An information processing method, a terminal device, and a storage medium

Abstract

The present application discloses an information processing method, including: when the attribute of a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) process changes, a Medium Access Control entity of a terminal device resets the HARQ process. The present application also discloses another information processing method, a terminal device, and a storage medium.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application relates to the field of wireless communication technologies, and in particular, to an information processing method, a terminal device, and a storage medium. Background Art

[0002] In a New Radio (NR) system, a network device may configure a terminal device to enable or disable the Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) function of a HARQ process; when the HARQ function changes, such as switching from enabled to disabled or from disabled to enabled, what operations the terminal device needs to perform to simplify the processing flow of the communication system has not been clarified. Summary of the Invention

[0003] Embodiments of this application provide an information processing method, a terminal device, and a storage medium, which clarify the operations that a terminal device needs to perform to simplify the processing flow of the communication system when the HARQ function changes.

[0004] In a first aspect, an embodiment of this application provides an information processing method, including: when an attribute of a HARQ process changes, a Media Access Control (MAC) entity of a terminal device resets the HARQ process.

[0005] In a second aspect, an embodiment of this application provides an information processing method, including: when an attribute of a HARQ process changes, a terminal device starts or restarts a discontinuous reception retransmission timer corresponding to the HARQ process.

[0006] In a third aspect, an embodiment of this application provides a terminal device, including: a first processing unit configured to reset the HARQ process when an attribute of the HARQ process changes, and the first processing unit belongs to a Media Access Control (MAC) entity.

[0007] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of this application provides a terminal device, including: a fourth processing unit configured to start or restart a discontinuous reception retransmission timer corresponding to the HARQ process when an attribute of the HARQ process changes.

[0008] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of this application provides a terminal device, including a processor and a memory for storing a computer program that can run on the processor, where, when the processor runs the computer program, it executes the steps of the information processing method executed by the above terminal device.

[0009] Sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip, including: a processor, configured to call and run a computer program from a memory, so that a device installed with the chip executes the information processing method executed by the above terminal device.

[0010] Seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a storage medium, storing an executable program, which, when executed by a processor, implements the information processing method executed by the above terminal device.

[0011] Eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer program product, including computer program instructions, which cause a computer to execute the information processing method executed by the above terminal device.

[0012] Ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer program, which causes a computer to execute the information processing method executed by the above terminal device.

[0013] The information processing method, terminal device and storage medium provided by the embodiments of the present application include: when the attribute of a HARQ process changes, a media access control (MAC) entity of the terminal device resets the HARQ process. In this way, when the attribute of the HARQ process changes, the partial reset of the MAC entity executed by the terminal device can simplify the processing procedures of the terminal device and the network device, and avoid the complex processing required for the transmission of the HARQ process after the attribute of the HARQ process changes. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0014] Figure 1 It is an optional schematic diagram of a discontinuous reception period in an embodiment of the present application;

[0015] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the composition structure of a communication system in an embodiment of the present application;

[0016] Figure 3 It is an optional schematic diagram of a processing procedure of the information processing method in an embodiment of the present application;

[0017] Figure 4 It is a detailed schematic diagram of the partial reset of the MAC entity of the terminal device for the HARQ process in an embodiment of the present application;

[0018] Figure 5 It is another optional schematic diagram of the processing procedure of the information processing method in an embodiment of the present application;

[0019] Figure 6 It is an optional schematic diagram of the processing procedure of the terminal device for DRX processing in an embodiment of the present application;

[0020] Figure 7It is a schematic diagram of a detailed processing flow for the terminal device in the embodiment of this application to perform DRX processing;

[0021] Figure 8 It is another schematic diagram of a detailed processing flow for the terminal device in the embodiment of this application to perform DRX processing;

[0022] Figure 9 It is a schematic diagram of an optional component structure of the terminal device in the embodiment of this application;

[0023] Figure 10 It is another schematic diagram of an optional component structure of the terminal device in the embodiment of this application;

[0024] Figure 11 It is a schematic diagram of the hardware component structure of the terminal device in the embodiment of this application. Detailed implementation manners

[0025] In order to be able to understand the features and technical content of the embodiment of this application in more detail, the implementation of the embodiment of this application will be elaborated in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The accompanying drawings are only for reference and explanation purposes and are not used to limit the embodiment of this application.

[0026] The non-terrestrial communication network (Non Terrestrial Network, NTN) uses satellite communication to provide communication services to ground users. Compared with terrestrial cellular network communication, satellite communication has many unique advantages. First of all, satellite communication is not restricted by the user's geographical location. For example, general terrestrial communication cannot cover areas such as the ocean, mountains, or deserts where communication equipment cannot be set up or where communication coverage is not provided due to sparse population; for satellite communication, since one satellite can cover a large area of the ground and the satellite can orbit the earth, theoretically every corner of the earth can be covered by satellite communication. Secondly, satellite communication has high social value. Satellite communication can be covered in remote mountainous areas, poor and backward countries or regions at a relatively low cost, enabling people in these areas to enjoy advanced voice communication and mobile Internet technologies, which is conducive to narrowing the digital divide with developed regions and promoting the development of these regions. Thirdly, satellite communication has a long communication distance, and increasing the communication distance does not significantly increase the communication cost; finally, satellite communication has high stability and is not restricted by natural disasters.

[0027] Communication satellites are classified into Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites, Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) satellites, High Elliptical Orbit (HEO) satellites, etc. according to different orbital altitudes. A brief introduction to LEO and GEO is given below.

[0028] The orbital altitude range of LEO is from 500 km to 1500 km, and the corresponding orbital period is about 1.5 hours to 2 hours. The signal propagation delay of single-hop communication between terminal devices is generally less than 20 ms. The maximum satellite visibility time is 20 minutes. The signal propagation distance is short, the link loss is small, and the requirement for the transmission power of terminal devices is not high.

[0029] The orbital altitude of GEO is 35786 km, and the rotation period around the earth is 24 hours. The signal propagation delay of single-hop communication between terminal devices is generally 250 ms. In order to ensure the satellite coverage and improve the system capacity of the entire satellite communication system, the satellite uses multi-beam to cover the ground. One satellite can form dozens or even hundreds of beams to cover the ground; a satellite beam can cover a ground area with a diameter of dozens to hundreds of kilometers.

[0030] In the NR system, the network device can configure the Discontinuous Reception (DRX) function for the terminal device. The terminal device listens to the PDCCH discontinuously, so as to achieve the purpose of power saving of the terminal device. Each Medium Access Control (MAC) entity has a DRX configuration; the configuration parameters of DRX include:

[0031] 1) DRX on-duration timer, the duration for which the terminal device wakes up at the start of a DRX cycle.

[0032] 2) DRX slot offset, the time delay for the terminal device to start the drx-onDuration timer.

[0033] 3) DRX inactivity timer, the duration for which the terminal device continues to listen to the PDCCH after receiving a PDCCH indicating an uplink initial transmission or a downlink initial transmission.

[0034] 4) DRX Downlink Retransmission Timer (drx-RetransmissionTimerDL): The maximum duration for which the terminal device listens for the PDCCH indicating downlink retransmission scheduling. Each downlink HARQ process except the broadcast HARQ process corresponds to a DRX–RetransmissionTimerDL.

[0035] 5) DRX Uplink Retransmission Timer (drx-RetransmissionTimerUL): The maximum duration for which the terminal device listens for the PDCCH indicating uplink retransmission scheduling. Each uplink HARQ process corresponds to a DRX-RetransmissionTimerUL.

[0036] 6) DRX Long Cycle Start Offset (drx-LongCycleStartOffset): Used to configure the Long DTX cycle (LongDRX cycle), and the subframe offset at which the Long DRX cycle and the Short DRX cycle (Short DRX Cycle) start.

[0037] 7) DRX Short Cycle (drx-ShortCycle): An optional configuration.

[0038] 8) DRX Short Cycle Timer (drx-ShortCycleTimer): The duration for which the terminal device is in the Short DRX cycle (and has not received any PDCCH), which is an optional configuration.

[0039] 9) drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL: The minimum waiting time required for the terminal device to expect to receive the PDCCH indicating downlink scheduling. Each downlink HARQ process except the broadcast HARQ process corresponds to a DRX-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL;

[0040] 10) drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL: The minimum waiting time required for the terminal device to expect to receive the PDCCH indicating uplink scheduling. Each uplink HARQ process corresponds to a drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL.

[0041] If the terminal device is configured with DRX, the terminal device needs to listen for the PDCCH during the DRX Active Time. The DRX Active Time includes the following situations:

[0042] 1) Any one of the following 5 timers is running: drx-onDurationTimer, drx-InactivityTimer, drx–RetransmissionTimerDL, drx-RetransmissionTimerUL, and ra-ContentionResolutionTimer.

[0043] 2) A scheduling request (SR) has been sent on the PUCCH and is in a pending state.

[0044] 3) In a contention-based random access procedure, the terminal device has not received an initial transmission indicated by a PDCCH scrambled with a cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI) after successfully receiving a random access response.

[0045] Schematic diagram of the DRX cycle of the terminal device, as Figure 1 shown, the terminal device decides when to start the drx-onDurationTimer based on whether it is currently in a short DRX cycle or a long DRX cycle. The specific provisions are as follows:

[0046] 1) If the terminal device is currently in a Short DRX Cycle and the current subframe satisfies [(SFN × 10) + subframe number] modulo (drx-ShortCycle) = (drx-StartOffset) modulo (drx-ShortCycle); or

[0047] 2) If the terminal device is currently in a Long DRX Cycle and the current subframe satisfies [(SFN × 10) + subframe number] modulo (drx-LongCycle) = drx-StartOffset:

[0048] Then start the drx-onDurationTimer at the moment after drx-SlotOffset slots starting from the current subframe.

[0049] The conditions for the terminal device to start or restart the drx-InactivityTimer are:

[0050] If the terminal device receives a PDCCH indicating a downlink or uplink initial transmission, the terminal device starts or restarts the drx-InactivityTimer.

[0051] The conditions for the terminal device to start and stop the drx-RetransmissionTimerDL are as follows:

[0052] When the terminal device receives a PDCCH indicating a downlink transmission, or when the terminal device receives a MAC PDU on the configured downlink grant resource, the terminal stops the drx-RetransmissionTimerDL corresponding to this HARQ process. After the terminal device completes the transmission of the HARQ process feedback for this downlink transmission, it starts the drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL corresponding to this HARQ process.

[0053] If the timer drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL corresponding to a certain HARQ of the terminal device expires and the downlink data transmitted using this HARQ process is decoded unsuccessfully, the terminal device starts the drx-RetransmissionTimerDL corresponding to this HARQ process.

[0054] The conditions for the terminal device to start and stop the drx-RetransmissionTimerUL are as follows:

[0055] When the terminal device receives a PDCCH indicating an uplink transmission, or when the terminal device sends a MAC PDU on the configured uplink grant resource, the terminal device stops the drx-RetransmissionTimerUL corresponding to this HARQ process. After the terminal device completes the first repetition of this PUSCH, it starts the drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL corresponding to this HARQ process.

[0056] If the timer drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL corresponding to a certain HARQ of the terminal device expires, the terminal device starts the drx-RetransmissionTimerUL corresponding to this HARQ process.

[0057] According to the above DRX process, it can be seen that after the terminal device completes the uplink transmission or completes the HARQ process feedback for the downlink transmission, it will first start a DRX HARQ RTT timer (drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL for uplink transmission and drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL for downlink transmission). The terminal device is in a dormant state during the operation of this DRX HARQ RTT timer and does not monitor the PDCCH. After the DRX HARQ RTT timer expires, the terminal device starts to monitor the uplink retransmission scheduling or determines whether to start monitoring the downlink retransmission scheduling according to the feedback of the HARQ process. Among them, drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL and drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL are semi-statically configured by the network device through Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling.

[0058] In the NR system, both uplink transmission and downlink transmission support the HARQ mechanism; therefore, two timers, drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL and drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL, are used in the DRX process. The durations of these two timers represent the minimum time interval required for the terminal device to receive the retransmission scheduling sent by the network device after the uplink transmission. This minimum time interval includes the round-trip delay (RTT) and the processing time of the network device. In NTN, the signal propagation delay between the terminal device and the satellite increases significantly. To enable the network device to more precisely control drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL and drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL, a time offset can be introduced for the start of drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL and drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL, that is, after the terminal device completes the PUSCH transmission or the NACK feedback for the downlink reception, drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL or drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL is started after experiencing an offset.

[0059] Compared with the cellular network used in the traditional NR system, the signal propagation delay between the terminal device and the satellite in NTN increases significantly. To avoid increasing the number of HARQ processes and ensure the continuity of data transmission, the scheme of enabling or disabling HARQ is currently being discussed in the standardization process, and the following clear conclusions have been formed:

[0060] (1) The network device can configure whether to enable the HARQ function.

[0061] (2) If the HARQ function is turned off, the terminal device does not need to send HARQ feedback for the PDSCH to the network device.

[0062] (3) In the case of turning off HARQ feedback, to ensure the reliability of data transmission, HARQ retransmission is still supported.

[0063] (4) The configuration of turning the HARQ function on or off can be based on the terminal device or based on the HARQ process. For the configuration method based on the terminal device, that is, the HARQ functions of all HARQ processes of the terminal device are configured to be in the on or off state simultaneously. For the configuration method based on the HARQ process, that is, for multiple HARQ processes of a terminal device, the HARQ functions of some of the HARQ processes can be configured to be in the on state, and the HARQ functions of another part of the HARQ processes can be configured to be in the off state.

[0064] However, for the scenarios where the HARQ function is switched from on to off, or the HARQ function is switched from off to on, in order to simplify the processing flow of the communication system, what operations the terminal device needs to perform have not been clearly defined; and how to implement the DRX process in the scenarios where the HARQ function is switched from on to off, or the HARQ function is switched from off to on, has not been clearly defined.

[0065] The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application can be applied to various communication systems, such as: Global System of Mobile Communication (GSM) system, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system, Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) system, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, LTE Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) system, LTE Time Division Duplex (TDD) system, Advanced Long Term Evolution (LTE-A) system, New Radio (NR) system, evolved system of the NR system, LTE-based access to unlicensed spectrum (LTE-U) system, NR-based access to unlicensed spectrum (NR-U) system, Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) communication system, Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN), Wireless Fidelity (WiFi), next-generation communication system or other communication systems, etc.

[0066] The system architecture and service scenarios described in the embodiments of the present application are to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, and do not constitute a limitation on the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present application. Those of ordinary skill in the art know that with the evolution of the network architecture and the emergence of new service scenarios, the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present application are equally applicable to similar technical problems.

[0067] The network device involved in the embodiments of the present application can be an ordinary base station (such as NodeB, eNB, or gNB), a new radio controller, a centralized unit, a new radio base station, a radio frequency remote unit, a micro base station, a relay, a distributed unit, a transmission reception point (TRP), a transmission point (TP), or any other device. The embodiments of the present application do not limit the specific technologies and specific device forms adopted by the network device. For the convenience of description, in all embodiments of the present application, the device that provides wireless communication functions for the terminal device is collectively referred to as a network device.

[0068] In the embodiments of the present application, the terminal device can be any terminal. For example, the terminal device can be a user equipment for machine-type communication. That is to say, the terminal device can also be called a user equipment UE, a mobile station (MS), a mobile terminal, a terminal, etc. The terminal device can communicate with one or more core networks via a radio access network (RAN). For example, the terminal device can be a mobile phone (or a "cellular" phone), a computer with a mobile terminal, etc. For example, the terminal device can also be a portable, pocket-sized, hand-held, computer-integrated, or vehicle-mounted mobile device that exchanges voice and / or data with the radio access network. The embodiments of the present application do not make specific limitations.

[0069] Optionally, the network device and the terminal device can be deployed on land, including indoors or outdoors, hand-held or vehicle-mounted; they can also be deployed on the water; they can also be deployed on airplanes, balloons, and artificial satellites in the air. The embodiments of the present application do not limit the application scenarios of the network device and the terminal device.

[0070] Optionally, the network device and the terminal device, and between terminal devices, may communicate via licensed spectrum, may communicate via unlicensed spectrum, or may communicate via both licensed spectrum and unlicensed spectrum. The network device and the terminal device, and between terminal devices, may communicate via spectrum below 7 gigahertz (GHz), may communicate via spectrum above 7 GHz, or may communicate using both spectrum below 7 GHz and spectrum above 7 GHz. The embodiments of the present application do not limit the spectrum resources used between the network device and the terminal device.

[0071] Generally speaking, traditional communication systems support a limited number of connections and are easy to implement. However, with the development of communication technologies, mobile communication systems will not only support traditional communication, but also support, for example, device-to-device (D2D) communication, machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, machine-type communication (MTC), and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication. The embodiments of the present application can also be applied to these communication systems.

[0072] Exemplarily, the communication system 100 to which the embodiments of the present application are applied is as Figure 2 shown. The communication system 100 may include a network device 110, and the network device 110 may be a device that communicates with a terminal device 120 (or referred to as a communication terminal, terminal). The network device 110 may provide communication coverage for a specific geographical area and may communicate with terminal devices located within the coverage area. Optionally, the network device 110 may be a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in a GSM system or a CDMA system, may be a Node B (NB) in a WCDMA system, may also be an Evolutional Node B (eNB or eNodeB) in an LTE system, or may be a radio controller in a Cloud Radio Access Network (CRAN). Alternatively, the network device may be a mobile switching center, a relay station, an access point, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a hub, a switch, a bridge, a router, a network-side device in a 5G network, or a network device in a future evolved Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), etc.

[0073] The communication system 100 further includes at least one terminal device 120 within the coverage area of the network device 110. As used herein, "terminal device" includes, but is not limited to, being connected via a wired line, such as via a Public Switched Telephone Networks (PSTN), Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), digital cable, direct cable connection; and / or another data connection / network; and / or via a wireless interface, such as, for a cellular network, Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), digital television network such as a DVB-H network, satellite network, AM-FM broadcast transmitter; and / or a device configured to receive / transmit communication signals for another terminal device; and / or an Internet of Things (IoT) device. A terminal device configured to communicate via a wireless interface may be referred to as a "wireless communication terminal", "wireless terminal" or "mobile terminal". Examples of mobile terminals include, but are not limited to, satellite or cellular phones; Personal Communications System (PCS) terminals that may combine cellular radiotelephone with data processing, facsimile, and data communication capabilities; PDAs that may include radiotelephones, pagers, Internet / intranet access, Web browsers, notepads, calendars, and / or Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers; and conventional laptop and / or palmtop receivers or other electronic devices including radiotelephone transceivers. A terminal device may refer to an access terminal, User Equipment (UE), user unit, user station, mobile station, mobile device, remote station, remote terminal, mobile device, user terminal, terminal, wireless communication device, user agent, or user device. An access terminal may be a cellular phone, cordless phone, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a handheld device with wireless communication capabilities, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, in-vehicle device, wearable device, a terminal device in a 5G network, or a terminal device in a future evolved PLMN, etc.

[0074] Optionally, Device to Device (D2D) communication may be performed between the terminal devices 120.

[0075] Optionally, the 5G system or 5G network may also be referred to as a New Radio (NR) system or NR network.

[0076] Figure 2 Exemplarily, a network device and two terminal devices are shown. Optionally, the communication system 100 may include multiple network devices, and the coverage range of each network device may include other numbers of terminal devices. The embodiments of the present application do not limit this.

[0077] Optionally, the communication system 100 may further include other network entities such as a network controller and a mobility management entity. The embodiments of the present application do not limit this.

[0078] It should be understood that in the embodiments of the present application, a device with communication functions in a network / system may be referred to as a communication device. Taking Figure 2 the shown communication system 100 as an example, the communication device may include a network device 110 and a terminal device 120 with communication functions. The network device 110 and the terminal device 120 may be the specific devices described above and will not be elaborated here; the communication device may also include other devices in the communication system 100, such as other network entities such as a network controller and a mobility management entity. The embodiments of the present application do not limit this.

[0079] An optional processing flow of the information processing method provided by the embodiments of the present application, as Figure 3 shown, at least includes the following steps:

[0080] Step S201, when the attribute of the HARQ process changes, the media access control (MAC) entity of the terminal device resets the HARQ process.

[0081] In some embodiments, the attribute of the HARQ process may include the feedback function of the HARQ process; the change in the attribute of the HARQ process may include: the feedback function of the HARQ process is switched from on to off; or, the feedback function of the HARQ process is switched from off to on.

[0082] In some embodiments, when the attributes of the HARQ process change and are transmitted through DCI, the network device sends first indication information to the physical layer entity of the terminal device, and the first indication information is used to indicate resetting the HARQ process; the physical layer entity then sends the first indication information to the MAC entity of the terminal device, and the MAC entity resets the HARQ process according to the first indication information. Alternatively, when the attributes of the HARQ process change and are transmitted through RRC signaling, the network device sends first indication information to the RRC entity of the terminal device, and the RRC entity then sends the first indication information to the MAC entity of the terminal device, and the MAC entity resets the HARQ process according to the first indication information.

[0083] In some embodiments, when the HARQ process is an uplink HARQ process, the MAC entity of the terminal device resetting the HARQ process includes at least one of the following:

[0084] Empty the buffer of the uplink HARQ process;

[0085] Stop the drx-RetransmissionTimerUL corresponding to the running uplink HARQ process;

[0086] Stop the drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL corresponding to the running uplink HARQ process;

[0087] Stop the HARQ-RTT-offset-Timer corresponding to the running uplink HARQ process, and the running duration of the HARQ-RTT-offset-Timer is the start time offset of starting the drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL timer for the uplink HARQ process after the terminal device completes PUSCH transmission using the uplink HARQ process;

[0088] Stop the configuredGrantTimer corresponding to the running uplink HARQ process;

[0089] Configure the value of the New Data Indicator (NDI) of the uplink HARQ process to 0.

[0090] When the HARQ process is an uplink HARQ process, for the DRX process, the terminal device may also start or restart the drx-RetransmissionTimerUL corresponding to the uplink HARQ process. The terminal device may also stop the drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL timer corresponding to the uplink HARQ process that is running. The terminal device may also stop the HARQ-RTT-offset-Timer corresponding to the uplink HARQ process that is running. The duration of the HARQ-RTT-offset-Timer is the offset of the start time when the terminal device starts the drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL for the uplink HARQ process after completing the PUSCH transmission using the uplink HARQ process.

[0091] In some other embodiments, when the HARQ process is a downlink HARQ process, the reset of the HARQ process by the MAC entity of the terminal device includes at least one of the following:

[0092] Empty the buffer of the downlink HARQ process;

[0093] Stop the drx-RetransmissionTimerDL corresponding to the downlink HARQ process that is running;

[0094] Stop the drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL corresponding to the downlink HARQ process that is running;

[0095] Stop the HARQ-RTT-offset-Timer corresponding to the downlink HARQ process that is running. The duration of the HARQ-RTT-offset-Timer is the offset of the start time when the terminal device starts the drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL for the downlink HARQ process after completing the NACK feedback for the PDSCH reception using the downlink HARQ process;

[0096] For the downlink HARQ process, determine that the next received transport block is a first transmission or a new transmission.

[0097] When the HARQ process is a downlink HARQ process, for the DRX process, the terminal device may also start or restart the drx-RetransmissionTimerDL corresponding to the downlink HARQ process. The terminal device may also stop the drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL timer corresponding to the running downlink HARQ process. The terminal device may also stop the HARQ-RTT-offset-Timer corresponding to the running downlink HARQ process. The duration of the HARQ-RTT-offset-Timer is the start time offset of starting the drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL timer for the downlink HARQ process after the terminal device completes the NACK feedback for receiving the PDSCH using the downlink HARQ process.

[0098] In some embodiments, the number of HARQ processes may be one or multiple. That is, it may be that the attributes of one HARQ process change, and the MAC entity of the terminal device performs partial reset for this HARQ process; or it may be that the attributes of two or more HARQ processes change, and the MAC entity of the terminal device performs partial reset for each HARQ process whose attributes change.

[0099] The following is the detailed processing flow of the partial reset of the HARQ process by the MAC entity of the terminal device for the scenario where the attributes of the HARQ process change, as Figure 4 shown, including at least the following steps:

[0100] Step S301, the terminal device receives the RRC configuration information sent by the network device.

[0101] In some embodiments, the RRC configuration information may include: the relevant configurations of PDSCH and / or PUSCH. The relevant configurations of PDSCH and / or PUSCH may include: the uplink HARQ process configuration parameters and / or the downlink HARQ process configuration parameters; such as: the number of uplink HARQ processes, the number of downlink HARQ processes, the state of the HARQ function of each uplink HARQ process, the state of the HARQ function of each downlink HARQ process; wherein, the state of the HARQ function includes: enabling the HARQ feedback function or disabling the HARQ feedback function.

[0102] Step S302, the terminal device receives the first indication information sent by the network device.

[0103] In some embodiments, the terminal device receives first indication information sent by a network device through RRC signaling or DCI signaling; the first indication information is used to indicate that the feedback function of at least one HARQ process is switched from on to off or from off to on.

[0104] Step S303, the MAC entity of the terminal device resets the HARQ process whose feedback function status has changed.

[0105] In some embodiments, when the HARQ process is an uplink HARQ process, the MAC entity of the terminal device resetting the HARQ process includes at least one of the following:

[0106] Clear the buffer of the uplink HARQ process;

[0107] Stop the running drx-RetransmissionTimerUL corresponding to the uplink HARQ process;

[0108] Stop the running drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL corresponding to the uplink HARQ process;

[0109] Stop the running HARQ-RTT-offset-Timer corresponding to the uplink HARQ process, and the running duration of the HARQ-RTT-offset-Timer is the starting time offset of starting the drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL timer for the uplink HARQ process after the terminal device completes PUSCH transmission using the uplink HARQ process;

[0110] Stop the running configuredGrantTimer corresponding to the uplink HARQ process;

[0111] Configure the value of NDI of the uplink HARQ process to 0.

[0112] In other embodiments, when the HARQ process is a downlink HARQ process, the MAC entity of the terminal device resetting the HARQ process includes at least one of the following:

[0113] Clear the buffer of the downlink HARQ process;

[0114] Stop the running drx-RetransmissionTimerDL corresponding to the downlink HARQ process;

[0115] Stop the running drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL corresponding to the downlink HARQ process;

[0116] Stop the HARQ-RTT-offset-Timer corresponding to the running downlink HARQ process. The duration of the HARQ-RTT-offset-Timer is the starting time offset for starting the drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL for this downlink HARQ process after the terminal device completes the NACK feedback for receiving the PDSCH using this downlink HARQ process.

[0117] For the downlink HARQ process, determine whether the transport block received next time is a first transmission or a new transmission.

[0118] In the embodiments of the present application, when the attributes of the HARQ process change, the terminal device performing partial reset of the MAC entity can simplify the processing procedures of the terminal device and the network device, and avoid the transmission of the HARQ process still being processed complexly by the terminal device or the network device according to the configuration before the change of the attributes of the HARQ process when the attributes of the HARQ process change. Taking the example that the feedback function of the HARQ process is switched from enabled to disabled, the present application clarifies that at the moment when the feedback function of the HARQ process is switched, the terminal device does not need to feedback ACK / NACK for the downlink HARQ process, and for the data in the buffer of the uplink HARQ process, the terminal device does not need to wait for the response of the network device to receive the data. Taking the example that the feedback function of the HARQ process is switched from disabled to enabled, the present application clarifies that at the moment when the feedback function of the HARQ process is switched, the terminal device stops the running drx-HARQ-RTT-Timer, and considers the influence of the round-trip delay in subsequent transmissions, and only listens to the PDCCH after the drx-HARQ-RTT-Timer times out.

[0119] Another optional processing procedure of the information processing method provided by the embodiments of the present application is as Figure 5 shown, and at least includes the following steps:

[0120] Step S401, when the attributes of the HARQ process change, the terminal device starts or restarts the discontinuous reception retransmission timer corresponding to the HARQ process.

[0121] In some embodiments, the change of the attributes of the HARQ process includes: the feedback function of the HARQ process is switched from enabled to disabled; or, the feedback function of the HARQ process is switched from disabled to enabled.

[0122] In some embodiments, the method may further include:

[0123] Step S402, the terminal device stops the discontinuous reception hybrid automatic repeat request round-trip time timer corresponding to the HARQ process that is running.

[0124] In some embodiments, the method may further include:

[0125] Step S403, the terminal device stops the discontinuous reception hybrid automatic repeat request round-trip time offset timer corresponding to the HARQ process that is running.

[0126] In some embodiments, for an uplink HARQ process, when the attributes of the HARQ process change, the terminal device performs at least one of the following operations: starting or restarting drx-RetransmissionTimerUL; stopping the running drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL; stopping the running HARQ-RTT-offset timer, where the duration of the HARQ-RTT-offset timer is the start time offset of starting drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL for this uplink HARQ process after the terminal device completes PUSCH transmission using this uplink HARQ process.

[0127] In some embodiments, for a downlink HARQ process, when the attributes of the HARQ process change, the terminal device performs at least one of the following operations: starting or restarting drx-RetransmissionTimerDL corresponding to the downlink HARQ process; stopping the running drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL timer corresponding to the downlink HARQ process; stopping the running HARQ-RTT-offset-Timer corresponding to the downlink HARQ process, where the duration of the HARQ-RTT-offset-Timer is the start time offset of starting drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL for this downlink HARQ process after the terminal device completes NACK feedback for receiving PDSCH using this downlink HARQ process.

[0128] In some embodiments, the number of HARQ processes may be one or multiple.

[0129] Next, for a scenario where the attributes of the HARQ process change, an optional processing flow for the terminal device to perform DRX processing is as follows: Figure 6 shown, and at least includes the following steps:

[0130] Step S501, the terminal device receives RRC configuration information sent by the network device.

[0131] In some embodiments, the RRC configuration information may include: parameters related to DRX; the parameters related to DRX may include: DRX cycle, drx-onDurationTimer, drx-InactivityTimer, drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL, drx-RetransmissionTimerDL, drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL, and drx-RetransmissionTimerUL, etc.,

[0132] The RRC configuration information may further include: the related configurations of PDSCH and / or PUSCH. The related configurations of PDSCH and / or PUSCH may include: uplink HARQ process configuration parameters and / or downlink HARQ process configuration parameters; such as: the number of uplink HARQ processes, the number of downlink HARQ processes, the state of the HARQ function of each uplink HARQ process, the state of the HARQ function of each downlink HARQ process; wherein, the state of the HARQ function includes: enabling the HARQ feedback function or disabling the HARQ feedback function.

[0133] Step S502, the terminal device receives the first indication information sent by the network device.

[0134] In some embodiments, the terminal device receives the first indication information sent by the network device through RRC signaling or DCI signaling; the first indication information is used to indicate that the feedback function of at least one HARQ process is switched from enabled to disabled or from disabled to enabled.

[0135] Step S503, the terminal device performs DRX processing on the HARQ process whose feedback function state has changed.

[0136] In some embodiments, when the HARQ process is an uplink HARQ process, the terminal device starts or restarts drx-RetransmissionTimerUL; the terminal device stops the running drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL; the terminal device stops the running HARQ-RTT-offset timer, and the duration of the HARQ-RTT-offset timer is the start time offset when the terminal device starts drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL for this uplink HARQ process after completing the PUSCH transmission using this uplink HARQ process.

[0137] Taking the example that the HARQ feedback function of the uplink HARQ process corresponding to HARQ ID 0 is switched from enabled to disabled, a detailed processing flow of the terminal device for DRX processing is as follows Figure 7As shown in the figure, when the terminal device receives an indication to turn off the HARQ feedback function, it stops the drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL corresponding to HARQ ID 0, starts the drx-RetransmissionTimerUL corresponding to HARQ ID 0, and stops the HARQ-RTT-offset timer that is currently running and corresponding to HARQ ID 0.

[0138] In some embodiments, when the HARQ process is a downlink HARQ process, the terminal device starts or restarts the drx-RetransmissionTimerDL corresponding to the downlink HARQ process; the terminal device stops the drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL timer that is currently running and corresponding to the downlink HARQ process; the terminal device stops the HARQ-RTT-offset-Timer that is currently running and corresponding to the downlink HARQ process, and the duration of the HARQ-RTT-offset-Timer is the start time offset of starting the drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL timer for this downlink HARQ process after the terminal device completes the NACK feedback for receiving the PDSCH using this downlink HARQ process.

[0139] Taking the example that the HARQ feedback function of the downlink HARQ process corresponding to HARQ ID 1 is switched from on to off, another detailed processing flow of the terminal device for DRX processing is as Figure 8 As shown in the figure, when the terminal device receives an indication to turn off the HARQ feedback function, it stops the drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL corresponding to HARQ ID 1, starts the drx-RetransmissionTimerDL corresponding to HARQ ID 1, and stops the HARQ-RTT-offset timer that is currently running and corresponding to HARQ ID 1.

[0140] In the embodiments of the present application, when the attribute of the HARQ process changes, starting or restarting the DRX retransmission timer can enable the terminal device and the network device to start processing the transmission and reception of new PDCCHs from a determined moment, and avoid complex processing of DRX monitoring before the attribute of the HARQ process changes.

[0141] The above embodiments respectively describe the processing flow for resetting the MAC entity of the terminal device and the DRX processing flow when the attribute of the HARQ process changes; in specific implementation, for the scenario where the attribute of the HARQ process changes, the terminal device can both reset the MAC entity and perform DRX processing; that is, the steps of the information processing method shown above and Figure 3 shown in Figure 5The steps of the information processing method shown can be executed simultaneously.

[0142] It should be understood that in various embodiments of the present application, the magnitudes of the serial numbers of the above processes do not imply the order of execution. The execution order of each process should be determined by its function and internal logic, and should not constitute any limitation to the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.

[0143] To implement the above information processing method, an embodiment of the present application further provides a terminal device. A schematic diagram of an optional component structure of the terminal device 600 is as Figure 9 shown, including:

[0144] A first processing unit 601, configured to reset the HARQ process in the case where the attributes of the HARQ process change. The first processing unit belongs to a media access control (MAC) entity.

[0145] In some embodiments, the change in the attributes of the HARQ process includes: the feedback function of the HARQ process is switched from on to off; or, the feedback function of the HARQ process is switched from off to on.

[0146] In some embodiments, when the HARQ process is an uplink HARQ process, the first processing unit is configured to perform at least one of the following:

[0147] Empty the buffer of the uplink HARQ process;

[0148] Stop the discontinuous reception uplink retransmission timer corresponding to the running uplink HARQ process;

[0149] Stop the discontinuous reception uplink hybrid automatic repeat request round-trip delay timer corresponding to the running uplink HARQ process;

[0150] Stop the discontinuous reception uplink hybrid automatic repeat request round-trip delay offset timer corresponding to the running uplink HARQ process;

[0151] Stop the configured grant timer corresponding to the running uplink HARQ process;

[0152] Configure the value of the new data indication of the uplink HARQ process to 0.

[0153] In some embodiments, the terminal device 600 further includes:

[0154] A second processing unit 602, configured to start or restart the discontinuous reception uplink retransmission timer corresponding to the uplink HARQ process.

[0155] In some embodiments, when the HARQ process is a downlink HARQ process, the first processing unit 601 is configured to perform at least one of the following:

[0156] Clear the buffer of the downlink HARQ process;

[0157] Stop the discontinuous reception downlink retransmission timer corresponding to the running downlink HARQ process;

[0158] Stop the discontinuous reception downlink hybrid automatic repeat request round-trip delay timer corresponding to the running downlink HARQ process;

[0159] Stop the discontinuous reception downlink hybrid automatic repeat request round-trip delay offset timer corresponding to the running downlink HARQ process;

[0160] For the downlink HARQ process, determine that the next received transport block is a first transmission or a new transmission.

[0161] In some embodiments, the terminal device 600 further includes:

[0162] A third processing unit 603, configured to start or restart the discontinuous reception downlink retransmission timer corresponding to the downlink HARQ process.

[0163] In some embodiments, when the attribute of the HARQ process changes and is transmitted through DCI, the terminal device 600 further includes:

[0164] A first receiving unit 604, configured to receive first indication information sent by the physical layer entity of the terminal device, where the first indication information is used to indicate resetting the HARQ process, and the first receiving unit belongs to the MAC entity.

[0165] In some embodiments, when the attribute of the HARQ process changes and is transmitted through RRC signaling, the terminal device 600 further includes:

[0166] A second receiving unit 605, configured to receive second indication information sent by the RRC entity of the terminal device, where the second indication information is used to indicate resetting the HARQ process, and the second receiving unit belongs to the MAC entity.

[0167] In some embodiments, the number of HARQ processes is at least one.

[0168] To implement the above information processing method, an embodiment of the present application further provides a terminal device. Another optional structural schematic diagram of the terminal device 800 is shown as Figure 10 shown, and includes:

[0169] A fourth processing unit 801, configured to start or restart a discontinuous reception retransmission timer corresponding to the HARQ process when an attribute of the HARQ process changes.

[0170] In some embodiments, the change in the attribute of the HARQ process includes: the feedback function of the HARQ process is switched from being on to off; or, the feedback function of the HARQ process is switched from being off to on.

[0171] In some embodiments, the fourth processing unit 801 is further configured to perform at least one of the following:

[0172] Stop a discontinuous reception hybrid automatic repeat request round-trip delay timer corresponding to the HARQ process that is running;

[0173] Stop a discontinuous reception hybrid automatic repeat request round-trip delay offset timer corresponding to the HARQ process that is running.

[0174] In some embodiments, when the HARQ process is an uplink HARQ process, the fourth processing unit 801 is configured to start or restart a discontinuous reception uplink retransmission timer corresponding to the HARQ process.

[0175] In some embodiments, when the HARQ process is an uplink HARQ process, the fourth processing unit 801 is configured to stop a discontinuous reception uplink hybrid automatic repeat request round-trip delay timer corresponding to the HARQ process that is running; and / or, stop a discontinuous reception uplink hybrid automatic repeat request round-trip delay offset timer corresponding to the HARQ process that is running.

[0176] In some embodiments, when the HARQ process is a downlink HARQ process, the fourth processing unit 801 is configured to start or restart a discontinuous reception downlink retransmission timer corresponding to the HARQ process.

[0177] In some embodiments, when the HARQ process is a downlink HARQ process, the fourth processing unit 801 is configured to stop a discontinuous reception downlink hybrid automatic repeat request round-trip delay timer corresponding to the HARQ process that is running; and / or, stop a discontinuous reception downlink hybrid automatic repeat request round-trip delay offset timer corresponding to the HARQ process that is running.

[0178] In some embodiments, the number of HARQ processes is at least one.

[0179] An embodiment of the present application further provides a terminal device, including a processor and a memory for storing a computer program that can run on the processor. When the processor is used to run the computer program, it executes the steps of the information processing method performed by the above terminal device.

[0180] An embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, including: a processor for calling and running a computer program from a memory, so that a device installed with the chip executes the information processing method performed by the above terminal device.

[0181] An embodiment of the present application further provides a storage medium storing an executable program, which, when executed by a processor, implements the information processing method performed by the above terminal device.

[0182] An embodiment of the present application further provides a computer program product, including computer program instructions, which cause a computer to execute the information processing method performed by the above terminal device.

[0183] An embodiment of the present application further provides a computer program, which causes a computer to execute the information processing method performed by the above terminal device.

[0184] Figure 11 is a schematic diagram of the hardware composition structure of the terminal device according to the embodiment of the present application. The terminal device 700 includes: at least one processor 701, a memory 702, and at least one network interface 704. Each component in the terminal device 700 is coupled together through a bus system 705. It can be understood that the bus system 705 is used to realize the connection and communication between these components. In addition to including a data bus, the bus system 705 also includes a power bus, a control bus, and a status signal bus. However, for the sake of clear illustration, in Figure 11 all kinds of buses are labeled as the bus system 705.

[0185] It can be understood that the memory 702 can be a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory, or can include both volatile and non-volatile memories. Among them, the non-volatile memory can be a ROM, a programmable read-only memory (PROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a ferromagnetic random access memory (FRAM), a flash memory, a magnetic surface memory, an optical disc, or a compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM); the magnetic surface memory can be a disk memory or a tape memory. The volatile memory can be a random access memory (RAM), which is used as an external cache. By way of example but not limitation, many forms of RAM are available, such as a static random access memory (SRAM), a synchronous static random access memory (SSRAM), a dynamic random access memory (DRAM), a synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), a double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR SDRAM), an enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (ESDRAM), a sync link dynamic random access memory (SLDRAM), a direct rambus random access memory (DRRAM). The memory 702 described in the embodiments of the present application is intended to include but not limited to these and any other suitable types of memories.

[0186] The memory 702 in the embodiments of the present application is used to store various types of data to support the operation of the terminal device 700. Examples of such data include: any computer programs for operating on the terminal device 700, such as the application 7022. The program for implementing the method of the embodiments of the present application may be included in the application 7022.

[0187] The method disclosed in the above embodiments of the present application may be applied to or implemented by the processor 701. The processor 701 may be an integrated circuit chip with the ability to process signals. During implementation, the steps of the above method may be completed by the integrated logic circuit in hardware or instructions in software form in the processor 701. The above processor 701 may be a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, etc. The processor 701 may implement or execute the various methods, steps, and logic block diagrams disclosed in the embodiments of the present application. The general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor, etc. Combining the steps of the method disclosed in the embodiments of the present application, it may be directly embodied as being executed and completed by the hardware decoding processor, or executed and completed by the combination of the hardware and software modules in the decoding processor. The software module may be located in the storage medium, and this storage medium is located in the memory 702. The processor 701 reads the information in the memory 702 and combines its hardware to complete the steps of the foregoing method.

[0188] In an exemplary embodiment, the terminal device 700 may be implemented by one or more application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), DSPs, programmable logic devices (PLDs), complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs), FPGAs, general-purpose processors, controllers, MCUs, MPUs, or other electronic components for executing the foregoing method.

[0189] The present application is described with reference to the flowcharts and / or block diagrams of methods, apparatuses (systems), and computer program products according to the embodiments of the present application. It should be understood that each process and / or block in the flowcharts and / or block diagrams, and the combination of processes and / or blocks in the flowcharts and / or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions can be provided to the processors of general-purpose computers, special-purpose computers, embedded processors, or other programmable data processing devices to generate a machine, so that the instructions executed by the processors of the computer or other programmable data processing devices generate for implementation in the processFigure 1 one or more processes and / or blocks Figure 1 means for the functions specified in one or more blocks

[0190] These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to operate in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce a manufacture including an instruction means that implements the functions in a process Figure 1 one or more processes and / or blocks Figure 1 specified in one or more blocks

[0191] These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, such that a series of operational steps are performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer-implemented process, whereby the instructions executed on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in a process Figure 1 one or more processes and / or blocks Figure 1 specified in one or more blocks

[0192] It should be understood that the terms "system" and "network" in this application are often used interchangeably herein. The term " / or" in this application is merely an associative relationship describing associated objects, indicating that there can be three relationships. For example, A and / or B can represent: A exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. Additionally, the character " / " in this application generally represents an "or" relationship between the associated objects before and after

[0193] As described above, it is only a preferred embodiment of this application and is not used to limit the protection scope of this application. Any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principle of this application shall be included in the protection scope of this application

Claims

1. An information processing method, the method comprising: When the attributes of a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) process change, a Medium Access Control (MAC) entity of a terminal device performs partial reset for the HARQ process; wherein, the MAC entity of the terminal device performing partial reset for the HARQ process includes: The terminal device receives Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration information sent by a network device; the RRC configuration information includes: related configurations of Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) and / or Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), and the related configurations of PDSCH and / or PUSCH include: uplink HARQ process configuration parameters and / or downlink HARQ process configuration parameters; The terminal device receives indication information sent by the network device, and the indication information is used to indicate that the feedback function of at least one HARQ process is switched from enabled to disabled or from disabled to enabled; The MAC entity of the terminal device resets the HARQ process whose feedback function status has changed; the MAC entity of the terminal device resetting the HARQ process whose feedback function status has changed includes: The terminal device performs the following Discontinuous Reception (DRX) processing on the HARQ process whose feedback function status has changed: When the HARQ process is a downlink HARQ process, the terminal device starts or restarts the discontinuous reception downlink retransmission timer (drx-RetransmissionTimerDL) corresponding to the downlink HARQ process; the terminal device stops the discontinuous reception downlink Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest round-trip time timer (drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL) that is running for the downlink HARQ process; the terminal device stops the discontinuous reception downlink Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest round-trip time offset timer (HARQ-RTT-offset-Timer) that is running for the downlink HARQ process, and the duration of the discontinuous reception downlink Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest round-trip time offset timer (HARQ-RTT-offset-Timer) is the starting time offset when the terminal device starts the discontinuous reception downlink Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest round-trip time timer (drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL) for the downlink HARQ process after completing the Negative Acknowledgement (NACK) feedback for receiving the PDSCH using the downlink HARQ process.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, The change of the attributes of the HARQ process includes: The feedback function of the HARQ process is switched from enabled to disabled; Or, the feedback function of the HARQ process is switched from disabled to enabled.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein, When the HARQ process is an uplink HARQ process, the MAC entity of the terminal device performing reset for the HARQ process includes at least one of the following: Clearing the buffer of the uplink HARQ process; Stopping the discontinuous reception uplink retransmission timer that is running for the uplink HARQ process; Stopping the discontinuous reception uplink Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest round-trip time timer that is running for the uplink HARQ process; Stop the discontinuous reception uplink hybrid automatic repeat request round-trip delay offset timer corresponding to the running uplink HARQ process; Stop the configured grant timer corresponding to the running uplink HARQ process; Configure the value of the new data indication of the uplink HARQ process to 0.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein The method further includes: The terminal device starts or restarts the discontinuous reception uplink retransmission timer corresponding to the uplink HARQ process.

5. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein, When the HARQ process is a downlink HARQ process, the MAC entity of the terminal device resets the HARQ process including at least one of the following: Empty the buffer of the downlink HARQ process; For the downlink HARQ process, determine that the next received transport block is a first transmission or a new transmission.

6. The method according to any one of claims 1, 2, and 4, wherein, When the attribute of the HARQ process changes and is transmitted through downlink control signaling DCI, the method further includes: The MAC entity receives first indication information sent by the physical layer entity of the terminal device, and the first indication information is used to indicate resetting the HARQ process.

7. The method according to any one of claims 1, 2, and 4, wherein When the attribute of the HARQ process changes and is transmitted through radio resource control RRC signaling, the method further includes: The MAC entity receives second indication information sent by the RRC entity of the terminal device, and the second indication information is used to indicate resetting the HARQ process.

8. The method according to any one of claims 1, 2, and 4, wherein The number of the HARQ processes is at least one.

9. An information processing method, the method includes: When the attribute of a hybrid automatic repeat request HARQ process changes, the terminal device starts or restarts the discontinuous reception retransmission timer corresponding to the HARQ process; The terminal device restarting the discontinuous reception retransmission timer corresponding to the HARQ process includes: The terminal device receives RRC configuration information sent by a network device; the RRC configuration information includes: relevant parameters of DRX; The terminal device receives indication information sent by the network device, and the indication information is used to indicate that the feedback function of at least one HARQ process is switched from on to off or from off to on; The terminal device performs discontinuous reception processing on the HARQ process whose feedback function status has changed; The terminal device performs the following DRX processing on the HARQ process whose feedback function status has changed: When the HARQ process is a downlink HARQ process, the terminal device starts or restarts the discontinuous reception downlink retransmission timer drx-RetransmissionTimerDL corresponding to the downlink HARQ process; the terminal device stops the discontinuous reception downlink hybrid automatic repeat request round-trip time drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL timer that is running; the terminal device stops the discontinuous reception downlink hybrid automatic repeat request round-trip time offset timer HARQ-RTT-offset-Timer corresponding to the downlink HARQ process that is running, and the duration of the discontinuous reception downlink hybrid automatic repeat request round-trip time offset timer HARQ-RTT-offset-Timer is the start time offset of starting the discontinuous reception downlink hybrid automatic repeat request round-trip time drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL timer for the downlink HARQ process after the terminal device completes the NACK feedback for the PDSCH reception using this downlink HARQ process.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein, The change in the attributes of the HARQ process includes: The feedback function of the HARQ process is switched from enabled to disabled; Or, the feedback function of the HARQ process is switched from disabled to enabled.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein, When the HARQ process is an uplink HARQ process, the terminal device starts or restarts the discontinuous reception retransmission timer corresponding to the HARQ process, including: The terminal device starts or restarts the discontinuous reception uplink retransmission timer corresponding to the HARQ process.

12. The method according to claim 9, wherein, When the HARQ process is an uplink HARQ process, the terminal device stops the discontinuous reception uplink hybrid automatic repeat request round-trip time timer that is running; and / or, the terminal device stops the discontinuous reception uplink hybrid automatic repeat request round-trip time offset timer that is running corresponding to the HARQ process.

13. The method according to any one of claims 9 - 12, wherein, The number of HARQ processes is at least one.

14. A terminal device, the terminal device includes: A first processing unit, configured to reset the HARQ process when the attributes of the hybrid automatic repeat request HARQ process change, and the first processing unit belongs to the media access control MAC entity; The first processing unit is used to perform partial reset on the HARQ process; The first processing unit is specifically configured to receive the RRC configuration information sent by the network device; The RRC configuration information includes: the relevant configurations of PDSCH and / or PUSCH, and the relevant configurations of PDSCH and / or PUSCH include: uplink HARQ process configuration parameters and / or downlink HARQ process configuration parameters; receive the indication information sent by the network device, and the indication information is used to indicate that the feedback function of at least one HARQ process is switched from enabled to disabled or from disabled to enabled; reset the HARQ process whose feedback function status has changed. The first processing unit is configured to perform the following DRX processing on the HARQ process whose feedback function status changes for the terminal device: When the HARQ process is a downlink HARQ process, the terminal device starts or restarts the discontinuous reception downlink retransmission timer drx-RetransmissionTimerDL corresponding to the downlink HARQ process; the terminal device stops the discontinuous reception downlink hybrid automatic repeat request round-trip time drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL timer that is running for the downlink HARQ process; the terminal device stops the discontinuous reception downlink hybrid automatic repeat request round-trip time offset timer HARQ-RTT-offset-Timer that is running for the downlink HARQ process, and the duration of the discontinuous reception downlink hybrid automatic repeat request round-trip time offset timer HARQ-RTT-offset-Timer is the start time offset of starting the discontinuous reception downlink hybrid automatic repeat request round-trip time drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL timer for the downlink HARQ process after the terminal device completes the NACK feedback for receiving the PDSCH using this downlink HARQ process.

15. The terminal device according to claim 14, wherein, The change in the attributes of the HARQ process includes: The feedback function of the HARQ process is switched from enabled to disabled; Or, the feedback function of the HARQ process is switched from disabled to enabled.

16. The terminal device according to claim 14 or 15, wherein When the HARQ process is an uplink HARQ process, the first processing unit is configured to perform at least one of the following: Empty the buffer of the uplink HARQ process; Stop the discontinuous reception uplink retransmission timer that is running for the uplink HARQ process; Stop the discontinuous reception uplink hybrid automatic repeat request round-trip time timer that is running for the uplink HARQ process; Stop the discontinuous reception uplink hybrid automatic repeat request round-trip time offset timer that is running for the uplink HARQ process; Stop the configured grant timer that is running for the uplink HARQ process; Configure the value of the new data indication of the uplink HARQ process to 0.

17. The terminal device according to claim 16, wherein, The terminal device further includes: A second processing unit configured to start or restart the discontinuous reception uplink retransmission timer corresponding to the uplink HARQ process.

18. The terminal device according to claim 14 or 15, wherein When the HARQ process is a downlink HARQ process, the first processing unit is configured to perform at least one of the following: Empty the buffer of the downlink HARQ process; Determine whether the next received transport block is an initial transmission or a new transmission for the downlink HARQ process.

19. The terminal device according to any one of claims 14, 15, and 17, wherein, When the change in the attributes of the HARQ process is transmitted through downlink control signaling DCI, the terminal device further includes: A first receiving unit configured to receive first indication information sent by the physical layer entity of the terminal device, where the first indication information is used to indicate resetting the HARQ process, and the first receiving unit belongs to the MAC entity.

20. The terminal device according to any one of claims 14, 15, and 17, wherein When the attributes of the HARQ process change and are transmitted through Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, the terminal device further includes: A second receiving unit, configured to receive second indication information sent by the RRC entity of the terminal device, where the second indication information is used to indicate resetting of the HARQ process, and the second receiving unit belongs to the MAC entity.

21. The terminal device according to any one of claims 14, 15, and 17, wherein, The number of the HARQ processes is at least one.

22. A terminal device, the terminal device includes: A fourth processing unit, configured to start or restart a discontinuous reception retransmission timer corresponding to the HARQ process when the attributes of the Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) process change; The fourth processing unit is used to receive RRC configuration information sent by a network device; The RRC configuration information includes: related parameters of Discontinuous Reception (DRX); Receive indication information sent by the network device, where the indication information is used to indicate that the feedback function of at least one HARQ process is switched from enabled to disabled or from disabled to enabled; perform discontinuous reception processing on the HARQ process for which the state of the feedback function has changed; The fourth processing unit is used for the terminal device to perform the following DRX processing on the HARQ process for which the state of the feedback function has changed: when the HARQ process is a downlink HARQ process, the terminal device starts or restarts a discontinuous reception downlink retransmission timer drx-RetransmissionTimerDL corresponding to the downlink HARQ process; the terminal device stops a discontinuous reception downlink Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest Round Trip Time (drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL) timer that is running for the downlink HARQ process; the terminal device stops a discontinuous reception downlink Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest Round Trip Time offset timer HARQ-RTT-offset-Timer that is running for the downlink HARQ process, and the duration of the discontinuous reception downlink Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest Round Trip Time offset timer HARQ-RTT-offset-Timer is the starting time offset when the terminal device starts a discontinuous reception downlink Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest Round Trip Time (drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL) timer for the downlink HARQ process after completing a Negative ACKnowledgement (NACK) feedback for receiving a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) using the downlink HARQ process.

23. The terminal device according to claim 22, wherein, The change in the attributes of the HARQ process includes: The feedback function of the HARQ process is switched from enabled to disabled; Or, the feedback function of the HARQ process is switched from disabled to enabled.

24. The terminal device according to claim 22, wherein, When the HARQ process is an uplink HARQ process, the fourth processing unit is configured to start or restart a discontinuous reception uplink retransmission timer.

25. The terminal device according to claim 22, wherein, When the HARQ process is an uplink HARQ process, the fourth processing unit is configured to stop the discontinuous reception uplink hybrid automatic repeat request round-trip delay timer corresponding to the running HARQ process; and / or stop the discontinuous reception uplink hybrid automatic repeat request round-trip delay offset timer corresponding to the running HARQ process.

26. The terminal device according to any one of claims 22-25, wherein, The number of the HARQ processes is at least one.

27. A terminal device, comprising a processor and a memory for storing a computer program capable of running on the processor, wherein, When the processor runs the computer program, it executes the steps of the information processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, or executes the steps of the information processing method according to any one of claims 9 to 13.

28. A storage medium stores an executable program, and when the executable program is executed by a processor, it implements the steps of the information processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, or implements the steps of the information processing method according to any one of claims 9 to 13.

29. A chip, comprising: The processor is configured to call and run a computer program from a memory, so that a device installed with the chip executes the information processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, or executes the information processing method according to any one of claims 9 to 13.

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