Early recognition method, apparatus, communication device, and storage medium

Abstract

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for early recognition, which is performed by a base station, and includes the steps of: determining a predetermined manner for terminal type information, the predetermined manner being a manner for transmitting the terminal type information; and receiving the terminal type information transmitted from the terminal, the terminal type information being used for early recognition of the terminal. Compared with the manner in which the terminal type information can be transmitted only after the establishment of an RRC connection, the embodiment of the present disclosure can realize early recognition of the terminal type based on the predetermined manner, thereby making it possible to accurately and reliably perform terminal configuration operations for different types of terminals.

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of wireless communication technologies, but is not limited to the field of wireless communication technologies, and in particular to a method, apparatus, communication device, and storage medium for early recognition. [Background technology]

[0002] During the continuous evolution of networks, new terminals, namely, reduced capability (Redcap) terminals, are introduced. This type of terminal is different from regular terminals, e.g., enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) terminals. This type of terminal usually needs to meet the following requirements: 1. low cost, low complexity, 2. some degree of coverage extension, and 3. low power consumption.

[0003] In the related art, the network needs to configure different parameters for different terminal types. For example, when performing extended discontinuous reception (eDRX) related configuration, the network needs to configure different eDRX parameters for terminals of different terminal types. Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method, apparatus, communication device, and storage medium for early recognition.

[0005] According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for early recognition, the method being performed by a base station, the method comprising: determining a predetermined manner of terminal type information, the predetermined manner being a manner of transmitting terminal type information; receiving terminal type information transmitted from the terminal, the terminal type information being used for early recognition of the terminal.

[0006] In one embodiment, the terminal Redcap terminals, It may be one or more of a new radio (NR) terminal of a given release.

[0007] In one embodiment, the predetermined method is: A first method is to receive type information of the terminal sent from the terminal by a first random access message (msg1) in a four-step random access process; A second method of receiving type information of the terminal sent from the terminal by a third random access message (msg3) in a four-step random access process; A third method of receiving type information of the terminal transmitted from the terminal by a random access message (msg5) message (msgA) of a physical random access channel (PRACH) in a two-step random access process; A fourth method of receiving type information of the terminal transmitted from the terminal by a random access message (msg5) message (msgA) of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in a two-step random access process; and a fifth manner of receiving the type information of the terminal sent by the terminal through a fifth message msg5 in the random access process.

[0008] In one embodiment, the msg1 is used to indicate a predetermined random access resource, and / or the random access message (msg5) of the PRACH in the two-step random access process (msgA) is used to indicate a predetermined random access resource, and the predetermined random access resource is configured by the base station.

[0009] In one embodiment, the method comprises: determining that the terminal is a terminal requiring early recognition; The method further includes sending a notification message to a core network device, the notification message being used to notify that the terminal is a terminal that requires early recognition.

[0010] According to a second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for early recognition, the method being executed by a terminal, the method comprising: The method further includes a step of transmitting type information of the terminal to the base station based on a predetermined method determined by the base station, the predetermined method being a method of transmitting type information of the terminal, and the type information of the terminal being used to early recognize the terminal.

[0011] In one embodiment, the terminal Redcap terminal and and one or more of a predetermined release-oriented NR terminal.

[0012] In one embodiment, the predetermined method is: A first method in which the terminal sends type information of the terminal to the base station through a first random access message (msg1) in a four-step random access process; A second method in which the terminal sends type information of the terminal to the base station through a third random access message (msg3) in a four-step random access process; A third method in which the terminal transmits type information of the terminal to the base station through a random access message (msg5) or message (msgA) of the PRACH in a two-step random access process; A fourth method in which the terminal transmits the type information of the terminal to the base station through a random access message (msg5) or message (msgA) of the PUSCH in a two-step random access process; a fifth manner in which the terminal transmits type information of the terminal to the base station via a fifth msg5 in the random access process.

[0013] In one embodiment, the msg1 is used to indicate a predetermined random access resource, and / or the random access message (msg5) of the PRACH in the two-step random access process (msgA) is used to indicate a predetermined random access resource, and the predetermined random access resource is configured by the base station.

[0014] According to a third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for early recognition, the apparatus comprising: A determination module for determining a predetermined manner of terminal type information, wherein the predetermined manner is a manner of transmitting the terminal type information; a receiving module for receiving terminal type information transmitted from the terminal, the terminal type information being used for early recognition of the terminal;

[0015] According to a fourth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for early recognition, the apparatus comprising: The present invention includes a transmission module that transmits terminal type information to the base station based on a predetermined method determined by the base station, the predetermined method being a method for transmitting terminal type information, and the terminal type information being used for early recognition of the terminal.

[0016] According to a fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a communication device, the communication device comprising: a processor; a memory for storing executable instructions for said processor; The processor, when executing the executable instructions, is configured to implement a method according to any embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0017] According to a sixth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer storage medium having a computer executable program stored thereon, the executable program, when executed by a processor, realizing a method according to any embodiment of the present disclosure. [Effects of the Invention]

[0018] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a predetermined method for transmitting terminal type information is determined, the predetermined method is a method for transmitting terminal type information, the terminal type information transmitted from the terminal is received, and the terminal type information is used to early recognize the terminal. Since the base station can determine the predetermined method for transmitting terminal type information, a terminal that needs early recognition can transmit its terminal type information to the base station based on the predetermined method, and the terminal type can be early recognized based on the predetermined method, compared to a method in which the terminal type information can be transmitted only after a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection is established, thereby making it possible to accurately and reliably perform terminal configuration operations for terminals of different types. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0019] [Figure 1] 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system according to an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 2] 1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for early recognition according to an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 3] 1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for early recognition according to an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 4] 1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for early recognition according to an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 5] 1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for early recognition according to an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 6] 1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for early recognition according to an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 7]1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for early recognition according to an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 8] 1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for early recognition according to an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 9] 1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for early recognition according to an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 10] 1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for early recognition according to an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 11] 1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for early recognition according to an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 12] 1 is a schematic block diagram of an apparatus for early recognition according to an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 13] 1 is a schematic block diagram of an apparatus for early recognition according to an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 14] 1 is a schematic block diagram of an apparatus for early recognition according to an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 15] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a terminal according to an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 16] FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a base station according to an exemplary embodiment; DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0020] Illustrative embodiments will now be described in detail, examples of which are illustrated in the drawings. Where the following description refers to the drawings, like numerals in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise stated. The embodiments described in the following illustrative examples do not represent all embodiments consistent with embodiments of the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with some aspects of embodiments of the present disclosure, as detailed in the appended claims.

[0021] The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are merely for the purpose of describing particular embodiments and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present disclosure. The singular forms "a," "an," and "the" used in the embodiments of the present disclosure and the appended claims are also intended to include the plural forms unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Furthermore, the term "and / or" as used herein refers to any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

[0022] In embodiments of the present disclosure, terms such as first, second, and third may be used to describe various pieces of information, but it should be understood that such information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are merely used to distinguish between the same types of information. For example, first information can be referred to as second information, and similarly, second information can be referred to as first information, without departing from the scope of embodiments of the present disclosure. Depending on the context, the word "if" used herein can be interpreted as "when" or "in the case of" or "responsive to a determination."

[0023] For simplicity and ease of understanding, the terms "greater than" and "less than" are used herein to characterize magnitude relationships. However, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the term "greater than" also includes the meaning "greater than or equal to," and the term "less than" also includes the meaning "less than or equal to."

[0024] Referring to Figure 1, a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown. As shown in Figure 1, the wireless communication system is a communication system based on mobile communication technology, and the wireless communication system may include several user equipments (UEs) 110 and several base stations 120.

[0025] User equipment 110 may refer to devices that provide voice and / or data connectivity to users. User equipment 110 can communicate with one or more core networks via a Radio Access Network (RAN). User equipment 110 may be an Internet of Things device, such as a sensor device, a mobile phone, or a computer with Internet of Things user equipment, and may be, for example, a fixed, portable, pocketable, handheld, computer-integrated, or vehicle-mounted device. For example, user equipment 110 may be a station (STA), subscriber unit, subscriber station, mobile station, mobile, remote station, access point, remote user terminal, access terminal, user terminal, user agent, user device, or user equipment. Alternatively, user equipment 110 may be an unmanned aerial vehicle. Alternatively, the user equipment 110 may be an in-vehicle device, such as an electronic control unit with wireless communication capabilities, a wireless user equipment device with an external electronic control unit, or a roadside device, such as a street lamp, traffic light, or other roadside device with wireless communication capabilities.

[0026] The base station 120 may be a network-side device in a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system may be a 4th generation mobile communication (4G) system, also referred to as a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system. Alternatively, the wireless communication system may be a 5G system, also referred to as a new radio system or a 5G NR system. Alternatively, the wireless communication system may be a system that is the next generation of the 5G system. An access network in a 5G system may be referred to as a New Generation-Radio Access Network (NG-RAN).

[0027] The base station 120 may be an evolved base station (eNB) used in a 4G system. Alternatively, the base station 120 may be a base station (gNB) using a centralized-distributed architecture in a 5G system. When the base station 120 uses a centralized-distributed architecture, it typically includes a central unit (CU) and at least two distributed units (DUs). The central unit is provided with protocol stacks for a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer, a Radio Link Control (RLC) layer, and a Media Access Control (MAC) layer. The distributed units are provided with a protocol stack for a physical (PHY) layer. The embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited to a specific implementation of the base station 120.

[0028] A wireless connection can be established between the base station 120 and the user equipment 110 via a wireless air interface. In various embodiments, the wireless air interface is a wireless air interface based on a fourth generation mobile communication network technology (4G) standard. Alternatively, the wireless air interface is a wireless air interface based on a fifth generation mobile communication network technology (5G) standard, for example, the wireless air interface is a new radio. Alternatively, the wireless air interface may be a wireless air interface based on a 5G next generation mobile communication network technology standard.

[0029] In some embodiments, an end-to-end (E2E) connection can be established between the user equipment 110, such as vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication in vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication, vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication, and vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P) communication.

[0030] The above user equipment can be considered to be a terminal in the following examples.

[0031] In some embodiments, the wireless communication system may further include a network management device 130 .

[0032] The base stations 120 are each connected to a network management device 130. The network management device 130 may be a core network device in a wireless communication system, for example, a Mobility Management Entity (MME) in an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) network. Alternatively, the network management device may be another core network device, such as a Serving Gateway (SGW), a Public Data Network Gateway (PGW), a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF), or a Home Subscriber Server (HSS). The embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit the implementation of the network management device 130.

[0033] In order to facilitate the understanding of those skilled in the art, the embodiments of the present disclosure enumerate several embodiments to clearly explain the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Of course, those skilled in the art will understand that the several embodiments provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented alone, may be implemented in combination with the methods of other embodiments in the embodiments of the present disclosure, or may be implemented alone or in combination with some methods in other related technologies, and the embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited thereto.

[0034] To better understand the technical solution described in any embodiment of the present disclosure, the application scenario of the related technology will be described first.

[0035] To distinguish between Redcap terminals and normal terminals, the network needs to recognize Redcap terminals early.

[0036] In one embodiment, upon initial access, Redcap reports the terminal type to the network.

[0037] In one embodiment, scheduling on a random access channel (RACH) is facilitated, for example, scheduling an uplink or downlink bandwidth part (BWP) on an appropriate initial uplink or downlink BWP.

[0038] In one embodiment, early recognition can be performed using Msg1 PRACH for four-step random access or Msg A PRACH for two-step random access.

[0039] In one embodiment, early recognition can be performed using Msg3 PUSCH for four-step random access or Msg A PUSCH for two-step random access.

[0040] In one embodiment, whether early indication is enabled or what type of early indication scheme is employed is determined by the network.

[0041] In one embodiment, in Media Access Control (MAC), if Msg3 contains Common Control Channel (CCCH) data, the RedCap terminal uses a dedicated Logical Channel ID (LCID) to perform early recognition of Msg3.

[0042] In one embodiment, for early recognition of Msg3, two reserved LCIDs are used for CCCH and CCCH1, respectively.

[0043] In one embodiment, for four-step random access, early recognition can be based on msg1 or msg3, and the start of early recognition based on msg1 or msg3 can be configured by the network. For early recognition based on msg1, the network can individually configure and implicitly instruct the Redcap terminal to use random access resources.

[0044] In one embodiment, for Redcap terminals, the position of the starting paging transmission window (PTW) of eDRX is adjusted to eight.

[0045] In one embodiment, the core network receives a request for eDRX parameter allocation from the terminal when it receives a registration request initiated by the terminal. From the air interface perspective, this message is included in msg 5 and sent to the core network. In this case, there is no terminal capability report for the terminal. If the core network can obtain the terminal type before obtaining the terminal capabilities, it is advantageous for allocating eDRX parameters. Therefore, it is possible for the core network to obtain the terminal type early.

[0046] As shown in FIG. 2, this embodiment provides an early recognition method, which is performed by a base station, and includes the following steps 21 to 22.

[0047] Step 21: determining a predetermined mode for transmitting the terminal type information, the predetermined mode being a mode for transmitting the terminal type information;

[0048] Step 22: receiving terminal type information sent from the terminal, and the terminal type information is used to quickly recognize the terminal;

[0049] A terminal according to the present disclosure may be, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a wearable device, an in-vehicle terminal, a Road Side Unit (RSU), a smart home terminal, an industrial sensing device, and / or a medical device, etc. In some embodiments, the terminal may be a Redcap terminal or a New Radio (NR) terminal for a given release (e.g., an R17 NR terminal).

[0050] The base station according to the present disclosure may be an access device of a terminal access network, where the base station may be of various types, such as a base station of a third generation mobile communication (3G) network, a base station of a fourth generation mobile communication (4G) network, a base station of a fifth generation mobile communication (5G) network, or other evolved base stations.

[0051] In one embodiment, the base station determines a predetermined method for transmitting terminal type information, and the terminal type information indicates that the terminal is a terminal that requires early recognition. In this way, the terminal can transmit terminal type information to the base station based on the predetermined method before initiating a registration request. The base station receives the terminal type information transmitted from the terminal, and the terminal type information is used to early recognize the terminal. The network (e.g., core network) receives a registration request initiated by the terminal, and when it receives an eDRX parameter allocation request for the terminal, it can determine eDRX parameter configuration based on the terminal type determined based on the terminal type information.

[0052] In one embodiment, a predetermined method for terminal type information is determined, and the terminal type information indicates that the terminal is a terminal that requires early recognition. Indication information indicating the predetermined method is transmitted to the terminal. After receiving the indication information, the terminal can transmit the terminal type information to the base station based on the predetermined method indicated by the indication information.

[0053] In one embodiment, the base station determines to receive the terminal type information in a first manner, where the first manner is to receive the terminal type information transmitted from the terminal in a first random access message (msg1) in a four-step random access process. The base station then transmits indication information to the terminal instructing the terminal to use the first manner. After receiving the indication information, the terminal can transmit the terminal type information to the base station in msg1 in the random access process.

[0054] In one embodiment, the base station determines to receive the terminal type information in a second manner, where the second manner is a manner in which the terminal type information is received from the terminal in a third random access message (msg3) in the four-step random access process. The base station then transmits indication information to the terminal instructing the terminal to use the second manner. After receiving the indication information, the terminal can transmit the terminal type information to the base station in msg3 in the random access process.

[0055] In one embodiment, the terminal determines to receive the terminal type information in a third manner, where the third manner is a manner in which the terminal type information is transmitted to the base station via a random access message (msg5) message (msgA) on a physical random access channel (PRACH) in a two-step random access process. The terminal transmits indication information instructing the terminal to use the third manner. After receiving the indication information, the terminal can transmit the terminal type information to the base station via msgA transmitted via the PRACH in the random access process.

[0056] In one embodiment, the terminal determines to receive the terminal type information in a fourth manner, where the fourth manner is a manner in which the terminal type information is transmitted to the base station via a random access message (msg5) message (msgA) on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in a two-step random access process. Indication information instructing the terminal to use the third manner is transmitted. After receiving the indication information, the terminal can transmit the terminal type information to the base station via msgA transmitted on the PUSCH in the random access process.

[0057] In one embodiment, it is determined to receive the terminal type information in a fifth manner, where the fifth manner is a manner of receiving the terminal type information by a fifth message msg5 in the random access process, and indication information instructing the terminal to use the fifth manner is sent to the terminal. After receiving the indication information, the terminal can transmit the terminal type information to the base station by msg5 in the random access process.

[0058] In one embodiment, the terminal determines a predetermined manner for transmitting terminal type information to the base station, and the terminal type information indicates that the terminal is a terminal that requires early recognition. The terminal then transmits indication information indicating the predetermined manner to the terminal. After receiving the indication information, the terminal can transmit the terminal type information to the base station based on the predetermined manner indicated by the indication information. After receiving the terminal type information, the base station determines that the terminal is a terminal that requires early recognition based on the terminal type information, and transmits a notification message to the core network device, and the notification message indicates that the terminal is a terminal that requires early recognition.

[0059] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a terminal determines a predetermined manner for transmitting terminal type information to a base station, and the terminal type information indicates that the terminal is a terminal that requires early recognition. Since the base station can determine a predetermined manner for transmitting terminal type information to the base station, a terminal that requires early recognition can transmit terminal type information to the base station according to the predetermined manner, and can early recognize the terminal type according to the predetermined manner, compared to a manner in which terminal type information can be transmitted only after a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection is established, thereby making it possible to accurately and reliably perform terminal configuration operations for terminals of different types.

[0060] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the methods provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may be performed alone or together with some methods of the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods of related art.

[0061] In some embodiments, the predetermined scheme is: A first method of receiving type information of a terminal sent by a first random access message (msg1) in a four-step random access process; A second method of receiving type information of the terminal sent from the terminal by a third random access message (msg3) in a four-step random access process; A third method of receiving type information of the terminal transmitted from the terminal by a random access message (msg5) message (msgA) of a physical random access channel (PRACH) in a two-step random access process; A fourth method of receiving type information of the terminal transmitted from the terminal by a random access message (msg5) message (msgA) of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in a two-step random access process; and a fifth manner of receiving the type information of the terminal sent from the terminal by a fifth message msg5 in the random access process.

[0062] As shown in FIG. 3, this embodiment provides an early recognition method, which is performed by a base station, and includes the following step 31:

[0063] In step 31, it is determined that the predetermined method is the first method, or it is determined that the predetermined method is the third method.

[0064] The predetermined method is a method in which the terminal transmits terminal type information to the base station, and the terminal type information indicates that the terminal is a terminal that requires early recognition.

[0065] In one embodiment, msg1 is used to indicate a predetermined random access resource, and / or the random access message (msg5) of the PRACH in the two-step random access process (msgA) is used to indicate a predetermined random access resource, and the predetermined random access resource is configured by the base station.

[0066] In one embodiment, the base station determines that the terminal type information transmitted from the terminal is received in a first manner, where the first manner is a manner of receiving the terminal type information transmitted from the terminal by a first random access message (msg1) in a four-step random access process. The base station transmits indication information indicating the first manner to the terminal. After receiving the indication information, the terminal can transmit the terminal type information to the base station by a random access message (msg1) in the random access process. The terminal type information can be indicated by a predetermined random access resource. msg1 can carry the predetermined random access resource, which is a resource configured by the base station. In this way, after receiving the predetermined random access resource, the base station can determine the type of the terminal based on the received predetermined random access resource. The predetermined random access resource may be a preamble and / or a physical random access channel time-frequency resource (RO, PRACH Occasion), etc.

[0067] In one embodiment, the base station determines that the terminal type information transmitted from the terminal is received in a third manner, where the third manner is a manner of receiving the terminal type information transmitted from the terminal in a random access message (msg5) message (msgA) of the PRACH in a two-step random access process. The base station transmits indication information indicating the third manner to the terminal. After receiving the indication information, the terminal can transmit the terminal type information to the base station in a random access message (msg5) message (msgA) transmitted based on the PRACH in the random access process. The terminal type information can be indicated by a predetermined random access resource. msgA can carry a predetermined random access resource, which is a resource configured by the base station. In this way, after receiving the predetermined random access resource, the base station can determine the terminal type based on the received predetermined random access resource. The predetermined random access resource may be a preamble and / or a physical random access channel time-frequency resource (RO, PRACH Occasion), etc.

[0068] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the methods provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may be performed alone or together with some methods of the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods of related art.

[0069] As shown in FIG. 4, this embodiment provides an early recognition method, which is performed by a base station, and includes the following step 41:

[0070] In step 41, it is determined that the first method and / or the third method are not set, and it is determined that the predetermined method is the second method and / or the fourth method.

[0071] In one embodiment, the first method is determined to be unconfigured and the predetermined method is determined to be the second method.

[0072] In one embodiment, the base station determines that the terminal type information transmitted from the terminal via the first random access message (msg1) in the four-step random access process is not configured, and determines that the predetermined method is to receive the terminal type information transmitted from the terminal via the third random access message (msg3) in the four-step random access process. Then, the base station transmits indication information to the terminal instructing the terminal to use this second method. After receiving this indication information, the terminal can transmit the terminal type information to the base station via the random access message (msg3) in the random access process.

[0073] In one embodiment, it is determined that the third method is not set, and the predetermined method is determined to be the fourth method.

[0074] In one embodiment, the terminal determines that a method for transmitting terminal type information to the base station via a random access message (msg5) message (msgA) transmitted based on the PRACH in a two-step random access process is not configured, and determines that a predetermined method is to receive the terminal type information transmitted from the terminal via a random access message (msg5) message (msgA) transmitted based on the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in the two-step random access process. Indication information instructing the terminal to use this fourth method is transmitted. After receiving this indication information, the terminal can transmit the terminal type information to the base station via the random access message (msg5) message (msgA) of the PRACH in the random access process.

[0075] In one embodiment, this indication information may be sent to the terminal by dedicated signaling (eg, RRC signaling) or broadcast signaling.

[0076] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the methods provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may be performed alone or together with some methods of the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods of related art.

[0077] As shown in FIG. 5, this embodiment provides an early recognition method, which is performed by a base station, and includes the following step 51:

[0078] In step 51, an instruction is sent to the terminal indicating that the predetermined method is the second method and / or the fourth method.

[0079] The second method is to receive the terminal type information transmitted from the terminal by the third random access message (msg3) in the four-step random access process, and the fourth method is to receive the terminal type information transmitted from the terminal by the random access message (msg5) of the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in the two-step random access process.

[0080] In one embodiment, the predetermined method is to receive the terminal type information transmitted from the terminal by the third random access message (msg3) in the four-step random access process, and transmit indication information to the terminal instructing the terminal to use this second method. After receiving this indication information, the terminal can transmit the terminal type information to the base station by the random access message (msg3) in the random access process.

[0081] In one embodiment, the predetermined method is to receive the terminal type information transmitted from the terminal by a random access message (msg5) message (msgA) transmitted on the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in a two-step random access process, and transmit indication information instructing the terminal to use this fourth method. After receiving this indication information, the terminal can transmit the terminal type information to the base station by a random access message (msg5) message (msgA) on the PRACH in the random access process.

[0082] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the methods provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may be performed alone or together with some methods of the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods of related art.

[0083] As shown in FIG. 6, this embodiment provides an early recognition method, which is performed by a base station, and includes the following step 61:

[0084] In step 61, it is determined that the random access is a four-step random access, the first method and / or the second method are not set, and the predetermined method is determined to be the fifth method, or it is determined that the random access is a two-step random access, the third method and / or the fourth method are not set, and the predetermined method is determined to be the fifth method.

[0085] The terminal may be a Redcap terminal or an R17 terminal.

[0086] The first method is to receive type information of the terminal transmitted from the terminal by a first random access message (msg1) in a four-step random access process. The second method is to receive type information of the terminal transmitted from the terminal by a third random access message (msg3) in a four-step random access process. The third method is to receive type information of the terminal transmitted from the terminal by a random access message (msg5) message (msgA) of a physical random access channel (PRACH) in a two-step random access process. The fourth method is to receive type information of the terminal transmitted from the terminal by a random access message (msg5) message (msgA) of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in a two-step random access process. The fifth method is to receive type information of the terminal transmitted from the terminal by a fifth message (msg5) in the random access process.

[0087] In one embodiment, the base station determines that the random access is a four-step random access, that the first scheme and / or the second scheme is not configured, and determines that the predetermined scheme is a fifth scheme. The base station then transmits indication information instructing the terminal to use the fifth scheme. After receiving the indication information, the terminal can transmit terminal type information to the base station via msg5 during the random access process. The base station determines the terminal type based on the terminal type information.

[0088] In one embodiment, it is determined that the random access is a two-step random access, the third scheme and / or the fourth scheme is not configured, and the predetermined scheme is determined to be the fifth scheme. Indication information instructing the terminal to use the fifth scheme is transmitted. After receiving the indication information, the terminal can transmit terminal type information to the base station via msg5 during the random access process. The base station determines the terminal type based on the terminal type information.

[0089] In one embodiment, for R17 normal terminals, there is no problem with early recognition by msg1 or msg3, so the fifth method must be used to recognize the terminal type.

[0090] In one embodiment, msg5 is an RRC connection establishment complete message.

[0091] In one embodiment, if the Resume process is completed successfully, it means that the base station has successfully acquired the terminal context, and the base station has already determined the type of the terminal. msg5 indicates that the terminal type information does not need to be carried in the connection establishment restore complete message.

[0092] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the methods provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may be performed alone or together with some methods of the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods of related art.

[0093] As shown in FIG. 7, this embodiment provides an early recognition method, which is performed by a base station, and includes the following steps 71 to 72.

[0094] In step 71, it is determined that the terminal is one that requires early recognition.

[0095] In step 72, a notification message is sent to a core network device, where the notification message is used to notify that the terminal is a terminal that requires early recognition.

[0096] In one embodiment, the method includes receiving terminal type information transmitted by the terminal according to a predetermined method, determining that the terminal is a terminal requiring early recognition based on the terminal type information, and transmitting a notification message to a core network device, the notification message indicating that the terminal is a terminal requiring early recognition.

[0097] In one embodiment, this notification message may be an initial terminal message between the base station and the core network, which may carry information indicating the type of terminal.

[0098] The prescribed method is: A first method in which the terminal sends type information of the terminal to the base station through a first random access message (msg1) in a four-step random access process; A second method in which the terminal sends type information of the terminal to the base station through a third random access message (msg3) in a four-step random access process; A third method in which the terminal transmits type information of the terminal to the base station through a random access message (msg5) transmitted on a physical random access channel (PRACH) in a two-step random access process; A fourth method in which the terminal transmits type information of the terminal to the base station through a random access message (msg5) transmitted based on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in two-step random access; and a fifth manner of transmitting the type information of the terminal to the base station through a fifth message msg5 in the terminal random access process.

[0099] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the methods provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may be performed alone or together with some methods of the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods of related art.

[0100] As shown in FIG. 8, this embodiment provides an early recognition method, which is executed by a terminal, and includes the following step 81:

[0101] In step 81, the type information of the terminal is transmitted to the base station according to a predetermined method determined by the base station, the predetermined method being a method of transmitting the type information of the terminal, and the type information of the terminal is used for early recognition of the terminal.

[0102] A terminal according to the present disclosure may be, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a wearable device, an in-vehicle terminal, a Road Side Unit (RSU), a smart home terminal, an industrial sensing device, and / or a medical device, etc. In some embodiments, the terminal may be a Redcap terminal or a New Radio (NR) terminal for a given release (e.g., an R17 NR terminal).

[0103] The network device according to the present disclosure may be an access device of a terminal access network. Here, the network device may be various types of base stations, such as a base station of a third generation mobile communication (3G) network, a base station of a fourth generation mobile communication (4G) network, a base station of a fifth generation mobile communication (5G) network, or other evolved base stations. Note that the network device according to the present disclosure is not limited to a base station in an access network, but may also be a communication node in a core network, and is not limited thereto. For example, the determination and / or configuration operations according to the present disclosure may be performed by a network device in a core network.

[0104] In one embodiment, based on a predetermined method determined by the base station, terminal type information is transmitted to the base station before the registration request is initiated, the predetermined method being a method in which the terminal transmits terminal type information to the base station, and the terminal type information indicates that the terminal is a terminal that requires early recognition.

[0105] In one embodiment, the base station determines a predetermined manner for transmitting terminal type information to the base station, and the terminal type information indicates that the terminal is a terminal that requires early recognition. In this way, the terminal can transmit terminal type information to the base station based on the predetermined manner before initiating a registration request. The base station receives the terminal type information transmitted from the terminal, and the terminal type information is used to early recognize the terminal. The network (e.g., core network) receives a registration request initiated by the terminal, and when it receives an eDRX parameter allocation request for the terminal, it can determine eDRX parameter configuration based on the terminal type determined based on the terminal type information.

[0106] In one embodiment, the base station determines a predetermined manner in which the terminal transmits terminal type information to the base station, and the terminal type information indicates that the terminal is a terminal that requires early recognition. The terminal receives indication information transmitted from the base station indicating the predetermined manner. After receiving the indication information, the terminal can transmit the terminal type information to the base station based on the predetermined manner indicated by the indication information.

[0107] In one embodiment, when the indication information indicates that the terminal transmits its type information to the base station in a first manner, the first manner is that the terminal transmits its type information to the base station through a first random access message (msg1) in a four-step random access process, and after receiving the indication information, the terminal can transmit its type information to the base station through msg1 in the random access process.

[0108] In one embodiment, when the indication information indicates that the terminal transmits its type information to the base station in a second manner, the second manner is that the terminal transmits its type information to the base station through a third random access message (msg3) in the four-step random access process. After receiving the indication information, the terminal can transmit its type information to the base station through msg3 in the random access process.

[0109] In one embodiment, if the indication information indicates that the terminal transmits its type information to the base station in a third manner, the third manner is a manner in which the terminal transmits its type information to the base station through a random access message (msg5) message (msgA) on a physical random access channel (PRACH) in a two-step random access process. After receiving the indication information, the terminal can transmit its type information to the base station through msgA transmitted on the PRACH in the random access process.

[0110] In one embodiment, when the indication information indicates that the terminal transmits terminal type information to the base station in a fourth manner, the fourth manner is a manner in which the terminal transmits the terminal type information to the base station through a random access message (msg5) message (msgA) transmitted on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in a two-step random access process. After receiving the indication information, the terminal can transmit the terminal type information to the base station through msgA transmitted on the PUSCH in the random access process.

[0111] In one embodiment, the indication information instructs the terminal to transmit terminal type information to the base station in a fifth manner, where the fifth manner is a manner in which the terminal transmits the terminal type information to the base station through a fifth message msg5 in the random access process. After receiving the indication information, the terminal can transmit the terminal type information to the base station through msg5 in the random access process.

[0112] In one embodiment, the base station determines a predetermined manner in which the terminal transmits terminal type information to the base station, and the terminal type information indicates that the terminal is a terminal that requires early recognition. The base station transmits indication information to the terminal that indicates this predetermined manner. After receiving this indication information, the terminal can transmit its terminal type information to the base station based on the predetermined manner indicated by the indication information. After receiving this terminal type information, the base station determines that the terminal is a terminal that requires early recognition based on the terminal type information, and the base station transmits a notification message to a core network device, and the notification message indicates that the terminal is a terminal that requires early recognition.

[0113] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the methods provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may be performed alone or together with some methods of the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods of related art.

[0114] In some embodiments, the predetermined scheme comprises: A first method in which the terminal sends terminal type information to the base station through a first random access message (msg1) in a four-step random access process; A second method in which the terminal sends terminal type information to the base station through a third random access message (msg3) in the four-step random access process; A third method in which the terminal transmits terminal type information to the base station through a random access message (msg5) or message (msgA) of the PRACH in a two-step random access process; A fourth method in which the terminal transmits terminal type information to the base station through a PUSCH random access message (msg5) or message (msgA) in a two-step random access process; and a fifth manner in which the terminal sends terminal type information to the base station through a fifth random access message msg5 in the random access process.

[0115] As shown in FIG. 9, this embodiment provides an early recognition method, which is executed by a terminal, and includes the following step 91:

[0116] In step 91, the predetermined method is determined to be the first method, and msg1 is sent to the base station to indicate the type information of the terminal; or Determine that the predetermined method is the second method, and send msg3 to the base station indicating the type information of the terminal; or Determine that the predetermined scheme is a third scheme, and send a msgA sent based on the PRACH indicating the type information of the terminal to the base station; or Determine that the predetermined scheme is a fourth scheme, and transmit msgA transmitted based on a PUSCH indicating type information of the terminal to the base station; Determine that the predetermined scheme is a fifth scheme, and send a fifth random access message indicating the type information of the terminal to the base station.

[0117] In one embodiment, msg1 is used to indicate a predetermined random access resource, and / or the random access message (msg5) of the PRACH in the two-step random access process (msgA) is used to indicate a predetermined random access resource, and the predetermined random access resource is configured by the base station.

[0118] In one embodiment, the base station determines that the terminal transmits the terminal type information to the base station in a first manner, where the first manner is a manner in which the terminal transmits the terminal type information to the base station by a first random access message (msg1) in a four-step random access process. The base station transmits indication information to the terminal instructing the terminal to use the first manner. After receiving the indication information, the terminal determines that the predetermined manner is the first manner and can transmit the terminal type information to the base station by msg1 in the random access process.

[0119] The type information of the terminal can be indicated by a predetermined random access resource. msg1 can carry the predetermined random access resource, which is a resource configured by the base station. In this way, after receiving the predetermined random access resource, the base station can determine the type of the terminal based on the received predetermined random access resource. The predetermined random access resource may be a preamble and / or a physical random access channel time-frequency resource (RO, PRACH Occasion), etc.

[0120] In one embodiment, the base station determines that the terminal transmits the terminal type information to the base station in a second manner, where the second manner is a manner in which the terminal transmits the terminal type information to the base station by the third random access message (msg3) in the four-step random access process. The base station transmits indication information to the terminal instructing the second manner. After receiving the indication information, the terminal determines that the predetermined manner is the second manner and can transmit the terminal type information to the base station by msg3 in the random access process.

[0121] In one embodiment, the base station determines that the terminal transmits terminal type information to the base station in a third scheme, where the third scheme is a scheme in which the terminal transmits the terminal type information to the base station via a random access message (msg5) message (msgA) on a physical random access channel (PRACH) in a two-step random access process. The base station transmits indication information to the terminal indicating the third scheme. After receiving the indication information, the terminal determines that the predetermined scheme is the third scheme and can transmit the terminal type information to the base station via msgA transmitted on the PRACH in the random access process.

[0122] The type information of the terminal can be indicated by a predetermined random access resource. msgA can carry the predetermined random access resource, which is a resource configured by the base station. In this way, after receiving the predetermined random access resource, the base station can determine the type of the terminal based on the received predetermined random access resource. The predetermined random access resource may be a preamble and / or a physical random access channel time-frequency resource (RO, PRACH Occasion), etc.

[0123] In one embodiment, the base station determines that the terminal transmits terminal type information to the base station in a fourth scheme, where the fourth scheme is a scheme in which the terminal transmits the terminal type information to the base station via a random access message (msg5) message (msgA) transmitted on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in a two-step random access process. The base station transmits indication information to the terminal instructing the terminal to use the third scheme. After receiving the indication information, the terminal determines that the predetermined scheme is the fourth scheme and can transmit the terminal type information to the base station via msgA transmitted on the PUSCH in the random access process.

[0124] In one embodiment, the base station determines that the terminal transmits terminal type information to the base station in a fifth manner, where the fifth manner is a manner in which the terminal transmits terminal type information to the base station by a fifth message msg5 in the random access process. The base station transmits indication information to the terminal instructing the terminal to use the fifth manner. After receiving the indication information, the terminal can determine that the predetermined manner is the fifth manner and transmit terminal type information to the base station by msg5 in the random access process.

[0125] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the methods provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may be performed alone or together with some methods of the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods of related art.

[0126] As shown in FIG. 10, this embodiment provides an early recognition method, which is executed by a terminal, and includes the following step 101:

[0127] In step 101, the instruction information transmitted from the base station is received, and the instruction information indicates that the predetermined scheme is the second scheme and / or the fourth scheme.

[0128] In the second scheme, the terminal transmits its type information to the base station through the third random access message (msg3) in the four-step random access process. In the fourth scheme, the terminal transmits its type information to the base station through the random access message (msg5) transmitted on the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in the two-step random access process.

[0129] In one embodiment, the base station determines that the predetermined scheme is a scheme in which the terminal transmits the terminal's type information to the base station through the third random access message (msg3) in the four-step random access process. The base station transmits indication information to the terminal instructing the terminal to use this second scheme. After receiving this indication information, the terminal can transmit the terminal's type information to the base station through the random access message (msg3) in the random access process.

[0130] In one embodiment, the base station determines that the predetermined scheme is a scheme in which the terminal transmits type information of the terminal to the base station through a random access message (msg5) message (msgA) on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in a two-step random access process. The base station transmits indication information to the terminal instructing the terminal to use this fourth scheme. After receiving this indication information, the terminal can transmit type information of the terminal to the base station through a random access message (msg5) message (msgA) transmitted based on the PRACH in the random access process.

[0131] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the methods provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may be performed alone or together with some methods of the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods of related art.

[0132] As shown in FIG. 11, this embodiment provides an early recognition method, which is performed by a core network device, and includes the following step 111:

[0133] In step 111, a notification message sent from the base station is received, and the notification message indicates that the terminal is a terminal that requires early recognition.

[0134] In one embodiment, the base station receives terminal type information transmitted by the terminal based on a predetermined scheme. Based on the terminal type information, the base station determines that the terminal is a terminal that requires early recognition. The base station transmits a notification message to a core network device, the notification message indicating that the terminal is a terminal that requires early recognition. The core network device receives the notification message transmitted from the base station indicating that the terminal is a terminal that requires early recognition.

[0135] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the methods provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may be performed alone or together with some methods of the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods of related art.

[0136] To better understand the embodiments of the present disclosure, the technical solutions of the present disclosure are described below in exemplary embodiments.

[0137] In one embodiment, the present disclosure seeks to protect a configuration scheme that provides early recognition (or user type recognition) for a particular type of terminal.

[0138] In one embodiment, the terminal is a Redcap type terminal.

[0139] In one embodiment, the terminal is a terminal of a particular release, for example, an R17 NR terminal.

[0140] In one embodiment, early recognition for a particular type of terminal is performed by msg1 or msg3 (for a 4-step RACH), or by message (msg5) message (msgA) PRACH or msgA PUSCH (for a 2-step RACH).

[0141] In one embodiment, the base station can configure early recognition of the msg1 or msgA PRACH only for the terminal.

[0142] In one embodiment, the base station obtains the capabilities of the terminal based on the method of early recognition using msg1 or msgA in the random access process, and can allocate specific Prach resources (including preamble, RO, etc.) to the Redcap type terminal, so that when the user accesses, the base station can know that this is a Redcap type terminal.

[0143] In one embodiment, if the base station does not configure the msg1 or msgA PRACH for the terminal to perform early recognition, the base station needs to configure the msg3 or msgA PUSCH to perform early recognition.

[0144] In one embodiment, early recognition of Msg3 or msgA PUSCH is signaled to the user using dedicated or broadcast signaling.

[0145] In one embodiment, msg5 provides early recognition for a particular type of terminal.

[0146] In one embodiment, msg5 carries type information for a particular type of terminal, for example, a Redcap user.

[0147] In one embodiment, for a 4-step RACH: For Redcap users, if msg1 or msg3 is not set and early recognition is performed, recognition is required in msg5; if msg1 or msg3 is already set and early recognition is performed for Redcap users, recognition is not required in msg5.

[0148] In one embodiment, for a two-step RACH: For a Redcap user, if msgA PRACH or msgA PUSCH is not configured and early recognition is performed, recognition is required in msg5; if msgA PRACH or msgA PUSCH is already configured and early recognition is performed for a Redcap user, recognition is not required in msg5.

[0149] In one embodiment, in this case, msg5 carries type information for a particular type of terminal, for example, an R17 release user.

[0150] For R17normal users, there is no issue of setting msg1 or msg3 to perform early recognition, so recognition of the user type is required in message 5.

[0151] In one embodiment, in this case, msg5 is an RRC connection establishment complete message.

[0152] Furthermore, msg5 indicates that the RRC resume completion message does not need to carry specific terminal type information (if the Resume process is completed successfully, it means that the base station has successfully acquired the terminal context, and the base station has already learned the terminal type).

[0153] In one embodiment, the base station performs early recognition of a particular type of terminal and then notifies the core network.

[0154] In one embodiment, the initial UE message between the base station and the core network can carry the terminal's early recognition information (this reporting does not need to be determined by the UE's capabilities).

[0155] As shown in FIG. 12 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an early recognition device, which includes: A determination module 121 for determining a predetermined manner of terminal type information, wherein the predetermined manner is a manner of transmitting terminal type information; a receiving module 122 for receiving terminal type information transmitted from the terminal, the terminal type information being used for early recognition of the terminal.

[0156] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the methods provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may be performed alone or together with some methods of the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods of related art.

[0157] As shown in FIG. 13 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an apparatus for early recognition, the apparatus comprising: The present invention includes a transmitting module 131 for transmitting terminal type information to the base station based on a predetermined method determined by the base station, the predetermined method being a method for transmitting terminal type information, and the terminal type information being used for early recognition of the terminal.

[0158] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the methods provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may be performed alone or together with some methods of the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods of related art.

[0159] As shown in FIG. 14, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an apparatus for early recognition, the apparatus comprising: The receiving module 141 includes a receiving module 141 for receiving a notification message sent from a base station, where the notification message indicates that the terminal is a terminal that requires early recognition.

[0160] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the methods provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may be performed alone or together with some methods of the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods of related art.

[0161] An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, the communication device comprising: a processor; a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor; The processor, when executing the executable instructions, is configured to implement the method of any embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0162] The processor may include various types of storage media that are non-transitory computer storage media and that can continue to retain information stored thereon even after the communication device is powered off.

[0163] The processor may be connected to the memory via a bus or the like to read executable programs stored in the memory.

[0164] An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a computer storage medium having a computer-executable program stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, implements the method of any embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0165] The specific manner in which each module of the apparatus in the above embodiment performs the operations has already been described in detail in the embodiment relating to the method, so it will not be described in detail here.

[0166] As shown in FIG. 15, one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a structure of a terminal.

[0167] Referring to the terminal 800 shown in FIG. 15 , this embodiment provides a terminal 800, which may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a message transceiver, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, a fitness device, a personal digital assistant, etc.

[0168] Referring to FIG. 15, the terminal 800 may include one or more components: a processing component 802, a memory 804, a power component 806, a multimedia component 808, an audio component 810, an input / output (I / O) interface 812, a sensor component 814, and a communication component 816.

[0169] The processing component 802 typically controls the overall operation of the terminal 800, such as operations related to display, phone calls, data communications, camera operation, and recording operations. The processing component 802 may include one or more processors 820 for executing instructions to complete all or some of the steps of the above-described methods. The processing component 802 may also include one or more modules to facilitate interaction with other components. For example, the processing component 802 may include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 808 and the processing component 802.

[0170] The memory 804 is configured to store various types of data to support operation on the terminal 800. Examples of this data include instructions for any application programs or methods for operating on the terminal 800, contact data, phone book data, messages, images, videos, etc. The memory 804 may be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device or combination thereof, such as static random access memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic disk, or optical disk.

[0171] The power component 806 provides power for various components of the terminal 800. The power component 806 can include a power management system, one or more power sources, and other components related to generating, managing, and allocating power for the terminal 800.

[0172] The multimedia component 808 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the terminal 800 and a user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive input signals from a user. The touch panel may include one or more touch sensors to detect touches, slides, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensors may detect not only the boundaries of a touch or slide operation but also the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 808 includes a front camera and / or a rear camera. When the terminal 800 is in an operation mode, such as a photo mode or a video mode, the front camera and / or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or may have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

[0173] The audio component 810 is configured to output and / or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 810 includes a microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when the terminal 800 is in an operation mode such as a call mode, a record mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signals may be further stored in the memory 804 or transmitted via the communication component 816. In some embodiments, the audio component 810 further includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

[0174] The I / O interface 812 provides an interface between the processing component 802 and a peripheral interface module, which may be a keyboard, a click wheel, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to, a home button, volume buttons, a start button, and a lock button.

[0175] The sensor component 814 includes one or more sensors to provide various aspects of status assessment to the terminal 800. For example, the sensor component 814 can detect the on / off state of the terminal 800, the relative positioning of components, such as the display and keypad of the device 800, and the positional changes of the device 800 or a component of the device 800, the presence or absence of user contact with the device 800, the orientation and position or acceleration / deceleration of the device 800, and temperature changes of the device 800. The sensor component 814 can also include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object in the absence of any physical contact. The sensor component 814 can further include an optical sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor used for imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor component 814 can further include an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

[0176] The communication component 816 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between the terminal 800 and other devices. The terminal 800 can access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as Wi-Fi, 2G, or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 further includes a near-field communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communication. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

[0177] In an exemplary embodiment, terminal 800 may be implemented by one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processors (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, or other electronic components to perform the above methods.

[0178] In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions, such as a memory 804 containing instructions, may be provided, which may be executed by a processor 820 of the terminal 800 to complete the method. For example, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may be a ROM, a random access memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, or an optical data storage device.

[0179] As shown in FIG. 16, one embodiment of the present disclosure illustrates the structure of a base station. For example, base station 900 may be provided as a network-side device. Referring to FIG. 16, base station 900 includes a processing component 922 including one or more processors and memory resources represented by memory 932 for storing instructions, such as application programs, executed by processing component 922. The application program stored in memory 932 may include one or more modules, each corresponding to a set of instructions. Furthermore, processing component 922 is configured to execute instructions to perform any of the methods described above that are applicable to the base station.

[0180] Base station 900 may further include a power component 926 configured to perform power management of base station 900, a wired or wireless network interface 950 configured to connect base station 900 to a network, and an input / output (I / O) interface 958. Base station 900 may operate an operating system stored in memory 932, such as Windows Server™, Mac OS X™, Unix™, Linux™, FreeBSD™, or the like.

[0181] Those skilled in the art will readily appreciate other embodiments of the present disclosure after studying the specification and practicing the invention disclosed herein. This disclosure is intended to cover any modifications, uses, or adaptations of the present invention, which modifications, uses, or adaptations follow the general principles of the present invention and include common general knowledge or customary technical means in the art that are not disclosed in this disclosure. The specification and examples are considered to be exemplary only, with the true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.

[0182] It should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the exact structure described above and shown in the drawings, and various modifications and variations can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention, which is limited only by the scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. 1. A method of early recognition, comprising: The method is performed by a base station, the method comprising: determining a predetermined manner of terminal type information; receiving terminal type information transmitted from the terminal, the terminal type information being used for early recognition of the terminal; sending a notification message to a core network device via an initial UE message to notify that the terminal is a terminal requiring early recognition; Including, A method for early recognition characterized by:

2. The terminal a reduced capacity (Redcap) terminal; and a new radio (NR) terminal of a given release, 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second sub-sub ...

3. The predetermined method is: A first method of receiving type information of a terminal sent by a first random access message (msg1) in a four-step random access process; A second method of receiving type information of the terminal sent from the terminal by a third random access message (msg3) in a four-step random access process; and A third method of receiving type information of a terminal transmitted from the terminal by a random access message (msg5) message (msgA) of a physical random access channel (PRACH) in a two-step random access process; A fourth method of receiving type information of a terminal transmitted from the terminal through a random access message (msg5) or message (msgA) of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in a two-step random access process; A fifth method of receiving type information of the terminal sent from the terminal by a fifth message msg5 in the random access process; one or more of 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second sub-sub ...

4. The msg1, and One of the PRACH random access messages (msg5) and messages (msgA) in the two-step random access process is used to indicate a predetermined random access resource; the predetermined random access resource is configured by the base station; 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first and second sub-sub ...

5. The method comprises: determining that the terminal is a terminal requiring early recognition; sending a notification message to a core network device, the notification message being used to notify that the terminal is a terminal that requires early recognition; further comprising:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second sub-sub ...

6. 1. A method of early recognition, comprising: The method is performed by a terminal, the method comprising: The method further includes: transmitting terminal type information to the base station based on a predetermined manner determined by the base station; the terminal type information is used to early recognize the terminal; and if the terminal is a terminal requiring early recognition, the base station transmits an initial UE message to a core network device to notify that the terminal is a terminal requiring early recognition. A method for early recognition characterized by:

7. The terminal a Redcap terminal; a predetermined release NR terminal; and 7. A method for early recognition according to claim 6.

8. The predetermined method is: A first manner in which a terminal sends type information of the terminal to a base station through a first random access message (msg1) in a four-step random access process; A second method in which the terminal sends type information of the terminal to the base station through a third random access message (msg3) in a four-step random access process; and A third method in which the terminal transmits type information of the terminal to the base station through a random access message (msg5) message (msgA) of the PRACH in a two-step random access process; A fourth method in which the terminal transmits type information of the terminal to the base station through a random access message (msg5) or message (msgA) of the PUSCH in a two-step random access process; a fifth manner in which the terminal transmits type information of the terminal to the base station by a fifth message msg5 in the random access process; 7. A method for early recognition according to claim 6.

9. The msg1, and One of the PRACH random access messages (msg5) and messages (msgA) in the two-step random access process is used to indicate a predetermined random access resource; the predetermined random access resource is configured by the base station; 9. A method for early recognition according to claim 8.

10. 1. An early recognition device, comprising: A determination module for determining a predetermined manner of terminal type information, wherein the predetermined manner is a manner of transmitting the terminal type information; a receiving module for receiving terminal type information transmitted from a terminal, the receiving module being used for early recognition of the terminal; Including, An early recognition device characterized by:

11. 1. An apparatus for early recognition, the apparatus comprising: a transmission module for transmitting terminal type information to the base station based on a predetermined method determined by the base station, the predetermined method being a method for transmitting terminal type information, and the terminal type information being used for early recognition of the terminal; An early recognition device characterized by:

12. 1. A communication device, comprising: Memory and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to implement the method according to any one of claims 1 to 5 by executing computer-executable instructions stored in the memory. A communication device characterized by:

13. A communication device, comprising: Memory and a processor connected to the memory and configured to execute computer-executable instructions stored in the memory to implement the method according to any one of claims 6 to 9. A communication device characterized by:

14. 1. A computer storage medium, comprising: The computer storage medium stores computer-executable instructions, and the computer-executable instructions are executed by a processor to implement the method according to any one of claims 1 to 5. A computer storage medium comprising:

15. A computer storage medium, comprising: The computer storage medium stores computer-executable instructions, and the computer-executable instructions are executed by a processor to implement the method according to any one of claims 6 to 9. A computer storage medium comprising:

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