Methods for receiving or sending configuration information, terminal, device, and storage medium

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to methods for receiving or sending configuration information, a terminal, a device, and a medium. The method for receiving configuration information comprises: a terminal device receives configuration information sent by a network device, the configuration information being used for configuring a multi-beam resource of a low power signal, the low power signal being a low power synchronization signal (LPSS) or a low power wake-up signal (LPWUS). A terminal can smoothly receive a low power signal in an application scenario of sending the low power signal by means of a plurality of beams.

Description

Method, terminal, device and storage medium for receiving or sending configuration information Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of wireless communication technologies, and in particular to a method, terminal, device, and storage medium for receiving or sending configuration information. Background Art

[0002] To save power, the terminal is equipped with a main transceiver and a low-power receiver. The terminal can place the main transceiver in either a sleep or normal state. When the main transceiver is in the normal state, the terminal uses the main transceiver to process downlink and uplink service data. The terminal uses the low-power receiver to monitor for a low-power wake-up signal (LPWUS). If an LPWUS is received, the main transceiver wakes up. If no LPWUS is received or the received LPWUS indicates not to wake up, the main transceiver remains in the sleep state.

[0003] The LPWUS received by the terminal may be sent through multiple beams.

[0004] Summary of the Invention

[0005] In order to adapt to application scenarios in which low-power signals are sent through multiple beams, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, terminal, device, and storage medium for receiving or sending configuration information.

[0006] According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for receiving configuration information is provided, the method comprising:

[0007] The terminal device receives configuration information sent by the network device, where the configuration information is used to configure multi-beam resources of the low-power signal;

[0008] The low power consumption signal is a low power consumption synchronization signal LPSS or a low power consumption wake-up signal LPWUS.

[0009] According to a second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for sending configuration information is provided, the method comprising:

[0010] The network device sends configuration information to the terminal device, where the configuration information is used to configure multi-beam resources of the low-power signal;

[0011] The low power consumption signal is a low power consumption synchronization signal LPSS or a low power consumption wake-up signal LPWUS.

[0012] According to a third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a terminal is provided, including:

[0013] The transceiver module is configured as follows:

[0014] receiving configuration information sent by a network device, where the configuration information is used to configure a multi-beam resource of a low-power signal;

[0015] The low power consumption signal is a low power consumption synchronization signal LPSS or a low power consumption wake-up signal LPWUS.

[0016] According to a fourth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a network device is provided, including:

[0017] The transceiver module is configured as:

[0018] Sending configuration information to the terminal device, where the configuration information is used to configure multi-beam resources for low-power signals;

[0019] The low power consumption signal is a low power consumption synchronization signal LPSS or a low power consumption wake-up signal LPWUS.

[0020] According to a fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a terminal is provided, including:

[0021] one or more processors;

[0022] The terminal is used to execute the method described in the first aspect.

[0023] According to a sixth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a network device is provided, including:

[0024] one or more processors;

[0025] Wherein, the network device is used to execute the method described in the second aspect.

[0026] According to a seventh aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication system is provided, comprising a terminal and a network device, wherein the terminal is configured to implement the method described in the first aspect, and the network device is configured to implement the method described in the second aspect.

[0027] According to an eighth 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 method described in the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0028] The method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure can configure the time domain resources of the low-power signal sent through multiple beams, so that the terminal can smoothly receive the low-power signal in the application scenario where the low-power signal is sent through multiple beams. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0029] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the following drawings required for describing the embodiments are introduced. The following drawings are merely some embodiments of the present disclosure and do not impose specific limitations on the protection scope of the present disclosure.

[0030] FIG1 is a schematic diagram of a communication system architecture provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0031] FIG2 is a schematic diagram of an interaction for sending configuration information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0032] 3A-3B are schematic diagrams of an interaction for sending configuration information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0033] 4A-4B are schematic structural diagrams of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0034] 5A-5B are schematic structural diagrams of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0035] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, a terminal, a device, and a storage medium for receiving or sending configuration information.

[0036] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for receiving configuration information, the method comprising:

[0037] The terminal device receives configuration information sent by the network device, where the configuration information is used to configure multi-beam resources of the low-power signal;

[0038] The low power consumption signal is a low power consumption synchronization signal LPSS or a low power consumption wake-up signal LPWUS.

[0039] In the above embodiment, the time domain resources of the low-power signal transmitted through multiple beams are configured so that the terminal can smoothly receive the low-power signal in the application scenario where the low-power signal is transmitted through multiple beams.

[0040] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0041] a first cycle, wherein the first cycle is a cycle of LPSS or LPWUS;

[0042] A first offset, where the first offset is a time domain offset of a period start position of the LPSS or LPWUS;

[0043] A first quantity, where the first quantity is the number of first beams, and the first beams are used to transmit the LPSS or the LPWUS.

[0044] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the configuration information further includes:

[0045] At least one second offset, where the second offset is a time domain offset corresponding to the first beam.

[0046] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the configuration information further includes:

[0047] a second number, where the second number is the number of transmission opportunities of the LPWUS included in one cycle;

[0048] at least one third offset, where the third offset is a time domain offset corresponding to one of the transmission opportunities;

[0049] At least one fourth offset, where the fourth offset is a time domain offset corresponding to one of the first beams in one of the transmission opportunities.

[0050] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first offset is a time domain offset of a starting point of the low power consumption signal relative to a first system frame.

[0051] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0052] When the configuration information does not include the first number, the first number is determined based on a third number, where the third number is the number of beams used to transmit synchronization signal blocks SSB.

[0053] In the above embodiment, there is no need to configure the first quantity, which saves signaling overhead of configuration information.

[0054] With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, determining the first quantity according to the third quantity includes:

[0055] It is determined that the first number is the same as the third number.

[0056] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the third number is the maximum number of synchronization signal block SSB beams supported by the first mode, and the first mode is the SSB beam scanning mode used by the cell to which the terminal belongs; or, the third number is the number of actual beams transmitting SSB.

[0057] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, when the configuration information does not include the first cycle, it is determined that the first cycle is the same as the paging cycle.

[0058] In the above embodiment, there is no need to configure the first period, thus saving signaling overhead of configuration information.

[0059] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, when the configuration information does not include the second number, the second number is determined according to at least one of the following:

[0060] First cycle;

[0061] The number of radio frames between two adjacent transmission opportunities;

[0062] The number of paging frames included in a paging cycle;

[0063] The number of paging occasions included in a paging cycle;

[0064] Configured high-level parameters.

[0065] In the above embodiment, there is no need to configure the second number, which saves signaling overhead of configuration information.

[0066] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the configuration information is the configuration information of LPWUS, and when the configuration information does not include the first quantity, it is determined that the first quantity in the configuration information of LPWUS is the same as the first quantity in the configuration information of LPSS.

[0067] In the above embodiment, when LPSS and LPWUS need to be configured simultaneously, the signaling overhead of the configuration information is saved.

[0068] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for sending configuration information, the method comprising:

[0069] The network device sends configuration information to the terminal device, where the configuration information is used to configure multi-beam resources of the low-power signal;

[0070] The low power consumption signal is a low power consumption synchronization signal LPSS or a low power consumption wake-up signal LPWUS.

[0071] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0072] a first cycle, wherein the first cycle is a cycle of LPSS or LPWUS;

[0073] A first offset, where the first offset is a time domain offset of a period start position of the LPSS or LPWUS;

[0074] A first quantity, where the first quantity is the number of first beams, and the first beams are used to transmit the LPSS or the LPWUS.

[0075] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the configuration information further includes:

[0076] At least one second offset, where the second offset is a time domain offset corresponding to the first beam.

[0077] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the configuration information further includes:

[0078] a second number, where the second number is the number of transmission opportunities of the LPWUS included in one cycle;

[0079] at least one third offset, where the third offset is a time domain offset corresponding to one of the transmission opportunities;

[0080] At least one fourth offset, where the fourth offset is a time domain offset corresponding to one of the first beams in one of the transmission opportunities.

[0081] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first offset is a time domain offset of a starting point of the low power consumption signal relative to a first system frame.

[0082] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, when the configuration information does not include the first number, the first number is determined based on a third number, and the third number is the number of beams used to transmit synchronization signal blocks SSB.

[0083] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first quantity is the same as the third quantity.

[0084] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the third number is the maximum number of synchronization signal block SSB beams supported by the first mode, and the first mode is the SSB beam scanning mode used by the cell to which the terminal belongs; or, the third number is the number of actual beams transmitting SSB.

[0085] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, when the configuration information does not include the first cycle, it is determined that the first cycle is the same as the paging cycle.

[0086] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, when the configuration information does not include the second number, the second number is determined according to at least one of the following:

[0087] First cycle;

[0088] The number of radio frames between two adjacent transmission opportunities;

[0089] The number of paging frames included in a paging cycle;

[0090] The number of paging occasions included in a paging cycle;

[0091] Configured high-level parameters.

[0092] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the configuration information is the configuration information of LPWUS, and when the configuration information does not include the first quantity, the first quantity in the configuration information of LPWUS is the same as the first quantity in the configuration information of LPSS.

[0093] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a terminal, including:

[0094] The transceiver module is configured as follows:

[0095] receiving configuration information sent by a network device, where the configuration information is used to configure a multi-beam resource of a low-power signal;

[0096] The low power consumption signal is a low power consumption synchronization signal LPSS or a low power consumption wake-up signal LPWUS.

[0097] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a network device, including:

[0098] The transceiver module is configured as:

[0099] Sending configuration information to the terminal device, where the configuration information is used to configure multi-beam resources for low-power signals;

[0100] The low power consumption signal is a low power consumption synchronization signal LPSS or a low power consumption wake-up signal LPWUS.

[0101] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a terminal device, including:

[0102] one or more processors;

[0103] The terminal is used to execute the method described in the first aspect.

[0104] In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a network device, including:

[0105] one or more processors;

[0106] The network device is used to execute the method described in the second aspect.

[0107] In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication system, comprising a terminal and a network device, wherein the terminal device is configured to implement the method described in the first aspect, and the network device is configured to implement the method described in the second aspect.

[0108] In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a storage medium storing instructions, which, when executed on a communication device, enables the communication device to execute the method described in the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0109] In a ninth 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 method described in the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0110] In a tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, enables the computer to execute the method described in the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0111] In an eleventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a chip or a chip system, wherein the chip or chip system includes a processing circuit configured to execute the method according to the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0112] It is understandable that the above-mentioned terminals, network devices, communication systems, storage media, program products, computer programs, chips, or chip systems are all used to perform the methods proposed in 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.

[0113] The embodiments of the present disclosure are now further described with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific implementation methods.

[0114] Exemplary embodiments will be described in detail herein, with examples illustrated in the accompanying drawings. In the following description, when referring to the drawings, identical numerals in different figures represent identical or similar elements, unless otherwise indicated. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments are not intended to represent all possible implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of devices and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present disclosure, as detailed in the appended claims.

[0115] The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are for the purpose of describing specific embodiments only and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present disclosure. The singular forms "a," "an," and "the" used in the embodiments of the present disclosure and the appended claims are also intended to include plural forms unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and / or" as used herein refers to and includes any or all possible combinations of one or more associated listed items.

[0116] It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used to describe various information in the embodiments of the present disclosure, such information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish information of the same type from each other. For example, without departing from the scope of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the first indication information may also be referred to as the second indication information, and similarly, the second indication information may also be referred to as the first indication information. Depending on the context, the words "if" and "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at the time of" or "when" or "in response to determining".

[0117] The embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below, examples of which are shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein the same or similar reference numerals throughout represent the same or similar elements. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are exemplary and are intended to be used to explain the present disclosure, and should not be understood as limiting the present disclosure.

[0118] As shown in Figure 1, the method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure can be applied to a wireless communication system 100, which may include a terminal 101 and a network device 102. It should be noted that the wireless communication system 100 may also include other devices, and this application does not limit the devices included in the wireless communication system 100.

[0119] It should be understood that the above wireless communication system 100 is applicable to both low-frequency scenarios and high-frequency scenarios. Application scenarios of the wireless communication system 100 include, but are not limited to, long-term evolution (LTE) systems, LTE frequency division duplex (FDD) systems, LTE time division duplex (TDD) systems, worldwide interoperability for micro wave access (WiMAX) communication systems, cloud radio access networks (CRAN) systems, future fifth-generation (5G) systems, new radio (NR) communication systems, or future evolved public land mobile networks (PLMN) systems, Internet of Things systems, etc.

[0120] The terminal 101 shown above may be a terminal, an access terminal, a terminal unit, a terminal station, a mobile station (MS), a remote station, a remote terminal, a mobile terminal, a wireless communication device, a terminal agent, an Internet of Things terminal, etc. The terminal 101 may have wireless transceiver capabilities, and may be capable of communicating (e.g., wirelessly communicating) with one or more network devices of one or more communication systems and receiving network services provided by the network devices, where the network devices include but are not limited to the illustrated network device 102.

[0121] Among them, the terminal 101 can be a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a session initiation protocol (SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a personal digital assistant (PDA) device, a handheld device with wireless communication function, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, an in-vehicle device, a wearable device, a terminal in a future 5G network, or a terminal in a future evolved PLMN network, etc.

[0122] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the network device 102 sends a low power consumption signal to the terminal 101 in a radio resource control (RRC) idle state. The low power consumption signal includes at least one of the following: LPWUS and a low power synchronization signal (LPSS).

[0123] In some embodiments, the low power consumption signal is transmitted via multiple beams using beam sweeping.

[0124] In some embodiments, the time-frequency resources of the low-power signal can be configured in different ways. The time-frequency resources include time domain resources and frequency domain resources.

[0125] FIG2 is an interactive diagram of a method for sending configuration information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG2 , the method includes the following steps:

[0126] In step S2101 , the network device 102 sends configuration information to the terminal 101 .

[0127] In some embodiments, the network device 102 sends configuration information to the terminal 101 via RRC signaling.

[0128] In some embodiments, the configuration information is used to configure multi-beam resources of the low-power signal.

[0129] In some embodiments, when the low power consumption signal is LPSS, the configuration information is configuration information of the LPSS, and the configuration information may be referred to as configuration information for an LPSS beam sweeping pattern.

[0130] In some embodiments, when the low power consumption signal is an LPWUS, the configuration information is configuration information of the LPWUS, and the configuration information may be referred to as configuration information for an LPWUS beam sweeping pattern.

[0131] In some embodiments, when the low power consumption signal includes LPSS and LPWUS, the configuration information is configuration information for configuring LPSS and LPWUS.

[0132] In some embodiments, the configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0133] The first cycle is a cycle of the low power consumption signal;

[0134] A first offset, which may be referred to as offset1, is a time domain offset of a start position of a period of the low power consumption signal;

[0135] The first quantity is the number of first beams, and the first beams are used to transmit low-power signals.

[0136] In one example, the low power signal is LPSS.

[0137] In another example, the low power consumption signal is LPWUS.

[0138] In some embodiments, the configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0139] The first cycle is a cycle of the low power consumption signal;

[0140] A first offset, which may be referred to as offset1, is a time domain offset of a start position of a period of the low power consumption signal;

[0141] A first number, where the first number is the number of first beams, and the first beams are used to transmit low-power signals;

[0142] At least one second offset may be referred to as offset2, where the second offset is a time domain offset corresponding to a first beam.

[0143] In one example, the low power signal is LPSS.

[0144] In some embodiments, the configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0145] The first cycle is a cycle of the low power consumption signal;

[0146] A first offset, which may be referred to as offset1, is a time domain offset of a start position of a period of the low power consumption signal;

[0147] A first number, where the first number is the number of first beams, and the first beams are used to transmit low-power signals;

[0148] a second number, where the second number is the number of transmission opportunities of the LPWUS included in one cycle;

[0149] at least one third offset, where the third offset is a time domain offset corresponding to one of the transmission opportunities;

[0150] At least one fourth offset, where the fourth offset is a time domain offset corresponding to one of the first beams in one of the transmission opportunities.

[0151] In some embodiments, the configuration information also includes information for configuring frequency domain resources. In one example, the frequency domain resource information includes: an offset of the low-power signal relative to a reference frequency position, for example, a frequency offset of the LPSS relative to the SSB, or a frequency offset of the LPWUS relative to the SSB or LPSS.

[0152] In some embodiments, the first period may be one of: 80 milliseconds, 160 milliseconds, 320 milliseconds, 640 milliseconds, 1280 milliseconds.

[0153] In some embodiments, the first offset is a time domain offset of a starting point of the low power consumption signal relative to a first system frame number (SFN), ie, SFN0.

[0154] In one example, a radio frame occupies 10 milliseconds, a time slot occupies 1 millisecond, the first cycle is 160 milliseconds, and when the first offset offset1 is 25 ms, the starting point of the first cycle of the low-power signal is slot 5 in SFN2, the starting point of the second cycle is slot 5 in SFN18, the starting point of the third cycle is slot 5 in SFN34, and so on.

[0155] In some embodiments, the first offset consists of at least one of:

[0156] An offset in radio frames; wherein the radio frame unit may be referred to as a radio frame level;

[0157] The offset is in time slots; wherein the time slot is referred to as the time slot level;

[0158] An offset in units of half-slots; wherein the units of half-slots may be referred to as half-slot levels;

[0159] The offset is in symbols; the symbol unit may be referred to as symbol level.

[0160] For example, the first offset is composed of the offset of framelevel+slotlevel, the framelevel offset is 2, and the slotlevel offset is 5.

[0161] In one embodiment, when the first offset includes a slot level, an SSB burst can be avoided.

[0162] In the existing protocol, the time domain position of the SSB (SSB burst) of multiple beams is within the first 5ms of an SSB cycle. The advantage of including the time offset at the slot level in the first offset is that the base station can configure a reasonable slot level offset to avoid the SSB burst.

[0163] In some embodiments, the first number may be 1, 4, 8, 16, or 32.

[0164] In some embodiments, the first number is related to the number of beams of a synchronization signal block (synchronization signal / PBCH block, SSB).

[0165] In some embodiments, when the low power consumption signal is LPWUS, the first offset of the LPWUS (ie, the time domain offset of the start position of a cycle) is the time domain offset corresponding to the first transmission opportunity in a cycle.

[0166] In some embodiments, when the low power consumption signal is LPWUS, the time domain offset of the start position of the LPWUS cycle is the time domain offset corresponding to the first transmission opportunity in a cycle.

[0167] In some embodiments, when the low power consumption signal is LPWUS, the time domain offset of the start position of the LPWUS cycle is the time domain offset corresponding to the first beam in the first transmission opportunity in a cycle.

[0168] In some embodiments, when the configuration information does not include the first number, determining the first number is related to the number of beams of a synchronization signal block (synchronization signal / PBCH block, SSB).

[0169] In some embodiments, when the configuration information does not include the first number, the first number is determined based on a third number, where the third number is the number of beams used to transmit SSB.

[0170] In one example, when the configuration information does not include the first number, the first number is the third number, that is, the first number is the number of beams used to transmit SSB.

[0171] In some embodiments, the third number is the maximum number of SSB beams supported by the first mode, where the first mode is an SSB beam scanning mode used by a cell to which the terminal belongs, wherein the terminal has learned that the cell uses the SSB beam scanning mode during a cell selection process or a cell residency process.

[0172] In an example, the third number is 4, 8, or 64.

[0173] In some embodiments, the third number is the number of actual beams transmitting the SSB. The network device sends information indicating the index of the beam actually transmitting the SSB to the terminal, for example, by indicating the index of the beam actually transmitting the SSB via a higher-layer parameter ssb-PositionsinBurst, so that the terminal learns the number of actual beams transmitting the SSB based on the information.

[0174] In an example, the number of actual beams transmitting SSB is less than the maximum number of SSB beams supported by the first mode.

[0175] In one example, the number of actual beams transmitting SSB is equal to the maximum number of SSB beams supported by the first mode.

[0176] In some embodiments, the second offset is a time domain offset corresponding to one first beam in one period.

[0177] In one example, a cycle includes 8 first beams, and the second offset is the time domain offset corresponding to any first beam in the cycle. The base station can configure the corresponding second offset for each first beam, that is, the number of second offsets configured by the base station is the number of first beams in a cycle.

[0178] In some embodiments, the second offset is a time offset of a first beam relative to a start point of a cycle, or a time offset relative to a previous first beam.

[0179] In some embodiments, the time domain offsets corresponding to different first beams are of the same type, or the time domain offsets corresponding to at least two different first beams are of different types. That is, the types of at least two second offsets are the same, or the types of at least two second offsets are different.

[0180] In some embodiments, the type of at least one second offset is of the first type, wherein the first type is a time offset relative to the starting point of a cycle, that is, a time offset between the low power consumption signal corresponding to each first beam and the starting point of the cycle.

[0181] Optionally, the second offset consists of at least one of the following:

[0182] An offset in radio frames; wherein the radio frame unit may be referred to as a radio frame level;

[0183] The offset is in time slots; wherein the time slot is referred to as the time slot level;

[0184] An offset in units of half-slots; wherein the units of half-slots may be referred to as half-slot levels;

[0185] The offset is in symbols; the symbol unit may be referred to as symbol level.

[0186] For example, the first offset is composed of the offset of slotlevel+symbollevel, the slotlevel offset is 6, and the symbollevel offset is 4.

[0187] In some embodiments, the type of at least one second offset is of the second type, and the second type includes: the second offset of the first first beam is a time offset relative to the starting point of a cycle, and the second offset of the non-first first beam is a time offset relative to the second offset of the previous first beam.

[0188] In some embodiments, the type of the at least one second offset is a second type, and the second type includes: the second offset of the current first beam is a time offset relative to the second offset of the previous first beam.

[0189] In one example, the type of the second offset of one beam is a first type, and the type of the second offset of the other beam is a second type.

[0190] In some embodiments, when the low power consumption signal is an LPWUS and the configuration information does not include the first period, the first period is determined to be the same as the paging period. That is, when the first period of the LPWUS is not configured, the first period of the LPWUS is defaulted to be the same as the paging period, or the value of the first period of the LPWUS is defaulted to be the value of the paging period.

[0191] In some embodiments, when the low power consumption signal is an LPWUS and the configuration information does not include the first number, the first number is determined to be the same as the first number in the configuration information of the LPSS.

[0192] In some embodiments, the number of beams of the LPWUS is determined by the third number. In one example, the number of beams of the LPWUS is the same as the third number.

[0193] The third quantity is as described in the above embodiment, and the content of the third quantity refers to the description in the above embodiment.

[0194] In some embodiments, the protocol stipulates that the first period of LPWUS is the same as the first period of LPSS.

[0195] In some embodiments, the second number is a fixed value.

[0196] In one example, the second number is 1, 2, 4, or 8.

[0197] In some embodiments, when the low power consumption signal is LPWUS and the configuration information does not include the second number, the second number is determined according to other parameters.

[0198] In some embodiments, the second amount is determined based on at least one of:

[0199] 1. First cycle;

[0200] 2. The number of radio frames between two adjacent transmission opportunities; wherein the transmission opportunity is the opportunity for transmitting LPWUS;

[0201] 3. The number of paging frames included in a paging cycle, which can be called N1;

[0202] 4. The number of paging occasions included in a paging cycle, which can be called N2;

[0203] 5. Configured high-level parameters.

[0204] In one example, the network device configures an interval of 8 radio frames between two adjacent transmission opportunities, and the first period of the LP WUS is 320 milliseconds. The second number calculated based on the two is 4, that is, the ratio of 320 to 80.

[0205] In one example, the network device configures a high-layer parameter F, and the second number is N1*N2 / F, where the value of F can be 1, 2, 4, or 8.

[0206] In one example, the second number is equal to other values ​​by default. For example, the second number is the number of paging frames included in a paging cycle. For another example, the second number is the product of the number of paging frames included in a paging cycle and the number of paging occasions included in a paging cycle.

[0207] In some embodiments, the third offset is a time domain offset corresponding to a transmission opportunity in a cycle.

[0208] In some embodiments, the third offset is a time offset of a transmission opportunity relative to a start point of a cycle, or a time offset relative to a previous transmission opportunity.

[0209] In one example, a cycle includes 4 transmission opportunities, and the third offset is the time domain offset corresponding to any transmission opportunity in the cycle. The base station can configure the corresponding third offset for each transmission opportunity, that is, the number of third offsets configured by the base station is the number of transmission opportunities in a cycle.

[0210] In some embodiments, the fourth offset is a time domain offset corresponding to a first beam in a transmission opportunity.

[0211] In some embodiments, the fourth offset is a time offset of a first beam in a transmission opportunity relative to the start point of the cycle, or a time offset relative to the start point of the transmission opportunity, or a time offset relative to a previous first beam in the same transmission opportunity.

[0212] In one example, one cycle includes four transmission opportunities, each transmission opportunity corresponds to eight first beams. The fourth offset is a time domain offset of any first beam corresponding to any transmission opportunity in the cycle.

[0213] In some embodiments, the relative starting point of the fourth offset may be a starting point of the transmission opportunity or a starting point of the first cycle.

[0214] In some embodiments, if the beam offset configuration information corresponding to each transmission opportunity is the same, where the beam offset configuration information includes the time domain offset of each beam, only one set of beam offset configuration information needs to be configured, and this set of beam offset configuration information can be used for each transmission opportunity.

[0215] If different transmission opportunities correspond to different beam offset configuration information, it is necessary to separately configure corresponding beam offset configuration information for each transmission opportunity.

[0216] FIG3A is an interactive diagram of a method for sending configuration information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3A , the method includes the following steps:

[0217] In step S3101 , the network device 102 sends LPSS configuration information to the terminal 101 .

[0218] In some embodiments, the network device 102 sends LPSS configuration information to the terminal 101 through RRC signaling.

[0219] In some embodiments, the configuration information of the LPSS is used to configure multi-beam resources of the LPSS.

[0220] In some embodiments, the configuration information of the LPSS may be referred to as configuration information for an LPSS beam sweeping pattern.

[0221] In some embodiments, the configuration information of the LPSS includes at least one of the following:

[0222] The first cycle is a cycle of the low power consumption signal;

[0223] A first offset, which may be referred to as offset1, is a time domain offset of a start position of a period of the low power consumption signal;

[0224] A first number, where the first number is the number of first beams, and the first beams are used to transmit low-power signals;

[0225] At least one second offset may be referred to as offset2, where the second offset is a time domain offset corresponding to a first beam.

[0226] In some embodiments, the configuration information also includes information for configuring frequency domain resources. In one example, the frequency domain resource information includes: an offset of the low-power signal relative to a reference frequency position, for example, a frequency offset of the LPSS relative to the SSB, or a frequency offset of the LPWUS relative to the SSB or LPSS.

[0227] Regarding the first cycle in the configuration information:

[0228] In some embodiments, the first period may be one of: 80 milliseconds, 160 milliseconds, 320 milliseconds, 640 milliseconds, 1280 milliseconds.

[0229] Regarding the first offset in the configuration information:

[0230] In some embodiments, the first offset is a time domain offset of a starting point of the low power consumption signal relative to a first system frame number (SFN), ie, SFN0.

[0231] In one example, a radio frame occupies 10 milliseconds, a time slot occupies 1 millisecond, the first cycle is 160 milliseconds, and when the first offset offset1 is 25 ms, the starting point of the first cycle of the low-power signal is slot 5 in SFN2, the starting point of the second cycle is slot 5 in SFN18, the starting point of the third cycle is slot 5 in SFN34, and so on.

[0232] In some embodiments, the first offset consists of at least one of:

[0233] An offset in radio frames; wherein the radio frame unit may be referred to as a radio frame level;

[0234] The offset is in time slots; wherein the time slot is referred to as the time slot level;

[0235] An offset in units of half-slots; wherein the units of half-slots may be referred to as half-slot levels;

[0236] The offset is in symbols; the symbol unit may be referred to as symbol level.

[0237] For example, the first offset is composed of the offset of framelevel+slotlevel, the framelevel offset is 2, and the slotlevel offset is 5.

[0238] In one embodiment, when the first offset includes a slot level, an SSB burst can be avoided.

[0239] The first offset includes the advantage of slot-level time offset, which can avoid SSB burst

[0240] Regarding the first quantity in the configuration information:

[0241] In some embodiments, the first number may be 1, 4, 8, 16, or 32.

[0242] In some embodiments, the first number is related to the number of beams of a synchronization signal block (synchronization signal / PBCH block, SSB).

[0243] In some embodiments, when the configuration information of the LPSS does not include the first number, determining the first number is related to the number of beams of a synchronization signal block (synchronization signal / PBCH block, SSB).

[0244] In some embodiments, when the configuration information does not include the first number, the first number is determined based on a third number, where the third number is the number of beams used to transmit SSB.

[0245] In one example, when the configuration information does not include the first number, the first number is the third number, that is, the first number is the number of beams used to transmit SSB.

[0246] In some embodiments, the third number is the maximum number of SSB beams supported by the first mode, and the first mode is an SSB beam scanning mode used by a cell to which the terminal belongs. The terminal has learned that the cell uses the SSB beam scanning mode during an initial access process.

[0247] In an example, the third number is 4, 8, or 64.

[0248] In some embodiments, the third number is the number of actual beams transmitting the SSB. The network device sends information indicating the index of the beam actually transmitting the SSB to the terminal, for example, by indicating the index of the beam actually transmitting the SSB via a higher-layer parameter ssb-PositionsinBurst, so that the terminal learns the number of actual beams transmitting the SSB based on the information.

[0249] In an example, the number of actual beams transmitting SSB is less than the maximum number of SSB beams supported by the first mode.

[0250] In one example, the number of actual beams transmitting SSB is equal to the maximum number of SSB beams supported by the first mode.

[0251] Regarding the second offset in the configuration information:

[0252] In some embodiments, the second offset is a time domain offset corresponding to one first beam in one period.

[0253] In one example, a cycle includes 8 first beams, and the second offset is the time domain offset corresponding to any first beam in the cycle. The base station can configure the corresponding second offset for each first beam, that is, the number of second offsets configured by the base station is the number of first beams in a cycle.

[0254] In some embodiments, the second offset is a time offset of a first beam relative to a start point of a cycle, or a time offset relative to a previous first beam.

[0255] In some embodiments, the time domain offsets corresponding to different first beams are of the same type, or the time domain offsets corresponding to at least two different first beams are of different types. That is, the types of at least two second offsets are the same, or the types of at least two second offsets are different.

[0256] In some embodiments, the type of at least one second offset is of the first type, wherein the first type is a time offset relative to the starting point of a cycle, that is, a time offset between the low power consumption signal corresponding to each first beam and the starting point of the cycle.

[0257] Optionally, the second offset consists of at least one of the following:

[0258] An offset in radio frames; wherein the radio frame unit may be referred to as a radio frame level;

[0259] The offset is in time slots; wherein the time slot is referred to as the time slot level;

[0260] An offset in units of half-slots; wherein the units of half-slots may be referred to as half-slot levels;

[0261] The offset is in symbols; the symbol unit may be referred to as symbol level.

[0262] For example, the first offset is composed of the offset of slotlevel+symbollevel, the slotlevel offset is 6, and the symbollevel offset is 4.

[0263] In some embodiments, the type of at least one second offset is of the second type, and the second type includes: the second offset of the first first beam is a time offset relative to the starting point of a cycle, and the second offset of the non-first first beam is a time offset relative to the second offset of the previous first beam.

[0264] In some embodiments, the type of the at least one second offset is a second type, and the second type includes: the second offset of the current first beam is a time offset relative to the second offset of the previous first beam.

[0265] In one example, the type of the second offset of one beam is a first type, and the type of the second offset of the other beam is a second type.

[0266] FIG3B is an interactive diagram of a method for sending configuration information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3B , the method includes the following steps:

[0267] In step S3201 , the network device 102 sends LPWUS configuration information to the terminal 101 .

[0268] In some embodiments, the network device 102 sends LPWUS configuration information to the terminal 101 through RRC signaling.

[0269] In some embodiments, the configuration information is used to configure multi-beam resources of the LPWUS.

[0270] In some embodiments, the configuration information of the LP WUS may be referred to as configuration information for an LPWUS beam sweeping pattern.

[0271] In some embodiments, the configuration information of the LPWUS includes at least one of the following:

[0272] The first cycle is a cycle of the low power consumption signal;

[0273] A first offset, which may be referred to as offset1, is a time domain offset of a start position of a period of the low power consumption signal;

[0274] A first number, where the first number is the number of first beams, and the first beams are used to transmit low-power signals;

[0275] A second number, where the second number is the number of transmission opportunities of the low power consumption signal included in one cycle;

[0276] At least one third offset, which may be referred to as offset3, is a time domain offset corresponding to a transmission opportunity;

[0277] At least one fourth offset may be referred to as offset4, where the fourth offset is a time domain offset corresponding to a first beam in a transmission opportunity.

[0278] In some embodiments, the configuration information also includes information for configuring frequency domain resources. In one example, the frequency domain resource information includes: an offset of the low-power signal relative to a reference frequency position, for example, a frequency offset of the LPSS relative to the SSB, or a frequency offset of the LPWUS relative to the SSB or LPSS.

[0279] Regarding the first cycle in the configuration information:

[0280] In some embodiments, the first period may be one of: 80 milliseconds, 160 milliseconds, 320 milliseconds, 640 milliseconds, 1280 milliseconds.

[0281] In some embodiments, the protocol stipulates that the first period of LPWUS is the same as the first period of LPSS.

[0282] In some embodiments, if the configuration information of the LPWUS does not include the first cycle, the first cycle is assumed to be the same as the paging cycle.

[0283] Regarding the first offset in the configuration information:

[0284] In some embodiments, the first offset is a time domain offset of a starting point of the low power consumption signal relative to a first system frame number (SFN), ie, SFN0.

[0285] In one example, a radio frame occupies 10 milliseconds, a time slot occupies 1 millisecond, the first cycle is 160 milliseconds, and when the first offset offset1 is 25 ms, the starting point of the first cycle of the low-power signal is slot 5 in SFN2, the starting point of the second cycle is slot 5 in SFN18, the starting point of the third cycle is slot 5 in SFN34, and so on.

[0286] In some embodiments, the first offset consists of at least one of:

[0287] An offset in radio frames; wherein the radio frame unit may be referred to as a radio frame level;

[0288] The offset is in time slots; wherein the time slot is referred to as the time slot level;

[0289] An offset in units of half-slots; wherein the units of half-slots may be referred to as half-slot levels;

[0290] The offset is in symbols; the symbol unit may be referred to as symbol level.

[0291] For example, the first offset is composed of the offset of framelevel+slotlevel, the framelevel offset is 2, and the slotlevel offset is 5.

[0292] In one embodiment, when the first offset includes a slot level, an SSB burst can be avoided.

[0293] The first offset includes the benefit of time offset at the slot level, which can avoid SSB burst.

[0294] Regarding the first quantity in the configuration information:

[0295] In some embodiments, the first number may be 1, 4, 8, 16, or 32.

[0296] In some embodiments, the first number is related to the number of beams of a synchronization signal block (synchronization signal / PBCH block, SSB).

[0297] In some embodiments, the first offset of the LPWUS (ie, the time domain offset of the start position of a cycle) is the time domain offset corresponding to the first transmission opportunity in a cycle.

[0298] In some embodiments, the time domain offset of the start position of the LPWUS cycle is the time domain offset corresponding to the first transmission opportunity in a cycle.

[0299] In some embodiments, the time domain offset of the start position of the LPWUS cycle is the time domain offset corresponding to the first beam in the first transmission opportunity in a cycle.

[0300] In some embodiments, when the configuration information does not include the first number, determining the first number is related to the number of beams of a synchronization signal block (synchronization signal / PBCH block, SSB).

[0301] In some embodiments, when the configuration information does not include the first quantity, the first quantity is determined based on a third quantity, wherein the third quantity is the same as the third quantity in step S3101.

[0302] In some embodiments, when the configuration information does not include the first number, the first number is determined based on a third number, where the third number is the number of beams used to transmit SSB.

[0303] In one example, when the configuration information does not include the first number, the first number is the third number, that is, the first number is the number of beams used to transmit SSB.

[0304] In some embodiments, the third number is the maximum number of SSB beams supported by the first mode, where the first mode is an SSB beam scanning mode used by a cell to which the terminal belongs, wherein the terminal has learned that the cell uses the SSB beam scanning mode during a cell selection process or a cell residency process.

[0305] In an example, the third number is 4, 8, or 64.

[0306] In some embodiments, the third number is the number of actual beams transmitting the SSB. The network device sends information indicating the index of the beam actually transmitting the SSB to the terminal, for example, by indicating the index of the beam actually transmitting the SSB via a higher-layer parameter ssb-PositionsinBurst, so that the terminal learns the number of actual beams transmitting the SSB based on the information.

[0307] In an example, the number of actual beams transmitting SSB is less than the maximum number of SSB beams supported by the first mode.

[0308] In one example, the number of actual beams transmitting SSB is equal to the maximum number of SSB beams supported by the first mode.

[0309] In some embodiments, the configuration information of the LPSS includes the first number, and if the configuration information of the LPSS does not include the first number, it is assumed that the first number in the configuration information of the LPSS is the same as the first number in the configuration information of the LPSS.

[0310] Regarding the second quantity in the configuration information:

[0311] In some embodiments, when the configuration information of the LPWUS does not include the second number, the second number is determined according to other parameters.

[0312] In some embodiments, the second amount is determined based on at least one of:

[0313] First cycle;

[0314] The number of radio frames between two adjacent transmission opportunities; wherein the transmission opportunity is the opportunity for transmitting LPWUS;

[0315] The number of paging frames included in a paging cycle; it can be called N1;

[0316] The number of paging occasions included in a paging cycle; it can be called N2;

[0317] Configured high-level parameters.

[0318] In one example, the network device configures an interval of 8 radio frames between two adjacent transmission opportunities, and the first period of the LP WUS is 320 milliseconds. The second number calculated based on the two is 4, that is, the ratio of 320 to 80.

[0319] In one example, the network device configures a high-layer parameter F, and the second number is N1*N2 / F, where the value of F can be 1, 2, 4, or 8.

[0320] In one example, the second number is equal to other values ​​by default. For example, the second number is the number of paging frames included in a paging cycle. For another example, the second number is the product of the number of paging frames included in a paging cycle and the number of paging occasions included in a paging cycle.

[0321] Regarding the third offset in the configuration information:

[0322] In some embodiments, the third offset is a time domain offset corresponding to a transmission opportunity in a cycle.

[0323] In some embodiments, the third offset is a time offset of a transmission opportunity relative to a start point of a cycle, or a time offset relative to a previous transmission opportunity.

[0324] In one example, a cycle includes four transmission opportunities, and the third offset is the time domain offset corresponding to any transmission opportunity in the cycle. The base station can configure a corresponding third offset for each transmission opportunity. That is, the number of third offsets configured by the base station is equal to the number of transmission opportunities in a cycle.

[0325] Regarding the fourth offset in the configuration information:

[0326] In some embodiments, the fourth offset is a time domain offset corresponding to a first beam in a transmission opportunity.

[0327] In some embodiments, the fourth offset is a time offset of a first beam in a transmission opportunity relative to the start point of the cycle, or a time offset relative to the start point of the transmission opportunity, or a time offset relative to a previous first beam in the same transmission opportunity.

[0328] In one example, one cycle includes four transmission opportunities, each transmission opportunity corresponds to eight first beams. The fourth offset is a time domain offset of any first beam corresponding to any transmission opportunity in the cycle.

[0329] In some embodiments, the relative starting point of the fourth offset may be a starting point of the transmission opportunity or a starting point of the first cycle.

[0330] In some embodiments, if the beam offset configuration information corresponding to each transmission opportunity is the same, where the beam offset configuration information includes the time domain offset of each beam, only one set of beam offset configuration information needs to be configured, and this set of beam offset configuration information can be used for each transmission opportunity.

[0331] If different transmission opportunities correspond to different beam offset configuration information, it is necessary to separately configure corresponding beam offset configuration information for each transmission opportunity.

[0332] The embodiments of the present disclosure further 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, a core network function node, a core network device, etc.) in any of the above methods.

[0333] It should be understood that the division of the various units or modules in the above device 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 device, 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.

[0334] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the 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 the 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 and implementing 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.

[0335] Figure 4A is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, which is applied to terminal 101. As shown in Figure 4A, communication device 4100 may include a transceiver module 4101. In some embodiments, the transceiver module 4101 is configured to receive configuration information sent by a network device, wherein the configuration information is used to configure multi-beam resources for a low-power signal, such as LPSS or LPWUS.

[0336] Optionally, the above-mentioned transceiver module is used to execute at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving performed by the terminal 101 in any of the above methods (for example, step S2101, step S3101, step S3102 but not limited thereto), which will not be repeated here.

[0337] FIG4B is a schematic diagram illustrating the structure of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, which is applied to network device 102. As shown in FIG4B , network device 4200 may include a transceiver module 4201. In some embodiments, transceiver module 4201 is configured to send configuration information to a terminal device, where the configuration information is configured to configure multi-beam resources for a low-power signal, such as LPSS or LPWUS.

[0338] Optionally, the above-mentioned transceiver module is used to execute at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving performed by the network device 102 in any of the above methods (for example, step S2101, step S3101, step S3102 but not limited thereto), which will not be repeated here.

[0339] In some embodiments, the transceiver module may include a transmitting module and / or a receiving module, and the transmitting module and the receiving module may be separate or integrated. Optionally, the transceiver module may be interchangeable with the transceiver.

[0340] Figure 5A is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device 5100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Communication device 5100 can be a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network device, etc.), a terminal (e.g., a user device, etc.), a chip, a chip system, or a processor that implements any of the above methods as a network device, or a chip, a chip system, or a processor that implements any of the above methods as a terminal. Communication device 5100 can be used to implement the methods described in the above method embodiments. For details, please refer to the description of the above method embodiments.

[0341] As shown in Figure 5A, the communication device 5100 includes one or more processors 5101. The processor 5101 can be a general-purpose processor or a dedicated processor, for example, a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor can be used to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processing unit can be used to control the communication device (such as a base station, a baseband chip, a terminal device, a terminal device chip, a DU or a CU, etc.), execute programs, and process program data. The communication device 5100 is used to perform any of the above methods.

[0342] In some embodiments, the communication device 5100 further includes one or more memories 5102 for storing instructions. Optionally, all or part of the memories 5102 may be located outside the communication device 5100.

[0343] In some embodiments, the communication device 5100 further includes one or more transceivers 5103. When the communication device 5100 includes one or more transceivers 5103, the transceiver 5103 performs at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving in the above method (for example, step S2102 and step S2103, but not limited thereto), and the processor 5101 performs at least one of the other steps (for example, step S2101, but not limited thereto).

[0344] In some embodiments, a transceiver may include a receiver and / or a transmitter. The receiver and transmitter 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.

[0345] In some embodiments, the communication device 5100 may include one or more interface circuits 5104. Optionally, the interface circuit 5104 is connected to the memory 5102. The interface circuit 5104 may be configured to receive signals from the memory 5102 or other devices, and may be configured to send signals to the memory 5102 or other devices. For example, the interface circuit 5104 may read instructions stored in the memory 5102 and send the instructions to the processor 5101.

[0346] The communication device 5100 described in the above embodiments may be a network device or a terminal, but the scope of the communication device 5100 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device 5100 may not be limited to FIG. 5A. 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.; (5) others, etc.

[0347] 5B is a schematic diagram of the structure of a chip 5200 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. If the communication device 5100 can be a chip or a chip system, reference can be made to the schematic diagram of the structure of the chip 5200 shown in FIG5B , but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

[0348] The chip 5200 includes one or more processors 5201 , and the chip 5200 is configured to execute any of the above methods.

[0349] In some embodiments, the chip 5200 further includes one or more interface circuits 5202. Optionally, the interface circuit 5202 is connected to the memory 5203. The interface circuit 5202 can be used to receive signals from the memory 5203 or other devices, and can be used to send signals to the memory 5203 or other devices. For example, the interface circuit 5202 can read instructions stored in the memory 5203 and send the instructions to the processor 5201.

[0350] In some embodiments, the interface circuit 5202 executes at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving in the above method (for example, step S2102, step S2103, but not limited to this), and the processor 5201 executes at least one of the other steps (for example, step S2101, but not limited to this).

[0351] In some embodiments, terms such as interface circuit, interface, transceiver pin, and transceiver may be used interchangeably.

[0352] In some embodiments, the chip 5200 further includes one or more memories 5203 for storing instructions. Alternatively, all or part of the memories 5203 may be located outside the chip 5200.

[0353] The present disclosure also proposes a storage medium having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed on the communication device 5100, causes the communication device 5100 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 is not limited thereto and may also be a storage medium readable by other devices. Optionally, the storage medium may be a non-transitory storage medium, but is not limited thereto and may also be a transient storage medium.

[0354] The present disclosure also provides a program product, which, when executed by the communication device 5100, enables the communication device 5100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the program product is a computer program product.

[0355] The present disclosure also proposes a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform any one of the above methods. Industrial Applicability

[0356] This enables the terminal to smoothly receive low-power signals in application scenarios where low-power signals are sent through multiple beams.

Claims

1. A method for receiving configuration information, the method comprising: The terminal device receives configuration information sent by the network device, where the configuration information is used to configure a multi-beam beam resource of a low-power signal; The low power consumption signal is a low power consumption synchronization signal LPSS or a low power consumption wake-up signal LPWUS.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein: The configuration information includes at least one of the following: A first cycle, wherein the first cycle is a cycle of LPSS or LPWUS; A first offset, wherein the first offset is a time domain offset of a period start position of the LPSS or LPWUS; A first quantity, where the first quantity is the number of first beams, and the first beams are used to transmit the LPSS or the LPWUS.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein: The configuration information also includes: At least one second offset, where the second offset is a time domain offset corresponding to the first beam.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein: The configuration information also includes: a second number, where the second number is the number of transmission opportunities of the LPWUS included in one cycle; at least one third offset, wherein the third offset is a time domain offset corresponding to one of the transmission opportunities; At least one fourth offset, wherein the fourth offset is a time domain offset corresponding to one of the first beams in one of the transmission occasions.

5. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein: The first offset is a time domain offset of a starting point of the low power consumption signal relative to a first system frame.

6. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein: The method further comprises: When the configuration information does not include the first number, the first number is determined according to a third number, and the third number is the number of beams used to transmit synchronization signal blocks SSB.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein: The determining the first quantity according to the third quantity includes: It is determined that the first number is the same as the third number.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein: The third number is the maximum number of synchronization signal block SSB beams supported by the first mode, where the first mode is the SSB beam scanning mode used by the cell to which the terminal belongs; or, the third number is the number of actual beams transmitting SSB.

9. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 8, wherein: The low power consumption signal is a low power consumption wake-up signal LPWUS, and when the configuration information does not include the first cycle, it is determined that the first cycle is the same as the paging cycle.

10. The method according to any one of claims 4 to 8, wherein: When the low power consumption signal is a low power consumption wake-up signal LPWUS and the configuration information does not include the second number, the second number is determined according to at least one of the following: First cycle; The number of radio frames between two adjacent transmission opportunities; The number of paging frames included in a paging cycle; The number of paging occasions included in a paging cycle; Configured high-level parameters.

11. The method of claim 2, wherein: The configuration information is configuration information of LPWUS, and when the configuration information does not include the first number, it is determined that the first number in the configuration information of LPWUS is the same as the first number in the configuration information of LPSS.

12. A method for sending configuration information, the method comprising: The network device sends configuration information to the terminal device, where the configuration information is used to configure a multi-beam beam resource of a low-power signal; The low power consumption signal is a low power consumption synchronization signal LPSS or a low power consumption wake-up signal LPWUS.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein: The configuration information includes at least one of the following: A first cycle, wherein the first cycle is a cycle of LPSS or LPWUS; A first offset, wherein the first offset is a time domain offset of a period start position of the LPSS or LPWUS; A first quantity, where the first quantity is the number of first beams, and the first beams are used to transmit the LPSS or the LPWUS.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein: The configuration information also includes: At least one second offset, where the second offset is a time domain offset corresponding to the first beam.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein: The configuration information also includes: a second number, where the second number is the number of transmission opportunities of the LPWUS included in one cycle; at least one third offset, wherein the third offset is a time domain offset corresponding to one of the transmission opportunities; At least one fourth offset, wherein the fourth offset is a time domain offset corresponding to one of the first beams in one of the transmission occasions.

16. The method according to any one of claims 13 to 15, wherein: The first offset is a time domain offset of a starting point of the low power consumption signal relative to a first system frame.

17. The method according to any one of claims 13 to 15, wherein: When the configuration information does not include the first number, the first number is determined based on a third number, and the third number is the number of beams used to transmit synchronization signal blocks SSB.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein: The first number is the same as the third number.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein: The third number is the maximum number of synchronization signal block SSB beams supported by the first mode, where the first mode is the SSB beam scanning mode used by the cell to which the terminal belongs; or, the third number is the number of actual beams transmitting SSB.

20. The method of any one of claims 15 to 19, wherein: The low power consumption signal is a low power consumption wake-up signal LPWUS, and when the configuration information does not include the first cycle, it is determined that the first cycle is the same as the paging cycle.

21. The method of any one of claims 15 to 19, wherein: In the case where the low power consumption signal is a low power consumption wake-up signal LPWUS and the configuration information does not include the second number, the second number is determined according to at least one of the following: First cycle; The number of radio frames between two adjacent transmission opportunities; The number of paging frames included in a paging cycle; The number of paging occasions included in a paging cycle; Configured high-level parameters.

22. The method of claim 13, wherein: The configuration information is configuration information of LPWUS, and when the configuration information does not include the first number, the first number in the configuration information of LPWUS is the same as the first number in the configuration information of LPSS.

23. A terminal device, comprising: A transceiver module is configured to receive configuration information sent by a network device, where the configuration information is used to configure a multi-beam beam resource of a low-power signal; The low power consumption signal is a low power consumption synchronization signal LPSS or a low power consumption wake-up signal LPWUS.

24. A network device comprising: A transceiver module is configured to send configuration information to a terminal device, where the configuration information is used to configure a multi-beam beam resource of a low-power signal; The low power consumption signal is a low power consumption synchronization signal LPSS or a low power consumption wake-up signal LPWUS.

25. A terminal device, comprising: one or more processors; The terminal is used to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 11.

26. A network device comprising: one or more processors; The network device is used to execute the method described in any one of claims 12 to 22.

27. A communication system, comprising a terminal and a network device, wherein: The terminal is configured to implement the method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, and the network device is configured to implement the method according to any one of claims 12 to 22.

28. A storage medium storing instructions, which, when executed on a communication device, causes the communication device to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 11 or 12 to 22.

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