Energy-saving signal receiving method, transmitting method, terminal and network device

Abstract

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for receiving an energy saving signal, a method for transmitting an energy saving signal, a terminal, and a network device, the method including a step of receiving an energy saving signal, the energy saving signal indicating a state of the terminal in a serving cell and for instructing an operation of the terminal, the state being one of a dormant state and a non-dormant state, the operation of the terminal including at least one of an operation of whether to start a DRX on-duration timer of the serving cell, and an operation of whether to monitor a PDCCH of the serving cell corresponding to a DRX on-duration timer associated with the energy saving signal.

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the technical field of communications, and in particular to an energy-saving signal receiving method, a transmitting method, a terminal, and a network device. [Background technology]

[0002] Energy saving of terminals has been an important research topic in the field of communication technology. Some communication systems adopt a discontinuous reception (DRX) mechanism to save the power consumption of terminals. However, in order to further save the power consumption of terminals, some communication systems, such as the 5th generation (5G) system, have newly introduced an energy saving signal. However, the energy saving signal in the related technology can only instruct the terminal to monitor a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), that is, the terminal will monitor the PDCCH after receiving the energy saving signal. Thus, the low indication of the energy saving signal reduces the energy saving effect of the terminal. Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0003] In order to solve the problem that the low directiveness of the energy-saving signal reduces the energy-saving effect of the terminal, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a receiving method, a transmitting method, a terminal and a network device of an energy-saving signal. [Means for solving the problem]

[0004] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for receiving an energy-saving signal applied to a terminal, the method for receiving an energy-saving signal includes: receiving an energy saving signal indicating a status of the terminal in a serving cell; and for instructing the operation of the terminal; the state being one of a dormant state and a non-dormant state; The operation of the terminal is as follows: An operation of starting or not starting a DRX on duration timer of the serving cell; and whether to monitor a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of the serving cell corresponding to a DRX on-duration timer associated with the energy saving signal.

[0005] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for transmitting an energy-saving signal applied to a network device, the method comprising: transmitting an energy saving signal, the energy saving signal indicating a status of the terminal in a serving cell; and for instructing the operation of the terminal; the state being one of a dormant state and a non-dormant state; The operation of the terminal is as follows: An operation of starting or not starting a DRX on duration timer of the serving cell; and an operation of the serving cell of whether to monitor a PDCCH corresponding to a DRX on-duration timer associated with the energy saving signal.

[0006] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a terminal, the terminal comprising: Indicating a status of the terminal in a serving cell; and a receiving module for receiving an energy saving signal for instructing an operation of the terminal; the state being one of a dormant state and a non-dormant state; The operation of the terminal is as follows: An operation of starting or not starting a DRX on duration timer of the serving cell; and an operation of the serving cell of whether to monitor a PDCCH corresponding to a DRX on-duration timer associated with the energy saving signal.

[0007] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a network device, the network device comprising: Indicating the status of the terminal in the serving cell; and a transmitting module used for transmitting an energy saving signal for instructing an operation of the terminal; the state being one of a dormant state and a non-dormant state; The operation of the terminal is as follows: An operation of starting or not starting a DRX on duration timer of the serving cell; and an operation of the serving cell of whether to monitor a PDCCH corresponding to a DRX on-duration timer associated with the energy saving signal.

[0008] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a terminal, the terminal including: a memory; a processor; and a program stored in the memory and executable by the processor, the program, when executed by the processor, realizing steps of a method for receiving an energy-saving signal provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0009] In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a network device, the network device including: a memory; a processor; and a program stored in the memory and executable by the processor, the program, when executed by the processor, implementing steps of a method for transmitting an energy-saving signal provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0010] In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program that, when executed by a processor, performs steps in a method for receiving an energy-saving signal provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure, or that, when executed by a processor, performs steps in a method for transmitting an energy-saving signal provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. Effect of the Invention

[0011] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, indicating a state of the terminal in a serving cell; and , receive an energy saving signal for instructing an operation of the terminal, the state being one of a dormant state and a non-dormant state, and the operation of the terminal includes at least one of an operation of whether to start a DRX on-duration timer of the serving cell and an operation of whether to monitor a PDCCH of the serving cell corresponding to a DRX on-duration timer associated with the energy saving signal. In this way, the energy saving signal flexibly instructs the state and operation of the terminal, thereby improving the energy saving effect of the terminal. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0012] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a network system to which an embodiment of the present disclosure can be applied. [Diagram 2] 4 is a flowchart of a method for receiving an energy-saving signal provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. [Diagram 3] 4 is a flowchart of an energy-saving signal transmission method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 4] FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a terminal provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 5a] FIG. 13 is a configuration diagram of another terminal provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 5b] FIG. 13 is a configuration diagram of another terminal provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 6]FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a network device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 7] FIG. 13 is a configuration diagram of another terminal provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 8] FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of another network device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0013] In the following, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be clearly described with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and are not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present disclosure, all other embodiments that a person skilled in the art can think of shall fall within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.

[0014] The term "comprises" and any variations thereof in the present specification and claims are intended to include a non-exclusive inclusion. For example, a process, method, system, product, or device that includes a series of steps or units is not limited to those steps or units explicitly stated, but may include other steps or units that are not explicitly stated or are inherent to the process, method, product, or device. Also, "and / or" as used in the specification and claims represents at least one of the connected objects, for example, A and / or B includes the three cases of a single A, a single B, and both A and B being present.

[0015] In the examples of the present disclosure, terms such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used for the purposes of example, illustration, or explanation. In the examples of the present disclosure, any example or embodiment described as "exemplary" or "for example" should not be construed as preferred or advantageous over other examples or embodiments. Strictly speaking, use of terms such as "exemplary" or "for example" is intended to present the relevant concept in a concrete manner.

[0016] The embodiments of the present disclosure will be described below with reference to the drawings. The energy-saving signal receiving method, transmitting method, terminal and network device provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system can be a 5G system, or an evolved long term evolution (eLTE) system, or a subsequent evolved communication system.

[0017] FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a network system to which the embodiment of the present disclosure can be applied. The system includes a terminal 11 and a network device 12, and the terminal 11 may be a user equipment (UE) or other terminal side device, such as a mobile phone, a tablet personal computer, a laptop computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a mobile Internet device (MID), a wearable device, or a robot. It should be noted that the embodiment of the present disclosure does not limit the specific type of the terminal 11. The network device 12 may be a 4th generation (4G) base station, or a 5G base station, or a base station of a later version, or a base station in another communication system, or may be called a Node B, an evolved Node B, a Transmission Reception Point (TRP), an Access Point (AP), or other terms in the field, and the network device is not limited to a specific technical term as long as it can achieve the same technical effect. In addition, the network device 12 may be a master node (MN) or a secondary node (SN). It should be noted that in the embodiment of the present disclosure, only a 5G base station is taken as an example, but the specific type of the network device is not limited.

[0018] 2 is a flowchart of a method for receiving an energy-saving signal provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method is applied to a terminal, comprising: receiving an energy saving signal, the energy saving signal indicating a status of the terminal in a serving cell; and 201, for instructing the operation of the terminal; The state is either a dormant state (which may be called a dormant state or a dormancy-like state) or a non-dormant state (which may be called a non-dormant state or a non-dormancy-like state), The operation of the terminal is as follows: An operation of starting or not starting a DRX onduration timer of the serving cell; and an operation of the serving cell of whether to monitor a PDCCH corresponding to a DRX on-duration timer associated with the energy saving signal.

[0019] The energy-saving signal may be called a wake-up signal (WUS) or a dormancy signal. The energy-saving signal may be used to instruct multiple terminals or may be used to instruct one terminal.

[0020] Indicating the state of the terminal in a serving cell may be indicating the state of the terminal in one or more serving cells, and the states of the terminal in different serving cells may be the same or different. For example, taking multiple serving cells as an example, the energy saving signal may indicate that the state of the terminal in some cells is dormant and the state of the terminal in other some cells is non-dormant, or may indicate that the state of the terminal in all serving cells is dormant, etc. The serving cell is It may include at least one of a primary cell (Pcell), a primary secondary cell (PScell), and a secondary cell (Scell).

[0021] The serving cell may include one or more cells. For example, the serving cell may refer to one or more cells in one or more cell groups, such as one or more cells in a Master Cell Group (MCG) and one or more cells in a Secondary Cell Group (SCG), or one or more cells in the Master Cell Group, or one or more cells in the Secondary Cell Group.

[0022] Preferably, the terminal monitors the energy saving signal transmitted from the primary cell or the primary secondary cell, i.e., the secondary cell does not transmit the energy saving signal. Non-limiting solutions may be included.

[0023] Also, in the idle state, the terminal may not monitor the PDCCH of the serving cell. Or, in the idle state, the monitoring period during which the terminal monitors the PDCCH of the serving cell may be a first period, In the non-idle state, a monitoring period during which the terminal monitors the PDCCH of the serving cell may be a second period; The length of the first period exceeds the length of the second period.

[0024] The length of the first period may exceed the length of the second period, which may mean that the frequency at which the terminal monitors the PDCCH of the serving cell in a dormant state is lower than the frequency at which the terminal monitors the PDCCH of the serving cell in a non-dormant state.

[0025] For example, in the idle state, depending on the network side settings, the terminal does not monitor the PDCCH, or the period for monitoring the PDCCH is very long, for example, monitoring the PDCCH once per 2560 time slots. In this state, the terminal's power saving is further improved. In the non-idle state, depending on the network side configuration, the terminal monitors the PDCCH frequently, for example, monitoring the PDCCH every downlink slot or monitoring the PDCCH every other slot, and in this state, the power saving of the terminal is lower than that in the idle state.

[0026] It should be noted that the first and second periods may be set on the network side or may be specified by a protocol.

[0027] Preferably, the PDCCH for the dormant state and the non-dormant state can be further limited, for example, the PDCCH is a PDCCH scrambled with a Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI) or a Configured Scheduling Radio Network Temporary Identifier (CS-RNTI).

[0028] Regarding the operation of whether or not to start the DRX on duration timer of the serving cell, when an energy-saving terminal instructs the terminal to start DRX of the serving cell, the terminal starts the DRX on duration timer of the serving cell and monitors the PDCCH within the timer, and when an instruction is given not to start the DRX on duration timer of the serving cell, the terminal may not start the DRX on duration timer in order to save power.

[0029] The operation of whether to monitor the PDCCH of the serving cell may be such that, when an energy-saving terminal instructs the terminal to monitor the PDCCH of the serving cell, the terminal monitors the PDCCH of the serving cell, and, when an energy-saving terminal instructs the terminal not to monitor the PDCCH of the serving cell, the terminal does not monitor the PDCCH of the serving cell in order to save power.

[0030] In addition, the reception of the energy saving signal may be a reception of a transmission from a network device, for example, the terminal may monitor the energy saving signal in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connected state, and further during non active time in the RRC connected state.

[0031] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the above steps can flexibly indicate the state and operation of the terminal, and can improve the energy saving effect of the terminal by issuing an indication on a cell basis. Furthermore, since one energy saving signal indicates the state and operation of the terminal in multiple serving cells, signaling overhead can be saved.

[0032] In an alternative embodiment, the energy saving signal indicates the status of the terminal in N serving cells by N bits, respectively; or The energy saving signal indicates the status of the terminal in N serving cells by M bits, where M is an integer smaller than N, and each code point of the M bits is used to indicate the status of the terminal in multiple serving cells; N is an integer greater than 1.

[0033] The N serving cells may be all serving cells of the terminal or some or all serving cells in a cell group. For example, the N serving cells may be one or more Scells without including a Pcell / PScell, so that the energy saving signal does not include a bit indicating the terminal's state in a Pcell / Pscell, and may include a solution that is not limited thereto.

[0034] In addition, in the above N-bit form, for example, one bit may correspond to one cell, such that 15 bits indicate the status of the terminal in 15 cells respectively, i.e., one bit of the energy saving signal indicates the status of one cell, thereby making it possible to flexibly and directly indicate the status of the terminal in each serving cell.

[0035] Indicating the status of the terminal in N serving cells by M bits may be such that the M bits indicate the status of the terminal in N serving cells by joint coding, or may indicate the status of the terminal in N serving cells by other coding methods.

[0036] Each codepoint may be used to indicate the state of the terminal in multiple serving cells, and each codepoint may be used to indicate a combination of the states of the terminal in all or some of the N serving cells, so that multiple codepoints of M bits can indicate a combination of multiple states. For example, as shown in Table 1, D / N in Table 1 respectively represent dormancy / non-dormancy states.

[0037] [Table 1]

[0038] It should be noted that Table 1 only takes three code points as an example. If five bits are taken as an example, there are 32 code points for five bits, and the 32 code points can indicate 32 state combinations of 15 serving cells to achieve the purpose of reducing the signaling overhead of energy saving signals.

[0039] In addition, in some scenarios, in order to reduce the complexity of the energy saving signal indicating the state of the terminal in the cell, some combination of non-important states of the terminal in multiple serving cells may be eliminated. For example, when N bits indicate N serving cells of the terminal, the N bits may be regarded as a bitmap, and some non-important code points in the bitmap may be eliminated.

[0040] Furthermore, for example, 15 serving cells may be divided into 5 groups, with each group including 3 serving cells, so that the status of the 5 groups of serving cells (total of 15 cells) can be indicated by only a 5-bit bitmap. The status of all 3 serving cells in one group is the same.

[0041] The method of indicating the status of the terminal in N serving cells by M bits can save signaling overhead.

[0042] It should be noted that the method of indicating the status of the terminal in the N serving cells by the N bits or M bits may be configured on the network side by RRC signaling, or may be specified in a protocol.

[0043] Alternatively, if the energy saving signal indicates that the terminal should start the DRX on duration timers of all serving cells, the terminal determines the state of the terminal in N serving cells according to the N bits or the M bits.

[0044] The energy saving signal may indicate that the terminal starts the DRX on-duration timers of all serving cells by the one or more bits.

[0045] In this embodiment, when the terminal is instructed to start the DRX on duration timers of all serving cells, the terminal is able to determine the status of the terminal in N serving cells according to the N bit or M bit for the first time, thereby avoiding errors caused by the terminal determining the status of the terminal in N serving cells according to the N bit or M bit when the terminal is instructed not to start the DRX on duration timers in all serving cells, and further saving power consumption of the terminal.

[0046] Even if the energy saving signal indicates by one bit that the terminal monitors the PDCCHs of all serving cells, the terminal can determine the status of the terminal in N serving cells according to N bits or M bits.

[0047] Alternatively, if the energy saving signal indicates that the DRX on duration timer is not started in all serving cells, and the N bit or the M bit indicates that the state of the terminal in at least one serving cell is a non-idle state, The terminal does not expect to receive the energy saving signal, or The terminal performs an operation to perform a non-idle state for the at least one serving cell.

[0048] The energy saving signal may indicate that the terminal starts the DRX on-duration timers of all serving cells by the one or more bits.

[0049] Not expecting to receive said energy saving signal may cause the terminal to consider such a condition as an error condition.

[0050] The operation of the terminal to perform a non-dormant state for the at least one serving cell may be such that, if a DRX on duration timer is not started in all serving cells, the terminal performs a non-dormant state for the serving cell.

[0051] For example, one bit (a0) in the energy saving signal indicates whether to start the DRX onduration timer in the serving cell in the cell group, and other bits (a1, a2, a3,... a15) indicate the state of the terminal in multiple Scells. When a0=0 and at least one of a1, a2, a3,... a15 is 1, there are two processing methods: One is for such a condition to be considered an error condition and for the terminal to never expect to receive such an indication. The other is that this state is a normal state, in which the UE does not start the DRX onduration timer and performs operation in the non-dormant state of the corresponding serving cell indicated by a1, a2, a3, ..., a15.

[0052] In this embodiment, in the above cases, the terminal does not expect to receive the energy saving signal or the terminal performs an operation to perform a non-idle state for the at least one serving cell, thereby further saving the terminal's power consumption.

[0053] Optionally, if the energy saving signal indicates that the states of the terminal in the N serving cells are all in a dormant state, the N bit or the M bit may further include: Not starting the DRX on-duration timer in all serving cells; and not monitoring the PDCCH in any serving cell.

[0054] In this embodiment, if the states in all N serving cells are indicated to be in a dormant state, the energy saving signal may further indicate, by default, at least one of: not starting the DRX on duration timer in all serving cells; and not monitoring the PDCCH in all serving cells, thereby saving signaling overhead.

[0055] Optionally, when the N bits are a first combination, the N bits or the M bits can further include: Not starting the DRX on-duration timer in all serving cells; and not monitoring the PDCCH in any serving cell.

[0056] The first combination may be set on the network side by RRC signaling, or may be defined in a protocol, etc.

[0057] In this embodiment, when the N bits are a first combination, the energy saving signal may further indicate at least one of: not starting the DRX on-duration timer in all serving cells and not monitoring the PDCCH in all serving cells by default, thereby saving signaling overhead.

[0058] In this embodiment, the energy saving signal may carry only the N bits or only the M bits.

[0059] Optionally, when the M bits are a second combination, the N bits or the M bits further include: Not starting the DRX on-duration timer in all serving cells; and not monitoring the PDCCH in any serving cell.

[0060] The second combination may be set on the network side by RRC signaling, or may be defined in a protocol, etc.

[0061] In this embodiment, when the M bit is the second combination, the energy saving signal may further indicate, by default, at least one of: not starting the DRX on-duration timer in all serving cells; and not monitoring the PDCCH in all serving cells, thereby saving signaling overhead.

[0062] In this embodiment, the energy saving signal may carry only the N bits or only the M bits.

[0063] Alternatively, the energy saving signal may carry only the N bits or the M bits. For example, it is not necessary to carry a bit specifically used for indicating the above operation, and signaling overhead is saved. For example, the energy saving signal does not have one bit (e.g., a0) for indicating the above operation, and only a1-a15 for indicating the state of the terminal in 15 Scells are present. In this case, the terminal may determine not to start the DRX onduration timer by a1-a15 being all 0, or may indicate not to start the DRX onduration timer by a specific special combination of a1-a15. The special combination is set by RRC signaling on the network side, or specified by a protocol.

[0064] In an alternative embodiment, the energy saving signal indicates the operation of the terminal by one bit, or The energy saving signal indicates the operation of the terminal by a number of bits.

[0065] If the energy saving signal indicates the terminal's behavior with multiple bits, the terminal may have the same behavior or different behavior for multiple serving cells.

[0066] Indicating the operation by one bit may be such that the terminal operates uniformly in each serving cell by one bit. For example, when the one bit is a first value, it may be possible to indicate at least one of starting the DRX on duration timers of all serving cells and monitoring the PDCCHs of all serving cells; If the one bit is a second value, It is possible to instruct at least one of not starting the DRX on duration timer in all serving cells and not monitoring the PDCCH in all serving cells.

[0067] The all serving cells may be all serving cells of the terminal, or may be all serving cells in a cell group, or may be all Scells, or may be all serving cells corresponding to the terminal's state in the serving cell indicated by the energy saving signal, for example, the N serving cells.

[0068] The indication by the one bit allows multiple serving cells to share the same bit, for example, the same MAC entity, to save signaling overhead. For example, if the one bit is a0 (one bit in the energy saving signal), a0 can indicate whether to start the DRX onduration timer in the serving cell in the cell group. When the terminal receives the energy saving signal, if a0=0, the terminal does not start the DRX onduration timer of the serving cell in the cell group, and if a0=1, the terminal starts the DRX onduration timer of the serving cell in the cell group.

[0069] The energy saving signal may indicate the operation of the terminal by multiple bits, and may indicate the operation of the terminal in different serving cells by different bits. For example, N bits indicate the operation of the terminal in N serving cells, or M bits indicate the operation of the terminal in N serving cells. For example, for multiple serving cells, the indication is performed by employing each corresponding bit or each corresponding MAC entity, respectively. In this embodiment, the terminal's power consumption can be saved by flexibly setting the operation of the terminal in different serving cells.

[0070] Optionally, if the energy saving signal indicates that a non-idle state exists in the state of the terminal in the serving cell, the operation of the terminal is determined according to the value of the one bit or the plurality of bits.

[0071] The one or more bits may be one or more bits indicating the operation of the terminal in the above embodiment. The energy saving signal indicating that the terminal state in the serving cell is in a non-dormant state may be, for example, by the N or M bits indicating that the terminal state in N serving cells is in a non-dormant state.

[0072] For example, the energy saving signal includes 16 bits including a0, a1, a2, a3,..., a15. Among them, a0 is used to indicate the above operation, for example, a0 indicates whether to start the DRX onduration timer in the serving cell of the cell group, and the other bits are used to indicate the status of the terminal in the 15 serving cells. When receiving the energy saving signal, if a1, a2, a3,..., a15 are all 0, the DRX onduration timer is not started in all serving cells in the cell group, otherwise, it is determined according to a0 whether to start the DRX onduration timer, and a1, a2, a3,..., a15 indicate the status of the terminal in multiple Scells.

[0073] In this embodiment, only if the energy saving signal indicates that the terminal's status in N serving cells is in a non-idle state, the operation of the terminal is determined according to the value of one bit; otherwise, it is possible to directly decide not to start the DRX on-duration timer in all serving cells and not to monitor the PDCCH in all serving cells, thereby reducing complexity.

[0074] As an alternative embodiment, if the energy saving signal indicates that the DRX on duration timer is not to be started in all serving cells, the terminal determines that a bit in the energy saving signal indicating the state of the terminal in the serving cell is invalid, or determines that all states of the terminal in the serving cells are in a dormant state.

[0075] It may be determined that the states of the terminals in the N serving cells are all in the idle state.

[0076] The energy saving signal may indicate, by one or more bits, that the terminal starts the DRX on-duration timers of all serving cells.

[0077] In this embodiment, when one bit indicates that the DRX on-duration timer is not to be started in all serving cells, it is possible to directly determine that the bit in the energy saving signal indicating the state of the terminal in the serving cell is invalid, or to determine that the states of the terminal in all N serving cells are in a dormant state, thereby improving the working efficiency of the terminal and further saving the power consumption of the terminal.

[0078] For example, one bit (a0) in the energy saving signal indicates whether or not to start the DRX onduration timer in the serving cell in the cell group, and other bits (a1, a2, a3, . . . a15) indicate the state of the terminal in multiple Scells, and when a0=0, the DRX onduration timer is not started in the serving cell in the cell group, and when a0=1, the DRX onduration timer is started in the serving cell in the cell group, and when any bit of a1, a2, a3, . . . a15 is 0, the corresponding Scell ​​is in a dormancy state, and when any bit of a1, a2, a3, . . . a15 is 1, the corresponding Scell ​​is in a non-dormancy state. The operation corresponding to a1, a2, a3, . . . a15 may be enabled only when a0=1, that is, when a0=0, a1 to a15 are disabled and cannot indicate the state of the terminal in the Scell. Alternatively, if a0=0, the terminal assumes that all cells are in the dormancy state.

[0079] Even if the energy saving signal indicates by one bit that the terminal does not monitor the PDCCH in any serving cell, the terminal determines that the bit in the energy saving signal indicating the state of the terminal in the serving cell is invalid, or determines that the states of the terminal in all N serving cells are idle.

[0080] In an alternative embodiment, the method further comprises: The method further includes, when the terminal receives the energy saving signal, starting DRX on duration timers of all serving cells and / or determining to monitor PDCCHs of all serving cells.

[0081] In this embodiment, if the terminal receives the energy saving signal, it can decide to start the DRX on-duration timers of all serving cells and / or monitor the PDCCHs of all serving cells, thereby eliminating the need to add additional bits to indicate the above operations and saving signaling overhead.

[0082] As an optional embodiment, after receiving an energy saving signal, the terminal, in response to an instruction of the energy saving signal, transitioning to a dormant or non-dormant state with respect to the serving cell; Activating or deactivating a DRX on-duration timer of the serving cell; and monitoring or not monitoring the PDCCH of the serving cell.

[0083] In this embodiment, at least one of the above can be performed in response to an instruction of the energy saving signal.

[0084] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, indicating a state of the terminal in a serving cell; and , receiving an energy saving signal for instructing an operation of the terminal, the state being one of a dormant state and a non-dormant state, the operation of the terminal including at least one of an operation of whether to start a DRX on-duration timer of the serving cell and an operation of whether to monitor a PDCCH of the serving cell corresponding to a DRX on-duration timer associated with the energy saving signal. In this way, the energy saving signal flexibly instructs the state and operation of the terminal, thereby enhancing the energy saving effect of the terminal.

[0085] In the following, the energy saving signal receiving method provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure will be described by taking the energy saving signal indicating the status of terminals in 15 Scells as an example.

[0086] Example 1 In this embodiment, the energy saving signal includes 16 bits, which explicitly indicates whether to start the DRX onduration timer of the serving cell, where: 1. For an NR Carrier Aggregation (CA) scenario, assuming one Pcell and 15 Scells, the energy saving signal includes 16 bits, of which one bit (a0) indicates whether to activate the DRX onduration timer in a cell of the cell group, and the other 15 bits (a1, a2, a3, ... a15) indicate the dormancy / non-dormancy state of multiple Scells.

[0087] If a0=0, the DRX onduration timer of the cells in the cell group is not started, and if a0=1, the DRX onduration timer of the cells in the cell group is started.

[0088] If any bit of a1, a2, a3, ..., a15 is 0, the corresponding Scell ​​is in the dormancy state, and if any bit of a1, a2, a3, ..., a15 is 1, the corresponding Scell ​​is in the non-dormancy state. Alternatively, the above operation is valid only when a0 = 1. That is, when a0 = 0, a1 to a15 are invalid indications and cannot indicate the dormancy / non-dormancy state. Alternatively, when a0 = 0, the terminal assumes that all serving cells are in the dormancy state. Here, a0=0 may represent that the terminal does not activate the DRX onduration timer of all serving cells, and at this time, the network device expects the terminal not to monitor the PDCCH or expects the terminal to be in dormancy state, so the optimization solution is that a1-a15 are not valid at this time.

[0089] When a0=0 and at least one of a1, a2, a3,...a15 is 1, the processing method is as follows: Such a state is regarded as an error state, and the terminal does not expect to receive such an instruction, or such a state is a normal state, in which case the terminal does not start the DRX onduration timer and performs operation in the non-dormancy state of the corresponding cell as indicated by a1, a2, a3, ... a15.

[0090] Example 2 In this embodiment, the energy saving signal includes 15 bits and implicitly indicates whether to start the DRX onduration timer or not. For example, in this case, the values ​​of a1, a2, a3, ... a15 (for example, if all are 0, all scells are in dormancy state) indirectly / implicitly indicate not to start the DRX onduration timer of all serving cells, and one bit, i.e., a0, is saved compared to solution 1.

[0091] For an NR CA scene, assuming one Pcell and 15 Scells, the energy saving signal includes 15 bits (a1, a2, a3, ... a15), indicating the dormancy / non-dormancy state of each of the multiple Scells, but does not indicate any status bits for the Pcell.

[0092] When a1-a15 are all 0, it determines not to start the DRX onduration timer of all serving cells of the terminal, and when they are not all 0, it indicates to start the DRX onduration timer of all serving cells of the terminal. Or, A specific special combination of a1 to a15 indicates that the DRX onduration timer of all serving cells is not activated, and another combination indicates that the DRX onduration timer of all serving cells of the UE is activated. The special combination is configured by the network side through RRC signaling or is predefined in a protocol.

[0093] In the second embodiment, the cost of one bit is saved compared to the first embodiment.

[0094] An embodiment of the present disclosure can be implemented as follows.

[0095] First, a terminal in an RRC connected state receives an energy saving signal transmitted from the network side, and the energy saving signal indicates the dormancy / non-dormancy state of a cell in a cell group (MCG or SCG). One solution is to indicate in a one-to-one manner, such as one bit to one cell. Another solution employs joint coding techniques.

[0096] Second, the energy saving signal simultaneously indicates whether to activate the DRX onduration timer of the cell or whether to monitor the PDCCH of the DRX onduration timer associated with the energy saving signal of the cell. One solution is for all cells to share one MAC entity, as indicated by a single bit. Another solution is that different cells have their respective MAC entities as indicated by multiple bits.

[0097] Third, the rules for whether the terminal activates the DRX onduration timer are as follows: A first rule that starts the DRX onduration timer of all cells when the UE receives an energy saving signal; A second rule that determines whether to start the DRX onduration timer depending on the value of a0. a third rule: make a decision according to a0 and exclude the case where all are zero, i.e., if a0=1 and the values ​​of a1, a2, ..a15 are not all zero, start the DRX onduration timer; otherwise, do not start the DRX onduration timer; and a fourth rule which makes a decision depending on a1, a2, ..a15, i.e. does not start the DRX onduration timer if the values ​​of a1, a2, ..a15 are all 0.

[0098] Fourth, one bit (a0) in the energy saving signal indicates whether to start the DRX onduration timer of the cells in the cell group, and the other bits (a1, a2, a3, ... a15) indicate the dormancy / non-dormancy state of multiple Scells.

[0099] 5. The energy saving signal includes 15 bits, which implicitly indicates whether to start the DRX onduration timer or not. In this case, the values ​​of a1, a2, a3, ... a15 (e.g., if all are 0, all cells are in dormancy state) indirectly / implicitly indicate that the DRX onduration timer of all cells is not to be started, and one bit, i.e., a0, is saved.

[0100] FIG. 3 is a flowchart of an energy-saving signal transmission method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method being applied to a network device, comprising: transmitting an energy saving signal, the energy saving signal indicating a status of the terminal in a serving cell; and 3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising the step of: the state being one of a dormant state and a non-dormant state; The operation of the terminal is as follows: An operation of starting or not starting a DRX on duration timer of the serving cell; and an operation of the serving cell of whether to monitor a PDCCH corresponding to a DRX on-duration timer associated with the energy saving signal.

[0101] Optionally, the serving cell: It includes at least one of a Pcell, a PScell, and a Scell.

[0102] Alternatively, the energy saving signal indicates the status of the terminal in N serving cells by N bits, respectively; or The energy saving signal indicates the status of the terminal in N serving cells by M bits, where M is an integer smaller than N, and each code point of the M bits is used to indicate the status of the terminal in multiple serving cells; N is an integer greater than 1.

[0103] Alternatively, if the energy saving signal indicates that the terminal starts DRX on duration timers of all serving cells, the energy saving signal indicates that the terminal determines the state of the terminal in N serving cells according to the N bits or the M bits.

[0104] Alternatively, if the energy saving signal indicates that the DRX on duration timer is not started in all serving cells, and the N bit or the M bit indicates that the state of the terminal in at least one serving cell is a non-idle state, The terminal does not expect to receive the energy saving signal, or The terminal performs an operation to perform a non-idle state for the at least one serving cell.

[0105] Optionally, if the energy saving signal indicates that the states of the terminal in the N serving cells are all in a dormant state, the N bit or the M bit may further include: Not starting the DRX on-duration timer in all serving cells; and not monitoring the PDCCH in any serving cell.

[0106] Optionally, when the N bits are a first combination, the N bits or the M bits can further include: Not starting the DRX on-duration timer in all serving cells; and not monitoring the PDCCH in any serving cell.

[0107] Optionally, when the M bits are a second combination, the N bits or the M bits further include: Not starting the DRX on-duration timer in all serving cells; and not monitoring the PDCCH in any serving cell.

[0108] Optionally, the energy saving signal carries only the N bits or only the M bits.

[0109] Alternatively, if the energy saving signal indicates that the DRX on duration timer is not to be started in all serving cells, the terminal determines that a bit in the energy saving signal indicating the state of the terminal in the serving cell is invalid, or determines that all of the states of the terminal in the serving cells are in a dormant state.

[0110] Alternatively, the energy saving signal indicates the operation of the terminal by one bit; or The energy saving signal indicates the operation of the terminal by a number of bits.

[0111] Optionally, when the one bit is a first value, instruct at least one of starting a DRX on duration timer of all serving cells and monitoring a PDCCH of all serving cells; When the one bit is a second value, it indicates at least one of: not starting the DRX on duration timer in all serving cells; and not monitoring the PDCCH in all serving cells.

[0112] Optionally, if the energy saving signal indicates that a non-idle state exists in the state of the terminal in the serving cell, the operation of the terminal is determined according to the value of the one bit or the plurality of bits.

[0113] Optionally, when the terminal receives the energy saving signal, the energy saving signal is used to determine that the terminal should start the DRX on duration timers of all serving cells and / or monitor the PDCCHs of all serving cells.

[0114] Alternatively, in the idle state, the terminal does not monitor the PDCCH of the serving cell, or a monitoring period in which the terminal monitors the PDCCH of the serving cell in the idle state is a first period; In the non-idle state, a monitoring period during which the terminal monitors the PDCCH of the serving cell is a second period; The length of the first period exceeds the length of the second period.

[0115] It should be noted that this embodiment is an embodiment of the network device side corresponding to the embodiment shown in Fig. 2, and the specific embodiment can be referred to the related explanation of the embodiment shown in Fig. 2, and the explanation is omitted in this embodiment to avoid duplication. In this embodiment, the energy saving effect of the terminal can be improved in the same way.

[0116] FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a terminal provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The terminal 400 includes: Indicating a status of the terminal in a serving cell; and a receiving module 401 used for receiving an energy saving signal for instructing the operation of the terminal; the state being one of a dormant state and a non-dormant state; The operation of the terminal is as follows: An operation of starting or not starting a DRX on duration timer of the serving cell; and an operation of the serving cell of whether to monitor a PDCCH corresponding to a DRX on-duration timer associated with the energy saving signal.

[0117] Optionally, the serving cell: It includes at least one of a Pcell, a PScell, and a Scell.

[0118] Alternatively, the energy saving signal indicates the status of the terminal in N serving cells by N bits, respectively; or The energy saving signal indicates the status of the terminal in N serving cells by M bits, where M is an integer smaller than N, and each code point of the M bits is used to indicate the status of the terminal in multiple serving cells; N is an integer greater than 1.

[0119] Alternatively, if the energy saving signal indicates that the terminal should start the DRX on duration timers of all serving cells, the terminal determines the state of the terminal in N serving cells according to the N bits or the M bits.

[0120] Alternatively, if the energy saving signal indicates that the DRX on duration timer is not started in all serving cells, and the N bit or the M bit indicates that the state of the terminal in at least one serving cell is a non-idle state, The terminal does not expect to receive the energy saving signal, or The terminal performs an operation to perform a non-idle state for the at least one serving cell.

[0121] Optionally, if the energy saving signal indicates that the states of the terminal in the N serving cells are all in a dormant state, the N bit or the M bit may further include: Not starting the DRX on-duration timer in all serving cells; and not monitoring the PDCCH in any serving cell.

[0122] Optionally, when the N bits are a first combination, the N bits or the M bits can further include: Not starting the DRX on-duration timer in all serving cells; and not monitoring the PDCCH in any serving cell.

[0123] Optionally, when the M bits are a second combination, the N bits or the M bits further include: Not starting the DRX on-duration timer in all serving cells; and not monitoring the PDCCH in any serving cell.

[0124] Optionally, the energy saving signal carries only the N bits or only the M bits.

[0125] Alternatively, if the energy saving signal indicates that the DRX on duration timer is not to be started in all serving cells, the terminal determines that a bit in the energy saving signal indicating the state of the terminal in the serving cell is invalid, or determines that all of the states of the terminal in the serving cells are in a dormant state.

[0126] Alternatively, the energy saving signal indicates the operation of the terminal by one bit; or The energy saving signal indicates the operation of the terminal by a number of bits.

[0127] Optionally, when the one bit is a first value, instruct at least one of starting a DRX on duration timer of all serving cells and monitoring a PDCCH of all serving cells; When the one bit is a second value, it indicates at least one of: not starting the DRX on duration timer in all serving cells; and not monitoring the PDCCH in all serving cells.

[0128] Optionally, if the energy saving signal indicates that a non-idle state exists in the state of the terminal in the serving cell, the operation of the terminal is determined according to the value of the one bit or the plurality of bits.

[0129] Optionally, as shown in FIG. 5a, the terminal 400 may The terminal further includes a processing module 402 that is used for determining, when the terminal receives the energy saving signal, to start the DRX on duration timers of all serving cells and / or to monitor the PDCCHs of all serving cells.

[0130] Alternatively, in the idle state, the terminal does not monitor the PDCCH of the serving cell, or a monitoring period in which the terminal monitors the PDCCH of the serving cell in the idle state is a first period; In the non-idle state, a monitoring period during which the terminal monitors the PDCCH of the serving cell is a second period; The length of the first period exceeds the length of the second period.

[0131] Optionally, after receiving the energy-saving signal, as shown in FIG. 5b, the terminal 400 may, according to the instruction of the energy-saving signal: transitioning to a dormant or non-dormant state with respect to the serving cell; Activating or deactivating a DRX on-duration timer of the serving cell; and monitoring or not monitoring a PDCCH of the serving cell.

[0132] The terminal provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure can realize each process realized by the terminal in the embodiment of the method of FIG. 2, and can also improve the energy saving effect of the terminal, and in order to avoid duplication, the description will be omitted here.

[0133] FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a network device provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The network device 600 includes: Indicating the status of the terminal in the serving cell; and a transmitting module 601 used for transmitting an energy saving signal for instructing the operation of the terminal; the state being one of a dormant state and a non-dormant state; The operation of the terminal is as follows: An operation of starting or not starting a DRX on duration timer of the serving cell; and an operation of the serving cell of whether to monitor a PDCCH corresponding to a DRX on-duration timer associated with the energy saving signal.

[0134] Optionally, the serving cell: It includes at least one of a Pcell, a PScell, and a Scell.

[0135] Alternatively, the energy saving signal indicates the status of the terminal in N serving cells by N bits, respectively; or The energy saving signal indicates the status of the terminal in N serving cells by M bits, where M is an integer smaller than N, and each code point of the M bits is used to indicate the status of the terminal in multiple serving cells; N is an integer greater than 1.

[0136] Alternatively, if the energy saving signal indicates that the terminal starts DRX on duration timers of all serving cells, the energy saving signal indicates that the terminal determines the state of the terminal in N serving cells according to the N bits or the M bits.

[0137] Alternatively, if the energy saving signal indicates that the DRX on duration timer is not started in all serving cells, and the N bit or the M bit indicates that the state of the terminal in at least one serving cell is a non-idle state, The terminal does not expect to receive the energy saving signal, or The terminal performs an operation to perform a non-idle state for the at least one serving cell.

[0138] Optionally, if the energy saving signal indicates that the states of the terminal in the N serving cells are all in a dormant state, the N bit or the M bit may further include: Not starting the DRX on-duration timer in all serving cells; and not monitoring the PDCCH in any serving cell.

[0139] Optionally, when the N bits are a first combination, the N bits or the M bits can further include: Not starting the DRX on-duration timer in all serving cells; and not monitoring the PDCCH in any serving cell.

[0140] Optionally, when the M bits are a second combination, the N bits or the M bits further include: Not starting the DRX on-duration timer in all serving cells; and not monitoring the PDCCH in any serving cell.

[0141] Optionally, the energy saving signal carries only the N bits or only the M bits.

[0142] Alternatively, if the energy saving signal indicates that the DRX on duration timer is not to be started in all serving cells, the terminal determines that a bit in the energy saving signal indicating the state of the terminal in the serving cell is invalid, or determines that all of the states of the terminal in the serving cells are in a dormant state.

[0143] Alternatively, the energy saving signal indicates the operation of the terminal by one bit; or The energy saving signal indicates the operation of the terminal by a number of bits.

[0144] Optionally, when the one bit is a first value, instruct at least one of starting a DRX on duration timer of all serving cells and monitoring a PDCCH of all serving cells; When the one bit is a second value, it indicates at least one of: not starting the DRX on duration timer in all serving cells; and not monitoring the PDCCH in all serving cells.

[0145] Optionally, if the energy saving signal indicates that a non-idle state exists in the state of the terminal in the serving cell, the operation of the terminal is determined according to the value of the one bit or the plurality of bits.

[0146] Optionally, when the terminal receives the energy saving signal, the energy saving signal is used to determine that the terminal should start the DRX on duration timers of all serving cells and / or monitor the PDCCHs of all serving cells.

[0147] Alternatively, in the idle state, the terminal does not monitor the PDCCH of the serving cell, or a monitoring period in which the terminal monitors the PDCCH of the serving cell in the idle state is a first period; In the non-idle state, a monitoring period during which the terminal monitors the PDCCH of the serving cell is a second period; The length of the first period exceeds the length of the second period.

[0148] The network device provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure can realize each process realized by the terminal in the embodiment of the method of FIG. 5, and can also improve the energy saving effect of the terminal, and in order to avoid duplication, the description will be omitted here.

[0149] FIG. 7 is a hardware configuration diagram of a terminal for implementing each embodiment of the present disclosure; The terminal 700 includes, but is not limited to, components such as a radio frequency unit 701, a network module 702, an audio output unit 703, an input unit 704, a sensor 705, a display unit 706, a user input unit 707, an interface unit 708, a memory 709, a processor 710, and a power supply 711. Those skilled in the art can understand that the structure of the terminal shown in FIG. 7 does not limit the terminal, and the terminal may include more or less components than those shown, or may combine some components or different components. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal includes, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a personal digital assistant, an in-vehicle terminal, a robot, a wearable device, and a pedometer.

[0150] The radio frequency unit 701 indicates the status of the terminal in the serving cell; and, for receiving an energy saving signal for instructing the operation of the terminal; the state being one of a dormant state and a non-dormant state; The operation of the terminal is as follows: An operation of starting or not starting a DRX on duration timer of the serving cell; and an operation of the serving cell of whether to monitor a PDCCH corresponding to a DRX on-duration timer associated with the energy saving signal.

[0151] Optionally, the serving cell: It includes at least one of a Pcell, a PScell, and a Scell.

[0152] Alternatively, the energy saving signal indicates the status of the terminal in N serving cells by N bits, respectively; or The energy saving signal indicates the status of the terminal in N serving cells by M bits, where M is an integer smaller than N, and each code point of the M bits is used to indicate the status of the terminal in multiple serving cells; N is an integer greater than 1.

[0153] Alternatively, if the energy saving signal indicates that the terminal should start the DRX on duration timers of all serving cells, the terminal determines the state of the terminal in N serving cells according to the N bits or the M bits.

[0154] Alternatively, if the energy saving signal indicates that the DRX on duration timer is not started in all serving cells, and the N bit or the M bit indicates that the state of the terminal in at least one serving cell is a non-idle state, The terminal does not expect to receive the energy saving signal, or The terminal performs an operation to perform a non-idle state for the at least one serving cell.

[0155] Optionally, if the energy saving signal indicates that the states of the terminal in the N serving cells are all in a dormant state, the N bit or the M bit may further include: Not starting the DRX on-duration timer in all serving cells; and not monitoring the PDCCH in any serving cell.

[0156] Optionally, when the N bits are a first combination, the N bits or the M bits can further include: Not starting the DRX on-duration timer in all serving cells; and not monitoring the PDCCH in any serving cell.

[0157] Optionally, when the M bits are a second combination, the N bits or the M bits further include: Not starting the DRX on-duration timer in all serving cells; and not monitoring the PDCCH in any serving cell.

[0158] Optionally, the energy saving signal carries only the N bits or only the M bits.

[0159] Alternatively, if the energy saving signal indicates that the DRX on duration timer is not to be started in all serving cells, the terminal determines that a bit in the energy saving signal indicating the state of the terminal in the serving cell is invalid, or determines that all of the states of the terminal in the serving cells are in a dormant state.

[0160] Alternatively, the energy saving signal indicates the operation of the terminal by one bit; or The energy saving signal indicates the operation of the terminal by a number of bits.

[0161] Optionally, when the one bit is a first value, instruct at least one of starting a DRX on duration timer of all serving cells and monitoring a PDCCH of all serving cells; When the one bit is a second value, it indicates at least one of: not starting the DRX on duration timer in all serving cells; and not monitoring the PDCCH in all serving cells.

[0162] Optionally, if the energy saving signal indicates that a non-idle state exists in the state of the terminal in the serving cell, the operation of the terminal is determined according to the value of the one bit or the plurality of bits.

[0163] Optionally, the processor 710 may be configured to determine, when the terminal receives the energy saving signal, to start DRX on duration timers of all serving cells and / or to monitor PDCCHs of all serving cells.

[0164] Alternatively, in the idle state, the terminal does not monitor the PDCCH of the serving cell, or a monitoring period in which the terminal monitors the PDCCH of the serving cell in the idle state is a first period; In the non-idle state, a monitoring period during which the terminal monitors the PDCCH of the serving cell is a second period; The length of the first period exceeds the length of the second period.

[0165] Optionally, after receiving the energy-saving signal, the high frequency unit 701 or the processor 710 further performs the following steps according to the instruction of the energy-saving signal: transitioning to a dormant or non-dormant state with respect to the serving cell; Activating or deactivating a DRX on-duration timer of the serving cell; and monitoring or not monitoring the PDCCH of the serving cell.

[0166] The above terminal can improve the energy saving effect of the terminal.

[0167] It should be understood that in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the high frequency unit 701 can be used for receiving and transmitting information or receiving and transmitting signals in a call process, specifically, receiving downlink data from a base station, processing it in the processor 710, and transmitting uplink data to the base station. Typically, the high frequency unit 701 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a receiver-transmitter, a coupler, a low-noise amplifier, a duplexer, etc. In addition, the high frequency unit 701 can further communicate with a network and other devices through a wireless communication system.

[0168] Through the network module 702, the terminal provides wireless broadband Internet access to the user to facilitate, for example, sending and receiving e-mail, browsing web pages, and accessing streaming media.

[0169] The audio output unit 703 can convert audio data received by the radio frequency unit 701 or the network module 702 or stored in the memory 709 into an audio signal and output it as a voice. The audio output unit 703 can also provide audio output (e.g., call signal receiving tone, message receiving tone, etc.) related to a specific function performed by the terminal 700. The audio output unit 703 includes a speaker, a buzzer, a handset, etc.

[0170] The input unit 704 is used to receive audio or video signals. The input unit 704 may include a graphics processing unit (GPU) 7041 for processing image data of static or video captured by an image capture device (e.g., a camera) in a video capture mode or an image capture mode, and a microphone 7042. The processed image frames can be displayed on the display unit 706. The image frames processed by the graphics processing unit 7041 can be stored in a memory 709 (or other storage medium) or transmitted by the radio frequency unit 701 or the network module 702. The microphone 7042 can receive voice and process such voice as audio data. The processed audio data can be converted into a format that can be transmitted by the radio frequency unit 701 to a mobile communication base station and output in a telephone call mode.

[0171] The terminal 700 further includes at least one sensor 705 such as a light sensor, a motion sensor, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor that can adjust the brightness of the display panel 7061 according to the brightness of the ambient light, and a proximity sensor that can turn off the display panel 7061 and / or the backlight when the terminal 700 is moved to the ear. As one of the motion sensors, an accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in each direction (generally, three axes) and can detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when stationary, and can be used to recognize the terminal's orientation (e.g., switching between landscape and portrait of the screen, related games, magnetometer orientation calibration), vibration recognition related functions (e.g., pedometer, tap), etc. The sensor 705 may further include a fingerprint sensor, a pressure sensor, an iris sensor, a molecular sensor, a gyroscope, a barometer, a hygrometer, a thermometer, an infrared sensor, etc., and the description thereof will be omitted here.

[0172] The display unit 706 is used to display information input by a user or information provided to a user. The display unit 706 may include a display panel 7061, which may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display (LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), or the like.

[0173] The user input unit 707 can be used to receive input numeric or character information and generate key signal inputs for user settings and function control on the terminal. Specifically, the user input unit 707 includes a touch panel 7071 and other input devices 7072. The touch panel 7071, also called a touch screen, can collect a user's touch operation on or near the touch panel 7071 (e.g., a user uses a finger, a stylus, or any suitable object or accessory on or near the touch panel 7071), and may include two parts: a touch detection device and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the user's touch direction, detects the signal generated by the touch operation and transmits it to the touch controller, and the touch controller receives the touch information from the touch detection device, converts it into touch point coordinates and transmits them to the processor 710, and receives and executes the instructions transmitted from the processor 710. The touch panel 7071 can be realized in various forms, such as resistive, capacitive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave. In addition to the touch panel 7071, the user input unit 707 may further include other input devices 7072. Specifically, the other input devices 7072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and an operation lever, and the description thereof will be omitted here.

[0174] Further, the touch panel 7071 may cover the display panel 7061, and when the touch panel 7071 detects a touch operation on or near it, it transmits it to the processor 710 to identify the type of the touch event, and then the processor 710 provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 7061 according to the type of the touch event. In FIG. 7 , the touch panel 7071 and the display panel 7061 are two independent components to realize the input and output functions of the terminal, but in some embodiments, the touch panel 7071 and the display panel 7061 may be integrated to realize the input and output functions of the terminal, which is not specifically limited herein.

[0175] The interface unit 708 is an interface for connecting an external device to the terminal 700. For example, the external device may include a wired or wireless headphone port, an external power (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device equipped with a recognition module, an audio input / output (I / O) port, a video I / O port, an earphone port, etc. The interface unit 708 can be used to receive input (e.g., data information, power, etc.) from an external device and transmit the received input to one or more components in the terminal 700, or to transmit data between the terminal 700 and the external device.

[0176] The memory 709 can be used to store software programs and various data. The memory 709 may mainly include a program storage area capable of storing an operating system, an application required for at least one function (e.g., a voice playback function, an image playback function, etc.), and a data storage area capable of storing data created in accordance with the use of the mobile phone (e.g., audio data, a phone book, etc.). The memory 709 may also include a high-speed random access memory, and may further include a non-volatile memory, for example, at least one magnetic disk storage device, a flash memory device, or other volatile solid-state storage device.

[0177] The processor 710 is the control center of the terminal, connecting each part of the entire terminal through various interfaces and lines, and executes or runs software programs and / or modules stored in the memory 709 and calls up data stored in the memory 709 to execute various functions and process data of the terminal, thereby monitoring the terminal as a whole. The processor 710 may include one or more processing units, and optionally, an application processor that mainly processes the operating system, user interface, and applications, and a modem processor that mainly processes wireless communication may be integrated into the processor 710. It can be understood that the modem processor does not have to be integrated into the processor 710.

[0178] The terminal 700 may further include a power source 711 (e.g., a battery) for powering each component, and optionally, the power source 711 may be logically connected to the processor 710 via a power management system, which may further realize functions such as charging and discharging management and power consumption management.

[0179] Moreover, the terminal 700 includes some functional modules that are not shown in the figure, and the description thereof will be omitted here.

[0180] Optionally, the embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a terminal including a processor 710, a memory 709, and a computer program stored in the memory 709 and executable on the processor 710, which, when executed by the processor 710, can realize each process of the embodiment of the method for receiving an energy-saving signal and achieve the same technical effects, and will not be described here in order to avoid duplication.

[0181] 8 is a block diagram of another network device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The network device 800 includes a processor 801, a transceiver 802, a memory 803, and a bus interface. The receiver-transmitter 802 indicates the status of the terminal in the serving cell; and , for transmitting an energy saving signal for instructing the operation of the terminal; the state being one of a dormant state and a non-dormant state; The operation of the terminal is as follows: An operation of starting or not starting a DRX on duration timer of the serving cell; and an operation of the serving cell of whether to monitor a PDCCH corresponding to a DRX on-duration timer associated with the energy saving signal.

[0182] Optionally, the serving cell: It includes at least one of a Pcell, a PScell, and a Scell.

[0183] Alternatively, the energy saving signal indicates the status of the terminal in N serving cells by N bits, respectively; or The energy saving signal indicates the status of the terminal in N serving cells by M bits, where M is an integer smaller than N, and each code point of the M bits is used to indicate the status of the terminal in multiple serving cells; N is an integer greater than 1.

[0184] Alternatively, if the energy saving signal indicates that the terminal starts DRX on duration timers of all serving cells, the energy saving signal indicates that the terminal determines the state of the terminal in N serving cells according to the N bits or the M bits.

[0185] Alternatively, if the energy saving signal indicates that the DRX on duration timer is not started in all serving cells, and the N bit or the M bit indicates that the state of the terminal in at least one serving cell is a non-idle state, The terminal does not expect to receive the energy saving signal, or The terminal performs an operation to perform a non-idle state for the at least one serving cell.

[0186] Optionally, if the energy saving signal indicates that the states of the terminal in the N serving cells are all in a dormant state, the N bit or the M bit may further include: Not starting the DRX on-duration timer in all serving cells; and not monitoring the PDCCH in any serving cell.

[0187] Optionally, when the N bits are a first combination, the N bits or the M bits can further include: Not starting the DRX on-duration timer in all serving cells; and not monitoring the PDCCH in any serving cell.

[0188] Optionally, when the M bits are a second combination, the N bits or the M bits further include: Not starting the DRX on-duration timer in all serving cells; and not monitoring the PDCCH in any serving cell.

[0189] Optionally, the energy saving signal carries only the N bits or only the M bits.

[0190] Alternatively, if the energy saving signal indicates that the DRX on duration timer is not to be started in all serving cells, the terminal determines that a bit in the energy saving signal indicating the state of the terminal in the serving cell is invalid, or determines that all of the states of the terminal in the serving cells are in a dormant state.

[0191] Alternatively, the energy saving signal indicates the operation of the terminal by one bit; or The energy saving signal indicates the operation of the terminal by a number of bits.

[0192] Optionally, when the one bit is a first value, instruct at least one of starting a DRX on duration timer of all serving cells and monitoring a PDCCH of all serving cells; When the one bit is a second value, it indicates at least one of: not starting the DRX on duration timer in all serving cells; and not monitoring the PDCCH in all serving cells.

[0193] Optionally, if the energy saving signal indicates that a non-idle state exists in the state of the terminal in the serving cell, the operation of the terminal is determined according to the value of the one bit or the plurality of bits.

[0194] Optionally, when the terminal receives the energy saving signal, the energy saving signal is used to determine that the terminal should start the DRX on duration timers of all serving cells and / or monitor the PDCCHs of all serving cells.

[0195] Alternatively, in the idle state, the terminal does not monitor the PDCCH of the serving cell, or a monitoring period in which the terminal monitors the PDCCH of the serving cell in the idle state is a first period; In the non-idle state, a monitoring period during which the terminal monitors the PDCCH of the serving cell is a second period; The length of the first period exceeds the length of the second period.

[0196] The above network device can improve the energy saving effect of the terminal.

[0197] The receiver-transmitter 802 is used to transmit and receive data under the control of the processor 801, and includes at least two antenna ports.

[0198] In FIG. 8, the bus architecture may include any number of buses and bridges interconnected together, specifically, various circuits of one or more processors, represented by processor 801, and memory, represented by memory 803, are connected together. The bus architecture may further connect various other circuits together, such as peripherals, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, all of which are well known in the art and will not be described further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 802 may be multiple components, i.e., includes a transmitter and a receiver, providing a unit for communicating with various other devices over a transmission medium. For different user devices, the user interface 804 may be an interface that can realize external and internal connection of desired devices, including but not limited to keypads, displays, speakers, microphones, steering wheels, etc.

[0199] The processor 801 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 803 may store data used by the processor 801 when performing operations.

[0200] Optionally, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a network device including a processor 801, a memory 803, and a computer program stored in the memory 803 and executable on the processor 801, which, when executed by the processor 801, can realize each process of the embodiment of the above-mentioned energy-saving signal transmission method and achieve the same technical effect, and will not be described here in order to avoid duplication.

[0201] The embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, which, when executed by a processor, realizes the receiving method of an energy-saving signal provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, or the transmitting method of an energy-saving signal provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid duplication, the description will be omitted here. The computer-readable storage medium is, for example, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

[0202] It should be explained that, as used herein, the terms "comprising," "consisting of," or any other variation thereof, are intended to include a non-exclusive inclusion, whereby a process, method, article, or apparatus comprising a set of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not expressly stated or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Unless specifically stated otherwise, an element qualified by the phrase "comprising a..." does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

[0203] From the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the methods of the above embodiments can be realized in the form of a combination of software and a necessary common hardware platform, and may be realized by hardware, but in many cases the former is a more preferred embodiment. Based on this view, the technical solution of the present disclosure can be substantially or the part that contributes to the prior art can be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium (e.g., ROM / RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes a plurality of instructions that cause a terminal (which may be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute the methods described in each embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0204] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can imagine that each example unit and algorithm step described in the embodiments disclosed herein can be realized by electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are implemented in the form of hardware or software is determined by the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. For each specific application, experts can implement the described functions using different methods, and such implementation should not be understood as going beyond the scope of the present disclosure.

[0205] It is clearly understood by those skilled in the art that, in order to simplify and simplify the description, the specific operating processes of the above-mentioned systems, devices and units can be referred to the corresponding processes in the embodiments of the method, and the description will be omitted here.

[0206] In the embodiments provided by the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method can be realized in other forms. For example, the above-described apparatus embodiments are merely illustrative, and the division of the units is merely a division of logical functions, and may be divided in other forms when actually realized, for example, multiple units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted or not implemented. In addition, the illustrated or described couplings, or direct couplings, or communication connections may be indirect couplings or communication connections via some interfaces, devices or units, and may be electrical, mechanical, or other forms.

[0207] The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components shown as units may or may not be physical units, and may be located in one place or distributed among multiple network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the present embodiment.

[0208] Furthermore, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present disclosure may be integrated into a single processing unit, may exist physically independently, or may be integrated into two or more units into a single unit.

[0209] The functions may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium when they are realized in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product. Based on this view, the technical solutions of the present disclosure may be substantially or partly implemented in the form of a software product, and the computer software product is stored in a storage medium and includes a plurality of instructions that cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute all or part of the steps of the method according to each embodiment of the present disclosure. The storage medium includes various media capable of storing program codes, such as a USB memory, a mobile hard disk, a ROM, a RAM, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

[0210] Those skilled in the art can understand that all or part of the processes of implementing the methods of the above embodiments can be completed by controlling related hardware through a computer program, the program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and the program can include the processes of the above embodiments of the methods when executed. The storage medium can be a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), etc.

[0211] It is understood that the embodiments described in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be realized by hardware, software, firmware, middleware, microcode, or a combination thereof. For hardware realization, the modules, units, and subunits can be realized in one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC), Digital Signal Processor (DSP), Digital Signal Processing Device (DSPD), Programmable Logic Device (PLD), Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), common processor, controller, microcontroller, microprocessor, other electronic unit, or a combination thereof to perform the functions described in the present disclosure.

[0212] For software implementation, the techniques described in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be implemented by modules (e.g., processes, functions, etc.) for performing functions described in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The software code can be stored in a memory and executed by a processor. The memory can be implemented within the processor or external to the processor.

[0213] Although the examples of the present disclosure have been described above with reference to the drawings, the present disclosure is not limited to the above-mentioned specific embodiments, which are merely illustrative and not limiting. Based on the teachings of the present disclosure, many forms that a person skilled in the art can make without departing from the spirit of the present disclosure and the scope of protection of the claims are all within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A method for receiving an energy-saving signal applied to a terminal, comprising: receiving an energy saving signal, the energy saving signal being for indicating a state of the terminal in a serving cell and for indicating an operation of the terminal; the state being one of a dormant state and a non-dormant state; The operation of the terminal is as follows: An operation of starting or not starting a DRX on duration timer of the serving cell; The energy saving signal indicates the status of the terminal in N serving cells by N bits, respectively; or The energy saving signal indicates the status of the terminal in N serving cells by M bits, where M is an integer smaller than N, and each code point of the M bits is used to indicate the status of the terminal in multiple serving cells; A method for receiving an energy saving signal, wherein N is an integer greater than 1.

2. The serving cell is The method of claim 1, further comprising at least one of a primary cell Pcell, a primary secondary cell PScell ​​and a secondary cell Scell.

3. The method for receiving an energy saving signal according to claim 1, characterized in that, when the energy saving signal indicates that the terminal should start DRX on duration timers of all serving cells, the terminal determines a state of the terminal in N serving cells according to the N bits or the M bits.

4. If the energy saving signal indicates that the DRX on duration timer is not started in all serving cells, and the N bit or the M bit indicates that the state of the terminal in at least one serving cell is a non-idle state, The terminal does not expect to receive the energy saving signal, or The method of claim 1, wherein the terminal performs an operation of performing a non-idle state for the at least one serving cell.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the energy-saving signal carries only the N bits or the M bits.

6. The method for receiving an energy-saving signal according to any one of claims 1 and 3 to 5, characterized in that the M bits indicate the status of M groups of serving cells, the N serving cells of the terminal are divided into M groups of serving cells, and the status of the serving cells in one group is the same.

7. 2. The method for receiving an energy saving signal according to claim 1, characterized in that, when the energy saving signal indicates that a DRX on duration timer is not to be started in all serving cells, the terminal determines that a bit in the energy saving signal indicating a state of the terminal in the serving cell is invalid, or determines that all states of the terminal in the serving cell are in a dormant state.

8. The energy saving signal indicates the operation of the terminal by one bit, or The method of claim 1, wherein the energy-save signal indicates an operation of the terminal by a plurality of bits.

9. A method for transmitting an energy-saving signal applied to a network device, comprising: transmitting an energy saving signal, the energy saving signal being for indicating a state of the terminal in a serving cell and for indicating an operation of the terminal; the state being one of a dormant state and a non-dormant state; The operation of the terminal is as follows: The operation includes determining whether to start a discontinuous reception (DRX) on-duration timer of the serving cell; The energy saving signal indicates the status of the terminal in N serving cells by N bits, respectively; or The energy saving signal indicates the status of the terminal in N serving cells by M bits, where M is an integer smaller than N, and each code point of the M bits is used to indicate the status of the terminal in multiple serving cells; A method for transmitting an energy-saving signal, wherein N is an integer greater than 1.

10. The serving cell is The method for transmitting an energy-saving signal according to claim 9, characterized in that the energy-saving signal includes at least one of a primary cell Pcell, a primary secondary cell PScell, and a secondary cell Scell.

11. The method of transmitting an energy saving signal according to claim 9, characterized in that, when the energy saving signal indicates that the terminal starts DRX on duration timers of all serving cells, the energy saving signal indicates that the terminal determines a state of the terminal in N serving cells according to the N bits or the M bits.

12. A terminal comprising: a memory; a processor; and a program stored in the memory and executable by the processor, the program implementing the steps of the method for receiving an energy saving signal according to any one of claims 1 to 8 when executed by the processor.

13. A network device comprising: a memory; a processor; and a program stored in the memory and executable by the processor, the program implementing steps in the energy saving signal transmission method according to any one of claims 9 to 11 when executed by the processor.

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