CN118303091A - Communication method, device, terminal, network equipment, communication system, storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method, apparatus, terminal, network device, communication system, storage medium and computer program product. The communication method includes: receiving first indication information sent by a network device, wherein the first indication information is used to determine whether the terminal is a first-class terminal, and the first-class terminal is awakened by the wake-up information. Through the embodiments of the present disclosure, the network side can notify the terminal that needs to use LP-WUS.

Description

Communication method, device, terminal, network equipment, communication system and storage medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of wireless communications, and in particular, to a communication method, apparatus, terminal, network device, communication system, storage medium, and computer program product.

Background

In a communication system, in order to reduce the power consumption of a terminal, a separate low power transceiver may be provided in the terminal in addition to a main transceiver. The low power transceiver may receive the low power signal while the primary transceiver is in a sleep state. In this way, the power consumption of the terminal can be reduced.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a communication method, a device, a terminal, a network device, a communication system, a storage medium and a computer program product, so that the indication of the terminal using a low power wake-up signal (LP-WUS) is realized.

According to a first aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication method is provided. The communication method may be performed by a terminal. The communication method comprises the following steps: and receiving first indication information sent by the network equipment, wherein the first indication information is used for determining whether the terminal is a first type terminal or not, and the first type terminal is awakened by awakening information.

According to a second aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication method is provided. The communication method may be performed by a network device. The communication method comprises the following steps: and sending first indication information to the terminal, wherein the first indication information is used for determining whether the terminal is a first type terminal or not, and the first type terminal is awakened by awakening information.

According to a third aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal is provided. The terminal includes a transceiver module. The transceiver module is configured to receive first indication information sent by the network device, wherein the first indication information is used for determining whether the terminal is a first type terminal, and the first type terminal is awakened by awakening information.

According to a fourth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a network device is provided. The network device includes a transceiver module. The transceiver module is configured to send first indication information to the terminal, wherein the first indication information is used for determining whether the terminal is a first type terminal or not, and the first type terminal is awakened by awakening information.

According to a fifth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication apparatus is provided. The communication device includes at least one processor, and a memory storing instructions. The instructions, when executed by the communication device, cause the communication device to implement the communication method as described in the first aspect.

According to a sixth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication apparatus is provided. The communication device includes at least one processor, and a memory storing instructions. The instructions, when executed by the communication device, cause the communication device to implement the communication method as described in the second aspect.

According to a seventh aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication system is provided. The communication system includes a terminal and a network device. The terminal is configured to perform the communication method as described in the first aspect. The network device is configured to perform the communication method as described in the second aspect.

According to an eighth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a storage medium. The storage medium stores instructions. The instructions, when executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform the communication method as described in the first or second aspect.

According to a ninth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a program product is provided. The program product, when executed by a communication device, causes the communication device to perform the communication method as described in the first or second aspect.

According to a tenth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a computer program is provided. The computer program, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the communication method as described in the first or second aspect.

According to an eleventh aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a chip or chip system is provided. The chip or chip system includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to perform the communication method as described in the first or second aspect.

By the embodiment of the disclosure, the network side can inform the terminal needing to use the LP-WUS.

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

Drawings

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

Fig. 1 is a schematic architecture diagram of a communication system provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 2 is an exemplary interaction diagram of a communication method provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 3 is an exemplary flowchart of a communication method provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 4 is an exemplary flowchart of a communication method provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 5 is an exemplary interaction diagram of a communication method provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 6A is an exemplary block diagram of a terminal provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 6B is an exemplary block diagram of a network device provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 7A is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 7B is a schematic structural diagram of a chip provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a communication method, a device, a terminal, a network device, a communication system, a storage medium and a computer program product.

In a first aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method. The communication method may be performed by a terminal. The communication method comprises the following steps: and receiving first indication information sent by the network equipment, wherein the first indication information is used for determining whether the terminal is a first type terminal or not, and the first type terminal is awakened by awakening information.

According to the embodiment, after receiving the first indication information, the terminal can determine whether the terminal is the first type terminal according to the first indication information, so as to determine whether the terminal is awakened by the awakening information.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the above communication method may further include: and receiving second indication information sent by the network equipment, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating the terminal to monitor the first PO.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first indication information may include at least one of: a first packet based on the UE ID; a second packet allocated by the CN; and a second PO for paging listening.

According to this embodiment, the first indication information may indicate a first packet based on the UE ID, a second packet allocated by the CN, and a second PO. In this way, the flexibility of indicating the first type of terminal is greatly enhanced when indicating the first type of terminal.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the above communication method may further include: determining that the terminal meets a first condition; and determining the terminal as the first type of terminal. The first condition includes one of: the terminal is in a first packet; the terminal is in a second packet; the terminal is in the second PO.

According to this embodiment, the terminal may determine whether itself is located in the first packet, the second packet, or the second PO according to the first indication information. If the terminal is in any one of the first group, the second group, and the second PO, the terminal may be determined to be a first type of terminal.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the above communication method may further include: it is determined that the terminal is required to listen for wake-up information.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the above communication method may further include: determining that the terminal is in the first group or the second group; the method includes determining that the terminal is not a first type of terminal, wherein the first type of terminal corresponds to a first packet or a second packet.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the above communication method may further include: determining that the terminal is not in the second PO; and determining that the terminal is not a first type of terminal, wherein the first type of terminal corresponds to the second PO.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the above communication method may further include: determining that the terminal is not in the first packet or the second packet; it is determined that the terminal is required to listen for the second indication information.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the above communication method may further include: determining that the terminal meets a second condition; determining that the terminal is required to monitor the first PO; wherein the second condition comprises: the terminal does not support the second indication information or the terminal is not allocated in any packet; the terminal is not in the second PO.

In a second aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method. The communication method may be performed by a network device. The communication method comprises the following steps: and sending first indication information to the terminal, wherein the first indication information is used for determining whether the terminal is a first type terminal or not, and the first type terminal is awakened by awakening information.

According to this embodiment, the network device may indicate to the terminal the first type of terminal awakened by the wake-up information by sending the first indication information. After receiving the first indication information, the terminal can determine whether the terminal is a first type terminal according to the first indication information, so as to determine whether the terminal is awakened by the awakening information.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the above communication method may further include: and sending second indicating information to the terminal, wherein the second indicating information is used for indicating the terminal to monitor the first PO.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first indication information may include at least one of: a first packet based on the UE ID; a second packet allocated by the CN; and a second PO for paging listening.

In a third aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a terminal. The terminal includes a transceiver module. The transceiver module is configured to receive first indication information sent by the network device, wherein the first indication information is used for determining whether the terminal is a first type terminal, and the first type terminal is awakened by awakening information.

With reference to some embodiments of the third aspect, in some embodiments, the transceiver module may be further configured to: and receiving second indication information sent by the network equipment, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating the terminal to monitor the first PO.

With reference to some embodiments of the third aspect, in some embodiments, the first indication information may include at least one of: a first packet based on the UE ID; a second packet allocated by the CN; and a second PO for paging listening.

With reference to some embodiments of the third aspect, in some embodiments, the terminal may further include a processing module configured to determine that the terminal meets the first condition; and determining the terminal as the first type of terminal. The first condition includes one of: the terminal is in a first packet; the terminal is in a second packet; the terminal is in the second PO.

With reference to some embodiments of the third aspect, in some embodiments, the processing module may be further configured to: it is determined that the terminal is required to listen for wake-up information.

With reference to some embodiments of the third aspect, in some embodiments, the processing module may be further configured to: determining that the terminal is in the first group or the second group; the method includes determining that the terminal is not a first type of terminal, wherein the first type of terminal corresponds to a first packet or a second packet.

With reference to some embodiments of the third aspect, in some embodiments, the processing module may be further configured to: determining that the terminal is not in the second PO; and determining that the terminal is not a first type of terminal, wherein the first type of terminal corresponds to the second PO.

With reference to some embodiments of the third aspect, in some embodiments, the processing module may be further configured to: determining that the terminal is not in the first packet or the second packet; it is determined that the terminal is required to listen for the second indication information.

With reference to some embodiments of the third aspect, in some embodiments, the processing module may be further configured to: determining that the terminal meets a second condition; determining that the terminal is required to monitor the first PO; wherein the second condition comprises: the terminal does not support the second indication information or the terminal is not allocated in any packet; the terminal is not in the second PO.

In a fourth aspect, a network device is provided by embodiments of the present disclosure. The network device includes a transceiver module. The transceiver module is configured to send first indication information to the terminal, wherein the first indication information is used for determining whether the terminal is a first type terminal or not, and the first type terminal is awakened by awakening information.

With reference to some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the transceiver module may be further configured to: and sending second indicating information to the terminal, wherein the second indicating information is used for indicating the terminal to monitor the first PO.

With reference to some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the first indication information may include at least one of: a first packet based on the UE ID; a second packet allocated by the CN; and a second PO for paging listening.

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication device. The communication device includes at least one processor, and a memory storing instructions. The instructions, when executed by a communication device, cause the communication device to implement a communication method as described in any one of the first aspect and its possible implementation forms.

In a sixth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication device. The communication device includes at least one processor, and a memory storing instructions. The instructions, when executed by a communication device, cause the communication device to implement a communication method as described in any of the second aspect and its possible embodiments.

In a seventh aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication system. The communication system includes a terminal and a network device. The terminal is configured to perform the communication method as described in any of the first aspect and its possible implementation forms. The network device is configured to perform the communication method as described in any of the second aspect and its possible implementations.

In an eighth aspect, a storage medium is provided by embodiments of the present disclosure. The storage medium stores instructions. The instructions, when executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform the communication method as described in any one of the first aspect, the second aspect and possible implementations thereof.

In a ninth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a program product. The program product, when executed by a communication device, causes the communication device to perform a communication method as described in any one of the first aspect, the second aspect and possible implementations thereof.

In a tenth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a computer program. The computer program, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the communication method as described in any one of the first aspect, the second aspect and possible implementations thereof.

In an eleventh aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a chip or chip system. The chip or chip system includes a processing circuit. The processing circuitry is configured to perform the communication method as described in any of the first aspect, the second aspect and possible implementations thereof.

It will be appreciated that the above-described communication apparatus, terminal, network device, communication system, storage medium, program product, computer program, chip system are all configured to perform the communication method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure. Therefore, the advantages achieved by the method can be referred to as the advantages of the corresponding method, and will not be described herein.

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a communication method, a device, a terminal, a network device, a communication system, a storage medium and a computer program product. In some embodiments, terms such as a communication method, an information processing method, an information transmission method, and the like may be replaced with each other, terms such as a network element, a network device, a network function, a network entity, and the like may be replaced with each other, and terms such as a communication system, an information processing system, and the like may be replaced with each other.

The embodiments of the present disclosure are not intended to be exhaustive, but rather are exemplary of some embodiments and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure. In the case of no contradiction, each step in a certain embodiment may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the steps may be arbitrarily combined, for example, a scheme in which part of the steps are removed in a certain embodiment may also be implemented as an independent embodiment, the order of the steps in a certain embodiment may be arbitrarily exchanged, and further, alternative implementations in a certain embodiment may be arbitrarily combined; furthermore, various embodiments may be arbitrarily combined, for example, some or all steps of different embodiments may be arbitrarily combined, and an embodiment may be arbitrarily combined with alternative implementations of other embodiments.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, terms and/or descriptions in the various embodiments are consistent with each other and may be referenced to each other in the absence of a particular explanation or logic conflict, and features in the various embodiments may be combined to form new embodiments in accordance with their inherent logic relationships.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure.

In the presently disclosed embodiments, elements that are referred to in the singular, such as "a," "an," "the," "said," etc., may mean "one and only one," or "one or more," "at least one," etc., unless otherwise indicated. For example, where an article such as "a," "an," "the," etc. is used in translation, a noun following the article may be understood as a singular expression, or as a plural expression.

In the presently disclosed embodiments, "plurality" refers to two or more than two.

In some embodiments, the terms "at least one (at least one, at least one item, at least one)", "one or more", and the like may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, "A, B" at least one of "," a and/or B "," a in one case, B in another case "," a in response to one case, B "in response to another case, etc., may include the following technical solutions, as appropriate: in some embodiments a (a is performed independently of B); b (B is performed independently of a) in some embodiments; in some embodiments, execution is selected from a and B (a and B are selectively executed); in some embodiments a and B (both a and B are performed). Similar to the above when there are more branches such as A, B, C.

In some embodiments, the description modes such as "a or B" may include the following technical schemes according to circumstances: in some embodiments a (a is performed independently of B); b (B is performed independently of a) in some embodiments; in some embodiments execution is selected from a and B (a and B are selectively executed). Similar to the above when there are more branches such as A, B, C.

The prefix words "first", "second", etc. in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for distinguishing different description objects, and do not limit the location, order, priority, number, content, etc. of the description objects, and the statement of the description object refers to the claims or the description of the embodiment context, and should not constitute unnecessary limitations due to the use of the prefix words. For example, if the description object is a "field", the ordinal words before the "field" in the "first field" and the "second field" do not limit the position or the order between the "fields", and the "first" and the "second" do not limit whether the "fields" modified by the "first" and the "second" are in the same message or not. For another example, describing an object as "level", ordinal words preceding "level" in "first level" and "second level" do not limit priority between "levels". As another example, the number of descriptive objects is not limited by ordinal words, and may be one or more, taking "first device" as an example, where the number of "devices" may be one or more. Furthermore, objects modified by different prefix words may be the same or different, e.g., the description object is "a device", then "a first device" and "a second device" may be the same device or different devices, and the types may be the same or different; for another example, the description object is "information", and the "second information" and the "first information" may be the same information or different information, and the contents thereof may be the same or different.

In some embodiments, "comprising a", "containing a", "for indicating a", "carrying a", may be interpreted as carrying a directly, or as indicating a indirectly.

In some embodiments, the terms "responsive to … …", "responsive to determination … …", "in the case of … …", "at … …", "when … …", "if … …", "if … …", and the like may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, terms "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "not less than", "more than or equal to", "not less than", "above" and the like may be interchanged, and terms "less than", "less than or equal to", "not greater than", "less than or equal to", "not more than", "below", "lower than or equal to", "no higher than", "below" and the like may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, an apparatus or the like may be interpreted as an entity, or may be interpreted as a virtual, and the names thereof are not limited to the names described in the embodiments, "apparatus," "device," "circuit," "network element," "node," "function," "unit," "section," "system," "network," "chip system," "entity," "body," and the like may be replaced with each other.

In some embodiments, a "network" may be interpreted as an apparatus (e.g., access network device, core network device, etc.) contained in a network.

In some embodiments, "access network device (access network device, AN device)", "radio access network device (radio access network device, RAN DEVICE)", "Base Station (BS)", "radio base station (radio base station)", "fixed station (fixed station)", "node(s)", "access point (access point)", "transmit point (transmission point, TP)", "Receive Point (RP)", "transmit and/or receive point (transmit/receive point), the terms TRP), panel, antenna panel (ANTENNA PANEL), antenna array (ANTENNA ARRAY), cell (cell), macro cell (macro cell), small cell (SMALL CELL), femto cell (femto cell), pico cell, sector (sector), cell group (cell group), serving cell, carrier, component carrier (component carrier), bandwidth part (BWP) and the like may be replaced with each other.

In some embodiments, terms such as "terminal" (terminal) "," terminal device (TERMINAL DEVICE) "," User Equipment (UE) "," user terminal "(MS)", "Mobile Station (MS)", mobile Terminal (MT) ", subscriber station (subscriber station), mobile unit (mobile unit), subscriber unit (subsumer unit), wireless unit (wireless unit), remote unit (remote unit), mobile device (mobiledevice), wireless device (WIRELESS DEVICE), wireless communication device (wireless communication device), remote device (remote device), mobile subscriber station (mobile subscriber station), access terminal (ACCESS TERMINAL), mobile terminal (mobile terminal), wireless terminal (WIRELESS TERMINAL), remote terminal (remote terminal), handheld device (handset), mobile agent (user agent), mobile client (mobile client), client (client), and the like may be substituted for one another.

In some embodiments, the access network device, core network device, or network device may be replaced with a terminal. For example, the embodiments of the present disclosure may also be applied to a configuration in which an access network device, a core network device, or communication between a network device and a terminal is replaced with communication between a plurality of terminals (for example, device-to-device (D2D), vehicle-to-everything (V2X), or the like). In this case, the terminal may have all or part of the functions of the access network device. In addition, terms such as "uplink", "downlink", and the like may be replaced with terms corresponding to communication between terminals (e.g., "side)". For example, uplink channels, downlink channels, etc. may be replaced with side-uplink channels, uplink, downlink, etc. may be replaced with side-downlink channels.

In some embodiments, the terminal may be replaced with an access network device, a core network device, or a network device. In this case, the access network device, the core network device, or the network device may have all or part of the functions of the terminal.

In some embodiments, the acquisition of data, information, etc. may comply with laws and regulations of the country of locale.

In some embodiments, data, information, etc. may be obtained after user consent is obtained.

Furthermore, each element, each row, or each column in the tables of the embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented as a separate embodiment, and any combination of elements, any rows, or any columns may also be implemented as a separate embodiment.

Fig. 1 is a schematic architecture diagram of a communication system provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 1, a communication system 100 includes a terminal 101 and a network device 102.

In some embodiments, the terminal 101 includes at least one of, for example, a mobile phone (mobile phone), a wearable device, an internet of things (internet of things, ioT) device, a communication enabled car, a smart car, a tablet (Pad), a wireless transceiver enabled computer, a Virtual Reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control (industrial control), a wireless terminal device in unmanned (self-driving), a wireless terminal device in teleoperation (remote medical surgery), a wireless terminal device in smart grid (SMART GRID), a wireless terminal device in transportation security (transportation safety), a wireless terminal device in smart city (SMART CITY), a wireless terminal device in smart home (smart home), but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the network device 102 may be, for example, a node or device that accesses a terminal to a wireless network, and the network device may include at least one of an evolved NodeB (eNB), a next generation evolved NodeB (next generation eNB, ng-eNB), a next generation NodeB (gNB), a NodeB (node B, NB), a Home NodeB (HNB), a home NodeB (home evolved nodeB, heNB), a wireless backhaul device, a wireless network controller (radio network controller, RNC), a base station controller (base station controller, BSC), a base transceiver station (base transceiver station, BTS), a baseband unit (base band unit, BBU), a mobile switching center, a base station in a 6G communication system, an Open base station (Open RAN), a Cloud base station (Cloud RAN), a satellite base station, a base station in other communication systems, an access node in a Wi-Fi system, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the technical solutions of the present disclosure may be applied to an Open RAN architecture, where an interface in a network device according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may be an internal interface of the Open RAN, and flow and information interaction between these internal interfaces may be implemented by software or a program.

In some embodiments, the network device 102 may be composed of a Central Unit (CU) and a Distributed Unit (DU), where the CU may also be referred to as a control unit (control unit), and the structure of the CU-DU may be used to split the protocol layers of the network device, where functions of part of the protocol layers are centrally controlled by the CU, and functions of part or all of the remaining protocol layers are distributed in the DU, and the DU is centrally controlled by the CU, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the network device 102 may be one device or may be multiple devices or groups of devices. Network device 102 may be virtual or physical.

It may be understood that, the communication system described in the embodiments of the present disclosure is for more clearly describing the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and is not limited to the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, and those skilled in the art may know that, with the evolution of the system architecture and the appearance of new service scenarios, the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure are applicable to similar technical problems.

The embodiments of the present disclosure described below may be applied to the communication system 100 shown in fig. 1, or a part of the main body, but are not limited thereto. The respective bodies shown in fig. 1 are examples, and the communication system may include all or part of the bodies in fig. 1, or may include other bodies than fig. 1, and the number and form of the respective bodies are arbitrary, and the connection relationship between the respective bodies is examples, and the respective bodies may be not connected or may be connected, and the connection may be arbitrary, direct connection or indirect connection, or wired connection or wireless connection.

Embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-a), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, fourth generation mobile communication system (4th generation mobile communication system,4G)), fifth generation mobile communication system (5th generation mobile communication system,5G), 5G New air interface (New Radio, NR), future Radio access (Future Radio Access, FRA), new Radio access technology (New-Radio Access Technology, RAT), new Radio (New Radio, NR), new Radio access (New Radio access, NX), future generation Radio access (Future generation Radio access, FX), global System for Mobile communications (GSM (registered trademark)), CDMA2000, ultra mobile broadband (Ultra Mobile Broadband, UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, ultra-WideBand (UWB), bluetooth (registered trademark)), land public mobile network (Public Land Mobile Network, PLMN) network, device-to-Device (D2D) system, machine-to-machine (Machine to Machine, M2M) system, internet of things (Internet of Things, ioT) system, vehicle-to-eventing (V2X), system utilizing other communication methods, next generation system extended based on them, and the like. In addition, a plurality of system combinations (e.g., LTE or a combination of LTE-a and 5G, etc.) may be applied.

In a communication system, paging packets for a terminal may take the following two ways: a grouping mode based on the UE ID and a grouping mode allocated by a core network CN. In the packet mode based on the UE ID, the terminal, the access network device, and the core network may agree on the packet of the terminal based on the UE ID. In the CN assigned packet mode, the packets of the terminal may be determined by the core network and notified to the terminal and/or the access network device. In either of the above two ways, the packet in which the terminal is located may be determined, and a corresponding group ID (group ID) may be obtained.

A paging advance indication (PEI) may be configured before a Paging Occasion (PO). Individual bits in PEI may be used to indicate individual packets in the corresponding PO.

In order to reduce the power consumption of the terminal, a separate low power transceiver, i.e., LP-WUR, may be provided in the terminal in addition to the main transceiver. While the master transceiver is in a sleep state, the LP-WUR may receive a low power signal, e.g., LP-WUS.

In the above case, the network side needs to instruct the terminal using the LP-WUS.

Fig. 2 is an exemplary interaction diagram of a communication method provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 2, the communication method of the embodiment of the present disclosure includes steps S201 to S202.

In step S201, the network device 102 transmits first instruction information to the terminal 101.

In some embodiments, the terminal 101 may receive the first indication information.

In some embodiments, the first indication information may be used to determine whether the terminal 101 is a first type of terminal.

In some embodiments, the first indication information may be used to indicate a first type of terminal that is awakened by the wake information.

In some embodiments, the first indication information may be used to indicate the first terminal using the wake-up information. That is, the first terminal may be a terminal awakened by the wake-up information.

In some embodiments, the name of the wake-up information is not limited, and may be, for example, power saving wake-up information, power saving signal, low power consumption wake-up signal, etc.

In some embodiments, the wake-up information may be LP-WUS.

In some embodiments, the name of the first indication information is not limited, and may be, for example, threshold configuration information, wake-up configuration information, selection information, and the like.

In some embodiments, the first indication information may be used to indicate at least one of: a first packet, a second PO. In some embodiments, the first indication information may include at least one of: a first packet, a second PO.

In some embodiments, the first type of terminal may correspond to a first packet. In an example, the first type of terminal may include terminals located in a first packet. In some embodiments, the first type of terminal may refer to a terminal located in a first packet. In some embodiments, the first packet may include one or more subpackets (subgroup).

In some embodiments, the first packet may be a packet determined based on the UE ID. In an example, the first packet may include one or more subpackets determined based on the UE ID.

In some embodiments, the first type of terminal may correspond to the second packet. In an example, the first type of terminal may include terminals located in the second group. In some embodiments, the first type of terminal may refer to a terminal located in the second group. In some embodiments, the second packet may include one or more subpackets.

In some embodiments, the first packet may be a CN-assigned packet. In an example, the first packet may include one or more CN-assigned subpackets.

In some embodiments, the first type of terminal may correspond to a first packet and a second packet. In an example, the first type of terminal may include terminals located in a first packet and a second packet. In some embodiments, the first type of terminal may refer to terminals located in a first packet and a second packet. In some embodiments, the first packet may include one or more subpackets and the second packet may include one or more subpackets.

In some embodiments, the first packet and/or the second packet may include a subpacket associated with the second indication information.

In some embodiments, the second PO may be used for paging listening.

In some embodiments, the second indication information may be used to instruct the terminal 101 to listen to the first PO. In other words, the second indication information may be used to instruct the terminal to listen to the next first PO.

In some embodiments, the name of the second indication information is not limited, and is, for example, a power saving signal, indication information, or the like.

In some embodiments, the second indication information may be PEI.

In some embodiments, the first indication information may indicate at least one sub-packet of the plurality of sub-packets associated with the second indication information.

In some embodiments, the first indication information may indicate a particular sub-packet of the plurality of sub-packets associated with the second indication information. In some embodiments, the first indication information may indicate a specific number and location of sub-packets of the plurality of sub-packets associated with the second indication information. In an example, the number of the plurality of subpackets associated with the second indication information may be equal to 8. For example, the first indication information may indicate 1 st to 4 th sub-packets among 8 sub-packets. In an example, the first indication information may indicate 5 th to 7 th sub-packets of the 8 sub-packets.

In some embodiments, the first indication information may include at least one UE ID-based subpacket of a plurality of subpackets associated with the second indication information. In some embodiments, the subpackets included in the first indication information may each be a UE ID-based subpacket.

In some embodiments, the first indication information may include a sub-packet allocated by at least one CN of the plurality of sub-packets associated with the second indication information. In some embodiments, the subpackets included in the first indication information may each be subpackets allocated for the CN.

In some embodiments, the first indication information may include a bitmap (bitmap). The bitmap may be used to indicate the first packet and/or the second packet.

In some embodiments, each bit in the bitmap may correspond to a subpacket.

In some embodiments, each bit in the bitmap may have a value of "1" or "0". In an example, "1" may be used to indicate that the terminal in the sub-packet to which the bit corresponds is awakened by the wake-up information; a "0" may be used to indicate that the terminal in the sub-packet to which the bit corresponds is not awakened by the wake-up information. In an example, "0" may be used to indicate that a terminal in the subpacket corresponding to the bit is awakened by the wake-up information; a "1" may be used to indicate that the terminal in the sub-packet to which the bit corresponds is not awakened by the wake-up information.

In some embodiments, the number of bits in the bitmap may be the number of the plurality of subpackets associated with the second indication information. In this case, the bitmap may be used to indicate all sub-packets associated with the second indication information.

In some embodiments, the number of bits in the bitmap may be equal to N. Here, N is the number of the plurality of sub-packets associated with the second indication information.

In some embodiments, the number of bits in the bitmap may be equal to mxn. Here, M is the number of POs, and N is the number of subpackets in each PO. It will be appreciated that in this case the number of subpackets in each PO may be the same.

In some embodiments, the number of bits in the bitmap may be equal to 8, i.e., the number of the plurality of subpackets associated with the second indication information.

In some embodiments, the 8 bits in the bitmap may have a value of 11111111, i.e., each bit has a value of "1". In this case, the bitmap may be used to indicate that terminals in all 8 subpackets associated with the second indication information are awakened by the wake-up information.

In some embodiments, the 8-bit value in the bitmap may be 11110000, i.e., the 1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd, and 4 th bits are all "1". In this case, the bitmap may be used to indicate that terminals in1 st to 4 th sub-packets of 8 sub-packets associated with the second indication information are awakened by the wake-up information.

In some embodiments, the 8-bit value in the bitmap may be 11000000, i.e., the 1 st and 2 nd bits are each "1". In this case, the bitmap may be used to indicate that terminals in 1 st to 2 nd sub-packets of 8 sub-packets associated with the second indication information are awakened by the wake-up information.

In some embodiments, the bit number of the bitmap may be less than or equal to the number of the plurality of subpackets associated with the second indication information.

In some embodiments, the number of bits in the bitmap may be equal to 4.

In some embodiments, the 4-bit value in the bitmap may be 1111. In this case, the bitmap may be used to indicate that terminals in 1 st to 4 th sub-packets of the plurality of sub-packets associated with the second indication information are awakened by the wake-up information.

In some embodiments, the 4-bit value in the bitmap may be 111. In this case, the bitmap may be used to indicate that terminals in 1 st to 3 rd sub-packets of the plurality of sub-packets associated with the second indication information are awakened by the wake-up information.

In some embodiments, the bit number of the bitmap may be equal to the number of subpackets other than the first packet and the second packet of 8 subpackets associated with the second indication information. In this case, the bitmap may be used to indicate sub-packets that do not belong to the first packet or the second packet. The bit number of the bitmap may be less than or equal to the number of the plurality of subpackets associated with the second indication information.

In some embodiments, the number of bits in the bitmap may be equal to 4.

In some embodiments, the 4-bit value in the bitmap may be 0000. In this case, the bitmap may be used to indicate that terminals in 5 th to 8 th sub-packets of the plurality of sub-packets associated with the second indication information are not awakened by the wake-up information.

In some embodiments, the 4-bit value in the bitmap may be 00000. In this case, the bitmap may be used to indicate that terminals in the 4 th to 8 th sub-packets of the plurality of sub-packets associated with the second indication information are not awakened by the wake-up information.

In some embodiments, a bitmap may be used to indicate the second PO.

In some embodiments, each bit in the bitmap may have a value of "1" or "0". In an example, "1" may be used to indicate that the PO-related terminal corresponding to the bit is awakened by the wake-up information; a "0" may be used to indicate that the PO-related terminal to which the bit corresponds is not awakened by the wake-up information. In an example, "0" may be used to indicate that the PO-related terminal corresponding to the bit is awakened by the wake-up information; a "1" may be used to indicate that the PO-related terminal to which the bit corresponds is not awakened by the wake-up information.

In some embodiments, the number of bits in the bitmap may be the number of the plurality of POs associated with the second indication information. In this case, the bitmap may be used to indicate all of the POs associated with the second indication information.

In some embodiments, the number of bits in the bitmap may be equal to N. Here, N is the number of the plurality of POs associated with the second indication information.

In some embodiments, the number of bits in the bitmap may be equal to mxn. Here, M is the number of paging frames (PAGING FRAME, PFs), and N is the number of POs in each PF. It will be appreciated that in this case, the number of POs in each PF may be the same.

In some embodiments, the number of bits in the bitmap may be equal to 8, i.e., the number of the plurality of POs associated with the second indication information.

In some embodiments, the 8 bits in the bitmap may have a value of 11111111, i.e., each bit has a value of "1". In this case, the bitmap may be used to indicate that terminals corresponding to all 8 POs associated with the second indication information are awakened by the wake-up information. That is, the second PO may include all 8 POs associated with the second indication information.

In some embodiments, the 8-bit value in the bitmap may be 11110000, i.e., the 1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd, and 4 th bits are all "1". In this case, the bitmap may be used to indicate that terminals corresponding to 1 st to 4 th POs among 8 POs associated with the second indication information are awakened by the wake-up information. That is, the second PO may include 1 st to 4 th POs.

In some embodiments, the 8-bit value in the bitmap may be 11000000, i.e., the 1 st and 2 nd bits are each "1". In this case, the bitmap may be used to indicate that terminals corresponding to 1 st to 2 nd POs in 8 sub-packets associated with the second indication information are awakened by the wake-up information. That is, the second PO may include 1 st to 2 nd POs.

In some embodiments, the first indication information may include a list. The list may be used to indicate the first packet and/or the second PO.

In some embodiments, the list may include information of a plurality of subpackets associated with the second indication information.

In some embodiments, the list may include identification information of the sub-packets and indication information of whether each sub-packet belongs to the first packet or the second packet.

In some embodiments, the list may include identification information of all 8 subpackets associated with the second indication information, and indication information of whether each of the 8 subpackets belongs to the first packet or the second packet. In an example, the 8 sub-packets may be sub-packet 1, sub-packet 2, sub-packet 3, sub-packet 4, sub-packet 5, sub-packet 6, sub-packet 7, group 8, respectively. For example, the list may be used to indicate that a terminal of 8 subpackets (i.e., subpacket 1 through subpacket 8) is awakened by wake-up information. For example, the list may be used to indicate that terminals in subpacket 1, subpacket 2, subpacket 3, subpacket 4 are awakened by the wake information, and terminals in subpacket 5, subpacket 6, subpacket 7, and subpacket 8 are not awakened by the wake information.

In some embodiments, the indication information in the list for indicating whether the sub-packet belongs to the first packet or the second packet may have a value of "1" or "0". In an example, "1" may be used to indicate that the terminals in the subpacket are awakened by the wake-up information; a "0" may be used to indicate that the terminals in the subpacket are not awakened by the wake-up information. In an example, "0" may be used to indicate that the terminals in the subpacket are awakened by the wake-up information; a "1" may be used to indicate that the terminals in the subpacket are not awakened by the wake-up information.

In some embodiments, the list may include information of the first packet and/or the second packet.

In some embodiments, the list may include identification information for sub-packets in the first packet and/or the second packet. In an example, all 8 subpackets associated with the second indication information may be subpacket 1, subpacket 2, subpacket 3, subpacket 4, subpacket 5, subpacket 6, subpacket 7, and subpacket 8, respectively. For example, the terminals in sub-packet 1, sub-packet 2, sub-packet 3, sub-packet 4 are awakened by the wake-up information, and the list may include identification information of sub-packet 1, sub-packet 2, sub-packet 3, sub-packet 4. For example, the terminals in sub-packet 1, sub-packet 3, sub-packet 5, sub-packet 7 are awakened by the wake-up information, and the list may include sub-packet 1, sub-packet 3, sub-packet 5, sub-packet 7.

In some embodiments, the list may include information of sub-packets other than the first packet and the second packet of the plurality of sub-packets associated with the second indication information.

In some embodiments, the list may include identification information of sub-packets other than the first packet and the second packet of the plurality of sub-packets associated with the second indication information. In an example, all 8 subpackets associated with the second indication information may be subpacket 1, subpacket 2, subpacket 3, subpacket 4, subpacket 5, subpacket 6, subpacket 7, and subpacket 8, respectively. For example, the terminals in sub-packet 1, sub-packet 2, sub-packet 3, sub-packet 4 are awakened by the wake-up information, and the list may include identification information of sub-packet 5, sub-packet 6, sub-packet 7, sub-packet 8. For example, the terminals in subpacket 1, subpacket 3, subpacket 5, subpacket 7 are awakened by the wake-up information, and the list may include subpacket 2, subpacket 4, subpacket 6, subpacket 8.

In some embodiments, the first indication information may include quantity information. The number information may be used to indicate the first packet and/or the second packet.

In some embodiments, all of the subpackets in the first packet and/or the second packet may be subpackets at particular locations in the plurality of subpackets associated with the second indication information.

In some embodiments, all of the subpackets in the first packet and/or the second packet may be one or more subpackets having the smallest index value of the plurality of subpackets associated with the second indication information. In an example, all of the sub-packets in the first packet and/or the second packet may be the 4 sub-packets having the smallest index value of the plurality of sub-packets associated with the second indication information. At this time, the value of the number information may be 4 (e.g., denoted as "100"), thereby indicating the 4 subpackets with the smallest index value. In an example, all of the sub-packets in the first packet and/or the second packet may be the 2 sub-packets having the smallest index value of the plurality of sub-packets associated with the second indication information. At this time, the value of the number information may be 2 (e.g., denoted as "10"), thereby indicating 2 subpackets with the smallest index value. In an example, all of the sub-packets in the first packet and/or the second packet may be the 4 largest sub-packets of the plurality of sub-packets associated with the second indication information. At this time, the value of the number information may be 4 (for example, denoted as "100"), thereby indicating the 4 subpackets with the largest index value.

In some embodiments, the quantity information may indicate a particular location. In an example, a first bit in the quantity information may be used to indicate that the first packet and/or the second packet includes one or more sub-packets having a smallest or largest index value of a plurality of sub-packets associated with the second indication information. For example, the first bit in the quantity information may have a value of "0," which may indicate that the first packet and/or the second packet includes one or more sub-packets with the smallest index value of the plurality of sub-packets associated with the first indication information. For example, the first bit in the quantity information may have a value of "1," which may indicate that the first packet and/or the second packet includes one or more sub-packets having the largest index value of the plurality of sub-packets associated with the second indication information.

In some embodiments, each terminal in the first packet and/or the second packet may wake up through the resources of different wake-up information. In some embodiments, the resources of the wake-up information may be time division, frequency division, code division, and beam to distinguish different packets.

In some embodiments, each terminal in the second PO may wake up through the resources of different wake up information. In some embodiments, the resources of the wake-up information may be time division, frequency division, code division, and beam to distinguish different packets.

In step S202, the terminal 101 determines the type of the terminal.

In some embodiments, the terminal 101 may determine whether the terminal 101 itself is a first type of terminal according to the first indication information.

In some embodiments, the terminal 101 may determine whether the terminal 101 itself is awakened by the wake-up information according to the first indication information.

In some embodiments, the terminal 101 may evaluate according to the first indication information. The result of the evaluation may be whether to listen for wake-up information.

In some embodiments, the terminal 101 may determine that itself satisfies the first condition and determine that the terminal 101 is a first type of terminal.

In some embodiments, the first condition may include one of: the terminal 101 is in a first packet; the terminal 101 is in the second packet; the terminal 101 is in a second PO.

In some embodiments, where the terminal 101 is in the first packet, the second packet, or the second PO, the terminal 101 may be determined to be a first type of terminal.

In some embodiments, the terminal 101 may compare the sub-packet in which it is located with the first packet and/or the second packet indicated by the first indication information to determine whether the terminal 101 is located in the first packet or the second packet. In an example, the terminal 101 may match the identification information of the sub-packet where the terminal 101 is located with the identification information of the sub-packet in the first packet and/or the second packet indicated by the first indication information, and determine whether the sub-packet where the terminal 101 is located is a sub-packet in the first packet and/or the second packet according to the matching result.

In some embodiments, the terminal 101 may compare the PO in which it is located with the second PO indicated by the first indication information to determine whether the terminal 101 is in the second PO. In an example, the terminal 101 may match the PO where the terminal 101 is located with the second PO indicated by the first indication information, and determine whether the PO where the terminal 101 is located is the second PO according to the matching result.

In some embodiments, in the event that the terminal 101 is determined to be a first type of terminal, the terminal 101 may determine that it is required to listen for wake-up information.

In some cases, determining that the terminal 101 is required to listen for wake-up information may be understood as determining that the terminal 101 supports the use of wake-up information. In some cases, determining that the terminal 101 is required to listen for wake-up information may be understood as determining that the terminal 101 supports listening for wake-up information. In some cases, determining that the terminal 101 is required to listen for wake-up information may be understood as determining that the terminal 101 needs to listen for wake-up information. In some cases, determining that the terminal 101 is required to listen for wake-up information may be understood as determining that the terminal 101 is allowed to listen for wake-up information. In some cases, determining that the terminal 101 is required to listen for wake-up information may be understood as determining that the terminal 101 is able to listen for wake-up information.

In some embodiments, the terminal 101 may determine that the first condition is not satisfied by itself and determine that the terminal 101 is not a first type of terminal. In an example, the first condition may include that in some embodiments, where the terminal 101 is not in any of the first packet, the second packet, and the second PO, it may be determined that the terminal 101 is not a first type of terminal. In an example, the first type of terminal may correspond to the first packet and/or the second packet. At this time, the terminal 101 may determine that itself is not in the first packet or the second packet, and may determine that the terminal 101 is not the first-type terminal. In an example, the first type of terminal may correspond to the second PO. At this time, the terminal 101 may determine that itself is not in the second PO, and may determine that the terminal 101 is not the first type of terminal.

In some embodiments, the terminal 101 may determine that itself is not in the first packet or the second packet, and may determine that the terminal 101 is required to listen for the second indication information. In some embodiments, the first type of terminal may correspond to the first packet and/or the second packet, then the terminal 101 may determine that itself is not in the first packet or the second packet, and may determine that the terminal 101 is required to listen for the second indication information.

In some cases, determining that the terminal 101 is required to listen to the second indication information may be understood as determining that the terminal 101 supports the use of the second indication information. In some cases, determining that the terminal 101 is required to monitor the second indication information may be understood as determining that the terminal 101 supports monitoring the second indication information. In some cases, determining that the terminal 101 is required to monitor the second indication information may be understood as determining that the terminal 101 needs to monitor the second indication information. In some cases, determining that the terminal 101 is required to listen for wake-up information may be understood as determining that the terminal 101 is allowed to listen for second indication information. In some cases, determining that the terminal 101 is required to listen for wake-up information may be understood as determining that the terminal 101 is able to listen for second indication information.

In some embodiments, the terminal 101 may determine that itself satisfies the second condition and that the terminal 101 is required to listen to the first PO.

In some embodiments, the second condition may include: the terminal 101 does not support the second indication information, or the terminal is not allocated in any packet; the terminal 101 is not in the second PO. It will be appreciated that if the second condition is met, it means that the terminal is neither in any packet nor in the second PO. At this time, the terminal 101 is not required to monitor the wake-up information nor the second instruction information. Then the terminal 101 may directly listen to the first PO.

In some embodiments, the names of information and the like are not limited to the names described in the embodiments, and terms such as "information", "message", "signal", "signaling", "report", "configuration", "instruction", "command", "channel", "parameter", "field", "symbol", "codebook", "code word", "code point", "codepoint", "bit", "data", "program", "chip", and the like may be replaced with each other.

In some embodiments, terms such as "uplink," "physical uplink," and the like may be interchanged, terms such as "downlink," "physical downlink," and the like may be interchanged, terms such as "side," "side link," "side communication," "side link," "direct link," and the like may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, terms such as "radio," "wireless," "radio access network," "RAN," and "RAN-based" may be used interchangeably.

In some embodiments, "synchronization signal (synchronization signal, SS)", "synchronization signal block (synchronization signal block, SSB)", "reference signal (REFERENCE SIGNAL, RS)", "pilot signal", and the like belong to the group that can be interchanged.

In some embodiments, terms such as "time of day," "point of time," "time location," and the like may be interchanged, and terms such as "duration," "period," "time window," "time," and the like may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, the terms "packet," "sub-packet," "PO," and the like may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, "acquire," "obtain," "receive," "transmit," "bi-directional transmit," "send and/or receive" may be used interchangeably and may be interpreted as receiving from other principals, acquiring from protocols, acquiring from higher layers, processing itself, autonomous implementation, etc.

In some embodiments, terms such as "send," "transmit," "report," "send," "transmit," "bi-directional," "send and/or receive," and the like may be used interchangeably.

In some embodiments, terms such as "specific (certain)", "predetermined", "preset", "setting", "indicating (indicated)", "certain", "arbitrary", "first", and the like may be replaced with each other, and "specific a", "predetermined a", "preset a", "set a", "indicating a", "certain a", "arbitrary a", "first a" may be interpreted as a predetermined in a protocol or the like, may be interpreted as a obtained by setting, configuring, or indicating, or the like, may be interpreted as specific a, certain a, arbitrary a, or first a, or the like, but are not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the determination or judgment may be performed by a value (0 or 1) expressed in 1 bit, may be performed by a true-false value (boolean) expressed in true (true) or false (false), or may be performed by a comparison of values (e.g., a comparison with a predetermined value), but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, "not expected to receive" may be interpreted as not receiving on time domain resources and/or frequency domain resources, or as not performing subsequent processing on data or the like after the data or the like is received; "not expected to transmit" may be interpreted as not transmitting, or may be interpreted as transmitting but not expecting the receiver to respond to the transmitted content.

The communication method according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of step S201 to step S202. For example, step S201 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, and the combination of steps S201, S202 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, step S202 is optional, and may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

In some embodiments, reference may be made to alternative implementations described before or after the description corresponding to fig. 2.

Fig. 3 is an exemplary flowchart of a communication method provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 3, the communication method of the embodiment of the present application includes step S301.

In step S301, first instruction information is transmitted.

Alternative embodiments of step S301 may refer to alternative embodiments of step S201 in fig. 2, and other relevant parts in the examples related to fig. 2, which are not described herein.

In some embodiments, the network device 102 may send the first indication information to the terminal 101, but is not limited thereto, and may also send the first indication information to other subjects.

Fig. 4 is an exemplary flowchart of a communication method provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 4, the communication method according to the embodiment of the present application includes steps S401 to S402.

In step S401, first instruction information is acquired.

Alternative embodiments of step S401 may refer to alternative embodiments of step S201 in fig. 2, and other relevant parts in the examples related to fig. 2, which are not described herein.

In some embodiments, the terminal 101 may receive the first indication information transmitted by the network device 102, but is not limited thereto, and may also receive the first indication information transmitted by other bodies.

In some embodiments, the terminal 101 may obtain the first indication information specified by the protocol.

In some embodiments, the terminal 101 may acquire the first indication information from a higher layer (upper layer).

In some embodiments, the terminal 101 may perform processing to obtain the first indication information.

In step S402, the terminal type is determined.

Alternative implementations of step S402 may refer to alternative implementations of step S202 in fig. 2, and other relevant parts in the examples related to fig. 2, which are not described herein.

The communication method according to the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of step S401 to step S402. For example, step S401 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, and the combination of steps S401 and S402 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, step S402 is optional, and may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

Fig. 5 is an exemplary interaction diagram of a communication method provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 5, the communication method according to the embodiment of the present application includes step S501.

In step S501, the network device 102 transmits first instruction information to the terminal 101.

Alternative embodiments of step S501 may refer to alternative embodiments of step S201 in fig. 2, and other relevant parts in the examples related to fig. 2, which are not described herein.

In some embodiments, the method may include the method described in the embodiments of the terminal side, the network device side, and so on, which is not described herein.

Hereinafter, examples of the present disclosure are exemplarily described through the detailed description.

In some embodiments, the base station (i.e., the network device 102) indicates (i.e., via the first indication information) a first power save signal (LP-WUS) (i.e., wake up information) a target terminal type (i.e., first class of terminals) to be woken up;

in some embodiments, the base station instructs the target terminal that the first power save signal wakes up to: a terminal of a target second wake up signal (PEI) packet (i.e. first packet and/or second packet) or a terminal of a target PO (i.e. second PO) where it is located.

In some embodiments, the second wake up signal (PEI) packet in which the base station indicates the target terminal where the first power save signal wakes up is 1 to 4 packets of the PEI packet.

In some embodiments, the second wake up signal (PEI) packet in which the base station indicates the target terminal where the first power save signal wakes up is a partial packet in the UE ID based packet mode of the PEI packet.

In some embodiments, the base station instructs a second wake up signal (PEI) packet where the target terminal where the first power save signal wakes up is a partial packet in a CN allocation packet mode of the PEI packet.

In some embodiments, the base station determines the configuration information of the wake up information according to a second wake up signal (PEI) packet indicating that the target terminal where the first power save signal wakes up is located.

In some embodiments, the base station wakes up the target packet with different resources of wake-up information (type 1 power save signal resources may be grouped with time/frequency/code/beam).

In some embodiments, 4 bits are used to wake up 1-4 packets of PEI packets, respectively; i.e. assuming 8 packets of PEI, only 4 bits of the first signal are needed at this time.

In some embodiments, all packets are indicated with a bitmap, where the corresponding bit position is set to 1, meaning that the associated target packet is awakened; setting to 0 means not waking up the target packet.

In some embodiments, N bits are used to wake up all of the PEI packets separately.

In some embodiments, m×n bits are employed to wake up N PEI packets of M POs, respectively.

In some embodiments, the base station determines the configuration information of the wake-up information according to a PO in which the target terminal indicating the wake-up of the first power saving signal is located.

In some embodiments, the base station wakes up the user of the target PO with different resources of wake-up information (type 1 power save signal resources may be grouped with time/frequency/code/beam;).

In some embodiments, N bits are used to wake up all of the POs in one PF, respectively.

In some embodiments, M N bits are employed to wake up N PO users of M PFs, respectively.

In some embodiments, if the terminal is a target terminal type to be awakened by the first power saving signal, the terminal will perform an evaluation of monitoring the first power saving signal; if the condition is satisfied, a first power saving signal monitoring mode is entered.

In some embodiments, if the terminal can find the packet to which the terminal belongs from the target packets to be awakened by the first power saving signal, the terminal considers the terminal to be the target terminal type to be awakened by the awakening information.

In some embodiments, if the terminal can find the corresponding score PO of the terminal from the target POs to be awakened by the first power saving signal, the terminal considers the terminal itself as the target terminal type to be awakened by the awakening information.

In some embodiments, if the terminal is not the target terminal type to be awakened by the first power saving signal, the terminal monitors the second power saving signal or monitors the PO; i.e. the terminal does not need to perform an evaluation procedure whether to monitor the first power saving signal.

In some embodiments, if the terminal to which the PEI packet is allocated (including the CN-assgined packet or the UE-ID based packet is allocated) cannot find the PEI packet to which the terminal belongs in the target packet to which the first power saving signal is about to wake up, the terminal will monitor the second power saving signal PEI (i.e. the second indication information).

In some embodiments, if the terminal does not support PEI or supports PEI but is not assigned with PEI packets, if it is not possible to find the PO to which it belongs in the target PO to be awakened by the first power saving signal, the terminal will directly monitor the PO.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, some or all of the steps and alternative implementations thereof may be arbitrarily combined with some or all of the steps in other embodiments, and may also be arbitrarily combined with alternative implementations of other embodiments.

The embodiment of the disclosure also provides a communication device for realizing any one of the above methods. For example, the embodiments of the present disclosure also provide another communication apparatus, including a unit or a module configured to implement each step performed by the terminal in any one of the above methods. For example, embodiments of the present disclosure also provide another communication apparatus including a unit or module configured to implement steps performed by the network device in any of the above methods.

It should be understood that the division of each unit or module in the above apparatus is only a division of a logic function, and may be fully or partially integrated into one physical entity or may be physically separated when actually implemented. Furthermore, units or modules in the apparatus may be implemented in the form of processor-invoked software: the device comprises, for example, a processor, the processor being connected to a memory, the memory having instructions stored therein, the processor invoking the instructions stored in the memory to perform any of the methods or to perform the functions of the units or modules of the device, wherein the processor is, for example, a general purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU) or microprocessor, and the memory is internal to the device or external to the device. Or a unit or module in the apparatus may be implemented in the form of a hardware circuit, and the functions of some or all of the unit or module may be implemented by the design of the hardware circuit, where the hardware circuit may be understood as one or more processors; for example, in one implementation, the hardware circuit is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and the functions of some or all of the units or modules are implemented by designing a logic relationship of elements in the circuit; for another example, in another implementation, the hardware circuit may be implemented by a programmable logic device (programmable logic device, PLD), for example, a field programmable gate array (Field Programmable GATE ARRAY, FPGA), which may include a large number of logic gates, and the connection relationship between the logic gates is configured by a configuration file, so as to implement the functions of some or all of the units or modules. All units or modules of the above device may be realized in the form of invoking software by a processor, or in the form of hardware circuits, or in part in the form of invoking software by a processor, and in the rest in the form of hardware circuits.

In the disclosed embodiment, the processor is a circuit with signal processing capability, and in one implementation, the processor may be a circuit with instruction reading and running capability, such as a central processing unit, a microprocessor, a graphics processor (graphics processing unit, GPU) (which may be understood as a microprocessor), or a digital signal processor (DIGITAL SIGNAL processor, DSP), etc.; in another implementation, the processor may perform a function through a logical relationship of hardware circuits that are fixed or reconfigurable, e.g., a hardware circuit implemented as an application specific integrated circuit or a programmable logic device, such as an FPGA. In the reconfigurable hardware circuit, the processor loads the configuration document, and the process of implementing the configuration of the hardware circuit may be understood as a process of loading instructions by the processor to implement the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. Furthermore, a hardware circuit designed for artificial intelligence may be also be considered as an ASIC, such as a neural network Processing Unit (Neural Network Processing Unit, NPU), tensor Processing Unit (Tensor Processing Unit, TPU), deep learning Processing Unit (DEEP LEARNING Processing Unit, DPU), etc.

Fig. 6A is an exemplary block diagram of a terminal provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 6A, the terminal 101 may include at least one of: a transceiver module 6101, and a processing module 6102. In some embodiments, the transceiver module 6101 may be configured to receive first indication information sent by a network device, where the first indication information is used to determine whether a terminal is a first type of terminal, and the first type of terminal is awakened by the wake-up information. In some embodiments, the transceiver module 6101 may be configured to perform at least one of the communication steps (e.g., steps S201, S401, S501) of transmission and/or reception performed by the terminal 101 in any of the above methods, which is not described herein. In some embodiments, the processing module 6102 may be configured to perform at least one of the other steps (e.g., steps S202, S402) of the method of any of the above, except for the communication steps of transmitting and/or receiving, etc., performed by the terminal 101, which will not be described herein.

Fig. 6B is an exemplary block diagram of a network device provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 6B, the network device 102 may include a transceiver module 6201. In some embodiments, the transceiver module 6201 may be configured to send first indication information to the terminal, where the first indication information is used to determine whether the terminal is a first type of terminal, and the first type of terminal is awakened by the wake-up information. In some embodiments, the transceiver module 6201 may be configured to perform at least one of the communication steps (e.g., steps S201, S301, S501) performed by the network device 102 in any of the above methods, which is not described herein.

In some embodiments, the transceiver module may include a transmitting module and/or a receiving module. The transmitting module and the receiving module may be separate or may be integrated. Alternatively, the transceiver module may be interchangeable with a transceiver.

Fig. 7A is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication device 7100 may be a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network device, etc.), a terminal (e.g., a user device, etc.), a chip system, a processor, etc. that supports the network device to implement any of the above methods, or a chip, a chip system, a processor, etc. that supports the terminal to implement any of the above methods. The communication device 7100 may be used to implement the methods described in the above method embodiments, and may be referred to in particular in the description of the above method embodiments.

As shown in fig. 7A, the communication device 7100 includes one or more processors 7101. The processor 7101 may be a general-purpose processor or a special-purpose processor, etc., and may be, for example, a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor may be used to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processor may be used to control communication devices (e.g., base stations, baseband chips, terminal devices, terminal device chips, DUs or CUs, etc.), execute programs, and process data for the programs. Optionally, the communication device 7100 is used to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the one or more processors 7101 are configured to invoke instructions to cause the communication device 7100 to perform any of the methods above.

In some embodiments, the communication device 7100 also includes one or more transceivers 7102. When the communication device 7100 includes one or more transceivers 7102, the transceivers 7102 perform at least one of the communication steps (e.g., steps S201, S301, S401, S501, but not limited thereto) of the above-described method of transmitting and/or receiving. The processor 7101 performs at least one of the other steps (e.g., steps S202, S402). In alternative embodiments, the transceiver 7102 may include a receiver and/or a transmitter, which may be separate or integrated. Alternatively, terms such as transceiver, transceiver unit, transceiver circuit, interface, etc. may be replaced with each other, terms such as transmitter, transmitter unit, transmitter circuit, etc. may be replaced with each other, and terms such as receiver, receiving unit, receiver, receiving circuit, etc. may be replaced with each other.

In some embodiments, the communication device 7100 also includes one or more memories 7103 for storing data. Alternatively, all or part of the memory 7103 may be external to the communication device 7100. In alternative embodiments, the communication device 7100 may include one or more interface circuits 7104. Optionally, the interface circuit 7104 is coupled to the memory 7103, and the interface circuit 7104 may be configured to receive data from the memory 7103 or other device and may be configured to transmit data to the memory 7103 or other device. For example, the interface circuit 7104 may read data stored in the memory 7103 and send the data to the processor 7101.

The communication device 7100 in the above embodiment description may be a network device or a terminal, but the scope of the communication device 7100 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device 7100 may not be limited by fig. 7A. The communication device may be a stand-alone device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be: 1) A stand-alone integrated circuit IC, or chip, or a system-on-a-chip or subsystem; (2) A set of one or more ICs, optionally including storage means for storing data, programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a Modem (Modem); (4) modules that may be embedded within other devices; (5) A receiver, a terminal device, an intelligent terminal device, a cellular phone, a wireless device, a handset, a mobile unit, a vehicle-mounted device, a network device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligent device, and the like; (6) others, and so on.

Fig. 7B is a schematic structural diagram of a chip provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. For the case where the communication device 7100 may be a chip or a chip system, reference may be made to a schematic structural diagram of the chip 7200 shown in fig. 7B, but is not limited thereto.

The chip 7200 includes one or more processors 7201. Chip 7200 is used to perform any of the above methods.

In some embodiments, the chip 7200 further includes one or more interface circuits 7202. Alternatively, the terms interface circuit, interface, transceiver pin, etc. may be interchanged. In some embodiments, the chip 7200 further includes one or more memories 7203 for storing data. Alternatively, all or a portion of memory 7203 may be external to chip 7200. Optionally, an interface circuit 7202 is coupled to the memory 7203, the interface circuit 7202 may be configured to receive data from the memory 7203 or other device, and the interface circuit 7202 may be configured to transmit data to the memory 7203 or other device. For example, the interface circuit 7202 may read data stored in the memory 7203 and transmit the data to the processor 7201.

In some embodiments, the interface circuit 7202 performs at least one of the communication steps (e.g., steps S201, S301, S401, S501, but not limited thereto) of the transmission and/or reception in the above-described method. The interface circuit 7202 performs the communication step of transmission and/or reception in the above-described method, for example, refers to: the interface circuit 7202 performs data interaction between the processor 7201, the chip 7200, the memory 7203, or the transceiver device. In some embodiments, the processor 7201 performs at least one of the other steps (e.g., steps S202, S402).

The modules and/or devices described in the embodiments of the virtual device, the physical device, the chip, etc. may be arbitrarily combined or separated according to circumstances. Alternatively, some or all of the steps may be performed cooperatively by a plurality of modules and/or devices, without limitation.

The disclosed embodiments also provide a storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed on a communication device 7100, cause the communication device 7100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the storage medium is an electronic storage medium. Alternatively, the storage medium described above is a computer-readable storage medium, but is not limited thereto, and it may be a storage medium readable by other devices. Alternatively, the above-described storage medium may be a non-transitory (non-transitory) storage medium, but is not limited thereto, and it may also be a transitory storage medium.

The disclosed embodiments also propose a program product which, when executed by the communication device 7100, causes the communication device 7100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the above-described program product is a computer program product.

The disclosed embodiments also propose a computer programme, which when run on a computer, causes the computer to carry out any of the above methods.

Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. This disclosure is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention following, in general, the principles of the invention and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangements and instrumentalities shown in the drawings, which have been described above, and that various modifications and changes may be effected without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the invention is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims (19)

1. A communication method performed by a terminal, wherein the method comprises:

and receiving first indication information sent by network equipment, wherein the first indication information is used for determining whether the terminal is a first type terminal or not, and the first type terminal is awakened by awakening information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

And receiving second indication information sent by the network equipment, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating the terminal to monitor the first paging occasion PO.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first indication information comprises at least one of:

a first packet based on a terminal identification, UE ID;

A second packet allocated by the core network CN;

and a second PO for paging listening.

4. A method according to claim 3, wherein the method further comprises:

Determining that the terminal meets a first condition;

determining the terminal as the first type terminal;

The first condition includes one of:

The terminal is in the first packet;

the terminal is in the second packet;

the terminal is in the second PO.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the method further comprises:

Determining that the terminal is required to monitor the wake-up information.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the method further comprises:

Determining that the terminal is not in the first packet or the second packet;

and determining that the terminal is not the first-type terminal, wherein the first-type terminal corresponds to the first packet or the second packet.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the method further comprises:

Determining that the terminal is not in the second PO;

And determining that the terminal is not the first-type terminal, wherein the first-type terminal corresponds to the second PO.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the method further comprises:

Determining that the terminal is not in the first packet or the second packet;

determining that the terminal is required to monitor the second indication information.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the method further comprises:

determining that the terminal meets a second condition;

Determining that the terminal is required to monitor the first PO;

Wherein the second condition includes:

the terminal does not support the second indication information or the terminal is not allocated in any packet;

The terminal is not in the second PO.

10. A method of communication performed by a network device, wherein the method comprises:

And sending first indication information to the terminal, wherein the first indication information is used for determining whether the terminal is a first type terminal or not, and the first type terminal is awakened by awakening information.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises:

And sending second indicating information to the terminal, wherein the second indicating information is used for indicating the terminal to monitor a first PO, and the first PO is used for the terminal to monitor paging information.

12. The method of claim 10 or 11, wherein the first indication information comprises at least one of:

a first packet based on a terminal identification, UE ID;

A second packet allocated by the core network CN;

and a second PO for paging listening.

13. A terminal, comprising:

the receiving and transmitting module is configured to receive first indication information sent by the network equipment, wherein the first indication information is used for determining whether the terminal is a first type terminal or not, and the first type terminal is awakened by awakening information.

14. A network device, comprising:

The receiving and transmitting module is configured to send first indication information to the terminal, wherein the first indication information is used for determining whether the terminal is a first type terminal or not, and the first type terminal is awakened by awakening information.

15. A communication apparatus, comprising:

At least one processor;

A memory storing instructions;

Wherein the instructions, when executed by the communication device, cause the communication device to implement the communication method of any one of claims 1 to 9.

16. A communication apparatus, comprising:

At least one processor;

A memory storing instructions;

Wherein the instructions, when executed by the communication device, cause the communication device to implement the communication method of any of claims 10 to 12.

17. A communication system, comprising:

A terminal configured to implement the communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 9;

Network device configured to implement the communication method according to any of claims 10 to 12.

18. A storage medium storing instructions that, when executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform:

The communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 9; or (b)

A method of communication as claimed in any one of claims 10 to 12.

19. A computer program product comprising instructions, wherein the instructions when executed by a processor implement:

The communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 9; or (b)

A method of communication as claimed in any one of claims 10 to 12.