Communication processing method and apparatus, device, and readable storage medium

Abstract

The present application discloses a communication processing method and apparatus, a device, and a readable storage medium. The method comprises: a terminal receiving configuration information, the configuration information comprising a plurality of DRX configurations, and the plurality of DRX configurations being used for a same serving cell or a same serving cell list; and on the basis of a running state of a target timer, the terminal deactivating at least one DRX configuration associated with the target timer among the plurality of DRX configurations, or on the basis of received first indication information, the terminal deactivating at least one DRX configuration among the plurality of DRX configurations.

Description

Communication processing method, device, equipment and readable storage medium

[0001] CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0002] This application claims priority to Chinese patent application No. 202311231359.5 filed on September 21, 2023, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Technical Field

[0003] The present application belongs to the field of communication technology, and specifically relates to a communication processing method, apparatus, device and readable storage medium. Background Art

[0004] Extended Reality (XR) services include video data, audio data, and some control signaling and special data with control functions. Therefore, different periodic service flows may run in parallel. When there are multiple service flows running in parallel, multiple connection-state discontinuous reception (DRX) configurations need to be configured simultaneously. When multiple DRX configurations are configured simultaneously, the user equipment (UE) needs to monitor the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) during the active time of each DRX configuration. Compared with a single DRX configuration, the power consumption is higher, which will cause serious terminal power consumption.

[0005] Summary of the Invention

[0006] The embodiments of the present application provide a communication processing method, apparatus, device, and readable storage medium to solve the problem of how to reduce the power consumption of a terminal with multiple DRX configurations.

[0007] In a first aspect, a communication processing method is provided, comprising:

[0008] The terminal receives configuration information, where the configuration information includes multiple DRX configurations, where the multiple DRX configurations are for the same serving cell or the same serving cell list;

[0009] The terminal deactivates at least one DRX configuration associated with the target timer in the multiple DRX configurations according to the running status of the target timer; or, the terminal deactivates at least one DRX configuration in the multiple DRX configurations according to the received first indication information.

[0010] In a second aspect, a communication processing method is provided, comprising:

[0011] The network side device sends configuration information, where the configuration information includes multiple DRX configurations, where the multiple DRX configurations are used for the same serving cell or the same serving cell list;

[0012] The network side device sends first indication information, where the first indication information is used to deactivate at least one DRX configuration among the multiple DRX configurations.

[0013] According to a third aspect, a communication processing device is provided, including:

[0014] A first receiving module is configured to receive configuration information, where the configuration information includes multiple discontinuous reception (DRX) configurations, where the multiple DRX configurations are for the same serving cell or the same serving cell list;

[0015] The first processing module is used to deactivate at least one DRX configuration associated with the target timer in the multiple DRX configurations according to the running status of the target timer; or, to deactivate at least one DRX configuration in the multiple DRX configurations according to the received first indication information.

[0016] According to a fourth aspect, a communication processing device is provided, including:

[0017] A first sending module is configured to send configuration information, where the configuration information includes multiple DRX configurations, where the multiple DRX configurations are for the same serving cell or the same serving cell list;

[0018] The second sending module is used to send first indication information, where the first indication information is used to deactivate at least one DRX configuration among the multiple DRX configurations.

[0019] In a fifth aspect, a terminal is provided, comprising: a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program or instruction, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the method described in the first aspect.

[0020] In the sixth aspect, a network side device is provided, comprising: a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program or instruction, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the method described in the second aspect.

[0021] In the seventh aspect, a readable storage medium is provided, on which a program or instruction is stored. When the program or instruction is executed by the processor of the terminal, the steps of the method described in the first aspect are implemented, or when the program or instruction is executed by the processor of the network side device, the steps of the method described in the second aspect are implemented.

[0022] In an eighth aspect, a chip is provided, comprising a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement the steps of the method described in the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0023] In a ninth aspect, a computer program / program product is provided, wherein the computer program / program product is stored in a non-volatile storage medium, and the computer program / program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the steps of the method described in the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0024] In the tenth aspect, a communication system is provided, which includes a terminal and a network side device, the terminal is used to execute the steps of the method described in the first aspect, and the network side device is used to execute the steps of the method described in the second aspect.

[0025] In an embodiment of the present application, according to the running status of the target timer, at least one DRX configuration associated with the target timer among the multiple DRX configurations is deactivated; or, according to the received first indication information, at least one DRX configuration among the multiple DRX configurations is deactivated. After deactivation, the terminal does not need to perform PDCCH detection within the activation time of the deactivated DRX configuration, thereby effectively reducing the power consumption of the terminal. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0026] FIG1 is a schematic diagram of a DRX long cycle and a DRX short cycle;

[0027] FIG2 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0028] FIG3 is a flow chart of a communication processing method according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0029] FIG4 is a second flowchart of the communication processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0030] FIG5 is a schematic diagram of one of the activation of multiple DRX configurations provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0031] FIG6 is a second schematic diagram of activating multiple DRX configurations provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0032] FIG7 is a third schematic diagram of multiple DRX configuration activations provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0033] FIG8 is a fourth schematic diagram of multiple DRX configuration activations provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0034] FIG9 is a schematic diagram of a communication processing device according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0035] FIG10 is a second schematic diagram of a communication processing device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0036] FIG11 is a schematic diagram of a terminal provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0037] FIG12 is a schematic diagram of a network-side device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0038] FIG13 is a schematic diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0039] The following will be combined with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of this application to clearly describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of this application. Obviously, the embodiments described are part of the embodiments of this application, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in this application, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field are within the scope of protection of this application.

[0040] The terms "first", "second", etc. in this application are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that the terms used in this way are interchangeable where appropriate, so that the embodiments of the present application can be implemented in an order other than those illustrated or described herein, and the objects distinguished by "first" and "second" are generally of the same type, and do not limit the number of objects, for example, the first object can be one or more. In addition, "or" in this application represents at least one of the connected objects. For example, "A or B" covers three options, namely, Option 1: including A but not including B; Option 2: including B but not including A; Option 3: including both A and B. The character " / " generally indicates that the objects associated before and after are in an "or" relationship.

[0041] The term "indication" in this application can be either a direct indication (or explicit indication) or an indirect indication (or implicit indication). A direct indication can be understood as the sender explicitly informing the receiver of specific information, the operation to be performed, or the requested result, etc. in the instruction sent; an indirect indication can be understood as the receiver determining the corresponding information based on the instruction sent by the sender, or making a judgment and determining the operation to be performed or the requested result, etc. based on the judgment result.

[0042] It is worth noting that the technology described in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to the Long Term Evolution (LTE) / LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) system, but can also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Single-carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) or other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in this application are often used interchangeably, and the technology described can be used for the systems and radio technologies mentioned above, as well as for other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes a New Radio (NR) system for example purposes, and NR terminology is used in most of the following description, but these technologies can also be applied to systems other than NR system applications, such as 6th generation (6G) systems. th Generation, 6G) communication system.

[0043] To facilitate understanding of the embodiments of this application, the following technical points are first introduced:

[0044] 1. About Discontinuous Reception (DRX) in connected state.

[0045] In the connected state, DRX is used to save power. Terminals in DRX do not need to connect and monitor the control channel. However, if a terminal does not monitor the control channel for an extended period, data transmission latency will increase once data arrives. To balance power conservation and transmission latency, the fifth-generation (5G) media access control (MAC) supports two DRX cycles: long DRX-Cycle and short DRX-Cycle, depending on how long the terminal monitors the channel, as shown in Figure 1. If the terminal's data volume is predicted to be frequent or the service is latency-sensitive, the network can configure the terminal to use the short DRX cycle. If the terminal's data volume is predicted to be sparse and latency-insensitive, the network can configure the terminal to use only the long DRX cycle. To facilitate switching between the long and short DRX cycles, the long DRX cycle must be an integer multiple of the short DRX cycle, ensuring that the on-durations (onDurations) of the two cycles are aligned.

[0046] To support the DRX mechanism, the base station configures DRX-related timers and parameters for the terminal, including:

[0047] (1) Discontinuous reception short cycle (drx-ShortCycle): used to configure the short DRX cycle, the unit of the cycle is milliseconds;

[0048] (2) Discontinuous reception slot offset (drx-SlotOffset): The delay for the terminal to start the discontinuous reception duration timer (drx-onDurationTimer). This parameter sets the offset of the start time of DRX onDuration relative to the start of the subframe. The offset is an integer multiple of 1 / 32 milliseconds.

[0049] (3) Discontinuous Reception Short Cycle Timer (drx-ShortCycleTimer): This timer is used to control the duration of the short DRX cycle used by the terminal. The unit is an integer, i.e., the timer length is an integer multiple of the short cycle. The terminal enters the long cycle after a certain number of short cycles without receiving a PDCCH. This timer is started when the drx-InactivityTimer expires and a short cycle is configured.

[0050] (4) drx-onDurationTimer: DRX continuous monitoring timer. During this timer, the terminal needs to continuously monitor the network's PDCCH control channel. This is the duration that the terminal (e.g., User Equipment (UE)) monitors the PDCCH within a DRX cycle. Once started, it cannot be restarted.

[0051] (5) Discontinuous reception inactivity timer (drx-InactivityTimer): The duration of monitoring the PDCCH after receiving a PDCCH indicating a new transmission. This timer is started or restarted at the first symbol after the reception of the PDCCH indicating a new transmission (uplink (UL) or downlink (DL)). The timer is stopped when a discontinuous reception command medium access control element (DRX command MAC CE) is received.

[0052] (6) DRX Command MAC CE or Long DRX Command MAC CE: Both can stop the drx-InactivityTimer and drx-onDurationTimer, thus causing the UE to leave the active time. The Long DRX Command MAC CE can be used to stop the drx-ShortCycleTimer and enter Long DRX. For the DRX Command MAC CE, if short cycle DRX is configured, the drx-ShortCycleTimer is started or restarted, and the UE enters short cycle DRX. Otherwise, the UE enters long cycle DRX.

[0053] (7) Discontinuous Reception Downlink Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Round Trip Timer (drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL) or Discontinuous Reception Uplink Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Round Trip Timer (drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL): This timer is a per-HARQ process parameter and indicates the minimum time interval for waiting for retransmission. The timer is started at the first symbol after the end of the transmission of an Acknowledgement (ACK) or Negative Acknowledgement (NACK). During this timer, the corresponding MAC does not monitor the PDCCH. When the timer expires, the corresponding HARQ process's drx-RetransmissionTimerDL or drx-RetransmissionTimerUL is started.

[0054] (8) Discontinuous Reception Downlink Retransmission Timer (drx-RetransmissionTimerDL): This timer is a per-HARQ Process parameter that indicates the maximum number of PDCCH slots that the UE needs to continuously monitor in order to receive the desired downlink retransmission data. This timer starts at the first symbol after the drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL times out when the data in the corresponding HARQ process is not successfully decoded. This timer stops when a PDCCH indicating a downlink retransmission is received.

[0055] (9) Discontinuous Reception Uplink Retransmission Timer (drx-RetransmissionTimerUL): This timer is a per-HARQ Process parameter that indicates the maximum number of PDCCH slots that the UE monitors to receive an uplink retransmission grant. This timer starts at the first symbol after the drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL expires. It stops when an uplink retransmission grant is received.

[0056] 2. About Multiple DRX.

[0057] Extended Reality (XR) services include video data, audio data, and some control signaling and special data with control functions. Therefore, service flows with different periods may run in parallel. When there are multiple service flows running in parallel, configuring only one DRX configuration for each service cell cannot match the traffic characteristics of all service flows, which may result in lower energy-saving gains or long scheduling delays. Introducing multiple DRX configurations in the same service cell can solve this problem. However, multiple DRX configurations mean that the UE needs to monitor the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) within the active time of each DRX configuration, which may result in wasted power consumption when the service volume is low.

[0058] FIG2 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system applicable to embodiments of the present application. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 21 and a network-side device 22 .

[0059] The terminal 21 may be a mobile phone, tablet computer, laptop computer, notebook computer, personal digital assistant (PDA), handheld computer, netbook, ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), mobile internet device (MID), augmented reality (AR) / virtual reality (VR) device, robot, wearable device, flight vehicle, vehicle user equipment (VUE), shipborne equipment, pedestrian user equipment (PUE), smart home (home appliances with wireless communication capabilities, such as refrigerators, televisions, washing machines, or furniture), game console, personal computer (PC), ATM or self-service machine, etc. Wearable devices include: smart watches, smart bracelets, smart headphones, smart glasses, smart jewelry (smart bracelets, smart bracelets, smart rings, smart necklaces, smart anklets, smart anklets, etc.), smart wristbands, smart clothing, etc. Among them, the vehicle-mounted device can also be called a vehicle-mounted terminal, a vehicle-mounted controller, a vehicle-mounted module, a vehicle-mounted component, a vehicle-mounted chip, or a vehicle-mounted unit, etc. In addition to the above-mentioned terminal devices, the terminal involved in this application can also be a chip within the terminal, such as a modem chip or a system-on-chip (SoC). It should be noted that the specific type of the terminal 21 is not limited in the embodiments of this application.

[0060] The network-side device 22 may include an access network device or a core network device, wherein the access network device may also be referred to as a radio access network device, a radio access network (RAN), a radio access network function, or a radio access network unit. The access network device may include a base station, a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point (AP), or a wireless fidelity (WiFi) node. A base station may be referred to as a Node B (NB), an evolved Node B (eNB), the next generation Node B (gNB), a New Radio Node B (NR Node B), an access point, a Relay Base Station (RBS), a Serving Base Station (SBS), a Base Transceiver Station (BTS), a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a Basic Service Set (BSS), an Extended Service Set (ESS), a Home Node B (HNB), a Home Evolved Node B, a Transmission Reception Point (TRP), or other appropriate terms in the art. As long as the same technical effect is achieved, the base station is not limited to a specific technical vocabulary. It should be noted that in the embodiment of the present application, only the base station in the NR system is used as an example for introduction, and the specific type of the base station is not limited.

[0061] The core network equipment may include but is not limited to at least one of the following: core network node, core network function, mobility management entity (MME), access and mobility management function (AMF), session management function (SMF), user plane function (UPF), policy control function (PCF), policy and charging rules function unit (PCRF), edge application service discovery function (EASDF), unified data management (UDM), unified data storage (UDR), home user server (HSS), centralized network configuration (CNC), network storage function (NRF), network exposure function (NEF), local NEF (L-NEF), binding support function (BSF), application function ( Function, AF), etc. It should be noted that in the embodiments of the present application, only the core network device in the NR system is introduced as an example, and the specific type of the core network device is not limited.

[0062] The communication processing method, apparatus, communication device, and readable storage medium provided in the embodiments of the present application are described in detail below with reference to some embodiments and their application scenarios in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

[0063] 3 , an embodiment of the present application provides a communication processing method, which is executed by a terminal. The specific steps include: step 301 and step 302 .

[0064] Step 301: The terminal receives configuration information, where the configuration information includes multiple DRX configurations, where the multiple DRX configurations are for the same serving cell or the same serving cell list.

[0065] Step 302: The terminal deactivates at least one DRX configuration associated with the target timer in the multiple DRX configurations according to the running status of the target timer; or, the terminal deactivates at least one DRX configuration in the multiple DRX configurations according to the received first indication information.

[0066] It is understandable that the terminal may receive the first indication information from the network-side device after step 301 and before step 302 .

[0067] Optionally, the DRX configuration may include at least one of the following:

[0068] (1)drx-onDurationTimer;

[0069] (2)drx-SlotOffset;

[0070] (3)drx-InactivityTimer;

[0071] (4)drx-RetransmissionTimerDL;

[0072] (5)drx-RetransmissionTimerUL;

[0073] (6) Discontinuous reception long cycle start offset (drx-LongCycleStartOffset);

[0074] (7)drx-ShortCycle;

[0075] (8) Discontinuous reception short cycle timer (drx-ShortCycleTimer);

[0076] (9)drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL;

[0077] (10)drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL;

[0078] (11) Discontinuous reception secondary link retransmission timer (drx-RetransmissionTimerSL);

[0079] (12) Discontinuous reception secondary link hybrid automatic repeat request round trip time timer (drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerSL);

[0080] (13) Power saving wakeup (ps-Wakeup);

[0081] (14) Energy-saving transmission of other periodic channel state information (ps-TransmitOtherPeriodicCSI);

[0082] (15) Energy-saving transmission periodic layer 1 reference signal received power (ps-TransmitPeriodicL1-RSRP);

[0083] (16) Uplink Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Mode (uplink HARQ-Mode).

[0084] It is understandable that the above contents included in different DRX configurations may be different, or the contents in different DRX configurations may be configured separately.

[0085] In one embodiment of the present application, the multiple DRX configurations include at least one default DRX configuration.

[0086] For example, the configuration information includes N DRX configurations, and M of the N DRX configurations may be applicable to the same serving cell (i.e., the M DRX configurations are associated with the same serving cell), or the same serving cell list (i.e., the M DRX configurations are associated with the same serving cell list), where N is greater than or equal to M, and both N and M are greater than 1. Optionally, the N or M DRX configurations include at least one default DRX configuration.

[0087] In one embodiment of the present application, the terminal deactivating, according to the running state of the target timer, at least one DRX configuration associated with the target timer among the multiple DRX configurations, includes:

[0088] When the target timer times out, the terminal deactivates at least one DRX configuration associated with the target timer among the multiple DRX configurations.

[0089] In one embodiment of the present application, the method further includes:

[0090] If a PDCCH is received during the running of the target timer, or a PDCCH associated with a DRX configuration is received, the terminal stops the target timer.

[0091] In one embodiment of the present application, the target timer includes a first timer, and each DRX configuration in the multiple DRX configurations is associated with a first timer; or, each non-default DRX configuration in the multiple DRX configurations is associated with a first timer; or, the multiple DRX configurations are associated with a first timer.

[0092] In one embodiment of the present application, the method further includes:

[0093] If the terminal does not receive a PDCCH during the running period of the drx-onDurationTimer of the first DRX configuration, or does not receive a PDCCH associated with the first DRX configuration, and the first timer is not running, the terminal starts the first timer associated with the first DRX configuration in the first symbol after the end of the drx-onDurationTimer;

[0094] The first DRX configuration includes at least one DRX configuration among the multiple DRX configurations, or the first DRX configuration includes at least one non-default DRX configuration among the multiple DRX configurations.

[0095] In one embodiment of the present application, the target timer includes a second timer, and each of the multiple DRX configurations is associated with a second timer and a first duration; or each non-default DRX configuration in the multiple DRX configurations is associated with a second timer and a first duration; or, the multiple DRX configurations are associated with a second timer and a first duration, and the duration of the second timer is less than the first duration. Optionally, the first duration may be equal to the duration of multiple DRX cycles.

[0096] In one embodiment of the present application, the method further includes:

[0097] If the terminal does not receive the PDCCH within the first duration associated with the DRX configuration, or does not receive the PDCCH associated with the DRX configuration, the terminal starts the second timer.

[0098] In one embodiment of the present application, the time unit of the first timer, or the time unit of the second timer, or the time unit of the first duration includes one of the following:

[0099] (1) Frame number;

[0100] (2) Number of subframes;

[0101] (3) Number of time slots;

[0102] (4) Symbol number;

[0103] (5) seconds;

[0104] (6) milliseconds;

[0105] (7) The number of long DRX cycles (drx-LongCycle).

[0106] For example, if no PDCCH is received within a preset number of consecutive drx-LongCycles or no PDCCH associated with the DRX configuration is received, the second timer may be started.

[0107] In one embodiment of the present application, the DRX configuration is associated with the PDCCH, and the DRX configuration and the PDCCH association include at least one of the following:

[0108] (1) The DCI carried by the PDCCH includes an identifier of the DRX configuration;

[0109] (2) The DCI carried by the PDCCH includes an identifier of a DRX configuration group, where the DRX configuration group includes all or part of the multiple DRX configurations;

[0110] (3) The DCI carried by the PDCCH includes first information, where the first information is used to indicate a default DRX configuration and a non-default DRX configuration. For example, the first information may be 1 bit;

[0111] (4) Different DRX configurations are associated with different Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifiers (C-RNTIs);

[0112] (5) Different DRX configuration groups are associated with different C-RNTIs;

[0113] (6) The C-RNTI associated with the default DRX configuration is different from the C-RNTI associated with the non-default DRX configuration.

[0114] In one embodiment of the present application, the first indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0115] (1) second information, where the second information is used to indicate deactivation of the DRX configuration;

[0116] (2) DRX configuration identifier;

[0117] For example, the terminal may deactivate the corresponding DRX configuration according to the second information and the identifier of the DRX configuration.

[0118] (3) Identification of the DRX configuration group.

[0119] For example, the terminal may deactivate all DRX configurations in the corresponding DRX configuration group according to the second information and the identifier of the DRX configuration group.

[0120] In one embodiment of the present application, after the terminal receives the configuration information, the method further includes:

[0121] The terminal receives second indication information;

[0122] The terminal activates at least one DRX configuration among the multiple DRX configurations according to the received second indication information.

[0123] In one embodiment of the present application, the second indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0124] (1) third information, where the third information is used to indicate activation of DRX configuration;

[0125] (2) DRX configuration identifier;

[0126] For example, the terminal may activate the corresponding DRX configuration according to the third information and the identifier of the DRX configuration.

[0127] (3) Identification of the DRX configuration group.

[0128] For example, the terminal may activate all DRX configurations in the corresponding DRX configuration group according to the third information and the identifier of the DRX configuration group.

[0129] In one embodiment of the present application, the first indication information or the second indication information may be carried by at least one of the following: radio resource control (RRC) signaling, medium access control (MAC) control element (CE), and downlink control information (DCI).

[0130] In an embodiment of the present application, according to the running status of the target timer, at least one DRX configuration associated with the target timer among the multiple DRX configurations is deactivated; or, according to the received first indication information, at least one DRX configuration among the multiple DRX configurations is deactivated. After deactivation, the terminal does not need to perform PDCCH detection within the activation time of the deactivated DRX configuration, thereby effectively reducing the power consumption of the terminal.

[0131] 4 , an embodiment of the present application provides a communication processing method, which is executed by a network-side device and includes the following specific steps:

[0132] Step 401: The network-side device sends configuration information, where the configuration information includes multiple DRX configurations, where the multiple DRX configurations are for the same serving cell or the same serving cell list.

[0133] Step 402: The network-side device sends first indication information, where the first indication information is used to deactivate at least one DRX configuration among the multiple DRX configurations.

[0134] In one embodiment of the present application, the multiple DRX configurations include at least one default DRX configuration.

[0135] In one embodiment of the present application, the target timer includes a first timer, and each of the multiple DRX configurations is associated with the first timer; or each non-default DRX configuration in the multiple DRX configurations is associated with the first timer; or the multiple DRX configurations are associated with the first timer. In one embodiment of the present application, the target timer includes a second timer, and each of the multiple DRX configurations is associated with the second timer and a first duration; or each non-default DRX configuration in the multiple DRX configurations is associated with the second timer and a first duration; or the multiple DRX configurations are associated with the second timer and the first duration, and the duration of the second timer is less than the first duration.

[0136] In one embodiment of the present application, the time length unit of the first timer, or the time length unit of the second timer, or the time length unit of the first duration includes one of the following: the number of frames, the number of subframes, the number of time slots, the number of symbols, seconds, milliseconds, and the number of long DRX cycles.

[0137] In one embodiment of the present application, a DRX configuration among the multiple DRX configurations is associated with a PDCCH, and the association between the DRX configuration and the PDCCH includes at least one of the following:

[0138] (1) The DCI carried by the PDCCH includes an identifier of the DRX configuration;

[0139] (2) The DCI carried by the PDCCH includes an identifier of a DRX configuration group, where the DRX configuration group includes all or part of the multiple DRX configurations;

[0140] (3) The DCI carried by the PDCCH includes first information, where the first information is used to indicate a default DRX configuration and a non-default DRX configuration;

[0141] (4) Different DRX configurations are associated with different C-RNTIs;

[0142] (5) Different DRX configuration groups are associated with different C-RNTIs;

[0143] (6) The C-RNTI associated with the default DRX configuration is different from the C-RNTI associated with the non-default DRX configuration.

[0144] In one embodiment of the present application, the first indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0145] (1) second information, where the second information is used to indicate deactivation of the DRX configuration;

[0146] (2) DRX configuration identifier;

[0147] For example, the terminal may deactivate the corresponding DRX configuration according to the second information and the identifier of the DRX configuration.

[0148] (3) Identification of the DRX configuration group.

[0149] For example, the terminal may deactivate all DRX configurations in the corresponding DRX configuration group according to the second information and the identifier of the DRX configuration group.

[0150] In one embodiment of the present application, after the network side device sends the configuration information, the method further includes:

[0151] The network side device sends second indication information, where the second indication information is used to activate at least one DRX configuration among the multiple DRX configurations.

[0152] In one embodiment of the present application, the second indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0153] (1) third information, where the third information is used to indicate activation of DRX configuration;

[0154] (2) DRX configuration identifier;

[0155] For example, the terminal may activate the corresponding DRX configuration according to the third information and the identifier of the DRX configuration.

[0156] (3) Identification of the DRX configuration group.

[0157] For example, the terminal may activate all DRX configurations in the corresponding DRX configuration group according to the third information and the identifier of the DRX configuration group.

[0158] In one embodiment of the present application, the first indication information or the second indication information may be carried by at least one of the following: RRC signaling, MAC CE, and DCI.

[0159] In an embodiment of the present application, the network side device can send a first indication message to the terminal to notify the terminal to deactivate at least one DRX configuration among multiple discontinuous reception DRX configurations. After deactivation, the terminal does not need to perform PDCCH detection within the activation time of the deactivated DRX configuration, thereby effectively reducing the power consumption of the terminal.

[0160] The following describes the implementation of the present application in conjunction with Examples 1 to 4.

[0161] Embodiment 1: If no PDCCH is received during the running of the first timer, the DRX configuration is deactivated.

[0162] Step 0: The UE receives network configuration information, which includes two DRX configurations, DRX1 and DRX2, and is associated with serving cell #1. DRX1 is configured as the default DRX configuration, and DRX2 is a non-default DRX configuration. DRX2 is associated with a first timer, and the value of the first timer is 3. That is, if no PDCCH is received for three consecutive drx-LongCycles, the first timer will time out.

[0163] Step 1: As shown in Figure 5.

[0164] -T1: If the UE does not receive a PDCCH during the DRX2 on-duration, the UE starts a first timer in the first symbol after the on-duration ends, and the initial value of the first timer is set to 1;

[0165] -T2: If the UE does not receive a PDCCH during the DRX2 on duration, the first timer is incremented by 1 and the value is set to 2;

[0166] -T3: If the UE does not receive a PDCCH during the DRX2 on duration, the first timer is incremented by 1 and the value is set to 3;

[0167] Step 2: The first timer times out and the UE deactivates DRX2, that is, at or after time T4 and before receiving the DRX2 activation indication, the UE no longer starts the DRX2 drx-onDurationTimer and other DRX-configured timers.

[0168] Step 3: At time T5, the UE receives a DRX2 activation indication, which may be sent via RRC, MAC CE, or DCI. The UE activates DRX2 and, at and after time T6, continues to periodically start the DRX2 drx-onDurationTimer.

[0169] Alternatively, after the T1 timer is started at time T1, the initial value of the first timer is set to 0, that is, the first timer associated with DRX2 will time out only if no PDCCH is received for 4 consecutive on durations.

[0170] Alternatively, after the T1 timer is started at time T1, the initial value of the first timer is set to 0, that is, the first timer associated with DRX2 will time out only if no PDCCH is received for 4 consecutive on durations.

[0171] Embodiment 2: If no PDCCH associated with the DRX configuration is received during the running period of the first timer, the DRX configuration is deactivated.

[0172] Step 0: The UE receives network configuration information, which includes two DRX configurations, DRX1 and DRX2, associated with Serving Cell #1. Each DRX configuration is associated with a DRX configuration identifier (ID). DRX1 is configured as the default DRX configuration, while DRX2 is a non-default DRX configuration. DRX2 is associated with a first timer with a value of 3. This means that if the UE does not receive a PDCCH associated with DRX2 for three consecutive drx-LongCycles, the first timer will expire.

[0173] Step 1: As shown in Figure 6.

[0174] -T1: The UE does not receive a PDCCH associated with DRX2 during the DRX2 on duration. The UE starts a first timer in the first symbol after the on duration ends, and the initial value of the first timer is set to 1;

[0175] -T2: If the UE does not receive a PDCCH associated with DRX2 during the DRX2 on duration, the first timer is incremented by 1 and the value is set to 2;

[0176] -T3: During the DRX2 on duration, the UE does not receive a PDCCH associated with DRX2, but receives a PDCCH associated with DRX1. The first timer is still incremented by 1 and the value is set to 3;

[0177] Step 2: The first timer times out and the UE deactivates DRX2, that is, at or after time T4 and before receiving the DRX2 activation indication, the UE no longer starts the DRX2 drx-onDurationTimer and other DRX-configured timers.

[0178] Step 3: At time T5, the UE receives a DRX2 activation indication, which may be sent via RRC, MAC CE, or DCI. The UE activates DRX2 and, at and after time T6, continues to periodically start the DRX2 drx-onDurationTimer.

[0179] Alternatively, after the T1 timer is started at time T1, the initial value of the first timer is set to 0, that is, the first timer associated with DRX2 will time out only if no PDCCH is received for 4 consecutive on durations.

[0180] Alternatively, after the T1 timer is started at time T1, the initial value of the first timer is set to 0, that is, the first timer associated with DRX2 will time out only if no PDCCH is received for 4 consecutive on durations.

[0181] Embodiment 3: If no PDCCH associated with the DRX configuration is received during the running of the second timer, the DRX configuration is deactivated.

[0182] Step 0: The UE receives configuration information sent by the network-side device, which includes two DRX configurations, namely DRX1 and DRX2, and is associated with Serving Cell#1 at the same time. Each DRX configuration is associated with a DRX configuration identifier, where DRX1 is configured as the default DRX configuration and DRX2 is the non-default DRX configuration. DRX2 is associated with the second timer and the first duration. The value of the second timer can be 2. For example, if the PDCCH is not received for two consecutive drx-LongCycles, the second timer times out. The value of the first duration can be 3. For example, if the PDCCH is not received for three consecutive drx-LongCycles, the second timer is started.

[0183] Step 1: See Figure 7.

[0184] -T1, T2, T3: The UE does not receive a PDCCH during the on duration of three consecutive DRX cycles of DRX2, i.e., the first duration is reached. The UE starts the second timer in the first symbol after the on duration of the third DRX cycle ends, and the initial value of the first timer is set to 0;

[0185] -T4: If the UE does not receive a PDCCH during the DRX2 on duration, the second timer is incremented by 1 and the value is set to 1;

[0186] -T5: If the UE does not receive a PDCCH during the DRX2 on duration, the second timer is incremented by 1 and the value is set to 2;

[0187] Step 2: The second timer times out and the UE deactivates DRX2, that is, at or after time T6 and before receiving a DRX2 activation indication, the UE no longer starts the DRX2 drx-onDurationTimer and other DRX timers.

[0188] Step 3: At time T7, the UE receives a DRX2 activation indication, which may be sent via RRC, MAC CE, or DCI. The UE activates DRX2 and continues to periodically start the DRX2 drx-onDurationTimer at and after time T7.

[0189] Embodiment 4: If no PDCCH associated with a DRX configuration is received during the operation of the second timer, the DRX configuration is deactivated. Step 0: The UE receives configuration information sent by a network-side device, which includes two DRX configurations, DRX1 and DRX2, both associated with Serving Cell #1. DRX1 is configured as the default DRX configuration, and DRX2 is a non-default DRX configuration. DRX2 is associated with a second timer and a first duration. The second timer has a value of 2. For example, if no PDCCH associated with DRX2 is received for two consecutive drx-LongCycles, the second timer times out. The first duration has a value of 3. For example, if no PDCCH associated with DRX2 is received for three consecutive drx-LongCycles, the second timer is started.

[0190] Step 1: See Figure 8.

[0191] - At time T1, T2, and T3: the UE does not receive a PDCCH associated with DRX2 during the on duration of three consecutive DRX cycles of DRX2, i.e., the first duration is reached. The UE starts the second timer in the first symbol after the on duration of the third DRX cycle ends, and the initial value of the first timer is set to 0;

[0192] -T4: If the UE does not receive a PDCCH associated with DRX2 during the DRX2 on duration, the second timer is incremented by 1 and the value is set to 1;

[0193] -T5: If the UE does not receive a PDCCH associated with DRX2 during the DRX2 on duration, the second timer is incremented by 1 and the value is set to 2;

[0194] Step 2: The second timer times out and the UE deactivates DRX2, that is, at or after time T6 and before receiving a DRX2 activation indication, the UE no longer starts the DRX2 drx-onDurationTimer and other DRX timers.

[0195] Step 3: At time T7, the UE receives a DRX2 activation indication, which may be sent via RRC, MAC CE, or DCI. The UE activates DRX2 and continues to periodically start the DRX2 drx-onDurationTimer at and after time T7.

[0196] 9 , an embodiment of the present application provides a communication processing device, which is applied to a terminal. The device 900 includes:

[0197] A first receiving module 901 is configured to receive configuration information, where the configuration information includes multiple discontinuous reception (DRX) configurations, where the multiple DRX configurations are for the same serving cell or the same serving cell list;

[0198] The first processing module 902 is used to deactivate at least one DRX configuration associated with the target timer in the multiple DRX configurations according to the running status of the target timer; or, to deactivate at least one DRX configuration in the multiple DRX configurations according to the received first indication information.

[0199] In one embodiment of the present application, the multiple DRX configurations include at least one default DRX configuration.

[0200] In one embodiment of the present application, the first processing module 702 is further configured to:

[0201] When the target timer times out, at least one DRX configuration associated with the target timer among the multiple DRX configurations is deactivated.

[0202] In one embodiment of the present application, the device further comprises:

[0203] The second processing module is configured to stop the target timer if a PDCCH is received during the running period of the target timer, or a PDCCH associated with a DRX configuration is received.

[0204] In one embodiment of the present application, the target timer includes a first timer, and each DRX configuration in the multiple DRX configurations is associated with the first timer; or, each non-default DRX configuration in the multiple DRX configurations is associated with the first timer; or, the multiple DRX configurations are associated with the first timer.

[0205] In one embodiment of the present application, the device further comprises:

[0206] a third processing module, configured to, if the terminal does not receive a physical downlink control channel PDCCH during the running of a discontinuous reception duration timer drx-onDurationTimer of a first DRX configuration, or does not receive a PDCCH associated with the first DRX configuration, and the first timer is not running, start the first timer associated with the first DRX configuration at a first symbol after the end of the drx-onDurationTimer;

[0207] The first DRX configuration includes at least one DRX configuration among the multiple DRX configurations, or the first DRX configuration includes at least one non-default DRX configuration among the multiple DRX configurations.

[0208] In one embodiment of the present application, the target timer includes a second timer, and each of the multiple DRX configurations is associated with a second timer and a first duration; or, each non-default DRX configuration in the multiple DRX configurations is associated with a second timer and a first duration; or, the multiple DRX configurations are associated with a second timer and a first duration, and the time length of the second timer is less than the first duration.

[0209] In one embodiment of the present application, the device further comprises:

[0210] The fourth processing module is configured to start the second timer if the terminal does not receive the PDCCH within the first duration associated with the DRX configuration, or does not receive the PDCCH associated with the DRX configuration.

[0211] In one embodiment of the present application, the time length unit of the first timer, or the time length unit of the second timer, or the time length unit of the first duration includes one of the following: the number of frames, the number of subframes, the number of time slots, the number of symbols, seconds, milliseconds, and the number of long DRX cycles.

[0212] In one embodiment of the present application, the DRX configuration is associated with the PDCCH, and the DRX configuration and the PDCCH association include at least one of the following:

[0213] (1) The DCI carried by the PDCCH includes an identifier of the DRX configuration;

[0214] (2) The DCI carried by the PDCCH includes an identifier of a DRX configuration group, where the DRX configuration group includes all or part of the multiple DRX configurations;

[0215] (3) The DCI carried by the PDCCH includes first information, where the first information is used to indicate a default DRX configuration and a non-default DRX configuration;

[0216] (4) Different DRX configurations are associated with different C-RNTIs;

[0217] (5) Different DRX configuration groups are associated with different C-RNTIs;

[0218] (6) The C-RNTI associated with the default DRX configuration is different from the C-RNTI associated with the non-default DRX configuration.

[0219] In one embodiment of the present application, the first indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0220] (1) second information, where the second information is used to indicate deactivation of the DRX configuration;

[0221] (2) DRX configuration identifier;

[0222] (3) Identification of the DRX configuration group.

[0223] In one embodiment of the present application, the device further comprises:

[0224] A second receiving module, configured to receive second indication information;

[0225] The fifth processing module is configured to activate at least one DRX configuration among the multiple DRX configurations according to the received second indication information.

[0226] In one embodiment of the present application, the second indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0227] (1) third information, where the third information is used to indicate activation of DRX configuration;

[0228] (2) DRX configuration identifier;

[0229] For example, the terminal may activate the corresponding DRX configuration according to the third information and the identifier of the DRX configuration.

[0230] (3) Identification of the DRX configuration group.

[0231] For example, the terminal may activate all DRX configurations in the corresponding DRX configuration group according to the third information and the identifier of the DRX configuration group.

[0232] In one embodiment of the present application, the first indication information or the second indication information is carried by at least one of the following: RRC, MAC CE, DCI.

[0233] The device provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented in the method embodiment of Figure 3 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0234] 10 , an embodiment of the present application provides a communication processing device, which is applied to a network-side device. The device 1000 includes:

[0235] A first sending module 1001 is configured to send configuration information, where the configuration information includes multiple DRX configurations, where the multiple DRX configurations are for the same serving cell or the same serving cell list;

[0236] The second sending module 1002 is configured to send first indication information, where the first indication information is used to deactivate at least one DRX configuration among the multiple DRX configurations.

[0237] In one embodiment of the present application, the multiple DRX configurations include at least one default DRX configuration.

[0238] In one embodiment of the present application, the target timer includes a first timer, and each DRX configuration in the multiple DRX configurations is associated with the first timer; or, each non-default DRX configuration in the multiple DRX configurations is associated with the first timer; or, the multiple DRX configurations are associated with the first timer.

[0239] In one embodiment of the present application, the target timer includes a second timer, and each DRX configuration in the multiple DRX configurations is associated with the second timer and the first duration; or, each non-default DRX configuration in the multiple DRX configurations is associated with the second timer and the first duration; or, the multiple DRX configurations are associated with the second timer and the first duration, and the time length of the second timer is less than the first duration.

[0240] In one embodiment of the present application, the time length unit of the first timer, or the time length unit of the second timer, or the time length unit of the first duration includes one of the following: the number of frames, the number of subframes, the number of time slots, the number of symbols, seconds, milliseconds, and the number of long DRX cycles.

[0241] In one embodiment of the present application, a DRX configuration in the multiple DRX configurations is associated with a PDCCH.

[0242] In one embodiment of the present application, the DRX configuration is associated with the PDCCH and includes at least one of the following:

[0243] (1) The DCI carried by the PDCCH includes the identifier of the DRX configuration;

[0244] (2) The DCI carried by the PDCCH includes an identifier of a DRX configuration group, where the DRX configuration group includes all or part of the multiple DRX configurations;

[0245] (3) The DCI carried by the PDCCH includes first information, where the first information is used to indicate a default DRX configuration and a non-default DRX configuration;

[0246] (4) Different DRX configurations are associated with different C-RNTIs;

[0247] (5) Different DRX configuration groups are associated with different C-RNTIs;

[0248] (6) The C-RNTI associated with the default DRX configuration is different from the C-RNTI associated with the non-default DRX configuration.

[0249] In one embodiment of the present application, the first indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0250] (1) second information, where the second information is used to indicate deactivation of the DRX configuration;

[0251] (2) DRX configuration identifier;

[0252] For example, the terminal may deactivate the corresponding DRX configuration according to the second information and the identifier of the DRX configuration.

[0253] (3) Identification of the DRX configuration group.

[0254] For example, the terminal may deactivate all DRX configurations in the corresponding DRX configuration group according to the second information and the identifier of the DRX configuration group.

[0255] In one embodiment of the present application, the device further comprises:

[0256] The third sending module is used to send second indication information, where the second indication information is used to activate at least one DRX configuration among the multiple DRX configurations.

[0257] In one embodiment of the present application, the second indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0258] (1) third information, where the third information is used to indicate activation of DRX configuration;

[0259] (2) DRX configuration identifier;

[0260] For example, the terminal may activate the corresponding DRX configuration according to the third information and the identifier of the DRX configuration.

[0261] (3) Identification of the DRX configuration group.

[0262] For example, the terminal may activate all DRX configurations in the corresponding DRX configuration group according to the third information and the identifier of the DRX configuration group.

[0263] In one embodiment of the present application, the first indication information or the second indication information may be carried by at least one of the following: RRC signaling, MAC CE, and DCI.

[0264] The device provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented in the method embodiment of Figure 4 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0265] FIG11 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a terminal implementing an embodiment of the present application. The terminal 1100 includes, but is not limited to, at least some of the components including a radio frequency unit 1101, a network module 1102, an audio output unit 1103, an input unit 1104, a sensor 1105, a display unit 1106, a user input unit 1107, an interface unit 1108, a memory 1109, and a processor 1110.

[0266] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal 1100 may also include a power supply (such as a battery) to power various components. The power supply may be logically connected to the processor 1110 via a power management system, thereby enabling the power management system to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption. The terminal structure shown in FIG11 does not limit the terminal. The terminal may include more or fewer components than shown, or may combine certain components, or have different component arrangements, which will not be described in detail here.

[0267] It should be understood that in an embodiment of the present application, the input unit 1104 may include a graphics processing unit (GPU) 11041 and a microphone 11042, and the graphics processor 11041 processes the image data of a static picture or video obtained by an image capture device (such as a camera) in a video capture mode or an image capture mode. The display unit 1106 may include a display panel 11061, and the display panel 11061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, etc. The user input unit 1107 includes a touch panel 11071 and at least one of other input devices 11072. The touch panel 11071 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 11071 may include two parts: a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 11072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which will not be repeated here.

[0268] In the embodiment of the present application, after receiving downlink data from a network-side device, the RF unit 1101 may transmit the data to the processor 1110 for processing. Furthermore, the RF unit 1101 may send uplink data to the network-side device. Typically, the RF unit 1101 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, an amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low-noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like.

[0269] The memory 1109 can be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 1109 may mainly include a first storage area for storing programs or instructions and a second storage area for storing data, wherein the first storage area may store an operating system, an application program or instruction required for at least one function (such as a sound playback function, an image playback function, etc.), etc. In addition, the memory 1109 may include a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory, or the memory 1109 may include a non-transient memory. Among them, the non-volatile memory or non-transient memory may be a read-only memory (ROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), or a flash memory. The volatile memory may be random access memory (RAM), static random access memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDRSDRAM), enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (ESDRAM), synchronous link dynamic random access memory (SLDRAM), and direct RAM bus random access memory (DRRAM). The memory 1109 in the embodiment of the present application includes but is not limited to these and any other suitable types of memory.

[0270] Processor 1110 may include one or more processing units. Optionally, processor 1110 integrates an application processor and a modem processor. The application processor primarily handles operations related to the operating system, user interface, and application programs, while the modem processor primarily processes wireless communication signals, such as a baseband processor. It is understood that the modem processor may not be integrated into processor 1110.

[0271] The terminal provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented in the method embodiment of Figure 3 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0272] Please refer to Figure 12, which is a structural diagram of the network side device used in the embodiment of the present application.

[0273] As shown in Figure 12, the network side device 1200 includes: a processor 1201, a transceiver 1202, a memory 1203 and a bus interface, wherein the processor 1201 can be responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing. The memory 1203 can store data used by the processor 1201 when performing operations.

[0274] In one embodiment of the present application, the network side device 1200 further includes: a program stored in the memory 1203 and executable on the processor 1201 , which implements the steps of the method shown in FIG. 4 above when executed by the processor 1201 .

[0275] In Figure 12 , the bus architecture can include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, specifically linking various circuits such as one or more processors represented by processor 1201 and memory represented by memory 1203. The bus architecture can also link various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, all of which are well known in the art and are not further described herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 1202 can be multiple components, including a transmitter and a receiver, providing a means for communicating with various other devices over a transmission medium.

[0276] Please refer to Figure 13, which is a structural diagram of a communication device used in an embodiment of the present application. The communication device can be a terminal or a network-side device.

[0277] As shown in Figure 13, an embodiment of the present application also provides a communication device 1300, including a processor 1301 and a memory 1302, and the memory 1302 stores programs or instructions that can be run on the processor 1301. For example, when the communication device 1300 is a terminal, the program or instruction is executed by the processor 1301 to implement the various steps of the method embodiment of Figure 3 above. When the communication device 1300 is a network side device, the program or instruction is executed by the processor 1301 to implement the various steps of the method embodiment of Figure 4 above and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0278] An embodiment of the present application also provides a readable storage medium, on which a program or instruction is stored. When the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the method of Figure 3 or Figure 4 and the various processes of the above-mentioned embodiments are implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0279] The processor is a processor in a terminal or network-side device as described in the above embodiments. The readable storage medium includes a computer-readable storage medium, such as a computer read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk. In some examples, the readable storage medium may be a non-transitory readable storage medium.

[0280] An embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, which includes a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement the various processes shown in Figure 3 or Figure 4 and the various method embodiments mentioned above, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0281] It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of the present application can also be called a system-level chip, a system chip, a chip system or a system-on-chip chip, etc.

[0282] An embodiment of the present application further provides a computer program / program product, which is stored in a storage medium. The computer program / program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the various processes shown in Figure 3 or Figure 4 and the various method embodiments described above, and can achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, they are not described here.

[0283] An embodiment of the present application also provides a communication system, which includes a terminal and a network-side device. The terminal is used to execute the various processes shown in Figure 3 and the above-mentioned method embodiments, and the network-side device is used to execute the various processes shown in Figure 4 and the above-mentioned method embodiments, and can achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, they will not be repeated here.

[0284] It should be noted that, in this article, the terms "comprise", "include" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device comprising a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. In the absence of further restrictions, an element defined by the statement "comprises a ..." does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device comprising the element. In addition, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and devices in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing functions in the order shown or discussed, and may also include performing functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in the opposite order according to the functions involved. For example, the described method may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may also be added, omitted, or combined. In addition, the features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

[0285] Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the above-mentioned embodiment methods can be implemented by means of a computer software product plus a necessary general-purpose hardware platform, or of course, by hardware. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM, RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk, etc.) and includes a number of instructions for enabling a terminal or network-side device to execute the methods described in each embodiment of the present application.

[0286] The embodiments of the present application are described above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-mentioned specific implementation methods. The above-mentioned specific implementation methods are merely illustrative and not restrictive. Under the guidance of this application, ordinary technicians in this field can also make many forms of implementation methods without departing from the purpose of this application and the scope of protection of the claims. These implementation methods are all within the protection of this application.

Claims

1. A communication processing method, comprising: The terminal receives configuration information, where the configuration information includes multiple discontinuous reception DRX configurations, where the multiple DRX configurations are used for the same serving cell or the same serving cell list; The terminal deactivates at least one DRX configuration associated with the target timer among the multiple DRX configurations according to the running status of the target timer; or, the terminal deactivates at least one DRX configuration among the multiple DRX configurations according to the received first indication information.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The multiple DRX configurations include at least one default DRX configuration.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The terminal deactivating, according to the running state of the target timer, at least one DRX configuration associated with the target timer among the multiple DRX configurations, comprising: When the target timer times out, the terminal deactivates at least one DRX configuration associated with the target timer among the multiple DRX configurations.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: If a physical downlink control channel PDCCH is received during the operation of the target timer, or a PDCCH associated with a DRX configuration is received, the terminal stops the target timer.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The target timer includes a first timer, and each DRX configuration in the multiple DRX configurations is associated with the first timer; or each non-default DRX configuration in the multiple DRX configurations is associated with the first timer; or the multiple DRX configurations are associated with the first timer.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising: If the terminal does not receive a physical downlink control channel PDCCH during the running of the discontinuous reception duration timer drx-onDurationTimer of the first DRX configuration, or does not receive the PDCCH associated with the first DRX configuration, and the first timer is not running, the terminal starts the first timer associated with the first DRX configuration in the first symbol after the end of the drx-onDurationTimer; The first DRX configuration includes at least one DRX configuration among the multiple DRX configurations, or the first DRX configuration includes at least one non-default DRX configuration among the multiple DRX configurations.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The target timer includes a second timer, and each DRX configuration in the multiple DRX configurations is associated with the second timer and the first duration; or, each non-default DRX configuration in the multiple DRX configurations is associated with the second timer and the first duration; or, the multiple DRX configurations are associated with the second timer and the first duration, and the time length of the second timer is less than the first duration.

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising: If the terminal does not receive the PDCCH within the first duration associated with the DRX configuration, or does not receive the PDCCH associated with the DRX configuration, the terminal starts the second timer.

9. The method according to claim 5 or 7, wherein: The time length unit of the first timer, or the time length unit of the second timer, or the time length unit of the first duration includes one of the following: number of frames, number of subframes, number of time slots, number of symbols, seconds, milliseconds, and number of long DRX cycles.

10. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: The DRX configuration is associated with the PDCCH, and the DRX configuration and the PDCCH association include at least one of the following: The downlink control information DCI carried by the PDCCH includes an identifier of the DRX configuration; The DCI carried by the PDCCH includes an identifier of a DRX configuration group, and the DRX configuration group includes all or part of the DRX configurations in the multiple DRX configurations; The DCI carried by the PDCCH includes first information, where the first information is used to indicate a default DRX configuration and a non-default DRX configuration; Different DRX configurations are associated with different C-RNTIs; Different DRX configuration groups are associated with different C-RNTIs; The C-RNTI associated with the default DRX configuration is different from the C-RNTI associated with the non-default DRX configuration.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The first indication information includes at least one of the following: second information, where the second information is used to indicate deactivation of the DRX configuration; The identifier of the DRX configuration; The identifier of the DRX configuration group.

12. The method according to claim 1, after the terminal receives the configuration information, the method further comprises: The terminal receives second indication information; The terminal activates at least one DRX configuration among the multiple DRX configurations according to the received second indication information.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein: The second indication information includes at least one of the following: third information, where the third information is used to indicate activation of DRX configuration; The identifier of the DRX configuration; The identifier of the DRX configuration group.

14. A communication processing method, comprising: The network side device sends configuration information, where the configuration information includes multiple DRX configurations, where the multiple DRX configurations are used for the same serving cell or the same serving cell list; The network side device sends first indication information, where the first indication information is used to deactivate at least one DRX configuration among the multiple DRX configurations.

15. The method according to claim 13, wherein: The multiple DRX configurations include at least one default DRX configuration.

16. The method according to claim 14 or 15, wherein: The target timer includes a first timer, and each DRX configuration in the multiple DRX configurations is associated with the first timer; or each non-default DRX configuration in the multiple DRX configurations is associated with the first timer; or the multiple DRX configurations are associated with the first timer.

17. The method according to claim 14 or 15, wherein: The target timer includes a second timer, and each DRX configuration in the multiple DRX configurations is associated with the second timer and the first duration; or, each non-default DRX configuration in the multiple DRX configurations is associated with the second timer and the first duration; or, the multiple DRX configurations are associated with the second timer and the first duration, and the time length of the second timer is less than the first duration.

18. The method according to claim 16 or 17, wherein: The time length unit of the first timer, or the time length unit of the second timer, or the time length unit of the first duration includes one of the following: number of frames, number of subframes, number of time slots, number of symbols, seconds, milliseconds, and number of long DRX cycles.

19. The method according to claim 14 or 15, wherein: A DRX configuration in the multiple DRX configurations is associated with a PDCCH, and the DRX configuration is associated with the PDCCH and includes at least one of the following: The DCI carried by the PDCCH includes an identifier of the DRX configuration; The DCI carried by the PDCCH includes an identifier of a DRX configuration group, where the DRX configuration group includes all or part of the DRX configurations in the multiple DRX configurations; The DCI carried by the PDCCH includes first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate a default DRX configuration and a non-default DRX configuration; Different DRX configurations are associated with different C-RNTIs; Different DRX configuration groups are associated with different C-RNTIs; The C-RNTI associated with the default DRX configuration is different from the C-RNTI associated with the non-default DRX configuration.

20. The method according to claim 14, wherein: The first indication information includes at least one of the following: second information, where the second information is used to indicate deactivation of the DRX configuration; The identifier of the DRX configuration; The identifier of the DRX configuration group.

21. The method according to claim 14, after the network side device sends the configuration information, the method further comprises: The network side device sends second indication information, where the second indication information is used to activate at least one DRX configuration among the multiple DRX configurations.

22. The method according to claim 21, wherein: The second indication information includes at least one of the following: third information, where the third information is used to indicate activation of DRX configuration; The identifier of the DRX configuration; The identifier of the DRX configuration group.

23. A communication processing device, comprising: A first receiving module, configured to receive configuration information, where the configuration information includes multiple discontinuous reception DRX configurations, where the multiple DRX configurations are used for the same serving cell or the same serving cell list; The first processing module is used to deactivate at least one DRX configuration associated with the target timer among the multiple DRX configurations according to the running status of the target timer; or, to deactivate at least one DRX configuration among the multiple DRX configurations according to the received first indication information.

24. A communication processing device, comprising: The first sending module is used to send configuration information, where the configuration information includes multiple DRX configurations. The configuration is used for the same serving cell, or the same serving cell list; The second sending module is used to send first indication information, where the first indication information is used to deactivate at least one DRX configuration among the multiple DRX configurations.

25. A terminal comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program or instruction, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 13.

26. A network side device, comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program or instruction, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the method as claimed in any one of claims 14 to 22.

27. A readable storage medium storing a program or instruction, wherein the program or instruction, when executed by a processor of a terminal, implements the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 22.

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