Indication response method, device, terminal and storage medium

Abstract

The present application provides an indication response method, device, terminal and storage medium, the method comprising: receiving a first message, the first message comprising indication information, the indication information being used to indicate activation or deactivation of a cell; responding to the indication information at a first moment; wherein, when the indication information indicates activation of the cell, the time interval between the first moment and the second moment is greater than or equal to the first time, or, when the indication information indicates deactivation of the cell, the time interval between the first moment and the second moment is less than or equal to the first time; the second moment is the moment of receiving the first message, the first time includes the processing time of the first message and the time of successfully transmitting the second message, and the second message is a response message to the first message. The present application can improve the transmission performance between the terminal and the network device.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to an indication response method, device, terminal and storage medium. Background Art

[0002] Some communication systems support terminal activation or deactivation of cells, and currently after receiving an instruction sent by a network device, the terminal may respond to the instruction at an unagreed time (such as when activating or deactivating a cell), resulting in inconsistent understanding between the terminal and the network device regarding the time when the terminal responds to the instruction, resulting in relatively low transmission performance between the terminal and the network device. Summary of the invention

[0003] The embodiments of the present application provide an indication response method, apparatus, terminal and storage medium, which can solve the problem of relatively low transmission performance between a terminal and a network device.

[0004] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an indication response method, which is applied to a terminal device and is characterized by comprising:

[0005] receiving a first message, where the first message includes indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate activation or deactivation of a cell;

[0006] Responding to the instruction information at a first moment;

[0007] Wherein, when the indication information indicates activation of the cell, the time interval between the first moment and the second moment is greater than or equal to the first time, or, when the indication information indicates deactivation of the cell, the time interval between the first moment and the second moment is less than or equal to the first time;

[0008] The second moment is the moment of receiving the first message, the first time includes the processing time of the first message and the time of successfully transmitting the second message, and the second message is a response message to the first message.

[0009] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an indication response device, applied to a terminal device, including:

[0010] A receiving module, configured to receive a first message, where the first message includes indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate activation or deactivation of a cell;

[0011] A response module, used for responding to the indication information at a first moment;

[0012] Wherein, when the indication information indicates activation of the cell, the time interval between the first moment and the second moment is greater than or equal to the first time, or, when the indication information indicates deactivation of the cell, the time interval between the first moment and the second moment is less than or equal to the first time;

[0013] The second moment is the moment of receiving the first message, the first time includes the processing time of the first message and the time of successfully transmitting the second message, and the second message is a response message to the first message.

[0014] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a terminal, comprising: a memory, a processor, and a program or instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program or instruction, when executed by the processor, implements the steps in the indication response method provided in the embodiment of the present application.

[0015] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a readable storage medium, characterized in that a program or instruction is stored on the readable storage medium, and when the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the steps in the indication response method provided in the embodiment of the present application are implemented.

[0016] In an embodiment of the present application, a first message is received, the first message includes indication information, and the indication information is used to indicate activation or deactivation of a cell; the indication information is responded to at a first moment; wherein, when the indication information indicates activation of the cell, the time interval between the first moment and the second moment is greater than or equal to the first time, or, when the indication information indicates deactivation of the cell, the time interval between the first moment and the second moment is less than or equal to the first time; the second moment is the moment of receiving the first message, the first time includes the processing time of the first message and the time of successfully transmitting the second message, and the second message is a response message to the first message. In this way, by responding to the above indication information at the first moment, the problem of inconsistent understanding between the terminal and the network device regarding the moment when the terminal responds to the above indication information can be avoided, so as to improve the transmission performance between the terminal and the network device. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0017] Figure 1 A block diagram showing a wireless communication system to which the embodiments of the present application can be applied;

[0018] Figure 2 is a flowchart of an indication response method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0019] Figure 3 is a flow chart of a cell deactivation method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0020] Figure 4 is a structural diagram of an indication response device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0021] Figure 5 It is a structural diagram of a terminal provided in an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0022] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present application, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of this application.

[0023] The terms "first", "second", etc. in the specification and claims of the present application are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that the data used in this way can be interchangeable under appropriate circumstances, so that the embodiments of the present application can be implemented in an order other than those illustrated or described here, and the objects distinguished by "first" and "second" are generally of the same type, and the number of objects is not limited. For example, the first object can be one or more. In addition, "and / or" in the specification and claims represents at least one of the connected objects, and the character " / " generally represents that the objects associated with each other are in an "or" relationship.

[0024] It is worth noting that the technology described in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to the Long Term Evolution (LTE) / LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) system, but can also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Single-carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in the embodiments of the present application are often used interchangeably, and the described technology can be used for the above-mentioned systems and radio technologies as well as other systems and radio technologies. However, the following description describes a new radio (NR) system for example purposes, and NR terms are used in most of the following descriptions, although these technologies can also be applied to applications other than NR system applications, such as the 6th Generation (6G) communication system.

[0025] Figure 1A block diagram of a wireless communication system applicable to the embodiment of the present application is shown. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network side device 12. Among them, the terminal 11 can also be called a terminal device or a user terminal (User Equipment, UE), and the terminal 11 can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a laptop computer (Laptop Computer) or a notebook computer, a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), a handheld computer, a netbook, an ultra-mobile personal computer (ultra-mobile personal computer, UMPC), a mobile Internet device (Mobile Internet Device, MID) or a vehicle-mounted device (VUE), a pedestrian terminal (PUE), a RedCap UE and other terminal side devices, wherein the RedCap UE) may include: wearable devices, industrial sensors, video surveillance equipment, etc., and the wearable devices include: bracelets, headphones, glasses, etc. It should be noted that the specific type of the terminal 11 is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. The network side device 12 can be a base station or a core network, wherein the base station can be referred to as a node B, an evolved node B, an access point, a base transceiver station (Base Transceiver Station, BTS), a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a basic service set (Basic Service Set, BSS), an extended service set (Extended Service Set, ESS), a B node, an evolved B node (eNB), a home B node, a home evolved B node, a WLAN access point, a WiFi node, a transmitting and receiving point (Transmitting Receiving Point, TRP) or some other suitable term in the field. As long as the same technical effect is achieved, the base station is not limited to a specific technical vocabulary. It should be noted that in the embodiment of the present application, only the base station in the NR system is taken as an example, but the specific type of the base station is not limited.

[0026] The following, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, describes in detail the indication response method, device, terminal and storage medium provided in the embodiments of the present application through specific embodiments and their application scenarios.

[0027] See also Figure 2 , Figure 2 is a flowchart of an indication response method provided in an embodiment of the present application, the method is applied to a terminal, such as Figure 2 As shown, the following steps are included:

[0028] Step 201: Receive a first message, where the first message includes indication information, and the indication information is used to indicate activation or deactivation of a cell.

[0029] The above-mentioned cell may include: a secondary cell. Of course, this is not limited, for example: in some scenarios, the above-mentioned cell may also be a primary cell.

[0030] Furthermore, the above-mentioned cell may be one or more cells, such as one or more secondary cells.

[0031] The first message may be sent by the network device to the terminal.

[0032] Step 202: respond to the indication information at the first moment;

[0033] Wherein, when the indication information indicates activation of the cell, the time interval between the first moment and the second moment is greater than or equal to the first time, or, when the indication information indicates deactivation of the cell, the time interval between the first moment and the second moment is less than or equal to the first time;

[0034] The second moment is the moment of receiving the first message, the first time includes the processing time of the first message and the time of successfully transmitting the second message, and the second message is a response message to the first message.

[0035] The first moment mentioned above may be a certain subframe, time slot, sub-time slot or symbol. Of course, there is no limitation to this. For example, it may also be a certain time point.

[0036] In the case where the indication information indicates activation of the cell, the time interval between the first moment and the second moment being greater than or equal to the first time can be understood as responding to the indication information at a time point no earlier than the second moment plus the first time;

[0037] Exemplarily, the first moment is time slot n (which can be understood as receiving an activation indication for activating secondary cell 1 in time slot n), the first time is equal to K time slot lengths, and the indication information is responded to (such as activating cell 1) no earlier than time slot n+K.

[0038] In the above case where the indication information indicates to deactivate the cell, the time interval between the first moment and the second moment is less than or equal to the first time, which can be understood as responding to the indication information at a time point no later than the second moment plus the first time.

[0039] Exemplarily, the first moment is time slot n (which can be understood as receiving an activation indication to deactivate secondary cell 1 in time slot n), the first time is equal to the length of K time slots, and the indication information is responded to no later than time slot n+K (such as deactivating cell 1).

[0040] The time for successfully transmitting the second message may be the time used for successfully transmitting the second message, for example, the time for successfully transmitting the second message may be the time between processing the first message and successfully transmitting the second message. In addition, the successful transmission of the second message may be that the terminal successfully sends the second message, or the successful transmission of the second message may be that the receiving end (such as a network side device) of the second message successfully receives the second message.

[0041] The first time includes the processing time of the first message and the time of successfully transmitting the second message, and the first time may be greater than or equal to the sum of the processing time of the first message and the time of successfully transmitting the second message. In addition, the first time may also be referred to as a first delay.

[0042] In the embodiment of the present application, the unit of the first time may be any one of the following:

[0043] Milliseconds, symbols, time slots.

[0044] Of course, there is no limitation to this, for example, it may also be a subframe or a sub-time slot.

[0045] In an embodiment of the present application, the above steps can be used to respond to the indication information at the first moment, thereby avoiding the problem of inconsistent understanding between the terminal and the network device regarding the moment when the terminal responds to the above indication information, thereby improving the transmission performance between the terminal and the network device.

[0046] As an optional implementation manner, the first moment is a first subframe, and the second moment is a second subframe; or,

[0047] The first moment is a first time slot, and the second moment is a second time slot; or,

[0048] The first moment is a first symbol, and the second moment is a second symbol.

[0049] Optionally, the first moment is determined according to the converted subframe after converting the first time into a subframe; or

[0050] The first time is determined according to the converted time slot after converting the first time into the time slot; or

[0051] The first moment is determined according to the converted symbol after the first time is converted into the symbol.

[0052] The above-mentioned first moment is determined based on the converted subframe after converting the first time into a subframe. Before determining the first moment, the first time is converted into a subframe. For example, if the unit of the first time is milliseconds, such as 2 milliseconds, converting the first time into a subframe can actually be understood as making the first time equivalent to a number of subframes, such as 2 milliseconds is equivalent to 2 subframes, and then determining it based on the converted subframe.

[0053] The first time conversion into time slot and the first time conversion into symbol are similar and will not be elaborated here.

[0054] Furthermore, the above conversion of the first time may be performed when the unit of the first time is inconsistent with the unit of the second time.

[0055] For example, when the first moment is a first subframe and the second moment is a second subframe, the first moment is determined according to the converted subframe after converting the first time into a subframe; or

[0056] In the case where the first moment is a first time slot and the first moment is a second time slot, the first moment is determined according to the converted time slot after converting the first time into the time slot;

[0057] In the case where the first moment is a first symbol and the second moment is a second symbol, the first moment is determined according to the converted symbol after converting the first time into the symbol.

[0058] Optionally, converting the first time into a subframe, a symbol, or a time slot includes:

[0059] The first time is converted into a subframe, a symbol or a time slot with reference to the subcarrier spacing of the physical resources for transmitting the second message.

[0060] The above-mentioned conversion of the first time into subframes, symbols or time slots with reference to the subcarrier spacing of the physical resources for transmitting the second message may be performed by determining the number of subframes, symbols or time slots equivalent to the first time based on the spacing between subcarriers.

[0061] It should be noted that due to different subcarrier spacings, the number of time slots or symbols contained in a unit millisecond is different, so the first time needs to be converted. For example, if the unit of the first time is milliseconds, the first time needs to be converted into the number of time slots or symbols to determine the position of the second moment. In order to ensure that the terminal and the network side equipment have a consistent understanding of the position of the second moment, it is necessary to select a subcarrier spacing as a reference. The subcarrier spacing used as a reference can be the subcarrier spacing of the physical resources (such as uplink authorization) for transmitting the second message, or it can be a protocol agreement.

[0062] As an optional implementation manner, the second moment is any one of the following:

[0063] The start time or end time of transmission of the first message on the first physical channel;

[0064] a start time or an end time of transmission of the last segment of the first message on the first physical channel;

[0065] The moment when the timer corresponding to the cell times out.

[0066] The first physical channel may be a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). For example, if the indication information is carried by a radio resource control (RRC) message, the second moment is the start moment or the end moment of receiving the PDSCH containing the RRC message (or the last segment of the RRC message); or for another example, if the indication information is carried by a medium access control element (MAC CE), the second moment is the start moment or the end moment of receiving the PDSCH containing the MAC CE.

[0067] The last segment of the first message may be the last segment in the order of segments among the multiple segments included in the first message, for example, if the first message is sequentially divided into segment 1, segment 2 and segment 3, then the last segment may refer to segment 3 including the first message. Alternatively, the last segment of the first message may be the last segment in the order of reception among the multiple segments included in the first message, for example, if the first message is sequentially divided into segment 1, segment 2 and segment 3, then the last segment may refer to the last received segment, if the terminal receives segment 1, segment 3 and segment 2 in the order, then segment 2 is the last segment.

[0068] The above-mentioned timer may be a deactivation timer (Deactivation Timer). If the above-mentioned cell is a secondary cell, the above-mentioned timer is a deactivation timer (SCellDeactivationTimer) corresponding to the secondary cell.

[0069] As an optional implementation, when the first message is a medium access control element (MAC CE), the second message is feedback information received for the first physical channel (such as HARQ feedback information, which can be understood as HARQ feedback information received for the PDSCH including the MAC CE); or

[0070] In the case where the first message is a radio resource control (RRC) message, the second message is an RRC response message; or

[0071] In the case where the first message is a radio resource control RRC message, the second message is feedback information received for the first physical channel (such as HARQ feedback information, which can be understood as HARQ feedback information received for the PDSCH containing the RRC message).

[0072] The RRC message may be an RRC reconfiguration message, and the second message may be an RRC connection reconfiguration complete message; or the RRC message may be an RRC resume message, and the second message may be an RRC resume complete message.

[0073] As an optional implementation manner, the time at which the second message is successfully transmitted is a time corresponding to any one of the following:

[0074] receiving first scheduling information;

[0075] The second message starts transmission on the second physical channel;

[0076] The last segment of the second message begins transmission on the second physical channel;

[0077] The second message ends transmission on the second physical channel;

[0078] The last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel;

[0079] receiving a first status report indicating that the second message was successfully received;

[0080] receiving a second status report indicating that a last segment of the second message was successfully received;

[0081] The first scheduling information is used to instruct the first process transmitting the second message to perform a new transmission.

[0082] The second physical channel may include any one of the following:

[0083] Uplink physical control channel PUCCH or uplink physical shared channel PUSCH.

[0084] The first status report or the second status report may include:

[0085] Radio Link Control (RLC) status report or packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) report.

[0086] For example, the first status report is an RLC status report or a PDCP report, and the second status report is an RLC status report or a PDCP report.

[0087] The above-mentioned first scheduling information is used to indicate that the first process transmitting the second message performs a new transmission. It can be that the network device schedules the terminal to perform a new transmission in the first process of the second message through the first scheduling information, indicating that the second message is successfully transmitted. The above-mentioned first process can be a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process. Exemplarily, the second message is sent through a HARQ process with a HARQ process number of 1 (such as HARQ process ID=1), and subsequently the first scheduling information on the network side is received, and the scheduling information indicates that the first process transmitting the second message (the first process is also the HARQ process with HARQ process ID=1) performs a new transmission, then the terminal device believes that the network side device has successfully received the second message, which can be understood as the terminal successfully transmitting the second message.

[0088] Optionally, the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel, including any of the following:

[0089] Before receiving the first scheduling information, the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel;

[0090] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel;

[0091] and / or,

[0092] The last segment of the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel, including any of the following:

[0093] Before receiving the first scheduling information, the last segment of the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel;

[0094] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the last segment of the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel;

[0095] and / or,

[0096] The second message ends transmission on the second physical channel, including any one of the following:

[0097] Before receiving the first scheduling information, the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel;

[0098] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel;

[0099] and / or,

[0100] The last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel, comprising:

[0101] Before receiving the first scheduling information, the last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel;

[0102] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel.

[0103] Further, before receiving the first scheduling information, the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel, including:

[0104] The second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel for the first time or the last time before the first scheduling information is received; and / or,

[0105] Before receiving the first scheduling information, the last segment of the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel, comprising:

[0106] Before receiving the first scheduling information, the last segment of the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel for the first time or the last time; and / or,

[0107] Before receiving the first scheduling information, the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel, comprising:

[0108] The second message ends transmission on the second physical channel for the first time or the most recent time before the first scheduling information is received; and / or,

[0109] Before receiving the first scheduling information, the last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel, comprising:

[0110] Before receiving the first scheduling information, the last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel for the first time or the last time; and / or,

[0111] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel, comprising:

[0112] The second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel for the first time or the last time before the first status report or the second status report is received; and / or,

[0113] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel, comprising:

[0114] The second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel for the first time or the last time before the first status report or the second status report is received; and / or,

[0115] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the last segment of the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel, comprising:

[0116] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the last segment of the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel for the first time or the most recently; and / or,

[0117] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel, comprising:

[0118] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel for the first time or the most recent time; and / or,

[0119] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel, comprising:

[0120] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel for the first time or for the most recent time.

[0121] The first transmission of the second message on the second physical channel may be the first transmission on the second physical channel before the first scheduling information is received, and the last transmission of the second message on the second physical channel may be the last transmission on the second physical channel before the first scheduling information is received. The same is true for the other first, last, and end transmissions, which are not described here.

[0122] As an optional implementation manner, in the case where the indication information indicates to activate the cell, the responding to the indication information includes:

[0123] Activate the cell.

[0124] In this implementation, the cell can be activated at a time point no earlier than the second time plus the first time.

[0125] Optionally, the above method further includes:

[0126] Activate the timer corresponding to the cell.

[0127] For example, activate the SCellDeactivationTimer corresponding to the secondary cell.

[0128] Optionally, the time interval between the moment of activating the timer corresponding to the cell and the second moment is equal to the first time.

[0129] Exemplarily, the first moment is time slot n (which can be understood as receiving an activation indication for activating secondary cell 1 in time slot n), the first time is equal to the length of K time slots, then responding to the indication information in time slot n+K (such as activating the timer corresponding to cell 1).

[0130] In this implementation, the timer corresponding to the cell is activated at the time point of the second time plus the first time, so that the terminal and the network device can have a consistent understanding of the time of activating the timer corresponding to the cell.

[0131] Of course, in the embodiment of the present application, the timer corresponding to the above-mentioned cell may not be activated.

[0132] Exemplarily, when an RRC message is received, and the RRC indicates activation of the secondary cell 1, the terminal activates the secondary cell 1 at the first moment, but does not activate the timer corresponding to the secondary cell 1.

[0133] As an optional implementation manner, when the indication information indicates to deactivate the cell, the responding to the indication information includes:

[0134] Deactivate the cell.

[0135] In this implementation, the cell can be deactivated at a time point no later than the second time plus the first time.

[0136] Optionally, the method further includes:

[0137] deactivating the timer corresponding to the cell at a third time,

[0138] The third moment is the second moment, or the third moment is a moment corresponding to a second time after the second moment, and the second time includes a processing time of the first message.

[0139] The third moment being a moment corresponding to the second time after the second moment may be that the time interval between the third moment and the second moment is equal to the second time.

[0140] The second time includes the processing time of the first message, and the second time may be equal to the processing time of the first message, or the second time may be equal to the processing time of the first message plus a predefined time.

[0141] Exemplarily, the first moment is time slot n (which can be understood as receiving an activation indication for activating secondary cell 1 in time slot n), the first time is equal to the length of K time slots, and the predefined time is M time slots, then the indication information is responded to in time slot n+K+M (such as activating the timer corresponding to cell 1). Wherein, M can be equal to zero or 1, or other integer values.

[0142] This implementation manner can ensure that the terminal and the network device have a consistent understanding of the time for deactivating the timer corresponding to the cell.

[0143] As an optional implementation manner, the first time further includes: a predetermined defined time, and the first time is equal to the sum of the following three items:

[0144] The processing time of the first message, the time of successful transmission of the second message and the predetermined defined time.

[0145] The above-mentioned predetermined defined time may be a protocol agreement or a network pre-configuration, and the unit may be a subframe, a time slot or a symbol, etc.

[0146] This implementation can achieve activation of the cell no earlier than a time point, and can also achieve deactivation of the cell no later than a time point, where the time point is the sum of the second moment and the above three items.

[0147] For example: taking the above-mentioned second moment as T, the sum of the processing time of the above-mentioned first message and the time of successfully transmitting the second message as T1, and the above-mentioned predetermined defined time as N as an example, the above-mentioned cell can be activated no earlier than the time point T+T1+N, or the timer corresponding to the cell can be activated at the time point T+T1+N, or the above-mentioned cell can be deactivated no later than the time point T+T1+N.

[0148] As an optional implementation manner, in a switching scenario, the first time further includes a predefined time and a switching interruption time, and the first time is equal to the sum of the following four items:

[0149] The processing time of the first message, the time of successfully transmitting the second message, the predetermined defined time and the switching interruption time.

[0150] The above-mentioned switching scenario may be a cell switching scenario, for example, activating a cell or deactivating a cell is performed during a cell switching process.

[0151] The switching interruption time may be a predefined fixed time, or a considerable time determined according to the scene information of the terminal switching scene.

[0152] In this implementation, since the switching interruption time is added, it is possible to avoid the problem that the terminal and the network device have inconsistent understandings of the time to respond to the above indication information due to the switching interruption in the switching scenario.

[0153] In an embodiment of the present application, a first message is received, the first message includes indication information, and the indication information is used to indicate activation or deactivation of a cell; the indication information is responded to at a first moment; wherein, when the indication information indicates activation of the cell, the time interval between the first moment and the second moment is greater than or equal to the first time, or, when the indication information indicates deactivation of the cell, the time interval between the first moment and the second moment is less than or equal to the first time; the second moment is the moment of receiving the first message, the first time includes the processing time of the first message and the time of successfully transmitting the second message, and the second message is a response message to the first message. In this way, by responding to the above indication information at the first moment, the problem of inconsistent understanding between the terminal and the network device regarding the moment when the terminal responds to the above indication information can be avoided, so as to improve the transmission performance between the terminal and the network device.

[0154] See also Figure 3 , Figure 3 The cell deactivation method provided in the embodiment of the present application is applied to a terminal device, such as Figure 3 As shown, the following steps are included:

[0155] Step 301: Determine to deactivate a cell.

[0156] The above-mentioned determination to deactivate a cell may be to determine to deactivate the cell when a timer corresponding to the cell times out. The cell may include a secondary cell. It can be understood that the second moment is the moment when the timer corresponding to the cell times out.

[0157] Step 302: respond to deactivate the cell at a first moment;

[0158] Among them, the time interval between the first moment and the second moment is less than or equal to the first time, the second moment is the moment when the timer corresponding to the cell times out, the first time includes the processing time of the first message and the time of successfully transmitting the second message, and the second message is a response message to the first message.

[0159] The processing time of the above-mentioned first message and the time of successfully transmitting the second message may be a preset or assumed time. For example, the first time may be determined based on the time used by the terminal device to receive the activation or deactivation of the cell through the RRC message or MAC CE before (for example, the last time), for example, the terminal last received the MAC CE signaling indicating the activation of the secondary cell, and the total time for the terminal to process the first message containing the MAC CE information and the response message of the successful transmission of the first message is T. When the timer corresponding to the secondary cell times out, the terminal device deactivates the cell within the delay T. For example, when the timer corresponding to the secondary cell times out at time slot n, the terminal deactivates the cell no later than time slot n+T / (time slot length). And the above-mentioned first message may be an RRC message or MAC CE, and the above-mentioned RRC message or MAC CE may be used to indicate the message of activating or deactivating the above-mentioned cell. It should be noted that in this embodiment, it is not limited that the terminal must receive the above-mentioned first message and transmit the second message, and the time corresponding to these two messages may be preset or assumed by the terminal.

[0160] It should be noted that the above-mentioned first time, the processing time of the first message and the time of successfully transmitting the second message can all be found in Figure 2 The corresponding description of the illustrated embodiment will not be repeated here.

[0161] In this embodiment, the above steps can be used to avoid the problem of inconsistent understanding between the terminal and the network device regarding the time when the terminal deactivates the cell, thereby improving the transmission performance between the terminal and the network device.

[0162] The following takes the cell as a secondary cell as an example, and illustrates the method provided in the embodiment of the present application through two embodiments:

[0163] Embodiment 1:

[0164] In this embodiment, the network side instructs the activation of the secondary cell, which may include the following:

[0165] Step 1: The terminal receives the indication information of activating the secondary cell sent by the network device, wherein the time point when the terminal receives the indication information is T (ie, the second moment mentioned above), and the unit of T can be a time slot or a symbol, for example, the indication information is received in time slot T.

[0166] Wherein, if the indication information for activating the secondary cell is carried by an RRC message, the time point T is the start time or the end time of receiving the PDSCH containing the RRC message (or the last segment containing the RRC message);

[0167] If the indication information for activating the secondary cell is carried by a MAC CE, the time point T is the start time or the end time of receiving the PDSCH including the MAC CE.

[0168] Step 2: The terminal performs a specific operation according to the timing relationship agreed upon in the protocol or configured in the network, which may include the following two solutions:

[0169] Solution 1: If the indication information for activating the secondary cell is carried by an RRC message, the following specific operations are performed:

[0170] Activate the timer corresponding to the secondary cell at the time point T+T1+N (the unit may be a time slot or a symbol); or do not activate the timer corresponding to the secondary cell;

[0171] activating the secondary cell no earlier than time point T+T1+N (the unit may be a time slot or a symbol);

[0172] Wherein, the T1 includes the processing time of the RRC message, the time when the terminal successfully transmits the RRC response message (i.e., the second message mentioned above), for example, T1=TRRCprocess+TRRCcomple. The N is a predetermined defined time agreed upon by the protocol, which can be zero or non-zero time;

[0173] In addition, the terminal determines that the RRC response message is successfully transmitted based on any of the following:

[0174] Receive first scheduling information (such as DCI), the first scheduling information indicating that the HARQ process that transmits the RRC response message performs a new transmission. If the terminal uses HARQ process ID=0 to transmit the RRC response message, and the received scheduling information indicates that the HARQ process ID=0 performs a new transmission, the terminal confirms that the RRC response message has been successfully transmitted;

[0175] The start or end of transmission of the PUSCH carrying the response message of the RRC message (or the last segment of the response message of the RRC message). If the terminal starts to transmit the RRC response message (or the last segment of the RRC message), the terminal confirms that the RRC response message has been successfully transmitted. Of course, in this case, it does not limit whether the network side can successfully receive it;

[0176] An RLC status report is received, and the RLC status report indicates that the RRC response message (or the last segment of the response message of the RRC message) has been successfully received. If the data packet corresponding to the RLC PDU SN=10 of the terminal carries the RRC response message, and the terminal receives an RRC status report indicating that the data packet corresponding to the RLC PDU SN=10 has been successfully received, the terminal confirms that the RRC response message has been successfully transmitted.

[0177] A PDCP status report is received, and the PDCP status report indicates that a response message to the RRC message (the last segment of the response message to the RRC message) has been successfully received. If the data packet corresponding to the PDCP PDU SN=10 of the terminal carries the RRC response message, the terminal receives an RRC status report indicating that the data packet corresponding to the PDCP PDU SN=10 has been successfully received.

[0178] Solution 2: If the indication information for activating the secondary cell is carried by the MAC CE, the following specific operations are performed:

[0179] Activate the timer corresponding to the secondary cell at a time point T+T2+N (the unit may be a time slot or a symbol);

[0180] activating the secondary cell no earlier than time point T+T2+N (the unit may be a time slot or a symbol);

[0181] Wherein, the T2 includes the processing time of the UE to process the MAC CE, and the time when the terminal successfully transmits feedback for the PDSCH carrying the MAC CE, such as T1=THARQ+Tfeedback. The N is a predetermined defined time agreed upon by the protocol, which can be zero or non-zero;

[0182] The feedback of the terminal confirming successful transmission of the PDSCH carrying the MAC CE is based on any one of the following:

[0183] The first scheduling information (such as DCI) is received, and the first scheduling information indicates that the HARQ process of transmitting the response message of the MAC CE is newly transmitted. If the network side (NW) uses HARQ process ID=0 to transmit the MAC CE, and the received first scheduling information indicates that the HARQ process ID=0 is newly transmitted, the terminal confirms that the feedback for the PDSCH carrying the MAC CE is successfully transmitted.

[0184] Embodiment 2:

[0185] In this embodiment, the network side instructs the deactivation of the secondary cell, which may include the following:

[0186] Step 1: The terminal determines to deactivate the secondary cell, wherein the UE determines that the time point at which the secondary cell needs to be deactivated is T (ie, the second moment mentioned above), and the unit of the time point T may be a time slot or a symbol, such as receiving the indication information in time slot T.

[0187] The terminal determines the time to deactivate the secondary cell as the end time of receiving the PDSCH including the MAC CE for deactivating the secondary cell;

[0188] The time when the timer corresponding to the secondary cell times out;

[0189] Step 2: The terminal performs specific operations according to the timing relationship agreed upon by the protocol or configured by the network, which may include the following solutions

[0190] Solution 1: If the indication information for activating the secondary cell is carried by the MAC CE, the following specific operations are performed:

[0191] Deactivating the timer corresponding to the secondary cell at a time point T (the unit may be a time slot or a symbol);

[0192] Deactivating the secondary cell no later than time point T+T2+N (the unit may be a time slot or a symbol);

[0193] Wherein, the T2 includes the processing time of the terminal processing the MAC CE and the time of the terminal successfully transmitting the feedback of the PDSCH carrying the MAC CE, such as T2=THARQ+Tfeedback. The N is a fixed value agreed upon by the protocol and can be zero or non-zero;

[0194] In addition, the feedback of the terminal confirming successful transmission of the PDSCH carrying the MAC CE is based on any one of the following:

[0195] The first scheduling information (such as DCI) is received, and the first scheduling information indicates that the HARQ process that transmits the response message of the MAC CE is newly transmitted. If the network side (NW) uses HARQ process ID=0 to transmit the MAC CE, and the received scheduling information indicates that the HARQ process ID=0 is newly transmitted, the terminal confirms that the feedback for the PDSCH carrying the MAC CE is successfully transmitted.

[0196] In the embodiment of the present application, it is possible to achieve:

[0197] When the secondary cell is configured to be in an activated state, a timer corresponding to the secondary cell is activated after an agreed delay (i.e., the first time mentioned above), where the agreed delay includes a processing delay for the activation command (such as a processing time for an RRC message) and a delay for successful transmission feedback (such as a time for successful transmission of an RRC response message);

[0198] When it is determined that the secondary cell is in a deactivated state, the secondary cell is deactivated no later than the agreed delay (i.e., the first time mentioned above), and the agreed delay includes the processing delay of the activation command (such as the processing time of the RRC message) and the delay of successful transmission feedback (such as the time for successful transmission of the RRC response message).

[0199] In the embodiment of the present application, the terminal and the network side can achieve consistent understanding of the cell status and the status of the cell corresponding timer, avoiding unnecessary data loss or interference.

[0200] See also Figure 4 , Figure 4 is a structural diagram of an indication response device provided in an embodiment of the present application, and the device is applied to a terminal device, such as Figure 4 As shown, including:

[0201] The receiving module 401 is configured to receive a first message, where the first message includes indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate activation or deactivation of a cell;

[0202] A response module 402, configured to respond to the indication information at a first moment;

[0203] Wherein, when the indication information indicates activation of the cell, the time interval between the first moment and the second moment is greater than or equal to the first time, or, when the indication information indicates deactivation of the cell, the time interval between the first moment and the second moment is less than or equal to the first time;

[0204] The second moment is the moment of receiving the first message, the first time includes the processing time of the first message and the time of successfully transmitting the second message, and the second message is a response message to the first message.

[0205] Optionally, the unit of the first time is any one of the following:

[0206] Milliseconds, symbols, time slots.

[0207] Optionally, the first moment is a first subframe, and the second moment is a second subframe; or,

[0208] The first moment is a first time slot, and the second moment is a second time slot; or,

[0209] The first moment is a first symbol, and the second moment is a second symbol.

[0210] Optionally, the first moment is determined according to the converted subframe after converting the first time into a subframe; or

[0211] The first time is determined according to the converted time slot after converting the first time into the time slot; or

[0212] The first moment is determined according to the converted symbol after the first time is converted into the symbol.

[0213] Optionally, when the first moment is a first subframe and the second moment is a second subframe, the first moment is determined according to the converted subframe after converting the first time into a subframe; or

[0214] In the case where the first moment is a first time slot and the first moment is a second time slot, the first moment is determined according to the converted time slot after converting the first time into the time slot;

[0215] In the case where the first moment is a first symbol and the second moment is a second symbol, the first moment is determined according to the converted symbol after converting the first time into the symbol.

[0216] Optionally, converting the first time into a subframe, a symbol, or a time slot includes:

[0217] The first time is converted into a subframe, a symbol or a time slot with reference to the subcarrier spacing of the physical resources for transmitting the second message.

[0218] Optionally, the second moment is any one of the following:

[0219] The start time or end time of transmission of the first message on the first physical channel;

[0220] The start time or the end time of the transmission of the last segment of the first message on the first physical channel.

[0221] Optionally, when the first message is a media access control unit MAC CE, the second message is feedback information received for the first physical channel; or

[0222] In the case where the first message is a radio resource control (RRC) message, the second message is an RRC response message; or

[0223] In the case where the first message is a radio resource control RRC message, the second message is feedback information received for the first physical channel.

[0224] Optionally, the moment when the second message is successfully transmitted is a moment corresponding to any one of the following:

[0225] receiving first scheduling information;

[0226] The second message starts transmission on the second physical channel;

[0227] The last segment of the second message begins transmission on the second physical channel;

[0228] The second message ends transmission on the second physical channel;

[0229] The last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel;

[0230] receiving a first status report indicating that the second message was successfully received;

[0231] receiving a second status report indicating that a last segment of the second message was successfully received;

[0232] The first scheduling information is used to instruct the first process transmitting the second message to perform a new transmission.

[0233] Optionally, the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel, including any of the following:

[0234] Before receiving the first scheduling information, the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel;

[0235] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel;

[0236] and / or,

[0237] The last segment of the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel, including any of the following:

[0238] Before receiving the first scheduling information, the last segment of the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel;

[0239] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the last segment of the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel;

[0240] and / or,

[0241] The second message ends transmission on the second physical channel, including any one of the following:

[0242] Before receiving the first scheduling information, the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel;

[0243] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel;

[0244] and / or,

[0245] The last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel, comprising:

[0246] Before receiving the first scheduling information, the last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel;

[0247] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel.

[0248] Optionally, the second physical channel includes any one of the following: an uplink physical control channel PUCCH or an uplink physical shared channel PUSCH.

[0249] Optionally, before receiving the first scheduling information, starting to transmit the second message on the second physical channel includes:

[0250] The second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel for the first time or the last time before the first scheduling information is received; and / or,

[0251] Before receiving the first scheduling information, the last segment of the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel, comprising:

[0252] Before receiving the first scheduling information, the last segment of the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel for the first time or the last time; and / or,

[0253] Before receiving the first scheduling information, the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel, comprising:

[0254] The second message ends transmission on the second physical channel for the first time or the most recent time before the first scheduling information is received; and / or,

[0255] Before receiving the first scheduling information, the last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel, comprising:

[0256] Before receiving the first scheduling information, the last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel for the first time or the last time; and / or,

[0257] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel, comprising:

[0258] The second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel for the first time or the last time before the first status report or the second status report is received; and / or,

[0259] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel, comprising:

[0260] The second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel for the first time or the last time before the first status report or the second status report is received; and / or,

[0261] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the last segment of the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel, comprising:

[0262] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the last segment of the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel for the first time or the most recently; and / or,

[0263] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel, comprising:

[0264] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel for the first time or the most recent time; and / or,

[0265] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel, comprising:

[0266] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel for the first time or for the most recent time.

[0267] Optionally, the first status report or the second status report includes:

[0268] Radio Link Control RLC status report or Packet Data Convergence Protocol PDCP report.

[0269] Optionally, when the indication information indicates to activate the cell, the responding to the indication information includes:

[0270] Activate the cell.

[0271] Optionally, the device further comprises:

[0272] The activation module is used to activate the timer corresponding to the cell.

[0273] Optionally, the time interval between the moment of activating the timer corresponding to the cell and the second moment is equal to the first time.

[0274] Optionally, when the indication information indicates to deactivate the cell, the responding to the indication information includes:

[0275] Deactivate the cell.

[0276] Optionally, the device further comprises:

[0277] a deactivation module, deactivating a timer corresponding to the cell at a third moment,

[0278] The third moment is the second moment, or the third moment is a moment corresponding to a second time after the second moment, and the second time includes a processing time of the first message.

[0279] Optionally, the first time further includes: a predetermined defined time, and the first time is equal to the sum of the following three items:

[0280] The processing time of the first message, the time of successful transmission of the second message and the predetermined defined time.

[0281] Optionally, the cell includes: a secondary cell.

[0282] Optionally, in a switching scenario, the first time further includes a predefined time and a switching interruption time, and the first time is equal to the sum of the following four items:

[0283] The processing time of the first message, the time of successfully transmitting the second message, the predetermined defined time and the switching interruption time.

[0284] The indication response device provided in the embodiment of the present application can achieve Figure 2To avoid repetition, the various processes in the method embodiment are not described here, and the transmission performance between the terminal and the network device can be improved.

[0285] It should be noted that the indication response device in the embodiment of the present application can be a device, or a component, an integrated circuit, or a chip in a terminal.

[0286] Figure 5 A schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a terminal for implementing an embodiment of the present application.

[0287] The terminal 500 includes but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 501, a network module 502, an audio output unit 503, an input unit 504, a sensor 505, a display unit 506, a user input unit 507, an interface unit 508, a memory 509, and a processor 510.

[0288] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal 500 may also include a power source (such as a battery) for supplying power to various components, and the power source may be logically connected to the processor 510 through a power management system, thereby implementing functions such as managing charging, discharging, and power consumption management through the power management system. Figure 5 The electronic device structure shown in the figure does not constitute a limitation on the electronic device. The electronic device may include more or fewer components than shown in the figure, or combine certain components, or arrange the components differently, which will not be described in detail here.

[0289] The radio frequency unit 501 is used to: receive a first message, where the first message includes indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate activation or deactivation of a cell;

[0290] Processor 510, configured to respond to the indication information at a first moment;

[0291] Wherein, when the indication information indicates activation of the cell, the time interval between the first moment and the second moment is greater than or equal to the first time, or, when the indication information indicates deactivation of the cell, the time interval between the first moment and the second moment is less than or equal to the first time;

[0292] The second moment is the moment of receiving the first message, the first time includes the processing time of the first message and the time of successfully transmitting the second message, and the second message is a response message to the first message.

[0293] Optionally, the unit of the first time is any one of the following:

[0294] Milliseconds, symbols, time slots.

[0295] Optionally, the first moment is a first subframe, and the second moment is a second subframe; or,

[0296] The first moment is a first time slot, and the second moment is a second time slot; or,

[0297] The first moment is a first symbol, and the second moment is a second symbol.

[0298] Optionally, the first moment is determined according to the converted subframe after converting the first time into a subframe; or

[0299] The first time is determined according to the converted time slot after converting the first time into the time slot; or

[0300] The first moment is determined according to the converted symbol after the first time is converted into the symbol.

[0301] Optionally, when the first moment is a first subframe and the second moment is a second subframe, the first moment is determined according to the converted subframe after converting the first time into a subframe; or

[0302] In the case where the first moment is a first time slot and the first moment is a second time slot, the first moment is determined according to the converted time slot after converting the first time into the time slot;

[0303] In the case where the first moment is a first symbol and the second moment is a second symbol, the first moment is determined according to the converted symbol after converting the first time into the symbol.

[0304] Optionally, converting the first time into a subframe, a symbol, or a time slot includes:

[0305] The first time is converted into a subframe, a symbol or a time slot with reference to the subcarrier spacing of the physical resources for transmitting the second message.

[0306] Optionally, the second moment is any one of the following:

[0307] The start time or end time of transmission of the first message on the first physical channel;

[0308] The start time or the end time of the transmission of the last segment of the first message on the first physical channel.

[0309] Optionally, when the first message is a media access control unit MAC CE, the second message is feedback information received for the first physical channel; or

[0310] In the case where the first message is a radio resource control (RRC) message, the second message is an RRC response message; or

[0311] In the case where the first message is a radio resource control RRC message, the second message is feedback information received for the first physical channel.

[0312] Optionally, the moment when the second message is successfully transmitted is a moment corresponding to any one of the following:

[0313] receiving first scheduling information;

[0314] The second message starts transmission on the second physical channel;

[0315] The last segment of the second message begins transmission on the second physical channel;

[0316] The second message ends transmission on the second physical channel;

[0317] The last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel;

[0318] receiving a first status report indicating that the second message was successfully received;

[0319] receiving a second status report indicating that a last segment of the second message was successfully received;

[0320] The first scheduling information is used to instruct the first process transmitting the second message to perform a new transmission.

[0321] Optionally, the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel, including any of the following:

[0322] Before receiving the first scheduling information, the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel;

[0323] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel;

[0324] and / or,

[0325] The last segment of the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel, including any of the following:

[0326] Before receiving the first scheduling information, the last segment of the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel;

[0327] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the last segment of the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel;

[0328] and / or,

[0329] The second message ends transmission on the second physical channel, including any one of the following:

[0330] Before receiving the first scheduling information, the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel;

[0331] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel;

[0332] and / or,

[0333] The last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel, comprising:

[0334] Before receiving the first scheduling information, the last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel;

[0335] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel.

[0336] Optionally, the second physical channel includes any one of the following: an uplink physical control channel PUCCH or an uplink physical shared channel PUSCH.

[0337] Optionally, before receiving the first scheduling information, starting to transmit the second message on the second physical channel includes:

[0338] The second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel for the first time or the last time before the first scheduling information is received; and / or,

[0339] Before receiving the first scheduling information, the last segment of the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel, comprising:

[0340] Before receiving the first scheduling information, the last segment of the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel for the first time or the last time; and / or,

[0341] Before receiving the first scheduling information, the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel, comprising:

[0342] The second message ends transmission on the second physical channel for the first time or the most recent time before the first scheduling information is received; and / or,

[0343] Before receiving the first scheduling information, the last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel, comprising:

[0344] Before receiving the first scheduling information, the last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel for the first time or the last time; and / or,

[0345] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel, comprising:

[0346] The second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel for the first time or the last time before the first status report or the second status report is received; and / or,

[0347] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel, comprising:

[0348] The second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel for the first time or the last time before the first status report or the second status report is received; and / or,

[0349] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the last segment of the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel, comprising:

[0350] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the last segment of the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel for the first time or the most recently; and / or,

[0351] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel, comprising:

[0352] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel for the first time or the most recent time; and / or,

[0353] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel, comprising:

[0354] Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel for the first time or for the most recent time.

[0355] Optionally, the first status report or the second status report includes:

[0356] Radio Link Control RLC status report or Packet Data Convergence Protocol PDCP report.

[0357] Optionally, when the indication information indicates to activate the cell, the responding to the indication information includes:

[0358] Activate the cell.

[0359] Optionally, the processor 510 is further configured to:

[0360] Activate the timer corresponding to the cell.

[0361] Optionally, the time interval between the moment of activating the timer corresponding to the cell and the second moment is equal to the first time.

[0362] Optionally, when the indication information indicates to deactivate the cell, the responding to the indication information includes:

[0363] Deactivate the cell.

[0364] Optionally, the processor 510 is further configured to:

[0365] deactivating the timer corresponding to the cell at a third time,

[0366] The third moment is the second moment, or the third moment is a moment corresponding to a second time after the second moment, and the second time includes a processing time of the first message.

[0367] Optionally, the first time further includes: a predetermined defined time, and the first time is equal to the sum of the following three items:

[0368] The processing time of the first message, the time of successful transmission of the second message and the predetermined defined time.

[0369] Optionally, the cell includes: a secondary cell.

[0370] Optionally, in a switching scenario, the first time further includes a predefined time and a switching interruption time, and the first time is equal to the sum of the following four items:

[0371] The processing time of the first message, the time of successfully transmitting the second message, the predetermined defined time and the switching interruption time.

[0372] In another embodiment, the processor 510 is configured to:

[0373] Determine to deactivate the cell;

[0374] Responding to deactivating the cell at a first moment;

[0375] Among them, the time interval between the first moment and the second moment is less than or equal to the first time, the second moment is the moment when the timer corresponding to the cell times out, the first time includes the processing time of the first message and the time of successfully transmitting the second message, and the second message is a response message to the first message.

[0376] The above-mentioned terminal provided in the embodiment of the present application can improve the transmission performance between the terminal and the network device.

[0377] Optionally, an embodiment of the present application also provides a terminal, including a processor 510, a memory 509, and a program or instruction stored in the memory 509 and executable on the processor 510. When the program or instruction is executed by the processor 510, each process of the above-mentioned indication response method or cell deactivation method embodiment is implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0378] An embodiment of the present application also provides a readable storage medium, on which a program or instruction is stored. When the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the various processes of the above-mentioned indication response method or cell deactivation method embodiment are implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0379] The processor is a processor in the terminal or network device described in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium includes a computer readable storage medium, such as a computer read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

[0380] An embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, which includes a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement the various processes of the above-mentioned indication response method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0381] It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of the present application can also be called a system-level chip, a system chip, a chip system or a system-on-chip chip, etc.

[0382] It should be noted that, in this article, the terms "comprise", "include" or any other variant thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that the process, method, article or device including a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also includes other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. In the absence of further restrictions, the elements defined by the sentence "comprise one..." do not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device including the element. In addition, it should be pointed out that the scope of the methods and devices in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing functions in the order shown or discussed, and may also include performing functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in reverse order according to the functions involved, for example, the described method may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may also be added, omitted, or combined. In addition, the features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

[0383] Through the description of the above implementation methods, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the above-mentioned embodiment methods can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course by hardware, but in many cases the former is a better implementation method. Based on such an understanding, the technical solution of the present application, or the part that contributes to the prior art, can be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM / RAM, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk), and includes a number of instructions for a terminal (which can be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device, etc.) to execute the methods described in each embodiment of the present application.

[0384] The embodiments of the present application are described above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-mentioned specific implementation methods. The above-mentioned specific implementation methods are merely illustrative and not restrictive. Under the guidance of the present application, ordinary technicians in this field can also make many forms without departing from the purpose of the present application and the scope of protection of the claims, all of which are within the protection of the present application.

Claims

1. An indication response method, applied to a terminal device, characterized in that: include: receiving a first message, where the first message includes indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate activation or deactivation of a cell, and the first message is an RRC reconfiguration message; Responding to the instruction information at a first moment; Wherein, when the indication information indicates activation of the cell, the time interval between the first moment and the second moment is greater than or equal to the first time, or, when the indication information indicates deactivation of the cell, the time interval between the first moment and the second moment is less than or equal to the first time; The second time is the time of receiving the first message, the first time includes the processing time of the first message and the time of successfully transmitting the second message, and the second message is an RRC connection reconfiguration completion message; in a switching scenario, the first time also includes a predefined time and a switching interruption time, and the first time is equal to the sum of the following four items: the processing time of the first message, the time of successfully transmitting the second message, the predetermined defined time, and the switching interruption time; The time at which the second message is successfully transmitted is a time corresponding to any one of the following: receiving first scheduling information; The last segment of the second message begins transmission on the second physical channel; The second message ends transmission on the second physical channel; The last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel; receiving a first status report indicating that the second message was successfully received; receiving a second status report indicating that a last segment of the second message was successfully received; The first scheduling information is used to instruct the first process transmitting the second message to perform a new transmission.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The unit of the first time is any one of the following: Milliseconds, symbols, time slots.

3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The first moment is a first subframe, and the second moment is a second subframe; or, The first moment is a first time slot, and the second moment is a second time slot; or, The first moment is a first symbol, and the second moment is a second symbol.

4. The method according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that The first time is determined according to the converted subframe after converting the first time into a subframe; or The first time is determined according to the converted time slot after converting the first time into the time slot; or The first moment is determined according to the converted symbol after the first time is converted into the symbol.

5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that In the case where the first moment is a first subframe and the second moment is a second subframe, the first moment is determined according to the converted subframe after converting the first time into the subframe; or In the case where the first moment is a first time slot and the first moment is a second time slot, the first moment is determined according to the converted time slot after converting the first time into the time slot; In the case where the first moment is a first symbol and the second moment is a second symbol, the first moment is determined according to the converted symbol after converting the first time into the symbol.

6. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that The converting the first time into a subframe, a symbol or a time slot comprises: The first time is converted into a subframe, a symbol or a time slot with reference to the subcarrier spacing of the physical resources for transmitting the second message.

7. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The second moment is any one of the following: The start time or end time of transmission of the first message on the first physical channel; The start time or the end time of the transmission of the last segment of the first message on the first physical channel.

8. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that In the case where the first message is a media access control element MAC CE, the second message is feedback information received for the first physical channel; or In the case where the first message is a radio resource control RRC message, the second message is an RRC response message; or In the case where the first message is a radio resource control RRC message, the second message is feedback information received for the first physical channel.

9. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The last segment of the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel, including any of the following: Before receiving the first scheduling information, the last segment of the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel; Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the last segment of the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel; and / or, The second message ends transmission on the second physical channel, including any one of the following: Before receiving the first scheduling information, the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel; Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel; and / or, The last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel, comprising: Before receiving the first scheduling information, the last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel; Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel.

10. The method according to claim 9, characterized in that The second physical channel includes any one of the following: an uplink physical control channel PUCCH or an uplink physical shared channel PUSCH.

11. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that Before receiving the first scheduling information, the last segment of the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel, comprising: Before receiving the first scheduling information, the last segment of the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel for the first time or the last time; and / or, Before receiving the first scheduling information, the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel, comprising: The second message ends transmission on the second physical channel for the first time or the most recent time before the first scheduling information is received; and / or, Before receiving the first scheduling information, the last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel, comprising: Before receiving the first scheduling information, the last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel for the first time or the last time; and / or, Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the last segment of the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel, comprising: Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the last segment of the second message starts to be transmitted on the second physical channel for the first time or the most recently; and / or, Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel, comprising: Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel for the first time or the most recent time; and / or, Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel, comprising: Before receiving the first status report or the second status report, the last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel for the first time or for the most recent time.

12. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that The first status report or the second status report includes: Radio Link Control RLC status report or Packet Data Convergence Protocol PDCP report.

13. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that In a case where the indication information indicates to activate the cell, the responding to the indication information includes: Activate the cell.

14. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that The method further comprises: Activate the timer corresponding to the cell.

15. The method according to claim 14, characterized in that The time interval between the moment when the timer corresponding to the cell is activated and the second moment is equal to the first time.

16. The method according to claim 1, wherein: In a case where the indication information indicates to deactivate the cell, the responding to the indication information includes: Deactivate the cell.

17. The method according to claim 16, characterized in that The method further comprises: deactivating the timer corresponding to the cell at a third time, The third moment is the second moment, or the third moment is a moment corresponding to a second time after the second moment, and the second time includes a processing time of the first message.

18. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: The first time also includes: a predetermined defined time, and the first time is equal to the sum of the following three items: The processing time of the first message, the time of successful transmission of the second message and the predetermined defined time.

19. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: The cell includes: a secondary cell.

20. An indication response device, applied to a terminal device, characterized in that: include: A receiving module, configured to receive a first message, where the first message includes indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate activation or deactivation of a cell, and the first message is an RRC reconfiguration message; A response module, used for responding to the indication information at a first moment; Wherein, when the indication information indicates activation of the cell, the time interval between the first moment and the second moment is greater than or equal to the first time, or, when the indication information indicates deactivation of the cell, the time interval between the first moment and the second moment is less than or equal to the first time; The second time is the time of receiving the first message, the first time includes the processing time of the first message and the time of successfully transmitting the second message, and the second message is an RRC connection reconfiguration completion message; in a switching scenario, the first time also includes a predefined time and a switching interruption time, and the first time is equal to the sum of the following four items: the processing time of the first message, the time of successfully transmitting the second message, the predetermined defined time, and the switching interruption time; The time at which the second message is successfully transmitted is a time corresponding to any one of the following: receiving first scheduling information; The last segment of the second message begins transmission on the second physical channel; The second message ends transmission on the second physical channel; The last segment of the second message ends transmission on the second physical channel; receiving a first status report indicating that the second message was successfully received; receiving a second status report indicating that a last segment of the second message was successfully received; The first scheduling information is used to instruct the first process transmitting the second message to perform a new transmission.

21. The device according to claim 20, characterized in that The first time also includes: a predetermined defined time, and the first time is equal to the sum of the following three items: The processing time of the first message, the time of successful transmission of the second message and the predetermined defined time.

22. A terminal, characterized in that: include: A memory, a processor, and a program or instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program or instruction, when executed by the processor, implements the steps in the indication response method as described in any one of claims 1 to 19.

23. A readable storage medium, characterized in that: The readable storage medium stores a program or instruction, and when the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the steps in the indication response method according to any one of claims 1 to 19 are implemented.

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