Information sending method and device, and information receiving method and device

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide an information sending method and device, and an information receiving method and device. The information sending method comprises: when a connected discontinuous reception (CDRX) function is configured for a terminal, and the terminal is configured to report a channel state information (CSI) measurement report or send a channel sounding reference signal (SRS) in a sleep state, the terminal reports the CSI measurement report or sends the SRS in the sleep state.

Description

Information sending and receiving method and device

[0001] Cross-references to related publications

[0002] This disclosure is based on Chinese Patent Publication No. 2023107822203, filed on June 28, 2023, entitled “Method and Device for Sending and Receiving Information”, and claims the priority of that patent disclosure, all of which are incorporated into this disclosure by reference. Technical Field

[0003] The present disclosure relates to the field of communications, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for sending and receiving information. Background Art

[0004] Generally speaking, after the terminal is configured with the Connect Discontinuous Reception (CDRX) function in the connected state, the technical effect of energy saving can be achieved. However, the defect of the terminal configured with the CDRX function is that when the terminal enters the sleep state in the connected state, it will not send the Channel Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) signal and report the Channel State Information (CSI) measurement report to the base station. Therefore, when the terminal enters the active state from the sleep state, the base station will not be able to obtain continuous measurement information of the terminal, making it impossible for the base station to accurately estimate the channel quality of the terminal, thereby reducing the reliability of the base station in scheduling UE.

[0005] Summary of the Invention

[0006] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for sending and receiving information, so as to at least solve the problem in the related art that a terminal does not report CSI and send SRS in a sleep state when configured with a CDRX function.

[0007] According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for sending information is provided, comprising: when a terminal is configured with a discontinuous reception CDRX function in a connected state and is configured to report a channel state information CSI measurement report or send a channel sounding reference signal SRS in a sleep state, the terminal reports the CSI measurement report or sends the SRS in the sleep state.

[0008] According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, an information receiving method is provided, including: a base station sends signaling to a terminal to configure a discontinuous reception CDRX function in a connected state, and sends signaling to the terminal to configure a channel state information CSI measurement report or a channel sounding reference signal SRS function in a sleep state; the base station receives the CSI measurement report or the SRS sent by the terminal.

[0009] According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, an information sending device is also provided, including: a first sending module, which is configured to perform discontinuous reception CDRX function when the terminal is configured in a connected state, and is configured to report channel state information CSI measurement report or send channel sounding reference signal SRS in a sleep state, and the terminal reports the CSI measurement report or sends the SRS in the sleep state.

[0010] According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, an information receiving device is also provided, including: a second sending module, configured for the base station to send signaling to the terminal to configure the discontinuous reception CDRX function in the connected state, and to send signaling to the terminal to configure the reporting of channel state information CSI measurement report or the sending of channel sounding reference signal SRS function in the sleep state; a receiving module, configured for the base station to receive the CSI measurement report or the SRS sent by the terminal.

[0011] According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, in which a computer program is stored. The computer program is configured to execute the steps of any one of the above method embodiments when running.

[0012] According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, an electronic device is provided, including a memory and a processor, wherein the memory stores a computer program, and the processor is configured to run the computer program to perform the steps in any one of the above method embodiments. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0013] 1 is a hardware structure block diagram of a computer terminal according to an information sending method and an information receiving method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0014] FIG2 is a flow chart of a method for sending information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0015] FIG3 is a flow chart of an information receiving method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0016] FIG4 is a structural block diagram of an information sending device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0017] FIG5 is a structural block diagram of an information receiving device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0018] FIG6 is a flowchart of an information sending method according to yet another embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0019] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and in conjunction with the embodiments.

[0020] It should be noted that the terms "first", "second", etc. in the specification and claims of the present disclosure and the above-mentioned drawings are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not necessarily used to describe a specific order or sequence.

[0021] The method embodiments provided in the embodiments of the present application can be executed in a mobile terminal, a computer terminal or a similar computing device. Taking operation on a computer terminal as an example, FIG1 is a hardware structure block diagram of a computer terminal according to the information sending and information receiving method of an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG1 , the computer terminal may include one or more (only one is shown in FIG1 ) processors 102 (the processor 102 may include but is not limited to a processing device such as a microprocessor MCU or a programmable logic device FPGA) and a memory 104 configured to store data, wherein the above-mentioned computer terminal may also include a transmission device 106 and an input and output device 108 configured to have a communication function. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the structure shown in FIG1 is only for illustration and does not limit the structure of the above-mentioned computer terminal. For example, the computer terminal may also include more or fewer components than those shown in FIG1 , or have a configuration different from that shown in FIG1 .

[0022] The memory 104 can be configured to store computer programs, for example, software programs and modules of application software, such as computer programs corresponding to the information sending and information receiving methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The processor 102 executes various functional applications and data processing by running the computer programs stored in the memory 104, that is, implementing the above-mentioned methods. The memory 104 may include a high-speed random access memory, and may also include a non-volatile memory, such as one or more magnetic storage devices, flash memory, or other non-volatile solid-state memory. In some instances, the memory 104 may further include a memory remotely located relative to the processor 102, and these remote memories may be connected to the computer terminal via a network. Examples of the above-mentioned network include, but are not limited to, the Internet, an intranet, a local area network, a mobile communication network, and combinations thereof.

[0023] The transmission device 106 is configured to receive or transmit data via a network. A specific example of the aforementioned network may include a wireless network provided by a communications provider of a computer terminal. In one embodiment, the transmission device 106 includes a network interface controller (NIC) that can be connected to other network devices via a base station to enable communication with the Internet. In another embodiment, the transmission device 106 may be a radio frequency (RF) module that is configured to communicate with the Internet wirelessly.

[0024] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for sending information is provided. FIG2 is a flow chart of the method for sending information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG2 , the flow chart includes the following steps:

[0025] Step S202: When the terminal is configured with a discontinuous reception CDRX function in a connected state and is configured to report a channel state information CSI measurement report or send a channel sounding reference signal SRS in a sleep state, the terminal reports the CSI measurement report or sends the SRS in the sleep state.

[0026] In step S202 of this embodiment, the terminal is configured with the CDRX function, and is configured to report the CSI measurement report or send the SRS in the sleep state, including: the terminal is configured with the CDRX function through the radio resource control protocol RRC signaling configuration, and is configured to report the CSI measurement report or send the SRS in the sleep state.

[0027] In step S202 of this embodiment, the terminal is configured to report the CSI measurement report or send the SRS in the sleep state, including: the terminal receives the main service cell group configuration of the multiple access channel, wherein the optional configuration field of the main service cell group configuration of the multiple access channel carries an indication of whether to allow reporting the CSI measurement report or sending the SRS in the sleep state.

[0028] If no indication of whether to allow reporting of the CSI measurement report or sending of the SRS in the sleep state is received in the optional configuration field of the primary serving cell group configuration of the multiple access channel, the historical indication is inherited.

[0029] In step S202 of this embodiment, the terminal reports the CSI measurement report or sends the SRS in the sleep state, including: when the moment of reporting the CSI measurement report or sending the SRS arrives, the terminal judges the state of the terminal and whether it is configured to report the CSI measurement report or send the SRS in the sleep state; if the terminal is in the sleep state and is configured to report the CSI measurement report or send the SRS in the sleep state, the terminal reports the CSI measurement report or sends the SRS; or, when the moment of reporting the CSI measurement report or sending the SRS arrives, the terminal reports the CSI measurement report or sends the SRS.

[0030] Among them, when the time comes to report the CSI measurement report or send the SRS, the terminal judges the status of the terminal and whether it is configured to report the CSI measurement report or send the SRS in the sleep state, or the terminal does not judge the status of the terminal and directly reports the CSI measurement report or sends the SRS.

[0031] The time for reporting the CSI measurement report or sending the SRS includes a periodic reporting time and an aperiodic reporting time.

[0032] By judging the status and configuration of the terminal, the CSI measurement report can be reported or the SRS can be sent accurately and reliably; without judging the status and configuration of the terminal, the CSI measurement report can be reported or the SRS can be sent directly, which can achieve low latency in reporting the terminal CSI measurement report or sending the SRS.

[0033] An information receiving method is provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG3 is a flow chart of the information receiving method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3 , the flow chart includes the following steps:

[0034] Step S302: The base station sends a signaling to the terminal for configuring a discontinuous reception (CDRX) function in a connected state, and sends a signaling to the terminal for configuring a channel state information (CSI) measurement report or a channel sounding reference signal (SRS) function in a sleep state.

[0035] In step S302 of this embodiment, the base station sends a radio resource control protocol RRC signaling to the terminal for configuring the CDRX function, and sends the RRC signaling to the terminal for configuring the CSI measurement report or sending the SRS function in the sleep state.

[0036] In step S302 of this embodiment, the base station configures the terminal to report the CSI measurement report or send the SRS function in the sleep state, including: the base station sends the main service cell group configuration of the multiple access channel to the terminal, wherein the optional configuration field of the main service cell group configuration of the multiple access channel carries an indication of whether to allow reporting the CSI measurement report or sending the SRS in the sleep state.

[0037] Step S304: The base station receives the CSI measurement report or the SRS sent by the terminal.

[0038] In step S304 of this embodiment, the base station receives the CSI measurement report or the SRS sent by the terminal, including: when the moment for the terminal to report the CSI measurement report or send the SRS arrives, the base station judges the state of the terminal and whether it is configured to report the CSI measurement report or send the SRS in the sleep state; if the terminal is in the sleep state and the terminal is configured to report the CSI measurement report or send the SRS in the sleep state, the base station receives the CSI measurement report reported by the terminal or the SRS sent by the terminal; or, when the moment for the terminal to report the CSI measurement report or send the SRS arrives, the base station receives the CSI measurement report reported by the terminal or the SRS sent by the terminal.

[0039] When the time comes for the terminal to report the CSI measurement report or send the SRS, the base station can judge the status of the terminal and whether it is configured to report the CSI measurement report or send the SRS in the sleep state. Since the base station reads the main service cell group configuration of the multiple access channel sent to the terminal, the base station judges whether the terminal is allowed to report the CSI measurement report or send the SRS in the sleep state based on the indication carried in the configuration; it is also possible not to judge the status of the terminal and whether it is configured to report the CSI measurement report or send the SRS in the sleep state, and directly receive the CSI measurement report reported by the terminal or the SRS sent by the terminal.

[0040] After step S304 in this embodiment, the method further includes: the base station estimating the downlink service channel quality of the terminal according to the CSI measurement report.

[0041] After step S304 in this embodiment, the method further includes: the base station estimating the uplink and downlink service channel quality of the terminal according to the SRS.

[0042] Since the base station accurately estimates the channel quality of the terminal based on the obtained continuous measurement information of the terminal, the reliability of the base station in scheduling the UE is increased.

[0043] Through the embodiments of the present disclosure, since the terminal is configured with the CDRX function and is configured to report CSI measurement reports or send SRS in the sleep state, the terminal can still report CSI measurement reports or send SRS in the sleep state, which can solve the problem that the terminal cannot provide continuous channel quality information of the terminal in the sleep state when the CDRX function is configured, thereby achieving the effect of ensuring the reliability of the terminal in the CDRX state.

[0044] Through the description of the above implementation methods, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the method according to the above embodiment can be implemented by means of software plus the necessary general hardware platform, and of course it can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases the former is a better implementation method. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present disclosure, or the part that contributes to the prior art, can be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as a read-only memory / random access memory (ROM / RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk), and includes a number of instructions for enabling a terminal device (which can be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute the methods described in the various embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0045] In this embodiment, an information sending device and an information receiving device are also provided. The devices are configured to implement the above-mentioned embodiments and preferred embodiments, and the details already described will not be repeated. As used below, the term "module" may refer to a combination of software and / or hardware that implements a predetermined function. Although the devices described in the following embodiments are preferably implemented in software, implementation using hardware, or a combination of software and hardware, is also possible and contemplated.

[0046] An information sending device is provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. Figure 4 is a structural block diagram of the information sending device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 4, the information sending device 400 includes: a first sending module 10, which is configured to perform a discontinuous reception CDRX function when the terminal is configured in a connected state, and is configured to report a channel state information CSI measurement report or send a channel sounding reference signal SRS in a sleep state. The terminal reports the CSI measurement report or sends the SRS in the sleep state.

[0047] An information receiving device is provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG5 is a structural block diagram of the information receiving device according to the embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG5 , the information receiving device 500 includes: a second sending module 20 and a receiving module 30 .

[0048] The second sending module 20 is configured to send a signaling of configuring a discontinuous reception (CDRX) function in a connected state to the terminal by the base station, and send a signaling of configuring a channel state information (CSI) measurement report or a channel sounding reference signal (SRS) function in a sleep state to the terminal;

[0049] The receiving module 30 is configured to receive, as the base station, the CSI measurement report or the SRS sent by the terminal.

[0050] It should be noted that the above modules can be implemented through software or hardware. For the latter, it can be implemented in the following ways, but not limited to: the above modules are all located in the same processor; or the above modules are located in different processors in any combination.

[0051] To facilitate understanding of the technical solutions provided by the present disclosure, embodiments of specific scenarios will be described in detail below.

[0052] FIG6 is a flow chart of a method for sending information according to another embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG6 , the method includes the following steps:

[0053] Step S602: The base station sends a signaling to the terminal to configure the CDRX function;

[0054] Specifically, the base station configures the CDRX function to the terminal by sending RRC UE configuration or reconfiguration signaling, and configures allow CSI-SRS-Tx-Sleep to TRUE (correct) in the existing MAC-CellGroupConfig (main service cell group configuration of the multiple access channel), that is, a new field is added to the existing MAC-CellGroupConfig configuration node: allowCSI-SRS-Tx-Sleep BOOLEAN OPTIONAL, where the field OPTIONGAL (optional) is indicated as an optional configuration field, not a required configuration field; for the reconfiguration principle, it is defined as "Need M", which means that if the reconfiguration value is not received, the historical value is inherited, which is used to indicate whether the terminal can send periodic SRS or periodic CSI measurement results in the sleep state, where the value true requires that periodic SRS or periodic CSI measurement results be sent normally in the sleep state.

[0055] Step S604: When the CSI-RS reporting or SRS sending time arrives, the terminal reports a CSI measurement report or sends an SRS;

[0056] Specifically, when the terminal reaches the periodic CSI-RS (Channel State Information-Reference Signal) measurement period or the periodic SRS transmission time, it does not need to determine whether the terminal is in the sleep state or the active state, and directly reports the CSI measurement report or sends the periodic SRS signal.

[0057] Step S606: The base station receives a CSI measurement report or performs SRS channel measurement;

[0058] Specifically, the base station does not determine whether the terminal is in the sleep state or the active state, receive the CSI measurement report, or perform SRS channel measurement.

[0059] Step S608: The base station estimates the uplink and downlink service channel quality of the terminal based on the CSI measurement report or the SRS channel measurement value reported by the terminal.

[0060] An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a computer-readable storage medium, in which a computer program is stored. The computer program is configured to execute the steps of any one of the above method embodiments when run.

[0061] In an exemplary embodiment, the computer-readable storage medium may include, but is not limited to, various media that can store computer programs, such as a USB flash drive, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a mobile hard disk, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

[0062] An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an electronic device, including a memory and a processor, wherein the memory stores a computer program, and the processor is configured to run the computer program to perform the steps in any of the above method embodiments.

[0063] In an exemplary embodiment, the electronic device may further include a transmission device and an input / output device, wherein the transmission device is connected to the processor, and the input / output device is connected to the processor.

[0064] For specific examples in this embodiment, reference may be made to the examples described in the above embodiments and exemplary implementation modes, and this embodiment will not be described in detail here.

[0065] Obviously, those skilled in the art should understand that the modules or steps of the present disclosure described above can be implemented using a general-purpose computing device, they can be concentrated on a single computing device, or distributed across a network composed of multiple computing devices, they can be implemented using program code executable by the computing device, and thus, they can be stored in a storage device and executed by the computing device, and in some cases, the steps shown or described can be performed in a different order than herein, or they can be fabricated into separate integrated circuit modules, or multiple modules or steps can be fabricated into a single integrated circuit module for implementation. Thus, the present disclosure is not limited to any particular combination of hardware and software.

[0066] The foregoing description is merely a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure and is not intended to limit the present disclosure. Those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that various modifications and variations of the present disclosure are possible. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, or improvements made within the principles of the present disclosure shall be included within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A method for sending information, comprising: When the terminal is configured with a discontinuous reception CDRX function in a connected state and is configured to report a channel state information CSI measurement report or send a channel sounding reference signal SRS in a sleep state, the terminal reports the CSI measurement report or sends the SRS in the sleep state.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The terminal is configured with the CDRX function and is configured to report the CSI measurement report or send the SRS in the sleep state, including: The terminal in the sleep state is configured with the CDRX function through radio resource control protocol RRC signaling configuration, and is configured to report the CSI measurement report or send the SRS in the sleep state.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The terminal is configured to report the CSI measurement report or send the SRS in a sleep state, including: The terminal receives a primary service cell group configuration of a multiple access channel, wherein an optional configuration field of the primary service cell group configuration of the multiple access channel carries an indication of whether to allow reporting of the CSI measurement report or sending of the SRS in a sleep state.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein: Reporting, by the terminal in the sleep state, the CSI measurement report or sending the SRS includes: When the time for reporting the CSI measurement report or sending the SRS arrives, the terminal judges the state of the terminal and whether it is configured to report the CSI measurement report or send the SRS in the sleep state; if the terminal is in the sleep state and is configured to report the CSI measurement report or send the SRS in the sleep state, the terminal reports the CSI measurement report or sends the SRS.

5. A method for receiving information, comprising: The base station sends a signaling to the terminal for configuring a discontinuous reception CDRX function in a connected state, and sends a signaling to the terminal for configuring a channel state information CSI measurement report or a channel sounding reference signal SRS function in a sleep state; The base station receives the CSI measurement report or the SRS sent by the terminal.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein: The base station sends the signaling for configuring the CDRX function to the terminal, and sends the signaling for configuring the CSI measurement report or sending the SRS function in the sleep state to the terminal, including: The base station sends a radio resource control protocol RRC signaling for configuring the CDRX function to the terminal, and sends an RRC signaling for configuring the CSI measurement report or sending the SRS function in the sleep state to the terminal.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein: The base station sends, to the terminal, signaling for configuring the CSI measurement report or sending the SRS function in the sleep state, including: The base station sends a primary service cell group configuration signaling of a multiple access channel to the terminal, wherein the optional configuration field of the primary service cell group configuration of the multiple access channel carries whether to allow the CSI measurement report to be reported in the sleep state. reporting or sending an indication of the SRS.

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein: The receiving, by the base station, the CSI measurement report or the SRS sent by the terminal includes: When the moment for the terminal to report the CSI measurement report or send the SRS arrives, the base station judges the state of the terminal and whether it is configured to report the CSI measurement report or send the SRS in the sleep state. If the terminal is in the sleep state and the terminal is configured to report the CSI measurement report or send the SRS in the sleep state, the base station receives the CSI measurement report reported by the terminal or the SRS sent by the terminal; or, When the time for the terminal to report the CSI measurement report or send the SRS arrives, the base station receives the CSI measurement report reported by the terminal or the SRS sent by the terminal.

9. The method according to claim 5, wherein: After the base station receives the CSI measurement report sent by the terminal, the method further includes: The base station estimates the quality of the downlink service channel of the terminal according to the CSI measurement report.

10. The method according to claim 5, wherein: After the base station receives the SRS sent by the terminal, the method further includes: The base station estimates the uplink and downlink service channel quality of the terminal according to the SRS.

11. An information sending device, comprising: The first sending module is configured to, when the terminal is configured with a discontinuous reception CDRX function in a connected state and is configured to report a channel state information CSI measurement report or send a channel sounding reference signal SRS in a sleep state, the terminal reports the CSI measurement report or sends the SRS in the sleep state.

12. An information receiving device, comprising: The second sending module is configured to send a signaling of configuring a discontinuous reception CDRX function in a connected state to the terminal by the base station, and to send a signaling of configuring a reporting channel state information CSI measurement report or a sending channel sounding reference signal SRS function in a sleep state to the terminal; The receiving module is configured to enable the base station to receive the CSI measurement report or the SRS sent by the terminal.

13. A computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored therein, wherein: When the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the method described in any one of claims 1 to 4 are implemented, or the steps of the method described in any one of claims 5 to 10 are implemented.

14. An electronic device comprising a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the processor implements the steps of the method described in any one of claims 1 to 4 or the steps of the method described in any one of claims 5 to 10 when executing the computer program.

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