Information transmission method, device, communication equipment and storage medium

Abstract

This disclosure relates to an information transmission method, apparatus, communication device, and storage medium, wherein a base station transmits an indication reference signal carrying indication information of the supersystem frame number (H-SFN).

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the field of wireless communication technology but is not limited to the field of wireless communication technology, and in particular to information transmission methods, devices, communication equipment and storage media. Background Art

[0002] The time unit for synchronization between the user equipment (UE) and the base station is the system frame. The UE is synchronized based on the system frame number (SFN). One SFN is 10ms. The SFN value range is 0-1023. When SFN reaches 1023, it restarts from 0. The maximum SFN period is 1024 system frames, that is, 10.24 seconds. The paging cycle and DRX cycle need to be less than 10.24 seconds.

[0003] With the increasing demand for power saving, 10.24 seconds cannot meet the requirements of paging cycle, DRX cycle and other cycles. Therefore, a new super system frame is defined. UE is synchronized based on the super system frame number (H-SFN, H System Frame Number). One super system frame corresponds to 1024 system frames, that is, one super frame is equal to 10.24s. The value range of H-SFN is 0-1023. The maximum period of H-SFN is 1024 H-SFNs, that is, 2.9127 hours. Summary of the invention

[0004] In view of this, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information transmission method, apparatus, communication device and storage medium.

[0005] According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an information transmission method, wherein the method is applied to a base station, and the method includes:

[0006] Send indication information indicating the state of the reference signal carrying the H-SFN.

[0007] According to a second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an information transmission method, which is applied to a user equipment UE, and the method includes:

[0008] receiving instruction information;

[0009] According to the indication information, a state of the reference signal carrying a super system frame number H-SFN is determined.

[0010] According to a third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an information transmission device, which is applied to a base station, and the device includes: a first sending module, wherein:

[0011] The first sending module is configured to send indication information indicating a state in which a reference signal carries a super system frame number H-SFN.

[0012] According to a fourth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an information transmission device, which is applied to a user equipment UE, and the device comprises: a first receiving module and a first determining module, wherein:

[0013] The first receiving module is configured to receive indication information;

[0014] The first determination module is configured to determine, according to the indication information, a state in which the reference signal carries a super system frame number H-SFN.

[0015] According to a fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication device is provided, comprising a processor, a memory, and an executable program stored in the memory and capable of being run by the processor, wherein the processor executes the steps of the information transmission method described in the first aspect or the second aspect when running the executable program.

[0016] According to a sixth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a storage medium is provided, on which an executable program is stored, wherein the executable program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the information transmission method described in the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0017] According to the information transmission method, apparatus, communication equipment and storage medium provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, the base station sends indication information indicating the state of the reference signal carrying the super system frame number H-SFN. In this way, the base station can explicitly indicate the state of the reference signal carrying H-SFN through the indication information. On the one hand, the base station can flexibly choose whether to carry the state of H-SFN in the reference signal, as well as the bit position carrying H-SFN, and inform the UE through the indication information, thereby improving the flexibility of the reference signal carrying H-SFN. On the other hand, the UE can determine the location of reading H-SFN based on the indication information, reduce the reading errors caused by the uncertain location of H-SFN, and improve the efficiency of reading H-SFN.

[0018] It should be understood that the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the embodiments of the present disclosure. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0019] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the embodiments of the present invention.

[0020] Figure 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a wireless communication system according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0021] Figure 2 is a flowchart of an information transmission method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0022] Figure 3 is a flowchart of another information transmission method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0023] Figure 4 is a block diagram of an information transmission device according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0024] Figure 5 is a block diagram of another information transmission device according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0025] Figure 6 It is a block diagram showing a device for information transmission or information transmission according to an exemplary embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0026] Exemplary embodiments will be described in detail herein, examples of which are shown in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the drawings, the same numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all implementations consistent with the embodiments of the present invention. Instead, they are merely examples of devices and methods consistent with some aspects of the embodiments of the present invention as detailed in the appended claims.

[0027] The terms used in the disclosed embodiments are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the disclosed embodiments. The singular forms of "a", "said" and "the" used in the disclosed embodiments and the appended claims are also intended to include plural forms unless the context clearly indicates other meanings. It should also be understood that the term "and / or" used herein refers to and includes any or all possible combinations of one or more associated listed items.

[0028] It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used to describe various information in the disclosed embodiments, these information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish the same type of information from each other. For example, without departing from the scope of the disclosed embodiments, the first information may also be referred to as the second information, and similarly, the second information may also be referred to as the first information. Depending on the context, the word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at the time of" or "when" or "in response to determining".

[0029] Please refer to Figure 1 , which shows a schematic diagram of the structure of a wireless communication system provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. Figure 1 As shown, the wireless communication system is a communication system based on cellular mobile communication technology, and the wireless communication system may include: a plurality of terminals 11 and a plurality of base stations 12 .

[0030] Among them, the terminal 11 can be a device that provides voice and / or data connectivity to the user. The terminal 11 can communicate with one or more core networks via a radio access network (RAN). The terminal 11 can be an Internet of Things terminal, such as a sensor device, a mobile phone (or a "cellular" phone), and a computer with an Internet of Things terminal. For example, it can be a fixed, portable, pocket-sized, handheld, computer-built-in or vehicle-mounted device. For example, a station (STA), a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a mobile station, a remote station, an access point, a remote terminal, an access terminal, a user terminal, a user agent, a user device, or a user equipment (UE). Alternatively, the terminal 11 can also be a device of an unmanned aerial vehicle. Alternatively, the terminal 11 can also be a vehicle-mounted device, for example, it can be a driving computer with wireless communication function, or a wireless communication device connected to an external driving computer. Alternatively, the terminal 11 may also be a roadside device, for example, a street lamp, a traffic light or other roadside device with a wireless communication function.

[0031] The base station 12 may be a network-side device in a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system may be a fourth generation mobile communication technology (4G) system, also known as a long term evolution (LTE) system; or, the wireless communication system may be a 5G system, also known as a new radio (NR) system or a 5G NR system. Alternatively, the wireless communication system may be the next generation system of the 5G system. The access network in the 5G system may be referred to as NG-RAN (New Generation-Radio Access Network). Alternatively, an MTC system.

[0032] Among them, the base station 12 can be an evolved base station (eNB) adopted in the 4G system. Alternatively, the base station 12 can also be a base station (gNB) adopting a centralized distributed architecture in the 5G system. When the base station 12 adopts a centralized distributed architecture, it usually includes a centralized unit (CU) and at least two distributed units (DU). The centralized unit is provided with a protocol stack of a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer, a radio link layer control protocol (RLC) layer, and a media access control (MAC) layer; the distributed unit is provided with a physical (Physical, PHY) layer protocol stack. The specific implementation method of the base station 12 is not limited in the embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0033] A wireless connection can be established between the base station 12 and the terminal 11 through a wireless air interface. In different implementations, the wireless air interface is a wireless air interface based on the fourth generation mobile communication network technology (4G) standard; or, the wireless air interface is a wireless air interface based on the fifth generation mobile communication network technology (5G) standard, for example, the wireless air interface is a new air interface; or, the wireless air interface can also be a wireless air interface based on the next generation mobile communication network technology standard of 5G.

[0034] In some embodiments, E2E (End to End) connections may also be established between the terminals 11, such as V2V (vehicle to vehicle) communication, V2I (vehicle to Infrastructure) communication, and V2P (vehicle to pedestrian) communication in vehicle to everything (V2X) communication.

[0035] In some embodiments, the wireless communication system may further include a network management device 13 .

[0036] Several base stations 12 are respectively connected to a network management device 13. The network management device 13 may be a core network device in a wireless communication system. For example, the network management device 13 may be a mobility management entity (MME) in an evolved packet core (EPC). Alternatively, the network management device may be other core network devices, such as a serving gateway (SGW), a public data network gateway (PGW), a policy and charging rules function (PCRF), or a home subscriber server (HSS). The implementation form of the network management device 13 is not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0037] The execution entities involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure include, but are not limited to: UEs such as mobile phone terminals supporting cellular mobile communications, and base stations, etc.

[0038] One application scenario of the disclosed embodiment is that, since the H-SFN value range is 0-1023, 10 bits are needed to represent different H-SFNs. In the new radio (NR, New Radio), at least one of the 10 bits of H-SFN can be carried by using a base station downlink reference signal or the like.

[0039] like Figure 2 As shown, this exemplary embodiment provides an information transmission method, which can be applied to a base station, including:

[0040] Step 201: Send indication information indicating the state of a reference signal carrying H-SFN.

[0041] The value range of H-SFN is 0-1023, and 10 bits are needed to represent different H-SFNs.

[0042] The base station may divide the H-SFN into a plurality of parts. For example, the base station may divide the H-SFN into two parts, the first part having n bits and the second part having 10-n bits. The n bits of the first part may be bits at any position of the H-SFN. For example, the n bits of the first part may be n bits of the high position of the H-SFN or n bits of the low position of the H-SFN. Here, n may be less than or equal to the number of bits of the H-SFN, that is, n may be a positive integer less than or equal to 10.

[0043] The base station may carry n bits in a reference signal and send it to the UE, and carry the other 10-n bits in downlink information different from the indication information. For example, the other 10-n bits may be carried in a system message and sent to the UE.

[0044] The base station may also not divide the H-SFN, but carry the entire H-SFN in a reference signal and send it to the UE, or carry the entire H-SFN in a system message and send it to the UE.

[0045] In one embodiment, the reference signal includes: a tracking reference signal (TRS, Tracking Reference Signal) or a channel state indication reference signal (CSI-RS, Channel State Information Reference Signal).

[0046] The base station can carry one or more bits of H-SFN through TRS or CSI-RS. TRS or CRS can be configured closer to the paging opportunity PO time, while the original synchronization signal block SSB is far away from the PO position, so the user needs to wake up a long time in advance to synchronize with the SSB. After using TRS or CRS, it can wake up later, so it can save more power.

[0047] In one embodiment, the TRS or CSI-RS is at least used for downlink synchronization of a user equipment UE in an idle state or an inactive state.

[0048] Here, the TRS or CSI-RS may be a TRS or CSI-RS shared by an idle UE or an inactive UE and a connected UE. The idle UE or the inactive UE and the connected UE may monitor the TRS or CSI-RS at the shared TRS or CSI-RS timing.

[0049] Here, the state of the reference signal carrying H-SFN can be at least used for the UE to determine the position of the bit of H-SFN. The state of the reference signal carrying H-SFN includes but is not limited to whether the reference signal carries H-SFN; the position of carrying H-SFN in the reference signal; whether the reference signal carries all bits of H-SFN, etc.

[0050] In this way, the base station can explicitly indicate the state of the reference signal carrying H-SFN through the indication information. On the one hand, the base station can flexibly choose whether to carry the H-SFN state in the reference signal, as well as the bit position carrying H-SFN, and inform the UE through the indication information, thereby improving the flexibility of the reference signal carrying H-SFN. On the other hand, the UE can determine the location of reading H-SFN based on the indication information, reduce the reading errors caused by the uncertain location of H-SFN, and improve the efficiency of reading H-SFN.

[0051] In an embodiment, the indication information is used to indicate whether the reference signal carries at least one bit of the H-SFN.

[0052] In response to the base station carrying at least one bit of the H-SFN in the reference signal, the base station may send indication information indicating that the reference information carries at least one bit of the H-SFN.

[0053] In response to the reference signal not carrying the bit of the H-SFN, the base station may send indication information to indicate that the reference signal does not carry the bit of the H-SFN.

[0054] The UE can determine whether the reference signal carries at least one bit of the H-SFN based on the indication information. If so, the UE can determine at least one bit of the H-SFN from the reference signal. Otherwise, the H-SFN can be determined from other information, such as a system message, based on a direct reservation between the base station and the UE or an agreement in the communication protocol.

[0055] In one embodiment, the indication information is used to indicate the number of bits of the reference signal carrying the H-SFN.

[0056] In response to the base station carrying at least one bit of the H-SFN in the reference signal, the base station may send indication information indicating the number of bits carrying the H-SFN in the reference information.

[0057] The UE may determine the number of bits of the reference signal carrying the H-SFN based on the indication information, and further determine a corresponding number of bits from the reference signal.

[0058] In an embodiment, the number of bits of the reference signal carrying the H-SFN may implicitly indicate the number of bits of the reference signal carrying the H-SFN.

[0059] In one embodiment, the indication information is used to indicate the number of low-order bits of the H-SFN carried by the reference signal.

[0060] Here, the number of bits of the H-SFN carried by the reference signal indicated by the indication information may be the number of low-order bits of the H-SFN. For example, the indication information may indicate the low-order 1 bit or the low-order 2 bits of the H-SFN.

[0061] In some scenarios, the UE only needs the lowest n bits for synchronization. A superframe occupies 10.24 seconds in the time domain, that is, the lowest bit of the H-SFN can identify plus or minus 10.24 seconds; the lowest two bits can identify plus or minus 20.56 seconds.

[0062] For the case where the UE is configured with the extended discontinuous reception (eDRX) mode, if the duration indicated by the n bits is greater than or equal to the longest eDRX cycle, the UE can only determine the synchronization deviation from the lower n bits of the H-SFN carried by the indication information to complete the synchronization. It is no longer necessary to read the remaining H-SFN bits in SIB1. This reduces the energy consumption generated by reading SIB1, thereby saving power.

[0063] Exemplarily, when the longest eDRX cycle does not exceed plus or minus 10.24 seconds, the UE may only need to determine the synchronization deviation from the lowest bit of the H-SFN carried by the indication information to complete the synchronization, and n may be selected as 1. When the longest eDRX cycle does not exceed plus or minus 20.48 seconds, the UE may only need to determine the synchronization deviation from the lower two bits of the H-SFN carried by the indication information to complete the synchronization, and n may be selected as 2.

[0064] The UE may determine the number of lower bits of the H-SFN carried by the reference signal based on the indication information, and further determine a corresponding number of lower bits in the reference signal.

[0065] In an embodiment, the sending of the indication information indicating the state of the reference signal carrying the H-SFN includes at least one of the following:

[0066] broadcasting the indication information indicating a state in which the reference signal carries the H-SFN;

[0067] The reference signal unicast indicates that it carries the indication information of the state of the H-SFN.

[0068] The base station may send the indication information to the UE in the form of broadcast and / or unicast.

[0069] For example, the base station may carry the indication information in a broadcast message. The UE may determine, from the broadcast message, that the reference signal carries the indication information of the state of the H-SFN.

[0070] The base station may carry the indication information in existing unicast signaling or add dedicated unicast signaling to send the indication information to the UE. The UE may determine the indication information of the state of the reference signal carrying the H-SFN from the unicast signaling.

[0071] In an embodiment, the sending of indication information indicating a state where a reference signal carries an H-SFN includes:

[0072] Sending a first downlink message carrying both the configuration information of the reference signal and the indication information; wherein the configuration information of the reference signal is at least used to indicate a transmission resource of the reference signal;

[0073] or,

[0074] Send a second downlink message carrying the indication information, wherein the second downlink message is different from a third downlink message carrying the configuration information of the reference signal.

[0075] The indication information and the configuration information of the reference signal can be carried in the same downlink message and sent to the UE. After receiving the downlink message, the UE can at least determine the transmission resource of the reference signal based on the configuration information of the reference signal, and can determine the state of the reference signal carrying the H-SFN based on the indication information. In this way, the utilization efficiency of the downlink message is improved.

[0076] In response to the indication information indicating that the reference signal carries at least one bit of the H-SFN and / or the indication information indicating the number of bits of the reference signal carrying the H-SFN, the UE determines the bits of the H-SFN from the reference information.

[0077] In response to the indication information indicating that the reference signal does not carry at least one bit of the H-SFN, the UE determines the bit of the H-SFN from other information such as a system message.

[0078] The indication information and the configuration information of the reference signal may also be carried in different downlink messages and sent to the UE. After the UE receives a downlink message, it may determine at least the transmission resource of the reference signal based on the configuration information of the reference signal. After the UE receives another downlink message, it may determine the state of the reference signal carrying the H-SFN based on the indication information. In this way, the flexibility of carrying the configuration information and indication information of the reference signal may be improved.

[0079] Here, the downlink message includes but is not limited to: Radio Resource Control (RRC) message.

[0080] In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

[0081] In response to the reference signal carrying at least one bit of the H-SFN, reference signal activation indication information is sent, wherein the reference signal activation indication information is used to indicate the activation state of the reference signal, that is, whether it is activated.

[0082] In response to the base station notifying the UE that the reference signal sent by it carries at least one bit of the H-SFN, the base station also needs to pre-notify the UE of the available state of the reference signal through reference signal activation indication information.

[0083] The reference signal activation indication information indicates that the available state of a reference signal, such as a TRS or a CRS, is represented as the activation state of the resource:

[0084] The reference signal activation indication information may indicate that the reference signal is in an activated state, the configuration of the reference signal resource is reasonable, and the network is actually sending the reference signal corresponding to the resource; at this time, for the UE, the reference signal is available; the network expects the UE to use the reference signal resource to receive the reference signal.

[0085] In response to the reference signal activation indication information indicating that the reference signal is in an activated state, the UE may monitor the reference signal, and determine, based on the indication information carried by the reference signal, the state in which the reference signal carries the H-SFN.

[0086] The reference signal activation indication information may indicate that the reference signal is in an inactive state, that the configuration of the reference signal resource is unreasonable, or that the configuration of the resource is reasonable but the network does not actually send the reference signal corresponding to the resource; at this time, for the terminal, the reference signal is unavailable; the network does not expect the terminal to use the reference signal.

[0087] In response to the reference signal activation indication information indicating that the reference signal is in an inactive state, the UE may determine the H-SFN based on other information such as system information.

[0088] In one embodiment, the sending of reference signal activation indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0089] broadcasting a signaling carrying the reference signal activation indication information;

[0090] Sending RRC information carrying the reference signal activation indication information;

[0091] Send downlink control information (DCI, Downlink Control Information) carrying the reference signal activation indication information.

[0092] The base station may carry the reference signal activation indication information through broadcast information, for example, by carrying the reference signal activation indication information in a system message.

[0093] The base station may also carry the reference signal activation indication information through dedicated signaling such as an RRC message or a DCI.

[0094] In an embodiment, the sending of the indication information indicating the state of the reference signal carrying the H-SFN includes at least one of the following:

[0095] broadcasting a signaling carrying the indication information and the reference signal activation indication information;

[0096] Sending the RRC information carrying the indication information and the reference signal activation indication information;

[0097] Send the DCI carrying the indication information and the reference signal activation indication information.

[0098] When the base station notifies the UE of the activation state of the reference signal through broadcast signaling or dedicated signaling, such as RRC message or DCI, it can also carry indication information to notify the UE whether the reference signal sent by it carries at least one bit of the H-SFN.

[0099] In this way, the amount of information carried by broadcast signaling or dedicated signaling, such as RRC messages or DCI, can be increased, thereby improving transmission efficiency.

[0100] In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

[0101] Send the reference signal carrying n bits of the H-SFN, where n is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to m, where m is the number of bits of the H-SFN.

[0102] The value range of H-SFN is 0-1023, and 10 bits are needed to represent different H-SFNs.

[0103] In response to the base station dividing the H-SFN into two parts, the first part has n bits and the second part has 10-n bits. The n bits of the first part can be bits at any position of the H-SFN, for example, the n bits of the first part can be n bits of the high position of the H-SFN, or n bits of the low position of the H-SFN. The base station can carry the n bits in the reference information and send it to the UE, and carry the other 10-n bits in the downlink information different from the indication information, for example, the other 10-n bits can be carried in SIB1 and sent to the UE.

[0104] The base station may also carry all 10 bits of the H-SFN in a reference signal and send it to the UE.

[0105] Here, the reference signal may be a TRS or a CSI-RS, and the TRS or the CSI-RS may be a shared TRS or CSI-RS, that is, a reference signal that can be used in a connected state, an idle state, or an activated state at the same time.

[0106] In an embodiment, the sending of indication information indicating a state where a reference signal carries an H-SFN includes:

[0107] In response to operating in the eDRX mode, sending the indication information indicating the state in which the reference signal carries the H-SFN.

[0108] In the eDRX mode, the eDRX cycle is long and needs to be synchronized using a super system frame. Thus, in the eDRX mode, the H-SFN needs to be indicated. The base station can indicate the state of the bit of the H-SFN through the indication information.

[0109] In one embodiment, the eDRX mode includes:

[0110] Idle eDRX mode or inactive eDRX mode.

[0111] The eDRX mode can be applied to an idle UE or an inactive UE. In response to the UE being in an idle state or an active state and operating in the eDRX mode, the UE and the base station use a super system frame for synchronization. The base station can indicate the state of the H-SFN bit through indication information.

[0112] like Figure 3 As shown, this exemplary embodiment provides an information transmission method, which can be applied to a user equipment, including:

[0113] Step 301: receiving instruction information;

[0114] Step 302: Determine the state of the reference signal carrying the H-SFN according to the indication information.

[0115] The value range of H-SFN is 0-1023, and 10 bits are needed to represent different H-SFNs.

[0116] The base station may divide the H-SFN into a plurality of parts. For example, the base station may divide the H-SFN into two parts, the first part having n bits and the second part having 10-n bits. The n bits of the first part may be bits at any position of the H-SFN. For example, the n bits of the first part may be n bits of the high position of the H-SFN or n bits of the low position of the H-SFN. Here, n may be less than or equal to the number of bits of the H-SFN, that is, n may be a positive integer less than or equal to 10.

[0117] The base station may carry n bits in a reference signal and send it to the UE, and carry the other 10-n bits in downlink information different from the indication information. For example, the other 10-n bits may be carried in a system message and sent to the UE.

[0118] The base station may not divide the H-SFN, but may carry the entire H-SFN in a reference signal and send it to the UE, or may carry the entire H-SFN in a system message and send it to the UE.

[0119] In one embodiment, the reference signal includes: TRS or CSI-RS.

[0120] The base station can carry one or more bits of H-SFN through TRS or CSI-RS. TRS or CRS can be configured closer to the paging opportunity PO time, while the original SSB is far away from the PO position, so the user needs to wake up a long time in advance to synchronize with the SSB. After using TRS or CRS, it can wake up later, so it can save more power.

[0121] In one embodiment, the TRS or CSI-RS is at least used for downlink synchronization of a user equipment UE in an idle state or an inactive state.

[0122] Here, the TRS or CSI-RS may be a TRS or CSI-RS shared by an idle UE or an inactive UE and a connected UE. The idle UE or the inactive UE and the connected UE may monitor the TRS or CSI-RS at the shared TRS or CSI-RS timing.

[0123] Here, the state of the reference signal carrying H-SFN can be at least used for the UE to determine the position of the bit of H-SFN. The state of the reference signal carrying H-SFN includes but is not limited to whether the reference signal carries H-SFN; the position of carrying H-SFN in the reference signal; whether the reference signal carries all bits of H-SFN, etc.

[0124] In this way, the base station can explicitly indicate the state of the reference signal carrying H-SFN through the indication information. On the one hand, the base station can flexibly choose whether to carry the H-SFN state in the reference signal, as well as the bit position carrying H-SFN, and inform the UE through the indication information, thereby improving the flexibility of the reference signal carrying H-SFN. On the other hand, the UE can determine the location of reading H-SFN based on the indication information, reduce the reading errors caused by the uncertain location of H-SFN, and improve the efficiency of reading H-SFN.

[0125] In an embodiment, determining, according to the indication information, a state in which the reference signal carries the H-SFN includes:

[0126] Determine, according to the indication information, whether the reference signal carries at least one bit of the H-SFN.

[0127] In response to the base station carrying at least one bit of the H-SFN in the reference signal, the base station may send indication information indicating that the reference information carries at least one bit of the H-SFN.

[0128] In response to the reference signal not carrying the bit of the H-SFN, the base station may send indication information to indicate that the reference signal does not carry the bit of the H-SFN.

[0129] The UE can determine whether the reference signal carries at least one bit of the H-SFN based on the indication information. If so, the UE can determine at least one bit of the H-SFN from the reference signal. Otherwise, the H-SFN can be determined from other information, such as a system message, based on a direct reservation between the base station and the UE or an agreement in the communication protocol.

[0130] In an embodiment, determining, according to the indication information, a state in which the reference signal carries the H-SFN includes:

[0131] The number of bits of the reference signal carrying the H-SFN is determined according to the indication information.

[0132] In response to the base station carrying at least one bit of the H-SFN in the reference signal, the base station may send indication information indicating the number of bits carrying the H-SFN in the reference information.

[0133] The UE may determine the number of bits of the reference signal carrying the H-SFN based on the indication information, and further determine a corresponding number of bits from the reference signal.

[0134] In an embodiment, the number of bits of the reference signal carrying the H-SFN may implicitly indicate the number of bits of the reference signal carrying the H-SFN.

[0135] In an embodiment, determining, according to the indication information, the number of bits of the reference signal carrying the H-SFN includes:

[0136] According to the indication information, the number of low-order bits of the reference signal carrying the H-SFN is determined.

[0137] Here, the number of bits of the H-SFN carried by the reference signal indicated by the indication information may be the number of low-order bits of the H-SFN. For example, the indication information may indicate the low-order 1 bit or the low-order 2 bits of the H-SFN.

[0138] In some scenarios, the UE only needs the lowest n bits for synchronization. A superframe occupies 10.24 seconds in the time domain, that is, the lowest bit of the H-SFN can identify plus or minus 10.24 seconds; the lowest two bits can identify plus or minus 20.56 seconds.

[0139] In the case where the UE is configured with eDRX mode, if the duration indicated by the n bits is greater than or equal to the longest eDRX cycle, the UE can only determine the synchronization deviation from the lower n bits of the H-SFN carried by the indication information to complete the synchronization. It is no longer necessary to read the remaining H-SFN bits in SIB1. This reduces the energy consumption generated by reading SIB1 and saves power.

[0140] Exemplarily, when the longest eDRX cycle does not exceed plus or minus 10.24 seconds, the UE may only need to determine the synchronization deviation from the lowest bit of the H-SFN carried by the indication information to complete the synchronization, and n may be selected as 1. When the longest eDRX cycle does not exceed plus or minus 20.48 seconds, the UE may only need to determine the synchronization deviation from the lower two bits of the H-SFN carried by the indication information to complete the synchronization, and n may be selected as 2.

[0141] The UE may determine the number of lower bits of the H-SFN carried by the reference signal based on the indication information, and further determine a corresponding number of lower bits in the reference signal.

[0142] In one embodiment, the receiving indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0143] Receiving the broadcasted indication information;

[0144] Receive the unicast indication information.

[0145] The base station may send the indication information to the UE in the form of broadcast and / or unicast.

[0146] For example, the base station may carry the indication information in a broadcast message. The UE may determine, from the broadcast message, that the reference signal carries the indication information of the state of the H-SFN.

[0147] The base station may carry the indication information in existing unicast signaling or add dedicated unicast signaling to send the indication information to the UE. The UE may determine the indication information of the state of the reference signal carrying the H-SFN from the unicast signaling.

[0148] In one embodiment, the receiving indication information includes:

[0149] receiving a first downlink message carrying both the configuration information of the reference signal and the indication information; wherein the configuration information of the reference signal is at least used to indicate a transmission resource of the reference signal;

[0150] or,

[0151] A second downlink message carrying the indication information is received, wherein the second downlink message is different from a third downlink message carrying the configuration information of the reference signal.

[0152] The indication information and the configuration information of the reference signal can be carried in the same downlink message and sent to the UE. After receiving the downlink message, the UE can at least determine the transmission resource of the reference signal based on the configuration information of the reference signal, and can determine the state of the reference signal carrying the H-SFN based on the indication information. In this way, the utilization efficiency of the downlink message is improved.

[0153] In response to the indication information indicating that the reference signal carries at least one bit of the H-SFN and / or the indication information indicating the number of bits of the reference signal carrying the H-SFN, the UE determines the bits of the H-SFN from the reference information.

[0154] In response to the indication information indicating that the reference signal does not carry at least one bit of the H-SFN, the UE determines the bit of the H-SFN from other information such as a system message.

[0155] The indication information and the configuration information of the reference signal may also be carried in different downlink messages and sent to the UE. After the UE receives a downlink message, it may determine at least the transmission resource of the reference signal based on the configuration information of the reference signal. After the UE receives another downlink message, it may determine the state of the reference signal carrying the H-SFN based on the indication information. In this way, the flexibility of carrying the configuration information and indication information of the reference signal may be improved.

[0156] Here, the downlink message includes but is not limited to: RRC message.

[0157] In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

[0158] receiving reference signal activation indication information;

[0159] The activation state of the reference signal is determined according to the reference signal activation indication information, that is, whether the reference signal is in an activated state is determined.

[0160] In response to the base station notifying the UE that the reference signal sent by it carries at least one bit of the H-SFN, the base station also needs to pre-notify the UE of the available state of the reference signal through reference signal activation indication information.

[0161] The reference signal activation indication information indicates that the available state of a reference signal, such as a TRS or a CRS, is represented as the activation state of the resource:

[0162] The reference signal activation indication information may indicate that the reference signal is in an activated state, the configuration of the reference signal resource is reasonable, and the network is actually sending the reference signal corresponding to the resource; at this time, for the UE, the reference signal is available; the network expects the UE to use the reference signal resource to receive the reference signal.

[0163] In one embodiment, the method further comprises at least one of the following:

[0164] In response to determining that the reference signal is in an activated state, and the indication information indicates that the reference signal carries at least one bit of the H-SFN, determining at least one bit of the H-SFN from at least the reference signal;

[0165] In response to determining that the reference signal is in an activated state, and the indication information indicates that the reference signal does not carry the at least one bit of the H-SFN, determining the at least one bit of the H-SFN from a system message.

[0166] In response to the reference signal activation indication information indicating that the reference signal is in an activated state, the UE may monitor the reference signal, and determine, based on the indication information carried by the reference signal, the state in which the reference signal carries the H-SFN.

[0167] The reference signal activation indication information may indicate that the reference signal is in an inactive state, the configuration of the reference signal resource is unreasonable, or the configuration of the resource is reasonable but the network does not actually send the reference signal corresponding to the resource; at this time, for the terminal, the reference signal is unavailable; the network does not expect the terminal to use the reference signal.

[0168] In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

[0169] In response to determining that the reference signal is in an inactive state, determining a bit position of the H-SFN from a system message.

[0170] In response to the reference signal activation indication information indicating that the reference signal is in an inactive state, the UE may determine the H-SFN based on other information such as system information.

[0171] In one embodiment, the receiving reference signal activation indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0172] receiving a signaling broadcasted by a base station and carrying the reference signal activation indication information;

[0173] Receiving RRC information carrying the reference signal activation indication information;

[0174] Receive DCI carrying the reference signal activation indication information.

[0175] The base station may carry the reference signal activation indication information through broadcast information, for example, by carrying the reference signal activation indication information in a system message.

[0176] The base station may also carry the reference signal activation indication information through dedicated signaling such as an RRC message or a DCI.

[0177] In one embodiment, the receiving indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0178] receiving a signaling broadcast by the base station and carrying the indication information and the reference signal activation indication information;

[0179] receiving the RRC information carrying the indication information and the reference signal activation indication information;

[0180] The DCI carrying the indication information and the reference signal activation indication information is received.

[0181] When the base station notifies the UE of the activation state of the reference signal through broadcast signaling or dedicated signaling, such as RRC message or DCI, it can also carry indication information to notify the UE whether the reference signal sent by it carries at least one bit of the H-SFN.

[0182] In this way, the amount of information carried by broadcast signaling or dedicated signaling, such as RRC messages or DCI, can be increased, thereby improving transmission efficiency.

[0183] In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

[0184] receiving the reference signal;

[0185] Based on the reference signal, n bits of the H-SFN carried by the reference signal are determined, where n is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to m, where m is the number of bits of the H-SFN.

[0186] In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

[0187] In response to n being less than m, determining bits other than the n bits of the H-SFN from a system message.

[0188] The value range of H-SFN is 0-1023, and 10 bits are needed to represent different H-SFNs.

[0189] In response to the base station dividing the H-SFN into two parts, the first part has n bits and the second part has 10-n bits. The n bits of the first part can be bits at any position of the H-SFN, for example, the n bits of the first part can be n bits of the high position of the H-SFN, or n bits of the low position of the H-SFN. The base station can carry the n bits in the reference information and send it to the UE, and carry the other 10-n bits in the downlink information different from the indication information, for example, the other 10-n bits can be carried in SIB1 and sent to the UE.

[0190] The base station may also carry all 10 bits of the H-SFN in a reference signal and send it to the UE.

[0191] Here, the reference signal may be a TRS or a CSI-RS, and the TRS or the CSI-RS may be a shared TRS or CSI-RS, that is, a reference signal that can be used in a connected state, an idle state, or an activated state at the same time.

[0192] A specific example is provided below in combination with any of the above embodiments:

[0193] 1. The network side such as the base station explicitly notifies the terminal such as the UE of the reference symbols it sends, that is, whether the reference signal carries the H-SFN superframe information.

[0194] a) As an embodiment, the reference symbol is TRS or CSI-RS.

[0195] Furthermore: the reference symbol is a TRS or CSI-RS that assists non-connected users in synchronization.

[0196] 2. The network side explicitly notifies the terminal whether the reference symbols it sends carry H-SFN superframe information, including one of the following parameters:

[0197] a) The presence / absence of H-SFN superframe information.

[0198] b) The number of bits in the reference symbol that carry the H-SFN superframe information.

[0199] As an embodiment, the superframe information carried in the reference symbol is the lower N bits of the H-SFN index.

[0200] Furthermore, the number of N digits can be agreed upon in advance.

[0201] 3. The network side explicitly notifies the terminal whether the reference symbol it sends carries the H-SFN superframe information. The user needs to be notified by broadcast signaling or unicast:

[0202] a) Mode 1: As an embodiment, the indication information may be carried together in the configuration of the reference symbol.

[0203] b) Mode 2: As an embodiment, the indication information may not be sent together with the configuration of the reference symbol, that is, it may be sent separately.

[0204] c) Method 3: See description in 4b).

[0205] 4. If the network notifies the terminal that the reference symbols it sends carry H-SFN superframe information, the available status of the reference symbols needs to be notified to the user:

[0206] a) As an embodiment, the network notifies the terminal that the available state of the TRS or CRS is represented as the activation state of the resource:

[0207] The activated state means that the configuration of the resource is reasonable and the network is actually sending a specific reference signal corresponding to the resource. At this time, the resource is available to the terminal and the network expects the terminal to use it.

[0208] The inactive state means that the resource configuration is unreasonable, or the resource configuration is reasonable but the network does not actually send the specific reference signal corresponding to the resource; at this time, it is unavailable to the terminal; the network does not expect the terminal to use it.

[0209] b) As an embodiment, the network notifies the terminal of the available status of the reference symbol through broadcast signaling or dedicated signaling (RRC message or DCI), and carries the indication information in 3 notifying the terminal whether the reference symbol sent by it carries the H-SFN superframe information.

[0210] 5. When the terminal obtains that the reference symbol is currently in an activated state and learns that the reference symbol carries superframe information, the terminal can obtain the H-SFN information using the information carried in the reference symbol;

[0211] a) Going one step further: the terminal obtains all the complete H-SFN bits; (the advantage of this is that the terminal does not need to obtain superframe information from system messages).

[0212] b) Furthermore, the terminal obtains the lower N H-SFN bits from the reference symbol; the remaining bits need to continue to be obtained from the system message.

[0213] As an embodiment, the system message is a MIB or SIB message. In this way, if the clock drift of the terminal is within the range of N H-SFN bits, it is not necessary to obtain superframe information from the system message.

[0214] 6. When the terminal obtains that the TRS or CRS is currently in a deactivated state, it needs to fall back to the information carried in the system message to obtain the H-SFN information and synchronize with the network; (it does not take effect during deactivation / activation).

[0215] 7. Based on 1, the network side displays and notifies the terminal whether the reference symbols it sends carry H-SFN superframe information, which is only used in the scenario where the network supports eDRX.

[0216] a) As an embodiment, the network supports eDRX including idle state eDRX or inactive state eDRX.

[0217] The embodiment of the present invention further provides an information transmission device, which is applied to a base station of wireless communication, such as Figure 4 As shown, the information transmission device 100 includes: a first sending module 110, wherein:

[0218] The first sending module 110 is configured to send indication information indicating a state in which a reference signal carries a super system frame number H-SFN.

[0219] In an embodiment, the indication information is used to indicate whether the reference signal carries at least one bit of the H-SFN.

[0220] In one embodiment, the indication information is used to indicate the number of bits of the reference signal carrying the H-SFN.

[0221] In one embodiment, the indication information is used to indicate the number of low-order bits of the H-SFN carried by the reference signal.

[0222] In one embodiment, the first sending module 110 includes:

[0223] The first sending submodule 111 is configured to send a first downlink message carrying both the configuration information of the reference signal and the indication information; wherein the configuration information of the reference signal is at least used to indicate a transmission resource of the reference signal;

[0224] or,

[0225] The second sending submodule 112 is configured to send a second downlink message carrying the indication information, wherein the second downlink message is different from the third downlink message carrying the configuration information of the reference signal.

[0226] In one embodiment, the apparatus 100 further includes:

[0227] The second sending module 120 is configured to send reference signal activation indication information in response to the reference signal carrying at least one bit of the H-SFN, wherein the reference signal activation indication information is used to indicate an activation state of the reference signal.

[0228] In one embodiment, the reference signal includes: a tracking reference signal TRS or a channel state indication reference signal CSI-RS.

[0229] In one embodiment, the TRS or CSI-RS is at least used for downlink synchronization of a user equipment UE in an idle state or an inactive state.

[0230] In one embodiment, the apparatus 100 further includes:

[0231] The third sending module 130 is configured to send the reference signal carrying n bits of the H-SFN, where n is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to m, and m is the number of bits of the H-SFN.

[0232] In one embodiment, the first sending module 110 includes:

[0233] The third sending submodule 113 is configured to send indication information indicating a state in which the reference signal carries the H-SFN in response to working in the extended discontinuous reception eDRX mode.

[0234] In one embodiment, the eDRX mode includes:

[0235] Idle eDRX mode or inactive eDRX mode.

[0236] The embodiment of the present invention further provides an information transmission device, which is applied to an idle user equipment UE and / or an inactive user equipment UE of wireless communication, such as Figure 5 As shown, the information transmission device 2000 includes: a first receiving module 2010 and a first determining module 2020, wherein:

[0237] The first receiving module 2010 is configured to receive indication information;

[0238] The first determination module 2020 is configured to determine the state of the reference signal carrying the super system frame number H-SFN according to the indication information.

[0239] In one embodiment, the first determining module 2020 includes:

[0240] The first determining submodule 2021 is configured to determine, according to the indication information, whether the reference signal carries at least one bit of the H-SFN.

[0241] In one embodiment, the first determining module 2020 includes:

[0242] The second determining submodule 2022 is configured to determine the number of bits of the reference signal carrying the H-SFN according to the indication information.

[0243] In one embodiment, the second determining submodule 2022 includes:

[0244] The determining unit 20221 is configured to determine, according to the indication information, the number of low-order bits of the reference signal carrying the H-SFN.

[0245] In one embodiment, the first receiving module 2010 includes:

[0246] The first receiving submodule 2011 is configured to receive a first downlink message carrying both the configuration information of the reference signal and the indication information; wherein the configuration information of the reference signal is at least used to indicate a transmission resource of the reference signal;

[0247] or,

[0248] The second receiving submodule 2012 is configured to receive a second downlink message carrying the indication information, wherein the second downlink message is different from the third downlink message carrying the configuration information of the reference signal.

[0249] In one embodiment, the apparatus 2000 further includes:

[0250] The second receiving module 2030 is configured to receive reference signal activation indication information;

[0251] The second determination module 2040 is configured to determine the activation state of the reference signal according to the reference signal activation indication information.

[0252] In one embodiment, the device further comprises at least one of the following:

[0253] The third determining module 2050 is configured to, in response to determining that the reference signal is in an activated state and the indication information indicates that the reference signal carries at least one bit of the H-SFN, determine at least one bit of the H-SFN from the reference signal;

[0254] The fourth determination module 2060 is configured to determine at least one bit of the H-SFN from a system message in response to determining that the reference signal is in an activated state and the indication information indicates that the reference signal does not carry at least one bit of the H-SFN.

[0255] In one embodiment, the apparatus 2000 further includes:

[0256] The fifth determining module 2070 is configured to determine the bit position of the H-SFN from a system message in response to determining that the reference signal is in an inactive state.

[0257] In one embodiment, the reference signal includes: a tracking reference signal TRS or a channel state indication reference signal CSI-RS.

[0258] In one embodiment, the TRS or CSI-RS is at least used for downlink synchronization of a user equipment UE in an idle state or an inactive state.

[0259] In one embodiment, the apparatus 2000 further includes:

[0260] A third receiving module 2080 is configured to receive the reference signal;

[0261] The sixth determination module 2090 is configured to determine, based on the reference signal, n bits of the H-SFN carried by the reference signal, where n is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to m, where m is the number of bits of the H-SFN.

[0262] In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises:

[0263] The seventh determination module 2100 is configured to determine, in response to n being smaller than m, bits other than the n bits of the H-SFN from the system message.

[0264] In an exemplary embodiment, the first sending module 110, the second sending module 120, the third sending module 130, the first receiving module 2010, the first determining module 2020, the second receiving module 2030, the second determining module 2040, the third determining module 2050, the fourth determining module 2060, the fifth determining module 2070, the third receiving module 2080, the sixth determining module 2090 and the seventh determining module 2100 can be implemented by one or more central processing units (CPUs), graphics processing units (GPUs), baseband processors (BPs), application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), DSPs, programmable logic devices (PLDs), complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), general-purpose processors, controllers, microcontrollers (MCUs), microprocessors, or other electronic components to perform the aforementioned method.

[0265] Figure 6 3000 is a block diagram of an apparatus 3000 for information transmission or information transmission according to an exemplary embodiment. For example, the apparatus 3000 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.

[0266] Reference Figure 6 , the device 3000 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 3002 , a memory 3004 , a power component 3006 , a multimedia component 3008 , an audio component 3010 , an input / output (I / O) interface 3012 , a sensor component 3014 , and a communication component 3016 .

[0267] The processing component 3002 generally controls the overall operation of the device 3000, such as operations associated with display, phone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing component 3002 may include one or more processors 3020 to execute instructions to complete all or part of the steps of the above-mentioned method. In addition, the processing component 3002 may include one or more modules to facilitate the interaction between the processing component 3002 and other components. For example, the processing component 3002 may include a multimedia module to facilitate the interaction between the multimedia component 3008 and the processing component 3002.

[0268] The memory 3004 is configured to store various types of data to support operations on the device 3000. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the device 3000, contact data, phone book data, messages, pictures, videos, etc. The memory 3004 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.

[0269] The power supply component 3006 provides power to the various components of the device 3000. The power supply component 3006 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the device 3000.

[0270] The multimedia component 3008 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the device 3000 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 may be implemented as a touch screen to receive input signals from the user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundaries of the touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 3008 includes a front camera and / or a rear camera. When the device 3000 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode, the front camera and / or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

[0271] The audio component 3010 is configured to output and / or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 3010 includes a microphone (MIC), and when the device 3000 is in an operating mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a speech recognition mode, the microphone is configured to receive an external audio signal. The received audio signal can be further stored in the memory 3004 or sent via the communication component 3016. In some embodiments, the audio component 3010 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

[0272] I / O interface 3012 provides an interface between processing component 3002 and peripheral interface modules, which may be keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include but are not limited to: home button, volume button, start button, and lock button.

[0273] The sensor assembly 3014 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of status assessment for the device 3000. For example, the sensor assembly 3014 can detect the open / closed state of the device 3000, the relative positioning of components, such as the display and keypad of the device 3000, the sensor assembly 3014 can also detect the position change of the device 3000 or a component of the device 3000, the presence or absence of user contact with the device 3000, the orientation or acceleration / deceleration of the device 3000 and the temperature change of the device 3000. The sensor assembly 3014 can include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 3014 can also include an optical sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 3014 can also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor or a temperature sensor.

[0274] The communication component 3016 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between the device 3000 and other devices. The device 3000 can access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as Wi-Fi, 2G or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 3016 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 3016 also 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.

[0275] In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus 3000 may 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 to perform the above method.

[0276] In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions is also provided, such as a memory 3004 including instructions, and the instructions can be executed by the processor 3020 of the device 3000 to perform the above 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, an optical data storage device, etc.

[0277] Those skilled in the art will readily appreciate other implementations of the embodiments of the present invention after considering the specification and practicing the invention disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the embodiments of the present invention that follow the general principles of the embodiments of the present invention and include common knowledge or customary technical means in the art that are not disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The specification and examples are to be regarded as exemplary only, and the true scope and spirit of the embodiments of the present invention are indicated by the following claims.

[0278] It should be understood that the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the precise structures described above and shown in the drawings, and various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the embodiments of the present invention is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting information, wherein: Applied to a base station, the method comprises: Sending indication information indicating a state of a reference signal carrying a super system frame number H-SFN; wherein the indication information is used to indicate at least one of the following: whether the reference signal carries at least one bit of the H-SFN, the number of bits of the H-SFN carried by the reference signal, the number of low-order bits of the H-SFN carried by the reference signal, and the position of the carried H-SFN in the reference signal; In response to the reference signal carrying at least one bit of the H-SFN, reference signal activation indication information is sent, wherein the reference signal activation indication information is used to indicate that when the reference signal is in an activated state, the reference signal is used by a user equipment UE to determine at least one bit of the H-SFN; when the reference signal activation indication information is used to indicate that the reference signal is in an inactivated state, a system message is used by the UE to determine at least one bit of the H-SFN.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The sending of the indication information indicating the state of the reference signal carrying the H-SFN includes: Sending a first downlink message carrying both the configuration information of the reference signal and the indication information; wherein the configuration information of the reference signal is at least used to indicate a transmission resource of the reference signal; or, Send a second downlink message carrying the indication information, wherein the second downlink message is different from a third downlink message carrying the configuration information of the reference signal.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: The reference signal includes: a tracking reference signal TRS or a channel state indication reference signal CSI-RS.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein: The TRS or CSI-RS is at least used for downlink synchronization of user equipment UE in an idle state or an inactive state.

5. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: The method further comprises: Send the reference signal carrying n bits of the H-SFN, where n is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to m, where m is the number of bits of the H-SFN.

6. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: The sending of the indication information indicating the state of the reference signal carrying the H-SFN includes: In response to operating in an extended discontinuous reception (eDRX) mode, indication information indicating a state in which the reference signal carries the H-SFN is sent.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein: The eDRX mode includes: Idle eDRX mode or inactive eDRX mode.

8. A method for transmitting information, wherein: Applied to user equipment UE, the method includes: Receive indication information; wherein the indication information is used to indicate at least one of the following: whether the reference signal carries at least one bit of the H-SFN, the number of bits of the H-SFN carried by the reference signal, the number of low-order bits of the H-SFN carried by the reference signal, and the position of the carried H-SFN in the reference signal; Determine, according to the indication information, a state in which the reference signal carries a super system frame number H-SFN; receiving reference signal activation indication information; wherein the reference signal activation indication information is used to indicate an activation state of the reference signal; In response to determining that the reference signal is in an activated state, and the indication information indicates that the reference signal carries at least one bit of the H-SFN, determining at least one bit of the H-SFN from at least the reference signal; In response to determining that the reference signal is in an inactive state, determining a bit position of the H-SFN from a system message.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein: The receiving indication information includes: receiving a first downlink message carrying both the configuration information of the reference signal and the indication information; wherein the configuration information of the reference signal is at least used to indicate a transmission resource of the reference signal; or, A second downlink message carrying the indication information is received, wherein the second downlink message is different from a third downlink message carrying the configuration information of the reference signal.

10. The method according to claim 8 or 9, wherein: The reference signal includes: a tracking reference signal TRS or a channel state indication reference signal CSI-RS.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein: The TRS or CSI-RS is at least used for downlink synchronization of user equipment UE in an idle state or an inactive state.

12. The method according to claim 8 or 9, wherein: The method further comprises: receiving the reference signal; Based on the reference signal, n bits of the H-SFN carried by the reference signal are determined, where n is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to m, where m is the number of bits of the H-SFN.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein: The method further comprises: In response to n being less than m, determining bits other than the n bits of the H-SFN from a system message.

14. An information transmission device, wherein: Applied to a base station, the device comprises: a first sending module, wherein: The first sending module is configured to send indication information indicating a state of a reference signal carrying a super system frame number H-SFN; wherein the indication information is used to indicate at least one of the following: whether the reference signal carries at least one bit of the H-SFN, the number of bits of the reference signal carrying the H-SFN, the number of low-order bits of the reference signal carrying the H-SFN, and the position of the carried H-SFN in the reference signal; in response to the reference signal carrying at least one bit of the H-SFN, reference signal activation indication information is sent, wherein the reference signal activation indication information is used to indicate that when the reference signal is in an activated state, the reference signal is used by a user equipment UE to determine at least one bit of the H-SFN; and the reference signal activation indication information is used to indicate that when the reference signal is in an inactivated state, a system message is used by the UE to determine at least one bit of the H-SFN.

15. An information transmission device, wherein: Applied to user equipment UE, the device includes: a first receiving module and a first determining module, wherein: The first receiving module is configured to receive indication information; wherein the indication information is used to indicate at least one of the following: whether the reference signal carries at least one bit of the H-SFN, the number of bits of the H-SFN carried by the reference signal, the number of low-order bits of the H-SFN carried by the reference signal, and the position of the carried H-SFN in the reference signal; The first determination module is configured to determine, according to the indication information, a state in which the reference signal carries a super system frame number H-SFN; The first receiving module is further configured to receive reference signal activation indication information; wherein the reference signal activation indication information is used to indicate the activation state of the reference signal; The first determination module is further configured to, in response to determining that the reference signal is in an activated state and the indication information indicates that the reference signal carries at least one bit of the H-SFN, determine at least one bit of the H-SFN from the reference signal; in response to determining that the reference signal is in an inactivated state, determine the bit of the H-SFN from a system message.

16. A communication device, comprising a processor, a memory, and an executable program stored in the memory and capable of being run by the processor, wherein: When the processor runs the executable program, the steps of the information transmission method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, or 8 to 13 are performed.

17. A storage medium having an executable program stored thereon, wherein: When the executable program is executed by a processor, the steps of the information transmission method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, or 8 to 13 are implemented.

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