LP-WUS monitoring method, terminal and network side equipment

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses an LP-WUS monitoring method, a terminal and network side equipment, and belongs to the technical field of communication, and the LP-WUS monitoring method comprises the steps that the terminal receives LP-WUS configuration, and the LP-WUS configuration comprises at least one LP-WUS resource; and the terminal monitors the LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, wherein the target LP-WUS resource belongs to the at least one LP-WUS resource.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application belongs to the field of communication technology, and specifically relates to a monitoring method, terminal and network-side device for a low power wake-up signal (Low Lower-Wake Up Signaling, LP-WUS). Background Art

[0002] The terminal usually includes a main communication module and a low-power communication module (also called a low-power wake-up receiving module, a low-power receiver, etc.). The main communication module is mainly used for sending and receiving mobile communication data, and the low-power communication module is mainly used for receiving LP-WUS.

[0003] LP-WUS is usually some relatively simple on-off keying signals. The low-power communication module can obtain the wake-up notification through simple energy detection and possible sequence detection and recognition. When the terminal turns on the low-power communication module to receive LP-WUS, the main communication module can enter a sleep or shutdown state to maintain a low power consumption level, thereby achieving power saving by receiving LP-WUS.

[0004] However, the related art has not yet provided a monitoring solution for LP-WUS, resulting in the terminal being unable to save power consumption by monitoring LP-WUS. Summary of the invention

[0005] The embodiments of the present application provide a LP-WUS monitoring method, a terminal, and a network-side device, which can solve the problem that the terminal cannot monitor LP-WUS.

[0006] In a first aspect, a LP-WUS monitoring method is provided, including: a terminal receives an LP-WUS configuration, the LP-WUS configuration including at least one LP-WUS resource; the terminal monitors LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, the target LP-WUS resource belonging to the at least one LP-WUS resource.

[0007] In a second aspect, a method for monitoring LP-WUS is provided, including: a network side device sends an LP-WUS configuration, the LP-WUS configuration includes at least one LP-WUS resource, the LP-WUS configuration is used for a terminal to monitor LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource, and the target LP-WUS resource belongs to the at least one LP-WUS resource.

[0008] According to a third aspect, a LP-WUS monitoring device is provided, comprising: a receiving module for receiving an LP-WUS configuration, wherein the LP-WUS configuration comprises at least one LP-WUS resource; and the receiving module is further used to monitor the LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, wherein the target LP-WUS resource belongs to the at least one LP-WUS resource.

[0009] In a fourth aspect, a LP-WUS monitoring device is provided, including: a sending module, used to send an LP-WUS configuration, the LP-WUS configuration including at least one LP-WUS resource, the LP-WUS configuration is used for a terminal to monitor LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource, and the target LP-WUS resource belongs to the at least one LP-WUS resource.

[0010] In a fifth aspect, a terminal is provided, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores a program or instruction that can be run on the processor, and when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps of the method described in the first aspect are implemented.

[0011] In a sixth aspect, a terminal is provided, comprising a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is used to receive an LP-WUS configuration, the LP-WUS configuration comprising at least one LP-WUS resource; and to monitor LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, the target LP-WUS resource belonging to the at least one LP-WUS resource.

[0012] In the seventh aspect, a network side device is provided, which includes a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores programs or instructions that can be run on the processor, and when the program or instructions are executed by the processor, the steps of the method described in the second aspect are implemented.

[0013] In an eighth aspect, a network side device is provided, comprising a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is used to send an LP-WUS configuration, the LP-WUS configuration includes at least one LP-WUS resource, the LP-WUS configuration is used for the terminal to listen to LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource, and the target LP-WUS resource belongs to the at least one LP-WUS resource.

[0014] In a ninth aspect, a readable storage medium is provided, on which a program or instruction is stored. When the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the steps of the method described in the first aspect are implemented, or the steps of the method described in the second aspect are implemented.

[0015] In the tenth aspect, a wireless communication system is provided, including: a terminal and a network side device, wherein the terminal can be used to execute the steps of the method described in the first aspect, and the network side device can be used to execute the steps of the method described in the second aspect.

[0016] In the eleventh aspect, a chip is provided, comprising a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run a program or instructions to implement the steps of the method described in the first aspect, or to implement the steps of the method described in the second aspect.

[0017] In the twelfth aspect, a computer program / program product is provided, wherein the computer program / program product is stored in a storage medium, and the computer program / program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the steps of the method described in the first aspect, or to implement the steps of the method described in the second aspect.

[0018] In an embodiment of the present application, a terminal receives an LP-WUS configuration, wherein the LP-WUS configuration includes at least one LP-WUS resource. The terminal monitors the LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, so that the terminal can achieve the effect of saving power consumption by receiving the LP-WUS. At the same time, the LP-WUS configuration may include multiple LP-WUS resources, and the terminal may be pre-allocated to monitor one of the LP-WUS resources, so as to increase the cell capacity and facilitate terminal measurement. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0019] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0020] Figure 2 is a schematic flow chart of a monitoring method of LP-WUS according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0021] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the time-frequency positions of multiple LP-WUS resources in the LP-WUS configuration according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0022] Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of the time-frequency positions of the LP-SS and multiple LP-WUS resources in the LP-WUS configuration according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0023] Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the time-frequency positions of the LP-SS and multiple LP-WUS resources in the LP-WUS configuration according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0024] Figure 6 is a schematic diagram of the time-frequency positions of the LP-SS and multiple LP-WUS resources in the LP-WUS configuration according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0025] Figure 7 is a schematic flow chart of a monitoring method of LP-WUS according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0026] Figure 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a monitoring device of LP-WUS according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0027] Fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a monitoring device of LP-WUS according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0028] Fig.10 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0029] Fig.11 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0030] Fig.12 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of a network side device according to an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0031] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application to clearly describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field belong to the scope of protection of this application.

[0032] The terms "first", "second", etc. of the present application are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that the terms used in this way are interchangeable where appropriate, so that the embodiments of the present application can be implemented in an order other than those illustrated or described herein, and the objects distinguished by "first" and "second" are generally of one type, and the number of objects is not limited, for example, the first object can be one or more. In addition, "or" in the present application represents at least one of the connected objects. For example, "A or B" covers three schemes, namely, Scheme 1: including A but not including B; Scheme 2: including B but not including A; Scheme 3: including both A and B. The character " / " generally indicates that the objects associated with each other are in an "or" relationship.

[0033] The term "indication" in this application can be a direct indication (or explicit indication) or an indirect indication (or implicit indication). A direct indication can be understood as the sender explicitly informing the receiver of specific information, operations to be performed, or request results in the sent indication; an indirect indication can be understood as the receiver determining the corresponding information according to the indication sent by the sender, or making a judgment and determining the operation to be performed or the request result according to the judgment result.

[0034] It is worth noting that the technology described in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to the Long Term Evolution (LTE) / LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) system, but can also be used in other 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) or other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in the embodiments of the present application are often used interchangeably, and the described technology can be used for the systems and radio technologies mentioned above as well as for other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes a New Radio (NR) system for illustrative purposes, and NR terminology is used in most of the following descriptions, but these technologies can also be applied to systems other than NR systems, such as the 6th generation (6 th Generation, 6G) communication system.

[0035] Figure 1A block diagram of a wireless communication system applicable to an embodiment of the present application is shown. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network side device 12. Among them, the terminal 11 can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a laptop computer (Laptop Computer), a notebook computer, a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), a handheld computer, a netbook, an ultra-mobile personal computer (Ultra-mobile Personal Computer, UMPC), a mobile Internet device (Mobile Internet Device, MID), an augmented reality (Augmented Reality, AR), a virtual reality (Virtual Reality, VR) device, a robot, a wearable device (Wearable Device), an aircraft (flight vehicle), a vehicle-mounted device (Vehicle User Equipment, VUE), a ship-mounted device, a pedestrian terminal (Pedestrian User Equipment, PUE), a smart home (home appliances with wireless communication functions, such as refrigerators, televisions, washing machines or furniture, etc.), a game console, a personal computer (Personal Computer, PC), a teller machine or a self-service machine and other terminal side devices. Wearable devices include: smart watches, smart bracelets, smart headphones, smart glasses, smart jewelry (smart bracelets, smart bracelets, smart rings, smart necklaces, smart anklets, smart anklets, etc.), smart wristbands, smart clothing, etc. Among them, the vehicle-mounted device can also be called a vehicle-mounted terminal, a vehicle-mounted controller, a vehicle-mounted module, a vehicle-mounted component, a vehicle-mounted chip or a vehicle-mounted unit, etc. It should be noted that the specific type of the terminal 11 is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. The network side device 12 may include an access network device or a core network device, wherein the access network device may also be referred to as a radio access network (Radio Access Network, RAN) device, a radio access network function or a radio access network unit. The access network device may include a base station, a wireless local area network (Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN) access point (Access Point, AS) or a wireless fidelity (Wireless Fidelity, WiFi) node, etc.Among them, the base station may be referred to as a Node B (NB), an evolved Node B (eNB), a next generation Node B (gNB), a New Radio Node B (NR Node B), an access point, a Relay Base Station (RBS), a Serving Base Station (SBS), a Base Transceiver Station (BTS), a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a Basic Service Set (BSS), an Extended Service Set (ESS), a Home Node B (HNB), a Home Evolved Node B, a Transmission Reception Point (TRP) or other appropriate terms in the field. As long as the same technical effect is achieved, the base station is not limited to specific technical terms. It should be noted that in the embodiments of the present application, only the base station in the NR system is used as an example for introduction, and the specific type of the base station is not limited.

[0036] The following describes in detail the LP-WUS monitoring method provided by the embodiment of the present application through some embodiments and application scenarios in combination with the accompanying drawings.

[0037] like Figure 2 As shown, an embodiment of the present application provides a LP-WUS monitoring method 200, which can be executed by a terminal. In other words, the method can be executed by software or hardware installed in the terminal. The method includes the following steps.

[0038] S202: The terminal receives an LP-WUS configuration, where the LP-WUS configuration includes at least one LP-WUS resource.

[0039] Optionally, the LP-WUS configuration is transmitted via a system message, or the LP-WUS configuration is transmitted via a radio resource control (Radio Resource Control, RRC) release message.

[0040] The LP-WUS resources mentioned in various embodiments of the present application may include time-frequency domain resource information where the LP-WUS is located, including at least one of the following: 1) a resource block identifier, for example, a pattern identifier; 2) frequency domain resource information, such as a frequency point; 3) time domain resource information, including time information, such as a period, a starting point, a time offset, or a number in chronological order.

[0041] In this embodiment, the network side device may configure one or more (at least 2) LP-WUS resources and pre-allocate a group of terminals (multiple terminals) to one of the LP-WUS resources.

[0042] In order to expand the cell capacity and facilitate terminal measurement, this embodiment can divide the cell carrier bandwidth into multiple parts, each part is used as a LP-WUS resource, and then a group of terminals are pre-allocated to one of the parts. Figure 3 As shown, the LP-WUS configuration includes 4 LP-WUS resources.

[0043] It can be understood that if the network side device is configured with only one LP-WUS resource, all terminals in the cell need to monitor the LP-WUS on the LP-WUS resource to wake up the main communication module of the terminal to receive data, which may result in a limited number of terminals that the cell can support, that is, limited capacity. This embodiment can effectively expand the cell capacity by configuring multiple LP-WUS resources. At this time, a single terminal only needs to monitor the LP-WUS on the allocated LP-WUS resource.

[0044] S204: The terminal monitors LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, where the target LP-WUS resource belongs to the at least one LP-WUS resource.

[0045] In this embodiment, the target LP-WUS resource may be an LP-WUS resource in the LP-WUS configuration.

[0046] Optionally, the terminal may determine the target LP-WUS resource based on at least one of the following: 1) at least one of the following of the target LP-WUS resource or the target LP-SS in the LP-WUS configuration: an identifier, time-frequency domain resource information, and a frequency point; 2) a target rule, wherein the target rule is related to an identifier of the terminal (UE-ID), and the identifier of the terminal may include at least one of the following: an International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI), an International Mobile Subscriber Identification Number (IMSI), a fifth generation communication system temporary user identifier (5G-SAE-Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity, 5G-S-TMSI), and a low power wake-up module identifier (Low Lower-Wake Up Signaling Identification, LP-WUSID).

[0047] Among them, LP-WUS ID is an identifier of LP-WUS used by the terminal to receive. LP-WUS ID can be an identifier configured by the network for the UE, or generated based on some or all bits of other UE IDs such as 5G-S-TMSI.

[0048] For example, the terminal determines the sequence number of the target LP-WUS resource by the following formula:

[0049] The sequence number of the target LP-WUS resource = UE_ID mod N;

[0050] Wherein, N is the number of LP-WUS resources included in the LP-WUS configuration; UE-ID is part or all of the bits of 5G-S-TMSI or LP-WUS ID.

[0051] In the LP-WUS monitoring method provided in the embodiment of the present application, a terminal receives an LP-WUS configuration, the LP-WUS configuration includes at least one LP-WUS resource, and the terminal monitors LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, so that the terminal can achieve the effect of saving power consumption by receiving LP-WUS; at the same time, the LP-WUS configuration may include multiple LP-WUS resources, and the terminal may be pre-allocated to monitor one of the LP-WUS resources, so as to increase the cell capacity and facilitate terminal measurement.

[0052] Optionally, in various embodiments of the present application, the LP-WUS configuration received by the terminal may also include at least one low power synchronization signal (Low Lower-Synchronization Signal, LP-SS), and the method further includes: the terminal monitors the target LP-SS based on the LP-WUS configuration, and the target LP-SS belongs to the at least one LP-SS.

[0053] LP-SS can be used to carry cell identification, system message indication, time information, synchronization information, measurement reference signal, etc. The terminal can perform at least one of the following operations based on the LP-SS: 1) identify the cell; 2) obtain system information, such as partial system information, Earthquake and Tsunami Warning System (ETWS), Public Warning System (PWS), etc.; 3) synchronize to the cell; 4) measure the cell signal strength.

[0054] Optionally, the above-mentioned LP-SS may include a first LP-SS and a second LP-SS; wherein the first LP-SS includes at least one of the following: a cell identifier, a system message indication, time information, and synchronization information, and the first LP-SS supports a measurement function; and the second LP-SS supports a measurement function. In this example, for example, the network-side device sends a main LP-SS (i.e., the first LP-SS) and optional multiple auxiliary LP-SSs (i.e., the second LP-SS), wherein the auxiliary LP-SS is used for measurement or synchronization purposes. In a traditional solution, the terminal performs measurement tasks through a main communication module. This example facilitates the terminal to perform measurement or synchronization tasks through a low-power communication module, thereby reducing terminal costs; at the same time, the amount of information carried by the auxiliary LP-SS is less than that of the main LP-SS, which is conducive to reducing the signaling overhead of the LP-SS. Moreover, if the signal used for measurement is not in the same frequency range as the LP-WUS resource, the terminal needs to perform inter-frequency measurement, and the measurement and the reception of the LP-WUS need to be performed in time division, thereby increasing the complexity and power consumption of the measurement. By pre-allocating the terminal to monitor one of the LP-WUS resources and the LP-SS, the measurement process is simplified.

[0055] Optionally, the target LP-WUS resource and the target LP-SS satisfy at least one of the following:

[0056] 1) The target LP-WUS resource and the target LP-SS occupy the same frequency domain position. This example is beneficial for the terminal to monitor the LP-WUS and LP-SS through the low-power communication module, monitor the LP-SS through the low-power communication module and then perform measurement or synchronization, thereby reducing the terminal cost.

[0057] 2) The terminal monitors the LP-WUS and the target LP-SS in time division. For example, when the target LP-WUS resource and the target LP-SS occupy the same frequency domain position, the target LP-WUS and the target LP-SS can be sent in time division to avoid resource conflict between the LP-SS and the LP-WUS.

[0058] 3) The target LP-SS is transmitted by frequency hopping between carriers within the target LP-WUS resource. In this example, in order to avoid an unbalanced impact on the user group monitoring the same LP-WUS, the network side device can transmit the LP-SS by frequency hopping between carriers within the LP-WUS resource.

[0059] The above embodiments mention that the LP-WUS configuration includes at least one LP-WUS resource and at least one LP-SS. Three possible examples are described in detail below. The following three examples can be combined and implemented as needed.

[0060] In the first example, the LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and one LP-SS (which may be referred to as a common LP-SS). The terminal monitors the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resources based on the LP-WUS configuration, and monitors the target LP-SS, and the target LP-SS is the one LP-SS.

[0061] In this example, the network side device configures one LP-SS and multiple LP-WUS resources, and the terminal monitors the LP-SS in the cell. Figure 4 As shown, the LP-WUS configuration sent by the network side device includes 1 LP-SS, corresponding to N LP-WUS resources. In this example, N may be equal to 4.

[0062] The LP-WUS configuration is shown in the following table:

[0063]

[0064]

[0065] In this example, the terminal may monitor the LP-WUS on the allocated target LP-WUS resources and monitor the common LP-SS.

[0066] In a second example, the LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and multiple LP-SSs, one of the LP-SSs and at least one of the LP-WUS resources corresponding to the LP-SS are in the same time domain range, and the terminal monitors the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, and monitors the target LP-SS that is in the same time domain range as the target LP-WUS resource.

[0067] In this example, the network side device configures multiple LP-SSs, where one LP-SS corresponds to at least one LP-WUS resource, and the two are in the same time domain range. In this way, the LP-SS is configured accordingly at the time domain position of each LP-WUS resource, so that the terminal can monitor the LP-WUS and LP-SS.

[0068] like Figure 5 As shown, the LP-WUS configuration sent by the network side device includes N LP-SSs, corresponding to N LP-WUS resources, and the LP-SSs correspond to the LP-WUS resources one by one. In this example, N may be equal to 4.

[0069] The LP-WUS configuration is shown in the following table:

[0070]

[0071] In this example, the terminal may monitor the LP-WUS on the allocated target LP-WUS resources, and monitor the target LP-SS in the same time domain range as the target LP-WUS resources.

[0072] In a third example, the LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and multiple LP-SSs, one of the LP-SSs and at least one of the LP-WUS resources corresponding to the LP-SS are in the same frequency domain range, and the terminal monitors the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, and monitors the target LP-SS that is in the same frequency domain range as the target LP-WUS resource.

[0073] In this example, the network side device configures multiple LP-SSs, where one LP-SS corresponds to at least one LP-WUS resource, and the two are in the same frequency domain range. In this way, the LP-SS is configured accordingly at the frequency domain position of each LP-WUS resource, so that the terminal can monitor the LP-WUS and LP-SS.

[0074] like Figure 6 As shown, the LP-WUS configuration sent by the network side device includes N LP-SSs, each LP-SS corresponds to M LP-WUS resources. In this example, N may be equal to 4.

[0075] The LP-WUS configuration is shown in the following table:

[0076]

[0077] In this example, the terminal may monitor the LP-WUS on the allocated target LP-WUS resources, and monitor the target LP-SS in the same frequency domain as the target LP-WUS resources.

[0078] It can be understood that the network side device can send LP-SS in each cell, and the terminal can judge the signal strength by monitoring LP-SS and obtain the cell information carried by LP-SS. When LP-SS is configured through different frequency resources, the terminal cannot monitor LP-WUS and LP-SS at the same time, which causes the terminal to need to monitor LP-WUS and LP-SS in time division. In order to avoid the terminal being unable to monitor LP-WUS when monitoring LP-SS, in the above embodiments, the network side device can deploy LP-WUS resources and LP-SS at the same frequency in a service cell. When multiple LP-WUS resources are configured, multiple LP-SS can also be configured, which is beneficial for the terminal to monitor LP-WUS and LP-SS through a low-power communication module.

[0079] Optionally, the methods of the above three embodiments further include the following step: the terminal determines the target LP-WUS resource or the target LP-SS based on at least one of the following:

[0080] 1) At least one of the following of the target LP-WUS resource or the target LP-SS in the LP-WUS configuration: an identifier, time-frequency domain resource information, and a frequency point.

[0081] For example, the network side device configures the target LP-WUS resource or the target LP-SS to the terminal. For example, the resource identifier of the target LP-WUS or the identifier of the target LP-SS, or the time-frequency domain resource information is sent to the terminal through the LP-WUS configuration.

[0082] For another example, the network side device configures the frequency of the target LP-WUS resource or the frequency of the target LP-SS to the terminal, and the terminal determines the target LP-WUS resource and the target LP-SS according to the target rule within the configured frequency range.

[0083] Considering the terminal hardware cost, the frequency range supported by the low-power communication module of the terminal is limited. This method can conveniently determine the target LP-WUS resource and the target LP-SS within the frequency range supported by the terminal.

[0084] 2) A target rule, wherein the target rule is related to an identifier of the terminal. The identifier of the terminal may include at least one of the following: IMEI, IMSI, 5G-S-TMSI, LP-WUS ID.

[0085] In this example, the terminal can determine the target LP-WUS resource and the target LP-SS corresponding to the target LP-WUS resource according to the target rule. For example, the terminal selects one of multiple LP-WUS resources and selects the LP-SS corresponding to the LP-WUS resource, and the LP-WUS resource and the LP-SS are in the same frequency point range or the same time domain range.

[0086] When the terminal supports multiple LP-WUS resources, the method can flexibly allocate the terminal to different LP-WUS resources and monitor the corresponding LP-SS.

[0087] The above multiple embodiments mainly introduce that the terminal monitors the target LP-WUS resources and the target LP-SS. On this basis, the following contents will be introduced in multiple embodiments: the terminal performs serving cell measurement or neighbor cell measurement based on LP-WUS or LP-SS, and supports relaxed measurement during measurement; the terminal performs evaluation of cell selection and reselection based on LP-WUS or LP-SS.

[0088] Based on the above embodiments, the method further includes at least one of the following:

[0089] 1) The terminal uses the low-power communication module to perform serving cell measurement or radio resource management (Radio Resource Management, RRM) measurement.

[0090] 2) The terminal performs serving cell measurement based on LP-WUS or LP-SS.

[0091] 3) The terminal performs RRM measurement based on LP-WUS or LP-SS, where the RRM measurement includes serving cell RRM measurement or neighbor cell RRM measurement.

[0092] In this embodiment, the terminal may perform measurement based on LP-WUS or LP-SS. For example, co-frequency deployment of LP-SS across cells helps the terminal perform RRM measurement.

[0093] Optionally, the method further comprises at least one of the following:

[0094] 1) If the first serving cell reception strength value (Srxlev-lowpower) is equal to the low power reference serving cell reception strength value (Srxlev Ref -lowpower) is less than or equal to the first threshold value (S SearchDeltaP -lowpower), it is considered that the relaxed measurement criterion of low power consumption and low mobility is met; wherein the first serving cell reception strength value is the serving cell reception strength value measured using the low power consumption communication module.

[0095] 2) If the first serving cell reception strength value is greater than the low power serving cell reception strength threshold value (S SearchThresholdP -lowpower), it is considered that the measurement relaxation criteria of the low-power non-cell edge terminal are met; wherein the first serving cell reception strength value is the serving cell reception strength value measured using the low-power communication module.

[0096] The relaxed measurement means that the UE does not perform or relaxes at least one required measurement. It can be understood that the at least one measurement refers to at least one measurement item or measurement object.

[0097] This example is conducive to the terminal performing relaxed measurement based on LP-SS, which helps the terminal save energy. However, the related art uses relaxed measurement based on the main communication module, and the power consumption of the main communication module is much greater than that of the low-power communication module. Therefore, this example helps the terminal save energy.

[0098] Optionally, the method further includes: when one of the following conditions is met, the terminal sets the low-power reference serving cell reception strength value to the current serving cell reception strength value measured by the low-power communication module:

[0099] 1) After selecting or reselecting a new cell or area.

[0100] 2) The first service cell reception strength value is greater than the low-power reference service cell reception strength value; wherein the first service cell reception strength value is a service cell reception strength value measured using a low-power communication module.

[0101] 3) The duration of the low-power low-mobility measurement relaxation criteria not being met reaches the duration of the low-power measurement fluctuation monitoring window. This embodiment can define the low-power measurement fluctuation monitoring window, and specifically, refer to the fluctuation monitoring window defined in the measurement relaxation based on the main communication module in the related art.

[0102] 4) After the measurement relaxation criteria based on the main communication module are satisfied, the measurement relaxation criteria based on the main communication module defined in the related art may be specifically referred to.

[0103] 5) Start executing the measurement after relaxation.

[0104] The methods provided in the above examples further include the following steps: when at least one of the following conditions is met, the terminal selects to perform a target measurement relaxation operation:

[0105] 1) The low power communication module measurement is configured to relax the indication of the main communication module measurement.

[0106] 2) Information instructing the terminal to perform low mobility measurement relaxation evaluation based on measurement of the low power consumption communication module is configured.

[0107] 3) The low power and low mobility measurement relaxation criteria are met.

[0108] 4) Information instructing the terminal to perform non-cell edge measurement relaxation evaluation based on measurement of the low power communication module is configured.

[0109] 5) The low power non-cell edge measurement relaxation criteria are met.

[0110] 6) The terminal has performed serving cell measurement or neighbor cell measurement based on LP-WUS or LP-SS for a duration that is at least equal to the duration of the fluctuation monitoring window (TsearchDeltaP-lowPower) for low power measurement.

[0111] Optionally, the target measurement relaxation operation includes at least one of the following:

[0112] 1) Relaxing the serving cell measurement performed by the main communication module. For example, lengthening the period of serving cell measurement performed by the main communication module helps the terminal save power.

[0113] 2) Relax the RRM measurements performed by the main communication module. For example, the period of the RRM measurements performed by the main communication module is lengthened, or the main communication module does not perform some or all RRM measurements during one or several periods of time, which helps the terminal save power. Among them, RRM measurements include measurements of the same frequency cell, NR different frequency cell, or different system frequency cell.

[0114] 3) Relaxing the serving cell measurement performed by the low-power communication module. For example, lengthening the period of serving cell measurement performed by the low-power communication module helps the terminal save power.

[0115] 4) Relax the RRM measurements performed by the low-power communication module. For example, the period of the RRM measurements performed by the low-power communication module is lengthened, or the low-power communication module does not perform some or all RRM measurements during one or several periods of time, which helps the terminal save power. Among them, RRM measurements include measurements of the same-frequency cell, NR inter-frequency cell, or inter-system frequency cell.

[0116] 5) Use the low-power communication module to perform RRM measurements. RRM measurements include measurements of intra-frequency cells, NR inter-frequency cells, or inter-system frequency cells. That is, RRM measurements based on the low-power communication module are used to replace RRM measurements based on the main communication module, which helps the terminal save power.

[0117] 6) During the measurement and evaluation period based on the low power communication module, the main communication module is in a sleep or shutdown state. In this operation, both the serving cell measurement and the RRM measurement are performed based on the low power communication module.

[0118] Through the above embodiments, the terminal can perform measurement relaxation in the idle state. In the traditional scheme, the terminal performs the measurement task through the main communication module. In the measurement relaxation stage, the power consumption of the main communication module is relatively high relative to the low-power communication module. This embodiment can perform the measurement relaxation process by monitoring the serving cell signal strength through the low-power communication module, which is conducive to terminal energy saving.

[0119] The methods provided in the above examples further include the following steps: the terminal receives a measurement relaxation configuration, and the measurement relaxation configuration includes at least one of the following:

[0120] 1) Information indicating relaxation of main communication module measurement based on low power communication module measurement.

[0121] 2) Information instructing the terminal to perform low mobility measurement relaxation evaluation based on measurement of the low power consumption communication module.

[0122] 3) Information instructing the terminal to perform non-cell edge measurement relaxation evaluation based on measurement of the low power communication module.

[0123] 4) A first threshold value, where the first threshold value is used to represent a threshold value of the received signal strength of the serving cell measured by the low power consumption communication module defined for measurement relaxation.

[0124] 5) A low-power serving cell reception strength threshold value, wherein the low-power serving cell reception strength threshold value is used to represent a threshold value of the reception signal strength of the serving cell measured by the low-power communication module defined for measurement relaxation.

[0125] 6) Duration of the fluctuation monitoring window of low power consumption measurement, wherein the duration of the fluctuation monitoring window of low power consumption measurement is used to indicate: the duration of measurement relaxation evaluation of the fluctuation of the received signal strength of the serving cell measured by the low power consumption communication module.

[0126] The above multiple embodiments mainly introduce that the terminal performs serving cell measurement or neighboring cell measurement based on LP-SS and supports measurement relaxation. The following will introduce the cell selection and reselection process performed by the terminal in multiple embodiments.

[0127] Optionally, the method further includes: the terminal performs cell selection or reselection based on the measurement of the low power communication module. In this embodiment, the terminal performs cell selection or reselection based on LP-SS, which helps the terminal save energy.

[0128] Optionally, the method further includes: the terminal resides in the current cell or area when one of the following conditions is met: 1) the reception strength value of the first serving cell is greater than a second threshold value; 2) the cell selection based on low power consumption communication module measurement is configured.

[0129] The first service cell reception strength value is a service cell reception strength value measured using a low power consumption communication module.

[0130] Optionally, the method further includes: the terminal performs the target operation when one of the following conditions is met: 1) the reception strength value of the first service cell is less than a third threshold value; 2) an indication of a cell reselection evaluation based on low power communication module measurement is configured.

[0131] The first service cell reception strength value is the service cell reception strength value measured by the low power consumption communication module.

[0132] The target operation includes at least one of the following: 1) starting RRM measurement based on the low power communication module; 2) serving cell measurement or RRM measurement based on the main communication module; 3) evaluation process of cell reselection.

[0133] The terminal performs cell selection or reselection based on low power communication module measurement, including: the terminal calculates an S value based on low power communication module measurement; the method also includes: the terminal receives a target configuration, the target configuration includes a low power offset value, and the low power offset value is used to calculate the S value. The S value can refer to the S criterion for cell selection.

[0134] Optionally, each of the above cell selection or reselection embodiments further includes the following step: the terminal receives a target configuration, and the target configuration includes at least one of the following:

[0135] 1) A second threshold value, where the second threshold value is used to evaluate whether it is possible to stay in the current cell or area.

[0136] 2) A third threshold value, wherein the third threshold value is used to evaluate whether to start using the low-power communication module or the main communication module to perform RRM measurement.

[0137] 3) Information indicating that cell selection is performed based on measurement of the low power communication module.

[0138] 4) Information indicating that cell reselection evaluation is performed based on measurement of a low power communication module or based on measurement of an LP-SS.

[0139] 5) A low power consumption offset value, which is used to calculate the S value.

[0140] To explain in detail the LP-WUS monitoring method provided in the embodiments of the present application, several specific embodiments will be described below.

[0141] Embodiment 1

[0142] In this embodiment, the system message provides LP-WUS resources and LP-SS, and the terminal determines the LP-WUS resources and LP-SS. This embodiment includes the following steps:

[0143] Step 1: The terminal receives the LP-WUS configuration sent by the network. The LP-WUS configuration is sent through a system message.

[0144] The LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and multiple LP-SSs, wherein the LP-SS is in the same frequency or same domain as at least one LP-WUS resource.

[0145] Step 2: The terminal determines the target LP-WUS resource based on the UE ID.

[0146] The LP-WUS number is determined by the following formula:

[0147] The sequence number of the target LP-WUS resource = UE_ID mod N;

[0148] Wherein, N is an integer greater than 0, which is the number of LP-WUS resources. UE-ID is part or all of the bits of 5G-S-TMSI or LP-WUS ID. LP-WUS ID is the identifier of LP-WUS used by the terminal to receive. LP-WUS ID can be generated by the terminal based on 5G-S-TMSI or configured by the network.

[0149] Step 3: The terminal determines the target LP-SS.

[0150] The terminal may select an LP-SS corresponding to the target LP-WUS resource, for example, an LP-SS in the same frequency range or the same time domain range as the target LP-WUS resource.

[0151] This embodiment can increase system capacity by configuring multiple LP-WUS resources, and at the same time, provide LP-SS corresponding to the LP-WUS resources, so as to reduce the complexity of the terminal monitoring the LP-SS, thereby reducing the requirements of the terminal.

[0152] It is worth noting that the LP-WUS configuration can be configured by cell or by area. The area includes at least one cell. In the same area, the terminal monitors the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource, or monitors the corresponding LP-SS, so as to reduce the terminal's requirements.

[0153] Embodiment 2

[0154] In this embodiment, the network side device configures the target LP-WUS resource or the target LP-SS, including the following steps:

[0155] Step 1: The terminal receives the LP-WUS configuration sent by the network side device. For example, the LP-WUS configuration is sent via an RRC release message.

[0156] The LP-WUS configuration includes a target LP-WUS resource or a target LP-SS to be monitored by the terminal.

[0157] Step 2: The terminal monitors the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource and monitors the target LP-SS.

[0158] In this embodiment, the network side device explicitly configures LP-WUS resources and corresponding LP-SS for the terminal, so that the terminal and the network side device can synchronously use specific LP-WUS resources and LP-SS, which is convenient for the network side device to better control and efficiently utilize wireless resources while expanding system capacity.

[0159] Embodiment 3

[0160] This embodiment mainly introduces a configuration method of multiple LP-SSs, which are divided into a primary LP-SS and optional secondary LP-SSs.

[0161] The terminal monitors at least one LP-SS.

[0162] In this embodiment, the network side device configures multiple LP-SSs, including:

[0163] 1) The first LP-SS, also called the primary LP-SS or anchor LP-SS. The first LP-SS can be used to carry a cell identifier, system information, a synchronization signal, a measurement reference signal, and the like.

[0164] 2) The second LP-SS, also called the secondary LP-SS. The first LP-SS can be used to carry a cell identifier, a synchronization signal, a measurement reference signal, and the like.

[0165] It can be understood that the first LP-SS supports more functions than the second LP-SS, such as system information, etc. The first LP-SS serves as a public LP-SS in a cell or LP-WUS area.

[0166] The second LP-SS supports measurement functions, which makes it easier for the terminal to monitor the LP-SS while monitoring the LP-WUS. At the same time, the amount of information carried by the second LP-SS is limited, which helps to reduce the bit length sent by the LP-SS and reduce the network load.

[0167] The terminal may determine the target LP-WUS resource based on the first embodiment or the second embodiment, and determine the corresponding target LP-SS. The target LP-SS may be the first LP-SS or the second LP-SS. For example, the terminal monitors the LP-WUS and performs RRM measurement by monitoring the second LP-SS. At the same time, the terminal may optionally monitor the first LP-SS on time to obtain other information, such as system information.

[0168] Embodiment 4

[0169] This embodiment mainly introduces the process of configuring multiple LP-SSs. There may be a resource conflict between the LP-SS and the LP-WUS.

[0170] If LP-WUS and LP-SS are sent in the same frequency domain, the network side device sends LP-SS and LP-WUS in different time periods. The terminal needs to monitor LP-WUS and LP-SS in different time periods.

[0171] In order to avoid an unbalanced impact on the user group monitoring the same LP-WUS resource, the network-side device frequency hops between carriers within the LP-WUS resource to send the LP-SS.

[0172] Embodiment 5

[0173] This embodiment mainly introduces measurement relaxation based on a low power communication module or LP-SS.

[0174] The terminal performs measurements based on the low power communication module, LP-WUS or LP-SS, including at least one of the following:

[0175] 1) The terminal uses the low-power communication module to perform serving cell measurement or radio resource management RRM measurement;

[0176] 2) The terminal performs serving cell measurement based on LP-WUS or LP-SS;

[0177] 3) The terminal performs RRM measurement based on LP-WUS or LP-SS, where the RRM measurement includes serving cell RRM measurement or neighbor cell RRM measurement.

[0178] The terminal uses a low-power communication module to perform measurements based on LP-SS, which can assist the main communication module in serving cell measurement and RRM measurement, as well as cell selection, and help the terminal save power.

[0179] This embodiment may include a variety of measurement relaxation criteria:

[0180] Measurement relaxation criterion 1: Measurement relaxation for low-mobility terminals based on LP-SS.

[0181] The terminal uses the low-power communication module to perform service cell measurement based on LP-SS to obtain the low-power service cell reception strength value (Srxlev-lowpower). When the reduction of the low-power service cell reception strength value (Srxlev-lowpower) exceeds the threshold, the measurement of the main communication module is turned on, including service cell measurement or neighbor cell measurement. Based on this method, using LP-SS measurement instead of service cell measurement on the main communication module helps the terminal save energy.

[0182] One implementation method: Specifically, a low power communication module is used to perform serving cell measurement based on LP-SS. If the low power serving cell reception strength value (Srxlev-lowpower) is greater than the low power reference serving cell reception strength value (Srxlev Ref -lowpower) is less than or equal to S SearchDeltaP -lowpower, it is considered that the LP-SS-based low mobility measurement relaxation criteria are met. The low power serving cell reception strength value is: the serving cell reception strength value measured using the low power communication module.

[0183] That is: -(Srxlev Ref -lowpower–Srxlev-lowpower)≤S SearchDeltaP -lowpower

[0184] The LP-SS-based low mobility measurement relaxation criterion may also be referred to as a low power consumption low mobility measurement relaxation criterion.

[0185] Under one of the following conditions, the terminal sets the low-power reference serving cell reception strength value to the current low-power serving cell reception strength value:

[0186] 1) After selecting or reselecting a new cell or area.

[0187] 2) If the low-power serving cell receiving strength value is greater than the low-power reference serving cell receiving strength value, that is, (Srxlev-lowpower-Srxlev Ref -lowpower)>0.

[0188] 3) If the duration during which the measurement relaxation criteria are not met reaches the duration of the fluctuation monitoring window (TsearchDeltaP-lowPower) for low power measurement.

[0189] 4) After the measurement relaxation criteria based on the main communication module are met.

[0190] 5) Start executing the measurement after relaxation.

[0191] Based on this method, it is relatively easy to define a low power reference serving cell reception strength value, which is suitable for the terminal to use LP-SS based serving cell measurement during measurement criterion evaluation.

[0192] Among them, low-mobility terminals include stationary terminals.

[0193] Measurement relaxation criterion 2: Measurement relaxation of non-cell edge terminals based on LP-SS.

[0194] The terminal uses the low-power communication module to perform service cell measurement based on LP-SS to obtain the low-power service cell reception strength value (Srxlev-lowpower). When the low-power service cell reception strength value (Srxlev-lowpower) is not higher than the threshold, the measurement of the main communication module is turned on, including service cell measurement or neighbor cell measurement. Based on this method, using LP-SS measurement instead of service cell measurement on the main communication module helps the terminal save energy.

[0195] Specifically, the low power communication module is used to perform serving cell measurement based on LP-SS. If the low power serving cell reception strength value (Srxlev-lowpower) is greater than (S SearchThresholdP -lowpower), it is considered that the measurement relaxation criterion of the non-cell edge terminal based on LP-SS is met.

[0196] The measurement relaxation of the non-cell edge terminal based on LP-SS may also be referred to as a low power non-cell edge measurement relaxation criterion.

[0197] Measurement relaxation method: The terminal may choose to perform a target measurement relaxation operation under at least one of the following conditions:

[0198] 1) The low power communication module measurement is configured to relax the indication of the main communication module measurement.

[0199] 2) Information instructing the terminal to perform low mobility measurement relaxation evaluation based on measurement of the low power consumption communication module is configured.

[0200] 3) The low power and low mobility measurement relaxation criteria are met.

[0201] 4) Information instructing the terminal to perform non-cell edge measurement relaxation evaluation based on measurement of the low power communication module is configured.

[0202] 5) The low power non-cell edge measurement relaxation criteria are met.

[0203] 6) The terminal has performed serving cell measurement or neighbor cell measurement based on LP-WUS or LP-SS for a duration that is at least equal to the duration of the fluctuation monitoring window (TsearchDeltaP-lowPower) for low power measurement.

[0204] The target measurement relaxation operation includes at least one of the following:

[0205] 1) Relaxing the serving cell measurement performed by the main communication module. For example, lengthening the period of serving cell measurement performed by the main communication module helps the terminal save power.

[0206] 2) Relax the RRM measurements performed by the main communication module. For example, the period of the RRM measurements performed by the main communication module is lengthened, or the main communication module does not perform some or all RRM measurements during one or several periods of time, which helps the terminal save power. Among them, RRM measurements include measurements of the same frequency cell, NR different frequency cell, or different system frequency cell.

[0207] 3) Relaxing the serving cell measurement performed by the low-power communication module. For example, lengthening the period of serving cell measurement performed by the low-power communication module helps the terminal save power.

[0208] 4) Relax the RRM measurements performed by the low-power communication module. For example, the period of the RRM measurements performed by the low-power communication module is lengthened, or the low-power communication module does not perform some or all RRM measurements during one or several periods of time, which helps the terminal save power. Among them, RRM measurements include measurements of the same-frequency cell, NR inter-frequency cell, or inter-system frequency cell.

[0209] 5) Use the low-power communication module to perform RRM measurements. RRM measurements include measurements of intra-frequency cells, NR inter-frequency cells, or inter-system frequency cells. That is, RRM measurements based on the low-power communication module are used to replace RRM measurements based on the main communication module, which helps the terminal save power.

[0210] 6) During the measurement and evaluation period based on the low power communication module, the main communication module is in a sleep or shutdown state. In this operation, both the serving cell measurement and the RRM measurement are performed based on the low power communication module.

[0211] Optionally, before performing the evaluation of the above-mentioned measurement relaxation criterion, the terminal may also receive a measurement relaxation configuration sent by the network side device, for example, through system information, including at least one of the following:

[0212] 1) Information indicating whether to relax the main communication module measurement based on the low power communication module measurement, so that the network can control whether to relax the main communication module measurement based on the low power communication module measurement. For example, when the LP-SS signal deployment is equivalent to the cell coverage, the network supports the terminal to infer the cell signal strength or cell coverage based on the LP-SS measurement, thereby saving the terminal power consumption.

[0213] 2) Information instructing the terminal to perform low mobility measurement relaxation evaluation based on measurement of the low power consumption communication module.

[0214] 3) Information instructing the terminal to perform non-cell edge measurement relaxation evaluation based on measurement of the low power communication module.

[0215] 4) The first threshold value (S searchDeltaP-LowPower), which is used to indicate the threshold value of the received signal strength of the serving cell measured by the low power communication module defined for measurement relaxation.

[0216] 5) Low power serving cell reception strength threshold (S SearchThresholdP -lowpower), which is used to indicate the threshold value of the received signal strength of the serving cell measured by the low power communication module defined for measurement relaxation.

[0217] 6) The duration of the fluctuation monitoring window for low power measurement (TsearchDeltaP-lowPower), such as 1 minute, is used to indicate the duration of measurement relaxation evaluation of the fluctuation of the received signal strength of the serving cell measured by the low power communication module.

[0218] The above measurement relaxation configuration can also be agreed upon through protocol.

[0219] Embodiment 6

[0220] This embodiment mainly introduces the cell selection or reselection based on the low power communication module or LP-SS.

[0221] The terminal uses a low-power communication module to perform measurements based on LP-SS, which can assist in cell selection and help the terminal save power.

[0222] Method 1: Define target criteria: low power cell selection criteria, or low power cell reselection criteria.

[0223] Criterion 1: The low-power serving cell reception strength value Srxlev-lowpower> the second threshold value. The low-power serving cell reception strength value is: the serving cell reception strength value measured by using the low-power communication module.

[0224] The terminal resides in the current cell or area if one of the following conditions is met:

[0225] 1) Criterion 1 is satisfied.

[0226] 2) Configured with low power communication module measurement or LP-SS based cell selection.

[0227] Criterion 2: The low-power serving cell reception strength value Srxlev-lowpower < the third threshold value.

[0228] When the target condition is met, the terminal performs the target operation, and the target condition includes at least one of the following:

[0229] 1) An indication of a cell reselection evaluation based on low power communication module measurement or LP-SS is configured.

[0230] 2) Criterion 2 is satisfied.

[0231] The target operation includes at least one of the following:

[0232] 1) Start RRM measurement based on low-power communication module, such as measurement of same-frequency cell, NR inter-frequency cell or inter-system frequency cell, which is conducive to triggering neighbor cell measurement based on LP-SS signal strength. At this time, meeting the low-power cell selection criteria corresponds to meeting the cell reselection criteria.

[0233] 2) Serving cell measurement or RRM measurement based on the main communication module; it is helpful to determine the cell reselection criterion or cell selection criterion based on the serving cell measurement.

[0234] 3) Evaluation process of cell reselection.

[0235] Optionally, before executing the above-mentioned low-power cell selection criteria or the evaluation of the low-power cell reselection criteria, the terminal receives a target configuration sent by the network, for example, through system information. It includes at least one of the following:

[0236] 1) A second threshold value, where the second threshold value is used to evaluate whether it is possible to stay in the current cell or area.

[0237] 2) A third threshold value, wherein the third threshold value is used to evaluate whether to start using the low-power communication module or the main communication module to perform RRM measurement.

[0238] 3) Information indicating cell selection based on low power communication module measurement or LP-SS.

[0239] 4) Information indicating that cell reselection evaluation is performed based on measurement of a low power communication module or based on measurement of an LP-SS.

[0240] 5) Low power offset value (lowpower-Offset): The terminal calculates Srxlev (ie, S value) based on the low power offset value and Srelev-LowPower value.

[0241] For example: Srxlev = Srxlev - lowpower + lowpower - Offset. For example, when Srxlev>0, the cell selection criterion is met.

[0242] Method 2: Calculate the S value based on the measurement of the low-power communication module.

[0243] The terminal receives a target configuration sent by the network, for example, through system information, including a low power offset value (lowpower_Offset), wherein the terminal calculates Srxlev based on the low power offset value and the Srelev-LowPower value.

[0244] Srxlev=Srxlev_lowpower+lowpower_Offset

[0245] For example, when Srxlev>0, the cell selection criterion is met.

[0246] Based on this method, the terminal calculates the S value based on the measurement of the low-power communication module, thereby facilitating the reuse of the cell selection criteria and cell reselection criteria of the main communication module, thereby facilitating terminal energy saving while simplifying terminal implementation.

[0247] Combination of the above Figures 2 to 6 The monitoring method of LP-WUS according to the embodiment of the present application is described in detail. Figure 7 The following describes in detail the monitoring method of LP-WUS according to another embodiment of the present application. It can be understood that the interaction between the network side device and the terminal described by the network side device is similar to Figure 2 The descriptions on the terminal side in the methods shown are the same or corresponding, and to avoid repetition, the relevant descriptions are appropriately omitted.

[0248] Figure 7 1 is a schematic diagram of the implementation flow of the LP-WUS monitoring method of the embodiment of the present application, which can be applied to network side devices. Figure 7 As shown, the method 700 includes the following steps.

[0249] S702: The network side device sends an LP-WUS configuration, where the LP-WUS configuration includes at least one LP-WUS resource, and the LP-WUS configuration is used for the terminal to monitor LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource, where the target LP-WUS resource belongs to the at least one LP-WUS resource.

[0250] In an embodiment of the present application, a network-side device sends an LP-WUS configuration, and the LP-WUS configuration includes at least one LP-WUS resource. The terminal can monitor the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, so that the terminal can achieve the effect of saving power consumption by receiving the LP-WUS; at the same time, the LP-WUS configuration may include multiple LP-WUS resources, and the terminal can also be pre-allocated to monitor one of the LP-WUS resources, so as to increase the cell capacity and facilitate terminal measurement.

[0251] Optionally, as an embodiment, the LP-WUS configuration further includes at least one LP-SS, and the LP-WUS configuration is further used for the terminal to monitor a target LP-SS, and the target LP-SS belongs to the at least one LP-SS.

[0252] Optionally, as an embodiment, the LP-SS includes a first LP-SS and a second LP-SS; wherein the first LP-SS includes at least one of the following: a cell identifier, a system message indication, time information, and synchronization information, and the first LP-SS supports a measurement function; and the second LP-SS supports a measurement function.

[0253] Optionally, as an embodiment, the method satisfies at least one of the following: 1) the target LP-WUS resource and the target LP-SS occupy the same frequency domain position; 2) the network side device sends the LP-WUS and the target LP-SS in time division; 3) the target LP-SS frequency hops between carriers within the target LP-WUS resource.

[0254] Optionally, as an embodiment, the LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and one LP-SS, and the terminal is used to monitor LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, and monitor the target LP-SS, and the target LP-SS is the one LP-SS; or, the LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and multiple LP-SSs, one of the LP-SSs and at least one of the LP-WUS resources corresponding to the LP-SS are in the same time domain range, and the terminal is used to monitor LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, and monitor the target LP-SS in the same time domain range as the target LP-WUS resource; or, the LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and multiple LP-SSs, one of the LP-SSs and at least one of the LP-WUS resources corresponding to the LP-SS are in the same frequency domain range, and the terminal is used to monitor LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, and monitor the target LP-SS in the same frequency domain range as the target LP-WUS resource.

[0255] Optionally, as an embodiment, the method further includes: determining the target LP-WUS resource or the target LP-SS corresponding to the terminal based on at least one of the following: 1) at least one of the following of the target LP-WUS resource or the target LP-SS in the LP-WUS configuration: an identifier, time-frequency domain resource information, and a frequency point; or, 2) a target rule, wherein the target rule is related to the identifier of the terminal.

[0256] Optionally, as an embodiment, the LP-WUS configuration is transmitted via a system message; or, the LP-WUS configuration is transmitted via an RRC release message.

[0257] Optionally, as an embodiment, the method also includes: the network side device sends a measurement relaxation configuration, and the measurement relaxation configuration includes at least one of the following: 1) information indicating that the main communication module measurement is relaxed based on the low-power communication module measurement; 2) information indicating that the terminal performs a low-mobility measurement relaxation evaluation based on the measurement of the low-power communication module; 3) information indicating that the terminal performs a non-cell edge measurement relaxation evaluation based on the measurement of the low-power communication module; 4) a first threshold value, the first threshold value is used to represent the threshold value of the received signal strength of the service cell measured by the low-power communication module defined for measurement relaxation; 5) a low-power service cell receiving strength threshold value, the low-power service cell receiving strength threshold value is used to represent the threshold value of the received signal strength of the service cell measured by the low-power communication module defined for measurement relaxation; 6) the duration of the low-power measurement fluctuation monitoring window, the duration of the low-power measurement fluctuation monitoring window is used to represent: the measurement relaxation evaluation duration of the fluctuation of the service cell receiving signal strength measured by the low-power communication module.

[0258] Optionally, as an embodiment, the method also includes: the network side device sends a target configuration, and the target configuration includes at least one of the following: 1) a second threshold value, the second threshold value is used to evaluate whether it is possible to reside in the current cell or area; 2) a third threshold value, the third threshold value is used to evaluate whether to start using the low power communication module or the main communication module to perform RRM measurements; 3) information indicating that cell selection is performed based on measurements of the low power communication module; 4) information indicating that cell reselection evaluation is performed based on measurements of the low power communication module or based on LP-SS measurements; 5) a low power offset value, the low power offset value is used to calculate the S value.

[0259] The monitoring method of LP-WUS provided in the embodiment of the present application can be executed by a monitoring device of LP-WUS. In the embodiment of the present application, the monitoring method of LP-WUS performed by a monitoring device of LP-WUS is taken as an example to illustrate the monitoring device of LP-WUS provided in the embodiment of the present application.

[0260] Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a monitoring device of LP-WUS according to an embodiment of the present application, and the device may correspond to a terminal in other embodiments. Figure 8 As shown, the device 800 includes the following modules.

[0261] The receiving module 802 is configured to receive a LP-WUS configuration, where the LP-WUS configuration includes at least one LP-WUS resource.

[0262] The receiving module 802 is further configured to monitor the LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, where the target LP-WUS resource belongs to the at least one LP-WUS resource.

[0263] In an embodiment of the present application, a receiving module receives an LP-WUS configuration, wherein the LP-WUS configuration includes at least one LP-WUS resource, and monitors LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, so as to achieve power saving by receiving LP-WUS; at the same time, the LP-WUS configuration may include multiple LP-WUS resources, and a device may be pre-allocated to monitor one of the LP-WUS resources, so as to increase cell capacity and facilitate measurement.

[0264] Optionally, as an embodiment, the LP-WUS configuration further includes at least one LP-SS, and the receiving module 802 is further configured to monitor a target LP-SS based on the LP-WUS configuration, and the target LP-SS belongs to the at least one LP-SS.

[0265] Optionally, as an embodiment, the LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and one LP-SS, and the device monitors LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, and monitors the target LP-SS, and the target LP-SS is the one LP-SS; or, the LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and multiple LP-SSs, one of the LP-SSs and at least one of the LP-WUS resources corresponding to the LP-SS are in the same time domain range, and the device monitors LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, and monitors the target LP-SS in the same time domain range as the target LP-WUS resource; or, the LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and multiple LP-SSs, one of the LP-SSs and at least one of the LP-WUS resources corresponding to the LP-SS are in the same frequency domain range, and the device monitors LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, and monitors the target LP-SS in the same frequency domain range as the target LP-WUS resource.

[0266] Optionally, as an embodiment, the receiving module 802 is also used for at least one of the following: 1) using a low power communication module to perform service cell measurement or RRM measurement; 2) performing service cell measurement based on LP-WUS or LP-SS; 3) performing RRM measurement based on LP-WUS or LP-SS, the RRM measurement including service cell RRM measurement or neighbor cell RRM measurement.

[0267] Optionally, as an embodiment, if the difference between the first service cell reception strength value and the low-power reference service cell reception strength value is less than or equal to a first threshold value, it is considered that the low-power low-mobility measurement relaxation criteria are met; or, if the first service cell reception strength value is greater than the low-power service cell reception strength threshold value, it is considered that the measurement relaxation criteria of the low-power non-cell edge device are met; wherein the first service cell reception strength value is a service cell reception strength value measured using a low-power communication module.

[0268] Optionally, as an embodiment, the device also includes a processing module, which is used to select to perform a target measurement relaxation operation when at least one of the following conditions is met: 1) an indication of relaxing the main communication module measurement by low power communication module measurement is configured; 2) information instructing the terminal to perform a low mobility measurement relaxation evaluation based on the measurement of the low power communication module is configured; 3) low power and low mobility measurement relaxation criteria are met; 4) information instructing the terminal to perform a non-cell edge measurement relaxation evaluation based on the measurement of the low power communication module is configured; 5) low power non-cell edge measurement relaxation criteria are met; 6) the device has performed service cell measurement or neighbor cell measurement based on LP-WUS or LP-SS for at least the duration of the fluctuation monitoring window of the low power measurement.

[0269] Optionally, as an embodiment, the receiving module 802 is further used to perform cell selection or reselection based on measurement of the low power communication module.

[0270] Optionally, as an embodiment, the device further includes a processing module, which is used for one of the following: 1) staying in the current cell or area when one of the following conditions is met: the first service cell reception strength value is greater than the second threshold value; the cell selection based on the low power communication module measurement is configured. 2) performing the target operation when one of the following conditions is met: the first service cell reception strength value is less than the third threshold value; the indication of the cell reselection evaluation based on the low power communication module measurement is configured. The first service cell reception strength value is the service cell reception strength value measured using the low power communication module.

[0271] According to the device 800 of the embodiment of the present application, the process of the method 200 corresponding to the embodiment of the present application can be referred to, and the various units / modules in the device 800 and the above-mentioned other operations and / or functions are respectively for implementing the corresponding processes in the method 200, and can achieve the same or equivalent technical effects. For the sake of brevity, they will not be repeated here.

[0272] The monitoring device of the LP-WUS in the embodiment of the present application can be an electronic device, such as an electronic device with an operating system, or a component in an electronic device, such as an integrated circuit or a chip. The electronic device can be a terminal, or it can be other devices other than a terminal. Exemplarily, the terminal can include but is not limited to the types of terminals 11 listed above, and other devices can be servers, network attached storage (Network Attached Storage, NAS), etc., which are not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present application.

[0273] Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the monitoring device of the LP-WUS according to an embodiment of the present application, and the device may correspond to the network side device in other embodiments. Fig. 9 As shown, the device 900 includes the following modules.

[0274] The sending module 902 is used to send an LP-WUS configuration, where the LP-WUS configuration includes at least one LP-WUS resource, and the LP-WUS configuration is used for the terminal to monitor LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource, and the target LP-WUS resource belongs to the at least one LP-WUS resource.

[0275] In an embodiment of the present application, the sending module sends an LP-WUS configuration, and the LP-WUS configuration includes at least one LP-WUS resource. The terminal can monitor the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, so that the terminal can achieve the effect of saving power consumption by receiving the LP-WUS; at the same time, the LP-WUS configuration may include multiple LP-WUS resources, and the terminal can also be pre-allocated to monitor one of the LP-WUS resources, so as to increase the cell capacity and facilitate terminal measurement.

[0276] Optionally, as an embodiment, the LP-WUS configuration further includes at least one LP-SS, and the LP-WUS configuration is further used for the terminal to monitor a target LP-SS, and the target LP-SS belongs to the at least one LP-SS.

[0277] Optionally, as an embodiment, the LP-SS includes a first LP-SS and a second LP-SS; wherein the first LP-SS includes at least one of the following: a cell identifier, a system message indication, time information, and synchronization information, and the first LP-SS supports a measurement function; and the second LP-SS supports a measurement function.

[0278] Optionally, as an embodiment, at least one of the following is satisfied: 1) the target LP-WUS resource and the target LP-SS occupy the same frequency domain position; 2) the sending module 902 sends the LP-WUS and the target LP-SS in time division; 3) the target LP-SS frequency hops between carriers within the target LP-WUS resource.

[0279] Optionally, as an embodiment, the LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and one LP-SS, and the terminal is used to monitor LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, and monitor the target LP-SS, and the target LP-SS is the one LP-SS; or, the LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and multiple LP-SSs, one of the LP-SSs and at least one of the LP-WUS resources corresponding to the LP-SS are in the same time domain range, and the terminal is used to monitor LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, and monitor the target LP-SS in the same time domain range as the target LP-WUS resource; or, the LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and multiple LP-SSs, one of the LP-SSs and at least one of the LP-WUS resources corresponding to the LP-SS are in the same frequency domain range, and the terminal is used to monitor LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, and monitor the target LP-SS in the same frequency domain range as the target LP-WUS resource.

[0280] Optionally, as an embodiment, the device also includes a determination module, used to determine the target LP-WUS resource or the target LP-SS corresponding to the terminal based on at least one of the following: 1) at least one of the following of the target LP-WUS resource or the target LP-SS in the LP-WUS configuration: an identifier, time-frequency domain resource information, and a frequency point; or, 2) a target rule, wherein the target rule is related to the identifier of the terminal.

[0281] Optionally, as an embodiment, the LP-WUS configuration is transmitted via a system message; or, the LP-WUS configuration is transmitted via an RRC release message.

[0282] Optionally, as an embodiment, the sending module 902 is also used to send a measurement relaxation configuration, and the measurement relaxation configuration includes at least one of the following: 1) information indicating that the main communication module measurement is relaxed based on the low-power communication module measurement; 2) information indicating that the terminal performs a low-mobility measurement relaxation evaluation based on the measurement of the low-power communication module; 3) information indicating that the terminal performs a non-cell edge measurement relaxation evaluation based on the measurement of the low-power communication module; 4) a first threshold value, the first threshold value is used to represent the threshold value of the received signal strength of the service cell measured by the low-power communication module defined for measurement relaxation; 5) a low-power service cell receiving strength threshold value, the low-power service cell receiving strength threshold value is used to represent the threshold value of the received signal strength of the service cell measured by the low-power communication module defined for measurement relaxation; 6) the duration of the low-power measurement fluctuation monitoring window, the duration of the low-power measurement fluctuation monitoring window is used to represent: the measurement relaxation evaluation duration of the fluctuation of the service cell receiving signal strength measured by the low-power communication module.

[0283] Optionally, as an embodiment, the sending module 902 is also used to send a target configuration, and the target configuration includes at least one of the following: 1) a second threshold value, the second threshold value is used to evaluate whether it is possible to reside in the current cell or area; 2) a third threshold value, the third threshold value is used to evaluate whether to start using the low power communication module or the main communication module to perform RRM measurements; 3) information indicating that cell selection is performed based on measurements of the low power communication module; 4) information indicating that cell reselection evaluation is performed based on measurements of the low power communication module or based on LP-SS measurements; 5) a low power offset value, the low power offset value is used to calculate the S value.

[0284] According to the device 900 of the embodiment of the present application, the process of the method 700 corresponding to the embodiment of the present application can be referred to, and the various units / modules in the device 900 and the above-mentioned other operations and / or functions are respectively for implementing the corresponding processes in the method 700, and can achieve the same or equivalent technical effects. For the sake of brevity, they will not be repeated here.

[0285] The LP-WUS monitoring device provided in the embodiment of the present application can achieve Figures 2 to 7 The various processes implemented by the method embodiment and achieving the same technical effect are not described here to avoid repetition.

[0286] Optional, such as Fig.10As shown, the embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device 1000, including a processor 1001 and a memory 1002, and the memory 1002 stores a program or instruction that can be run on the processor 1001. For example, when the communication device 1000 is a terminal, the program or instruction is executed by the processor 1001 to implement the various steps of the above-mentioned LP-WUS monitoring method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. When the communication device 1000 is a network side device, the program or instruction is executed by the processor 1001 to implement the various steps of the above-mentioned LP-WUS monitoring method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0287] The embodiment of the present application also provides a terminal, including a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is used to receive an LP-WUS configuration, the LP-WUS configuration includes at least one LP-WUS resource; based on the LP-WUS configuration, the LP-WUS is monitored on a target LP-WUS resource, the target LP-WUS resource belongs to the at least one LP-WUS resource. This terminal embodiment corresponds to the above-mentioned terminal side method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation method of the above-mentioned method embodiment can be applied to this terminal embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. Specifically, Fig.11 A schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a terminal for implementing an embodiment of the present application.

[0288] The terminal 1100 includes but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 1101, a network module 1102, an audio output unit 1103, an input unit 1104, a sensor 1105, a display unit 1106, a user input unit 1107, an interface unit 1108, a memory 1109 and at least some of the components of a processor 1110.

[0289] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal 1100 may also include a power source (such as a battery) for supplying power to each component, and the power source may be logically connected to the processor 1110 through a power management system, thereby implementing functions such as managing charging, discharging, and power consumption management through the power management system. Fig.11 The terminal structure shown in the figure does not constitute a limitation on the terminal. The terminal may include more or fewer components than shown in the figure, or combine certain components, or arrange the components differently, which will not be described in detail here.

[0290] It should be understood that in the embodiment of the present application, the input unit 1104 may include a graphics processor (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) 11041 and a microphone 11042, and the graphics processor 11041 processes the image data of the static picture or video obtained by the image capture device (such as a camera) in the video capture mode or the image capture mode. The display unit 1106 may include a display panel 11061, and the display panel 11061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, etc. The user input unit 1107 includes a touch panel 11071 and at least one of other input devices 11072. The touch panel 11071 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 11071 may include two parts: a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 11072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which will not be repeated here.

[0291] In the embodiment of the present application, after receiving downlink data from the network side device, the RF unit 1101 can transmit the data to the processor 1110 for processing; in addition, the RF unit 1101 can send uplink data to the network side device. Generally, the RF unit 1101 includes but is not limited to an antenna, an amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, etc.

[0292] The memory 1109 can be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 1109 may mainly include a first storage area for storing programs or instructions and a second storage area for storing data, wherein the first storage area may store an operating system, an application program or instruction required for at least one function (such as a sound playback function, an image playback function, etc.), etc. In addition, the memory 1109 may include a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory. Among them, the non-volatile memory may be a read-only memory (ROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), or a flash memory. The volatile memory may be a random access memory (RAM), a static random access memory (SRAM), a dynamic random access memory (DRAM), a synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), a double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDRSDRAM), an enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (ESDRAM), a synchronous link dynamic random access memory (SLDRAM) and a direct memory bus random access memory (DRRAM). The memory 1109 in the embodiment of the present application includes but is not limited to these and any other suitable types of memory.

[0293] The processor 1110 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 1110 integrates an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly processes operations related to an operating system, a user interface, and application programs, and the modem processor mainly processes wireless communication signals, such as a baseband processor. It is understandable that the modem processor may not be integrated into the processor 1110.

[0294] Among them, the radio frequency unit 1101 can be used to receive an LP-WUS configuration, where the LP-WUS configuration includes at least one LP-WUS resource; based on the LP-WUS configuration, monitor the LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource, where the target LP-WUS resource belongs to the at least one LP-WUS resource.

[0295] In an embodiment of the present application, a terminal receives an LP-WUS configuration, wherein the LP-WUS configuration includes at least one LP-WUS resource. The terminal monitors the LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, so that the terminal can achieve the effect of saving power consumption by receiving the LP-WUS. At the same time, the LP-WUS configuration may include multiple LP-WUS resources, and the terminal may be pre-allocated to monitor one of the LP-WUS resources, so as to increase the cell capacity and facilitate terminal measurement.

[0296] It can be understood that the implementation process of each implementation method mentioned in this embodiment can refer to the relevant description of LP-WUS monitoring in the method embodiment, and achieve the same or corresponding technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0297] The embodiment of the present application also provides a network side device, including a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is used to send an LP-WUS configuration, the LP-WUS configuration includes at least one LP-WUS resource, the LP-WUS configuration is used for the terminal to monitor LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource, and the target LP-WUS resource belongs to the at least one LP-WUS resource. The network side device embodiment corresponds to the above-mentioned network side device method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation method of the above-mentioned method embodiment can be applied to the network side device embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect.

[0298] The present application embodiment also provides a network side device. Fig.12 As shown, the network side device 1200 includes: an antenna 121, a radio frequency device 122, a baseband device 123, a processor 124 and a memory 125. The antenna 121 is connected to the radio frequency device 122. In the uplink direction, the radio frequency device 122 receives information through the antenna 121 and sends the received information to the baseband device 123 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 123 processes the information to be sent and sends it to the radio frequency device 122. The radio frequency device 122 processes the received information and sends it out through the antenna 121.

[0299] The method executed by the network-side device in the above embodiment may be implemented in the baseband device 123, which includes a baseband processor.

[0300] The baseband device 123 may include, for example, at least one baseband board on which a plurality of chips are arranged. Fig.12 As shown, one of the chips is, for example, a baseband processor, which is connected to the memory 125 through a bus interface to call the program in the memory 125 to execute the network device operations shown in the above method embodiment.

[0301] The network side device may further include a network interface 126, which is, for example, a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI).

[0302] The network side device 1200 of the embodiment of the present application further includes: instructions or programs stored in the memory 125 and executable on the processor 124, and the processor 124 calls the instructions or programs in the memory 125 to execute Fig. 9 The methods executed by the modules shown achieve the same technical effects, and therefore will not be described here in detail to avoid repetition.

[0303] An embodiment of the present application also provides a readable storage medium, on which a program or instruction is stored. When the program or instruction is executed by a processor, each process of the above-mentioned LP-WUS monitoring method embodiment is implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0304] The processor is the processor in the terminal described in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium may be non-volatile or non-transient. The readable storage medium includes a computer-readable storage medium, such as a computer read-only memory ROM, a random access memory RAM, a magnetic disk or an optical disk. In some examples, the readable storage medium may be a non-transient readable storage medium.

[0305] An embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, which includes a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement the various processes of the above-mentioned LP-WUS monitoring method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0306] It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of the present application can also be called a system-level chip, a system chip, a chip system or a system-on-chip chip, etc.

[0307] The embodiment of the present application further provides a computer program / program product, which is stored in a storage medium, and is executed by at least one processor to implement the various processes of the above-mentioned LP-WUS monitoring method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0308] An embodiment of the present application also provides a LP-WUS monitoring system, including: a terminal and a network side device, wherein the terminal can be used to execute the steps of the LP-WUS monitoring method as described above, and the network side device can be used to execute the steps of the LP-WUS monitoring method as described above.

[0309] It should be noted that, in this article, the terms "comprise", "include" or any other variant thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device including a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. In the absence of further restrictions, an element defined by the sentence "comprises one..." does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device including the element. In addition, it should be pointed out that the scope of the method and device in the embodiment of the present application is not limited to performing functions in the order shown or discussed, and may also include performing functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in reverse order according to the functions involved, for example, the described method may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may also be added, omitted or combined. In addition, the features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

[0310] Through the description of the above implementation methods, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the above-mentioned embodiment methods can be implemented by means of a computer software product plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course, can also be implemented by hardware. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM, RAM, disk, CD, etc.), including several instructions to enable a terminal or a network-side device to execute the methods described in each embodiment of the present application.

[0311] The embodiments of the present application are described above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-mentioned specific implementation methods. The above-mentioned specific implementation methods are merely illustrative and not restrictive. Under the guidance of the present application, ordinary technicians in this field can also make many forms of implementation methods without departing from the purpose of the present application and the scope of protection of the claims, and these implementation methods are all within the protection of the present application.

Claims

1. A method for monitoring a low power wake-up signal LP-WUS, characterized in that: include: The terminal receives an LP-WUS configuration, wherein the LP-WUS configuration includes at least one LP-WUS resource; The terminal monitors LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, where the target LP-WUS resource belongs to the at least one LP-WUS resource.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The LP-WUS configuration further includes at least one low power synchronization signal LP-SS, and the method further includes: The terminal monitors a target LP-SS based on the LP-WUS configuration, where the target LP-SS belongs to the at least one LP-SS.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that The LP-SS includes a first LP-SS and a second LP-SS; The first LP-SS includes at least one of the following: a cell identifier, a system message indication, time information, and synchronization information, and the first LP-SS supports a measurement function; The second LP-SS supports a measurement function.

4. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that: The method satisfies at least one of the following: The target LP-WUS resource and the target LP-SS occupy the same frequency domain position; The terminal monitors the LP-WUS and the target LP-SS in a time-sharing manner; The target LP-SS performs frequency hopping transmission among carriers within the target LP-WUS resource.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that: The LP-WUS configuration includes a plurality of LP-WUS resources and one LP-SS, and the terminal monitors the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resources based on the LP-WUS configuration, and monitors the target LP-SS, and the target LP-SS is the one LP-SS; or, The LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and multiple LP-SSs, one of the LP-SSs and at least one of the LP-WUS resources corresponding to the LP-SS are in the same time domain range, and the terminal monitors the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, and monitors the target LP-SS in the same time domain range as the target LP-WUS resource; or, The LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and multiple LP-SSs, one of the LP-SSs and at least one of the LP-WUS resources corresponding to the LP-SS are in the same frequency domain range, and the terminal monitors the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, and monitors the target LP-SS in the same frequency domain range as the target LP-WUS resource.

6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that The method further includes: the terminal determining the target LP-WUS resource or the target LP-SS based on at least one of the following: At least one of the following of the target LP-WUS resource or the target LP-SS in the LP-WUS configuration: an identifier, time-frequency domain resource information, and a frequency point; or A target rule, wherein the target rule is related to the identifier of the terminal.

7. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that The terminal identifier includes at least one of the following: International Mobile Equipment Identity IMEI, International Mobile Subscriber Identity IMSI, Fifth Generation Communication System Temporary User Identity 5G-S-TMSI, Low Power Wake-up Signal Identifier LP-WUS ID.

8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that: The LP-WUS configuration is transmitted via a system message; or The LP-WUS configuration is transmitted via a radio resource control RRC release message.

9. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that: The method further comprises at least one of the following: The terminal uses the low power communication module to perform serving cell measurement or radio resource management RRM measurement; The terminal performs serving cell measurement based on LP-WUS or LP-SS; The terminal performs RRM measurement based on LP-WUS or LP-SS, where the RRM measurement includes serving cell RRM measurement or neighbor cell RRM measurement.

10. The method according to claim 9, characterized in that The method further comprises: If the difference between the first serving cell reception strength value and the low power consumption reference serving cell reception strength value is less than or equal to the first threshold value, it is considered that the low power consumption low mobility measurement relaxation criterion is met; The first service cell reception strength value is a service cell reception strength value measured using a low power consumption communication module.

11. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that The method further comprises: When one of the following conditions is met, the terminal sets the low-power reference serving cell reception strength value to the current first serving cell reception strength value: After selecting or reselecting to a new cell or area; The first serving cell reception strength value is greater than the low power consumption reference serving cell reception strength value; The duration during which the relaxation criteria of low-power low-mobility measurement are not met reaches the duration of the fluctuation monitoring window of low-power measurement; After the measurement relaxation criteria based on the main communication module are met; After starting to perform the measurement relaxation; The first service cell reception strength value is a service cell reception strength value measured using a low power consumption communication module.

12. The method according to claim 9, characterized in that The method further comprises: If the first serving cell reception strength value is greater than the low power serving cell reception strength threshold value, it is considered that the measurement relaxation criterion of the low power non-cell edge terminal is met; The first service cell reception strength value is a service cell reception strength value measured using a low power consumption communication module.

13. The method according to any one of claims 9 to 12, characterized in that: The method further includes: the terminal selecting to perform a target measurement relaxation operation when at least one of the following is satisfied: The low power communication module measurement is configured to relax the indication of the main communication module measurement; Information instructing the terminal to perform low mobility measurement relaxation evaluation based on measurement of the low power consumption communication module is configured; The low power and low mobility measurement relaxation criteria are met; Information instructing the terminal to perform non-cell edge measurement relaxation evaluation based on measurement of the low power communication module is configured; The low power non-cell edge measurement relaxation criteria are met; The terminal has performed serving cell measurement or neighbor cell measurement based on LP-WUS or LP-SS for a duration that is at least equal to a duration of a fluctuation monitoring window for low power consumption measurement.

14. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that The target measurement relaxation operation includes at least one of the following: Relaxing the serving cell measurements performed using the primary communication module; Relaxation of RRM measurements performed using the main communication module; Relaxation of serving cell measurements performed using the low power communication module; Relaxation of RRM measurements performed using low-power communication modules; Perform RRM measurements using low-power communication modules; During the measurement evaluation based on the low power communication module, the main communication module is in a sleep or off state.

15. The method according to any one of claims 9 to 14, characterized in that: The method further includes: the terminal receiving a measurement relaxation configuration, where the measurement relaxation configuration includes at least one of the following: Information indicating relaxation of main communication module measurement based on low power communication module measurement; Information instructing the terminal to perform low mobility measurement relaxation evaluation based on measurement of the low power consumption communication module; Information instructing the terminal to perform non-cell edge measurement relaxation evaluation based on measurement of the low power communication module; A first threshold value, where the first threshold value is used to represent a threshold value of a change in a received signal strength value of a serving cell measured by a low-power communication module defined for measurement relaxation; A low-power serving cell receiving strength threshold value, wherein the low-power serving cell receiving strength threshold value is used to represent a threshold value of a receiving signal strength of a serving cell measured by a low-power communication module defined for measurement relaxation; The duration of the fluctuation monitoring window of low power consumption measurement is used to indicate: the measurement relaxation evaluation duration of the fluctuation of the received signal strength of the serving cell measured by the low power consumption communication module.

16. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that The method further comprises: The terminal performs cell selection or reselection based on measurement by the low power consumption communication module.

17. The method according to claim 16, characterized in that The method further includes: when one of the following conditions is met, the terminal resides in the current cell or area: The first serving cell reception strength value is greater than the second threshold value; Configured with cell selection based on low-power communication module measurements; The first service cell reception strength value is a service cell reception strength value measured using a low power consumption communication module.

18. The method according to claim 16, characterized in that The method further includes: when one of the following conditions is met, the terminal performs the target operation: The first serving cell reception strength value is less than a third threshold value; An indication of a cell reselection evaluation based on measurements of a low power communication module is configured; The first service cell reception strength value is a service cell reception strength value measured using a low power consumption communication module.

19. The method according to claim 18, characterized in that The target operation includes at least one of the following: Start RRM measurement based on low-power communication module; Serving cell measurement or RRM measurement based on the main communication module; Evaluation process for cell reselection.

20. The method according to claim 16, characterized in that The terminal performing cell selection or reselection based on low power consumption communication module measurement includes: the terminal calculating an S value based on low power consumption communication module measurement; The method further includes: the terminal receiving a target configuration, the target configuration including a low power consumption offset value, and the low power consumption offset value is used to calculate the S value.

21. The method according to any one of claims 16 to 20, characterized in that The method further includes: the terminal receiving a target configuration, the target configuration including at least one of the following: a second threshold value, wherein the second threshold value is used to evaluate whether it is possible to reside in the current cell or area; a third threshold value, wherein the third threshold value is used to evaluate whether to start using the low-power communication module or the main communication module to perform RRM measurement; Information indicating that cell selection is performed based on measurements of the low power communication module; Information indicating that a cell reselection evaluation is performed based on a measurement of a low power communication module or based on a measurement of an LP-SS; A low power consumption offset value is used to calculate the S value.

22. A LP-WUS monitoring method, characterized in that: include: The network side device sends an LP-WUS configuration, where the LP-WUS configuration includes at least one LP-WUS resource, and the LP-WUS configuration is used for the terminal to monitor LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource, where the target LP-WUS resource belongs to the at least one LP-WUS resource.

23. The method according to claim 22, characterized in that The LP-WUS configuration further includes at least one LP-SS. The LP-WUS configuration is also used for the terminal to monitor a target LP-SS, and the target LP-SS belongs to the at least one LP-SS.

24. The method according to claim 23, characterized in that The LP-SS includes a first LP-SS and a second LP-SS; The first LP-SS includes at least one of the following: a cell identifier, a system message indication, time information, and synchronization information, and the first LP-SS supports a measurement function; The second LP-SS supports a measurement function.

25. The method according to claim 23, characterized in that The method satisfies at least one of the following: The target LP-WUS resource and the target LP-SS occupy the same frequency domain position; The network side device sends the LP-WUS and the target LP-SS in a time-sharing manner; The target LP-SS performs frequency hopping transmission among carriers within the target LP-WUS resource.

26. The method according to any one of claims 22 to 25, characterized in that The LP-WUS configuration includes a plurality of LP-WUS resources and one LP-SS, and the terminal is configured to monitor the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resources based on the LP-WUS configuration, and monitor the target LP-SS, wherein the target LP-SS is the one LP-SS; or, The LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and multiple LP-SSs, one of the LP-SSs and at least one of the LP-WUS resources corresponding to the LP-SS are in the same time domain range, and the terminal is used to monitor the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, and monitor the target LP-SS in the same time domain range as the target LP-WUS resource; or, The LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and multiple LP-SSs, one of the LP-SSs and at least one of the LP-WUS resources corresponding to the LP-SS are in the same frequency domain range, and the terminal is used to monitor the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, and monitor the target LP-SS in the same frequency domain range as the target LP-WUS resource.

27. The method according to claim 26, characterized in that The method further includes: determining the target LP-WUS resource or the target LP-SS corresponding to the terminal based on at least one of the following: At least one of the following of the target LP-WUS resource or the target LP-SS in the LP-WUS configuration: an identifier, time-frequency domain resource information, and a frequency point; or A target rule, wherein the target rule is related to the identifier of the terminal.

28. The method according to any one of claims 22 to 27, characterized in that The LP-WUS configuration is transmitted via a system message; or The LP-WUS configuration is transmitted via an RRC release message.

29. The method according to any one of claims 22 to 28, characterized in that The method further includes: the network side device sending a measurement relaxation configuration, where the measurement relaxation configuration includes at least one of the following: Information indicating relaxation of main communication module measurement based on low power communication module measurement; Information instructing the terminal to perform low mobility measurement relaxation evaluation based on measurement of the low power consumption communication module; Information instructing the terminal to perform non-cell edge measurement relaxation evaluation based on measurement of the low power communication module; A first threshold value, where the first threshold value is used to represent a threshold value of a received signal strength of a serving cell measured by a low-power communication module defined for measurement relaxation; A low-power serving cell receiving strength threshold value, wherein the low-power serving cell receiving strength threshold value is used to represent a threshold value of a receiving signal strength of a serving cell measured by a low-power communication module defined for measurement relaxation; The duration of the fluctuation monitoring window of low power consumption measurement is used to indicate: the duration of measurement relaxation evaluation of the fluctuation of the received signal strength of the serving cell measured by the low power consumption communication module.

30. The method according to any one of claims 22 to 28, characterized in that The method further includes: the network side device sending a target configuration, where the target configuration includes at least one of the following: a second threshold value, wherein the second threshold value is used to evaluate whether it is possible to reside in the current cell or area; a third threshold value, wherein the third threshold value is used to evaluate whether to start using the low-power communication module or the main communication module to perform RRM measurement; Information indicating that cell selection is performed based on measurements of the low power communication module; Information indicating that a cell reselection evaluation is performed based on a measurement of a low power communication module or based on a measurement of an LP-SS; A low power consumption offset value is used to calculate the S value.

31. A monitoring device for LP-WUS, characterized in that: include: A receiving module, configured to receive an LP-WUS configuration, wherein the LP-WUS configuration includes at least one LP-WUS resource; The receiving module is further configured to monitor LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, where the target LP-WUS resource belongs to the at least one LP-WUS resource.

32. The device according to claim 31, characterized in that The LP-WUS configuration also includes at least one LP-SS, and the receiving module is further configured to monitor a target LP-SS based on the LP-WUS configuration, where the target LP-SS belongs to the at least one LP-SS.

33. The device according to claim 31 or 32, characterized in that The LP-WUS configuration includes a plurality of LP-WUS resources and one LP-SS, and the apparatus monitors the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resources based on the LP-WUS configuration, and monitors the target LP-SS, wherein the target LP-SS is the one LP-SS; or The LP-WUS configuration includes a plurality of LP-WUS resources and a plurality of LP-SSs, one of the LP-SSs and at least one of the LP-WUS resources corresponding to the LP-SS are in the same time domain range, and the device monitors the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, and monitors the target LP-SS in the same time domain range as the target LP-WUS resource; or, The LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and multiple LP-SSs, one of the LP-SSs and at least one of the LP-WUS resources corresponding to the LP-SS are in the same frequency domain range, and the device monitors the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, and monitors the target LP-SS in the same frequency domain range as the target LP-WUS resource.

34. The device according to any one of claims 31 to 33, characterized in that The receiving module is further used for at least one of the following: Perform serving cell measurements or RRM measurements using a low power communication module; Performing LP-WUS or LP-SS based serving cell measurements; An RRM measurement based on LP-WUS or LP-SS is performed, where the RRM measurement includes a serving cell RRM measurement or a neighbor cell RRM measurement.

35. The device according to any one of claims 31 to 33, characterized in that The receiving module is also used to perform cell selection or reselection based on the measurement of the low power consumption communication module.

36. A monitoring device for LP-WUS, characterized in that: include: A sending module is used to send an LP-WUS configuration, wherein the LP-WUS configuration includes at least one LP-WUS resource, and the LP-WUS configuration is used for the terminal to monitor LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource, and the target LP-WUS resource belongs to the at least one LP-WUS resource.

37. The device according to claim 36, characterized in that The LP-WUS configuration further includes at least one LP-SS. The LP-WUS configuration is also used for the terminal to monitor a target LP-SS, and the target LP-SS belongs to the at least one LP-SS.

38. A terminal, characterized in that: The method comprises a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores a program or instruction that can be run on the processor, and when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 21 are implemented.

39. A network side device, characterized in that: The method comprises a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores a program or instruction that can be run on the processor, and when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps of the method according to any one of claims 22 to 30 are implemented.

40. A readable storage medium, characterized in that: The readable storage medium stores a program or instruction, and when the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 30 are implemented.

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