Discontinuous reception method, terminal equipment and network equipment

Abstract

The present application discloses a method for discontinuous reception, a terminal device and a network device, the method comprising: a first terminal device determines a target DRX cycle for the first terminal device to detect a DRX indication signal in a DRX indication cycle for detecting a DRX indication signal, the DRX indication cycle comprising N DRX cycles, the DRX indication signal being used to instruct the first terminal device to wake up or sleep in an activation period in the N DRX cycles after the moment of detecting the DRX indication signal; the first terminal device detects the DRX indication signal sent by the network device in the target DRX cycle; the first terminal device wakes up or sleeps in an activation period in the N DRX cycles after the moment of detecting the DRX indication signal according to the DRX indication signal. Since different terminal devices detect the DRX indication signal at different times, different terminal devices can reduce interference with each other when detecting the DRX indication signal, further reducing power consumption.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] Embodiments of the present application relate to the field of wireless communications, and more specifically, to a discontinuous reception method, terminal equipment, and network equipment. Background Art

[0002] For the purpose of power saving of terminal devices, the discontinuous reception (DRX) mechanism is introduced. Each DRX cycle includes an on duration and an opportunity for DRX. During the on duration, the terminal device detects the control channel, while during the opportunity for DRX, the terminal device can stop receiving the control channel (the terminal device stops blind detection of the control channel) to reduce power consumption and thus increase battery life.

[0003] Although the network configures the DRX mechanism for the terminal device, so that the terminal device periodically detects the control channel during the active period, the terminal device is only opportunistically scheduled during the active period. Even when the service load is very low, the terminal device will only be scheduled in a few DRX cycles. For paging messages using the DRX mechanism, the terminal has fewer opportunities to receive paging messages. Therefore, after the DRX mechanism is configured, the terminal device may not be able to detect the control channel in most of the active periods but will still be awakened, which increases unnecessary power consumption. Summary of the invention

[0004] The embodiments of the present application provide a discontinuous reception method, terminal device and network device, which can reduce the power consumption of the terminal device.

[0005] In a first aspect, a method for discontinuous reception is provided, comprising: a first terminal device determines a target DRX cycle for the first terminal device to detect a DRX indication signal for discontinuous reception; the first terminal device detects a DRX indication signal sent by a network device in the target DRX cycle or before the target DRX cycle, the DRX indication signal being used to instruct the first terminal device to wake up or sleep during an activation period in M ​​DRX cycles after a moment of detecting the DRX indication signal, the M DRX cycles being the DRX indication cycle of the first terminal device, and M being a positive integer; the first terminal device wakes up or sleeps during an activation period in the M DRX cycles after a moment of detecting the DRX indication signal according to the DRX indication signal.

[0006] Therefore, the terminal device detects its own DRX indication signal at a specific time, and learns whether it is scheduled during the activation period in the subsequent DRX indication cycle based on the detected DRX indication signal, so that it remains dormant when not scheduled to further reduce power consumption. In addition, since the DRX indication signal indicates the wake-up and sleep of multiple terminal devices, different terminal devices detect the DRX indication signal at different time positions, so different terminal devices can reduce interference with each other when detecting the DRX indication signal, further reducing power consumption.

[0007] In one possible implementation, the first terminal device determines a target DRX cycle for the first terminal device to detect a DRX indication signal, including: the first terminal device determines the target DRX cycle in a DRX indication signal cycle used for DRX indication signal detection, the DRX indication signal cycle includes N DRX cycles, N is a positive integer, N=M or N≠M.

[0008] In one possible implementation, the first terminal device determines a target DRX cycle for the first terminal device to detect the DRX indication signal in a DRX indication signal cycle used for performing DRX indication signal detection, including: the first terminal device determines an offset value corresponding to the first terminal device, and the offset value is used to indicate the position of the target DRX cycle in the DRX indication signal cycle; the first terminal device determines the target DRX cycle in the DRX indication signal cycle according to the offset value.

[0009] In a possible implementation, the first terminal device determines the offset value corresponding to the first terminal device, including: the first terminal device determines the offset value according to the device identifier UE-ID of the first terminal device.

[0010] In a possible implementation manner, the offset value is equal to mod(UE-ID, N).

[0011] In a possible implementation, the first terminal device determines the offset value corresponding to the first terminal device, including: the first terminal device determines the offset value according to a cell identifier Cell ID of a resident cell or a serving cell of the first terminal device.

[0012] In a possible implementation, the offset value is equal to mod(Cell ID, N).

[0013] In a possible implementation, the first terminal device determines the offset value corresponding to the first terminal device, including: the first terminal device receives first configuration information sent by the network device, where the first configuration information is used to indicate the offset value.

[0014] In a possible implementation, before the first terminal device determines a target DRX cycle for the first terminal device to detect the DRX indication signal in the DRX indication signal cycle, the method further includes: the first terminal device receives second configuration information sent by the network device through radio resource control RRC dedicated signaling, broadcast signaling or media access control element MAC CE, and the second configuration information is used to indicate the number N of DRX cycles included in the DRX indication signal cycle.

[0015] In a possible implementation manner, the DRX indication signal is used to instruct multiple terminal devices including the first terminal device to wake up or sleep during an activation period in M ​​DRX cycles after the moment when the DRX indication signal is detected.

[0016] The multiple terminal devices correspond to N DRX cycles in the DRX indication signal cycle, and each DRX cycle in the N DRX cycles is used for the corresponding terminal device to detect the DRX indication signal.

[0017] In one possible implementation, the multiple terminal devices belong to one device group among multiple device groups, and the device group to which the first terminal device belongs is determined based on the UE-ID of the first terminal device, the access level of the first terminal device, or a configuration parameter used to represent the device group.

[0018] In a possible implementation, the system frame number SFN of the system frame starting the DRX indication signal cycle satisfies mod(SFN, N×T)=K, where K is a preconfigured natural number and T is the number of system frames included in the DRX cycle.

[0019] In a second aspect, a method for discontinuous reception is provided, including: a network device determines a target DRX cycle for sending a discontinuous reception DRX indication signal to a first terminal device, the DRX indication signal being used to instruct the first terminal device to wake up or sleep during an activation period in M ​​DRX cycles after a moment of detecting the DRX indication signal, the M DRX cycles being the DRX indication cycle of the first terminal device, and M being a positive integer; the network device sends the DRX indication signal to the first terminal device in the target DRX cycle or before the target DRX cycle, so that the first terminal device wakes up or sleeps during an activation period in the M DRX cycles after a moment of detecting the DRX indication signal according to the DRX indication signal.

[0020] Therefore, the network device notifies the terminal device that needs to be awakened or put to sleep by sending a DRX indication signal at a specific time, so that the terminal device can detect the DRX indication signal at the specific time position, and learn whether it is scheduled during the activation period in the subsequent DRX indication cycle according to the detected DRX indication signal, so that it remains in sleep when not scheduled to further reduce power consumption. In addition, since the DRX indication signal indicates the awakening and sleep of multiple terminal devices, different terminal devices detect the DRX indication signal at different time positions, so different terminal devices can reduce interference with each other when detecting the DRX indication signal, further reducing power consumption.

[0021] In one possible implementation, the network device determines a target DRX cycle for sending a DRX indication signal to a first terminal device, including: the network device determines the target DRX cycle in a DRX indication signal cycle used for the terminal device to detect a DRX indication signal, and the DRX indication signal cycle includes N DRX cycles, where N is a positive integer, N=M or N≠M.

[0022] In one possible implementation, the network device determines a target DRX cycle for sending a DRX indication signal in a DRX indication signal cycle for sending a discontinuous reception DRX indication signal, including: the network device determines an offset value corresponding to the first terminal device, and the offset value is used to indicate the position of the target DRX cycle in the DRX indication signal cycle; the network device determines the target DRX cycle in the DRX indication signal cycle according to the offset value.

[0023] In a possible implementation, the network device determines the offset value corresponding to the first terminal device, including: the network device determines the offset value according to the device identifier UE-ID of the first terminal device.

[0024] In a possible implementation manner, the offset value is equal to mod(UE-ID, N).

[0025] In a possible implementation, the network device determines the offset value corresponding to the first terminal device, including: the network device determines the offset value according to a cell identifier Cell ID of a resident cell or a serving cell of the first terminal device.

[0026] In a possible implementation, the offset value is equal to mod(Cell ID, N).

[0027] In a possible implementation manner, the method further includes: the network device sending first configuration information to the first terminal device, where the first configuration information is used to indicate the offset value.

[0028] In a possible implementation, before the network device sends the DRX indication signal to the first terminal device in the target DRX cycle or before the target DRX cycle, the method also includes: the network device sends second configuration information to the first terminal device through radio resource control RRC dedicated signaling, broadcast signaling or media access control element MAC CE, and the second configuration information is used to indicate the number N of DRX cycles included in the DRX indication signal cycle.

[0029] In a possible implementation manner, the DRX indication signal is used to instruct multiple terminal devices including the first terminal device to wake up or sleep during an activation period in M ​​DRX cycles after the moment when the DRX indication signal is detected.

[0030] The multiple terminal devices correspond to N DRX cycles in the DRX indication signal cycle, and each DRX cycle in the N DRX cycles is used for the corresponding terminal device to detect the DRX indication signal.

[0031] In one possible implementation, the multiple terminal devices belong to one device group among multiple device groups, and the device group to which the first terminal device belongs is determined based on the UE-ID of the first terminal device, the access level of the first terminal device, or a configuration parameter used to represent the device group.

[0032] In a possible implementation, the system frame number SFN of the system frame starting the DRX indication signal cycle satisfies mod(SFN, N×T)=K, where K is a preconfigured natural number and T is the number of system frames included in the DRX cycle.

[0033] In a third aspect, a terminal device is provided, which can perform the operations of the first terminal device in the first aspect or any optional implementation of the first aspect. Specifically, the terminal device may include a module unit for performing the operations of the first terminal device in the first aspect or any possible implementation of the first aspect.

[0034] In a fourth aspect, a network device is provided, which can perform the operations of the network device in the second aspect or any optional implementation of the second aspect. Specifically, the network device may include a module unit for performing the operations of the network device in the second aspect or any possible implementation of the second aspect.

[0035] In a fifth aspect, a terminal device is provided, the terminal device comprising: a processor, a transceiver, and a memory. The processor, the transceiver, and the memory communicate with each other through an internal connection path. The memory is used to store instructions, and the processor is used to execute the instructions stored in the memory. When the processor executes the instructions stored in the memory, the execution causes the terminal device to execute the method in the first aspect or any possible implementation of the first aspect, or the execution causes the terminal device to implement the terminal device provided by the third aspect.

[0036] In a sixth aspect, a network device is provided, the network device comprising: a processor, a transceiver and a memory. The processor, the transceiver and the memory communicate with each other through an internal connection path. The memory is used to store instructions, and the processor is used to execute the instructions stored in the memory. When the processor executes the instructions stored in the memory, the execution causes the network device to execute the method in the second aspect or any possible implementation of the second aspect, or the execution causes the network device to implement the network device provided in the fourth aspect.

[0037] In a seventh aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, wherein the computer-readable storage medium stores a program, wherein the program enables a terminal device to execute the above-mentioned first aspect and any one of the discontinuous reception methods in its various implementation methods.

[0038] In an eighth aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, wherein the computer-readable storage medium stores a program, wherein the program enables a network device to execute the above-mentioned second aspect and any one of the discontinuous reception methods in its various implementations.

[0039] In the ninth aspect, a system chip is provided, which includes an input interface, an output interface, a processor and a memory, wherein the processor is used to execute instructions stored in the memory. When the instructions are executed, the processor can implement the method in the aforementioned first aspect or any possible implementation of the first aspect.

[0040] In the tenth aspect, a system chip is provided, which includes an input interface, an output interface, a processor and a memory. The processor is used to execute instructions stored in the memory. When the instructions are executed, the processor can implement the method in the aforementioned second aspect or any possible implementation of the second aspect.

[0041] In an eleventh aspect, a computer program product comprising instructions is provided, and when the computer program product is run on a computer, the computer is caused to execute the method in the above-mentioned first aspect or any possible implementation manner of the first aspect.

[0042] In a twelfth aspect, a computer program product comprising instructions is provided. When the computer program product is run on a computer, the computer is caused to execute the method in the above-mentioned second aspect or any possible implementation manner of the second aspect. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0043] Figure 1 It is a schematic architecture diagram of an application scenario of an embodiment of the present application.

[0044] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the DRX cycle.

[0045] Figure 3 It is a schematic flowchart of the discontinuous reception method of an embodiment of the present application.

[0046] Figure 4 It is a schematic flowchart of a method for determining a target DRX cycle according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0047] Figure 5 It is a schematic diagram of the target DRX cycle of an embodiment of the present application.

[0048] Figure 6 It is a schematic flowchart of a discontinuous reception method according to another embodiment of the present application.

[0049] Figure 7 It is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0050] Figure 8 It is a schematic block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0051] Fig. 9 It is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0052] Fig.10 It is a schematic structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0053] Fig.11 It is a schematic structural diagram of the system chip of an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0054] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

[0055] It should be understood that the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application can be applied to various communication systems, such as: Global System of Mobile Communication (GSM) system, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system, Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) system, Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, LTE Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) system, LTE Time Division Duplex (TDD), Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS), and future 5G communication systems, etc.

[0056] The present application describes various embodiments in conjunction with terminal devices. Terminal devices may also refer to user equipment (UE), access terminals, user units, user stations, mobile stations, mobile stations, remote stations, remote terminals, mobile devices, user terminals, terminals, wireless communication devices, user agents, or user devices. The access terminal may be a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a handheld device with wireless communication capabilities, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a terminal device in a future 5G network, or a terminal device in a future evolving land public mobile communication network (PLMN) network, etc.

[0057] The present application describes various embodiments in conjunction with a network device. The network device may be a device for communicating with a terminal device, for example, a base station (Base Transceiver Station, BTS) in a GSM system or CDMA, a base station (NodeB, NB) in a WCDMA system, or an evolved base station (EvolutionalNode B, eNB or eNodeB) in an LTE system, or the network device may be a relay station, an access point, an in-vehicle device, a wearable device, a network side device in a future 5G network, or a network side device in a future evolved PLMN network, etc.

[0058] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of an application scenario of an embodiment of the present application. Figure 1 The communication system in the embodiment may include a network device 10 and a terminal device 20. The network device 10 is used to provide communication services for the terminal device 20 and access the core network. The terminal device 20 can access the network by searching for synchronization signals, broadcast signals, etc. sent by the network device 10, thereby communicating with the network. Figure 1 The arrows shown in may represent uplink / downlink transmissions performed via a cellular link between the terminal device 20 and the network device 10 .

[0059] The network in the embodiment of the present application may refer to a public land mobile network (PLMN) or a device to device (D2D) network or a machine to machine / man (M2M) network or other networks. Figure 1 This is just a simplified diagram for example. The network may also include other terminal devices. Figure 1 Not drawn in.

[0060] The DRX cycle of the terminal device includes an activation period (on duration) and a dormant period (Opportunity for DRX), for example Figure 2 As shown, the terminal device can detect (or listen to) the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) during the activation period, i.e., the on duration period, and the terminal device can reduce power consumption by stopping receiving PDCCH (at this time, the terminal device will stop blind detection of PDCCH or paging messages) during the sleep period, i.e., the Opportunity for DRX, thereby increasing the battery life. It can be said that during the wake-up period, the terminal device is in an awake state to detect PDCCH, and during the sleep period, the terminal device enters a sleep state and does not detect channels or signals.

[0061] Although the network configures the DRX cycle for the terminal device, so that the terminal device periodically detects PDCCH during the active period, the terminal device is only opportunistically scheduled during the active period. Even when the service load is very low, the terminal device will only be scheduled in a few DRX cycles. For paging messages using the DRX mechanism, the terminal has fewer opportunities to receive paging messages. Therefore, after configuring the DRX mechanism, the terminal device may not detect the control channel during the active period of most DRX cycles, but will still be awakened during these DRX active periods, which increases the unnecessary power consumption of the terminal device.

[0062] Therefore, in the embodiment of the present application, the terminal device detects its own DRX indication signal at a specific time, and learns whether it is actually scheduled during the activation period of multiple subsequent DRX cycles according to the DRX indication signal, so as to remain dormant when not scheduled to further reduce power consumption. In addition, when the DRX indication signal indicates the wake-up and sleep of multiple terminal devices, different terminal devices detect the DRX indication signal at different time positions, so different terminal devices can reduce interference with each other when detecting the DRX indication signal, further reducing power consumption.

[0063] The embodiments of the present application can be used not only in the detection of PDCCH, but also in the detection of paging messages. The transmission of paging messages is also a DRX mechanism in the RRC idle state. At this time, the DRX cycle is the paging cycle. The paging radio frame (Paging Frame, PF) is a specific radio frame or system frame. The terminal device can try to receive the paging message at a specific subframe in the PF, namely the paging occasion (Paging Occasion, PO). The PO may transmit a physical downlink control channel (Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH) that is scrambled and indicates the paging message using a paging radio network temporary identity (Paging Radio Network Temporary Identity, P-RNTI). When DRX is used, the terminal device only needs to detect 1 PO in each DRX cycle. That is to say, for each terminal device, only 1 subframe can be used to send a paging message in each DRX cycle. PF is the system frame used to send the paging message, and PO is the subframe in the PF used to send the paging message.

[0064] Figure 3 It is a schematic flowchart of the discontinuous reception method of an embodiment of the present application. Figure 3 The method shown can be executed by a first terminal device, the first terminal device being Figure 1The terminal device 20 shown in FIG. Figure 3 As shown, the discontinuous reception method includes:

[0065] In 310, the first terminal device determines a target DRX cycle for the first terminal device to detect a DRX indication signal.

[0066] In 320, the first terminal device detects a DRX indication signal sent by the network device during or before the target DRX cycle.

[0067] The DRX indication signal is used to instruct the first terminal device to wake up or sleep during an activation period in M ​​DRX cycles after the moment when the DRX indication signal is detected, and the M DRX cycles are the DRX indication cycles of the first terminal device, and M is a positive integer.

[0068] In 330, the first terminal device wakes up or sleeps according to the DRX indication signal during the activation period of the M DRX cycles after the moment when the DRX indication signal is detected.

[0069] Specifically, after the first terminal device determines the target DRX cycle for the first terminal device to detect the discontinuous reception DRX indication signal, it can detect the DRX indication signal sent by the network device in the target DRX cycle (for example, detecting the DRX indication signal in the first subframe or the first time slot within the activation period in the DRX cycle), or detecting the DRX indication signal before the target DRX cycle. The DRX indication signal is used to instruct the first terminal device to wake up or sleep during the activation period in the DRX indication cycle of the first terminal device. The DRX indication cycle of the first terminal device includes M DRX cycles, and the activation period in the DRX indication cycle of the first terminal device is the activation period among these M DRX cycles.

[0070] That is to say, the DRX indication period of the first terminal device is the effective duration of the DRX indication signal detected by the first terminal device in the target DRX period or before the target DRX period, and the DRX indication signal can indicate the wakeup and sleep of the terminal device in its DRX indication period (i.e., the subsequent M DRX periods). The DRX indication periods of different terminal devices may be the same or different. The specific value of M can be configured for the terminal device by the network device, or it can be a value pre-stored in the terminal device agreed upon by the network device and the terminal device.

[0071] Optionally, in 310, the first terminal device determines a target DRX cycle for the first terminal device to detect a DRX indication signal, including: the first terminal device determines the target DRX cycle in a DRX indication signal cycle used for DRX indication signal detection, the DRX indication signal cycle includes N DRX cycles, N is a positive integer, N=M or N≠M.

[0072] Specifically, a DRX indication signal cycle is configured, and the DRX indication signal cycle is used for a group of terminal devices to detect the DRX indication signal. One DRX indication signal cycle includes N DRX cycles. The first terminal device in the group of terminal devices determines in which DRX cycle of the DRX indication signal cycle it should detect the DRX indication signal. After the first terminal device determines the target DRX cycle for detecting the DRX indication signal in the DRX indication signal cycle, the first terminal device detects the DRX indication signal in the target DRX cycle or before the target DRX cycle, and wakes up or sleeps according to the indication of the DRX indication signal within the activation period of M DRX cycles after the moment of detecting the DRX indication signal.

[0073] It should be understood that in the embodiments of the present application, the DRX cycle, the DRX indication cycle and the DRX indication signal cycle have different meanings. Figure 2 The time period shown in ; the DRX indication period includes M DRX periods, indicating that after the terminal device detects the DRX indication signal, it can execute the indication of the DRX indication signal in the next DRX indication period, that is, wake up or sleep; the DRX indication signal period includes N DRX periods, and the DRX indication signal period is used for a group of terminal devices to detect the DRX indication signal. Different DRX periods in these N DRX periods can be used for different terminal devices to detect the DRX indication signal. M can be equal to N or not equal.

[0074] Optionally, the system frame number (SFN) of the system frame (frame for short) at the start of the DRX indication signal cycle satisfies: mod(SFN, N×T)=K, where K is a preconfigured natural number (ie, K is 0 or a positive integer), and T is the number of system frames included in the DRX cycle.

[0075] For example, preferably, when K=0, the DRX indication signal cycle is a time period whose starting frame satisfies mod(SFN, N×T1)=0 and whose length is equal to N×T. If N=4, then SFN=0, then SFN=4×T, then SFN=8×T......., SFN=N×T can be used as the starting frame of the DRX indication signal cycle.

[0076] For another example, when K=1, the DRX indication signal cycle is a time period in which the starting frame satisfies mod(SFN, N×T1)=1 and the length is equal to N×T. If N=4, then SFN=1, SFN=4×T+1, then SFN=8×T+1...., SFN=N×T+1 can be used as the starting frame of the DRX indication signal cycle.

[0077] Alternatively, if Figure 4 As shown, 310 includes 311 and 312 .

[0078] In 311, the first terminal device determines an offset value corresponding to the first terminal device, where the offset value is used to indicate the position of the target DRX cycle in the DRX indication signal cycle.

[0079] In 312, the first terminal device determines the target DRX cycle in the DRX indication signal cycle according to the offset value.

[0080] For example, assuming that N=4, that is, the DRX indication signal cycle includes 4 DRX cycles. When the offset value is 0, it indicates that the target DRX cycle used by the first terminal device to detect the DRX indication signal is the first DRX cycle of the N DRX cycles; when the offset value is 1, it indicates that the target DRX cycle is the second DRX cycle of the N DRX cycles; when the offset value is 2, it indicates that the target DRX cycle is the third DRX cycle of the N DRX cycles; when the offset value is 3, it indicates that the target DRX cycle is the fourth DRX cycle of the N DRX cycles.

[0081] The embodiments of the present application propose three methods for the first terminal device to determine its corresponding offset value, which are described in detail below.

[0082] Method 1

[0083] Optionally, in 311, the first terminal device determines the offset value corresponding to the first terminal device, including: the first terminal device determines the offset value according to the equipment identity (UE-ID) of the first terminal device.

[0084] For example, the offset value corresponding to the first terminal device is mod(UE-ID, N), or written as (UE-ID) mod N. N is the number of DRX cycles included in a DRX indication cycle, and mod is the remainder.

[0085] Method 2

[0086] Optionally, in 311, the first terminal device determines an offset value corresponding to the first terminal device, including: the first terminal device determines the offset value according to a cell (Cell) identifier (Cell ID) of a resident cell or a serving cell of the first terminal device.

[0087] For example, the offset value corresponding to the first terminal device is mod(Cell ID, N), or written as (Cell ID) mod N. N is the number of DRX cycles included in a DRX indication cycle, and mod is the remainder.

[0088] Method 3

[0089] Optionally, in 311, the first terminal device determines the offset value corresponding to the first terminal device, including: the first terminal device receives first configuration information sent by a network device, and the first configuration information is used to indicate the offset value.

[0090] After the first terminal device determines the corresponding offset value based on one of the above three methods, it determines the target DRX cycle for the first terminal device to detect the DRX indication signal in the DRX indication cycle according to the offset value.

[0091] For example, if Figure 5 As shown, assuming that N=4, that is, one DRX indication signal cycle includes 4 DRX cycles, if the first terminal device determines that the offset value corresponding to the first terminal device is 0, then the first terminal device will Figure 5 The DRX indication signal is detected before the first DRX cycle in the DRX indication signal cycle shown in , and the first DRX cycle in the DRX indication signal cycle is the target DRX cycle of the first terminal device. If the DRX indication signal indicates that the first terminal device is to sleep during the activation period of M DRX cycles in the DRX indication cycle after the moment of detecting the DRX indication signal, then the terminal device can be in sleep mode during the activation period of these M DRX cycles. When M=4, the DRX indication cycle of the first terminal device is the same as the DRX indication signal cycle.

[0092] Similarly, if the first terminal device determines that the offset value corresponding to the first terminal device is 1, then the first terminal device can detect the DRX indication signal before the second DRX cycle in the DRX indication signal cycle. If the DRX indication signal indicates wake-up, the first terminal device is in an awake state during the activation period of M DRX cycles in the DRX indication cycle after the moment of detecting the DRX indication signal.

[0093] From the Figure 5It can be seen from the description that the DRX indication signal detected by the terminal device can indicate the wake-up and sleep of the terminal device in M ​​DRX cycles at one time. These M DRX cycles are the DRX indication cycles corresponding to the first terminal device. The positions of the DRX indication cycles of terminal devices using different target DRX cycles may also be different.

[0094] Optionally, before 310, that is, before the first terminal device determines, in the DRX indication signal cycle, a target DRX cycle for the first terminal device to detect a DRX indication signal, the method further includes: the first terminal device receives second configuration information sent by the network device through a radio resource control (RRC) dedicated signaling, a broadcast signaling, or a media access control (MAC) control element (CE), the second configuration information being used to indicate the length of the DRX indication signal cycle, that is, the number N of DRX cycles included in the DRX indication signal cycle.

[0095] For example, the DRX indication signal related to the paging message can be used by the network device to inform the first terminal device of relevant configuration information such as the above-mentioned first configuration information and / or second configuration information through RRC signaling during the power-on attachment process.

[0096] For another example, for a first terminal device in a connected state, the network device may inform the first terminal device of relevant configuration information such as the first configuration information and / or the second configuration information through RRC dedicated signaling or MAC CE.

[0097] Optionally, in 320, the DRX indication signal is used to instruct multiple terminal devices including the first terminal device to wake up or sleep during an activation period in M ​​DRX cycles after the moment when the DRX indication signal is detected.

[0098] The multiple terminal devices correspond to N DRX cycles in the DRX indication signal cycle, and each DRX cycle in the N DRX cycles is used for the corresponding terminal device to detect the DRX indication signal.

[0099] Optionally, the multiple terminal devices belong to one device group among multiple device groups, and the device group to which the first terminal device belongs is determined based on the UE-ID of the first terminal device, the access level of the first terminal device, or a configuration parameter used to represent the device group.

[0100] Specifically, the network device can simultaneously indicate the wake-up and sleep of multiple terminal devices, and the multiple terminal devices belong to one device group among multiple device groups. The multiple terminal devices in the device group can be further divided into N subsets, and the N subsets correspond to N DRX cycles in the DRX indication signal cycle. The terminal devices in each subset detect the DRX indication signal in the corresponding DRX cycle, and determine whether to sleep or wake up according to the indication of the DRX indication signal in N DRX cycles after the moment of detecting the DRX.

[0101] That is to say, the network device will send DRX indication signals in N DRX cycles in the DRX indication signal cycle, but the DRX indication signal sent in each DRX cycle in the N DRX cycles is for the terminal devices in the subset corresponding to each DRX cycle. If the DRX indication signal sent by the network device in a certain DRX cycle indicates wake-up, then the terminal device that detects the DRX indication signal in the DRX cycle will wake up in the active period of the DRX indication cycle after the moment of detecting the DRX indication signal, and the DRX indication cycle includes M DRX cycles; if the DRX indication signal sent by the network device in a certain DRX cycle indicates sleep, then the terminal device that detects the DRX indication signal in the DRX cycle will sleep in the active period of the DRX indication cycle after the moment of detecting the DRX indication signal.

[0102] The reason for setting the DRX indication signal cycle and setting the time for different terminal devices to detect the DRX indication signal to different DRX cycles in the DRX indication signal cycle is that when the network device simultaneously instructs a group of terminal devices to wake up or sleep, if only a few terminal devices or even only one terminal device among the multiple terminal devices in the group needs to be awakened, then the network device will also send the DRX indication signal to the multiple terminal devices at the same time. In this way, other terminal devices that have no data transmission also need to be awakened, which affects the power consumption of other terminal devices.

[0103] However, in an embodiment of the present application, although the DRX indication signal sent by the network device in the target DRX cycle can indicate the wakeup or sleep of the terminal devices belonging to the same device group, different terminal devices in the device group may detect the DRX indication signal in different DRX cycles in the DRX indication signal cycle. Since different terminal devices in the device group detect the DRX indication signal at different time positions, the terminal devices that do not detect the DRX indication signal avoid unnecessary wakeup, thereby reducing power consumption.

[0104] Even if they are grouped into the same device group, the terminal devices in the device group may detect the DRX indication signal at different times (eg, different DRX cycles corresponding to different offset values), thereby reducing mutual influence among the terminal devices in the same device group when detecting the DRX indication signal.

[0105] For example, the device group to which the first terminal device belongs includes 8 terminal devices, and one DRX indication signal cycle includes four DRX cycles. Then each of the four DRX cycles can correspond to 2 terminal devices, that is, each DRX cycle is only used for the corresponding 2 terminal devices to detect the DRX indication signal. In which DRX cycle does each of the 8 terminal devices detect the DRX indication signal? For example, the corresponding offset value can be determined by the three aforementioned methods, and the DRX cycle in which the terminal device detects the DRX indication signal can be determined according to the offset value. For example, as shown in Table 1, assuming that the DRX cycle corresponding to each terminal device is determined according to the UE-ID, terminal device 1 and terminal device 4 detect the DRX indication signal in the first DRX cycle, terminal device 2 and terminal device 5 detect the DRX indication signal in the second DRX cycle, terminal device 3 and terminal device 6 detect the DRX indication signal in the third DRX cycle, and terminal device 4 and terminal device 8 detect the DRX indication signal in the fourth DRX cycle.

[0106] Table 1

[0107] 4 DRX cycles in the DRX indication cycle 8 terminal devices in the device group The first DRX cycle Terminal device 1 and terminal device 4 Second DRX cycle Terminal device 2 and terminal device 5 The third DRX cycle Terminal device 3 and terminal device 6 The fourth DRX cycle Terminal device 4 and terminal device 8

[0108] Assuming that the first terminal device is the terminal device 2 here, the terminal device 2 can be in the awake state during the activation period of its DRX indication cycle, and its DRX indication cycle can, for example, include M DRX cycles starting from the second DRX cycle or include M DRX cycles starting from the next DRX cycle, i.e., the third DRX cycle. At this time, since only the terminal device 5 and the terminal device 2 detect the DRX indication signal in the second DRX cycle, only the terminal device 5 and the terminal device 2 will be awakened, and other terminal devices that do not need to be awakened will not be awakened. Compared with 8 terminal devices detecting the DRX indication signal at the same time and thus being awakened at the same time, different terminal devices can greatly reduce the power consumption of those terminal devices that do not detect the DRX indication signal in the second DRX cycle by detecting the DRX indication signal in different DRX cycles.

[0109] Therefore, in the embodiment of the present application, the terminal device detects its own DRX indication signal at a specific time, and learns whether it is scheduled during the activation period in the subsequent DRX indication cycle according to the detected DRX indication signal, so as to remain dormant when not scheduled to further reduce power consumption. In addition, since the DRX indication signal indicates the wake-up and sleep of multiple terminal devices, different terminal devices detect the DRX indication signal at different time positions, so different terminal devices can reduce interference with each other when detecting the DRX indication signal, further reducing power consumption.

[0110] Figure 6 It is a schematic flowchart of the discontinuous reception method of an embodiment of the present application. Figure 6 The method shown may be performed by a network device, which may be, for example, Figure 1 The network device 10 shown in FIG. Figure 6 As shown, the discontinuous reception method includes:

[0111] In 610, the network device determines a target DRX cycle for sending a discontinuous reception DRX indication signal to the first terminal device.

[0112] The DRX indication signal is used to instruct the first terminal device to wake up or sleep during an activation period in M ​​DRX cycles after the moment when the DRX indication signal is detected, and the M DRX cycles are the DRX indication cycles of the first terminal device, and M is a positive integer.

[0113] In 620, the network device sends the DRX indication signal to the first terminal device in the target DRX cycle or before the target DRX cycle, so that the first terminal device wakes up or sleeps during the activation period of the M DRX cycles after the moment of detecting the DRX indication signal according to the DRX indication signal.

[0114] Optionally, the network device determines a target DRX cycle for sending a DRX indication signal to the first terminal device, including: the network device determines the target DRX cycle in a DRX indication signal cycle used for the terminal device to perform DRX indication signal detection, and the DRX indication signal cycle includes N DRX cycles, N is a positive integer, N=M or N≠M.

[0115] Specifically, a DRX indication signal cycle is configured, and the DRX indication signal cycle is used to send a DRX indication signal to a group of terminal devices, and one DRX indication signal cycle includes N DRX cycles. The network device sends corresponding DRX indication signals in these N DRX cycles, wherein the terminal device receiving the DRX indication signal can wake up or sleep according to the DRX indication signal during the activation period of M DRX cycles (i.e., the DRX indication cycle of the first terminal device) after the moment of detecting the DRX indication signal. Different terminal devices in this group of terminal devices can detect the DRX indication signal in different DRX cycles in the DRX indication signal cycle. For example, the network device needs to notify the first terminal device in the group of mid-terminal devices to wake up, so the network device determines a target DRX cycle for the first terminal device to detect the DRX indication signal in the DRX indication signal cycle, and sends a DRX indication signal for indicating wake-up in the target DRX cycle. The first terminal device detects the DRX indication signal in the target DRX cycle, and wakes up according to the indication of the DRX indication signal within the activation period of M DRX cycles (i.e., the DRX indication cycle of the first terminal device) after the moment of detecting the DRX indication signal.

[0116] Therefore, in the embodiment of the present application, the network device notifies the terminal device that needs to be awakened or dormant by sending a DRX indication signal at a specific time, so that the terminal device can detect the DRX indication signal at the specific time position, and learn whether it is scheduled during the activation period in the subsequent DRX indication cycle according to the detected DRX indication signal, so that it remains asleep when not scheduled to further reduce power consumption. In addition, since the DRX indication signal indicates the awakening and dormancy of multiple terminal devices, different terminal devices detect the DRX indication signal at different time positions, so different terminal devices can reduce interference with each other when detecting the DRX indication signal, further reducing power consumption.

[0117] Optionally, the network device determines a target DRX indication cycle for sending a DRX indication signal in a DRX indication signal cycle for sending a discontinuous reception DRX indication signal, including: the network device determines an offset value corresponding to the first terminal device, and the offset value is used to indicate the position of the target DRX cycle in the DRX indication signal cycle; the network device determines the target DRX cycle in the DRX indication signal cycle according to the offset value.

[0118] Optionally, the network device determines an offset value corresponding to the first terminal device, packet group: the network device determines the offset value according to a device identifier UE-ID of the first terminal device.

[0119] Optionally, the offset value is equal to mod(UE-ID, N).

[0120] Optionally, the network device determines the offset value corresponding to the first terminal device, including: the network device determines the offset value according to a cell identifier Cell ID of a resident cell or a serving cell of the first terminal device.

[0121] Optionally, the offset value is equal to mod(Cell ID, N).

[0122] Optionally, the method further includes: the network device sending first configuration information to the first terminal device, the first configuration information being used to indicate the offset value.

[0123] Optionally, before the network device sends the DRX indication signal to the first terminal device in the target DRX cycle, the method also includes: the network device sends second configuration information to the first terminal device through radio resource control RRC dedicated signaling, broadcast signaling or media access control element MAC CE, and the second configuration information is used to indicate the number N of DRX cycles included in the DRX indication signal cycle.

[0124] Optionally, the DRX indication signal is used to instruct multiple terminal devices including the first terminal device to wake up or sleep during an activation period in M ​​DRX cycles after the moment when the DRX indication signal is detected.

[0125] The multiple terminal devices correspond to N DRX cycles in the DRX indication signal cycle, and each DRX cycle in the N DRX cycles is used for the corresponding terminal device to detect the DRX indication signal.

[0126] Optionally, the multiple terminal devices belong to one device group among multiple device groups, and the device group to which the first terminal device belongs is determined based on the UE-ID of the first terminal device, the access level of the first terminal device, or a configuration parameter used to represent the device group.

[0127] Optionally, the DRX indication signal period satisfies T2=mod(SFN, M×T1), wherein SFN is the system frame number of the system frame where the DRX indication signal period is located, T2 is the length of the DRX indication signal period, and T1 is the length of the DRX period.

[0128] It should be understood that the specific details of the process in which the network device determines the target DRX cycle and sends the DRX indication signal can refer to the aforementioned Figures 3 to 5 For the sake of brevity, the relevant description of the terminal device is not repeated here.

[0129] It should also be understood that in the various embodiments of the present application, the size of the serial numbers of the above-mentioned processes does not mean the order of execution. The execution order of each process should be determined by its function and internal logic, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.

[0130] Figure 7 700 according to an embodiment of the present application. The terminal device is a first terminal device, such as Figure 7 As shown, the first terminal device 700 includes a determination unit 710, a transceiver unit 720 and a processing unit 730. Among them:

[0131] The determining unit 710 is configured to determine a target DRX cycle for the first terminal device to detect a discontinuous reception DRX indication signal;

[0132] The transceiver unit 720 is configured to detect a DRX indication signal sent by a network device during the target DRX cycle determined by the determination unit 710 or before the target DRX cycle, wherein the DRX indication signal is used to instruct the first terminal device to wake up or sleep during an activation period of M DRX cycles after the moment when the DRX indication signal is detected, wherein the M DRX cycles are the DRX indication cycles of the first terminal device, and M is a positive integer;

[0133] The processing unit 730 is configured to wake up or sleep in an active period of the M DRX cycles after the moment when the DRX indication signal is detected according to the DRX indication signal detected by the transceiver unit 720.

[0134] Therefore, the terminal device detects its own DRX indication signal at a specific time, and learns whether it is scheduled during the activation period in the subsequent DRX indication cycle based on the detected DRX indication signal, so that it remains dormant when not scheduled to further reduce power consumption. In addition, since the DRX indication signal indicates the wake-up and sleep of multiple terminal devices, different terminal devices detect the DRX indication signal at different time positions, so different terminal devices can reduce interference with each other when detecting the DRX indication signal, further reducing power consumption.

[0135] Optionally, the determination unit 710 is specifically used to: determine the target DRX cycle in a DRX indication signal cycle used for DRX indication signal detection, the DRX indication signal cycle includes N DRX cycles, N is a positive integer, N=M or N≠M.

[0136] Optionally, the determination unit 710 is specifically used to: determine an offset value corresponding to the first terminal device, the offset value being used to indicate the position of the target DRX cycle in the DRX indication signal cycle; and determine the target DRX cycle in the DRX indication signal cycle according to the offset value.

[0137] Optionally, the determination unit 710 is specifically used to: determine the offset value according to a device identifier UE-ID of the first terminal device.

[0138] Optionally, the offset value is equal to mod(UE-ID, N).

[0139] Optionally, the determination unit 710 is specifically used to determine the offset value according to a cell identifier Cell ID of a resident cell or a serving cell of the first terminal device.

[0140] Optionally, the offset value is equal to mod(Cell ID, N).

[0141] Optionally, the determining unit 710 is specifically used to: receive, through the transceiver unit 720, first configuration information sent by the network device, where the first configuration information is used to indicate the offset value.

[0142] Optionally, the transceiver unit 720 is also used to: receive second configuration information sent by the network device through radio resource control RRC dedicated signaling, broadcast signaling or media access control element MAC CE, wherein the second configuration information is used to indicate the number N of DRX cycles included in the DRX indication signal cycle.

[0143] Optionally, the DRX indication signal is used to instruct multiple terminal devices including the first terminal device to wake up or sleep during an activation period in M ​​DRX cycles after the moment when the DRX indication signal is detected.

[0144] The multiple terminal devices correspond to N DRX cycles in the DRX indication signal cycle, and each DRX cycle in the N DRX cycles is used for the corresponding terminal device to detect the DRX indication signal.

[0145] Optionally, the multiple terminal devices belong to one device group among multiple device groups, and the device group to which the first terminal device belongs is determined based on the UE-ID of the first terminal device, the access level of the first terminal device, or a configuration parameter used to represent the device group.

[0146] Optionally, the DRX indication signal period satisfies T2=mod(SFN, M×T1), wherein SFN is the system frame number of the system frame where the DRX indication signal period is located, T2 is the length of the DRX indication signal period, and T1 is the length of the DRX period.

[0147] Figure 8 8 is a schematic block diagram of a network device 800 according to an embodiment of the present application. Figure 8 As shown, the network device 800 includes a determination unit 810 and a transceiver unit 820. Among them:

[0148] A determination unit 810 is configured to determine a target DRX cycle for sending a discontinuous reception DRX indication signal to a first terminal device, wherein the DRX indication signal is used to instruct the first terminal device to wake up or sleep within an activation period of M DRX cycles after a moment when the DRX indication signal is detected, wherein the M DRX cycles are the DRX indication cycles of the first terminal device, and M is a positive integer;

[0149] The transceiver unit 820 is used to send the DRX indication signal to the first terminal device in the target DRX cycle determined by the determination unit 810 or before the target DRX cycle, so that the first terminal device wakes up or sleeps during the activation period of the M DRX cycles after the moment of detecting the DRX indication signal according to the DRX indication signal.

[0150] Therefore, the network device notifies the terminal device that needs to be awakened or put to sleep by sending a DRX indication signal at a specific time, so that the terminal device can detect the DRX indication signal at the specific time position, and learn whether it is scheduled during the activation period in the subsequent DRX indication cycle according to the detected DRX indication signal, so that it remains in sleep when not scheduled to further reduce power consumption. In addition, since the DRX indication signal indicates the awakening and sleep of multiple terminal devices, different terminal devices detect the DRX indication signal at different time positions, so different terminal devices can reduce interference with each other when detecting the DRX indication signal, further reducing power consumption.

[0151] Optionally, the determination unit 810 is specifically used to: determine the target DRX cycle in a DRX indication signal cycle used for the terminal device to perform DRX indication signal detection, and the DRX indication signal cycle includes N DRX cycles, N is a positive integer, N=M or N≠M.

[0152] Optionally, the determination unit 810 is specifically used to: determine an offset value corresponding to the first terminal device, the offset value being used to indicate the position of the target DRX cycle in the DRX indication signal cycle; and determine the target DRX cycle in the DRX indication signal cycle according to the offset value.

[0153] Optionally, the determination unit 810 is specifically used to: determine the offset value according to a device identifier UE-ID of the first terminal device.

[0154] Optionally, the offset value is equal to mod(UE-ID, N).

[0155] Optionally, the determination unit 810 is specifically used to determine the offset value according to a cell identifier Cell ID of a resident cell or a serving cell of the first terminal device.

[0156] Optionally, the offset value is equal to mod(Cell ID, N).

[0157] Optionally, the transceiver unit 820 is further used to: send first configuration information to a first terminal device, where the first configuration information is used to indicate the offset value.

[0158] Optionally, the transceiver unit 820 is also used to send second configuration information to the first terminal device through radio resource control RRC dedicated signaling, broadcast signaling or media access control element MAC CE, wherein the second configuration information is used to indicate the number N of DRX cycles included in the DRX indication signal period.

[0159] Optionally, the DRX indication signal is used to instruct multiple terminal devices including the first terminal device to wake up or sleep during an activation period in M ​​DRX cycles after the moment when the DRX indication signal is detected.

[0160] The multiple terminal devices correspond to N DRX cycles in the DRX indication signal cycle, and each DRX cycle in the N DRX cycles is used for the corresponding terminal device to detect the DRX indication signal.

[0161] Optionally, the multiple terminal devices belong to one device group among multiple device groups, and the device group to which the first terminal device belongs is determined based on the UE-ID of the first terminal device, the access level of the first terminal device, or a configuration parameter used to represent the device group.

[0162] Optionally, the DRX indication signal period satisfies T2=mod(SFN, M×T1), wherein SFN is the system frame number of the system frame where the DRX indication signal period is located, T2 is the length of the DRX indication signal period, and T1 is the length of the DRX period.

[0163] Fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device 900 according to an embodiment of the present application. The terminal device is a first terminal device, such as Fig. 9 As shown, the first terminal device includes a processor 910, a transceiver 920 and a memory 930, wherein the processor 910, the transceiver 920 and the memory 930 communicate with each other through an internal connection path. The memory 930 is used to store instructions, and the processor 910 is used to execute the instructions stored in the memory 930 to control the transceiver 920 to receive or send signals. The processor 910 is used to:

[0164] Determine a target DRX cycle for the first terminal device to detect a discontinuous reception DRX indication signal;

[0165] The transceiver 920 is used to: detect a DRX indication signal sent by a network device in the target DRX cycle determined by the processor 910 or before the target DRX cycle, where the DRX indication signal is used to instruct the first terminal device to wake up or sleep within an activation period of M DRX cycles after the moment when the DRX indication signal is detected, where the M DRX cycles are the DRX indication cycles of the first terminal device, and M is a positive integer;

[0166] The processor 910 is further configured to: wake up or sleep in an active period of the M DRX cycles after the moment when the DRX indication signal is detected according to the DRX indication signal detected by the transceiver 920.

[0167] Therefore, the terminal device detects its own DRX indication signal at a specific time, and learns whether it is scheduled during the activation period in the subsequent DRX indication cycle based on the detected DRX indication signal, so that it remains dormant when not scheduled to further reduce power consumption. In addition, since the DRX indication signal indicates the wake-up and sleep of multiple terminal devices, different terminal devices detect the DRX indication signal at different time positions, so different terminal devices can reduce interference with each other when detecting the DRX indication signal, further reducing power consumption.

[0168] Optionally, the processor 910 is specifically used to: determine the target DRX cycle in a DRX indication signal cycle used for DRX indication signal detection, the DRX indication signal cycle includes N DRX cycles, N is a positive integer, N=M or N≠M.

[0169] Optionally, the processor 910 is specifically used to: determine an offset value corresponding to the first terminal device, the offset value being used to indicate a position of the target DRX cycle in the DRX indication signal cycle; and determine the target DRX cycle in the DRX indication signal cycle according to the offset value.

[0170] Optionally, the processor 910 is specifically used to: determine the offset value according to a device identifier UE-ID of the first terminal device.

[0171] Optionally, the offset value is equal to mod(UE-ID, N).

[0172] Optionally, the processor 910 is specifically used to: determine the offset value according to a cell identifier Cell ID of a resident cell or a serving cell of the first terminal device.

[0173] Optionally, the offset value is equal to mod(Cell ID, N).

[0174] Optionally, the processor 910 is specifically used to: receive, through the transceiver 920, first configuration information sent by the network device, where the first configuration information is used to indicate the offset value.

[0175] Optionally, the transceiver 920 is also used to: receive second configuration information sent by the network device via radio resource control RRC dedicated signaling, broadcast signaling or media access control element MAC CE, wherein the second configuration information is used to indicate the number N of DRX cycles included in the DRX indication signal cycle.

[0176] Optionally, the DRX indication signal is used to instruct multiple terminal devices including the first terminal device to wake up or sleep during an activation period in M ​​DRX cycles after the moment when the DRX indication signal is detected.

[0177] The multiple terminal devices correspond to N DRX cycles in the DRX indication signal cycle, and each DRX cycle in the N DRX cycles is used for the corresponding terminal device to detect the DRX indication signal.

[0178] Optionally, the multiple terminal devices belong to one device group among multiple device groups, and the device group to which the first terminal device belongs is determined based on the UE-ID of the first terminal device, the access level of the first terminal device, or a configuration parameter used to represent the device group.

[0179] Optionally, the DRX indication signal period satisfies T2=mod(SFN, M×T1), wherein SFN is the system frame number of the system frame where the DRX indication signal period is located, T2 is the length of the DRX indication signal period, and T1 is the length of the DRX period.

[0180] It should be understood that in the embodiment of the present application, the processor 910 may be a central processing unit (CPU), and the processor 910 may also be other general-purpose processors, digital signal processors (DSP), application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC), field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, etc. A general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may also be any conventional processor, etc.

[0181] The memory 930 may include a read-only memory and a random access memory, and provides instructions and data to the processor 910. A portion of the memory 930 may also include a nonvolatile random access memory.

[0182] In the implementation process, each step of the above method can be completed by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in the processor 910 or an instruction in the form of software. The steps of the positioning method disclosed in the embodiment of the present application can be directly embodied as a hardware processor, or a combination of hardware and software modules in the processor 910. The software module can be located in a mature storage medium in the field such as a random access memory, a flash memory, a read-only memory, a programmable read-only memory or an electrically erasable programmable memory, a register, etc. The storage medium is located in the memory 930, and the processor 910 reads the information in the memory 930 and completes the steps of the above method in combination with its hardware. To avoid repetition, it is not described in detail here.

[0183] The terminal device 900 according to the embodiment of the present application may correspond to the terminal device used to execute the method 300 in the above-mentioned method 300, as well as the terminal device 700 according to the embodiment of the present application, and each unit or module in the terminal device 900 is respectively used to execute each action or processing process performed by the terminal device in the above-mentioned method 300. Here, in order to avoid redundancy, its detailed description is omitted.

[0184] Fig.10 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device 1000 according to an embodiment of the present application. Fig.10As shown, the network device includes a processor 1010, a transceiver 1020 and a memory 1030, wherein the processor 1010, the transceiver 1020 and the memory 1030 communicate with each other through an internal connection path. The memory 1030 is used to store instructions, and the processor 1010 is used to execute the instructions stored in the memory 1030 to control the transceiver 1020 to receive or send signals. The processor 1010 is used to:

[0185] In a discontinuous reception DRX indication cycle, determining a target DRX cycle for sending a DRX indication signal to a first terminal device, wherein the DRX indication cycle is used for the first terminal device to detect the DRX indication signal, the DRX indication cycle includes N DRX cycles, and the DRX indication signal is used to instruct the first terminal device to wake up or sleep within an activation period of N DRX cycles after the moment when the DRX indication signal is detected, where N is a positive integer;

[0186] The transceiver 1020 is used to send the DRX indication signal to the first terminal device in the target DRX cycle determined by the processor 1010 or before the target DRX cycle, so that the first terminal device wakes up or sleeps according to the DRX indication signal during the activation period of N DRX cycles after the moment of detecting the DRX indication signal.

[0187] Therefore, the network device notifies the terminal device that needs to be awakened or put to sleep by sending a DRX indication signal at a specific time, so that the terminal device can detect the DRX indication signal at the specific time position, and learn whether it is scheduled during the activation period in the subsequent DRX indication cycle according to the detected DRX indication signal, so that it remains in sleep when not scheduled to further reduce power consumption. In addition, since the DRX indication signal indicates the awakening and sleep of multiple terminal devices, different terminal devices detect the DRX indication signal at different time positions, so different terminal devices can reduce interference with each other when detecting the DRX indication signal, further reducing power consumption.

[0188] Optionally, the processor 1010 is specifically used to: determine the target DRX cycle in a DRX indication signal cycle used for the terminal device to perform DRX indication signal detection, and the DRX indication signal cycle includes N DRX cycles, N is a positive integer, N=M or N≠M.

[0189] Optionally, the processor 1010 is specifically used to: determine an offset value corresponding to the first terminal device, the offset value being used to indicate a position of the target DRX cycle in the DRX indication signal cycle; and determine the target DRX cycle in the DRX indication signal cycle according to the offset value.

[0190] Optionally, the processor 1010 is specifically used to: determine the offset value according to a device identifier UE-ID of the first terminal device.

[0191] Optionally, the offset value is equal to mod(UE-ID, N).

[0192] Optionally, the processor 1010 is specifically used to: determine the offset value according to a cell identifier Cell ID of a resident cell or a serving cell of the first terminal device.

[0193] Optionally, the offset value is equal to mod(Cell ID, N).

[0194] Optionally, the transceiver 1020 is further used to: send first configuration information to a first terminal device, where the first configuration information is used to indicate the offset value.

[0195] Optionally, the transceiver 1020 is also used to: send second configuration information to the first terminal device via radio resource control RRC dedicated signaling, broadcast signaling or media access control element MAC CE, wherein the second configuration information is used to indicate the number N of DRX cycles included in the DRX indication signal period.

[0196] Optionally, the DRX indication signal is used to instruct multiple terminal devices including the first terminal device to wake up or sleep during an activation period in M ​​DRX cycles after the moment when the DRX indication signal is detected.

[0197] The multiple terminal devices correspond to N DRX cycles in the DRX indication signal cycle, and each DRX cycle in the N DRX cycles is used for the corresponding terminal device to detect the DRX indication signal.

[0198] Optionally, the multiple terminal devices belong to one device group among multiple device groups, and the device group to which the first terminal device belongs is determined based on the UE-ID of the first terminal device, the access level of the first terminal device, or a configuration parameter used to represent the device group.

[0199] Optionally, the DRX indication signal period satisfies T2=mod(SFN, M×T1), wherein SFN is the system frame number of the system frame where the DRX indication signal period is located, T2 is the length of the DRX indication signal period, and T1 is the length of the DRX period.

[0200] It should be understood that in the embodiment of the present application, the processor 1010 may be a central processing unit (CPU), and the processor 1010 may also be other general-purpose processors, digital signal processors (DSP), application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC), field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, etc. A general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may also be any conventional processor, etc.

[0201] The memory 1030 may include a read-only memory and a random access memory, and provide instructions and data to the processor 1010. A portion of the memory 1030 may also include a non-volatile random access memory. In the implementation process, each step of the above method can be completed by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in the processor 1010 or an instruction in the form of software. The steps of the positioning method disclosed in conjunction with the embodiment of the present application can be directly embodied as being executed by a hardware processor, or executed by a combination of hardware and software modules in the processor 1010. The software module may be located in a mature storage medium in the art such as a random access memory, a flash memory, a read-only memory, a programmable read-only memory or an electrically erasable programmable memory, a register, etc. The storage medium is located in the memory 1030, and the processor 1010 reads the information in the memory 1030 and completes the steps of the above method in conjunction with its hardware. To avoid repetition, it is not described in detail here.

[0202] The network device 1000 according to the embodiment of the present application may correspond to the network device used to execute the method 600 in the above-mentioned method 600, and the network device 800 according to the embodiment of the present application, and each unit or module in the network device 1000 is respectively used to execute each action or processing process performed by the network device in the above-mentioned method 600. Here, in order to avoid redundancy, its detailed description is omitted.

[0203] Fig.11 It is a schematic structural diagram of the system chip of an embodiment of the present application. Fig.11 The system chip 1100 includes an input interface 1101, an output interface 1102, at least one processor 1103, and a memory 1104. The input interface 1101, the output interface 1102, the processor 1103, and the memory 1104 are interconnected through an internal connection path. The processor 1103 is used to execute the code in the memory 1104.

[0204] Optionally, when the code is executed, the processor 1103 may implement the method 300 executed by the first terminal device in the method embodiment. For the sake of brevity, it will not be described in detail here.

[0205] Optionally, when the code is executed, the processor 1103 may implement the method 600 executed by the network device in the method embodiment. For the sake of brevity, it will not be described in detail here.

[0206] Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the units and algorithm steps of each example described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Professional and technical personnel can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered to be beyond the scope of this application.

[0207] Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the systems, devices and units described above can refer to the corresponding processes in the aforementioned method embodiments and will not be repeated here.

[0208] In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices and methods can be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are only schematic. For example, the division of the unit is only a logical function division. There may be other division methods in actual implementation, such as multiple units or components can be combined or integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed. Another point is that the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed can be through some interfaces, indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units, which can be electrical, mechanical or other forms.

[0209] The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components shown as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be located in one place or distributed on multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

[0210] In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated into one monitoring unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.

[0211] If this function is implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, it can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present application can be essentially or partly embodied in the form of a software product that contributes to the prior art. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions for a computer device (which can be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the method described in each embodiment of the present application. The aforementioned storage medium includes: U disk, mobile hard disk, read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), disk or optical disk, and other media that can store program codes.

[0212] The above are only specific implementation methods of the present application, but the protection scope of the embodiments of the present application is not limited thereto. Any technician familiar with the technical field can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope disclosed in the embodiments of the present application, which should be included in the protection scope of the present application that is suitable for personal interests. Therefore, the protection scope of the embodiments of the present application should be based on the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A method for discontinuous reception, characterized in that: The method comprises: The first terminal device determines an offset value corresponding to the first terminal device, where the offset value is used to indicate a position of a target DRX cycle in a DRX indication signal cycle used for discontinuous reception DRX indication signal detection; The first terminal device detects, according to the offset value, a DRX indication signal sent by a network device before the target DRX cycle, wherein the DRX indication signal is used to instruct the first terminal device to wake up within an activation period of M DRX cycles after the moment when the DRX indication signal is detected, wherein the M DRX cycles are the DRX indication cycles of the first terminal device, and M is a positive integer; The first terminal device wakes up according to the DRX indication signal during an activation period in the M DRX cycles after a moment when the DRX indication signal is detected.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first terminal device determines an offset value corresponding to the first terminal device, including: The first terminal device determines the offset value according to the equipment identification UE-ID of the first terminal device.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that The offset value is equal to mod(UE-ID, N).

4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The first terminal device determines an offset value corresponding to the first terminal device, including: The first terminal device determines the offset value according to a cell identifier CellID of a resident cell or a serving cell of the first terminal device.

5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that The offset value is equal to mod(Cell ID, N).

6. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The first terminal device determines an offset value corresponding to the first terminal device, including: The first terminal device receives first configuration information sent by the network device, where the first configuration information is used to indicate the offset value.

7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that Before the first terminal device determines, in the DRX indication signal cycle, a target DRX cycle for the first terminal device to detect the DRX indication signal, the method further includes: The first terminal device receives second configuration information sent by the network device through radio resource control RRC dedicated signaling, broadcast signaling or media access control element MAC CE, and the second configuration information is used to indicate the number N of DRX cycles included in the DRX indication signal cycle.

8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that The DRX indication signal is used to instruct multiple terminal devices including the first terminal device to wake up during the activation period of M DRX cycles after the moment when the DRX indication signal is detected, The multiple terminal devices correspond to N DRX cycles in the DRX indication signal cycle, and each DRX cycle in the N DRX cycles is used for the corresponding terminal device to detect the DRX indication signal.

9. The method according to claim 8, characterized in that The multiple terminal devices belong to one device group among multiple device groups, and the device group to which the first terminal device belongs is determined based on the UE-ID of the first terminal device, the access level of the first terminal device, or a configuration parameter used to represent the device group.

10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that The system frame number SFN of the system frame at the start of the DRX indication signal cycle satisfies mod(SFN, N×T)=K, wherein K is a preconfigured natural number and T is the number of system frames included in the DRX cycle.

11. A method for discontinuous reception, characterized in that: The method comprises: The network device determines an offset value corresponding to the first terminal device, where the offset value is used to indicate a position of a target DRX cycle in a DRX indication signal cycle used for discontinuous reception DRX indication signal detection; The network device determines, according to the offset value, the target DRX cycle in the DRX indication signal cycle, the DRX indication signal being used to instruct the first terminal device to wake up within an activation period of M DRX cycles after the moment when the DRX indication signal is detected, the M DRX cycles being the DRX indication cycle of the first terminal device, and M being a positive integer; The network device sends the DRX indication signal to the first terminal device according to the offset value before the target DRX cycle, so that the first terminal device wakes up according to the DRX indication signal during the activation period of the M DRX cycles after the moment of detecting the DRX indication signal.

12. The method according to claim 11, characterized in that The network device determines an offset value corresponding to the first terminal device, including: The network device determines the offset value according to the equipment identification UE-ID of the first terminal device.

13. The method according to claim 12, characterized in that The offset value is equal to mod(UE-ID, N).

14. The method according to claim 11, characterized in that The network device determines an offset value corresponding to the first terminal device, including: The network device determines the offset value according to the cell identifier CellID of the resident cell or the serving cell of the first terminal device.

15. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that The offset value is equal to mod(Cell ID, N).

16. The method according to any one of claims 11 to 15, characterized in that The method further comprises: The network device sends first configuration information to the first terminal device, where the first configuration information is used to indicate the offset value.

17. The method according to any one of claims 11 to 15, characterized in that Before the network device sends the DRX indication signal to the first terminal device in the target DRX cycle or before the target DRX cycle, the method further includes: The network device sends second configuration information to the first terminal device through radio resource control RRC dedicated signaling, broadcast signaling or media access control element MACCE, and the second configuration information is used to indicate the number N of DRX cycles included in the DRX indication signal cycle.

18. The method according to any one of claims 11 to 15, characterized in that The DRX indication signal is used to instruct multiple terminal devices including the first terminal device to wake up during the activation period of M DRX cycles after the moment when the DRX indication signal is detected, The multiple terminal devices correspond to N DRX cycles in the DRX indication signal cycle, and each DRX cycle in the N DRX cycles is used for the corresponding terminal device to detect the DRX indication signal.

19. The method according to claim 18, characterized in that The multiple terminal devices belong to one device group among multiple device groups, and the device group to which the first terminal device belongs is determined based on the UE-ID of the first terminal device, the access level of the first terminal device, or a configuration parameter used to represent the device group.

20. The method according to any one of claims 11 to 15, characterized in that The system frame number SFN of the system frame at the start of the DRX indication signal cycle satisfies mod(SFN, N×T)=K, wherein K is a preconfigured natural number and T is the number of system frames included in the DRX cycle.

21. A terminal device, characterized in that: The terminal device is a first terminal device, and the first terminal device includes: a determining unit, configured to determine an offset value corresponding to the first terminal device, wherein the offset value is used to indicate a position of a target DRX cycle in a DRX indication signal cycle used for discontinuous reception DRX indication signal detection; a transceiver unit, configured to detect, according to the offset value, a DRX indication signal sent by a network device before the target DRX cycle, wherein the DRX indication signal is used to instruct the first terminal device to wake up within an activation period of M DRX cycles after the moment when the DRX indication signal is detected, wherein the M DRX cycles are the DRX indication cycles of the first terminal device, and M is a positive integer; A processing unit is used to wake up within an activation period of the M DRX cycles after the moment when the DRX indication signal is detected according to the DRX indication signal detected by the transceiver unit.

22. The terminal device according to claim 21, characterized in that: The determining unit is specifically used for: The offset value is determined according to the equipment identification UE-ID of the first terminal device.

23. The terminal device according to claim 22, characterized in that: The offset value is equal to mod(UE-ID, N).

24. The terminal device according to claim 21, characterized in that: The determining unit is specifically used for: The offset value is determined according to the cell identifier CellID of the resident cell or the serving cell of the first terminal device.

25. The terminal device according to claim 24, characterized in that: The offset value is equal to mod(Cell ID, N).

26. The terminal device according to claim 21, characterized in that: The determining unit is specifically used for: The first configuration information sent by the network device is received through the transceiver unit, where the first configuration information is used to indicate the offset value.

27. The terminal device according to any one of claims 21 to 26, characterized in that: The transceiver unit is also used for: Receive second configuration information sent by the network device through radio resource control RRC dedicated signaling, broadcast signaling or media access control element MAC CE, where the second configuration information is used to indicate the number N of DRX cycles included in the DRX indication signal cycle.

28. The terminal device according to any one of claims 21 to 26, characterized in that: The DRX indication signal is used to instruct multiple terminal devices including the first terminal device to wake up during the activation period of M DRX cycles after the moment when the DRX indication signal is detected, The multiple terminal devices correspond to N DRX cycles in the DRX indication signal cycle, and each DRX cycle in the N DRX cycles is used for the corresponding terminal device to detect the DRX indication signal.

29. The terminal device according to claim 28, characterized in that: The multiple terminal devices belong to one device group among multiple device groups, and the device group to which the first terminal device belongs is determined based on the UE-ID of the first terminal device, the access level of the first terminal device, or a configuration parameter used to represent the device group.

30. The terminal device according to any one of claims 21 to 26, characterized in that: The system frame number SFN of the system frame at the start of the DRX indication signal cycle satisfies mod(SFN, N×T)=K, wherein K is a preconfigured natural number and T is the number of system frames included in the DRX cycle.

31. A network device, characterized in that: The network equipment includes: a determination unit, configured to determine an offset value corresponding to a first terminal device, the offset value being used to indicate a position of a target DRX cycle in a DRX indication signal cycle for performing discontinuous reception DRX indication signal detection, and determining the target DRX cycle in the DRX indication signal cycle according to the offset value, the DRX indication signal being used to instruct the first terminal device to wake up within an activation period of M DRX cycles after a moment of detecting the DRX indication signal, the M DRX cycles being the DRX indication cycles of the first terminal device, and M being a positive integer; The transceiver unit is used to send the DRX indication signal to the first terminal device before the target DRX cycle according to the offset value, so that the first terminal device wakes up according to the DRX indication signal during the activation period of the M DRX cycles after the moment of detecting the DRX indication signal.

32. The network device according to claim 31, characterized in that: The determining unit is specifically used for: The offset value is determined according to the equipment identification UE-ID of the first terminal device.

33. The network device according to claim 32, characterized in that: The offset value is equal to mod(UE-ID, N).

34. The network device according to claim 31, characterized in that The determining unit is specifically used for: The offset value is determined according to the cell identifier CellID of the resident cell or the serving cell of the first terminal device.

35. The network device according to claim 34, characterized in that: The offset value is equal to mod(Cell ID, N).

36. The network device according to any one of claims 31 to 35, characterized in that: The transceiver unit is also used for: First configuration information is sent to a first terminal device, where the first configuration information is used to indicate the offset value.

37. The network device according to any one of claims 31 to 35, characterized in that: The transceiver unit is also used for: The second configuration information is sent to the first terminal device through radio resource control RRC dedicated signaling, broadcast signaling or media access control element MAC CE, and the second configuration information is used to indicate the number N of DRX cycles included in the DRX indication signal cycle.

38. The network device according to any one of claims 31 to 35, characterized in that: The DRX indication signal is used to instruct multiple terminal devices including the first terminal device to wake up during the activation period of M DRX cycles after the moment when the DRX indication signal is detected, The multiple terminal devices correspond to N DRX cycles in the DRX indication signal cycle, and each DRX cycle in the N DRX cycles is used for the corresponding terminal device to detect the DRX indication signal.

39. The network device according to claim 38, characterized in that: The multiple terminal devices belong to one device group among multiple device groups, and the device group to which the first terminal device belongs is determined based on the UE-ID of the first terminal device, the access level of the first terminal device, or a configuration parameter used to represent the device group.

40. The network device according to any one of claims 31 to 35, characterized in that: The system frame number SFN of the system frame at the start of the DRX indication signal cycle satisfies mod(SFN, N×T)=K, wherein K is a preconfigured natural number and T is the number of system frames included in the DRX cycle.

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