Operation determination method, information sending method, terminal device and network device

Abstract

The application provides an operation determination method, an information sending method, a terminal device and a network device, and relates to the technical field of communication. The operation determination method comprises the following steps: receiving network assistance information and a first state parameter sent by a network device; and determining the operation of the terminal device based on the network assistance information and the first state parameter. In the process of determining the operation of the terminal device, not only the first state parameter is considered, but also the network assistance information sent by the network device is considered. The operation of the terminal device is determined in combination with the network assistance information and the first state parameter, so that the accuracy of determining the operation of the terminal device is improved. The operation of the terminal device affects the power of the terminal device, so that the power saving effect of the terminal device can be improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to an operation determination method, an information transmission method, a terminal device, and a network device. Background Technology

[0002] In Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mode, the terminal device periodically listens to the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) instead of continuously listening. That is, in DRX mode, the DRX period includes an active period and an inactive period. The terminal device listens to the PDCCH during the active period and does not listen to the PDCCH during the inactive period. In this way, the continuous listening of the terminal device can be avoided, thereby saving power.

[0003] However, during communication between terminal devices and network devices, data needs to be transmitted through the network. However, terminal devices are prone to having no network coverage during active periods, and even if they enter an active period, they cannot achieve effective monitoring, resulting in wasted power. In other words, terminal devices are prone to poor power saving in DRX mode. Summary of the Invention

[0004] This invention provides an operation determination method, an information sending method, a terminal device, and a network device to solve the problem of poor billing performance for local service data packet traffic in existing core networks.

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

[0006] In a first aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide an operation determination method for a terminal device, the operation determination method comprising:

[0007] Receive network auxiliary information and first status parameters sent by the network device;

[0008] The operation of the terminal device is determined based on the network assistance information and the first state parameter.

[0009] Secondly, embodiments of the present invention provide another operation determination method for a network device, the operation determination method comprising:

[0010] The first state parameter is determined based on the service characteristics of the terminal device;

[0011] Send network assistance information and the first status parameter to the terminal device.

[0012] Thirdly, embodiments of the present invention provide a terminal device, including:

[0013] The first receiving module is used to receive network auxiliary information and first status parameters sent by the network device;

[0014] The first determining module is used to determine the operation of the terminal device based on the network auxiliary information and the first state parameter.

[0015] Fourthly, embodiments of the present invention provide a network device, including:

[0016] The second determining module is used to determine the first state parameter based on the service characteristics of the terminal device;

[0017] The first sending module is used to send network auxiliary information and the first status parameter to the terminal device.

[0018] Fifthly, embodiments of the present invention provide a terminal device, including a transceiver and a processor, wherein the transceiver is used to receive network auxiliary information and a first status parameter sent by a network device;

[0019] The processor is configured to determine the operation of the terminal device based on the network assistance information and the first state parameter.

[0020] Sixthly, embodiments of the present invention provide a network device, including a transceiver and a processor.

[0021] The processor is used to determine the first state parameter based on the service characteristics of the terminal device;

[0022] The transceiver is used to send network auxiliary information and the first status parameter to the terminal device.

[0023] In a seventh aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide a terminal device, including: a processor, a memory, and a program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein when the program is executed by the processor, it implements the steps of the operation determination method described in the first aspect.

[0024] Eighthly, embodiments of the present invention provide a network device, including: a processor, a memory, and a program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein when the program is executed by the processor, it implements the steps of the operation determination method described in the second aspect above.

[0025] Ninthly, embodiments of the present invention provide a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, wherein the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the method described in the first aspect; or the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the method described in the second aspect.

[0026] In this embodiment of the invention, in the process of determining the operation of the terminal device, not only the first state parameter is considered, but also the network auxiliary information issued by the network device is considered. The operation of the terminal device is determined by combining the network auxiliary information and the first state parameter, thereby improving the accuracy of determining the operation of the terminal device. The operation of the terminal device affects the power consumption of the terminal device, thereby improving the power saving effect of the terminal device. Attached Figure Description

[0027] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments of the present invention will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present invention. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative effort.

[0028] Figure 1 This is a flowchart of an operation determination method provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0029] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the DRX inactive timer provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0030] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of a DRX HARQ RTT timer and a DRX retransmission timer provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0031] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the state after sending an SR, provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

[0032] Figure 5 This is a flowchart of an information sending method provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0033] Figure 6 This is one of the schematic diagrams for beam skipping;

[0034] Figure 7 This is the second schematic diagram of the beam skipping principle;

[0035] Figure 8 This is the schematic diagram of DRX;

[0036] Figure 9 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a terminal device provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0037] Figure 10 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a network device provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0038] Figure 11 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a terminal device provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0039] Figure 12This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a network device provided in an embodiment of the present invention. Detailed Implementation

[0040] The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some, not all, of the embodiments of the present invention. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative effort are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0041] In this article, "service" can refer to at least one of the following concepts: service, PDU session, Quality of Service (QoS) stream, stream or service data flow, radio bearer, logical channel.

[0042] In this article, "data" can refer to one or more of the following: "data packet", "Physical Uplink Shared Channel transmission (PUSCH)", "Physical Downlink Shared Channel transmission (PDSCH)", "data unit", "transmission", and "transmission block".

[0043] The non-terrestrial network (NTN) in this invention, compared to traditional terrestrial networks, typically employs network nodes such as satellites, high-altitude platforms (HAPs), communication balloons, and / or aircraft.

[0044] The terms “first,” “second,” etc., used in the specification and claims of this application are used to distinguish similar objects and are not necessarily used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that such data can be interchanged where appropriate so that the embodiments of this application described herein can be implemented, for example, in orders other than those illustrated or described herein. Furthermore, the terms “comprising” and “having,” and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion; for example, a process, method, system, product, or apparatus that comprises a series of steps or units is not necessarily limited to those steps or units explicitly listed, but may include other steps or units not explicitly listed or inherent to such processes, methods, products, or apparatus. The terms “and / or” in the specification and claims indicate at least one of the connected objects.

[0045] The technologies described in this document are not limited to NR systems and Long Time Evolution (LTE) / LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) systems, but can also be used in various wireless communication systems such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Single-carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA), and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" are often used interchangeably. CDMA systems can implement radio technologies such as CDMA2000 and Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA). UTRA includes Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) and other CDMA variants. TDMA systems can implement radio technologies such as the Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM). OFDMA systems can implement radio technologies such as Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), Evolution-UTRA (E-UTRA), IEEE 802.21 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, and Flash-OFDM. UTRA and E-UTRA are part of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS). LTE and more advanced LTE (such as LTE-A) are newer versions of UMTS that use E-UTRA. UTRA, E-UTRA, UMTS, LTE, LTE-A, and GSM are described in documents from an organization called the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). CDMA2000 and UMB are described in documents from an organization called 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2).The techniques described herein can be used with the systems and radio technologies mentioned above, as well as with other systems and radio technologies. However, the following description describes NR systems for illustrative purposes, and NR terminology is used in most of the following description, although these techniques can also be applied to applications beyond NR systems.

[0046] The following description provides examples and is not intended to limit the scope, applicability, or configuration set forth in the claims. Changes may be made to the function and arrangement of the elements discussed without departing from the spirit and scope of this disclosure. Various procedures or components may be appropriately omitted, substituted, or added to the examples. For example, the described methods may be performed in a different order than described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. Furthermore, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

[0047] See Figure 1 , Figure 1 This is a flowchart of an operation determination method provided in an embodiment of the present invention. The method is executed by a terminal device and includes:

[0048] Step 101: Receive network auxiliary information and first status parameters sent by the network device.

[0049] Step 102: Determine the operation of the terminal device based on network auxiliary information and the first state parameters.

[0050] It should be noted that network auxiliary information can be used to determine network coverage for terminal devices, and the first state parameter can be understood as a parameter affecting the state of the terminal device. Network devices send network auxiliary information and the first state parameter to each other. After receiving the network auxiliary information and the first state parameter, the terminal device can determine its operation based on these parameters. Determining the terminal device's operation may involve determining whether the terminal device enters a certain state.

[0051] In one example, the first state parameter is determined by the network device based on the service characteristics of the terminal device; the first state parameter includes at least one of the following:

[0052] Discontinuous reception of DRX parameters;

[0053] Paging parameters.

[0054] In this embodiment, in determining the operation of the terminal device, not only the first state parameter is considered, but also the network auxiliary information sent by the network device is considered. Combining the network auxiliary information and the first state parameter, the operation of the terminal device is determined, which improves the accuracy of determining the operation of the terminal device. The operation of the terminal device affects the power consumption of the terminal device, thereby improving the power saving effect of the terminal device.

[0055] In one embodiment, network assistance information includes at least one of the following:

[0056] Location information of at least one non-terrestrial network;

[0057] Orbital information from at least one non-terrestrial network:

[0058] Beam information of at least one non-terrestrial network, wherein the beam information of at least one non-terrestrial network includes at least one of the following:

[0059] Antenna gain information of at least one non-terrestrial network at a specified time;

[0060] Antenna gain information of at least one non-terrestrial network at a specified location;

[0061] Antenna gain information for at least one non-terrestrial network at a specified minimum point.

[0062] Network-assisted information also includes at least one of the following:

[0063] At least one non-terrestrial network location information's validity period and / or update cycle;

[0064] The validity period and / or update cycle of orbit information from at least one non-terrestrial network:

[0065] The validity period and / or update cycle of beam information for at least one non-terrestrial network.

[0066] It should be noted that the location information of non-terrestrial networks (e.g., satellites) can be the satellite's position coordinates, such as longitude, latitude, altitude, and / or angle; or it can be the first, second, and / or third time derivatives of the satellite's motion. Orbit information can be instantaneous or averaged. Terminal devices can use the location information of the non-terrestrial network and their own location information to infer the effective satellite coverage, i.e., determine the coverage status. Effective coverage can be determined using at least one of the following: when the satellite begins to provide coverage to the terminal device, when the satellite stops providing coverage, the specific time period during which the satellite provides coverage, and the time periods during which the satellite cannot provide coverage. Using the beam information of the non-terrestrial network, the effective satellite coverage of the terminal device can be determined. Furthermore, based on the antenna gain of the beam, the effective satellite coverage of the terminal device can be determined more precisely.

[0067] In one embodiment, receiving network assistance information sent by a network device includes at least one of the following:

[0068] Receive system messages and / or dedicated signaling sent by non-terrestrial network nodes and / or other network nodes, and read network auxiliary information from system messages and / or dedicated signaling;

[0069] It receives system messages and / or special signaling from non-terrestrial network nodes and / or other network nodes multiple times, and reads network auxiliary information from the system messages and / or special signaling.

[0070] It should be noted that other network nodes can refer to network nodes other than non-terrestrial network nodes. It can be understood that the above-mentioned network devices can be non-terrestrial network nodes and / or other network nodes. Since the size of ephemeris information is large, when the memory of non-terrestrial network nodes is limited or the size of the signaling they can send is limited, multiple network nodes can send the information, or the network nodes can send information from different satellites in batches at different times.

[0071] In one embodiment, receiving system messages and / or dedicated signaling from non-terrestrial network nodes and / or other network nodes, and reading network auxiliary information from the system messages and / or dedicated signaling, including at least one of the following:

[0072] The terminal device merges system messages and / or special signaling sent by non-terrestrial network nodes and / or other network nodes to obtain first merge information, and reads network auxiliary information from the first merge information;

[0073] The terminal device merges system messages and / or special signaling sent by multiple non-terrestrial network nodes to obtain second merged information, and reads network auxiliary information from the second merged information.

[0074] For example, the terminal device obtains the first part of ephemeris information from satellite network node 1, then obtains the second part of ephemeris information from satellite network node 2, and then merges them to obtain the required or complete ephemeris information;

[0075] Alternatively, the terminal device obtains the first part of ephemeris information from satellite network node 1, and it needs to continue to obtain the second part of ephemeris information and the third part of ephemeris information from satellite network node 2 and satellite network node 3 respectively, and then merges them to obtain the required or complete ephemeris information.

[0076] Alternatively, the terminal device obtains the first part of ephemeris information from satellite network node 1, and it needs to continue to obtain the second and third parts of ephemeris information from satellite network node 2 and satellite network node 3 respectively in time period T2 and time period T3, and then merges them to obtain the required or complete ephemeris information.

[0077] Alternatively, the terminal device obtains the first part of ephemeris information from satellite network node 1, and it needs to continue to obtain the second part of ephemeris information and the third part of ephemeris information from SIBx (system message x) and SIBy (system message y) of satellite network node 2 and SIBx of satellite network node 3, respectively, and then merges them to obtain the required or complete ephemeris information.

[0078] Alternatively, the terminal device obtains from satellite network node 1 the information of a transmission cycle required to obtain the desired or complete ephemeris information, and the information of the transmission start position. This allows the terminal device to obtain the first part of the ephemeris information, the second part of the ephemeris information, and the third part of the ephemeris information in time periods T1, T2, and T3, respectively, and then merge them to obtain the desired or complete ephemeris information.

[0079] Alternatively, the terminal device obtains information about a transmission cycle required to obtain the desired or complete ephemeris information from satellite network node 1, as well as the information about the transmission start position. This allows the terminal device to obtain the first part of the ephemeris information, the second part of the ephemeris information, and the third part of the ephemeris information in SIBx, SIBy, and SIBz respectively during time periods T1, T2, and T3, and then merge them to obtain the desired or complete ephemeris information.

[0080] Alternatively, the terminal device obtains information from satellite network node 1 about a transmission cycle required to obtain the desired or complete ephemeris information, as well as the transmission start position information. This allows the terminal device to obtain the first part of the ephemeris information, the second part of the ephemeris information, and the third part of the ephemeris information in SIBx during time periods T1, T2, and T3, respectively, and then merge them to obtain the desired or complete ephemeris information.

[0081] It should be noted that the above methods can be used in combination, either partially or entirely.

[0082] The above information can be provided to the terminal device via non-terrestrial networks, terrestrial networks, and / or the core network.

[0083] Because ephemeris information is quite large, when the memory of non-terrestrial network nodes is limited or the size of the signaling they can send is limited, multiple network nodes can send the information, and then the terminal devices can merge the data to obtain more satellite positions and beam information.

[0084] In one embodiment, system messages and / or dedicated signaling sent by non-terrestrial network nodes and / or other network nodes are received multiple times, and network auxiliary information is read from the system messages and / or dedicated signaling, including at least one of the following:

[0085] The terminal device receives system messages and / or special signaling sent by non-terrestrial network nodes multiple times, merges them to obtain third merged information, and reads network auxiliary information from the third merged information;

[0086] The terminal device receives system messages and / or special signaling sent by other network nodes multiple times, merges them to obtain fourth merged information, and reads network auxiliary information from the fourth merged information;

[0087] The terminal device receives system messages and / or special signaling sent by non-terrestrial network nodes and other network nodes multiple times, merges them to obtain the fifth merged information, and reads network auxiliary information from the fifth merged information.

[0088] In this embodiment, network nodes can send information from different satellites in batches over time, and then the terminal device can merge the information to obtain more satellite positions and beam information.

[0089] In one embodiment, a short message sent by a network device is received, the short message including a first identifier, the first identifier being used to indicate whether there is information related to non-terrestrial networks, wherein the terminal device obtains network auxiliary information based on the first identifier;

[0090] The terminal device receives a first association relationship of multiple segments of system messages containing network auxiliary information broadcast in system messages by a network device, wherein the terminal device obtains the network auxiliary information according to the first association relationship, wherein the first association relationship includes the label and / or order of the system message segments indicating at least one segment of network auxiliary information;

[0091] The second association of receiving a segment of system messages containing at least one piece of network auxiliary information broadcast by multiple network devices in system messages;

[0092] The terminal device receives an SIB broadcast by a network device, the SIB including a first field, wherein the terminal device determines at least one of the following based on the information indicated by the first field:

[0093] The SIB may or may not contain network auxiliary information;

[0094] The network-assisted information contained in the SIB may be complete or partial;

[0095] The segments of network auxiliary information contained in the SIB are located within the network auxiliary information;

[0096] Are there any subsequent segments of network auxiliary information included in the SIB?

[0097] The SIB is either the last SIB containing ephemeris information or not the last SIB containing ephemeris information;

[0098] The second association includes at least one of the following information:

[0099] Information about other network devices where the segment carrying network auxiliary information is located;

[0100] The number of segments in the network-assisted information;

[0101] The number of satellites and / or satellite information;

[0102] The SIB label of the segment containing the network auxiliary information;

[0103] Among them, the terminal device obtains network auxiliary information based on the second association relationship.

[0104] A Short Message (SMS) may include a first identifier, which indicates network auxiliary information. The terminal device can obtain the network auxiliary information based on the indication of the first identifier. A broadcast association is an association of multiple SIBs, where each SIB includes a portion of the network auxiliary information. The terminal device can obtain the network auxiliary information based on the association. Additionally, the terminal device can receive SIBs broadcast by network devices. These SIBs include a first field, such as a sib-Seg field. Based on the information indicated by this field, the terminal device can determine at least one of the following information:

[0105] Does this SIB contain network auxiliary information?

[0106] Is the network auxiliary information contained in this SIB complete or partial?

[0107] The SIB contains some network auxiliary information; the location of the network auxiliary information.

[0108] Are there any subsequent segments of network auxiliary information included in this SIB?

[0109] This SIB may be the last SIB containing ephemeris information or not. For example, if it is set to true, it means that there are still related SIBs broadcasting ephemeris information later. If it is set to false, it means that this is the last SIB containing ephemeris information.

[0110] Specifically, for example, a new identifier can be added to the Short Message to indicate whether there is satellite information, and the terminal can obtain relevant ephemeris information based on the identifier.

[0111] Network nodes broadcast the association relationships of multiple information messages containing ephemeris information in the system information, and terminal devices obtain the relevant ephemeris information based on the association relationships;

[0112] Add a field (e.g., sib-Seg) to system messages containing ephemeris information. If this field is set to true, it means that there will be more related SIBs broadcasting ephemeris information later. If it is set to false, it means that this is the last SIB containing ephemeris information.

[0113] In one embodiment, the DRX parameters include the duration of multiple timers for the DRX, including a DRX inactive timer, which is activated when the terminal device receives the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) and the PDCCH indicates new data transmission.

[0114] Based on network-assisted information and first state parameters, determine the operation of the terminal device, including any one of the following:

[0115] During the operation of the DRX inactive timer, if it is determined from network auxiliary information that there is no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactive timer, it enters an inactive state.

[0116] During the operation of the DRX inactivity timer, if the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactivity timer is less than the duration of the DRX inactivity timer but greater than the first duration, the terminal device enters the inactive state, and enters the active state when the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactivity timer ends.

[0117] During the operation of the DRX inactive timer, if it is determined based on network auxiliary information that the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactive timer is less than or equal to the first duration, the current active state is maintained.

[0118] like Figure 2As shown, the DRX inactive timer, or drx-InactivityTimer, is activated when a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) signal is received and indicates new data transmission. It enters a sleep state (inactive state) upon timeout. If the drx-InactivityTimer is running, and based on network auxiliary information sent by the network device, it detects no available beams, it enters a sleep state prematurely. If, during the middle of the drx-InactivityTimer's operation, the duration of no available beams (nonB1) is greater than or equal to the first duration (k1), it enters a sleep state, but the timer does not reset and continues running, waking up after nonB1 ends and entering an active state (active state). If, during the middle of the drx-InactivityTimer's operation, the duration of no available beams (nonB1) is less than k1, it does not enter a sleep state and maintains its current active state. In this embodiment, not only the DRX inactivity timer but also network auxiliary information is considered. Network auxiliary information determines the availability of beams. The terminal device combines the DRX inactivity timer and network auxiliary information for state switching, improving power saving. As an example, the first duration can be the sum of the terminal device's processing time for received downlink data and the Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) feedback time, or the duration of the downlink DRX retransmission timer.

[0119] In one embodiment, the multiple timers include a DRX HARQ round-trip time (RTT) timer and a DRX retransmission timer. The DRX HARQ RTT timer is activated when the terminal device fails to decode the received Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH).

[0120] Based on network-assisted information and first state parameters, the operation of the terminal device is determined, including:

[0121] During the operation of the DRX HARQ RTT timer, if it is determined from the network auxiliary information that the duration of no available beam in the first period is greater than or equal to the second duration, the current inactive state is maintained, and if the DRX HARQ RTT timer times out and is reset, the DRX retransmission timer is not started.

[0122] During the operation of the DRX HARQ RTT timer, if the duration of the period without available beams is less than the second duration based on network auxiliary information, the current inactive state is maintained, and if the DRX HARQ RTT timer times out and is reset, the DRX retransmission timer is started.

[0123] The first period is the sum of the running period of the DRX HARQ RTT timer and the second period. The start time of the second period is the timeout period of the DRX HARQ RTT timer, and the end time of the second period is the sum of the timeout period and the duration of the DRX retransmission timer. (DRX HARQ RTT timer)

[0124] The DRX retransmission timer is drx-RetransmissionTimer, and the DRX HARQ round-trip timer (RTT) is DRX-HARQ-RTT-Timer. The DRX-HARQ-RTT-Timer can be activated in case of PDSCH decoding errors. For example, the downlink drx-HARQ-RTT-Timer physically means that retransmission scheduling for the downlink process will only occur after this timer, and the scheduling window is within the drx-RetransmissionTimerDL (downlink DRX retransmission timer). If the timer-drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL is running, and based on network auxiliary information sent by the network device, it detects that no beam is available, and the duration of the unavailable beam (nonB2) is greater than or equal to K2, the DRX HARQ RTT timer will maintain its current sleep state, the timer will be reset, and the drx-RetransmissionTimerDL will not be activated. In this embodiment, not only the DRX HARQ RTT timer but also network auxiliary information is considered. The availability of a beam can be determined using the network auxiliary information. The terminal device combines the DRX HARQ RTT timer and network auxiliary information for state switching, which improves power saving. As an example, the second duration can be the sum of the DRX HARQ RTT timer duration and the DRX retransmission timer duration.

[0125] In one embodiment, determining the operation of the terminal device based on network-assisted information and the first state parameter further includes any one of the following:

[0126] During the operation of the DRX retransmission timer, if it is determined from network auxiliary information that there is no available beam during the operation of the DRX retransmission timer, it enters an inactive state.

[0127] During the operation of the DRX retransmission timer, if the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX retransmission timer is less than the duration of the DRX retransmission timer but greater than the third duration, the system enters an inactive state. If the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX retransmission timer ends, the system enters an active state.

[0128] During the operation of the DRX retransmission timer, if it is determined based on network auxiliary information that the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX retransmission timer is less than or equal to the third duration, the current active state is maintained.

[0129] like Figure 3 As shown, drx-RetransmissionTimerDL is activated after drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL times out. drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL is activated after the last symbol of the PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel) HARQ-ACK (Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request ACK) feedback transmission is completed. Each downlink process corresponds to one drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL / drx-RetransmissionTimerDL. If drx-RetransmissionTimerDL is running, combined with network auxiliary information sent by network devices, if no beam is detected, it will enter a sleep state in advance. If, during the middle of the drx-RetransmissionTimerDL's operation, the duration of no available beam (nonB3) is greater than or equal to K3, the device enters a sleep state, but the timer does not reset; it continues running and wakes up after nonB3 ends, entering an active state. If, during the middle of the drx-RetransmissionTimerDL's operation, the duration of no available beam (nonB3) is less than k3, the device does not enter a sleep state and maintains its current active state. In this embodiment, not only the DRX retransmission timer but also network auxiliary information is considered. Network auxiliary information determines the availability of a beam. The terminal device combines the DRX retransmission timer and network auxiliary information for state switching, improving power saving. As an example, the third duration is the sum of the terminal device's processing time for received downlink data and the Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) feedback time.

[0130] In one embodiment, the multiple timers also include a first timer, which is started after the terminal device sends a scheduling request SR;

[0131] Determining the operation of the terminal device based on network-assisted information and the first state parameters also includes any one of the following:

[0132] During the operation of the first timer, if it is determined, based on network auxiliary information, that there is no available beam during the operation of the first timer, the system enters an inactive state.

[0133] During the operation of the first timer, if the duration of the period without available beams is less than the duration of the first timer but greater than the fourth timer duration, the control terminal device enters an inactive state, and enters an active state when the duration of the period without available beams ends.

[0134] During the operation of the first timer, if the duration of no available beam during the operation of the first timer is less than or equal to the fourth duration, the current active state is maintained, based on network auxiliary information.

[0135] like Figure 4 As shown, DCI refers to Downlink Control Information. After a scheduling request (SR) is sent, it remains in a Pending state until a new uplink data schedule is received. This period is also considered Active Time. If, during the middle of the first timer's operation, the duration of no available beam (nonB4) is greater than or equal to K4, the device enters a sleep state, but the timer does not reset and continues running. It wakes up after nonB4 ends and enters an active state. If, during the middle of the first timer's operation, the duration of no available beam (nonB4) is less than K, the device does not enter a sleep state and maintains its current active state. In this embodiment, not only the first timer but also network auxiliary information is considered. The availability of a beam can be determined using network auxiliary information. The terminal device combines the first timer and network auxiliary information to switch states, which can improve the power saving effect of the terminal device. As an example, the fourth duration is the time from when the terminal device sends the target scheduling request to when it receives the corresponding uplink schedule.

[0136] In one embodiment, the method further includes:

[0137] The terminal device calculates the corresponding paging timing based on the paging parameters.

[0138] If, based on network auxiliary information, the duration of no available beam on the paging opportunity corresponding to the terminal device is less than the duration of one paging opportunity, the terminal device remains active and receives paging messages; or if the duration of no available beam on the paging opportunity corresponding to the terminal device is greater than or equal to the duration of one paging opportunity, the terminal device enters an inactive state and stops receiving paging messages.

[0139] In this embodiment, the network auxiliary information determines that the duration of no available beam on the paging opportunity corresponding to the terminal device is compared with the duration of a paging opportunity. The state is switched according to the comparison result. That is, if the duration of no available beam on the paging opportunity corresponding to the terminal device is less than the duration of a paging opportunity, the terminal device remains active and receives paging messages; or if the duration of no available beam on the paging opportunity corresponding to the terminal device is greater than or equal to the duration of a paging opportunity, the terminal device enters an inactive state and stops receiving paging messages. In this way, the power saving effect of the terminal device can be improved.

[0140] See Figure 5 , Figure 5 This is a flowchart of an information sending method provided in an embodiment of the present invention. The method is executed by a network device and includes:

[0141] Step 501: Determine the first state parameter based on the service characteristics of the terminal device;

[0142] Step 502: Send network auxiliary information and first status parameters to the terminal device.

[0143] In one embodiment, network assistance information includes at least one of the following:

[0144] Location information of non-terrestrial networks;

[0145] Track information from non-terrestrial networks:

[0146] Beam information for non-terrestrial networks, which includes at least one of the following:

[0147] Antenna gain information for non-terrestrial networks at a specified time;

[0148] Antenna gain information for non-terrestrial networks at a specified location;

[0149] Antenna gain information for non-terrestrial networks at a specified minimum point.

[0150] In one embodiment, sending network assistance information and a first status parameter to the terminal device includes at least one of the following:

[0151] Send system messages and / or special signaling to terminal devices, including network auxiliary information in the system messages and / or special signaling;

[0152] The system messages and / or special signaling are sent to the terminal device multiple times, and the system messages and / or special signaling include network auxiliary information.

[0153] In one embodiment, sending network assistance information to the terminal device further includes at least one of the following:

[0154] A short message is sent to the terminal device. The short message includes a first identifier, which is used to indicate whether there is information related to non-terrestrial networks. The first identifier is used by the terminal device to obtain network auxiliary information based on the first identifier.

[0155] The system broadcasts a first association relationship of multiple system messages containing network auxiliary information to the terminal device through system messages, wherein the first association relationship is used by the terminal device to obtain network auxiliary information according to the association relationship;

[0156] The terminal device broadcasts an SIB, which includes a first field. The information indicated by the first field is used by the terminal device to determine at least one of the following:

[0157] The SIB may or may not contain network auxiliary information;

[0158] The network-assisted information contained in the SIB may be complete or partial;

[0159] The segments of network auxiliary information contained in the SIB are located within the network auxiliary information;

[0160] Are there any subsequent segments of network auxiliary information included in the SIB?

[0161] The SIB is either the last SIB containing ephemeris information or not the last SIB containing ephemeris information.

[0162] The process of the above method will be specifically described below with a specific embodiment.

[0163] With the continuous development of satellite antenna technology, most current broadband satellite systems adopt multi-beam satellites to enhance system capacity. However, current multi-beam satellite communication systems do not have fixed frequency reuse or RF power allocation methods for each beam in the payload design. Multi-beam antenna technology, as one of the essential technologies for broadband satellite communication systems, has been widely used in numerous practical satellite communication systems. Traditional multi-beam satellites evenly distribute bandwidth and power to each beam, but due to the non-uniform distribution and demand of ground services, the resource utilization rate of the satellite system is low, and the actual communication capacity is significantly reduced. To solve the problem of mismatch between satellite resource demand and configuration, beam hopping (BH) has been developed based on traditional multi-beam technology, such as... Figure 6 As shown and Figure 7As shown, the entire satellite bandwidth is allocated to each beam in time slots. This flexible allocation method can better meet the different service needs of each beam. Satellite beam hopping technology can allocate resources in four dimensions: space, time, frequency, and power. With its superior flexibility, resource utilization efficiency, and ability to adapt to dynamic changes in ground services, it demonstrates good applicability in high-throughput satellite systems. Figure 6 In the text, LEO stands for low-earth orbit satellite, and Unit represents a unit.

[0164] For the DRX cycle, such as Figure 8 As shown, the terminal device is active during the on-duration period and in sleep mode during the DRX opportunity period. In sleep mode, the terminal device no longer receives PDCCH, but can still receive data from other physical channels, such as PDSCH and ACK / NACK.

[0165] Network devices inform a terminal device of its DRX parameters via RRCconnectionReconfig (RRC connection configuration signaling) or RRCconnectionSetup (RRC connection establishment signaling). Several basic timers are used: 1) onDurationTimer: the number of PDCCH subframes continuously monitored starting from the beginning of a DRX cycle; 2) drx-InactivityTimer: the number of consecutive PDCCH subframes the terminal remains active after successfully decoding a PDCCH indicating initial uplink / downlink data transmission; 3) drx-RetransmissionTimer: the number of consecutive PDCCH subframes continuously monitored starting from the subframe the terminal expects to receive a downlink retransmission; 4) longDRX-CycleStartoffset: specifies both longDRX-cycle and drxstartoffset; 5) shortDRX-cycle: the number of subframes the shortDRX cycle lasts; 6) drxShortCycleTimer: specifies the duration the terminal uses the short DRX cycle. This value is a multiple of the short DRX cycle.

[0166] This application mainly provides a DRX function operation performed using satellite beam hopping, with satellite base station as an example of network equipment for illustration.

[0167] First, satellite base station 1 determines the beam information used by a terminal device (UE) (or one or more services of a UE) at different times. For example, in a multi-beam satellite system, the beamforming antenna generates K spot beams within the coverage area, with a total bandwidth of Mtotal. The satellite using BH technology allocates the total system bandwidth to each spot beam in units of time slots. For example, in a time window with a time slot length of P1, the minimum time slot allocation unit is a slot. The system allocates a corresponding number of slots to each beam according to the needs of different services and the current load. That is, the UE's service is allocated m+k time slots within the length of P1, where m time slots correspond to a beams and k time slots correspond to b beams. Alternatively, satellite base station 2, which jointly covers the area, determines the beam information used by a UE (or one or more services of a UE) at different times.

[0168] Previously, in scenarios where mobile networks and satellite networks share spectrum, the two types of base stations could negotiate the format between the spot beams in advance and orthogonally define the spot beam patterns (images) on both sides. On the other hand, due to the mobility of the UE, a dynamic beam pattern orthogonality scheme needs to be introduced. Because the two networks are cross-operator, dynamic interaction between the networks is difficult. Therefore, the UE can simultaneously receive signals from two network devices. If it detects that network device 1 has sent a spot beam outside the static pattern, it will notify network device 2 via MAC / DCI signaling, carrying power value information. Network device 2 will then determine whether to revise the transmission of the spot beam based on the UE's report. It can be understood that the satellite base station can allocate time slots corresponding to each spot beam based on the service needs of the terminal devices it covers and the current load of the base station, and send the spot beam information covering the UE to the UE. That is, the spot beam information includes the spot beam sequence and the time slots allocated for the spot beam sequence. The time slots of the spot beam sequence are allocated by the satellite base station based on the service needs of the terminals covered by multiple spot beams of the network devices and the current load of the network devices.

[0169] Secondly, satellite base station 1 determines the DRX parameters based on the service characteristics of the UE.

[0170] Satellite base station 1 can send the determined beam information and DRX parameters to the terminal device UE. In this application, the state in which the UE does not listen to PDCCH scheduling is called the dormant state, and the opposite is called the active state.

[0171] The terminal device determines its status based on the sent spot beam information and DRX parameters to improve power saving. Specifically, it uses the hopping beam usage information and DRX parameters to redesign the DRX function and the UE-side timer usage to determine the terminal device's status and improve power saving.

[0172] See Figure 9 , Figure 9 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a terminal device provided in an embodiment of the present invention, such as... Figure 9 As shown, the terminal device 900 includes:

[0173] The first receiving module 901 is used to receive network auxiliary information and first status parameters sent by the network device;

[0174] The first determining module 902 is used to determine the operation of the terminal device based on network auxiliary information and the first state parameters.

[0175] In one embodiment, network assistance information includes at least one of the following:

[0176] Location information of at least one non-terrestrial network;

[0177] Orbital information from at least one non-terrestrial network:

[0178] Beam information of at least one non-terrestrial network, wherein the beam information of at least one non-terrestrial network includes at least one of the following:

[0179] Antenna gain information of at least one non-terrestrial network at a specified time;

[0180] Antenna gain information of at least one non-terrestrial network at a specified location;

[0181] Antenna gain information for at least one non-terrestrial network at a specified minimum point.

[0182] In one embodiment, receiving network assistance information sent by a network device includes at least one of the following:

[0183] Receive system messages and / or dedicated signaling sent by non-terrestrial network nodes and / or other network nodes, and read network auxiliary information from system messages and / or dedicated signaling;

[0184] It receives system messages and / or special signaling from non-terrestrial network nodes and / or other network nodes multiple times, and reads network auxiliary information from the system messages and / or special signaling.

[0185] In one embodiment, receiving system messages and / or dedicated signaling from non-terrestrial network nodes and / or other network nodes, and reading network auxiliary information from the system messages and / or dedicated signaling, including at least one of the following:

[0186] The terminal device merges system messages and / or special signaling sent by non-terrestrial network nodes and / or other network nodes to obtain first merge information, and reads network auxiliary information from the first merge information;

[0187] The terminal device merges system messages and / or special signaling sent by multiple non-terrestrial network nodes to obtain second merged information, and reads network auxiliary information from the second merged information.

[0188] In one embodiment, system messages and / or dedicated signaling sent by non-terrestrial network nodes and / or other network nodes are received multiple times, and network auxiliary information is read from the system messages and / or dedicated signaling, including at least one of the following:

[0189] The terminal device receives system messages and / or special signaling sent by non-terrestrial network nodes multiple times, merges them to obtain third merged information, and reads network auxiliary information from the third merged information;

[0190] The terminal device receives system messages and / or special signaling sent by other network nodes multiple times, merges them to obtain fourth merged information, and reads network auxiliary information from the fourth merged information;

[0191] The terminal device receives system messages and / or special signaling sent by non-terrestrial network nodes and other network nodes multiple times, merges them to obtain the fifth merged information, and reads network auxiliary information from the fifth merged information.

[0192] In one embodiment, receiving network assistance information sent by a network device further includes at least one of the following:

[0193] The terminal device receives a short message sent by a network device. The short message includes a first identifier, which is used to indicate whether there is information related to non-terrestrial networks. The terminal device obtains network auxiliary information based on the first identifier.

[0194] The terminal device receives a first association relationship of multiple segments of system messages containing network auxiliary information broadcast in system messages by a network device, wherein the terminal device obtains the network auxiliary information according to the first association relationship, wherein the first association relationship includes the label and / or order of the system message segments indicating at least one segment of network auxiliary information;

[0195] The second association of receiving a segment of system messages containing at least one piece of network auxiliary information broadcast by multiple network devices in system messages;

[0196] The terminal device receives an SIB broadcast by a network device, the SIB including a first field, wherein the terminal device determines at least one of the following based on the information indicated by the first field:

[0197] The SIB may or may not contain network auxiliary information;

[0198] The network-assisted information contained in the SIB may be complete or partial;

[0199] The segments of network auxiliary information contained in the SIB are located within the network auxiliary information;

[0200] Are there any subsequent segments of network auxiliary information included in the SIB?

[0201] The SIB is either the last SIB containing ephemeris information or not the last SIB containing ephemeris information;

[0202] The second association includes at least one of the following information:

[0203] Information about other network devices where the segment carrying network auxiliary information is located;

[0204] The number of segments in the network-assisted information;

[0205] The number of satellites and / or satellite information;

[0206] The SIB label of the segment containing the network auxiliary information;

[0207] Among them, the terminal device obtains network auxiliary information based on the second association relationship.

[0208] In one embodiment, the first state parameter is determined based on the service characteristics of the terminal device;

[0209] The first state parameter includes at least one of the following:

[0210] Discontinuous reception of DRX parameters;

[0211] Paging parameters.

[0212] In one embodiment, the DRX parameters include the duration of multiple timers for the DRX, including a DRX inactive timer, which is activated when the terminal device receives the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) and the PDCCH indicates new data transmission.

[0213] Based on network-assisted information and first state parameters, determine the operation of the terminal device, including any one of the following:

[0214] During the operation of the DRX inactive timer, if it is determined from network auxiliary information that there is no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactive timer, it enters an inactive state.

[0215] During the operation of the DRX inactivity timer, if the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactivity timer is less than the duration of the DRX inactivity timer but greater than the first duration, the terminal device enters the inactive state, and enters the active state when the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactivity timer ends.

[0216] During the operation of the DRX inactive timer, if it is determined based on network auxiliary information that the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactive timer is less than or equal to the first duration, the current active state is maintained.

[0217] In one embodiment, the first duration is the sum of the processing time of the terminal device for the received downlink data and the feedback time of the Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ), or the duration of the downlink DRX retransmission timer.

[0218] In one embodiment, the multiple timers include a DRX HARQ round-trip time (RTT) timer and a DRX retransmission timer. The DRX HARQ RTT timer is activated when the terminal device fails to decode the received Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH).

[0219] Based on network-assisted information and first state parameters, the operation of the terminal device is determined, including:

[0220] During the operation of the DRX HARQ RTT timer, if it is determined from the network auxiliary information that the duration of no available beam in the first period is greater than or equal to the second duration, the current inactive state is maintained, and if the DRX HARQ RTT timer times out and is reset, the DRX retransmission timer is not started.

[0221] During the operation of the DRX HARQ RTT timer, if the duration of the period without available beams is less than the second duration based on network auxiliary information, the current inactive state is maintained, and if the DRX HARQ RTT timer times out and is reset, the DRX retransmission timer is started.

[0222] The first period is the sum of the running period of the DRX HARQ RTT timer and the second period. The start time of the second period is the timeout period of the DRX HARQ RTT timer, and the end time of the second period is the sum of the timeout period and the duration of the DRX retransmission timer.

[0223] In one embodiment, the second duration is the sum of the duration of the DRX HARQ RTT timer and the duration of the DRX retransmission timer.

[0224] In one embodiment, determining the operation of the terminal device based on network-assisted information and the first state parameter further includes any one of the following:

[0225] During the operation of the DRX retransmission timer, if it is determined from network auxiliary information that there is no available beam during the operation of the DRX retransmission timer, it enters an inactive state.

[0226] During the operation of the DRX retransmission timer, if the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX retransmission timer is less than the duration of the DRX retransmission timer but greater than the third duration, the system enters an inactive state. If the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX retransmission timer ends, the system enters an active state.

[0227] During the operation of the DRX retransmission timer, if it is determined based on network auxiliary information that the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX retransmission timer is less than or equal to the third duration, the current active state is maintained.

[0228] In one embodiment, the third duration is the sum of the processing time of the terminal device for the received downlink data and the feedback time of the Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ).

[0229] In one embodiment, the multiple timers also include a first timer, which is started after the terminal device sends a scheduling request SR;

[0230] Determining the operation of the terminal device based on network-assisted information and the first state parameters also includes any one of the following:

[0231] During the operation of the first timer, if it is determined, based on network auxiliary information, that there is no available beam during the operation of the first timer, the system enters an inactive state.

[0232] During the operation of the first timer, if the duration of the period without available beams is less than the duration of the first timer but greater than the fourth timer duration, the control terminal device enters an inactive state, and enters an active state when the duration of the period without available beams ends.

[0233] During the operation of the first timer, if the duration of no available beam during the operation of the first timer is less than or equal to the fourth duration, the current active state is maintained, based on network auxiliary information.

[0234] In one embodiment, the fourth duration is the time from when the terminal device sends the target scheduling request to when it receives the uplink schedule corresponding to the target scheduling request.

[0235] In one embodiment, the terminal device further includes:

[0236] The paging timing determination module is used to calculate the paging timing corresponding to the terminal device based on the paging parameters;

[0237] The third determining module is used to determine, based on network auxiliary information, that if the duration of no available beam on the paging time corresponding to the terminal device is less than the duration of one paging time, the terminal device remains active and receives paging messages; or if the duration of no available beam on the paging time corresponding to the terminal device is greater than or equal to the duration of one paging time, the terminal device enters an inactive state and stops receiving paging messages.

[0238] See Figure 10 , Figure 10 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a network device provided in an embodiment of the present invention, such as... Figure 10 As shown, network device 1000 includes:

[0239] The second determining module 1001 is used to determine the first state parameter based on the service characteristics of the terminal device;

[0240] The first sending module 1002 is used to send network auxiliary information and first status parameters to the terminal device.

[0241] In one embodiment, network assistance information includes at least one of the following:

[0242] Location information of non-terrestrial networks;

[0243] Track information from non-terrestrial networks:

[0244] Beam information for non-terrestrial networks, which includes at least one of the following:

[0245] Antenna gain information for non-terrestrial networks at a specified time;

[0246] Antenna gain information for non-terrestrial networks at a specified location;

[0247] Antenna gain information for non-terrestrial networks at a specified minimum point.

[0248] In one embodiment, sending network assistance information and a first status parameter to the terminal device includes at least one of the following:

[0249] Send system messages and / or special signaling to terminal devices, including network auxiliary information in the system messages and / or special signaling;

[0250] The system messages and / or special signaling are sent to the terminal device multiple times, and the system messages and / or special signaling include network auxiliary information.

[0251] In one embodiment, sending network assistance information to the terminal device further includes at least one of the following:

[0252] A short message is sent to the terminal device. The short message includes a first identifier, which is used to indicate whether there is information related to non-terrestrial networks. The first identifier is used by the terminal device to obtain network auxiliary information based on the first identifier.

[0253] The system broadcasts a first association relationship of multiple system messages containing network auxiliary information to the terminal device through system messages, wherein the first association relationship is used by the terminal device to obtain network auxiliary information according to the association relationship;

[0254] The terminal device broadcasts an SIB, which includes a first field. The information indicated by the first field is used by the terminal device to determine at least one of the following:

[0255] The SIB may or may not contain network auxiliary information;

[0256] The network-assisted information contained in the SIB may be complete or partial;

[0257] The segments of network auxiliary information contained in the SIB are located within the network auxiliary information;

[0258] Are there any subsequent segments of network auxiliary information included in the SIB?

[0259] The SIB is either the last SIB containing ephemeris information or not the last SIB containing ephemeris information.

[0260] This invention also provides a terminal device, including: a processor, a memory, and a program stored in the memory and executable on the processor. When the program is executed by the processor, it implements the various processes of the above-described operation determination method embodiments and achieves the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be described again here.

[0261] For details, see Figure 11 The present invention also provides a terminal device, including a bus 1101, a transceiver 1102, an antenna 1103, a bus interface 1104, a processor 1105, and a memory 1106.

[0262] The transceiver is used to receive network auxiliary information and first status parameters sent by network devices.

[0263] The processor is used to determine the operation of the terminal device based on network-aided information and first state parameters.

[0264] In one embodiment, network assistance information includes at least one of the following:

[0265] Location information of at least one non-terrestrial network;

[0266] Orbital information from at least one non-terrestrial network:

[0267] Beam information of at least one non-terrestrial network, wherein the beam information of at least one non-terrestrial network includes at least one of the following:

[0268] Antenna gain information of at least one non-terrestrial network at a specified time;

[0269] Antenna gain information of at least one non-terrestrial network at a specified location;

[0270] Antenna gain information for at least one non-terrestrial network at a specified minimum point.

[0271] In one embodiment, receiving network assistance information sent by a network device includes at least one of the following:

[0272] Receive system messages and / or dedicated signaling sent by non-terrestrial network nodes and / or other network nodes, and read network auxiliary information from system messages and / or dedicated signaling;

[0273] It receives system messages and / or special signaling from non-terrestrial network nodes and / or other network nodes multiple times, and reads network auxiliary information from the system messages and / or special signaling.

[0274] In one embodiment, receiving system messages and / or dedicated signaling from non-terrestrial network nodes and / or other network nodes, and reading network auxiliary information from the system messages and / or dedicated signaling, including at least one of the following:

[0275] The terminal device merges system messages and / or special signaling sent by non-terrestrial network nodes and / or other network nodes to obtain first merge information, and reads network auxiliary information from the first merge information;

[0276] The terminal device merges system messages and / or special signaling sent by multiple non-terrestrial network nodes to obtain second merged information, and reads network auxiliary information from the second merged information.

[0277] In one embodiment, system messages and / or dedicated signaling sent by non-terrestrial network nodes and / or other network nodes are received multiple times, and network auxiliary information is read from the system messages and / or dedicated signaling, including at least one of the following:

[0278] The terminal device receives system messages and / or special signaling sent by non-terrestrial network nodes multiple times, merges them to obtain third merged information, and reads network auxiliary information from the third merged information;

[0279] The terminal device receives system messages and / or special signaling sent by other network nodes multiple times, merges them to obtain fourth merged information, and reads network auxiliary information from the fourth merged information;

[0280] The terminal device receives system messages and / or special signaling sent by non-terrestrial network nodes and other network nodes multiple times, merges them to obtain the fifth merged information, and reads network auxiliary information from the fifth merged information.

[0281] In one embodiment, receiving network assistance information sent by a network device further includes at least one of the following:

[0282] The terminal device receives a short message sent by a network device. The short message includes a first identifier, which is used to indicate whether there is information related to non-terrestrial networks. The terminal device obtains network auxiliary information based on the first identifier.

[0283] The terminal device receives a first association relationship of multiple segments of system messages containing network auxiliary information broadcast in system messages by a network device, wherein the terminal device obtains the network auxiliary information according to the first association relationship, wherein the first association relationship includes the label and / or order of the system message segments indicating at least one segment of network auxiliary information;

[0284] The second association of receiving a segment of system messages containing at least one piece of network auxiliary information broadcast by multiple network devices in system messages;

[0285] The terminal device receives an SIB broadcast by a network device, the SIB including a first field, wherein the terminal device determines at least one of the following based on the information indicated by the first field:

[0286] The SIB may or may not contain network auxiliary information;

[0287] The network-assisted information contained in the SIB may be complete or partial;

[0288] The segments of network auxiliary information contained in the SIB are located within the network auxiliary information;

[0289] Are there any subsequent segments of network auxiliary information included in the SIB?

[0290] The SIB is either the last SIB containing ephemeris information or not the last SIB containing ephemeris information;

[0291] The second association includes at least one of the following information:

[0292] Information about other network devices where the segment carrying network auxiliary information is located;

[0293] The number of segments in the network-assisted information;

[0294] The number of satellites and / or satellite information;

[0295] The SIB label of the segment containing the network auxiliary information;

[0296] Among them, the terminal device obtains network auxiliary information based on the second association relationship.

[0297] In one embodiment, the first state parameter is determined based on the service characteristics of the terminal device;

[0298] The first state parameter includes at least one of the following:

[0299] Discontinuous reception of DRX parameters;

[0300] Paging parameters.

[0301] In one embodiment, the DRX parameters include the duration of multiple timers for the DRX, including a DRX inactive timer, which is activated when the terminal device receives the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) and the PDCCH indicates new data transmission.

[0302] Based on network-assisted information and first state parameters, determine the operation of the terminal device, including any one of the following:

[0303] During the operation of the DRX inactive timer, if it is determined from network auxiliary information that there is no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactive timer, it enters an inactive state.

[0304] During the operation of the DRX inactivity timer, if the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactivity timer is less than the duration of the DRX inactivity timer but greater than the first duration, the terminal device enters the inactive state, and enters the active state when the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactivity timer ends.

[0305] During the operation of the DRX inactive timer, if it is determined based on network auxiliary information that the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactive timer is less than or equal to the first duration, the current active state is maintained.

[0306] In one embodiment, the first duration is the sum of the processing time of the terminal device for the received downlink data and the feedback time of the Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ), or the duration of the downlink DRX retransmission timer.

[0307] In one embodiment, the multiple timers include a DRX HARQ round-trip time (RTT) timer and a DRX retransmission timer. The DRX HARQ RTT timer is activated when the terminal device fails to decode the received Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH).

[0308] Based on network-assisted information and first state parameters, the operation of the terminal device is determined, including:

[0309] During the operation of the DRX HARQ RTT timer, if it is determined from the network auxiliary information that the duration of no available beam in the first period is greater than or equal to the second duration, the current inactive state is maintained, and if the DRX HARQ RTT timer times out and is reset, the DRX retransmission timer is not started.

[0310] During the operation of the DRX HARQ RTT timer, if the duration of the period without available beams is less than the second duration based on network auxiliary information, the current inactive state is maintained, and if the DRX HARQ RTT timer times out and is reset, the DRX retransmission timer is started.

[0311] The first period is the sum of the running period of the DRX HARQ RTT timer and the second period. The start time of the second period is the timeout period of the DRX HARQ RTT timer, and the end time of the second period is the sum of the timeout period and the duration of the DRX retransmission timer.

[0312] In one embodiment, the second duration is the sum of the duration of the DRX HARQ RTT timer and the duration of the DRX retransmission timer.

[0313] In one embodiment, determining the operation of the terminal device based on network-assisted information and the first state parameter further includes any one of the following:

[0314] During the operation of the DRX retransmission timer, if it is determined from network auxiliary information that there is no available beam during the operation of the DRX retransmission timer, it enters an inactive state.

[0315] During the operation of the DRX retransmission timer, if the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX retransmission timer is less than the duration of the DRX retransmission timer but greater than the third duration, the system enters an inactive state. If the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX retransmission timer ends, the system enters an active state.

[0316] During the operation of the DRX retransmission timer, if it is determined based on network auxiliary information that the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX retransmission timer is less than or equal to the third duration, the current active state is maintained.

[0317] In one embodiment, the third duration is the sum of the processing time of the terminal device for the received downlink data and the feedback time of the Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ).

[0318] In one embodiment, the multiple timers also include a first timer, which is started after the terminal device sends a scheduling request SR;

[0319] Determining the operation of the terminal device based on network-assisted information and the first state parameters also includes any one of the following:

[0320] During the operation of the first timer, if it is determined, based on network auxiliary information, that there is no available beam during the operation of the first timer, the system enters an inactive state.

[0321] During the operation of the first timer, if the duration of the period without available beams is less than the duration of the first timer but greater than the fourth timer duration, the control terminal device enters an inactive state, and enters an active state when the duration of the period without available beams ends.

[0322] During the operation of the first timer, if the duration of no available beam during the operation of the first timer is less than or equal to the fourth duration, the current active state is maintained, based on network auxiliary information.

[0323] In one embodiment, the fourth duration is the time from when the terminal device sends the target scheduling request to when it receives the uplink schedule corresponding to the target scheduling request.

[0324] In one embodiment, the processor is further configured to calculate the paging timing corresponding to the terminal device based on the paging parameters;

[0325] The processor is configured to determine, based on network auxiliary information, that if the duration of no available beam on the paging opportunity corresponding to the terminal device is less than the duration of a paging opportunity, the terminal device remains active and receives paging messages; or if the duration of no available beam on the paging opportunity corresponding to the terminal device is greater than or equal to the duration of a paging opportunity, the terminal device enters an inactive state and stops receiving paging messages.

[0326] The terminal device calculates the corresponding paging timing based on the paging parameters.

[0327] If, based on network auxiliary information, the duration of no available beam on the paging opportunity corresponding to the terminal device is less than the duration of one paging opportunity, the terminal device remains active and receives paging messages; or if the duration of no available beam on the paging opportunity corresponding to the terminal device is greater than or equal to the duration of one paging opportunity, the terminal device enters an inactive state and stops receiving paging messages.

[0328] exist Figure 11 In this document, a bus architecture (represented by bus 1101) is used. Bus 1101 may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, linking various circuits including one or more processors represented by processor 1105 and memory represented by memory 1106. Bus 1101 may also link various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art and therefore will not be described further herein. Bus interface 1104 provides an interface between bus 1101 and transceiver 1102. Transceiver 1102 may be a single element or multiple elements, such as multiple receivers and transmitters, providing a unit for communicating with various other devices over a transmission medium. Data processed by processor 1105 is transmitted over a wireless medium via antenna 1103, which further receives data and transmits it to processor 1105.

[0329] Processor 1105 is responsible for managing bus 1101 and general processing, and can also provide various functions, including timing, peripheral interface, voltage regulation, power management, and other control functions. Memory 1106 can be used to store data used by processor 1105 during operation.

[0330] Optionally, the processor 1105 can be a CPU, ASIC, FPGA, or CPLD.

[0331] This invention also provides a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program. When executed by a processor, the computer program implements the various processes of the above-described operation determination method embodiments and achieves the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, it will not be described again here. The computer-readable storage medium may be a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

[0332] This invention also provides a terminal device, including: a processor, a memory, and a program stored in the memory and executable on the processor. When the program is executed by the processor, it implements the various processes of the above-described operation determination method embodiments and achieves the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be described again here.

[0333] For details, see Figure 12 As shown, this embodiment of the invention also provides a network device, including a bus 1201, a transceiver 1202, an antenna 1203, a bus interface 1204, a processor 1205, and a memory 1206.

[0334] The processor is used to determine the first state parameter based on the service characteristics of the terminal device.

[0335] A transceiver is used to send network auxiliary information and first status parameters to terminal devices.

[0336] In one embodiment, network assistance information includes at least one of the following:

[0337] Location information of non-terrestrial networks;

[0338] Track information from non-terrestrial networks:

[0339] Beam information for non-terrestrial networks, which includes at least one of the following:

[0340] Antenna gain information for non-terrestrial networks at a specified time;

[0341] Antenna gain information for non-terrestrial networks at a specified location;

[0342] Antenna gain information for non-terrestrial networks at a specified minimum point.

[0343] In one embodiment, sending network assistance information and a first status parameter to the terminal device includes at least one of the following:

[0344] Send system messages and / or special signaling to terminal devices, including network auxiliary information in the system messages and / or special signaling;

[0345] The system messages and / or special signaling are sent to the terminal device multiple times, and the system messages and / or special signaling include network auxiliary information.

[0346] In one embodiment, sending network assistance information to the terminal device further includes at least one of the following:

[0347] A short message is sent to the terminal device. The short message includes a first identifier, which is used to indicate whether there is information related to non-terrestrial networks. The first identifier is used by the terminal device to obtain network auxiliary information based on the first identifier.

[0348] The system broadcasts a first association relationship of multiple system messages containing network auxiliary information to the terminal device through system messages, wherein the first association relationship is used by the terminal device to obtain network auxiliary information according to the association relationship;

[0349] The terminal device broadcasts an SIB, which includes a first field. The information indicated by the first field is used by the terminal device to determine at least one of the following:

[0350] The SIB may or may not contain network auxiliary information;

[0351] The network-assisted information contained in the SIB may be complete or partial;

[0352] The segments of network auxiliary information contained in the SIB are located within the network auxiliary information;

[0353] Are there any subsequent segments of network auxiliary information included in the SIB?

[0354] The SIB is either the last SIB containing ephemeris information or not the last SIB containing ephemeris information.

[0355] exist Figure 12 In this document, a bus architecture (represented by bus 1201) is used. Bus 1201 may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, linking various circuits including one or more processors represented by processor 1205 and memory represented by memory 1206. Bus 1201 may also link various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art and therefore will not be described further herein. Bus interface 1204 provides an interface between bus 1201 and transceiver 1202. Transceiver 1202 may be a single element or multiple elements, such as multiple receivers and transmitters, providing a unit for communicating with various other devices over a transmission medium. Data processed by processor 1205 is transmitted over a wireless medium via antenna 1203, which further receives data and transmits it to processor 1205.

[0356] Processor 1205 is responsible for managing bus 1201 and general processing, and can also provide various functions, including timing, peripheral interface, voltage regulation, power management, and other control functions. Memory 1206 can be used to store data used by processor 1205 during operation.

[0357] Optionally, the processor 1205 can be a CPU, ASIC, FPGA, or CPLD.

[0358] This invention also provides a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program. When executed by a processor, the computer program implements the various processes of the above-described operation determination method embodiments and achieves the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, it will not be described again here. The computer-readable storage medium may be, for example, ROM, RAM, magnetic disk, or optical disk.

[0359] It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprising," "including," or any other variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements includes not only those elements but also other elements not expressly listed, or elements inherent to such a process, method, article, or apparatus. Unless otherwise specified, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one..." does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that includes that element.

[0360] Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the methods of the above embodiments can be implemented by means of software plus necessary general-purpose hardware platforms. Of course, they can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases the former is a better implementation method. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present invention, or the part that contributes to the prior art, can be embodied in the form of a software product. This computer software product is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM / RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes several instructions to cause a terminal (which may be a mobile phone, computer, server, air conditioner, or terminal device, etc.) to execute the methods of the various embodiments of the present invention.

[0361] The embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above. The specific embodiments described above are merely illustrative and not restrictive. Those skilled in the art can make many other forms under the guidance of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the claims, and all of these forms are within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method for determining an operation, characterized in that, The method, executed by a terminal device, includes: Receive network auxiliary information and first status parameters sent by the network device; Based on the network assistance information and the first state parameter, the operation of the terminal device is determined; The first state parameter includes the discontinuous reception DRX parameter; The DRX parameters include the duration of multiple timers for DRX, including a DRX inactive timer, which is activated when the terminal device receives the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) and the PDCCH indicates new data transmission. Determining the operation of the terminal device based on the network assistance information and the first state parameter includes any one of the following: During the operation of the DRX inactive timer, if it is determined, based on the network auxiliary information, that there is no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactive timer, the system enters an inactive state. During the operation of the DRX inactivity timer, if the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactivity timer is less than the duration of the DRX inactivity timer but greater than a first duration, the terminal device enters an inactive state, and enters an active state when the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactivity timer ends. During the operation of the DRX inactive timer, if the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactive timer is less than or equal to the first duration, the current active state is maintained, based on the network auxiliary information.

2. The operation determination method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The network-assisted information includes at least one of the following: Location information of at least one non-terrestrial network; Orbital information from at least one non-terrestrial network: Beam information of at least one non-terrestrial network, wherein the beam information of the at least one non-terrestrial network includes at least one of the following: Antenna gain information of at least one non-terrestrial network at a specified time; Antenna gain information of at least one non-terrestrial network at a specified location; Antenna gain information of the distance of the at least one non-ground network to the specified lowest point.

3. The operation determination method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The network assistance information received from the network device includes at least one of the following: Receive system messages and / or dedicated signaling sent by non-terrestrial network nodes and / or other network nodes, and read the network auxiliary information from the system messages and / or the dedicated signaling; The system receives system messages and / or dedicated signaling from non-terrestrial network nodes and / or other network nodes multiple times, and reads the network auxiliary information from the system messages and / or the dedicated signaling.

4. The operation determination method according to claim 3, characterized in that, The process of receiving system messages and / or dedicated signaling sent by non-terrestrial network nodes and / or other network nodes, and reading the network auxiliary information from the system messages and / or the dedicated signaling, includes at least one of the following: The terminal device merges the system messages and / or special signaling sent by the non-terrestrial network nodes and / or other network nodes to obtain first merged information, and reads the network auxiliary information from the first merged information; The terminal device merges system messages and / or dedicated signaling sent by multiple non-terrestrial network nodes to obtain second merged information, and reads the network auxiliary information from the second merged information.

5. The operation determination method according to claim 3, characterized in that, The repeated receipt of system messages and / or dedicated signaling from non-terrestrial network nodes and / or other network nodes, and the reading of the network auxiliary information from the system messages and / or the dedicated signaling, includes at least one of the following: The terminal device receives system messages and / or special signaling sent by the non-terrestrial network node multiple times, merges them to obtain third merged information, and reads the network auxiliary information from the third merged information; The terminal device receives system messages and / or special signaling sent by the other network nodes multiple times, merges them to obtain fourth merged information, and reads the network auxiliary information from the fourth merged information; The terminal device receives system messages and / or special signaling sent by the non-terrestrial network node and the other network nodes multiple times, merges them to obtain fifth merged information, and reads the network auxiliary information from the fifth merged information.

6. The operation determination method according to claim 3, characterized in that, The network assistance information received from the network device also includes at least one of the following: The terminal device receives a short message sent by the network device, the short message including a first identifier, the first identifier being used to indicate whether there is non-terrestrial network related information, wherein the terminal device obtains the network auxiliary information based on the first identifier; The terminal device receives a first association relationship of multiple segments of system messages containing the network auxiliary information broadcast in system messages by the network device, wherein the terminal device obtains the network auxiliary information according to the first association relationship, wherein the first association relationship includes a label and / or order of system messages indicating at least one segment of the network auxiliary information; The second association relationship of receiving a segment of system message containing at least one of the network auxiliary information broadcast in a system message by multiple network devices; The terminal device receives a System Message (SIB) broadcast by the network device, the SIB including a first field, wherein the terminal device determines at least one of the following based on the information indicated by the first field: The SIB may or may not contain the network assistance information; The network assistance information contained in the SIB may be complete or partial; The segments of the network auxiliary information contained in the SIB are located at the positions of the network auxiliary information; Whether there are any subsequent segments of the network auxiliary information contained in the SIB; The SIB is either the last SIB containing ephemeris information or not the last SIB containing ephemeris information; The second association relationship includes at least one of the following information: Information about other network devices where the segment carrying the network auxiliary information is located; The number of segments in the network auxiliary information; The number of satellites and / or satellite information; The SIB label of the segment of the network auxiliary information; The terminal device obtains the network auxiliary information according to the second association relationship.

7. The operation determination method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The first state parameter is determined based on the service characteristics of the terminal device; The first state parameter further includes: Paging parameters.

8. The operation determination method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The first duration is the sum of the processing time of the received downlink data by the terminal device and the feedback time of the Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ), or the duration of the downlink DRX retransmission timer.

9. The operation determination method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The multiple timers include a DRX HARQ round-trip time (RTT) timer and a DRX retransmission timer. The DRX HARQ RTT timer is activated when the terminal device fails to decode the received Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH). Determining the operation of the terminal device based on the network assistance information and the first state parameter includes: During the operation of the DRX HARQ RTT timer, if the duration of no available beams in the first period is greater than or equal to the second duration, the current inactive state is maintained, and if the DRX HARQ RTT timer times out and is reset, the DRX retransmission timer is not started. During the operation of the DRX HARQ RTT timer, if the duration of the absence of an available beam in the first period is less than the second duration, based on the network auxiliary information, the current inactive state is maintained, and if the DRX HARQ RTT timer times out and is reset, the DRX retransmission timer is started. Wherein, the first period is the sum of the running period of the DRX HARQ RTT timer and the second period, the start time of the second period is the timeout period of the DRX HARQ RTT timer, and the end time of the second period is the sum of the timeout period and the duration of the DRX retransmission timer.

10. The operation determination method according to claim 9, characterized in that, The second duration is the sum of the duration of the DRX HARQRTT timer and the duration of the DRX retransmission timer.

11. The operation determination method according to claim 9, characterized in that, Determining the operation of the terminal device based on the network assistance information and the first state parameter further includes any one of the following: During the operation of the DRX retransmission timer, if it is determined, based on the network auxiliary information, that there is no available beam during the operation of the DRX retransmission timer, the system enters an inactive state. During the operation of the DRX retransmission timer, if the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX retransmission timer is less than the duration of the DRX retransmission timer but greater than a third duration, the system enters an inactive state. When the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX retransmission timer ends, the system enters an active state. During the operation of the DRX retransmission timer, if the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX retransmission timer is less than or equal to the third duration, the current active state is maintained.

12. The operation determination method according to claim 11, characterized in that, The third duration is the sum of the processing time of the terminal device for the received downlink data and the feedback time of the Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ).

13. The operation determination method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The plurality of timers also includes a first timer, which is started after the terminal device sends a scheduling request SR; Determining the operation of the terminal device based on the network assistance information and the first state parameter further includes any one of the following: During the operation of the first timer, if it is determined, based on the network auxiliary information, that there is no available beam during the operation of the first timer, the system enters an inactive state. During the operation of the first timer, if the network auxiliary information determines that the duration of the period without available beams during the operation of the first timer is less than the duration of the first timer but greater than the fourth duration, the terminal device is controlled to enter an inactive state, and enters an active state when the duration of the period without available beams during the operation of the first timer ends. During the operation of the first timer, if it is determined, based on the network auxiliary information, that the duration of no available beam during the operation of the first timer is less than or equal to the fourth duration, the current activity state is maintained.

14. The operation determination method according to claim 13, characterized in that, The fourth duration is the time from when the terminal device sends the target scheduling request to when it receives the uplink scheduling corresponding to the target scheduling request.

15. The operation determination method according to claim 7, characterized in that, The method further includes: The terminal device calculates the corresponding paging timing based on the paging parameters. If, based on the network auxiliary information, it is determined that the duration of no available beam on the paging opportunity corresponding to the terminal device is less than the duration of one paging opportunity, the terminal device remains active and receives paging messages; or if it is determined that the duration of no available beam on the paging opportunity corresponding to the terminal device is greater than or equal to the duration of one paging opportunity, the terminal device enters an inactive state and stops receiving paging messages.

16. An information transmission method, executed by a network device, characterized in that, The method includes: The first state parameter is determined based on the service characteristics of the terminal device; Send network assistance information and the first status parameter to the terminal device; The first state parameter includes the discontinuous reception DRX parameter; The DRX parameters include the duration of multiple timers for DRX, including a DRX inactive timer, which is activated when the terminal device receives the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) and the PDCCH indicates new data transmission. The network assistance information and the first status parameter are used to determine the operation of the terminal device, wherein determining the operation of the terminal device includes any one of the following: During the operation of the DRX inactive timer, if it is determined, based on the network auxiliary information, that there is no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactive timer, the system enters an inactive state. During the operation of the DRX inactivity timer, if the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactivity timer is less than the duration of the DRX inactivity timer but greater than a first duration, the terminal device enters an inactive state, and enters an active state when the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactivity timer ends. During the operation of the DRX inactive timer, if the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactive timer is less than or equal to the first duration, the current active state is maintained, based on the network auxiliary information.

17. The information transmission method according to claim 16, characterized in that, The network-assisted information includes at least one of the following: Location information of non-terrestrial networks; Track information from non-terrestrial networks: Beam information of non-terrestrial networks, wherein the beam information of non-terrestrial networks includes at least one of the following: Antenna gain information for non-terrestrial networks at a specified time; Antenna gain information for non-terrestrial networks at a specified location; Antenna gain information for non-terrestrial networks at a specified minimum point.

18. The information transmission method according to claim 16, characterized in that, Sending network assistance information and the first status parameter to the terminal device includes at least one of the following: Send system messages and / or dedicated signaling to the terminal device, wherein the system messages and / or dedicated signaling include the network auxiliary information; The system messages and / or dedicated signaling are sent to the terminal device multiple times, and the system messages and / or dedicated signaling include the network auxiliary information.

19. The information transmission method according to claim 18, characterized in that, Sending network assistance information to the terminal device further includes at least one of the following: Send a short message to the terminal device, the short message including a first identifier, the first identifier being used to indicate whether there is non-terrestrial network related information, wherein the first identifier is used by the terminal device to obtain the network auxiliary information based on the first identifier; The system message broadcasts a first association relationship of multiple system messages containing the network assistance information to the terminal device, wherein the first association relationship is used by the terminal device to obtain the network assistance information according to the association relationship; The terminal device broadcasts an SIB, the SIB including a first field, wherein the information indicated by the first field is used by the terminal device to determine at least one of the following: The SIB may or may not contain the network assistance information; The network assistance information contained in the SIB may be complete or partial; The segments of the network auxiliary information contained in the SIB are located at the positions of the network auxiliary information; Whether there are any subsequent segments of the network auxiliary information contained in the SIB; The SIB is either the last SIB containing ephemeris information or not the last SIB containing ephemeris information.

20. A terminal device, characterized in that, The terminal device includes: The first receiving module is used to receive network auxiliary information and first status parameters sent by the network device; The first determining module is used to determine the operation of the terminal device based on the network auxiliary information and the first state parameter; The first state parameter includes the discontinuous reception DRX parameter; The DRX parameters include the duration of multiple timers for DRX, including a DRX inactive timer, which is activated when the terminal device receives the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) and the PDCCH indicates new data transmission. Determining the operation of the terminal device based on the network assistance information and the first state parameter includes any one of the following: During the operation of the DRX inactive timer, if it is determined, based on the network auxiliary information, that there is no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactive timer, the system enters an inactive state. During the operation of the DRX inactivity timer, if the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactivity timer is less than the duration of the DRX inactivity timer but greater than a first duration, the terminal device enters an inactive state, and enters an active state when the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactivity timer ends. During the operation of the DRX inactive timer, if the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactive timer is less than or equal to the first duration, the current active state is maintained, based on the network auxiliary information.

21. A network device, characterized in that, The network device includes: The second determining module is used to determine the first state parameter based on the service characteristics of the terminal device; The first sending module is used to send network auxiliary information and the first status parameter to the terminal device; The first state parameter includes the discontinuous reception DRX parameter; The DRX parameters include the duration of multiple timers for DRX, including a DRX inactive timer, which is activated when the terminal device receives the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) and the PDCCH indicates new data transmission. The network assistance information and the first status parameter are used to determine the operation of the terminal device, wherein determining the operation of the terminal device includes any one of the following: During the operation of the DRX inactive timer, if it is determined, based on the network auxiliary information, that there is no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactive timer, the system enters an inactive state. During the operation of the DRX inactivity timer, if the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactivity timer is less than the duration of the DRX inactivity timer but greater than a first duration, the terminal device enters an inactive state, and enters an active state when the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactivity timer ends. During the operation of the DRX inactive timer, if the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactive timer is less than or equal to the first duration, the current active state is maintained, based on the network auxiliary information.

22. A terminal device, characterized in that, Including transceivers and processors, The transceiver is used to receive network auxiliary information and first status parameters sent by the network device; The processor is configured to determine the operation of the terminal device based on the network assistance information and the first state parameter; The first state parameter includes the discontinuous reception DRX parameter; The DRX parameters include the duration of multiple timers for DRX, including a DRX inactive timer, which is activated when the terminal device receives the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) and the PDCCH indicates new data transmission. Determining the operation of the terminal device based on the network assistance information and the first state parameter includes any one of the following: During the operation of the DRX inactive timer, if it is determined, based on the network auxiliary information, that there is no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactive timer, the system enters an inactive state. During the operation of the DRX inactivity timer, if the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactivity timer is less than the duration of the DRX inactivity timer but greater than a first duration, the terminal device enters an inactive state, and enters an active state when the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactivity timer ends. During the operation of the DRX inactive timer, if the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactive timer is less than or equal to the first duration, the current active state is maintained, based on the network auxiliary information.

23. A network device, characterized in that, Including transceivers and processors, The processor is used to determine the first state parameter based on the service characteristics of the terminal device; The transceiver is used to send network auxiliary information and the first status parameter to the terminal device; The first state parameter includes the discontinuous reception DRX parameter; The DRX parameters include the duration of multiple timers for DRX, including a DRX inactive timer, which is activated when the terminal device receives the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) and the PDCCH indicates new data transmission. The network assistance information and the first status parameter are used to determine the operation of the terminal device, wherein determining the operation of the terminal device includes any one of the following: During the operation of the DRX inactive timer, if it is determined, based on the network auxiliary information, that there is no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactive timer, the system enters an inactive state. During the operation of the DRX inactivity timer, if the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactivity timer is less than the duration of the DRX inactivity timer but greater than a first duration, the terminal device enters an inactive state, and enters an active state when the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactivity timer ends. During the operation of the DRX inactive timer, if the duration of no available beam during the operation of the DRX inactive timer is less than or equal to the first duration, the current active state is maintained, based on the network auxiliary information.

24. A terminal device, characterized in that, include: A processor, a memory, and a program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the method as described in any one of claims 1 to 15.

25. A network device, characterized in that, include: A processor, a memory, and a program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the method as described in any one of claims 16-19.

26. A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program that, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of any one of the methods of claims 1-15; or when executed by a processor, implements the steps of any one of the methods of claims 16-19.

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