DTX TRANSMISSION METHOD, NETWORK NODE, NETWORK DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM
Through the DTX transmission method, the network node controls the transmission activation and deactivation period of the network equipment based on the received DTX parameter information, solving the problem of high power consumption of network equipment in the prior art and achieving energy efficiency optimization.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- JP2024557902
- Authority / Receiving Office
- JP · JP
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Priority Date
- 2022-03-30
- Filing Date
- 2023-01-17
- Publication Date
- 2025-04-15
- Estimated Expiration
- 2043-01-17
AI Technical Summary
In existing communication systems, network equipment needs to continuously transmit data to ensure that network nodes always receive transmission content, resulting in high power consumption of network equipment.
Through the DTX (Discontinuous Transmission) transmission method, the network node receives DTX parameter information, determines the DTX activation period and the deactivation period, and receives and processes the DTX transmission of the network equipment based on these parameter information.
It effectively reduces the power consumption of network equipment, and optimizes the energy efficiency performance of network equipment by controlling the activation and deactivation period of transmission.
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[0001] (CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS) This disclosure claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202210334377.5, filed in China on March 30, 2022, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. The present application relates to the technical field of communications, and in particular to a discontinuous transmission (DTX) transmission method, a network node, a network device, and a storage medium. [Background technology]
[0002] In some communication systems (e.g., 5th Generation Mobile Communication Technology (5G) and 6th Generation Mobile Networks (6G)), network equipment (e.g., base stations) often require constant transmissions from the network equipment to the network nodes (e.g., terminals, core network nodes, and other base stations) to ensure that the network nodes can always receive the transmissions (e.g., broadcast signals, etc.) sent from the network equipment. Thus, the power consumption of the network equipment becomes relatively large. Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]
[0003] The embodiments of the present application provide a DTX transmission method, a network node, a network device and a storage medium to solve the problem of the relatively large power consumption of the network device. [Means for solving the problem]
[0004] An embodiment of the present application is a DTX transmission method, A network node receives parameter information of a DTX of a network device transmitted from the network device; determining, by the network node, at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of a DTX transmission of the network device based on the parameter information; and receiving a DTX transmission of the network device based on at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission by the network node; The method further comprises: providing a network node including at least a terminal and providing a network device including at least a base station;
[0005] Optionally, the parameter information comprises: a start position of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; an end position of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; the duration of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; a start position of a DTX deactivation period of said DTX transmission; an end position of a DTX deactivation period of said DTX transmission; and the duration of a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission.
[0006] Optionally, the parameter information includes: The DTX cycle, An offset value for the start of the DTX activation period; and the start position of the DTX activation period; The end position of the DTX activation period; and An offset value for the end of the DTX activation period; and Duration of the DTX activation period the period of the DTX activation period; An offset value for the start of the DTX inactivation period; and the start position of the DTX deactivation period; the end position of the DTX deactivation period; An offset value for the end of the DTX inactivation period; and The duration of the DTX inactivation period, and and a period of DTX deactivation period.
[0007] Optionally, the parameter information of the DTX is: The signal is received via at least one of a broadcast message, control signaling, and higher layer signaling.
[0008] Optionally, the network node receiving the DTX transmission of the network device based on at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission, receiving, by the network node, at least one of a message, a signal, or channel information transmitted from the network device during the DTX activation period; The network node, during the DTX deactivation period, selects a target behavior, the target behavior including: Receiving some signals and Receive some channel information and Receiving some messages, Some measurements are performed and Some measurement reports and Stopping target reception and receiving messages according to a message configuration during said DTX inactivation period; receiving a signal according to said signal configuration during said DTX inactivation period; receiving channel information according to a channel information configuration for the DTX deactivation period; and performing a target behavior including at least one of the following:
[0009] Optionally, receiving the portion of the signal includes at least receiving the portion of the signal; The receiving of the portion of the channel information includes at least one of receiving a portion of the data channel information and receiving a portion of the control channel information; performing the portion of measurements includes at least one of performing periodic measurements, performing semi-persistent measurements, and performing aperiodic measurements; The performing of the partial measurement report includes at least one of performing periodic measurement reporting, performing semi-persistent measurement reporting, and performing aperiodic measurement reporting; The target reception is stopped by: Stopping all data transmission related receive activity; and Stop receiving some or all of the signals; Stop receiving some or all channel information; ceasing to send some or all request messages; Suspending some or all of the measurements; and stopping the starting of some or all of the timers.
[0010] Optionally, the network node supports different time-of-day reception behaviors for DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively; and / or the network node receives on different frequency domain resources during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively; and / or The network node supports different receiving behaviors during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively.
[0011] Optionally, at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission has an associated relationship with the DRX activation period or the deactivation period of the terminal; and / or When the network node further includes a core network node, at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission has an associated relationship with the transmission of backhaul information, and the backhaul information is information sent back from the network equipment to the core network node.
[0012] Optionally, at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission has an associated relationship with a discontinuous reception (DRX) activation period or deactivation period of the terminal. The DTX parameter information and / or the network node parameters are for a terminal to determine at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period; The period of the DTX transmission and the period of the DRX transmission of the terminal have a correlation; A DTX activation period of the DTX transmission and a signal, channel or message in a DRX deactivation period of the terminal have a first association relationship; The DTX activation period of the DTX transmission and the transmission content of the signal, channel or message in the DRX deactivation period of the terminal have a second association relationship; The DTX activation period of the DTX transmission and the communication behavior within the DRX deactivation period of the terminal have a third association relationship, and the communication behavior includes at least one of a periodic behavior and a semi-persistent behavior.
[0013] Optionally, the periodic behavior is At least one of periodic configured grant (CG) transmission, periodic measurement, and / or periodic measurement reporting; and / or The semi-persistent behavior is Semi-Persistent Scheduling (SPS) includes at least one of physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) transmission, semi-persistent CG transmission, semi-persistent measurement, and semi-persistent measurement reporting.
[0014] Optionally, the DRX activation period of the terminal is: The DRX activation period includes a DRX activation period of a target terminal corresponding to the network device, the target terminal being a specific terminal, some terminals, or all terminals corresponding to the network device.
[0015] Optionally, the network node determining at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of a DTX transmission of the network device based on the parameter information comprises: When the DTX activation period determined by the network node based on the parameter information does not match the DRX activation period of the terminal, the network node determines at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission of the network device based on a preset criterion.
[0016] Optionally, the network node determines at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission of the network device based on a preset criterion, The network node determines at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of DTX transmission of the network equipment based on at least one of a protocol definition, a parameter set, terminal auxiliary information, and terminal preference information.
[0017] An embodiment of the present application is a DTX transmission method, A network device transmits parameter information of the DTX of the network device to a network node; and performing a DTX transmission by the network device to the network node; The method further provides that the network node includes at least a terminal and the network equipment includes at least a base station.
[0018] Optionally, the parameter information comprises: a start position of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; an end position of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; the duration of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; a start position of a DTX deactivation period of said DTX transmission; an end position of a DTX deactivation period of said DTX transmission; and the duration of a DTX deactivation period of said DTX transmission.
[0019] Optionally, the parameter information includes: The DTX cycle, An offset value for the start of the DTX activation period; and the start position of the DTX activation period; The end position of the DTX activation period; and An offset value for the end of the DTX activation period; and Duration of the DTX activation period the period of the DTX activation period; An offset value for the start of the DTX inactivation period; and the start position of the DTX deactivation period; the end position of the DTX deactivation period; An offset value for the end of the DTX inactivation period; and The duration of the DTX inactivation period, and and a period of DTX deactivation period.
[0020] Optionally, the parameter information of the DTX is: The information is transmitted via at least one of a broadcast message, control signaling, and higher layer signaling.
[0021] Optionally, the network device performing DTX transmission to the network node comprises: transmitting at least one of a message, a signal, or channel information to the network node during the DTX activation period; The network device, during the DTX inactivation period, performs a target behavior, the target behavior including: Some signals are sent, Sending some channel information and Sending some messages and Sending some measurement signals and Receipt of some measurement reports, Stopping target transmission and transmitting messages according to the message configuration during said DTX inactivation period; transmitting a signal according to said signal configuration during said DTX inactivation period; and performing a target behavior including at least one of: transmitting channel information according to a channel information configuration for the DTX deactivation period.
[0022] Optionally, the transmitting of the portion of the signal includes at least transmitting the portion of the signal; The transmission of the part of the channel information includes at least one of transmitting part of the data channel information and transmitting part of the control channel information; transmitting the portion of the measurement signals includes at least one of transmitting a periodic measurement signal, transmitting a semi-persistent measurement signal, and transmitting a non-periodic measurement signal; The receiving of the portion of the measurement reports includes at least one of receiving periodic measurement reports, receiving semi-persistent measurement reports, and receiving aperiodic measurement reports; The cessation of the target transmission includes: ceasing all data transmission related sending activities; Cessation of transmission of some or all signals; ceasing transmission of some or all channel information; Stop receiving any or all request messages; Stopping transmission of some or all of the measurement signals; and stopping starting some or all of the timers.
[0023] Optionally, the network device supports different time-of-day transmission behaviors during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively; and / or the network device transmits on different frequency domain resources during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively; and / or The network device supports different transmission behaviors during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively.
[0024] Optionally, at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission has an associated relationship with the DRX activation period or the deactivation period of the terminal; and / or When the network node further includes a core network node, at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission has an associated relationship with the transmission of backhaul information, and the backhaul information is information sent back from the network equipment to the core network node.
[0025] Optionally, at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission has an associated relationship with the DRX activation period or the deactivation period of the terminal. The DTX parameter information and / or the network node parameters are for a terminal to determine at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period; The period of the DTX transmission and the period of the DRX transmission of the terminal have a correlation; A DTX activation period of the DTX transmission and a signal, channel or message in a DRX deactivation period of the terminal have a first association relationship; The DTX activation period of the DTX transmission and the transmission content of the signal, channel or message in the DRX deactivation period of the terminal have a second association relationship; The DTX activation period of the DTX transmission and the communication behavior within the DRX deactivation period of the terminal have a third association relationship, and the communication behavior includes at least one of a periodic behavior and a semi-persistent behavior.
[0026] Optionally, the periodic behavior is At least one of periodic configured grant (CG) transmission, periodic measurement, and / or periodic measurement reporting; and / or The semi-persistent behavior is The method includes at least one of semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission, semi-persistent CG transmission, semi-persistent measurement, and semi-persistent measurement reporting.
[0027] Optionally, the DRX activation period of the terminal is: The DRX activation period includes a DRX activation period of a target terminal corresponding to the network device, the target terminal being a specific terminal, some terminals, or all terminals corresponding to the network device.
[0028] Optionally, the parameter information is for determining at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission, and the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period are The determination is based on at least one of a protocol definition, a parameter set, terminal auxiliary information, and terminal preference information.
[0029] An embodiment of the present application is a network node including a memory, a transceiver and a processor, The memory is for storing a computer program, and the transceiver is for transmitting and receiving data under the control of the processor, and the processor reads the computer program in the memory and receiving parameter information of a discontinuous transmission (DTX) of the network device transmitted from the network device; determining at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of a DTX transmission of the network device based on the parameter information; and (b) receiving, by the network node, a DTX transmission of the network device based on at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission; The present invention further provides a network node, wherein the network node includes at least a terminal, and the network equipment includes at least a base station.
[0030] Optionally, the parameter information comprises: a start position of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; an end position of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; the duration of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; a start position of a DTX deactivation period of said DTX transmission; an end position of a DTX deactivation period of said DTX transmission; and the duration of a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission.
[0031] Optionally, the parameter information includes: The DTX cycle, An offset value for the start of the DTX activation period; and the start position of the DTX activation period; The end position of the DTX activation period; and An offset value for the end of the DTX activation period; and Duration of the DTX activation period the period of the DTX activation period; An offset value for the start of the DTX inactivation period; and the start position of the DTX deactivation period; the end position of the DTX deactivation period; An offset value for the end of the DTX inactivation period; and The duration of the DTX inactivation period, and and a period of DTX deactivation period.
[0032] Optionally, the operation of receiving a DTX transmission of the network device based on at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission described above includes: receiving at least one of a message, a signal, or channel information transmitted from the network device during the DTX activation period; During the DTX deactivation period, a target behavior, the target behavior including: Receiving some signals and Receive some channel information and Receiving some messages, Some measurements are performed and Some measurement reports and Stopping target reception and receiving messages according to a message configuration during said DTX inactivation period; receiving a signal according to said signal configuration during said DTX inactivation period; receiving channel information according to a channel information configuration for the DTX deactivation period; and performing a target behavior including at least one of the following:
[0033] Optionally, the network node supports different time-of-day reception behaviors for DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively; and / or the network node receives on different frequency domain resources during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively; and / or The network node supports different receiving behaviors during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively.
[0034] An embodiment of the present application is a network device including a memory, a transceiver, and a processor, The memory is for storing a computer program, and the transceiver is for transmitting and receiving data under the control of the processor, and the processor reads the computer program in the memory and transmitting parameter information of the DTX of the network device to a network node; and performing an operation of performing a DTX transmission to the network node, The present invention further provides a network device, wherein the network node includes at least a terminal, and the network device includes at least a base station.
[0035] Optionally, the parameter information comprises: a start position of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; an end position of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; the duration of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; a start position of a DTX deactivation period of said DTX transmission; an end position of a DTX deactivation period of said DTX transmission; and the duration of a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission.
[0036] Optionally, the parameter information includes: The DTX cycle, An offset value for the start of the DTX activation period; and the start position of the DTX activation period; The end position of the DTX activation period; and An offset value for the end of the DTX activation period; and Duration of the DTX activation period the period of the DTX activation period; An offset value for the start of the DTX inactivation period; and the start position of the DTX deactivation period; the end position of the DTX deactivation period; An offset value for the end of the DTX inactivation period; and The duration of the DTX inactivation period, and and a period of DTX deactivation period.
[0037] Optionally, the operation of performing DTX transmission to the network node as described above further comprises: transmitting at least one of a message, a signal, or channel information to the network node during the DTX activation period; During the DTX deactivation period, a target behavior, the target behavior including: Some signals are sent, Sending some channel information and Sending some messages and Sending some measurement signals and Receipt of some measurement reports, Stopping target transmission and transmitting messages according to the message configuration during said DTX inactivation period; transmitting a signal according to said signal configuration during said DTX inactivation period; and performing a target behavior including at least one of: transmitting channel information according to a channel information configuration for the DTX deactivation period.
[0038] Optionally, the network device supports different time-of-day transmission behaviors during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively; and / or the network device transmits on different frequency domain resources during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively; and / or The network device supports different transmission behaviors during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively.
[0039] An embodiment of the present application is a network node, comprising: A first receiving module for receiving parameter information of discontinuous transmission (DTX) of the network device transmitted from the network device; a determining module for determining at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of a DTX transmission of the network device based on the parameter information of the network node; a second receiving module for receiving a DTX transmission of the network device based on at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission; The present invention further provides a network node, wherein the network node includes at least a terminal, and the network equipment includes at least a base station.
[0040] An embodiment of the present application is a network device, a transmitting module for transmitting parameter information of a discontinuous transmission (DTX) of said network device to a network node; and an execution module for executing a DTX transmission to the network node, The present invention further provides a network device, wherein the network node includes at least a terminal, and the network device includes at least a base station.
[0041] An embodiment of the present application further provides a processor-readable storage medium storing a computer program, the computer program being for causing the processor to execute a network node-side DTX transmission method according to an embodiment of the present application, or the computer program being for causing the processor to execute a network device-side DTX transmission method according to an embodiment of the present application. Effect of the Invention
[0042] In an embodiment of the present application, a network node receives parameter information of DTX of the network device transmitted from the network device, the network node determines at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission of the network device based on the parameter information, the network node receives the DTX transmission of the network device based on at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission, the network node includes at least a terminal, and the network device includes at least a base station. In this way, DTX transmission by the network device can be supported, and power consumption of the network device is saved. [Brief description of the drawings]
[0043] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network architectural structure applicable to the implementation of the present application. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a DTX transmission method according to an embodiment of the present application. [Diagram 3] FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of DTX transmission according to an embodiment of the present application. [Figure 4] FIG. 4 is a flow chart of another DTX transmission method according to an embodiment of the present application. [Diagram 5] FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of DTX transmission according to an embodiment of the present application. [Figure 6] FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of DTX transmission according to an embodiment of the present application. [Figure 7] FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of DTX transmission according to an embodiment of the present application. [Figure 8] FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of DTX transmission according to an embodiment of the present application. [Figure 9] FIG. 9 is a structural diagram of a network node according to an embodiment of the present application. [Figure 10] FIG. 10 is a structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application. [Figure 11] FIG. 11 is a structural diagram of another network node according to an embodiment of the present application. [Figure 12] FIG. 12 is a structural diagram of another network device according to an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0044] In order to make the problems to be solved, technical aspects and advantages of the present application clearer, the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings and specific embodiments.
[0045] In the embodiments of the present application, the term "and / or" describes a relationship between related objects and indicates that there are three possible relationships. For example, A and / or B may indicate three cases: only A is present, both A and B are present, and only B is present. The symbol " / " generally indicates an "or" relationship between the related objects before and after it.
[0046] The term "plurality" in the embodiments of this application refers to two or more, and similarly to other quantifiers.
[0047] Hereinafter, the technical aspects of the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, but it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some of the embodiments of the present application, and are not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present application, other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without paying creative labor shall all be within the scope of protection of the present application.
[0048] The embodiments of the present application provide a DTX transmission method, a network node, a network device and a storage medium to solve the problem of the relatively large power consumption of the network device.
[0049] Among them, the method and the apparatus are based on the same concept, and the principles of solving the problems are similar, so the implementations of the apparatus and the method can refer to each other, and the overlapping parts will not be described repeatedly.
[0050] Technical aspects according to the embodiments of the present application are applicable to various systems, particularly 6G systems. For example, the applicable systems may be Global System of Mobile communication (GSM) systems, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) systems, Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) systems, Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems, LTE Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) systems, LTE Time Division Duplex (TDD) systems, Long Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A) systems, Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS), Worldwide interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) systems, 5G New Radio (NR) systems, 6G systems, etc. Any of these various systems may include terminal equipment and network equipment. The system may further include a core network portion, such as an Evolved Packet System (EPS), a 5G system (5GS), or the like.
[0051] Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 1 is a structural schematic diagram of a network architecture applicable to the implementation of the present application. As shown in FIG. 1, the network architecture includes: a terminal 11, a network device 12 and a core network node 13.
[0052] Among them, the terminal 11 according to the embodiment of the present application may be a device that provides a voice and / or data connection to a user, a handheld device with a wireless connection function, or other processing devices connected to a wireless modem, etc. In different systems, the name of the terminal device may be different, for example, in a 5G system, the terminal device may be called User Equipment (UE). The wireless terminal device can communicate with one or more core networks (CN) through a Radio Access Network (RAN). The wireless terminal device may be a mobile terminal device such as a mobile phone (also called a "cellular" phone), and a computer with a mobile terminal device, for example, a portable, pocket-sized, handheld, computer-embedded or vehicle-mounted mobile device, which exchanges voice and / or data with the radio access network. For example, the wireless terminal device may be a Personal Communication Service (PCS) phone, a cordless phone, a Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) phone, a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a Reduced Capability (Redcap) terminal, etc. The wireless terminal device may be called a system, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a mobile console, a remote station, an access point, a remote terminal, an access terminal, a user terminal, a user agent, a user device, etc., but the embodiments of the present application are not limited thereto.
[0053] The network device 12 according to the embodiment of the present application may be a base station, which may include multiple cells serving terminals. According to different specific application scenarios, the base station may be called an access point, or a device that communicates with wireless terminal devices through one or more sectors over an air interface in an access network, or other names. The network device may be used to convert received radio frames to Internet Protocol (IP) packets and vice versa, and be a router between the wireless terminal devices and the rest of the access network, where the rest of the access network may include an Internet Protocol (IP) communication network. The network device may coordinate attribute management for the air interface. For example, the network device according to the embodiment of the present application may be a network device (Base Transceiver Station, BTS) in Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) or Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), a network device (NodeB) in Wide-band Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), an evolved network device (evolutionary NodeB, eNB or e-NodeB) in a long term evolution (LTE) system, a 5G base station (gNB) in a 5G network architecture (next generation system), a base station in 6G, a Home evolved NodeB (HeNB), a relay node, a home base station (femto), a pico base station (pico), or the like, but the embodiment of the present application is not limited thereto.In some network configurations, the network equipment may include a centralized unit (CU) node and a distributed unit (DU) node, and the central unit and the distributed units may be located geographically separated.
[0054] The core network node 13 according to the embodiment of the present application includes a User Plane Function (UPF), a Session Management Function (SMF), an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF), a Network Slice Admission Control Function (NSACF), a Network Slice Selection Function (NSSF), a Network Exposure Function (NEF), a Network Repository Function (NRF), a Policy Control Function (PCF), a Visited Security Edge Protection Proxy (vSEPP), a Network Data Analytic Function (NWDAF), a Data Collection Coordination Function (DCCF), a Data Collection Function (DCF), an Analytics Data Repository Function (ADRF), Unified Data Management (UDM), and an Authentication Server Function (Authentication Server Function). It may include a Network Slice-Specific Authentication and Authorization Function (NSSAAF), and a Network Slice-Specific Authentication and Authorization Function (AUSF).
[0055] In the embodiment of the present application, a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) transmission may be performed between the network side and the terminal using one or more antennas, and the MIMO transmission may be single user MIMO (SU-MIMO) or multi user MIMO (MU-MIMO). Depending on the form and number of a combination of multiple antennas, the MIMO transmission may be 2D-MIMO, 3D-MIMO, FD-MIMO, or massive-MIMO, and may be diversity transmission, pre-encoding transmission, beamforming transmission, or the like.
[0056] Referring to FIG. 2, FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a DTX transmission method according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 2, the method includes the following steps 201 to 203: Step 201 is for a network node to receive parameter information of a DTX of the network device transmitted from the network device; Step 202 is for the network node to determine at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of a DTX transmission of the network device based on the parameter information; Step 203 is for the network node to receive a DTX transmission of the network device based on at least one of a DTX activation period (DTX-on) and a DTX deactivation period (DTX-off) of the DTX transmission; The network nodes include at least a terminal, and the network equipment includes at least a base station.
[0057] The above-mentioned DTX parameter information is parameter information for determining at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of a DTX transmission. For example, the above-mentioned parameter information may explicitly indicate at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period, or the above-mentioned parameter information may implicitly indicate at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period.
[0058] The DTX parameter information may be transmitted via a User Equipment (Uu) interface, for example, received via at least one of a broadcast message, a control signaling, and a higher layer signaling.
[0059] Determining at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission of the network device based on the parameter information may be determined based on an association relationship between the parameter information and the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period. For example, the parameter information is for determining at least one of a start time, an end time and a duration of an activation period and / or a deactivation period of the DTX transmission of the base station. For a connected user, the DTX parameter information is sent to the terminal via at least one of a higher layer signaling, a broadcast message and a control signaling, and for an idle user, the DTX parameter information is sent to the terminal via at least one of a broadcast message, a system message, a control signaling and a higher layer signaling. Here, the control signaling includes L1 signaling and / or a MAC layer signaling.
[0060] In the present embodiment, idle users include idle users and inactive users.
[0061] The above-mentioned receiving the DTX transmission of the network device may be receiving the DTX transmission of the network device during a DRX activation period of the terminal, or may be receiving the DTX transmission of the network device during a DRX deactivation period of the terminal.
[0062] In some embodiments of the present application, the network node may include a core network node or another base station.
[0063] In the embodiment of the present application, according to the above steps, DTX transmission of the network device can be supported, so that the power consumption of the network device can be saved, and since it is the DTX transmission of the network device that is received by the network node, the effect of saving the power consumption of the network node can also be achieved.
[0064] In some embodiments, the network equipment DTX transmission includes one or more combinations of information transmitted from the base station to the core network, signaling, channel information and / or signals transmitted from the base station to the terminal, and information transmitted between base stations. The DTX transmission of the base station can be divided into two states: DTX activation period (DTX-on) and DTX deactivation period (DTX-off), in which during the DTX-on period, the base station normally transmits channel information and / or signals to any one or more of the core network, the terminal or the base station, while during the DTX-off period, the base station stops transmitting all or part of information and / or signals to any one or more of the core network, the terminal and the base station.
[0065] It should be noted that the core network, the terminal and the base station herein refer to one kind of network node, and are not limited to only one.
[0066] In some embodiments, when the base station is low loaded or has no traffic transmission, the base station may perform discontinuous information and / or signal transmission, i.e., in a DTX-ON phase, transmit first transmission information to the first network node, and in a DTX-OFF phase, transmit second transmission information to the first network node or do not transmit the first information.
[0067] The first network node may be one or more of a core network, a terminal, and a base station.
[0068] The first transmission information is one or a combination of the following information: Information transmission between a base station and a terminal, for example, information transmission over the Uu interface. Information transmission between base stations and core networks, such as information transmission on the NG or S1 interface. Information transmission between base stations, such as information transmission over the Xn or X2 interface.
[0069] Among them, the information transmitted from the base station to the terminal includes one or a combination of system broadcast, paging, access control, energy saving information, mobility management, control information, data transmission related information, etc., but is not limited to these.
[0070] The information transmitted from the base station to the core network includes, but is not limited to, one or more combinations of information such as Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session management, UE context management, mobility management, paging, Non-Access-Stratum (NAS) signaling data transmission, NG interface management, alarm information transmission, NR Positioning Protocol A (NRPPa) signaling transmission, UE tracking, location reporting, RAN configuration transmission, transmission link management, and UE capability information management.
[0071] The information transmitted from base station to base station may include, but is not limited to, one or a combination of the following information: mobility management, dual connectivity management, interface management, energy saving management, and flow control management.
[0072] The second transmission information may be a subset of the first transmission information. For example, among the information transmitted from the base station to the core network, only alarm information is transmitted from the base station to the core network during the DTX inactivation period, or no related information such as UE context management and / or UE tracking and / or location reporting is transmitted. For the information between base stations, no related information such as interface management is transmitted from the base station to other base stations during the DTX inactivation period.
[0073] In one alternative embodiment, the parameter information is: a start position of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; an end position of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; the duration of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; a start position of a DTX deactivation period of said DTX transmission; an end position of a DTX deactivation period of said DTX transmission; and the duration of a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission.
[0074] The start location may include at least one of a start time and a start frequency domain location.
[0075] The end location may include at least one of an end time and an end frequency domain location.
[0076] It should be noted that in this embodiment, when some of the above items are determined by the parameter information, the remaining items can be determined by determining the some of the items. For example, if the start position of the DTX activation period is determined by the parameter information, the end position of the DTX activation period and the duration of the DTX activation period can be determined based on the start position of the DTX activation period. Because the associated relationship between the start position, end position and duration of the DTX activation period can be pre-configured or defined in the protocol, and the start position, end position and duration of the DTX activation period can also determine the DTX activation period. This is because the start position, end position and duration of the DTX deactivation period can be determined; and further, for example, if the start position of the DTX deactivation period is determined by the above parameter information, the end position and duration of the DTX deactivation period can be determined based on the start position of the DTX deactivation period, because the associated relationship between the start position, end position and duration of the DTX deactivation period can be pre-configured or defined in the protocol, and the start position, end position and duration of the DTX activation period can also be determined by the start position, end position and duration of the DTX deactivation period.
[0077] In this embodiment, it is feasible to flexibly determine the DTX activation period and / or the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission.
[0078] In one alternative embodiment, the parameter information includes: The DTX cycle, An offset value for the start of the DTX activation period; and the start position of the DTX activation period; The end position of the DTX activation period; and An offset value for the end of the DTX activation period; and Duration of the DTX activation period the period of the DTX activation period; An offset value for the start of the DTX inactivation period; and the start position of the DTX deactivation period; the end position of the DTX deactivation period; An offset value for the end of the DTX inactivation period; and The duration of the DTX inactivation period, and and a period of DTX deactivation period.
[0079] In this embodiment, at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period can be determined by transmitting at least one of the above. For example, after receiving the DTX parameter information transmitted from the base station, the terminal determines at least one of the start time, end time, and duration of the activation period and / or deactivation period of the DTX transmission of the base station. As an example, the terminal may directly obtain at least one of the start time, end time, and duration of the activation period and / or deactivation period of the DTX transmission according to the received DTX parameter information, or may derive and obtain from the received DTX parameter information and terminal parameters (parameters, the terminal parameter information can be understood as parameter information already configured in the terminal). Or, when one or more items in the DTX parameter information are included, the other items may be derived by determining the association relationship between the one or more items and other items. For example, the above DTX parameter information may include: DTX cycle + offset value of the start position of the DTX activation period + duration of the DTX activation period, or DTX cycle + offset value of the start position of the DTX activation period + offset value of the end time of the DTX activation period, or start time of the DTX activation period + end time of the DTX activation period, or cycle of the DTX activation period + duration of the DTX activation period, etc.
[0080] In addition, the time-related information in the parameter information of the DTX may be absolute time, may have a certain relationship with the parameter information of the terminal, or may be both. The parameter information of the terminal here includes at least At least one of a DRX transmission related parameter of the terminal, a broadcast message reception position, a control channel information reception position, a shared channel information reception position, and a signal reception position may be included.
[0081] It should be noted that the signals in the present embodiment include: At least one of a reference signal, an energy saving signal, a wake-up signal, and the like is included.
[0082] In this embodiment, by sending at least one of the above, it is possible to realize determining at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period, and the overhead of parameter information is saved.
[0083] In one alternative embodiment, the network node receiving the DTX transmission of the network device based on at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission comprises: receiving, by the network node, at least one of a message, a signal, or channel information transmitted from the network device during the DTX activation period; The network node, during the DTX deactivation period, selects a target behavior, the target behavior including: Receiving some signals and Receive some channel information and Receiving some messages, Some measurements are performed and Some measurement reports and Stopping target reception and receiving messages according to a message configuration during said DTX inactivation period; receiving a signal according to said signal configuration during said DTX inactivation period; receiving channel information according to a channel information configuration for the DTX deactivation period; and performing a target behavior including at least one of the following:
[0084] It should be noted that the channel information described in the embodiments of the present application may include control channel information and / or shared channel information, in which the control channel information includes at least one of uplink control channel information and downlink control channel information, and the shared channel information includes at least one of uplink shared channel information and downlink shared channel information.
[0085] The network node receiving at least one of a message, signal or channel information transmitted from the network equipment during the DTX activation period may mean the network node successfully receiving at least one of a message, signal or channel information transmitted from the network equipment during the DTX activation period.
[0086] The message configuration for the DTX deactivation period is a message configuration for transmitting a message during the DTX deactivation period, for example, a message configuration for transmitting a specific message on a control channel and / or a data sharing channel, the signal configuration for the DTX deactivation period is a signal configuration for transmitting a signal during the DTX deactivation period, for example, a time-frequency-spatial domain resource location, and the channel information configuration for the DTX deactivation period is a channel configuration for transmitting channel information during the DTX deactivation period, for example, a search space set related parameter configuration, a time-frequency-spatial domain resource location. As an example, the synchronization signal block (SSB), CSI-RS, and TRS are received according to a sparse period, for example, a sparse period of a sparse SSB.
[0087] In this embodiment, the target behavior may be a specific DTX deactivation period behavior that the terminal performs during the DTX deactivation period of the base station. The specific DTX deactivation period behavior may be to partially receive already configured signals, channels, and / or messages, or to stop receiving configured signals, channels, and / or messages. For example, the specific reception behavior includes SPS PDSCH reception, PDCCH monitoring, SR transmission, periodic measurement / semi-persistent measurement, signal reception, etc.
[0088] The reception of the part of the signals may include at least receiving the part of the signals, for example, a Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) and a CSI-RS for tracking (TRS).
[0089] The receiving of the part of the channel information may include at least one of receiving part of the data channel information and receiving part of the control channel information, for example, receiving a PDCCH and / or a PDSCH, or receiving an SPS PDSCH.
[0090] Performing the portion of measurements may include at least one of performing periodic measurements, performing semi-persistent measurements, and performing aperiodic measurements.
[0091] The performing of the partial measurement reporting may include at least one of performing periodic measurement reporting, performing semi-persistent measurement reporting, and performing aperiodic measurement reporting.
[0092] To stop receiving the above targets, Stopping all data transmission related receive activity; and Stop receiving some or all of the signals; Stop receiving some or all channel information; ceasing to send some or all request messages; Suspending some or all of the measurements; and stopping starting some or all of the timers.
[0093] The part of signals may be one or more specific signals, the reception of the part of channel information may be one or more specific channel information, the part of request messages may be one or more specific request messages, and the part of measurements may be one or more measurements.
[0094] In this embodiment, according to the behavior during the above DTX activation period and DTX inactivation period, the effect of saving the power consumption of the terminal can be achieved.
[0095] In one alternative embodiment, the network node corresponds to a different time period reception behavior for DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively, and / or the network node receives on different frequency domain resources during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively; and / or The network node supports different receiving behaviors during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively.
[0096] If the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period correspond to different time periods, then set 1 of signals, channel information and / or messages received by the network node during the DTX deactivation period is a subset of set 2 of signals, channel information and / or messages received by the network node during the DTX activation period, or set 2 and set 1 have some or no intersection. Alternatively, if the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period correspond to different time periods, then the network node receives more signals, channel information and / or messages during the DTX activation period than the network node receives signals, channel information and / or messages during the DTX deactivation period.
[0097] When the above DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period correspond to different frequency domain resources, the network device uses different numbers of frequency domain resources, frequency bands, or frequency points in the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period, respectively. For example, the number of frequency domain resources used by the network node in the DTX activation period is greater than the number of frequency domain resources used by the network node in the DTX deactivation period, or the frequency band used by the network node in the DTX activation period is greater than the frequency band used by the network node in the DTX deactivation period, or the bandwidth used by the network node in the DTX activation period is greater than the bandwidth used by the network node in the DTX deactivation period, or different frequency points are used by the network node in the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period, respectively. The magnitude relationship of the above frequency domain resource numbers, frequency bands, or frequency points is merely an exemplary description.
[0098] When the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the above DTX transmission correspond to different transmission behaviors, the reception behavior of signals, channels and / or messages performed by the network node during the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the above DTX transmission is different, for example, during the DTX activation period, the signals, channels and / or messages are normally received, and during the DTX deactivation period, the signals, channels and / or messages are partially received or the transmission is stopped, and further, for example, the power consumption of the transmission behavior during the DTX activation period by the network device is greater than the power consumption of the transmission behavior during the DTX deactivation period by the network device, or the number of transmissions of the transmission behavior during the DTX activation period by the network device is greater than the number of transmissions of the transmission behavior during the DTX deactivation period by the network device.
[0099] In this embodiment, multi-dimensional DTX transmission of time, frequency domain resources, and transmission behavior can be realized, and the power consumption of the network device can be further saved. And the above-mentioned time, frequency domain resources, and transmission behavior can be realized in combination with each other, for example, the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission correspond to different time periods, and the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission correspond to different frequency domain resources, and the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission correspond to different transmission behaviors.
[0100] As an alternative embodiment, at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission has an associated relationship with a DRX activation period or a deactivation period of the terminal; and / or When the network node further includes a core network node, at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission has an associated relationship with the transmission of backhaul information, and the backhaul information is information sent back from the network equipment to the core network node.
[0101] At least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission has an associated relationship with the DRX activation period or the deactivation period of the terminal. The DTX activation period of the DTX transmission and the DRX activation period of the terminal have an associated relationship; The DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission and the DRX activation period of the terminal have an associated relationship; The DTX activation period of the DTX transmission and the DRX deactivation period of the terminal have an associated relationship; The DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission and the DRX deactivation period of the terminal have an associated relationship.
[0102] For example, the start time and / or end time and / or duration of the activation period of the DTX transmission of the base station coincides with the activation period of the DRX transmission of the terminal or has another related relationship; The start time and / or end time and / or duration of the deactivation period of the DTX transmission of the base station coincides with the deactivation period of the DRX transmission of the terminal or has another related relationship; The activation period of the DTX transmission of the base station has a time-related relationship with the dynamically changing activation period of the DRX of the terminal.
[0103] Wherein, the association relationship may be a protocol-defined association relationship or a pre-configured association relationship, and the association relationship may be either coincident with each other or the terminal may obtain the activation period and / or deactivation period of DTX transmission according to the association relationship between the two.
[0104] One possible association relationship is that the activation period of DTX transmission covers the DRX activation period of the terminal, and there is an overlap between the deactivation period of DTX transmission and the DRX deactivation period of the terminal, as shown in FIG. 3. In some embodiments, if backhaul information exists, the activation period of DTX transmission covers the DTX activation period of the backhaul information, in which the backhaul DTX ON in FIG. 3 represents the DTX activation period of the backhaul information, there is an overlap between the deactivation period of DTX transmission and the DTX deactivation period of the backhaul information, and the periodic OFF period of gNB power consumption for energy saving in FIG. 3 represents the DTX deactivation period of the backhaul information. It should be noted that FIG. 3 is merely an exemplary description, and the relationship between DTX and the DRX activation period of the terminal and the relationship between DTX and backhaul information may be parallel and do not affect each other. In addition, the transmission of backhaul information is not limited to the transmission via the backhaul DTX ON shown in FIG. 3, and FIG. 3 is merely an illustrative example.
[0105] Optionally, at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission has an associated relationship with a discontinuous reception (DRX) activation period or deactivation period of the terminal. The DTX parameter information and / or the network node parameters are for a terminal to determine at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period; The period of the DTX transmission and the period of the DRX transmission of the terminal have a correlation; A DTX activation period of the DTX transmission and a signal, channel or message in a DRX deactivation period of the terminal have a first association relationship; The DTX activation period of the DTX transmission and the transmission content of the signal, channel or message in the DRX deactivation period of the terminal have a second association relationship; The DTX activation period of the DTX transmission and the communication behavior within the DRX deactivation period of the terminal have a third association relationship, and the communication behavior includes at least one of a periodic behavior and a semi-persistent behavior.
[0106] The DTX parameter information and / or the network node (e.g., terminal) parameter information is for a network node to determine at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period, The parameter information of the DTX can directly determine the DTX activation period and / or the DTX deactivation period; or It may include that the network node (eg, terminal) is capable of determining at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period according to parameter information of the DTX and parameter information of the network node (eg, terminal).
[0107] The parameter information of the network node (eg, terminal) may include DRX parameters, signal parameters, channel information parameters, etc. of the terminal.
[0108] The periodic behavior is as follows: may include at least one of periodic CG transmission, periodic measurement, and / or periodic measurement reporting; The semi-persistent behavior described above is This may include at least one of an SPS PDSCH transmission, a semi-persistent CG transmission, a semi-persistent measurement, and a semi-persistent measurement report.
[0109] Among them, the above-mentioned association relationships of the DTX activation period of DTX transmission may be independent of each other, but the DTX activation period of the network device can be determined according to at least one of the above four patterns, for example, it may be defined by any one, any two, or any three, but the network device will ultimately determine only one DTX activation period.
[0110] The association relationship between the DTX transmission period and the terminal's DRX transmission period, as well as the first association relationship, the second association relationship and the third association relationship, may be a protocol-defined association relationship or a pre-configured association relationship.
[0111] For example, the period of the DTX transmission of the base station is consistent with the period of the DRX transmission of the terminal, or has other related relationships; The activation period of the DTX transmission of the base station and the signal, control channel, broadcast message, and / or energy saving signal, etc. in the DRX inactivation period of the terminal have a first association relationship, among which, the activation period of the DTX transmission of the base station and the energy saving signal, etc. in the DRX inactivation period of the terminal have a first association relationship, for example, the activation period of the DTX transmission of the base station and the Digital Copyright Identifier (DCI) format 2_6, and / or the CSI-RS / TRS signal, and / or the SSB broadcast channel, and / or the PDCCH, etc. in the DRX inactivation period of the terminal have a first association relationship. What should be described is that only the first association relationship is described as an example here, and the details of the first, second, and third association relationships can be referred to the following embodiments.
[0112] The activation period of the DTX transmission of the base station and the periodic behavior within the DRX deactivation period of the terminal have a related relationship, for example, the activation period of the DTX transmission of the base station and the SPS PDSCH transmission and / or CG transmission and / or periodic measurement / semi-persistent measurement, etc. within the DRX deactivation period of the terminal have a related relationship.
[0113] Optionally, the DRX activation period of the terminal is: The DRX activation period includes a DRX activation period of a target terminal corresponding to the network device, the target terminal being a specific terminal, some terminals, or all terminals corresponding to the network device.
[0114] Wherein, the target terminal may be one or more terminals. Similarly, the DRX deactivation period of the terminal is: The DRX deactivation period includes a DRX deactivation period of a target terminal corresponding to the network device, the target terminal being a specific terminal, some terminals, or all terminals corresponding to the network device.
[0115] In one alternative embodiment, the network node determining at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of a DTX transmission of the network device based on the parameter information comprises: When the DTX activation period determined by the network node based on the parameter information does not match the DRX activation period of the terminal, the network node determines at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission of the network device based on a preset criterion.
[0116] Wherein, the above-mentioned preset criteria may be a protocol-defined criteria or a criteria pre-configured by a network side device.
[0117] The preset criteria may be criteria for determining at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period based on at least one of a protocol definition, a parameter set, terminal auxiliary information, and terminal preference information. For example, the network node may determine at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission of the network device based on a preset criteria. The network node determines at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of DTX transmission of the network equipment based on at least one of a protocol definition, a parameter set, terminal auxiliary information, and terminal preference information.
[0118] For example, the protocol specifies that the activation period of the DTX of the base station must include at least the activation period of the DRX of the terminal, and may further include some terminal transmission behaviors, such as retransmission, energy saving signal reception, signal reception such as TRS, etc.; The terminal determines at least one of the activation period and deactivation period of the DTX of the base station according to the association relationship between the first parameter set and / or the second parameter set included in the DTX parameter information transmitted from the base station and the parameter information of the terminal, where the first parameter set may be a semi-static parameter for the DTX activation period, the second parameter set may be a dynamically adjusted parameter for the DTX activation period, and the first parameter set and the second parameter set may be different parameter sets or may be parameter sets having a common set.
[0119] The terminal indicates at least one of the base station's DTX activation and deactivation periods according to user assistance information and / or user preference information.
[0120] In this embodiment, when the DTX activation period determined by the network node based on the DTX parameter information does not match the DRX activation period of the terminal, at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period can be determined based on a preset criterion, thereby achieving the effect of saving power consumption of the terminal and network equipment.
[0121] In an embodiment of the present application, a network node receives parameter information of DTX of the network device transmitted from the network device, the network node determines at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission of the network device based on the parameter information, the network node receives the DTX transmission of the network device based on at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission, the network node includes at least a terminal, and the network device includes at least a base station. In this way, DTX transmission by the network device can be supported, and power consumption of the network device is saved.
[0122] Please refer to FIG. 4, which is a flowchart of another DTX transmission method according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 4, the method includes the following steps 401-402: Step 401 is for a network device to transmit parameter information of the DTX of the network device to a network node; Step 402 is for the network device to perform a DTX transmission to the network node; The network nodes include at least a terminal, and the network equipment includes at least a base station.
[0123] Optionally, the parameter information comprises: a start position of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; an end position of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; the duration of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; a start position of a DTX deactivation period of said DTX transmission; an end position of a DTX deactivation period of said DTX transmission; and the duration of a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission.
[0124] Optionally, the parameter information includes: The DTX cycle, An offset value for the start of the DTX activation period; and the start position of the DTX activation period; The end position of the DTX activation period; and An offset value for the end of the DTX activation period; and Duration of the DTX activation period the period of the DTX activation period; An offset value for the start of the DTX inactivation period; and the start position of the DTX deactivation period; the end position of the DTX deactivation period; An offset value for the end of the DTX inactivation period; and The duration of the DTX inactivation period, and and a period of DTX deactivation period.
[0125] Optionally, the parameter information of the DTX is: The information is transmitted via at least one of a broadcast message, control signaling, and higher layer signaling.
[0126] Optionally, the network device performing DTX transmission to the network node comprises: transmitting at least one of a message, a signal, or channel information to the network node during the DTX activation period; The network device, during the DTX inactivation period, performs a target behavior, the target behavior including: Some signals are sent, Sending some channel information and Sending some messages and Sending some measurement signals and Receipt of some measurement reports, Stopping target transmission and transmitting messages according to the message configuration during said DTX inactivation period; transmitting a signal according to said signal configuration during said DTX inactivation period; and performing a target behavior including at least one of: transmitting channel information according to a channel information configuration for the DTX deactivation period.
[0127] Optionally, the transmitting of the portion of the signal includes at least transmitting the portion of the signal; The transmission of the part of the channel information includes at least one of transmitting part of the data channel information and transmitting part of the control channel information; transmitting the portion of the measurement signals includes at least one of transmitting a periodic measurement signal, transmitting a semi-persistent measurement signal, and transmitting a non-periodic measurement signal; The receiving of the portion of the measurement reports includes at least one of receiving periodic measurement reports, receiving semi-persistent measurement reports, and receiving aperiodic measurement reports; The cessation of the target transmission includes: ceasing all data transmission related sending activities; Cessation of transmission of some or all signals; ceasing transmission of some or all channel information; Stop receiving any or all request messages; Stopping transmission of some or all of the measurement signals; and stopping starting some or all of the timers.
[0128] Optionally, the network device supports different time-of-day transmission behaviors during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively; and / or the network device transmits on different frequency domain resources during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively; and / or The network device supports different transmission behaviors during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively.
[0129] Optionally, at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission has an associated relationship with the DRX activation period or the deactivation period of the terminal; and / or When the network node further includes a core network node, at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission has an associated relationship with the transmission of backhaul information, and the backhaul information is information sent back from the network equipment to the core network node.
[0130] Optionally, at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission has an associated relationship with the DRX activation period or the deactivation period of the terminal. The DTX parameter information and / or the network node parameters are for a terminal to determine at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period; The period of the DTX transmission and the period of the DRX transmission of the terminal have a correlation; A DTX activation period of the DTX transmission and a signal, channel or message in a DRX deactivation period of the terminal have a first association relationship; The DTX activation period of the DTX transmission and the transmission content of the signal, channel or message in the DRX deactivation period of the terminal have a second association relationship; The DTX activation period of the DTX transmission and the communication behavior within the DRX deactivation period of the terminal have a third association relationship, and the communication behavior includes at least one of a periodic behavior and a semi-persistent behavior.
[0131] Optionally, the periodic behavior is At least one of periodic configured grant (CG) transmission, periodic measurement, and / or periodic measurement reporting; and / or The semi-persistent behavior is The method includes at least one of semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission, semi-persistent CG transmission, semi-persistent measurement, and semi-persistent measurement reporting.
[0132] Optionally, the DRX activation period of the terminal is: The DRX activation period includes a DRX activation period of a target terminal corresponding to the network device, the target terminal being a specific terminal, some terminals, or all terminals corresponding to the network device.
[0133] Optionally, the parameter information is for determining at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission, and the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period are The determination is based on at least one of a protocol definition, a parameter set, terminal auxiliary information, and terminal preference information.
[0134] It should be noted that this embodiment is an embodiment of a network device corresponding to the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, and for its specific embodiment, reference can be made to the relevant description of the embodiment shown in FIG. 2. In order to avoid redundant description, this embodiment will not be repeated, but the same beneficial effects can be achieved.
[0135] Hereinafter, a DTX transmission method according to an embodiment of the present application will be described by way of example through several embodiments.
[0136] Example 1 This embodiment mainly describes the first parameter set of the DTX transmission of the base station, specifically: The base station transmits parameter information of DTX transmission to the terminal, among which the parameter information of DTX transmission is for determining the start time and / or end time and / or duration of the activation period (deactivation period) of the DTX transmission of the base station.
[0137] For a connected user, the DTX parameter information is sent to the terminal via at least one of higher layer signaling, broadcast message and control signaling, and the DTX parameter information of the base station side is associated with the DRX-related parameters of the terminal, and for an idle user, the DTX parameter information is sent to the terminal via at least one of broadcast message, system message, control signaling and higher layer signaling, where the control signaling includes L1 signaling and / or MAC layer signaling.
[0138] The DTX parameter information includes a first parameter set and / or a second parameter set, where the first parameter set is a semi-static parameter for the DTX activation period, and the second parameter set is a dynamically adjusted parameter for the DTX activation period. The first parameter set and the second parameter set may be different parameter sets or may have a common set. The terminal can determine the DTX activation period of the base station according to the first parameter set and / or the second parameter set.
[0139] For example, when the base station configures an activation period of DTX transmission, the parameter information of the DTX activation period of the base station includes related parameters of a start time and / or an end time and / or a duration of the activation period (DTX-on); The DTX cycle, An offset value for the start of the DTX activation period; and the start position of the DTX activation period; The end position of the DTX activation period; and An offset value for the end of the DTX activation period; and Duration of the DTX activation period and a period of DTX activation period.
[0140] An example of determining the DTX activation period by the DTX parameter information will be described below, but is not limited to the methods listed below. The terminal receives parameter information about the DTX of the base station, and further determines the start time and / or end time and / or duration of the activation period of the DTX transmission of the base station. Specific examples of the method of configuring the DTX parameter information include DTX cycle + offset value of the start position of the DTX activation period + duration of the DTX activation period, or DTX cycle + offset value of the start position of the DTX activation period + offset value of the end time of the DTX activation period, or start time of the DTX activation period + end time of the DTX activation period, or cycle of the DTX activation period + duration of the DTX activation period, etc.
[0141] The above-mentioned DTX parameter information can also be applied to parameter information of the deactivation period due to DTX transmission from the base station, and may be, for example, DTX cycle + offset value of the start position of the DTX deactivation period + duration of the DTX deactivation period, or DTX cycle + offset value of the start position of the DTX deactivation period + offset value of the end time of the DTX deactivation period, or start time of the DTX deactivation period + end time of the DTX deactivation period, or DTX deactivation period cycle + duration of the DTX deactivation period, etc.
[0142] At least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period is determined via parameter information of the base station's DTX transmission activation period (DTX-on) and the terminal's parameters. For example, the relevant parameters for determining at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period have a related relationship with the DRX transmission related parameters of the terminal in a connected state. Specific methods used include one or a combination of several of the following patterns.
[0143] The DTX transmission cycle of the base station is equal to the DRX cycle of the terminal, or is a multiple of the DRX cycle of the terminal, or has a certain offset value from the DRX cycle of the terminal.
[0144] The start position of the activation period (DTX-on) of the DTX transmission of the base station is the same as the start position of the activation period (DRX-on) of the DRX of the terminal, whereby the start position of the activation period (DTX-on) of the DTX transmission of the base station may be determined through at least one of the following, which are merely exemplary descriptions: The offset value of the start position of the DTX activation period of the base station is equal to the offset value of the start position of the DRX of the terminal. The absolute time of the start position of the DTX activation period of the base station is equal to the absolute time of the start position of the DRX of the terminal. This is the offset value between the start position of the DTX transmission cycle of the base station and the start time / end time of the DRX cycle DRX-cycle of the terminal, and the offset value may be greater than or equal to 0. DTX-on-offset is an offset value between the start position of the DTX transmission activation period (DTX-on) of the base station and the start position of the DRX activation period (DRX-on) of the terminal, where DTX-on-offset may be a value greater than or equal to 0, or a value less than or equal to 0.
[0145] The duration of the DTX transmission activation period (DTX-on) of the base station is the same as the duration of the DRX activation period (DRX-on) of the terminal, where the duration of the DTX activation period of the base station may be determined via at least one of the following, which are merely exemplary descriptions: Duration of the DTX activation period and / or start time of the DTX activation period + end time of the DTX activation period, etc. A correlation between the duration of the DTX transmission activation period (DTX-on) of the base station and the duration of the DRX activation period (DRX-on) of the terminal, for example, the two have a certain difference and / or the former is a multiple or fraction of the duration of the DRX activation period (DRX-on) of the terminal and / or the two have a certain functional relationship, for example calculated from the UE ID. The end position of the DTX transmission activation period (DTX-on) of the base station is the same as the end position of the DRX activation period (DRX-on) of the terminal, or the end position of the DRX activation period (DRX-on) of the terminal is an offset value DTX-on-offset, where DTX-on-offset may be a value greater than or equal to 0, or a value less than or equal to 0. The offset value between the end position of the base station's DTX transmission activation period and the start time / end time of the terminal's DRX cycle.
[0146] At least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period is determined through parameter information of the base station's DTX transmission activation period (DTX-on) and the terminal's parameters, for example, the relevant parameters for determining at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period have a related relationship with the relevant parameters of the broadcast message, channel and / or signal, and specific methods used include one or more combinations of the following several patterns.
[0147] The start position / end position of the activation period of the DTX transmission of the base station is aligned with the position of a certain signal, e.g., CSI-RS / TRS, or a certain broadcast signal / channel, e.g., SSB, or has a certain offset value from the position. For example, the start position / end position of the activation period of the DTX transmission of the base station is the Nth SSB before / after the DRX cycle of a certain terminal, or has a certain offset value from the SSB, where N is 0 or more. For further example, the start position of the activation period of the DTX transmission of the base station is the reception position of a TRS before the DRX cycle of the terminal, or has a certain offset value from the reception position, or is the reception position of an energy saving signal, or has a certain offset value from the reception position.
[0148] The end position of the activation period of the DTX transmission of the base station is aligned with the position of a certain broadcast signal / channel, e.g., SSB. For example, the end position of the activation period of the DTX transmission of the base station is the Mth SSB before / after the DRX cycle of the terminal or has a certain offset value from the SSB, where M is 0 or more. The offset value may be an absolute time or an application delay. After receiving the DTX parameter information transmitted from the base station, the terminal can directly obtain the start time and / or end time and / or duration of the activation period (deactivation period) of the DTX transmission according to the received DTX parameter information.
[0149] The terminal performs a specific DTX inactivation period behavior during the DTX inactivation period of the base station. The specific DTX inactivation period behavior may be to partially receive already configured signals / channels / messages, or to stop receiving configured signals / channels / messages. The specific reception behavior includes behaviors related to SPS PDSCH reception, PDCCH monitoring, SR procedure, periodic measurement / semi-persistent measurement, channel state information (CSI) measurement, etc.
[0150] For a connected UE, the above-mentioned method can be applied to align the activation period (DTX-on) of the DTX transmission of the base station with the activation period (DTX-on) of the DRX transmission of the terminal. The DTX transmission of the base station may be based on the DRX activation period (deactivation period) of a specific user in at least one user or user group, or may be a specific position of the DRX activation period (deactivation period) of at least one user or user group, for example, the DRX activation period of the terminal is from the earliest start position of the DRX activation period of these users (user group) to the latest end position of the DRX activation period of these users (user group). Further, for example, the DRX deactivation period of the terminal is from the latest start position of the DRX deactivation period of these users (user group) to the earliest end position of the DRX deactivation period of these users (user group). In addition, in order to ensure that the activation period of the DTX transmission of the base station cannot enter the deactivation period due to an excessive difference between the DRX activation periods of the terminals and remains in the DTX transmission activation period, thereby affecting the energy saving of the base station, the base station may pre-configure the DRX activation period of the terminal within a relatively concentrated time period, so as to ensure the effective energy saving of the base station. A specific schematic diagram is shown in FIG. 5.
[0151] According to the above aspect, the following beneficial effects can be obtained. When the DTX activation period of the base station and the DRX activation period of the terminal in the connected state are aligned, the base station will transmit information or signals only during the DRX activation period of the terminal, and at other times, the base station can reduce the transmission signal and enter sleep or turn off some devices, thereby realizing the purpose of saving power consumption. In addition, a certain relationship is provided between the DTX activation period (deactivation period) of the base station and the DRX activation period related parameters of the terminal. For example, if the start position of the DTX activation period of the base station is earlier than the DRX activation period of the terminal, it is easy for the base station to transmit signals required for time-frequency synchronization and channel measurement before the DRX activation period of the terminal. Furthermore, for example, if the DTX activation period of the base station ends later than the DRX activation period of the terminal, the terminal such as the base station will enter a deactivation state within the deactivation period, and a certain amount of energy consumption will be saved without affecting the traffic transmission of the terminal.
[0152] Example 2 This embodiment mainly describes the determination or dynamic determination of the activation period of the DTX transmission of the base station and the related DRX activation period, in particular: The base station transmits DTX parameter information to the terminal, in which the DTX parameter information is for determining the start time and / or end time and / or duration of the activation period (deactivation period) of the base station's DTX transmission.
[0153] For a connected user, the DTX parameter information is sent to the terminal via at least one of higher layer signaling, broadcast message, and control signaling, and the DTX parameter information on the base station side is associated with the DRX-related parameters of the terminal. For an idle user, the DTX transmission-related parameters are sent to the terminal via at least one of broadcast message, system message, control signaling, and higher layer signaling.
[0154] The DTX parameter information transmitted from the base station includes at least a second parameter set for instructing the terminal to check a dynamically changing activation period (deactivation period) of DTX transmission. Such a dynamically changing DTX activation period (deactivation period) can be adapted to the dynamic traffic transmission of the terminal. The parameters in the second parameter set may have a second association relationship in time with at least one of a start time and / or an end time and / or a duration of the dynamically changing DRX activation period (DRX-on) of the terminal. Here, the associated parameters of the dynamically changing DRX activation period of the terminal include: a terminal inactivity timer; A Round-Trip Time (RRT) timer; A DRX end command, A retransmission timer; A contention random access timer; At least one of the following parameters is included: message B, response window timer, and
[0155] At least one or more combinations of the following patterns are included. The end position of the DTX activation period on the base station side coincides with or has a certain correlation with the timeout of the deactivation timer of the terminal. The end point of the DTX activation period on the base station side is the same as or has a certain correlation with the start / stop / timeout time of the RTT timer of the terminal, and the RTT timer of the terminal is, for example, the RTT timer that enables ACK feedback or the RTT timer after the maximum number of retransmissions is reached. The end position of the DTX activation period on the base station side coincides with or has a certain correlation with the DRX end command of the terminal. The end position of the DTX activation period on the base station side is associated with the retransmission procedure of the terminal, and is, for example, the same as or has a certain correlation with the start, stop and / or timeout time of the retransmission timer of the terminal, and the retransmission timer of the terminal includes a DRX downlink retransmission timer (drx-RetransmissionTimerDL), a DRX uplink retransmission timer (drx-RetransmissionTimerUL), etc. The end position of the DTX activation period on the base station side is associated with the random access procedure of the terminal, and may coincide with, for example, the timeout or stop of the contention-based random access timer (ra-ContentionResolutionTimer), or the timeout or stop of the message B response window timer (msgB-ResponseWindow), or the time when a scheduling request is initiated on the PUCCH and then suspended or deleted, or may have a certain offset value from the corresponding time. Among them, the term "having a certain correlation" may mean that there is a certain offset value relationship between the two, or a multiple relationship, etc. The offset value may be an absolute time or an application delay. After receiving the DTX parameter information transmitted from the base station, the terminal is able to obtain the start time and / or end time and / or duration of the activation period (deactivation period) of the DTX transmission according to the received DTX transmission parameter information, the associated relationship between at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period and the DRX transmission parameters of the terminal, and the associated configuration of the DRX activation period. The terminal performs a specific DTX inactivation period behavior during the DTX inactivation period of the base station. The specific DTX inactivation period behavior may be to partially receive already configured signals / channels / messages, or to stop receiving configured signals / channels / messages. The specific reception behavior includes behaviors related to SPS PDSCH reception, PDCCH monitoring, SR procedure, periodic measurement / semi-persistent measurement, CSI measurement, etc.
[0156] In the case of a connected UE, the method of aligning the activation period of DTX transmission (DTX-on) of the base station and the activation period of DRX transmission (DTX-on) of the terminal, which can be achieved by the above method, can also be applied to the method of aligning the deactivation period of DTX transmission (DTX-off) of the base station and the deactivation period of DRX transmission (DTX-off) of the terminal.
[0157] Also, the DTX activation period (deactivation period) of the base station may be a specific user in at least one user or user group, for example, a user whose DRX activation period starts earliest, and / or whose DRX activation period ends latest, and / or whose DRX activation period lasts the longest, and may be a specific position of the DRX activation period (deactivation period) of at least one user or user group, for example, the DRX activation period of the terminal is from the earliest start position of the DRX activation period of these users (user groups) to the latest end position of the DRX activation period of these users (user groups). Further, for example, the DRX deactivation period of the terminal is from the latest start position of the DRX deactivation period of these users (user groups) to the earliest end position of the DRX deactivation period of these users (user groups). Specifically, it is as shown in the attached drawing. In addition, in order to ensure that the activation period of the DTX transmission of the base station cannot enter the deactivation period due to an excessive difference with the DRX activation period of the terminal and remains in the activation period of DTX transmission forever, thereby affecting the energy saving of the base station, the base station may pre-set the DRX activation period of the terminal within a relatively concentrated time period to ensure effective energy saving of the base station, which may be specifically as shown in FIG. 6.
[0158] For example, when the load of a cell is low, the base station may configure the DRX activation period of at least one terminal within a time period, the DTX activation period of the base station may be the same as the start time of the time period or may be earlier than the start time of the time period by a certain offset value, and the initial duration of the DTX activation period is the same as the time period or later than the end time of the time period by a certain offset value. When the terminal starts an inactivity period timer (Inactivity Timer) when it receives new data within the DRX activation period timer on-duration, starts an RTT Timer due to the occurrence of a retransmission, starts a retransmission timer for waiting for a retransmission, or starts a contention resolution timer (ra-ContentionResolutionTimer) or a message B response window timer (msgB-ResponseWindow) due to a random access triggered due to a beam recovery failure (BFR), etc., the DTX activation period of the base station will also be extended accordingly, and the end time is determined according to the second association relationship. In addition, if the base station triggers the terminal to end the DRX activation period early and sends a DRX command to the terminal, the DTX activation period of the base station can also end early, and the end time may be further determined according to the second association relationship.
[0159] According to the above aspect, the following beneficial effects can be obtained. The base station's DTX activation period dynamically changes according to the terminal's activation period, thereby adapting to the dynamically changing DRX activation period caused by traffic transmission of at least one terminal, and avoiding degradation of the terminal's transmission performance due to a mismatch between the base station's activation period and the terminal's DRX activation period.
[0160] Example 3 This embodiment mainly describes the determination or dynamic determination of the activation period of the DTX transmission of the base station and the related energy saving signal, specifically: The base station transmits DTX parameter information to the terminal, in which the DTX parameter information is for determining the start time and / or end time and / or duration of the activation period (deactivation period) of the base station's DTX transmission.
[0161] For a connected user, the DTX parameter information is sent to the terminal via at least one of higher layer signaling, broadcast message, and control signaling, and the DTX parameter information on the base station side is associated with the DRX-related parameters of the terminal. For an idle user, the DTX transmission-related parameters are sent to the terminal via at least one of broadcast message, system message, control signaling, and higher layer signaling.
[0162] The parameter information of the DTX transmission transmitted from the base station includes at least a second parameter set for instructing the terminal to check a dynamically changing activation period (deactivation period) of the DTX transmission. Such a dynamically changing DTX activation period (deactivation period) can be adapted to the dynamic traffic transmission of the terminal. The parameters in the second parameter set have a third association relationship with a signal / control channel / broadcast message, etc. in the DRX deactivation period of the terminal. The signal / control channel / broadcast message / energy saving signal in the DRX deactivation period of the terminal may be an energy saving signal such as DCI format 2_6, and / or a TRS signal, and / or an SSB broadcast channel, and / or a PDCCH, etc.
[0163] To explain by way of example, the pattern may include at least one or a combination of several of the following patterns. The start position of the activation period of the DTX transmission of the base station coincides with or has a certain correlation with the monitoring start position of the energy saving signal, where the energy saving signal may be an energy saving signal for a connected state, for example DCI format 2_6. The correlation may be the monitoring start position of the energy saving signal, for example PS-offset, or may have a certain offset value from the monitoring start position PS-offset of the energy saving signal, for example a specific offset value before the monitoring of the energy saving signal starts, or may be the position of the Nth SSB before the monitoring of the energy saving signal, or a position that is a specific offset value from the Nth SSB. The start position of the activation period of the DTX transmission of the base station coincides with or has a certain offset relationship with the receiving position of the TRS. The end position of the activation period of the DTX transmission of the base station coincides with or has a certain relative relationship with the monitoring stop position of the energy saving signal, for example, a minimum time interval (MinTimeGap) from the start position of the DRX activation period. The end position of the activation period of the DTX transmission of the base station has a certain correlation with the indication information of the energy saving signal, for example: If the energy saving signal instructs the terminal to turn on the activation period timer of the subsequent DRX cycle, the end position of the base station's DTX activation period will be aligned or partially aligned with the terminal's DRX activation period. If the energy saving signal instructs the terminal to turn off the activation period timer of the subsequent DRX cycle, the end position of the base station's DTX activation period will be a specific time position, for example, a specified time, a time having a certain relationship with the energy saving signal, or a time having a certain relationship with the terminal's DRX-related parameters.
[0164] Here, the energy saving signal includes, but is not limited to, DCI format 2_6, and the energy saving signal is not limited to the bearer-based form, and may be a DCI format-based energy saving signal or a sequence-based energy saving signal. Specifically, as shown in the attached Figure 7.
[0165] Additionally, the energy saving signal may be one signal carrying multiple users or user groups, or may be multiple energy saving signals with known detection locations.
[0166] For example, the base station transmits an energy saving signal, such as DCI format 2_6, to the terminal to inform the terminal whether it needs to start the DRX activation period timer, i.e., onDurationTimer, depending on whether the terminal currently has traffic transmission. The start position of the DTX activation period of the base station may be a position that is a certain offset value before the start position of monitoring the energy saving signal, and the offset value is equal to or greater than 0. If there is no traffic transmission in any of the terminals in the cell, the base station informs each terminal via the energy saving signal that it does not need to start the DRX activation period timer, i.e., onDurationTimer. The end position of the DTX activation period of the base station may be an end position of the energy saving signal, such as DCI format 2_6, or a certain offset value from the end position of the energy saving signal. If there is traffic transmission in at least one terminal in the cell, the terminal needs to start the DRX activation period timer, i.e., onDurationTimer. The end of the DTX activation period of the base station may be the end of the DRX activation period of the terminal or may be a certain offset from the end of the DRX activation period of the terminal. If at least one terminal in the cell has started a retransmission related timer, such as an RTT timer or a retransmission timer, the end of the DTX activation period of the base station may be the end of the timer of the terminal or may have a certain offset from the end of the timer.
[0167] Example 4 This embodiment is mainly for describing the determination or dynamic determination of the activation period of the DTX transmission of the base station and the related SPS PDSCH or CG, specifically: The base station transmits DTX parameter information to the terminal, in which the DTX parameter information is for determining the start time and / or end time and / or duration of the activation period (deactivation period) of the base station's DTX transmission.
[0168] For a connected user, the DTX parameter information is sent to the terminal via at least one of higher layer signaling, broadcast message, and control signaling, and the DTX parameter information on the base station side is associated with the DRX-related parameters of the terminal. For an idle user, the DTX transmission-related parameters are sent to the terminal via at least one of broadcast message, system message, control signaling, and higher layer signaling.
[0169] The DTX activation period of the base station may be dynamically changing, and the dynamically changing DTX activation period is determined by at least a second parameter set. The terminal can determine the start time and / or end time and / or duration of the dynamically changing DTX activation period (deactivation period) according to the second parameter set to adapt to the dynamic traffic transmission of the terminal. The activation period of the DTX transmission (DTX-on) of the base station has a fourth association relationship with the periodic behavior or semi-persistent behavior of the terminal during the DRX deactivation period. The periodic behavior of the terminal during the DRX deactivation period includes at least one of SPS PDSCH transmission and / or CG transmission and / or periodic measurement / semi-persistent measurement, etc., where the periodic measurement is, for example, periodic CSI measurement, periodic RRM measurement, periodic RSRP or RSRQ measurement, etc. The DTX activation period of the base station includes at least one or a combination of several patterns below. The start / end position of the activation period of the DTX transmission of the base station coincides with the start position of the SPS PDSCH transmission and / or CG transmission and / or periodic measurement or has a certain offset value. For example, the Nth SPS PDSCH and / or the Mth CG and / or the Kth periodic measurement in the DRX inactivation period of the terminal. When M, N, and K are all values equal to or greater than 0, they represent the Mth, Nth, and Kth periodic behaviors in the inactivation period in a specific DRX period. When M, N, and K are all values equal to or less than 0, they represent the Mth, Nth, and Kth periodic behaviors before the activation period in a specific DRX period. There may also be a certain offset value with respect to a certain periodic behavior. A specific schematic diagram is shown in FIG. 8 attached herewith. The duration of the activation period of the DTX transmission of the base station is N times the period of the terminal periodic behavior, where N is a value greater than or equal to 0. When the terminal receives parameter information of the DTX configured by the base station, which includes at least a second parameter set, the terminal is able to determine the activation period of the DTX of the base station according to the previously configured periodic behavior.
[0170] Also, the DTX activation period (deactivation period) of the base station may be based on the DRX activation period (deactivation period) of at least one user or a specific user in a user group, for example, a user whose DRX activation period starts earliest and / or whose DRX activation period ends latest and / or whose DRX activation period has the longest duration, or may be a specific position of the DRX activation period (deactivation period) of at least one user or user group, for example, the DRX activation period of the terminal is from the earliest start position of the DRX activation period of these users (user group) to the latest end position of the DRX activation period of these users (user group). Further, for example, the DRX deactivation period of the terminal is from the latest start position of the DRX deactivation period of these users (user group) to the earliest end position of the DRX deactivation period of these users (user group).
[0171] Example 5 This embodiment mainly describes the behavior of the terminal during the base station DTX inactivation period, specifically: For periodic behavior during the DTX deactivation period of the base station, the terminal may use at least one of the following schemes. Stop all periodic behavior during DTX inactivation periods. Stopping some periodic behavior during the DTX inactivation period, e.g. stopping at least one of SPS PDSCH transmissions and / or CG transmissions and / or periodic / semi-persistent measurements, etc., where the periodic measurements are e.g. periodic CSI measurements, periodic RRM measurements, periodic RSRP or RSRQ measurements, etc. According to the instruction information from the base station, stop certain periodic behaviors during the DTX inactivation period (e.g., stop periodic data transmissions such as SPS PDSCH transmissions and / or CG transmissions, etc.) and / or stop periodic CSI measurements, etc. The terminal reports user preference information to customize periodic behavior during DTX inactivation periods. For example, the terminal reports that it will only receive TRS during inactivation periods. The terminal sends trigger signaling / signals / sequences to customize the terminal reception behavior during DTX deactivation periods. For example, the terminal sends trigger signaling such as HARQ-ACK indicating that the terminal does not need to perform SPS PDSCH reception during DTX deactivation periods.
[0172] Example 6 This embodiment mainly describes the determination of the DTX activation period according to the first criterion, specifically: If the DTX activation period configured by the base station and the DRX activation period of the terminal do not match, the terminal determines the DTX activation period of the base station according to a first criterion, which refers to at least one of the following patterns: The protocol specifies that the base station's DTX activation period must include at least the terminal's DRX activation period, and may further include some terminal transmission behaviors, such as data retransmission, energy saving signal reception, TRS, specific SSB, etc. The terminal determines the activation period (deactivation period) of the DTX of the base station according to the first parameter set and / or the second parameter set configured by the base station and the associated relationship of other already configured parameters. For details, please refer to Examples 2 to 5. The terminal instructs the base station on the DTX activation period according to user assistance information / user preference information. For example, only a first parameter set for DTX transmission is configured by the base station, and the parameter set can determine a semi-static activation period of DTX transmission. When the terminal has data transmission, the DRX activation period of the terminal will dynamically change according to the data transmission situation. In order to avoid affecting the data reception of the terminal, the protocol may specify that the DTX activation period of the base station must at least include the DRX activation period of the terminal. If the DRX activation period of the terminal is longer than the DTX activation period configured by the base station, the terminal will default to consider that the end time of the activation period of the base station is the end time of the DRX activation period of the terminal or a time that is a certain offset value from the activation period of the terminal. The protocol may also further specify that the base station's DTX transmission must ensure normal monitoring of the TRS and / or energy saving signals and / or a specific number of SBBs before the terminal's DRX activation period, i.e., that the start position of the DTX transmission activation period must be the same as or earlier than the monitoring position of the TRS and / or energy saving signals and / or a specific number of SBBs. Further, for example, if the terminal feeds back user assistance information / user preference information, for example, such that TRS reception during DRX inactivation period is supported or only SSB reception during DRX inactivation period is supported, the DTX activation period of the base station will be determined specifically according to the position of the TRS or SSB.
[0173] In the embodiments of the present application, it is possible to ensure that the transmission and reception behavior of the network device and the network node are consistent, and power consumption due to unnecessary static transmissions by the network device is reduced, thereby realizing energy savings in the network device.
[0174] Please refer to FIG. 9 . FIG. 9 is a structural diagram of a network node according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 9 , the network node includes: a memory 920, a transceiver 900 and a processor 910; The memory 920 is for storing a computer program, and the transceiver 900 is for transmitting and receiving data under the control of the processor 910. The processor 910 reads the computer program in the memory 920 and: An operation of receiving parameter information of a DTX of a network device transmitted from the network device; determining at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of a DTX transmission of the network device based on the parameter information; and receiving a DTX transmission of the network device based on at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission; The network nodes include at least a terminal, and the network equipment includes at least a base station.
[0175] In FIG. 9, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, specifically connecting various circuits such as one or more processors, represented by processor 910, and memory, represented by memory 920. The bus architecture may also connect various other circuits, such as peripherals, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are known in the art and will not be described further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 900 may be multiple elements, i.e., a transmitter and a receiver, and provides a means to communicate with various other devices over a transmission medium. These transmission media include wireless channels, wired channels, optical cables, and other transmission media. For various user equipment, the user interface 930 may be an interface that allows the necessary devices to be connected externally or internally, including but not limited to a small keyboard, a display, a speaker, a microphone, a joystick, and the like.
[0176] The processor 910 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 920 can store data used by the processor 910 during the execution of operations.
[0177] Alternatively, the processor 910 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or a Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD), and the processor may employ a multi-core architecture.
[0178] The processor is used to execute any of the methods according to the embodiments of the present application according to the executable instructions obtained by calling the computer program stored in the memory. The processor and the memory may be physically separated.
[0179] Optionally, the parameter information comprises: a start position of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; an end position of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; the duration of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; a start position of a DTX deactivation period of said DTX transmission; an end position of a DTX deactivation period of said DTX transmission; and the duration of a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission.
[0180] Optionally, the parameter information includes: The DTX cycle, An offset value for the start of the DTX activation period; and the start position of the DTX activation period; The end position of the DTX activation period; and An offset value for the end of the DTX activation period; and Duration of the DTX activation period the period of the DTX activation period; An offset value for the start of the DTX inactivation period; and the start position of the DTX deactivation period; the end position of the DTX deactivation period; An offset value for the end of the DTX inactivation period; and The duration of the DTX inactivation period, and and a period of DTX deactivation period.
[0181] Optionally, the parameter information of the DTX is: The signal is received via at least one of a broadcast message, control signaling, and higher layer signaling.
[0182] Optionally, the operation of receiving a DTX transmission of the network device based on at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission described above includes: receiving at least one of a message, a signal, or channel information transmitted from the network device during the DTX activation period; During the DTX deactivation period, a target behavior, the target behavior including: Receiving some signals and Receive some channel information and Receiving some messages, Some measurements are performed and Some measurement reports and Stopping target reception and receiving messages according to a message configuration during said DTX inactivation period; receiving a signal according to said signal configuration during said DTX inactivation period; receiving channel information according to a channel information configuration for the DTX deactivation period; and performing a target behavior including at least one of the following:
[0183] Optionally, receiving the portion of the signal includes at least receiving the portion of the signal; The receiving of the portion of the channel information includes at least one of receiving a portion of the data channel information and receiving a portion of the control channel information; performing the portion of measurements includes at least one of performing periodic measurements, performing semi-persistent measurements, and performing aperiodic measurements; The performing of the partial measurement report includes at least one of performing periodic measurement reporting, performing semi-persistent measurement reporting, and performing aperiodic measurement reporting; The target reception is stopped by: Stopping all data transmission related receive activity; and Stop receiving some or all of the signals; Stop receiving some or all channel information; ceasing to send some or all request messages; Suspending some or all of the measurements; and stopping starting some or all of the timers.
[0184] Optionally, the network node supports different time-of-day reception behaviors for DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively; and / or the network node receives on different frequency domain resources during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively; and / or The network node supports different receiving behaviors during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively.
[0185] Optionally, at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission has an associated relationship with the DRX activation period or the deactivation period of the terminal; and / or When the network node further includes a core network node, at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission has an associated relationship with the transmission of backhaul information, and the backhaul information is information sent back from the network equipment to the core network node.
[0186] Optionally, at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission has an associated relationship with a discontinuous reception (DRX) activation period or deactivation period of the terminal. The DTX parameter information and / or the network node parameters are for a terminal to determine at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period; The period of the DTX transmission and the period of the DRX transmission of the terminal have a correlation; A DTX activation period of the DTX transmission and a signal, channel or message in a DRX deactivation period of the terminal have a first association relationship; The DTX activation period of the DTX transmission and the transmission content of the signal, channel or message in the DRX deactivation period of the terminal have a second association relationship; The DTX activation period of the DTX transmission and the communication behavior within the DRX deactivation period of the terminal have a third association relationship, and the communication behavior includes at least one of a periodic behavior and a semi-persistent behavior.
[0187] Optionally, the periodic behavior is At least one of periodic CG transmission, periodic measurement and / or periodic measurement reporting; and / or The semi-persistent behavior is Includes at least one of the following: SPS PDSCH transmission, semi-persistent CG transmission, semi-persistent measurement, and semi-persistent measurement reporting.
[0188] Optionally, the DRX activation period of the terminal is: The DRX activation period includes a DRX activation period of a target terminal corresponding to the network device, the target terminal being a specific terminal, some terminals, or all terminals corresponding to the network device.
[0189] Optionally, the network node determining at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of a DTX transmission of the network device based on the parameter information comprises: When the DTX activation period determined by the network node based on the parameter information does not match the DRX activation period of the terminal, the network node determines at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission of the network device based on a preset criterion.
[0190] Optionally, the network node determines at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission of the network device based on a preset criterion, The network node determines at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of DTX transmission of the network equipment based on at least one of a protocol definition, a parameter set, terminal auxiliary information, and terminal preference information.
[0191] It should be noted here that the network node according to the embodiment of the present application can realize all the method steps realized by the above method embodiment and can achieve the same technical effects, but here the same parts and beneficial effects as those of the method embodiment in this embodiment will not be repeated in detail.
[0192] Please refer to FIG. 10. FIG. 10 is a structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 10, the network device includes: a memory 1020, a transceiver 1000 and a processor 1010; The memory 1020 is for storing a computer program, and the transceiver 1000 is for transmitting and receiving data under the control of the processor 1010. The processor 1010 reads the computer program in the memory 1020 and: transmitting parameter information of the DTX of the network device to a network node; and performing an operation of performing DTX transmission to said network node. The network nodes include at least a terminal, and the network equipment includes at least a base station.
[0193] In FIG. 10, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, specifically connecting various circuits such as one or more processors, represented by processor 1010, and memory, represented by memory 1020. The bus architecture may also connect various other circuits, such as peripherals, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are known in the art and will not be described further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 1000 may be multiple elements, i.e., a transmitter and a receiver, and provides a means to communicate with various other devices over a transmission medium. These transmission media include wireless channels, wired channels, optical cables, and other transmission media. For various user equipment, the user interface 1030 may be an interface that allows the necessary devices to be connected externally or internally, including but not limited to a small keyboard, a display, a speaker, a microphone, a joystick, and the like.
[0194] The processor 1010 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 1020 may store data used by the processor 1010 during the execution of operations.
[0195] Alternatively, the processor 1010 may be a central processing unit (CPU), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or a complex programmable logic device (CPLD), and the processor may employ a multi-core architecture.
[0196] The processor is used to execute any of the methods according to the embodiments of the present application according to the executable instructions obtained by calling the computer program stored in the memory. The processor and the memory may be physically separated.
[0197] Optionally, the parameter information comprises: a start position of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; an end position of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; the duration of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; a start position of a DTX deactivation period of said DTX transmission; an end position of a DTX deactivation period of said DTX transmission; and the duration of a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission.
[0198] Optionally, the parameter information includes: The DTX cycle, An offset value for the start of the DTX activation period; and the start position of the DTX activation period; The end position of the DTX activation period; and An offset value for the end of the DTX activation period; and Duration of the DTX activation period the period of the DTX activation period; An offset value for the start of the DTX inactivation period; and the start position of the DTX deactivation period; the end position of the DTX deactivation period; An offset value for the end of the DTX inactivation period; and The duration of the DTX inactivation period, and and a period of DTX deactivation period.
[0199] Optionally, the parameter information of the DTX is: The information is transmitted via at least one of a broadcast message, control signaling, and higher layer signaling.
[0200] Optionally, the operation of performing DTX transmission to the network node as described above further comprises: transmitting at least one of a message, a signal, or channel information to the network node during the DTX activation period; During the DTX deactivation period, a target behavior, the target behavior including: Some signals are sent, Sending some channel information and Sending some messages and Sending some measurement signals and Receipt of some measurement reports, Stopping target transmission and transmitting messages according to the message configuration during said DTX inactivation period; transmitting a signal according to said signal configuration during said DTX inactivation period; and performing a target behavior including at least one of: transmitting channel information according to a channel information configuration for the DTX deactivation period.
[0201] Optionally, the transmitting of the portion of the signal includes at least transmitting the portion of the signal; The transmission of the part of the channel information includes at least one of transmitting part of the data channel information and transmitting part of the control channel information; transmitting the portion of the measurement signals includes at least one of transmitting a periodic measurement signal, transmitting a semi-persistent measurement signal, and transmitting a non-periodic measurement signal; The receiving of the portion of the measurement reports includes at least one of receiving periodic measurement reports, receiving semi-persistent measurement reports, and receiving aperiodic measurement reports; The cessation of the target transmission includes: ceasing all data transmission related sending activities; Cessation of transmission of some or all signals; ceasing transmission of some or all channel information; Stop receiving any or all request messages; Stopping transmission of some or all of the measurement signals; and stopping starting some or all of the timers.
[0202] Optionally, the network device supports different time-of-day transmission behaviors during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively; and / or the network device transmits on different frequency domain resources during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively; and / or The network device supports different transmission behaviors during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively.
[0203] Optionally, at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission has an associated relationship with the DRX activation period or the deactivation period of the terminal; and / or When the network node further includes a core network node, at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission has an associated relationship with the transmission of backhaul information, and the backhaul information is information sent back from the network equipment to the core network node.
[0204] Optionally, at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission has an associated relationship with the DRX activation period or the deactivation period of the terminal. The DTX parameter information and / or the network node parameters are for a terminal to determine at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period; The period of the DTX transmission and the period of the DRX transmission of the terminal have a correlation; A DTX activation period of the DTX transmission and a signal, channel or message in a DRX deactivation period of the terminal have a first association relationship; The DTX activation period of the DTX transmission and the transmission content of the signal, channel or message in the DRX deactivation period of the terminal have a second association relationship; The DTX activation period of the DTX transmission and the communication behavior within the DRX deactivation period of the terminal have a third association relationship, and the communication behavior includes at least one of a periodic behavior and a semi-persistent behavior.
[0205] Optionally, the periodic behavior is At least one of periodic configured grant (CG) transmission, periodic measurement, and / or periodic measurement reporting; and / or The semi-persistent behavior is The method includes at least one of semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission, semi-persistent CG transmission, semi-persistent measurement, and semi-persistent measurement reporting.
[0206] Optionally, the DRX activation period of the terminal is: The DRX activation period includes a DRX activation period of a target terminal corresponding to the network device, the target terminal being a specific terminal, some terminals, or all terminals corresponding to the network device.
[0207] Optionally, the parameter information is for determining at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission, and the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period are The determination is based on at least one of a protocol definition, a parameter set, terminal auxiliary information, and terminal preference information.
[0208] It should be noted here that the above-mentioned network device according to the embodiment of the present application can realize all the method steps realized by the above-mentioned method embodiment and can achieve the same technical effects, but here the same parts and beneficial effects as those of the method embodiment in this embodiment will not be described in detail again.
[0209] Please refer to FIG. 11 , which is a structural diagram of another network node according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 11 , the network node 1100 includes: A first receiving module 1101 for receiving parameter information of discontinuous transmission (DTX) of the network device sent from the network device; a determining module 1102 for determining at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of a DTX transmission of the network device based on the parameter information of the network node; and a second receiving module 1103 for receiving a DTX transmission of the network device based on at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission; The network nodes include at least a terminal, and the network equipment includes at least a base station.
[0210] Optionally, the parameter information comprises: a start position of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; an end position of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; the duration of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; a start position of a DTX deactivation period of said DTX transmission; an end position of a DTX deactivation period of said DTX transmission; and the duration of a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission.
[0211] Optionally, the parameter information includes: The DTX cycle, An offset value for the start of the DTX activation period; and the start position of the DTX activation period; The end position of the DTX activation period; and An offset value for the end of the DTX activation period; and Duration of the DTX activation period the period of the DTX activation period; An offset value for the start of the DTX inactivation period; and the start position of the DTX deactivation period; the end position of the DTX deactivation period; An offset value for the end of the DTX inactivation period; and The duration of the DTX inactivation period, and and a period of DTX deactivation period.
[0212] Optionally, the parameter information of the DTX is: The signal is received via at least one of a broadcast message, control signaling, and higher layer signaling.
[0213] Optionally, the second receiving module 1103 is receiving at least one of a message, a signal, or channel information transmitted from the network device during the DTX activation period; During the DTX deactivation period, a target behavior, the target behavior including: Receiving some signals and Receive some channel information and Receiving some messages, Some measurements are performed and Some measurement reports and Stopping target reception and receiving messages according to a message configuration during said DTX inactivation period; receiving a signal according to said signal configuration during said DTX inactivation period; receiving channel information according to a channel information configuration for the DTX deactivation period; and performing a target behavior including at least one of the following:
[0214] Optionally, receiving the portion of the signal includes at least receiving the portion of the signal; The receiving of the portion of the channel information includes at least one of receiving a portion of the data channel information and receiving a portion of the control channel information; performing the portion of measurements includes at least one of performing periodic measurements, performing semi-persistent measurements, and performing aperiodic measurements; The performing of the partial measurement report includes at least one of performing periodic measurement reporting, performing semi-persistent measurement reporting, and performing aperiodic measurement reporting; The target reception is stopped by: Stopping all data transmission related receive activity; and Stop receiving some or all of the signals; Stop receiving some or all channel information; ceasing to send some or all request messages; Suspending some or all of the measurements; and stopping starting some or all of the timers.
[0215] Optionally, the network node supports different time-of-day reception behaviors for DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively; and / or the network node receives on different frequency domain resources during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively; and / or The network node supports different receiving behaviors during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively.
[0216] Optionally, at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission has an associated relationship with the DRX activation period or the deactivation period of the terminal; and / or When the network node further includes a core network node, at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission has an associated relationship with the transmission of backhaul information, and the backhaul information is information sent back from the network equipment to the core network node.
[0217] Optionally, at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission has an associated relationship with a discontinuous reception (DRX) activation period or deactivation period of the terminal. The DTX parameter information and / or the network node parameters are for a terminal to determine at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period; The period of the DTX transmission and the period of the DRX transmission of the terminal have a correlation; A DTX activation period of the DTX transmission and a signal, channel or message in a DRX deactivation period of the terminal have a first association relationship; The DTX activation period of the DTX transmission and the transmission content of the signal, channel or message in the DRX deactivation period of the terminal have a second association relationship; The DTX activation period of the DTX transmission and the communication behavior within the DRX deactivation period of the terminal have a third association relationship, and the communication behavior includes at least one of a periodic behavior and a semi-persistent behavior.
[0218] Optionally, the periodic behavior is At least one of periodic CG transmission, periodic measurement and / or periodic measurement reporting; and / or The semi-persistent behavior is Includes at least one of the following: SPS PDSCH transmission, semi-persistent CG transmission, semi-persistent measurement, and semi-persistent measurement reporting.
[0219] Optionally, the DRX activation period of the terminal is: The DRX activation period includes a DRX activation period of a target terminal corresponding to the network device, the target terminal being a specific terminal, some terminals, or all terminals corresponding to the network device.
[0220] Optionally, the network node determining at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of a DTX transmission of the network device based on the parameter information comprises: When the DTX activation period determined by the network node based on the parameter information does not match the DRX activation period of the terminal, the network node determines at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission of the network device based on a preset criterion.
[0221] Optionally, the network node determines at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission of the network device based on a preset criterion, The network node determines at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of DTX transmission of the network equipment based on at least one of a protocol definition, a parameter set, terminal auxiliary information, and terminal preference information.
[0222] It should be noted here that the network node according to the embodiment of the present application can realize all the method steps realized by the above method embodiment and can achieve the same technical effects, but here the same parts and beneficial effects as those of the method embodiment in this embodiment will not be repeated in detail.
[0223] 12, FIG. 12 is a structural diagram of another network device according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 12, the network device 1200 includes: A transmitting module 1201 for transmitting parameter information of DTX of the network device to a network node; and an execution module 1202 for executing a DTX transmission to the network node; The network nodes include at least a terminal, and the network equipment includes at least a base station.
[0224] Optionally, the parameter information comprises: a start position of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; an end position of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; the duration of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; a start position of a DTX deactivation period of said DTX transmission; an end position of a DTX deactivation period of said DTX transmission; and the duration of a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission.
[0225] Optionally, the parameter information includes: The DTX cycle, An offset value for the start of the DTX activation period; and the start position of the DTX activation period; The end position of the DTX activation period; and An offset value for the end of the DTX activation period; and Duration of the DTX activation period the period of the DTX activation period; An offset value for the start of the DTX inactivation period; and the start position of the DTX deactivation period; the end position of the DTX deactivation period; An offset value for the end of the DTX inactivation period; and The duration of the DTX inactivation period, and and a period of DTX deactivation period.
[0226] Optionally, the parameter information of the DTX is: The information is transmitted via at least one of a broadcast message, control signaling, and higher layer signaling.
[0227] Optionally, the execution module 1202: transmitting at least one of a message, a signal, or channel information to the network node during the DTX activation period; During the DTX deactivation period, a target behavior, the target behavior including: Some signals are sent, Sending some channel information and Sending some messages and Sending some measurement signals and Receipt of some measurement reports, Stopping target transmission and transmitting messages according to the message configuration during said DTX inactivation period; transmitting a signal according to said signal configuration during said DTX inactivation period; and performing a target behavior that includes at least one of: transmitting channel information according to a channel information configuration for the DTX deactivation period.
[0228] Optionally, the transmitting of the portion of the signal includes at least transmitting the portion of the signal; The transmission of the part of the channel information includes at least one of transmitting part of the data channel information and transmitting part of the control channel information; transmitting the portion of the measurement signals includes at least one of transmitting a periodic measurement signal, transmitting a semi-persistent measurement signal, and transmitting a non-periodic measurement signal; The receiving of the portion of the measurement reports includes at least one of receiving periodic measurement reports, receiving semi-persistent measurement reports, and receiving aperiodic measurement reports; The cessation of the target transmission includes: ceasing all data transmission related sending activities; Cessation of transmission of some or all signals; ceasing transmission of some or all channel information; Stop receiving any or all request messages; Stopping transmission of some or all of the measurement signals; and stopping starting some or all of the timers.
[0229] Optionally, the network device supports different time-of-day transmission behaviors during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively; and / or the network device transmits on different frequency domain resources during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively; and / or The network device supports different transmission behaviors during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively.
[0230] Optionally, at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission has an associated relationship with the DRX activation period or the deactivation period of the terminal; and / or When the network node further includes a core network node, at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission has an associated relationship with the transmission of backhaul information, and the backhaul information is information sent back from the network equipment to the core network node.
[0231] Optionally, at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission has an associated relationship with the DRX activation period or the deactivation period of the terminal. The DTX parameter information and / or the network node parameters are for a terminal to determine at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period; The period of the DTX transmission and the period of the DRX transmission of the terminal have a correlation; A DTX activation period of the DTX transmission and a signal, channel or message in a DRX deactivation period of the terminal have a first association relationship; The DTX activation period of the DTX transmission and the transmission content of the signal, channel or message in the DRX deactivation period of the terminal have a second association relationship; The DTX activation period of the DTX transmission and the communication behavior within the DRX deactivation period of the terminal have a third association relationship, and the communication behavior includes at least one of a periodic behavior and a semi-persistent behavior.
[0232] Optionally, the periodic behavior is At least one of periodic configured grant (CG) transmission, periodic measurement, and / or periodic measurement reporting; and / or The semi-persistent behavior is The method includes at least one of semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission, semi-persistent CG transmission, semi-persistent measurement, and semi-persistent measurement reporting.
[0233] Optionally, the DRX activation period of the terminal is: The DRX activation period includes a DRX activation period of a target terminal corresponding to the network device, the target terminal being a specific terminal, some terminals, or all terminals corresponding to the network device.
[0234] Optionally, the parameter information is for determining at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission, and the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period are The determination is based on at least one of a protocol definition, a parameter set, terminal auxiliary information, and terminal preference information.
[0235] It should be noted here that the above-mentioned network device according to the embodiment of the present application can realize all the method steps realized by the above-mentioned method embodiment and can achieve the same technical effects, but here the same parts and beneficial effects as those of the method embodiment in this embodiment will not be described in detail again.
[0236] It should be noted that the division into units in the embodiments of the present application is merely schematic and is a division into logical functions, and other division methods may be used in actual implementation. In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit. The integrated units may be realized in the form of hardware or software functional units.
[0237] The above integrated unit may be realized in the form of a software functional unit and stored in a processor-readable storage medium when sold or used as an independent product. Based on this understanding, the essential part of the technical aspects of the present application, or the part that contributes to the related art, or all or a part of the technical aspects can be embodied in the form of a software product. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium and includes some instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, a network device, etc.) or a processor to execute all or a part of the steps in the method according to each embodiment of the present application. The aforementioned storage medium includes various media capable of storing program code, such as a USB flash drive, a portable hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.
[0238] An embodiment of the present application further provides a processor-readable storage medium storing a computer program, the computer program being for causing the processor to execute a network node-side DTX transmission method according to an embodiment of the present application, or the computer program being for causing the processor to execute a network device-side DTX transmission method according to an embodiment of the present application.
[0239] The processor-readable storage medium may be any available medium or data storage device that can be accessed by the processor, including, but not limited to, magnetic storage devices (e.g., floppy disks, hard disks, magnetic tapes, magneto-optical disks (MO), etc.), optical storage devices (e.g., CDs, DVDs, BDs, HVDs, etc.), and semiconductor memories (e.g., ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, non-volatile memory (NAND FLASH), solid-state drives (SSD)), etc.
[0240] It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the embodiments of the present application may be provided as a method, a system, or a computer program product. Accordingly, the present application may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment, or an embodiment combining software and hardware. Moreover, the present application may take the form of a computer program product embodied in one or more computer usable storage mediums (including, but not limited to, magnetic disk memories, optical memories, etc.) that contain computer usable program code.
[0241] The present application is described with reference to flowcharts and / or block diagrams of methods, devices (systems) and computer program products according to embodiments of the present application. It should be understood that each flow and / or block in the flowcharts and / or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and / or blocks in the flowcharts and / or block diagrams, can be realized by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions can be provided to a processor of a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, an embedded processor, or other programmable data processing device to form an apparatus, and the instructions executed by the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing device form an apparatus for implementing the functions specified in one or more flows in the flowcharts and / or one or more blocks in the block diagrams.
[0242] These processor-executable instructions may be stored in a processor-readable memory that can cause a computer or other programmable data processing device to operate in a particular manner, with the instructions stored in the processor-readable memory forming an article of manufacture that includes an instruction apparatus that implements the functions specified in one or more flows of the flowcharts and / or one or more blocks of the block diagrams.
[0243] These processor-executable instructions may be loaded into a computer or other programmable data processing device and cause the computer or other programmable data processing device to perform a series of operational steps to form a computer-implemented process, the instructions executing on the computer or other programmable data processing device providing steps for implementing the functions specified in one or more flows of the flowcharts and / or one or more blocks of the block diagrams.
[0244] It should be noted that the division into the above modules is merely a division into logical functions, and in actual implementation, all or some of the modules may be integrated into one physical entity or may be physically separated. These modules may all be implemented by a processing element calling software, or may all be implemented by hardware, or some of the modules may be implemented by a processing element calling software, while other modules may be implemented by hardware. For example, the determination module may be an independently provided processing element, or may be integrated into a chip of the device. Furthermore, the determination module may be stored in the memory of the device in the form of program code, and may be called by a processing element of the device to execute the function of the determination module. The implementation of the other modules is similar to that of the determination module. Moreover, these modules may all or some be integrated, or may be implemented separately. The processing element described in this specification may be an integrated circuit having a signal processing capability. In implementation, each step of the method or each module may be implemented by using an integrated logic circuit of hardware in a processor element, or by using instructions in the form of software.
[0245] For example, each module, unit, sub-unit, or sub-module may be configured as one or more integrated circuits implementing the above method, such as one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), one or more microprocessors (digital signal processors (DSPs)), or one or more Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). As another example, when a certain module is realized in a form in which a processing element calls a program code, the processing element may be a general-purpose processor such as a Central Processing Unit (CPU) or another processor capable of calling a program code. As a further example, these modules may be integrated together or realized in the form of a system-on-a-chip (SOC).
[0246] The terms "first," "second," and the like in the present disclosure and claims are used to distinguish between similar objects and are not necessarily used to describe a particular order or sequence. It is understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances, whereby the embodiments of the present application described herein can be performed in an order other than that shown or described herein. In addition, the terms "comprise" and "have" and any variations thereof are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, e.g., a procedure, method, system, product, or apparatus that includes a series of steps or units is not limited to including only those steps or units that are expressly recited, but may include other steps or units that are not expressly recited, or other steps or units that are inherent to the procedure, method, product, or apparatus. Incidentally, "and / or" used in the specification and claims indicates at least one of the connected objects, for example, "A and / or B and / or C" includes seven cases, namely, only A is present, only B is present, only C is present, both A and B are present, both B and C are present, both A and C are present, and all of A, B, and C are present. Similarly, "at least one of A and B" used in the specification and claims should be understood as "only A is present, only B is present, or both A and B are present."
[0247] Obviously, those skilled in the art can make various modifications and variations to the present application without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application. Therefore, if these modifications and variations of the present application fall within the scope of the claims of the present application and the scope of equivalent techniques, the present application also includes these modifications and variations.
Claims
1. 1. A discontinuous transmission (DTX) transmission method, comprising: A network node receives parameter information of a DTX of a network device transmitted from the network device; determining, by the network node, at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of a DTX transmission of the network equipment based on the parameter information; and receiving, by the network node, a DTX transmission of the network equipment based on at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission; The method, wherein the network node includes at least a terminal and the network equipment includes at least a base station.
2. The parameter information is a start position of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; and an end position of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; and the duration of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; a start position of a DTX deactivation period of said DTX transmission; and an end position of a DTX deactivation period of said DTX transmission; and and a duration of a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission.
3. The parameter information includes: The DTX period, An offset value for the start of the DTX activation period; and the start position of the DTX activation period; and an end position of the DTX activation period; and An offset value for the end of the DTX activation period; and The duration of the DTX activation period the period of the DTX activation period; and An offset value for the start of the DTX deactivation period; and the start position of the DTX deactivation period; and an end position of the DTX deactivation period; and An offset value for the end of the DTX deactivation period; and the duration of the DTX inactivation period; and a periodicity of the DTX deactivation period.
4. The DTX parameter information is The method of claim 1 , wherein the signal is received via at least one of a broadcast message, a control signaling, and a higher layer signaling.
5. receiving, by the network node, a DTX transmission of the network equipment based on at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission; receiving, by the network node, at least one of a message, a signal, or channel information transmitted from the network equipment during the DTX activation period; The network node determines a target behavior during the DTX deactivation period, the target behavior including: Receiving some signals and Receive some channel information and Receiving some messages, Some measurements are performed and Some measurement reports and Stopping target reception and receiving a message according to a message configuration during the DTX deactivation period; receiving a signal according to said DTX deactivation period signal configuration; and performing a target behavior including at least one of: receiving channel information according to a channel information configuration for the DTX deactivation period.
6. Receiving the portion of the signal includes at least receiving a portion of the signal, The receiving of the portion of the channel information includes at least one of receiving a portion of the data channel information and receiving a portion of the control channel information; performing the portion of measurements includes at least one of performing periodic measurements, performing semi-persistent measurements, and performing aperiodic measurements; The performing of the partial measurement report includes at least one of performing periodic measurement reporting, performing semi-persistent measurement reporting, and performing aperiodic measurement reporting; 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the stopping of the target reception includes at least one of: stopping all data transmission related reception behavior, stopping reception of some or all signals, stopping reception of some or all channel information, stopping transmission of some or all request messages, stopping some or all measurements, and stopping starting some or all timers.
7. the network node responds to different time-of-day reception behaviors during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively; and / or the network node receives on different frequency domain resources during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively; and / or The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the network node supports different reception behaviors for DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively.
8. At least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission has an associated relationship with a DRX activation period or a deactivation period of a terminal; and / or A method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein when the network node further comprises a core network node, at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission has an associated relationship with the transmission of backhaul information, and the backhaul information is information sent back from the network equipment to the core network node.
9. At least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission has an associated relationship with a discontinuous reception (DRX) activation period or deactivation period of the terminal, The DTX parameter information and / or terminal parameters are for a terminal to determine at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period; The DTX transmission period and the DRX transmission period of the terminal have a correlation; A DTX activation period of the DTX transmission and a signal, channel, or message within a DRX deactivation period of the terminal have a first association relationship; A DTX activation period of the DTX transmission and the transmission content of a signal, channel or message in a DRX deactivation period of the terminal have a second association relationship; 9. The method of claim 8, wherein a DTX activation period of the DTX transmission and a communication behavior within a DRX deactivation period of the terminal have a third association relationship, the communication behavior including at least one of a periodic behavior and a semi-persistent behavior.
10. The periodic behavior is At least one of periodic configured grant (CG) transmission, periodic measurement, and / or periodic measurement reporting; and / or The semi-persistent behavior is 10. The method of claim 9, comprising at least one of: semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission, semi-persistent CG transmission, semi-persistent measurement, and semi-persistent measurement reporting.
11. The DRX activation period of the terminal is The method according to claim 8 , further comprising: a DRX activation period of a target terminal corresponding to the network device, the target terminal being a specific terminal, some terminals, or all terminals corresponding to the network device.
12. The network node determining at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of a DTX transmission of the network equipment based on the parameter information, The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising: if the DTX activation period determined by the network node based on the parameter information does not match the DTX activation period of the terminal, the network node determining at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission of the network equipment based on a preset criterion.
13. The network node determines at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission of the network device based on a preset criterion, 13. The method of claim 12, comprising the network node determining at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission of the network equipment based on at least one of a protocol definition, a parameter set, terminal auxiliary information, and terminal preference information.
14. 1. A discontinuous transmission (DTX) transmission method, comprising: A network device transmits, to a network node, parameter information of the DTX of the network device; and performing a DTX transmission to the network node by the network equipment; The method, wherein the network node includes at least a terminal and the network equipment includes at least a base station.
15. The parameter information is a start position of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; and an end position of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; and the duration of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; a start position of a DTX deactivation period of said DTX transmission; and an end position of a DTX deactivation period of said DTX transmission; and and a duration of a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission.
16. The parameter information includes: The DTX period, An offset value for the start of the DTX activation period; and the start position of the DTX activation period; and an end position of the DTX activation period; and An offset value for the end of the DTX activation period; and The duration of the DTX activation period the period of the DTX activation period; and An offset value for the start of the DTX deactivation period; and the start position of the DTX deactivation period; and an end position of the DTX deactivation period; and An offset value for the end of the DTX deactivation period; and the duration of the DTX inactivation period; and a periodicity of the DTX deactivation period.
17. The DTX parameter information is 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the signal is transmitted via at least one of a broadcast message, a control signaling, and a higher layer signaling.
18. The network device performing a DTX transmission to the network node comprises: the network equipment transmitting at least one of a message, a signal, and / or channel information to the network node during the DTX activation period; The network device, during the DTX deactivation period, selects a target behavior, the target behavior including: Some signals are sent, Sending some channel information and Sending some messages and Sending some measurement signals and Receipt of some measurement reports, Stopping target transmission and transmitting a message according to a message configuration during the DTX inactivation period; transmitting a signal according to said DTX deactivation period signal configuration; and performing a target behavior including at least one of: transmitting channel information according to a channel information configuration for the DTX deactivation period.
19. The transmission of the part of the signal includes at least transmitting the part of the signal, The transmission of the portion of the channel information includes at least one of transmitting a portion of the data channel information and transmitting a portion of the control channel information; transmitting the portion of the measurement signals includes at least one of transmitting a periodic measurement signal, transmitting a semi-persistent measurement signal, and transmitting a non-periodic measurement signal; The reception of the portion of the measurement reports includes at least one of receiving periodic measurement reports, receiving semi-persistent measurement reports, and receiving aperiodic measurement reports; The cessation of the target transmission includes: Stopping all data transmission related sending activities; Cessation of transmission of some or all signals; ceasing transmission of some or all channel information; Stop receiving any or all request messages; Stopping transmission of some or all of the measurement signals; and ceasing to start some or all of the timers.
20. the network device supports different time-of-day transmission behaviors during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively; and / or the network equipment supports transmission on different frequency domain resources during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively; and / or The method according to any one of claims 14 to 19, wherein the network equipment supports different transmission behaviors during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively.
21. At least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission has an associated relationship with a DRX activation period or a deactivation period of the terminal; and / or 15. The method of claim 14, wherein when the network node further includes a core network node, at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission has an associated relationship with a transmission of backhaul information, the backhaul information being information sent back from the network equipment to the core network node.
22. At least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission has an associated relationship with the DRX activation period or the deactivation period of the terminal. The DTX parameter information and / or terminal parameters are for a terminal to determine at least one of the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period; The DTX transmission period and the DRX transmission period of the terminal have a correlation; A DTX activation period of the DTX transmission and a signal, channel, or message within a DRX deactivation period of the terminal have a first association relationship; A DTX activation period of the DTX transmission and the transmission content of a signal, channel or message in a DRX deactivation period of the terminal have a second association relationship; 22. The method of claim 21, wherein a DTX activation period of the DTX transmission and a communication behavior within a DRX deactivation period of the terminal have a third association relationship, the communication behavior including at least one of a periodic behavior and a semi-persistent behavior.
23. The periodic behavior is At least one of periodic configured grant (CG) transmission, periodic measurement, and / or periodic measurement reporting; and / or The semi-persistent behavior is 23. The method of claim 22, comprising at least one of a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission, a semi-persistent CG transmission, a semi-persistent measurement, and a semi-persistent measurement report.
24. The DRX activation period of the terminal is The method of claim 21 , comprising: a DRX activation period of a target terminal corresponding to the network device, the target terminal being a specific terminal, some terminals, or all terminals corresponding to the network device.
25. The parameter information is for determining at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission, and the DTX activation period and the DTX deactivation period are: The method according to any one of claims 14 to 19, wherein the determination is based on at least one of a protocol definition, a parameter set, terminal auxiliary information, and terminal preference information.
26. A network node including a memory, a transceiver and a processor, The memory is for storing a computer program, and the transceiver is for transmitting and receiving data under the control of the processor, and the processor reads the computer program in the memory and receiving parameter information of a discontinuous transmission (DTX) of the network device transmitted from the network device; determining at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of a DTX transmission of the network device based on the parameter information; and (b) receiving, by the network node, a DTX transmission of the network device based on at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission; The network node includes at least a terminal, and the network equipment includes at least a base station.
27. The parameter information is a start position of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; and an end position of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; and the duration of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; a start position of a DTX deactivation period of said DTX transmission; and an end position of a DTX deactivation period of said DTX transmission; and and a duration of a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission.
28. The parameter information includes: The DTX period, An offset value for the start of the DTX activation period; and the start position of the DTX activation period; and an end position of the DTX activation period; and An offset value for the end of the DTX activation period; and The duration of the DTX activation period the period of the DTX activation period; and An offset value for the start of the DTX deactivation period; and the start position of the DTX deactivation period; and an end position of the DTX deactivation period; and An offset value for the end of the DTX deactivation period; and the duration of the DTX inactivation period; and a periodicity of the DTX deactivation period.
29. The operation of receiving a DTX transmission of the network device based on at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission as described above includes: receiving at least one of a message, a signal, or channel information transmitted from the network device during the DTX activation period; During the DTX deactivation period, a target behavior, the target behavior including: Receiving some signals and Receive some channel information and Receiving some messages, Some measurements are performed and Some measurement reports and Stopping target reception and receiving a message according to a message configuration during the DTX deactivation period; receiving a signal according to said DTX deactivation period signal configuration; and receiving channel information according to a channel information configuration for the DTX deactivation period.
30. the network node responds to different time-of-day reception behaviors during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively; and / or the network node receives on different frequency domain resources during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively; and / or A network node according to any one of claims 26 to 29, wherein the network node supports different reception behaviours for DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively.
31. A network device including a memory, a transceiver, and a processor, The memory is for storing a computer program, and the transceiver is for transmitting and receiving data under the control of the processor, and the processor reads the computer program in the memory and transmitting parameter information of the DTX of the network device to a network node; and performing an operation to perform a DTX transmission to the network node; The network node includes at least a terminal, and the network equipment includes at least a base station.
32. The parameter information is a start position of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; and an end position of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; and the duration of a DTX activation period of said DTX transmission; a start position of a DTX deactivation period of said DTX transmission; and an end position of a DTX deactivation period of said DTX transmission; and and a duration of a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission.
33. The parameter information includes: The DTX period, An offset value for the start of the DTX activation period; and the start position of the DTX activation period; and an end position of the DTX activation period; and An offset value for the end of the DTX activation period; and The duration of the DTX activation period the period of the DTX activation period; and An offset value for the start of the DTX deactivation period; and the start position of the DTX deactivation period; and an end position of the DTX deactivation period; and An offset value for the end of the DTX deactivation period; and the duration of the DTX inactivation period; and a periodicity of the DTX inactivation period.
34. The operation of performing DTX transmission to the network node as described above includes: transmitting at least one of a message, a signal, or channel information to the network node during the DTX activation period; During the DTX deactivation period, a target behavior, the target behavior including: Some signals are sent, Sending some channel information and Sending some messages and Sending some measurement signals and Receipt of some measurement reports, Stopping target transmission and transmitting a message according to a message configuration during the DTX inactivation period; transmitting a signal according to said DTX deactivation period signal configuration; and performing a target behavior including at least one of: transmitting channel information according to a channel information configuration for the DTX deactivation period.
35. the network device supports different time-of-day transmission behaviors during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively; and / or the network equipment transmits on different frequency domain resources during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively; and / or The network equipment according to any one of claims 31 to 34, wherein the network equipment supports different transmission behaviors during DTX activation and DTX deactivation periods of the DTX transmission, respectively.
36. A network node, A first receiving module for receiving parameter information of discontinuous transmission (DTX) of the network device transmitted from the network device; a determining module for determining at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of a DTX transmission of the network equipment based on the parameter information of the network node; and a second receiving module for receiving a DTX transmission of the network device based on at least one of a DTX activation period and a DTX deactivation period of the DTX transmission; The network node includes at least a terminal, and the network equipment includes at least a base station.
37. A network device, a transmitting module for transmitting parameter information of the discontinuous transmission (DTX) of the network device to a network node; and an execution module for executing a DTX transmission to the network node, The network node includes at least a terminal, and the network equipment includes at least a base station.
38. A processor-readable storage medium storing a computer program, the computer program being for causing the processor to execute a DTX transmission method according to any one of claims 1 to 13, or the computer program being for causing the processor to execute a DTX transmission method according to any one of claims 14 to 25.
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