LP-WUS monitoring method, terminal and network-side equipment

Abstract

Embodiments of this application disclose an LP-WUS monitoring method, a terminal, and network-side equipment, and belong to the field of communications. The LP-WUS monitoring method of the embodiment of this application includes the steps of: a terminal receiving an LP-WUS configuration that includes at least one LP-WUS resource; and the terminal monitoring an LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, wherein the target LP-WUS resource belongs to the at least one LP-WUS resource.

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] (Cross-reference of related applications) This application claims priority to a Chinese patent application filed with the China National Patent Office on July 4, 2023, with application number 202310818401.7, titled "LP-WUS monitoring method, terminal and network-side equipment," and all of its contents are incorporated into this application by reference.

[0002] This application relates to the field of communications technology, and more specifically to a method for monitoring low-power wake-up signals (Low Lower-Wake Up Signaling, LP-WUS), terminals, and network-side equipment. [Background technology]

[0003] A terminal generally includes a main communication module and a low-power communication module (also called a low-power wake-up receiver module, low-power receiver, etc.). The main communication module is primarily used for transmitting and receiving mobile communication data, while the low-power communication module is primarily used for receiving LP-WUS (Low Power Wave Signal).

[0004] LP-WUS is generally a relatively simple on-off keying signal, and low-power communication modules can obtain wake-up notifications through simple energy detection and subsequent possible sequence detection and identification processes. By activating the low-power communication module to receive LP-WUS, the terminal can simultaneously put the main communication module into sleep or off mode to maintain a low power consumption level, thereby achieving power savings by receiving LP-WUS.

[0005] However, related technologies do not provide a means for monitoring LP-WUS, and terminals cannot save power consumption by monitoring LP-WUS. [Overview of the Initiative] [Problems that the invention aims to solve]

[0006] The embodiments of this application provide a method for monitoring LP-WUS, a terminal, and network-side equipment that can solve the problem of terminals being unable to monitor LP-WUS. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] In a first embodiment, the present invention provides an LP-WUS monitoring method comprising: a step of a terminal receiving an LP-WUS configuration that includes at least one LP-WUS resource; and a step of the terminal monitoring an LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, wherein the target LP-WUS resource belongs to the at least one LP-WUS resource.

[0008] In a second embodiment, the present invention provides an LP-WUS monitoring method comprising the step of a network-side device transmitting an LP-WUS configuration, the LP-WUS configuration comprising at least one LP-WUS resource, the LP-WUS configuration being used by a terminal to monitor an LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource, and the target LP-WUS resource belonging to the at least one LP-WUS resource.

[0009] In a third embodiment, an LP-WUS monitoring device is provided, which includes a receiving module for receiving an LP-WUS configuration including at least one LP-WUS resource, the receiving module further used to monitor an LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, wherein the target LP-WUS resource belongs to the at least one LP-WUS resource.

[0010] In a fourth embodiment, an LP-WUS monitoring device is provided, which includes a transmitting module for transmitting an LP-WUS configuration, the LP-WUS configuration including at least one LP-WUS resource, the LP-WUS configuration being used by a terminal to monitor an LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource, and the target LP-WUS resource belonging to the at least one LP-WUS resource.

[0011] In a fifth embodiment, a terminal is provided that includes a processor and a memory for storing a program or command executable by the processor, wherein when the program or command is executed by the processor, a step of the method described in the first embodiment is realized.

[0012] In a sixth embodiment, a terminal is provided which includes a processor and a communication interface for receiving an LP-WUS configuration including at least one LP-WUS resource, and which monitors an LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, wherein the target LP-WUS resource belongs to the at least one LP-WUS resource.

[0013] In a seventh embodiment, a network-side device is provided that includes a processor and a memory for storing a program or command executable by the processor, wherein when the program or command is executed by the processor, the device performs the steps of the method described in the second embodiment.

[0014] In an eighth aspect, a network-side device is provided, which includes a processor and a communication interface for transmitting an LP-WUS configuration, wherein the LP-WUS configuration includes at least one LP-WUS resource, the LP-WUS configuration is used by a terminal to monitor an LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource, and the target LP-WUS resource belongs to the at least one LP-WUS resource.

[0015] In a ninth embodiment, a readable storage medium is provided that stores a program or command, and when the program or command is executed by a processor, it realizes a step according to the method described in the first embodiment or a step according to the method described in the second embodiment.

[0016] In a tenth embodiment, a wireless communication system is provided, which includes a terminal applicable to performing the steps of the method described in the first embodiment, and a network-side device applicable to performing the steps of the method described in the second embodiment.

[0017] In an eleventh embodiment, a chip is provided that includes a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface and the processor are coupled, and the processor is used to execute a program or command to realize a step according to the method of the first embodiment or a step according to the method of the second embodiment.

[0018] In a twelfth embodiment, a computer program / program product is provided which is stored in a storage medium and executed by at least one processor to realize a step of the method described in the first embodiment or a step of the method described in the second embodiment.

[0019] In the embodiment of this application, a terminal receives an LP-WUS configuration that includes at least one LP-WUS resource, and the terminal monitors the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, thereby enabling the terminal to achieve power consumption savings by receiving the LP-WUS. At the same time, the LP-WUS configuration may include multiple LP-WUS resources, and the terminal can be pre-assigned to monitor one of these LP-WUS resources, contributing to increased cell capacity and simplified terminal measurement. [Brief explanation of the drawing]

[0020] [Figure 1] This is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present application. [Figure 2] It is a schematic flowchart of a method for monitoring LP-WUS according to an embodiment of the present application. [Figure 3] It is a schematic diagram of the time-frequency positions of a plurality of LP-WUS resources in the LP-WUS setting according to an embodiment of the present application. [Figure 4] It is a schematic diagram of the time-frequency positions of LP-SS and a plurality of LP-WUS resources in the LP-WUS setting according to an embodiment of the present application. [Figure 5] It is a schematic diagram of the time-frequency positions of LP-SS and a plurality of LP-WUS resources in the LP-WUS setting according to an embodiment of the present application. [Figure 6] It is a schematic diagram of the time-frequency positions of LP-SS and a plurality of LP-WUS resources in the LP-WUS setting according to an embodiment of the present application. [Figure 7] It is a schematic flowchart of a method for monitoring LP-WUS according to an embodiment of the present application. [Figure 8] It is a schematic diagram of the configuration of a monitoring device for LP-WUS according to an embodiment of the present application. [Figure 9] It is a schematic diagram of the configuration of a monitoring device for LP-WUS according to an embodiment of the present application. [Figure 10] It is a schematic diagram of the configuration of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application. [Figure 11] It is a schematic diagram of the configuration of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application. [Figure 12] It is a schematic diagram of the configuration of a network-side device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Embodiments for Carrying Out the Invention

[0021] In the following, while referring to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, the technical solution means in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly described. Naturally, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present application, not all of them. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art shall fall within the protection scope of the present application in any case.

[0022] The terms "first," "second," etc., used in this application are not intended to describe a specific order or sequence, but rather to distinguish similar objects. It should be understood that these terms may be interchangeable where appropriate so that the embodiments of this application can be carried out in an order other than those illustrated or described herein, and that the objects distinguished by "first," "second," etc., usually belong to a single category and do not limit the number of objects; for example, there may be one first object or multiple objects. Furthermore, "or" in this application represents at least one of the connected objects. For example, "A or B" includes three situations, such as including A but not B, including B but not A, or including both A and B. The symbol " / " generally indicates that the preceding and succeeding related objects are in an "or" relationship.

[0023] The term "instruction" in this application may refer to either a direct instruction (i.e., an explicit instruction) or an indirect instruction (i.e., an implicit instruction). Here, a direct instruction can be understood as an instruction sent by the sender that clearly informs the receiver of specific information, an operation to be performed, or the result of a request. An indirect instruction can be understood as an instruction sent by the sender in which the receiver determines the corresponding information or makes a judgment and, based on the result of that judgment, determines the operation to be performed or the result of a request.

[0024] It should be noted that the technologies described in the embodiments of this application are not limited to Long Term Evolution (LTE) / LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) systems, but can also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Single-carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA), or other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in the embodiments of this application are often used interchangeably, and the technologies described can be used in other systems and wireless telegraph technologies in addition to the systems and wireless telegraph technologies described above. The following explanation uses New Radio (NR) systems for illustrative purposes, and much of the following explanation uses NR terminology; however, these technologies can also be applied to systems other than NR systems, such as 6th Generation (6G) communication systems.

[0025] Figure 1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which an embodiment of this application can be applied. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and network-side equipment 12. Here, the terminal 11 may be a mobile phone, tablet personal computer, laptop computer, notebook computer, personal digital assistant (PDA), personal information terminal, netbook, ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), mobile internet device (MID), augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) device, robot, wearable device, flight vehicle, vehicle user equipment (VUE), shipboard equipment, pedestrian user equipment (PUE), smart home equipment (home devices with wireless communication functions such as refrigerators, televisions, washing machines, or furniture), game console, personal computer (PC), ATM or kiosk, or other terminal-side equipment. Wearable devices include smartwatches, smart wristbands, smart earphones, smart glasses, smart accessories (smart bracelets, smart rings, smart necklaces, smart anklets, etc.), smart wristlets, smart wear, etc. Here, in-vehicle equipment may be called in-vehicle terminals, in-vehicle controllers, in-vehicle modules, in-vehicle components, in-vehicle chips, or in-vehicle units, etc. It should be noted that in the embodiments of this application, the specific type of terminal 11 is not limited. Network-side equipment 12 may include access network equipment or core network equipment, where access network equipment may be called radio access network (RAN) equipment, radio access network functions, or radio access network units.Access network equipment may include base stations, Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) access points (AS), or Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) nodes, etc. Here, a base station may be called a Node B (NB), an evolved Node B (eNB), the next generation Node B (gNB), a new radio Node B (NR Node B), an access point, a relay base station (RBS), a serving base station (SBS), a base transceiver station (BTS), a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a basic service set (BSS), an extended service set (ESS), a home Node B (HNB), a home evolved Node B, a transmission reception point (TRP), or any other appropriate term in the art, and the base station is not limited to any particular technical term as long as the same technical effect is achieved. It should be noted that, although the embodiments of this application only use base stations in an NR system as examples, the specific types of base stations are not limited.

[0026] Next, with reference to the drawings, the LP-WUS monitoring method provided in the embodiments of this application will be described in detail by referring to several embodiments and their usage scenarios.

[0027] As shown in Figure 2, an embodiment of the present application provides an LP-WUS monitoring method 200, the method being executable by a terminal, or in other words, the method being executable by software or hardware implemented in the terminal, the method comprising the following steps S202 and S204.

[0028] S202: The terminal receives an LP-WUS configuration that includes at least one LP-WUS resource.

[0029] The LP-WUS setting can be selected to be transmitted via a system message or via a Radio Resource Control (RRC) Release message.

[0030] Each embodiment of this application may include time-frequency domain resource information in which the LP-WUS is located, which includes at least one of: 1) a resource block identifier such as a pattern identifier; 2) frequency domain resource information such as a frequency point; and 3) time domain resource information including time information such as a period, start point, time offset, or a time-sequential number.

[0031] In this embodiment, the network-side device can configure one or more (at least two) LP-WUS resources and pre-assign a set of terminals (multiple terminals) to one of these LP-WUS resources.

[0032] To increase cell capacity and simplify terminal measurement, this embodiment divides the cell carrier bandwidth into multiple parts, with each part being a single LP-WUS resource, and then pre-assigns a set of terminals to one of these parts. As shown in Figure 3, the LP-WUS configuration includes four LP-WUS resources.

[0033] One understandable consequence is that if a network device configures only one LP-WUS resource, all terminals within the cell need to monitor the LP-WUS on that resource in order to wake up their main communication modules and receive data. This can limit the number of terminals the cell can support, and thus its capacity. This embodiment effectively expands cell capacity by configuring multiple LP-WUS resources. In this case, each terminal only needs to monitor the LP-WUS on its assigned resource.

[0034] S204: The terminal monitors the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS settings, and the target LP-WUS resource belongs to the at least one LP-WUS resource.

[0035] In this embodiment, the target LP-WUS resource may be one LP-WUS resource in the LP-WUS configuration.

[0036] The terminal may optionally determine the target LP-WUS resource based on at least one of the following: 1) the identifier, time-frequency domain resource information, and frequency point of the target LP-WUS resource or target LP-SS in the LP-WUS setting; and 2) a target rule associated with the terminal's identifier (UE-ID). The terminal's identifier may include at least one of the following: International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI), International Mobile Subscriber Identification Number (IMSI), 5G-SAE-Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity (5G-S-TMSI), and Low Lower-Wake Up Signaling Identification (LP-WUS ID).

[0037] Here, the LP-WUS ID is the identifier of the LP-WUS received by the terminal. The LP-WUS ID may be one set by the network UE, or an identifier generated based on some or all of the bits of another UE ID, such as 5G-S-TMSI.

[0038] For example, the terminal determines the sequence of target LP-WUS resources using the following formula. The sequence of the target LP-WUS resource = UE_ID mod N Here, N is the number of LP-WUS resources included in the LP-WUS configuration, and UE-ID is some or all of the bits of the 5G-S-TMSI or LP-WUS ID.

[0039] In the LP-WUS monitoring method provided in the embodiment of this application, a terminal receives an LP-WUS configuration that includes at least one LP-WUS resource, and the terminal monitors the LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, thereby enabling the terminal to achieve power consumption savings by receiving the LP-WUS. At the same time, the LP-WUS configuration may include multiple LP-WUS resources, and the terminal can be pre-assigned to monitor one of these LP-WUS resources, contributing to increased cell capacity and simplified terminal measurement.

[0040] In each embodiment of the present application, the LP-WUS setting received by the terminal may further include at least one Low Lower-Synchronization Signal (LP-SS), the method further includes the step of the terminal monitoring a target LP-SS based on the LP-WUS setting, the target LP-SS belonging to the at least one LP-SS.

[0041] LP-SS can be used to carry cell identifiers, system message instructions, time information, synchronization information, measurement reference signals, etc. Based on the LP-SS, a terminal can perform at least one of the following operations: 1) identifying a cell; 2) acquiring system information, such as a portion of the system information, the Earthquake and Tsunami Warning System (ETWS), the Public Warning System (PWS), etc.; 3) acquiring synchronization with the cell; and 4) measuring the cell signal strength.

[0042] Selectively, the LP-SS may include a first LP-SS and a second LP-SS, where the first LP-SS includes at least one of a cell identifier, a system message instruction, time information, and synchronization information, the first LP-SS supports a measurement function, and the second LP-SS also supports a measurement function. As an example, for instance, a network-side device transmits a primary LP-SS (i.e., the first LP-SS) and a selectable number of secondary LP-SSs (i.e., the second LP-SS), where the secondary LP-SS is used for measurement or synchronization. In conventional solutions, the terminal performs the measurement task using a main communication module; this example contributes to the terminal performing the measurement or synchronization task using a low-power communication module, thereby reducing terminal costs. At the same time, because the amount of information carried in the secondary LP-SS is smaller than that in the primary LP-SS, it contributes to a reduction in the signaling overhead of the LP-SS. Furthermore, if the measurement signal is not in the same frequency range as the LP-WUS resource, the terminal needs to perform measurements at different frequencies, and since these measurements and LP-WUS reception must be performed in time division multiplexing, the complexity of the measurement and power consumption increase. By pre-assigning the terminal to monitor one of the LP-WUS resources and LP-SS, the measurement process is simplified.

[0043] Selectively, the target LP-WUS resource and the target LP-SS satisfy at least one of the following 1) to 3). 1) The frequency domain location occupied by the target LP-WUS resource and the target LP-SS is the same, and in this example, the terminal contributes to monitoring the LP-WUS and LP-SS by a low-power communication module, and by monitoring the LP-SS with the low-power communication module and further performing measurement or synchronization, terminal costs are reduced. 2) The terminal monitors the LP-WUS and the target LP-SS in a time-division manner. For example, if the frequency domain location occupied by the target LP-WUS resource and the target LP-SS is the same, the target LP-WUS and the target LP-SS can be transmitted in a time-division manner, thus avoiding resource collisions between the LP-SS and LP-WUS. 3) The target LP-SS is transmitted by frequency hopping between carriers within the target LP-WUS resource. In this example, to avoid an unbalanced impact on user groups monitoring the same LP-WUS, network-side equipment can transmit the LP-SS by frequency hopping between carriers within the LP-WUS resource.

[0044] The above examples describe that the LP-WUS configuration includes at least one LP-WUS resource and at least one LP-SS. These are described in detail below in three possible examples, which can be combined as needed.

[0045] In the first example, the LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and one LP-SS (which may be called a common LP-SS), and the terminal monitors the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource and the target LP-SS based on the LP-WUS configuration, and the target LP-SS is the one LP-SS.

[0046] In this example, the network-side device configures one LP-SS and multiple LP-WUS resources, and the terminal monitors the LP-SS in the cell. As shown in Figure 4, the LP-WUS configuration sent by the network-side device includes one LP-SS, which corresponds to N LP-WUS resources. In this example, N may be equal to 4.

[0047] The LP-WUS settings are as shown in the table below. [Table 1]

[0048] In this example, the terminal can monitor the LP-WUS on its assigned target LP-WUS resource and also monitor the common LP-SS.

[0049] In the second example, the LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and multiple LP-SSs, one of the LP-SSs and at least one of the LP-WUS resources corresponding to the LP-SS are in the same time domain range, and the terminal monitors the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, and also monitors the target LP-SS which are in the same time domain range as the target LP-WUS resource.

[0050] In this example, for instance, the network-side device configures multiple LP-SSs, where each LP-SS corresponds to at least one LP-WUS resource, and they are within the same time domain. This allows the terminal to monitor LP-WUS and LP-SS by configuring an LP-SS to correspond to the time domain location of each LP-WUS resource.

[0051] As shown in Figure 5, the LP-WUS configuration transmitted by the network-side device includes N LP-SSs, which correspond to N LP-WUS resources, and there is a one-to-one correspondence between LP-SSs and LP-WUS resources. In this example, N may be equal to 4.

[0052] The LP-WUS settings are as shown in the table below. [Table 2]

[0053] In this example, the terminal can monitor the LP-WUS on the assigned target LP-WUS resource and also monitor the target LP-SS which is within the same time domain as the target LP-WUS resource.

[0054] In the third example, the LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and multiple LP-SSs, where one LP-SS and at least one LP-WUS resource corresponding to the LP-SS are in the same frequency domain range, and the terminal monitors the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, and also monitors the target LP-SS which are in the same frequency domain range as the target LP-WUS resource.

[0055] In this example, for instance, the network-side device configures multiple LP-SSs, where each LP-SS corresponds to at least one LP-WUS resource, and they are in the same frequency domain range. This allows the terminal to monitor LP-WUS and LP-SS by configuring an LP-SS corresponding to the frequency domain location of each LP-WUS resource.

[0056] As shown in Figure 6, the LP-WUS configuration transmitted by the network-side device includes N LP-SSs, and each LP-SS corresponds to M LP-WUS resources. In this example, N may be equal to 4.

[0057] The LP-WUS settings are as shown in the table below. [Table 3]

[0058] In this example, the terminal can monitor an LP-WUS on an assigned target LP-WUS resource and also monitor a target LP-SS that is in the same frequency domain range as the target LP-WUS resource.

[0059] It can be understood that network-side equipment can transmit LP-SS for each cell, and terminals can monitor the LP-SS to determine signal strength and learn the cell information carried on the LP-SS. When LP-SS is set to different frequency point resources, terminals cannot monitor LP-WUS and LP-SS simultaneously, so it becomes necessary to monitor LP-WUS and LP-SS in a time-division manner. To avoid the situation where terminals cannot monitor LP-WUS when they are monitoring LP-SS, in the above embodiment, network-side equipment can set LP-WUS resources and LP-SS to the same frequency within a single serving cell. When setting multiple LP-WUS resources, multiple LP-SS may also be set, which contributes to terminals monitoring LP-WUS and LP-SS using low-power communication modules.

[0060] Selectively, the methods provided in the three embodiments above further include the step of the terminal determining the target LP-WUS resource or the target LP-SS based on at least one of 1) and 2) below.

[0061] 1) At least one identifier, time-frequency domain resource information, or frequency point of the target LP-WUS resource or target LP-SS in the LP-WUS setting.

[0062] For example, network-side equipment configures a target LP-WUS resource or target LP-SS on the terminal. For example, it transmits the resource identifier of the target LP-WUS or the identifier of the target LP-SS, or time-frequency domain resource information, to the terminal via the LP-WUS configuration.

[0063] Furthermore, for example, network-side equipment sets the frequency point of the target LP-WUS resource or the target LP-SS on the terminal, and the terminal determines the target LP-WUS resource and target LP-SS according to the target rules within the set frequency point range.

[0064] Considering the hardware cost of the terminal, the frequency range supported by the terminal's low-power communication module is limited. This method allows for easy determination of target LP-WUS resources and target LP-SS within the frequency range supported by the terminal.

[0065] 2) A target rule relating to the identifier of the terminal. The identifier of the terminal may include at least one of IMEI, IMSI, 5G-S-TMSI, or LP-WUS ID.

[0066] In this example, the terminal can determine a target LP-WUS resource and a target LP-SS corresponding to that target LP-WUS resource by target rules. For example, the terminal selects one of several LP-WUS resources, selects an LP-SS corresponding to that LP-WUS resource, and the LP-WUS resource and LP-SS are in the same frequency point range or the same time domain range.

[0067] When a terminal supports multiple LP-WUS resources, this method allows the terminal to be flexibly assigned to different LP-WUS resources and monitor the corresponding LP-SS.

[0068] The above examples mainly demonstrate how a terminal monitors target LP-WUS resources and target LP-SS. Based on this, the following examples will describe how a terminal performs serving cell measurement or adjacent cell measurement based on LP-WUS or LP-SS, how relaxed measurement is supported during measurement, and how cell selection and re-selection performed by the terminal based on LP-WUS or LP-SS.

[0069] Based on the above embodiments, the method described above is 1) The terminal performs a serving cell measurement or a radio resource management (RRM) measurement using a low-power communication module; 2) The terminal performs a serving cell measurement based on LP-WUS or LP-SS, 3) The terminal performs an RRM measurement based on LP-WUS or LP-SS, the RRM measurement further comprising at least one of the following steps:

[0070] In this embodiment, the terminal can perform measurements based on LP-WUS or LP-SS, and for example, setting the LP-SS of different cells to the same frequency contributes to the terminal performing RRM measurements.

[0071] The method may optionally further include at least one of the following steps 1) and 2). 1) First serving cell received signal strength value (Srxlev-lowpower) and low-power consumption reference serving cell received signal strength value (Srxlev Ref The difference between -lowpower is the first threshold (S SearchDeltaP If the value is less than or equal to -lowpower, the relaxed measurement criterion for low power consumption and low mobility is considered to be met, and the first serving cell received strength value is the serving cell received strength value measured by the low power consumption communication module. 2) The first serving cell received signal value is the low-power consumption serving cell received signal threshold (S SearchThresholdP If the value is greater than -lowpower, it is considered that the measurement relaxation criterion for low-power consumption non-cell edge terminals is met, and the first serving cell received strength value is the serving cell received strength value measured by the low-power consumption communication module.

[0072] Here, relaxed measurement refers to at least one measurement that the UE does not perform or requires to be relaxed. Understandably, this at least one measurement refers to at least one measurement term or object of measurement.

[0073] This example contributes to the terminal performing relaxed measurement based on LP-SS, thus contributing to energy savings in the terminal. However, related technologies all utilize relaxed measurement based on the main communication module, and since the power consumption of the main communication module is far greater than that of the low-power communication module, this example contributes to energy savings in the terminal.

[0074] Optionally, the method further includes the step of setting the current serving cell received strength value measured by the low-power communication module as the low-power reference serving cell received strength value if any of the following conditions 1) to 5) are met. 1) This occurred after selecting or re-selecting a new cell or region. 2) The first serving cell received signal strength value is greater than the low-power consumption reference serving cell received signal strength value, and the first serving cell received signal strength value is the serving cell received signal strength value measured by the low-power consumption communication module. 3) The period during which the low-power consumption low-mobility measurement relaxation criteria are not met has reached the period of the low-power consumption measurement variation monitoring window. The embodiment can define a low-power consumption measurement variation monitoring window, and specifically can refer to a variation monitoring window defined in the relevant technology by measurement relaxation based on the main communication module. 4) The measurement relaxation criteria based on the main communication module have been met. Specifically, the measurement relaxation criteria based on the main communication module as defined in the relevant technology can be referenced. 5) This occurred after the relaxation of measurement procedures had begun.

[0075] The methods provided in each of the above examples further include the step of the terminal selecting and performing a target measurement relaxation operation if at least one of the following conditions 1) to 6) is met. 1) An instruction has been set to relax the main communication module measurement by measuring the low-power consumption communication module. 2) Information is set to instruct the terminal to perform a low mobility measurement relaxation evaluation based on measurements of the low power consumption communication module. 3) Low power consumption and low mobility measurement relaxation criteria were met. 4) Information is set to instruct the terminal to perform a non-cell edge measurement relaxation evaluation based on the measurement of the low-power consumption communication module. 5) The criteria for relaxed measurement of low power consumption non-cell edge were met. 6) The period during which the terminal is performing serving cell measurement or adjacent cell measurement based on LP-WUS or LP-SS has reached at least the period of the low power consumption measurement fluctuation monitoring window (TsearchDeltaP-lowPower).

[0076] Selectively, the target measurement relaxation operation includes at least one of the following 1) to 6): 1) Reduce the serving cell measurement performed by the main communication module. For example, lengthen the period of the serving cell measurement performed by the main communication module, contributing to power saving in the terminal. 2) Reduce the RRM measurements performed by the main communication module. For example, lengthen the period of RRM measurements performed by the main communication module, or, for one or more periods, the main communication module may not perform some or all of the RRM measurements, thereby contributing to power saving for the terminal. Here, RRM measurements include measurements of cells of the same frequency, cells of different NR frequencies, or cells of different systems. 3) Reduce the serving cell measurement performed by the low-power communication module. For example, lengthen the period of the serving cell measurement performed by the low-power communication module to contribute to power saving in the terminal. 4) Mitigate RRM measurements performed by low-power communication modules. For example, lengthen the period of RRM measurements performed by low-power communication modules, or, for one or more periods, the low-power communication module may not perform some or all of the RRM measurements, thereby contributing to power saving in the terminal. Here, RRM measurements include measurements of cells of the same frequency, cells of different NR frequencies, or cells of different systems. 5) Perform RRM measurements using a low-power communication module. RRM measurements include measurements of cells with the same frequency, cells with different NR frequencies, or cells with different system frequencies. In other words, RRM measurements based on a low-power communication module will replace RRM measurements based on the main communication module, contributing to power saving in the terminal. 6) While performing measurement and evaluation based on the low-power communication module, put the main communication module into sleep or off state. In this operation, both serving cell measurements and RRM measurements are performed based on the low-power communication module.

[0077] In the above embodiment, the terminal can perform measurements while idle. In conventional solutions, the terminal performs the measurement task using a main communication module. During the measurement relaxation phase, the power consumption of the main communication module is higher than that of a low-power communication module. In this embodiment, the serving cell signal strength can be monitored by a low-power communication module to perform the measurement relaxation process, contributing to energy saving in the terminal.

[0078] The methods provided in each of the above examples further include the step of the terminal receiving a measurement relaxation setting, the measurement relaxation setting including at least one of 1) to 6) below. 1) Information instructing that the main communication module measurement be relaxed based on the low-power consumption communication module measurement. 2) Information instructing the terminal to perform a low mobility measurement relaxation evaluation based on measurements of a low power consumption communication module. 3) Information instructing the terminal to perform a non-cell edge measurement relaxation evaluation based on measurements of a low-power consumption communication module. 4) A first threshold defined for measurement relaxation, representing the threshold of the serving cell received signal strength measured by a low-power communication module. 5) A low-power consumption serving cell received signal strength threshold to represent a threshold for the serving cell received signal strength measured by a low-power consumption communication module, defined for measurement relaxation. 6) The duration of the variation monitoring window for low-power consumption measurements to represent the measurement mitigation evaluation period for variations in serving cell received signal strength measured by a low-power consumption communication module.

[0079] The above examples mainly demonstrated that the terminal performs serving cell measurement or adjacent cell measurement based on LP-SS, and that measurement relaxation is supported. Below, we will introduce the cell selection and re-selection processes performed by the terminal in several separate examples.

[0080] Optionally, the method further includes the step of the terminal performing cell selection or reselection based on low-power consumption communication module measurements. In this embodiment, the terminal performs cell selection or reselection based on LP-SS, contributing to energy saving of the terminal.

[0081] Optionally, the method further includes the step of the terminal staying in the current cell or region if one of the following conditions is met: 1) the received strength value of the first serving cell is greater than a second threshold, and 2) cell selection based on low-power consumption communication module measurement is set.

[0082] Here, the first serving cell received signal strength value is the serving cell received signal strength value measured by a low-power communication module.

[0083] The method optionally further includes the step of the terminal performing a target operation if one of the following conditions is met: 1) the first serving cell received intensity value is less than a third threshold, and 2) an instruction for cell reselection evaluation based on low-power consumption communication module measurement is set.

[0084] Here, the first serving cell received strength value is the serving cell received strength value measured by a low-power communication module.

[0085] The aforementioned target operation includes at least one of the following: 1) initiating RRM measurement based on a low-power consumption communication module; 2) performing serving cell measurement or RRM measurement based on a main communication module; and 3) evaluating cell reselection.

[0086] The step of the terminal performing cell selection or reselection based on low-power consumption communication module measurements includes the step of the terminal calculating an S value based on low-power consumption communication module measurements, and the method further includes the step of the terminal receiving a target setting which includes a low-power consumption offset value for calculating the S value. The S value may refer to an S criterion for cell selection.

[0087] Selectable, each of the above embodiments of cell selection or re-selection further includes the step of the terminal receiving a target setting, the target setting including at least one of 1) to 5) below. 1) A second threshold for evaluating whether it is possible to remain in the current cell or region. 2) A third threshold for evaluating whether to initiate RRM measurement using a low-power communication module or the main communication module. 3) Information instructing the system to perform cell selection based on measurements of the low-power communication module. 4) Information instructing that cell reselection evaluation be performed based on measurements of the low-power consumption communication module or based on LP-SS measurements. 5) Low power consumption offset value for calculating the S value.

[0088] To describe in detail the LP-WUS monitoring method provided in the embodiments of this application, several specific embodiments will be described below with reference. Example 1

[0089] In this embodiment, a system message provides LP-WUS resources and LP-SS, the terminal determines the LP-WUS resources and LP-SS, and the embodiment includes the following steps 1 to 3.

[0090] Step 1: The terminal receives the LP-WUS settings sent from the network, and the LP-WUS settings are sent as a system message.

[0091] The LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and multiple LP-SSs, where each LP-SS is in the same frequency or time domain range as at least one LP-WUS resource.

[0092] Step 2: The terminal determines the target LP-WUS resource based on the UE ID.

[0093] The LP-WUS sequence is determined by the following formula.

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[0094] Step 3: The terminal determines the target LP-SS.

[0095] The terminal can select an LP-SS corresponding to the target LP-WUS resource, such as an LP-SS in the same frequency range or time domain range as the target LP-WUS resource.

[0096] This embodiment can increase system capacity by configuring multiple LP-WUS resources. At the same time, by providing LP-SS corresponding to the LP-WUS resources, it contributes to reducing the complexity required for terminals to monitor LP-SS, thereby lowering the demands on terminals.

[0097] It should be explained that LP-WUS settings may be configured per cell or per region. The region includes at least one cell. Within the same region, a terminal monitors the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource or the corresponding LP-SS, contributing to reducing the terminal's demand. Example 2

[0098] In this embodiment, the network-side device sets a target LP-WUS resource or target LP-SS, and includes the following steps 1 and 2.

[0099] Step 1: The terminal receives the LP-WUS settings sent by the network-side device. For example, LP-WUS settings are sent via RRC release messages, etc.

[0100] The aforementioned LP-WUS configuration includes a target LP-WUS resource or target LP-SS that is monitored by the terminal.

[0101] Step 2: The terminal monitors the LP-WUS in the target LP-WUS resource and also monitors the target LP-SS.

[0102] In this embodiment, the network-side equipment explicitly configures the terminal with LP-WUS resources and corresponding LP-SS, thereby enabling the terminal and network-side equipment to use specific LP-WUS resources and LP-SS synchronously, contributing to better control of the network-side equipment, expanding system capacity, and efficiently utilizing wireless resources. Example 3

[0103] This embodiment mainly introduces multiple LP-SS configuration methods and is divided into a primary LP-SS and multiple selectable secondary LP-SS.

[0104] The terminal monitors at least one LP-SS.

[0105] In this embodiment, the network-side device configures multiple LP-SSs, including a first LP-SS and a second LP-SS. 1) The first LP-SS may also be called the primary LP-SS or anchor LP-SS. The first LP-SS can be used to store cell identifiers, system information, synchronization signals, measurement reference signals, etc. 2) The second LP-SS may also be called the secondary LP-SS. The first LP-SS can be used to transmit cell identifiers, synchronization signals, measurement reference signals, etc.

[0106] What can be understood is that the first LP-SS supports more functions than the second LP-SS, such as system information. The first LP-SS is a common LP-SS for the cell or LP-WUS area.

[0107] The second LP-SS supports measurement functionality, which helps the terminal monitor the LP-SS when monitoring the LP-WUS. At the same time, because the amount of information that can be carried in the second LP-SS is limited, it helps reduce the length of the bits transmitted in the LP-SS, thereby reducing the network load.

[0108] The terminal can determine a target LP-WUS resource and a corresponding target LP-SS based on Example 1 or Example 2. The target LP-SS may be a first LP-SS or a second LP-SS. For example, the terminal performs RRM measurement by monitoring the second LP-SS while monitoring the LP-WUS. At the same time, the terminal selectively monitors the first LP-SS in a timely manner to acquire other information such as system information. Example 4

[0109] This embodiment mainly describes the process of setting up multiple LP-SS, and resource conflicts may occur between LP-SS and LP-WUS.

[0110] When transmitting LP-WUS and LP-SS in the same frequency domain, network-side equipment transmits LP-SS and LP-WUS using time-division multiplexing. Terminals need to monitor LP-WUS and LP-SS using time-division multiplexing.

[0111] To avoid disproportionate impacts on user groups monitoring the same LP-WUS resource, network-side equipment transmits LP-SS via frequency hopping between carriers within the LP-WUS resource. Example 5

[0112] This embodiment primarily introduces measurement relaxation based on low-power consumption communication modules or LP-SS.

[0113] The step of the terminal performing measurements based on a low-power communication module, LP-WUS, or LP-SS is: 1) The terminal performs a serving cell measurement or a wireless resource management RRM measurement using a low-power communication module, 2) The terminal performs a serving cell measurement based on LP-WUS or LP-SS, 3) The terminal performs an RRM measurement based on LP-WUS or LP-SS, wherein the RRM measurement includes at least one of the following steps:

[0114] The terminal can perform measurements based on LP-SS using a low-power communication module, which can support the main communication module's serving cell measurement, RRM measurement, and cell selection, thereby contributing to power saving in the terminal.

[0115] The embodiment may include various measurement relaxation criteria.

[0116] Measurement relaxation criterion 1: Measurement relaxation for low-mobility devices based on LP-SS.

[0117] The terminal performs serving cell measurements based on LP-SS using a low-power consumption communication module and obtains the low-power consumption serving cell received strength value (Srxlev-lowpower). When the decrease in the low-power consumption serving cell received strength value (Srxlev-lowpower) exceeds a threshold, the main communication module starts measurements, which include serving cell measurements or adjacent cell measurements. According to this method, LP-SS measurements replace serving cell measurements in the main communication module, contributing to energy saving in the terminal.

[0118] One embodiment: Specifically, a low-power communication module performs serving cell measurements based on LP-SS. Low-power serving cell received strength value (Srxlev-lowpower) and low-power reference serving cell received strength value (Srxlev Ref The difference from -lowpower is S SearchDeltaP -If the value is below lowpower, the LP-SS-based low mobility measurement relaxation criterion is considered to be met. The low power consumption serving cell received strength value is the serving cell received strength value measured by the low power consumption communication module.

[0119] That is, -(Srxlev Ref -lowpower-Srxlev-lowpower)≦S SearchDeltaP -low power.

[0120] The low-mobility metric relaxation criterion based on LP-SS may also be called the low-power consumption low-mobility metric relaxation criterion.

[0121] The terminal sets the current low-power consumption serving cell reception strength value as the low-power consumption reference serving cell reception strength value if any of the following conditions 1) to 5) are met. 1) This occurred after selecting or re-selecting a new cell or region. 2) The low-power consumption serving cell received intensity value is greater than the low-power consumption reference serving cell received intensity value, i.e., (Srxlev - lowpower - Srxlev Ref (-lowpower) > 0. 3) The period during which the measurement relaxation criterion is not satisfied reaches the period of the low power consumption measurement fluctuation monitoring window (TsearchDeltaP - lowPower). 4) It occurs after the measurement relaxation criterion based on the main communication module is satisfied. 5) It occurs after starting to execute measurement relaxation.

[0122] According to this method, it is easy to define the low power consumption reference serving cell reception strength value, and it is suitable for the terminal to use the serving cell measurement based on LP - SS during the measurement criterion evaluation period.

[0123] Here, the low - mobility terminal includes a stationary terminal.

[0124] Measurement relaxation criterion 2: Measurement relaxation of non - cell - edge terminals based on LP - SS.

[0125] The terminal executes serving cell measurement based on LP - SS by the low power consumption communication module and obtains the low power consumption serving cell reception strength value (Srxlev - lowpower). When the low power consumption serving cell reception strength value (Srxlev - lowpower) is not higher than the threshold value, start the measurement of the main communication module, which includes serving cell measurement or adjacent cell measurement. According to this method, it replaces the serving cell measurement in the main communication module with LP - SS measurement and contributes to the energy saving of the terminal.

[0126] Specifically, the low power consumption communication module executes serving cell measurement based on LP - SS. When the low power consumption serving cell reception strength value (Srxlev - lowpower) is greater than (S SearchThresholdP -lowpower), it is considered that the measurement relaxation criterion of non - cell - edge terminals based on LP - SS is satisfied.

[0127] The measurement relaxation of non - cell - edge terminals based on LP - SS may also be called the low power consumption non - cell - edge measurement relaxation criterion.

[0128] Measurement relaxation method: Under conditions that satisfy at least one of the following 1) to 6), the terminal can select and execute a target measurement relaxation operation. 1) An instruction has been set to relax the main communication module measurement by measuring the low-power consumption communication module. 2) Information is set to instruct the terminal to perform a low mobility measurement relaxation evaluation based on measurements of the low power consumption communication module. 3) Low power consumption and low mobility measurement relaxation criteria were met. 4) Information is set to instruct the terminal to perform a non-cell edge measurement relaxation evaluation based on the measurement of the low-power consumption communication module. 5) The criteria for relaxed measurement of low power consumption non-cell edge were met. 6) The period during which the terminal is performing serving cell measurement or adjacent cell measurement based on LP-WUS or LP-SS has reached at least the period of the low power consumption measurement fluctuation monitoring window (TsearchDeltaP-lowPower).

[0129] Here, the target measurement relaxation operation includes at least one of the following 1) to 6). 1) Reduce the serving cell measurement performed by the main communication module. For example, lengthen the period of the serving cell measurement performed by the main communication module, contributing to power saving in the terminal. 2) Reduce the RRM measurements performed by the main communication module. For example, lengthen the period of RRM measurements performed by the main communication module, or, for one or more periods, the main communication module may not perform some or all of the RRM measurements, thereby contributing to power saving for the terminal. Here, RRM measurements include measurements of cells of the same frequency, cells of different NR frequencies, or cells of different systems. 3) Reduce the serving cell measurement performed by the low-power communication module. For example, lengthen the period of the serving cell measurement performed by the low-power communication module to contribute to power saving in the terminal. 4) Mitigate RRM measurements performed by low-power communication modules. For example, lengthen the period of RRM measurements performed by low-power communication modules, or, for one or more periods, the low-power communication module may not perform some or all of the RRM measurements, thereby contributing to power saving in the terminal. Here, RRM measurements include measurements of cells of the same frequency, cells of different NR frequencies, or cells of different systems. 5) Perform RRM measurements using a low-power communication module. RRM measurements include measurements of cells with the same frequency, cells with different NR frequencies, or cells with different system frequencies. In other words, RRM measurements based on a low-power communication module will replace RRM measurements based on the main communication module, contributing to power saving in the terminal. 6) While performing measurement and evaluation based on the low-power communication module, put the main communication module into sleep or off state. In this operation, both serving cell measurements and RRM measurements are performed based on the low-power communication module.

[0130] Optionally, before performing the evaluation of the above measurement relaxation criteria, the terminal may further receive measurement relaxation settings transmitted by network-side equipment, for example, via system information, and include at least one of the following: 1) Information that instructs the main communication module measurement to be relaxed based on the low-power consumption communication module measurement. This helps control whether the network relaxes the main communication module measurement based on the low-power consumption communication module measurement. For example, the network supports terminals in estimating the cell signal strength or cell coverage status based on the LP-SS measurement when the LP-SS signal setting and cell coverage correspond, thereby saving terminal power consumption. 2) Information instructing the terminal to perform a low mobility measurement relaxation evaluation based on measurements of a low power consumption communication module. 3) Information instructing the terminal to perform a non-cell edge measurement relaxation evaluation based on measurements of a low-power consumption communication module. 4) A first threshold (S) defined for measurement relaxation, representing the threshold of the serving cell received signal strength measured by a low-power communication module.searchDeltaP (Low Power). 5) Low power consumption serving cell received signal strength threshold (S) to represent the threshold of the serving cell received signal strength measured by a low power consumption communication module, as defined for measurement relaxation. SearchThresholdP (-low power). 6) The duration of the variation monitoring window for low-power consumption measurements (TsearchDeltaP-lowPower), e.g., 1 minute, to represent the measurement relaxation evaluation period for variations in serving cell received signal strength measured by the low-power consumption communication module.

[0131] The above measurement relaxation settings may also be specified in the protocol. Example 6

[0132] This embodiment primarily introduces cell selection or reselection based on a low-power communication module or LP-SS.

[0133] The terminal can perform measurements based on LP-SS using a low-power communication module, assisting in cell selection and contributing to power saving in the terminal.

[0134] Method 1: Define target criteria, i.e., low-power consumption cell selection criteria or low-power consumption cell re-selection criteria.

[0135] Criterion 1: Low-power consuming serving cell received signal strength value Srxlev-lowpower > 2nd threshold. The low-power consuming serving cell received signal strength value is the serving cell received signal strength value measured by the low-power consuming communication module.

[0136] For a device to remain in the current cell or region, it must satisfy one of the following conditions 1) or 2): 1) Criterion 1 was met. 2) Low-power consumption communication module measurement or cell selection based on LP-SS is set.

[0137] Criterion 2: Low power consumption serving cell received intensity value Srxlev-lowpower < 3rd threshold.

[0138] When the target condition is met, the terminal performs the target operation, and the target condition includes at least one of the following 1) and 2). 1) Instructions are set for low-power consumption communication module measurement or cell reselection evaluation based on LP-SS. 2) Criterion 2 was met.

[0139] Here, the target operation includes at least one of the following 1) to 3). 1) Initiation of RRM measurements based on low-power consumption communication modules, such as measurements of cells of the same frequency, NR different frequency cells, or inter-system frequency cells. This contributes to triggering adjacent cell measurements based on LP-SS signal strength. In this case, meeting the low-power consumption cell selection criteria corresponds to meeting the cell re-selection criteria. 2) Serving cell measurement or RRM measurement based on the main communication module. This contributes to determining cell reselection criteria or cell selection criteria based on the serving cell measurement. 3) Evaluation process for cell re-selection.

[0140] Selectively, before performing the evaluation of the low-power consumption cell selection criteria or the low-power consumption cell re-selection criteria described above, the terminal receives the target settings transmitted by the network, for example, via system information, which include at least one of the following 1) to 5): 1) A second threshold for evaluating whether it is possible to remain in the current cell or region. 2) A third threshold for evaluating whether to initiate RRM measurement using a low-power communication module or the main communication module. 3) Information indicating cell selection based on low-power consumption communication module measurement or LP-SS. 4) Information instructing that cell reselection evaluation be performed based on measurements of the low-power consumption communication module or based on LP-SS measurements. 5) Low power consumption offset value (lowpower-offset). Here, the terminal calculates Srxlev (i.e., S value) based on the low power consumption offset value and the Srelev-LowPower value. For example, Srxlev = Srxlev - lowpower + lowpower - Offset. For example, if Srxlev > 0, the cell selection criterion is met.

[0141] Method 2: Calculate the S value based on measurements of a low-power consumption communication module.

[0142] The terminal receives the target settings transmitted over the network, for example, via system information. This includes a low power consumption offset value (lowpower_Offset), where the terminal calculates Srxlev based on the low power consumption offset value and the Srelev-LowPower value. Srxlev = Srxlev_lowpower + lowpower_Offset For example, the cell selection criterion is met when Srxlev > 0.

[0143] According to this method, the terminal estimates the S value based on low-power consumption communication module measurements, making it easier to reuse the cell selection criteria and cell re-selection criteria of the main communication module. This facilitates energy saving in the terminal and simplifies the implementation of the terminal.

[0144] The LP-WUS monitoring method according to an embodiment of this application has been described in detail above with reference to Figures 2 to 6. Hereafter, the LP-WUS monitoring method according to another embodiment of this application will be described in detail with reference to Figure 7. It should be understood that the interaction between network-side equipment and terminals, as described from the perspective of network-side equipment, is the same as, or corresponds to, the description of the terminal side in the method shown in Figure 2, and related explanations will be omitted as appropriate to avoid repetition.

[0145] Figure 7 is a schematic flowchart illustrating the LP-WUS monitoring method of an embodiment of this application, which can be applied to network-side equipment. As shown in Figure 7, the method 700 includes the following step S702.

[0146] S702: A network-side device transmits an LP-WUS configuration, which includes at least one LP-WUS resource, and the LP-WUS configuration is used by a terminal to monitor LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource, and the target LP-WUS resource belongs to the at least one LP-WUS resource.

[0147] In the embodiment of this application, by having a network-side device transmit an LP-WUS configuration that includes at least one LP-WUS resource, a terminal can monitor LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration. In this way, the terminal can achieve power consumption savings by receiving LP-WUS. At the same time, the LP-WUS configuration may include multiple LP-WUS resources, and a terminal can be pre-assigned to monitor one of these LP-WUS resources, contributing to increased cell capacity and simplified terminal measurement.

[0148] As an example, the LP-WUS configuration further includes at least one LP-SS, the LP-WUS configuration is further used by the terminal to monitor a target LP-SS, the target LP-SS belonging to the at least one LP-SS.

[0149] As an example, the LP-SS comprises a first LP-SS and a second LP-SS, the first LP-SS includes at least one of a cell identifier, a system message instruction, time information, and synchronization information, the first LP-SS supports a measurement function, and the second LP-SS supports a measurement function.

[0150] As an example, the method satisfies at least one of the following: 1) the frequency domain location occupied by the target LP-WUS resource and the target LP-SS is the same; 2) the network-side equipment transmits the LP-WUS and the target LP-SS in time division; and 3) the target LP-SS is transmitted by frequency hopping between carriers within the target LP-WUS resource.

[0151] Selectively, in one embodiment, the LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and one LP-SS, and the terminal is used to monitor the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource and the target LP-SS based on the LP-WUS configuration, the target LP-SS being the one LP-SS, or the LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and multiple LP-SS, one of the LP-SS and at least one of the LP-WUS resources corresponding to the LP-SS are in the same time domain range, and the terminal is used to monitor the target based on the LP-WUS configuration The terminal is used to monitor an LP-WUS on an LP-WUS resource and to monitor a target LP-SS that is in the same time domain range as the target LP-WUS resource, or the LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and multiple LP-SSs, where one LP-SS and at least one LP-WUS resource corresponding to the LP-SS are in the same frequency domain range, and the terminal is used to monitor an LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration and to monitor a target LP-SS that is in the same frequency domain range as the target LP-WUS resource.

[0152] Optionally, in one embodiment, the method further includes the step of determining the target LP-WUS resource or target LP-SS corresponding to a terminal based on 1) at least one identifier, time-frequency domain resource information, or frequency point of the target LP-WUS resource or target LP-SS in the LP-WUS setting, or 2) at least one target rule related to the identifier of the terminal.

[0153] As an example, the LP-WUS setting may be transmitted via a system message or via an RRC release message.

[0154] Optionally, in one embodiment, the method further comprises the step of the network-side device transmitting a measurement relaxation setting, the measurement relaxation setting including at least one of: 1) information instructing the main communication module measurement to be relaxed based on the low-power communication module measurement; 2) information instructing the terminal to perform a low-mobility measurement relaxation evaluation based on the low-power communication module measurement; 3) information instructing the terminal to perform a non-cell edge measurement relaxation evaluation based on the low-power communication module measurement; 4) a first threshold for representing a threshold of serving cell received signal strength measured by the low-power communication module, defined for measurement relaxation; 5) a low-power serving cell received strength threshold for representing a threshold of serving cell received signal strength measured by the low-power communication module, defined for measurement relaxation; and 6) a variation monitoring window period for the low-power measurement for representing a measurement relaxation evaluation period for variations in serving cell received signal strength measured by the low-power communication module.

[0155] Optionally, in one embodiment, the method further includes the step of the network-side device transmitting a target setting, the target setting including at least one of: 1) a second threshold for evaluating whether it is possible to remain in the current cell or area; 2) a third threshold for evaluating whether to initiate RRM measurement by a low-power communication module or a main communication module; 3) information instructing to perform cell selection based on the measurement of the low-power communication module; 4) information instructing to perform cell reselection evaluation based on the measurement of the low-power communication module or based on the LP-SS measurement; and 5) a low-power offset value for calculating the S value.

[0156] In the LP-WUS monitoring method provided in the embodiments of this application, the implementing entity may be the LP-WUS monitoring device. In the embodiments of this application, the LP-WUS monitoring device provided in the embodiments of this application will be described as an example in which the LP-WUS monitoring device performs the LP-WUS monitoring method.

[0157] Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of the configuration of the LP-WUS monitoring device according to an embodiment of this application, and the device may correspond to a terminal in other embodiments. As shown in Figure 8, the device 800 includes the following receiving module 802.

[0158] The receiving module 802 is used to receive LP-WUS configurations that include at least one LP-WUS resource.

[0159] The receiving module 802 is further used to monitor the LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS settings, wherein the target LP-WUS resource belongs to at least one of the LP-WUS resources.

[0160] In the embodiment of this application, a receiving module receives an LP-WUS configuration that includes at least one LP-WUS resource, monitors the LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, and thereby achieves power consumption savings by receiving the LP-WUS. At the same time, the LP-WUS configuration may include multiple LP-WUS resources, and the device can be pre-assigned to monitor one of these LP-WUS resources, contributing to increased cell capacity and simplified measurement.

[0161] As an example, the LP-WUS configuration further includes at least one LP-SS, and the receiving module 802 is further used to monitor a target LP-SS based on the LP-WUS configuration, wherein the target LP-SS belongs to the at least one LP-SS.

[0162] Selectively, in one embodiment, the LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and one LP-SS, and the device monitors the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource and the target LP-SS based on the LP-WUS configuration, and the target LP-SS is the one LP-SS, or the LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and multiple LP-SS, and one of the LP-SS and at least one of the LP-WUS resources corresponding to the LP-SS are in the same time domain range, and the device monitors the LP-WUS configuration The device monitors an LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource and also monitors a target LP-SS that is in the same time domain range as the target LP-WUS resource, or the LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and multiple LP-SSs, where one LP-SS and at least one LP-WUS resource corresponding to the LP-SS are in the same frequency domain range, and the device monitors an LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource and also monitors a target LP-SS that is in the same frequency domain range as the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration.

[0163] Selectively, in one embodiment, the receiving module 802 is further used for at least one of the following: 1) performing a serving cell measurement or RRM measurement by a low-power communication module; 2) performing a serving cell measurement based on LP-WUS or LP-SS; and 3) performing an RRM measurement based on LP-WUS or LP-SS, wherein the RRM measurement includes a serving cell RRM measurement or an adjacent cell RRM measurement.

[0164] Selectively, in one embodiment, if the difference between the first serving cell received intensity value and the low-power consumption reference serving cell received intensity value is less than or equal to a first threshold, it is considered that the low-power consumption low-mobility measurement relaxation criterion is met. Alternatively, if the first serving cell received intensity value is greater than the low-power consumption serving cell received intensity threshold, it is considered that the low-power consumption non-cell edge device measurement relaxation criterion is met. The first serving cell received intensity value is the serving cell received intensity value measured by the low-power consumption communication module.

[0165] As an example, the device further includes a processing module for selecting and executing a target measurement relaxation operation when at least one of the following is met: 1) an instruction is set to relax the main communication module measurement by low-power consumption communication module measurement; 2) information is set to instruct the terminal to perform a low-mobility measurement relaxation evaluation based on the low-power consumption communication module measurement; 3) the low-power consumption low-mobility measurement relaxation criterion is met; 4) information is set to instruct the terminal to perform a non-cell edge measurement relaxation evaluation based on the low-power consumption communication module measurement; 5) the low-power consumption non-cell edge measurement relaxation criterion is met; and 6) the period during which the device is performing serving cell measurement or adjacent cell measurement based on LP-WUS or LP-SS has reached at least the period of the low-power consumption measurement variation monitoring window.

[0166] As an option, in one embodiment, the receiving module 802 may further be used to perform cell selection or re-selection based on low-power consumption communication module measurements.

[0167] Selectively, in one embodiment, the apparatus further includes a processing module used in one of the following 1) and 2): 1) Remain in the current cell or region when one of the following conditions is met: the first serving cell received strength value is greater than a second threshold and cell selection based on low-power communication module measurement is set. 2) Execute a target operation when one of the following conditions is met: the first serving cell received strength value is less than a third threshold and an instruction for cell re-selection evaluation based on low-power communication module measurement is set. The first serving cell received strength value is the serving cell received strength value measured by the low-power communication module.

[0168] With respect to the apparatus 800 according to the embodiment of this application, the flow corresponding to method 200 of the embodiment of this application can be referenced, and each unit / module and the other operations and / or functions in the apparatus 800 are for realizing the corresponding flow in method 200, and can achieve the same or equivalent technical effects, and for the sake of brevity, a detailed explanation is omitted here.

[0169] The LP-WUS monitoring device in the embodiments of this application may be an electronic device, such as an electronic device equipped with an operating system, or a component of an electronic device, such as an integrated circuit or a chip. The electronic device may be a terminal or other device. Exemplarily, a terminal may include, but is not limited to, the types of terminals 11 listed above, and other devices may be a server, network attached storage (NAS), etc. The embodiments of this application are not specifically limited.

[0170] Figure 9 is a schematic diagram of the configuration of the LP-WUS monitoring device according to an embodiment of this application, and the device may correspond to network-side equipment in other embodiments. As shown in Figure 9, the device 900 includes the following transmission module 902.

[0171] The transmitting module 902 is used to transmit an LP-WUS configuration, which includes at least one LP-WUS resource, and the LP-WUS configuration is used by a terminal to monitor an LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource, and the target LP-WUS resource belongs to the at least one LP-WUS resource.

[0172] In the embodiment of this application, the transmitting module transmits an LP-WUS configuration that includes at least one LP-WUS resource, allowing the terminal to monitor the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration. In this way, the terminal can achieve power consumption savings by receiving the LP-WUS. At the same time, the LP-WUS configuration may include multiple LP-WUS resources, and the terminal can be pre-assigned to monitor one of these LP-WUS resources, contributing to increased cell capacity and simplified terminal measurement.

[0173] As an example, the LP-WUS configuration further includes at least one LP-SS, the LP-WUS configuration is further used by the terminal to monitor a target LP-SS, the target LP-SS belonging to the at least one LP-SS.

[0174] As an example, the LP-SS comprises a first LP-SS and a second LP-SS, the first LP-SS includes at least one of a cell identifier, a system message instruction, time information, and synchronization information, the first LP-SS supports a measurement function, and the second LP-SS supports a measurement function.

[0175] Selectively, in one embodiment, at least one of the following conditions is met: 1) the frequency domain location occupied by the target LP-WUS resource and the target LP-SS is the same; 2) the transmitting module 902 transmits the LP-WUS and the target LP-SS in time division; and 3) the target LP-SS is transmitted by frequency hopping between carriers within the target LP-WUS resource.

[0176] Selectively, in one embodiment, the LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and one LP-SS, and the terminal is used to monitor the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource and the target LP-SS based on the LP-WUS configuration, the target LP-SS being the one LP-SS, or the LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and multiple LP-SS, one of the LP-SS and at least one of the LP-WUS resources corresponding to the LP-SS are in the same time domain range, and the terminal is used to monitor the target based on the LP-WUS configuration The terminal is used to monitor an LP-WUS on an LP-WUS resource and to monitor a target LP-SS that is in the same time domain range as the target LP-WUS resource, or the LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and multiple LP-SSs, where one LP-SS and at least one LP-WUS resource corresponding to the LP-SS are in the same frequency domain range, and the terminal is used to monitor an LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration and to monitor a target LP-SS that is in the same frequency domain range as the target LP-WUS resource.

[0177] Optionally, in one embodiment, the apparatus further includes a determination module for determining the target LP-WUS resource or target LP-SS corresponding to a terminal based on 1) at least one identifier, time-frequency domain resource information, or frequency point of the target LP-WUS resource or target LP-SS in the LP-WUS setting, or 2) at least one target rule related to the identifier of the terminal.

[0178] As an example, the LP-WUS setting may be transmitted via a system message or via an RRC release message.

[0179] Optionally, in one embodiment, the transmitting module 902 may further be used to transmit a measurement relaxation setting, the measurement relaxation setting including at least one of: 1) information instructing the main communication module measurement to be relaxed based on the low-power communication module measurement; 2) information instructing the terminal to perform a low-mobility measurement relaxation evaluation based on the low-power communication module measurement; 3) information instructing the terminal to perform a non-cell edge measurement relaxation evaluation based on the low-power communication module measurement; 4) a first threshold representing a threshold for the serving cell received signal strength measured by the low-power communication module, defined for measurement relaxation; 5) a low-power serving cell received strength threshold representing a threshold for the serving cell received signal strength measured by the low-power communication module, defined for measurement relaxation; and 6) a period for a variation monitoring window of the low-power measurement, representing a measurement relaxation evaluation period for variations in the serving cell received signal strength measured by the low-power communication module.

[0180] Optionally, in one embodiment, the transmitting module 902 may further be used to transmit a target setting, the target setting including at least one of: 1) a second threshold for evaluating whether it is possible to remain in the current cell or region; 2) a third threshold for evaluating whether to initiate RRM measurement by a low-power communication module or a main communication module; 3) information instructing to perform cell selection based on measurements by the low-power communication module; 4) information instructing to perform cell re-selection evaluation based on measurements by the low-power communication module or based on LP-SS measurements; and 5) a low-power offset value for calculating the S value.

[0181] With respect to the apparatus 900 according to the embodiment of this application, the flow corresponding to the method 700 of the embodiment of this application can be referenced, and each unit / module and the other operations and / or functions in the apparatus 900 are for realizing the corresponding flow in method 700, and can achieve the same or equivalent technical effects, and for the sake of brevity, a detailed explanation is omitted here.

[0182] The LP-WUS monitoring device provided in the embodiment of this application can realize each step realized in the method embodiment of Figures 2 to 7 and achieve the same technical effects, and a detailed explanation is omitted here to avoid repetition.

[0183] Selectively, as shown in Figure 10, embodiments of the present application further provide a communication device 1000 including a processor 1001 and a memory 1002 storing a program or command executable by the processor 1001, for example, when the communication device 1000 is a terminal, the program or command is executed by the processor 1001 to realize each step of the embodiment of the LP-WUS monitoring method and achieve the same technical effect. When the communication device 1000 is a network-side device, the program or command is executed by the processor 1001 to realize each step of the embodiment of the LP-WUS monitoring method and achieve the same technical effect, and a detailed explanation is omitted here to avoid repetition.

[0184] Embodiments of this application further provide a terminal comprising a processor and a communication interface for receiving an LP-WUS configuration including at least one LP-WUS resource, which monitors an LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, wherein the target LP-WUS resource belongs to the at least one LP-WUS resource. Embodiments of this terminal correspond to embodiments of the terminal-side method described above, and each implementation step and realization form of the method embodiment described above can be applied to embodiments of this terminal and achieve the same technical effects. Specifically, Figure 11 is a schematic diagram of the hardware configuration of a terminal realizing an embodiment of this application.

[0185] The terminal 1100 includes, but is not limited to, at least some of the elements such as a high-frequency unit 1101, a network module 1102, an audio output unit 1103, an input unit 1104, a sensor 1105, a display unit 1106, a user input unit 1107, an interface unit 1108, a memory 1109, and a processor 1110.

[0186] As those skilled in the art will understand, the terminal 1100 may further include a power supply (e.g., a battery) to power each component, and the power supply is logically connected to the processor 1110 via a power management system, and the power management system can further implement functions such as charge / discharge management and power consumption management. The configuration of the terminal shown in Figure 11 is not limiting to the terminal, and the terminal may include more or fewer components than shown, or combinations of some components, or different component arrangements, and a detailed explanation is omitted here.

[0187] In the embodiments of this application, it should be understood that the input unit 1104 may include a graphics processing unit (GPU) 11041 and a microphone 11042 that process still images or video image data acquired by an image capture device (e.g., a camera) in video capture mode or image capture mode. The display unit 1106 may include a display panel 11061, which may be in the form of a liquid crystal display, organic light-emitting diode, etc. The user input unit 1107 includes at least one of a touch panel 11071 and other input devices 11072. The touch panel 11071 is also called a touchscreen. The touch panel 11071 may include two parts: a touch detection device and a touch controller. The other input devices 11072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function buttons (e.g., volume control buttons, switch buttons, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, or an operating lever. A detailed explanation is omitted here.

[0188] In the embodiments of this application, the high-frequency unit 1101 can receive downlink data from network-side equipment and then transmit it to the processor 1110 for processing. The high-frequency unit 1101 can also transmit uplink data to network-side equipment. Typically, the high-frequency unit 1101 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, amplifier, transmitter / receiver, coupler, low-noise amplifier, duplexer, etc.

[0189] Memory 1109 can be used to store software programs or commands and various data. Memory 1109 may mainly include a first storage area for storing programs or commands and a second storage area for storing data, which are capable of storing an operating system, applications or commands necessary for at least one function (e.g., audio playback function, image playback function, etc.). Memory 1109 may also include volatile memory or non-volatile memory. Here, non-volatile memory may be read-only memory (ROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (Erasable PROM, EPROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (Electrically EPROM, EEPROM), or flash memory. The volatile memory may be Random Access Memory (RAM), Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM), Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (DDRSDRAM), Enhanced Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (ESDRAM), Synch-link Dynamic Random Access Memory (SLDRAM), and Direct Rambus Random Access Memory (DRRAM). The memory 1109 in the embodiments of this application includes, but is not limited to, these memories and any other suitable type of memory.

[0190] The processor 1110 may include one or more processing units, and can optionally integrate an application processor that primarily handles operations related to the operating system, user interface, and applications, and a modem processor that primarily handles wireless communication signals, such as a baseband processor. It is understood that the modem processor does not necessarily have to be integrated into the processor 1110.

[0191] Here, the high-frequency unit 1101 receives an LP-WUS configuration that includes at least one LP-WUS resource and can be applied to monitor LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, wherein the target LP-WUS resource belongs to the at least one LP-WUS resource.

[0192] In the embodiment of this application, a terminal receives an LP-WUS configuration that includes at least one LP-WUS resource, and the terminal monitors the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, thereby enabling the terminal to achieve power consumption savings by receiving the LP-WUS. At the same time, the LP-WUS configuration may include multiple LP-WUS resources, and the terminal can be pre-assigned to monitor one of these LP-WUS resources, contributing to increased cell capacity and simplified terminal measurement.

[0193] It is understandable that the implementation process of each implementation described in this embodiment can be referenced to the relevant description of LP-WUS monitoring in the method embodiment, and the same or corresponding technical effects can be achieved. Therefore, detailed explanations are omitted here to avoid repetition.

[0194] Embodiments of this application further provide a network-side device comprising a processor and a communication interface for transmitting LP-WUS settings, wherein the LP-WUS settings comprise at least one LP-WUS resource, the LP-WUS settings are used by a terminal to monitor an LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource, and the target LP-WUS resource belongs to the at least one LP-WUS resource. Embodiments of the network-side device correspond to embodiments of the network-side device method described above, and each implementation step and embodiment of the method embodiment can be applied to the network-side device embodiment and achieve the same technical effects.

[0195] Embodiments of this application further provide network-side equipment. As shown in Figure 12, the network-side equipment 1200 includes an antenna 121, a high-frequency device 122, a baseband device 123, a processor 124, and a memory 125. The antenna 121 is connected to the high-frequency device 122. In the uplink direction, the high-frequency device 122 receives information via the antenna 121 and transmits the received information to the baseband device 123 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 123 processes the transmitted information and transmits it to the high-frequency device 122, which processes the received information and then transmits it via the antenna 121.

[0196] In the above embodiment, the method executed by the network-side equipment can be implemented by the baseband device 123, which includes a baseband processor.

[0197] The baseband device 123 may include, for example, at least one baseband board on which multiple chips are installed, as shown in Figure 12, one of which is a baseband processor that is connected to a memory 125 via a bus interface and calls a program in the memory 125 to perform operations on the network equipment shown in the above embodiment of the method.

[0198] The network-side device may further include a network interface 126, which is, for example, a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI).

[0199] The network-side device 1200 of the embodiment of this application further includes commands or programs stored in memory 125 and executable by processor 124, the processor 124 calling the commands or programs in memory 125 and executing in the manner shown in each module in Figure 9, and the same technical effect is achieved. A detailed explanation is omitted here to avoid repetition.

[0200] The embodiments of this application further provide a readable storage medium that stores a program or command, and when the program or command is executed by a processor, enables each step of the embodiment of the LP-WUS monitoring method described above, thereby achieving the same technical effect, and a detailed explanation is omitted here as it will not be repeated.

[0201] Here, the processor is the processor in the terminal described in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium may be non-volatile or non-temporary. The readable storage medium includes computer-readable storage media such as computer read-only memory ROM, random access memory RAM, magnetic disks, or optical disks. In some examples, the readable storage medium may be a non-temporary readable storage medium.

[0202] Embodiments of this application further provide a chip that includes a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface and the processor are coupled, and the processor executes a program or command to implement each step of the embodiment of the LP-WUS monitoring method, thereby achieving the same technical effects, and a detailed explanation is omitted here as it will not be repeated.

[0203] It should be understood that the chips referred to in the embodiments of this application may also be called system-level chips, system chips, chip systems, or system-on-a-chip, etc.

[0204] The embodiments of this application further provide a computer program / program product stored on a storage medium and executed by at least one processor to implement each step of the above-described embodiment of the LP-WUS monitoring method, thereby achieving the same technical effects, and a detailed explanation is omitted here as it will not be repeated.

[0205] Embodiments of this application further provide an LP-WUS monitoring system that includes a terminal applicable to performing the steps of the above-described LP-WUS monitoring method and a network-side device applicable to performing the steps of the above-described LP-WUS monitoring method.

[0206] It should be noted that, in this specification, terms such as “including,” “consisting of,” or any other variations thereof are intended to include non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article, or apparatus containing a set of elements includes not only those elements but also other elements not explicitly stated, or elements specific to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Unless otherwise specified, an element limited by the phrase “including one…” does not preclude the existence of other identical elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus containing that element. It should also be noted that the scope of methods and apparatuses in embodiments of this application is not limited to performing functions in the order illustrated or discussed, but may also include performing functions substantially simultaneously or in reverse order depending on the function, for example, performing methods described in a different order than described, and further adding, omitting, or combining various steps. Also, features described by reference to one example may be combined in other examples.

[0207] From the above description of the embodiments, it will be clear to those skilled in the art that the methods of the above embodiments can be implemented in the form of a combination of a computer software product and a necessary common hardware platform, and of course, they may also be implemented by hardware. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium (e.g., ROM, RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk, etc.) and includes a plurality of commands that cause a terminal or network-side device to execute the methods of each embodiment of this application.

[0208] Although embodiments of this application have been described above with reference to the drawings, this application is not limited to the above-described specific embodiments. The above-described specific embodiments are merely illustrative and not limiting. Based on the suggestions of this application, a person skilled in the art can realize many embodiments without departing from the spirit of this application and the scope of protection of the claims, and all of these embodiments shall fall within the scope of protection of this application.

Claims

1. The steps include: the terminal receiving an LP-WUS configuration that includes at least one LP-WUS resource; A method for monitoring a low-power consumption wake-up signal LP-WUS, comprising the steps of: the terminal monitoring the LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS setting, wherein the target LP-WUS resource belongs to the at least one LP-WUS resource.

2. The LP-WUS setting further includes at least one low-power consumption synchronization signal LP-SS, and the method is The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of the terminal monitoring a target LP-SS based on the LP-WUS setting, wherein the target LP-SS belongs to the at least one LP-SS.

3. The aforementioned LP-SS includes a first LP-SS and a second LP-SS. The first LP-SS includes at least one of a cell identifier, a system message instruction, time information, and synchronization information, and the first LP-SS supports a measurement function. The method according to claim 2, wherein the second LP-SS supports the measurement function.

4. The frequency domain location occupied by the target LP-WUS resource and the target LP-SS is the same, The terminal monitors the LP-WUS and the target LP-SS in a time-division manner, The method according to claim 2, wherein at least one of the following is satisfied: the target LP-SS is frequency-hopped and transmitted between carriers in the target LP-WUS resource.

5. The LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and one LP-SS, and the terminal monitors the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource and the target LP-SS based on the LP-WUS configuration, and the target LP-SS is the one LP-SS, or The LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and multiple LP-SSs, where one LP-SS and at least one LP-WUS resource corresponding to the LP-SS are in the same time domain range, and the terminal monitors the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, and monitors the target LP-SS in the same time domain range as the target LP-WUS resource, or, The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the LP-WUS configuration includes a plurality of LP-WUS resources and a plurality of LP-SSs, one of the LP-SSs and at least one of the LP-WUS resources corresponding to the LP-SS are in the same frequency domain range, and the terminal monitors the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration and monitors the target LP-SS which are in the same frequency domain range as the target LP-WUS resource.

6. The aforementioned terminal, At least one identifier of the target LP-WUS resource or target LP-SS in the LP-WUS setting, time-frequency domain resource information, and frequency point, Or, The method according to claim 5, further comprising the step of determining the target LP-WUS resource or the target LP-SS based on at least one target rule associated with the identifier of the terminal.

7. The identifier of the aforementioned terminal is, The method according to claim 6, comprising at least one of the International Mobile Equipment Identification Number (IMEI), the International Mobile Subscriber Identification Number (IMSI), the 5th Generation Telecommunications System Temporary Subscriber Identifier (5G-S-TMSI), and the Low Power Consumption Wake-Up Signal Identifier (LP-WUS ID).

8. The aforementioned LP-WUS settings are transmitted via system messages, or The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the LP-WUS setting is transmitted in a wireless resource control RRC release message.

9. The steps include: the terminal performing a serving cell measurement or a wireless resource management RRM measurement using a low-power communication module; The steps include: the terminal performing a serving cell measurement based on LP-WUS or LP-SS; The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, further comprising the step of the terminal performing an RRM measurement based on LP-WUS or LP-SS, wherein the RRM measurement includes a serving cell RRM measurement or an adjacent cell RRM measurement.

10. The process further includes the step of considering that the low-power consumption low-mobility measurement relaxation criterion is met if the difference between the received intensity value of the first serving cell and the received intensity value of the low-power consumption reference serving cell is less than or equal to a first threshold, The method according to claim 9, wherein the first serving cell received strength value is a serving cell received strength value measured by a low-power communication module.

11. This occurred after selecting or re-selecting a new cell or region, The first serving cell's received signal strength value is greater than the low-power consumption reference serving cell's received signal strength value, The period during which the relaxation criteria for low-power consumption low-mobility measurement were not met reached the period of the variation monitoring window for low-power consumption measurement, This occurred after the relaxation criteria for measurement based on the main communication module were met, The procedure further includes the step of setting the current first serving cell received strength value as the low-power consumption reference serving cell received strength value if it has occurred after measurement relaxation has begun and one of the following conditions is met: The method according to claim 10, wherein the first serving cell received strength value is a serving cell received strength value measured by a low-power communication module.

12. The process further includes the step of considering that the measurement relaxation criterion for low-power consumption non-cell edge terminals has been met if the first serving cell received intensity value is greater than the low-power consumption serving cell received intensity threshold, The method according to claim 9, wherein the first serving cell received strength value is a serving cell received strength value measured by a low-power communication module.

13. An instruction has been set to relax the main communication module measurement by measuring the low-power consumption communication module, Information is configured to instruct the terminal to perform a low mobility measurement relaxation evaluation based on measurements of the low power consumption communication module, The criteria for relaxed measurement of low power consumption and low mobility were met, Information is set to instruct the terminal to perform a non-cell edge measurement relaxation evaluation based on the measurement of the low-power consumption communication module, The criteria for relaxed measurement of low power consumption non-cell edge were met, The method according to any one of claims 9 to 12, further comprising the step that the terminal selects and performs a target measurement relaxation operation if at least one of the following is met: the period during which the terminal is performing a serving cell measurement or adjacent cell measurement based on LP-WUS or LP-SS has reached the period of the variation monitoring window for low power consumption measurement.

14. The aforementioned target measurement relaxation operation is, To mitigate the serving cell measurement performed by the main communication module, To mitigate the RRM measurement performed by the main communication module, To mitigate serving cell measurements performed by low-power communication modules, To mitigate RRM measurements performed by low-power communication modules, Performing RRM measurements using a low-power communication module, The method according to claim 13, comprising at least one of the following: putting the main communication module into sleep or off state while performing measurement and evaluation based on the low-power consumption communication module.

15. The process further includes the step of the terminal receiving a measurement relaxation setting, the measurement relaxation setting being: Information instructing that the main communication module measurement be relaxed based on the low-power consumption communication module measurement, Information instructing the terminal to perform a low mobility measurement relaxation evaluation based on measurements of a low power consumption communication module, Information instructing the terminal to perform a non-cell edge measurement relaxation evaluation based on measurements of a low-power consumption communication module, A first threshold, defined for measurement relaxation, to represent the threshold for change in the serving cell received signal strength value measured by a low-power communication module, A low-power consumption serving cell received signal strength threshold, defined for measurement relaxation, to represent the threshold of the serving cell received signal strength measured by a low-power consumption communication module, The method according to any one of claims 9 to 14, comprising at least one of: a period for a variation monitoring window of a low-power consumption measurement to represent a measurement relaxation evaluation period for variations in serving cell received signal strength measured by a low-power consumption communication module.

16. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, further comprising the step of the terminal performing cell selection or reselection based on low-power consumption communication module measurement.

17. The first serving cell received signal strength value is greater than the second threshold, The process further includes the step of the terminal remaining in the current cell or region if cell selection based on low-power consumption communication module measurement is set and one of the following conditions is met: The method according to claim 16, wherein the first serving cell received strength value is a serving cell received strength value measured by a low-power communication module.

18. The first serving cell's received signal strength is less than the third threshold, The procedure further includes the step of the terminal performing a target operation if an instruction for cell reselection evaluation based on low-power consumption communication module measurement is set and one of the following conditions is met: The method according to claim 16, wherein the first serving cell received strength value is a serving cell received strength value measured by a low-power communication module.

19. The aforementioned target operation is, Initiation of RRM measurement based on low-power communication module, Serving cell measurement or RRM measurement based on the main communication module, The method according to claim 18, comprising at least one of the steps of evaluating cell re-selection.

20. The step of the terminal performing cell selection or re-selection based on low-power consumption communication module measurement includes the step of the terminal calculating an S value based on low-power consumption communication module measurement. The method according to claim 16, further comprising the step of the terminal receiving a target setting which includes a low power consumption offset value for calculating the S value.

21. The process further includes the step of the terminal receiving a target setting, the target setting being: A second threshold for evaluating whether it is possible to remain in the current cell or region, A third threshold for evaluating whether to start performing RRM measurements using a low-power communication module or the main communication module, Information instructing the system to perform cell selection based on measurements of the low-power communication module, Information instructing the system to perform cell reselection evaluation based on measurements of the low-power consumption communication module or based on LP-SS measurements, The method according to any one of claims 16 to 20, comprising at least one of a low power consumption offset value for calculating the S value.

22. A method for monitoring an LP-WUS, comprising the step of a network-side device transmitting an LP-WUS configuration, the LP-WUS configuration comprising at least one LP-WUS resource, the LP-WUS configuration being used by a terminal to monitor an LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource, and the target LP-WUS resource belonging to the at least one LP-WUS resource.

23. The method according to claim 22, wherein the LP-WUS configuration further comprises at least one LP-SS, the LP-WUS configuration is further used by the terminal to monitor a target LP-SS, the target LP-SS belongs to the at least one LP-SS.

24. The aforementioned LP-SS includes a first LP-SS and a second LP-SS. The first LP-SS includes at least one of a cell identifier, a system message instruction, time information, and synchronization information, and the first LP-SS supports a measurement function. The method according to claim 23, wherein the second LP-SS supports the measurement function.

25. The frequency domain location occupied by the target LP-WUS resource and the target LP-SS is the same, The network-side device transmits the LP-WUS and the target LP-SS in time division multiplexing, The method according to claim 23, wherein at least one of the following is satisfied: the target LP-SS is frequency-hopped and transmitted between carriers in the target LP-WUS resource.

26. The LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and one LP-SS, and the terminal is used to monitor the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource and the target LP-SS based on the LP-WUS configuration, and the target LP-SS is the one LP-SS, or The LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and multiple LP-SSs, where one LP-SS and at least one LP-WUS resource corresponding to the LP-SS are in the same time domain range, and the terminal is used to monitor the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, and to monitor the target LP-SS that are in the same time domain range as the target LP-WUS resource, or The method according to any one of claims 22 to 25, wherein the LP-WUS configuration includes a plurality of LP-WUS resources and a plurality of LP-SSs, one of the LP-SSs and at least one of the LP-WUS resources corresponding to the LP-SS are in the same frequency domain range, and the terminal is used to monitor an LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration and to monitor a target LP-SS that is in the same frequency domain range as the target LP-WUS resource.

27. The identifier of the target LP-WUS resource or the target LP-SS in the LP-WUS setting, time-frequency domain resource information, at least one of the frequency points, or The method according to claim 26, further comprising the step of determining the target LP-WUS resource or the target LP-SS corresponding to the terminal based on at least one target rule associated with the identifier of the terminal.

28. The aforementioned LP-WUS settings are transmitted via system messages, or The method according to any one of claims 22 to 27, wherein the LP-WUS setting is transmitted in an RRC release message.

29. The step further includes the network-side device transmitting a measurement relaxation setting, the measurement relaxation setting being: Information instructing that the main communication module measurement be relaxed based on the low-power consumption communication module measurement, Information instructing the terminal to perform a low mobility measurement relaxation evaluation based on measurements of a low power consumption communication module, Information instructing the terminal to perform a non-cell edge measurement relaxation evaluation based on measurements of a low-power consumption communication module, A first threshold, defined for measurement relaxation, to represent the threshold of the serving cell received signal strength measured by a low-power communication module, A low-power consumption serving cell received signal strength threshold, defined for measurement relaxation, to represent the threshold of the serving cell received signal strength measured by a low-power consumption communication module, The method according to any one of claims 22 to 28, comprising at least one of: a period for a variation monitoring window of a low-power consumption measurement to represent a measurement relaxation evaluation period for variation in serving cell received signal strength measured by a low-power consumption communication module.

30. The step further includes the network-side device transmitting a target setting, wherein the target setting is A second threshold for evaluating whether it is possible to remain in the current cell or region, A third threshold for evaluating whether to start performing RRM measurements using a low-power communication module or the main communication module, Information instructing the system to perform cell selection based on measurements of the low-power communication module, Information instructing the system to perform cell reselection evaluation based on measurements of the low-power consumption communication module or based on LP-SS measurements, The method according to any one of claims 22 to 28, comprising at least one of a low power consumption offset value for calculating the S value.

31. Includes a receiving module for receiving LP-WUS configurations that include at least one LP-WUS resource, An LP-WUS monitoring device wherein the receiving module is further used to monitor the LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS settings, and the target LP-WUS resource belongs to the at least one LP-WUS resource.

32. The apparatus according to claim 31, wherein the LP-WUS configuration further includes at least one LP-SS, and the receiving module is further used to monitor a target LP-SS based on the LP-WUS configuration, the target LP-SS belonging to the at least one LP-SS.

33. The LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and one LP-SS, and the device monitors the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource and the target LP-SS based on the LP-WUS configuration, and the target LP-SS is the one LP-SS, or The LP-WUS configuration includes multiple LP-WUS resources and multiple LP-SSs, where one LP-SS and at least one LP-WUS resource corresponding to the LP-SS are in the same time domain range, and the device monitors the LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration, and monitors the target LP-SS in the same time domain range as the target LP-WUS resource, or, The apparatus according to claim 31 or 32, wherein the LP-WUS configuration includes a plurality of LP-WUS resources and a plurality of LP-SSs, one of the LP-SSs and at least one of the LP-WUS resources corresponding to the LP-SS are in the same frequency domain range, and the apparatus monitors an LP-WUS on the target LP-WUS resource based on the LP-WUS configuration and monitors a target LP-SS that is in the same frequency domain range as the target LP-WUS resource.

34. The receiving module further, Performing serving cell measurement or RRM measurement using a low-power communication module, Performing serving cell measurements based on LP-WUS or LP-SS, The apparatus according to any one of claims 31 to 33, used for performing RRM measurement based on LP-WUS or LP-SS, wherein the RRM measurement includes serving cell RRM measurement or adjacent cell RRM measurement.

35. The apparatus according to any one of claims 31 to 33, wherein the receiving module is further used to perform cell selection or reselection based on low-power consumption communication module measurement.

36. An LP-WUS monitoring device, comprising a transmission module for transmitting an LP-WUS configuration, wherein the LP-WUS configuration comprises at least one LP-WUS resource, the LP-WUS configuration is used by a terminal to monitor an LP-WUS on a target LP-WUS resource, and the target LP-WUS resource belongs to the at least one LP-WUS resource.

37. The apparatus according to claim 36, wherein the LP-WUS configuration further comprises at least one LP-SS, the LP-WUS configuration is further used by the terminal to monitor a target LP-SS, and the target LP-SS belongs to the at least one LP-SS.

38. A terminal comprising a processor and a memory for storing a program or command executable by the processor, wherein when the program or command is executed by the processor, a step of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 21 is realized.

39. A network-side device comprising a processor and a memory for storing a program or command executable by the processor, wherein when the program or command is executed by the processor, the device realizes a step of the method according to any one of claims 22 to 30.

40. A readable storage medium that stores a program or command, and when the program or command is executed by a processor, enables the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 30.

41. A chip comprising a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface and the processor are coupled, and the processor executes a program or command to implement the method according to any one of claims 1 to 30.

42. A computer program product that is executed by at least one processor and implements the method described in any one of claims 1 to 30.

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