Method for transmitting configuration information, terminal, network equipment and storage medium

Abstract

The invention relates to a configuration information transmission method, a terminal, network equipment and a storage medium. The method comprises: receiving configuration information sent by a network device, the configuration information comprising one or more discontinuous transmit-receive patterns, the discontinuous transmit-receive patterns being used for indicating the opportunity of the terminal to transmit and receive information in a non-terrestrial network NTN. In the method disclosed by the invention, the terminal can acquire the opportunity of receiving and transmitting information according to one or more discontinuous receiving and transmitting patterns based on the received configuration information, so that the information is received and transmitted at the proper opportunity, and the communication efficiency is improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a method, a terminal, a network device, and a storage medium for transmitting configuration information. Background Art

[0002] In a non-terrestrial network (NTN), a user equipment (UE) can be connected to a ground base station via a satellite, wherein the satellite can improve the coverage of the satellite beam by beam hopping. Summary of the invention

[0003] In the beam hopping scenario of NTN, there are many ways to send signals or information, and the terminal cannot yet know the relevant methods.

[0004] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, a terminal, a network device, and a storage medium for transmitting configuration information.

[0005] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for receiving configuration information, which is performed by a terminal, and the method includes:

[0006] Configuration information sent by a network device is received, wherein the configuration information includes one or more discontinuous transceiver patterns, wherein the discontinuous transceiver pattern is used to indicate a timing for the terminal to transmit and receive information in a non-terrestrial network NTN.

[0007] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for sending configuration information, which is performed by a network device, and the method includes:

[0008] Configuration information is sent to a terminal, wherein the configuration information includes one or more discontinuous transceiver patterns, wherein the discontinuous transceiver pattern is used to indicate a timing for the terminal to transmit and receive information in a non-terrestrial network NTN.

[0009] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a terminal, including:

[0010] The transceiver module is used to receive configuration information sent by a network device, wherein the configuration information includes one or more discontinuous transceiver patterns, wherein the discontinuous transceiver pattern is used to indicate the timing of the terminal to send and receive information in a non-terrestrial network NTN.

[0011] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a network device, including:

[0012] The transceiver module is used to send configuration information to the terminal, wherein the configuration information includes one or more discontinuous transceiver patterns, wherein the discontinuous transceiver pattern is used to indicate the timing of the terminal to send and receive information in the non-terrestrial network NTN.

[0013] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, including:

[0014] one or more processors;

[0015] The communication device is configured to implement the method described in the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0016] In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a storage medium, wherein the storage medium stores instructions, wherein:

[0017] When the instruction is executed on a communication device, the communication device is caused to execute the method according to the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0018] In a seventh aspect, the present disclosure provides a program product, wherein:

[0019] When the program product is executed by a communication device, the communication device is caused to execute the method as described in the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0020] In the disclosed embodiment, based on the received configuration information, the terminal can obtain the timing of sending and receiving information according to one or more discontinuous sending and receiving patterns, so as to send and receive information at the appropriate time, thereby improving communication efficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0021] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the drawings required for describing the embodiments are introduced below. The following drawings are only some embodiments of the present disclosure and do not impose specific limitations on the protection scope of the present disclosure.

[0022] Figure 1a is an exemplary schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0023] Figure 1b is a schematic diagram of beam hopping transmission according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0024] Figure 2a is an exemplary schematic diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0025] Figure 2b to Figure 2c is a schematic diagram of a pattern in the time domain according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0026] Figure 3a to Figure 3b is an exemplary flow chart of a method provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0027] Figure 4 is an exemplary flow chart of a method provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0028] Figure 5a is a schematic structural diagram of a satellite device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0029] Figure 5b is a schematic diagram of the structure of a network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0030] Figure 6a is a schematic diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0031] Figure 6b It is a schematic diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0032] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, a terminal, a network device, and a storage medium for transmitting configuration information.

[0033] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for receiving configuration information, which is performed by a terminal, and the method includes:

[0034] Configuration information sent by a network device is received, wherein the configuration information includes one or more discontinuous transceiver patterns, wherein the discontinuous transceiver pattern is used to indicate a timing for the terminal to transmit and receive information in a non-terrestrial network NTN.

[0035] In the above embodiment, based on the received configuration information, the terminal can obtain the timing of sending and receiving information according to one or more discontinuous sending and receiving patterns, so as to send and receive information at the appropriate timing, thereby improving communication efficiency.

[0036] In conjunction with the embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0037] A first information field, the first information field is used to indicate pattern identifiers corresponding to one or more discontinuous transmission and reception patterns;

[0038] A second information field, the second information field is used to indicate terminal behaviors corresponding to one or more discontinuous transmission and reception patterns;

[0039] The third information field is used to indicate that each discontinuous transmission and reception pattern is a discontinuous transmission (DTX) pattern and / or a discontinuous reception (DRX) pattern.

[0040] In combination with the embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the pattern identifier is associated with or corresponds to the terminal behavior, wherein the configuration information does not include the second information field.

[0041] In combination with the embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the discontinuous transceiver pattern defaults to a DTX pattern, wherein the configuration information does not include a third information field corresponding to the discontinuous transceiver pattern.

[0042] In conjunction with the embodiment of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the discontinuous transmission and reception pattern includes at least one of the following parameters:

[0043] The duration of the activation period;

[0044] the duration of the inactivity period;

[0045] cycle;

[0046] Start time offset.

[0047] In combination with the embodiment of the first aspect, in some embodiments, when the discontinuous transceiver pattern is a DTX pattern, the DTX pattern satisfies one of the following:

[0048] The DTX pattern includes an activation period and a non-activation period, wherein the activation period is a first activation period or a second activation period;

[0049] The DTX pattern includes an activation period and a non-activation period, wherein the activation period includes a first activation period and a second activation period;

[0050] The terminal behaviors corresponding to the first activation period and the second activation period are different.

[0051] In conjunction with the embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the duration of the activation period includes: the duration of the first activation period and / or the duration of the second activation period;

[0052] The start time offset includes: a first offset corresponding to the first activation period and / or a second offset corresponding to the second activation period.

[0053] In combination with the embodiment of the first aspect, in some embodiments, when the start time offset does not include the second offset, the second offset is determined based on the first offset.

[0054] In conjunction with the embodiment of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the terminal behavior in the first activation period includes: receiving public information sent by the network device; and / or,

[0055] The terminal behavior in the second activation period includes: receiving terminal-specific information sent by the network device.

[0056] In combination with the embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the terminal behavior in the DTX pattern non-activation period includes: not expecting to receive public information, and / or, not expecting to receive terminal-specific information.

[0057] In conjunction with the embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the public information includes at least one of the following:

[0058] Synchronization Signal Physical Broadcast Channel Block (SSB);

[0059] System Information Block (SIB1);

[0060] System information block SIB19;

[0061] Set the type of Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH).

[0062] In conjunction with the embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the terminal-specific information includes at least one of the following:

[0063] Terminal-specific PDCCH;

[0064] Terminal-specific (Physical Downlink Shared channel, PDSCH);

[0065] PDSCH used to transmit MSG2;

[0066] PDSCH used to transmit MSG4;

[0067] Channel-State-Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS).

[0068] In combination with the embodiment of the first aspect, in some embodiments, when the discontinuous transceiver pattern is a DRX pattern, the terminal behavior in the activation period includes: sending uplink information to the network device, or,

[0069] The terminal behaviors in the inactive period include: not expecting to receive uplink scheduling information sent by the network device, and not expecting to send uplink information.

[0070] In conjunction with the embodiment of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the uplink information includes at least one of the following:

[0071] Sounding Reference Signal (SRS);

[0072] Configured grant Physical Uplink Shared channel (CG-PUSCH);

[0073] Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH).

[0074] In conjunction with the embodiment of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the plurality of discontinuous transmission and reception patterns satisfy at least one of the following:

[0075] The cycles are different;

[0076] The corresponding terminal behaviors are different;

[0077] The start time offset is different.

[0078] In combination with the embodiment of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0079] According to the configuration information, the terminal behavior corresponding to the applied discontinuous transmission and reception pattern is executed.

[0080] In combination with the embodiment of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the terminal supports applying multiple non-continuous transmission and reception patterns on one network simultaneously.

[0081] In combination with the embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the configuration information is sent via common signaling or via terminal-specific signaling.

[0082] In combination with the embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the terminal has the ability to identify configuration information.

[0083] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for sending configuration information, which is performed by a network device, and the method includes:

[0084] Configuration information is sent to the terminal, where the configuration information includes one or more discontinuous transceiver patterns, wherein the discontinuous transceiver pattern is used to indicate a timing for the terminal to transmit and receive information in a non-terrestrial network NTN.

[0085] In conjunction with the embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0086] A first information field, the first information field is used to indicate pattern identifiers corresponding to one or more discontinuous transmission and reception patterns;

[0087] A second information field, the second information field is used to indicate the network behavior corresponding to one or more discontinuous transmission and reception patterns;

[0088] The third information field is used to indicate that each discontinuous transceiver pattern is a discontinuous transmission DTX pattern and / or a discontinuous reception DRX pattern.

[0089] In combination with the embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the pattern identifier is associated with or corresponds to the terminal behavior, wherein the configuration information does not include the second information field.

[0090] In combination with the embodiment of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the discontinuous transceiver pattern defaults to a DTX pattern, wherein the configuration information does not include a third information field corresponding to the discontinuous transceiver pattern.

[0091] In conjunction with the embodiment of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the discontinuous transmission and reception pattern includes at least one of the following parameters:

[0092] The duration of the activation period;

[0093] the duration of the inactivity period;

[0094] cycle;

[0095] Start time offset.

[0096] In conjunction with the embodiment of the second aspect, in some embodiments, when the discontinuous transceiver pattern is a DTX pattern, the DTX pattern satisfies one of the following:

[0097] It includes an activation period and a non-activation period, wherein the activation period is a first activation period or a second activation period;

[0098] The active period includes an active period and an inactive period, wherein the active period includes a first active period and a second active period;

[0099] The network behaviors corresponding to the first activation period and the second activation period are different.

[0100] In conjunction with the embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the duration of the activation period includes: the duration of the first activation period and / or the duration of the second activation period;

[0101] The start time offset includes: a first offset corresponding to the first activation period and / or a second offset corresponding to the second activation period.

[0102] In combination with the embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, when the start time offset does not include the second offset, the second offset is determined based on the first offset.

[0103] In conjunction with the embodiment of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the network behavior in the first activation period includes: sending public information to the terminal; and / or,

[0104] The network behavior in the second activation period includes: sending terminal-specific information to the terminal.

[0105] In combination with the embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the network behavior during the DTX pattern non-activation period includes: not sending public information, and / or not sending terminal-specific information.

[0106] In conjunction with the embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the public information includes at least one of the following:

[0107] Synchronization signal block SSB;

[0108] System information block SIB1;

[0109] System information block SIB19;

[0110] Set the type of physical downlink control channel PDCCH.

[0111] In conjunction with the embodiment of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the terminal-specific information includes at least one of the following:

[0112] Terminal-specific PDCCH;

[0113] Terminal-specific PDSCH;

[0114] PDSCH used to transmit MSG2;

[0115] PDSCH used to transmit MSG4;

[0116] Channel State Information Reference Signal CSI-RS.

[0117] In conjunction with the embodiment of the second aspect, in some embodiments, when the discontinuous transceiver pattern is a DRX pattern, the network behavior in the activation period includes: receiving uplink information sent by the terminal, or,

[0118] The network behavior during the inactive period includes: not receiving uplink information.

[0119] In conjunction with the embodiment of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the uplink information includes at least one of the following:

[0120] Sounding reference signal SRS;

[0121] Configure the authorized physical uplink shared channel PUSCH;

[0122] Random access channel PRACH.

[0123] In conjunction with the embodiment of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the plurality of discontinuous transmission and reception patterns satisfy at least one of the following:

[0124] The cycles are different;

[0125] The corresponding network behavior is different;

[0126] The start time offset is different.

[0127] In combination with the embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the configuration information is sent via common signaling or via terminal-specific signaling.

[0128] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a terminal, including:

[0129] The transceiver module is used to receive configuration information sent by a network device, wherein the configuration information includes one or more discontinuous transceiver patterns, wherein the discontinuous transceiver pattern is used to indicate the timing of the terminal to send and receive information in a non-terrestrial network NTN.

[0130] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a network device, including:

[0131] The transceiver module is used to send configuration information to the terminal, wherein the configuration information includes one or more discontinuous transceiver patterns, wherein the discontinuous transceiver pattern is used to indicate the timing of the terminal to send and receive information in the non-terrestrial network NTN.

[0132] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, including:

[0133] one or more processors;

[0134] The communication device is configured to implement the method described in the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0135] In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a storage medium, wherein the storage medium stores instructions, wherein:

[0136] When the instruction is executed on a communication device, the communication device is caused to execute the method according to the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0137] In a seventh aspect, the present disclosure provides a program product, wherein:

[0138] When the program product is executed by a communication device, the communication device is caused to execute the method as described in the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0139] In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, enables the computer to execute the method described in any one of the first to second aspects.

[0140] In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a chip or a chip system, wherein the chip or the chip system includes a processing circuit configured to execute the method described in the optional implementation of any one of the first to second aspects above.

[0141] It is understandable that the above-mentioned terminals, network devices, communication systems, storage media, program products, computer programs, chips or chip systems are all used to execute the methods proposed in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Therefore, the beneficial effects that can be achieved can refer to the beneficial effects in the corresponding methods, which will not be repeated here.

[0142] The embodiments of the present disclosure are not exhaustive, but are only illustrative of some embodiments, and are not intended to be a specific limitation on the scope of protection of the present disclosure. In the absence of contradiction, each step in a certain embodiment can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the steps can be arbitrarily combined. For example, a solution after removing some steps in a certain embodiment can also be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the order of the steps in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily exchanged. In addition, the optional implementation methods in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined; in addition, the embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, for example, some or all of the steps of different embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, and a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined with the optional implementation methods of other embodiments.

[0143] In each embodiment of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified or there is a logical conflict, the terms and / or descriptions between the embodiments are consistent and can be referenced to each other, and the technical features in different embodiments can be combined to form a new embodiment based on their internal logical relationships.

[0144] The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present disclosure.

[0145] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, elements expressed in the singular form, such as "a", "an", "the", "above", "said", "aforementioned", "this", etc., may mean "one and only one", or "one or more", "at least one", etc. For example, when using articles such as "a", "an", "the" in English in translation, the noun after the article may be understood as a singular expression or a plural expression.

[0146] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, “plurality” refers to two or more.

[0147] In some embodiments, the terms “at least one,” “one or more,” “a plurality of,” “multiple,” etc. may be used interchangeably.

[0148] In some embodiments, "at least one of A and B", "A and / or B", "A in one case, B in another case", "in response to one case A, in response to another case B", etc., may include the following technical solutions according to the situation: in some embodiments, A (A is executed independently of B); in some embodiments, B (B is executed independently of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed); in some embodiments, A and B (both A and B are executed). When there are more branches such as A, B, C, etc., the above is also similar.

[0149] In some embodiments, the recording method of "A or B" may include the following technical solutions according to the situation: in some embodiments, A (A is executed independently of B); in some embodiments, B (B is executed independently of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed). When there are more branches such as A, B, C, etc., the above is also similar.

[0150] The prefixes such as "first" and "second" in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only used to distinguish different description objects, and do not constitute restrictions on the position, order, priority, quantity or content of the description objects. The statement of the description object refers to the description in the context of the claims or embodiments, and should not constitute unnecessary restrictions due to the use of prefixes. For example, if the description object is a "field", the ordinal number before the "field" in the "first field" and the "second field" does not limit the position or order between the "fields", and the "first" and "second" do not limit whether the "fields" they modify are in the same message, nor do they limit the order of the "first field" and the "second field". For another example, if the description object is a "level", the ordinal number before the "level" in the "first level" and the "second level" does not limit the priority between the "levels". For another example, the number of description objects is not limited by the ordinal number, and can be one or more. Taking the "first device" as an example, the number of "devices" can be one or more. In addition, the objects modified by different prefixes may be the same or different. For example, if the description object is "device", then the "first device" and the "second device" may be the same device or different devices, and their types may be the same or different. For another example, if the description object is "information", then the "first information" and the "second information" may be the same information or different information, and their contents may be the same or different.

[0151] In some embodiments, “including A”, “comprising A”, “used to indicate A”, and “carrying A” can be interpreted as directly carrying A or indirectly indicating A.

[0152] In some embodiments, terms such as "in response to ...", "in response to determining ...", "in the case of ...", "at the time of ...", "when ...", "if ...", "if ...", etc. can be used interchangeably.

[0153] In some embodiments, terms such as "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "not less than", "more than", "more than or equal to", "not less than", "higher than", "higher than or equal to", "not lower than", and "above" can be replaced with each other, and terms such as "less than", "less than or equal to", "not greater than", "less than", "less than or equal to", "no more than", "lower than", "lower than or equal to", "not higher than", and "below" can be replaced with each other.

[0154] In some embodiments, devices and equipment may be interpreted as physical or virtual, and their names are not limited to the names recorded in the embodiments. In some cases, they may also be understood as "equipment", "device", "circuit", "network element", "node", "function", "unit", "section", "system", "network", "chip", "chip system", "entity", "subject", etc.

[0155] In some embodiments, "network" can be interpreted as devices included in the network, such as access network equipment, core network equipment, etc.

[0156] In some embodiments, "access network device (AN device)" may also be referred to as "radio access network device (RAN device)", "base station (BS)", "radio base station (radio base station)", "fixed station (fixed station)", and in some embodiments may also be understood as "node (node)", "access point (access point)", "transmission point (TP)", "reception point (reception point, RP)", "transmission and / or reception point (transmission / reception point, TRP)"", "panel (panel)", "antenna panel (antenna panel)", "antenna array (antenna array)"", "cell (cell)", "macro cell (macro cell)", "small cell (small cell)", "femto cell (femto cell)", "pico cell (pico cell)", "sector (sector)", "cell group (cell group)", "serving cell (serving cell)", "carrier (carrier)", "component carrier (component carrier)", "bandwidth part (bandwidth part, BWP)" and the like.

[0157] In some embodiments, "terminal" or "terminal device" can be referred to as "user equipment (UE)", "user terminal" "mobile station (MS)", "mobile terminal (MT)", subscriber station, mobile unit, subscriber unit, wireless unit, remote unit, mobile device, wireless device, wireless communication device, remote device, mobile subscriber station, access terminal, mobile terminal, wireless terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client, etc.

[0158] In some embodiments, acquisition of data, information, etc. may comply with the laws and regulations of the country where the data is obtained.

[0159] In some embodiments, data, information, etc. may be obtained with the user's consent.

[0160] In addition, each element, each row, or each column in the table of the embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the combination of any elements, any rows, and any columns may also be implemented as an independent embodiment.

[0161] Figure 1a It is a schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0162] like Figure 1a As shown, the communication system 100 includes a terminal 101 and a network device 102 .

[0163] In a TN network, the network device 102 may include at least one of an access network device or a core network device.

[0164] In the NTN network, the network device 102 may include at least one of a satellite, an access network device (or ground station), or a core network device. In the NTN network, the terminal 101 may be connected to the access network device via a satellite, and may be connected to the core network device (core network), thereby connecting to the public data network (Public Data Network).

[0165] In some embodiments, the terminal 103 includes, for example: a mobile phone, a wearable device, an Internet of Things device, a car with communication function, a smart car, a tablet computer (Pad), a computer with wireless transceiver function, a virtual reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control, a wireless terminal device in self-driving, a wireless terminal device in remote medical surgery, a wireless terminal device in a smart grid, a wireless terminal device in transportation safety, a wireless terminal device in a smart city, and at least one of a wireless terminal device in a smart home, but is not limited to these.

[0166] In some embodiments, the access network device is, for example, a node or device that accesses a terminal to a wireless network. The access network device may include an evolved NodeB (eNB), a next generation evolved NodeB (ng-eNB), a next generation NodeB (gNB), a node B (NB), a home node B (HNB), a home evolved nodeB (HeNB), a wireless backhaul device, a radio network controller (RNC), a base station controller (BSC), a base transceiver station (BTS), a base band unit (BBU), a mobile switching center, a base station in a 6G communication system, an open base station (Open RAN), a cloud base station (CloudRAN), a base station in other communication systems, and at least one of an access node in a wireless fidelity (WiFi) system, but is not limited thereto.

[0167] Among them, the access network equipment can be composed of a centralized unit (central unit, CU) and a distributed unit (distributed unit, DU), wherein the CU can also be called a control unit (control unit). The CU-DU structure can be used to split the protocol layer of the access network equipment, and the functions of some protocol layers are centrally controlled by the CU, and the functions of the remaining part or all of the protocol layers are distributed in the DU, and the DU is centrally controlled by the CU, but is not limited to this.

[0168] In some embodiments, the core network device may be a device including one or more network elements, or may be a plurality of devices or a group of devices, each including all or part of one or more network elements. The network element may be virtual or physical. The core network may include, for example, at least one of the Evolved Packet Core (EPC), the 5G Core Network (5G CN), and the Next Generation Core (NGC). Alternatively, the core network device refers to a network element with a specific function, such as an Access Management Function (AMF), a Service Management Function (SMF), and the like.

[0169] In some embodiments, the technical solution of the present disclosure may be applicable to the Open RAN architecture. In this case, the interfaces between or within the access network devices involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may become internal interfaces of the Open RAN, and the processes and information interactions between these internal interfaces may be implemented through software or programs.

[0170] It can be understood that the communication system described in the embodiment of the present disclosure is for the purpose of more clearly illustrating the technical solution of the embodiment of the present disclosure, and does not constitute a limitation on the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure. A person skilled in the art can know that with the evolution of the system architecture and the emergence of new business scenarios, the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure is also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0171] The following embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to Figure 1a or Figure 1b The communication system 100, or a portion thereof, is shown but is not limited thereto.

[0172] Figure 1a or Figure 1b The various entities shown are examples, and the communication system may include Figure 1a or Figure 1b All or part of the subject, and may also include Figure 1a or Figure 1b For entities other than the above, the number and form of each entity are arbitrary, and the connection relationship between the entities is an example. The entities may be connected or disconnected, and the connection may be in any manner, which may be direct or indirect, and may be wired or wireless.

[0173] The embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4th generation mobile communication system (4G), 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), 5G new radio (NR), future radio access (FRA), new radio access technology (RAT), new radio (NR), new radio access (NX), future generation radio access (FX), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM (registered trademark)), CDMA2000, Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, Ultra-WideBand (UWB), Bluetooth (registered trademark), Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) network, Device-to-Device (D2D) system, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) system, Internet of Things (IoT) system, Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X), systems using other communication processing methods, and next-generation systems based on them. In addition, multiple systems can also be combined (for example, a combination of LTE or LTE-A and 5G, etc.) for application.

[0174] In the NTN network, satellites can send different satellite beams at different events based on time division multiplexing (TDM) by beam hopping, thereby improving the overall beam coverage. There are many ways for satellites to send signals or information by beam hopping, as described below.

[0175] Assume that the repetition period of SSB is extended to 80ms, and SSB is sent every 20ms within the 80ms, but the beams used to send SSB each time within the 80ms are different. If the number of beams sending SSB at the same time is 4, that is, 1 SSB index corresponds to 4 satellite beams, 16 satellite beams can be sent within 20ms in TDM mode to send 4 SSB indexes. Figure 1b As shown, in the first 10 ms, beams beam#1-16 send SSB index1-4; thus, within 80 ms, a total of 64 satellite wave sites need to be covered.

[0176] Based on this, the way in which satellites hop beams to send signals or information can include the following three scenarios or situations according to the degree of flexibility:

[0177] Scenario 1: Fixed. Figure 1b , the same beam is used to send common information and terminal-specific data every 20ms, and both common and data are cycled every 80ms.

[0178] In which, the first 10ms of every 20ms sends common, and the last 10ms sends data. For example, in the first 20ms (such as 0-20ms), 0-10ms sends common, 10-20ms sends data, and 0-10ms and 10-20ms use the same beam. Alternatively, the first 10ms of every 20ms sends common, and also uses frequency division multiplexing (FDM) to send data using the same beam, and the last 10ms still sends data; for example, in the first 20ms (such as 0-20ms), 0-10ms sends common, and uses FDM to send data in 0-10ms using the same beam as common, and 10-20ms sends data.

[0179] Scenario 2: Flexible approach. Figure 1b , common is sent in the first 10ms of every 20ms, and data is sent in the last 10ms. The beam used in the first 10ms of each 20ms has a periodic characteristic, which is cycled every 80ms. For example, for beam#1~16 used in the first 10ms (i.e. 0~10ms) of the first 20ms (i.e. 0~20ms), after an 80ms cycle, beam#1~16 is used again in 80ms~90ms. The beam used in the last 10ms of each 20ms has no relationship with the beam used in the first 10ms, and the beam used in the last 10ms can be non-periodic and used on demand.

[0180] For example, refer to Figure 1b As shown, in the second 20ms (e.g., 20ms to 40ms), beam#17-32 can be used to send common in the first 10ms, i.e., 20 to 30ms, and beam#1-32 has been sent in 0 to 40ms. Assuming that beam#10 and beam#30 with users can be used to send data in the last 10ms, i.e., 30ms to 40ms of the second 20ms, the beam used in the last 10ms, i.e., 30ms to 40ms of the second 20ms may be independent of the beam used in the first 10ms, i.e., 20 to 30ms. For example, beam#10 is not the beam used in the first 10ms (20 to 30ms).

[0181] Scenario 3: Enhanced flexible approach (e-flexible). Figure 1b , common is sent in the first 10ms of every 20ms, and data is sent in the entire 20ms. Among them: the beam used in the first 10ms of each 20ms has a periodic characteristic, which cycles every 80ms; the beam used for data in the first 10ms must be the same as the beam used for common. For example, in the first 20ms (such as 0~20ms), common is sent in 0~10ms, and data is sent in 0~20ms. Among them, when common and data are sent in 0~10ms, common and data occupy different bandwidths in FDM mode, and the beams used to send common and data in 0~10ms are the same.

[0182] In the first 10ms, common will not occupy all bandwidth (such as 5MHz), so on the basis of TDM, some data can be scheduled in the first 10ms in FDM mode. The beam used in the last 10ms has nothing to do with the beam used in the first 10ms, and the beam used in the last 10ms can be non-periodic and used on demand.

[0183] In summary, it can be found that the network side can use different methods to send information or signals, but the terminal cannot yet know the above methods in which the network side sends information or signals.

[0184] Figure 2a FIG. 1 is an interactive diagram of a method for transmitting configuration information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Figure 2a As shown, an embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a method for transmitting configuration information, the method comprising:

[0185] Step S2101, the network device 102 sends configuration information to the terminal 101.

[0186] In some embodiments, the network device 102 may include: a satellite or satellite base station, and / or a ground station in the NTN network.

[0187] In some embodiments, terminal 101 receives the configuration information.

[0188] In some embodiments, the configuration information includes one or more discontinuous transmission and reception patterns, wherein the discontinuous transmission and reception patterns are used to indicate the timing of transmitting and receiving information at the NTN terminal.

[0189] For example, the discontinuous transmission and reception pattern may be used to indicate the timing for the terminal to transmit and receive information in a reference signal repetition period of the NTN.

[0190] Optionally, the discontinuous transceiver pattern may be used to indicate an energy-saving mode or energy-saving operation of the network device 102, and may be configured in units of cells. For example, the discontinuous transceiver pattern may also be referred to as a cell discontinuous transceiver pattern.

[0191] Optionally, the reference signal repetition period is, for example, a repetition period of an SSB, wherein the repetition period of an SSB may be 80 ms or 160 ms, etc.

[0192] Optionally, a reference signal repetition period may include multiple reference signal transmission periods. For example, a repetition period of an SSB may include multiple SSB transmission periods, and the transmission period of each SSB may be 20ms or 16ms, etc. Taking the repetition period of an SSB of 80ms and the transmission period of an SSB of 20ms as an example, 4 20ms may be included in one 80ms. As shown in 1b, in each 20ms transmission period, different beams may be used to send information or signals on SSB#1 to 4. After the 80ms repetition period, the beam that performs the transmission will cycle.

[0193] In some embodiments, the discontinuous transmission and reception pattern or the cell discontinuous transmission and reception pattern may indicate the timing of the terminal transmitting and receiving information within a repetition period such as 80 ms.

[0194] Optionally, the discontinuous transmission and reception pattern may indicate the timing for the terminal to transmit and receive information in each transmission period, such as 20 ms.

[0195] Optionally, the terminal 101 can know the timing of sending and receiving information in the repetitive cycle based on the discontinuous sending and receiving pattern, or can know the timing of sending and receiving information in each sending cycle.

[0196] In some embodiments, the cell discontinuous transmission and reception pattern may be used to indicate the network device 102 time domain parameters for energy saving or information transmission and reception on the cell, and may be associated with corresponding terminal behaviors.

[0197] Optionally, the cell discontinuous transmission and reception pattern may be a cell DTX (hereinafter referred to as DTX) pattern, or a cell DRX (hereinafter referred to as DRX) pattern. Alternatively, the cell discontinuous transmission and reception pattern is a cell DTX and DRX (DRX&DTX) pattern, that is, the DTX and DRX patterns are consistent at this time.

[0198] In some embodiments, the discontinuous transmission and reception pattern includes at least one of the following parameters:

[0199] The duration of the active period (duration timer or on duration timer);

[0200] The duration of the non-active period;

[0201] cycle;

[0202] Start offset.

[0203] Optionally, the start time offset may be used to determine the start time position of the discontinuous transceiver pattern.

[0204] Optionally, for different discontinuous transmission and reception patterns, at least one of the above time domain parameters is different.

[0205] Optionally, the parameters of each discontinuous transceiver pattern may be configured through configuration information, or associated through a pattern ID in the configuration information. For example, as shown in Table 1-1, different or multiple discontinuous transceiver patterns may have different pattern IDs, and each pattern ID may be associated with the above multiple time domain parameters:

[0206] Table 1-1

[0207] pattern ID Duration of the activation period Duration of the inactivity period cycle Start time offset pattern#1 t11 t12 T1 a pattern#2 t21 t22 T2 b pattern#3 t31 t32 T3 c pattern#n t41 t42 T4 d

[0208] Optionally, all or only part of the above time domain parameters may be configured, such as configuring the start time offset, the cycle and the duration of the active period, and determining the duration of the inactive period.

[0209] Optionally, the discontinuous transmission and reception pattern may be a DTX and / or DRX pattern, that is, the DTX and / or DRX pattern may be associated with corresponding time domain parameters.

[0210] In some embodiments, the configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0211] A first information field, the first information field is used to indicate pattern IDs corresponding to one or more discontinuous transmission and reception patterns;

[0212] A second information field, the second information field is used to indicate terminal behaviors corresponding to one or more discontinuous transmission and reception patterns;

[0213] The third information field is used to indicate that each discontinuous transceiver pattern is a discontinuous transmission DTX pattern and / or a discontinuous reception DRX pattern.

[0214] Optionally, the first information field may include one or several bits.

[0215] For example, the configuration information configures a discontinuous transceiver pattern by configuring a pattern ID in the first information field. Alternatively, the configuration information configures multiple discontinuous transceiver patterns by configuring multiple pattern IDs in the first information field. Each pattern ID may be associated with a corresponding time domain parameter, as shown in the example of Table 1.

[0216] Optionally, the second information field may be used to indicate terminal behaviors corresponding to different pattern IDs.

[0217] For example, the second information field may include bits corresponding to different pattern IDs, and indicate terminal behaviors associated with the pattern ID activation period and / or inactivation period based on values ​​of corresponding bits.

[0218] For example, the second information field uses a bitmap to indicate the terminal behavior, and each bit in the bitmap can correspond to a pattern ID. The bit corresponding to a pattern ID can be used to indicate the terminal behavior during the activation period. When the bit is a first value (such as 1), it indicates the first terminal behavior, and when the bit is a second value (such as 0), it indicates the second terminal behavior. Among them, the first terminal behavior can be, for example, the behavior corresponding to the following first activation period or N2 state, and the second terminal behavior can be, for example, the behavior corresponding to the following second activation period or N3 state. It can be understood that the terminal behavior during the non-activation period can be determined based on the terminal behavior during the activation period.

[0219] For another example, the second information field includes several bits corresponding to each pattern ID, such as one pattern ID may correspond to 2 bits, and different values ​​of the 2 bits may indicate terminal behaviors in different time periods. For example, when the value of the 2 bits is 01, it indicates the first terminal behavior above, when the value of the 2 bits is 11, it indicates the second terminal behavior above, and when the value of the 2 bits is 10, it indicates the terminal behavior in the non-active period. Among them, the first terminal behavior may be, for example, the behavior corresponding to the following first active period or N2 state, and the second terminal behavior may be, for example, the behavior corresponding to the following second active period or N3 state.

[0220] The above description is only an example, and the second information field may indicate the terminal behavior in a variety of possible ways, not limited to the above description.

[0221] In one example, the second information field can be omitted. When the second information field is not included in the configuration information, the terminal behavior associated with or corresponding to the pattern can be determined based on the pattern ID. For example, when the pattern ID is configured, the terminal behavior associated with the pattern ID during the active period and / or the inactive period can be directly known. The correspondence or association between the pattern ID and the terminal behavior can be defined by a protocol, or pre-configured by the network device 102.

[0222] Optionally, the third information field may be used to indicate the type of one or more discontinuous transceiver patterns, for example, indicating whether a pattern corresponding to a certain pattern ID is a DTX pattern, a DRX pattern, or a DTX&DRX pattern.

[0223] For example, the third information field can use 2 bits to indicate the types of multiple patterns. For example, when the value of the 2 bits is 01, it means that the configured multiple patterns are all DTX patterns; when the value of the 2 bits is 10, it means that the configured multiple patterns are all DRX patterns; when the value of the 2 bits is 11, it means that the configured multiple patterns are all DTX&DRX patterns.

[0224] For another example, the third information field indicates the type in a bitmap manner, each bit corresponds to a pattern ID, and when the bit value is 0, it indicates that the corresponding pattern ID is a DTX pattern; when the bit value is 1, it indicates that the corresponding pattern ID is a DRX pattern.

[0225] For another example, every 2 bits in the third information field correspond to 1 pattern ID. When the bit value corresponding to a pattern ID is 01, it indicates that the pattern ID corresponds to a DTX pattern, when the bit value is 10, it indicates that the pattern ID corresponds to a DRX pattern, and when the bit value is 11, it indicates that the pattern ID corresponds to a DTX&DRX pattern.

[0226] In one example, the third information field can be omitted. When the third information field is not included in the configuration information, the pattern configured in the configuration information can be defaulted to one of the DTX pattern, the DRX pattern, or the DTX&DRX pattern. In this embodiment, the default DTX pattern is used as an example for explanation. For example, the configuration information includes multiple pattern IDs. If the third information field does not exist, the multiple pattern IDs can correspond to multiple DTX patterns.

[0227] Optionally, when multiple patterns are configured, the multiple discontinuous transmission and reception patterns satisfy at least one of the following:

[0228] The cycles are different;

[0229] The corresponding terminal behaviors are different;

[0230] The start time offset is different.

[0231] For example, at least one time domain parameter of pattern#1 is different from that of pattern#2. For another example, the terminal behaviors associated with pattern#1 and pattern#2 are different, and the difference in terminal behaviors may be that the terminal behaviors associated with the activation period of pattern#1 are different from the terminal behaviors associated with the activation period of pattern#2.

[0232] In some embodiments, the terminal behavior corresponds to the network behavior of the network device 102 under different patterns, that is, it can be considered to correspond to the transceiver state of the network device 102. For example, the state in which the network device 102 sends common information (common) is the N2 state, the state in which the network device 102 sends terminal-specific information (data) is the N3 state, and the state in which the network device 102 sends common information and terminal-specific information is the N2&N3 state (i.e., complete cell function); the terminal behavior associated with different patterns is related to the transceiver state of the network device 102.

[0233] Optionally, the second information field may implicitly indicate that the corresponding transceiver state is N2 state, N3 state or N2&N3 state through the terminal behavior associated with the pattern. Alternatively, the second information field may implicitly indicate the terminal behavior associated with the pattern through the transceiver state of the network device 102 corresponding to the pattern. This embodiment does not limit this.

[0234] For example, the terminal behavior corresponding to the N2 state is: receiving public information sent by the network device. The terminal behavior corresponding to the N3 state is: receiving terminal-specific (UE specific) information sent by the network device. In combination with the description of the following embodiments, the above terminal behavior may be performed during a certain period of the pattern. Here, the UE specific information includes the data involved in the aforementioned embodiments.

[0235] In some embodiments, when the discontinuous transceiver pattern is a DTX and / or DRX pattern, based on the above time domain parameter configuration, the pattern may include time periods of different time periods or different states in the time domain.

[0236] In a possible implementation manner, when the discontinuous transceiver pattern is a DTX pattern, refer to the following description:

[0237] In the first example, if Figure 2b As shown, the DTX pattern includes an activation period and a non-activation period, that is, it includes two periods. Among them, the activation period in the two periods can be the first activation period or the second activation period, that is, the DTX pattern includes the first activation period and the non-activation period, or the DTX pattern includes the second activation period and the non-activation period. Among them, the first activation period can correspond to the N2 state, or the pattern associated with the first activation period corresponds to the N2 state; the second activation period can correspond to the N3 state, or the pattern associated with the second activation period corresponds to the N3 state.

[0238] For example, DTX pattern #1 includes a first active period and a non-active period, and DTX pattern #2 includes a second active period and a non-active period.

[0239] In this example, the time domain parameters associated with the DTX pattern can refer to the configuration method of the above embodiment, wherein the duration of the activation period includes: the duration of the first activation period (duration timer#1) or the duration of the second activation period (duration timer#2); the start time offset includes: the first offset corresponding to the first activation period (Start offset#1) or the second offset corresponding to the second activation period (Start offset#2). The first offset indicates the start time position of the first activation period, and the second offset indicates the start time position of the second activation period.

[0240] For example, in combination with the example that DTX pattern #1 includes a first active period and a non-active period, and DTX pattern #2 includes a second active period and a non-active period, the time domain parameters associated with the two patterns may be as shown in Table 1-2:

[0241] Table 1-2

[0242]

[0243] In the second example, if Figure 2c As shown, the DTX pattern includes a first activation period, a second activation period, and a non-activation period, that is, includes three periods. For example, DTX pattern #3 includes a first activation period, a second activation period, and a non-activation period. In this example, the DTX pattern corresponds to the N2&N3 state.

[0244] In this example, the time domain parameters associated with the DTX pattern can refer to the configuration method of the above embodiment, wherein the duration of the activation period includes: the duration of the first activation period (duration timer#1) and the duration of the second activation period (duration timer#2); the start time offset includes: the first offset corresponding to the first activation period (Start offset#1) and the second offset corresponding to the second activation period (Start offset#2). The first offset represents the start time position of the first activation period, and the second offset represents the start time position of the second activation period.

[0245] For example, in conjunction with the example that DTX pattern #3 includes a first activation period, a second activation period, and a non-activation period, the time domain parameters associated with the pattern may be as shown in Table 1-3:

[0246] Table 1-3

[0247]

[0248] In this example, if the second offset is not configured, that is, the second offset is not included in the start time offset, the second offset is determined according to the first offset.

[0249] For example, if the second offset value does not appear, the second activation period is defaulted to be after the first activation period ends, that is, the start time position of the second activation period is: (start offset#1+duration timer#1).

[0250] In this example, the first activation period and the second activation period may overlap.

[0251] In some embodiments, the first activation period and the second activation period correspond to different terminal behaviors. In combination with the description of the foregoing embodiment, different activation periods may be associated with different terminal behaviors or transceiver states of the network device. For example, the first activation period is associated with the N2 state, and the second activation period is associated with the N3 state.

[0252] In some embodiments, the terminal behavior in the first activation period in the DTX pattern includes: receiving common information sent by the network device; and / or, the terminal behavior in the second activation period includes: receiving terminal-specific (UE specific) information sent by the network device.

[0253] In this embodiment, the terminal behavior in the DTX pattern inactive period includes: not expecting to receive public information, and / or not expecting to receive terminal-specific information.

[0254] For example, in combination with the above example, for DTX pattern #1 in Table 1-2, the terminal behavior in the first activation period includes: receiving public information sent by the network device, and the terminal behavior in the non-activation period includes not expecting to receive public information. For DTX pattern #2 in Table 1-2, the terminal behavior in the second activation period includes: receiving terminal-specific information sent by the network device, and the terminal behavior in the non-activation period includes not expecting to receive terminal-specific information.

[0255] For another example, in combination with the above example, for DTX pattern #3 in Table 1-3, the terminal behavior in the first activation period includes: receiving public information sent by the network device, the terminal behavior in the second activation period includes: receiving terminal-specific information sent by the network device, and the terminal behavior in the non-activation period includes not expecting to receive public information and terminal-specific information. The first activation period and the second activation period may overlap.

[0256] In some embodiments, the public information may be cell common access information sent by a network device, such as the public information may include at least one of the following:

[0257] Synchronization signal block SSB;

[0258] System information block SIB1;

[0259] System information block SIB19;

[0260] Set the type of physical downlink control channel PDCCH.

[0261] Among them, SSB, SIB1 or SIB19 is information used for terminal random access (access to the cell), and is the common downlink information of the cell sent by the network device 102.

[0262] Among them, the set type of PDCCH can be type 0 / 0APDCCH.

[0263] In some embodiments, the terminal-specific information may be information, data, or a channel applicable to the terminal, such as the terminal-specific information including at least one of the following:

[0264] Terminal-specific PDCCH;

[0265] Terminal-specific PDSCH;

[0266] PDSCH used to transmit MSG2;

[0267] PDSCH used to transmit MSG4;

[0268] Channel State Information Reference Signal CSI-RS.

[0269] In another possible implementation manner, when the discontinuous transmission and reception pattern is a DRX pattern, refer to the following description:

[0270] In this implementation manner, the DRX pattern includes an activation period and a non-activation period, and the time domain parameter configuration method can refer to the above embodiment.

[0271] In some embodiments, for the DRX pattern, the terminal behavior in the active period includes: sending uplink information to the network device, or the terminal behavior in the inactive period includes: not expecting to receive uplink scheduling information sent by the network device and not expecting to send uplink information.

[0272] In this embodiment, the uplink information includes at least one of the following:

[0273] Sounding reference signal SRS;

[0274] Configure the authorized physical uplink shared channel PUSCH;

[0275] Random access channel PRACH.

[0276] In some embodiments, the above configuration information is sent via Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, such as via cell common signaling (servingcellconfigCommon) or via terminal dedicated signaling (servingcellconfig).

[0277] In some embodiments, if the configuration information is sent via terminal-specific signaling (servingcellconfig), the network device 102 may send the configuration information to a terminal capable of identifying the configuration information. The terminal 101 may report whether it supports the above capabilities via capability reporting.

[0278] Step S2102: Terminal 101 executes the terminal behavior corresponding to the applied discontinuous transmission and reception pattern according to the configuration information.

[0279] In some embodiments, the terminal behavior can refer to the description in step S2101 above and will not be repeated here.

[0280] In some embodiments, the terminal supports applying multiple discontinuous transmission and reception patterns simultaneously on one cell, such as executing terminal behaviors corresponding to multiple discontinuous transmission and reception patterns.

[0281] In some embodiments, based on the configuration information, assuming that the pattern applied by the terminal is a DTX pattern, and the DTX pattern includes a first activation period, a second activation period, and an inactive period, the terminal 101 can receive the common information sent by the network device in the first activation period, receive the UE specific information sent by the network device in the second activation period, and neither receive the common information nor the UE specific information in the inactive period.

[0282] Optionally, in addition to receiving information during the first active period or the second inactive period, the terminal 101 may also perform a required operation based on the received information. For example, during the first active period, SSB measurement may also be performed based on received public information such as SSB.

[0283] In some embodiments, based on the configuration information, it is assumed that the pattern applied by the terminal includes 2 or 2 sets: 1 DTX pattern, 1 and DRX pattern. Assuming that the behavior of the DTX pattern activation period corresponds to the N2 state, the terminal 101 can receive the public information sent by the network device during the activation period of the DTX pattern, and not receive the public information during the inactive period. The terminal 101 can send uplink information to the network device during the activation period of the DRX pattern, and does not expect to send uplink information during the inactive period of the DRX pattern.

[0284] Optionally, in addition to receiving information during the activation period of the DTX pattern, the terminal 101 may also perform required operations based on the received information, such as performing SSB measurement based on received public information such as SSB.

[0285] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the configuration information in the above embodiments can be applied to different scenarios in combination with the three scenarios or modes of scenarios 1 to 3. Please refer to the relevant examples listed in the following embodiments.

[0286] In some embodiments, the names of information, etc. are not limited to the names recorded in the embodiments, and terms such as "information", "message", "signal", "signaling", "report", "configuration", "indication", "instruction", "command", "channel", "parameter", "domain", and "field" can be used interchangeably.

[0287] In some embodiments, "obtain", "obtain", "get", "receive", "transmit", "bidirectional transmission", "send and / or receive" can be interchangeable, which can be interpreted as receiving from other entities, obtaining from protocols, obtaining from high levels, obtaining by self-processing, autonomous implementation, etc.

[0288] In some embodiments, terms such as "send", "transmit", "report", "send", "transmit", "bidirectional transmission", "send and / or receive" can be used interchangeably.

[0289] In some embodiments, the terms "radio", "wireless", "radio access network (RAN)", "access network (AN)", "RAN-based" and the like may be used interchangeably.

[0290] In some embodiments, terms such as "moment", "time point", "time", and "time position" can be interchangeable, and terms such as "duration", "period", "time window", "window", and "time" can be interchangeable.

[0291] In some embodiments, the terms "component carrier (CC)", "cell", "frequency carrier", "carrier frequency" and the like may be used interchangeably.

[0292] In some embodiments, terms such as "certain", "preset", "preset", "set", "indicated", "some", "any", and "first" can be interchangeable, and "specific A", "preset A", "preset A", "set A", "indicated A", "some A", "any A", and "first A" can be interpreted as A pre-defined in a protocol, etc., or as A obtained through setting, configuration, or indication, etc., and can also be interpreted as specific A, some A, any A, or first A, etc., but is not limited to this.

[0293] In some embodiments, the determination or judgment can be performed by a value represented by 1 bit (0 or 1), by a true or false value (Boolean value) represented by true or false, or by comparison of numerical values ​​(for example, comparison with a predetermined value), but is not limited to this.

[0294] In some embodiments, "not expecting to receive" can be interpreted as not receiving on time domain resources and / or frequency domain resources, or as not performing subsequent processing on the data after receiving the data; "not expecting to send" can be interpreted as not sending, or as sending but not expecting the recipient to respond to the sent content.

[0295] The method involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of step S2101 to step S2102.

[0296] In some embodiments, see Figure 2a Other optional implementations recorded before or after the corresponding description.

[0297] Figure 3a FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a method for transmitting configuration information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Figure 3a As shown, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a method for transmitting configuration information, which is executed by a terminal 101, and the method includes:

[0298] Step S3101, receiving configuration information.

[0299] In some embodiments, the implementation of step S3101 can refer to Figure 2a The implementation method of step S2101 will not be repeated here.

[0300] Step S3102: executing the terminal behavior corresponding to the applied discontinuous transmission and reception pattern according to the configuration information.

[0301] In some embodiments, the implementation of step S3102 can refer to Figure 2a The implementation method of step S2102 will not be repeated here.

[0302] In some embodiments, see Figure 3a Other optional implementations recorded before or after the corresponding description.

[0303] Figure 3b FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a method for transmitting configuration information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Figure 3b As shown, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a method for transmitting configuration information, which is executed by a terminal 101, and the method includes:

[0304] Step S3201, receiving configuration information.

[0305] In some embodiments, the implementation of step S3201 can refer to Figure 2a The implementation method of step S2101 will not be repeated here.

[0306] In some embodiments, see Figure 3b Other optional implementations recorded before or after the corresponding description.

[0307] Figure 4 FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a method for transmitting configuration information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Figure 4 As shown, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a method for transmitting configuration information, which is performed by a network device 102, and the method includes:

[0308] Step S4101, sending configuration information.

[0309] In some embodiments, the implementation of step S4101 can refer to Figure 2a The implementation method of step S2101 will not be repeated here.

[0310] In some embodiments, see Figure 4 Other optional implementations recorded before or after the corresponding description.

[0311] The method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include the following embodiments:

[0312] Embodiment 1:

[0313] The base station configures the cell DTX / DRX pattern for the UE through RRC configuration (servingcellconfig, or servingcellconfigCommon).

[0314] Optionally, if configured through servingcellconfig, configuration is performed only for UEs that have reported that they have this capability.

[0315] Embodiment 2:

[0316] Based on embodiment 1, the UE supports activating / applying multiple DTX and / or DRX patterns in one cell at the same time, and different patterns differ in at least one of the following:

[0317] The cycles are different;

[0318] The UE behaves differently during the active period and the non-active period;

[0319] The start time is different.

[0320] Embodiment 3:

[0321] Based on Embodiment 2, RRC configures at least one of the following parameters:

[0322] Pattern ID: Because there are multiple sets of patterns, different IDs are used to distinguish the patterns;

[0323] duration timer: duration of the active state;

[0324] cycle: cycle;

[0325] Start offset: starting time position;

[0326] Status information: describes whether the pattern is for N2, N3, or N2&N3;

[0327] This field may not appear and is distinguished by pattern ID. For example, different patterns correspond to different UE behaviors.

[0328] Type information: describes whether the pattern is applicable to DTX, DRX, or DRX&DRX;

[0329] This field may not appear, the default is DTX;

[0330] When the domain is DRX&DTX, it means that the patterns of DTX and DRX are consistent.

[0331] Embodiment 4:

[0332] Based on any of the above embodiments, the UE supports >2 states in a DTX and / or DRX pattern, such as 3 states, where the states can be understood as time periods, that is, there are 3 time periods in a DTX and / or DRX pattern.

[0333] Embodiment 5:

[0334] Based on Embodiment 4, RRC configures at least one of the following parameters:

[0335] duration timer#1: the duration of the N2 state;

[0336] duration timer#2: the duration of the N3 state;

[0337] cycle: the cycle of N2 and N3 states;

[0338] Start offset #1: the starting time position of the N2 state in a cycle;

[0339] Start offset #2; that is, the starting time position of the N3 state in a cycle; if this value does not appear, the default N3 state starts after the N2 state ends (start offset N2 + durationN2);

[0340] Type information: describes whether the pattern is applicable to DTX, DRX, or DRX&DRX;

[0341] When this field is not present, the default is DTX;

[0342] When the domain is DRX&DTX, it means that the patterns of DTX and DRX are consistent.

[0343] Embodiment 6:

[0344] Based on any of the above embodiments, the behavior information of the UE includes:

[0345] For the N2 state and N3 state in DTX (the N2 state only sends common information, the N3 state only sends data information, and the N2&N3 state represents common+data, that is, it has complete cell functions);

[0346] During the non-active period of the N2 state pattern, the UE does not expect to receive cell-common information sent by the base station, where the cell-common information includes at least one of SSB, SIB1, SIB19, and type 0 / 0APDCCH;

[0347] During the non-active period of the N3 state pattern, the UE does not expect to receive data information sent by the base station, where the data information includes UE-specific signals, channels (such as UE-specific PDCCH, PDSCH), msg2 PDSCH, msg4PDSCH, and CSI-RS.

[0348] During the non-active state of the N2 state pattern and the N3 state pattern (neither the N2 state nor the N3 active state), the UE does not expect to receive downlink signals and channels sent by the base station.

[0349] In this embodiment, the above state information may be transparent to the UE, and the UE behavior according to the configured pattern may be opaque.

[0350] During the inactive period of the DRX pattern, the UE does not want to receive uplink scheduling and does not expect to send at least one of the following: SRS, configured grant PUSCH, PRACH.

[0351] Based on the above embodiments, some specific examples are listed:

[0352] Example 1:

[0353] In combination with the above-mentioned embodiment 3, example 1 is applicable to scenario 1 or scenario 2. In this example, two sets of patterns may be configured, each set of patterns includes two states or two time periods, and the pattern may be a DTX or DRX pattern.

[0354] RRC configures the following parameters for the UE:

[0355] pattern ID; because there are multiple sets of patterns, different IDs are used to distinguish the patterns;

[0356] The duration of the cell DTX activation period;

[0357] cell cycle, cycle;

[0358] Start offset, the starting time position in a cycle;

[0359] Status information: describes whether the pattern is for N2, N3, or N2&N3;

[0360] Type information: describes whether the pattern is applicable to DTX, DRX, or DRX&DRX;

[0361] When this field does not appear, the default is DTX;

[0362] When the domain is DRX&DTX, it means that the patterns of DTX and DRX are consistent.

[0363] The base station may configure two sets of the above parameters for the UE, pattern#1 corresponds to the pattern in state N2; pattern#2 corresponds to the pattern in state N3.

[0364] For example, the configuration information includes two sets of patterns, which are distinguished by the pattern ID in the first information field and are recorded as pattern#1 and pattern#2, respectively. The following time domain parameters of pattern#1 are configured: the duration, period, and start offset of the activation period of cell DTX or DRX; and the following time domain parameters of pattern#2 are configured: the duration, period, and start offset of the activation period of DTX or DRX.

[0365] The second information field of the configuration information indicates the UE behaviors associated with pattern#1 and pattern#2, or the associated state information. For example, the second information field may indicate whether pattern#1 is associated with the UE behavior corresponding to the first activation period (or N2 state), the UE behavior corresponding to the second activation period (or N3 state), or the UE behavior corresponding to the first activation period and the second activation period (or N2&N3 state).

[0366] The third information field of the configuration information indicates the types of pattern#1 and pattern#2 respectively, for example, indicating whether pattern#1 is DTX, DRX, or DTX&DRX.

[0367] In this example, during the inactive period of pattern#1, the UE does not expect to receive cell-common information sent by the base station, and the cell-common information includes at least one of SSB, SIB1, and SIB19.

[0368] During the inactive period of pattern#2, the UE does not expect to receive UE specific signals and channels sent by the base station, such as UE-specific PDCCH.

[0369] During the inactive period of pattern#1 and pattern#2 (neither N2 nor N3 is active), the UE does not expect to receive downlink signals or channels sent by the base station.

[0370] During the inactive period of the DRX pattern, the UE does not want to receive uplink scheduling and does not expect to send SRS or PRACH.

[0371] Example 2:

[0372] In combination with the above-mentioned embodiment 3, example 2 is applicable to scenario 1 or scenario 2. In this example, two sets of patterns may be configured, each set of patterns includes two states or two time periods, and the pattern may be a DTX pattern.

[0373] RRC configures the following parameters for the UE:

[0374] pattern ID; because there are multiple sets of patterns, different IDs are used to distinguish the patterns;

[0375] The duration of the cell DTX activation period;

[0376] cell cycle, cycle;

[0377] Start offset, the starting time position in a cycle;

[0378] Status information: describes whether the pattern is for N2, N3, or N2&N3;

[0379] The base station may configure two sets of the above parameters for the UE, pattern#1 corresponds to the pattern in state N2; pattern#2 corresponds to the pattern in state N3.

[0380] In this example, during the non-active period of pattern#1, the UE does not expect to receive cell-common information sent by the base station, including at least one of SSB, SIB1, and SIB19.

[0381] During the non-active period of pattern#2, the UE does not expect to receive UE-specific signals and channels sent by the base station, such as UE-specific PDCCH.

[0382] During the non-active state of pattern#1 and pattern#2 (neither the active state of N2 nor N3), the UE does not expect to receive any downlink signal or channel sent by the base station.

[0383] Example 3:

[0384] Example 3 is applicable to scenario 1, scenario 2 or scenario 3. In this example, the case where the N2 or N3 state or period overlaps or does not overlap (or the case where the first activation period overlaps or does not overlap with the second activation period) can be adapted.

[0385] RRC configures the following parameters for the UE:

[0386] pattern ID; because there are multiple sets of patterns, different IDs are used to distinguish the patterns;

[0387] The duration of the cell DTX activation period;

[0388] cell cycle, cycle;

[0389] Start offset, the starting time position in a cycle;

[0390] Status information: describes whether the pattern is for N2, N3, or N2&N3;

[0391] The base station may configure two sets of the above parameters for the UE, pattern#1 corresponds to the pattern in state N2; pattern#2 corresponds to the pattern in state N3.

[0392] In this example, during the non-active period of pattern#1, the UE does not expect to receive cell-common information sent by the base station, including at least one of SSB, SIB1, and SIB19; and will not perform operations based on the above common information, such as SSB measurement, blind detection on type0CSS, etc.

[0393] During the non-active period of pattern#2, the UE does not expect to receive UE-specific signals and channels, such as UE-specific PDCCH, sent by the base station. In scenario 1 or scenario 3, common information and data can be sent in a frequency division manner, so the active period corresponding to the N3 state (such as the second active period) and the active time corresponding to the N2 state (such as the first active period) overlap, but there is no overlap in scenario 2.

[0394] During the non-active state of pattern#1 and pattern#2 (neither the active state of N2 nor N3), the UE does not expect to receive any downlink signal or channel sent by the base station.

[0395] Example 4:

[0396] In combination with the above-mentioned embodiment 5, example 4 is applicable to scenario 1 or scenario 3. In this example, one set of patterns may be configured, and the set of patterns includes three states or three time periods, and the pattern may be a DTX pattern.

[0397] RRC configures the following parameters for the UE:

[0398] The duration of the first activation period of cell DTX, such as cellDTX2 on duration timer, indicates the duration of the N2 state;

[0399] The duration of the second activation period of cell DTX, such as cellDTX3 on duration timer, indicates the duration of the N3 state;

[0400] cell cycle, the cycle of N2 and N3 states;

[0401] Start offset N2, the starting time position of the N2 state or the first activation period in a cycle;

[0402] Start offset N3, the starting time position of the N3 state or the second activation period in a cycle;

[0403] State information: describes whether the pattern is for N2, N3, or N2&N3; if this value is not present, the default N3 state starts after the N2 state ends (start offset N2+durationN2).

[0404] In this example, during the non-active state of the cell DTX (neither the active state of N2 nor N3), the UE does not expect to receive any downlink signal or channel sent by the base station;

[0405] During the N3 state non-active period of the above cell DTX, the UE does not expect to receive UE-specific signals and channels sent by the base station, such as UE-specific PDCCH;

[0406] During the N2 state non-active period of the above cell DTX, the UE does not expect to receive cell-common information such as SSB, SIB1 or SIB19 sent by the base station.

[0407] The embodiments of the present disclosure also propose a device for implementing any of the above methods, for example, a device is proposed, the above device includes a unit or module for implementing each step performed by the terminal in any of the above methods. For another example, another device is also proposed, including a unit or module for implementing each step performed by a network device (such as an access network device, a core network function node, a core network device, etc.) in any of the above methods.

[0408] It should be understood that the division of the units or modules in the above device is only a division of logical functions, and in actual implementation, they can be fully or partially integrated into one physical entity, or they can be physically separated. In addition, the units or modules in the device can be implemented in the form of a processor calling software: for example, the device includes a processor, the processor is connected to a memory, and instructions are stored in the memory. The processor calls the instructions stored in the memory to implement any of the above methods or implement the functions of the units or modules of the above device, wherein the processor is, for example, a general-purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (CPU) or a microprocessor, and the memory is a memory inside the device or a memory outside the device. Alternatively, the units or modules in the device can be implemented in the form of hardware circuits, and the functions of some or all of the units or modules can be realized by designing the hardware circuits. The above hardware circuits can be understood as one or more processors; for example, in one implementation, the above hardware circuit is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and the functions of some or all of the above units or modules are realized by designing the logical relationship of the components in the circuit; for example, in another implementation, the above hardware circuit can be realized by a programmable logic device (PLD), taking a field programmable gate array (FPGA) as an example, which can include a large number of logic gate circuits, and the connection relationship between the logic gate circuits is configured by a configuration file, so as to realize the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. All units or modules of the above devices can be realized in the form of a processor calling software, or in the form of a hardware circuit, or in part by a processor calling software, and the rest by a hardware circuit.

[0409] In the disclosed embodiment, the processor is a circuit with signal processing capability. In one implementation, the processor may be a circuit with instruction reading and running capability, such as a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, a graphics processing unit (GPU) (which may be understood as a microprocessor), or a digital signal processor (DSP), etc.; in another implementation, the processor may realize certain functions through the logical relationship of the hardware circuit, and the logical relationship of the above hardware circuit is fixed or reconfigurable, such as a hardware circuit implemented by a processor as an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a programmable logic device (PLD), such as an FPGA. In a reconfigurable hardware circuit, the process of the processor loading a configuration document and realizing the configuration of the hardware circuit may be understood as the process of the processor loading instructions to realize the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. In addition, it may also be a hardware circuit designed for artificial intelligence, which may be understood as an ASIC, such as a neural network processing unit (NPU), a tensor processing unit (TPU), a deep learning processing unit (DPU), etc.

[0410] Figure 5a Schematic diagram of the structure of the terminal proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure. Figure 5a As shown, the terminal 5100 may include: at least one of a transceiver module 5101, a processing module 5102, etc. In some embodiments, the transceiver module 5101 is used to receive configuration information sent by a network device, and the configuration information includes one or more discontinuous transceiver patterns, wherein the discontinuous transceiver pattern is used to indicate the timing of the terminal to send and receive information in the non-terrestrial network NTN.

[0411] In some embodiments, the configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0412] A first information field, the first information field is used to indicate pattern identifiers corresponding to one or more discontinuous transmission and reception patterns;

[0413] A second information field, the second information field is used to indicate terminal behaviors corresponding to one or more discontinuous transmission and reception patterns;

[0414] The third information field is used to indicate that each discontinuous transceiver pattern is a discontinuous transmission DTX pattern and / or a discontinuous reception DRX pattern.

[0415] In some embodiments, the pattern identifier is associated with or corresponds to the terminal behavior, wherein the configuration information does not include the second information field.

[0416] In some embodiments, the discontinuous transceiver pattern is a DTX pattern by default, wherein the configuration information does not include a third information field corresponding to the discontinuous transceiver pattern.

[0417] In some embodiments, the discontinuous transmission and reception pattern includes at least one of the following parameters:

[0418] The duration of the activation period;

[0419] the duration of the inactivity period;

[0420] cycle;

[0421] Start time offset.

[0422] In some embodiments, when the discontinuous transceiver pattern is a DTX pattern, the DTX pattern satisfies one of the following:

[0423] The DTX pattern includes an activation period and a non-activation period, wherein the activation period is a first activation period or a second activation period;

[0424] The DTX pattern includes a first activation period, a second activation period, and a non-activation period, wherein the activation period includes the first activation period and the second activation period;

[0425] The terminal behaviors corresponding to the first activation period and the second activation period are different.

[0426] In conjunction with the embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the duration of the activation period includes: the duration of the first activation period and / or the duration of the second activation period;

[0427] The start time offset includes: a first offset corresponding to the first activation period and / or a second offset corresponding to the second activation period.

[0428] In some embodiments, when the start time offset does not include the second offset, the second offset is determined based on the first offset.

[0429] In some embodiments, the terminal behavior in the first activation period includes: receiving public information sent by the network device; and / or,

[0430] The terminal behavior in the second activation period includes: receiving terminal-specific information sent by the network device.

[0431] In some embodiments, the terminal behavior during the DTX pattern inactive period includes: not expecting to receive common information, and / or, not expecting to receive terminal-specific information.

[0432] In some embodiments, the public information includes at least one of the following:

[0433] Synchronization signal block SSB;

[0434] System information block SIB1;

[0435] System information block SIB19;

[0436] Set the type of physical downlink control channel PDCCH.

[0437] In some embodiments, the terminal-specific information includes at least one of the following:

[0438] Terminal-specific PDCCH;

[0439] Terminal-specific PDSCH;

[0440] PDSCH used to transmit MSG2;

[0441] PDSCH used to transmit MSG4;

[0442] Channel State Information Reference Signal CSI-RS.

[0443] In some embodiments, when the discontinuous transmission and reception pattern is a DRX pattern, the terminal behavior in the activation period includes: sending uplink information to the network device, or,

[0444] The terminal behaviors in the inactive period include: not expecting to receive uplink scheduling information sent by the network device, and not expecting to send uplink information.

[0445] In some embodiments, the uplink information includes at least one of the following:

[0446] Sounding reference signal SRS;

[0447] Configure the authorized physical uplink shared channel CG-PUSCH;

[0448] Random access channel PRACH.

[0449] In some embodiments, the plurality of discontinuous transmission and reception patterns satisfy at least one of the following:

[0450] The cycles are different;

[0451] The corresponding terminal behaviors are different;

[0452] The start time offset is different.

[0453] In some embodiments, the processing module 5102 is further configured to execute a terminal behavior corresponding to the applied discontinuous transmission and reception pattern according to the configuration information.

[0454] In some embodiments, the terminal supports applying multiple discontinuous transmission and reception patterns simultaneously on one network.

[0455] In some embodiments, the configuration information is sent via common signaling or via terminal-specific signaling.

[0456] In some embodiments, the terminal has the ability to identify configuration information.

[0457] Optionally, the transceiver module 5101 is used to execute at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving executed by the terminal 101 in any of the above methods, which will not be described in detail here. Optionally, the processing module 5102 is used to execute at least one of the other steps executed by the terminal 101 in any of the above methods, which will not be described in detail here.

[0458] Figure 5b Schematic diagram of the structure of the terminal proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure. Figure 5b As shown, the network device 5200 may include: at least one of a transceiver module 5201, a processing module 5202, etc. In some embodiments, the transceiver module 5201 is used to send configuration information to the terminal, and the configuration information includes one or more discontinuous transceiver patterns, wherein the discontinuous transceiver pattern is used to indicate the timing of the terminal to send and receive information in the non-terrestrial network NTN.

[0459] In some embodiments, the configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0460] A first information field, the first information field is used to indicate pattern identifiers corresponding to one or more discontinuous transmission and reception patterns;

[0461] A second information field, the second information field is used to indicate the network behavior corresponding to one or more discontinuous transmission and reception patterns;

[0462] The third information field is used to indicate that each discontinuous transceiver pattern is a discontinuous transmission DTX pattern and / or a discontinuous reception DRX pattern.

[0463] In some embodiments, the pattern identifier is associated with or corresponds to the terminal behavior, wherein the configuration information does not include the second information field.

[0464] In some embodiments, the discontinuous transceiver pattern is a DTX pattern by default, wherein the configuration information does not include a third information field corresponding to the discontinuous transceiver pattern.

[0465] In some embodiments, the discontinuous transmission and reception pattern includes at least one of the following parameters:

[0466] The duration of the activation period;

[0467] the duration of the inactivity period;

[0468] cycle;

[0469] Start time offset.

[0470] In some embodiments, when the discontinuous transceiver pattern is a DTX pattern, the DTX pattern satisfies one of the following:

[0471] It includes an activation period and a non-activation period, wherein the activation period is a first activation period or a second activation period;

[0472] The first activation period, the second activation period and the inactive period are included, wherein the activation period includes the first activation period and the second activation period;

[0473] The network behaviors corresponding to the first activation period and the second activation period are different.

[0474] In some embodiments, the duration of the activation period includes: the duration of the first activation period and / or the duration of the second activation period;

[0475] The start time offset includes: a first offset corresponding to the first activation period and / or a second offset corresponding to the second activation period.

[0476] In some embodiments, when the start time offset does not include the second offset, the second offset is determined based on the first offset.

[0477] In some embodiments, the network behavior in the first activation period includes: sending public information to the terminal; and / or,

[0478] The network behavior in the second activation period includes: sending terminal-specific information to the terminal.

[0479] In some embodiments, the network behavior during the DTX pattern inactive period includes: not sending common information, and / or not sending terminal-specific information.

[0480] In some embodiments, the public information includes at least one of the following:

[0481] Synchronization signal block SSB;

[0482] System information block SIB1;

[0483] System information block SIB19;

[0484] Set the type of physical downlink control channel PDCCH.

[0485] In some embodiments, the terminal-specific information includes at least one of the following:

[0486] Terminal-specific PDCCH;

[0487] Terminal-specific PDSCH;

[0488] PDSCH used to transmit MSG2;

[0489] PDSCH used to transmit MSG4;

[0490] Channel State Information Reference Signal CSI-RS.

[0491] In some embodiments, when the discontinuous transmission and reception pattern is a DRX pattern, the network behavior in the activation period includes: receiving uplink information sent by the terminal, or,

[0492] The network behavior during the inactive period includes: not receiving uplink information.

[0493] In some embodiments, the uplink information includes at least one of the following:

[0494] Sounding reference signal SRS;

[0495] Configure the authorized physical uplink shared channel PUSCH;

[0496] Random access channel PRACH.

[0497] In some embodiments, the plurality of discontinuous transmission and reception patterns satisfy at least one of the following:

[0498] The cycles are different;

[0499] The corresponding network behavior is different;

[0500] The start time offset is different.

[0501] In combination with the embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the configuration information is sent via common signaling or via terminal-specific signaling.

[0502] In some embodiments, the transceiver module may include a sending module and / or a receiving module, and the sending module and the receiving module may be separate or integrated. Optionally, the transceiver module may be interchangeable with the transceiver.

[0503] In some embodiments, the processing module can be a module or include multiple submodules. Optionally, the multiple submodules respectively execute all or part of the steps required to be executed by the processing module. Optionally, the processing module can be replaced with the processor.

[0504] Figure 6a6100 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the communication device 6100 proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication device 6100 can be a network device (such as an access network device, a core network device, etc.), or a terminal (such as a user device, etc.), or a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports the network device to implement any of the above methods, or a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports the terminal to implement any of the above methods. The communication device 6100 can be used to implement the method described in the above method embodiment, and the details can be referred to the description in the above method embodiment.

[0505] like Figure 6a As shown, the communication device 6100 includes one or more processors 6101. The processor 6101 can be a general-purpose processor or a dedicated processor, for example, a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor can be used to process the communication protocol and the communication data, and the central processing unit can be used to control the communication device (such as a base station, a baseband chip, a terminal device, a terminal device chip, a DU or a CU, etc.), execute the program, and process the data of the program. Optionally, the communication device 6100 is used to execute any of the above methods. Optionally, one or more processors 6101 are used to call instructions so that the communication device 6100 executes any of the above methods.

[0506] In some embodiments, the communication device 6100 further includes one or more transceivers 6102. When the communication device 6100 includes one or more transceivers 6102, the transceiver 6102 performs at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving in the above method, and the processor 6101 performs at least one of the other steps. In an optional embodiment, the transceiver may include a receiver and / or a transmitter, and the receiver and the transmitter may be separated or integrated. Optionally, the terms such as transceiver, transceiver unit, transceiver, transceiver circuit, interface circuit, interface, etc. may be replaced with each other, the terms such as transmitter, transmission unit, transmitter, transmission circuit, etc. may be replaced with each other, and the terms such as receiver, receiving unit, receiver, receiving circuit, etc. may be replaced with each other.

[0507] In some embodiments, the communication device 6100 further includes one or more memories 6103 for storing data. Optionally, all or part of the memories 6103 may also be outside the communication device 6100. In an optional embodiment, the communication device 6100 may include one or more interface circuits 6104. Optionally, the interface circuit 6104 is connected to the memory 6103, and the interface circuit 6104 may be used to receive data from the memory 6103 or other devices, and may be used to send data to the memory 6103 or other devices. For example, the interface circuit 6104 may read the data stored in the memory 6103 and send the data to the processor 6101.

[0508] The communication device 6100 described in the above embodiments may be a network device or a terminal, but the scope of the communication device 6100 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device 6100 may not be limited thereto. Figure 6a The communication device may be an independent device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be: 1) an independent integrated circuit IC, or a chip, or a chip system or subsystem; (2) a collection of one or more ICs, optionally, the above IC collection may also include a storage component for storing data and programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a modem; (4) a module that can be embedded in other devices; (5) a receiver, a terminal device, an intelligent terminal device, a cellular phone, a wireless device, a handheld device, a mobile unit, a vehicle-mounted device, a network device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligence device, etc.; (6) others, etc.

[0509] Figure 6b 6200 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Figure 6b The structure diagram of chip 6200 is shown, but is not limited to this.

[0510] The chip 6200 includes one or more processors 6201. The chip 6200 is configured to execute any of the above methods.

[0511] In some embodiments, the chip 6200 further includes one or more interface circuits 6202. Optionally, the terms such as interface circuit, interface, transceiver pin, etc. can be interchangeable. In some embodiments, the chip 6200 further includes one or more memories 6203 for storing data. Optionally, all or part of the memory 6203 can be outside the chip 6200. Optionally, the interface circuit 6202 is connected to the memory 6203, and the interface circuit 6202 can be used to receive data from the memory 6203 or other devices, and the interface circuit 6202 can be used to send data to the memory 6203 or other devices. For example, the interface circuit 6202 can read the data stored in the memory 6203 and send the data to the processor 6201.

[0512] In some embodiments, the interface circuit 6202 performs at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving in the above method. The interface circuit 6202 performs the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving in the above method, for example, means that the interface circuit 6202 performs data interaction between the processor 6201, the chip 6200, the memory 6203 or the transceiver device. In some embodiments, the processor 6201 performs at least one of the other steps.

[0513] The modules and / or devices described in the embodiments such as virtual devices, physical devices, chips, etc. can be combined or separated as needed. Optionally, some or all steps can also be performed by multiple modules and / or devices in collaboration, which is not limited here.

[0514] The present disclosure also proposes a storage medium, on which instructions are stored, and when the instructions are executed on the communication device 6100, the communication device 6100 executes any of the above methods. Optionally, the storage medium is an electronic storage medium. Optionally, the storage medium is a computer-readable storage medium, but is not limited to this, and it can also be a storage medium readable by other devices. Optionally, the storage medium can be a non-transitory storage medium, but is not limited to this, and it can also be a temporary storage medium.

[0515] The present disclosure also proposes a program product, which, when executed by the communication device 6100, enables the communication device 6100 to execute any of the above methods. Optionally, the program product is a computer program product.

[0516] The present disclosure also proposes a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to execute any one of the above methods.

[0517] Industrial Applicability

[0518] Based on the received configuration information, the terminal can obtain the timing of sending and receiving information according to one or more discontinuous sending and receiving patterns, so as to send and receive information at the appropriate time, thereby improving communication efficiency.

Claims

1. A method for receiving configuration information, performed by a terminal, the method comprising: Configuration information sent by a network device is received, wherein the configuration information includes one or more discontinuous transceiver patterns, wherein the discontinuous transceiver pattern is used to indicate a timing for the terminal to transmit and receive information in a non-terrestrial network NTN.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein: The configuration information includes at least one of the following: A first information field, where the first information field is used to indicate pattern identifiers corresponding to the one or more discontinuous transmission and reception patterns; A second information field, where the second information field is used to indicate terminal behaviors corresponding to the one or more discontinuous transmission and reception patterns; The third information field is used to indicate that each discontinuous transceiver pattern is a discontinuous transmission DTX pattern and / or a discontinuous reception DRX pattern.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein: The pattern identifier is associated with or corresponds to the terminal behavior, wherein the configuration information does not include the second information field.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein: The discontinuous transceiver pattern is a DTX pattern, a DRX pattern, or a DTX and DRX pattern by default, wherein the configuration information does not include a third information field corresponding to the discontinuous transceiver pattern.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein: The discontinuous transmission and reception pattern includes at least one of the following parameters: The duration of the activation period; the duration of the inactivity period; cycle; Start time offset.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein: When the discontinuous transceiver pattern is a DTX pattern, the DTX pattern satisfies one of the following: The DTX pattern includes an activation period and a non-activation period, wherein the activation period is a first activation period or a second activation period; The DTX pattern includes an activation period and a non-activation period, wherein the activation period includes the first activation period and the second activation period; The terminal behaviors corresponding to the first activation period and the second activation period are different.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein: The duration of the activation period includes: the duration of the first activation period and / or the duration of the second activation period; The start time offset includes: a first offset corresponding to the first activation period and / or a second offset corresponding to the second activation period.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein: When the start time offset does not include the second offset, the second offset is determined according to the first offset.

9. The method according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein: The terminal behavior in the first activation period includes: receiving public information sent by the network device; and / or, The terminal behavior in the second activation period includes: receiving terminal-specific information sent by the network device.

10. The method according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein: The terminal behavior in the DTX pattern inactive period includes: not expecting to receive the public information, and / or not expecting to receive the terminal-specific information.

11. The method according to claim 9 or 10, wherein: The public information includes at least one of the following: Synchronization signal block SSB; System information block SIB1; System information block SIB19; Set the type of physical downlink control channel PDCCH.

12. The method according to claim 9 or 10, wherein: The terminal-specific information includes at least one of the following: Terminal-specific PDCCH; Terminal-specific PDSCH; PDSCH used to transmit MSG2; PDSCH used to transmit MSG4; Channel State Information Reference Signal CSI-RS.

13. The method of claim 5, wherein: When the discontinuous transmission and reception pattern is a DRX pattern, the terminal behavior in the activation period includes: sending uplink information to the network device, or, The terminal behavior in the non-active period includes: not expecting to receive uplink scheduling information sent by the network device, and not expecting to send the uplink information.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein: The uplink information includes at least one of the following: Sounding reference signal SRS; Configure the authorized physical uplink shared channel PUSCH; Random access channel PRACH.

15. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 14, wherein: The multiple discontinuous transmission and reception patterns satisfy at least one of the following: The cycles are different; The corresponding terminal behaviors are different; The start time offset is different.

16. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 15, wherein: The method further comprises: According to the configuration information, a terminal behavior corresponding to the applied discontinuous transmission and reception pattern is executed.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein: The terminal supports applying a plurality of discontinuous transmission and reception patterns simultaneously on one network.

18. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 17, wherein: The configuration information is sent via common signaling or via terminal-specific signaling.

19. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 18, wherein: The terminal has the ability to identify the configuration information.

20. A method for sending configuration information, performed by a network device, the method comprising: Configuration information is sent to a terminal, wherein the configuration information includes one or more discontinuous transceiver patterns, wherein the discontinuous transceiver pattern is used to indicate a timing for the terminal to transmit and receive information in a non-terrestrial network NTN.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein: The configuration information includes at least one of the following: A first information field, where the first information field is used to indicate pattern identifiers corresponding to the one or more discontinuous transmission and reception patterns; A second information field, where the second information field is used to indicate network behaviors corresponding to the one or more discontinuous transmission and reception patterns; The third information field is used to indicate that each discontinuous transceiver pattern is a discontinuous transmission DTX pattern and / or a discontinuous reception DRX pattern.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein: The pattern identifier is associated with or corresponds to the terminal behavior, wherein the configuration information does not include the second information field.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein: The discontinuous transceiver pattern is a DTX pattern by default, wherein the configuration information does not include a third information field corresponding to the discontinuous transceiver pattern.

24. The method according to any one of claims 20 to 23, wherein: The discontinuous transmission and reception pattern includes at least one of the following parameters: The duration of the activation period; the duration of the inactivity period; cycle; Start time offset.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein: When the discontinuous transceiver pattern is a DTX pattern, the DTX pattern satisfies one of the following: including an activation period and a non-activation period, wherein the activation period is the first activation period or the second activation period; including an activation period and a non-activation period, wherein the activation period includes the first activation period and the second activation period; The network behaviors corresponding to the first activation period and the second activation period are different.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein: The duration of the activation period includes: the duration of the first activation period and / or the duration of the second activation period; The start time offset includes: a first offset corresponding to the first activation period and / or a second offset corresponding to the second activation period.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein: When the start time offset does not include the second offset, the second offset is determined according to the first offset.

28. The method according to any one of claims 25 to 27, wherein: The network behavior in the first activation period includes: sending public information to the terminal; and / or, The network behavior in the second activation period includes: sending terminal-specific information to the terminal.

29. The method according to any one of claims 25 to 28, wherein: The network behavior during the DTX pattern inactive period includes: not sending the common information, and / or not sending the terminal-specific information.

30. The method of claim 28 or 29, wherein: The public information includes at least one of the following: Synchronization signal block SSB; System information block SIB1; System information block SIB19; Set the type of physical downlink control channel PDCCH.

31. The method of claim 28 or 29, wherein: The terminal-specific information includes at least one of the following: Terminal-specific PDCCH; Terminal-specific PDSCH; PDSCH used to transmit MSG2; PDSCH used to transmit MSG4; Channel State Information Reference Signal CSI-RS.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein: When the discontinuous transmission and reception pattern is a DRX pattern, the network behavior in the activation period includes: receiving uplink information sent by the terminal, or, The network behavior in the non-active period includes: not receiving the uplink information.

33. The method of claim 32, wherein: The uplink information includes at least one of the following: Sounding reference signal SRS; Configure the authorized physical uplink shared channel PUSCH; Random access channel PRACH.

34. The method of any one of claims 21 to 33, wherein: The multiple discontinuous transmission and reception patterns satisfy at least one of the following: The cycles are different; The corresponding network behavior is different; The start time offset is different.

35. The method of any one of claims 20 to 34, wherein: The configuration information is sent via common signaling or via terminal-specific signaling.

36. A terminal, comprising: The transceiver module is used to receive configuration information sent by the network device, wherein the configuration information includes one or more discontinuous transceiver patterns, wherein the discontinuous transceiver pattern is used to indicate the timing of the terminal to send and receive information in the non-terrestrial network NTN.

37. The terminal according to claim 36, wherein: The configuration information includes at least one of the following: A first information field, where the first information field is used to indicate pattern identifiers corresponding to the one or more discontinuous transmission and reception patterns; A second information field, where the second information field is used to indicate terminal behaviors corresponding to the one or more discontinuous transmission and reception patterns; The third information field is used to indicate that each discontinuous transceiver pattern is a discontinuous transmission DTX pattern and / or a discontinuous reception DRX pattern.

38. The terminal according to claim 36 or 37, wherein: The discontinuous transmission and reception pattern includes at least one of the following parameters: The duration of the activation period; the duration of the inactivity period; cycle; Start time offset.

39. The terminal according to any one of claims 36 to 38, wherein: When the discontinuous transceiver pattern is a DTX pattern, the DTX pattern includes an activation period and a non-activation period, and the activation period is a first activation period and / or a second activation period; The terminal behavior in the first activation period includes: receiving public information sent by the network device; and / or, The terminal behavior in the second activation period includes: receiving terminal-specific information sent by the network device.

40. The terminal according to any one of claims 36 to 38, wherein: When the discontinuous transmission and reception pattern is a DRX pattern, the terminal behavior in the activation period includes: sending uplink information to the network device, or, The terminal behavior in the non-active period includes: not expecting to receive uplink scheduling information sent by the network device, and not expecting to send the uplink information.

41. A network device comprising: The transceiver module is used to send configuration information to the terminal, wherein the configuration information includes one or more discontinuous transceiver patterns, wherein the discontinuous transceiver pattern is used to indicate the timing of the terminal to send and receive information in the non-terrestrial network NTN.

42. The network device of claim 41, wherein: The configuration information includes at least one of the following: A first information field, where the first information field is used to indicate pattern identifiers corresponding to the one or more discontinuous transmission and reception patterns; A second information field, where the second information field is used to indicate terminal behaviors corresponding to the one or more discontinuous transmission and reception patterns; The third information field is used to indicate that each discontinuous transceiver pattern is a discontinuous transmission DTX pattern and / or a discontinuous reception DRX pattern.

43. The network device according to claim 41 or 42, wherein: The discontinuous transmission and reception pattern includes at least one of the following parameters: The duration of the activation period; the duration of the inactivity period; cycle; Start time offset.

44. The network device according to any one of claims 41 to 43, wherein: When the discontinuous transceiver pattern is a DTX pattern, the DTX pattern includes an activation period and a non-activation period, and the activation period is a first activation period and / or a second activation period; The terminal behavior in the first activation period includes: receiving public information sent by the network device; and / or, The terminal behavior in the second activation period includes: receiving terminal-specific information sent by the network device.

45. The network device according to any one of claims 41 to 43, wherein: When the discontinuous transmission and reception pattern is a DRX pattern, the terminal behavior in the activation period includes: sending uplink information to the network device, or, The terminal behavior in the non-active period includes: not expecting to receive uplink scheduling information sent by the network device, and not expecting to send the uplink information.

46. ​​A communication device comprising: one or more processors; The communication device is configured to implement the method described in any one of claims 1 to 19 or any one of claims 20 to 35.

47. A storage medium storing instructions, wherein: When the instruction is executed on a communication device, the communication device is caused to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 19 or any one of claims 20 to 35.

48. A program product, wherein When the program product is executed by a communication device, the communication device executes the method as described in any one of claims 1 to 19 or any one of claims 20 to 35.

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