Activation indication method and device, activation determination method and device

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an activation indication method, including: sending downlink control information DCI to a terminal, where the DCI is used to indicate the terminal to activate and / or deactivate a secondary cell SCell. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, since the DCI is generally located in the physical downlink control channel PDCCH, it belongs to physical layer information. The process of the base station sending physical layer information is relatively simple compared to the process of the base station sending high-layer signaling such as MAC CE. Therefore, it can be quickly indicated to the terminal, reducing the delay of indicating the terminal to activate and / or deactivate the SCell, so that the terminal can activate and / or deactivate the indicated SCell as soon as possible according to the DCI, which is beneficial to the efficient utilization of radio resources and the energy saving of the terminal.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular, to an activation indication method, an activation determination method, an activation indication device, an activation determination device, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium. Background Art

[0002] Through Carrier Aggregation (CA) technology, multiple Component Carriers (CCs) can be aggregated for use, thus effectively increasing the system bandwidth and network capacity, and providing effective support for high-rate data transmission. Currently, up to 16 CCs can be aggregated. In the CA scenario, a terminal can simultaneously transmit and receive data on multiple CCs.

[0003] In 5G NR (New Radio), a CC can also be referred to as a cell. The Dual Connectivity (DC) technology is introduced in 5G NR. Based on the DC technology, a terminal can maintain connections with two base stations. One of the two base stations with which the terminal maintains connections is the master station, and the other is the secondary station. All CCs belonging to the master station form a group (abbreviated as MCG), and all CCs belonging to the secondary station form a group (abbreviated as SCG). In the CA / DC scenario, the anchor carrier corresponding to the MCG is called the PCell (Primary Cell), the anchor carrier corresponding to the SCG is called the PSCell (Primary Secondary Cell), and other carriers are called SCell (Secondary Cell).

[0004] In the CA / DC scenario, since the radio links of multiple carriers are maintained simultaneously, the power consumption of the terminal and the network is a problem. In the CA / DC scenario, generally, the primary cell provides coverage, and the secondary cell provides capacity. When parameters such as the data rate of the terminal change dynamically, the network capacity can be changed by activating / deactivating the secondary cell, thereby adjusting the power consumption of the terminal and the network.

[0005] In the related art, the terminal is instructed to activate / deactivate the SCell through high-layer signaling (such as the Medium Access Control layer Control Element MAC CE). Since the high-layer signaling is above the physical layer and requires more processing procedures, there is a relatively large delay when instructing the terminal, which is not conducive to the efficient use of radio resources and the energy saving of the terminal. Summary of the Invention

[0006] In view of this, embodiments of the present disclosure propose an activation indication method, an activation determination method, an activation indication device, an activation determination device, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium to solve the technical problems in the related art.

[0007] According to the first aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, an activation indication method is provided, which is applicable to a base station. The method includes:

[0008] Sending downlink control information DCI to a terminal, where the DCI is used to indicate the terminal to activate and / or deactivate a secondary cell SCell.

[0009] According to the second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, an activation determination method is provided, which is applicable to a terminal. The method includes:

[0010] Receiving downlink control information DCI sent by a base station;

[0011] Activating and / or deactivating a secondary cell SCell according to the DCI.

[0012] According to the third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, an activation indication device is provided, which is applicable to a base station. The device includes:

[0013] A first sending module, configured to send downlink control information DCI to a terminal, where the DCI is used to indicate the terminal to activate and / or deactivate a secondary cell SCell.

[0014] According to the fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, an activation determination device is provided, which is applicable to a terminal. The device includes:

[0015] A first receiving module, configured to receive downlink control information DCI sent by a base station;

[0016] An activation determination module, configured to activate and / or deactivate a secondary cell SCell according to the DCI.

[0017] According to the fifth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device is provided, including:

[0018] A processor;

[0019] A memory for storing executable instructions of the processor;

[0020] Wherein, the processor is configured to execute the above activation indication method.

[0021] According to the sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device is provided, including:

[0022] A processor;

[0023] A memory for storing executable instructions of the processor;

[0024] Wherein, the processor is configured to execute the above activation determination method.

[0025] According to a seventh aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, on which a computer program is stored. When the program is executed by a processor, the steps in the above activation indication method are implemented.

[0026] According to an eighth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, on which a computer program is stored. When the program is executed by a processor, the steps in the above activation determination method are implemented.

[0027] According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, since DCI is generally located in the physical downlink control channel PDCCH, it belongs to physical layer information. The process of the base station sending physical layer information is relatively simple compared to the process of the base station sending high-layer signaling such as MAC CE. Therefore, it can be quickly indicated to the terminal, reducing the latency of indicating the terminal to activate and / or deactivate the SCell, so that the terminal can activate and / or deactivate the indicated SCell as soon as possible according to the DCI, which is beneficial to the efficient utilization of radio resources and the energy saving of the terminal. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0028] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the following will briefly introduce the accompanying drawings required for the description of the embodiments. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present disclosure. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative efforts.

[0029] Figure 1 FIG. is a schematic flowchart of an activation indication method shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0030] Figure 2 FIG. is a schematic flowchart of another activation indication method shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0031] Figure 3 FIG. is a schematic flowchart of an activation determination method shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0032] Figure 4 FIG. is a schematic flowchart of another activation determination method shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0033] Figure 5 FIG. is a schematic flowchart of yet another activation determination method shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0034] Figure 6 FIG. is a schematic flowchart of yet another activation determination method shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0035] Figure 7 FIG. is a schematic flowchart of yet another activation determination method shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0036] Figure 8 It is a schematic flowchart of yet another activation determination method shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0037] Figure 9 It is a schematic flowchart of yet another activation determination method shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0038] Figure 10 It is a schematic flowchart of yet another activation determination method shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0039] Figure 11 It is a schematic flowchart of an activation indication device shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0040] Figure 12 It is a schematic flowchart of another activation indication device shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0041] Figure 13 It is a schematic block diagram of an activation determination device shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0042] Figure 14 It is a schematic block diagram of another activation determination device shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0043] Figure 15 It is a schematic block diagram of yet another activation determination device shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0044] Figure 16 It is a schematic block diagram of yet another activation determination device shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0045] Figure 17 It is a schematic block diagram of a device for activation indication shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0046] Figure 18 It is a schematic block diagram of a device for activation determination shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Detailed implementation manners

[0047] Next, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be clearly and completely described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.

[0048] Figure 1It is a schematic flowchart of an activation indication method shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The activation indication method shown in this embodiment can be applied to a base station, and the base station includes but is not limited to 4G base stations, 5G base stations, and 6G base stations. The base station can communicate with a terminal serving as a user equipment, and the terminal includes but is not limited to electronic devices such as mobile phones, tablet computers, wearable devices, sensors, and Internet of Things devices. In one embodiment, the terminal can be the terminal applicable to the activation determination method described in any subsequent embodiment.

[0049] As Figure 1 shown, the activation indication method may include the following steps:

[0050] In step S101, send downlink control information DCI (Downlink Control Information) to the terminal, where the DCI is used to indicate the terminal to activate and / or deactivate a secondary cell SCell.

[0051] In one embodiment, different from the related art, the present disclosure can indicate to the terminal to activate the SCell through the DCI, and can also indicate to the terminal to deactivate the SCell through the DCI, and the indicated SCell can be determined by the base station or by the terminal.

[0052] Since the DCI is generally located in the physical downlink control channel PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control CHannel), it belongs to physical layer information. The process of the base station sending physical layer information is relatively simple compared to the process of the base station sending high-layer signaling such as MAC CE, so it can be quickly indicated to the terminal, reducing the delay of indicating the terminal to activate and / or deactivate the SCell, so that the terminal can activate and / or deactivate the indicated SCell as soon as possible according to the DCI, which is beneficial to the efficient utilization of radio resources and the energy saving of the terminal.

[0053] The embodiments of the present disclosure can use the DCI to indicate the terminal to activate and / or deactivate the SCell. However, since the format and the indicated information of the existing DCI in the related art have been determined, in order to achieve a functional distinction from the existing DCI, the following several implementation manners are provided for exemplary description.

[0054] Optionally, the format of the DCI used to indicate the terminal to activate and / or deactivate the SCell is different from the format of the DCI used to indicate other information.

[0055] In one embodiment, for the DCI used to indicate the activation and / or deactivation of SCell by the terminal, it can be generated by adding a new field to the existing DCI format. For example, a new field can be added to DCI format 1_0, DCI format 1_1, and DCI format 2_0; alternatively, a separate DCI different from the existing DCI formats in the related art can be used to indicate the activation and / or deactivation of SCell by the terminal.

[0056] Optionally, the radio network temporary identity RNTI corresponding to the DCI used to indicate the activation and / or deactivation of SCell by the terminal (this DCI can be specifically used to indicate the activation and / or deactivation of SCell by the terminal) is different from the RNTI corresponding to the DCI used to indicate other information.

[0057] In one embodiment, for the DCI used to indicate the activation and / or deactivation of SCell by the terminal, it can be set that the RNTI corresponding to this DCI is different from the RNTI corresponding to the DCI used to indicate other information.

[0058] Among them, the RNTI can be used by the terminal to obtain the DCI from the PDCCH. For example, the RNTI (such as RNTI1) configured for the DCI indicating the activation and / or deactivation of SCell by the terminal is different from the RNTIs (such as RNTI2, RNTI3, RNTI4, etc.) configured for the DCI indicating other information. Then, the DCI obtained by the terminal from the PDCCH based on RNTI1 can activate and / or deactivate SCell.

[0059] Optionally, the DCI at least includes a first field and a second field. Among them, the first field is used to indicate the activation and / or deactivation of SCell by the terminal, and the second field is used to indicate other information.

[0060] In one embodiment, the existing DCI in the related art can be reused. However, the meanings of the existing fields in the existing DCI in the related art have been determined. The present disclosure can add a field, such as called the first field, to the DCI to be used to indicate the activation and / or deactivation of SCell by the terminal. Then, the original fields in the DCI, such as called the second field, can continue to be used to indicate other information, so as to reuse the DCI without affecting the original functions of the DCI.

[0061] In one embodiment, the first field may include the first target field in the subsequent embodiments, or may include the second target field in the subsequent embodiments. For example, the first field is the first target field, or the first field is the second target field.

[0062] Figure 2It is a schematic flowchart of another activation indication method shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As Figure 2 shown, the method further includes:

[0063] In step S201, group the SCell available to the terminal to obtain grouping information;

[0064] In step S202, send the grouping information to the terminal.

[0065] In one embodiment, since the number of SCell available to the terminal can be relatively large, but the number of bits in the DCI is limited, it may be difficult to perform targeted indication for each SCell. Therefore, the present disclosure can first group the SCell available to the terminal so as to perform indication for the grouped SCell groups. In addition, the grouping information obtained by grouping can also be sent to the terminal so that the terminal can determine the specific indication situation of the DCI based on the grouping information.

[0066] In one embodiment, the number of SCell available to the terminal can be determined first. The SCell available to the terminal are grouped only when the number of SCell available to the terminal is greater than a preset number, and when the number of SCell available to the terminal is less than the preset number, it is not necessary to group the SCell available to the terminal.

[0067] Optionally, the grouping information includes at least one of the following:

[0068] The SCell in each SCell group, the number of groups for grouping the SCell.

[0069] It should be noted that the grouping information is not limited to the above information. For example, it may also include the number of SCell in each SCell group, the association relationship between each SCell group and the bits in the DCI, etc.

[0070] Optionally, the DCI includes a first target field, the number of bits of the first target field is equal to the number of groups, and the first target field is used to indicate to activate the SCell in the first target group among the grouped SCell and / or deactivate the SCell in the second target group among the grouped SCell.

[0071] In one embodiment, the DCI may include a first target field. Herein, the first target field may be all fields of the DCI or partial fields in the DCI. The number of bits of the first target field is equal to the number of groups. Then, it may be indicated by the first target field to activate the SCell in the first target group among the grouped SCell, or it may also be indicated by the first target field to deactivate the SCell in the second target group among the grouped SCell. Herein, the first target group may be one SCell group or multiple SCell groups (for example, it may be all SCell groups after grouping or partial SCell groups), and the second target group may be one SCell group or multiple SCell groups (for example, it may be all SCell groups after grouping or partial SCell groups).

[0072] For example, there are 31 available SCell for the terminal, numbered from 0 to 30. The SCell are grouped into 4 SCell groups. The first SCell group contains 8 SCell, namely SCell0 to SCell7. The second SCell group contains 8 SCell, namely SCell8 to SCell15. The third SCell group contains 8 SCell, namely SCell16 to SCell23. The fourth SCell group contains 7 SCell, namely SCell24 to SCell30.

[0073] The first target field in the DCI includes 4 bits. For example, the first bit is associated with the first SCell group, the second bit is associated with the second SCell group, the third bit is associated with the third SCell group, and the fourth bit is associated with the fourth SCell group. A bit value of 0 indicates deactivation, and a bit value of 1 indicates activation.

[0074] For example, when the first target field in the DCI is 0101, the DCI may indicate the terminal to deactivate the SCell in the first SCell group and the third SCell group, and activate the SCell in the second SCell group and the fourth SCell group. For example, when the first target field in the DCI is 1111, the DCI may indicate the terminal to activate the SCell in 4 SCell groups.

[0075] If each SCell is indicated by one bit respectively, 31 bits are required. However, in this embodiment, the terminal can be indicated to activate and / or deactivate 31 SCell through a 4-bit field, thus effectively reducing the number of bits occupied by the DCI and being beneficial to saving communication resources.

[0076] Optionally, the DCI includes a second target field. The number of bits of the second target field is 1, and the number of groups for SCell grouping is 2;

[0077] The second target field is used to indicate activating the SCell in the first SCell group and deactivating the SCell in the second SCell group.

[0078] Or

[0079] The second target field is used to indicate deactivating the SCell in the first SCell group and activating the SCell in the second SCell group.

[0080] In one embodiment, the DCI may include a second target field. The second target field may be all fields of the DCI or partial fields of the DCI. The number of bits of the second target field is 1, and the number of groups of SCell grouping is 2. The base station and the terminal may pre-agree that for the SCell divided into two groups, the two SCell groups may include two cases: one case is that the SCell in the first SCell group is activated and the SCell in the second SCell group is deactivated; the other case is that the SCell in the first SCell group is deactivated and the SCell in the second SCell group is activated. Then these two cases can be represented by one bit.

[0081] For example, the available SCell of the terminal is 31, numbered from 0 to 30. The SCell is grouped into 2 SCell groups. The first SCell group contains 16 SCell, which are SCell0 to SCell15, and the second SCell group contains 16 SCell, which are SCell18 to SCell30.

[0082] For example, when the second target field in the DCI is 1, the DCI may indicate that the terminal activates 16 SCell in the first SCell group and deactivates 15 SCell in the second SCell group. For example, when the second target field in the DCI is 0, the DCI may indicate that the terminal deactivates 16 SCell in the first SCell group and activates 15 SCell in the second SCell group.

[0083] If each SCell is indicated by one bit respectively, 31 bits are required. However, in this embodiment, the terminal can be indicated to activate and / or deactivate 31 SCell through a 1-bit field, thereby effectively reducing the number of bits occupied by the DCI and being beneficial to saving communication resources.

[0084] Figure 3FIG. 0 is a schematic flowchart of an activation determination method shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The activation determination method shown in this embodiment can be applied to a terminal, and the terminal includes, but is not limited to, electronic devices such as mobile phones, tablet computers, wearable devices, sensors, and Internet of Things devices. The terminal can communicate with a base station as a user equipment, and the base station includes, but is not limited to, 4G base stations, 5G base stations, and 6G base stations. In one embodiment, the base station can be the base station applicable to the activation indication method described in any of the above embodiments.

[0085] As Figure 3 shown, the activation determination method may include the following steps:

[0086] In step S301, receive downlink control information DCI sent by the base station;

[0087] In step S302, activate and / or deactivate a secondary cell SCell according to the DCI.

[0088] Since DCI is generally located in the physical downlink control channel PDCCH, it belongs to physical layer information. The process of the base station sending physical layer information is relatively simple compared to the process of the base station sending high-layer signaling such as MAC CE. Therefore, it can be quickly indicated to the terminal, reducing the delay of indicating the terminal to activate and / or deactivate the SCell, so that the terminal can activate and / or deactivate the indicated SCell as soon as possible according to the DCI, which is beneficial to the efficient utilization of radio resources and the energy saving of the terminal.

[0089] Figure 4 FIG. 18 is a schematic flowchart of another activation determination method shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As Figure 4 shown, the method further includes:

[0090] In step S401, determine that the DCI is used to indicate the terminal to activate and / or deactivate the SCell according to the format of the DCI.

[0091] In one embodiment, for the DCI used to indicate the terminal to activate and / or deactivate the SCell, it can be generated by adding a new field to the existing DCI format. For example, a new field is added to DCI format 1_0, DCI format 1_1, and DCI format 2_0; or a separate DCI different from the existing DCI format in the related art is used to indicate the terminal to activate and / or deactivate the SCell.

[0092] Accordingly, the terminal can determine, according to the format of the DCI, that the DCI is used to indicate the activation and / or deactivation of the SCell by the terminal. For example, it is determined that a DCI different from the above DCI format 1_0, DCI format 1_1, DCI format 2_0, etc. is used to indicate the activation and / or deactivation of the SCell by the terminal.

[0093] Figure 5 FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of another activation determination method shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As Figure 5 shown, the method further includes:

[0094] In step S501, according to the radio network temporary identity RNTI corresponding to the DCI (the DCI can be specifically used to indicate the activation and / or deactivation of the SCell by the terminal), it is determined that the DCI is used to indicate the activation and / or deactivation of the SCell by the terminal.

[0095] In one embodiment, for the DCI used to indicate the activation and / or deactivation of the SCell by the terminal, the RNTI corresponding to the DCI can be set to be different from the RNTI corresponding to the DCI used to indicate other information.

[0096] Among them, the RNTI can be used by the terminal to obtain the DCI from the PDCCH. For example, the RNTI (for example, RNTI1) configured for the DCI indicating the activation and / or deactivation of the SCell by the terminal is different from the RNTI (for example, RNTI2, RNTI3, RNTI4, etc.) configured for the DCI indicating other information. Then, the DCI obtained by the terminal from the PDCCH based on RNTI1 can activate and / or deactivate the SCell.

[0097] Figure 6 FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of another activation determination method shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As Figure 6 shown, activating and / or deactivating the SCell according to the DCI includes:

[0098] In step S601, in response to sending a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgment HARQ-ACK corresponding to the DCI to the base station, the SCell is activated and / or deactivated according to the DCI.

[0099] In one embodiment, in the case where there is no multiplexing of the existing DCI in the related art, when the terminal determines that it has correctly received the DCI, the terminal can send the HARQ-ACK corresponding to the DCI to the base station. In this case, the terminal can determine that the content indicated in the DCI has been successfully obtained, and then the SCell can be activated and / or deactivated according to the DCI.

[0100] It should be noted that before it is determined that the content indicated in the DCI has been successfully obtained, the terminal still follows the active and inactive states of the SCell in the case where the DCI is not received.

[0101] Figure 7 It is a schematic flowchart of another activation determination method shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As Figure 7 shown, activating and / or deactivating the SCell according to the DCI includes:

[0102] In step S701, a first field is determined in the DCI, where the first field is used to indicate that the terminal activates and / or deactivates the SCell, and the DCI further includes a second field for indicating other information;

[0103] In step S702, the SCell is activated and / or deactivated according to the first field.

[0104] In one embodiment, the existing DCI in the related art can be reused, but the meaning of the existing fields in the existing DCI in the related art has been determined. The present disclosure can add a field in the DCI, for example, called the first field, to be used to indicate that the terminal activates and / or deactivates the SCell. Then, the existing fields in the DCI, for example, called the second field, can continue to be used to indicate other information.

[0105] The terminal can activate and / or deactivate the SCell according to the first field, and still can determine the other information indicated by the second field based on the second field, so as to reuse the DCI without affecting the original function of the DCI.

[0106] The terminal can activate and / or deactivate the SCell according to the first field, and still can determine the other information indicated by the second field based on the second field, so as to reuse the DCI without affecting the original function of the DCI.

[0107] In one embodiment, the first field may include the first target field in the subsequent embodiment, or may include the second target field in the subsequent embodiment. For example, the first field is the first target field, or the first field is the second target field.

[0108] Figure 8 It is a schematic flowchart of another activation determination method shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As Figure 8 shown, activating and / or deactivating the SCell according to the DCI includes:

[0109] In step S801, in response to the physical uplink shared channel PUSCH scheduled by the DCI being sent, or in response to the HARQ-ACK corresponding to the physical downlink shared channel PDSCH scheduled by the DCI being sent, the SCell is activated and / or deactivated according to the DCI.

[0110] In one embodiment, in the case of reusing the existing DCI in related technologies, the terminal can operate based on the channels scheduled by the DCI.

[0111] For example, if the DCI is used to schedule the PUSCH, when the PUSCH scheduled by the DCI is sent, it can be determined that the content indicated in the DCI has been successfully obtained, and then the SCell can be activated and / or deactivated according to the DCI.

[0112] For example, if the DCI is used to schedule the PDSCH, if the PDSCH scheduled by the DCI is correctly received, the HAQR-ACK corresponding to the PDSCH can be sent to the base station, and when the HAQR-ACK corresponding to the PDSCH is sent, it can be determined that the content indicated in the DCI has been successfully obtained, and then the SCell can be activated and / or deactivated according to the DCI.

[0113] It should be noted that before it is determined that the content indicated in the DCI has been successfully obtained, the terminal still follows the activation and deactivation states of the SCell in the case where the DCI has not been received.

[0114] Figure 9 It is a schematic flowchart of another activation determination method shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As Figure 9 shown, the method further includes:

[0115] In step S901, receive the grouping information obtained by grouping the SCell available to the terminal sent by the base station.

[0116] Optionally, the grouping information includes at least one of the following:

[0117] The SCell in each SCell group, the number of groups for grouping the SCell.

[0118] Figure 10 It is a schematic flowchart of another activation determination method shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As Figure 10 shown, the DCI includes a first target field, the number of bits of the first target field is equal to the number of groups, and the activating and / or deactivating the SCell according to the DCI includes:

[0119] In step S1001, according to the grouping information and the first target field, activate the first target group among the grouped SCell and the SCell in the first target group, and / or deactivate the second target group among the grouped SCell and the SCell in the second target group.

[0120] In one embodiment, the DCI may include a first target field. Herein, the first target field may be all fields of the DCI or some fields in the DCI. The number of bits of the first target field is equal to the number of groups. Then, it can be indicated by the first target field to activate the SCell in the first target group among the grouped SCell, or it can also be indicated by the first target field to deactivate the SCell in the second target group among the grouped SCell. Herein, the first target group may be one SCell group or multiple SCell groups (for example, it may be all SCell groups after grouping or some SCell groups), and the second target group may be one SCell group or multiple SCell groups (for example, it may be all SCell groups after grouping or some SCell groups).

[0121] For example, there are 31 available SCell for the terminal, numbered from 0 to 30. The SCell are grouped into 4 SCell groups. The first SCell group contains 8 SCell, namely SCell0 to SCell7. The second SCell group contains 8 SCell, namely SCell8 to SCell15. The third SCell group contains 8 SCell, namely SCell16 to SCell23. The fourth SCell group contains 7 SCell, namely SCell24 to SCell30.

[0122] The first target field in the DCI includes 4 bits. For example, the first bit is associated with the first SCell group, the second bit is associated with the second SCell group, the third bit is associated with the third SCell group, and the fourth bit is associated with the fourth SCell group. A bit value of 0 indicates deactivation, and a bit value of 1 indicates activation.

[0123] For example, when the first target field in the DCI is 0101, the DCI may indicate the terminal to deactivate the SCell in the first SCell group and the third SCell group, and activate the SCell in the second SCell group and the fourth SCell group. For example, when the first target field in the DCI is 1111, the DCI may indicate the terminal to activate the SCell in the 4 SCell groups.

[0124] If each SCell is indicated by one bit respectively, 31 bits are required. However, in this embodiment, the terminal can be indicated to activate and / or deactivate 31 SCell by a 4-bit field, thus effectively reducing the number of bits occupied by the DCI and being beneficial to saving communication resources.

[0125] Optionally, the DCI includes a second target field, the number of bits of the second target field is 1, and the number of groups of SCell grouping is 2. Activating and / or deactivating the SCell according to the DCI includes:

[0126] Activating the SCell in the first SCell group and deactivating the SCell in the second SCell group according to the second target field,

[0127] Or

[0128] Deactivating the SCell in the first SCell group and activating the SCell in the second SCell group according to the second target field.

[0129] In one embodiment, the DCI may include a second target field. Among them, the second target field may be all fields of the DCI or part of the fields in the DCI. The number of bits of the second target field is 1, and the number of groups of SCell grouping is 2. The base station and the terminal may pre-agree that for the SCell divided into two groups, the two SCell groups may include two cases: one case is that the SCell in the first SCell group is activated and the SCell in the second SCell group is deactivated; another case is that the SCell in the first SCell group is deactivated and the SCell in the second SCell group is activated. Then these two cases can be represented by one bit.

[0130] For example, the available SCell of the terminal is 31, and the serial numbers are from 0 to 30. The SCell is grouped into 2 SCell groups. The first SCell group contains 16 SCell, which are SCell0 to SCell15, and the second SCell group contains 16 SCell, which are SCell18 to SCell130.

[0131] For example, when the second target field in the DCI is 1, the DCI may instruct the terminal to activate 16 SCell in the first SCell group and deactivate 15 SCell in the second SCell group. For example, when the second target field in the DCI is 0, the DCI may instruct the terminal to deactivate 16 SCell in the first SCell group and activate 15 SCell in the second SCell group.

[0132] If each SCell is indicated by one bit respectively, 31 bits are required. However, in this embodiment, a 1-bit field can be used to indicate the terminal to activate and / or deactivate 31 SCell, thereby effectively reducing the number of bits occupied by the DCI and being beneficial to saving communication resources.

[0133] Corresponding to the embodiments of the foregoing activation indication method and activation determination method, the present disclosure also provides embodiments of an activation indication device and an activation determination device.

[0134] Figure 11 FIG. is a schematic flowchart of an activation indication device shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The activation indication device shown in this embodiment is applicable to a base station, and the base station includes, but is not limited to, a 4G base station, a 5G base station, and a 6G base station. The base station can communicate with a terminal serving as a user equipment, and the terminal includes, but is not limited to, electronic devices such as mobile phones, tablet computers, wearable devices, sensors, and Internet of Things devices. In one embodiment, the terminal may be the terminal applicable to the activation determination device described in any subsequent embodiment.

[0135] As Figure 11 shown, the activation indication device may include:

[0136] A first sending module 1101, configured to send downlink control information DCI to a terminal, where the DCI is used to indicate activation and / or deactivation of a secondary cell SCell by the terminal.

[0137] Optionally, the format of the DCI for indicating activation and / or deactivation of the SCell by the terminal is different from the format of the DCI for indicating other information.

[0138] Optionally, the radio network temporary identity RNTI corresponding to the DCI for indicating activation and / or deactivation of the SCell by the terminal is different from the RNTI corresponding to the DCI for indicating other information.

[0139] Optionally, the DCI includes at least a first field and a second field, where the first field is used to indicate activation and / or deactivation of the SCell by the terminal, and the second field is used to indicate other information.

[0140] Figure 12 FIG. is a schematic flowchart of another activation indication device shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As Figure 12 shown, the device further includes:

[0141] A grouping module 1201, configured to group the available SCells of the terminal to obtain grouping information;

[0142] A second sending module 1202, configured to send the grouping information to the terminal.

[0143] Optionally, the grouping information includes at least one of the following:

[0144] The SCells in each SCell group, the number of groups for grouping the SCells.

[0145] Optionally, the DCI includes a first target field, the number of bits of the first target field being equal to the number of groups, and the first target field being used to indicate SCell(s) in a first target group among the SCell(s) after activation of the group and / or SCell(s) in a second target group among the SCell(s) after deactivation of the group.

[0146] Optionally, the DCI includes a second target field, the number of bits of the second target field being 1, and the number of groups for SCell grouping being 2;

[0147] the second target field is used to indicate activation of SCell(s) in the first SCell group and deactivation of SCell(s) in the second SCell group,

[0148] or

[0149] the second target field is used to indicate deactivation of SCell(s) in the first SCell group and activation of SCell(s) in the second SCell group.

[0150] Figure 13 FIG. [0000347] is a schematic block diagram of an activation determination device shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The activation determination device shown in this embodiment can be applied to a terminal, and the terminal includes, but is not limited to, electronic devices such as mobile phones, tablet computers, wearable devices, sensors, and Internet of Things devices. The terminal can communicate with a base station as a user equipment, and the base station includes, but is not limited to, 4G base stations, 5G base stations, and 6G base stations. In one embodiment, the base station can be the base station applicable to the activation indication device described in any of the above embodiments.

[0151] As Figure 13 shown, the activation determination device may include:

[0152] A first receiving module 1301, configured to receive downlink control information DCI sent by a base station;

[0153] An activation determination module 1302, configured to activate and / or deactivate a secondary cell SCell according to the DCI.

[0154] Figure 14 FIG. [0000357] is a schematic block diagram of another activation determination device shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As Figure 14 shown, the device further includes:

[0155] A first determination module 1401, configured to determine, according to the format of the DCI, that the DCI is used to indicate activation and / or deactivation of SCell(s) by the terminal.

[0156] Figure 15It is a schematic block diagram of another activation determination device shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As Figure 15 shown, the device further includes:

[0157] A second determination module 1501, configured to determine, according to the radio network temporary identity RNTI corresponding to the DCI, that the DCI is used to indicate activation and / or deactivation of the SCell by the terminal.

[0158] Optionally, the activation determination module is configured to activate and / or deactivate the SCell according to the DCI in response to sending a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement HARQ-ACK corresponding to the DCI to the base station.

[0159] Optionally, the activation determination module is configured to determine a first field in the DCI, where the first field is used to indicate activation and / or deactivation of the SCell by the terminal, and the DCI further includes a second field for indicating other information; activate and / or deactivate the SCell according to the first field.

[0160] Optionally, the activation determination module is configured to activate and / or deactivate the SCell according to the DCI in response to the physical uplink shared channel PUSCH scheduled by the DCI being sent, or in response to the HARQ-ACK corresponding to the physical downlink shared channel PDSCH scheduled by the DCI being sent.

[0161] Figure 16 It is a schematic block diagram of another activation determination device shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As Figure 16 shown, the device further includes:

[0162] A second receiving module 1601, configured to receive packet information obtained by grouping the SCells available to the terminal sent by the base station.

[0163] Optionally, the packet information includes at least one of the following:

[0164] The SCell in each SCell group, the number of groups for grouping the SCells.

[0165] Optionally, the DCI includes a first target field, the number of bits of the first target field is equal to the number of groups, and the activation determination module is configured to activate the first target group and the SCells in the first target group among the grouped SCells, and / or deactivate the second target group and the SCells in the second target group among the grouped SCells according to the packet information and the first target field.

[0166] The DCI includes a second target field, the number of bits of the second target field is 1, and the number of groups for SCell grouping is 2. The activation determination module is configured to

[0167] activate the SCell in the first SCell group according to the second target field, and deactivate the SCell in the second SCell group,

[0168] or

[0169] deactivate the SCell in the first SCell group according to the second target field, and activate the SCell in the second SCell group.

[0170] Regarding the device in the above embodiments, the specific manners in which each module performs operations have been described in detail in the embodiments of the related methods, and will not be elaborated here.

[0171] For the device embodiments, since they basically correspond to the method embodiments, the relevant parts can be referred to the descriptions of the method embodiments. The device embodiments described above are only illustrative. The modules described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components shown as modules may or may not be physical modules, that is, they may be located in one place, or may be distributed to multiple network modules. Some or all of the modules can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment. Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand and implement it without creative efforts.

[0172] An embodiment of the present disclosure also provides an electronic device, including:

[0173] a processor;

[0174] a memory for storing executable instructions of the processor;

[0175] wherein, the processor is configured to execute the activation indication method described in any of the above embodiments.

[0176] An embodiment of the present disclosure also provides an electronic device, including:

[0177] a processor;

[0178] a memory for storing executable instructions of the processor;

[0179] wherein, the processor is configured to execute the activation determination method described in any of the above embodiments.

[0180] Embodiments of the present disclosure also propose a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored. When the program is executed by a processor, the steps in the activation indication method described in any of the above embodiments are implemented.

[0181] Embodiments of the present disclosure also propose a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored. When the program is executed by a processor, the steps in the activation determination method described in any of the above embodiments are implemented.

[0182] As Figure 17 shown, Figure 17 FIG. is a schematic block diagram of a device 1700 for activation indication shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The device 1700 may be provided as a base station. Referring to Figure 17 , the device 1700 includes a processing component 1722, a wireless transmit / receive component 1724, an antenna component 1726, and a signal processing part specific to the wireless interface. The processing component 1722 may further include one or more processors. One of the processors in the processing component 1722 may be configured to implement the activation indication method described in any of the above embodiments.

[0183] Figure 18 FIG. is a schematic block diagram of a device 1800 for activation determination shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. For example, the device 1800 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, a fitness device, a personal digital assistant, etc.

[0184] Referring to Figure 18 , the device 1800 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 1802, a memory 1804, a power component 1806, a multimedia component 1808, an audio component 1810, an input / output (I / O) interface 1812, a sensor component 1814, and a communication component 1816.

[0185] The processing component 1802 generally controls the overall operation of the device 1800, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communication, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing component 1802 may include one or more processors 1820 to execute instructions to complete all or part of the steps of the above activation determination method. In addition, the processing component 1802 may include one or more modules to facilitate the interaction between the processing component 1802 and other components. For example, the processing component 1802 may include a multimedia module to facilitate the interaction between the multimedia component 1808 and the processing component 1802.

[0186] The memory 1804 is configured to store various types of data to support the operation of the device 1800. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the device 1800, contact data, phone book data, messages, pictures, videos, etc. The memory 1804 can be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device or a combination thereof, such as static random access memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic disk or optical disk.

[0187] The power supply component 1806 provides power to various components of the device 1800. The power supply component 1806 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the device 1800.

[0188] The multimedia component 1808 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the device 1800 and the user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen can be implemented as a touch screen to receive input signals from the user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touches, swipes, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensors can not only sense the boundaries of the touch or swipe actions but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or swipe operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 1808 includes a front camera and / or a rear camera. When the device 1800 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode, the front camera and / or the rear camera can receive external multimedia data. Each of the front camera and the rear camera can be a fixed optical lens system or have focal length and optical zoom capabilities.

[0189] The audio component 1810 is configured to output and / or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 1810 includes a microphone (MIC) that is configured to receive external audio signals when the device 1800 is in an operating mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signals can be further stored in the memory 1804 or transmitted via the communication component 1816. In some embodiments, the audio component 1810 further includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

[0190] The I / O interface 1812 provides an interface between the processing component 1802 and a peripheral interface module, which can be a keyboard, click wheel, buttons, etc. These buttons can include, but are not limited to: a home button, volume buttons, a power-on button, and a lock button.

[0191] The sensor assembly 1814 includes one or more sensors for providing a status assessment of various aspects of the device 1800. For example, the sensor assembly 1814 can detect the on / off state of the device 1800, the relative positioning of components, such as the display and keypad of the device 1800. The sensor assembly 1814 can also detect a change in the position of the device 1800 or a component of the device 1800, the presence or absence of user contact with the device 1800, the orientation or acceleration / deceleration of the device 1800, and the temperature change of the device 1800. The sensor assembly 1814 can include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 1814 can also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 1814 can further include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

[0192] The communication component 1816 is configured to facilitate communication between the device 1800 and other devices in a wired or wireless manner. The device 1800 can access a wireless network based on communication standards, such as WiFi, 2G or 3G, 4G LTE, 5G NR, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 1816 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 1816 further includes a near field communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communication. For example, the NFC module can be implemented based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

[0193] In an exemplary embodiment, the device 1800 can be implemented by one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, or other electronic components for performing the above activation determination method.

[0194] In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions is also provided, such as a memory 1804 including instructions, and the above instructions can be executed by a processor 1820 of the device 1800 to complete the above activation determination method. For example, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium can be a ROM, a random access memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, and an optical data storage device, etc.

[0195] Other embodiments of the present disclosure will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art in view of the specification and practice of the disclosure herein. The present disclosure is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the present disclosure that follow the general principles of the present disclosure and include known common general knowledge or conventional technical means in the technical field not disclosed in the present disclosure. The specification and examples are only to be considered as exemplary, and the true scope and spirit of the present disclosure are pointed out by the following claims.

[0196] It should be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the exact structures described above and shown in the drawings, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from its scope. The scope of the present disclosure is only limited by the appended claims.

[0197] It should be noted that, in this document, relational terms such as first and second are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. The term "comprising", "including" or any other variation thereof is intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device comprising a series of elements includes not only those elements but also other elements not expressly listed, or elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. Without further limitation, an element defined by the statement "comprising an..." does not exclude the presence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article or device comprising the element.

[0198] The methods and apparatuses provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure have been introduced in detail above. Specific examples are used herein to illustrate the principles and implementation manners of the present disclosure. The description of the above embodiments is only used to help understand the method and its core idea of the present disclosure; at the same time, for those of ordinary skill in the art, according to the idea of the present disclosure, there will be changes in the specific implementation manners and application scopes. In summary, the content of this specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present disclosure.

Claims

1. An activation indication method, characterized in that, Applicable to a base station, the method includes: Sending downlink control information DCI to a terminal, where the DCI is used to instruct the terminal to activate and / or deactivate a secondary cell SCell; wherein, the format of the DCI for instructing the terminal to activate and / or deactivate the SCell is different from the format of the DCI for instructing other information, and the DCI at least includes a first field, and the first field is used to indicate the activation and / or deactivation of the SCell; Grouping the SCells available to the terminal to obtain grouping information; sending the grouping information to the terminal, where the grouping information includes: the SCells in each SCell group, and the number of groups for grouping the SCells; Wherein, the DCI includes a first target field, and the number of bits of the first target field is equal to the number of groups, and the first target field is used to indicate the activation of the SCells in the first target group among the grouped SCells and / or the deactivation of the SCells in the second target group among the grouped SCells.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein The radio network temporary identifier RNTI corresponding to the DCI for instructing the terminal to activate and / or deactivate the SCell is different from the RNTI corresponding to the DCI for instructing other information.

3. An activation determination method, characterized in that, Applicable to a terminal, the method includes: Receiving downlink control information DCI sent by a base station; Determining, according to the format of the DCI, that the DCI is used to activate and / or deactivate a secondary cell SCell; wherein, the DCI at least includes a first field, and the first field is used to indicate the activation and / or deactivation of the SCell; Receiving the grouping information obtained by grouping the SCells available to the terminal sent by the base station, where the grouping information includes: the SCells in each SCell group, and the number of groups for grouping the SCells; The DCI includes a first target field, and the number of bits of the first target field is equal to the number of groups. Activating and / or deactivating the SCell according to the DCI includes: according to the grouping information and the first target field, activating the first target group among the grouped SCells and the SCells in the first target group, and / or deactivating the second target group among the grouped SCells and the SCells in the second target group.

4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that, The method further includes: Determining, according to the radio network temporary identifier RNTI corresponding to the DCI, that the DCI is used to instruct the terminal to activate and / or deactivate the SCell.

5. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that, Activating and / or deactivating the SCell according to the DCI includes: In response to sending a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement HARQ-ACK corresponding to the DCI to the base station, activating and / or deactivating the SCell according to the DCI.

6. The method according to claim 3, wherein Activating and / or deactivating the SCell according to the DCI includes: In response to the physical uplink shared channel PUSCH scheduled by the DCI being sent, or in response to the HARQ-ACK corresponding to the physical downlink shared channel PDSCH scheduled by the DCI being sent, activating and / or deactivating the SCell according to the DCI.

7. An activation indicating device, characterized in that, Applicable to a base station, the apparatus includes: A first transmission module, configured to transmit downlink control information (DCI) to a terminal, where the DCI is used to instruct the terminal to activate and / or deactivate a secondary cell (SCell); wherein, a format of the DCI for instructing the terminal to activate and / or deactivate the SCell is different from a format of the DCI for instructing other information, and the DCI at least includes a first field, and the first field is used to indicate activation and / or deactivation of the SCell. A grouping module, configured to group the SCells available to the terminal to obtain grouping information; and send the grouping information to the terminal, where the grouping information includes: the SCells in each SCell group and the number of groups of the grouped SCells. Wherein, the DCI includes a first target field, a number of bits of the first target field is equal to the number of groups, and the first target field is used to indicate activation of the SCells in a first target group among the grouped SCells and / or deactivation of the SCells in a second target group among the grouped SCells.

8. An activation determination device, characterized in that, Applicable to a terminal, the apparatus includes: A first reception module, configured to receive downlink control information (DCI) sent by a base station. An activation determination module, configured to determine, according to the format of the DCI, that the DCI is used to activate and / or deactivate a secondary cell (SCell); wherein, the DCI at least includes a first field, and the first field is used to indicate activation and / or deactivation of the SCell. A second reception module, configured to receive grouping information obtained by grouping the SCells available to the terminal, sent by the base station, where the grouping information includes: the SCells in each SCell group and the number of groups of the grouped SCells. The DCI includes a first target field, a number of bits of the first target field is equal to the number of groups, and activating and / or deactivating the SCell according to the DCI includes: according to the grouping information and the first target field, activating the first target group and the SCells in the first target group among the grouped SCells, and / or deactivating the second target group and the SCells in the second target group among the grouped SCells.

9. An electronic device, characterized in that, Includes: A processor; A memory for storing processor-executable instructions; Wherein, the processor is configured to execute the activation indication method according to any one of claims 1 to 2.

10. An electronic device, characterized in that, Includes: A processor; A memory for storing processor-executable instructions; Wherein, the processor is configured to execute the activation determination method according to any one of claims 3 to 6.

11. A computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, characterized in that, When the program is executed by the processor, steps in the activation indication method according to any one of claims 1 to 2 are implemented.

12. A computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, characterized in that, When the program is executed by the processor, steps in the activation determination method according to any one of claims 3 to 6 are implemented.

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