Method of operating communication device and communication device

Abstract

To provide a communication device operation method, an apparatus, and a communication device that can reduce the power consumption of the communication device.SOLUTION: In a wireless communication system, a communication device operation method is executed by a first communication device. When at least one of the following is satisfied: receiving a sleep state conversion command from a second communication device; and determining that the first communication device satisfies a preset sleep state conversion condition, a processing module converts from a non-sleep state to a sleep state, and in the sleep state, the first communication device at least detects a wake-up signal.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present application relates to the field of communications technology, and in particular to a method of operating a communications device and a communications device. [Background technology]

[0002] The design of a communication system introduces different states of a terminal (User Equipment, UE), such as an idle state (IDLE) and a connected state (CONNECTED). After transmitting or receiving data, the UE can transition from the connected state to the idle state to save power. In the idle state, the UE only needs to receive necessary synchronization information, paging information, and system broadcast information (System Information Block, SIB), etc. Compared with the connected state, the power can be significantly reduced, typically reaching a level of several tens of milliwatts, which is less than one-tenth of the power in the connected state.

[0003] However, in the IDLE state design, the terminal still needs to periodically turn on the transceiver and the corresponding modem signal processing module to properly process the received signal, but since these radio frequency (RF) and modem modules cannot actually be completely turned off, the communication power consumption in the IDLE state cannot be reduced. Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] The embodiments of the present application provide a method, an apparatus, and a communication device for operating a communication device that can reduce the power consumption of the communication device. [Means for solving the problem]

[0005] According to a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for operating a communication device, the method being performed by a first communication device, the method comprising: receiving a sleep state transition command for a second communication device; and determining that the first communication device satisfies a preset sleep state transition condition, the first communication device transitioning from a non-sleep state to a sleep state when at least one of the following is satisfied.

[0006] According to a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication device actuation device for use in a first communication device, said device comprising: receiving a sleep state transition command for a second communication device; and determining that the first communication device satisfies a preset sleep state transition condition.

[0007] According to a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device, the communication device including a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored in the memory and operable to run on the processor, the program or instruction implementing the steps of the method described above when executed by the processor.

[0008] According to a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a readable storage medium having a program or instructions stored thereon, the program or instructions implementing the steps of the methods described above when executed by a processor.

[0009] According to a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip, the chip including a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface being coupled to the processor, the processor running a program or instruction and used to implement the method according to the first aspect.

[0010] According to a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer program product, the computer program product being stored on a storage medium, the computer program product being executed by at least one processor to implement the steps of the method according to the first aspect.

[0011] According to a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication device, said communication device being configured to perform the steps of the method according to the first aspect. [Effects of the Invention]

[0012] In an embodiment of the present application, when a predetermined condition is met, the first communication device converts from a non-sleep state to a sleep state; in the sleep state, the first communication device detects a wake-up signal, and there is no need to perform other physical layer processes, thereby saving the power consumption of the communication device; when the sleep state needs to be released, the wake-up signal instructs the first communication device to convert to a non-sleep state, thereby ensuring the communication quality of the first communication device.

[0013] In order to more clearly explain the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the following briefly introduces the drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments of the present application. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and those skilled in the art can obtain other drawings based on these drawings without exerting any creative efforts. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0014] [Figure 1] 1 shows a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system; [Figure 2] 2 illustrates a flowchart of a method for operating a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application. [Figure 3] 1 illustrates a structural schematic diagram of an operating device of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application; [Figure 4] 1 illustrates a schematic configuration diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0015] The following clearly describes the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present application fall within the scope of protection of the present application.

[0016] The terms "first," "second," etc. in the specification and claims of this application are intended to distinguish between similar objects and are not intended to describe a particular order or sequence. It should be understood that such terms, when used, are interchangeable where appropriate, so that embodiments of this application may be performed in orders other than those illustrated or described herein. Note that "and / or" in the specification and claims indicates at least one of the connected objects, and the character " / " generally indicates an "or" relationship between the related objects.

[0017] The techniques described herein are not limited to Long Term Evolution (LTE) / LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) systems, but can also be applied to various 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), and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" are always used interchangeably. A CDMA system can implement radio technologies such as CDMA2000, Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA), etc. UTRA includes broadband CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, WCDMA) and other CDMA variants. A TDMA system can implement radio technologies such as Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM). An OFDMA system can implement radio technologies such as UltraMobile Broadband (UMB), Evolution-UTRA (E-UTRA), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, and Flash-OFDM. UTRA and E-UTRA are part of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS).LTE and higher LTE (e.g., LTE-A) are newer versions of UMTS that use E-UTRA. UTRA, E-UTRA, UMTS, LTE, LTE-A, and GSM are described in documents from an organization named "3rd Generation Partnership Project" (3GPP®). CDMA2000 and UMB are described in documents from an organization named "3rd Generation Partnership Project 2" (3GPP2). The techniques described herein may be used for the systems and radio technologies mentioned above, or for other systems and radio technologies. Although the following description describes an NR system for illustrative purposes and uses NR terminology in most of the following description, these techniques may be used in applications other than NR system applications.

[0018] The following description provides examples, but does not limit the scope, applicability, or arrangement of the elements described in the claims. The function and arrangement of the discussed elements may be varied without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure. Various examples may be omitted, substituted, or various steps or assemblies may be added, omitted, or combined, as appropriate. For example, the described methods may be performed in a different order than described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. Additionally, features described with reference to some examples may be combined in other examples.

[0019] Referring to Fig. 1, Fig. 1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which the embodiments of the present application can be applied. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network side device 12. Here, the terminal 11 may be referred to as a terminal device or a user equipment (UE), and may be a terminal side device such as a mobile phone, a tablet personal computer, a laptop computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a mobile internet device (MID), a wearable device, or an in-vehicle device. It should be noted that the embodiments of the present application do not limit the specific type of the terminal 11.The network side device 12 may be a base station or a core network, where the base station may be a base station of a fifth generation mobile communication (5G) or later version (e.g., an NR node (gNB), a 5G NR NB, etc.), or a base station in other communication systems (e.g., an evolved B node (eNB), a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point, or other access point), or a location server (e.g., an enhanced serving mobile location centre (E-SMLC) or a location manager function (LMF)), where the base station may be a Node B, evolved Node B, an access point, a base transceiver station (BTS), a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a basic service set (BSS), an extended service set (Extended Service Set), or a location server (e.g., an enhanced serving mobile location centre (E-SMLC) or a location manager function (LMF)). The base station may also be referred to as a Wireless Set (ESS), B node, evolved B node (eNB), home B node, home evolved B node, WLAN access point, Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) node, or any other appropriate term in the art, as long as the same technical effect is achieved. It should be noted that the base station is not limited to a specific technical term. Although the embodiments of the present application only use base stations in an NR system as examples, the embodiments of the present application are not limited to a specific type of base station or a specific communication system. In describing the embodiments of the present application, transmission and reception may be between a terminal and a base station, or may be described as transmission and reception between two terminals, i.e., terminal 1 and terminal 2, or as transmitting and receiving nodes of other non-cellular communication systems, such as a sensor receiving device and a launching device.

[0020] Because mobile phones and networks communicate with each other through wireless channels and exchange large amounts of information, they require a control mechanism for exchanging and agreeing on configuration information. Such a control mechanism is Radio Resource Control (RRC). In order for terminals to maintain relatively fixed communication states, different RRC states are introduced in the associated communication system, such as: In New Radio (NR), RRC has three states: IDLE, INACTIVE, and CONNECTED.

[0021] Long Term Evolution (LTE) only has two RRC states: RRC IDLE and RRC CONNECTED, while NR introduces a new state: RRC INACTIVE.

[0022] The above states can be converted into each other.

[0023] In the above IDLE state design, the terminal still needs to periodically turn on the transceiver and the corresponding MODEM signal processing module to properly process the received signal, but since these RF and MODEM modules cannot be completely turned off, the communication power consumption in the IDLE state cannot be reduced.

[0024] To significantly reduce communication reception power consumption by reducing reception activity in the RRC IDLE state and effectively turning off the RF and MODEM modules, a near-zero power receiver can be implemented in the terminal's receive module. This near-zero power receiver does not require the complex RF module signal detection (e.g., amplification, filtering, quantization, etc.) and MODEM signal processing, but relies solely on passive matched filtering and relatively low-power signal processing.

[0025] On the base station side, by triggering a wake-up signal (WUS) on demand, receivers with power close to "zero" can be activated to receive the activation notification, which can trigger a series of internal flows in the terminal, such as turning on modules such as radio frequency transmission / reception and baseband processing.

[0026] Such wake-up signals are typically some relatively simple on-off keying signal, so that the receiver can learn of the wake-up announcement by a process such as simple energy detection and subsequent possible sequence detection identification.

[0027] An embodiment of the present application provides a method for operating a communication device, which is performed by a first communication device, and includes the following steps, as shown in FIG.

[0028] Step 101: receiving a sleep state transition command for a second communication device; and determining that the first communication device satisfies a preset sleep state transition condition, the first communication device transitions from a non-sleep state to a sleep state.

[0029] In an embodiment of the present application, when a predetermined condition is met, the first communication device converts from a non-sleep state to a sleep state; in the sleep state, the first communication device detects a wake-up signal, and there is no need to perform other physical layer processes, thereby saving the power consumption of the communication device; when the sleep state needs to be released, the wake-up signal instructs the first communication device to convert to a non-sleep state, thereby ensuring the communication quality of the first communication device.

[0030] In some embodiments, In the sleep state, the first communication device at least detects a wake-up signal, where the sleep state is a state different from RRC IDLE, INACTIVE or CONNECTED, and optionally, in the sleep state, the MODEM module is turned off to save electrical energy.

[0031] In the non-sleep state, the first communication device does not detect a wake-up signal and executes a physical layer process in a radio resource control (RRC) idle state (IDLE), a deactivation state (INACTIVE) or a connected state (CONNECTED).

[0032] In this embodiment, in the sleep state, the first communication device can only detect the wake-up signal, thereby achieving the purpose of saving the power consumption of the communication device. In the non-sleep state, the first communication device performs the physical layer process in other states.

[0033] Here, for each state, the physical layer process to be performed is as follows:

[0034] 1. RRC_IDLE (Idle mode): The UE selects a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), The UE receives the broadcast system information; Cell reselection mobility, Mobility-terminated data paging is initiated by the 5th Generation Mobile Communication Technology Core Network (5GC), Paging of the mobile termination data area is managed by the 5GC, Discontinuous Reception (DRX) for Core Network (CN) paging deployed by the Non Access Stratum (NAS).

[0035] 2. RRC_INACTIVE (inactive mode): PLMN selection, Broadcast system information, Cell reselection mobility, Paging is initiated by NG-RAN (RAN paging), The notification area (RNA) based on the wireless access network (RAN) is managed by the NG-RAN, RAN paging DRX deployed by NG-RAN, Establishing a 5GC-NG-RAN connection (including a control plane and / or a user plane) for the UE; UE Access Stratum (AS) messages are stored in the NG-RAN and the UE, The NG-RAN knows the RNA to which the UE belongs.

[0036] 3. RRC_CONNECTED (connected mode): Establishing a 5GC-NG-RAN connection (including a control plane and / or a user plane) for the UE; The UE AS message is stored in the NG-RAN and the UE, The NG-RAN knows the cell to which the UE belongs, Transmitting unicast data to the UE; It includes measurements and the network controls the mobility.

[0037] In some embodiments, the sleep state transition condition is: The received signal quality of the first communication device is higher than a first threshold or the received signal quality of the first communication device is lower than a second threshold; The first communication device has not experienced a cell reselection within a first preset time period; and A fluctuation range of the received signal quality of the first communication device within a second preset time period is smaller than a third threshold value; the first communication device has not received a paging message or a system message within a third preset time period; and The time during which the first communication device is continuously present in at least one state other than the sleep state exceeds a first preset time length.

[0038] Here, the first threshold, the second threshold, the first preset time period, the second preset time period, the third threshold, the third preset time period, and the first preset time length may be configured in advance, configured by the network side, or defined by a protocol.

[0039] The received signal quality may be measured by Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP), Reference Signal Receiving Quality (RSRQ), Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI), Pathloss, or Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR), but is not limited to being measured using the above parameters.

[0040] The at least one state other than the sleep state may be an IDLE state or an INACTIVE state.

[0041] In some embodiments, the method further comprises: The method further includes reporting auxiliary information to the second communication device for determining whether to transmit a sleep state transition command to the first communication device, the auxiliary information including: the signal strength or signal quality of the first communication device; and the mobility status of the first communication device.

[0042] After receiving the auxiliary information, the second communication device can determine whether to instruct the first communication device to enter a sleep state based on the auxiliary information. Since the auxiliary information is related to the communication quality of the first communication device, the first communication device can be prevented from entering a sleep state if it affects the communication quality. In this way, the communication quality of the first communication device can be guaranteed and the power consumption of the first communication device can be saved. In some embodiments, before or after converting from a non-sleep state to a sleep state, the method comprises: The method further includes transmitting first instruction information to the second communication device to instruct the first communication device to enter a sleep state.

[0043] In this embodiment, the first communication device may transmit first instruction information to the second communication device before converting from the non-sleep state to the sleep state, and in this manner, the first instruction information may further be a request that the first communication device wishes to convert from the non-sleep state to the sleep state, or the first communication device may transmit first instruction information to the second communication device after converting from the non-sleep state to the sleep state, and in this manner, the first instruction information may be a notification that the first communication device will convert from the non-sleep state to the sleep state.

[0044] Alternatively, the first communication device may convert from a non-sleep state to a sleep state if it determines that a preset sleep state conversion condition is satisfied. Because this method is a method in which the first communication device autonomously converts, the first communication device may transmit first instruction information to the second communication device before or after converting from the non-sleep state to the sleep state. Specifically, the first communication device may transmit the first instruction information to the second communication device before converting from the non-sleep state to the sleep state, or the first communication device may transmit the first instruction information to the second communication device after converting from the non-sleep state to the sleep state.

[0045] In this way, after the first communication device enters a sleep state, the first communication device can notify the second communication device that it has already entered a sleep state, thereby allowing the second communication device to know the state of the first communication device in a timely manner and avoiding the second communication device from sending unnecessary signaling to the first communication device.

[0046] In some embodiments, the first instruction information comprises: A random access channel (RACH), A sounding reference signal (SRS), A reference signal (SR), a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH); a predefined physical channel; It is carried by one of the predefined physical signals.

[0047] In some embodiments, the method further comprises: The method further includes receiving second instruction information from the second communication device, instructing the second communication device to refuse to enter the sleep state.

[0048] In this embodiment, the second communication device can refuse to allow the first communication device to convert from a non-sleep state to a sleep state. Optionally, before converting from a non-sleep state to a sleep state, the first communication device can send first instruction information to the second communication device, where the first instruction information is a request to convert from a non-sleep state to a sleep state, and at this time, the second communication device can send second instruction information to the first communication device to instruct the first communication device to refuse to allow the first communication device to enter the sleep state. It should be noted that the second communication device can further send a sleep state conversion command to instruct the first communication device to agree to enter the sleep state.

[0049] In this way, if the second communication device determines that the first communication device cannot enter a sleep state, the second communication device can send second instruction information to instruct the first communication device not to enter a sleep state, thereby ensuring the communication quality of the first communication device.

[0050] In some embodiments, the method further comprises: receiving a third message on the second communication device; The method further includes obtaining configuration information of the wake-up signal based on the third message.

[0051] In this way, the first communication device can obtain the layout information of the wake-up signal through the third message and detect the wake-up signal based on the layout information of the wake-up signal.

[0052] In some embodiments, the third message carries configuration information for a wake-up signal, the configuration information comprising: Sequence information of the wake-up signal (e.g., basic sequence, scrambling code information, etc.); Frequency domain information of the wake-up signal; Parameter configurations that trigger state transitions (e.g., timer configurations), and placement of beacon signals.

[0053] Here, the third message may be a dedicated signaling or a public signaling, and may include configuration information of at least one wake-up signal.

[0054] In some embodiments, the third message carries configuration information of a wake-up signal, or the third message carries information for calculating configuration information of a wake-up signal, and the configuration information of the wake-up signal is A time domain resource of the wake-up signal, including a time reception period and an offset amount, etc.; Frequency domain resources of the wake-up signal, including a density in the frequency domain, and and a code domain resource of the wake-up signal.

[0055] Here, the third message may be a dedicated signaling or a public signaling, and may include configuration information of at least one wake-up signal.

[0056] The third message may directly carry the configuration information of the wake-up signal, or may carry information for calculating the configuration information of the wake-up signal. If the third message carries information for calculating the configuration information of the wake-up signal, the first communication device can calculate resource information for receiving the wake-up signal, including time position, frequency domain position, code resource, etc., based on the ``information for calculating the configuration information of the wake-up signal'' in combination with information such as the identifier of the first communication device.

[0057] In some embodiments, after entering the sleep state, the method further comprises: The method further includes periodically detecting a wake-up signal based on the wake-up signal configuration information, or constantly detecting a wake-up signal.

[0058] When detecting the wake-up signal, the first communication device can detect the wake-up signal according to a predetermined period, or can always detect the wake-up signal. Here, the predetermined period may be configured by the network side, configured in advance, or defined by a protocol. Detecting the wake-up signal according to the predetermined period can further reduce the power consumption of the first communication device. In some specific examples, the first communication device can periodically detect the wake-up signal on the target time-frequency resource.

[0059] In some embodiments, after entering the sleep state, the method further comprises: turning off a main receiver for receiving downlink information in a non-sleep state; and turning on a dedicated receiver for detecting a wake-up signal in the sleep state.

[0060] After entering the sleep state in this way, the first communication device can turn on only the dedicated receiver, thereby saving power consumption of the first communication device.

[0061] In some embodiments, the method further comprises: The method further includes performing downlink synchronization by a dedicated receiver, and the signal for downlink synchronization is different from the wake-up service WUS signal.

[0062] After entering the sleep state in this way, the first communication device can still use the dedicated receiver to perform downlink synchronization, and the communication quality of the first communication device can be guaranteed.

[0063] In some embodiments, the method further comprises: The method further includes performing at least one of radio resource measurement and downlink synchronization in response to the wake-up signal.

[0064] In this way, the first communication device can further use the wake-up signal to perform radio resource measurement or downlink synchronization, which can improve the utilization rate of the wake-up signal and eliminate the need to add an extra signal to perform radio resource measurement or downlink synchronization, thereby saving signaling overhead. When using the wake-up signal to perform downlink synchronization, the network side transmits a wake-up signal once at regular intervals, and at this time, the wake-up signal may only synchronize the wake-up signal without waking up the first communication device.

[0065] In some embodiments, the information carried by the wake-up signal includes: wake-up instruction information instructing the first communication device to wake up; sleep instruction information instructing the first communication device to sleep; and synchronization information.

[0066] In some embodiments, if the wake-up signal indicates a wake-up of the first communication device, the method further comprises: Further includes entering a non-sleep state.

[0067] In an embodiment of the present application, the first communication device may be a mobile terminal, and the second communication device may be a network side device or a mobile terminal or a network node; or The first communication device may be a receiving node of a communication system, and the second communication device may be a transmitting node of a communication device, for example, the first communication device is a sensor receiving device and the second communication device is a sensor emitting device, etc.

[0068] It should be noted that in the operation method of a communication device according to the embodiment of the present application, the execution body may be an operating device of the communication device, or a module for executing and loading the operation method of the communication device in the operating device of the communication device. In the embodiment of the present application, the operation method of a communication device according to the embodiment of the present application will be described by taking the execution and loading of the operation method of the communication device by the operating device of the communication device as an example.

[0069] An embodiment of the present application provides a communication device operating device for use in a first communication device 300, as shown in FIG. 3, the device includes: receiving a sleep state transition command for a second communication device; and determining that the first communication device satisfies a preset sleep state transition condition.

[0070] In an embodiment of the present application, when a predetermined condition is met, the first communication device converts from a non-sleep state to a sleep state; in the sleep state, the first communication device detects a wake-up signal, and there is no need to perform other physical layer processes, thereby saving the power consumption of the communication device; when the sleep state needs to be released, the wake-up signal instructs the first communication device to convert to a non-sleep state, thereby ensuring the communication quality of the first communication device.

[0071] In some embodiments, In the sleep state, the first communication device detects at least a wake-up signal; In the non-sleep state, the first communication device does not detect a wake-up signal and executes a physical layer process in a radio resource control (RRC) idle state (IDLE), a deactivation state (INACTIVE) or a connected state (CONNECTED).

[0072] In this embodiment, in the sleep state, the first communication device can only detect the wake-up signal, thereby achieving the purpose of saving the power consumption of the communication device. In the non-sleep state, the first communication device performs the physical layer process in other states.

[0073] Here, for each state, the physical layer process to be performed is as follows:

[0074] 1. RRC_IDLE (Idle mode): UE performs Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) selection; The UE receives the broadcast system information; Cell reselection mobility, Mobility terminated data paging is initiated by the 5G Core Network (5GC), Paging of the mobile termination data area is managed by the 5GC, Discontinuous Reception (DRX) for Core Network (CN) paging deployed by the Non Access Stratum (NAS).

[0075] 2. RRC_INACTIVE (inactive mode): PLMN selection, Broadcast system information, Cell reselection mobility, Paging is initiated by NG-RAN (RAN paging), The notification area (RNA) based on the wireless access network (RAN) is managed by the NG-RAN, RAN paging DRX deployed by NG-RAN, Establishing a 5GC-NG-RAN connection (including a control plane and / or a user plane) for the UE; UE Access Stratum (AS) messages are stored in the NG-RAN and the UE, The NG-RAN knows the RNA to which the UE belongs.

[0076] 3. RRC_CONNECTED (connected mode): Establishing a 5GC-NG-RAN connection (including a control plane and / or a user plane) for the UE; The UE AS message is stored in the NG-RAN and the UE, The NG-RAN knows the cell to which the UE belongs, Transmitting unicast data to the UE; It includes measurements and the network controls the mobility.

[0077] In some embodiments, the sleep state transition condition is: The received signal quality of the first communication device is higher than a first threshold or the received signal quality of the first communication device is lower than a second threshold; The first communication device has not experienced a cell reselection within a first preset time period; and A fluctuation range of the received signal quality of the first communication device within a second preset time period is smaller than a third threshold value; the first communication device has not received a paging message or a system message within a third preset time period; and The time during which the first communication device is continuously present in at least one state other than the sleep state exceeds a first preset time length.

[0078] Here, the first threshold, the second threshold, the first preset time period, the second preset time period, the third threshold, the third preset time period, and the first preset time length may be configured in advance, configured by the network side, or defined by a protocol.

[0079] The received signal quality may be measured by Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP), Reference Signal Receiving Quality (RSRQ), Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI), Pathloss, or Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR), but is not limited to being measured using the above parameters.

[0080] The at least one state other than the sleep state may be an IDLE state or an INACTIVE state.

[0081] In some embodiments, the device comprises: The second communication device further includes a reporting module for reporting auxiliary information to the second communication device for determining whether to send a sleep state transition command to the first communication device, the auxiliary information including: the signal strength or signal quality of the first communication device; and the mobility status of the first communication device.

[0082] After receiving the auxiliary information, the second communication device can determine whether to instruct the first communication device to enter a sleep state based on the auxiliary information. Since the auxiliary information is related to the communication quality of the first communication device, the first communication device can be prevented from entering a sleep state if it affects the communication quality. In this way, the communication quality of the first communication device can be guaranteed and the power consumption of the first communication device can be saved.

[0083] In some embodiments, the device comprises: The device further includes a sending module for sending first instruction information to the second communication device to instruct the first communication device to enter a sleep state.

[0084] After receiving the auxiliary information, the second communication device can determine whether to instruct the first communication device to enter a sleep state based on the auxiliary information. Since the auxiliary information is related to the communication quality of the first communication device, the first communication device can be prevented from entering a sleep state if it affects the communication quality. In this way, the communication quality of the first communication device can be guaranteed and the power consumption of the first communication device can be saved.

[0085] In some embodiments, the first instruction information comprises: a random access channel (RACH); a sounding reference signal (SRS); a reference signal SR; a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); and a predefined physical channel; It is carried by one of the predefined physical signals.

[0086] In some embodiments, the device comprises: The second communication device further includes a receiving module for receiving second instruction information from the second communication device and instructing the second communication device to refuse to enter a sleep state.

[0087] In this way, if the second communication device determines that the first communication device cannot enter a sleep state, the second communication device can send second instruction information to instruct the first communication device not to enter a sleep state, thereby ensuring the communication quality of the first communication device.

[0088] In some embodiments, the device comprises: The communication device further includes a receiving module for receiving a third message of the second communication device and obtaining configuration information of the wake-up signal based on the third message.

[0089] In this way, the first communication device can obtain the layout information of the wake-up signal through the third message and detect the wake-up signal based on the layout information of the wake-up signal.

[0090] In some embodiments, the third message carries configuration information for a wake-up signal, the configuration information comprising: sequence information of the wake-up signal; Frequency domain information of the wake-up signal; a parameter configuration that triggers a state transition; and placement of beacon signals.

[0091] Here, the third message may be a dedicated signaling or a public signaling, and may include configuration information of at least one wake-up signal.

[0092] In some embodiments, the third message carries configuration information of a wake-up signal, or the third message carries information for calculating configuration information of a wake-up signal, and the configuration information of the wake-up signal is A time domain resource of the wake-up signal, including a time reception period and an offset amount, etc.; Frequency domain resources of the wake-up signal, including a density in the frequency domain, and and a code domain resource of the wake-up signal.

[0093] Here, the third message may be a dedicated signaling or a public signaling, and may include configuration information of at least one wake-up signal.

[0094] The third message may directly carry the configuration information of the wake-up signal, or may carry information for calculating the configuration information of the wake-up signal. If the third message carries information for calculating the configuration information of the wake-up signal, the first communication device can calculate resource information for receiving the wake-up signal, including time position, frequency domain position, code resource, etc., based on the ``information for calculating the configuration information of the wake-up signal'' in combination with information such as the identifier of the first communication device.

[0095] In some embodiments, the device comprises: The device further includes a detection module for periodically detecting a wake-up signal or constantly detecting a wake-up signal based on the wake-up signal configuration information.

[0096] When detecting the wake-up signal, the first communication device can detect the wake-up signal according to a predetermined period, or can always detect the wake-up signal. Here, the predetermined period may be configured by the network side, configured in advance, or defined by a protocol. Detecting the wake-up signal according to the predetermined period can further reduce the power consumption of the first communication device. In some specific examples, the first communication device can periodically detect the wake-up signal on the target time-frequency resource.

[0097] In some embodiments, The processing module is further used for turning off a main receiver for receiving downlink information in a non-sleep state and turning on a dedicated receiver for detecting a wake-up signal in a sleep state.

[0098] After entering the sleep state in this way, the first communication device can turn on only the dedicated receiver, thereby saving power consumption of the first communication device.

[0099] In some embodiments, the device comprises: It further includes a synchronization module for performing downlink synchronization by a dedicated receiver, and the signal for downlink synchronization is different from the wake-up service WUS signal.

[0100] After entering the sleep state in this way, the first communication device can still use the dedicated receiver to perform downlink synchronization, and the communication quality of the first communication device can be guaranteed.

[0101] In some embodiments, the device comprises: The wireless communication device further includes an execution module for performing at least one of radio resource measurement and downlink synchronization in response to the wake-up signal.

[0102] In this way, the first communication device can further use the wake-up signal to perform radio resource measurement or downlink synchronization, which can improve the utilization rate of the wake-up signal and eliminate the need to add an extra signal to perform radio resource measurement or downlink synchronization, thereby saving signaling overhead. When using the wake-up signal to perform downlink synchronization, the network side transmits a wake-up signal once at regular intervals, and at this time, the wake-up signal may only synchronize the wake-up signal without waking up the first communication device.

[0103] In some embodiments, the information carried by the wake-up signal includes: wake-up instruction information instructing the first communication device to wake up; sleep instruction information instructing the first communication device to sleep; and synchronization information.

[0104] In some embodiments, the processing module is further adapted to enter a non-sleep state if the wake-up signal indicates a wake-up of the first communication device.

[0105] In an embodiment of the present application, the first communication device may be a mobile terminal, and the second communication device may be a network side device or a mobile terminal or a network node; or The first communication device may be a receiving node of a communication system, and the second communication device may be a transmitting node of a communication device, for example, the first communication device is a sensor receiving device and the second communication device is a sensor emitting device, etc.

[0106] In the embodiments of the present application, the operating device of the communication device may be a device, or may be a component, integrated circuit, or chip in a terminal. The device may be a mobile electronic device or a non-mobile electronic device. For example, the mobile electronic device may be a mobile phone, a tablet PC, a laptop, a palmtop computer, an in-vehicle electronic device, a wearable device, an ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), a netbook, or a personal digital assistant (PDA), etc., and the non-mobile electronic device may be a network-attached storage (NAS), a personal computer (PC), a television (TV), a teller machine, or a self-service machine, etc., but the embodiments of the present application are not specifically limited.

[0107] The operating device of the communication device in the embodiment of the present application may be a device having an operating system, which may be the Android operating system, the iOS operating system, or other possible operating systems, and the embodiment of the present application is not specifically limited.

[0108] Optionally, the embodiments of the present application further provide a communication device, which includes a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored in the memory and operable on the processor, and when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the respective processes of the embodiments of the operating method of the communication device can be realized and the same technical effects can be achieved. In order to avoid repetition of the description, no further description will be given here.

[0109] It should be noted that the communication devices in the embodiments of the present application include the mobile electronic devices and non-mobile electronic devices described above.

[0110] The communication device in this embodiment may be a terminal. FIG. 4 is a hardware structural schematic diagram of a terminal for implementing the embodiments of the present application. The terminal 50 includes, but is not limited to, components such as a radio frequency unit 51, a network module 52, an audio output unit 53, an input unit 54, a sensor 55, a display unit 56, a user input unit 57, an interface unit 58, a memory 59, a processor 510, and a power supply 511. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal structure shown in FIG. 4 does not constitute a limitation on the terminal, and the terminal may include more or fewer components than those shown, a combination of some components, or a different arrangement of components. In the embodiments of the present application, the terminal includes, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet PC, a laptop, a palmtop computer, an in-vehicle terminal, a wearable device, a pedometer, etc.

[0111] It should be understood that in the embodiment of the present application, the radio frequency unit 51 may be used to transmit and receive information or signals during a call. Specifically, it receives downlink data from a base station, processes it through the processor 510, and transmits uplink data to the base station. Generally, the radio frequency unit 51 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low-noise amplifier, a duplexer, etc. It should be noted that the radio frequency unit 51 can also communicate with other devices via a wireless communication system or network.

[0112] The memory 59 may be used to store software programs and various data. The memory 59 may mainly include a program storage area and a data storage area. Here, the program storage area may store an operating system, an application program required for at least one function (e.g., audio playback function, image playback function, etc.), etc., and the data storage area may store data generated by use of the mobile phone (e.g., audio data, phone book, etc.). The memory 59 may include high-speed random access memory, or may include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk memory device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid-state memory device.

[0113] Processor 510 is the control center of the terminal, connected to each part of the terminal via various interfaces and lines, and monitors the entire terminal by running or executing software programs and / or modules stored in memory 59, accessing data stored in memory 59, performing various functions of the terminal, and processing data. Processor 510 may include one or at least two processing units, and preferably, processor 510 may integrate an application processor and a modem processor. Here, the application processor is primarily responsible for processing the operating system, user interface, and application programs, and the modem processor is primarily responsible for processing wireless communications. As can be appreciated, the modem processor does not have to be integrated into processor 510.

[0114] The terminal 50 may further include a power source 511 (e.g., a battery) for powering each component, and preferably, the power source 511 may be logically connected to the processor 510 by a power management system, thereby enabling the power management system to realize functions such as charge / discharge management and power consumption management.

[0115] The terminal 50 also includes several functional modules not shown, which will not be further described here.

[0116] In some embodiments, the processor 510 receiving a sleep state transition command for a second communication device; and determining that the first communication device satisfies a preset sleep state transition condition, the determining unit 100 converts the first communication device from a non-sleep state to a sleep state.

[0117] In some embodiments, in the sleep state, the first communication device detects at least a wake-up signal; In the non-sleep state, the first communication device does not detect a wake-up signal and executes a physical layer process in a radio resource control (RRC) idle state (IDLE), a deactivation state (INACTIVE) or a connected state (CONNECTED).

[0118] In some embodiments, the sleep state transition condition is: The received signal quality of the first communication device is higher than a first threshold or the received signal quality of the first communication device is lower than a second threshold; The first communication device has not experienced a cell reselection within a first preset time period; and A fluctuation range of the received signal quality of the first communication device within a second preset time period is smaller than a third threshold value; the first communication device has not received a paging message or a system message within a third preset time period; and The time during which the first communication device is continuously present in at least one state other than the sleep state exceeds a first preset time length.

[0119] In some embodiments, the processor 510 is further adapted to report auxiliary information to the second communication device for determining whether the second communication device should send a sleep state transition command to the first communication device, the auxiliary information being: the signal strength or signal quality of the first communication device; and the mobility status of the first communication device.

[0120] In some embodiments, before or after converting from a non-sleep state to a sleep state, processor 510 is further used to send first instruction information to the second communication device to instruct the first communication device to enter a sleep state.

[0121] In some embodiments, the first instruction information comprises: a random access channel (RACH); a sounding reference signal (SRS); a reference signal SR; a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); and a predefined physical channel; It is carried by one of the predefined physical signals.

[0122] In some embodiments, the processor 510 is further adapted to receive second instruction information of the second communication device, instructing the second communication device to refuse to enter the sleep state.

[0123] In some embodiments, the processor 510 is further adapted to receive a third message of the second communication device and obtain configuration information of the wake-up signal based on the third message.

[0124] In some embodiments, the third message carries configuration information for a wake-up signal, the configuration information comprising: sequence information of the wake-up signal; Frequency domain information of the wake-up signal; a parameter configuration that triggers a state transition; and placement of beacon signals.

[0125] In some embodiments, the third message carries configuration information of a wake-up signal, or the third message carries information for calculating configuration information of a wake-up signal, and the configuration information of the wake-up signal is a time domain resource of the wake-up signal; A frequency domain resource of the wake-up signal; and a code domain resource of the wake-up signal.

[0126] In some embodiments, after entering the sleep state, the processor 510 is further used to periodically detect a wake-up signal based on the wake-up signal configuration information, or to constantly detect a wake-up signal.

[0127] In some embodiments, after entering the sleep state, the processor 510 further turns off a main receiver for receiving downlink information in a non-sleep state; Used to turn on a dedicated receiver to detect wake-up signals when in sleep state.

[0128] In some embodiments, the processor 510 is further used to perform downlink synchronization with a dedicated receiver, and the signal for downlink synchronization is different from the wake-up service WUS signal.

[0129] In some embodiments, processor 510 is further adapted to perform at least one of radio resource measurements and downlink synchronization in response to the wake-up signal.

[0130] In some embodiments, the information carried by the wake-up signal includes: wake-up instruction information instructing the first communication device to wake up; sleep instruction information instructing the first communication device to sleep; and synchronization information.

[0131] In some embodiments, processor 510 is further adapted to enter a non-sleep state if the wake-up signal indicates a wake-up of the first communication device.

[0132] In an embodiment of the present application, the first communication device is a mobile terminal, and the second communication device is a network side device or a mobile terminal or a network node; or The first communication device is a receiving node of a communication system and the second communication device is a transmitting node of the communication device.

[0133] The embodiments of the present application further provide a readable storage medium, on which a program or instruction is stored, and when the program or instruction is executed by a processor, each process of the above-mentioned embodiment of the operating method of the communication device can be realized and the same technical effect can be achieved. In order to avoid repetition, no further description will be given here.

[0134] The processor may be the processor in the communication device described in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium may include a computer-readable storage medium, such as a computer read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

[0135] The embodiments of the present application further provide a chip, the chip including a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface being coupled to the processor, the processor running a program or instruction to realize each process of the embodiments of the operation method of the communication device, and can achieve the same technical effect. In order to avoid repetition, no further description will be given here.

[0136] It should be understood that the chips referred to in the embodiments of this application may be referred to as system level chips, system chips, chip systems, or system-on-chips.

[0137] The embodiments of the present application provide a computer program product, the program product being stored in a non-volatile storage medium, and the program product being executed by at least one processor to realize each process of the above method embodiments and achieve the same technical effects. In order to avoid repetition, no further description will be given here.

[0138] The embodiments of the present application provide a communication device, which is configured to perform each process of each method embodiment as described above, and can achieve the same technical effects. In order to avoid repetition, no further description will be given here.

[0139] It should be noted that, in this specification, the terms "comprise," "include," "includes," or any other variations thereof are intended to cover the non-exclusive "comprise," whereby a process, method, article, or apparatus comprising a set of elements not only includes those elements but also other elements not expressly listed or inherent in such process, method, article, or apparatus. Absent further limitations, an element defined by the phrase "comprises one of" does not preclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus comprising that element. It should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatuses in the embodiments of this application is not limited to performing functions in the order shown or discussed, but may include performing functions in an essentially simultaneous manner or in the reverse order based on the functions involved. For example, the described method may be performed in a different order than described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. Furthermore, features described with reference to some examples may be combined in other examples.

[0140] As will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the above description of the embodiments, the methods of the above embodiments can be realized in the form of software and a necessary general-purpose hardware platform. Of course, they can also be realized in hardware, but in many cases the former is a more preferred embodiment. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present application, in substance or in part contributing to the prior art, may be embodied in the form of a software product. This computer software product is stored in a storage medium (e.g., ROM / RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes some instructions for causing a terminal (which may be a mobile phone, computer, server, network device, etc.) to execute the methods described in each embodiment of the present application.

[0141] Although the embodiments of the present application have been described above in conjunction with the drawings, the present application is not limited to the above specific embodiments. The above specific embodiments are merely illustrative and not limiting. Those skilled in the art can take the teachings of the present application into account and implement many forms without departing from the spirit and scope of the claims, all of which fall within the scope of protection of the present application.

Claims

1. 1. A method of operating a communications device, performed by a first communications device, comprising: receiving a sleep state transition command for the second communication device; and determining that the first communication device satisfies a preset sleep state transition condition, transitioning from a non-sleep state to a sleep state; After converting to the sleep state, the first communication device detects at least a wake-up signal.

2. The sleep state transition condition is: the received signal quality of the first communication device is higher than a first threshold; The first communication device has not experienced a cell reselection within a first preset time period; and A fluctuation range of the received signal quality of the first communication device within a second preset time period is smaller than a third threshold value; the first communication device has not received a paging message or a system message within a third preset time period; and 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first communication device is continuously in at least one state other than a sleep state for a period of time exceeding a first preset length of time.

3. The method comprises:

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising reporting auxiliary information to the second communication device for determining whether the second communication device should send a sleep state transition command to the first communication device.

4. Before or after converting from a non-sleep state to a sleep state, the method comprises: The method of claim 1 , further comprising: transmitting first instruction information to the second communication device to instruct the first communication device to enter a sleep state.

5. The first instruction information is a random access channel RACH; a sounding reference signal SRS; a reference signal SR; a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); and a predefined physical channel; 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the communication device is operated by any one of a predefined physical signal and a predefined physical signal.

6. After the transition to the sleep state, the first communication device at least detects a wake-up signal, The method for operating a communication device according to claim 1 , further comprising, after the transition to the sleep state, periodically detecting the wake-up signal or constantly detecting the wake-up signal based on the configuration information of the wake-up signal.

7. The method comprises: receiving a third message on the second communication device; and acquiring configuration information of the wake-up signal based on the third message; The third message carries configuration information of the wake-up signal, and the configuration information is sequence information of the wake-up signal; Frequency domain information of the wake-up signal; a parameter configuration that triggers a state transition; 7. The method of claim 6, further comprising at least one of: (a) placing a beacon signal;

8. The third message further carries information for identifying configuration information of the wake-up signal, and the configuration information of the wake-up signal is a time domain resource of the wake-up signal; A frequency domain resource of the wake-up signal; The method of claim 7 , further comprising at least one of: a code domain resource of the wake-up signal;

9. After entering the sleep state, the method comprises:

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising turning on a dedicated receiver for detecting a wake-up signal in a sleep state.

10. The method comprises: The method of claim 9, further comprising performing downlink synchronization by the dedicated receiver, wherein a signal for downlink synchronization is different from the wake-up signal.

11. The method comprises: The method of claim 1 , further comprising: performing at least one of radio resource measurement and downlink synchronization in response to the wake-up signal.

12. The information carried by the wake-up signal is wake-up instruction information instructing the first communication device to wake up; sleep instruction information instructing the first communication device to sleep; 10. The method of claim 1, further comprising at least one of:

13. If the wake-up signal indicates a wake-up of the first communication device, the method further comprises:

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising entering a non-sleep state.

14. The first communication device is a mobile terminal, and the second communication device is a network side device, a mobile terminal, or a network node; or 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first communication device is a receiving node of a communication system and the second communication device is a transmitting node of the communication device.

15. 15. A communications device comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored in said memory and operable to run on said processor, said program or instructions, when executed by said processor, implementing the steps of the method of any one of claims 1 to 14.

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