Communication method and communication device

Abstract

Provided are a communication method and a communication device, the method comprising: a terminal device sending first information to a network device, the first information being used for determining a first time window and / or uplink transmission time information in the first time window. According to the method in the embodiment of the invention, the communication efficiency of the terminal equipment can be improved.

Description

Communication Method and Communication Device

[0001] This application relates to the field of communication technologies, and more specifically, to a communication method and a communication device.

[0002] In order to avoid harm to the human body caused by electromagnetic radiation devices such as terminal devices, when the electromagnetic radiation intensity of the terminal device is too high, the terminal device needs to reduce the transmission power by means of power back-off to reduce the electromagnetic radiation generated by the terminal device. However, power back-off will affect the communication efficiency of the terminal device.

[0003]

[0004] The embodiments of this application provide a communication method and a communication device. The following introduces various aspects related to the embodiments of this application.

[0005] In a first aspect, a communication method is provided, including: a terminal device sending first information to a network device, where the first information is used to determine a first time window and / or uplink transmission time information within the first time window.

[0006] In a second aspect, a communication method is provided, including: a network device receiving first information sent by a terminal device, where the first information is used to determine a first time window and / or uplink transmission time information within the first time window.

[0007] In a third aspect, a communication device is provided, including: a sending unit configured to send first information to a network device, where the first information is used to determine a first time window and / or uplink transmission time information within the first time window.

[0008] In a fourth aspect, a communication device is provided, including: a receiving unit configured to receive first information sent by a terminal device, where the first information is used to determine a first time window and / or uplink transmission time information within the first time window.

[0009] In a fifth aspect, a communication device is provided, including a memory, a transceiver, and a processor. The memory is used to store programs, the processor performs data transceiver through the transceiver, and the processor is used to call the programs in the memory so that the communication device executes the method described in the first aspect.

[0010] In a sixth aspect, a communication device is provided, including a memory, a transceiver, and a processor. The memory is used to store programs, the processor performs data transceiver through the transceiver, and the processor is used to call the programs in the memory so that the communication device executes the method described in the second aspect.

[0011] In a seventh aspect, there is provided a communication device including a processor configured to call a program from a memory to cause the communication device to execute the method described in the first aspect.

[0012] In an eighth aspect, there is provided a communication device including a processor configured to call a program from a memory to cause the communication device to execute the method described in the second aspect.

[0013] In a ninth aspect, there is provided a chip including a processor configured to call a program from a memory to cause a device installed with the chip to execute the method described in the first aspect.

[0014] In a tenth aspect, there is provided a chip including a processor configured to call a program from a memory to cause a device installed with the chip to execute the method described in the second aspect.

[0015] In an eleventh aspect, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a program that causes a computer to execute the method described in the first aspect.

[0016] In a twelfth aspect, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a program that causes a computer to execute the method described in the second aspect.

[0017] In a thirteenth aspect, there is provided a computer program product including a program that causes a computer to execute the method described in the first aspect.

[0018] In a fourteenth aspect, there is provided a computer program product including a program that causes a computer to execute the method described in the second aspect.

[0019] In a fifteenth aspect, there is provided a computer program that causes a computer to execute the method described in the first aspect.

[0020] In a sixteenth aspect, there is provided a computer program that causes a computer to execute the method described in the second aspect.

[0021] In an embodiment of the present application, the first information is used to determine a first time window and / or uplink transmission time information within the first time window. The terminal device sending the first information to the network device helps the network device perform uplink scheduling on the terminal device based on the first information, thereby avoiding power back-off of the terminal device and improving the communication efficiency of the terminal device.

[0022] FIG. 1 is an exemplary diagram of a wireless communication system to which an embodiment of the present application is applied.

[0023] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of mobile phone radiation.

[0024] FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a time statistical window.

[0025] FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the transmission power and transmission time of the terminal device.

[0026] FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application.

[0027] FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the terminal device reporting uplink time information in an embodiment of the present application.

[0028] FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the maximum available uplink time length in an embodiment of the present application.

[0029] FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of the proportion of the maximum available uplink time in an embodiment of the present application.

[0030] FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided by an embodiment of the present application.

[0031] FIG. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided by another embodiment of the present application.

[0032] FIG. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a device provided by an embodiment of the present application.

[0033] The technical solutions in the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0034] FIG. 1 is a wireless communication system 100 to which an embodiment of the present application is applied. The wireless communication system 100 may include a network device 110 and a user equipment (UE) 120. The network device 110 may communicate with the UE 120. The network device 110 may provide communication coverage for a specific geographical area and may communicate with the UE 120 located within the coverage area. The UE 120 may access the network (such as a wireless network) through the network device 110.

[0035] FIG. 1 exemplarily shows one network device and two UEs. Optionally, the wireless communication system 100 may include multiple network devices and the coverage range of each network device may include other numbers of terminal devices, which are not limited in the embodiments of the present application. Optionally, the wireless communication system 100 may further include other network entities such as a network controller and a mobility management entity, which are not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0036] It should be understood that the technical solutions of the embodiments of this application can be applied to various communication systems, such as: the 5th generation (5G) system or new radio (NR), long term evolution (LTE) system, LTE frequency division duplex (FDD) system, LTE time division duplex (TDD), etc. The technical solutions provided in this application can also be applied to future communication systems, such as the 6th generation mobile communication system, or a satellite communication system, and so on.

[0037] The UE in the embodiments of this application can also be referred to as a terminal device, access terminal, user unit, user station, mobile station, mobile station (MS), mobile terminal (MT), remote station, remote terminal, mobile device, user terminal, terminal, wireless communication device, user agent or user equipment. The UE in the embodiments of this application can be a device that provides voice and / or data connectivity to users and can be used to connect people, things, and machines, such as a handheld device with a wireless connection function, a vehicle-mounted device, etc. The UE in the embodiments of this application can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer (Pad), a laptop computer, a handheld computer, a mobile internet device (MID), a wearable device, a virtual reality (VR) device, an augmented reality (AR) device, a wireless terminal in industrial control, a wireless terminal in self-driving, a wireless terminal in remote medical surgery, a wireless terminal in a smart grid, a wireless terminal in transportation safety, a wireless terminal in a smart city, a wireless terminal in a smart home, etc. Optionally, the UE can be used as a base station. For example, the UE can act as a scheduling entity that provides sidelink signals between UEs in V2X or D2D, etc. For example, a cellular phone and a car communicate with each other using sidelink signals. A cellular phone communicates with a smart home device without relaying the communication signal through a base station.

[0038] The network device in the embodiments of the present application may be a device for communicating with a UE. This network device may also be referred to as an access network device or a radio access network device. For example, the network device may be a base station. The network device in the embodiments of the present application may refer to a radio access network (RAN) node (or device) that connects the UE to a wireless network. The base station may generally cover various names as follows, or be replaced with the following names, such as: Node B, evolved Node B (eNB), next generation Node B (gNB), relay station, access point, transmitting and receiving point (TRP), transmitting point (TP), master station MeNB, secondary station SeNB, multi-standard radio (MSR) node, home base station, network controller, access node, wireless node, access point (AP), transmission node, transceiver node, base band unit (BBU), remote radio unit (RRU), active antenna unit (AAU), remote radio head (RRH), central unit (CU), distributed unit (DU), positioning node, etc. The base station may be a macro base station, a micro base station, a relay node, a donor node or the like, or a combination thereof.

[0039] In some embodiments, the network device may be fixed or mobile. For example, a helicopter or a drone may be configured to act as a mobile network device, and one or more cells may move according to the position of the mobile network device. In other examples, a helicopter or a drone may be configured to be a device for communicating with another network device. In some embodiments, the network device may refer to a CU or a DU, or the network device may include a CU and a DU, or the network device may further include an AAU.

[0040] It should be understood that the network device may be deployed on land, including indoor or outdoor, handheld or vehicle-mounted; it may also be deployed on water; it may also be deployed on airplanes, balloons and satellites in the air. In the embodiments of the present application, the network device and the scenario in which it is located in the embodiments of the present application are not limited.

[0041] It should also be understood that all or part of the functions of the network device and the UE in the present application may also be implemented by software functions running on hardware, or by virtualized functions instantiated on a platform (such as a cloud platform).

[0042] To avoid harm to the human body caused by electromagnetic radiation devices such as terminal devices, it is necessary to control the electromagnetic radiation intensity of terminal devices. The electromagnetic radiation intensity of terminal devices can be described by the specific absorption rate (SAR) and the maximum permissible emission (MPE). The following takes SAR and MPE as examples for illustration.

[0043] In the frequency band below 6 GHz, SAR is an index parameter for measuring the electromagnetic radiation intensity of terminal devices to the human body. To avoid harm to the human body caused by electromagnetic radiation devices such as mobile phones, the standard has strict index requirements for the SAR value of mobile phone radiation, and terminal devices cannot exceed this limit. The SAR index is the average measurement value of terminal devices over a period of time, and has the characteristics that the higher the transmission power of the terminal device, the higher the SAR value, and the longer the uplink transmission time, the higher the SAR. As shown in Figure 2, when the SRA of the terminal device 220 exceeds the index requirements, it will cause harm to the user 210.

[0044] In the frequency band above 6 GHz, MPE is an index parameter for measuring the electromagnetic radiation intensity of terminal devices to the human body. To avoid harm to the human body caused by electromagnetic radiation devices such as mobile phones, the standard has strict index requirements for the MPE value of mobile phone radiation, and terminal devices cannot exceed this limit. The MPE index is the average measurement value of the power density of terminal devices over a period of time within a certain area, and has the characteristic that the higher the transmission power of the terminal device, the higher the MPE value. As shown in Figure 2, when the MPE of the terminal device 220 exceeds the index requirements, it will cause harm to the user 210.

[0045] To meet the SAR and MPE indices, terminal devices usually can adopt the following two methods.

[0046] The first method is that the terminal device will use, for example, a distance sensor to detect the distance between the terminal device and the human body, and when approaching the human body, it will use the method of power back-off to reduce the transmission power and avoid exceeding the SAR and MPE standards. This method can effectively solve the problem of exceeding the SAR and MPE standards, but the power loss is serious. When the power back-off value is too large, it will also cause the wireless link of the terminal device to fail, thus affecting the communication efficiency.

[0047] Another method, considering reducing the terminal radiation time, introduces the maxUplinkdutycycle (maximum uplink duty cycle) capability for high power levels (such as PC2 26dBm or PC1.5 29dBm, etc.). The maxUplinkdutycycle can represent the maximum uplink duty ratio that the terminal device can withstand without exceeding the SAR or MPE under the maximum transmit power corresponding to the power class (PC) of the terminal device. The terminal device can report to the network at the initial network access the maximum uplink duty ratio it can support when meeting the SAR or MPE within a certain frequency band and within a certain time window length (the window length is determined by the terminal device itself). When the uplink duty ratio scheduled by the network exceeds this capability, the terminal device can adopt the method of power class fallback to reduce the SAR or MPE to ensure human radiation safety. Currently, the terminal reports the maxUplinkdutycycle capability to the base station, and this capability information is static (for example, the maxUplinkdutycycle capability can be written into the terminal device at the factory). At the same time, the base station does not necessarily always schedule the UE according to this capability. When the actual scheduled uplink duty ratio exceeds this capability, power class fallback will occur, thus affecting the communication efficiency.

[0048] As described above, the terminal device can selectively report the maxUplinkdutycycle capability to solve the SAR or MPE problem. However, the drawback of this capability is that the window length and start position for calculating the uplink duty ratio are determined by the terminal device itself. For example, as shown in Figure 3, the time window includes multiple transmission periods such as t1, t2…tn (t1 - tn are all positive numbers), and the terminal device counts the time window by itself during the uplink transmission process. The base station does not know the information of this time window (such as the window start position, window end position, and window length, etc.), which makes it difficult for the base station to consider the maxUplinkdutycycle capability of the terminal device in actual scheduling. It can be seen that the maxUplinkdutycycle capability itself cannot be applied in the actual network for the base station and can only be used to ensure that the terminal device itself meets the SAR or MPE requirements.

[0049] Therefore, both of the above two methods have their respective drawbacks. The first method directly performs power fallback, which limits the transmit power of the terminal device and affects the uplink coverage. For the second method based on the maximum uplink time ratio capability, it is difficult for the base station to know the actual time window length and start position of the terminal device, so it cannot actually apply the maximum uplink time ratio capability in scheduling. Therefore, in these current methods, it is difficult to effectively solve the SAR or MPE problem while taking into account the base station's scheduling of the transmit power and transmit time of the terminal device.

[0050] In addition, the transmissions of the terminal device in the actual network are usually discontinuous, and the transmission power and transmission time of the terminal device may also vary. In the actual network, when the transmission power decreases, the maximum transmission time ratio capacity can become longer, and when the transmission power is higher than 26 dBm, the maximum uplink time ratio capacity will become shorter. For example, as shown in Figure 4, the transmission time lengths (such as T1, T2, T3, and T4, etc., where T1 - T4 are all positive numbers) and transmission power magnitudes (such as P1, P2, P3, and P4, etc., where P1 - P4 are all positive numbers) of the terminal device in each transmission period may be different. At the same time, as mentioned in the foregoing embodiments, the SAR or MPE of the terminal device is related to the transmission power magnitude and transmission time length of the terminal. The greater the transmission power and the longer the transmission time, the more serious the SAR or MPE of the terminal device. Therefore, the transmission power and transmission time length that the terminal device can schedule at a certain moment may not be constant, but related to the transmission power and transmission time in the past period (within the time window). The greater the power already transmitted and the longer the time within the time window, the less the remaining available margin of SAR or MPE.

[0051] However, in the current maxUplinkdutycycle capability reporting mechanism, the maxUplinkdutycycle capability reported by the terminal device corresponds to the maximum transmission power corresponding to the power level of the terminal device. For example, for a terminal device with PC2, its maximum uplink ratio capability is defined according to a transmission power of 26 dBm, and this capability information is reported statically, and it cannot enable the base station to know how much the actual uplink transmission time that the terminal device can schedule at the current moment is.

[0052] To solve one or more of the above technical problems, the present application proposes a communication method and a communication device. The embodiments of the present application will be described in detail with reference to Figures 5 to 9 below.

[0053] Figure 5 is a schematic flowchart of the communication method according to the embodiment of the present application. The method 500 shown in Figure 5 may include step S510, specifically as follows:

[0054] S510, the terminal device sends first information to the network device.

[0055] The first information can be used to determine a first time window and / or the uplink transmission time information within the first time window.

[0056] The uplink transmission time information may be related to the transmission power and uplink transmission time in the past period (within the second time window). Optionally, the uplink transmission time information may be determined according to the uplink transmission time and transmission power within the second time window, and the second time window may be the time window before the current moment.

[0057] For example, before S510, method 500 may further include step S520, which is specifically as follows:

[0058] S520. The terminal device determines uplink transmission time information according to the uplink transmission time and transmission power within a second time window, where the second time window is a time window before the current moment. In this way, the uplink transmission time information can be dynamically determined, enabling the network device to know in real time the available uplink transmission time information of the current terminal device, so that the network device can schedule the terminal device based on the uplink transmission time information. For example, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the terminal device can determine the uplink transmission time information according to the uplink transmission times T1, T2, T3, and T4 and the transmission powers P1, P2, P3, and P4 before the current moment, and T1 - T4 and P1 - P4 are all positive numbers.

[0059] Optionally, the uplink transmission time information may represent the uplink transmission time that the terminal device can support at the current moment. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the terminal device can report the uplink transmission time information to the network device at time t (t is a positive number). Optionally, the greater the power and the longer the time already transmitted within the second time window, the less the margin of available (i.e., remaining available) SAR or MPE within the first time window (i.e., the less the uplink transmission time that can be supported at the current moment).

[0060] Optionally, the uplink transmission time information may include the maximum available uplink transmission time length and / or the maximum available uplink transmission time ratio within the first time window.

[0061] The maximum available uplink transmission time length may represent the length of the maximum uplink transmission time that can be supported when SAR or MPE is satisfied within the first time window. For example, the maximum available uplink transmission time length may be in units such as microseconds (us), milliseconds (ms), seconds (s), symbols (symbol), sub - frames (sub - frame), or frames (frame). Optionally, the maximum available uplink transmission time length may be selected from a predefined time length. For example, 16 bits (bit) may be used to represent the value of the maximum available uplink transmission time length.

[0062] The maximum available uplink transmission time ratio may represent the ratio of the maximum uplink time that can be supported when SAR or MPE is satisfied within the first time window.

[0063] Optionally, the uplink transmission time information may correspond to first power information. The first power information may be implicitly indicated. For example, the first power information may be a preset power value. Or, the first power information may also be explicitly indicated. For example, the first information may include the first power information.

[0064] Optionally, the first power information may be any of the following: the maximum transmit power corresponding to the power level of the terminal device, the transmit power of the terminal device at the current moment, and a preset transmit power.

[0065] FIG. 7 is introduced by taking the maximum available uplink transmission time length as an example. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the uplink transmission time information 1 reported by the terminal device may be the maximum available uplink transmission time length, and the maximum available uplink transmission time length may correspond to a transmit power of 26 dBm. The maximum available uplink transmission time length may represent the maximum time length during which the terminal device can transmit at a power of 26 dBm before the UE reports the uplink transmission time information 2.

[0066] It should be noted that if the actual transmit power of the scheduled terminal device is lower than 26 dBm, the actual transmit time of the terminal device may exceed the maximum available uplink transmission time length, but these network devices do not know this. Therefore, regardless of the actual transmit power of the terminal device, the network device may schedule the terminal device with the maximum available uplink transmission time length.

[0067] When the cumulative time length of the network device scheduling the terminal device to transmit exceeds the maximum available uplink transmission time length, the terminal device may adopt methods such as power backoff or power level backoff to ensure that it meets the SAR or MPE index requirements.

[0068] FIG. 8 is introduced by taking the maximum available uplink transmission time ratio as an example. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, the uplink transmission time information 1 reported by the terminal device is the maximum available uplink transmission time ratio, and the maximum available uplink transmission time ratio may correspond to a transmit power of 26 dBm. The maximum available uplink transmission time ratio may represent the maximum time ratio during which the terminal device can transmit at a power of 26 dBm before the UE reports the uplink transmission time information 2 (or, it may also be other time window lengths, such as a time window starting from the moment when the terminal device reports the uplink transmission time information 1 and with a length of n subframes, where n is a positive number).

[0069] When the cumulative time ratio of the network device scheduling the terminal device to transmit exceeds the maximum available uplink transmission time ratio, the terminal device may adopt methods such as power backoff or power level backoff to ensure that it meets the SAR or MPE index requirements.

[0070] It should be noted that the terminal device may include two or more transmission channels, and the first power information may be the total transmission power corresponding to all the transmission channels of the terminal device. For example, for a terminal device with a power level of PC2, if it has two transmission channels, where one transmission channel supports an output power of 23 dBm and the other transmission channel supports an output power of 26 dBm, then the total transmission power corresponding to all the transmission channels of the terminal device is 23 + 26 = 27.8 dBm. Therefore, the first power information corresponding to the uplink transmission time information of the terminal device may be this total transmission power (i.e., 27.8 dBm).

[0071] The first time window may be implicitly indicated. For example, the first time window may be a preset time window. Alternatively, the first time window may also be explicitly indicated. For example, the first information may include the start time and length of the first time window.

[0072] Optionally, the start time of the first time window may be any of the following: the time when the terminal device sends the first information, the time when the network device receives the first information.

[0073] It should be noted that the terminal device may calculate the signal transmission time between the terminal device and the network device based on the timestamp in the downlink signal sent by the network device and the time when the downlink signal arrives at the terminal device, and thus may determine the time when the network device receives the first information based on the signal transmission time; or the terminal device may also calculate the time when the network device receives the first information based on the timing advance (TA) between the terminal device and the network device.

[0074] Optionally, the length of the first time window may be the interval length between two consecutive transmissions of the first information by the terminal device, that is, the interval length between two consecutive reports of the uplink transmission time information by the terminal device. For example, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the length of the first time window may be the interval length between the time t1 when the terminal device reports the uplink transmission time information 1 and the time t2 when the terminal device reports the uplink transmission time information 2, where t1 and t2 are positive numbers.

[0075] Alternatively, the length of the first time window may also be other lengths indicated by the terminal device (for example, a time window starting from the time when the terminal device reports the uplink transmission time information and having a length of n subframes, etc.).

[0076] Optionally, in the case where the first information only includes the first time window (excluding the uplink transmission time information within the first time window), the uplink transmission time information may be the time information reported by the terminal device to the network during initial network access in the prior art (such as maxUplinkdutycycle (maximum uplink time ratio)).

[0077] In some embodiments, the terminal device may periodically report first information to the network device, that is, report it once every certain period of time, to implement dynamic update of its uplink transmission time information. For example, the terminal device may periodically send the first information to the network device.

[0078] Optionally, the reporting period for the terminal device to report the first information may be predefined, such as reporting once every default 10 ms or 10 subframes; or it may be configured by the network device, such as the network device configuring the terminal device to report once every 10 ms or 10 subframes.

[0079] In some embodiments, the terminal device may also report the first information to the network device in an event-triggered manner. For example, when a preset event is triggered, the terminal device may send the first information to the network device.

[0080] Optionally, the preset event may include at least one of the following: the available uplink transmission time of the terminal device meets a preset threshold value, an event that triggers the terminal device to report power headroom (PHR). The available uplink transmission time of the terminal device may be the remaining available uplink transmission time of the terminal device.

[0081] Optionally, the existing PHR reporting may be periodic reporting or event-triggered reporting, etc. These events that trigger the terminal device to report PHR can all trigger the terminal device to report uplink transmission time information at the same time. Optionally, the preset event may be consistent with each value (such as the reporting period, each threshold value in the triggering event, etc.) in the event that triggers the terminal device to report PHR, or may take different values.

[0082] In some embodiments, the terminal device may send the first information to the network device through any of the following signaling: radio resource control (RRC) signaling, medium access control control element (MAC CE), power headroom (PHR) reporting signaling.

[0083] It should be noted that PHR is a MAC CE for the terminal device to report the available power headroom to the network, and can carry information such as the maximum available transmission power information and power headroom information of the terminal device. PHR may be periodic reporting configured by the network, or reporting based on event triggering (such as when the transmission power headroom of the terminal device changes beyond a certain threshold, etc.). PHR information is an important reference for the network device to control the transmission power of the terminal device.

[0084] In some embodiments, a network device-configurable timer may be further introduced to enable the network device to control whether to allow or disallow the terminal device to report uplink transmission time information. For example, the terminal device may be configured with a first timer and / or a second timer. Among them, when the first timer is activated, the terminal device may be disallowed to send a first piece of information to the network device, and when the second timer is activated, the terminal device may be allowed to send the first piece of information to the network device. Optionally, only one of these two timers (the first timer and the second timer) may be configured, or both may be configured, or neither may be configured.

[0085] Method 500 may further include step S530, which is specifically as follows:

[0086] S530, the network device schedules the terminal device according to the first piece of information.

[0087] In the embodiments of the present application, the first piece of information is used to determine the first time window and / or the uplink transmission time information within the first time window. The terminal device sending the first piece of information to the network device helps the network device perform uplink scheduling on the terminal device based on the first piece of information, which can avoid the terminal device from performing power backoff and thus improve the communication efficiency of the terminal device.

[0088] The method embodiments of the present application have been described in detail above in conjunction with FIGS. 1 to 8. Next, the device embodiments of the present application will be described in detail in conjunction with FIGS. 9 to 11. It should be understood that the descriptions of the method embodiments correspond to those of the device embodiments. Therefore, the parts not described in detail can be referred to the previous method embodiments.

[0089] FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 9, the device 900 includes a sending unit 910, which is specifically as follows:

[0090] The sending unit 910 is configured to send a first piece of information to the network device, where the first piece of information is used to determine the first time window and / or the uplink transmission time information within the first time window.

[0091] Optionally, the uplink transmission time information includes the maximum available uplink transmission time length and / or the maximum available uplink transmission time ratio within the first time window.

[0092] Optionally, the uplink transmission time information corresponds to first power information.

[0093] Optionally, the first power information is a preset power value.

[0094] Optionally, the first piece of information includes the first power information.

[0095] Optionally, the first power information is any one of the following: the maximum transmission power corresponding to the power level of the device, the transmission power of the device at the current moment, and a preset transmission power.

[0096] Optionally, the device 900 further includes a determining unit 920, configured to: determine the uplink transmission time information according to the uplink transmission time and transmission power within a second time window, where the second time window is a time window before the current moment.

[0097] Optionally, the first time window is a preset time window.

[0098] Optionally, the first information includes the start time and length of the first time window.

[0099] Optionally, the start time of the first time window is any one of the following: the time when the device sends the first information, the time when the network device receives the first information.

[0100] Optionally, the length of the first time window is the interval length between two consecutive transmissions of the first information by the device.

[0101] Optionally, the sending unit 910 is specifically configured to: periodically send the first information to the network device.

[0102] Optionally, the sending unit 910 is specifically configured to: when a preset event is triggered, send the first information to the network device.

[0103] Optionally, the preset event includes at least one of the following: the available uplink transmission time of the device meets a preset threshold, an event that triggers the device to report a power headroom (PHR).

[0104] Optionally, the sending unit 910 is specifically configured to: send the first information to the network device through any one of the following signaling: radio resource control (RRC) signaling, media access control layer control element (MAC CE), power headroom (PHR) reporting signaling.

[0105] Optionally, the device is configured with a first timer and / or a second timer. When the first timer is activated, the device is not allowed to send the first information to the network device. When the second timer is activated, the device is allowed to send the first information to the network device.

[0106] FIG. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided by an embodiment of the present application. The communication device 1000 in FIG. 10 includes a receiving unit 1010, specifically as follows:

[0107] A receiving unit 1010, configured to receive first information sent by a terminal device, where the first information is used to determine a first time window and / or uplink transmission time information within the first time window.

[0108] Optionally, the uplink transmission time information includes a maximum available uplink transmission time length and / or a maximum available uplink transmission time ratio within the first time window.

[0109] Optionally, the uplink transmission time information corresponds to first power information.

[0110] Optionally, the first power information is a preset power value.

[0111] Optionally, the first information includes the first power information.

[0112] Optionally, the first power information is any one of the following: the maximum transmission power corresponding to the power level of the terminal device, the transmission power of the terminal device at the current moment, and a preset transmission power.

[0113] Optionally, the first time window is a preset time window.

[0114] Optionally, the first information includes a start time and a length of the first time window.

[0115] Optionally, the start time of the first time window is any one of the following: the time when the terminal device sends the first information, the time when the device receives the first information.

[0116] Optionally, the length of the first time window is the interval length between two consecutive transmissions of the first information by the terminal device.

[0117] Optionally, the receiving unit 1010 is specifically configured to: receive the first information periodically sent by the terminal device.

[0118] Optionally, the receiving unit 1010 is specifically configured to: receive the first information sent by the terminal device when a preset event is triggered.

[0119] Optionally, the preset event includes at least one of the following: the available uplink transmission time of the terminal device meets a preset threshold, an event that triggers the terminal device to report a power headroom (PHR).

[0120] Optionally, the receiving unit 1010 is specifically configured to: receive the first information sent by the terminal device through any one of the following signaling: radio resource control (RRC) signaling, media access control layer control element (MAC CE), power headroom (PHR) reporting signaling.

[0121] Optionally, the apparatus 1000 further includes a scheduling unit 1020, configured to: schedule the terminal device according to the first information.

[0122] FIG. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present application. The dashed lines in FIG. 11 indicate that the unit or module is optional. The apparatus 1100 can be used to implement the method described in the foregoing method embodiment. The apparatus 1100 can be a chip or a communication device.

[0123] The apparatus 1100 may include one or more processors 1110. The processor 1110 can support the apparatus 1100 to implement the method described in the foregoing method embodiment. The processor 1110 can be a general-purpose processor or a dedicated processor. For example, the processor can be a central processing unit (CPU). Alternatively, the processor can also be other general-purpose processors, digital signal processors (DSPs), application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, etc. The general-purpose processor can be a microprocessor or the processor can also be any conventional processor, etc.

[0124] The apparatus 1100 may further include one or more memories 1120. A program is stored on the memory 1120, and the program can be executed by the processor 1110, so that the processor 1110 executes the method described in the foregoing method embodiment. The memory 1120 can be independent of the processor 1110 or integrated in the processor 1110.

[0125] The apparatus 1100 may further include a transceiver 1130. The processor 1110 can communicate with other devices or chips through the transceiver 1130. For example, the processor 1110 can perform data transceiver with other devices or chips through the transceiver 1130.

[0126] An embodiment of the present application further provides a computer-readable storage medium for storing a program. The computer-readable storage medium can be applied to the communication device provided by the embodiment of the present application, and the program enables the computer to execute the methods performed by the communication device in various embodiments of the present application.

[0127] An embodiment of the present application also provides a computer program product. The computer program product includes a program. The computer program product can be applied to the communication device provided in the embodiment of the present application, and the program enables the computer to execute the methods performed by the communication device in various embodiments of the present application.

[0128] An embodiment of the present application also provides a computer program. The computer program can be applied to the communication device provided in the embodiment of the present application, and the computer program enables the computer to execute the methods performed by the communication device in various embodiments of the present application.

[0129] It should be understood that in the embodiments of the present application, "B corresponding to A" means that B is associated with A, and B can be determined according to A. However, it should also be understood that determining B according to A does not mean determining B only according to A, and B can also be determined according to A and / or other information.

[0130] It should be understood that the term "and / or" in this article is only a description of the association relationship of associated objects, indicating that there can be three relationships. For example, A and / or B can represent: A exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. In addition, the character " / " in this article generally represents an "or" relationship between the associated objects before and after.

[0131] It should be understood that in various embodiments of the present application, the order numbers of the above processes do not mean the order of execution. The order of execution of each process should be determined according to its function and internal logic, and should not constitute any limitation to the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.

[0132] In several embodiments provided by the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices, and methods can be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are only illustrative. For example, the division of the units is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, there can be other division methods. For example, multiple units or components can be combined or integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed. Another point is that the displayed or discussed coupling or direct coupling or communication connection to each other can be through some interfaces, and the indirect coupling or communication connection of the devices or units can be in electrical, mechanical or other forms.

[0133] The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they can be located in one place, or they can be distributed to multiple network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

[0134] In addition, in each embodiment of the present application, each functional unit can be integrated into a processing unit, can exist separately physically for each unit, or two or more units can be integrated into one unit.

[0135] 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 instructions. When the computer program instructions are loaded and executed on a computer, the processes or functions described in the embodiments of the present application are generated in whole or in part. The computer can be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable devices. The computer instructions 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 instructions can be transmitted from one website, computer, server, or data center to another website, computer, server, or data center by wire (such as coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (DSL)) or wireless (such as infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be read by a computer or a data storage device such as a server, data center, etc. that contains one or more integrated available media. The available medium can be a magnetic medium (for example, a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (for example, a digital video disc (DVD)), or a semiconductor medium (for example, a solid state disk (SSD)), etc.

[0136] As described above, the above are only specific embodiments of the present application, but the protection scope of the present application is not limited thereto. Any person skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed by the present application can easily think of changes or substitutions, which should all be covered by the protection scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application should be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

A communication method, characterized in that, comprising: A terminal device sends first information to a network device, and the first information is used to determine a first time window and / or uplink transmission time information within the first time window. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The uplink transmission time information includes the maximum available uplink transmission time length and / or the maximum available uplink transmission time ratio within the first time window. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the uplink transmission time information corresponds to first power information. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that, The first power information is a preset power value. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that, The first information includes the first power information. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that, The first power information is any one of the following: the maximum transmission power corresponding to the power level of the terminal device, the transmission power of the terminal device at the current moment, and a preset transmission power. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that, The method further includes: the terminal device determines the uplink transmission time information according to the uplink transmission time and transmission power within a second time window, and the second time window is a time window before the current moment. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that, The first time window is a preset time window. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that, The first information includes the start time and length of the first time window. The method according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that, The start time of the first time window is any one of the following: the time when the terminal device sends the first information, the time when the network device receives the first information. The method according to any one of claims 8 to 10, characterized in that, The length of the first time window is the interval length between two consecutive transmissions of the first information by the terminal device. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that, The terminal device sending the first information to the network device includes: the terminal device periodically sends the first information to the network device. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that, The terminal device sending the first information to the network device includes: when a preset event is triggered, the terminal device sends the first information to the network device. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that, The preset event includes at least one of the following: the available uplink transmission time of the terminal device satisfies a preset threshold, an event that triggers the terminal device to report a power headroom PHR. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 14, characterized in that, The terminal device sending the first information to the network device includes: the terminal device sends the first information to the network device through any one of the following signaling: radio resource control RRC signaling, media access control layer control element MAC CE, power headroom PHR reporting signaling. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 15, characterized in that, the terminal device is configured with a first timer and / or a second timer, and when the first timer is activated, the terminal device is not allowed to send the first information to the network device, and when the second timer is activated, the terminal device is allowed to send the first information to the network device. A communication method, characterized in that, comprising: The network device receives first information sent by the terminal device, and the first information is used to determine a first time window and / or uplink transmission time information within the first time window. The method according to claim 17, characterized in that, the uplink transmission time information includes the maximum available uplink transmission time length and / or the maximum available uplink transmission time ratio within the first time window. The method according to claim 17 or 18, wherein the uplink transmission time information corresponds to first power information. The method according to claim 19, characterized in that, the first power information is a preset power value. The method according to claim 19, characterized in that, the first information includes the first power information. The method according to claim 21, characterized in that, the first power information is any one of the following: the maximum transmission power corresponding to the power level of the terminal device, the transmission power of the terminal device at the current moment, and a preset transmission power. The method according to any one of claims 17 to 22, characterized in that, the first time window is a preset time window. The method according to any one of claims 17 to 22, characterized in that, the first information includes the start time and length of the first time window. The method according to claim 23 or 24, characterized in that, the start time of the first time window is any one of the following: the time when the terminal device sends the first information, the time when the network device receives the first information. The method according to any one of claims 23 to 25, characterized in that, the length of the first time window is the interval length between two consecutive transmissions of the first information by the terminal device. The method according to any one of claims 17 to 26, characterized in that, the network device receiving the first information sent by the terminal device includes: the network device receiving the first information periodically sent by the terminal device. The method according to any one of claims 17 to 26, characterized in that, the network device receiving the first information sent by the terminal device includes: the network device receiving the first information sent by the terminal device when a preset event is triggered. The method according to claim 28, characterized in that, the preset event includes at least one of the following: the available uplink transmission time of the terminal device meets a preset threshold value, an event that triggers the terminal device to report a power headroom (PHR). The method according to any one of claims 17 to 29, characterized in that, The network device receives first information sent by a terminal device, including: the network device receives the first information sent by the terminal device through any one of the following signaling: Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, Media Access Control layer Control Element (MAC CE), Power Headroom Report (PHR) signaling. The method according to any one of claims 17 to 30, wherein, the method further includes: the network device schedules the terminal device according to the first information. A communication device, wherein, comprising: a sending unit, configured to send first information to a network device, where the first information is used to determine a first time window and / or uplink transmission time information within the first time window. The device according to claim 32, wherein, the uplink transmission time information includes a maximum available uplink transmission time length and / or a maximum available uplink transmission time ratio within the first time window. For the device according to claim 32 or 33, the uplink transmission time information corresponds to first power information. The device according to claim 34, wherein, the first power information is a preset power value. The device according to claim 34, wherein, the first information includes the first power information. The device according to claim 36, wherein, the first power information is any one of the following: the maximum transmission power corresponding to the power level of the device, the transmission power of the device at the current moment, and a preset transmission power. The device according to any one of claims 32 to 37, wherein, the device further includes a determining unit, configured to: determine the uplink transmission time information according to the uplink transmission time and transmission power within a second time window, where the second time window is a time window before the current moment. The device according to any one of claims 32 to 38, wherein, the first time window is a preset time window. The device according to any one of claims 32 to 38, wherein, the first information includes a start time and a length of the first time window. The device according to claim 39 or 40, wherein, the start time of the first time window is any one of the following: the time when the device sends the first information, the time when the network device receives the first information. The device according to any one of claims 39 to 41, wherein, the length of the first time window is the interval length between two consecutive transmissions of the first information by the device. The device according to any one of claims 32 to 42, wherein, the sending unit is specifically configured to: periodically send the first information to the network device. The device according to any one of claims 32 to 42, wherein, the sending unit is specifically configured to: when a preset event is triggered, send the first information to the network device. The device according to claim 44, wherein, The preset event includes at least one of the following: the available uplink transmission time of the device satisfies a preset threshold value, and an event that triggers the device to report a power headroom (PHR). The device according to any one of claims 32 to 45, wherein, the sending unit is specifically configured to: send the first information to the network device through any one of the following signaling: radio resource control (RRC) signaling, media access control layer control element (MAC CE), and power headroom (PHR) reporting signaling. The device according to any one of claims 32 to 46, wherein, the device is configured with a first timer and / or a second timer. When the first timer is activated, the device is not allowed to send the first information to the network device. When the second timer is activated, the device is allowed to send the first information to the network device. A communication device, wherein, comprising: a receiving unit, configured to receive first information sent by a terminal device, where the first information is used to determine a first time window and / or uplink transmission time information within the first time window. The device according to claim 48, wherein, the uplink transmission time information includes a maximum available uplink transmission time length and / or a maximum available uplink transmission time ratio within the first time window. For the device according to claim 48 or 49, the uplink transmission time information corresponds to first power information. The device according to claim 50, wherein, the first power information is a preset power value. The device according to claim 50, wherein, the first information includes the first power information. The device according to claim 52, wherein, the first power information is any one of the following: the maximum transmission power corresponding to the power level of the terminal device, the transmission power of the terminal device at the current moment, and a preset transmission power. The device according to any one of claims 48 to 53, wherein, the first time window is a preset time window. The device according to any one of claims 48 to 53, wherein, the first information includes a start time and a length of the first time window. The device according to claim 54 or 55, wherein, the start time of the first time window is any one of the following: the time when the terminal device sends the first information, and the time when the device receives the first information. The device according to any one of claims 54 to 56, wherein, the length of the first time window is an interval length between two consecutive times when the terminal device sends the first information. The device according to any one of claims 48 to 57, wherein, the receiving unit is specifically configured to: receive the first information periodically sent by the terminal device. The device according to any one of claims 48 to 57, wherein, the receiving unit is specifically configured to: receive the first information sent by the terminal device when a preset event is triggered. The device according to claim 59, wherein, The preset event includes at least one of the following: the available uplink transmission time of the terminal device meets a preset threshold value, an event that triggers the terminal device to report a power headroom (PHR). The apparatus according to any one of claims 48 to 60, wherein, the receiving unit is specifically configured to: receive the first information sent by the terminal device through any one of the following signaling: radio resource control (RRC) signaling, media access control layer control element (MAC CE), power headroom (PHR) reporting signaling. The apparatus according to any one of claims 48 to 61, wherein, the apparatus further includes a scheduling unit, configured to: schedule the terminal device according to the first information. A communication apparatus, wherein, it includes a memory, a transceiver, and a processor, the memory is used for storing a program, the processor performs data transceiver through the transceiver, and the processor is used for calling the program in the memory, so that the communication apparatus executes the method according to any one of claims 1 to 16. A communication apparatus, wherein, it includes a memory, a transceiver, and a processor, the memory is used for storing a program, the processor performs data transceiver through the transceiver, and the processor is used for calling the program in the memory, so that the communication apparatus executes the method according to any one of claims 17 to 31. A communication apparatus, wherein, it includes a processor, configured to call a program from a memory, so that the communication apparatus executes the method according to any one of claims 1 to 16. A communication apparatus, wherein, it includes a processor, configured to call a program from a memory, so that the communication apparatus executes the method according to any one of claims 17 to 31. A chip, wherein, it includes a processor, configured to call a program from a memory, so that a device installed with the chip executes the method according to any one of claims 1 to 16. A chip, wherein, it includes a processor, configured to call a program from a memory, so that a device installed with the chip executes the method according to any one of claims 17 to 31. A computer-readable storage medium, wherein, a program is stored thereon, and the program causes a computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 16. A computer-readable storage medium, wherein, a program is stored thereon, and the program causes a computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 17 to 31. A computer program product, wherein, it includes a program, and the program causes a computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 16. A computer program product, wherein, it includes a program, and the program causes a computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 17 to 31. A computer program, wherein, the computer program causes a computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 16. A computer program, wherein, the computer program causes a computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 17 to 31.

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