Discontinuous transmission configuration method, base station, communication system and storage medium

Abstract

The invention provides a discontinuous transmission configuration method, a base station, a communication system and a storage medium. The discontinuous transmission configuration method comprises the following steps: configuring a discontinuous transmission parameter of a first cell and a discontinuous transmission parameter of a second cell; and dynamically configuring the discontinuous transmission period of the cell based on the discontinuous transmission parameter of the first cell and the discontinuous transmission parameter of the second cell.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of communications, and in particular to a discontinuous transmission configuration method, a base station, a communication system and a storage medium. Background Art

[0002] The energy consumption of base stations in 5G networks can reach more than three times that of LTE (Long Term Evolution) base stations. Due to the higher spectrum of 5G networks and the greater density of base station deployment, the total energy consumption of 5G networks is close to four times that of LTE networks, and the energy consumption cost accounts for nearly half of the total network operation cost. With the introduction of large-scale antenna technology, base stations are configured with DTX (Discontinuous Transmission) / DRX (Discontinuous Reception) so that base stations can effectively reduce network energy consumption by sleeping, thereby reducing the operating costs of NR (New Radio) networks. Summary of the invention

[0003] The inventors note that 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) has introduced C-DRX (Connected Discontinuous Reception), which enables user terminals to stay in a dormant state for a long time to reduce energy loss. After the introduction of DTX / DRX of the base station, if the dormancy of the user terminal and the base station overlaps, the base station or the terminal will be unable to detect the transmission of some signals, thereby affecting network performance.

[0004] Accordingly, the present disclosure provides a discontinuous transmission configuration solution, which effectively avoids the conflict problem caused by the base station and the user terminal sleeping at the same time by configuring the sleep period of the base station.

[0005] In a first aspect of the present disclosure, a discontinuous transmission configuration method is provided, which is performed by a base station, and the method includes: configuring a first cell discontinuous transmission parameter and a second cell discontinuous transmission parameter; and dynamically configuring a cell discontinuous transmission period based on the first cell discontinuous transmission parameter and the second cell discontinuous transmission parameter.

[0006] In some embodiments, the first cell discontinuous transmission parameters include a first cell discontinuous transmission cycle, a first cell discontinuous transmission duration, and a first cell discontinuous transmission start time offset; the second cell discontinuous transmission parameters include a second cell discontinuous transmission cycle, a second cell discontinuous transmission duration, and a second cell discontinuous transmission start time offset, wherein the second discontinuous transmission cycle is smaller than the first discontinuous transmission cycle.

[0007] In some embodiments, dynamically configuring the period of discontinuous transmission of a cell includes: when the change indication information in the preset configuration information is a preset first indication value, determining the number N of discontinuous transmissions to be performed in each discontinuous transmission change period according to the change period in the preset configuration information; configuring the first discontinuous transmission in each discontinuous transmission change period using the first cell discontinuous transmission parameters; configuring the Nth discontinuous transmission in each discontinuous transmission change period using the second cell discontinuous transmission parameters; and configuring the 2nd to N-1th discontinuous transmissions in each discontinuous transmission change period according to the change rule indication information in the preset configuration information.

[0008] In some embodiments, dynamically configuring the period of cell discontinuous transmission includes: configuring each discontinuous transmission using the second cell discontinuous transmission parameter when a change indication value in the preset configuration information is a preset second indication value.

[0009] In some embodiments, configuring the 2nd to N-1th non-continuous transmissions within each non-continuous transmission change period according to the change rule indication information in the preset configuration information includes: reading the change rule indication information; and when the change rule indication information is a first parameter value, configuring the 2nd to N-1th non-continuous transmissions using the first cell non-continuous transmission parameters.

[0010] In some embodiments, configuring the 2nd to N-1th discontinuous transmissions within each discontinuous transmission change period according to the change rule indication information in the preset configuration information includes: when the change rule indication information is a second parameter value, configuring the 2nd to N-1th discontinuous transmissions using the second discontinuous transmission parameter of the cell.

[0011] In some embodiments, configuring the 2nd to N-1th non-continuous transmissions within each non-continuous transmission change period according to the change rule indication information in the preset configuration information includes: when the change rule indication information is a third parameter value, configuring non-continuous transmission parameters for the 2nd to N-1th non-continuous transmissions respectively, so that the non-continuous transmission periods and non-continuous transmission durations of the 1st to Nth non-continuous transmissions respectively constitute an arithmetic progression.

[0012] In some embodiments, configuring the 2nd to N-1th non-continuous transmissions within each non-continuous transmission change period according to the change rule indication information in the preset configuration information includes: when the change rule indication information is a fourth parameter value, configuring non-continuous transmission parameters for the 2nd to N-1th non-continuous transmissions respectively, wherein the non-continuous transmission period of each non-continuous transmission in the 2nd to N-1th non-continuous transmissions is a multiple of the non-continuous transmission period of the 1st non-continuous transmission.

[0013] In some embodiments, the discontinuous transmission cycles from the 1st to the N-1th discontinuous transmission constitute a geometric progression.

[0014] In some embodiments, the discontinuous transmission is discontinuous transmission DTX or discontinuous reception DRX.

[0015] In some embodiments, when the discontinuous transmission is the DTX, the change indication information is the cell DTX change indication information, the change period is the cell DTX change period, the change rule indication information is the cell DTX change rule indication information, the first discontinuous transmission parameter is the first cell DTX parameter, the second discontinuous transmission parameter is the second cell DTX parameter, the first cell DTX parameter includes the first cell DTX period, the first cell DTX duration and the first cell DTX start time offset, and the second cell DTX parameter includes the second cell DTX period, the second cell DTX duration and the second cell DTX start time offset.

[0016] In some embodiments, when the discontinuous transmission is the DRX, the change indication information is the cell DRX change indication information, the change period is the cell DRX change period, the change rule indication information is the cell DRX change rule indication information, the first discontinuous transmission parameter is the first cell DRX parameter, the second discontinuous transmission parameter is the second cell DRX parameter, the first cell DRX parameter includes a first cell DRX period, a first cell DRX duration and a first cell DRX start time offset, and the second cell DRX parameter includes a second cell DRX period, a second cell DRX duration and a second cell DRX start time offset.

[0017] According to the second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a base station is provided, comprising: a first processing module, configured to configure a first cell discontinuous transmission parameter and a second cell discontinuous transmission parameter; a second processing module, configured to dynamically configure a period of cell discontinuous transmission based on the first cell discontinuous transmission parameter and the second cell discontinuous transmission parameter.

[0018] According to a third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a base station is provided, comprising: a memory; and a processor, coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute a method as described in any of the above embodiments based on instructions stored in the memory.

[0019] According to a fourth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication system is provided, including: a base station as described in any of the above embodiments.

[0020] According to a fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, wherein the computer-readable storage medium stores computer instructions, and when the instructions are executed by a processor, the method described in any of the above embodiments is implemented.

[0021] Other features and advantages of the present disclosure will become apparent from the following detailed description of exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure with reference to the accompanying drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0022] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present disclosure or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present disclosure. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying creative labor.

[0023] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of a sleep conflict between a base station and a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0024] Figure 2 A schematic diagram of a flow chart of a discontinuous transmission configuration method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0025] Figure 3 A schematic diagram of sleep conflict resolution between a base station and a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0026] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a base station according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0027] Figure 5 This is a schematic structural diagram of a base station according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0028] Figure 6 The present invention is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0029] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, rather than all of the embodiments. The following description of at least one exemplary embodiment is actually only illustrative and is by no means intended to limit the present disclosure and its application or use. Based on the embodiments in the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.

[0030] Unless specifically stated otherwise, the relative arrangement of components and steps, the numerical expressions and numerical values ​​set forth in these embodiments do not limit the scope of the present disclosure.

[0031] At the same time, it should be understood that for the convenience of description, the sizes of the various parts shown in the drawings are not drawn according to the actual proportional relationship.

[0032] Technologies, methods, and apparatus known to ordinary technicians in the relevant field may not be discussed in detail, but where appropriate, such technologies, methods, and apparatus should be considered part of the authorization specification.

[0033] In all examples shown and discussed herein, any specific values ​​should be interpreted as merely exemplary and not as limiting. Therefore, other examples of the exemplary embodiments may have different values.

[0034] It should be noted that like reference numerals and letters refer to similar items in the following figures, and therefore, once an item is defined in one figure, it need not be further discussed in subsequent figures.

[0035] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of sleep conflict between a base station and a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0036] like Figure 1 As shown, the base station sends SSB (Synchronization Signal and PBCH Block) according to network requirements in the activated state in each DTX cycle, and the user terminal receives PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel) signal in the activated state in each DRX cycle.

[0037] from Figure 1 It can be seen from the figure that due to the overlap of sleep modes of the user terminal and the base station, the user terminal cannot detect the PUSCH signal, thus affecting the network performance.

[0038] Accordingly, the present disclosure provides a discontinuous transmission configuration solution, which effectively avoids the conflict problem caused by the base station and the user terminal sleeping at the same time by configuring the sleep period of the base station.

[0039] Figure 2 The following is a flow chart of a discontinuous transmission configuration method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. In some embodiments, the following discontinuous transmission configuration method is executed by a base station.

[0040] In step 201, discontinuous transmission parameters of a first cell and discontinuous transmission parameters of a second cell are configured.

[0041] In some embodiments, the first cell discontinuous transmission parameters include a first cell discontinuous transmission cycle, a first cell discontinuous transmission duration, and a first cell discontinuous transmission start time offset.

[0042] The second cell discontinuous transmission parameters include a second cell discontinuous transmission cycle, a second cell discontinuous transmission duration, and a second cell discontinuous transmission start time offset.

[0043] It should be noted that the second discontinuous transmission period is shorter than the first discontinuous transmission period.

[0044] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned discontinuous transmission may be DTX or DRX.

[0045] In step 202, a period of discontinuous transmission of a cell is dynamically configured based on a first discontinuous transmission parameter of the cell and a second discontinuous transmission parameter of the cell.

[0046] In some embodiments, while configuring the first cell discontinuous transmission parameters and the second cell discontinuous transmission parameters, the change indication information, the change period and the change rule indication information are further configured in the preset configuration information. The functions of the change indication information, the change period and the change rule indication information will be described in detail in the following embodiments.

[0047] In some embodiments, when the change indication information in the preset configuration information is a preset first indication value, the above-mentioned step of dynamically configuring the period of discontinuous transmission of the cell includes:

[0048] 1) Determine the number N of discontinuous transmissions performed in each discontinuous transmission change period according to the change period in the preset configuration information.

[0049] For example, when the first indication value is 1, if the change period is 4, it means that each discontinuous transmission change period includes 4 dynamically changing discontinuous transmissions.

[0050] 2) Using the first cell discontinuous transmission parameter to configure the first discontinuous transmission in each discontinuous transmission change period.

[0051] 3) Using the second cell discontinuous transmission parameter to configure the Nth discontinuous transmission in each discontinuous transmission change period.

[0052] 4) According to the change rule indication information in the preset configuration information, configure the 2nd discontinuous transmission to the N-1th discontinuous transmission in each discontinuous transmission change period.

[0053] It should be noted that the change rule indication information is read first, and then the second discontinuous transmission to the N-1th discontinuous transmission in each discontinuous transmission change period is configured according to the read change rule indication information.

[0054] In some embodiments, when the change rule indication information is a first parameter value, the first cell discontinuous transmission parameter is used to configure the 2nd discontinuous transmission to the N-1th discontinuous transmission.

[0055] For example, if the first parameter value = 0, the 1st discontinuous transmission to the N-1th discontinuous transmission are all configured using the first cell discontinuous transmission parameters, and the Nth discontinuous transmission is configured using the second cell discontinuous transmission parameters.

[0056] In some embodiments, when the change rule indication information is a second parameter value, the second discontinuous transmission parameter of the cell is used to configure the 2nd discontinuous transmission to the N-1th discontinuous transmission.

[0057] For example, if the second parameter value = 1, the second discontinuous transmission to the Nth discontinuous transmission are all configured using the second cell discontinuous transmission parameters, and the first discontinuous transmission is configured using the first cell discontinuous transmission parameters.

[0058] In some embodiments, when the change rule indication information is the third parameter value, discontinuous transmission parameters are configured for the 2nd discontinuous transmission to the N-1th discontinuous transmission respectively, so that the discontinuous transmission periods and discontinuous transmission durations from the 1st discontinuous transmission to the Nth discontinuous transmission respectively constitute an arithmetic progression.

[0059] For example, if the third parameter value = 2, the discontinuous transmission parameters are configured for the 2nd discontinuous transmission to the N-1th discontinuous transmission according to the first cell discontinuous transmission parameters and the second cell discontinuous transmission parameters, so that the discontinuous transmission period and the discontinuous transmission duration from the 1st discontinuous transmission to the Nth discontinuous transmission respectively constitute an arithmetic progression.

[0060] For example, if the change indication information is 1, the change period is 4, the change rule indication information is 2, the discontinuous transmission period of the first discontinuous transmission is 320ms, and the discontinuous transmission period of the fourth discontinuous transmission is 80ms, then the discontinuous transmission period of the second discontinuous transmission is 240ms, and the discontinuous transmission period of the third discontinuous transmission is 160ms, so that the discontinuous transmission periods from the first discontinuous transmission to the fourth discontinuous transmission constitute an arithmetic progression.

[0061] In some embodiments, when the change rule indication information is a fourth parameter value, discontinuous transmission parameters are configured for the 2nd discontinuous transmission to the N-1th discontinuous transmission, respectively, wherein the discontinuous transmission period of each discontinuous transmission from the 2nd discontinuous transmission to the N-1th discontinuous transmission is a multiple of the discontinuous transmission period of the 1st discontinuous transmission.

[0062] For example, if the fourth parameter value = 3, in the 2nd discontinuous transmission to the (N-1)th discontinuous transmission, the discontinuous transmission periods of any two discontinuous transmissions are different, so that the discontinuous transmission period of each discontinuous transmission has a different multiple relative to the discontinuous transmission period of the first discontinuous transmission.

[0063] In some embodiments, the discontinuous transmission periods from the 1st discontinuous transmission to the N-1th discontinuous transmission constitute a geometric progression, and thus, multiples of the discontinuous transmission period of each discontinuous transmission relative to the discontinuous transmission period of the 1st discontinuous transmission also constitute a geometric progression.

[0064] For example, if the change indication information is 1, the change period is 5, the change rule indication information is 3, the discontinuous transmission period of the first discontinuous transmission is 160ms, and the discontinuous transmission period of the fifth discontinuous transmission is 80ms, then the discontinuous transmission period of the second discontinuous transmission is 320ms, the discontinuous transmission period of the third discontinuous transmission is 480ms, and the discontinuous transmission period of the fourth discontinuous transmission is 640ms. Therefore, the discontinuous transmission periods from the second discontinuous transmission to the fourth discontinuous transmission constitute an arithmetic progression relative to the multiples of the discontinuous transmission period of the first discontinuous transmission.

[0065] In some embodiments, when the change indication information in the preset configuration information is a preset second indication value, the above-mentioned step of dynamically configuring the period of cell discontinuous transmission includes: configuring each discontinuous transmission using the second cell discontinuous transmission parameter.

[0066] For example, when the second indicator value is 0, it means that only the second cell discontinuous transmission parameter is used to configure the cell discontinuous transmission period.

[0067] In some embodiments, discontinuous transmission is DTX or DRX.

[0068] When the discontinuous transmission is DTX, the change indication information is the cell DTX change indication information, the change period is the cell DTX change period, the change rule indication information is the cell DTX change rule indication information, the first discontinuous transmission parameter is the first cell DTX parameter, and the second discontinuous transmission parameter is the second cell DTX parameter.

[0069] The first cell DTX parameters include a first cell DTX cycle, a first cell DTX duration, and a first cell DTX start time offset. The second cell DTX parameters include a second cell DTX cycle, a second cell DTX duration, and a second cell DTX start time offset.

[0070] When the discontinuous transmission is DRX, the change indication information is the cell DRX change indication information, the change period is the cell DRX change period, the change rule indication information is the cell DRX change rule indication information, the first discontinuous transmission parameter is the first cell DRX parameter, and the second discontinuous transmission parameter is the second cell DRX parameter.

[0071] The first cell DRX parameters include a first cell DRX cycle, a first cell DRX duration, and a first cell DRX start time offset. The second cell DRX parameters include a second cell DRX cycle, a second cell DRX duration, and a second cell DRX start time offset.

[0072] For example, configure the DTX of the base station as follows:

[0073] - First cell DTX period = 320ms

[0074] - First cell DTX duration = 40ms

[0075] - Second cell DTX period = 80ms

[0076] -Second cell DTX duration = 40ms

[0077] -Cell DTX change indication = 1

[0078] -Cell DTX change period = 4

[0079] -Cell DTX change rule indication = 2

[0080] It can be seen that the cell DTX change indication = 1 means that each DTX cycle will change dynamically. The cell DTX change period = 4 means that 4 DTXs are included in each DTX change period. The cell DTX change rule indication = 2 means that the discontinuous transmission period and the discontinuous transmission duration of the 4 discontinuous transmissions in each DTX change period respectively constitute an arithmetic progression.

[0081] like Figure 3 As shown, in each DTX change cycle of the base station, the first DTX cycle T1 is 320ms, the second DTX cycle T2 is 240ms, the third DTX cycle T3 is 160ms, and the fourth DTX cycle T1 is 80ms. Figure 3 It can be seen that, since the DTX cycle has changed, there is always a cycle in multiple cycles that does not conflict with the DRX of the user terminal.

[0082] For another example, the DTX of the base station is configured as follows:

[0083] - First cell DTX period = 320ms

[0084] - First cell DTX duration = 40ms

[0085] - Second cell DTX period = 80ms

[0086] -Second cell DTX duration = 40ms

[0087] -Cell DTX change indication = 0

[0088] -Cell DTX change period = 0

[0089] -Cell DTX change rule indication = 0

[0090] Since the cell DTX change indication = 0, it indicates that only the second cell DTX cycle and the second cell DTX duration are effective at this time.

[0091] In the discontinuous transmission configuration method provided in the above embodiment of the present disclosure, by configuring the discontinuous transmission parameters of the first cell and the discontinuous transmission parameters of the second cell, the period of discontinuous transmission of the cell is dynamically configured based on the discontinuous transmission parameters of the first cell and the discontinuous transmission parameters of the second cell. Thus, by dynamically configuring the period of discontinuous transmission, the conflict problem caused by the simultaneous sleep of the base station and the user terminal is effectively avoided.

[0092] Figure 4 FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a base station according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Figure 4 As shown, the base station includes a first processing module 41 and a second processing module 42 .

[0093] The first processing module 41 is configured to configure a first cell discontinuous transmission parameter and a second cell discontinuous transmission parameter.

[0094] In some embodiments, the first cell discontinuous transmission parameters include a first cell discontinuous transmission cycle, a first cell discontinuous transmission duration, and a first cell discontinuous transmission start time offset.

[0095] The second cell discontinuous transmission parameters include a second cell discontinuous transmission cycle, a second cell discontinuous transmission duration, and a second cell discontinuous transmission start time offset.

[0096] It should be noted that the second discontinuous transmission period is shorter than the first discontinuous transmission period.

[0097] In some embodiments, while configuring the first cell discontinuous transmission parameters and the second cell discontinuous transmission parameters, the first processing module 41 further configures change indication information, change cycle and change rule indication information in the preset configuration information.

[0098] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned discontinuous transmission may be DTX or DRX.

[0099] The second processing module 42 is configured to dynamically configure a period of cell discontinuous transmission based on the first cell discontinuous transmission parameter and the second cell discontinuous transmission parameter.

[0100] In some embodiments, the operation of the second processing module 42 dynamically configuring the period of discontinuous transmission of the cell includes:

[0101] 1) Determine the number N of discontinuous transmissions performed in each discontinuous transmission change period according to the change period in the preset configuration information.

[0102] For example, when the first indication value is 1, if the change period is 4, it means that each discontinuous transmission change period includes 4 dynamically changing discontinuous transmissions.

[0103] 2) Using the first cell discontinuous transmission parameter to configure the first discontinuous transmission in each discontinuous transmission change period.

[0104] 3) Using the second cell discontinuous transmission parameter to configure the Nth discontinuous transmission in each discontinuous transmission change period.

[0105] 4) According to the change rule indication information in the preset configuration information, configure the 2nd discontinuous transmission to the N-1th discontinuous transmission in each discontinuous transmission change period.

[0106] It should be noted that the second processing module 42 first reads the change rule indication information, and then configures the second discontinuous transmission to the N-1th discontinuous transmission in each discontinuous transmission change period according to the read change rule indication information.

[0107] In some embodiments, when the change rule indication information is the first parameter value, the second processing module 42 configures the second discontinuous transmission to the N-1th discontinuous transmission using the first cell discontinuous transmission parameter.

[0108] For example, if the first parameter value = 0, the 1st discontinuous transmission to the N-1th discontinuous transmission are all configured using the first cell discontinuous transmission parameters, and the Nth discontinuous transmission is configured using the second cell discontinuous transmission parameters.

[0109] In some embodiments, when the change rule indication information is a second parameter value, the second processing module 42 configures the 2nd discontinuous transmission to the N-1th discontinuous transmission using the second discontinuous transmission parameter of the cell.

[0110] For example, if the second parameter value = 1, the second discontinuous transmission to the Nth discontinuous transmission are all configured using the second cell discontinuous transmission parameters, and the first discontinuous transmission is configured using the first cell discontinuous transmission parameters.

[0111] In some embodiments, when the change rule indication information is a third parameter value, the second processing module 42 configures discontinuous transmission parameters for the 2nd discontinuous transmission to the N-1th discontinuous transmission, respectively, so that the discontinuous transmission periods and discontinuous transmission durations from the 1st discontinuous transmission to the Nth discontinuous transmission constitute an arithmetic progression, respectively.

[0112] For example, if the third parameter value = 2, the discontinuous transmission parameters are configured for the 2nd discontinuous transmission to the N-1th discontinuous transmission according to the first cell discontinuous transmission parameters and the second cell discontinuous transmission parameters, so that the discontinuous transmission period and the discontinuous transmission duration from the 1st discontinuous transmission to the Nth discontinuous transmission respectively constitute an arithmetic progression.

[0113] In some embodiments, when the change rule indication information is a fourth parameter value, the second processing module 42 configures discontinuous transmission parameters for the 2nd discontinuous transmission to the N-1th discontinuous transmission, respectively, wherein the discontinuous transmission period of each discontinuous transmission from the 2nd discontinuous transmission to the N-1th discontinuous transmission is a multiple of the discontinuous transmission period of the 1st discontinuous transmission.

[0114] For example, if the fourth parameter value = 3, in the 2nd discontinuous transmission to the (N-1)th discontinuous transmission, the discontinuous transmission periods of any two discontinuous transmissions are different, so that the discontinuous transmission period of each discontinuous transmission has a different multiple relative to the discontinuous transmission period of the first discontinuous transmission.

[0115] In some embodiments, the discontinuous transmission periods from the 1st discontinuous transmission to the N-1th discontinuous transmission constitute a geometric progression, and thus, multiples of the discontinuous transmission period of each discontinuous transmission relative to the discontinuous transmission period of the 1st discontinuous transmission also constitute a geometric progression.

[0116] In some embodiments, when the change indication information in the preset configuration information is a preset second indication value, the second processing module 42 configures each discontinuous transmission using the second cell discontinuous transmission parameter.

[0117] For example, when the second indicator value is 0, it means that only the second cell discontinuous transmission parameter is used to configure the cell discontinuous transmission period.

[0118] In some embodiments, discontinuous transmission is DTX or DRX.

[0119] When the discontinuous transmission is DTX, the change indication information is the cell DTX change indication information, the change period is the cell DTX change period, the change rule indication information is the cell DTX change rule indication information, the first discontinuous transmission parameter is the first cell DTX parameter, and the second discontinuous transmission parameter is the second cell DTX parameter.

[0120] The first cell DTX parameters include a first cell DTX cycle, a first cell DTX duration, and a first cell DTX start time offset. The second cell DTX parameters include a second cell DTX cycle, a second cell DTX duration, and a second cell DTX start time offset.

[0121] When the discontinuous transmission is DRX, the change indication information is the cell DRX change indication information, the change period is the cell DRX change period, the change rule indication information is the cell DRX change rule indication information, the first discontinuous transmission parameter is the first cell DRX parameter, and the second discontinuous transmission parameter is the second cell DRX parameter.

[0122] The first cell DRX parameters include a first cell DRX cycle, a first cell DRX duration, and a first cell DRX start time offset. The second cell DRX parameters include a second cell DRX cycle, a second cell DRX duration, and a second cell DRX start time offset.

[0123] Figure 5FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a base station according to another embodiment of the present disclosure. Figure 5 As shown, the base station includes a memory 51 and a processor 52.

[0124] The memory 51 is used to store instructions. The processor 52 is coupled to the memory 51. The processor 52 is configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory to implement the following. Figure 1 The method of any one of the embodiments.

[0125] like Figure 5 As shown, the base station also includes a communication interface 53 for information exchange with other devices. At the same time, the base station also includes a bus 54, through which the processor 52, the communication interface 53, and the memory 51 communicate with each other.

[0126] The memory 51 may include a high-speed RAM memory, and may also include a non-volatile memory, such as at least one disk memory. The memory 51 may also be a memory array. The memory 51 may also be divided into blocks, and the blocks may be combined into virtual volumes according to certain rules.

[0127] In addition, the processor 52 may be a central processing unit (CPU), or may be an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or may be configured to implement one or more integrated circuits of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0128] The present disclosure also relates to a computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable storage medium stores computer instructions, which are executed by a processor to implement the following Figure 1 The method of any one of the embodiments.

[0129] Figure 6 FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Figure 6 The communication system 60 includes at least one base station 61. The base station 61 is Figure 4 or Figure 5 A base station involved in any one of the embodiments.

[0130] By implementing the above embodiments of the present disclosure, the following beneficial effects can be obtained:

[0131] 1) The present disclosure can realize flexible configuration of the sleep cycle in the base station DTX / DRX, and obtain a balance between performance and energy saving effect.

[0132] 2) The present disclosure can reduce as much as possible the problem that both the base station and the user terminal cannot be awakened from sleep mode due to the conflict between the base station DTX / DRX and C-DRX.

[0133] In some embodiments, the functional unit described above can be implemented as a general-purpose processor, a programmable logic controller (PLC), a digital signal processor (DSP), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic device, discrete hardware component or any appropriate combination thereof for performing the functions described in the present disclosure.

[0134] A person skilled in the art will understand that all or part of the steps to implement the above embodiments may be accomplished by hardware or by instructing related hardware through a program, and the program may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and the above-mentioned storage medium may be a read-only memory, a disk or an optical disk, etc.

[0135] The description of the present disclosure is given for the purpose of illustration and description, and is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the present disclosure to the disclosed form. Many modifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art. The embodiments are selected and described in order to better illustrate the principles and practical applications of the present disclosure, and to enable those of ordinary skill in the art to understand the present disclosure and thereby design various embodiments with various modifications suitable for specific uses.

Claims

1. A discontinuous transmission configuration method, performed by a base station, the method comprising: Configure discontinuous transmission parameters of the first cell and discontinuous transmission parameters of the second cell; The period of cell discontinuous transmission is dynamically configured based on the first cell discontinuous transmission parameter and the second cell discontinuous transmission parameter.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The first cell discontinuous transmission parameters include a first cell discontinuous transmission period, a first cell discontinuous transmission duration, and a first cell discontinuous transmission start time offset; The second cell discontinuous transmission parameters include a second cell discontinuous transmission cycle, a second cell discontinuous transmission duration, and a second cell discontinuous transmission start time offset, wherein the second cell discontinuous transmission cycle is smaller than the first cell discontinuous transmission cycle.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein: Dynamic configuration of the period of discontinuous transmission of a cell includes: When the change indication information in the preset configuration information is a preset first indication value, determining the number N of discontinuous transmissions performed in each discontinuous transmission change period according to the change period in the preset configuration information; Using the first cell discontinuous transmission parameter to configure the first discontinuous transmission in each discontinuous transmission change period; Using the second cell discontinuous transmission parameter to configure the Nth discontinuous transmission in each discontinuous transmission change period; The 2nd to N-1th discontinuous transmissions in each discontinuous transmission change period are configured according to the change rule indication information in the preset configuration information.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein: Dynamic configuration of the period of discontinuous transmission of a cell includes: When the change indication value in the preset configuration information is a preset second indication value, each discontinuous transmission is configured using the second cell discontinuous transmission parameter.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein: Configuring the second to N-1th discontinuous transmissions in each discontinuous transmission change period according to the change rule indication information in the preset configuration information includes: Reading the change rule indication information; In a case where the change rule indication information is a first parameter value, the first cell discontinuous transmission parameter is used to configure the 2nd to N-1th discontinuous transmissions.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein: Configuring the second to N-1th discontinuous transmissions in each discontinuous transmission change period according to the change rule indication information in the preset configuration information includes: In a case where the change rule indication information is a second parameter value, the second discontinuous transmission parameter of the cell is used to configure the 2nd to N-1th discontinuous transmissions.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein: Configuring the second to N-1th discontinuous transmissions in each discontinuous transmission change period according to the change rule indication information in the preset configuration information includes: When the change rule indication information is the third parameter value, discontinuous transmission parameters are configured for the 2nd to N-1th discontinuous transmissions respectively, so that the discontinuous transmission periods and discontinuous transmission durations of the 1st to Nth discontinuous transmissions respectively constitute an arithmetic progression.

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein: Configuring the second to N-1th discontinuous transmissions in each discontinuous transmission change period according to the change rule indication information in the preset configuration information includes: When the change rule indication information is the fourth parameter value, discontinuous transmission parameters are configured for the 2nd to N-1th discontinuous transmissions respectively, wherein the discontinuous transmission period of each discontinuous transmission in the 2nd to N-1th discontinuous transmissions is a multiple of the discontinuous transmission period of the 1st discontinuous transmission.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein: The discontinuous transmission periods from the 1st to the N-1th discontinuous transmission form a geometric progression.

10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein: The discontinuous transmission is discontinuous transmission DTX or discontinuous reception DRX.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein: In the case where the discontinuous transmission is the DTX, the change indication information is the cell DTX change indication information, the change period is the cell DTX change period, the change rule indication information is the cell DTX change rule indication information, the first discontinuous transmission parameter is the first cell DTX parameter, the second discontinuous transmission parameter is the second cell DTX parameter, the first cell DTX parameter includes the first cell DTX period, the first cell DTX duration and the first cell DTX start time offset, and the second cell DTX parameter includes the second cell DTX period, the second cell DTX duration and the second cell DTX start time offset.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein: In the case where the discontinuous transmission is the DRX, the change indication information is the cell DRX change indication information, the change period is the cell DRX change period, the change rule indication information is the cell DRX change rule indication information, the first discontinuous transmission parameter is the first cell DRX parameter, the second discontinuous transmission parameter is the second cell DRX parameter, the first cell DRX parameter includes a first cell DRX period, a first cell DRX duration and a first cell DRX start time offset, and the second cell DRX parameter includes a second cell DRX period, a second cell DRX duration and a second cell DRX start time offset.

13. A base station, comprising: A first processing module is configured to configure a first cell discontinuous transmission parameter and a second cell discontinuous transmission parameter; The second processing module is configured to dynamically configure a period of cell discontinuous transmission based on the first cell discontinuous transmission parameter and the second cell discontinuous transmission parameter.

14. A base station, comprising: Memory; A processor is coupled to the memory, and the processor is configured to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 12 based on instructions stored in the memory.

15. A communication system comprising: A base station as claimed in any one of claims 13 or 14.

16. A computer-readable storage medium, wherein: The computer-readable storage medium stores computer instructions, and when the instructions are executed by a processor, the method according to any one of claims 1 to 12 is implemented.

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