Method for reducing physical downlink control channel monitoring, user equipment, and storage medium

Abstract

A method for reducing physical downlink control channel monitoring, user equipment, and storage medium, the method comprising: upon detecting first indication information and second indication information, performing any of the following operations: first performing the second operation according to the second indication information, and then performing the first operation according to the first indication information; or, performing the first operation according to the first indication information and determining the duration of the first operation according to the second indication information; or, determining whether to perform the first operation indicated by the first indication information according to the second indication information. Using the above scheme, the user equipment can process the simultaneous receipt of a switching physical downlink control channel monitoring configuration and a physical downlink control channel skip indication, thereby avoiding scheduling errors and wasted overhead at the base station.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the field of wireless communication technology, and in particular to a method for reducing physical downlink control channel monitoring, user equipment, and a storage medium. Background Art

[0002] The battery consumption of user equipment (UE) is an important aspect of user experience, which will affect the user experience of 5G UE and 5G services. To this end, some technologies for indicating UE status changes are introduced in the 5G system, so that the UE can enter a power-saving state under appropriate conditions to save energy. The switching of UE status involves changes in multiple configurations, including switching of bandwidth units (BandWidth Part, BWP) (switching to a smaller BWP), switching of physical downlink control channel (Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH) detection period (switching to a larger period), skipping of some PDCCHs (PDCCH monitoring skipping) and cross-slot scheduling with a minimum scheduling interval greater than 0. The signaling that triggers these configuration changes is usually carried by downlink control information (DCI).

[0003] In the standardization and technical research for 5G NR Release 16, energy-saving technologies based on cross-slot scheduling were completed. In the upcoming research for Release 17, technologies to reduce PDCCH monitoring will be a key focus. Existing proposed methods for reducing PDCCH monitoring include switching the PDCCH monitoring configuration (such as switching search space sets or switching the PDCCH monitoring period, i.e., individual parameters within a specific SS set) and PDCCH skipping. Both solutions are likely to be adopted in future standardization processes, meaning that UEs will support both switching the PDCCH monitoring configuration and PDCCH skipping.

[0004] The switching of the PDCCH monitoring configuration can be triggered by a specific DCI, and PDCCH skipping can also be indicated by a specific DCI. Therefore, the UE may receive both the PDCCH monitoring configuration switching indication and the PDCCH skipping indication at the same time. In this case, the UE cannot determine how to execute the base station's instructions, which may lead to scheduling errors in the base station. Summary of the Invention

[0005] The technical problem of the embodiment of the present invention is how the UE processes the handover and PDCCH skipping of the received handover PDCCH monitoring configuration.

[0006] To solve the above technical problems, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for reducing physical downlink control channel monitoring, including: if first indication information and second indication information are detected, performing any one of the following operations: first performing the second operation according to the second indication information, and then performing the first operation according to the first indication information; or, performing the first operation according to the first indication information, and determining the duration of the first operation according to the second indication information; or, determining whether to perform the first operation indicated by the first indication information according to the second indication information.

[0007] Optionally, the detecting of the first indication information and the second indication information means: detecting the first indication information and the second indication information in the same time slot.

[0008] Optionally, the first indication information is used to indicate the switching of the monitoring configuration of the physical downlink control channel, and the second indication information is used to indicate skipping of the monitoring of the physical downlink control channel; the first operation is to monitor the physical downlink control channel according to the switched monitoring configuration, and the second operation is not to monitor the physical downlink shared channel within N time units, where N is indicated by the second indication information.

[0009] Optionally, the second operation is first performed according to the second indication information, and then the first operation is performed according to the first indication information, including: first not monitoring the PDCCH within N time units according to the second indication information, and after the N time units, monitoring the physical downlink control channel according to the switched monitoring configuration.

[0010] Optionally, performing the first operation according to the first indication information and determining the duration of the first operation according to the second indication information include: monitoring the physical downlink control channel according to the switched monitoring configuration, and adjusting the duration of monitoring the physical downlink control channel according to the switched monitoring configuration to: the difference between the initial time length of monitoring the physical downlink control channel according to the switched monitoring configuration and the N time units.

[0011] Optionally, the initial time length for monitoring the physical downlink control channel by the switched monitoring configuration is: M time units configured by high-layer signaling or determined according to a protocol.

[0012] Optionally, determining whether to execute the first operation indicated by the first indication information based on the second indication information includes at least one of the following: if the second indication information indicates that N is greater than 0, the first operation indicated by the first indication information is not executed; if the second indication information indicates that N is equal to 0, the first operation indicated by the first indication information is executed.

[0013] Optionally, not monitoring the physical downlink control channel within N time units includes: not monitoring one type or all physical downlink control channels within N time units.

[0014] Optionally, the monitoring configuration switching includes any of the following: switching of a search space set; switching of the values ​​of one or more parameters in the search space set. The search space set may have only one set of search space configurations or multiple sets of search space configurations, which is not limited here.

[0015] Optionally, the first indication information includes any one of the following: a pre-set specific DCI format; a DCI format dedicated to switching search space configuration; detection of DCI of any format in a given search space set; detection of DCI of a specific format in a given search space set; an indication in a certain field in the DCI.

[0016] Optionally, the second indication information includes any one of the following: a pre-set specific DCI format; a DCI format dedicated to switching search space configuration; detection of DCI of any format in a given search space set; detection of DCI of a specific format in a given search space set; an indication in a certain field in the DCI.

[0017] To solve the above technical problems, an embodiment of the present invention also provides a user device, including: a determination unit, used to determine whether to receive first indication information and a second indication information execution unit, used to perform any of the following operations: first perform the second operation according to the second indication information, and then perform the first operation according to the first indication information; or, perform the first operation according to the first indication information, and determine the duration of the first operation according to the second indication information; or, determine whether to perform the first operation indicated by the first indication information according to the second indication information.

[0018] An embodiment of the present invention also provides a computer-readable storage medium, which is a non-volatile storage medium or a non-transient storage medium, on which a computer program is stored. When the computer program is run by a processor, the steps of any of the above-mentioned methods for reducing physical downlink control channel monitoring are executed.

[0019] An embodiment of the present invention also provides another user equipment, including a memory and a processor, wherein the memory stores a computer program that can be run on the processor, and when the processor runs the computer program, it executes the steps of any of the above-mentioned methods for reducing physical downlink control channel monitoring.

[0020] Compared with the prior art, the technical solution of the embodiment of the present invention has the following beneficial effects:

[0021] When the first indication information and the second indication information are detected, the terminal may first perform the second operation according to the second indication information, and then perform the first operation according to the first indication information; or perform the first operation according to the first indication information and determine the duration of the first operation according to the second indication information; or determine whether to perform the first operation indicated by the first indication information according to the second indication information. The above solution enables the user equipment to perform corresponding operations on the first indication information and the second indication information when it receives them.

[0022] Furthermore, when it is detected that the first indication information and the second indication information are received in the same time slot, the PDCCH skipping may be performed first and then the PDCCH monitoring configuration may be switched; the PDCCH monitoring configuration may be switched first and the duration of the switched PDCCH monitoring configuration may be adjusted according to the duration of the PDCCH skipping; or whether to switch the PDCCH monitoring configuration may be determined according to the indicated PDCCH skipping duration. The above solution enables the UE to process the switching of the PDCCH monitoring configuration and the PDCCH skipping received at the same time, thereby avoiding scheduling errors and waste of overhead by the base station. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0023] Figure 1 is a flow chart of a method for reducing PDCCH monitoring in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0024] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of a PDCCH monitoring configuration with different durations in the prior art;

[0025] Figures 3 to 8 is a schematic diagram of six SS set switching in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0026] Figure 9 It is a structural diagram of a user equipment in an embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] As described above, the user equipment may receive an indication of switching the PDCCH monitoring configuration and an indication of PDCCH skipping at the same time. However, in the prior art, there is no solution for processing the situation in which the user equipment receives an indication of switching the PDCCH monitoring configuration and an indication of PDCCH skipping at the same time. There are two possible solutions: 1) the user equipment does not want to receive an indication of switching the PDCCH monitoring configuration and an indication of PDCCH skipping at the same time; 2) define the priority of the signaling, such as defining that the signaling carrying the switching PDCCH monitoring configuration corresponds to a high priority, and the signaling carrying the indication of PDCCH skipping corresponds to a low priority.

[0028] However, the above solution 1) will affect the scheduling flexibility of the base station. For the above solution 2), if the user equipment only performs one of switching the PDCCH monitoring configuration and PDCCH skipping, the scheduling flexibility of the base station is limited, and the other signaling is discarded, resulting in wasted base station overhead.

[0029] In an embodiment of the present invention, when it is detected that the first indication information and the second indication information are received in the same time slot, PDCCH skipping can be performed first and then the PDCCH monitoring configuration can be switched; the PDCCH monitoring configuration can be switched first and the duration of the switched PDCCH monitoring configuration can be adjusted according to the duration of the PDCCH skipping; or whether to switch the PDCCH monitoring configuration can be determined according to the duration of the PDCCH skipping. The above solution enables the UE to process the switching of the PDCCH monitoring configuration and the PDCCH skipping received at the same time, thereby avoiding scheduling errors and waste of overhead by the base station.

[0030] In order to make the above-mentioned objects, features and beneficial effects of the present invention more obvious and easy to understand, specific embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0031] The embodiment of the present invention provides a method for reducing PDCCH monitoring, referring to Figure 1 , the following is a detailed description through specific steps.

[0032] Step S101: Determine whether first indication information and second indication information are detected.

[0033] In a specific implementation, the first indication information may be used to instruct the switching of the PDCCH monitoring configuration, that is, switching the PDCCH monitoring configuration. In the embodiment of the present invention, switching the PDCCH monitoring configuration may be switching the PDCCH monitoring period.

[0034] In a specific implementation, the second indication information may be used to instruct to skip monitoring of the PDCCH, that is, to instruct to skip PDCCH.

[0035] In a specific implementation, detecting the first indication information and the second indication information may mean that the user equipment receives the first indication information and the second indication information simultaneously, that is, the user equipment receives the first indication information and the second indication information in the same time slot. If the user equipment detects that the first indication information and the second indication information are received in the same time slot, the user equipment may execute step S102.

[0036] Step S102: Execute a predetermined operation.

[0037] In a specific implementation, the predetermined operation may include any one of the following: first executing the second operation according to the second indication information, and then executing the first operation according to the first indication information; executing the first operation according to the first indication information, and determining the duration of the first operation according to the second indication information; determining whether to execute the first operation indicated by the first indication information according to the second indication information.

[0038] In the embodiment of the present invention, the first operation may be monitoring the PDCCH according to the switched monitoring configuration, and the second operation may be not monitoring the PDCCH within N time units, where N may be indicated by the second indication information.

[0039] In practical applications, switching the PDCCH monitoring configuration involves switching search space sets. This switching refers to the user equipment monitoring the PDCCH according to different search space sets (SS sets). The SS set contains information such as the PDCCH monitoring period and time domain offset. Typically, switching the SS set represents a switch in the PDCCH monitoring period, allowing the user equipment to monitor the PDCCH at a longer or shorter period based on service characteristics or reception requirements.

[0040] In addition, the PDCCH monitoring configuration switch can also switch the value of one or more parameters in the search space set, such as switching the value of the PDCCH monitoring period in the search space set. At this time, the terminal still monitors the PDCCH according to the search space set configuration, but the PDCCH monitoring period has changed.

[0041] For example, when the received data is relatively sparse, the user equipment can switch to a larger PDCCH monitoring period, thereby reducing the PDCCH monitoring density and lowering the energy consumption of the user equipment. For another example, if the user equipment is currently performing a service with high latency requirements, it can switch to a smaller PDCCH monitoring period.

[0042] Existing protocols support only two types of SS set switching in the New Radio Unlicensed Spectrum (NR-U) spectrum: switching between sparse and dense PDCCH monitoring. One is the default SS set, typically designated as SS set index 0; the other is a functional SS set, typically designated as SS set index 1. When switching from SS set 0 to SS set 1, a timer is started. The timer's duration is configured by higher layers. Upon expiration, the system switches back to SS set 0.

[0043] Reference Figure 2 , a schematic diagram of PDCCH monitoring periods of different lengths in the prior art is given. Figure 2 In the example, the PDCCH monitoring period configured for SS set 0 is 2 time slots. In time slot n, the user equipment receives an instruction to switch the PDCCH monitoring period and switches to SS set 1. The PDCCH monitoring period configured for SS set 1 is 1 time slot.

[0044] In a specific implementation, after receiving the first indication information, the user equipment may determine to perform SS set switching.

[0045] In an embodiment of the present invention, the first indication information may be a specific DCI format detected by blind detection, such as DCI format1-1; the first indication information may also indicate switching for the DCI in a dedicated SS set, and the DCI in the dedicated SS set may be DCI format 2-0 or a group common DCI of other formats; the first indication information may be the DCI detected in a given SS set, such as DCI of any format detected in SS set 1; the first indication information may be a DCI of a specific format detected in a given search space set, such as DCI format 1-1 detected in SS set 1; the first indication information may also be an indication in a certain field in the DCI, used to indicate SS set switching.

[0046] It should be noted that, in specific applications, the first indication information may also be in other formats, or may be carried by other information, which will not be elaborated in the embodiment of the present invention.

[0047] In an embodiment of the present invention, the second indication information may be a specific DCI format detected by blind detection, such as DCI format1-1; the second indication information may also indicate switching for the DCI in a dedicated SS set, and the DCI in the dedicated SS set may be DCI format 2-0 or a group common DCI of other formats; the second indication information may be the DCI detected in a given SS set, such as DCI of any format detected in SS set 1; the second indication information may be a DCI of a specific format detected in a given search space set, such as DCI format 1-1 detected in SS set 1; the second indication information may also be an indication in a certain field in the DCI, used to indicate SS set switching.

[0048] It should be noted that, in specific applications, the second indication information may also be in other formats, or may be carried by other information, which will not be elaborated in the embodiment of the present invention.

[0049] In a specific implementation, the first indication information and the second indication information may be carried by the same DCI format or by different DCI formats.

[0050] In a specific implementation, if it is determined that the first indication information and the second indication information are received, PDCCH skipping may be performed first, and then the PDCCH monitoring configuration may be switched. In an embodiment of the present invention, if it is determined that the first indication information and the second indication information are received in the same time slot, PDCCH skipping may be performed first, and then the PDCCH monitoring configuration may be switched.

[0051] Specifically, the user equipment first performs PDCCH skipping and then switches the PDCCH monitoring configuration after N time units. The duration corresponding to the N time units is the duration of PDCCH skipping, which can be pre-configured by the upper layer and indicated by the second indication information. For example, the upper layer configures four durations, and the second indication information indicates one of them; or the upper layer configures one duration, and the second indication information triggers this duration. That is, the second indication information indicates skipping, and the skipping duration is the duration configured by the upper layer.

[0052] Take the PDCCH monitoring configuration as an example, refer to Figure 3 and Figure 4 , respectively give two SS set switching schematic diagrams in the embodiments of the present invention. Figure 3 and Figure 4 In the SS set 0 configuration, the user equipment initially monitors the PDCCH. Figure 3 In the example, the PDCCH monitoring period configured in SS set 0 is a larger period (2 time slots), and the PDCCH monitoring period configured in SS set 1 is a shorter period (1 time slot). Figure 4 In the example, the PDCCH monitoring period configured by SS set 0 is a short period (1 time slot), and the PDCCH monitoring period configured by SS set 1 is a longer period (2 time slots).

[0053] A first indication message indicating a monitoring configuration switch is received in time slot n, and a second indication message indicating PDCCH skipping is received in time slot n. The duration of N time units corresponds to 5 time slots. After 5 time slots, the terminal switches to SS set 1. If a timer exists for SS set 1 and the higher-layer configured timer is m time slots (or milliseconds, or subframes, the time unit is not limited here), the terminal monitors PDCCH according to SS set 1 for m time slots.

[0054] In a specific implementation, if it is determined that the first indication information and the second indication information are received, the PDCCH monitoring configuration can be switched first, and the PDCCH can be monitored according to the switched monitoring configuration (such as the switched PDCCH monitoring period), and the duration of the switched PDCCH monitoring configuration can be adjusted according to the duration of PDCCH skipping, such as adjusting the duration of the switched PDCCH monitoring period according to the duration of PDCCH skipping.

[0055] In the embodiment of the present invention, after the PDCCH monitoring configuration is switched, the duration of the switched PDCCH monitoring configuration is adjusted to the difference between the initial duration of the switched PDCCH monitoring configuration and the duration of PDCCH skipping.

[0056] For example, when switching from SS set 0 to SS set 1, the initial duration of SS set 1 is the timer duration pre-configured by the upper layer. Assuming that the timer duration pre-configured by the upper layer for SS set 1 is Timer and the duration of PDCCH skipping is duration, the duration of the PDCCH monitoring configuration after switching is: Timer - duration.

[0057] If the timer duration is 10 time slots and skipping is 5 time slots, the duration of monitoring PDCCH according to the configuration of SS set1 is 5 time slots. After 5 time slots, the state of monitoring PDCCH according to the configuration of SS set0 is returned to.

[0058] Take the PDCCH monitoring configuration as an example, refer to Figure 5 and Figure 6 , provides schematic diagrams of two more SS set switching in an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 5 and Figure 6 In the SS set 0 configuration, the user equipment initially monitors the PDCCH. Figure 5 In the example, the PDCCH monitoring period configured in SS set 0 is a larger period (2 time slots), and the PDCCH monitoring period configured in SS set 1 is a shorter period (1 time slot). Figure 6 In the example, the PDCCH monitoring period configured by SS set 0 is a short period (1 time slot), and the PDCCH monitoring period configured by SS set 1 is a longer period (2 time slots).

[0059] Depend on Figure 5 and Figure 6It can be seen that the timing duration corresponding to SS set 1 is adjusted to Timer-duration. In other words, the sum of the timing duration corresponding to SS set 1 after adjustment and the duration of PDCCH skipping is equal to the timing duration corresponding to SS set 1 configured by the upper layer before adjustment.

[0060] In a specific implementation, if it is determined that the first indication information and the second indication information are received in the same time slot, it may be further determined whether to switch the PDCCH monitoring configuration according to the duration of the PDCCH skipping.

[0061] In an embodiment of the present invention, if the duration of PDCCH skipping is greater than 0, that is, N indicated by the second indication information is greater than 0, the PDCCH monitoring configuration is not switched; if the duration of PDCCH skipping is equal to 0, that is, N indicated by the second indication information is equal to 0, the PDCCH monitoring configuration is switched.

[0062] Reference Figure 7 and Figure 8 , respectively provide two more SS set switching schematic diagrams in the embodiments of the present invention.

[0063] Figure 7 In the example, the user equipment initially monitors the PDCCH with the configuration of SS set 0. Upon receiving the first indication message and the second indication message in time slot n, where the first indication message indicates / triggers a switch in the monitoring configuration and the second indication message indicates that the duration of PDCCH skipping is greater than 0, the user equipment does not switch the SS set and continues to monitor the PDCCH with the configuration of SS set 0 after time slot n.

[0064] Figure 8 In the example, the user equipment initially monitors the PDCCH in SS set 0. In time slot n, if the user equipment receives a first indication message and a second indication message, where the first indication message indicates / triggers a monitoring configuration switch and the second indication message indicates that the PDCCH skipping duration is equal to 0, the user equipment switches to SS set 1. After the timer reaches a preset duration, the user equipment switches from SS set 1 to SS set 0.

[0065] It should be noted that the unit of the duration of PDCCH skipping is not limited to time slots, but may also be seconds, subframes, frames, milliseconds, microseconds, mini-time slots, symbols, etc.

[0066] In summary, the method for reducing PDCCH monitoring provided by the embodiment of the present invention enables the UE to process the switching and PDCCH skipping of the switching PDCCH monitoring configuration received simultaneously, thereby avoiding waste of base station overhead and avoiding scheduling errors and waste of overhead of the base station.

[0067] Reference Figure 9 , a schematic structural diagram of a user equipment in an embodiment of the present invention is provided, including: a determining unit 901 and an executing unit 902, wherein:

[0068] A determining unit 901 is configured to determine whether first indication information and second indication information are received;

[0069] Execution unit 902 is used to perform any of the following operations: first perform the second operation according to the second indication information, and then perform the first operation according to the first indication information; or, perform the first operation according to the first indication information, and determine the duration of the first operation according to the second indication information; or, determine whether to perform the first operation indicated by the first indication information according to the second indication information.

[0070] An embodiment of the present invention also provides another computer-readable storage medium, which is a non-volatile storage medium or a non-transient storage medium, on which a computer program is stored. When the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the method for reducing PDCCH monitoring provided in any of the above embodiments are executed.

[0071] An embodiment of the present invention further provides a user equipment comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the memory stores a computer program that can be run on the processor, and when the processor runs the computer program, the steps of the method for reducing PDCCH monitoring provided in any of the above embodiments are executed.

[0072] Those skilled in the art will understand that all or part of the steps in the various methods of the above embodiments can be completed by instructing the relevant hardware through a program, and the program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, which may include: ROM, RAM, disk or CD, etc.

[0073] Although the present invention is disclosed as above, the present invention is not limited thereto. Any person skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention should be based on the scope defined by the claims.

Claims

1. A method for reducing physical downlink control channel monitoring, characterized in that: include: If the first indication information and the second indication information are detected, perform any of the following operations: First, perform the second operation according to the second instruction information, and then perform the first operation according to the first instruction information; or, perform the first operation according to the first instruction information, and determine the duration of the first operation according to the second instruction information; or, determining whether to perform the first operation indicated by the first indication information according to the second indication information; The first indication information is used to indicate switching of a monitoring configuration of a physical downlink control channel, and the second indication information is used to indicate skipping monitoring of the physical downlink control channel; the first operation is to monitor the physical downlink control channel according to the switched monitoring configuration, and the second operation is to not monitor the physical downlink control channel within N time units, where N is indicated by the second indication information; the time unit includes any one of the following: millisecond, second, symbol, slot, minislot, subframe, or frame; The initial time length of monitoring the physical downlink control channel in the monitoring configuration after switching is: M time units configured by the higher layer signaling or determined according to the protocol; The performing the first operation according to the first indication information and determining the duration of the first operation according to the second indication information includes: monitoring the physical downlink control channel according to the switched monitoring configuration, and adjusting the duration of monitoring the physical downlink control channel according to the switched monitoring configuration to: the difference between the initial duration of monitoring the physical downlink control channel according to the switched monitoring configuration and the N time units; The determining whether to perform the first operation indicated by the first indication information according to the second indication information includes: if the second indication information indicates that N is greater than 0, not switching the PDCCH monitoring configuration; if the second indication information indicates that N is equal to 0, switching the PDCCH monitoring configuration.

2. The method for reducing physical downlink control channel monitoring according to claim 1, wherein: The detecting of the first indication information and the second indication information means that the first indication information and the second indication information are detected in the same time slot.

3. The method for reducing physical downlink control channel monitoring according to claim 1, wherein: The step of first performing the second operation according to the second instruction information and then performing the first operation according to the first instruction information includes: First, the PDCCH is not monitored within N time units according to the second indication information, and after the N time units have passed, the physical downlink control channel is monitored according to the switched monitoring configuration.

4. The method for reducing physical downlink control channel monitoring according to claim 1, wherein: The not monitoring the physical downlink control channel within N time units includes: not monitoring one type or all physical downlink control channels within N time units.

5. The method for reducing physical downlink control channel monitoring according to claim 1, wherein: The monitoring configuration switching includes any one of the following: switching of a search space set; switching of a value of a parameter or values ​​of multiple parameters in the search space set.

6. The method for reducing physical downlink control channel monitoring according to claim 1, wherein: The first indication information includes any one of the following: Pre-set specific DCI format; DCI format dedicated to handover search space configuration; Detecting DCI of any format in a given search space set; A DCI of a specific format is detected in a given search space set; Indication in a certain field in the DCI.

7. The method for reducing physical downlink control channel monitoring according to claim 1, wherein: The second indication information includes any one of the following: Pre-set specific DCI format; DCI format dedicated to handover search space configuration; Detecting DCI of any format in a given search space set; A DCI of a specific format is detected in a given search space set; Indication in a certain field in the DCI.

8. A user equipment, characterized in that: include: A determining unit, configured to determine whether the first indication information and the second indication information are received; an execution unit, configured to execute any one of the following operations: first executing the second operation according to the second indication information, and then executing the first operation according to the first indication information; or executing the first operation according to the first indication information, and determining a duration of the first operation according to the second indication information; Or, determining whether to perform the first operation indicated by the first indication information based on the second indication information; the first indication information is used to indicate switching of the monitoring configuration of the physical downlink control channel, and the second indication information is used to indicate skipping of monitoring of the physical downlink control channel; the first operation is to monitor the physical downlink control channel according to the switched monitoring configuration, and the second operation is to not monitor the physical downlink control channel within N time units, where N is indicated by the second indication information; the time unit includes any one of the following: milliseconds, seconds, symbols, time slots, mini-time slots, subframes, and frames; the initial time length for monitoring the physical downlink control channel in the switched monitoring configuration is: M time units configured by higher-layer signaling or determined according to the protocol; The performing the first operation according to the first indication information and determining the duration of the first operation according to the second indication information includes: monitoring the physical downlink control channel according to the switched monitoring configuration, and adjusting the duration of monitoring the physical downlink control channel according to the switched monitoring configuration to: the difference between the initial duration of monitoring the physical downlink control channel according to the switched monitoring configuration and the N time units; The determining whether to perform the first operation indicated by the first indication information according to the second indication information includes: if the second indication information indicates that N is greater than 0, not switching the PDCCH monitoring configuration; if the second indication information indicates that N is equal to 0, switching the PDCCH monitoring configuration.

9. A computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable storage medium is a non-volatile storage medium or a non-transient storage medium, and a computer program is stored thereon, wherein: When the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the method for reducing physical downlink control channel monitoring according to any one of claims 1 to 7 are executed.

10. A user equipment comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the memory stores a computer program that can be run on the processor, characterized in that: When the processor runs the computer program, the processor performs the steps of the method for reducing physical downlink control channel monitoring according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

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