Communication method and device, storage medium, communication equipment and chip

Abstract

The invention discloses a communication method and device, communication equipment and a chip, and relates to the technical field of communication processing, and the method comprises the following steps: firstly, receiving newly transmitted DCI issued by network equipment; judging whether the newly transmitted DCI is downlink DCI or not in response to the fact that the receiving moment of the newly transmitted DCI is within the target DRX short-period activation time period of the network equipment; and if the newly transmitted DCI is the downlink DCI, triggering the terminal to enter a DRX short period. According to the method and the device, the relationship between the time of the newly transmitted DCI issued by the network equipment and the activation time period of the target DRX short period is confirmed, whether the newly transmitted DCI issued by the network equipment is the downlink DCI or not is judged, and if the newly transmitted DCI is the downlink DCI, the terminal can be quickly triggered to enter the DRX short period without waiting for timeout of a non-activation period timer; the DRX cycle of the terminal and the DRX cycle of the network equipment are aligned, the terminal can enter the DRX inactive period dormancy as soon as possible on the premise that service stability is not lost, power consumption of the terminal is saved, and power consumption is reduced.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a communication method, apparatus, storage medium, communication equipment and chip. Background Art

[0002] In the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) 38.300 protocol, a terminal can receive a discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration sent by a network device and monitor the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) during the DRX active time.

[0003] Currently, the terminal needs to start the DRX-inactivity time timer after listening to the newly transmitted downlink control information (DCI), and after waiting for the timer to time out, it will determine to use the cycle corresponding to the DRX short cycle of the network device to align the DRX cycle with the network device.

[0004] However, this method requires a long wait time to determine that the terminal uses the short DRX cycle, which will cause the terminal to be in the DRX activation period for a long time, thereby causing serious power consumption and increased power consumption of the terminal. Summary of the invention

[0005] In view of this, the present application provides a communication method, apparatus, storage medium, communication equipment and chip, the main purpose of which is to improve the current technical problem that the terminal needs to wait for a long time to determine that the terminal uses a short DRX cycle, which will cause the terminal to be in a DRX activation period for a long time, thereby causing serious power consumption and increased power consumption of the terminal.

[0006] In a first aspect, the present application provides a communication method, comprising:

[0007] Receive new DCI sent by network equipment;

[0008] In response to the reception time of the newly transmitted DCI being within the target DRX short cycle activation time period of the network device, determining whether the newly transmitted DCI is a downlink DCI;

[0009] If the newly transmitted DCI is a downlink DCI, the terminal is triggered to enter a DRX short cycle.

[0010] Optionally, after determining whether the newly transmitted DCI is a downlink DCI, the method further includes:

[0011] If the newly transmitted DCI is an uplink DCI, determining a time interval between a first time when the network device sends the DRX configuration information and a second time when the terminal receives the newly transmitted DCI;

[0012] Based on the relationship between the time interval and a scheduling request (SR) cycle, the terminal is triggered to enter a DRX short cycle.

[0013] Optionally, triggering the terminal to enter a DRX short cycle based on a relationship between the time interval and the SR cycle includes:

[0014] If the time interval is smaller than the SR cycle, the terminal is triggered to enter a DRX short cycle.

[0015] Optionally, based on the relationship between the time interval and the SR cycle, triggering the terminal to enter a DRX short cycle further includes:

[0016] If the time interval is greater than the SR period, the inactive period timer is triggered to run;

[0017] In response to the expiration of the inactive period timer, triggering the terminal to enter a DRX short cycle.

[0018] Optionally, after the receiving of the new transmission DCI sent by the network device, the method further includes:

[0019] In response to the reception time of the newly transmitted DCI not being within the target DRX short cycle activation time period of the network device, triggering the inactive period timer to run;

[0020] In response to the expiration of the inactive period timer, triggering the terminal to enter a DRX short cycle.

[0021] Optionally, before receiving the new transmission DCI sent by the network device, the method further includes:

[0022] Determine the DRX configuration information sent by the network device, where the DRX configuration information includes the configuration information of the DRX short cycle.

[0023] Optionally, after triggering the terminal to enter a DRX short cycle, the method further includes:

[0024] Determine whether the time information of the terminal entering the DRX short cycle meets the start condition of the activation period timer;

[0025] If the start condition is met, the activation period timer is started to run, so as to detect the retransmitted DCI before the short cycle timer times out.

[0026] In a second aspect, the present application provides a communication device, including:

[0027] A receiving module, configured to receive a new transmission DCI sent by a network device;

[0028] A judgment module, configured to judge whether the newly transmitted DCI is a downlink DCI in response to the reception time of the newly transmitted DCI being within the target DRX short cycle activation time period of the network device;

[0029] The trigger module is configured to trigger the terminal to enter a DRX short cycle if the newly transmitted DCI is a downlink DCI.

[0030] In a third aspect, the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, wherein the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the communication method described in the first aspect.

[0031] In a fourth aspect, the present application provides a communication device, comprising a storage medium, a processor, and a computer program stored on the storage medium and executable on the processor, wherein the processor implements the communication method described in the first aspect when executing the computer program.

[0032] In a fifth aspect, the present application provides a chip comprising one or more interface circuits and one or more processors; the interface circuit is used to receive a signal from a memory of a communication device and send the signal to the processor, wherein the signal includes a computer instruction stored in the memory; when the processor executes the computer instruction, the communication device executes the communication method described in the first aspect.

[0033] By means of the above technical scheme, the present application provides a communication method, device, storage medium, communication equipment and chip, specifically, first receiving the newly transmitted downlink control information DCI sent by the network device; in response to the reception time of the newly transmitted DCI being within the target DRX short cycle activation time period of the network device, judging whether the newly transmitted DCI is a downlink DCI; if the newly transmitted DCI is a downlink DCI, triggering the terminal to enter a discontinuous reception DRX short cycle. Compared with the current prior art, the present application can determine whether the newly transmitted DCI sent by the network device is a downlink DCI by confirming the relationship between the time of the newly transmitted DCI sent by the network device and the target DRX short cycle activation time period. If the newly transmitted DCI is a downlink DCI, it is not necessary to wait for the inactive period timer to time out, and the terminal can be quickly triggered to enter the DRX short cycle, so that the terminal is aligned with the DRX cycle of the network device. After the terminal and the base station align the DRX length cycle, the terminal can enter the DRX inactive period sleep as soon as possible without losing the service stability, saving the terminal power consumption and reducing the power consumption.

[0034] The above description is only an overview of the technical solution of the present application. In order to more clearly understand the technical means of the present application, it can be implemented in accordance with the contents of the specification. In order to make the above and other purposes, features and advantages of the present application more obvious and easy to understand, the specific implementation methods of the present application are listed below. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0035] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present application and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the present application.

[0036] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, for ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying any creative labor.

[0037] Figure 1 A flow chart of a communication method provided in an embodiment of the present application is shown;

[0038] Figure 2 A flowchart of an example provided by an embodiment of the present application is shown;

[0039] Figure 3 A flow chart of a communication method provided in an embodiment of the present application is shown;

[0040] Figure 4 A flowchart of an example provided by an embodiment of the present application is shown;

[0041] Figure 5 A flowchart of an example provided by an embodiment of the present application is shown;

[0042] Figure 6 A flowchart of an example provided by an embodiment of the present application is shown;

[0043] Figure 7 A flowchart of an example provided by an embodiment of the present application is shown;

[0044] Figure 8 A flowchart of an example provided by an embodiment of the present application is shown;

[0045] Fig. 9 A flowchart of an example provided by an embodiment of the present application is shown;

[0046] Fig.10 A schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application is shown;

[0047] Fig.11A schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown;

[0048] Fig.12 A schematic structural diagram of a chip provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0049] The embodiments of the present application will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments and features in the embodiments of the present application can be combined with each other without conflict.

[0050] In order to improve the current technical problem that it takes a long time to determine that the terminal uses a short DRX cycle, the terminal will be in a DRX activation period for a long time, which will cause the terminal to consume a lot of power and increase power consumption. This embodiment provides a communication method, such as Figure 1 As shown, the method includes:

[0051] Step 101: Receive a new DCI sent by a network device.

[0052] The execution subject of this embodiment may be a communication device or a communication equipment, which may be configured on the terminal device side, such as an electronic device or a chip, etc.

[0053] In some examples, the method shown in the present application can be executed by a terminal device, which can be called a terminal, a user equipment (UE), a mobile station (MS), a mobile terminal (MT), etc. The terminal device can also be a car with communication function, a smart car, a mobile phone, a wearable device, a tablet computer (Pad), a computer with wireless transceiver function, a virtual reality (VR) device, an augmented reality (AR) 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 smart grid, a wireless terminal device in transportation safety, a wireless terminal device in smart city, a wireless terminal device in smart home, and a chip or chip system, etc. The embodiments of the present application do not limit the specific technology and specific device form adopted by the terminal device. In one embodiment of the present application, the network device may be a base station, a satellite or other device, which is not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present application. The network device may be an entity on the network side for transmitting or receiving signals. For example, the network 11 may be a communication satellite, an evolved NodeB (eNB), a transmission reception point (TRP), a next generation NodeB (gNB) in an NR system, a base station in other future mobile communication systems, or an access node in a wireless fidelity (WiFi) system. The embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit the specific technology and specific device form adopted by the network device 11. The network device 11 provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure may be composed of a centralized unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU), wherein the CU may also be referred to as a control unit. The CU-DU structure may be used to split the protocol layer of the network device, such as the base station, and the functions of some protocol layers are placed in the CU for centralized control, 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.

[0054] DRX refers to a working mode in which the terminal device turns on the receiver to enter an active state during a necessary period of time to receive downlink data, and turns off the receiver to enter a dormant state during the remaining period of time to stop receiving downlink data, thereby saving terminal power consumption.

[0055] Optionally, in the connected DRX working mode, the terminal device cannot turn off the receiver all the time, but needs to turn on the receiver periodically and start to continuously monitor the PDCCH for a period of time. This period of time is called active-time, and the DRX cycle can be divided into active-time and inactive-time according to the terminal device behavior.

[0056] Step 102: In response to the reception time of the newly transmitted DCI being within the target DRX short cycle activation time period of the network device, it is determined whether the newly transmitted DCI is a downlink DCI.

[0057] For this embodiment, after waking up, the terminal starts a DRX activation period timer (DRX-on DurationTimer) and waits for receiving a PDCCH. The running time period of the DRX-on DurationTimer is the DRX-onduration.

[0058] Optional, such as Figure 2 As shown in the figure, the DRX cycle is a periodic repetition of DRX-onduration and then enters the inactive-time period. The DRX cycle can include a DRX long cycle and a DRX short cycle. If a short-cycle is configured, the long-cycle must be a multiple of the short-cycle.

[0059] It should be noted that the active-time, that is, the time period during which the terminal monitors DCI, may include the DRX-onduration time of the DRX cycle, the time during which the terminal performs continuous reception when the DRX inactivity timer (DRX-inactivity timer) has not expired, and the time during which the terminal performs continuous reception while waiting for a retransmission opportunity.

[0060] Furthermore, the DRX-inactivity timer is the duration that the terminal waits for a successful decoding of the PDCCH from the last successful decoding of the PDCCH. If the decoding is unsuccessful, the terminal can return to sleep. The terminal should restart the DRX-inactivity timer after a single successful decoding of the initial transmission PDCCH only. Correspondingly, the retransmission timer (DRX-retransmission timer) is the timer for waiting for the retransmission to start after the initial transmission fails.

[0061] In an embodiment of the present application, after entering the activation period, the terminal can obtain the time period corresponding to the network device entering the DRX long cycle or the DRX short cycle. Since the DRX long cycle is a multiple of the DRX short cycle, if only the DRX long cycle is turned on, the activation time period obtained by the terminal and the activation time period obtained by the terminal when only the DRX short cycle is turned on will overlap, that is, the same time period can be either the activation time period corresponding to the DRX long cycle or the activation time period when the DRX short cycle is turned on.

[0062] Furthermore, the target DRX short cycle activation time period is an activation time period that can only turn on the corresponding DRX short cycle. For example, the DRX long cycle is three times the DRX short cycle. If the network device initially enters the activation time period corresponding to the DRX long cycle at 7 o'clock, 10 o'clock, and 13 o'clock, correspondingly, if the network device initially enters the activation time period corresponding to the DRX short cycle at 7 o'clock, 8 o'clock, 9 o'clock, 10 o'clock, 11 o'clock, 12 o'clock, and 13 o'clock, then the target DRX short cycle activation time period should be a time period that does not overlap with the target DRX long cycle activation time period, that is, 8 o'clock, 9 o'clock, 11 o'clock, or 12 o'clock.

[0063] It should be noted that the downlink DCI is the DCI that instructs the terminal to perform a downlink task, and correspondingly, the uplink DCI is the DCI that instructs the terminal to perform an uplink task.

[0064] Step 103: If the newly transmitted DCI is a downlink DCI, the terminal is triggered to enter a DRX short cycle.

[0065] Compared with the current existing technology, this embodiment can confirm the relationship between the time of the new transmission DCI sent by the network device and the target DRX short cycle activation time period, and then determine whether the new transmission DCI sent by the network device is a downlink DCI. If the new transmission DCI is a downlink DCI, there is no need to wait for the inactive period timer to time out to quickly trigger the terminal to enter the DRX short cycle, so that the DRX cycle of the terminal is aligned with that of the network device, avoiding DCI missed detection or false detection in the terminal. After the terminal and the base station are aligned with the DRX length cycle, the terminal can enter the DRX inactive period sleep as soon as possible without losing business stability, saving terminal power consumption and reducing power consumption.

[0066] Further, in order to illustrate the specific implementation process of the method of this embodiment, this embodiment provides the following Figure 3 The specific method shown, wherein the method includes:

[0067] Step 201: Receive a new DCI sent by a network device.

[0068] In some examples, after step 201, the method of this embodiment also includes: in response to the reception time of the newly transmitted DCI not being within the target DRX short cycle activation time period of the network device, triggering the inactive period timer to run; in response to the inactive period timer expiring, triggering the terminal to enter the DRX short cycle.

[0069] Exemplarily, if the DRX long cycle is three times the DRX short cycle, the activation time periods corresponding to the initial entry of the network device into the DRX long cycle are 7 o'clock, 10 o'clock, and 13 o'clock. Correspondingly, if the activation time periods corresponding to the initial entry of the network device into the DRX short cycle are 7 o'clock, 8 o'clock, 9 o'clock, 10 o'clock, 11 o'clock, 12 o'clock, and 13 o'clock, then the target DRX short cycle activation time period should be a time period that does not overlap with the target DRX long cycle activation time period, that is, 8 o'clock or 9 o'clock or 11 o'clock or 12 o'clock. Correspondingly, the time periods that are not within the target DRX short cycle activation time period of the network device are all remaining time periods excluding the target DRX short cycle activation time period.

[0070] In the embodiment of the present application, the operation of the inactive period timer may be in the form of starting a countdown. Accordingly, after the countdown ends, it indicates that the inactive period ends and the active period begins.

[0071] Optionally, before step 201, the method of this embodiment further includes: determining DRX configuration information sent by the network device.

[0072] The DRX configuration information includes the configuration information of the DRX short cycle.

[0073] It should be noted that, when the terminal is configured with a DRX short cycle and a DRX long cycle, after the inactive period timer times out, the terminal will enter the DRX short cycle.

[0074] In some examples, such as Figure 4 As shown, after the initial configuration of DRX, in order to clarify whether the DRX cycle to be used initially is a DRX long cycle or a DRX short cycle, it is necessary to wait for the Scheduling Request (SR) to be allowed by the network device before starting the corresponding DRX timer to enter the DRX cycle.

[0075] It should be noted that if Figure 5 As shown, during the DRX-onduration of the DRX long cycle, the terminal cannot monitor the PDCCH for a period of time, and this period includes the DRX-onduration of the DRX long cycle. Since it is impossible to determine whether the base station has sent DCI during the DRX-onduration, the terminal cannot confirm whether the base station uses the DRX long cycle or the DRX short cycle, and needs to wait for SR scheduling before starting the DRX corresponding timer to enter the long and short cycles.

[0076] Step 202: In response to the reception time of the newly transmitted DCI being within the target DRX short cycle activation time period of the network device, it is determined whether the newly transmitted DCI is a downlink DCI.

[0077] According to the judgment result, the process shown in the following steps 203a to 204a can be executed, or the process shown in step 203b can be executed.

[0078] Step 203a: If the newly transmitted DCI is uplink DCI, determine the time interval between the first moment when the network device sends the DRX configuration information and the second moment when the terminal receives the newly transmitted DCI.

[0079] In the embodiment of the present application, the first moment is the moment corresponding to when the network device sends down the DRX configuration information, and the second moment is the moment corresponding to when the terminal receives the newly transmitted DCI.

[0080] Exemplarily, if the first time is 7 o'clock and the second time is 8 o'clock, the time interval is 1 hour.

[0081] Step 204a: based on the relationship between the time interval and the SR cycle, trigger the terminal to enter the DRX short cycle.

[0082] Optionally, step 204a may specifically include: if the time interval is smaller than the SR cycle, triggering the terminal to enter a DRX short cycle.

[0083] In the embodiment of the present application, step 204a specifically also includes: if the time interval is greater than the SR cycle, triggering the inactive period timer to run; in response to the inactive period timer timing out, triggering the terminal to enter the DRX short cycle.

[0084] Exemplarily, based on step 204a, if the SR cycle is half an hour, which is less than the time interval determined in step 203a, the inactive period timer is triggered to run; in response to the expiration of the inactive period timer, it is determined that the terminal enters the DRX short cycle or the DRX long cycle; accordingly, if the SR cycle is two hours, the terminal is triggered to enter the DRX short cycle.

[0085] In step 203b, which is parallel to step 203a, if the newly transmitted DCI is a downlink DCI, the terminal is triggered to enter a DRX short cycle.

[0086] In an embodiment of the present application, after step 203b, the method of this embodiment also includes: determining whether the time information of the terminal entering the DRX short cycle meets the start condition of the activation period timer; if the start condition is met, starting the activation period timer to detect the retransmitted DCI before the short cycle timer times out.

[0087] In some examples, the activation period timer is started under the following conditions:

[0088] [(SFN*10)+subframeNumber]modulo(shortDRX-Cycle)=

[0089] (DRXStartOffset)modulo(shortDRX-Cycle)

[0090] In the start condition, modulo indicates modulus, subframeNumber indicates the number of subframes, SFN indicates system frame number (System Frame Number, SFN), and shortDRX-Cycle indicates a DRX short cycle.

[0091] Optional, such as Figure 6 The figure shows a confirmation flow chart of the terminal confirming that the initial DRX cycle configured by the base station is a DRX long cycle or a DRX short cycle after the initial configuration of DRX. From the above process, it can be seen that only after the DRX-Inactivity timer runs or the media access control layer (Media Access Control, MAC) control element (Control Element, CE) of the DRX command word (command) is received, it can be determined whether the DRX is running in the DRX long cycle or the DRX short cycle.

[0092] For example, when the DRX-onduration of the long DRX cycle cannot monitor the PDCCH to detect the DCI due to reasons such as the RF channel being occupied, it is also necessary to re-acquire the process of synchronizing with the DRX cycle of the network device.

[0093] The 3GPP protocol does not clearly specify whether the initial DRX cycle of the base station and the terminal is a long DRX cycle or a short DRX cycle. Figure 7 As shown, the terminal can prioritize the short DRX cycle by default. Since the long DRX cycle is a multiple of the short cycle, the moment when the DRX-onduration of the two DRX cycles intersects can be aligned with the network.

[0094] As an alternative, Figure 8 As shown, DRX is kept activated until the DCI is received and the DRX-inactivity timer is started, and then the DRX-ShortCycle timer is further started to synchronize the long and short cycles.

[0095] Both of the above methods cannot align the cycle with the base station for a long time, resulting in idling and inability to sleep to save power.

[0096] Compared with the current existing technology, this embodiment can determine whether the newly transmitted DCI sent by the network device is a downlink DCI by confirming the relationship between the time of the newly transmitted DCI sent by the network device and the target DRX short cycle activation time period. If the newly transmitted DCI is a downlink DCI, it is not necessary to wait for the inactive period timer to time out to quickly trigger the terminal to enter the DRX short cycle. The terminal can also effectively identify the scheduling behavior of the DRX DRX-onduration time network device, and relatively accurately determine whether the current DRX is working in a DRX long cycle or a DRX short cycle terminal, which can reduce the time when the DRX-onduration start time is inconsistent with the base station, align the DRX cycle of the network device and the terminal as soon as possible, and avoid DCI missed detection or false detection in the terminal. After the terminal and the base station align the DRX length cycle, the terminal can enter the DRX inactive period sleep as soon as possible without losing business stability, saving terminal power consumption and reducing power consumption.

[0097] In order to illustrate the specific implementation process of this embodiment, the following specific application examples are given: Fig. 9 As shown, but not limited to:

[0098] After the network device sends the DRX configuration, the terminal determines the DRX length cycle configuration; if the base station is only configured with a DRX long cycle or only configured with a DRX short cycle, the DRX cycles of the terminal and the base station are always aligned without subsequent alignment; if both a DRX short cycle and a DRX long cycle are configured, the terminal continuously detects DCI.

[0099] When the terminal receives a valid new DCI sent by the network device, it determines whether the reception time of the DCI falls within the DRX-onduration of the DRX short cycle; if it does not fall within the DRX-onduration, the DRX-inactivity timer is started, and when the DRX-inactivity timer times out, the DRX-ShortCycleTimer is started to enter the DRX short cycle; if the reception time of the DCI falls within the DRX-onduration, it is determined that if the first received DCI is a downlink DCI, the DRX short cycle is immediately entered, and the short DRX cycle is used to calculate the most recent DRX-onduration start time, and the DRX activation period and inactivation period are comprehensively judged according to the operating status of the DRX-onduration timer, the DRX-inactivity timer, the uplink retransmission timer (DRX-RetransmissionTimerUL), and the downlink retransmission timer (DRX-RetransmissionTimerDL), to determine whether the terminal detects the retransmitted DCI;

[0100] If the DCI received for the second time is an uplink DCI, the time interval T from the issuance of the DRX configuration to the detection of the first valid DCI is determined. If T is completely contained in an SR cycle and the terminal has not reported an SR in this SR cycle, the DRX short cycle is immediately entered, and the short DRX cycle is used to calculate the most recent DRX-onduration start time. The DRX activation period and inactivation period are comprehensively determined according to the operating status of the DRX DRX-onduration timer, DRX-inactivity timer, DRX-RetransmissionTimerUL, and DRX-RetransmissionTimerDL to determine whether the terminal detects the retransmitted DCI; if T is not completely contained in an SR cycle, the DRX-inactivity timer is started. When the DRX-inactivitytimer times out, the DRX-ShortCycleTimer is started to enter the DRX short cycle.

[0101] Compared with the current existing technology, this embodiment can determine whether the newly transmitted DCI sent by the network device is a downlink DCI by confirming the relationship between the time of the newly transmitted DCI sent by the network device and the target DRX short cycle activation time period. If the newly transmitted DCI is a downlink DCI, it is not necessary to wait for the inactive period timer to time out to quickly trigger the terminal to enter the DRX short cycle. The terminal can also effectively identify the scheduling behavior of the DRX DRX-onduration time network device, and relatively accurately determine whether the current DRX is working in a DRX long cycle or a DRX short cycle terminal, which can reduce the time when the DRX-onduration start time is inconsistent with the base station, align the DRX cycle of the network device and the terminal as soon as possible, and avoid DCI missed detection or false detection in the terminal. After the terminal and the base station align the DRX length cycle, the terminal can enter the DRX inactive period sleep as soon as possible without losing business stability, saving terminal power consumption and reducing power consumption.

[0102] Further, as Figure 1 and Figure 3 The specific implementation of the method shown in this embodiment provides a communication device, such as Fig.10 As shown, the device includes: a receiving module 31, a judging module 32, and a triggering module 33.

[0103] The receiving module 31 is configured to receive new downlink control information DCI sent by the network device;

[0104] The judging module 32 is configured to judge whether the newly transmitted DCI is a downlink DCI in response to the reception time of the newly transmitted DCI being within the target DRX short cycle activation time period of the network device;

[0105] The trigger module 33 is configured to trigger the terminal to enter a discontinuous reception DRX short cycle if the newly transmitted DCI is a downlink DCI.

[0106] In some examples of this embodiment, the trigger module 33 is also configured to determine the time interval between the first moment when the network device sends down the DRX configuration information and the second moment when the terminal receives the newly transmitted DCI if the newly transmitted DCI is an uplink DCI; based on the relationship between the time interval and the SR cycle, trigger the terminal to enter the DRX short cycle.

[0107] In some examples of this embodiment, the trigger module 33 is further configured to trigger the terminal to enter a DRX short cycle if the time interval is smaller than the SR cycle.

[0108] In some examples of this embodiment, the trigger module 33 is further configured to trigger the non-activation period timer to run if the time interval is greater than the SR cycle; in response to the non-activation period timer timing out, trigger the terminal to enter the DRX short cycle.

[0109] In some examples of this embodiment, the receiving module 31 is also configured to trigger the inactive period timer to run in response to the reception time of the newly transmitted DCI not being within the target DRX short cycle activation time period of the network device; and to trigger the terminal to enter the DRX short cycle in response to the expiration of the inactive period timer.

[0110] In some examples of this embodiment, the receiving module 31 is further configured to determine the DRX configuration information sent by the network device, where the DRX configuration information includes the configuration information of the DRX short cycle.

[0111] In some examples of this embodiment, the trigger module 33 is also configured to determine whether the time information of the terminal entering the DRX short cycle meets the start condition of the activation period timer; if the start condition is met, the activation period timer is started to detect the retransmitted DCI before the short cycle timer times out.

[0112] It should be noted that for other corresponding descriptions of the functional units involved in a communication device provided in this embodiment, reference can be made to Figure 1 and Figure 3 The corresponding description in will not be repeated here.

[0113] Fig.111 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device 1800 provided in this embodiment. The communication device 1800 may be a network device, or a user device, or a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports the network device to implement the above method, or a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports the user device to implement the above method. The device may be used to implement the method described in the above method embodiment, and the details may refer to the description in the above method embodiment.

[0114] The communication device 1800 may include one or more processors 1801. The processor 1801 may be a general-purpose processor or a dedicated processor, etc. For example, it may be a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor may be used to process the communication protocol and communication data, and the central processing unit may 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 a computer program, and process the data of the computer program.

[0115] Optionally, the communication device 1800 may further include one or more memories 1802, on which a computer program 1804 may be stored, and the processor 1801 executes the computer program 1804, so that the communication device 1800 performs the method described in the above method embodiment. Optionally, data may also be stored in the memory 1802. The communication device 1800 and the memory 1802 may be provided separately or integrated together.

[0116] Optionally, the communication device 1800 may further include a transceiver 1805 and an antenna 1806. The transceiver 1805 may be referred to as a transceiver unit, a transceiver, or a transceiver circuit, etc., and is used to implement a transceiver function. The transceiver 1805 may include a receiver and a transmitter, the receiver may be referred to as a receiver or a receiving circuit, etc., and is used to implement a receiving function; the transmitter may be referred to as a transmitter or a transmitting circuit, etc., and is used to implement a transmitting function.

[0117] Optionally, the communication device 1800 may further include one or more interface circuits 1807. The interface circuit 1807 is used to receive code instructions and transmit them to the processor 1801. The processor 1801 executes the code instructions to enable the communication device 1800 to execute the method described in the above method embodiment.

[0118] In one implementation, the processor 1801 may include a transceiver for implementing the receiving and sending functions. For example, the transceiver may be a transceiver circuit, an interface, or an interface circuit. The transceiver circuit, interface, or interface circuit for implementing the receiving and sending functions may be separate or integrated. The above-mentioned transceiver circuit, interface, or interface circuit may be used for reading and writing code / data, or the above-mentioned transceiver circuit, interface, or interface circuit may be used for transmitting or delivering signals.

[0119] In one implementation, the processor 1801 may store a computer program 1803, which runs on the processor 1801 and enables the communication device 1800 to perform the method described in the above method embodiment. The computer program 1803 may be fixed in the processor 1801, in which case the processor 1801 may be implemented by hardware.

[0120] In one implementation, the communication device 1800 may include a circuit that can implement the functions of sending or receiving or communicating in the aforementioned method embodiments. The processor and transceiver described in the present disclosure may be implemented in an integrated circuit (IC), an analog IC, a radio frequency integrated circuit RFIC, a mixed signal IC, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a printed circuit board (PCB), an electronic device, etc. The processor and transceiver may also be manufactured using various IC process technologies, such as complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS), N-type metal oxide semiconductor (nMetal-oxide-semiconductor, NMOS), P-type metal oxide semiconductor (positive channelmetal oxide semiconductor, PMOS), bipolar junction transistor (bipolar junction transistor, BJT), bipolar CMOS (BiCMOS), silicon germanium (SiGe), gallium arsenide (GaAs), etc.

[0121] The communication device described in the above embodiments may be a network device or a user device, but the scope of the communication device described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device may not be limited thereto. Fig.11 The communication device may be an independent device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be:

[0122] (1) Independent integrated circuit IC, or chip, or chip system or subsystem;

[0123] (2) having a set of one or more ICs, and optionally, the IC set may also include a storage component for storing data and computer programs;

[0124] (3) ASIC, such as modem;

[0125] (4) Modules that can be embedded in other devices;

[0126] (5) Receivers, terminal devices, intelligent terminal devices, cellular phones, wireless devices, handheld devices, mobile units, vehicle-mounted devices, network devices, cloud devices, artificial intelligence devices, etc.;

[0127] (6)Others

[0128] Based on the above embodiment, this embodiment further provides a chip, including one or more interfaces and one or more processors; the interface is used to receive a signal from a memory of a communication device and send the signal to the processor, the signal including a computer instruction stored in the memory; when the processor executes the computer instruction, the communication device executes the above Figure 1 and Figure 3 The method shown.

[0129] If you can see Fig.12 Schematic diagram of the chip structure shown. Fig.12 The chip shown includes a processor 1901 and an interface 1902. The number of the processor 1901 may be one or more, and the number of the interface 1902 may be multiple.

[0130] Optionally, the chip further includes a memory 1903, and the memory 1903 is used to store necessary computer programs and data.

[0131] Those skilled in the art may also understand that the various illustrative logical blocks and steps listed in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented by electronic hardware, computer software, or a combination of the two. Whether such functions are implemented by hardware or software depends on the specific application and the design requirements of the entire system. Those skilled in the art may use various methods to implement the functions described for each specific application, but such implementation should not be understood as exceeding the scope of protection of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0132] The present disclosure also provides a computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon, which implement the functions of any of the above method embodiments when executed by a computer.

[0133] The present disclosure also provides a computer program product, which implements the functions of any of the above method embodiments when executed by a computer.

[0134] In the above embodiments, it can be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. When implemented using software, it can be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer programs. When the computer program is loaded and executed on a computer, the process or function according to the embodiment of the present disclosure is generated in whole or in part. The computer can be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable device. The computer program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium. For example, the computer program can be transmitted from a website site, computer, server or data center by wired (e.g., coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (digital subscriber line, DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) mode to another website site, computer, server or data center. The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that a computer can access or a data storage device such as a server, data center, etc. that contains one or more available media integrated. Available media may be magnetic media (eg, floppy disks, hard disks, tapes), optical media (eg, high-density digital video discs (DVD)), or semiconductor media (eg, solid state disks (SSD)).

[0135] Those skilled in the art can understand that the various numerical numbers such as first and second involved in the present disclosure are only used for distinction for convenience of description and are not used to limit the scope of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and also indicate the order of precedence.

[0136] At least one in the present disclosure may also be described as one or more, and a plurality may be two, three, four or more, which is not limited in the present disclosure. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, for a technical feature, the technical features in the technical feature are distinguished by "first", "second", "third", "A", "B", "C" and "D", etc., and there is no order of precedence or size between the technical features described by the "first", "second", "third", "A", "B", "C" and "D".

[0137] As used herein, the terms "machine-readable medium" and "computer-readable medium" refer to any computer program product, apparatus, and / or device (e.g., disk, optical disk, memory, programmable logic device (PLD)) for providing machine instructions and / or data to a programmable processor, including a machine-readable medium that receives machine instructions as a machine-readable signal. The term "machine-readable signal" refers to any signal for providing machine instructions and / or data to a programmable processor.

[0138] The systems and techniques described herein may be implemented in a computing system that includes back-end components (e.g., as a data server), or a computing system that includes middleware components (e.g., an application server), or a computing system that includes front-end components (e.g., a user computer with a graphical user interface or a web browser through which a user can interact with implementations of the systems and techniques described herein), or a computing system that includes any combination of such back-end components, middleware components, or front-end components. The components of the system may be interconnected by any form or medium of digital data communication (e.g., a communication network). Examples of communication networks include: a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), and the Internet.

[0139] A computer system may include clients and servers. Clients and servers are generally remote from each other and usually interact through a communication network. The relationship of client and server is generated by computer programs running on respective computers and having a client-server relationship to each other.

[0140] It should be understood that the various forms of processes shown above can be used to reorder, add or delete steps. For example, the steps recorded in this disclosure can be executed in parallel, sequentially or in different orders, as long as the desired results of the technical solution of the present disclosure can be achieved, and this document is not limited here.

[0141] In addition, it should be understood that the various embodiments described in the present disclosure may be implemented separately or in combination with other embodiments when the scheme permits.

[0142] Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the units and algorithm steps of each example described in conjunction with the embodiments applied herein can be implemented in electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Professional and technical personnel can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered to be beyond the scope of this disclosure.

[0143] Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the systems, devices and units described above can refer to the corresponding processes in the aforementioned method embodiments and will not be repeated here.

[0144] The above is only a specific embodiment of the present disclosure, but the protection scope of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Any person skilled in the art who is familiar with the technical field can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope disclosed in the present disclosure, which should be included in the protection scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the present disclosure should be based on the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A communication method, characterized in that: include: Receive new downlink control information DCI sent by the network device; In response to the reception time of the newly transmitted DCI being within the target discontinuous reception DRX short cycle activation time period of the network device, determining whether the newly transmitted DCI is a downlink DCI; If the newly transmitted DCI is a downlink DCI, the terminal is triggered to enter a DRX short cycle.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that After determining whether the newly transmitted DCI is a downlink DCI, the method further includes: If the newly transmitted DCI is an uplink DCI, determining a time interval between a first time when the network device sends the DRX configuration information and a second time when the terminal receives the newly transmitted DCI; Based on the relationship between the time interval and the scheduling request SR cycle, the terminal is triggered to enter the DRX short cycle.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that The triggering the terminal to enter a DRX short cycle based on the relationship between the time interval and the SR cycle includes: If the time interval is smaller than the SR cycle, the terminal is triggered to enter a DRX short cycle.

4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that The triggering the terminal to enter a DRX short cycle based on the relationship between the time interval and the SR cycle also includes: If the time interval is greater than the SR period, the inactive period timer is triggered to run; In response to the expiration of the inactive period timer, triggering the terminal to enter a DRX short cycle.

5. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that After the receiving the new transmission DCI sent by the network device, the method further includes: In response to the reception time of the newly transmitted DCI not being within the target DRX short cycle activation time period of the network device, triggering the inactive period timer to run; In response to the expiration of the inactive period timer, triggering the terminal to enter a DRX short cycle.

6. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that Before receiving the new transmission DCI sent by the network device, the method further includes: Determine the DRX configuration information sent by the network device, where the DRX configuration information includes the configuration information of the DRX short cycle.

7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that After triggering the terminal to enter a DRX short cycle, the method further includes: Determine whether the time information of the terminal entering the DRX short cycle meets the start condition of the activation period timer; If the start condition is met, the activation period timer is started to run, so as to detect the retransmitted DCI before the short cycle timer times out.

8. A communication device, characterized in that: include: A receiving module, configured to receive new downlink control information DCI sent by a network device; A judgment module, configured to judge whether the newly transmitted DCI is a downlink DCI in response to the reception time of the newly transmitted DCI being within the target DRX short cycle activation time period of the network device; The trigger module is configured to trigger the terminal to enter a discontinuous reception DRX short cycle if the newly transmitted DCI is a downlink DCI.

9. A computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, characterized in that: When the computer program is executed by a processor, the method according to any one of claims 1 to 7 is implemented.

10. A communication device, wherein: include: Transceiver; Memory; A processor is connected to the transceiver and the memory, respectively, and is configured to control the wireless signal reception and transmission of the transceiver by executing computer executable instructions on the memory, and can implement any one of the methods of claims 1 to 7.

11. A chip, characterized in that: The invention comprises one or more interfaces and one or more processors; the interface is used to receive a signal from a memory of a communication device and send the signal to the processor, wherein the signal includes a computer instruction stored in the memory; when the processor executes the computer instruction, the communication device executes the method described in any one of claims 1 to 7.

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