Information processing method, communication device, communication system and storage medium

Abstract

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information processing method, a communication device, a communication system and a storage medium. The information processing method comprises: at least some secondary cells in a secondary cell group (SCG) entering a network energy saving (NES) mode, and a terminal changing, releasing or deactivating the SCG.

Description

Information processing method, communication device, communication system and storage medium Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to an information processing method, communication equipment, communication system, and storage medium. Background Art

[0002] With the development of communication technology, a terminal can achieve dual connectivity through technologies such as carrier aggregation. At this time, the terminal's serving cell may include a primary cell provided by a master node (MN) and a secondary cell provided by a secondary node (SN). All secondary cells belong to a secondary cell group (SCG). A secondary cell group may include a primary secondary cell (PScell). A PScell ​​can be understood as a primary cell in a secondary cell, which can provide operations such as signaling transmission relative to other conventional secondary cells. Other conventional secondary cells can be understood as secondary cells other than the primary secondary cell.

[0003] In order to reduce network energy consumption, a Network Energy Saving (NES) mode is provided for network devices. When a network device enters the NES mode, the energy consumption of the network will be reduced.

[0004] Summary of the Invention

[0005] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information processing method and apparatus, a communication device, and a storage medium.

[0006] According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, an information processing method is provided, wherein the method includes: at least part of the secondary cells of the secondary cell group SCG enters the NES mode, and the terminal performs the change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

[0007] According to a second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing method, which is executed by a master node MN, and the method includes:

[0008] receiving a first message sent by a secondary node SN, wherein the first message instructs at least some secondary cells of the SCG to enter a network energy saving NES mode;

[0009] According to the first message, indication information is sent to the terminal, wherein the indication information is used to instruct the terminal to perform SCG change, release or deactivation when at least part of the cells of the SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode.

[0010] According to a third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing method, which is performed by a secondary node SN, and the method includes:

[0011] A first message is sent to the master node MN, the first message indicating that at least some of the secondary cells of the secondary cell group SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode, and is used by the MN to send a first indication information to the terminal; the first indication information is used to instruct the terminal to execute the change, release or deactivation of the SCG when at least some of the cells of the SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode.

[0012] According to a fourth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing method, wherein the method is performed by a master node and includes:

[0013] The first information sent by the receiving terminal is used to request the execution of SCG change, release or deactivation when the terminal determines that at least part of the secondary cells of the SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode.

[0014] According to a fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing method, which is performed by a master node MN and includes:

[0015] The notification message sent by the receiving terminal is used to notify the terminal that at least some secondary cells in the secondary cell group SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode and the terminal executes the release or deactivation of the SCG when the conditions corresponding to the conditional measurement configuration are met.

[0016] According to a sixth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing method, which is executed by a communication device, and the method includes:

[0017] It is determined that the primary and secondary cells Pscell of the terminal do not enter the network energy saving NES mode.

[0018] According to a seventh aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a terminal is provided, comprising:

[0019] The processing module is configured to enable at least some secondary cells of the secondary cell group SCG to enter the network energy saving NES mode, and the terminal executes the change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

[0020] According to an eighth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a master node MN is provided, comprising:

[0021] a receiving module configured to receive a first message sent by a secondary node SN, wherein the first message indicates that at least some secondary cells of a secondary cell group SCG enter a network energy saving NES mode;

[0022] The sending module is configured to send indication information to the terminal according to the first message, wherein the indication information is used to instruct the terminal to perform SCG change, release or deactivation when at least part of the cells of the SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode.

[0023] According to a ninth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a secondary node SN is provided, comprising:

[0024] The sending module is configured to send a first message to the master node MN, where the first message indicates that at least some of the secondary cells of the secondary cell group SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode, and is used by the MN to send indication information to the terminal; the indication information is used to instruct the terminal to execute the change, release or deactivation of the SCG when at least some of the cells of the SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode.

[0025] According to a tenth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a master node is provided, comprising:

[0026] The receiving module is configured to receive first information sent by the terminal, wherein the first information is used by the terminal to request the execution of SCG change, release or deactivation when it determines that at least part of the secondary cells of the SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode.

[0027] According to an eleventh aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a master node MN is provided, comprising:

[0028] The receiving module is configured to receive a notification message sent by the terminal, where the notification message is used to notify the terminal that at least some of the secondary cells in the secondary cell group SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode and the terminal executes the release or deactivation of the SCG when the conditions corresponding to the conditional measurement configuration are met.

[0029] According to a twelfth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication device is provided, which includes:

[0030] The processing module is configured to determine that the primary and secondary cells Pscell of the terminal do not enter the network energy saving NES mode.

[0031] According to a thirteenth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication device is provided, wherein the communication device includes:

[0032] one or more processors;

[0033] Among them, the processor is used to call instructions to enable the communication device to execute the information processing method provided by any technical solution of the first to seventh aspects mentioned above.

[0034] According to the thirteenth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a storage medium is provided, wherein the storage medium stores instructions, and when the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes the information processing method provided by any of the first to seventh aspects.

[0035] The technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure is that after the secondary cell enters the NES mode, the SCG is changed, released or deactivated, so that the SCG service of the terminal is migrated to the cell that has not entered the NES mode through the change, release or deactivation of the SCG, thereby ensuring the service continuity of the terminal.

[0036] It should be understood that the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are merely exemplary and explanatory and are not restrictive of the embodiments of the present disclosure. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0037] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the embodiments of the present invention.

[0038] FIG1A is a schematic diagram showing an architecture of a communication system according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0039] FIG1B is a schematic diagram showing dual connectivity according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0040] FIG1C is a schematic diagram showing conditional configuration information according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0041] FIG2A is a schematic flow chart showing an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0042] FIG2B is a schematic flow chart showing an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0043] FIG2C is a schematic flow chart showing an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0044] FIG2D is a schematic flow chart showing an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0045] FIG3A is a schematic flow chart showing an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0046] FIG3B is a schematic flow chart showing an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0047] FIG3C is a schematic flow chart showing an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0048] FIG3D is a schematic flow chart showing an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0049] FIG4A is a schematic flow chart showing an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0050] FIG4B is a flow chart showing an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0051] FIG4C is a schematic flow chart showing an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0052] FIG5A is a schematic flow chart showing an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0053] FIG5B is a schematic flow chart showing an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0054] FIG6 is a flow chart showing an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0055] FIG7A is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0056] FIG7B is a schematic diagram showing the structure of a master node according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0057] FIG7C is a schematic diagram showing the structure of a master node according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0058] FIG7D is a schematic diagram showing the structure of a master node according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0059] FIG7E is a schematic diagram showing the structure of a master node according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0060] FIG8A is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0061] FIG8B is a schematic structural diagram of a chip according to an exemplary embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0062] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information processing method and apparatus, a communication device, a communication system, and a storage medium.

[0063] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which includes:

[0064] At least some of the secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode, and the terminal performs the change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

[0065] In the above embodiment, after the secondary cell enters the NES mode, the SCG is changed, released, or deactivated, so that the service of the SCG of the terminal is migrated to the cell that has not entered the NES mode through the change, release, or deactivation of the SCG, thereby ensuring that at least part of the secondary cells of the secondary cell group SCG enter the NES mode, including at least one of the following:

[0066] The primary and secondary cells (PScells) of the SCG enter the NES mode;

[0067] All secondary cells of the SCG enter NES mode;

[0068] All activated secondary cells of the SCG enter NES mode;

[0069] Among all activated secondary cells of the SCG, the secondary cells using the non-dormant bandwidth part BWP enter the NES mode.

[0070] Based on the above solution, an example is given for at least some secondary cells of the SCG to enter the NES mode, and the specific implementation is not limited to the above example.

[0071] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, at least some secondary cells of the secondary cell group SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode, and the terminal performs the change, release, or deactivation of the SCG, including:

[0072] At least some of the secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode, and the terminal performs the change, release or deactivation of the SCG according to the first indication information sent by the master node. The first indication information is used to indicate the change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

[0073] Based on the above solution, in the above embodiment, in one way, the master node can clearly instruct the terminal through indication information to release, deactivate or change the SCG when at least part of the secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode.

[0074] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, when at least some of the secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode or before entering the NES mode, the terminal performs a change, release, or deactivation of the SCG according to the conditional configuration information when conditions are met. The terminal can perform the release, deactivation, or change of the SCG according to the conditional configuration information when at least some of the secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode. In this way, the communication system can flexibly select the corresponding implementation method as needed.

[0075] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, at least some secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode, and the terminal performs the change, release, or deactivation of the SCG, including:

[0076] receiving second indication information sent by the secondary node or PScell; the second indication information instructs the terminal to perform SCG change, release, or deactivation;

[0077] The terminal receives the indication information from the SN or PScell, and sends the first information to the master node MN or the primary cell, wherein the first information is used to request the change, release or deactivation of the SCG, or to instruct at least some secondary cells of the SCG to enter the NES mode or energy saving;

[0078] receiving second information returned by the MN or the primary cell based on the first information, where the second information is used to instruct the terminal to change, release, or deactivate the SCG;

[0079] The terminal changes, releases or deactivates the SCSG based on the second information.

[0080] In the above embodiment, before the terminal executes the change, release or deactivation of the SCG based on the indication information of the SN, it also sends the first information to the MN and receives the second information of the MN, thereby further executing the change, release or deactivation of the SCG based on the indication of the MN.

[0081] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, at least some secondary cells of the SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode, and the terminal performs the change, release, or deactivation of the SCG according to the conditional configuration information when the conditions are met, including:

[0082] Evaluation of triggering events initiated by configuration information of start conditions for at least some secondary cells of the SCG to enter the network energy saving NES mode;

[0083] Upon detecting a trigger event that meets the conditions, the terminal executes the change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

[0084] Based on the above scheme,

[0085] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the conditional configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0086] Change CPC configuration information for the primary and secondary cells of the SCG PScell ​​that enter the NES mode in the same frequency band;

[0087] For SCG entering NES mode, SCG release configuration information, SCG deactivation configuration information and / or CPC configuration information of primary and secondary cells changing across frequency bands.

[0088] In the above embodiment, the specific content of the price adjustment configuration information is limited, and the CPC, release or deactivation of the SCG can be achieved.

[0089] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, changing CPC configuration information of the primary and secondary cells includes:

[0090] The first condition configuration is used for the terminal to perform the SCG change condition;

[0091] The target cell configuration is used by the terminal to determine the target serving cell after the SCG change when a qualified triggering event is detected.

[0092] In the above embodiment, the conditional configuration content of the SCG change is specifically limited.

[0093] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the SCG releases configuration information, including:

[0094] The second condition configuration is used for the terminal to determine the condition for SCG release; and

[0095] The main cell group MCG configuration includes the cell configuration of the MCG used for the terminal after the SCG is released, and / or the bearer configuration of the MCG includes the bearer configuration of the MCG used for the terminal after the SCG is released.

[0096] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the SCG deactivation configuration information includes:

[0097] A third condition configuration is used for the terminal to determine a condition for SCG deactivation; and

[0098] The main cell group MCG configuration includes the cell configuration of the MCG used for the terminal after the SCG is released, and / or the bearer configuration of the MCG includes the bearer configuration of the MCG used for the terminal after the SCG is released.

[0099] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0100] Based on the conditional configuration information, the SCG is released or deactivated when the conditions are met, and a notification message is sent to the primary cell or the primary node, wherein the notification message notifies the release or deactivation of the SCG.

[0101] Based on the above scheme, conditional configuration information is received before executing the change, release or deactivation of the SCG. In this way, when the secondary cell of the SCG enters the NES mode, the change, release or deactivation of the SCG can be executed in time according to the pre-received conditional configuration information.

[0102] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the conditional configuration information is carried in radio resource control RRC signaling, media access control MAC layer signaling or downlink control information DCI.

[0103] Based on the above solution, the conditional configuration information is sent to the terminal via RRC signaling, MAC layer signaling or DCI.

[0104] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the triggering event involved in the conditional configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0105] Measurement event A3;

[0106] Measurement event A4;

[0107] Measurement event A5;

[0108] A trigger event defined based on time.

[0109] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is executed by a master node MN, and the method includes:

[0110] receiving a first message sent by a secondary node SN, wherein the first message instructs at least some secondary cells of a secondary cell group SCG to enter a network energy saving NES mode;

[0111] According to the first message, indication information is sent to the terminal, wherein the indication information is used to instruct the terminal to perform SCG change, release or deactivation when at least part of the cells of the SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode.

[0112] With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, receiving a first message sent by a secondary node SN includes:

[0113] The MN receives a first message sent by the SN before at least part of the secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode, or,

[0114] The MN receives a first message sent by the SN when at least some secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode.

[0115] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first message further includes:

[0116] The time information is used by the MN to determine the time when at least some secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode.

[0117] With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, receiving a first message sent by a secondary node SN includes:

[0118] The MN receives the first message sent by the SN through the Xn interface.

[0119] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is performed by a secondary node SN and includes:

[0120] A first message is sent to the master node MN, where the first message indicates that at least some of the secondary cells of the secondary cell group SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode, and is used by the MN to send indication information to the terminal; the indication information is used to instruct the terminal to execute the change, release or deactivation of the SCG when at least some of the cells of the SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode.

[0121] In conjunction with some embodiments of the third aspect, in some embodiments, sending a first message to the master node MN includes:

[0122] Before the MN receives the information that at least part of the secondary cells of the SN in the SCG enter the NES mode, a first message is sent to the MN, or,

[0123] The first message sent by the SN to the MN when at least some secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode.

[0124] Based on the above solution, the SN may send the first message to the MN at any one of the above two occasions, so that the SN can flexibly choose to send the first message to the MN.

[0125] In conjunction with some embodiments of the third aspect, in some embodiments, the first message further includes:

[0126] The time information is used by the MN to determine the time when at least some secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode.

[0127] Based on the above solution, the time information is carried in the first message, which can accurately inform the MN terminal of the time when at least some secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode.

[0128] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is executed by a master node and includes:

[0129] The first information sent by the receiving terminal is used to request the execution of SCG change, release or deactivation when the terminal determines that at least part of the secondary cells of the SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode.

[0130] Based on the above scheme, when the terminal executes at least part of the cells of the SCG to enter the NES mode based on the network signaling sent by the SN, the terminal will send a first information to the MN when executing the change, release or deactivation of the SCG. On the one hand, the MN and the terminal can synchronously execute the change, release or deactivation of the terminal's SCG, and on the other hand, the MN can control the change, release or deactivation of the terminal's SCG.

[0131] In conjunction with some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, receiving the first information sent by the terminal includes:

[0132] The receiving terminal carries a user equipment auxiliary information message of the first information.

[0133] In conjunction with some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0134] Sending second information to the terminal, the second information is used to instruct the terminal to perform the change, release or deactivation of the SCG, and / or,

[0135] Send third information to SN, the third information is used to instruct SN to perform the change, release or deactivation of SCG.

[0136] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is executed by a master node MN and includes:

[0137] The notification message sent by the receiving terminal is used to notify the terminal that at least some secondary cells in the secondary cell group SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode and the terminal executes the release or deactivation of the SCG when the conditions corresponding to the conditional measurement configuration are met.

[0138] Based on the above solution, when the terminal executes the release or deactivation of the SCG based on the conditional configuration information when at least part of the secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode, the MN will receive a notification message, so that the MN can synchronously execute the release or deactivation of the SCG on the network side.

[0139] In conjunction with some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0140] According to the notification message, the SCG is released or deactivated.

[0141] In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is executed by a communication device and includes:

[0142] It is determined that the primary and secondary cells Pscell of the terminal do not enter the network energy saving NES mode.

[0143] Based on the above solution, if a secondary cell is configured as a primary or secondary cell, it will be prohibited from entering the NES mode, thereby reducing terminal service discontinuity caused by the primary or secondary cell entering the NES mode.

[0144] In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, wherein the method is performed by a secondary node, and includes:

[0145] At least part of the secondary cells of the SCG enters the NES mode and sends second indication information to the terminal, where the second indication information is used to indicate the change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

[0146] Based on the above solution, when the secondary node determines that at least part of the cells of the SCG enter the NES mode, it instructs the terminal to perform the change, release or deactivation of the SCG, and this process does not require processing by the MN node.

[0147] In conjunction with some embodiments of the seventh aspect, in some embodiments, the method may further include:

[0148] Receive the third information sent by the MN.

[0149] The third information is used to instruct the SN to execute the change, release or deactivation of the SCG, or to instruct the SN whether to execute the change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

[0150] Based on the above scheme, after receiving the second indication information, the terminal will send the first information to the MN, which is used to request the MN to change, release or activate the SCG. If the MN agrees or supports the change, release or activation of the terminal's SCG, the SN will receive the third information, instructing the SN whether to execute the change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

[0151] In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a terminal, comprising:

[0152] The processing module is configured to enable at least some secondary cells of the secondary cell group SCG to enter the network energy saving NES mode, and the terminal executes the change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

[0153] In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a master node MN, comprising:

[0154] a receiving module configured to receive a first message sent by a secondary node SN, wherein the first message indicates that at least some secondary cells of a secondary cell group SCG enter a network energy saving NES mode;

[0155] The sending module is configured to send indication information to the terminal according to the first message, wherein the indication information is used to instruct the terminal to perform SCG change, release or deactivation when at least part of the cells of the SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode.

[0156] In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a secondary node SN, comprising:

[0157] The sending module is configured to send a first message to the master node MN, where the first message indicates that at least some of the secondary cells of the secondary cell group SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode, and is used by the MN to send indication information to the terminal; the indication information is used to instruct the terminal to execute the change, release or deactivation of the SCG when at least some of the cells of the SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode.

[0158] In a tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a master node, comprising:

[0159] The receiving module is configured to receive first information sent by the terminal, wherein the first information is used by the terminal to request the execution of SCG change, release or deactivation when it determines that at least part of the secondary cells of the SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode.

[0160] In an eleventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a master node MN, comprising:

[0161] The receiving module is configured to receive a notification message sent by the terminal, where the notification message is used to notify the terminal that at least some of the secondary cells in the secondary cell group SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode and the terminal executes the release or deactivation of the SCG when the conditions corresponding to the conditional measurement configuration are met.

[0162] In a twelfth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, which includes:

[0163] The processing module is configured to determine that the primary and secondary cells Pscell of the terminal do not enter the network energy saving NES mode.

[0164] In a thirteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, the communication device including: one or more processors;

[0165] The processor is used to call instructions to enable the communication device to execute the information processing method described in the optional implementation of the first to sixth aspects.

[0166] In a fourteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a storage medium, wherein the storage medium stores instructions, which, when the instructions are executed on a communication device, enable the communication device to execute the information processing method described in the optional implementation methods of the first to sixth aspects.

[0167] In a fifteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a program product. When the program product is executed by a communication device, the communication device executes the information processing method described in the optional implementation of the first to sixth aspects.

[0168] In a sixteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, enables the computer to execute the information processing method described in the optional implementation manners of the first to sixth aspects.

[0169] It is understandable that the above-mentioned terminals, network devices, communication systems, program products, and computer programs are all used to execute the methods provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure. Therefore, the beneficial effects that can be achieved can refer to the beneficial effects of the corresponding methods and will not be repeated here.

[0170] The present disclosure provides an information processing method, communication device, communication system, and storage medium. In some embodiments, the terms "information processing method" and "information processing method" are interchangeable; the terms "information indicating device" and "information processing device" are interchangeable; and the terms "communication system" and "information processing system" are interchangeable.

[0171] The embodiments of the present disclosure are not exhaustive and are merely illustrative of some embodiments, and are not intended to be a specific limitation on the scope of protection of the present disclosure. In the absence of contradiction, each step in a certain embodiment can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the steps can be arbitrarily combined. For example, a solution after removing some steps in a certain embodiment can also be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the order of the steps in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily exchanged. In addition, the optional implementation methods in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined; in addition, the embodiments can be arbitrarily combined. For example, some or all steps of different embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, and a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined with the optional implementation methods of other embodiments.

[0172] In each embodiment of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified or provided for by logic, the terms and / or descriptions between the embodiments are consistent and can be referenced by each other. The technical features in different embodiments can be combined to form a new embodiment based on their inherent logical relationships.

[0173] The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present disclosure.

[0174] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, elements expressed in the singular, such as "a", "an", "the", "above", "the", "the", etc., may mean "one and only one", or "one or more", "at least one", etc. For example, when articles such as "a", "an", "the" in English are used in translation, the noun following the article may be understood as a singular expression or a plural expression.

[0175] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, “plurality” refers to two or more.

[0176] In some embodiments, the terms "at least one," "one or more," "a plurality of," "multiple," etc. may be used interchangeably.

[0177] In some embodiments, descriptions such as "at least one of A and B," "A and / or B," "in one case A, in another case B," or "in one case A, in another case B" may include the following technical solutions depending on the situation: in some embodiments, A (A is executed independently of B); in some embodiments, B (B is executed independently of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed); and in some embodiments, A and B (both A and B are executed). The same applies when there are more branches such as A, B, and C.

[0178] In some embodiments, "A or B" and other descriptions may include the following technical solutions depending on the situation: in some embodiments, A (A is executed independently of B); in some embodiments, B (B is executed independently of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed). The above is also applicable when there are more branches such as A, B, C, etc.

[0179] The prefixes such as "first" and "second" in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only used to distinguish different description objects and do not constitute any restriction on the position, order, priority, quantity or content of the description objects. For the statement of the description object, please refer to the description in the context of the claims or embodiments, and no unnecessary restriction should be constituted due to the use of prefixes. For example, if the description object is a "field", the ordinal number before the "field" in the "first field" and the "second field" does not limit the position or order between the "fields". "First" and "second" do not limit whether the "fields" they modify are in the same message, nor do they limit the order of the "first field" and the "second field". For another example, if the description object is a "level", the ordinal number before the "level" in the "first level" and the "second level" does not limit the priority between the "levels". For another example, the number of description objects is not limited by the ordinal number and can be one or more. Taking "first device" as an example, the number of "devices" can be one or more. In addition, the objects modified by different prefixes can be the same or different. For example, if the description object is "device", then the "first device" and the "second device" can be the same device or different devices, and their types can be the same or different; for another example, if the description object is "information", then the "first information" and the "second information" can be the same information or different information, and their contents can be the same or different.

[0180] In some embodiments, “including A,” “comprising A,” “used to indicate A,” and “carrying A” can be interpreted as directly carrying A or indirectly indicating A.

[0181] In some embodiments, terms such as "...", "determine...", "in the case of...", "at the time of...", "when...", "if...", "if...", etc. can be used interchangeably.

[0182] In some embodiments, terms such as "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "not less than", "more than", "more than or equal to", "not less than", "higher than", "higher than or equal to", "not less than", and "above" can be replaced with each other, and terms such as "less than", "less than or equal to", "not greater than", "less than", "less than or equal to", "not more than", "lower than", "lower than or equal to", "not higher than", and "below" can be replaced with each other.

[0183] In some embodiments, devices, etc. can be interpreted as physical or virtual, and their names are not limited to the names recorded in the embodiments. Terms such as "device", "equipment", "device", "circuit", "network element", "node", "function", "unit", "section", "system", "network", "chip", "chip system", "entity", and "subject" can be used interchangeably.

[0184] In some embodiments, "network" can be interpreted as devices included in the network (eg, access network equipment, core network equipment, etc.).

[0185] In some embodiments, the terms "access network device (AN device)", "radio access network device (RAN device)", "base station (BS)", "radio base station" "fixed station", "node", "access point", "transmission point (TP)", "reception point (RP)", "transmission / reception point (TRP)", "panel", "antenna panel", "antenna array", "cell", "macro cell", "small cell", "femto cell", "pico cell", "sector", "cell group", "serving cell", "carrier", "component carrier", "bandwidth part (BWP)" and the like may be used interchangeably.

[0186] In some embodiments, the terms "terminal", "terminal device", "user equipment (UE)", "user terminal", "mobile station (MS)", "mobile terminal (MT)", subscriber station, mobile unit, subscriber unit, wireless unit, remote unit, mobile device, wireless device, wireless communication device, remote device, mobile subscriber station, access terminal, mobile terminal, wireless terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client, etc. can be used interchangeably.

[0187] In some embodiments, the access network device, the core network device, or the network device can be replaced by a terminal. For example, the various embodiments of the present disclosure can also be applied to a structure in which the communication between the access network device, the core network device, or the network device and the terminal is replaced by communication between multiple terminals (for example, device-to-device (D2D), vehicle-to-everything (V2X), etc.). In this case, it is also possible to set the structure in which the terminal has all or part of the functions of the access network device. In addition, terms such as "uplink" and "downlink" can also be replaced by terms corresponding to communication between terminals (for example, "side"). For example, uplink channels, downlink channels, etc. can be replaced by side channels, and uplinks, downlinks, etc. can be replaced by side links.

[0188] In some embodiments, the terminal may be replaced by an access network device, a core network device, or a network device. In this case, the access network device, the core network device, or the network device may have a structure that has all or part of the functions of the terminal.

[0189] In some embodiments, obtaining data, information, etc. may comply with the laws and regulations of the country where the data is obtained.

[0190] In some embodiments, data, information, etc. may be obtained with the user's consent.

[0191] In addition, each element, each row, or each column in the table of the embodiment of the present disclosure can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the combination of any elements, any rows, and any columns can also be implemented as an independent embodiment.

[0192] FIG1A is a schematic diagram showing the architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0193] As shown in Figure 1A, a communication system 100 includes a terminal 101 and a network device 102. The network device 102 may include an access network device and a core network device.

[0194] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 includes, for example, a mobile phone, a wearable device, an Internet of Things device, a car with communication function, a smart car, a tablet computer, a computer with wireless transceiver function, a virtual reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control, a wireless terminal device in self-driving, a wireless terminal device in remote medical surgery, a wireless terminal device in a smart grid, a wireless terminal device in transportation safety, a wireless terminal device in a smart city, and at least one of a wireless terminal device in a smart home, but is not limited thereto.

[0195] In some embodiments, the terminal is also referred to as User Equipment (UE).

[0196] In some embodiments, the access network device may be, for example, a node or device that accesses a terminal to a wireless network. The access network device may include an evolved NodeB (eNB), a next generation evolved NodeB (ng-eNB), a next generation NodeB (gNB), a node B (NB), a home node B (HNB), a home evolved nodeB (HeNB), a wireless backhaul device, a radio network controller (RNC), a base station controller (BSC), a base transceiver station (BTS), a base band unit (BBU), a mobile switching center, a base station in a 6G communication system, an open base station (Open RAN), a cloud base station (Cloud RAN), a base station in other communication systems, and at least one of an access node in a Wi-Fi system, but is not limited thereto.

[0197] In some embodiments, the technical solution of the present disclosure can be applied to the Open RAN architecture. In this case, the interfaces between or within the access network devices involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be transformed into internal interfaces of the Open RAN, and the processes and information interactions between these internal interfaces can be implemented through software or programs.

[0198] In some embodiments, the access network device can be composed of a centralized unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU), where the CU can also be called a control unit. The CU-DU structure can be used to split the protocol layer of the access network device, with the functions of some protocol layers centrally controlled by the CU, and the functions of the remaining part or all of the protocol layers distributed in the DU, which is centrally controlled by the CU, but is not limited to this.

[0199] In some embodiments, the core network device may be a single device including a first network element, or may be a plurality of devices or a group of devices, each including a first network element. The network element may be virtual or physical. The core network may include, for example, at least one of an Evolved Packet Core (EPC), a 5G Core Network (5GCN), and a Next Generation Core (NGC).

[0200] It can be understood that the communication system described in the embodiment of the present disclosure is for the purpose of more clearly illustrating the technical solution of the embodiment of the present disclosure, and does not constitute a limitation on the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure. Ordinary technicians in this field can know that with the evolution of the system architecture and the emergence of new business scenarios, the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure is also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0201] The following embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to the communication system 100 shown in FIG1A , or a portion thereof, but are not limited thereto. The entities shown in FIG1A are illustrative only. The communication system may include all or part of the entities shown in FIG1A , or may include other entities other than those shown in FIG1A . The number and form of the entities may be arbitrary. The connection relationship between the entities is illustrative only. The entities may be connected or disconnected, and the connection may be in any manner, including direct or indirect, wired or wireless.

[0202] The embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4th generation mobile communication system (4G), 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), 5G new radio (NR), future radio access (FRA), new radio access technology (RAT), new radio (NR), new radio access (NX), future generation radio access (FX), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM (registered trademark)), CDMA2000, Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, Ultra-WideBand (UWB), Bluetooth (registered trademark), Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) networks, Device-to-Device (D2D) systems, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) systems, Internet of Things (IoT) systems, Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X), systems utilizing other information processing methods, and next-generation systems based on and extending these systems. Furthermore, multiple systems may be combined (for example, a combination of LTE or LTE-A with 5G).

[0203] In some embodiments, the information processing method shown in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to a communication system using dual connectivity technology, which includes the following:

[0204] The first is Multi-Radio Dual Connectivity (MR-DC).

[0205] MR-DC is a generalized intra-E-UTRA dual connection for Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA). The UE can utilize the radio resources provided by two different resource scheduling units, which are located on two different New Generation Radio Access Network (NG-RAN) nodes, connected through non-ideal backhaul, one providing New Radio (NR) access and the other providing E-UTRA or NR access. The base station of the primary cell can be the master node (MN), and the base station of the secondary cell can be the secondary node (SN); the master node and the secondary node are connected through a network interface, where at least the master node is connected to the core network. The master node and the secondary node here can be understood as access network devices. Network devices can also be called network nodes. At this time, both the master node and the secondary node can be called network nodes.

[0206] The second type is MR-DC based on the Evolved Packet Core (EPC). The core network equipment of the EPC may include: a Mobility Management Entity (MME) and / or a Serving Gateway (S-GW).

[0207] The third type is the MR-DC of the fifth-generation mobile communication core network (5th Generation Core, 5GC).

[0208] 5GC supports the following dual connections:

[0209] 1) Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) - New Radio (NR) and Next Generation RAN E-UTRA New Radio - Dual Connectivity (NGEN-DC) Dual Connectivity:

[0210] The 5G radio access network NG-RAN supports NG-RAN E-UTRA-NR dual connectivity (NGEN-DC), in which the UE is connected to the ng-eNB as the primary node (MN) and the gNB as the secondary node (SN). The base station ng-eNB is connected to the 5GC, and the base station gNB is connected to the base station ng-eNB through the Xn interface.

[0211] 2) Dual connectivity of the New Radio-Evolution Universal mobile telecommunications system Terrestrial Radio Access Network (NR-E-UTRA):

[0212] NG-RAN supports NR-E-UTRA Dual Connectivity (NE-DC), where the UE is connected to the gNB acting as the mobile node and the ng-eNB acting as the secondary node (SN). The gNB is connected to the 5GC, and the ng-eNB is connected to the gNB via the Xn interface.

[0213] 3) NR-NR dual connectivity.

[0214] In some embodiments, under dual connectivity, the terminal can access two cells or two cell groups at the same time. For example, access the primary cell (PCell) and the secondary cell (SCell) at the same time, or access the master cell group (MCG) and the secondary cell group (SCG) at the same time. MCG includes multiple cells, one of which is used to initiate initial access, and this cell is called PCell. As the name suggests, PCell is the most important cell in MCG. The other cells in MCG except PCell are SCell. The PCell in MCG and the SCell in MCG are combined through carrier aggregation (CA) to improve the transmission rate and meet the user's requirements for rate.

[0215] In some embodiments, the primary cell in an MCG (Master Cell Group) can be abbreviated as PCell, and the secondary cell can be abbreviated as SCell. The primary and secondary cells in an SCG (Secondary Cell Group) can be abbreviated as PSCell. Typically, much of the UE's control signaling is sent only on the PCell or PSCell. In some embodiments, the concept of a special (Primary) cell (sPcell) is proposed; the sPcell may include: the PCell and / or the PSCell.

[0216] In some embodiments, the NES mode of the network device may include at least one of the following:

[0217] The Synchronization Signal and PBCH block (SSB) is missing a cell. PBCH is the abbreviation for Physical Broadcast Channel, and the corresponding cell should be Physical Broadcast Channel.

[0218] Discontinuous transmission (DTX) and / or discontinuous reception (DRX) of the cell;

[0219] Antenna port adaptation;

[0220] Transmission power adaptation of the Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH).

[0221] An SSB-deficient cell may not send an SSB and / or a system information block (SIB). For example, an SSB-deficient cell may not send an SSB and / or SIB1, so as to achieve energy saving of network equipment.

[0222] The DTX and / or DRX of a cell can reduce the energy consumption of network devices by simply dormant discontinuous reception or transmission.

[0223] By automatically adapting the antenna ports, the number of ports for transmitting and receiving information can be reduced, or the transmit power and / or receive power of the PDSCH can be reduced, thereby reducing the power consumption of the network device.

[0224] In some cases, the terminal has a master cell or a master cell group at the same time. When the master cell or the master cell group enters the NES mode, the terminal can perform conditional cell switching (Conditional Handover, CHO) under the NES mode, so that the Chinese floor heating that supports the NES mode can switch to other cells that have not entered the NES mode through CHO when the network equipment enters the NES, thereby achieving energy saving of the network equipment on the one hand and ensuring the continuity of the terminal's business data on the other.

[0225] In view of this, FIG2A is an interactive diagram of an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG2A , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to an information processing method for a communication system 100, the method comprising:

[0226] S2101: SN sends a first message to MN.

[0227] In some embodiments, the first message indicates that at least some secondary cells of the SCG of the terminal are to enter the NES mode.

[0228] In some embodiments, at least some secondary cells of the secondary cell group (SCG) enter the network energy saving (NES) mode, including at least one of the following:

[0229] The primary and secondary cells (PScells) of the SCG enter the NES mode;

[0230] All secondary cells of the SCG enter NES mode;

[0231] The activated secondary cell of SCG enters NES mode;

[0232] Among the activated secondary cells of the SCG, the secondary cells using the non-dormant bandwidth part BWP enter the NES mode.

[0233] In some embodiments, the state of a secondary cell may include an activated state or a deactivated state. A secondary cell enters the activated state after being activated, and enters the deactivated state after being deactivated. A secondary cell in the activated state is referred to as an activated secondary cell.

[0234] In some embodiments, the primary and secondary cells belong to a secondary cell group and are primary cells of the secondary cell group, but are secondary cells relative to the primary cell.

[0235] A cell can be configured with one or more BWPs. A BWP has a dormant state and a non-dormant state (also called an activated state). In this case, the BWP used by the activated secondary cell can be an activated BWP and / or a dormant BWP. In some embodiments, the SN sends a first message to the MN via the Xn interface or the X2 interface.

[0236] In some embodiments, the NES mode may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0237] The secondary cell enters DRX;

[0238] The secondary cell enters DTX;

[0239] The secondary cell enters DTX and DRX at the same time;

[0240] The secondary cell enters the antenna port adaptive mode;

[0241] The secondary cell enters the PDSCH transmission power adaptive mode.

[0242] In some embodiments, the SN sends a first message to the MN, and the MN receives the first message sent by the SN.

[0243] In some embodiments, the first message may include one of the following:

[0244] NES indication, instructing some or all secondary cells of the SCG to enter NES mode;

[0245] Cell ID or cell index, indicating the secondary cell in the SCG that has entered NES mode;

[0246] Time information indicates the time when some or all secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode.

[0247] In some embodiments, the time information may include, but is not limited to, at least one of the following:

[0248] Remaining time information, used to indicate the remaining time between the moment the first message is received and the moment some or all secondary cells in the SCG enter the NES mode;

[0249] Time information, indicating the starting time when some or all secondary cells in the SCG enter the NES mode;

[0250] The timer information is used to start the timer. The timer expiration time is the start time when some or all secondary cells in the SCG enter the NES mode. The timer start time is the time when the MN receives the first message or detects the start trigger event.

[0251] In some embodiments, the SN sends a first message to the MN when one or more secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode.

[0252] In some embodiments, the SN sends a first message to the MN before one or more secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode.

[0253] In some embodiments, before one or more secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode, the SN sends a first message to the MN carrying the aforementioned time information.

[0254] In some embodiments, the SN may send a control signaling to the terminal instructing the SCG secondary cell to enter the NES mode. Exemplarily, the control signaling may include but is not limited to a group common DCI.

[0255] S2102: Send first indication information to the terminal.

[0256] In some embodiments, the first indication information is used for the terminal to execute the change, deactivation or release of the SCG.

[0257] In some embodiments, the information content of the first indication information may include at least one of the following:

[0258] Instruction content 1 is used to instruct the PScell ​​in the SCG to enter the NES mode;

[0259] Instruction content 2: instructs all secondary cells in the SCG to enter the NES mode;

[0260] Indication content 3 is used to instruct the activated secondary cell of the SCG to enter the NES mode;

[0261] Instruction content 4 is used to instruct the secondary cell using the non-dormant bandwidth part BWP in the activated secondary cell of the SCG to enter the NES mode;

[0262] Instruction content 5 is used to indicate the change of SCG (CPC);

[0263] Instruction content 6 is used to instruct the deactivation of the SCG;

[0264] Indication content 7 is used to indicate the release of the SCG.

[0265] In some embodiments, the MN sends RRC signaling, MAC layer signaling or DCI carrying the first indication information to the terminal.

[0266] In some embodiments, the MN sends RRC dedicated signaling carrying the first indication information to the terminal.

[0267] In some embodiments, the MN sends a MAC control element (CE) carrying first indication information to the terminal.

[0268] In some embodiments, when one or more secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode, the MN sends first indication information to the terminal.

[0269] In some other embodiments, before one or more secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode, the MN sends first indication information to the terminal.

[0270] In some embodiments, the first indication information may further include:

[0271] Time information, used for the time when the terminal performs SCG change, deactivation or release.

[0272] The time information may include, but is not limited to, time information and / or a time offset. The time information indicates a specific time. The time offset may be a time offset after the terminal receives the time information and then executes the change, release, and / or deactivation of the SCG.

[0273] Exemplarily, the time information is determined according to the time when one or more secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode.

[0274] S2103: The terminal executes the change, deactivation and / or release of the SCG according to the first indication information.

[0275] In some embodiments, when the first indication information is used to indicate a change of the SCG, the terminal executes the change of the SCG.

[0276] In some embodiments, changes to the SCG may include, but are not limited to, the CPC of the SCG.

[0277] In some embodiments, when the first indication information is used to indicate deactivation of the SCG, the terminal deactivates one or more activated secondary cells in the SCG.

[0278] In some embodiments, when the first indication information is used to indicate the release of the SCG, the terminal executes the release of one or more secondary cells in the SCG.

[0279] In some embodiments, the deactivated secondary cell may enter an activated state again based on the activation instruction to provide communication data to the terminal. The deactivated secondary cell may be a dormant cell among the secondary cells providing services to the terminal.

[0280] In some embodiments, the release of the SCG may be understood as the terminal releasing the connection of the corresponding secondary cell. In this case, the secondary cell whose connection is released may no longer be the serving cell of the terminal.

[0281] In some embodiments, the change, release and / or deactivation of an SCG may be understood as a mobility operation.

[0282] The first indication information may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0283] An operation indication, indicating the type of the mobility operation, for example, the type of the mobility operation may include but is not limited to SCG change, release and / or deactivation;

[0284] A cell identifier or cell index, used to determine the secondary cell corresponding to the indicative mobility operation;

[0285] A configuration identifier indicates the configuration of the mobility operation, which can be used by the terminal to perform the change, release and / or deactivation of the corresponding secondary cell; a flag bit indicates the change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

[0286] In some embodiments, the first indication information may be an indicator, instructing the terminal to execute the change, release or deactivation of the SCG. Specifically, the execution of the change, release or deactivation of the SCG may be determined by a predefined method such as protocol agreement.

[0287] Exemplarily, in some embodiments, the first indication information instructs the PScell ​​to enter the NES mode, and the terminal performs the SCG change.

[0288] In some embodiments, the first indication information instructs all secondary cells to enter the NES mode, and the terminal performs SCG change, SCG release or deactivation.

[0289] In some embodiments, the first indication information instructs all activated secondary cells to enter NES mode, and the terminal deactivates the SCG.

[0290] In some embodiments, the first indication information instructs all secondary cells that are activated and use a non-dormant BWP to enter the NES mode, and the terminal deactivates the SCG.

[0291] In some embodiments, the first indication information indicates that one or more secondary cells other than the PScell ​​enter the NES mode, and the terminal performs SCG change, SCG release or deactivation.

[0292] FIG2B is an interactive diagram illustrating an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG2B , the present disclosure embodiment relates to an information processing method for a communication system 100, the method comprising:

[0293] S2201: The SN sends second indication information to the terminal.

[0294] In some embodiments, the SN may be the SN of a PScell.

[0295] In some embodiments, the second indication information is used for the terminal to execute the change, deactivation or release of the SCG.

[0296] In some embodiments, the information content of the second indication information may include at least one of the following:

[0297] Instruction content 1 is used to instruct the PScell ​​in the SCG to enter the NES mode;

[0298] Instruction content 2: instructs all secondary cells in the SCG to enter the NES mode;

[0299] Indication content 3 is used to instruct the activated secondary cell of the SCG to enter the NES mode;

[0300] Instruction content 4 is used to instruct the secondary cell using the non-dormant bandwidth part BWP in the activated secondary cell of the SCG to enter the NES mode;

[0301] Instruction content 5 is used to indicate the change of SCG (CPC);

[0302] Instruction content 6 is used to instruct the deactivation of the SCG;

[0303] Indication content 7 is used to indicate the release of the SCG.

[0304] In some embodiments, the SN sends RRC signaling, MAC layer signaling or DCI carrying the second indication information to the terminal.

[0305] In some embodiments, the SN sends RRC dedicated signaling carrying the second indication information to the terminal.

[0306] In some embodiments, the SN sends a MAC control element (CE) carrying the second indication information to the terminal.

[0307] In some embodiments, when one or more secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode, the SN sends second indication information to the terminal.

[0308] In some other embodiments, before one or more secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode, the SN sends second indication information to the terminal.

[0309] In some embodiments, when one or more secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode, second indication information is sent to the terminal.

[0310] In some other embodiments, before one or more secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode, the second indication information is sent to the terminal.

[0311] Exemplarily, the time information is determined according to the time when one or more secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode.

[0312] In some embodiments, the terminal receives second indication information of the SN.

[0313] S2202: The terminal sends first information to the MN or the primary cell.

[0314] In some embodiments, after receiving the second indication information, the terminal sends the first information to the MN.

[0315] In some embodiments, the first information is used to request a change, release, or deactivation of the SCG.

[0316] In some embodiments, the terminal sends the first information through RRC signaling, MAC layer signaling or uplink control information (Uplink Control Information, UCI).

[0317] In some embodiments, the terminal sends the first information via a user equipment assistance information (UE Assistance Information) message.

[0318] In some embodiments, the terminal sends the first information, and the MN or the primary cell will receive the first information.

[0319] In some embodiments, the first information may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0320] An operation indication, indicating the type of mobility operation requested by the terminal, for example, the type of mobility operation may include but is not limited to SCG change, release and / or deactivation;

[0321] A cell identifier or cell index, used to indicate the secondary cell on which the terminal requests to perform the corresponding mobility operation;

[0322] Time information, used to request the time of SCG change, release or deactivation;

[0323] Flag indicating a request to change, release, or deactivate an SCG.

[0324] S2203: The MN sends second information to the terminal.

[0325] In some embodiments, the second information is used to instruct the terminal to perform a change, release, or deactivation of the SCG.

[0326] In some embodiments, the second information is used to confirm to the terminal the change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

[0327] In some embodiments, the second information is used to indicate to the terminal that it disagrees with the change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

[0328] In some embodiments, the second information may be carried in RRC signaling, MAC layer signaling or DCI.

[0329] In some embodiments, the second information may be carried in RRC dedicated signaling.

[0330] In some embodiments, the second information may be carried in an RRC reconfiguration message and sent to the terminal.

[0331] In some embodiments, the terminal performs a change, release, or deactivation of the SCG according to the second information. For details on how to perform a change, release, or deactivation of the SCG, please refer to the description of the embodiment corresponding to FIG. 2A.

[0332] S2204: The MN sends the third information to the SN.

[0333] In some embodiments, the third information is used to instruct the SN to perform the change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

[0334] In some embodiments, the third information is used to indicate to the SN whether to perform a change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

[0335] In some embodiments, the MN sends the third information to the SN via an Xn interface or an X2 interface.

[0336] In some embodiments, the MN sends the third information to the SN through a tunnel between the MN and the SN.

[0337] In some embodiments, the terminal releases or deactivates the SCG, and the MN sends third information to the SN.

[0338] In some embodiments, the information content of the third information may include at least one of the following:

[0339] An operation indication, indicating the type of mobility operation requested by the terminal, for example, the type of mobility operation may include but is not limited to SCG change, release and / or deactivation;

[0340] A cell identifier or cell index, used to indicate the secondary cell on which the terminal requests to perform the corresponding mobility operation;

[0341] Time information, used to request the time of SCG change, release or deactivation;

[0342] Flag indicating a request to release or deactivate the SCG.

[0343] S2205: The terminal executes the change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

[0344] In some embodiments, the terminal performs a change, release, or deactivation of the SCG according to the second information.

[0345] In some embodiments, the second information indicates whether to agree to perform the mobility operation indicated by the second indication information.

[0346] In some embodiments, the second information indicates agreement to perform the mobility operation indicated by the second indication information, and the SCG is further changed, released or deactivated according to the second information.

[0347] In some embodiments, the second indication information instructs the PScell ​​to enter the NES mode, and the terminal executes the SCG change.

[0348] In some embodiments, the second indication information instructs all secondary cells to enter the NES mode, and the terminal performs SCG change, SCG release or deactivation.

[0349] In some embodiments, the second indication information instructs all activated secondary cells to enter NES mode, and the terminal deactivates the SCG.

[0350] In some embodiments, the second indication information instructs all secondary cells that are activated and use a non-dormant BWP to enter the NES mode, and the terminal deactivates the SCG.

[0351] In some embodiments, the second indication information indicates that one or more secondary cells other than the PScell ​​enter the NES mode, and the terminal performs SCG change, SCG release or deactivation.

[0352] In some embodiments, when the second indication information is used to indicate a change of the SCG, the terminal executes the change of the SCG.

[0353] In some embodiments, changes to the SCG may include, but are not limited to, the CPC of the SCG.

[0354] In some embodiments, when the second indication information is used to indicate deactivation of the SCG, the terminal deactivates one or more activated secondary cells in the SCG.

[0355] In some embodiments, when the second indication information is used to indicate the release of the SCG, the terminal executes the release of one or more secondary cells in the SCG.

[0356] In some embodiments, the deactivated secondary cell may enter an activated state again based on the activation instruction to provide communication data to the terminal. The deactivated secondary cell may be a dormant cell among the secondary cells providing services to the terminal.

[0357] In some embodiments, the release of the SCG may be understood as the terminal releasing the connection of the corresponding secondary cell. In this case, the secondary cell whose connection is released may no longer be the serving cell of the terminal.

[0358] In some embodiments, the change, release and / or deactivation of an SCG may be understood as a mobility operation.

[0359] The second indication information may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0360] An operation indication, indicating the type of the mobility operation, for example, the type of the mobility operation may include but is not limited to SCG change, release and / or deactivation;

[0361] A cell identifier or cell index, used to determine the secondary cell corresponding to the indicative mobility operation;

[0362] A configuration identifier indicates the configuration of the mobility operation, which can be used by the terminal to perform the change, release and / or deactivation of the corresponding secondary cell; a flag bit indicates the change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

[0363] In some embodiments, the second indication information may be an indicator, instructing the terminal to execute the change, release or deactivation of the SCG. Specifically, the execution of the change, release or deactivation of the SCG may be determined by a predefined method such as protocol agreement.

[0364] Exemplarily, in some embodiments, the second indication information instructs the PScell ​​to enter the NES mode, and the terminal performs the SCG change.

[0365] In some embodiments, the second indication information instructs all secondary cells to enter the NES mode, and the terminal performs SCG change, SCG release or deactivation.

[0366] In some embodiments, the second indication information instructs all activated secondary cells to enter NES mode, and the terminal deactivates the SCG.

[0367] In some embodiments, the second indication information instructs all secondary cells that are activated and use a non-dormant BWP to enter the NES mode, and the terminal deactivates the SCG.

[0368] In some embodiments, the second indication information indicates that one or more secondary cells other than the PScell ​​enter the NES mode, and the terminal performs SCG change, SCG release or deactivation.

[0369] In some embodiments, the second information indicates a mobility operation that the terminal is allowed to perform, and the second information may include any information about the terminal performing SCG change, release, or deactivation, such as the type of the mobility operation, one or more secondary cells involved, and the like.

[0370] FIG2C is an interactive diagram illustrating an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG2C , the present disclosure embodiment relates to an information processing method for use in a communication system 100, the method comprising:

[0371] S2301: The network device sends conditional configuration information to the terminal.

[0372] In some embodiments, the conditional configuration information is used for the terminal to perform the change, release and / or deactivation of the SCG when it is determined that the condition is met.

[0373] In some embodiments, the MN sends conditional configuration information to the terminal.

[0374] In some embodiments, the SN sends conditional configuration information to the terminal.

[0375] In some embodiments, the network device sends the conditional configuration information via RRC signaling, MAC layer signaling, or DCI.

[0376] In some embodiments, the network device sends the conditional configuration information via RRC dedicated signaling.

[0377] In some embodiments, the network device sends the conditional configuration information via an RRC configuration message or an RRC reconfiguration message.

[0378] In some embodiments, the conditional configuration information may include, but is not limited to, at least one of the following:

[0379] CPC configuration information;

[0380] Conditional configuration information for releasing the secondary cell;

[0381] Configuration information on the conditions for deactivating the secondary cell.

[0382] In some embodiments, the conditional configuration information may include at least a conditional configuration, which may be used by the terminal to determine a condition for performing a change, release, or deactivation of the SCG.

[0383] In some embodiments, the triggering event corresponding to the condition configuration is related to measurement of the terminal.

[0384] In other embodiments, the triggering event corresponding to the condition configuration is related to the terminal's measurement of the SCG.

[0385] In some embodiments, the trigger event corresponding to the configuration condition may include but is not limited to event A. Exemplary events A include but are not limited to measurement event A3, measurement event A4, and / or measurement event A5.

[0386] Exemplarily, measurement event A3 may be: a difference between the measured signal quality of a neighboring cell and the signal quality of the primary and secondary cells is greater than an offset.

[0387] As another example, measurement event A4 may be: the measured signal quality of a neighboring cell is greater than a specified threshold.

[0388] As another example, measurement event A5 may be: the signal quality of the primary and secondary cells is measured to be lower than a threshold and the signal quality of the neighboring cell is measured to be higher than another threshold.

[0389] Of course, the above are merely examples of measurement event A3, measurement event A4 and / or measurement event A5, and the specific implementation is not limited to the above examples.

[0390] In some embodiments, the trigger event may also include a trigger event defined based on time. The trigger event defined based on time may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0391] The moment at which the SCG specified in the conditional measurement configuration is changed, released, or deactivated is reached at the current moment;

[0392] When the measured value of the reference signal is lower than a certain threshold for a specified period of time.

[0393] Of course, the above is merely an example of a trigger event defined based on time, and the specific implementation is not limited to the above example.

[0394] In some embodiments, CPC configuration information may include, but is not limited to, at least one of the following:

[0395] The first condition configuration is used by the terminal to determine the conditions for performing SCG changes;

[0396] The target cell configuration is used by the terminal to determine the target serving cell after the SCG change when a qualified triggering event is detected.

[0397] In some embodiments, the target cell configuration may indicate a target serving cell. The target serving cell may include a primary or secondary cell. In other embodiments, the target serving cell may include one or more secondary cells. The secondary cells may include, but are not limited to, primary or secondary cells.

[0398] In some embodiments, the target cell configuration may include:

[0399] A cell identifier or cell index, used to determine a target serving cell; and / or,

[0400] The cell type indicates whether the corresponding secondary cell is a primary secondary cell or a regular secondary cell. A regular secondary cell is a secondary cell other than the primary secondary cell.

[0401] In some embodiments, the SCG releases configuration information including:

[0402] The second condition configuration is used for the terminal to determine the condition for SCG release; and

[0403] The main cell group MCG configuration includes the cell configuration of the MCG used for the terminal after the SCG is released, and / or the bearer configuration of the MCG includes the bearer configuration of the MCG used for the terminal after the SCG is released.

[0404] In some embodiments, the cell configuration of the MCG may include: the bearer configuration of the MCG and / or the physical layer configuration of the MCG.

[0405] In some embodiments, the SCG deactivation configuration information includes:

[0406] A third condition configuration is used for the terminal to determine a condition for SCG deactivation; and

[0407] The main cell group MCG configuration includes the cell configuration of the MCG used for the terminal after the SCG is released, and / or the bearer configuration of the MCG includes the bearer configuration of the MCG used for the terminal after the SCG is released.

[0408] In some embodiments, the bearer configuration of the MCG may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0409] Signaling Radio Bearer (SRB) configuration;

[0410] Data Radio Bearer (DRB) configuration.

[0411] In some embodiments, the physical layer configuration may include, but is not limited to: physical channel configuration and / or physical signal configuration.

[0412] In some embodiments, the physical channels may include but are not limited to a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and / or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).

[0413] In some embodiments, the physical signal configuration may include but is not limited to various physical layer reference signals, such as SSB, channel state information reference signal, etc. Of course, the above are just examples.

[0414] In some embodiments, after the terminal's SCG is released or deactivated, the bandwidth used to monitor the SCG can be transferred to the terminal's primary cell or primary cell group, allowing the terminal to use a larger bandwidth or more communication resources to achieve high-speed communication with the MCG.

[0415] In some embodiments, the triggering events corresponding to the first condition configuration, the second condition configuration, and / or the third condition configuration may include, but are not limited to, the aforementioned A event and / or an event defined based on time. The A event herein includes, but is not limited to, the aforementioned measurement event A3, measurement event A4, and / or measurement event A5.

[0416] In some embodiments, the SN may send network signaling instructing the secondary cell to enter the NES mode.

[0417] In some embodiments, network signaling may include, but is not limited to, group common DCI.

[0418] In some embodiments, the configuration of the conditional configuration information may be as shown in FIG1C . Based on FIG1C , the conditional configuration information may be sent using a radio resource control reconfiguration (RRCReconfiguration) message, and specifically, the conditional configuration information may be sent using an RRCReconfiguration conditional reconfiguration (RRCReconfigurationconditionalReconfiguration) message. The conditional configuration information may include a configuration identifier, for example, conReconfigId#1 and / or conReconfigId#N, etc., as shown in FIG1C . The conditional configuration information may include conditional configuration (for example, conExecutioncond) and other configuration content. For example, target cell configuration, etc. The conditional configuration may be related to measurement. If the conditional configuration is related to measurement, the conditional configuration information will be associated with a measurement identifier. The measurement identifier may relate to a measurement object and / or a reporting configuration, etc.

[0419] S2302: At least some of the secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode, and the terminal performs the change, release or deactivation of the SCG according to the conditional configuration information when the conditions are met.

[0420] In some embodiments, at least some of the secondary cells of the secondary cell group SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode, and the terminal starts detecting whether a triggering event meets the conditions in the conditional configuration information; when a triggering event that meets the conditions is detected, the terminal executes the change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

[0421] In this case, the specific time at which the terminal executes the change, release, or deactivation of the SCG depends on whether a triggering event that meets the conditions is detected.

[0422] Optionally, for the relevant content of the change, release or deactivation of the SCG, please refer to the relevant part of the embodiment corresponding to Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0423] S2303: Send a notification message to the MN.

[0424] In some embodiments, the terminal performs SCG release or deactivation and sends a notification message to the MN.

[0425] In some embodiments, the notification message notifies the release or deactivation of the SCG.

[0426] In some embodiments, after receiving the notification message, the MN releases or deactivates the SCG of the terminal.

[0427] In some embodiments, if the terminal performs a change in the SCG, the terminal will connect to the target serving cell, and the target serving cell will communicate with the MN to inform the terminal of the changed SCG.

[0428] In some embodiments, the terminal executes the change of the SCG, and a notification message may also be sent to the terminal to trigger the MN to execute the change of the SCG of the terminal.

[0429] In some embodiments, the notification message may include, but is not limited to, one of the following:

[0430] An operation identifier, indicating the mobility operation to be performed, which may include but is not limited to the change, release, or deactivation of the SCG;

[0431] The cell identifier, cell index, cell group identifier or cell group index indicates the secondary cell that is changed, released or deactivated.

[0432] FIG2D is an interactive diagram illustrating an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG2D , the present disclosure embodiment relates to an information processing method for use in a communication system 100, the method comprising:

[0433] S2401: The network device sends conditional configuration information to the terminal.

[0434] In some embodiments, the conditional configuration information is used for the terminal to perform the change, release and / or deactivation of the SCG when it is determined that the condition is met.

[0435] In some embodiments, the MN sends conditional configuration information to the terminal.

[0436] In some embodiments, the SN sends conditional configuration information to the terminal.

[0437] In some embodiments, the network device sends the conditional configuration information via RRC signaling, MAC layer signaling, or DCI.

[0438] In some embodiments, the network device sends the conditional configuration information via RRC dedicated signaling.

[0439] In some embodiments, the network device sends the conditional configuration information via an RRC configuration message or an RRC reconfiguration message.

[0440] In some embodiments, the conditional configuration information may include, but is not limited to, at least one of the following:

[0441] CPC configuration information;

[0442] Conditional configuration information for releasing the secondary cell;

[0443] Configuration information on the conditions for deactivating the secondary cell.

[0444] In some embodiments, the conditional configuration information may include at least a conditional configuration, which may be used by the terminal to determine a condition for performing a change, release, or deactivation of the SCG.

[0445] In some embodiments, the triggering event corresponding to the condition configuration is related to measurement of the terminal.

[0446] In other embodiments, the triggering event corresponding to the condition configuration is related to the terminal's measurement of the SCG.

[0447] In some embodiments, the trigger event corresponding to the configuration condition may include but is not limited to event A. Exemplary events A include but are not limited to event A3, time A4 and / or event A5.

[0448] In some embodiments, the trigger event may also include a trigger event defined based on time. The trigger event defined based on time may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0449] The moment at which the SCG specified in the conditional measurement configuration is changed, released, or deactivated is reached at the current moment;

[0450] When the measured value of the reference signal is lower than a certain threshold for a specified period of time.

[0451] Of course, the above is merely an example of a trigger event defined based on time, and the specific implementation is not limited to the above example.

[0452] In some embodiments, CPC configuration information may include, but is not limited to, at least one of the following:

[0453] The first condition configuration is used by the terminal to determine the conditions for performing SCG changes;

[0454] The target cell configuration is used by the terminal to determine the target serving cell after the SCG change when a qualified triggering event is detected.

[0455] In some embodiments, the target cell configuration may indicate a target serving cell. The target serving cell may include a primary or secondary cell. In other embodiments, the target serving cell may include one or more secondary cells. The secondary cells may include, but are not limited to, primary or secondary cells.

[0456] In some embodiments, the target cell configuration may include:

[0457] A cell identifier or cell index, used to determine a target serving cell; and / or,

[0458] The cell type indicates whether the corresponding secondary cell is a primary secondary cell or a regular secondary cell. A regular secondary cell is a secondary cell other than the primary secondary cell.

[0459] In some embodiments, the SCG releases configuration information including:

[0460] The second condition configuration is used for the terminal to determine the condition for SCG release; and

[0461] The main cell group MCG configuration includes the cell configuration of the MCG used for the terminal after the SCG is released, and / or the bearer configuration of the MCG includes the bearer configuration of the MCG used for the terminal after the SCG is released.

[0462] In some embodiments, the cell configuration of the MCG may include: the bearer configuration of the MCG and / or the physical layer configuration of the MCG.

[0463] In some embodiments, the SCG deactivation configuration information includes:

[0464] A third condition configuration is used for the terminal to determine a condition for SCG deactivation; and

[0465] The main cell group MCG configuration includes the cell configuration of the MCG used for the terminal after the SCG is released, and / or the bearer configuration of the MCG includes the bearer configuration of the MCG used for the terminal after the SCG is released.

[0466] In some embodiments, the bearer configuration of the MCG may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0467] Signaling Radio Bearer (SRB) configuration;

[0468] Data Radio Bearer (DRB) configuration.

[0469] In some embodiments, the physical layer configuration may include, but is not limited to: physical channel configuration and / or physical signal configuration.

[0470] In some embodiments, physical channels may include, but are not limited to, PDCCH, PUCCH, PDSCH, and / or PUSCH.

[0471] In some embodiments, the physical signal configuration may include but is not limited to various physical layer reference signals, such as SSB, channel state information reference signal, etc. Of course, the above are just examples.

[0472] In some embodiments, after the terminal's SCG is released or deactivated, the bandwidth used to monitor the SCG can be transferred to the terminal's primary cell or primary cell group, allowing the terminal to use a larger bandwidth or more communication resources to achieve high-speed communication with the MCG.

[0473] In some embodiments, the network device sends RRC signaling, MAC layer signaling, or DCI carrying conditional configuration information.

[0474] In some embodiments, the SN may send network signaling instructing the secondary cell to enter the NES mode.

[0475] In some embodiments, network signaling may include, but is not limited to, group common DCI.

[0476] S2402: At least some of the secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode, and the terminal performs the change, release or deactivation of the SCG according to the conditional configuration information.

[0477] In some embodiments, at least some of the secondary cells of the secondary cell group SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode, and the terminal starts detecting whether a triggering event meets the conditions in the conditional configuration information; when a triggering event that meets the conditions is detected, the terminal executes the change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

[0478] In some embodiments, the optional implementation of the trigger event can be found in the relevant part of the embodiment corresponding to Figure 2C. Optionally, the relevant content of the change, release or deactivation of the SCG can be found in the relevant part of the embodiment corresponding to Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0479] The present disclosure relates to an information processing method for a communication system 100. The method includes:

[0480] Make sure that the primary and secondary cells of the terminal do not enter the NES mode.

[0481] In some embodiments, the network device does not configure the configuration information of the NES mode for the primary and secondary cells of the terminal.

[0482] In some other embodiments, the network device rejects the terminal's request for the primary and secondary cells to enter the NES mode.

[0483] In some other embodiments, the terminal refuses to execute the instruction for the primary and secondary cells to enter the NES mode.

[0484] In some other embodiments, when the terminal refuses to execute the instruction for the primary and secondary cells to enter the NES mode, the terminal sends a notification message to the MN. The notification message is used by the MN to notify the SN that the primary and secondary cells of the terminal are prohibited from entering the NES mode.

[0485] In other embodiments, according to a protocol agreement, the primary and secondary cells of the terminal are prohibited from entering the NES mode.

[0486] In some other embodiments, when cell A is the primary or secondary cell for some terminals, in preparation for entering the NES mode, the primary or secondary cell configuration of cell A is canceled. For example, the SCG of the terminal is changed so that the cell is no longer the primary or secondary cell.

[0487] As shown in FIG3A , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method that can be executed by a terminal. The method may include:

[0488] S3101: Determine that at least some secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode.

[0489] In some embodiments, network signaling sent by the SN is received, and the network signaling causes at least one or more cells in the SCG to enter the NES mode.

[0490] In some embodiments, the network signaling may include but is not limited to Group Common DCI.

[0491] In some embodiments, the network signaling may also be other RRC signaling and / or MAC layer signaling.

[0492] In some embodiments, at least some secondary cells of the secondary cell group (SCG) enter the network energy saving (NES) mode, including at least one of the following:

[0493] The primary and secondary cells (PScells) of the SCG enter the NES mode;

[0494] All secondary cells of the SCG enter NES mode;

[0495] All activated secondary cells of the SCG enter NES mode;

[0496] Among all activated secondary cells of the SCG, the secondary cells using the non-dormant bandwidth part BWP enter the NES mode.

[0497] S3102: Receive first indication information.

[0498] In some embodiments, first indication information sent by the MN is received.

[0499] In some embodiments, the first indication information instructs the terminal to perform a change, release, or deactivation of the SCG.

[0500] In some embodiments, when at least some secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode, first indication information sent by the MN is received.

[0501] In some other embodiments, before at least part of the secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode, first indication information sent by the MN is received.

[0502] S3103: Execute the change, release or deactivation of SCG.

[0503] In some embodiments, the SCG of the terminal is indicated to be changed, released or deactivated according to the first indication information.

[0504] In some embodiments, optional implementation methods of the first indication information can refer to the relevant description of the embodiment corresponding to Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0505] As shown in FIG3B , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method that can be executed by a terminal. The method may include:

[0506] S3201: Determine that at least some secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode.

[0507] In some embodiments, network signaling sent by the SN is received, and the network signaling causes at least one or more cells in the SCG to enter the NES mode.

[0508] In some embodiments, the network signaling may include but is not limited to Group Common DCI.

[0509] In some embodiments, at least some secondary cells of the secondary cell group (SCG) enter the network energy saving (NES) mode, including at least one of the following:

[0510] The primary and secondary cells (PScells) of the SCG enter the NES mode;

[0511] All secondary cells of the SCG enter NES mode;

[0512] All activated secondary cells of the SCG enter NES mode;

[0513] Among all activated secondary cells of the SCG, the secondary cells using the non-dormant bandwidth part BWP enter the NES mode.

[0514] S3202: Receive second indication information.

[0515] In some embodiments, second indication information sent by the SN is received.

[0516] In some embodiments, the second indication information instructs the terminal to perform a change, release, or deactivation of the SCG.

[0517] In some embodiments, when at least some secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode, the second indication information sent by the MN is received.

[0518] In some other embodiments, before at least part of the secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode, the second indication information sent by the MN is received.

[0519] S3203: Send the first message.

[0520] In some embodiments, the relevant description of the notification message can be found in the corresponding embodiment of Figure 2B, which will not be repeated here.

[0521] In some embodiments, the first information is sent to the MN.

[0522] In some embodiments, after receiving the second indication information, the terminal sends the first information to the MN.

[0523] In some embodiments, the first information is used to request a change, release, or deactivation of the SCG.

[0524] In some embodiments, the terminal sends the first information through RRC signaling, MAC layer signaling or uplink control information (Uplink Control Information, UCI).

[0525] In some embodiments, the terminal sends the first information via a user equipment assistance information (UE Assistance Information) message.

[0526] In some embodiments, the terminal sends the first information, and the MN or the primary cell will receive the first information.

[0527] In some embodiments, the first information may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0528] An operation indication, indicating the type of mobility operation requested by the terminal, for example, the type of mobility operation may include but is not limited to SCG change, release and / or deactivation;

[0529] A cell identifier or cell index, used to indicate the secondary cell on which the terminal requests to perform the corresponding mobility operation;

[0530] Time information, used to request the time of SCG change, release or deactivation;

[0531] Flag indicating a request to change, release, or deactivate an SCG.

[0532] S3204: Receive the second information sent by the MN.

[0533] In some embodiments, the second information is used to instruct the terminal to perform a change, release, or deactivation of the SCG.

[0534] In some embodiments, the second information is used to confirm to the terminal the change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

[0535] In some embodiments, the second information is used to indicate to the terminal that it disagrees with the change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

[0536] In some embodiments, the second information may be carried in RRC signaling, MAC layer signaling or DCI.

[0537] In some embodiments, the second information may be carried in RRC dedicated signaling.

[0538] In some embodiments, the second information may be carried in an RRC reconfiguration message and sent to the terminal.

[0539] S3205: Execute the change, release or deactivation of SCG.

[0540] In some embodiments, the SCG is changed, released, or deactivated according to the second information.

[0541] In some embodiments, the terminal performs a change, release, or deactivation of the SCG according to the second information. For details on how to perform a change, release, or deactivation of the SCG, please refer to the description of the embodiment corresponding to FIG2B .

[0542] It is worth noting that in some embodiments, the information processing method may include: S3201, S3202, 3203 and S3205, that is, step S3204 is an optional step. For example, if the MN agrees to the terminal request by default, the MN does not need to send the second information and the terminal does not need to receive the second information.

[0543] As shown in FIG3C , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method that can be executed by a terminal. The method may include:

[0544] S3301: Determine that at least some secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode.

[0545] In some embodiments, network signaling sent by the SN is received, and the network signaling causes at least one or more cells in the SCG to enter the NES mode.

[0546] In some embodiments, the network signaling may include but is not limited to Group Common DCI.

[0547] In some embodiments, at least some secondary cells of the secondary cell group (SCG) enter the network energy saving (NES) mode, including at least one of the following:

[0548] The primary and secondary cells (PScells) of the SCG enter the NES mode;

[0549] All secondary cells of the SCG enter NES mode;

[0550] All activated secondary cells of the SCG enter NES mode;

[0551] Among all activated secondary cells of the SCG, the secondary cells using the non-dormant bandwidth part BWP enter the NES mode.

[0552] S3302: Receive condition configuration information.

[0553] In some embodiments, the terminal receives conditional configuration information sent by the MN and / or the SN.

[0554] In some embodiments, the terminal receives conditional configuration information from the MN and / or SN before performing a change, release, or deactivation of the SCG.

[0555] In some embodiments, the conditional configuration information is used for the terminal to perform the change, release and / or deactivation of the SCG when it is determined that the condition is met.

[0556] In some embodiments, the terminal receives conditional configuration information sent by the network device through RRC signaling, MAC layer signaling or DCI.

[0557] In some embodiments, the terminal receives conditional configuration information sent by the network device through RRC dedicated signaling.

[0558] In some embodiments, the network device sends the conditional configuration information via an RRC configuration message or an RRC reconfiguration message.

[0559] In some embodiments, the conditional configuration information may include, but is not limited to, at least one of the following:

[0560] CPC configuration information;

[0561] Conditional configuration information for releasing the secondary cell;

[0562] Configuration information on the conditions for deactivating the secondary cell.

[0563] In some embodiments, the conditional configuration information may include at least a conditional configuration, which may be used by the terminal to determine a condition for performing a change, release, or deactivation of the SCG.

[0564] In some embodiments, the triggering event corresponding to the condition configuration is related to measurement of the terminal.

[0565] In other embodiments, the triggering event corresponding to the condition configuration is related to the terminal's measurement of the SCG.

[0566] In some embodiments, the trigger event corresponding to the configuration condition may include but is not limited to event A. Exemplary events A include but are not limited to measurement event A3, measurement event A4, and / or measurement event A5.

[0567] Exemplarily, measurement event A3 may be: a difference between the measured signal quality of a neighboring cell and the signal quality of the primary and secondary cells is greater than an offset.

[0568] As another example, measurement event A4 may be: the measured signal quality of a neighboring cell is greater than a specified threshold.

[0569] As another example, measurement event A5 may be: the signal quality of the primary and secondary cells is measured to be lower than a threshold and the signal quality of the neighboring cell is measured to be higher than another threshold.

[0570] Of course, the above are merely examples of measurement event A3, measurement event A4 and / or measurement event A5, and the specific implementation is not limited to the above examples.

[0571] In some embodiments, the trigger event may also include a trigger event defined based on time. The trigger event defined based on time may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0572] The moment at which the SCG specified in the conditional measurement configuration is changed, released, or deactivated is reached at the current moment;

[0573] When the measured value of the reference signal is lower than a certain threshold for a specified period of time.

[0574] Of course, the above is merely an example of a trigger event defined based on time, and the specific implementation is not limited to the above example.

[0575] In some embodiments, CPC configuration information may include, but is not limited to, at least one of the following:

[0576] The first condition configuration is used by the terminal to determine the conditions for performing SCG changes;

[0577] The target cell configuration is used by the terminal to determine the target serving cell after the SCG change when a qualified triggering event is detected.

[0578] In some embodiments, the target cell configuration may indicate a target serving cell. The target serving cell may include a primary or secondary cell. In other embodiments, the target serving cell may include one or more secondary cells. The secondary cells may include, but are not limited to, primary or secondary cells.

[0579] In some embodiments, the target cell configuration may include:

[0580] A cell identifier or cell index, used to determine a target serving cell; and / or,

[0581] The cell type indicates whether the corresponding secondary cell is a primary secondary cell or a regular secondary cell. A regular secondary cell is a secondary cell other than the primary secondary cell.

[0582] In some embodiments, the SCG releases configuration information including:

[0583] The second condition configuration is used for the terminal to determine the condition for SCG release; and

[0584] The main cell group MCG configuration includes the cell configuration of the MCG used for the terminal after the SCG is released, and / or the bearer configuration of the MCG includes the bearer configuration of the MCG used for the terminal after the SCG is released.

[0585] In some embodiments, the cell configuration of the MCG may include: the bearer configuration of the MCG and / or the physical layer configuration of the MCG.

[0586] In some embodiments, the SCG deactivation configuration information includes:

[0587] A third condition configuration is used for the terminal to determine a condition for SCG deactivation; and

[0588] The main cell group MCG configuration includes the cell configuration of the MCG used for the terminal after the SCG is released, and / or the bearer configuration of the MCG includes the bearer configuration of the MCG used for the terminal after the SCG is released.

[0589] In some embodiments, the bearer configuration of the MCG may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0590] Signaling Radio Bearer (SRB) configuration;

[0591] Data Radio Bearer (DRB) configuration.

[0592] In some embodiments, the physical layer configuration may include, but is not limited to: physical channel configuration and / or physical signal configuration.

[0593] In some embodiments, the physical channels may include but are not limited to a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and / or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).

[0594] In some embodiments, the physical signal configuration may include but is not limited to various physical layer reference signals, such as SSB, channel state information reference signal, etc. Of course, the above are just examples.

[0595] In some embodiments, after the terminal's SCG is released or deactivated, the bandwidth used to monitor the SCG can be transferred to the terminal's primary cell or primary cell group, allowing the terminal to use a larger bandwidth or more communication resources to achieve high-speed communication with the MCG.

[0596] In some embodiments, the triggering events corresponding to the first condition configuration, the second condition configuration, and / or the third condition configuration may include, but are not limited to, the aforementioned A event and / or an event defined based on time. The A event herein includes, but is not limited to, the aforementioned measurement event A3, measurement event A4, and / or measurement event A5.

[0597] In some embodiments, the SN may send network signaling instructing the secondary cell to enter the NES mode.

[0598] In some embodiments, network signaling may include, but is not limited to, group common DCI.

[0599] S3303: At least part of the secondary cells of the SCG enters the NES mode, and the terminal performs the change, release or deactivation of the SCG according to the conditional configuration information when the conditions are met.

[0600] In some embodiments, at least some of the secondary cells of the secondary cell group SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode, and the terminal starts detecting whether a triggering event meets the conditions in the conditional configuration information; when a triggering event that meets the conditions is detected, the terminal executes the change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

[0601] In this case, the specific time at which the terminal executes the change, release, or deactivation of the SCG depends on whether a triggering event that meets the conditions is detected.

[0602] Optionally, for the relevant content of the change, release or deactivation of the SCG, please refer to the relevant part of the embodiment corresponding to Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0603] S3304: Send notification message.

[0604] In some embodiments, the terminal sends a notification message to the MN.

[0605] In some embodiments, the terminal performs SCG release or deactivation and sends a notification message to the MN.

[0606] In some embodiments, the notification message notifies the release or deactivation of the SCG.

[0607] In some embodiments, after receiving the notification message, the MN releases or deactivates the SCG of the terminal.

[0608] In some embodiments, if the terminal performs a change in the SCG, the terminal will connect to the target serving cell, and the target serving cell will communicate with the MN to inform the terminal of the changed SCG.

[0609] In some embodiments, the terminal executes the change of the SCG, and a notification message may also be sent to the terminal to trigger the MN to execute the change of the SCG of the terminal.

[0610] In some embodiments, the notification message may include, but is not limited to, one of the following:

[0611] An operation identifier, indicating the mobility operation to be performed, which may include but is not limited to the change, release or deactivation of the SCG; a cell identifier, a cell index, a cell group identifier or a cell group index, indicating the secondary cell to be changed, released or deactivated.

[0612] As shown in FIG3D , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method that can be executed by a terminal. The method may include:

[0613] S3401: Determine that at least some secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode.

[0614] In some embodiments, network signaling sent by the SN is received, and the network signaling causes at least one or more cells in the SCG to enter the NES mode.

[0615] In some embodiments, the network signaling may include but is not limited to Group Common DCI.

[0616] In some embodiments, at least some secondary cells of the secondary cell group (SCG) enter the network energy saving (NES) mode, including at least one of the following:

[0617] The primary and secondary cells (PScells) of the SCG enter the NES mode;

[0618] All secondary cells of the SCG enter NES mode;

[0619] All activated secondary cells of the SCG enter NES mode;

[0620] Among all activated secondary cells of the SCG, the secondary cells using the non-dormant bandwidth part BWP enter the NES mode.

[0621] S3402: Receive condition configuration information.

[0622] In some embodiments, the terminal receives conditional configuration information sent by the MN and / or the SN.

[0623] In some embodiments, the conditional configuration information is used for the terminal to perform the change, release and / or deactivation of the SCG when it is determined that the condition is met.

[0624] In some embodiments, the terminal receives conditional configuration information sent by the network device through RRC signaling, MAC layer signaling or DCI.

[0625] In some embodiments, the terminal receives conditional configuration information sent by the network device through RRC dedicated signaling.

[0626] In some embodiments, the network device sends the conditional configuration information via an RRC configuration message or an RRC reconfiguration message.

[0627] In some embodiments, the conditional configuration information may include, but is not limited to, at least one of the following:

[0628] CPC configuration information;

[0629] Conditional configuration information for releasing the secondary cell;

[0630] Configuration information on the conditions for deactivating the secondary cell.

[0631] In some embodiments, the conditional configuration information may include at least a conditional configuration, which may be used by the terminal to determine a condition for performing a change, release, or deactivation of the SCG.

[0632] In some embodiments, the triggering event corresponding to the condition configuration is related to measurement of the terminal.

[0633] In other embodiments, the triggering event corresponding to the condition configuration is related to the terminal's measurement of the SCG.

[0634] In some embodiments, the trigger event corresponding to the configuration condition may include but is not limited to event A. Exemplary events A include but are not limited to measurement event A3, measurement event A4, and / or measurement event A5.

[0635] Exemplarily, measurement event A3 may be: a difference between the measured signal quality of a neighboring cell and the signal quality of the primary and secondary cells is greater than an offset.

[0636] As another example, measurement event A4 may be: the measured signal quality of a neighboring cell is greater than a specified threshold.

[0637] As another example, measurement event A5 may be: the signal quality of the primary and secondary cells is measured to be lower than a threshold and the signal quality of the neighboring cell is measured to be higher than another threshold.

[0638] Of course, the above are merely examples of measurement event A3, measurement event A4 and / or measurement event A5, and the specific implementation is not limited to the above examples.

[0639] In some embodiments, the trigger event may also include a trigger event defined based on time. The trigger event defined based on time may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0640] The moment at which the SCG specified in the conditional measurement configuration is changed, released, or deactivated is reached at the current moment;

[0641] When the measured value of the reference signal is lower than a certain threshold for a specified period of time.

[0642] Of course, the above is merely an example of a trigger event defined based on time, and the specific implementation is not limited to the above example.

[0643] In some embodiments, CPC configuration information may include, but is not limited to, at least one of the following:

[0644] The first condition configuration is used by the terminal to determine the conditions for performing SCG changes;

[0645] The target cell configuration is used by the terminal to determine the target serving cell after the SCG change when a qualified triggering event is detected.

[0646] In some embodiments, the target cell configuration may indicate a target serving cell. The target serving cell may include a primary or secondary cell. In other embodiments, the target serving cell may include one or more secondary cells. The secondary cells may include, but are not limited to, primary or secondary cells.

[0647] In some embodiments, the target cell configuration may include:

[0648] A cell identifier or cell index, used to determine a target serving cell; and / or,

[0649] The cell type indicates whether the corresponding secondary cell is a primary secondary cell or a regular secondary cell. A regular secondary cell is a secondary cell other than the primary secondary cell.

[0650] In some embodiments, the SCG releases configuration information including:

[0651] The second condition configuration is used for the terminal to determine the condition for SCG release; and

[0652] The main cell group MCG configuration includes the cell configuration of the MCG used for the terminal after the SCG is released, and / or the bearer configuration of the MCG includes the bearer configuration of the MCG used for the terminal after the SCG is released.

[0653] In some embodiments, the cell configuration of the MCG may include: the bearer configuration of the MCG and / or the physical layer configuration of the MCG.

[0654] In some embodiments, the SCG deactivation configuration information includes:

[0655] A third condition configuration is used for the terminal to determine a condition for SCG deactivation; and

[0656] The main cell group MCG configuration includes the cell configuration of the MCG used for the terminal after the SCG is released, and / or the bearer configuration of the MCG includes the bearer configuration of the MCG used for the terminal after the SCG is released.

[0657] In some embodiments, the bearer configuration of the MCG may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0658] Signaling Radio Bearer (SRB) configuration;

[0659] Data Radio Bearer (DRB) configuration.

[0660] In some embodiments, the physical layer configuration may include, but is not limited to: physical channel configuration and / or physical signal configuration.

[0661] In some embodiments, the physical channels may include but are not limited to a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and / or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).

[0662] In some embodiments, the physical signal configuration may include but is not limited to various physical layer reference signals, such as SSB, channel state information reference signal, etc. Of course, the above are just examples.

[0663] In some embodiments, after the terminal's SCG is released or deactivated, the bandwidth used to monitor the SCG can be transferred to the terminal's primary cell or primary cell group, allowing the terminal to use a larger bandwidth or more communication resources to achieve high-speed communication with the MCG.

[0664] In some embodiments, the triggering events corresponding to the first condition configuration, the second condition configuration, and / or the third condition configuration may include, but are not limited to, the aforementioned A event and / or an event defined based on time. The A event herein includes, but is not limited to, the aforementioned measurement event A3, measurement event A4, and / or measurement event A5.

[0665] In some embodiments, the SN may send network signaling instructing the secondary cell to enter the NES mode.

[0666] In some embodiments, network signaling may include, but is not limited to, group common DCI.

[0667] S3403: At least some of the secondary cells of the SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode, and the terminal performs the change, release or deactivation of the SCG according to the conditional configuration information.

[0668] In some embodiments, at least some of the secondary cells of the secondary cell group SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode, and the terminal starts detecting whether a triggering event meets the conditions in the conditional configuration information; when a triggering event that meets the conditions is detected, the terminal executes the change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

[0669] In some embodiments, the optional implementation of the trigger event can be found in the relevant part of the embodiment corresponding to Figure 2C. Optionally, the relevant content of the change, release or deactivation of the SCG can be found in the relevant part of the embodiment corresponding to Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0670] It is worth noting that: in the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal receives the information that at least part of the secondary cells of the SCG have entered the NES mode, the SCG change, release or deactivation is executed according to the conditional configuration information. At this time, the network side defaults to the network instruction that instructs at least part of the secondary cells of the terminal to enter the NES mode, and synchronously triggers the terminal to execute the corresponding SCG change, release or deactivation, thereby reducing the signaling overhead of the interaction between the terminal and the network device.

[0671] As shown in FIG4A , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method that can be executed by a MN. The method may include:

[0672] S4101: Receive the first message.

[0673] In some embodiments, the first message instructs at least some secondary cells of the secondary cell group SCG to enter a network energy saving NES mode.

[0674] In some embodiments, the MN receives the first message sent by the SN.

[0675] In some embodiments, the first message indicates that at least some secondary cells of the SCG of the terminal are to enter the NES mode.

[0676] In some embodiments, at least some secondary cells of the secondary cell group (SCG) enter the network energy saving (NES) mode, including at least one of the following:

[0677] The primary and secondary cells (PScells) of the SCG enter the NES mode;

[0678] All secondary cells of the SCG enter NES mode;

[0679] The activated secondary cell of SCG enters NES mode;

[0680] Among the activated secondary cells of the SCG, the secondary cells using the non-dormant bandwidth part BWP enter the NES mode.

[0681] In some embodiments, the state of a secondary cell may include an activated state or a deactivated state. A secondary cell enters the activated state after being activated, and enters the deactivated state after being deactivated. A secondary cell in the activated state is referred to as an activated secondary cell.

[0682] A cell can be configured with one or more BWPs. A BWP has a dormant state and a non-dormant state (also called an activated state). In this case, the BWP used by the activated secondary cell can be an activated BWP and / or a dormant BWP. In some embodiments, the SN sends a first message to the MN via the Xn interface or the X2 interface.

[0683] In some embodiments, the NES mode may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0684] The secondary cell enters DRX;

[0685] The secondary cell enters DTX;

[0686] The secondary cell enters DTX and DRX at the same time;

[0687] The secondary cell enters the antenna port adaptive mode;

[0688] The secondary cell enters the PDSCH transmission power adaptive mode.

[0689] In some embodiments, the SN sends a first message to the MN, and the MN receives the first message sent by the SN.

[0690] In some embodiments, the first message may include one of the following:

[0691] NES indication, instructing some or all secondary cells of the SCG to enter NES mode;

[0692] Cell ID or cell index, indicating the secondary cell in the SCG that has entered NES mode;

[0693] Time information indicates the time when some or all secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode.

[0694] In some embodiments, the time information may include, but is not limited to, at least one of the following:

[0695] Remaining time information, used to indicate the remaining time between the moment the first message is received and the moment some or all secondary cells in the SCG enter the NES mode;

[0696] Time information, indicating the starting time when some or all secondary cells in the SCG enter the NES mode;

[0697] The timer information is used to start the timer. The timer expiration time is the start time when some or all secondary cells in the SCG enter the NES mode. The timer start time is the time when the MN receives the first message or detects the start trigger event.

[0698] In some embodiments, the SN sends a first message to the MN when one or more secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode.

[0699] In some embodiments, the SN sends a first message to the MN before one or more secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode.

[0700] In some embodiments, before one or more secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode, the SN sends a first message to the MN carrying the aforementioned time information.

[0701] In some embodiments, the SN may send a control signaling to the terminal instructing the SCG secondary cell to enter the NES mode. Exemplarily, the control signaling may include but is not limited to a group common DCI.

[0702] S4102: Send the first indication information.

[0703] In some embodiments, the MN sends first indication information to the terminal.

[0704] In some embodiments, the MN sends first indication information to the terminal according to the first message.

[0705] In some embodiments, the first indication information is used for the terminal to execute the change, deactivation or release of the SCG.

[0706] In some embodiments, the information content of the first indication information may include at least one of the following:

[0707] Instruction content 1 is used to instruct the PScell ​​in the SCG to enter the NES mode;

[0708] Instruction content 2: instructs all secondary cells in the SCG to enter the NES mode;

[0709] Indication content 3 is used to instruct the activated secondary cell of the SCG to enter the NES mode;

[0710] Instruction content 4 is used to instruct the secondary cell using the non-dormant bandwidth part BWP in the activated secondary cell of the SCG to enter the NES mode;

[0711] Instruction content 5 is used to indicate the change of SCG (CPC);

[0712] Instruction content 6 is used to instruct the deactivation of the SCG;

[0713] Indication content 7 is used to indicate the release of the SCG.

[0714] In some embodiments, the MN sends RRC signaling, MAC layer signaling or DCI carrying the first indication information to the terminal.

[0715] In some embodiments, the MN sends RRC dedicated signaling carrying the first indication information to the terminal.

[0716] In some embodiments, the MN sends a MAC control element (CE) carrying first indication information to the terminal.

[0717] In some embodiments, when one or more secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode, the MN sends first indication information to the terminal.

[0718] In some other embodiments, before one or more secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode, the MN sends first indication information to the terminal.

[0719] In some embodiments, the first indication information may further include:

[0720] Time information, used for the time when the terminal performs SCG change, deactivation or release.

[0721] The time information may include, but is not limited to, time information and / or a time offset. The time information indicates a specific time. The time offset may be a time offset after the terminal receives the time information and then executes the change, release, and / or deactivation of the SCG.

[0722] Exemplarily, the time information is determined according to the time when one or more secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode.

[0723] As shown in FIG4B , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method that can be executed by a MN. The method may include:

[0724] S4201: Receive first information.

[0725] In some embodiments, the first information is used by the terminal to request the execution of SCG change, release or deactivation when the terminal determines that at least part of the secondary cells of the SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode.

[0726] In some other embodiments, the first information is used by the terminal to perform SCG change, release or deactivation when the terminal determines that at least part of the secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode.

[0727] In some embodiments, the specific implementation manner in which at least some secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode can refer to the relevant description of the corresponding embodiments of Figure 2A and / or Figure 2B.

[0728] In some embodiments, first information sent by a terminal is received.

[0729] In some embodiments, the receiving terminal sends the first information via RRC signaling, MAC layer signaling, or UCI.

[0730] In some embodiments, the terminal sends the first information via a user equipment assistance information (UE Assistance Information) message.

[0731] In some embodiments, the terminal sends the first information, and the MN or the primary cell will receive the first information.

[0732] In some embodiments, the first information may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0733] An operation indication, indicating the type of mobility operation requested by the terminal, for example, the type of mobility operation may include but is not limited to SCG change, release and / or deactivation;

[0734] A cell identifier or cell index, used to indicate the secondary cell on which the terminal requests to perform the corresponding mobility operation;

[0735] Time information, used to request the time of SCG change, release or deactivation;

[0736] Flag indicating a request to change, release, or deactivate an SCG.

[0737] S4202: Send the second information.

[0738] In some embodiments, the MN sends the second information to the terminal.

[0739] In some embodiments, the second information is used to instruct the terminal to perform a change, release, or deactivation of the SCG.

[0740] In some embodiments, the second information is used to confirm to the terminal the change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

[0741] In some embodiments, the second information is used to indicate to the terminal that it disagrees with the change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

[0742] In some embodiments, the second information may be carried in RRC signaling, MAC layer signaling or DCI.

[0743] In some embodiments, the second information may be carried in RRC dedicated signaling.

[0744] In some embodiments, the second information may be carried in an RRC reconfiguration message and sent to the terminal.

[0745] S4203: Send the third information.

[0746] In some embodiments, the MN sends third information to the SN.

[0747] In some embodiments, the third information is used to instruct the SN to perform the change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

[0748] In some embodiments, the MN sends the third information to the SN via an Xn interface or an X2 interface.

[0749] In some embodiments, the MN sends the third information to the SN through a tunnel between the MN and the SN.

[0750] In some embodiments, the terminal releases or deactivates the SCG, and the MN sends third information to the SN.

[0751] In some embodiments, the information content of the third information may include at least one of the following:

[0752] An operation indication, indicating the type of mobility operation requested by the terminal, for example, the type of mobility operation may include but is not limited to SCG change, release and / or deactivation;

[0753] A cell identifier or cell index, used to indicate the secondary cell on which the terminal requests to perform the corresponding mobility operation;

[0754] Time information, used to request the time of SCG change, release or deactivation;

[0755] Flag indicating a request to release or deactivate the SCG.

[0756] It is worth noting that in some embodiments, the information processing method may include: S4201 and S4202, that is, S4203 is an optional step. For example, the SN may send a network indication to the terminal indicating that the secondary cell enters the NES mode, and the MN may assume that the SN will be aware of the change, release or deactivation of the corresponding SCG.

[0757] It is worth noting that in some embodiments, the information processing method may include S4201, i.e., S4202 and S4203 are optional steps. For example, upon receiving the first information, the MN may implicitly agree or allow the terminal to perform the change, release, or deactivation of the SCG. For another example, if the SN sends a network indication to the terminal indicating that the secondary cell enters NES mode, the MN may implicitly acknowledge that the SN is aware of the corresponding SCG change, release, or deactivation.

[0758] As shown in FIG4C , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method that can be executed by a MN. The method may include:

[0759] S4301: Receive notification message.

[0760] In some embodiments, the notification message is used to notify the terminal that at least some secondary cells of the secondary cell group SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode and the terminal executes the release and / or deactivation of the SCG when the conditions corresponding to the conditional measurement configuration are met.

[0761] In some embodiments, the MN receives a notification message from the terminal.

[0762] S4302: Release or deactivate the SCG.

[0763] In some embodiments, the release or deactivation of the SCG is performed according to the notification message.

[0764] In some embodiments, the notification message indicates the release of the SCG, and the release of the SCG is performed.

[0765] In other embodiments, the notification message indicates deactivation of the SCG, and the deactivation of the SCG is performed.

[0766] In some embodiments, the MN performs MCG-related operations according to the MCG configuration and / or the bearer configuration of the MCG in the SCG release configuration information.

[0767] In other embodiments, the MN performs MCG-related operations according to the MCG configuration and / or the bearer configuration of the MCG in the SCG deactivation configuration information.

[0768] In some embodiments, the SCG releases configuration information including:

[0769] The second condition configuration is used for the terminal to determine the condition for SCG release; and

[0770] The main cell group MCG configuration includes the cell configuration of the MCG used for the terminal after the SCG is released, and / or the bearer configuration of the MCG includes the bearer configuration of the MCG used for the terminal after the SCG is released.

[0771] In some embodiments, the SCG deactivation configuration information includes:

[0772] A third condition configuration is used for the terminal to determine a condition for SCG deactivation; and

[0773] The main cell group MCG configuration includes the cell configuration of the MCG used for the terminal after the SCG is released, and / or the bearer configuration of the MCG includes the bearer configuration of the MCG used for the terminal after the SCG is released.

[0774] In some embodiments, the SCG release configuration information and the SCG deactivation configuration information can refer to the relevant content of the corresponding embodiment of Figure 2C.

[0775] S4303: Notify SN to release or deactivate SCG.

[0776] It is worth noting that in some embodiments, the information processing method may include: S4301 and S4302, that is, S4303 is an optional step. For example, the SN may send a network indication to the terminal indicating that the secondary cell enters the NES mode, and the MN may assume that the SN will be aware of the change, release or deactivation of the corresponding SCG.

[0777] As shown in FIG5A , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method that can be executed by a SN. The method may include:

[0778] S5101: Send the first message.

[0779] In some embodiments, the SN sends a first message to the MN.

[0780] In some embodiments, for optional embodiments in which the SN sends the first message to the MN, reference may be made to the relevant parts of the embodiment corresponding to FIG. 2A .

[0781] In some embodiments, the SN sends network signaling to the terminal, where the network signaling instructs at least some secondary cells in the SCG of the terminal to enter the NES mode.

[0782] Exemplarily, in some embodiments, at least some secondary cells of the secondary cell group SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode, including at least one of the following:

[0783] The primary and secondary cells (PScells) of the SCG enter the NES mode;

[0784] All secondary cells of the SCG enter NES mode;

[0785] The activated secondary cell of SCG enters NES mode;

[0786] Among the activated secondary cells of the SCG, the secondary cells using the non-dormant bandwidth part BWP enter the NES mode.

[0787] In some embodiments, the state of a secondary cell may include an activated state or a deactivated state. A secondary cell enters the activated state after being activated, and enters the deactivated state after being deactivated. A secondary cell in the activated state is referred to as an activated secondary cell.

[0788] A cell can be configured with one or more BWPs. A BWP has a dormant state and a non-dormant state (also called an activated state). In this case, the BWP used by the activated secondary cell can be an activated BWP and / or a dormant BWP. In some embodiments, the SN sends a first message to the MN via the Xn interface or the X2 interface.

[0789] In some embodiments, the NES mode may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0790] The secondary cell enters DRX;

[0791] The secondary cell enters DTX;

[0792] The secondary cell enters DTX and DRX at the same time;

[0793] The secondary cell enters the antenna port adaptive mode;

[0794] The secondary cell enters the PDSCH transmission power adaptive mode.

[0795] In some embodiments, the SN sends a first message to the MN, and the MN receives the first message sent by the SN.

[0796] In some embodiments, the first message may include one of the following:

[0797] NES indication, instructing some or all secondary cells of the SCG to enter NES mode;

[0798] Cell ID or cell index, indicating the secondary cell in the SCG that has entered NES mode;

[0799] Time information indicates the time when some or all secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode.

[0800] In some embodiments, the time information may include, but is not limited to, at least one of the following:

[0801] Remaining time information, used to indicate the remaining time between the moment the first message is received and the moment some or all secondary cells in the SCG enter the NES mode;

[0802] Time information, indicating the starting time when some or all secondary cells in the SCG enter the NES mode;

[0803] The timer information is used to start the timer. The timer expiration time is the start time when some or all secondary cells in the SCG enter the NES mode. The timer start time is the time when the MN receives the first message or detects the start trigger event.

[0804] In some embodiments, the SN sends a first message to the MN when one or more secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode.

[0805] In some embodiments, the SN sends a first message to the MN before one or more secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode.

[0806] In some embodiments, before one or more secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode, the SN sends a first message to the MN carrying the aforementioned time information.

[0807] As shown in FIG5B , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method that can be executed by a SN. The method may include:

[0808] S5101: Send network signaling.

[0809] In some embodiments, it is determined that at least some secondary cells of the SCG of the terminal enter the NES mode, and the SN sends network signaling.

[0810] In some embodiments, it is determined that at least some secondary cells of the SCG of the terminal enter the NES mode, and the SN sends network signaling to the terminal.

[0811] In some embodiments, network signaling may include, but is not limited to, Group Common DCI.

[0812] In some embodiments, at least some secondary cells of the secondary cell group (SCG) enter the network energy saving (NES) mode, including at least one of the following:

[0813] The primary and secondary cells (PScells) of the SCG enter the NES mode;

[0814] All secondary cells of the SCG enter NES mode;

[0815] The activated secondary cell of SCG enters NES mode;

[0816] Among the activated secondary cells of the SCG, the secondary cells using the non-dormant bandwidth part BWP enter the NES mode.

[0817] In some embodiments, the state of a secondary cell may include an activated state or a deactivated state. A secondary cell enters the activated state after being activated, and enters the deactivated state after being deactivated. A secondary cell in the activated state is referred to as an activated secondary cell.

[0818] A cell may be configured with one or more BWPs. A BWP has a dormant state and a non-dormant state (also called an activated state). In this case, the BWP used by the activated secondary cell may be an activated BWP and / or a dormant BWP. S5102: Receive third information.

[0819] In some embodiments, the MN sends the third information to the SN through the Xn interface or the X2 interface, and the SN receives the third information through the Xn interface or the Xn interface.

[0820] In some embodiments, the MN sends the third information to the SN through a tunnel between the MN and the SN, and the SN receives the third information sent by the MN through the tunnel.

[0821] In some embodiments, the terminal releases or deactivates the SCG, and the SN receives third information from the MN.

[0822] In some embodiments, the information content of the third information may include at least one of the following:

[0823] An operation indication, indicating the type of mobility operation requested by the terminal, for example, the type of mobility operation may include but is not limited to SCG change, release and / or deactivation;

[0824] A cell identifier or cell index, used to indicate the secondary cell on which the terminal requests to perform the corresponding mobility operation;

[0825] Time information, used to request the time of SCG change, release or deactivation;

[0826] Flag indicating a request to release or deactivate the SCG.

[0827] S5103: Execute the change, release and / or deactivation of SCG.

[0828] The change, release and / or deactivation of the SCG executed by the SN here can be found in the relevant technology and will not be repeated here.

[0829] It is worth noting that in some embodiments, the information processing method may include S5101 and S5103, i.e., S5102 is an optional step. For example, the SN may send a network indication to the terminal indicating that the secondary cell enters the NES mode, and the SN may assume by default or according to the protocol that the terminal will perform the SCG change, release, or deactivation.

[0830] The present disclosure provides an information processing method that can be performed by a SN. The method may include:

[0831] Send the second indication information.

[0832] In some embodiments, the SN sends second indication information to the terminal.

[0833] In some embodiments, the second indication information is used to indicate that the SCG is changed, released or deactivated.

[0834] In some embodiments, when the SN determines that at least some secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode, the SN sends second indication information to the terminal.

[0835] In some embodiments, at least some of the secondary cells in the secondary cell group (SCG) enter the NES mode, including at least one of the following:

[0836] The primary and secondary cells (PScells) of the SCG enter the NES mode;

[0837] All secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode;

[0838] All activated secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode;

[0839] The secondary cells using the non-dormant bandwidth part BWP among all activated secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode.

[0840] For details on how at least part of the secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode, please refer to any of the aforementioned embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

[0841] In some embodiments, third information sent by the MN is received.

[0842] In some embodiments, the third information is used to instruct the SN to perform the change, release or deactivation of the SCG, or to indicate whether the SN needs to perform the change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

[0843] In some embodiments, if the terminal directly performs the change, release or deactivation of the above-mentioned SCG according to the second indication information and only needs to inform the MN, there is no need to receive the third information from the MN, that is, receiving the third information from the MN is an optional step.

[0844] The SN performs the change, release, or deactivation of the SCG.

[0845] In some embodiments, the SN receives third information from the MN, and the SN performs the change, release or deactivation of the SCG according to the third information.

[0846] In some embodiments, the SN does not need to receive the third information from the MN, and performs the change, release or deactivation of the SCG when sending the second indication information or before sending the second indication information or before sending the second information.

[0847] In some embodiments, before some secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode or when they enter the NES mode, the SN performs the change, release, or deactivation of the SCG.

[0848] As shown in FIG6 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method that can be performed by a terminal, a MN, or a SN. The method may include:

[0849] S6101: prohibiting or refusing the primary and secondary cells from entering the NES mode, or performing a primary and secondary cell change before the current primary and secondary cells enter the NES mode.

[0850] In some embodiments, the primary and secondary cells are prohibited or denied from entering the NES mode according to a protocol agreement, a pre-negotiation between the terminal and the network device, or according to network configuration information.

[0851] In other embodiments, according to protocol agreement, pre-negotiation between the terminal and the network device, or according to network configuration information, the primary and secondary cells are changed before the current primary and secondary cells enter the NES mode.

[0852] If the PSCell (primary SCell) in the SCG enters NES mode or the SN enters NES mode, the MCG side should no longer divert services to the SCG side. At the same time, it is necessary to divert service data of the SCG-terminated bearer to the MCG side to achieve energy saving on the SCG side. The SCG can enter the energy-saving state through the MN or by configuring SCG switching or release based on conditions without affecting terminal services.

[0853] Solution 1: Based on the negotiation between the MN and the SN, the SCG enters the energy-saving state, and the SCG can be deactivated or released.

[0854] In some embodiments, the SCG entering the energy-saving state may at least include one or more secondary cells in the SCG entering the NES mode.

[0855] When the SCG enters NES mode or before entering NES mode, the SN notifies the MN through the Xn interface that the SN is going to enter NES mode. The SN entering NES mode means that the PScell ​​enters NES mode or all service cells of the SCG enter NES mode, or all activated cells of the SCG enter NES mode, or all activated and non-dormancy service cells of the SCG enter NES mode.

[0856] The NES mode may include, but is not limited to: cell DTX activation, cell DRX activation, or cell DRX and cell DTX activation.

[0857] After receiving the instruction from the SN, the MN can change the SCG, release the SCG, or deactivate the SCG. The MN will also send a Radio Resource Control Reconfiguration (RRCReconfiguration) message to the terminal to change the SCG, release the SCG, or deactivate the SCG. The MN will also notify the SN about the change, release, or deactivation of the SCG.

[0858] Optionally, the SN may also inform the MN of the remaining time for the SN to enter the NES mode.

[0859] Solution 2: When the terminal receives the cell DRX / DRX activation of the SCG on the network side, the terminal requests the MN to perform SCG change, SCG release, or SCG deactivation.

[0860] When the terminal receives RRC signaling or DCI command instructing the SN to enter NES mode, the terminal sends RRC dedicated signaling to the MN.

[0861] In some embodiments, RRC dedicated signaling is used to instruct the SN to enter NES mode, or to request SCG release, or to request SCG deactivation, or to request SCG change.

[0862] Optionally, the RRC dedicated signaling may also indicate status information that the target PSCell or one or more secondary cells of the SCG requesting the SCG change is in NES mode. The RRC dedicated signaling may be a UE Assistance Information message.

[0863] After receiving the instruction from the SN, the MN can change the SCG, release the SCG, or deactivate the SCG. The MN will also send an RRCReconfiguration message to the terminal to change the SCG, release the SCG, or deactivate the SCG. The MN will also notify the SN about the change, release, or deactivation of the SCG.

[0864] Solution 3: Condition-based configuration of intra-SN CPC in the same frequency band without MN involvement (intra-SN CPC without MN involvement).

[0865] The SN side configures the intra-SN CPC for NES mode through RRC dedicated signaling, such as RRCReconfiguration, including conditional configuration and target PSCell configuration.

[0866] When the terminal receives a network-side instruction, which may be a DCI for activating or deactivating cell DTX / DRX, i.e., group common DCI, if the instruction instructs the PSCell to enter NES mode, the terminal begins evaluating the intra-SN CPC in NES mode. If the conditions are met and the target cell has not entered NES mode, i.e., the cell DTX / DRX is in the deactivated state, the terminal executes the CPC.

[0867] Solution 4: Configure CPC or SCG release or SCG deactivation based on conditions.

[0868] The SN side uses RRC dedicated signaling, for example, RRCReconfiguration configuration content can be as follows:

[0869] CPC for block band in NES mode (inter-SN CPC), including conditional configuration and target PSCell configuration, or;

[0870] For SCG release in NES mode, including conditional configuration, and / or, MCG configuration and / or bearer configuration, or

[0871] Used for SCG deactivation in NES mode, including conditional configuration, and / or MCG configuration and / or bearer configuration.

[0872] Optionally, that is, without this RRC configuration, the terminal and / or network device performs SCG deactivation by default. If a PSCell is received to activate cell DRX / DTX.

[0873] When the terminal receives a network instruction, the network instruction may be a DCI for activating or deactivating cell DTX / DRX. For example, the network instruction may also be referred to as network signaling, and the network instruction may include but is not limited to group common DCI. If the instruction indicates that the SN enters NES mode, then:

[0874] The terminal starts evaluating inter-SN CPC in NES mode. If the conditions are met and / or the target cell does not enter NES mode, that is, the cell DTX / DRX is in deactivated state, the terminal executes the CPC.

[0875] The terminal starts to execute the SCG release process and enables the corresponding MCG configuration and / or bearer configuration.

[0876] The terminal starts to execute the SCG deactivation process and enables the corresponding MCG configuration and / or bearer configuration.

[0877] Solution 5: Disable PScell ​​configuration or enter NES mode.

[0878] If a cell is configured as a PSCell, the terminal assumes that the PSCell will never enter NES mode. If the network wants the cell to enter NES mode, the network needs to ensure that the cell does not become a PScell.

[0879] For example, the network side may change the cell mode to a non-primary / secondary cell (non-PSCell) through the PSCell change process.

[0880] If the PSCell (primary SCell) in the SCG enters NES mode or the SN enters NES mode, the MCG side should no longer divert services to the SCG side. At the same time, the service data carried by the SCG terminated (terminated) needs to be diverted to the MCG side to achieve the purpose of energy saving on the SCG side.

[0881] In some embodiments, the SCG may be supported to enter an energy-saving state through the MN, or by configuring SCG switching or release based on conditions, without affecting terminal services.

[0882] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, some or all of the steps and their optional implementations may be arbitrarily combined with some or all of the steps in other embodiments, or may be arbitrarily combined with the optional implementations of other embodiments.

[0883] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, some or all of the steps and their optional implementations may be arbitrarily combined with some or all of the steps in other embodiments, or may be arbitrarily combined with the optional implementations of other embodiments.

[0884] The embodiments of the present disclosure also provide an apparatus for implementing any of the above methods. For example, an apparatus is provided, comprising units or modules for implementing each step performed by a terminal in any of the above methods. For another example, another apparatus is provided, comprising units or modules for implementing each step performed by a network device (e.g., an access network device or a core network device) in any of the above methods.

[0885] It should be understood that the division of the various units or modules in the above devices is merely a division of logical functions. In actual implementation, they may be fully or partially integrated into a physical entity, or they may be physically separated. In addition, the units or modules in the device may be implemented in the form of a processor calling software: for example, the device includes a processor, the processor is connected to a memory, and the memory stores instructions. The processor calls the instructions stored in the memory to implement any of the above methods or implement the functions of the various units or modules of the above devices, wherein the processor is, for example, a general-purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (CPU) or a microprocessor, and the memory is a memory within the device or a memory outside the device. Alternatively, the units or modules in the device can be implemented in the form of hardware circuits, and the functions of some or all of the units or modules can be realized by designing the hardware circuits. The above-mentioned hardware circuits can be understood as one or more processors; for example, in one implementation, the above-mentioned hardware circuit is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), which realizes the functions of some or all of the above units or modules by designing the logical relationship of the components in the circuit; for example, in another implementation, the above-mentioned hardware circuit can be realized by a programmable logic device (PLD). Taking a field programmable gate array (FPGA) as an example, it can include a large number of logic gate circuits, and the connection relationship between the logic gate circuits is configured by configuring the configuration file, thereby realizing the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. All units or modules of the above devices can be realized in the form of software called by the processor, or in the form of hardware circuits, or in part by the form of software called by the processor, and the rest by hardware circuits.

[0886] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, a processor is a circuit with signal processing capabilities. In one implementation, the processor can be a circuit with instruction reading and execution capabilities, such as a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, a graphics processing unit (GPU) (which can be understood as a microprocessor), or a digital signal processor (DSP). In another implementation, the processor can implement certain functions through the logical relationship of a hardware circuit. The logical relationship of the above-mentioned hardware circuit is fixed or reconfigurable. For example, the processor is a hardware circuit implemented by an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a programmable logic device (PLD), such as an FPGA. In a reconfigurable hardware circuit, the process of the processor loading a configuration document to implement the hardware circuit configuration can be understood as the process of the processor loading instructions to implement the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. In addition, it can also be a hardware circuit designed for artificial intelligence, which can be understood as an ASIC, such as a neural network processing unit (NPU), a tensor processing unit (TPU), a deep learning processing unit (DPU), etc.

[0887] FIG7A is a terminal provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure, which includes:

[0888] The processing module 710 is configured so that at least some secondary cells of the secondary cell group SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode, and the terminal performs the change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

[0889] In some embodiments, the terminal further includes a receiving module and / or a sending module. In some embodiments, the receiving module and / or the sending module may correspond to specific structures such as an antenna or a network interface of the terminal.

[0890] It is worth noting that the processing module of the terminal can perform any step related to information processing in the information processing method executed by the terminal. The sending module can be used for any step related to receiving in the information processing method executed by the terminal. The sending module can be used for any step related to sending in the information processing method executed by the terminal.

[0891] FIG7B is a schematic diagram of the structure of a master node provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG7B , the master node includes:

[0892] The receiving module 720 is configured to receive a first message sent by the secondary node SN, wherein the first message indicates that at least some secondary cells of the secondary cell group SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode;

[0893] The sending module 730 is configured to send indication information to the terminal according to the first message, wherein the indication information is used to instruct the terminal to perform SCG change, release or deactivation when at least part of the cells of the SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode.

[0894] In some embodiments, the receiving module and the sending module may correspond to specific structures such as an antenna or a network interface of a network device.

[0895] Optionally, the network device further comprises a storage module and / or a processing module, wherein the storage module may be configured to store information. The processing module may be configured to execute steps related to information processing in the information processing method executed by the master node.

[0896] FIG7C is a schematic diagram of the structure of a secondary node provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG7C , the secondary node includes:

[0897] The sending module 740 is configured to send a first message to the master node MN, where the first message indicates that at least some of the secondary cells of the secondary cell group SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode, and is used by the MN to send indication information to the terminal; the indication information is used to instruct the terminal to execute the change, release or deactivation of the SCG when at least some of the cells of the SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode.

[0898] In some embodiments, the secondary node may further include a receiving module.

[0899] The sending module can execute any operation related to the sending step in the information processing method executed by the auxiliary node.

[0900] The receiving module can execute any operation related to the receiving step in the information processing method executed by the auxiliary node.

[0901] In some embodiments, the secondary node may further include a processing module.

[0902] The processing module can execute any operation related to information processing in the information processing method executed by the auxiliary node.

[0903] FIG7D is a schematic diagram of the structure of a master node provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG7D , the master node includes:

[0904] The receiving module 750 is configured to receive first information sent by the terminal, wherein the first information is used by the terminal to request to change, release or deactivate the SCG when it determines that at least part of the secondary cells of the SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode.

[0905] In some embodiments, the master node may further include a sending module.

[0906] The sending module can execute any operation related to the sending step in the information processing method executed by the master node.

[0907] The receiving module can execute any operation related to the receiving step in the information processing method executed by the master node.

[0908] In some embodiments, the master node may further include a processing module.

[0909] The processing module can execute any operation related to information processing in the information processing method executed by the master node.

[0910] FIG7E is a schematic diagram of the structure of a master node provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG7E , the master node includes:

[0911] The receiving module 760 is configured to receive a notification message sent by the terminal, where the notification message is used to notify the terminal that at least some of the secondary cells in the secondary cell group SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode and the terminal executes the release or deactivation of the SCG when the conditions corresponding to the conditional measurement configuration are met.

[0912] In some embodiments, the master node may further include a sending module.

[0913] The sending module can execute any operation related to the sending step in the information processing method executed by the master node.

[0914] The receiving module can execute any operation related to the receiving step in the information processing method executed by the master node.

[0915] In some embodiments, the master node may further include a processing module.

[0916] The processing module can execute any operation related to information processing in the information processing method executed by the master node.

[0917] The present disclosure provides an information processing method, which may include:

[0918] The terminal can execute any of the information processing methods provided by the aforementioned technical solutions executed by the terminal; and

[0919] The master node may execute any of the information processing methods provided by the aforementioned technical solutions executed by the master node, and / or

[0920] The auxiliary node can execute any of the information processing methods provided by the aforementioned technical solutions executed by the auxiliary node.

[0921] A schematic diagram of the structure of a secondary node provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. The secondary node includes:

[0922] The sending module is configured to send second indication information to the terminal when at least part of the secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode. The second indication information instructs the terminal to change, release, deactivate, enter the energy-saving state or enter the NES mode of the SCG.

[0923] In some embodiments, the secondary node may further include a receiving module.

[0924] The sending module can execute any operation related to the sending step in the information processing method executed by the auxiliary node.

[0925] The receiving module may execute any operations related to the receiving step in the information processing method performed by the slave node. Exemplarily, the receiving module may also receive third information. For example, the third information may be received from the mobile node via an Xn interface, an X2 interface, or a tunnel. The third information may be used to instruct the SN to modify, release, or deactivate the SCG, or to instruct the SN whether to modify, release, or deactivate the SCG.

[0926] In some embodiments, the secondary node may further execute a processing module. The processing module may execute any operation related to the processing steps in the information processing method executed by the secondary node. The present disclosure provides a communication device that performs, including:

[0927] The processing module is configured to determine that the primary and secondary cells Pscell of the terminal do not enter the network energy saving NES mode.

[0928] In some embodiments, the communication device may be a terminal and / or a network device. The network device may include but is not limited to a master node and / or a slave node.

[0929] An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a communication device, which may include: one or more processors; wherein the processor is used to call instructions to enable the communication device to execute an information processing method that can be implemented in any of the aforementioned embodiments.

[0930] 8A and / or 8B , the communication device 8100 further includes one or more memories 8102 for storing instructions. Alternatively, all or part of the memories 8102 may be located outside the communication device 8100.

[0931] The communication device may be the aforementioned terminal and network device. In some embodiments, the network device may be a master node and / or an auxiliary node.

[0932] In some embodiments, the communication device 8100 further includes one or more transceivers 8103. When the communication device 8100 includes one or more transceivers 8103, the communication steps such as sending and receiving in the above method are performed by the transceiver 8103, and the other steps are performed by the processor 8101.

[0933] In some embodiments, a transceiver may include a receiver and a transmitter, which may be separate or integrated. Optionally, the terms transceiver, transceiver unit, transceiver, and transceiver circuit may be used interchangeably; the terms transmitter, transmitting unit, transmitter, and transmitting circuit may be used interchangeably; and the terms receiver, receiving unit, receiver, and receiving circuit may be used interchangeably.

[0934] Optionally, the communication device 8100 further includes one or more interface circuits 8104, which are connected to the memory 8102. The interface circuits 8104 can be used to receive signals from the memory 8102 or other devices, and can be used to send signals to the memory 8102 or other devices. For example, the interface circuits 8104 can read instructions stored in the memory 8102 and send the instructions to the processor 8101.

[0935] The communication device 8100 described in the above embodiment may be a network device or a terminal, but the scope of the communication device 8100 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device 8100 may not be limited by FIG. 8A. The communication device may be an independent device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be: (1) an independent integrated circuit IC, or a chip, or a chip system or subsystem; (2) a collection of one or more ICs, optionally, the above IC collection may also include a storage component for storing data or programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a modem; (4) a module that can be embedded in other devices; (5) a receiver, a terminal device, an intelligent terminal device, a cellular phone, a wireless device, a handheld device, a mobile unit, an in-vehicle device, a network device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligence device, etc.; (6) others, etc.

[0936] FIG8B is a schematic diagram of the structure of a chip 8200 provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. If the communication device 8100 can be a chip or a chip system, please refer to the schematic diagram of the structure of the chip 8200 shown in FIG8B , but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

[0937] The chip 8200 includes one or more processors 8201 , and the processor 8201 is used to call instructions so that the chip 8200 executes any of the above information processing methods.

[0938] In some embodiments, chip 8200 further includes one or more interface circuits 8202, which are connected to memory 8203. Interface circuit 8202 can be used to receive signals from memory 8203 or other devices, and can be used to send signals to memory 8203 or other devices. For example, interface circuit 8202 can read instructions stored in memory 8203 and send the instructions to processor 8201. Optionally, the terms interface circuit, interface, transceiver pin, and transceiver are interchangeable.

[0939] In some embodiments, the chip 8200 further includes one or more memories 8203 for storing instructions. Alternatively, all or part of the memories 8203 may be outside the chip 8200.

[0940] The present disclosure also provides a storage medium having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed on the communication device 8100, causes the communication device 8100 to execute any of the above methods. Optionally, the storage medium is an electronic storage medium. Optionally, the storage medium is a computer-readable storage medium, but may also be a storage medium readable by other devices. Optionally, the storage medium may be a non-transitory storage medium, but may also be a transient storage medium.

[0941] The present disclosure further provides a program product, which, when executed by the communication device 8100, enables the communication device 8100 to perform any of the above information processing methods. Optionally, the program product is a computer program product.

[0942] The present disclosure also provides a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, enables the computer to execute any one of the above information processing methods.

[0943] Other embodiments of the present invention will readily occur to those skilled in the art after considering the specification and practicing the invention disclosed herein. This disclosure is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention that follow from the general principles of the invention and include common knowledge or customary techniques in the art not disclosed herein. The description and examples are to be considered as exemplary only, with the true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.

[0944] It should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the exact construction described above and shown in the drawings, and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present invention is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. An information processing method, wherein: include: At least some of the secondary cells of the secondary cell group SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode, and the terminal executes the change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein: At least some of the secondary cells of the secondary cell group SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode, including at least one of the following: The primary and secondary cells PScell ​​of the SCG enter the NES mode; All secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode; All activated secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode; The secondary cells using the non-dormant bandwidth part BWP among all activated secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: At least some of the secondary cells of the secondary cell group SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode, and the terminal performs the change, release or deactivation of the SCG, including: At least some of the secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode, and the terminal performs change, release or deactivation of the SCG according to the first indication information sent by the master node MN, and the first indication information is used to indicate the change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

4. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: At least some of the secondary cells of the secondary cell group SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode, and the terminal performs the change, release or deactivation of the SCG, including: At least part of the secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode or before entering the NES mode, the terminal performs change, release or deactivation of the SCG if conditions are met according to conditional configuration information.

5. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: At least some of the secondary cells of the secondary cell group SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode, and the terminal performs the change, release or deactivation of the SCG, including: The terminal receives second indication information from a secondary node SN or a Pscell, where the second indication information is used to indicate that the SCG is changed, released or deactivated; The terminal sends first information to the master node MN or the primary cell, wherein the first information is used to request the change, release or deactivation of the SCG, or to instruct at least some secondary cells of the SCG to enter the NES mode; Receive second information returned by the MN or the primary cell based on the first information, wherein the second information is used to instruct the terminal to execute the change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein: At least part of the secondary cells of the SCG enters the network energy saving NES mode, and the terminal performs the change, release or deactivation of the SCG according to the condition configuration information when the condition is met, including: At least some of the secondary cells of the SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode to start the evaluation of the conditional configuration information to start the triggering event; When a triggering event that meets the conditions is detected, the terminal executes the change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

7. The method according to claim 4 or 6, wherein: The condition configuration information includes at least one of the following: Change CPC configuration information for the primary and secondary cells of the SCG PScell ​​in the same frequency band that enter the NES mode; The SCG release configuration information, SCG deactivation configuration information and / or CPC configuration information of the primary and secondary cells across frequency bands are changed for the SCG to enter the NES mode.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein: The CPC configuration information of the primary and secondary cells is changed including: The first condition configuration is used for the condition that the terminal performs SCG change; The target cell configuration is used for the terminal to determine the target service cell after the SCG is changed when a trigger event that meets the conditions is detected.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein: The SCG release configuration information includes: A second condition configuration is used for the terminal to determine a condition for releasing the SCG; and The main cell group MCG configuration includes the cell configuration of the MCG used for the terminal after the SCG is released, and / or the bearer configuration of the MCG includes the bearer configuration of the MCG used for the terminal after the SCG is released.

10. The method according to claim 7, wherein: The SCG deactivation configuration information includes: A third condition configuration is used for the terminal to determine a condition for deactivating the SCG; and The main cell group MCG configuration includes the cell configuration of the MCG used for the terminal after the SCG is released, and / or the bearer configuration of the MCG includes the bearer configuration of the MCG used for the terminal after the SCG is released.

11. The method according to claim 4, 6, 9 or 10, wherein: The method further comprises: Based on the conditional configuration information, the SCG is released or deactivated if the condition is met, and the primary cell or primary cell is The node sends a notification message, wherein the notification message notifies the release or deactivation of the SCG.

12. The method of claim 4, 6, 9, 10 or 11, wherein: The method further comprises: Before the terminal executes the change, release or deactivation of the SCG, the conditional configuration information sent by the network device is received.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein: The condition configuration information is carried in radio resource control RRC signaling, medium access control MAC layer signaling or downlink control information DCI.

14. The method according to claim 3, wherein: The triggering event involved in the condition configuration information includes at least one of the following: Measuring event A3; Measuring event A4; Measurement event A5; Trigger events defined based on time.

15. An information processing method, executed by a master node MN, the method comprising: Receiving a first message sent by a secondary node SN, wherein the first message indicates that at least some secondary cells of a secondary cell group SCG enter a network energy saving NES mode; According to the first message, first indication information is sent to the terminal, wherein the first indication information is used to instruct the terminal to execute change, release or deactivation of the SCG when at least some secondary cells of the SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein: The receiving a first message sent by the secondary node SN comprises: The MN receives the first message sent by the SN before at least part of the secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode, or, The MN receives the first message sent by the SN when at least part of the secondary cells of the SCG enters the NES mode.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein: The first message also includes: The time information is used by the MN to determine the time when at least part of the secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode.

18. The method according to any one of claims 15 to 17, wherein: The receiving a first message sent by the secondary node SN comprises: The MN receives the first message sent by the SN through the Xn interface.

19. An information processing method, wherein: Executed by the secondary node SN, the method includes: A first message is sent to the master node MN, wherein the first message indicates that at least some of the secondary cells of the secondary cell group SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode, and is used by the MN to send a first indication information to the terminal; the first indication information is used to instruct the terminal to execute the change, release or deactivation of the SCG when at least some of the cells of the SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein: The sending of the first message to the master node MN comprises: Before the MN receives the message from the SN that at least part of the secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode, the MN sends the first message to the MN, or The SN sends the first message to the MN when at least some secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode.

21. The method according to claim 19 or 20, wherein: The first message also includes: The time information is used by the MN to determine the time when at least part of the secondary cells of the SCG enter the NES mode.

22. The method according to any one of claims 19 to 21, wherein: The sending of the first message to the master node MN comprises: The first message is sent to the MN through the Xn interface.

23. An information processing method, wherein: Executed by the master node, the method includes: The first information sent by the receiving terminal is used by the terminal to request the execution of the change, release or deactivation of the SCG when the terminal determines that at least part of the secondary cells of the SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode.

24. The method according to claim 23, wherein: The first information sent by the receiving terminal includes: A user equipment assistance information message carrying the first information is received from the terminal.

25. The method according to claim 23 or 24, wherein: The method further comprises: sending second information to the terminal, wherein the second information is used to instruct the terminal to perform a change, release or deactivation of the SCG, and / or, Sending third information to the secondary node SN, wherein the third information is used to instruct the SN to perform the change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

26. An information processing method, wherein: Executed by the master node MN, the method includes: A notification message sent by a receiving terminal is used to notify the terminal that at least some secondary cells of a secondary cell group SCG enter a network energy saving NES mode and the terminal releases or deactivates the SCG when a condition corresponding to a conditional measurement configuration is met.

27. The method according to claim 26, wherein: The method further comprises: According to the notification message, the SCG is released or deactivated.

28. An information processing method, wherein: Executed by a communication device, the method includes: It is determined that the primary and secondary cells Pscell of the terminal do not enter the network energy saving NES mode.

29. A terminal, wherein: include: The processing module is configured so that at least part of the secondary cells of the secondary cell group SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode, and the terminal executes the change, release or deactivation of the SCG.

30. A master node MN, wherein: include: A receiving module is configured to receive a first message sent by a secondary node SN, wherein the first message indicates that at least some secondary cells of a secondary cell group SCG enter a network energy saving NES mode; The sending module is configured to send indication information to the terminal according to the first message, wherein the indication information is used to instruct the terminal to execute the change, release or deactivation of the SCG when at least some cells of the SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode.

31. A secondary node SN, wherein: include: The sending module is configured to send a first message to the master node MN, wherein the first message indicates that at least some of the secondary cells of the secondary cell group SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode, and is used by the MN to send indication information to the terminal; the indication information is used to instruct the terminal to execute the change, release or deactivation of the SCG when at least some of the cells of the SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode.

32. A master node, wherein: Said include: The receiving module is configured to receive first information sent by the terminal, wherein the first information is used by the terminal to request the execution of change, release or deactivation of the SCG when it determines that at least part of the secondary cells of the SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode.

33. A master node MN, wherein: include: The receiving module is configured to receive a notification message sent by the terminal, wherein the notification message is used to notify the terminal that at least some of the secondary cells in the secondary cell group SCG enter the network energy saving NES mode and the terminal executes the release or deactivation of the SCG when the conditions corresponding to the conditional measurement configuration are met.

34. A communication device performs, wherein: include: The processing module is configured to determine that the primary and secondary cells Pscell of the terminal do not enter the network energy saving NES mode.

35. A communication device, wherein: The communication device comprises: one or more processors; The processor is used to call instructions so that the communication device executes the information processing method described in any one of claims 1 to 14, 15 to 18, 19 to 22, 23 to 25, 26 to 27 and / or claim 28.

36. A storage medium, wherein: The storage medium stores instructions, which, when executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to execute the information processing method described in any one of claims 1 to 14, 15 to 18, 19 to 22, 23 to 25, 26 to 27 and / or claim 28.

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