WO2023241494A1

WO2023241494A1 - State control method for communication device, communication device, and network device

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Publication number: WO2023241494A1
Application number: PCT/CN2023/099582
Authority: WO
Inventors: 宋振远; 彭淑燕; 王欢; 刘进华
Original assignee: 维沃移动通信有限公司
Priority date: 2022-06-15
Filing date: 2023-06-12
Publication date: 2023-12-21
Also published as: CN117278068A

Abstract

The present application discloses a state control method for a communication device, a communication device, and a network device. The state control method for a communication device in embodiments of the present application comprises: a target communication device determines a target state thereof on the basis of first information related to an ON/OFF mechanism, the ON/OFF mechanism comprising: a communication device associated with the network device being in a working state of always ON or a working state of OFF; and the target communication device maintains or switches to the target state, wherein the target state comprises at least one of the following: the first state is a working state of always ON and OFF switching; the second state is the working state of always ON; and the third state is the working state of OFF.

Description

Status control method of communication equipment, communication equipment and network side equipment

Cross-references to related applications

This application claims priority from Chinese Patent Application 202210680838.4 filed in China on June 15, 2022, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.

Technical field

The present application belongs to the field of communication technology, and specifically relates to a state control method of communication equipment, communication equipment and network side equipment.

Background technique

Coverage enhancement equipment such as signal amplifiers, repeaters or classic signal amplifiers (repeater) can be used to expand the coverage of the cell, or can be used to supplement coverage blind spots, including receiving and amplifying downlink signals from the upstream host base station, so that The signal strength reaching the user equipment (User Equipment, UE) increases; the uplink signal from the UE is amplified, and the uplink signal from the UE to the upstream base station is enhanced.

In the related technology, the repeater can perform operations such as amplifying and forwarding the uplink and downlink signals of the entire carrier according to the uplink and downlink frame structure configuration. However, when the repeater currently amplifies and forwards signals to the target cell, it may forward signals and noise signals of other cells to the target cell, which in turn leads to high system interference in the target cell and poor data transmission performance within the system.

Contents of the invention

Embodiments of the present application provide a state control method of communication equipment, communication equipment and network side equipment, which can solve the problem of large interference in the target cell system.

In a first aspect, a state control method of communication equipment is provided, which method includes:

The target communication device determines the target state of the target communication device based on the first information related to the online ON/OFF mechanism; the ON/OFF mechanism includes: the communication device associated with the network side device is in a permanently online always ON working state or is in an OFF state. working status;

The target communication device remains or switches to the target state;

Among them, the target state includes at least one of the following:

The first state is the working state switching between always ON and OFF;

The second state is the always ON working state;

The third state is the OFF working state.

In a second aspect, a state control method of communication equipment is provided, which method includes:

The network side device determines the target of the target communication device based on the first information related to the online ON/OFF mechanism. Status; the ON/OFF mechanism includes: the communication equipment associated with the network side device is in a permanently online always ON working state or in an OFF working state;

The network side device controls the target communication device to maintain or switch to the target state;

Among them, the target state includes at least one of the following:

The first state is the working state switching between always ON and OFF;

The second state is the always ON working state;

The third state is the OFF working state.

In a third aspect, a state control device for communication equipment is provided, which device includes:

The first determination module is used to determine the target state of the target communication device based on the first information related to the online ON/OFF mechanism; the ON/OFF mechanism includes: the communication device associated with the network side device is in a permanently online always ON working state Or in OFF working status;

The first control module is used to maintain or switch to the target state;

Among them, the target state includes at least one of the following:

The first state is the working state switching between always ON and OFF;

The second state is the always ON working state;

The third state is the OFF working state.

In a fourth aspect, a state control device for communication equipment is provided, which device includes:

The second determination module is used to determine the target state of the target communication device based on the first information related to the online ON/OFF mechanism; the ON/OFF mechanism includes: the communication device associated with the network side device is in a permanently online always ON working state Or in OFF working status;

The second control module is used to control the target communication device to maintain or switch to the target state;

Among them, the target state includes at least one of the following:

The first state is the working state switching between always ON and OFF;

The second state is the always ON working state;

The third state is the OFF working state.

In a fifth aspect, a communication device is provided. The communication device includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores programs or instructions that can be run on the processor. When the program or instructions are executed by the processor, the steps of the method of the first aspect are implemented. .

In a sixth aspect, a communication device is provided, including a processor and a communication interface; wherein the processor is configured to determine the target state of the target communication device based on the first information related to the online ON/OFF mechanism; the ON/OFF mechanism includes : The communication equipment associated with the network side device is in the permanently ON working state or in the OFF working state;

The processor is also used to maintain or switch to a target state;

Among them, the target state includes at least one of the following:

The first state is the working state switching between always ON and OFF;

The second state is the always ON working state;

The third state is the OFF working state.

In a seventh aspect, a network side device is provided. The network side device includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores programs or instructions that can be run on the processor. When the program or instructions are executed by the processor, the method of the second aspect is implemented. A step of.

In an eighth aspect, a network side device is provided, including a processor and a communication interface; wherein the processor is used to determine the target state of the target communication device based on the first information related to the online ON/OFF mechanism; the ON/OFF mechanism Including: the communication equipment associated with the network side device is in the permanently ON working state or in the OFF working state;

The processor is also used to control the target communication device to maintain or switch to the target state;

Among them, the target state includes at least one of the following:

The first state is the working state switching between always ON and OFF;

The second state is the always ON working state;

The third state is the OFF working state.

A ninth aspect provides a status control system for a communication device, including: a communication device and a network side device. The communication device can be used to perform the steps of the method of the first aspect, and the network side device can be used to perform the method of the second aspect. A step of.

In a tenth aspect, a readable storage medium is provided. Programs or instructions are stored on the readable storage medium. When the programs or instructions are executed by a processor, the steps of the method of the first aspect are implemented, or the method of the second aspect is implemented. step.

In an eleventh aspect, a chip is provided. The chip includes a processor and a communication interface. The communication interface is coupled to the processor. The processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement the method of the first aspect, or to implement the method of the second aspect. .

In a twelfth aspect, a computer program/program product is provided, the computer program/program product is stored in a storage medium, and the computer program/program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the steps of the method of the first aspect, or Implement the steps of the method of the second aspect.

In the embodiment of the present application, the target communication device may decide to maintain or switch to the target state based on the first information related to the ON/OFF mechanism, instead of the target communication device always being in the permanently online work of amplifying and forwarding. status, it can prevent the target communication equipment from amplifying the surrounding noise because it is still permanently online when it does not need to amplify and forward signals, effectively reducing the system interference to the target cell and reducing the interference to other cells. , thereby improving the performance of data transmission within the system; and, the target communication device is not always in a permanently online working state of amplifying and forwarding, and can be switched to OFF when the target communication device does not need to amplify and forward signals. working status, which can save power resources to a certain extent.

Description of the drawings

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system applicable to the embodiment of the present application;

Figure 2 is one of the schematic flow diagrams of the status control method of communication equipment provided by the embodiment of the present application;

Figure 3 is a second schematic flowchart of the status control method of a communication device provided by an embodiment of the present application;

Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of the relationship between the working frequency band of a classic signal amplifier and the downlink gain of the classic signal amplifier in the state control method of communication equipment provided by the embodiment of the present application;

Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the relationship between the types of classic signal amplifiers and the gain of the classic signal amplifier in the state control method of communication equipment provided by the embodiment of the present application;

Figure 6 is a schematic waveform diagram of the repeater in semi-static triggering provided by the embodiment of the present application;

Figure 7 is a schematic waveform diagram of the repeater in semi-static triggering in the state control method of communication equipment provided by the embodiment of the present application;

Figure 8 is a schematic waveform diagram of the repeater being dynamically triggered in the state control method of the communication device provided by the embodiment of the present application;

Figure 9 is one of the structural schematic diagrams of the status control device of the communication equipment provided by the embodiment of the present application;

Figure 10 is a second structural schematic diagram of a status control device for communication equipment provided by an embodiment of the present application;

Figure 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided by an embodiment of the present application;

Figure 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a network side device provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed ways

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present application, but not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in this application, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art fall within the scope of protection of this application.

The terms "first", "second", etc. in the description and claims of this application are used to distinguish similar objects and are not used to describe a specific order or sequence. It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances so that the embodiments of the present application can be practiced in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein, and that "first" and "second" are distinguished objects It is usually one type, and the number of objects is not limited. For example, the first object can be one or multiple. In addition, "and/or" in the description and claims indicates at least one of the connected objects, and the character "/" generally indicates that the related objects are in an "or" relationship.

It is worth pointing out that the technology described in the embodiments of this application is not limited to Long Term Evolution (LTE)/LTE Evolution (LTE-Advanced, LTE-A) systems, and can also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as code Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access, OFDMA), Single-carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in the embodiments of this application are often used interchangeably, and the described technology can be used not only for the above-mentioned systems and radio technologies, but also for other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes a New Radio (NR) system for example purposes, and NR terminology is used in most of the following description, but these techniques can also be applied to communication systems other than NR system applications, such as 6th generation (6 ^th Generation, 6G) communication system.

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system applicable to the embodiment of the present application. The wireless communication system shown in Figure 1 includes Terminal 11 and network side device 12. The terminal 11 may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a laptop computer (Laptop Computer), or a notebook computer, a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), a palmtop computer, a netbook, or a super mobile personal computer. (ultra-mobile personal computer, UMPC), mobile Internet device (Mobile Internet Device, MID), augmented reality (AR)/virtual reality (VR) equipment, robots, wearable devices (Wearable Device) , Vehicle User Equipment (VUE), Pedestrian User Equipment (PUE), smart home (home equipment with wireless communication functions, such as refrigerators, TVs, washing machines or furniture, etc.), game consoles, personal computers (personal computer, PC), teller machine or self-service machine and other terminal-side devices. Wearable devices include: smart watches, smart bracelets, smart headphones, smart glasses, smart jewelry (smart bracelets, smart bracelets, smart rings, smart necklaces, smart anklets) bracelets, smart anklets, etc.), smart wristbands, smart clothing, etc. It should be noted that the embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific type of the terminal 11.

The network side equipment 12 may include access network equipment or core network equipment, where the access network equipment may also be called wireless access network equipment, radio access network (Radio Access Network, RAN), radio access network function or wireless access network unit. Access network equipment can include base stations, WLAN access points or WiFi nodes, etc. The base station can be called Node B, Evolved Node B (eNB), access point, Base Transceiver Station (BTS), radio base station , radio transceiver, Basic Service Set (BSS), Extended Service Set (ESS), home B-node, home evolved B-node, transmission and reception point (Transmission Reception Point, TRP) or in the field Other appropriate terms can be used as long as the same technical effect is achieved. Base station is not limited to specific technical terms. It should be noted that in the embodiment of this application, only the base station in the NR system is used as an example for introduction, and the specific terms of the base station are not limited. type. Core network equipment may include but is not limited to at least one of the following: core network nodes, core network functions, mobility management entities (Mobility Management Entity, MME), access mobility management functions (Access and Mobility Management Function, AMF), session management functions (Session Management Function, SMF), User Plane Function (UPF), Policy Control Function (PCF), Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF), Edge Application Services Discovery function (Edge Application Server Discovery Function, EASDF), unified data management (Unified Data Management, UDM), unified data warehousing (Unified Data Repository, UDR), home subscriber server (Home Subscriber Server, HSS), centralized network configuration ( Centralized network configuration, CNC), Network Repository Function (NRF), Network Exposure Function (NEF), Local NEF (Local NEF, or L-NEF), Binding Support Function (Binding Support Function, BSF), application function (Application Function, AF), location management function (LMF), enhanced serving mobile location center (Enhanced Serving Mobile Location Center, E-SMLC), network data analytics function, NWDAF) etc. It should be noted that in the embodiment of this application, only the core network equipment in the NR system is used as an example for introduction, and the specific type of the core network equipment is not limited.

The status control method, communication device and network side device of the communication device provided by the embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below through some embodiments and application scenarios with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The state control method of communication equipment provided by the embodiment of the present application can be applied to the target communication equipment. Figure 2 is one of the flow diagrams of the status control method of communication equipment provided by the embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 2, the method includes step 201 and step 202; wherein:

Step 201: The target communication device determines the target state of the target communication device based on the first information related to the online/off (ON/OFF) mechanism.

Among them, the ON/OFF mechanism may include: the communication device associated with the network side device is in a permanently online (always ON) working state or in an OFF working state.

Step 202: The target communication device maintains or switches to the target state.

Among them, the target state can include at least one of the following:

The first state is the working state switching between always ON and OFF;

The second state is the always ON working state;

The third state is the OFF working state.

It should be noted that the embodiments of the present application can be applied to the scenario of performing switch control on the target communication device. The target communication device can be used to receive and amplify the downlink signal from the upstream host base station, so that the signal strength reaching the UE is increased; amplifying the signal from The uplink signal of the UE enhances the uplink signal from the UE to the upstream base station. Specifically, the target communication device may include at least one of the following:

1) Signal amplifier;

2) Repeater;

3) Classic signal amplifier (repeater);

4) Intelligent reflective panels (Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces, RIS);

5) Front radio frequency remote unit (Transmission Reception Point, TRP) of the base station;

6) Relay equipment.

Specifically, coverage enhancement devices such as repeaters will continue to amplify the received signal (the signal may include signals from some other cells) after powering on, and will not save power by switching the ON/OFF state; and, when the target During the period when there is no signal in the cell that needs to be amplified and forwarded, if the repeater is still in the ON state, the interference signals and noise signals of other cells will be amplified to interfere with the reception of this cell, and the repeater will send side waves of the signal sent by this cell to other cells. The lobes and noise signals will interfere with the reception of other cells, thus causing the system interference to become serious.

In order to solve the above problem, in the embodiment of the present application, the target communication device can determine the target state of the target communication device based on the first information related to the ON/OFF mechanism, and the target communication device maintains or switches to the target state. The implementation of this application The example considers that the target communication device can decide whether to switch to the target state based on the first information related to the ON/OFF mechanism, instead of the target communication device always being in the always ON working state.

The above ON/OFF mechanism may include that the communication device associated with the network side device is in an always ON working state or an OFF working state.

The above target state may be a first state used to instruct the communication device to execute the ON/OFF mechanism. The target state may also be a second state used to instruct the communication device to be in an always ON working state. The target state may also be a state used to indicate that the communication device is in an always ON working state. Indicates that the communication equipment is in OFF working status.

For example, when the target cell has no signal that needs to be amplified and forwarded, the target communication device can maintain or switch to the OFF working state based on the first information related to the ON/OFF mechanism. At this time, the target communication device The equipment no longer receives, amplifies and forwards signals, so it will not amplify interference signals and noise signals of other cells, and will not send side lobes and noise signals of signals sent by this cell to other cells, which can effectively reduce the impact on the target cell and interference from other cells, thereby improving the performance of data transmission within the system.

It should be noted that the above communication device is in the always ON working state, which can refer to the state in which the relay module (radio unit, RU) in the target communication device normally amplifies and sends the input signal.

It should also be noted that the above-mentioned communication equipment being in an OFF working state is not limited to only including the communication equipment being in a power-down state in which it is unable to receive, amplify and forward signals, but may also include the communication equipment being in a silent state without power-off, etc. The state can also refer to the state in which the RU does not amplify and transmit input signals, and can be one of the following states: RU sleep state, low output power state, low amplification state, or power-off state.

Optionally, the target communication device may include a network controlled repeater (NCR), which can reasonably control the ON/OFF state of the NCR according to the amplification gain of the NCR, thereby avoiding interference within the system.

In the state control method of the communication device provided by the embodiment of the present application, the target communication device can decide to maintain or switch to the target state based on the first information related to the ON/OFF mechanism, instead of the target communication device always being in the amplified state. The permanently online working state of the signal and forwarding can prevent the target communication equipment from amplifying the surrounding noise because it is still in the permanently online working state when there is no need to amplify and forward the signal. This effectively reduces the system interference to the target cell and reduces the system interference to the target cell. The interference to other cells is reduced, thereby improving the performance of data transmission within the system; and, the target communication equipment is not always in a permanently online working state of amplifying and forwarding, and can be used when the target communication equipment does not need to amplify and forward signals. Switching the target communication device to the OFF working state can save power resources to a certain extent.

Optionally, the above-mentioned first information may include at least one of the following:

1. The power amplification gain of the target communication equipment x ₁ ;

Specifically, the power amplification gain x ₁ of the target communication device can be determined by at least one of the following ways:

1) Predefined; 2) Preconfigured; 3) Network side device configuration.

It should be noted that the power amplification gain x ₁ of the target communication device can be related to at least one of the following information:

a. The operating frequency of the target communication equipment;

Specifically, the operating frequency range is, for example, FR1 frequency band, FR2 frequency band, FR2-1 frequency band, FR2-2 frequency band, or FR2-3 frequency band.

It should be noted that different power amplification gains x ₁ can be set for different operating frequency ranges.

For example, the corresponding value of the power amplification gain x ₁ can be defined in the FR1 frequency band and the FR2 frequency band respectively. The value of x ₁ corresponding to the FR1 frequency band and the value of x ₁ corresponding to the FR2 frequency band can be the same or different;

For example, in the case of the FR2 frequency band, x ₁ =100dB, 90dB or 80dB can be set.

For another example, the corresponding power amplification gain x ₁ value can be defined in the FR2-1, FR2-2 and FR2-3 frequency bands. The defined values of x ₁ can be the same or different.

b. Path loss (PL) between the sending end of the transmission signal of the target communication equipment and the target communication equipment;

c. The transmission direction of the transmission signal of the target communication device.

Specifically, the transmission direction of the transmission signal of the target communication device is, for example, uplink (UL), downlink (DL), flexible (Flexible), or sidelink (Sidelink, SL).

Taking the target communication device as a repeater as an example, the following explains the correlation between the operating frequency, PL and transmission direction of the target communication device and the power amplification gain x ₁ .

When the transmission direction of the repeater's transmission signal is UL, and in the case of low frequency (such as FR1 frequency band), since the PL between the repeater and the UE is small at this time, the repeater uses a smaller power amplification gain x ₁ , and it can Amplify the signal and forward it;

When the transmission direction of the repeater's transmission signal is UL, and in the case of high frequency (such as FR2 band), since the PL between the repeater and the UE is large at this time, the repeater needs a large power amplification gain x ₁ to achieve Make up for the PL between repeater and UE;

The transmission direction of the repeater's transmission signal is DL, and in the case of low frequency (such as FR1 frequency band), since the PL between the repeater and the cell is small at this time, the repeater uses a smaller power amplification gain x ₁ , the signal can be amplified and forwarded;

The transmission direction of the repeater's transmission signal is DL, and in the case of high frequency (such as FR2 frequency band), since the PL between the repeater and the cell is large at this time, the repeater needs a larger power amplification gain x ₁ to achieve Make up the PL between repeater and cell.

2. The ratio between the number of UEs accessing the communication device associated with the network-side device and the number of UEs accessing the network-side device;

Specifically, the above ratio may be determined by the network side device.

For example, the target communication device can measure the UE access repeater ratio x ₂ through the network side device, and compare the ratio x ₂ with the preset value stored in the cell to execute different ON/OFF mechanisms based on the comparison results.

3. Transmission signals of target communication equipment;

4. The transmission signal pattern of the target communication device;

5. Instruction information from the network side device. The instruction information is used to indicate the target status.

Optionally, the target communication device determines the target state of the target communication device based on the first information related to the ON/OFF mechanism, including any of the following:

1) When the power amplification gain of the target communication device is greater than the first threshold, the target communication device determines that the target state is the first state;

Specifically, since the size of the interference in the system may be related to the power amplification gain of the repeater, when the repeater has a large power amplification gain, if there is no reasonable ON/OFF switching design, it will bring serious problems to the system. Serious interference.

In the embodiment of the present application, when the power amplification gain of the target communication device is greater than the first threshold, that is, when the target communication device When the power amplification gain of the device is large, the ON/OFF mechanism of the target communication device will cause greater changes in the interference in the system. Therefore, the target communication device determines that the target state is the first state. At this time, the communication device performs ON/OFF. Mechanism, that is, the communication equipment associated with the network side device is in the always ON working state or in the OFF working state. The specific working state of the communication equipment can be set by technicians according to actual needs.

The above-mentioned first threshold may be a predefined or network-configured value.

It should be noted that if the setting of the value of the power amplification gain x ₁ is associated with time domain resources and/or frequency domain resources, the ON/OFF mechanism based on the value of x ₁ may also be applied only to the associated time domain resources and/or frequency domain resources.

2) When the power amplification gain of the target communication device is less than or equal to the first threshold, the target communication device determines that the target state is the second state;

Specifically, when the power amplification gain is less than or equal to the first threshold, the ON/OFF mechanism of the target communication device causes less change in the interference in the system, so the target communication device can determine that the target communication device maintains or switches to the second state. , at this time the target communication device maintains or switches to the always ON working state.

The following takes the target communication device as a repeater as an example. If the value of the repeater's power amplification gain x ₁ is greater than the first threshold, whether the repeater executes the ON/OFF mechanism will greatly change the interference in the system. At this time, the repeater Execute or enable the ON/OFF mechanism; if the value of the repeater's power amplification gain x ₁ is less than the first threshold, then the repeater can execute the always ON working state at this time, or the repeater can disable the ON/OFF mechanism.

Embodiments of the present application may consider executing the ON/OFF mechanism of the target communication device under different power amplification gains to reduce interference caused by noise amplification or interference amplification in the system. At the same time, when the target communication device does not need to forward signals, the target communication device can be controlled to be in a state of not forwarding signals, so as to reduce power consumption of the target communication device, thereby saving power resources.

3) When the ratio is greater than the second threshold, the target communication device determines that the target state is the first state;

4) When the ratio is less than or equal to the second threshold and greater than the third threshold, the target communication device determines that the target state is the first state or the second state;

5) When the ratio is less than or equal to the third threshold, the target communication device determines that the target state is the third state;

For example, if the ratio x2 of the UE's access to the repeater is greater than the second threshold, the repeater executes or enables the ON/OFF mechanism; otherwise, the repeater is in the always ON working state, or the repeater disables the ON/OFF mechanism. mechanism;

If the ratio x2 of the UE's access to the repeater is less than or equal to the second threshold and greater than the third threshold, the repeater executes or enables the ON/OFF mechanism, or controls the repeater to be in the always ON working state;

If the ratio x2 of the UE's access to the repeater is less than or equal to the third threshold, then the repeater executes or enables the ON/OFF mechanism, and the repeater can be controlled to be in an OFF working state, for example, the repeater can be controlled to be in a closed state.

The above-mentioned second threshold and third threshold may be predefined or network-configured values, and the second threshold may be greater than the third threshold.

The embodiment of this application considers that when there are fewer UEs accessing the cell through the repeater, or even when no UE accesses the repeater, the repeater can be controlled to be in a closed state to achieve savings while reducing interference. energy effect.

6) When the transmission signal of the target communication device is the first signal, the target communication device determines that the target state is the second state; the first signal includes any of the following: Synchronization Signal/PBCH block (Synchronization Signal/PBCH block) , SSB); Physical Random Access Channel (PHysical Random Access Channel, PRACH); System Information Block (System Information Block, SIB); such as SIB1.

Specifically, the target communication device can determine the target state of the target communication device according to the transmission signal that the target communication device needs to transmit. When the transmission signal is the first signal, it can determine that the target state of the target communication device is the second state, that is, At this time, the target communication device is in the always ON working state.

For example, if the target communication device, such as a repeater, is used to forward the first signal, the repeater's online pattern (ON pattern) can be determined based on the transmission pattern of the first signal; the ON pattern includes, for example, the time the repeater is in the ON working state. Specifically, the time the repeater is in the ON working state can be determined according to the pattern of the first signal, for example, it is in the ON state on a periodic pattern to transmit periodic signals.

7) When the pattern of the transmission signal of the target communication device is the target pattern, the target communication device determines that the target state is the second state; the target pattern includes any of the following: reference signal for periodic channel state information (periodic Channel State Information-Reference Signal, periodic CSI-RS) transmission; used for Radio Link Monitoring (Radio Link Monitoring, RLM) reference signal (Reference Signal, RS) transmission.

Specifically, the target communication device can determine the target state of the target communication device according to the pattern of the transmission signal that the target communication device needs to transmit. When the pattern of the transmission signal of the target communication device is the target pattern, the target communication device determines the target state. It is the second state, that is, the target communication device is in the always ON working state at this time.

It should be noted that the target communication device can also determine the target state of the target communication device according to the pattern agreed/configured by the preset protocol.

For example, if the transmission signal pattern of the target communication device is for periodic CSI-RS transmission, the repeater is in the ON state;

If the transmission signal pattern of the target communication device is for RLM RS transmission, the repeater is in the ON state; the above RLM RS configuration information can be notified to the repeater through side control information (side control information), or the repeater can independently demodulate The traditional (legacy) control signaling sent by the base station gNB obtains RS configuration information, such as demodulating SIB and obtaining RLM RS.

Optionally, the repeater can also enable/determine the ON state according to the second signal. If the repeater receives SSB/PRACH/SIBx, the repeater can enable the resource at the second time. It should be noted that the second signal serves as ON/OFF trigger information, and the enabling time does not necessarily need to be bound to the pattern of the second signal. The resources at the second time mentioned above are predefined/preconfigured/configured time lengths. SIBx such as SIB1.

Optionally, the target communication device maintains or switches to the target state, which may include:

1) When the target state is a state of periodically switching between the second state and the third state, the target communication device keeps switching between the second state and the third state during the target period.

Specifically, when the target state is a periodic ON/OFF state, that is, it remains between the second state and the third state. When switching, the target communication device maintains this periodic switching between the second state and the third state in the target period.

2) When receiving the first signaling, the target communication device maintains or switches to the second state after waiting for the first period of time; the first signaling is semi-static signaling and is used to enable the second state;

3) When the target state is the second state and the second signaling is received, the target communication device switches to the third state after waiting for the second time; the second signaling is semi-static signaling, used to use capable of second state;

4) When receiving the third signaling, the target communication device switches to the second state after waiting for a third period of time; the third signaling is dynamic signaling and is used to enable the second state;

5) When receiving the fourth signaling, the target communication device switches to the third state after waiting for the fourth period of time; the fourth signaling is dynamic signaling and is used to disable the second state;

6) In the case of receiving the fifth signaling, the target communication device enables the first time, or extends the first time, or extends the enabling time to the first time; the first time includes: the third time that triggers the fifth signaling. The duration of the first second state after five durations, or the duration of the second state after the fifth duration that triggers the fifth signaling.

For example, the trigger corresponding to ON pattern can be periodic/semi-static/dynamic trigger.

If it is a periodic trigger, the repeater is ON in the corresponding period;

If it is a semi-static trigger, when the repeater receives the trigger information, it will be in the ON state after waiting for x time; when it receives the disable information, it will be in the OFF state after waiting for x time;

The above x can be a predefined/preconfigured/configured parameter, or it can be related to the configuration of the subcarrier spacing (SCS). x can represent the processing time of the enable/disable signal.

If it is a dynamic trigger, the repeater will be enabled after waiting for x time after receiving the trigger information; or, after the repeater receives the trigger information, the repeater will be enabled after waiting for x time; or, the repeater will be enabled after receiving the trigger information. After receiving the information, the repeater is enabled for the first time, or extended for the first time, or extended for the first time.

The above-mentioned first time is a predefined/preconfigured/configured time, which may include parameters such as time length and time position.

The above extension can be applied to the first online period (ON duration) after receiving the trigger message x time, or to the ON duration after the trigger message x time.

Optionally, before the target communication device determines the target state of the target communication device based on the first information related to the ON/OFF mechanism, the method may further include:

The target communication device sends request information to the network side device; the request information is used to request the network side device to send instruction information;

The target communication device receives the instruction information from the network side device.

Specifically, the target communication device can send the radio resource control (Radio Resource Control, RRC)/media access control unit (Medium Access Control Control Element, MAC CE)/uplink control information (Uplink Control Information, UCI) to the network side device. Request information to request instruction information from the network side device;

The network side device then obtains the indication information and sends the indication information to the target communication device through RRC/MAC CE/Downlink Control Information (DCI).

Optionally, the third state may include at least one of the following:

1) Sleep state;

2) Low output power state;

Specifically, the low output power state is, for example, a state when the output power of the target communication device is less than the first preset value.

3) Low magnification state;

Specifically, the low amplification state is, for example, a state when the power amplification gain is less than the second preset value.

4) Power off state;

5) Working status of the beam based on target parameters;

Specifically, the beam can be predefined/preconfigured/configured. For example, the direction of the beam can be set to vertically upward, the width of the beam can also be set, etc. Beam configuration parameters can also be predefined/preconfigured/configured. Beam configuration parameters include, for example, beam index (beam index), beam number (beam number), and quasi co-location (QCL) configuration (configuration).

6) Diffuse reflection state.

The state control method of communication equipment provided by the embodiment of the present application can be applied to network side equipment, such as a base station.

Figure 3 is the second schematic flowchart of the state control method of communication equipment provided by the embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 3, the method includes step 301 and step 302; wherein:

Step 301: The network side device determines the target state of the target communication device based on the first information related to the ON/OFF mechanism.

Among them, the ON/OFF mechanism includes: the communication device associated with the network side device is always in the ON working state or in the OFF working state;

Step 302: The network side device controls the target communication device to maintain or switch to the target state.

Among them, the target state includes at least one of the following:

The first state is the working state switching between always ON and OFF;

The second state is the always ON working state;

The third state is the OFF working state.

The above-mentioned target communication device can be used to receive and amplify the downlink signal from the upstream host base station, so that the signal strength reaching the UE is increased; to amplify the uplink signal from the UE, and enhance the uplink signal from the UE to the upstream base station.

Specifically, the target communication device may include at least one of the following:

1) Signal amplifier;

2) Repeater;

3) Classic signal amplifier (repeater);

4) Intelligent reflective panel (RIS);

5) Front radio remote unit (TRP) of the base station;

6) Relay equipment.

Specifically, the network side device can determine the target state of the target communication device based on the first information related to the ON/OFF mechanism, and control the target communication device to maintain or switch to the target state.

In the state control method of a communication device provided by embodiments of the present application, the network side device can decide and control the target communication device to maintain or switch to the target state based on the first information related to the ON/OFF mechanism, instead of the target communication device always Being in the permanently online working state of amplifying and forwarding can avoid the target communication equipment from amplifying the surrounding noise because it is still in the permanently online working state when there is no need to amplify and forward the signal, effectively reducing the interference to the target cell, and at the same time The interference to other cells is reduced, thereby improving the performance of data transmission within the system; moreover, the target communication equipment is not always in a permanently online working state of amplifying and forwarding, and can be used when the target communication equipment does not need to amplify and forward signals. Switching the target communication device to the OFF working state can save power resources to a certain extent.

Optionally, the first information may include at least one of the following:

1. The power amplification gain of the target communication equipment;

Specifically, the power amplification gain of the target communication device can be determined by at least one of the following ways:

1) Predefined; 2) Preconfigured; 3) Network side device configuration.

It should be noted that the power amplification gain of the target communication device can be related to at least one of the following information:

a. The operating frequency of the target communication equipment;

For another example, corresponding values of power amplification gain x ₁ can be defined in frequency bands such as FR2-1, FR2-2, and FR2-3, and the defined values of x ₁ can be the same or different.

b. PL between the sending end of the transmission signal of the target communication equipment and the target communication equipment;

Specifically, the transmission direction of the transmission signal of the target communication device is, for example, UL, DL, Flexible, or SL.

2. The ratio between the number of user equipment UEs accessing the communication device associated with the network side device and the number of UEs accessing the network side device;

Specifically, the above ratio may be determined by the network side device.

3. Transmission signals of target communication equipment;

4. The transmission signal pattern of the target communication device.

Optionally, the network side device determines the target state of the target communication device based on the first information related to the ON/OFF mechanism, which may include any of the following:

1) When the power amplification gain of the target communication device is greater than the first threshold, the network side device determines that the target state is the first state;

In the embodiment of the present application, when the power amplification gain of the target communication device is greater than the first threshold, that is, when the power amplification gain of the target communication device is large, the ON/OFF mechanism of the target communication device will change the interference in the system more. large, so the network side device determines that the target state is the first state. At this time, the network side device controls the communication device to execute the ON/OFF mechanism, that is, the communication device associated with the network side device is in the permanently online always ON working state or in the OFF state. The working status of the specific communication equipment can be set by technicians according to actual needs.

2) When the power amplification gain of the target communication device is less than or equal to the first threshold, the network side device determines that the target state is the second state;

Specifically, when the power amplification gain is less than or equal to the first threshold, the ON/OFF mechanism of the target communication device causes less change in the interference in the system, so the network side device can determine and control the target communication device to maintain or switch to the third Second state, at this time the target communication device maintains or switches to the always ON working state.

3) When the ratio is greater than the second threshold, the network side device determines that the target state is the first state;

4) When the ratio is less than or equal to the second threshold and greater than the third threshold, the network side device determines that the target state is the first state or the second state;

5) When the ratio is less than or equal to the third threshold, the network side device determines that the target state is the third state;

6) When the transmission signal of the target communication device is the first signal, the network side device determines that the target state is the second state; the first signal includes any of the following: SSB; PRACH; SIB;

7) When the pattern of the transmission signal of the target communication device is the target pattern, the network side device determines that the target state is the second state; the target pattern includes any of the following: used for periodic channel state information reference signal periodic CSI-RS Transmission; used for wireless link monitoring reference signal RLM RS transmission.

Optionally, the network side device controls the target communication device to maintain or switch to the target state, which may include:

1) When the target state is to switch between the second state and the third state periodically, the network side device controls the target communication device to keep switching between the second state and the third state during the target period;

Specifically, when the target state is a periodic ON/OFF state, that is, when switching between the second state and the third state, the network side device controls the target communication device to maintain the second state and the third state in the target period. Periodic switching between three states.

2) Upon receiving the first signaling, the network side device controls the target communication device to maintain or switch to the second state after waiting for the first period of time; the first signaling is semi-static signaling and is used to enable the second state. state;

3) When the target state is the second state and the second signaling is received, the network side device controls the target communication device to switch to the third state after waiting for a second period of time; the second signaling is semi-static signaling, Used to disable the second state;

4) Upon receiving the third signaling, the network side device controls the target communication device to switch to the second state after waiting for a third period of time; the third signaling is dynamic signaling and is used to enable the second state;

5) Upon receiving the fourth signaling, the network side device controls the target communication device to switch to the third state after waiting for the fourth period of time; the fourth signaling is dynamic signaling and is used to disable the second state;

6) Upon receiving the fifth signaling, the network side device controls the target communication device to enable the first time, or extend the first time, or extend the enabling time to the first time; the first time includes: triggering the fifth signaling The duration of the first second state after the fifth duration of signaling, or the duration of the second state after the fifth duration of triggering the fifth signaling.

Optionally, before the network side device determines the target state of the target communication device based on the first information related to the ON/OFF mechanism, the method may also include:

The network side device receives request information from the target communication device, and the request information is used to request the network side device to send instruction information;

The network side device controls the target communication device to maintain or switch to the target state, including: the network side device sends instruction information to the target communication device.

Specifically, the target communication device can send request information to the network side device through RRC/MAC CE/UCI to request to obtain indication information from the network side device;

The network side device then obtains the indication information and sends the indication information to the target communication device through RRC/MAC CE/DCI to control the target communication device to maintain or switch to the target state.

Optionally, the third state may include at least one of the following:

1) Sleep state;

2) Low output power state;

3) Low magnification state;

4) Power off state;

5) Working status of the beam based on target parameters;

6) Diffuse reflection state.

Specifically, the beam can be predefined/preconfigured/configured. For example, the direction of the beam can be set to vertically upward, the width of the beam can also be set, etc. You can also predefine/preconfigure/configure beam configuration parameters. Beam configuration parameters include, for example, beam index, beam number, and QCL configuration.

Taking the target communication device as a repeater as an example, the following describes the status control method of the communication device in this application:

1. Determine the system default value of the repeater’s power amplification gain (Gain);

The system default value of repeater Gain can be related to the link type DL/UL the system works in, the frequency band FR1/frequency band FR2 the system works in, and the repeater placement position.

Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of the relationship between the working frequency band of a classic signal amplifier and the downlink gain (DL repeater Gain) of the classic signal amplifier in the state control method of communication equipment provided by the embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 4, with DL Determining the system default value of repeater Gain is an example. Under DL link conditions, for a repeater working in the FR1 frequency band, the path loss between the cell and the repeater is path loss 1 (PL1); for a repeater working in the FR2 frequency band, The path loss between cell and repeater is path loss 2 (PL2).

As can be seen from the figure, PL2>PL1, that is, the path loss when working at high frequency is greater than the path loss when working at low frequency. The difference between PL2 and PL1 is represented by the gap 1 (Gap1);

When the power amplification gain of the repeater in the FR1 frequency band is gain 1 (Gain1), the difference between the power amplification gain Gain1 and the path loss PL1 is the gap 2 (Gap2). This value can be approximately expressed as the transmit power of the repeater RU Tx. At this time, the repeater working in the FR2 frequency band needs to reach the same Gap2, and a larger gain 2 (Gain2) is required to achieve this.

It should be noted that no matter the power amplification gain Gain1 or Gain2, it cannot exceed the maximum downlink gain (DL repeater max_Gain) of the classic signal amplifier.

2. Determine whether the repeater's Gain exceeds the system default value;

Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the relationship between the type of the classic signal amplifier and the gain of the classic signal amplifier in the state control method of the communication device provided by the embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 5, when the power amplification gain Gain of the repeater is less than the system predetermined When the value (Gain_default) is set (for example, repeater1), at this time, the repeater's power amplification capability is weak and its ability to amplify interference and noise is small, so the ON/OFF mechanism does not need to be executed.

When the repeater's power amplification gain is greater than Gain_default (for example, repeater2), at this time, the repeater has strong signal forwarding and amplification capabilities and can effectively forward useful signals, but at the same time, the repeater will also have the same ability to perform interference and noise. forwarding amplification, which brings strong interference to the system. Therefore, it is necessary to consider implementing the ON/OFF mechanism at this time to reduce system interference and improve the overall performance of the system. It can also reduce the power consumption of some repeaters, thereby saving energy. Effect.

3. The repeater can determine the ON state based on the first signal (such as SSB/PRACH/SIB);

For example, the repeater can determine the location of the RLM based on the SIB, be in the ON state at the time of the RLM, and forward information for RLM measurement/reporting.

4. The repeater can determine the ON/OFF state according to the periodic/semi-static trigger pattern;

Taking semi-static triggering as an example, Figure 6 is a schematic waveform diagram of the repeater in semi-static triggering provided by the embodiment of the present application. Figure 7 is a schematic waveform diagram of the repeater in semi-static triggering in the state control method of communication equipment provided by the embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 6 and Figure 7, the repeater can determine whether to extend the ON/OFF state based on dynamic signaling (such as trigger information);

If the repeater receives the trigger information, it will extend the ON state time. The diagonally shaded area in Figure 7 is the extended time.

It should be noted that after receiving the trigger information, the repeater can extend the ON state time for N cycles. N is an integer greater than 0. For example, the waveform diagram above in Figure 7 is the case where N is equal to 1. When the repeater receives After triggering the information, it only extends for a certain period of time when it encounters the ON state for the first time; for another example, the waveform diagram below in Figure 7 is the case where N is equal to 2. After receiving the trigger information, the repeater encounters the ON state twice. It extends for a certain period of time when it reaches the ON state.

Taking dynamic triggering as an example again, Figure 8 is a schematic waveform diagram of the repeater in dynamic triggering in the state control method of communication equipment provided by the embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 8, the repeater can dynamically enable the ON state according to the trigger information. If the repeater receives the trigger information, the enable repeater is in the ON state.

5. When RIS is not forwarding valid signals, it can be in at least one of the following states:

a.The beam output by RIS is a vertically upward beam, for example, beam 0;

b.RIS is in diffuse reflection state;

c.RIS is the forwarding of predefined/preconfigured/configured beam parameters; such as wide beam forwarding to reduce the interference impact on a single UE.

The embodiment of this application is to avoid noise interference from RIS reflected signals to other UEs and improve the transceiver performance of the UE.

It should be noted that the Trp and repeater can be in the above-mentioned a. state or c. state during the period when they do not forward valid signals.

For the state control method of communication equipment provided by the embodiment of the present application, the execution subject may be a state control device of the communication equipment. In the embodiment of the present application, the state control apparatus of the communication equipment performs the state control method of the communication equipment as an example to illustrate the state control apparatus of the communication equipment provided by the embodiment of the present application.

Figure 9 is one of the structural schematic diagrams of the status control device of the communication device provided by the embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 9, the status control device 900 of the communication device is applied to the target communication device and includes:

The first determination module 901 is used to determine the target state of the target communication device based on the first information related to the ON/OFF mechanism; the ON/OFF mechanism includes: the communication device associated with the network side device is in an always ON working state or is in OFF working status;

The first control module 902 is used to maintain or switch to the target state;

Among them, the target state includes at least one of the following:

The first state is the working state switching between always ON and OFF;

The second state is the always ON working state;

The third state is the OFF working state.

In the state control device for communication equipment provided by embodiments of the present application, the first determination module included in the target communication equipment can determine that the target communication equipment maintains or switches to the target state based on the first information related to the ON/OFF mechanism, and then the third determination module determines whether the target communication equipment remains in the target state or switches to the target state. A control module controls the target communication device to maintain or switch to the target state, instead of the target communication device always being in a permanently online working state of amplifying and forwarding, which can avoid the target communication device being in a permanent state when it does not need to amplify and forward signals. The online working state amplifies the surrounding noise, effectively reducing the interference to the target cell and reducing the interference to other cells, thereby improving the performance of data transmission within the system; and, the target communication equipment is not always amplified and The permanently online working state of forwarding can switch the target communication equipment to the OFF working state when the target communication equipment does not need to amplify and forward signals, which can save power resources to a certain extent.

Optionally, the first information includes at least one of the following:

The power amplification gain of the target communication equipment;

The ratio between the number of user equipment UEs accessing the communication device associated with the network side device and the number of UEs accessing the network side device;

The transmission signal of the target communication device;

The pattern of the transmission signal of the target communication device;

Instruction information from the network side device, the indication information is used to indicate the target status.

Optionally, the first determination module 901 is specifically used for any of the following:

When the power amplification gain of the target communication device is greater than the first threshold, the target communication device determines that the target state is the first state;

When the power amplification gain of the target communication device is less than or equal to the first threshold, the target communication device determines that the target state is the second state;

When the ratio is greater than the second threshold, the target communication device determines that the target state is the first state;

When the ratio is less than or equal to the second threshold and greater than the third threshold, the target communication device determines that the target state is the first state or the second state;

When the ratio is less than or equal to the third threshold, the target communication device determines that the target state is the third state;

When the transmission signal of the target communication device is the first signal, the target communication device determines that the target state is the second state; the first signal includes any of the following: synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block SSB; physical random access channel PRACH ;System Information Block SIB;

When the pattern of the transmission signal of the target communication device is the target pattern, the target communication device determines that the target state is the second state; the target pattern includes any of the following: used for periodic channel state information reference signal periodic CSI-RS transmission; Used for wireless link monitoring reference signal RLM RS transmission.

Optionally, the power amplification gain of the target communication device is determined by at least one of the following methods: predefined; preconfigured; network side device configuration.

Optionally, the power amplification gain of the target communication device is related to at least one of the following information:

The operating frequency of the target communication equipment;

The path loss between the sending end of the transmission signal of the target communication equipment and the target communication equipment;

The transmission direction of the transmission signal of the target communication device.

Optionally, the ratio is determined by the network side device.

Optionally, the first control module 902 is specifically used to:

When the target state is a state of periodically switching between the second state and the third state, the target communication device keeps switching between the second state and the third state during the target period;

When receiving the first signaling, the target communication device maintains or switches to the second state after waiting for the first period of time; the first signaling is semi-static signaling and is used to enable the second state;

When the target state is the second state and the second signaling is received, the target communication device switches to the third state after waiting for a second period of time; the second signaling is semi-static signaling and is used to disable the third state. Two states;

When receiving the third signaling, the target communication device switches to the second state after waiting for a third period of time; the third signaling is dynamic signaling and is used to enable the second state;

When receiving the fourth signaling, the target communication device switches to the third state after waiting for the fourth period of time; the fourth signaling is dynamic signaling and is used to disable the second state;

When receiving the fifth signaling, the target communication device enables the first time, or extends the first time, or extends the enabling time to the first time; the first time includes: the fifth duration that triggers the fifth signaling. The duration of the first second state after, or the duration of the second state after the fifth duration of triggering the fifth signaling.

Optionally, the status control device 900 of the communication device also includes:

The first sending module is used to send request information to the network side device; the request information is used to request the network side device to send indication information;

The first receiving module is used to receive indication information from the network side device.

Optionally, the third state includes at least one of the following:

Sleep state; low output power state; low amplification state; power-off state; beam working state based on target parameters; diffuse reflection state.

Figure 10 is a second structural schematic diagram of a status control device for communication equipment provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 10, the status control device 1000 for communication equipment is applied to network-side equipment and includes:

The second determination module 1001 is used to determine the target state of the target communication device based on the first information related to the ON/OFF mechanism; the ON/OFF mechanism includes: the communication device associated with the network side device is in an always ON working state or is in OFF working status;

The second control module 1002 is used to control the target communication device to maintain or switch to the target state;

Among them, the target state includes at least one of the following:

The first state is the working state switching between always ON and OFF;

The second state is the always ON working state;

The third state is the OFF working state.

In the status control apparatus for communication equipment provided by the embodiment of the present application, the second determination module included in the network side equipment may Based on the first information related to the ON/OFF mechanism, it is decided that the target communication device maintains or switches to the target state, and then the second control module included in the network side device controls the target communication device to maintain or switch to the target state, instead of the target communication device. The communication equipment is always in a permanently online working state of amplifying and forwarding, which can prevent the target communication equipment from amplifying the surrounding noise because it is still in a permanently online working state when there is no need to amplify and forward signals, effectively reducing the impact on the target cell. interference to other cells, thereby improving the performance of data transmission within the system; and, the target communication equipment is not always in a permanently online working state of amplification and forwarding, and can be used when the target communication equipment does not need to amplify and forward When receiving a signal, controlling the target communication device to switch to the OFF working state can save power resources to a certain extent.

Optionally, the first information includes at least one of the following:

The power amplification gain of the target communication equipment;

The transmission signal of the target communication device;

The pattern of the transmission signal of the target communication device.

Optionally, the second determination module 1001 is specifically used for any of the following:

When the power amplification gain of the target communication device is greater than the first threshold, the network side device determines that the target state is the first state;

When the power amplification gain of the target communication device is less than or equal to the first threshold, the network side device determines that the target state is the second state;

When the ratio is greater than the second threshold, the network side device determines that the target state is the first state;

When the ratio is less than or equal to the second threshold and greater than the third threshold, the network side device determines that the target state is the first state or the second state;

When the ratio is less than or equal to the third threshold, the network side device determines that the target state is the third state;

When the transmission signal of the target communication device is the first signal, the network side device determines that the target state is the second state; the first signal includes any of the following: synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block SSB; physical random access channel PRACH ;System Information Block SIB;

When the pattern of the transmission signal of the target communication device is the target pattern, the network side device determines that the target state is the second state; the target pattern includes any of the following: used for periodic channel state information reference signal periodic CSI-RS transmission; Used for wireless link monitoring reference signal RLM RS transmission.

The operating frequency of the target communication equipment;

Optionally, the ratio is determined by the network side device.

Optionally, the second control module 1002 is specifically configured to control the target communication device to remain in the second state and the third state during the target period when the target state is periodically switched between the second state and the third state. Switch between three states;

When receiving the first signaling, the network side device controls the target communication device to maintain or switch to the second state after waiting for a first period of time; the first signaling is semi-static signaling and is used to enable the second state;

When the target state is the second state and the second signaling is received, the network side device controls the target communication device to switch to the third state after waiting for a second period of time; the second signaling is semi-static signaling for Disable the second state;

When receiving the third signaling, the network side device controls the target communication device to switch to the second state after waiting for a third period of time; the third signaling is dynamic signaling and is used to enable the second state;

When receiving the fourth signaling, the network side device controls the target communication device to switch to the third state after waiting for a fourth period of time; the fourth signaling is dynamic signaling and is used to disable the second state;

When receiving the fifth signaling, the network side device controls the target communication device to enable the first time, or extend the first time, or extend the enabling time to the first time; the first time includes: triggering the fifth signaling The duration of the first second state after the fifth duration, or the duration of the second state after the fifth duration that triggers the fifth signaling.

Optionally, the status control device 1000 of the communication device also includes:

The second receiving module is used to receive request information from the target communication device, and the request information is used to request the network side device to send indication information;

The second control module 1002 is also specifically configured to control the target communication device to maintain or switch to the target state, including: the network side device sends instruction information to the target communication device.

Optionally, the third state includes at least one of the following:

The status control device of the communication device in the embodiment of the present application may be an electronic device, such as an electronic device with an operating system, or may be a component in the electronic device, such as an integrated circuit or chip. The electronic device may be a terminal or other devices other than the terminal. For example, terminals may include but are not limited to the types of terminals 11 listed above, and other devices may be servers, network attached storage (Network Attached Storage, NAS), etc., which are not specifically limited in the embodiment of this application.

The state control device of communication equipment provided by the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the method embodiments of Figures 2 to 8 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid duplication, the details will not be described here.

Figure 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 11, the communication device 1100 includes a processor 1101 and a memory 1102. The memory 1102 stores programs or instructions that can be run on the processor 1101. For example, when the communication device 1100 is a target communication device, when the program or instruction is executed by the processor 1101, each step of the communication device state control method embodiment of the target communication device is implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved. When the communication device 1100 is a network-side device, when the program or instruction is executed by the processor 1101, the above-mentioned network-side device is implemented. Each step of the communication device state control method embodiment can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid duplication, it will not be described again here.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a network side device, including a processor and a communication interface. The processor is configured to determine the target state of the target communication device based on the first information related to the ON/OFF mechanism; the ON/OFF mechanism includes: network side The communication device associated with the device is in the always ON working state or in the OFF working state; the processor is also used to control the target communication device to maintain or switch to the target state; wherein the target state includes at least one of the following: the first state is always The working state of ON and OFF switching; the second state is the always ON working state; the third state is the OFF working state.

This network-side device embodiment corresponds to the above-mentioned network-side device method embodiment. Each implementation process and implementation manner of the above-mentioned method embodiment can be applied to this network-side device embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect.

Figure 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a network side device provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 12, the network side device 1200 includes: an antenna 1201, a radio frequency device 1202, a baseband device 1203, a processor 1204 and a memory 1205. Antenna 1201 is connected to radio frequency device 1202. In the uplink direction, the radio frequency device 1202 receives information through the antenna 1201 and sends the received information to the baseband device 1203 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 1203 processes the information to be sent and sends it to the radio frequency device 1202. The radio frequency device 1202 processes the received information and then sends it out through the antenna 1201.

The method performed by the network side device in the above embodiment can be implemented in the baseband device 1203, which includes a baseband processor.

The baseband device 1203 may include, for example, at least one baseband board on which multiple chips are disposed, as shown in FIG. Program to perform the network device operations shown in the above method embodiments.

The network side device may also include a network interface 1206, which is, for example, a common public radio interface (CPRI).

Specifically, the network side device 1200 in the embodiment of the present application also includes: instructions or programs stored in the memory 1205 and executable on the processor 1204. The processor 1204 calls the instructions or programs in the memory 1205 to execute the above communication device. State control method and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid duplication, we will not go into details here.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a status control system for a communication device, including: a target communication device and a network side device. The target communication device can be used to perform the above steps of the status control method of the communication device, and the network side device can be used to perform the above steps. The steps of the state control method of communication equipment.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a readable storage medium. The readable storage medium may be volatile or non-volatile. The readable storage medium stores programs or instructions, and the programs or instructions are processed. When the processor is executed, each process of the embodiment of the state control method of the communication device is realized, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid duplication, it will not be described again here.

The processor is the processor in the terminal in the above embodiment. Readable storage media includes computer-readable storage media, such as computer read-only memory ROM, random access memory RAM, magnetic disks or optical disks.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a chip. The chip includes a processor and a communication interface. The communication interface is coupled to the processor. The processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement various processes of the above embodiments of the state control method for communication equipment, and can To achieve the same technical effect, to avoid repetition, we will not repeat them here.

It should be understood that the chips mentioned in the embodiments of this application may also be called system-on-chip, system-on-a-chip, system-on-chip or system-on-chip, etc.

Embodiments of the present application further provide a computer program/program product. The computer program/program product is stored in a storage medium, and the computer program/program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the state control method embodiment of the communication device. Each process can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid duplication, it will not be described again here.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprising", "comprises" or any other variations thereof are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article or device that includes a series of elements not only includes those elements, It also includes other elements not expressly listed or inherent in the process, method, article or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the statement "comprises a..." does not exclude the presence of additional identical elements in a process, method, article or apparatus that includes that element. In addition, it should be pointed out that the scope of the methods and devices in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing functions in the order shown or discussed, but may also include performing functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in reverse order according to the functions involved. Functions may be performed, for example, the methods described may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. Additionally, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the methods of the above embodiments can be implemented by means of software plus the necessary general hardware platform. Of course, it can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases the former is better. implementation. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present application can be embodied in the form of a computer software product that is essentially or contributes to the existing technology. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, disk , CD), including several instructions to cause a terminal (which can be a mobile phone, computer, server, air conditioner, or network device, etc.) to execute the methods described in various embodiments of this application.

The embodiments of the present application have been described above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the present application is not limited to the above-mentioned specific implementations. The above-mentioned specific implementations are only illustrative and not restrictive. Those of ordinary skill in the art will Inspired by this application, many forms can be made without departing from the purpose of this application and the scope protected by the claims, all of which fall within the protection of this application.

Claims

A state control method for communication equipment, including:

The target communication device determines the target state of the target communication device based on the first information related to the online ON/OFF mechanism; the ON/OFF mechanism includes: the communication device associated with the network side device is in a permanently online always ON working state. Or in OFF working status;

The target communication device maintains or switches to the target state;

Wherein, the target state includes at least one of the following:

The first state is the working state switching between always ON and OFF;

The second state is the always ON working state;

The third state is the OFF working state.
The state control method of communication equipment according to claim 1, wherein the first information includes at least one of the following:

The power amplification gain of the target communication device;

The ratio between the number of user equipment UEs accessing the communication device associated with the network side device and the number of UEs accessing the network side device;

The transmission signal of the target communication device;

The pattern of the transmission signal of the target communication device;

Indication information from the network side device, the indication information being used to indicate the target state.
The state control method of a communication device according to claim 2, wherein the target communication device determines the target state of the target communication device based on the first information related to the online ON/off mechanism, including any one of the following :

When the power amplification gain of the target communication device is greater than the first threshold, the target communication device determines that the target state is the first state;

When the power amplification gain of the target communication device is less than or equal to the first threshold, the target communication device determines that the target state is the second state;

If the ratio is greater than the second threshold, the target communication device determines that the target state is the first state;

When the ratio is less than or equal to the second threshold and greater than the third threshold, the target communication device determines that the target state is the first state or the second state;

If the ratio is less than or equal to a third threshold, the target communication device determines that the target state is the third state;

In the case where the transmission signal of the target communication device is a first signal, the target communication device determines that the target state is the second state; the first signal includes any of the following: synchronization signal/physical broadcast Channel block SSB; physical random access channel PRACH; system information block SIB;

When the pattern of the transmission signal of the target communication device is the target pattern, the target communication device determines The target state is the second state; the target pattern includes any of the following: for periodic channel state information reference signal periodic CSI-RS transmission; for radio link monitoring reference signal RLM RS transmission.
The state control method of communication equipment according to claim 2, wherein the power amplification gain of the target communication equipment is determined by at least one of the following methods: predefinition; preconfiguration; network side device configuration.
The state control method of communication equipment according to claim 2, wherein the power amplification gain of the target communication equipment is related to at least one of the following information:

The operating frequency of the target communication device;

The path loss between the sending end of the transmission signal of the target communication device and the target communication device;

The transmission direction of the transmission signal of the target communication device.
The state control method of communication equipment according to claim 2, wherein the ratio is determined by the network side device.
The state control method of a communication device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the target communication device maintains or switches to the target state, including:

When the target state is a state of periodically switching between the second state and the third state, the target communication device keeps switching between the second state and the third state during the target period;

When receiving the first signaling, the target communication device maintains or switches to the second state after waiting for a first period of time; the first signaling is semi-static signaling, used to enable the second state;

When the target state is the second state and second signaling is received, the target communication device switches to the third state after waiting for a second period of time; the second signaling is half Static signaling, used to disable the second state;

When receiving the third signaling, the target communication device switches to the second state after waiting for a third period of time; the third signaling is dynamic signaling and is used to enable the second state. ;

When receiving the fourth signaling, the target communication device switches to the third state after waiting for a fourth period of time; the fourth signaling is dynamic signaling and is used to disable the second state. state;

In the case of receiving the fifth signaling, the target communication device enables the first time, or extends the first time, or extends the enabling time to the first time; the first time includes: triggering the fifth signaling The duration of the first second state after the fifth duration, or the duration of the second state after the fifth duration that triggers the fifth signaling.
The state control method of a communication device according to claim 2, wherein before the target communication device determines the target state of the target communication device based on the first information related to the online ON/off mechanism, the method Also includes:

The target communication device sends request information to the network side device; the request information is used to request the network side device to send the indication information;

The target communication device receives the indication information from the network side device.
The state control method of communication equipment according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the third state includes at least one of the following:

Sleep state; low output power state; low amplification state; power-off state; beam working state based on target parameters; diffuse reflection state.
A state control method for communication equipment, including:

The network side device determines the target state of the target communication device based on the first information related to the online ON/OFF mechanism; the ON/OFF mechanism includes: the communication device associated with the network side device is in a permanently online always ON working state or in a OFF working status;

The network side device controls the target communication device to maintain or switch to the target state;

Wherein, the target state includes at least one of the following:

The first state is the working state switching between always ON and OFF;

The second state is the always ON working state;

The third state is the OFF working state.
The state control method of communication equipment according to claim 10, wherein the first information includes at least one of the following:

The power amplification gain of the target communication device;

The ratio between the number of user equipment UEs accessing the communication device associated with the network side device and the number of UEs accessing the network side device;

The transmission signal of the target communication device;

The pattern of the transmission signal of the target communication device.
The state control method of a communication device according to claim 11, wherein the network side device determines the target state of the target communication device based on the first information related to the online ON/off mechanism, including any of the following:

When the power amplification gain of the target communication device is greater than the first threshold, the network side device determines that the target state is the first state;

When the power amplification gain of the target communication device is less than or equal to the first threshold, the network side device determines that the target state is the second state;

If the ratio is greater than the second threshold, the network side device determines that the target state is the first state;

When the ratio is less than or equal to the second threshold and greater than the third threshold, the network side device determines that the target state is the first state or the second state;

If the ratio is less than or equal to the third threshold, the network side device determines that the target state is the third state;

When the transmission signal of the target communication device is a first signal, the network side device determines that the target state is the second state; the first signal includes any of the following: synchronization signal/physical broadcast Channel block SSB; physical random access channel PRACH; system information block SIB;

When the pattern of the transmission signal of the target communication device is a target pattern, the network side device determines that the target state is the second state; the target pattern includes any of the following: for periodic channels status information parameter Test signal periodic CSI-RS transmission; used for wireless link monitoring reference signal RLM RS transmission.
The state control method of communication equipment according to claim 11, wherein the power amplification gain of the target communication equipment is determined by at least one of the following methods: predefinition; preconfiguration; network side device configuration.
The state control method of communication equipment according to claim 11, wherein the power amplification gain of the target communication equipment is related to at least one of the following information:

The operating frequency of the target communication device;

The path loss between the sending end of the transmission signal of the target communication device and the target communication device;

The transmission direction of the transmission signal of the target communication device.
The state control method of communication equipment according to claim 11, wherein the ratio is determined by the network side device.
The state control method of a communication device according to any one of claims 10 to 15, wherein the network side device controls the target communication device to maintain or switch to the target state, including:

When the target state is a state of periodically switching between the second state and the third state, the network side device controls the target communication device to keep switching between the second state and the third state during the target period;

When receiving the first signaling, the network side device controls the target communication device to maintain or switch to the second state after waiting for a first period of time; the first signaling is semi-static signaling, For enabling the second state;

When the target state is the second state and second signaling is received, the network side device controls the target communication device to switch to the third state after waiting for a second period of time; The second signaling is semi-static signaling, used to disable the second state;

When receiving the third signaling, the network side device controls the target communication device to switch to the second state after waiting for a third period of time; the third signaling is dynamic signaling and is used to enable capable of the second state;

When receiving the fourth signaling, the network side device controls the target communication device to switch to the third state after waiting for a fourth period of time; the fourth signaling is dynamic signaling and is used to Enable the second state;

When receiving the fifth signaling, the network side device controls the target communication device to enable the first time, or extend the first time, or extend the enabling time to the first time; the first time includes : The duration of the first second state after the fifth duration of triggering the fifth signaling, or the duration of the second state after the fifth duration of triggering the fifth signaling.
The state control method of a communication device according to claim 11, wherein before the network side device determines the target state of the target communication device based on the first information related to the online ON/off mechanism, the method further includes :

The network side device receives request information from the target communication device, where the request information is used to request the network side device to send indication information;

The network side device controls the target communication device to maintain or switch to the target state, including: the network side device sends the indication information to the target communication device.
The state control method of a communication device according to any one of claims 10 to 17, wherein the third state status, including at least one of the following:

Sleep state; low output power state; low amplification state; power-off state; beam working state based on target parameters; diffuse reflection state.
A status control device for communication equipment, including:

The first determination module is used to determine the target state of the target communication device based on the first information related to the online ON/OFF mechanism; the ON/OFF mechanism includes: the communication device associated with the network side device is permanently online always ON Working status or OFF working status;

The first control module is used to maintain or switch to the target state;

Wherein, the target state includes at least one of the following:

The first state is the working state switching between always ON and OFF;

The second state is the always ON working state;

The third state is the OFF working state.
A status control device for communication equipment, including:

The second determination module is used to determine the target state of the target communication device based on the first information related to the online ON/off mechanism; the ON/OFF mechanism includes: the communication device associated with the network side device is permanently online always ON Working status or OFF working status;

a second control module, configured to control the target communication device to maintain or switch to the target state;

Wherein, the target state includes at least one of the following:

The first state is the working state switching between always ON and OFF;

The second state is the always ON working state;

The third state is the OFF working state.
A communication device, including a processor and a memory. The memory stores programs or instructions that can be run on the processor. When the program or instructions are executed by the processor, the implementation of any one of claims 1 to 9 is achieved. The steps of the state control method of communication equipment.
A network side device, including a processor and a memory. The memory stores programs or instructions that can be run on the processor. When the program or instructions are executed by the processor, any one of claims 10 to 18 is implemented. The steps of the state control method of the communication device described in the item.
A readable storage medium on which a program or instructions are stored. When the program or instructions are executed by a processor, the steps of the state control method of a communication device according to any one of claims 1 to 9 are implemented. , or implement the steps of the state control method of the communication device according to any one of claims 10 to 18.