Signaling indication method and device

Abstract

The invention discloses a signaling indication method which is used for network side equipment. The signaling indication method comprises the following steps: determining an opportunity when a target energy-saving cell sends broadcast information; and sending first indication information for indicating whether the target energy-saving cell currently sends broadcast information or not and / or second indication information for indicating whether the target energy-saving cell updates wake-up signal configuration information or not. The method is used for terminal side equipment and comprises the following steps: receiving a first signaling from an anchor point cell and / or a second signaling from a target energy-saving cell; the first signaling and / or the second signaling comprises first indication information for indicating whether the target energy-saving cell sends broadcast information currently; and in response to the first indication information, determining to receive broadcast information or send an uplink wake-up signal. The invention further comprises a device for implementing the method. According to the method and the device, the problems that the time delay of acquiring the on-demand SIB1 by the terminal is large and the power consumption and the signaling overhead of transmitting the uplink replacement signal configuration information by the anchor point cell are large are solved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the field of wireless communication technology, and in particular to a signaling indication method and device. Background Art

[0002] 5G was designed to meet the growing traffic demand while limiting the power consumption of mobile networks. With the launch of 5G Advanced, network energy saving has received increasing attention. Release 18 defines a network energy consumption model to identify opportunities to improve network energy efficiency and specifies methods so that base stations can dynamically adjust the active part of their antennas and the transmit power. Based on Release 18, Release 19 will further introduce additional energy saving features, including: on-demand SSB transmission in secondary cells and on-demand SIB1 transmission for idle UEs. The SIB1 information of traditional base stations is periodically sent along with the broadcast information. The UE will start the system message acquisition process after cell selection (such as power on), cell reselection, intra-system handover completion, reconfiguration from synchronization, entering 5G RAT from other RATs, and returning to coverage from non-coverage areas. From the perspective of energy saving, even if the terminal does not need to obtain broadcast information, SIB1 information is still being sent. Especially for terminals in the IDLE state, it is possible to consider requesting SIB1 information transmission on demand during the terminal's cell reselection process.

[0003] For on-demand SIB1 transmission for idle UEs, the energy-saving terminal receives the configuration information of the uplink wake-up signal (ULWUS) from the anchor cell (anchor cell, cellA). The energy-saving terminal sends the uplink wake-up signal to the energy-saving cell (NESCELL) according to the configuration information, and then receives the broadcast signal of the on-demand SIB1 from the energy-saving cell. The specific process is as follows: 1. The anchor cell configures the terminal with uplink wake-up signaling, which includes information such as the search space and time-frequency resources of the on-demand SIB1 (on demandSIB1) of the receiving energy-saving cell.

[0004] 2. The energy-saving terminal receives the uplink wake-up signal configuration information from the anchor cell. When it needs to receive the on-demand SIB1, it sends the uplink wake-up signal to the energy-saving cell. After the energy-saving cell sends a response (RAR response), it sends SIB1 according to the uplink wake-up signal configuration. The terminal receives the on-demand SIB1 according to the search space information and other information configured in the uplink wake-up signal.

[0005] Problems to be solved: Before the NES terminal sends information requesting SIB1, the energy-saving cell may be broadcasting SIB1 periodically. Before requesting on-demand SIB1, the NES terminal needs to blindly search whether the energy-saving cell is sending SIB1 based on the configuration information of the uplink wake-up signal. If the energy-saving cell is periodically sending broadcast information SIB1 at this time, the energy-saving terminal can directly receive the SIB1 sent by the energy-saving cell based on the received uplink wake-up signal configuration information, without sending an uplink wake-up signal to request on-demand SIB1. However, if the energy-saving cell does not send SIB1, the energy-saving terminal cannot search for the SIB1 information of the energy-saving cell. The energy-saving terminal still needs to send a wake-up signal to request on-demand SIB1, which will increase the terminal power and complexity and increase the delay in obtaining SIB1.

[0006] When the uplink wake-up configuration information of the energy-saving cell is updated, signaling is required to indicate the new update information to the terminal. If only the uplink wake-up signal configuration signaling is used for updating, considering that the uplink wake-up signal contains the uplink wake-up information of multiple energy-saving cells, even if the uplink configuration information of a certain energy-saving cell is updated, the anchor cell needs to rebroadcast the updated uplink wake-up signal configuration information of all energy-saving cells to the terminal so that the terminal can request on-demand SIB1. Therefore, the anchor cell needs to frequently update the SIB broadcast information to update the configuration of the uplink wake-up signal, which brings unnecessary signaling overhead and increases the power consumption and signaling overhead of the anchor cell. Summary of the invention

[0007] The present application proposes a signaling indication method and device, which solves the problems of long latency for a terminal to obtain on-demand SIB1 and high power consumption and signaling overhead for an anchor cell to send uplink new signal configuration information, and is particularly suitable for terminal communication scenarios in which energy-saving cells and anchor cells of a mobile communication network collaborate.

[0008] In a first aspect, the present application proposes a signaling indication method for a network side device, comprising the following steps: Determine the timing for the target energy-saving cell to send broadcast information; Send first indication information indicating whether the target energy-saving cell currently sends broadcast information and / or second indication information indicating whether the target energy-saving cell updates wake-up signal configuration information.

[0009] In one embodiment of the present application, the network side device belongs to the anchor cell, and the first signaling includes the first indication information and / or the second indication information; The first signaling is at least one of the following: a paging message, downlink control information, and configuration information of an uplink wake-up signal.

[0010] In another embodiment of the present application, the network side device belongs to a target energy-saving cell, and the second signaling includes the first indication information and / or the second indication information; The second signaling is downlink control signaling.

[0011] In a second aspect, the present application also proposes a signaling indication method for a terminal side device, comprising the following steps: receiving a first signaling from an anchor cell and / or a second signaling from a target energy-saving cell; The first signaling and / or the second signaling includes first indication information indicating whether the target energy-saving cell currently sends broadcast information; In response to the first indication information, determine to receive broadcast information or send an uplink wake-up signal.

[0012] In one embodiment of the present application, the first signaling is at least one of the following: a paging message, downlink control information, and configuration information of an uplink wake-up signal; In one embodiment of the present application, the second signaling is downlink control information.

[0013] In one embodiment of the present application, the first signaling and / or the second signaling includes second indication information of whether the target energy-saving cell updates the wake-up signal configuration information.

[0014] In one embodiment of the present application, in response to the second indication information, the wake-up signal configuration information is updated, and a wake-up signal is sent to the target energy-saving cell.

[0015] In any one embodiment of the first aspect and the second aspect of the present application, the first indication information further includes a timing for the target energy-saving cell to send broadcast information; In any one embodiment of the second aspect of the present application, in response to the first indication information, any terminal side device receives the broadcast information according to the timing.

[0016] In the third aspect, the present application also proposes a network side device for implementing any one of the methods described in the first aspect of the present application, wherein at least one module in the network side device is used for at least one of the following functions: determining the timing for the target energy-saving cell to send broadcast information; sending the first indication information and / or the second indication information.

[0017] In the fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application also proposes a terminal side device for implementing the method described in any one of the embodiments of the first aspect of the present application, wherein at least one module in the terminal side device is used for at least one of the following functions: receiving a first signaling from an anchor cell and / or a second signaling from a target energy-saving cell; and determining to receive broadcast information or send an uplink wake-up signal in response to the first indication information.

[0018] In the fifth aspect, the present application also proposes a communication device, comprising: a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the computer program, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the method described in any one of the embodiments of the first and second aspects of the present application.

[0019] In a sixth aspect, the present application further proposes a computer-readable medium, on which a computer program is stored. When the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the method described in any one of the embodiments of the first and second aspects of the present application are implemented.

[0020] In the seventh aspect, the present application also proposes a mobile communication system, comprising at least one network side device as described in any embodiment of the present application and / or at least one terminal side device as described in any embodiment of the present application.

[0021] At least one of the above technical solutions adopted in the embodiments of the present application can achieve the following beneficial effects: This patent proposes that when the energy-saving base station sends SIB1 through terminal wake-up, the anchor cell sends a first signaling to the energy-saving terminal to indicate whether the energy-saving cell is periodically sending broadcast information SIB1 and the time to stop sending broadcast information SIB1, or to indicate whether the energy-saving cell has any wake-up signal configuration information update. If the first signaling indicates that the energy-saving terminal in the energy-saving cell will broadcast SIB1 periodically within a certain period of time, then the energy-saving terminal in the cell does not need to send a wake-up signal during this period, and can directly receive the SIB1 information of the energy-saving cell, thereby avoiding invalid transmission of the uplink wake-up signal. If the first signaling indicates that the energy-saving terminal in the energy-saving cell is not sending broadcast information SIB1, then the energy-saving terminal in the cell needs to send an uplink wake-up signal according to the configuration information of the uplink wake-up signal, triggering the energy-saving cell to send on-demand SIB1, and will indicate to the terminal in the cell in the first signaling that the energy-saving cell is broadcasting and sending SIB1, thereby avoiding the terminal from checking whether it can receive SIB1 before sending the wake-up signal, thereby improving the timeliness of receiving SIB1 and reducing the power consumption of the terminal. If the first signaling indicates that the uplink configuration information of a certain energy-saving cell is updated, the terminal sends an uplink wake-up signal according to the updated uplink wake-up signal configuration information, thereby avoiding frequent updates of the uplink wake-up signal configuration information and reducing signaling redundancy and base station power consumption. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0022] The drawings described herein are used to provide a further understanding of the present application and constitute a part of the present application. The illustrative embodiments of the present application and their descriptions are used to explain the present application and do not constitute an improper limitation on the present application. In the drawings: Figure 1 This is a flow chart of an embodiment of the method of this application; Figure 2 This is a flow chart of an embodiment of the method of the present application including first indication information; Figure 3 A flowchart of an embodiment of the method of the present application including second indication information; Figure 4 This is a flow chart of an embodiment in which the first indication information in the method of the present application includes the timing of sending broadcast information; Figure 5 It is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a network side device; Figure 6 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a terminal side device; Figure 7 A schematic diagram of the structure of a network side device according to another embodiment of the present invention; Figure 8 It is a block diagram of a terminal side device according to another embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0023] In order to make the purpose, technical solution and advantages of the present application clearer, the technical solution of the present application will be clearly and completely described below in combination with the specific embodiments of the present application and the corresponding drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without making creative work are within the scope of protection of the present application.

[0024] The technical solutions provided by various embodiments of the present application are described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

[0025] Figure 1 This is a flow chart of an embodiment of the method of the present application. According to the embodiments of the first aspect and the second aspect, the working process of the present application is as follows 110 to 130: Step 110: The network side device determines the timing for the target energy-saving cell to send broadcast information, and sends first indication information indicating whether the target energy-saving cell currently sends broadcast information and / or second indication information indicating whether the target energy-saving cell updates wake-up signal configuration information.

[0026] In one embodiment of the present application, the network side device belongs to an anchor cell, and the first signaling includes the first indication information and / or the second indication information; the first signaling is at least one of the following: paging message, downlink control information, and configuration information of an uplink wake-up signal.

[0027] In another embodiment of the present application, the network side device belongs to a target energy-saving cell, and the second signaling includes the first indication information and / or the second indication information; and the second signaling is a downlink control signaling.

[0028] In one embodiment of the present application, the first indication information further includes a timing for the target energy-saving cell to send broadcast information.

[0029] In the embodiment of the present application, the broadcast information of the target energy-saving cell refers to SIB1. However, it should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that after waking up the target energy-saving cell, the information sent by the target energy-saving cell can be any broadcast information, and the solution of the present application can be applicable.

[0030] Step 120: The terminal side device receives a first signaling from an anchor cell and / or a second signaling from a target energy-saving cell.

[0031] In an embodiment of the present application, the first signaling and / or the second signaling includes first indication information indicating whether the target energy-saving cell is currently sending broadcast information.

[0032] In one embodiment of the present application, the first signaling and / or the second signaling further includes second indication information on whether the target energy-saving cell updates the wake-up signal configuration information.

[0033] Step 130: The terminal device determines to receive broadcast information or send an uplink wake-up signal in response to the first indication information.

[0034] In one embodiment of the present application, in response to the second indication information, the wake-up signal configuration information is updated, and a wake-up signal is sent to the target energy-saving cell.

[0035] In one embodiment of the present application, the first indication information further includes a timing for the target energy-saving cell to send broadcast information, and the terminal side device responds to the first indication information, and any terminal side device receives the broadcast information according to the timing.

[0036] Through the above technical solution, the energy-saving terminal in the energy-saving cell receives the wake-up signal configuration information from the anchor cell, receives the first signaling from the anchor cell and / or the second signaling from the target energy-saving cell, which indicates whether the target energy-saving cell sends broadcast information and / or whether the wake-up signal information of the energy-saving cell is updated. The terminal sends an uplink wake-up signal according to the wake-up signal configuration information and the first and second signaling to obtain the SIB1 broadcast information of the energy-saving cell. When the terminal receives the first signaling or the second signaling indicating that the energy-saving cell is sending broadcast information, the terminal does not need to send an uplink wake-up signal and receives the SIB1 broadcast information from the energy-saving cell. Furthermore, the first and second signaling can instruct the terminal that the target energy-saving cell sends broadcast information within the first time.

[0037] It should be noted that the above steps are used for network entities of a wireless communication system, including terminal side devices, network side devices or other intermediate devices; the above steps can also be used for service devices that provide information processing for the network entity devices; the above steps can also be used for any device, system, subsystem, circuit, chip or software entity that provides information reception, transmission, identification and processing for terminal side devices or network side devices.

[0038] Figure 2 This is a flowchart of an embodiment of the method of the present application including first indication information.

[0039] Embodiment 1: The terminal receives the wake-up signal configuration information from the anchor cell and receives the first signaling. If the first signaling indicates that the energy-saving cell is not sending broadcast information, the terminal sends an uplink wake-up signal according to the wake-up signal configuration information. If the first signaling indicates that the energy-saving cell is sending broadcast information, the terminal does not need to send an uplink wake-up signal.

[0040] The specific process is as follows: Step 210: The terminal receives the wake-up signal configuration information from the anchor cell. The configuration information includes information such as time-frequency resources required for the terminals of multiple energy-saving cells to send wake-up signals, and also includes information such as the search space for the terminal to receive on-demand SIB1.

[0041] Step 220: The terminal receives a first signaling from the anchor cell, where the first signaling indicates that the target energy-saving cell does not send any broadcast information.

[0042] The target energy-saving cell is any one of the energy-saving cells.

[0043] The first signaling can be in the following ways: 1) The energy-saving terminal receives the first signaling as the configuration information of the uplink wake-up signal, that is, the configuration information sent to the terminal indicates whether the energy-saving cell is sending periodic SIB1. The energy-saving terminal determines whether to send an uplink wake-up signal based on the received uplink wake-up signal configuration information, and further triggers the sending of an uplink wake-up signal to request on-demand SIB1. When the target energy-saving cell sends periodic SIB1, the uplink wake-up signal configuration information of the energy-saving cell is no longer sent to the terminal.

[0044] The problem with this method is that, because the uplink wake-up signal is broadcast and sent in the SIB information of the anchor cell, and the uplink wake-up signal contains uplink wake-up information of multiple energy-saving cells, if the SIB1 sending status of the target energy-saving cell is indicated in the uplink wake-up signal configuration information, even if a certain energy-saving cell needs to indicate that there is broadcast information to be sent, or the uplink configuration information of a certain energy-saving cell is updated, the anchor cell needs to resend the updated uplink wake-up signal configuration information to the terminal through the SIB, so that the terminal can request on-demand SIB1 from the target energy-saving cell. Therefore, the anchor cell will frequently update the SIB broadcast information to update the configuration of the uplink wake-up signal, which will bring unnecessary signaling overhead and increase the power consumption of the anchor cell and the energy-saving cell.

[0045] 2) When the energy-saving terminal is in an IDLE state or an unconnected state, the energy-saving terminal receives the first signaling as a paging signaling, and adds the update status and update information of the uplink wake-up signal configuration information, or an indication of whether to send an uplink wake-up signal, to the paging signaling.

[0046] It should be noted that the "indication of whether an uplink wake-up signal needs to be sent" in this application is the "indication of whether the target energy-saving cell sends broadcast information" included as the first indication information. Those skilled in the art can understand that in the application scenario of this application, when the network side device of the target energy-saving cell sends broadcast information, the energy-saving terminal can receive it without sending an uplink wake-up signal. Conversely, when the network side device of the target energy-saving cell does not send broadcast information, the energy-saving terminal needs to send an uplink wake-up signal.

[0047] The workflow of the energy-saving terminal is: (1) The energy-saving terminal in IDLE state searches for SSB and obtains the uplink wake-up signal configuration information in the broadcast information SIB of the anchor cell.

[0048] (2) The energy-saving terminal in the IDLE state receives a paging message on the paging channel and obtains the first signaling, thereby obtaining an indication of whether an uplink wake-up signal needs to be sent. This information is used to wake up the energy-saving cell, etc.

[0049] The working process of the anchor cell and the energy-saving cell is as follows: when the system information changes (including the uplink wake-up signal configuration information), the anchor cell will send a system information change indication SI change indication in the paging message to the terminal, adding indication information. When the terminal receives this indication, it can know that the target energy-saving cell is sending SIB1, and can directly receive SIB1 without sending an uplink wake-up signal to obtain it.

[0050] 3) When the terminal has accessed the anchor cell, the energy-saving terminal receives the first signaling as a downlink control signaling, and adds the update status and update information of the uplink wake-up signal to the downlink control signaling, or an indication of whether an uplink wake-up signal needs to be sent. The energy-saving cell sends downlink control signaling to the terminal in the cell, and preferably public control information indicates to all terminals that SIB1 is being sent. Specifically, information can be added to the downlink public control signaling encrypted with SI-RNTI to indicate to the terminal whether each energy-saving cell is sending broadcast SIB1. For example, the SIB1 sending status of the corresponding energy-saving cell can be indicated in a bitmap manner, or in a codeword manner, through N bits, to indicate the SIB1 sending status of 2 to the power of N energy-saving cells.

[0051] Step 230, the terminal receives the first signaling. If the first signaling indicates that the energy-saving cell is sending SIB1, the terminal receives SIB1 according to the uplink wake-up signal configuration (uplink wake-up signal) information. If the first signaling indicates that the energy-saving cell is not sending SIB1, step 240, the terminal sends an uplink wake-up signal.

[0052] Step 250: The energy-saving cell sends a second signaling to indicate to other energy-saving terminals that the network-side device of the cell is sending SIB1. The indication information of the second signaling can be used as indication information for other energy-saving terminals whether to send an uplink wake-up signal.

[0053] Figure 3 This is a flow chart of an embodiment of the method of the present application that includes second indication information.

[0054] Embodiment 2: The terminal receives the wake-up signal configuration information from the anchor cell as the first signaling indicating that the target energy-saving cell has updated the wake-up signal configuration information, and the terminal sends an uplink wake-up signal according to the updated wake-up signal configuration information. In particular, the wake-up signal configuration information update here may also include indication information on whether a certain target energy-saving cell is sending SIB1.

[0055] The specific process is as follows: Step 310: The terminal receives the wake-up signal configuration information from the anchor cell. The configuration information includes information such as time-frequency resources for terminals in multiple energy-saving cells to send wake-up signals, and also includes information such as search space for the terminal to receive on-demand SIB1.

[0056] Step 320: The terminal receives a first signaling from the anchor cell, where the first signaling indicates whether the target energy-saving cell has updated the wake-up signal configuration information.

[0057] In this embodiment, combined with the uplink wake-up signal configuration information update indication in the SIB; preferably, the "indication of whether the target energy-saving cell updates the wake-up signal configuration information" contained in the second indication information does not refer to the updated configuration information itself. For example, the second indication information indicates whether it is updated through a status symbol, or the second indication information may include the target energy-saving cell identifier where the uplink wake-up signal configuration information is updated, and the target energy-saving cell identifier may be sent through the first signaling instead of all the configuration information. This can save signaling overhead.

[0058] In this embodiment, the first signaling has the following modes: 1) When the energy-saving terminal is in an IDLE state or an unconnected state, the energy-saving terminal receives the first signaling as a paging signaling, and adds the update status and update information of the configuration information required for the uplink wake-up signal to the paging signaling, or an indication of whether to send an uplink wake-up signal.

[0059] The workflow of the energy-saving terminal is: (1) The energy-saving terminal in IDLE state searches for SSB and obtains the uplink wake-up signal configuration information in the broadcast information SIB of the anchor cell.

[0060] (2) The energy-saving terminal in IDLE state receives a paging message on the paging channel and obtains the first signaling, and then obtains the updated information of the uplink wake-up signal configuration, and uses this information to wake up the energy-saving cell, etc. Alternatively, the terminal obtains the first signaling to determine which specific target energy-saving cell has an updated uplink wake-up signal configuration, and the terminal searches the SSB of the anchor cell again based on this information to obtain the updated uplink wake-up signal configuration information of the corresponding target energy-saving cell, without having to re-obtain the uplink wake-up signal configuration information of all energy-saving cells.

[0061] The working process of the anchor cell and the energy-saving cell is as follows: the anchor cell sends the configuration information of the uplink wake-up signal in the broadcast signaling in the SSB. When the system information changes (including the uplink wake-up signal configuration information), the anchor cell network will send the system information change indication SI change indication in the paging message to the terminal, as the second indication information indicating which energy-saving cell's uplink wake-up signal has been updated, and the specific update information. The terminal sends the uplink wake-up signal according to the updated uplink configuration information to obtain the on-demand SIB1. Or the anchor cell indicates which specific energy-saving cells have been updated when the system information changes, and only sends the uplink wake-up signal configuration information corresponding to these energy-saving cells in the subsequent broadcast signaling.

[0062] 2) When the terminal has accessed the anchor cell, the energy-saving terminal receives the first signaling as downlink control signaling. As an embodiment, the second indication information in the downlink control signaling may also include the update status and update information of the target energy-saving cell for the uplink wake-up signal configuration information.

[0063] The energy-saving cell sends a second signaling (downlink control signaling) to the terminal in the cell, preferably using public control information to indicate to all terminals that their network-side devices are sending SIB1. Specifically, the second signaling can also add information to the downlink public control signaling encrypted with SI-RNTI to indicate the updated uplink wake-up signal configuration information of each energy-saving cell to the terminal. For example, a codeword can be used to indicate which of the 2 to the power of N energy-saving cells have updated uplink wake-up signal information through N bits, and then use M bits to indicate which content has been updated.

[0064] Step 330: When the terminal receives the first signaling from the anchor cell or the second signaling from the target energy-saving cell, the terminal sends an uplink wake-up signal according to the updated uplink wake-up signal configuration information.

[0065] Step 340: Receive SIB1 according to the updated uplink wake-up signal configuration information indicated by the first signaling or the second signaling.

[0066] In the embodiment of step 3, compared with the above-mentioned embodiment, the first signaling and / or the second signaling further includes updated uplink wake-up signal configuration information.

[0067] Figure 4 This is a flow chart of an embodiment in which the first indication information in the method of the present application includes the timing of sending broadcast information.

[0068] Embodiment 3: The terminal receives the wake-up signal configuration information from the anchor cell, the terminal sends an uplink wake-up signal according to the wake-up signal configuration information, and receives the first signaling, which indicates to the terminal that the target energy-saving cell sends broadcast information within the first time, that is, it indicates that the terminal does not need to send an uplink wake-up signal. The specific process is as follows: Step 410: The terminal receives the wake-up signal configuration information from the anchor cell. The configuration information includes information such as time-frequency resources for terminals in multiple energy-saving cells to send wake-up signals, and also includes information such as search space for the terminal to receive on-demand SIB1.

[0069] Step 420: The terminal receives a first signaling from the anchor cell, wherein the first indication information indicates whether the energy-saving cell sends broadcast information, and further indicates that the broadcast information is sent within the first time.

[0070] The first signaling has the following modes: 1) The energy-saving terminal receives the first signaling as uplink wake-up signal configuration information, that is, the configuration information sent to the terminal indicates whether the energy-saving cell is sending periodic SIB1 and the sending time is within the first time. The energy-saving terminal determines at what time to send the uplink wake-up signal to trigger the sending of the request SIB1 according to the received uplink wake-up signal configuration information.

[0071] 2) When the energy-saving terminal is in an IDLE state or an unconnected state, the energy-saving terminal receives the first signaling as a paging signaling, and adds an indication of whether an uplink wake-up signal needs to be sent within the first time to the paging signaling.

[0072] The workflow of the energy-saving terminal is: (1) The energy-saving terminal in IDLE state searches for SSB and obtains the uplink wake-up signal configuration information in the broadcast information SIB of the anchor cell.

[0073] (2) The energy-saving terminal in IDLE state receives a paging message on the paging channel and obtains the first signaling, and can obtain whether the wake-up signal has broadcast information sent within the first time. If not, it initiates the wake-up of the energy-saving cell to obtain the on-demand SIB1.

[0074] The working process of the anchor cell and the energy-saving cell is as follows: when the network system information of the anchor cell changes (including the uplink wake-up signal configuration information), the system information change indication SI change indication in the paging message will be sent to the terminal, and the indication information will be added to instruct the energy-saving cell to send SIB1 as soon as possible.

[0075] 2) When the terminal has accessed the anchor cell, the energy-saving terminal receives the first signaling as a downlink control signaling, and adds the update status and update information of the uplink wake-up signal to the downlink control signaling, or indicates whether the uplink wake-up signal needs to be sent within the first time. The energy-saving cell sends downlink control signaling to the terminal in the cell, and preferably public control information indicates to all terminals that SIB1 is being sent. Specifically, information can be added to the downlink public control signaling encrypted with SI-RNTI to indicate to the terminal whether each energy-saving cell is sending broadcast SIB1. For example, the SIB1 sending status of the corresponding energy-saving cell can be indicated in a bitmap manner, or in a codeword manner, through N bits, to indicate the SIB1 sending status of 2 to the power of N energy-saving cells, and M bits are added to indicate the corresponding first time.

[0076] Step 430: The terminal receives the first signaling. If the first signaling indicates that the target energy-saving cell is not currently sending SIB1, and the terminal device determines that uplink wake-up information needs to be sent, the uplink wake-up information is sent to the target energy-saving cell.

[0077] Step 440, the terminal receives the first signaling. If the first signaling indicates that the target energy-saving cell sends SIB1 within the first time, and the terminal device determines that there is no need to send uplink wake-up information, the terminal receives SIB1 within the first time according to the uplink wake-up signal configuration (uplink wake-up signal) information.

[0078] Step 450: When the terminal triggers the energy-saving cell to send the on-demand SIB1, the energy-saving cell sends a second signaling to indicate to other energy-saving terminals that the energy-saving cell is sending SIB1 within the first time.

[0079] It should be noted that the above embodiments of the present application are not all embodiments. For example, if the terminal identifies or accesses the target energy-saving cell, the first indication information and / or the second indication information can be included in the second signaling of the target energy-saving cell. In this way, the first indication information can include not only an indication of whether to send broadcast information, but also an indication of the timing of sending the broadcast information, and further determine the response of the terminal side device after receiving the second signaling.

[0080] Figure 5 The embodiment of the present application also provides a network side device for implementing the method of any one of the embodiments of the present application, wherein at least one module in the network side device is used for at least one of the following functions: determining the timing for the target energy-saving cell to send broadcast information; sending the first indication information and / or the second indication information.

[0081] To implement the above technical solution, the present application proposes a network side device 500, which includes a network sending module 501, a network determining module 502, and a network receiving module 503 that are interconnected.

[0082] The network sending module is used to send the first signaling or the second signaling. When the network side device belongs to the anchor cell, the network sending module also sends the uplink wake-up signal configuration information of multiple energy-saving cells in a broadcast manner; when the network side device belongs to the target energy-saving cell, the network sending module is also used to send the broadcast information SIB1.

[0083] The network determination module is used to determine the timing for the target energy-saving cell to send broadcast information, and can also determine whether the target energy-saving cell changes the uplink wake-up signal configuration information.

[0084] The network receiving module is used to receive an uplink wake-up signal when the network side device belongs to the target energy-saving cell.

[0085] The specific methods for implementing the functions of the network sending module, the network determining module, and the network receiving module are as described in the various method embodiments of the present application and will not be repeated here.

[0086] The network side equipment described in this application may refer to base station facilities, network side equipment or servers connected to the base station, or a system that provides services for the above-mentioned equipment, or any system, subsystem, module, circuit, chip or software running device that provides information reception, transmission, identification and processing for the above-mentioned equipment.

[0087] Figure 6 It is a schematic diagram of an implementation example of a terminal side device.

[0088] The present application also proposes a terminal side device for implementing the method of any one of the embodiments of the present application, wherein at least one module in the terminal side device is used for at least one of the following functions: receiving a first signaling from an anchor cell and / or a second signaling from a target energy-saving cell; in response to the first indication information, determining to receive broadcast information or to send an uplink wake-up signal; in response to the second indication information, updating the wake-up signal configuration information, and sending a wake-up signal to the target energy-saving cell; in response to the first indication information, any terminal side device receives the broadcast information at the timing.

[0089] To implement the above technical solution, the present application proposes a terminal side device 600, which includes a terminal sending module 601, a terminal determining module 602, and a terminal receiving module 603 that are interconnected.

[0090] The terminal receiving module is used to receive the first signaling and / or the second signaling, and receive broadcast information.

[0091] The terminal determination module is used to determine the timing of receiving broadcast information or sending an uplink wake-up signal.

[0092] The terminal sending module is used to send an uplink wake-up signal.

[0093] The specific methods for implementing the functions of the terminal sending module, the terminal determining module, and the terminal receiving module are as described in the various method embodiments of the present application and will not be repeated here.

[0094] The terminal side device described in this application may refer to a user equipment (UE), a personal mobile terminal, a smart terminal, a mobile phone, a computer with communication function, or a system that provides services for the above-mentioned devices, or any system, subsystem, module, circuit, chip or software running device that provides information reception, transmission, identification and processing for the above-mentioned devices.

[0095] Figure 7A schematic diagram of the structure of a network side device of another embodiment of the present invention is shown. As shown in the figure, the network side device 700 includes a processor 701, a wireless interface 702, and a memory 703. Among them, the wireless interface can be a plurality of components, namely, a transmitter and a receiver, providing a unit for communicating with various other devices on a transmission medium. The wireless interface implements the communication function with the terminal side device, processes wireless signals through receiving and transmitting devices, and the data carried by the signals communicates with the memory or processor via an internal bus structure. The memory 703 contains a computer program for executing any one embodiment of the present application, and the computer program runs or changes on the processor 701. When the memory, processor, and wireless interface circuit are connected through a bus system, the bus system includes a data bus, a power bus, a control bus, and a status signal bus, which will not be repeated here.

[0096] Figure 8 800 is a block diagram of a terminal side device according to another embodiment of the present invention. The terminal side device 800 includes at least one processor 801, a memory 802, a user interface 803 and at least one network interface 804. The various components in the terminal side device 800 are coupled together through a bus system. The bus system is used to realize connection and communication between these components. The bus system includes a data bus, a power bus, a control bus and a status signal bus.

[0097] The user interface 803 may include a display, a keyboard, or a pointing device, such as a mouse, a trackball, a touch pad, or a touch screen.

[0098] The memory 802 stores executable modules or data structures. The memory may store an operating system and application programs. The operating system includes various system programs, such as a framework layer, a core library layer, a driver layer, etc., which are used to implement various basic services and process hardware-based tasks. The application program includes various application programs, such as a media player, a browser, etc., which are used to implement various application services.

[0099] In an embodiment of the present invention, the memory 802 contains a computer program for executing any one of the embodiments of the present application, and the computer program runs or changes on the processor 801 .

[0100] The memory 802 includes a computer-readable storage medium, and the processor 801 reads the information in the memory 802 and completes the steps of the above method in combination with its hardware. Specifically, the computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by the processor 801, each step of the method embodiment described in any of the above embodiments is implemented.

[0101] The processor 801 may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capabilities. In the implementation process, each step of the method of the present application can be completed by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in the processor 801 or an instruction in the form of software. The processor 801 may be a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor, an application-specific integrated circuit, a ready-made programmable gate array or other programmable logic device, a discrete gate or transistor logic device, or a discrete hardware component. The methods, steps, and logic block diagrams disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention can be implemented or executed. The general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may also be any conventional processor, etc. The steps of the method disclosed in conjunction with the embodiments of the present invention can be directly embodied as being executed by a hardware decoding processor, or executed by a combination of hardware and software modules in a decoding processor.

[0102] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that embodiments of the present invention may be provided as methods, systems, or computer program products. Therefore, the present invention may take the form of complete hardware embodiments, complete software embodiments, or embodiments combining software and hardware. In a typical configuration, the device of the present application includes one or more processors (CPU), an input / output user interface, a network interface, and a memory.

[0103] Furthermore, the present invention may take the form of a computer program product implemented on one or more computer-usable storage media (including but not limited to disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, etc.) containing computer-usable program codes.

[0104] Therefore, the present application also proposes a computer-readable medium, on which a computer program is stored, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the method described in any embodiment of the present application are implemented. For example, the memory 703, 802 of the present invention may include a non-permanent memory in a computer-readable medium, a random access memory (RAM) and / or a non-volatile memory, such as a read-only memory (ROM) or a flash RAM.

[0105] Based on the embodiments of the above-mentioned apparatus of the present application, the present application also proposes a mobile communication system, comprising at least one embodiment of any terminal side device in the present application and / or at least one embodiment of any network side device in the present application.

[0106] It should be noted that the specific mobile communication technology described in the present invention is not limited, and may be WCDMA, CDMA2000, TD-SCDMA, WiMAX, LTE / LTE-A, LAA, MuLTEfire, and subsequent fifth, sixth, and Nth generation mobile communication technologies.

[0107] The terminal described in the present invention refers to a terminal-side product that can support the communication protocol of the land mobile communication system, a special communication modem module (Wireless Modem), which can be integrated into various types of terminal forms such as mobile phones, tablet computers, data cards, etc. to complete the communication function.

[0108] For the convenience of description, the fourth-generation mobile communication system LTE / LTE-A and its derivative MulteFire are used as examples, where the mobile communication terminal can be represented as UE (User Equipment), and the access device on the network side can be represented as a base station or access point.

[0109] It should also be noted that the terms "include", "comprises" or any other variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, commodity or device including a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, commodity or device. In the absence of more restrictions, the elements defined by the sentence "comprises a ..." do not exclude the existence of other identical elements in the process, method, commodity or device including the elements.

[0110] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that, unless otherwise stated, the singular forms "a", "an", "the" and "the" used herein may also include plural forms. It should be understood that when a device or component is "connected" to another device or component, it may be directly connected to the other device or component, or there may be an intermediate device or component. In addition, the "connection" used herein may include a partial wireless connection and a partial wired connection.

[0111] In the description of the present application, it should be understood that the terms "first", "second", etc. are used for descriptive purposes only and should not be understood as indicating or implying relative importance. For those of ordinary skill in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present application can be understood according to the specific circumstances. In addition, in the description of the present application, unless otherwise specified, "multiple" refers to two or more. "And / or" describes the association relationship of associated objects, indicating that three relationships may exist. For example, A and / or B can represent: A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone. The character " / " generally indicates that the objects associated before and after are in an "or" relationship.

[0112] The above is only an embodiment of the present application and is not intended to limit the present application. For those skilled in the art, the present application may have various changes and variations. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the scope of the claims of the present application.

Claims

1. A signaling indication method, used for a network side device, characterized in that: The following steps are included Determine the timing for the target energy-saving cell to send broadcast information; Send first indication information indicating whether the target energy-saving cell currently sends broadcast information and / or second indication information indicating whether the target energy-saving cell updates wake-up signal configuration information.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that , The network side device belongs to the anchor cell, and the first signaling includes the first indication information and / or the second indication information; The first signaling is at least one of the following: a paging message, downlink control information, and configuration information of an uplink wake-up signal.

3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The network side device belongs to the target energy-saving cell, and the second signaling includes the first indication information and / or the second indication information; The second signaling is downlink control signaling.

4. A signaling indication method, used for a terminal side device, characterized in that: The following steps are involved: receiving a first signaling from an anchor cell and / or a second signaling from a target energy-saving cell; The first signaling and / or the second signaling includes first indication information indicating whether the target energy-saving cell currently sends broadcast information; In response to the first indication information, determine to receive broadcast information or send an uplink wake-up signal.

5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that: The first signaling is at least one of the following: a paging message, downlink control information, and configuration information of an uplink wake-up signal; and / or, The second signaling is downlink control information.

6. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that: The first signaling and / or the second signaling includes second indication information of whether the target energy-saving cell updates the wake-up signal configuration information.

7. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that: In response to the second indication information, the wake-up signal configuration information is updated, and a wake-up signal is sent to the target energy-saving cell.

8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that: The first indication information further includes a timing for the target energy-saving cell to send broadcast information; In response to the first indication information, broadcast information is received according to the timing.

9. A network side device, used to implement the method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: At least one module in the network side device is used for at least one of the following functions: determining a timing for a target energy-saving cell to send broadcast information; and sending the first indication information and / or the second indication information.

10. A terminal side device, used to implement the method according to any one of claims 4 to 8, characterized in that: At least one module in the terminal side device is used for at least one of the following functions: receiving a first signaling from an anchor cell and / or a second signaling from a target energy-saving cell; and determining to receive broadcast information or send an uplink wake-up signal in response to the first indication information.

11. A communication device, characterized in that: include: A memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the computer program, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8.

12. A computer-readable medium storing a computer program, wherein the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 8.

13. A mobile communication system, comprising at least one network side device as described in claim 9 and / or at least one terminal side device as described in claim 10.

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