Energy saving indication method, device and equipment and readable storage medium

Abstract

The application discloses an energy-saving indication method, device and equipment and a readable storage medium. The method comprises the following steps: receiving a first DCI, wherein the first DCI comprises a first indication; determining a PDCCH monitoring behavior according to the first DCI; wherein the first indication is used for indicating at least one of the following: switching to a target search space group and skipping PDCCH monitoring. In the embodiment of the application, the network side can send the first DCI to the terminal to indicate that the terminal switches to the target search space group and / or skips the PDCCH monitoring.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application belongs to the field of communication technology, and specifically relates to an energy-saving indication method, device, equipment and readable storage medium. Background Technology

[0002] See Figure 1a and Figure 1b In a communication system, two search space (SS) groups can be configured. Terminals can switch between these two search space groups via explicit or implicit mechanisms to adaptively adjust their Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) listening, thereby achieving energy savings. Another energy-saving scheme involves obtaining relevant instructions to skip PDCCH listening, which means not listening to the PDCCH.

[0003] However, the aforementioned energy-saving solutions lack flexibility and cannot meet the diverse energy-saving needs of terminals. Furthermore, due to their inflexibility, these solutions cannot achieve dynamic and rapid PDCCH monitoring and adjustment, leading to problems such as increased data transmission latency and power consumption. Summary of the Invention

[0004] This application provides an energy-saving indication method, apparatus, device, and readable storage medium, which enables flexible dynamic energy-saving indication, clarifies the terminal PDCCH monitoring behavior, and meets the diverse energy-saving needs of the terminal.

[0005] To solve the above-mentioned technical problems, this application is implemented as follows:

[0006] Firstly, an energy-saving indication method is provided, executed by a terminal, including:

[0007] Receive a first DCI, the first DCI including: a first indication;

[0008] Based on the first DCI, determine the PDCCH monitoring behavior;

[0009] The first instruction is used to instruct at least one of the following: switch to the target search space group and skip PDCCH listening.

[0010] Secondly, an energy-saving indication method is provided, executed by a network-side device, including:

[0011] Send a first DCI, the first DCI including: a first indication, the first DCI being used by the terminal to determine PDCCH listening behavior;

[0012] The first instruction is used to instruct at least one of the following: switch to the target search space group and skip PDCCH listening.

[0013] Thirdly, an energy-saving indicator device is provided, comprising:

[0014] A first receiving module is configured to receive a first DCI, wherein the first DCI includes: a first indication;

[0015] The first determining module is used to determine the PDCCH monitoring behavior based on the first DCI;

[0016] The first instruction is used to instruct at least one of the following: switch to the target search space group and skip PDCCH listening.

[0017] Fourthly, an energy-saving indicator device is provided, comprising:

[0018] The sending module is used to send a first DCI, the first DCI including: a first indication, the first DCI being used by the terminal to determine PDCCH listening behavior;

[0019] The first instruction is used to instruct at least one of the following: switch to the target search space group and skip PDCCH listening.

[0020] Fifthly, a terminal is provided, comprising: a processor, a memory, and a program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program, when executed by the processor, performs the steps of the method described in the first aspect.

[0021] In a sixth aspect, a network-side device is provided, comprising: a processor, a memory, and a program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the method described in the second aspect.

[0022] A seventh aspect provides a readable storage medium on which a program or instructions are stored, which, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the method described in the first or second aspect.

[0023] Eighthly, a program product is provided, the program product being stored in a non-volatile storage medium, the program product being executed by at least one processor to implement the steps of the processing method as described in the first or second aspect.

[0024] In a ninth aspect, a chip is provided, the chip including a processor and a communication interface coupled to the processor, the processor being configured to run programs or instructions to implement the processing method as described in the first or second aspect.

[0025] In this embodiment, the network side can send a first DCI to the terminal, instructing the terminal to switch to the target search space group and / or skip PDCCH listening, thereby realizing flexible dynamic energy-saving instructions, clarifying the terminal's PDCCH listening behavior, and meeting the diverse energy-saving needs of the terminal. Attached Figure Description

[0026] Figure 1a This is a schematic diagram of the explicit search space set switching mechanism;

[0027] Figure 1b This is a schematic diagram of the implicit search space set switching mechanism;

[0028] Figure 2 This is a block diagram of a wireless communication system applicable to embodiments of this application;

[0029] Figure 3 This is one of the flowcharts of the energy-saving indication method in the embodiments of this application;

[0030] Figure 4 This is the second flowchart of the energy-saving indication method according to the embodiments of this application;

[0031] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the first DCI indicating the switching of the search space group in an embodiment of this application;

[0032] Figure 6 This is a schematic diagram of the first DCI instruction skipping PDCCH monitoring and search space group switching in the embodiments of this application;

[0033] Figure 7 This is one of the schematic diagrams of the energy-saving indicator device in the embodiments of this application;

[0034] Figure 8 This is a second schematic diagram of the energy-saving indicator device in the embodiments of this application;

[0035] Figure 9 This is a schematic diagram of the terminal in the embodiments of this application;

[0036] Figure 10 This is a schematic diagram of the network-side device in an embodiment of this application. Detailed Implementation

[0037] The technical solutions of the embodiments of this application will be clearly described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some, not all, of the embodiments of this application. Based on the embodiments of this application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative effort are within the scope of protection of this application.

[0038] The terms "first," "second," etc., used in the specification and claims of this application are used to distinguish similar objects and are not used to describe a specified order or sequence. It should be understood that such use of data can be interchanged where appropriate so that embodiments of this application can be implemented in orders other than those illustrated or described herein, and the objects distinguished by "first" and "second" are generally of the same class, not limited in number; for example, a first object can be one or more. Furthermore, in the specification and claims, "and" indicates at least one of the connected objects, and the character " / " generally indicates that the preceding and following objects are in an "or" relationship.

[0039] It is worth noting that the technologies described in this application are not limited to Long Term Evolution (LTE) / LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) systems, 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 this application are often used interchangeably, and the described technologies can be used with the systems and radio technologies mentioned above, as well as with other systems and radio technologies. However, the following description describes New Radio (NR) systems for illustrative purposes, and the term NR is used in most of the following description, although these technologies can also be applied to applications other than NR systems, such as 6th generation (6G) radio systems. th Generation 6G communication system.

[0040] Figure 2This diagram illustrates a block diagram of a wireless communication system applicable to embodiments of this application. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 21 and a network-side device 22. The terminal 21 can also be referred to as a terminal device or user equipment (UE). The terminal 21 can be a mobile phone, tablet computer, laptop computer, personal digital assistant (PDA), handheld computer, netbook, ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), mobile internet device (MID), wearable device, vehicle-mounted device (VUE), pedestrian terminal (PUE), etc. Wearable devices include wristbands, headphones, glasses, etc. It should be noted that this application does not limit the specific type of terminal 21. Network-side device 22 can be a base station or a core network. The base station can be referred to as a node B, evolved node B, access point, base transceiver station (BTS), radio base station, radio transceiver, basic service set (BSS), extended service set (ESS), B node, evolved B node (eNB), home B node, home evolved B node, WLAN access point, WiFi node, transmitting and receiving point (TRP), or any other suitable term in the field, as long as the same technical effect is achieved. The base station is not limited to the specified technical terms. It should be noted that in this application embodiment, only the base station in the NR system is used as an example, but the specific type of base station is not limited.

[0041] The following description, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, details an energy-saving indication method, apparatus, device, and readable storage medium provided in this application through some embodiments and application scenarios.

[0042] See Figure 3 This application provides an energy-saving indication method, which is executed by a terminal, and the specific steps include: step 301 and step 302.

[0043] Step 301: Receive the first DCI, the first DCI including: a first indication;

[0044] Step 302: Determine the PDCCH monitoring behavior based on the first DCI;

[0045] The first instruction is used to instruct at least one of the following: switch to the target search space group and skip PDCCH listening.

[0046] It should be noted that skipping PDCCH listening in this article can mean not performing PDCCH listening, or skipping specific types of PDCCH listening.

[0047] For example, the first indication contains 1 bit, wherein when the 1 bit is a first value, it indicates switching to the target search space group; when the 1 bit is a second value, it indicates skipping PDCCH listening.

[0048] For example, the first indication contains 2 bits, wherein when the 2 bits are a third value, the indication switches to the target search space group; when the 2 bits are a fourth value, the indication skips PDCCH listening; and when the 2 bits are a fifth value, the indication switches to the target search space group and skips PDCCH listening.

[0049] For example, the first indication contains 1 bit, and the bit fields of this 1 bit are: '0' indicates switching to the target search space group, '1' indicates skipping PDCCH listening, or vice versa.

[0050] For example, the first indication contains 2 bits, where the value of these 2 bits can be "00", "01", "10", and "11". Three of these four values ​​indicate switching to the target search space group and skipping PDCCH listening, and switching to the target search space group and skipping PDCCH listening, respectively. The remaining value is reserved or invalid. For example, the bit fields of these 2 bits are: '00' indicates switching to the target search space group, '01' indicates skipping PDCCH listening, '10' indicates switching to the target search space group and skipping PDCCH listening, and '11' is reserved or invalid.

[0051] It is understood that the above-mentioned 1 bit and 2 bits are only used to indicate the purpose of the first indication, not the specific content of the purpose. The specific content of the purpose can be indicated by other indication fields in the DCI, or by other signaling, such as RRC signaling.

[0052] Furthermore, after determining the purpose of the first instruction, the first instruction needs to specify the details of that purpose. For example, the first instruction may contain 1 bit to indicate switching to the target search space group, and 2 bits to indicate the specific index of the target search space group. As another example, the first instruction may contain 1 bit to indicate skipping PDCCH listening, and 2 bits to indicate how to skip PDCCH listening (including the type of PDCCH to skip or the duration of skipping PDCCH listening, etc.).

[0053] In this embodiment of the application, the first DCI further includes: a second indication, the second indication being used to indicate a first time interval (e.g., duration), and the terminal can determine PDCCH listening behavior within and / or after the first time interval based on the first DCI.

[0054] In this way, the terminal can determine the PDCCH listening behavior within the first time interval and / or the PDCCH listening behavior after the first time interval through the first DCI. That is to say, the network side can indicate the PDCCH listening behavior within the duration and / or after the duration to the terminal, realize flexible dynamic energy saving indication, and meet the diverse energy saving needs of the terminal.

[0055] In this embodiment of the application, before the step of receiving the first DCI, the method further includes: obtaining information of the first search space group and / or the second search space group;

[0056] Wherein, the first search space group is not associated with any search space or the first search space group is not configured with configuration information related to PDCCH listening, that is, PDCCH listening is not performed on the first search space group; the second search space group is used for PDCCH listening after the first time interval, that is, in some embodiments, after determining the PDCCH listening behavior within the first time interval according to the first DCI, PDCCH listening is performed through the second search space group after the first time interval.

[0057] It should be noted that the first search space group is a newly defined search space group in the embodiments of this application.

[0058] In a communication system, a network can be configured with multiple search space groups. For example, search space group 0 is characterized by a sparser PDCCH monitoring period; search space group 1 has a denser PDCCH monitoring period; and search space group 2 is not associated with any search space or the first search space group is not configured with any PDCCH monitoring-related information. A second search space group can be any of the aforementioned search space group 0, search space group 1, search space group 2, or any other search space group.

[0059] Optionally, the configuration information related to PDCCH monitoring may include one or more of the following: (1) search space index, (2) search space monitoring period, (3) search space duration, (4) control resource set (CORESET) index, and (5) CORESET duration.

[0060] Optionally, the first search space group and / or the second search space group are configured by the network side and / or agreed upon by the protocol.

[0061] For example, the network side is configured to search the first search space, and the protocol stipulates that after the first time interval, the PDCCH is monitored through the second search space group, and the second search space group is search space group 1.

[0062] In this embodiment of the application, the second search space group includes at least one of the following:

[0063] (1) Any search space group in the network configuration search space group;

[0064] It should be noted that any search space group in the network configuration search space group refers to the two search space groups mentioned above as defined in the existing protocol: search space group 0 and search space group 1. The PDCCH listening period of search space group 0 is either more frequent or less frequent than that of search space group 1.

[0065] (2) Default search space group;

[0066] It should be noted that configuring any search space group in the network configuration will set it as the default search space group.

[0067] (3) The first search space group;

[0068] (4) Current search space group.

[0069] It should be noted that the current search space group refers to the search space group used by the terminal before receiving the first DCI.

[0070] In this embodiment of the application, the PDCCH monitoring behavior within and / or after the first time interval is determined based on the first DCI, including any one of the following:

[0071] (1) When the first indication is used to indicate switching to the target search space group, the PDCCH is monitored through the target search space group during the first time interval;

[0072] (2) When the first indication is used to indicate switching to the target search space group, the PDCCH is monitored through the target search space group during the first time interval, and the PDCCH is monitored through the second search space group after the first time interval.

[0073] In this embodiment of the application, the PDCCH monitoring behavior within and / or after the first time interval is determined based on the first DCI, including any one of the following:

[0074] (1) If the first indication is used to indicate skipping PDCCH listening, skip the PDCCH listening within the first time interval;

[0075] (2) In the case where the first indication is used to indicate skipping PDCCH listening, skip PDCCH listening within the first time interval, and listen to PDCCH through the second search space group after the first time interval.

[0076] In this embodiment of the application, the PDCCH monitoring behavior within and / or after the first time interval is determined based on the first DCI, including any one of the following:

[0077] In the case where the first instruction is used to indicate switching to the target search space group and skipping PDCCH listening, PDCCH listening is skipped during the first time interval, and PDCCH is listened to through the target search space group after the first time interval;

[0078] In the case where the first instruction is used to indicate switching to the target search space group and skipping PDCCH listening, PDCCH listening is skipped during the first time interval, and PDCCH is listened to through the second search space group after the first time interval.

[0079] In the case where the first instruction is used to indicate switching to the target search space group and skipping PDCCH listening, PDCCH listening during the first time interval is skipped, and according to the protocol or the terminal's own choice between listening to PDCCH through the target search space group or listening to PDCCH through the second search space group after the first time interval, either through the target search space group or through the second search space group.

[0080] In one embodiment, when the first indication is used to indicate switching to the target search space group and skipping PDCCH monitoring, the terminal skips PDCCH monitoring during the first time interval and selects to monitor PDCCH through the target search space group after the first time interval. The selection method can be determined by a protocol specifying the application priority of the target search space group and the second search space group in this case. In this embodiment, the protocol specifies that the target search space group indicated in the first DCI has a higher priority.

[0081] In another embodiment of this application, when the first instruction is used to instruct switching to the target search space group and skipping PDCCH listening, the PDCCH listening behavior further includes: listening to the PDCCH through the target search space group during the first time interval, and skipping PDCCH listening after the first time interval.

[0082] It should be noted that the above four embodiments can be based on any of the following premises:

[0083] (1) The first DCI contains only the first indication;

[0084] (2) The first DCI includes a first instruction and a second instruction;

[0085] (3) The first DCI contains only the first indication and the network configuration and / or protocol agreed on the first search space group and / or the second search space group before receiving the first DCI;

[0086] (4) The first DCI contains a first instruction and a second instruction, and the network configuration and / or protocol agreed on a first search space group and / or a second search space group before receiving the first DCI.

[0087] In this embodiment of the application, the target search space group includes at least one of the following:

[0088] (1) Any search space group in the network configuration search space group;

[0089] (2) Default search space group;

[0090] (3) The first search space group.

[0091] For example, if the terminal receives the first DCI and the first indication is used to indicate switching to the target search space group, which is the first search space group, then the UE's behavior is to perform PDCCH listening according to the first search space group, that is, not to perform PDCCH listening.

[0092] In this embodiment of the application, the unit of the first time interval is any one of the following:

[0093] (1) Time slot;

[0094] (2) Symbol;

[0095] (3) Milliseconds (ms);

[0096] (4) The PDCCH monitoring period of the target search space group;

[0097] (5) The PDCCH listening cycle of the current search space group;

[0098] (6) Discontinuous Reception (DRX) cycle.

[0099] For example, if the first instruction is to skip PDCCH listening and the duration (first time interval) is 5, with the unit being the PDCCH listening cycle of the target search space group, then after the terminal receives the first DCI, it skips the PDCCH listening for a length of 5 target search space group PDCCH listening cycles.

[0100] In this embodiment of the application, the start time of the first time interval is at least one of the following:

[0101] (1) The effective time of the first instruction;

[0102] (2) The application time of the first indication;

[0103] (3) The start time of a specific time unit after receiving the first DCI.

[0104] It should be noted that receiving the first DCI means completing the reception of the first DCI. For example, if the first DCI lasts for 2 symbols, then receiving the first DCI is completed in the second symbol.

[0105] Optionally, the specific time unit can be the first slot, symbol, or ms. In another optional embodiment, the specific time unit can be M slots, M symbols, or M ms, where M is greater than or equal to 0.

[0106] In this embodiment of the application, the effective time of the first instruction is separated from the time after receiving the first DCI by an effective delay of the first instruction, or the application time of the first instruction is separated from the time after receiving the first DCI by an application delay of the first instruction.

[0107] In this embodiment, the network side can send a first DCI to the terminal, instructing the terminal to switch to the target search space group and / or skip PDCCH listening, thereby realizing flexible dynamic energy-saving instructions, clarifying the terminal's PDCCH listening behavior, and meeting the diverse energy-saving needs of the terminal.

[0108] See Figure 4 This application provides an energy-saving indication method, executed by a network-side device, which includes the following steps:

[0109] Step 401: Send the first DCI, the first DCI including: a first indication, the first DCI being used by the terminal to determine PDCCH listening behavior;

[0110] The first instruction is used to instruct at least one of the following: switch to the target search space group and skip PDCCH listening.

[0111] In this embodiment of the application, the first indication includes 1 bit. When the 1 bit is a first value, it indicates switching to the target search space group. When the 1 bit is a second value, it indicates skipping PDCCH monitoring.

[0112] In this embodiment of the application, the first indication includes 2 bits of information. When the 2 bits are a third value, the indication is to switch to the target search space group; when the 2 bits are a fourth value, the indication is to skip PDCCH monitoring; when the 2 bits are a fifth value, the indication is to switch to the target search space group and skip PDCCH monitoring.

[0113] In this embodiment of the application, the first DCI further includes: a second indication, the second indication being used to indicate a first time interval, and the first DCI being used to determine PDCCH listening behavior within and / or after the first time interval.

[0114] In this way, the terminal can determine the PDCCH listening behavior within the first time interval and / or the PDCCH listening behavior after the first time interval through the first DCI. That is to say, the network side can indicate the PDCCH listening behavior within the duration and / or after the duration to the terminal, so as to realize flexible dynamic energy saving indication and meet the energy saving needs of the terminal.

[0115] In this embodiment of the application, the method may further include: configuring a first search space group and / or a second search space group, wherein the first search space group is not associated with any search space or the first search space group is not configured with configuration information related to PDCCH; the second search space group is used for PDCCH listening after the first time interval.

[0116] In this embodiment of the application, the second search space group includes any of the following: (1) any search space group in the network-configured search space group, (2) the default search space group, (3) the first search space group, and (4) the current search space group.

[0117] In this embodiment of the application, when the first indication is used to indicate switching to the target search space group, the PDCCH monitoring behavior includes any one of the following:

[0118] (1) Listen to the PDCCH through the target search space group during the first time interval;

[0119] (2) During the first time interval, PDCCH is monitored through the target search space group, and after the first time interval, PDCCH is monitored through the second search space group.

[0120] In this embodiment of the application, when the first indication is used to indicate skipping PDCCH monitoring, the PDCCH monitoring behavior includes any one of the following:

[0121] (1) Skip PDCCH listening during the first time interval;

[0122] (2) Skip PDCCH listening during the first time interval, and listen to PDCCH through the second search space group after the first time interval.

[0123] In this embodiment of the application, when the first instruction is used to instruct switching to the target search space group and skipping PDCCH monitoring, the PDCCH monitoring behavior includes:

[0124] (1) Skip PDCCH listening during the first time interval, and listen to PDCCH through the target search space group after the first time interval;

[0125] (2) Skip PDCCH listening during the first time interval, and listen to PDCCH through the second search space group after the first time interval.

[0126] In this embodiment of the application, the target search space group includes at least one of the following:

[0127] (1) Any search space group in the network configuration search space group;

[0128] (2) Default search space group;

[0129] (3) First search space group.

[0130] In this embodiment of the application, the unit of the first time interval is any one of the following:

[0131] (1) slot;

[0132] (2) symbol;

[0133] (3)ms;

[0134] (4) The PDCCH monitoring period of the target search space group;

[0135] (5) The PDCCH listening cycle of the current search space group;

[0136] (6) DRX cycle.

[0137] In this embodiment of the application, the start time of the first time interval is at least one of the following:

[0138] (1) The effective time of the first instruction;

[0139] (2) The application time of the first indication;

[0140] (3) The start time of a specific time unit after receiving the first DCI.

[0141] Optionally, the specific time unit can be the first slot, symbol, or ms. In another optional embodiment, the specific time unit can be M slots, M symbols, or M ms, where M is greater than or equal to 0.

[0142] In this embodiment of the application, the effective time of the first instruction is separated from the time after receiving the first DCI by an effective delay of the first instruction, or the application time of the first instruction is separated from the time after receiving the first DCI by an application delay of the first instruction.

[0143] In this embodiment, the network side can send a first DCI to the terminal, instructing the terminal to switch to the target search space group and / or skip PDCCH monitoring, thereby achieving flexible dynamic power-saving instructions, clarifying the terminal's PDCCH monitoring behavior, and meeting the diverse power-saving needs of the terminal. The implementation methods of this application are described below with reference to Embodiments 1 and 2.

[0144] Example 1: See Figure 5 .

[0145] In this embodiment, the protocol stipulates that the PDCCH listening behavior after the first time interval is to switch to the default search space group to continue listening to the PDCCH;

[0146] Optionally, the network side is configured with a first search space group.

[0147] Optionally, the first search space group is not associated with any search space or is not configured with PDCCH monitoring information; that is, the UE does not perform PDCCH monitoring on the first search space group.

[0148] In this embodiment, the UE receives a first DCI, which includes a first indication and a second indication.

[0149] Optionally, the first indication is used to indicate switching to the first search space group, and the second indication is used to indicate that the first time interval can be 10ms, and the start time of the first time interval can be the effective time of the first indication.

[0150] In this embodiment, the UE can listen to the PDCCH using the first search space group within 10ms after the first instruction takes effect, based on the first instruction and the second instruction in the first DCI, and switch to the default search space group to continue listening to the PDCCH after 10ms.

[0151] According to Embodiment 1, the terminal dynamically determines the PDCCH listening behavior within a first time interval by receiving the first DCI, and determines the PDCCH listening behavior after the first time interval according to the protocol. This enables the terminal to flexibly perform PDCCH listening according to network instructions, dynamically adapt to the current service situation, and avoid the increase in terminal power consumption and data packet transmission latency caused by the excessive application latency and limited flexibility of the energy-saving instructions in the prior art.

[0152] Example 2: See Figure 6 .

[0153] In this embodiment, the protocol stipulates that the PDCCH listening behavior after the first time interval is to switch to the target search space group (that is, search space group 1) to listen to the PDCCH according to the instruction of the first instruction in the first DCI.

[0154] In this embodiment, the UE receives a first DCI, which includes a first indication and a second indication.

[0155] Optionally, the first instruction is used to indicate switching to search space group 1 and skipping PDCCH listening, for example, search space group 1 can be the search space group configured by the protocol;

[0156] Optionally, the second indication specifies a first time interval of 5, where the unit of the first time interval is the PDCCH monitoring period of search space group 1. The start time of this first time interval can be the effective time of the first indication.

[0157] In this embodiment, according to the first and second instructions in the first DCI, the UE skips PDCCH listening for a period of 5 search space group 1 after the first instruction takes effect, and switches to search space group 1 to continue listening to PDCCH after the PDCCH listening is skipped.

[0158] According to Embodiment 2, the terminal dynamically determines the PDCCH listening behavior within a first time interval and the PDCCH listening behavior after the first time interval by receiving the first DCI. Compared with Embodiment 1, Embodiment 2 determines the PDCCH listening behavior after the first time interval more dynamically. This allows the terminal to flexibly perform PDCCH listening according to network instructions, dynamically adapting to the current service situation, and avoiding the increase in terminal power consumption and data packet transmission latency caused by the excessive application latency and limited flexibility of the energy-saving instructions in the prior art.

[0159] See Figure 7 This application provides an energy-saving indicator device 700, which includes:

[0160] The first receiving module 701 is configured to receive a first DCI, the first DCI including: a first indication;

[0161] The first determining module 702 is used to determine the PDCCH monitoring behavior based on the first DCI;

[0162] The first instruction is used to instruct at least one of the following: switch to the target search space group and skip PDCCH listening.

[0163] In this embodiment of the application, the first indication includes 1 bit, wherein when the 1 bit is a first value, it indicates switching to the target search space group; when the 1 bit is a second value, it indicates skipping PDCCH listening.

[0164] In this embodiment of the application, the first indication includes 2 bits, wherein when the 2 bits are a third value, it indicates switching to the target search space group; when the 2 bits are a fourth value, it indicates skipping PDCCH monitoring; and when the 2 bits are a fifth value, it indicates switching to the target search space group and skipping PDCCH monitoring.

[0165] In this embodiment of the application, the first DCI further includes: a second indication, the second indication being used to indicate a first time interval, and the first determining module 702 is further used to: determine PDCCH listening behavior within and / or after the first time interval based on the first DCI.

[0166] In this embodiment of the application, the device further includes: an acquisition module, configured to acquire information of a first search space group and / or a second search space group;

[0167] Wherein, the first search space group is not associated with any search space or the first search space group is not configured with configuration information related to PDCCH monitoring; the second search space group is used for PDCCH monitoring after the first time interval.

[0168] In this embodiment of the application, the first search space group and / or the second search space group are configured by the network side and / or agreed upon by the protocol.

[0169] In this embodiment of the application, the second search space group includes at least one of the following: any search space group in the network-configured search space group, the default search space group, the first search space group, and the current search space group.

[0170] In this embodiment of the application, the first determining module 702 is further configured to: when the first indication is used to indicate switching to the target search space group, listen to the PDCCH through the target search space group during the first time interval; or, when the first indication is used to indicate switching to the target search space group, listen to the PDCCH through the target search space group during the first time interval, and listen to the PDCCH through the second search space group after the first time interval.

[0171] In this embodiment of the application, the first determining module 702 is further configured to: skip PDCCH listening within the first time interval when the first indication is used to indicate skipping PDCCH listening; or, when the first indication is used to indicate skipping PDCCH listening, skip PDCCH listening within the first time interval, and listen to PDCCH through the second search space group after the first time interval.

[0172] In this embodiment of the application, the first determining module 702 is further configured to: skip PDCCH listening within the first time interval when the first indication is used to indicate switching to the target search space group and skipping PDCCH listening, and listen to PDCCH through the target search space group after the first time interval; or, when the first indication is used to indicate switching to the target search space group and skipping PDCCH listening, skip PDCCH listening within the first time interval, and listen to PDCCH through the second search space group after the first time interval.

[0173] In this embodiment of the application, the target search space group includes at least one of the following:

[0174] (1) Any search space group in the network configuration search space group;

[0175] (2) Default search space group;

[0176] (3) First search space group.

[0177] In this embodiment of the application, the unit of the first time interval is any one of the following:

[0178] (1) slot;

[0179] (2) symbol;

[0180] (3)ms;

[0181] (4) The PDCCH monitoring period of the target search space group;

[0182] (5) The PDCCH listening cycle of the current search space group;

[0183] (6) DRX cycle.

[0184] In this embodiment of the application, the start time of the first time interval is at least one of the following:

[0185] (1) The effective time of the first instruction;

[0186] (2) The application time of the first indication;

[0187] (3) The start time of a specific time unit after receiving the first DCI.

[0188] In this embodiment of the application, the effective time of the first instruction is separated from the time after receiving the first DCI by an effective delay of the first instruction, or the application time of the first instruction is separated from the time after receiving the first DCI by an application delay of the first instruction.

[0189] The apparatus provided in this application embodiment can achieve... Figure 3 The various processes implemented in the method embodiments shown achieve the same technical effects, and will not be described again here to avoid repetition.

[0190] See Figure 8 This application provides an energy-saving indicator device, the device 800 comprising:

[0191] The sending module 801 is used to send a first DCI, the first DCI including: a first indication, the first DCI being used by the terminal to determine PDCCH listening behavior;

[0192] The first instruction is used to instruct at least one of the following: switch to the target search space group and skip PDCCH listening.

[0193] In this embodiment of the application, the first indication includes 1 bit. When the 1 bit is a first value, it indicates switching to the target search space group. When the 1 bit is a second value, it indicates skipping PDCCH monitoring.

[0194] In this embodiment of the application, the first indication includes 2 bits of information. When the 2 bits are a third value, the indication is to switch to the target search space group; when the 2 bits are a fourth value, the indication is to skip PDCCH monitoring; when the 2 bits are a fifth value, the indication is to switch to the target search space group and skip PDCCH monitoring.

[0195] In this embodiment of the application, the first DCI further includes: a second indication, the second indication being used to indicate a first time interval, and the first DCI being used to determine PDCCH listening behavior within and / or after the first time interval.

[0196] In this embodiment of the application, the device 800 further includes:

[0197] The configuration module is used to configure a first search space group and / or a second search space group. The first search space group is not associated with any search space or does not contain any configuration information related to PDCCH. The second search space group is used for PDCCH listening after the first time interval.

[0198] In this embodiment of the application, the second search space group includes at least one of the following: any search space group in the network-configured search space group, the default search space group, the first search space group, and the current search space group.

[0199] In this embodiment of the application, when the first indication is used to indicate switching to the target search space group, the PDCCH monitoring behavior includes any one of the following:

[0200] (1) Listen to the PDCCH through the target search space group during the first time interval;

[0201] (2) During the first time interval, PDCCH is monitored through the target search space group, and after the first time interval, PDCCH is monitored through the second search space group.

[0202] In this embodiment of the application, when the first indication is used to indicate skipping PDCCH monitoring, the PDCCH monitoring behavior includes any one of the following:

[0203] (1) Skip PDCCH listening during the first time interval;

[0204] (2) Skip PDCCH listening during the first time interval, and listen to PDCCH through the second search space group after the first time interval.

[0205] In this embodiment of the application, when the first instruction is used to instruct switching to the target search space group and skipping PDCCH monitoring, the PDCCH monitoring behavior includes any one of the following:

[0206] (1) Skip PDCCH listening during the first time interval, and listen to PDCCH through the target search space group after the first time interval;

[0207] (2) Skip PDCCH listening during the first time interval, and listen to PDCCH through the second search space group after the first time interval;

[0208] In this embodiment of the application, the target search space group includes at least one of the following:

[0209] (1) Any search space group in the network configuration search space group;

[0210] (2) Default search space group;

[0211] (3) First search space group.

[0212] In this embodiment of the application, the unit of the first time interval is any one of the following:

[0213] (1) slot;

[0214] (2) symbol;

[0215] (3)ms;

[0216] (4) The PDCCH monitoring period of the target search space group;

[0217] (5) The PDCCH listening cycle of the current search space group;

[0218] (6) DRX cycle.

[0219] In this embodiment of the application, the start time of the first time interval is at least one of the following:

[0220] (1) The effective time of the first instruction;

[0221] (2) The application time of the first indication;

[0222] (3) The start time of a specific time unit after receiving the first DCI.

[0223] In this embodiment of the application, the effective time of the first instruction is separated from the time after receiving the first DCI by an effective delay of the first instruction, or the application time of the first instruction is separated from the time after receiving the first DCI by an application delay of the first instruction.

[0224] The apparatus provided in this application embodiment can achieve... Figure 4 The various processes implemented in the method embodiments shown achieve the same technical effects, and will not be described again here to avoid repetition.

[0225] Figure 9 To realize the hardware structure diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of this application, the terminal 900 includes, but is not limited to, the following components: radio frequency unit 901, network module 902, audio output unit 903, input unit 904, sensor 905, display unit 906, user input unit 907, interface unit 908, memory 909, and processor 910.

[0226] Those skilled in the art will understand that the terminal 900 may also include a power supply (such as a battery) for supplying power to various components. The power supply may be logically connected to the processor 910 through a power management system, thereby enabling functions such as managing charging, discharging, and power consumption through the power management system. Figure 9 The terminal structure shown does not constitute a limitation on the terminal. The terminal may include more or fewer components than shown, or combine certain components, or have different component arrangements, which will not be elaborated here.

[0227] It should be understood that, in this embodiment, the input unit 904 may include a graphics processing unit (GPU) 9041 and a microphone 9042. The GPU 9041 processes image data of still images or videos obtained by an image capture device (such as a camera) in video capture mode or image capture mode. The display unit 906 may include a display panel 9061, which may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 907 includes a touch panel 9071 and other input devices 9072. The touch panel 9071 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 9071 may include a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 9072 may include, but are not limited to, physical keyboards, function keys (such as volume control buttons, power buttons, etc.), trackballs, mice, and joysticks, which will not be described in detail here.

[0228] In this embodiment, the radio frequency unit 901 receives downlink data from the network-side device and processes it for the processor 910; additionally, it sends uplink data to the network-side device. Typically, the radio frequency unit 901 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low-noise amplifier, a duplexer, etc.

[0229] The memory 909 can be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 909 may primarily include a program or instruction storage area and a data storage area. The program or instruction storage area may store the operating system, application programs or instructions required for at least one function (such as sound playback, image playback, etc.). Furthermore, the memory 909 may include high-speed random access memory and non-volatile memory, which may be read-only memory (ROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), or flash memory. For example, at least one disk storage device, flash memory device, or other non-volatile solid-state storage device.

[0230] Processor 910 may include one or more processing units; optionally, processor 910 may integrate an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly handles the operating system, user interface, and applications or instructions, and the modem processor mainly handles wireless communication, such as a baseband processor. It is understood that the aforementioned modem processor may also not be integrated into processor 910.

[0231] The terminal provided in this application embodiment can achieve... Figure 4 The various processes implemented in the method embodiments shown achieve the same technical effects, and will not be described again here to avoid repetition.

[0232] This application also provides a network-side device. For example... Figure 10 As shown, the network-side device 1000 includes: an antenna 1001, a radio frequency (RF) device 1002, and a baseband device 1003. The antenna 1001 is connected to the RF device 1002. In the uplink direction, the RF device 1002 receives information through the antenna 1001 and transmits the received information to the baseband device 1003 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 1003 processes the information to be transmitted and sends it to the RF device 902. The RF device 902 processes the received information and transmits it through the antenna 1001.

[0233] The aforementioned frequency band processing device can be located in the baseband device 1003. The method executed by the network-side device in the above embodiments can be implemented in the baseband device 1003, which includes a processor 1004 and a memory 1005.

[0234] The baseband device 1003 may include, for example, at least one baseband board on which multiple chips are disposed, such as... Figure 10 As shown, one of the chips, for example, is a processor 1004, which is connected to a memory 1005 to call the program in the memory 1005 and execute the network device operation shown in the above method embodiment.

[0235] The baseband device 1003 may also include a network interface 1006 for exchanging information with the radio frequency device 1002, such as a common public radio interface (CPRI).

[0236] Specifically, the network-side device in this application embodiment further includes: instructions or programs stored in memory 1005 and executable on processor 1004, wherein processor 1004 calls the instructions or programs in memory 1005 to execute. Figure 8 The methods executed by each module shown achieve the same technical effect, and to avoid repetition, they will not be described in detail here.

[0237] This application embodiment also provides a program product, which is stored in a non-volatile storage medium and executed by at least one processor to implement, as described above. Figure 3 or Figure 4 The steps of the processing method described above.

[0238] This application embodiment also provides a readable storage medium storing a program or instructions that, when executed by a processor, implement the above-described functionality. Figure 3 or Figure 4 The various processes of the method embodiments shown can achieve the same technical effect, and will not be described again here to avoid repetition.

[0239] The processor mentioned above is the processor in the terminal described in the above embodiments. The readable storage medium includes computer-readable storage media, such as computer read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), magnetic disk, or optical disk.

[0240] This application embodiment also provides a chip, the chip including a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface being coupled to the processor, the processor being used to run network-side device programs or instructions to achieve the above-mentioned... Figure 3 or Figure 4 The various processes of the method embodiments shown can achieve the same technical effect, and will not be described again here to avoid repetition.

[0241] It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of this application may also be referred to as a system-on-a-chip, system chip, chip system, or system-on-a-chip, etc.

[0242] It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprising," "including," or any other variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements includes not only those elements but also other elements not expressly listed, or elements inherent to such a process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitations, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one..." does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that includes that element. Furthermore, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatuses in the embodiments of this application is not limited to performing functions in the order shown or discussed, but may also include performing functions substantially simultaneously or in the reverse order, depending on the functions involved. For example, the described methods may be performed in a different order than described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. Additionally, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

[0243] Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the methods of the above embodiments can be implemented by means of software plus necessary general-purpose hardware platforms. Of course, they can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases the former is a better implementation method. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of this application, in essence, or the part that contributes to the prior art, can be embodied in the form of a software product. This computer software product is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM / RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes several instructions to cause a terminal (which may be a mobile phone, computer, server, air conditioner, or network device, etc.) to execute the methods described in the various embodiments of this application.

[0244] The embodiments of this application have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, this application is not limited to the specific embodiments described above. The specific embodiments described above are merely illustrative and not restrictive. Those skilled in the art can make many other forms under the guidance of this application without departing from the spirit and scope of the claims, and all of these forms are within the protection scope of this application.

Claims

1. An energy-saving indication method, executed by a terminal, characterized in that, include: Receive first downlink control information (DCI), the first DCI including: a first indication; Based on the first DCI, determine the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring behavior; The first indication includes 1 bit. When the 1 bit is a first value, it indicates switching to the target search space group; when the 1 bit is a second value, it indicates skipping PDCCH monitoring. Alternatively, the first indication may include 2 bits, where a third value indicates switching to the target search space group; and a fourth value indicates skipping PDCCH monitoring. Specifically, based on the first DCI, determining the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) monitoring behavior includes: When the first indication is used to indicate switching to the target search space group, the PDCCH is monitored through the target search space group during the first time interval; or, In the case where the first indication is used to indicate skipping PDCCH listening, skip PDCCH listening within the first time interval, or skip PDCCH listening within the first time interval and listen to PDCCH through the second search space group after the first time interval; Prior to the step of receiving the first DCI, the method further includes: Obtain information about the second search space group; The second search space group is used for PDCCH monitoring after the first time interval.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The first DCI further includes: a second indication, the second indication being used to indicate a first time interval. The step of determining the PDCCH monitoring behavior based on the first DCI includes: Based on the first DCI, determine the PDCCH listening behavior within and / or after the first time interval.

3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, Prior to the step of receiving the first DCI, the method further includes: Obtain information about the first search space group; Specifically, the first search space group is not associated with any search space or the first search space group is not configured with any configuration information related to PDCCH monitoring.

4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that, The first search space group and / or the second search space group are configured by the network side and / or agreed upon by the protocol.

5. The method according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that, Based on the first DCI, determine the PDCCH listening behavior within and / or after the first time interval, including any one of the following: In the case where the first instruction is used to indicate switching to the target search space group and skipping PDCCH listening, PDCCH listening is skipped during the first time interval, and PDCCH is listened to through the target search space group after the first time interval; In the case where the first instruction is used to indicate switching to the target search space group and skipping PDCCH listening, PDCCH listening is skipped during the first time interval, and PDCCH is listened to through the second search space group after the first time interval.

6. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that, The unit of the first time interval is any one of the following: Time slot; symbol; millisecond; The PDCCH monitoring period of the target search space group; The current search space group's PDCCH listening cycle; Discontinuous reception of DRX cycles.

7. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that, The second search space group includes at least one of the following: any search space group in the network-configured search space group, the default search space group, the first search space group, and the current search space group.

8. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The target search space group includes at least one of the following: Any search space group within the search space group configured in the network; Default searchspace group; First search space group.

9. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that, The start time of the first time interval is at least one of the following: The effective time of the first instruction; The application time of the first indication; The start time of a specific time unit after receiving the first DCI.

10. The method according to claim 9, characterized in that, The effective time of the first instruction and the time after receiving the first DCI are separated by the effective time delay of the first instruction, or the application time of the first instruction and the time after receiving the first DCI are separated by the application time delay of the first instruction.

11. An energy-saving indication method, executed by a network-side device, characterized in that, include: Send a first DCI, the first DCI including: a first indication, the first DCI being used by the terminal to determine PDCCH listening behavior; The first indication includes 1 bit. When the 1 bit is a first value, it indicates switching to the target search space group. When the 1 bit is a second value, it indicates skipping PDCCH listening. Alternatively, the first indication may contain 2 bits of information; when the 2 bits are a third value, the indication switches to the target search space group; when the 2 bits are a fourth value, the indication skips PDCCH monitoring. When the first indication is used to indicate switching to the target search space group, the PDCCH listening behavior includes: listening to the PDCCH through the target search space group during a first time interval; or, When the first indication is used to indicate skipping PDCCH listening, the PDCCH listening behavior includes: skipping PDCCH listening within the first time interval, or skipping PDCCH listening within the first time interval and listening to PDCCH through the second search space group after the first time interval; The method further includes: Configure the second search space group; the second search space group is used for PDCCH monitoring after the first time interval.

12. The method according to claim 11, characterized in that, The first DCI further includes: a second indication, the second indication being used to indicate a first time interval, the first DCI being used to determine PDCCH listening behavior within and / or after the first time interval.

13. The method according to claim 11, characterized in that, The method further includes: Configure a first search space group, which is not associated with any search space or does not contain any configuration information related to PDCCH.

14. The method according to claim 12, characterized in that, The unit of the first time interval is any one of the following: Time slot; symbol; millisecond; The PDCCH monitoring period of the target search space group; The current search space group's PDCCH listening cycle; Discontinuous reception of DRX cycles.

15. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that, The second search space group includes at least one of the following: any search space group in the network-configured search space group, the default search space group, the first search space group, and the current search space group.

16. The method according to claim 11 or 13, characterized in that, The target search space group includes at least one of the following: Any search space group within the search space group configured in the network; Default searchspace group; First search space group.

17. The method according to claim 12, characterized in that, The start time of the first time interval is at least one of the following: The effective time of the first instruction; The application time of the first indication; The start time of a specific time unit after receiving the first DCI.

18. The method according to claim 17, characterized in that, The effective time of the first instruction and the time after receiving the first DCI are separated by the effective time delay of the first instruction, or the application time of the first instruction and the time after receiving the first DCI are separated by the application time delay of the first instruction.

19. An energy-saving indicator device, characterized in that, include: A first receiving module is configured to receive a first DCI, wherein the first DCI includes: a first indication; The first determining module is used to determine the PDCCH monitoring behavior based on the first DCI; The first indication includes 1 bit. When the 1 bit is a first value, it indicates switching to the target search space group; when the 1 bit is a second value, it indicates skipping PDCCH listening. Alternatively, the first indication may include 2 bits, where a third value indicates switching to the target search space group; and a fourth value indicates skipping PDCCH monitoring. Specifically, based on the first DCI, determining the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) monitoring behavior includes: When the first indication is used to indicate switching to the target search space group, the PDCCH is monitored through the target search space group during the first time interval; or, In the case where the first indication is used to indicate skipping PDCCH listening, skip PDCCH listening within the first time interval, or skip PDCCH listening within the first time interval and listen to PDCCH through the second search space group after the first time interval; The device further includes: an acquisition module, configured to acquire information about the second search space group; The second search space group is used for PDCCH monitoring after the first time interval.

20. An energy-saving indicator device, characterized in that, include: The sending module is used to send a first DCI, the first DCI including: a first indication, the first DCI being used by the terminal to determine PDCCH listening behavior; The first indication includes 1 bit. When the 1 bit is a first value, it indicates switching to the target search space group; when the 1 bit is a second value, it indicates skipping PDCCH monitoring. Alternatively, the first indication may include 2 bits, where a third value indicates switching to the target search space group; and a fourth value indicates skipping PDCCH monitoring. When the first indication is used to indicate switching to the target search space group, the PDCCH listening behavior includes: listening to the PDCCH through the target search space group during a first time interval; or, When the first indication is used to indicate skipping PDCCH listening, the PDCCH listening behavior includes: skipping PDCCH listening within the first time interval, or skipping PDCCH listening within the first time interval and listening to PDCCH through the second search space group after the first time interval; A configuration module is used to configure the second search space group, which is used for PDCCH monitoring after the first time interval.

21. A terminal, characterized in that, include: A processor, a memory, and a program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 10.

22. A network-side device, characterized in that, include: A processor, a memory, and a program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the method as claimed in any one of claims 11 to 18.

23. A readable storage medium, characterized in that, The readable storage medium stores a program or instructions that, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the method as described in any one of claims 1 to 18.

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