for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX. The device includes a processor and a memory. A computer program is stored in the memory. The processor executes the computer program stored in the memory to The device is caused to perform the methods described in the embodiments of Figures 10 to 14.

In order to implement the above embodiments, the present disclosure also proposes a control device for directly connected sidelink discontinuous DRX reception, including: a processor and an interface circuit; the interface circuit is used to receive code instructions and transmit them to the processor; the processor, Used to run code instructions to perform the methods described in the embodiments of Figures 2 to 9.

In order to implement the above embodiments, the present disclosure also proposes another control device for directly connected sidelink discontinuous DRX reception, including: a processor and an interface circuit; an interface circuit for receiving code instructions and transmitting them to the processor; the processor , used to run code instructions to perform the methods described in the embodiments of Figures 10 to 14.

In order to implement the above embodiments, the present disclosure proposes a computer-readable storage medium for storing instructions. When the instructions are executed, the methods of the embodiments described in Figures 2 to 9 are implemented.

In order to implement the above embodiments, the present disclosure proposes another computer-readable storage medium for storing instructions. When the instructions are executed, the methods of the embodiments described in Figures 10 to 14 are implemented.

As shown in Figure 17, Figure 17 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. Referring to Figure 17, network device 1700 includes a processing component 1722, which further includes at least one processor, and memory resources represented by memory 1732 for storing instructions, such as application programs, executable by processing component 1722. Application programs stored in memory 1732 may include one or more modules, each corresponding to a set of instructions. In addition, the processing component 1722 is configured to execute instructions to perform any of the foregoing methods applied to the network device, for example, the methods described in the embodiments of FIGS. 2 to 9 , or 10 to 14 .

Network device 1700 may also include a power supply component 1726 configured to perform power management of network device 1700, a wired or wireless network interface 1750 configured to connect network device 1700 to a network, and an input-output (I/O) interface 1758 . Network device 1700 may operate based on an operating system stored in memory 1732, such as Windows Server™, Mac OS X™, Unix™, Linux™, FreeBSD™, or the like.

Figure 18 is a block diagram of a user equipment provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. For example, the user device 1800 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast user device, a messaging device, a gaming console, a tablet device, a medical device, a fitness device, a personal digital assistant, or the like.

Referring to FIG. 18 , user equipment 1800 may include at least one of the following components: a processing component 1802 , a memory 1804 , a power supply component 1806 , a multimedia component 1808 , an audio component 1810 , an input/output (I/O) interface 1812 , a sensor component 1814 , and Communication component 1816.

Processing component 1802 generally controls the overall operations of user device 1800, such as operations associated with display, phone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing component 1802 may include at least one processor 1820 to execute instructions to complete all or part of the steps of the above method. Additionally, processing component 1802 may include at least one module that facilitates interaction between processing component 1802 and other components. For example, processing component 1802 may include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between multimedia component 1808 and processing component 1802.

Memory 1804 is configured to store various types of data to support operations at user device 1800 . Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on user device 1800, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, etc. Memory 1604 may be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device, or a combination thereof, such as static random access memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), Programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disk.

Power supply component 1806 provides power to various components of user equipment 1800. Power supply components 1806 may include a power management system, at least one power supply, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power to user device 1800 .

Multimedia component 1808 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the user device 1800 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 the user. The touch panel includes at least one touch sensor to sense touches, slides, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundary of the touch or sliding operation, but also detect the wake-up time and pressure related to the touch or sliding operation. In some embodiments, multimedia component 1808 includes a front-facing camera and/or a rear-facing camera. When the user device 1800 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode, the front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data. Each front-facing camera and rear-facing camera can be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capabilities.

Audio component 1810 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, audio component 1810 includes a microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when user device 1800 is in operating modes, such as call mode, recording mode, and speech recognition mode. The received audio signals may be further stored in memory 1804 or sent via communications component 1816 . In some embodiments, audio component 1810 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 1812 provides an interface between the processing component 1802 and a peripheral interface module. The peripheral interface module may be a keyboard, a click wheel, a button, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: Home button, Volume buttons, Start button, and Lock button.

Sensor component 1814 includes at least one sensor for providing various aspects of status assessment for user device 1800 . For example, the sensor component 1814 can detect the open/closed state of the user device 1800, the relative positioning of components, such as the display and keypad of the user device 1800, the sensor component 1814 can also detect the user device 1800 or a user device 1800. Changes in position of components, presence or absence of user contact with user device 1800 , user device 1800 orientation or acceleration/deceleration and changes in temperature of user device 1800 . Sensor component 1814 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. Sensor assembly 1814 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor component 1814 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

Communication component 1816 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communications between user device 1800 and other devices. User equipment 1800 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G or 3G, or a combination thereof. In one exemplary embodiment, the communication component 1816 receives broadcast signals or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In one exemplary embodiment, the communications component 1816 also includes a near field communications (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module can 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, the user equipment 1800 may be configured by at least one application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), digital signal processor (DSP), digital signal processing device (DSPD), programmable logic device (PLD), field programmable gate Arrays (FPGA), controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors or other electronic components are implemented for executing the methods shown in FIGS. 2 to 9 and 10 to 14 above.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions, such as a memory 1804 including instructions, which can be executed by the processor 1820 of the user device 1800 to complete the above-described FIGS. 3 to 13 is also provided. method shown. 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, etc.

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

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

In order to implement the above embodiments, embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a communication device. The communication device may be a network device, a user device, or a chip, chip system, or processor that supports the network device to implement the above method. , it can also be a chip, chip system, or processor that supports the user equipment to implement the above method. The device can be used to implement the method described in any of the above method embodiments. For details, please refer to the description in the above method embodiments.

Wherein, the communication device may include one or more processors. The processor may be a general-purpose processor or a special-purpose processor, etc. For example, it can be a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor can be used to process communication protocols and communication data. The central processor can be used to control communication devices (such as base stations, baseband chips, user equipment, user equipment chips, DU or CU, etc.) and execute computer programs. , processing data for computer programs.

Optionally, the communication device may also include one or more memories, on which a computer program may be stored, and the processor executes the computer program, so that the communication device executes the method described in the above method embodiment. Optionally, data may also be stored in the memory. The communication device and the memory can be provided separately or integrated together.

Optionally, the communication device may also include a transceiver and an antenna. The transceiver can be called a transceiver unit, a transceiver, or a transceiver circuit, etc., and is used to implement transceiver functions. The transceiver can include a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver can be called a receiver or a receiving circuit, etc., and is used to implement the receiving function; the transmitter can be called a transmitter or a transmitting circuit, etc., and is used to implement the transmitting function.

Optionally, the communication device may also include one or more interface circuits. Interface circuitry is used to receive code instructions and transmit them to the processor. The processor executes the code instructions to cause the communication device to perform the method described in any of the above method embodiments.

In one implementation, a transceiver for implementing receiving and transmitting functions may be included in the processor. For example, the transceiver may be a transceiver circuit, an interface, or an interface circuit. The transceiver circuits, interfaces or interface circuits used to implement the receiving and transmitting functions can be separate or integrated together. The above-mentioned transceiver circuit, interface or interface circuit can be used for reading and writing codes/data, or the above-mentioned transceiver circuit, interface or interface circuit can be used for signal transmission or transfer.

In one implementation, the processor may store a computer program, and the computer program runs on the processor, causing the communication device to perform the method described in any of the above method embodiments. The computer program may be embedded in the processor, in which case the processor may be implemented in hardware.

In one implementation, the communication device may include a circuit, and the circuit may implement the functions of sending or receiving or communicating in the foregoing method embodiments. The processor and transceiver described in this disclosure can be implemented in IC (Integrated Circuit, integrated circuit), analog IC, radio frequency integrated circuit RFIC, mixed signal IC, ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, application specific integrated circuit), PCB (Printed Circuit) Board, printed circuit board), electronic equipment, etc. The processor and transceiver can also be manufactured using various IC process technologies, such as CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor, complementary metal oxide semiconductor), NMOS (nMetal-Oxide-Semiconductor, N-type metal oxide semiconductor), PMOS ( Positive Channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor, P-type metal oxide semiconductor), BJT (Bipolar Junction Transistor, bipolar junction transistor), bipolar CMOS (BiCMOS), silicon germanium (SiGe), gallium arsenide (GaAs), etc.

The communication device described in the above embodiments may be a network device or a user equipment, but the scope of the communication device described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto. The communication device may be a stand-alone device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be:

(1) Independent integrated circuit IC, or chip, or chip system or subsystem;

(2) A collection of one or more ICs. Optionally, the IC collection may also include storage components for storing data and computer programs;

(3)ASIC, such as modem;

(4) Modules that can be embedded in other devices;

(5) Receivers, user equipment, intelligent user equipment, cellular phones, wireless devices, handsets, mobile units, vehicle-mounted equipment, network equipment, cloud equipment, artificial intelligence equipment, etc.;

(6) Others, etc.

Where the communication device may be a chip or a system on a chip, the chip may include a processor and an interface. The number of processors may be one or more, and the number of interfaces may be multiple.

Optionally, the chip also includes a memory, which is used to store necessary computer programs and data.

Those skilled in the art can also understand that the various illustrative logical blocks and steps listed in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be implemented by electronic hardware, computer software, or a combination of both. Whether such functionality is implemented in hardware or software depends on the specific application and overall system design requirements. Those skilled in the art can use various methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be understood as exceeding the scope of protection of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

The present disclosure also provides a computer program product, which, when executed by a computer, implements the functions of the above embodiments of FIGS. 3 to 13 .

The present disclosure also provides a computer program product, which, when executed by a computer, implements the functions of the embodiment of FIG. 14 described above.

In the above embodiments, it may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented using software, it may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer programs. When the computer program is loaded and executed on a computer, the processes or functions described in accordance with the embodiments of the present disclosure are generated in whole or in part. The computer may be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable device. The computer program may be stored in or transferred from one computer-readable storage medium to another, for example, the computer program may be transferred from a website, computer, server, or data center Transmission to another website, computer, server or data center through wired (such as coaxial cable, optical fiber, DSL (Digital Subscriber Line)) or wireless (such as infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) means. The computer-readable storage medium may be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device such as a server, data center, etc. that contains one or more available media integrated. The available media may be magnetic media (for example, floppy disks, hard disks, magnetic tapes), optical media (for example, high-density DVD (Digital Video Disc, Digital Video Disc)), or semiconductor media (for example, SSD (Solid State Disk, Solid State Disk) Hard drive)) etc.

Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand that the first, second, and other numerical numbers involved in this disclosure are only for convenience of description and are not used to limit the scope of the embodiments of the disclosure, nor to indicate the order.

At least one in the present disclosure can also be described as one or more, and the plurality can be two, three, four or more, and the present disclosure is not limited. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, for a technical feature, the technical feature is distinguished by “first”, “second”, “third”, “A”, “B”, “C” and “D” etc. The technical features described in "first", "second", "third", "A", "B", "C" and "D" are in no particular order or order.

The corresponding relationships shown in each table in this disclosure can be configured or predefined. The values of the information in each table are only examples and can be configured as other values, which is not limited by this disclosure. When configuring the correspondence between information and each parameter, it is not necessarily required to configure all the correspondences shown in each table. For example, in the table in this disclosure, the corresponding relationships shown in some rows may not be configured. For another example, appropriate deformation adjustments can be made based on the above table, such as splitting, merging, etc. The names of the parameters shown in the titles of the above tables may also be other names understandable by the communication device, and the values or expressions of the parameters may also be other values or expressions understandable by the communication device. When implementing the above tables, other data structures can also be used, such as arrays, queues, containers, stacks, linear lists, pointers, linked lists, trees, graphs, structures, classes, heaps, hash tables or hash tables. wait.

Predefinition in this disclosure may be understood as definition, pre-definition, storage, pre-storage, pre-negotiation, pre-configuration, solidification, or pre-burning.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the units and algorithm steps of each example described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented with electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality using different methods for each specific application, but such implementations should not be considered to be beyond the scope of this disclosure.

Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that for the convenience and simplicity of description, the specific working processes of the systems, devices and units described above can be referred to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and will not be described again here.

The above are only specific embodiments of the present disclosure, but the protection scope of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Any person familiar with the technical field can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope disclosed in the present disclosure. should be covered by the protection scope of this disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the present disclosure should be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

A control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX, which is characterized in that it is applied to sending user equipment UE, and the method includes:

When a cell that does not support sidelink DRX is detected, a first indication is sent to other UEs.
The method of claim 1, wherein the first indication includes at least one of the following:

The identification of the community;

The frequency at which the cell is located.
The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the method further includes:

In response to the sending UE meeting the first condition, performing the sending of the first indication to other UEs; the first condition is that the channel measurement result between the sending UE and the serving cell is less than a first threshold value .
The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the method further includes:

In response to the cell satisfying at least one of the following, sending the first indication to other UEs is performed:

The cell is the serving cell to which the sending UE belongs;

The cell is at the sidelink operating frequency;

The community supports the sidelink function;

The cell does not carry sidelink transmission resources in the system information.
The method according to claim 1, characterized in that sending the first indication to other UEs is performed by at least one of the following methods, including:

Send the first indication to other UEs by broadcast;

Send the first indication to other UEs through multicast;

Send the first indication to other UEs via unicast.
A control method for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX, which is characterized in that it is applied to receiving user equipment UE, including:

Receive a first indication, the first indication being used to indicate that the cell does not support sidelink DRX;

In response to the first indication, sidelink communications are continuously monitored and sidelink DRX is not enabled.
The method of claim 6, wherein the first indication includes at least one of the following:

The identification of the community; and

The frequency at which the cell is located.
The method according to claim 7, characterized in that:

In response to the first indication carrying the frequency of the cell, performing the continuous monitoring of sidelink communication at the frequency without starting sidelink DRX.
The method according to claim 7, characterized in that:

In response to the first indication carrying the identity of the cell, determine whether the serving cell to which the receiving UE belongs is a neighboring cell of the cell corresponding to the identity of the cell;

If the serving cell to which the receiving UE belongs is a neighboring cell of the cell whose identity corresponds to the cell, the continuous monitoring of sidelink communication is performed in the neighboring cell of the cell without starting sidelink DRX.
The method according to claim 9, characterized in that, in response to the first indication carrying the identity of the cell, determining whether the serving cell to which the receiving UE belongs is a neighboring cell of the cell includes:

Determine whether the serving cell to which the UE belongs is a neighboring cell of the cell based on the received neighbor cell information broadcast by the serving cell to which the UE belongs.
The method according to claim 6, wherein receiving the first indication includes at least one of the following methods, including:

receiving the first indication sent via broadcast;

receiving the first indication sent via multicast;

The first indication sent via unicast is received.
The method according to claim 11, characterized in that, when receiving the first instruction sent by broadcast, the continuous monitoring of sidelink communication is performed without starting sidelink DRX.
The feature of claim 11 is that when receiving the first instruction sent through multicast, the continuous monitoring of sidelink communication is performed without starting sidelink DRX.
The method according to claim 6, characterized in that sidelink DRX is not activated for monitoring of broadcast or multicast.
A control device for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX, characterized in that the device is used to send user equipment UE, and the device includes:

A sending unit, configured to send a first indication to other UEs when a cell that does not support sidelink DRX is detected.
A control device for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX, characterized in that the device is used to receive user equipment UE, and the device includes:

A receiving unit, configured to receive a first indication, the first indication being used to indicate that the cell does not support sidelink DRX;

The execution unit is configured to continuously monitor sidelink communication in response to the first instruction and not start sidelink DRX.
A control device for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX, characterized in that the device includes a processor and a memory, a computer program is stored in the memory, and the processor executes the computer program stored in the memory to The device is caused to perform the method according to any one of claims 1 to 5.
A control device for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX, characterized in that the device includes a processor and a memory, a computer program is stored in the memory, and the processor executes the computer program stored in the memory to The apparatus is caused to perform a method as claimed in any one of claims 7 to 14.
A control device for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX, which is characterized by including: a processor and an interface circuit;

The interface circuit is used to receive code instructions and transmit them to the processor;

The processor is configured to run the code instructions to perform the method according to any one of claims 1 to 5.
A control device for direct sidelink discontinuous reception of DRX, which is characterized by including: a processor and an interface circuit;

The interface circuit is used to receive code instructions and transmit them to the processor;

The processor is configured to run the code instructions to perform the method according to any one of claims 7 to 14.
A computer-readable storage medium for storing instructions, which when executed, enables the method according to any one of claims 1 to 5 to be implemented.
A computer-readable storage medium configured to store instructions that, when executed, enable the method according to any one of claims 7 to 14 to be implemented.