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

Abstract

Embodiments of the present application provide an information processing method, a network device, a terminal, a communication system and a storage medium. The information processing method comprises: a network device sends first information, wherein the first information is used for a terminal to send a DSR or cancel sending of a DSR. In this way, a terminal can determine whether to send a DSR or cancel the sending of a DSR, so that whether to cancel a triggered DSR can be realized, and the network device and the terminal can have a consistent understanding on whether to cancel the sending of the DSR.

Description

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

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

[0002] Currently, for urgent scheduling situations during data transmission, terminals can introduce a Delay Status Reporting (DSR) report. However, in some scenarios, such as packet loss, this DSR report may not be necessary.

[0003] Summary of the Invention

[0004] The embodiment of the present disclosure needs to solve the problem of whether to cancel the triggered DSR sending.

[0005] According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, an information processing method is proposed, including: a network device sending first information to a terminal, wherein the first information is used to instruct the terminal to send a DSR or cancel the sending of the DSR.

[0006] According to a second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, an information processing method is proposed, including: a terminal receiving first information sent by a network device, wherein the first information is used to instruct the terminal to send a DSR or cancel the DSR sending.

[0007] According to a third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a network device is proposed, including: a first transceiver module, configured to send first information to a terminal, wherein the first information is used to instruct the terminal to send a DSR or cancel the sending of the DSR.

[0008] According to a fourth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a terminal is proposed, including: a second transceiver module, configured to receive first information sent by a network device, wherein the first information is used to instruct the terminal to send a DSR or cancel the DSR sending.

[0009] According to a fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a network device is proposed, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the above-mentioned network device is used to execute the optional implementation method of the first aspect.

[0010] According to a sixth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a terminal is proposed, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the terminal is configured to execute an optional implementation of the second aspect.

[0011] According to the seventh aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication system is proposed, comprising: a network device and a terminal; wherein the above-mentioned network device is configured to execute the method described in the optional implementation manner of the first aspect, and the above-mentioned terminal is configured to execute the method described in the optional implementation manner of the second aspect.

[0012] According to the eighth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a storage medium is proposed, which stores instructions. When the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes the method described in the first aspect, the second aspect, or the optional implementation of the first and second aspects.

[0013] The embodiments of the present disclosure can determine whether to cancel a triggered DSR. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0014] 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.

[0015] FIG1 is a schematic structural diagram of an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0016] FIG2 is an interactive schematic diagram illustrating an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0017] FIG3A is a flow chart illustrating an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0018] FIG3B is a flow chart illustrating an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0019] FIG4A is a flow chart illustrating an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0020] FIG4B is a flow chart illustrating an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0021] FIG5A is a schematic structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0022] FIG5B is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0023] FIG6A is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0024] FIG6B is a schematic structural diagram of a chip provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0025] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information processing method, a network device, a terminal, a communication system, and a storage medium.

[0026] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes an information processing method, including: a network device sends first information to a terminal, wherein the first information is used to instruct the terminal to send a DSR or cancel the sending of the DSR.

[0027] In the above embodiment, the first information can be sent through the network device to enable the terminal to determine whether to send DSR or cancel the sending of DSR; in this way, whether to cancel the triggered DSR can be realized, so that the network device and the terminal have a consistent understanding of whether to cancel the sending of DSR.

[0028] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first information is used to indicate one of the following: activating the sending function of DSR, and deactivating the sending function of DSR; wherein, activating the sending function of DSR includes: configuring the terminal to send DSR or enabling the terminal to send DSR; deactivating the sending function of DSR includes: deconfiguring the terminal to send DSR, releasing the terminal's DSR sending, or disabling the terminal to send DSR.

[0029] In the above embodiment, the first information can be used to instruct the activation or deactivation of the terminal to send DSR, so that the network device configuration can implement a mechanism for activating or deactivating the DSR sending function, so that the network device and the terminal have a consistent understanding of activating or deactivating the DSR sending.

[0030] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the DSR includes at least one of the following: the data volume of the first characteristic data, wherein the first characteristic data is a subset of the data to be transmitted in the terminal; and time information, wherein the time information is used to indicate the time from when the data to be transmitted is discarded.

[0031] In the above embodiment, the DSR includes the quantity and / or time information of the first characteristic quantity, and can report the data volume and / or remaining time of the data that needs to be urgently dispatched, thereby meeting the needs of emergency dispatch.

[0032] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, sending the first information includes at least one of the following: sending a first radio resource control (Radio Resource Control, RRC) signaling, the first RRC signaling includes the first information; and sending a media access control (Media Access Control Address, MAC) control element (Control Element, CE), the MAC CE includes the first information.

[0033] In the above embodiment, the first information may be sent through RRC signaling or MAC CE, so that the RRC signaling or MAC CE may be multiplexed to save signaling overhead.

[0034] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first information is used to instruct the terminal to cancel the sending of DSR. Before sending the first information, it also includes: the network device sends configuration information to the terminal through the second RRC signaling, wherein the configuration information is used for the terminal to send DSR.

[0035] In the above embodiment, configuration information can be sent through RRC signaling to inform the terminal to report DSR, and first information can be sent through MAC CE to inform the terminal to cancel the sending of DSR, thereby realizing the cancellation of the DSR to be sent (or triggered).

[0036] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first field of the MAC CE is used to indicate: activating the sending function of the DSR, or deactivating the sending function of the DSR.

[0037] In the above embodiment, the network device can implement the indication of activating or deactivating the terminal to send DSR through different values ​​in the field of MAC CE; this can save signaling overhead, or save the field of MAC CE so that the MAC CE has more remaining fields to implement other functions.

[0038] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, when the first information is used to instruct the terminal to deactivate the DSR sending function, at least one of the following is triggered: canceling the sending of DSR; canceling the sending of Scheduling Request (SR); canceling the random access channel (RACH) process.

[0039] In the above embodiment, when the network device deactivates DSR, cancellation of DSR, cancellation of SR and / or cancellation of RACH process may be triggered, thereby saving unnecessary waste of resources.

[0040] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first information is used to indicate that when sending a DSR is canceled, sending an SR and / or canceling a RACH process is also canceled.

[0041] In the above embodiment, when canceling the DSR, the SR and / or the RACH process can also be canceled. In this way, after canceling the DSR, it is unnecessary to send the SR triggered by the failure of the DSR transmission and / or it is unnecessary to trigger the RACH process triggered by the failure of the DSR transmission, thereby saving unnecessary waste of resources.

[0042] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, when the sending of the SR is canceled, the prohibition timer of the SR is stopped, and / or when the sending of the DSR is canceled, the timer associated with the DSR is stopped.

[0043] In the above embodiment, when the SR is canceled, the SR prohibition timer can be stopped so that the terminal does not need to resend the SR after the SR prohibition timer expires when the SR fails to be sent, and / or when the DSR is canceled, the DSR-associated timer can be stopped so that the terminal does not need to run the DSR-associated timer, thereby saving system resources.

[0044] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes an information processing method, including: a terminal receives first information sent by a network device, wherein the first information is used to instruct the terminal to send a DSR or cancel the sending of the DSR.

[0045] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first information is used to indicate one of the following: activating the sending function of DSR, and deactivating the sending function of DSR; wherein, activating the sending function of DSR includes: configuring the terminal to send DSR or enabling the terminal to send DSR; deactivating the sending function of DSR includes: deconfiguring the terminal to send DSR, releasing the terminal's DSR sending, or disabling the terminal to send DSR.

[0046] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the DSR includes at least one of the following: the data volume of the first characteristic data, wherein the first characteristic data is a subset of the data to be transmitted in the terminal; and time information, wherein the time information is used to indicate the time from when the data to be transmitted is discarded.

[0047] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, receiving the first information sent by the network device includes at least one of the following: receiving the first RRC signaling sent by the network device, the first RRC signaling including the first information; and receiving the MAC CE sent by the network device, the MAC CE including the first information.

[0048] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first information is used to instruct the terminal to cancel the sending of DSR, and before receiving the MAC CE sent by the network device, it also includes: the terminal receives the second RRC signaling sent by the network device, and the second RRC signaling includes configuration information; wherein, the configuration information is used for the terminal to send DSR.

[0049] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first field of the MAC CE is used to: activate the sending function of the DSR, or deactivate the sending function of the DSR.

[0050] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, when the first information is used to instruct the terminal to deactivate the DSR sending function, at least one of the following is triggered: canceling the sending of DSR; canceling the sending of SR; and canceling the RACH process.

[0051] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes at least one of the following: determining to cancel sending DSR based on the first information; determining to cancel sending SR based on the first information; and determining to cancel RACH based on the first information.

[0052] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first information is used to indicate that when sending a DSR is canceled, sending an SR and / or canceling a RACH process is also canceled.

[0053] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes at least one of the following: determining to cancel sending SR based on canceling sending DSR; and determining to cancel RACH based on canceling sending DSR.

[0054] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes at least one of the following: stopping the prohibition timer of the SR when canceling the sending of the SR; and stopping the timer associated with the DSR when canceling the DSR.

[0055] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a network device, including: a first transceiver module, configured to send first information, wherein the first information is used for a terminal to send a DSR or cancel the sending of a DSR.

[0056] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a terminal, comprising: a second transceiver module, configured to receive first information, wherein the first information is used by the terminal to send DSR or cancel DSR sending.

[0057] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a network device, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the above-mentioned network device is used to execute the optional implementation method of the first aspect.

[0058] In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a terminal, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the above-mentioned terminal is used to execute the optional implementation method of the second aspect.

[0059] In the seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication system, comprising: a network device and a terminal; wherein the above-mentioned network device is configured to execute the method described in the optional implementation manner of the first aspect, and the above-mentioned terminal is configured to execute the method described in the optional implementation manner of the second aspect.

[0060] In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a storage medium, which stores instructions. When the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes the method described in the first aspect, the second aspect, or the optional implementation of the first and second aspects.

[0061] In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a program product. When the program product is executed by a communication device, the communication device executes the method described in the first aspect, the second aspect, or the optional implementation of the first and second aspects.

[0062] In a tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, enables the computer to execute the information processing method as described in the first aspect, the second aspect, or the optional implementation of the first and second aspects.

[0063] In the eleventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a chip or a chip system; the chip or chip system includes a processing circuit configured to execute the method described in accordance with the above-mentioned first aspect, second aspect, or optional implementation of the first and second aspects.

[0064] It is understood that the aforementioned network devices, terminals, communication systems, storage media, program products, computer programs, chips, or chip systems are all used to execute the methods provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure. Therefore, the beneficial effects that can be achieved can refer to the beneficial effects of the corresponding methods and will not be repeated here.

[0065] The present disclosure provides an information processing method, a network device, a terminal, a communication system, and a storage medium. In some embodiments, the terms information processing method and communication method are interchangeable, the terms information processing device and communication device are interchangeable, and the terms information processing system and communication system are interchangeable.

[0066] The embodiments of the present disclosure are not exhaustive and are merely illustrative of some embodiments, and are not intended to be a specific limitation on the scope of protection of the present disclosure. In the absence of contradiction, each step in a certain embodiment can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the steps can be arbitrarily combined. For example, a solution after removing some steps in a certain embodiment can also be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the order of the steps in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily exchanged. In addition, the optional implementation methods in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined; in addition, the embodiments can be arbitrarily combined. For example, some or all steps of different embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, and a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined with the optional implementation methods of other embodiments.

[0067] In each embodiment of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified or provided for, the terms and / or descriptions between the embodiments are consistent and can be used interchangeably. The technical features in different embodiments can be combined to form new embodiments based on their inherent logical relationships.

[0068] The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present disclosure.

[0069] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, elements expressed in the singular, such as "a", "an", "the", "above", "said", "the", "the", etc., may mean "one and only one", or "one or more", "at least one", etc. For example, when using articles such as "a", "an", "the" in English in translation, the noun following the article may be understood as a singular expression or a plural expression.

[0070] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, “plurality” refers to two or more.

[0071] In some embodiments, the terms "at least one," "one or more," "a plurality of," "multiple," etc. may be used interchangeably.

[0072] In some embodiments, descriptions such as "at least one of A and B," "A and / or B," "A in one case, B in another case," or "in response to one case A, in response to another case B" may include the following technical solutions depending on the situation: in some embodiments, A (A is executed independently of B); in some embodiments, B (B is executed independently of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed); and in some embodiments, A and B (both A and B are executed). The above is also applicable when there are more branches such as A, B, and C.

[0073] In some embodiments, "A or B" and other descriptions may include the following technical solutions depending on the situation: in some embodiments, A (A is executed independently of B); in some embodiments, B (B is executed independently of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed). The above is also applicable when there are more branches such as A, B, C, etc.

[0074] The prefixes such as "first" and "second" in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only used to distinguish different description objects and do not constitute any restriction on the position, order, priority, quantity or content of the description objects. For the statement of the description object, please refer to the description in the context of the claims or embodiments, and no unnecessary restriction should be constituted due to the use of prefixes. For example, if the description object is a "field", the ordinal number before the "field" in the "first field" and the "second field" does not limit the position or order between the "fields". "First" and "second" do not limit whether the "fields" they modify are in the same message, nor do they limit the order of the "first field" and the "second field". For another example, if the description object is a "level", the ordinal number before the "level" in the "first level" and the "second level" does not limit the priority between the "levels". For another example, the number of description objects is not limited by the ordinal number and can be one or more. Taking "first device" as an example, the number of "devices" can be one or more. In addition, the objects modified by different prefixes can be the same or different. For example, if the description object is "device", then the "first device" and the "second device" can be the same device or different devices, and their types can be the same or different; for another example, if the description object is "information", then the "first information" and the "second information" can be the same information or different information, and their contents can be the same or different.

[0075] In some embodiments, “including A,” “comprising A,” “used to indicate A,” and “carrying A” can be interpreted as directly carrying A or indirectly indicating A.

[0076] In some embodiments, terms such as "in response to...", "in response to determining...", "in the case of...", "at the time of...", "when...", "if...", "if...", etc. can be used interchangeably.

[0077] In some embodiments, terms such as "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "not less than", "more than", "more than or equal to", "not less than", "higher than", "higher than or equal to", "not less than", and "above" can be replaced with each other, and terms such as "less than", "less than or equal to", "not greater than", "less than", "less than or equal to", "not more than", "lower than", "lower than or equal to", "not higher than", and "below" can be replaced with each other.

[0078] In some embodiments, devices, etc. can be interpreted as physical or virtual, and their names are not limited to the names recorded in the embodiments. Terms such as "device", "equipment", "device", "circuit", "network element", "node", "function", "unit", "section", "system", "network", "chip", "chip system", "entity", and "subject" can be used interchangeably.

[0079] In some embodiments, "network" can be interpreted as devices included in the network (eg, access network equipment, core network equipment, etc.).

[0080] In some embodiments, the terms "access network device (AN device)", "radio access network device (RAN device)", "base station (BS)", "radio base station" "fixed station", "node", "access point", "transmission point (TP)", "reception point (RP)", "transmission / reception point (TRP)", "panel", "antenna panel", "antenna array", "cell", "macro cell", "small cell", "femto cell", "pico cell", "sector", "cell group", "carrier", "component carrier", "bandwidth part (BWP)" and the like may be used interchangeably.

[0081] In some embodiments, the terms "terminal", "terminal device", "user equipment (UE)", "user terminal", "mobile station (MS)", "mobile terminal (MT)", subscriber station, mobile unit, subscriber unit, wireless unit, remote unit, mobile device, wireless device, wireless communication device, remote device, mobile subscriber station, access terminal, mobile terminal, wireless terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client, etc. can be used interchangeably.

[0082] In some embodiments, the access network device, the core network device, or the network device can be replaced by a terminal. For example, the various embodiments of the present disclosure can also be applied to a structure in which the communication between the access network device, the core network device, or the network device and the terminal is replaced by communication between multiple terminals (for example, it can also be called device-to-device (D2D), vehicle-to-everything (V2X), etc.). In this case, it can also be set as a structure in which the terminal has all or part of the functions of the access network device. In addition, language such as "uplink" and "downlink" can also be replaced by language corresponding to communication between terminals (for example, "side"). For example, uplink channels, downlink channels, etc. can be replaced by side channels, and uplinks, downlinks, etc. can be replaced by side links.

[0083] In some embodiments, the terminal may be replaced by an access network device, a core network device, or a network device. In this case, the access network device, the core network device, or the network device may have a structure that has all or part of the functions of the terminal.

[0084] In some embodiments, obtaining data, information, etc. may comply with the laws and regulations of the country where the data is obtained.

[0085] In some embodiments, data, information, etc. may be obtained with the user's consent.

[0086] In addition, each element, each row, or each column in the table of the embodiment of the present disclosure can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the combination of any elements, any rows, and any columns can also be implemented as an independent embodiment.

[0087] FIG1 is a schematic diagram showing the structure of an information processing system 100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG1 , the information processing system 100 may include: a terminal 101 and a network device 102 .

[0088] In some embodiments, the network device 102 may include at least one of an access network device and a core network device.

[0089] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 includes, for example, a mobile phone, a wearable device, an Internet of Things (IOT) device or terminal, a car with communication function, a smart car, a tablet computer (Pad), a computer with wireless transceiver function, a virtual reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control, a wireless terminal device in self-driving, a wireless terminal device in remote medical surgery, a wireless terminal device in a smart grid, a wireless terminal device in transportation safety, a wireless terminal device in a smart city, and at least one of a wireless terminal device in a smart home, but is not limited thereto.

[0090] In some embodiments, the access network device is, for example, a node or device that accesses a terminal to a wireless network. The access network device may include an evolved NodeB (eNB), a next generation evolved NodeB (ng-eNB), a next generation NodeB (gNB), a node B (NB), a home node B (HNB), a home evolved nodeB (HeNB), a wireless backhaul device, a radio network controller (RNC), a base station controller (BSC), a base transceiver station (BTS), a base band unit (BBU), a mobile switching center, a base station in a 6G communication system, an open base station (Open RAN), a cloud base station (Cloud RAN), a base station in other communication systems, and at least one of an access node in a wireless fidelity (WiFi) system, but is not limited thereto.

[0091] In some embodiments, the technical solution of the present disclosure can be applied to the Open RAN architecture. In this case, the interfaces between or within the access network devices involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be transformed into internal interfaces of the Open RAN, and the processes and information interactions between these internal interfaces can be implemented through software or programs.

[0092] In some embodiments, the access network device can be composed of a centralized unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU), where the CU can also be called a control unit. The CU-DU structure can be used to split the protocol layer of the access network device, with the functions of some protocol layers centrally controlled by the CU, and the functions of the remaining part or all of the protocol layers distributed in the DU, which is centrally controlled by the CU, but is not limited to this.

[0093] In some embodiments, the core network device may be a single device including a first network element, a second network element, etc., or may be a plurality of devices or a group of devices, each including all or part of the first network element and the second network element. The network element may be virtual or physical. The core network may include, for example, at least one of an evolved packet core (EPC), a 5G core network (5GCN), and a next generation core (NGC).

[0094] It can be understood that the information processing system described in the embodiment of the present disclosure is for the purpose of more clearly illustrating the technical solution of the embodiment of the present disclosure, and does not constitute a limitation on the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure. Ordinary technicians in this field can know that with the evolution of system architecture and the emergence of new business scenarios, the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure is also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0095] The following embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to the information processing system 100 shown in FIG1 , or a portion thereof, but are not limited thereto. The entities shown in FIG1 are illustrative only. The information processing system may include all or a portion of the entities shown in FIG1 , or may include other entities outside of FIG1 . The number and form of the entities may be arbitrary. The connection relationships between the entities are illustrative only. The entities may be connected or disconnected, and the connection may be in any manner, including direct or indirect, wired or wireless.

[0096] The embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4th generation mobile communication system (4G), 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), 5G New Radio (NR), Future Radio Access (FRA), New-Radio Access Technology (RAT), New Radio (NR), New Radio Access (NX), Future Generation Radio Access (FX), Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM (registered trademark)), CDMA2000, Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, Ultra-WideBand (UWB), Bluetooth (registered trademark), Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) networks, Device-to-Device (D2D) systems, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) systems, Internet of Things (IoT) systems, Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X), systems utilizing other communication methods, and next-generation systems based on and extending these methods. Furthermore, multiple systems may be combined (for example, a combination of LTE or LTE-A with 5G).

[0097] In some embodiments, in Extended Reality (XR) services, data usually has multiple data streams, and its business volume is very large. The XR data stream needs to meet certain delay requirements during transmission, especially some data streams need to arrive at the server for decoding at the same time. The delay of any one of the data streams will cause the joint decoding of multiple data streams to fail. However, the scheduling of network devices is dynamic; therefore, in some cases, even if some data streams belong to low-priority logical channels, if some data packets have not been scheduled for a long time, a buffer status report (BSR) needs to be sent to notify the network device as soon as possible. However, at present, BSR can only be sent when high-priority logical channel data arrives, which cannot meet the needs of emergency scheduling. Therefore, it is necessary to consider optimizing the emergency scheduling situation in XR.

[0098] In some embodiments, a DSR report is introduced. Optionally, the terminal reports a DSR that carries delay information; the delay information may be that the data packet has been unscheduled for a long time, resulting in the remaining time of the data packet being less than a certain threshold. Optionally, the remaining time of the data packet is the time until the packet is discarded, that is, the remaining time is determined based on the discard timer of the Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP). Optionally, the threshold may be a remaining time threshold.

[0099] In some embodiments, the terminal supports threshold-based DSR reporting. For example, when the remaining time of a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) or PDU set is less than a threshold configured by the network (NW), a DSR report is triggered. Optionally, the threshold is set for each Logical Channel Group (LCG).

[0100] In some embodiments, a Delay Status Report (DSR) procedure is used to provide a delay status for uplink (UL) data to a serving base station (eNB). The DSR includes a remaining time for the UL data; the remaining time is determined based on the duration of a PDCP discard timer associated with the first symbol of a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission in which the DSR is sent, and the amount of data for which the remaining time is reported.

[0101] In some embodiments, RRC controls the DSR operation by configuring a remaining time threshold; the remaining time threshold is a remaining time threshold of UL data configured by LCG to trigger DSR.

[0102] In some embodiments, the MAC entity triggers the sending of a DSR when the remaining time of a PDU or a set of PDUs in the LCG (if configured for DSR) becomes shorter than its associated remaining time threshold.

[0103] FIG2 is an interactive diagram of an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG2 , the present disclosure embodiment relates to an information processing method for an information processing system 100, and the method includes:

[0104] Step S2101: The network device sends first information to the terminal.

[0105] In some embodiments, the terminal receives first information sent by the network device.

[0106] In some embodiments, the network device sends the first information to the terminal via dedicated signaling. Optionally, the dedicated signaling may be RRC signaling or MAC CE.

[0107] In some embodiments, the terminal receives first information sent by the network device through dedicated signaling.

[0108] Optionally, the network device sends a first RRC signaling to the terminal, where the first RRC signaling includes first information.

[0109] Optionally, the network device sends a MAC CE to the terminal, where the MAC CE includes the first information.

[0110] Optionally, the terminal receives first RRC signaling sent by the network device, where the first RRC signaling includes first information.

[0111] Optionally, the terminal receives a MAC CE sent by the network device, where the MAC CE includes the first information.

[0112] In some optional embodiments, the network device sends configuration information to the terminal.

[0113] Optionally, the configuration information is used for the terminal to send a DSR.

[0114] Optionally, the configuration information is used to instruct the terminal to send a DSR.

[0115] Optionally, the name of the configuration information is not limited, and it can be, for example, DSR reporting configuration, DSR reporting indication, etc.

[0116] In some embodiments, the network device sends the configuration information to the terminal through the second RRC signaling.

[0117] In some embodiments, the terminal receives configuration information sent by the network device through a second RRC signaling. Exemplarily, the terminal receives the second RRC signaling sent by the network device, and the second RRC signaling includes the configuration information.

[0118] Optionally, after the network device sends the configuration information through the second RRC signaling, it sends the first information through the MAC CE; the first information is used to instruct the terminal to cancel the sending of the DSR.

[0119] In some embodiments, the first information is used for the terminal to send a DSR or cancel the sending of a DSR.

[0120] In some embodiments, the first information is used to instruct the terminal to send a DSR or cancel the sending of a DSR.

[0121] In some embodiments, the first information is used by the terminal to send DSR or not.

[0122] In some embodiments, the first information is used to instruct the terminal to send DSR or not to send DSR.

[0123] In some embodiments, the first information is used to indicate: activating a reporting or sending function of the DSR, or deactivating a reporting or sending function of the DSR.

[0124] Optionally, activating the DSR sending function includes: configuring the terminal to send the DSR, or enabling the terminal to send the DSR. Here, activation can be configuration or enabling.

[0125] Optionally, activating the DSR reporting function includes: configuring the terminal to report the DSR, or enabling the terminal to report the DSR.

[0126] Optionally, deactivating the DSR sending function includes: deconfiguring the terminal to send the DSR, releasing the terminal from sending the DSR, or disabling the terminal from sending the DSR. Here, deactivation may include deconfiguring, releasing, or disabling.

[0127] Optionally, deactivating the DSR reporting function includes: deconfiguring the terminal to report the DSR, releasing the DSR reporting of the terminal, or disabling the terminal to report the DSR.

[0128] Optionally, the DSR includes data size and / or time information of the first characteristic data. Exemplarily, the first characteristic data is a subset of data to be transmitted on the terminal; or, the first characteristic data is a subset of data to be transmitted on a logical channel or logical channel group; or, the first characteristic data is a portion of the data to be transmitted. Exemplarily, the time information indicates the time until the data to be transmitted is discarded.

[0129] In some embodiments, the first information includes: first indication information or second indication information.

[0130] Optionally, the first indication information is used to indicate activation of a reporting or sending function of the DSR; and / or, the second indication information is used to indicate deactivation of a reporting or sending function of the DSR.

[0131] In some embodiments, the first field of the MAC CE is used to indicate activation of the DSR sending function or deactivation of the DSR sending function.

[0132] Optionally, the first field may be any field in the MAC CE; or, the first field may be a predetermined field of the MAC CE. Exemplarily, the predetermined field may be a field reserved by the MAC CE or a predefined field.

[0133] Optionally, the first field is used to indicate activation or deactivation of a DSR reporting or sending function on at least one logical channel group (LCG).

[0134] Exemplarily, when the first field has a first value, for example, "1", it is used to indicate activation of the DSR reporting or sending function on the LCG; or, when the first field has a second value, for example, "0", it is used to indicate deactivation of the DSR reporting or sending function on the LCG. For example, the first field is 1 bit; when the bit is "1", it is used to indicate activation of the DSR reporting or sending function on at least one LCG; or, when the bit is "0", it is used to indicate deactivation of the DSR reporting or sending function on at least one LCG. For another example, the first field is 2 bits; when the 2 bits are "10", it is used to indicate activation of the DSR reporting or sending function on the first LCG and deactivation of the DSR reporting or sending function on the second LCG; or, when the 2 bits are "00", it is used to indicate deactivation of the DSR reporting or sending function on the first LCG and deactivation of the DSR reporting or sending function on the second LCG.

[0135] In some embodiments, the name of the first information is not limited, and it can be, for example, activation information, deactivation information, configuration information, deconfiguration information, release information, enable information, disable information, information for canceling DSR sending, information for activating DSR sending, information for deactivating DSR sending, etc.

[0136] In some embodiments, the first information is used to instruct the terminal to deactivate a reporting or sending function of the DSR, triggering at least one of the following: canceling sending the DSR, canceling sending the SR, and canceling the RACH process.

[0137] In some embodiments, the first information is used to instruct the terminal to cancel sending DSR when deactivating the reporting or sending function of DSR, and / or, the first information is used to cancel sending SR when the terminal deactivates the reporting or sending function of DSR, and / or, the first information is used to cancel the RACH process when the terminal deactivates the reporting or sending function of DSR.

[0138] In some embodiments, the first information is used to indicate cancellation of sending SR when canceling DSR.

[0139] In some embodiments, the first information is used to indicate that the RACH process is canceled when the DSR is canceled.

[0140] In some embodiments, when an SR is canceled, the prohibit timer of the SR is stopped, and / or when a DSR is canceled, a timer associated with the DSR is stopped. Optionally, the timer associated with the DSR may be a prohibit timer, a retransmission timer, and / or a periodic timer. Optionally, the timer associated with the DSR may also be a prohibit timer of the SR.

[0141] In some optional embodiments, the network device sends the second information to the terminal.

[0142] Optionally, the second information is used to instruct the terminal to trigger at least one of the following when deactivating the reporting or sending function of the DSR: canceling the sending of the DSR, canceling the sending of the SR, and canceling the RACH process.

[0143] Optionally, the second information is used to instruct the terminal to cancel sending DSR when deactivating the reporting or sending function of DSR, and / or, the first information is used to cancel sending SR when the terminal deactivates the reporting or sending function of DSR, and / or, the first information is used to cancel the RACH process when the terminal deactivates the reporting or sending function of DSR.

[0144] Optionally, the first information and the second information may be sent independently.

[0145] Optionally, the name of the second information is not limited, and it can be, for example, deactivation information, information for canceling DSR-related operations, etc.

[0146] In some optional embodiments, the network device sends third information to the terminal.

[0147] Optionally, the third information is used to indicate cancellation of sending SR when canceling DSR.

[0148] Optionally, the third information is used to indicate that the RACH process is canceled when the DSR is canceled.

[0149] Optionally, the first information, the second information and the third information may be sent independently.

[0150] Optionally, the name of the third information is not limited, and it can be, for example, deactivation information, information on canceling DSR-related operations, etc.

[0151] Step S2102: The terminal determines a first operation based on the first information.

[0152] In some embodiments, the first operation includes not sending a DSR.

[0153] In some embodiments, the first operation includes at least one of the following: canceling sending of a DSR, canceling sending of an SR, canceling a RACH procedure, and stopping a timer of an SR. Optionally, the first information is used to indicate deactivation of a reporting or sending function of a DSR.

[0154] In some embodiments, the terminal determines to cancel sending the DSR based on the first information. Optionally, the terminal determines to cancel sending the DSR based on the first information that a reporting or sending function of the DSR is deactivated.

[0155] In some embodiments, the terminal determines to send the SR based on the first information. Optionally, the terminal determines that a DSR reporting or sending function is deactivated based on the first information, and determines to cancel sending the DSR.

[0156] In some embodiments, the terminal determines to cancel the RACH procedure based on the first information. Optionally, the terminal determines to cancel the RACH procedure based on the first information that a reporting or sending function of the DSR is deactivated.

[0157] In some embodiments, the terminal determines to cancel sending the SR based on canceling sending the DSR. Optionally, when the terminal determines to cancel sending the DSR based on the first information, it determines to cancel sending the SR.

[0158] In some embodiments, the terminal determines to cancel the RACH procedure based on canceling the sending of the DSR. Optionally, when the terminal determines to cancel the DSR based on the first information, it determines to cancel the RACH procedure.

[0159] In some embodiments, the terminal stops the prohibit timer of the SR when canceling sending the SR.

[0160] In some embodiments, the terminal stops a timer associated with the DSR when canceling sending the DSR.

[0161] Optionally, each logical channel may trigger the sending of DSR and / or SR; when canceling the sending of DSR and / or SR, the sending of all DSR and / or SR may be canceled, or the sending of part of DSR and / or SR may be canceled. Exemplarily, canceling the sending of part of DSR includes: canceling the sending of DSR of the logical channel corresponding to the triggering DSR or the logical channel group to which the logical channel belongs. Exemplarily, canceling the sending of part of SR includes: canceling the sending of SR of the logical channel corresponding to the triggering DSR or SR or the logical channel group to which the logical channel belongs. Optionally, the logical channel or the logical channel group to which the logical channel belongs is configured by the network device to deactivate the reporting or sending function of DSR.

[0162] Optionally, if the terminal determines that there are no uplink granted resources for uplink transmission, or that there are uplink granted resources but the logical channel multiplexing rules are not met, it determines that sending the MAC CE including the DSR has failed. The terminal then determines that it is necessary to send an SR to request resources for scheduling the DSR. Here, if the terminal cancels sending the DSR, the SR transmission based on the DSR fails, i.e., the SR is canceled. Optionally, the SR can be triggered or pending.

[0163] Optionally, the uplink authorized resource not meeting the logical channel multiplexing rule may be: the uplink authorized resource not meeting the logical channel priority (LCP) mapping rule. Exemplarily, the uplink authorized resource not meeting the logical channel multiplexing rule may be: logical channel data is not allowed to be carried on a certain uplink authorized resource. For another example, the uplink authorized resource not meeting the logical channel multiplexing rule may be: logical channel data is not allowed to be carried on a certain serving cell.

[0164] Optionally, if the terminal determines that the SR transmission fails, it needs to trigger the RACH process. Here, if the terminal cancels the SR transmission, it determines to cancel the RACH process. Optionally, the terminal determines that the SR transmission fails by determining that there is no valid physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) to transmit the SR.

[0165] Optionally, the prohibit timer and / or retransmission timer of the SR is used to retransmit the SR. For example, the terminal may retransmit the SR based on the retransmission timer. For example, if the terminal determines that the SR needs to be retransmitted after the SR is sent, it determines to retransmit the SR after the prohibit timer of the SR expires.

[0166] Optionally, a periodic timer is used to periodically send the SR. Exemplarily, the terminal retransmits the SR based on a predetermined time interval, where the predetermined time interval is a period of the periodic timer.

[0167] In some optional embodiments, if the terminal determines that the reporting or sending function of the DSR is deactivated, it determines to cancel sending the DSR and / or cancel sending the SR and / or cancel the RACH process. Optionally, the terminal determining that the reporting or sending function of the DSR is deactivated may be: the terminal detects that the reporting or sending function of the DSR is deactivated.

[0168] In some optional embodiments, if the terminal cancels sending the DSR, it determines to cancel sending the SR and / or cancels the RACH process.

[0169] In some embodiments, the names of information, etc. are not limited to the names described in the embodiments, and terms such as "information", "message", "signal", "signaling", "report", "configuration", "indication", "instruction", "command", "channel", "parameter", "domain", "field", "symbol", "symbol", "codeword", "codebook", "codeword", "codepoint", "bit", "data", "program", and "chip" can be used interchangeably.

[0170] In some embodiments, "obtain", "get", "get", "receive", "transmit", "bidirectional transmission", "send and / or receive" can be interchangeable, and can be interpreted as receiving from other entities, obtaining from protocols, obtaining from higher layers, obtaining by self-processing, autonomous implementation, etc.

[0171] In some embodiments, terms such as "send", "transmit", "report", "download", "transmit", "bidirectional transmission", "send and / or receive" can be used interchangeably.

[0172] In some embodiments, terms such as "certain", "preset", "preset", "setting", "indicated", "some", "any", and "first" can be interchangeable. "Specific A", "preset A", "preset A", "setting A", "indicated A", "some A", "any A", and "first A" can be interpreted as A pre-specified in a protocol, etc., or as A obtained through setting, configuration, or indication, etc., or as specific A, some A, any A, or first A, etc., but not limited to this.

[0173] In some embodiments, the determination or judgment can be performed by a value represented by 1 bit (0 or 1), or by a true or false value (Boolean value) represented by true or false, or by comparison of numerical values ​​(for example, comparison with a predetermined value), but is not limited thereto.

[0174] The information processing method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S2101 and S2102. For example, step S2101 may be implemented as an independent embodiment; step S2102 may be implemented as an independent embodiment; or a combination of step S2101 and step S2102 may be implemented as an independent embodiment.

[0175] In some embodiments, step S2101 may be optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0176] In some embodiments, step S2102 may be optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0177] FIG3A is a flow chart of an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3A , the present disclosure embodiment relates to an information processing method, which is executed by a network device. The method includes:

[0178] Step S3101, sending the first information.

[0179] The optional implementation of step S3101 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2101 in Figure 2 and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2, which will not be repeated here.

[0180] In some embodiments, the network device sends the first information to the terminal, but is not limited thereto, and the first information may also be sent to other entities.

[0181] The above embodiments may be implemented individually or in combination with each other. For optional implementations, please refer to the optional implementations of the steps in FIG. 2 , which will not be described in detail here.

[0182] FIG3B is a flow chart of an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3B , the present disclosure embodiment relates to an information processing method, which is executed by a network device. The method includes:

[0183] Step S3201: Send first information, where the first information is used to instruct the terminal to cancel the sending of the DSR.

[0184] The optional implementation of step S3201 can be found in step S2101 in FIG. 2 , or the optional implementation of step S3101 in FIG. 3A , and other related parts in the embodiments involved in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3A , which will not be described in detail here.

[0185] In some optional embodiments, the first information is used to instruct the terminal to send a DSR.

[0186] In some embodiments, the first information is used to indicate one of the following: activating the sending function of DSR, and deactivating the sending function of DSR; wherein, activating the sending function of DSR includes: configuring the terminal to send DSR or enabling the terminal to send DSR; deactivating the sending function of DSR includes: deconfiguring the terminal to send DSR, releasing the terminal's DSR sending, or disabling the terminal to send DSR.

[0187] In some embodiments, the DSR includes at least one of the following: the data volume of the first characteristic data, wherein the first characteristic data is a subset of the data to be transmitted in the terminal; and time information, wherein the time information is used to indicate the time from when the data to be transmitted is discarded.

[0188] In some embodiments, sending the first information includes at least one of the following: sending first RRC signaling, where the first RRC signaling includes the first information; and sending MAC CE, where the MAC CE includes the first information.

[0189] In some embodiments, the first information is used to instruct the terminal to cancel the sending of DSR. Before sending the first information, it also includes: the network device sends configuration information to the terminal through the second RRC signaling, wherein the configuration information is used for the terminal to send DSR.

[0190] In some embodiments, the first field of the MAC CE is used to indicate: activation of a DSR reporting or sending function, or deactivation of a DSR reporting or sending function.

[0191] In some embodiments, when the first information is used to instruct the terminal to deactivate the DSR sending function, at least one of the following is triggered: canceling the sending of DSR; canceling the sending of SR; and canceling the RACH process.

[0192] In some embodiments, the first information is used to indicate that when sending of the DSR is canceled, sending of the SR and / or canceling of the RACH process is also canceled.

[0193] In some embodiments, when an SR is canceled, the prohibit timer of the SR is stopped, and / or when a DSR is canceled, the timer associated with the DSR is stopped. Optionally, the timer associated with the DSR may be a prohibit timer, a retransmission timer, and / or a periodic timer. Optionally, the timer associated with the DSR may also be the prohibit timer of the SR.

[0194] The above embodiments may be implemented individually or in combination with each other. For optional implementations, please refer to the optional implementations of the steps in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3A , which will not be described in detail here.

[0195] FIG4A is a flow chart of an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG4A , the present disclosure embodiment relates to an information processing method, which is executed by a terminal and includes:

[0196] Step S4101, obtain first information.

[0197] The optional implementation of step S4101 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2101 in Figure 2 and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2, which will not be repeated here.

[0198] In some embodiments, the terminal obtains the first information sent by the network device, but is not limited thereto, and may also receive the first information sent by other entities.

[0199] In some embodiments, the terminal obtains first information specified by the protocol.

[0200] In some embodiments, the terminal obtains the first information from an upper layer(s). For example, the terminal obtains the first information from an RRC layer.

[0201] In some embodiments, the terminal performs processing to obtain the first information.

[0202] In some embodiments, step S4101 is omitted, and the terminal autonomously implements the function indicated by the first information, or the above function is default or by default.

[0203] Step S4102: Determine a first operation based on the first information.

[0204] The optional implementation of step S4102 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2102 in Figure 2 and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2, which will not be repeated here.

[0205] In some embodiments, the terminal determines to cancel sending of the DSR, cancel sending of the SR and / or cancel the RACH procedure based on the first information.

[0206] In some embodiments, the terminal determines to cancel sending the SR when canceling the DSR based on the first information, and / or cancels the RACH process when determining to cancel the DSR.

[0207] In some embodiments, the terminal stops the prohibit timer of the SR when canceling sending the SR.

[0208] In some embodiments, the terminal stops a timer associated with the DSR when canceling sending the DSR.

[0209] The information processing method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S4101 and S4102. For example, step S4101 may be implemented as an independent embodiment; step S4102 may be implemented as an independent embodiment; or a combination of step S4101 and step S4102 may be implemented as an independent embodiment.

[0210] In some embodiments, step S4101 may be optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0211] In some embodiments, step S4102 may be optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0212] FIG4B is a flow chart of an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG4B , the present disclosure embodiment relates to an information processing method, which is executed by a terminal and includes:

[0213] Step S4201, obtain first information.

[0214] The optional implementation of step S4201 can be found in step S2101 in FIG. 2 , or the optional implementation of step S4101 in FIG. 4A , and other related parts in the embodiments involved in FIG. 2 and FIG. 4A , which will not be described in detail here.

[0215] In some embodiments, the first information is used to instruct the terminal to send a DSR or cancel DSR sending.

[0216] In some embodiments, the first information is used to indicate one of the following: activating the sending function of DSR, and deactivating the sending function of DSR; wherein, activating the sending function of DSR includes: configuring the terminal to send DSR or enabling the terminal to send DSR; deactivating the sending function of DSR includes: deconfiguring the terminal to send DSR, releasing the terminal's DSR sending, or disabling the terminal to send DSR.

[0217] In some embodiments, the DSR includes at least one of the following: the data volume of the first characteristic data, wherein the first characteristic data is a subset of the data to be transmitted in the terminal; and time information, wherein the time information is used to indicate the time from when the data to be transmitted is discarded.

[0218] In some embodiments, receiving the first information includes at least one of the following: receiving first RRC signaling sent by a network device, the first RRC signaling including the first information; and receiving a MAC CE sent by the network device, the MAC CE including the first information.

[0219] In some embodiments, the first information is used to instruct the terminal to cancel the sending of DSR. Before receiving the first information, it also includes: receiving a second RRC signaling sent by the network device, the second RRC signaling includes configuration information; wherein the configuration information is used for the terminal to send DSR.

[0220] In some embodiments, the first field of the MAC CE is used to: activate the reporting or sending function of the DSR, or deactivate the reporting or sending function of the DSR.

[0221] In some embodiments, when the first information is used to instruct the terminal to deactivate the DSR sending function, at least one of the following is triggered: canceling the sending of the DSR; canceling the sending of the SR; and canceling the RACH process.

[0222] In some embodiments, the method further comprises at least one of: determining to cancel sending the DSR based on the first information; determining to cancel sending the SR based on the first information; and determining to cancel the RACH based on the first information.

[0223] In some embodiments, the first information is used to indicate that when sending of the DSR is canceled, sending of the SR and / or canceling of the RACH process is also canceled.

[0224] In some embodiments, the method further comprises at least one of: determining to cancel sending the SR based on canceling sending the DSR; and determining to cancel the RACH based on canceling sending the DSR.

[0225] In some embodiments, the method further includes: stopping a prohibit timer of the SR when canceling the sending of the SR, and / or stopping a timer associated with the DSR when canceling the sending of the DSR. Optionally, the timer associated with the DSR may be at least one of the following: a prohibit timer, a retransmission timer, and a periodic timer.

[0226] The above embodiments may be implemented individually or in combination with each other. For optional implementations, please refer to the optional implementations of the steps in FIG. 2 and FIG. 4A , which will not be described in detail here.

[0227] The present disclosure relates to an information processing method, which includes:

[0228] In some embodiments, the network device determines to activate or deactivate the terminal's DSR reporting or sending function.

[0229] Optionally, when the terminal detects the presence of a specific data packet or data packet set in a logical channel (LC) or logical channel group (LCG) and determines that the remaining time of the specific data packet or data packet set is less than a predetermined threshold, it reports or sends a DSR. The specific data or data packet set can be considered to have a first characteristic data; the DSR will carry the data size of the first characteristic data.

[0230] Optionally, activation may mean configuration, or enabling, etc.; deactivation may mean deconfiguration, release, or disabling, etc.

[0231] In some embodiments, the network device notifies the terminal through dedicated signaling to activate or deactivate the terminal to perform DSR reporting or sending functions.

[0232] Optionally, the network device activates or deactivates the terminal to perform a DSR reporting or sending function through RRC signaling. Here, the RRC signaling is the first RRC signaling in the previous embodiment.

[0233] Optionally, the network device activates or deactivates the terminal's DSR reporting or sending function through a MAC CE. Here, before sending the MAC CE, the network device pre-transmits configuration information in RRC signaling to instruct the terminal to report or send the DSR. Here, the RRC signaling is the second RRC signaling in the previous embodiment.

[0234] Optionally, a field in the MAC CE is used to indicate whether an LCG activates or deactivates the terminal's DSR reporting or DSR sending function. Exemplarily, a value of "1" indicates activation of the DSR reporting or sending function; a value of "0" indicates deactivation of the DSR reporting or sending function. Here, this field may be the first field in the previous embodiment.

[0235] In some embodiments, when a network device instructs a terminal to deactivate the DSR reporting or sending function, the triggered DSR and / or SR and / or RACH will be canceled. Because the DSR reporting or sending function is no longer needed, the originally triggered DSR and / or SR and / or RACH can be canceled, reducing unnecessary reporting by the terminal.

[0236] Optionally, the network device instructs the terminal to activate or deactivate the DSR reporting or sending function by displaying. Exemplarily, the network device may instruct the terminal to activate or deactivate the DSR reporting or sending function by means of RRC signaling or MAC CE.

[0237] Optionally, the network device activates or deactivates the terminal to perform DSR reporting or sending functions through implicit instructions.

[0238] Optionally, when the RRC signaling configuration DSR reporting or sending function is deactivated, the sending of the DSR is canceled. Since the DSR reporting function is no longer needed, the originally triggered DSR can be canceled.

[0239] Here, when the network device instructs the terminal to deactivate the DSR reporting or sending function, it can cancel all or some of the triggered DSRs. The cancellation of a triggered DSR can be: if the DSR sending function on the logical channel associated with the triggering DSR transmission or the logical channel group to which the logical channel belongs is deactivated, the DSR triggered by the logical channel or logical channel group is canceled. For other logical channels or logical channel groups, if the DSR reporting or sending function is not deactivated, the DSR transmission is not affected.

[0240] Optionally, when the RRC signaling configuration DSR reporting or sending function is deactivated, the SR is canceled. Because the DSR reporting function is no longer needed, the previously triggered DSR can be canceled. If the previously triggered DSR triggers an SR, the SR is also canceled.

[0241] Here, when the network device instructs the terminal to deactivate the DSR reporting or sending function, it can cancel all pending SRs or some of the pending SRs. The partial cancellation of pending SRs can be: if the DSR sending function of the logical channel associated with the triggered SR or the logical channel group to which the logical channel belongs is deactivated, the SR triggered by the logical channel or logical channel group is canceled. For other logical channels or logical channel groups, if the DSR reporting or sending function is not deactivated, the sending of SRs is not affected.

[0242] Optionally, when there is no uplink authorized resource for uplink transmission, or although there is uplink authorized resource but the logical channel multiplexing rule is not satisfied, resulting in the failure of sending the MAC CE of the DSR, the DSR will trigger the sending of the SR.

[0243] Optionally, when the network device instructs the terminal to deactivate the DSR reporting or sending function, and if an SR is triggered during the DSR reporting or sending process, the sending of the SR is canceled. The cancellation of the SR may include: canceling the sending of the pending SR and stopping the prohibit timer of the SR (if the prohibit timer is running).

[0244] Optionally, if an SR is triggered during the DSR reporting process but there is no valid PUCCH resource to send the SR, a RACH process is triggered.

[0245] Optionally, when the network device instructs the terminal to deactivate the DSR reporting or sending function, and if SR is triggered during the DSR reporting process, and SR triggers a RACH process, the triggered RACH process is canceled.

[0246] Optionally, the RACH process of canceling the trigger may be: due to the cancellation of the pending SR of the DSR, the MAC entity may cancel the ongoing RACH process (if any). For example, the MAC entity will stop the RACH process corresponding to a pending SR, which is triggered by the DSR.

[0247] In some embodiments, when the network device instructs the terminal to deactivate the DSR reporting or sending function, the triggered DSR will be canceled; and the DSR cancellation will cause the waiting SR and / or RACH process to be canceled.

[0248] Here are some examples:

[0249] Example 1:

[0250] Optionally, when the network device instructs the terminal to deactivate the DSR reporting or sending function (for example, RRC configuration deactivates the DSR reporting or sending function), the sending of DSR is canceled.

[0251] Example 2:

[0252] Optionally, when the DSR that triggered the SR is canceled, the sending of the triggered or pending SR of the DSR is canceled, and the prohibition timer of the SR is stopped (if the prohibition timer is running).

[0253] Example 3:

[0254] Optionally, when the network device instructs the terminal to deactivate the DSR reporting or sending function (for example, the RRC configuration deactivates the DSR reporting or sending function), the triggered or pending SR sending of the DSR is canceled, and the prohibition timer of the SR is stopped (if the prohibition timer is running).

[0255] Example 4:

[0256] Optionally, when the DSR that triggered the SR for the RACH procedure is canceled, the MAC entity may cancel the ongoing RACH procedure.

[0257] In some embodiments, the MAC entity cancels the RACH procedure, wherein the RACH procedure is initiated due to an SR triggered for sending a DSR, is initiated by the MAC entity before the MAC PDU component, and has no valid PUCCH resources configured.

[0258] Optionally, if the DSR corresponding to the SR that triggers the RACH process has been canceled, or when the network device instructs the terminal to deactivate the DSR reporting or sending function (for example, the RRC configuration deactivates the DSR reporting or sending function), the MAC entity cancels (if any) the ongoing RACH process.

[0259] Example 5:

[0260] Optionally, when the DSR is canceled, the DSR-associated timer is stopped (if a DSR-associated timer, such as a retransmission timer, a periodic transmission timer or a prohibition timer, is started during the DSR sending process, the timer is stopped).

[0261] Example 6:

[0262] In some embodiments, canceling the DSR may be canceling all triggered DSRs or canceling a portion of the DSRs.

[0263] In some embodiments, partial DSR cancellation may be: if the DSR transmission function of the logical channel associated with triggering DSR transmission or the logical channel group to which the logical channel belongs is deactivated, the DSR triggered by the logical channel or logical channel group is canceled. That is, only when the network device deactivates the DSR reporting or transmission function of the logical channel or logical channel group, the DSR triggered by the logical channel or logical channel group is canceled. For other logical channels or logical channel groups, if the DSR reporting or transmission function is not deactivated, the DSR transmission is not affected.

[0264] For example, if at least one logical channel of LCG1 and at least one logical channel of LCG2 both trigger DSR, then for LCG1, if the network device instructs the terminal to deactivate the DSR reporting or sending function, the DSR triggered by the logical channel on LCG1 will be canceled; and if the DSR reporting or sending function of other LCGs (such as LCG2) is not deactivated, the DSR sending triggered by the logical channel on LCG2 will not be affected.

[0265] Example 7:

[0266] Optionally, when the DSR that triggered the SR is canceled, the sending of the triggered or pending SR is canceled, and the prohibit timer of the SR is stopped (if the prohibit timer is running). In this case, the cancellation of the triggered or pending SR may be all triggered (or pending) SRs or some SRs.

[0267] Here, partially triggering or waiting for SR cancellation means that if the DSR sending function of the logical channel associated with the triggered SR or the logical channel group to which the logical channel belongs is deactivated, the SR triggered by the logical channel or logical channel group is canceled. In other words, the SR triggered by the logical channel or logical channel group is canceled only when the network device deactivates the DSR reporting or sending function for the logical channel or logical channel group. For other logical channels or logical channel groups, if the DSR reporting or sending function is not deactivated, the SR sending is not affected.

[0268] For example, if at least one logical channel of LCG1 and at least one logical channel of LCG2 both trigger SR (i.e., there is a pending SR), then for LCG1, if the network device instructs the terminal to deactivate the DSR reporting or sending function, the SR triggered by the logical channel on LCG1 (i.e., there is a pending SR) will be canceled; and if the DSR reporting or sending function of other LCGs (such as LCG2) is not deactivated, the SR sending triggered by the logical channel on LCG2 will not be affected.

[0269] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, some or all of the steps and their optional implementations may be arbitrarily combined with some or all of the steps in other embodiments, and may also be arbitrarily combined with the optional implementations of other embodiments.

[0270] 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.

[0271] It should be understood that the division of the various units 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 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, the memory stores computer instructions, and the processor calls the computer instructions stored in the memory to implement any of the above methods or implement the functions of the various units 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 in the device can be implemented in the form of hardware circuits, and the functions of some or all of the units 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), and the functions of some or all of the above units are realized by designing the logical relationship of the components in the circuit. For another example, in another implementation, the above-mentioned hardware circuit can be implemented 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 a configuration file, thereby realizing the functions of some or all of the above units. All units of the above devices can be implemented in the form of software called by the processor, or in the form of hardware circuits, or in part by software called by the processor, and the rest by hardware circuits.

[0272] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the processor is a circuit with signal processing capability. In one implementation, the processor can be a circuit with instruction reading and execution capability, 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, and the logical relationship of the above hardware circuit is fixed or reconfigurable, such as a hardware circuit implemented by a processor as 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. 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.

[0273] Figure 5A is a schematic diagram of the structure of a network device provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 5A, network device 5100 includes: a first transceiver module 5101. In some embodiments, first transceiver module 5101 is configured to send first information. Optionally, first transceiver module 5101 is configured to perform at least one of the receiving and / or sending steps (such as step S2101, but not limited thereto) performed by the network device in any of the above methods, and will not be further described here.

[0274] Figure 5B is a structural diagram of the terminal provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 5B, the terminal 5200 includes: a second transceiver module 5201. In some embodiments, the above-mentioned second transceiver module 5201 is configured to receive the first information. Optionally, the above-mentioned second transceiver module 5201 is used to execute at least one of the steps of receiving and / or sending (such as step S2101, but not limited to this) executed by the terminal in any of the above methods, which will not be repeated here. Optionally, the terminal 5200 also includes a processing module; the processing module is used to execute at least one of the steps of processing (such as step S2102, but not limited to this) executed by the terminal in any of the above methods, which will not be repeated here.

[0275] Figure 6A is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device 6100 provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. Communication device 6100 can be a network device (e.g., an access network device or a core network device), a terminal, or a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports a network device implementing any of the above methods. It can also be a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports a terminal implementing any of the above methods. Communication device 6100 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.

[0276] As shown in Figure 6A, the communication device 6100 includes one or more processors 6101. The processor 6101 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, baseband chip, terminal device, terminal device chip, DU or CU, etc.), execute programs, and process program data. The processor 6101 is used to call instructions to enable the communication device 6100 to execute any of the above methods.

[0277] In some embodiments, the communication device 6100 further includes one or more memories 6102 for storing instructions. Optionally, all or part of the memories 6102 may be located outside the communication device 6100.

[0278] In some embodiments, the communication device 6100 further includes one or more transceivers 6103. When the communication device 6100 includes one or more transceivers 6103, the transceiver 6103 performs at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving in the above method, and the processor 6101 performs at least one of the other steps.

[0279] In some embodiments, a transceiver may include a receiver and a transmitter, which may be separate or integrated. Optionally, the terms transceiver, transceiver unit, transceiver, and transceiver circuit may be used interchangeably; the terms transmitter, transmitting unit, transmitter, and transmitting circuit may be used interchangeably; and the terms receiver, receiving unit, receiver, and receiving circuit may be used interchangeably.

[0280] Optionally, the communication device 6100 further includes one or more interface circuits 6104, which are connected to the memory 6102. The interface circuits 6104 can be used to receive signals from the memory 6102 or other devices, and can be used to send signals to the memory 6102 or other devices. For example, the interface circuits 6104 can read instructions stored in the memory 6102 and send the instructions to the processor 6101.

[0281] The communication device 6100 described in the above embodiment may be a network device or a terminal, but the scope of the communication device 6100 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device 6100 may not be limited to FIG6A. 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, computer programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a modem; (4) a module that can be embedded in other devices; (5) a receiver, a terminal device, an intelligent terminal device, a cellular phone, a wireless device, a handheld device, a mobile unit, an in-vehicle device, a network device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligence device, etc.; (6) others, etc.

[0282] 6B is a schematic diagram of the structure of a chip 6200 provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. If the communication device 6100 can be a chip or a chip system, please refer to the schematic diagram of the structure of the chip 6200 shown in FIG6B , but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

[0283] The chip 6200 includes one or more processors 6201 , and the chip 6200 is configured to execute any of the above methods.

[0284] In some embodiments, the chip 6200 further includes one or more interface circuits 6202, which are connected to the memory 6203. The interface circuits 6202 can be used to receive signals from the memory 6203 or other devices, and can be used to send signals to the memory 6203 or other devices. For example, the interface circuits 6202 can read instructions stored in the memory 6203 and send the instructions to the processor 6201.

[0285] In some embodiments, the interface circuit 6202 performs at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving in the above method, and the processor 6201 performs at least one of the other steps.

[0286] In some embodiments, terms such as interface circuit, interface, transceiver pin, and transceiver may be used interchangeably.

[0287] In some embodiments, the chip 6200 further includes one or more memories 6203 for storing instructions. Alternatively, all or part of the memories 6203 may be located outside the chip 6200.

[0288] The present disclosure also proposes a storage medium having instructions stored thereon. When the instructions are executed on the communication device 6100, the communication device 6100 executes 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.

[0289] The present disclosure also provides a program product, which, when executed by the communication device 6100, enables the communication device 6100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the program product is a computer program product.

[0290] 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.

Claims

1. An information processing method, characterized in that: include: The network device sends first information to the terminal, wherein the first information is used to instruct the terminal to send a delay status report DSR or cancel the sending of the DSR.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first information is used to indicate one of the following: Activating a DSR sending function; wherein the activating the DSR sending function comprises: configuring the terminal to send the DSR or enabling the terminal to send the DSR; Deactivate the DSR sending function; wherein, the deactivation of the DSR sending function includes: deconfiguring the terminal to send the DSR, releasing the terminal from sending the DSR, or disabling the terminal from sending the DSR.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: The DSR comprises at least one of the following: The data volume of the first characteristic data, wherein the first characteristic data is a subset of the data to be transmitted in the terminal; Time information, wherein the time information is used to indicate the time until the data to be transmitted is discarded.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: The sending of the first information includes at least one of the following: Sending a first radio resource control RRC signaling, where the first RRC signaling includes the first information; A media access control MAC control element CE is sent, where the MAC CE includes the first information.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that: The first information is used to instruct the terminal to cancel the sending of the DSR. Before sending the first information, the method further includes: The network device sends configuration information to the terminal through a second RRC signaling, wherein the configuration information is used by the terminal to send the DSR.

6. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that The first field of the MAC CE is used to indicate one of the following: Activating the sending function of the DSR; Deactivate the sending function of the DSR.

7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that: When the first information is used to instruct the terminal to deactivate the sending function of the DSR, at least one of the following is triggered: Cancel sending DSR; Cancel sending the scheduling request SR; Cancel the random access channel RACH process.

8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that: The first information is used to indicate that when the sending of the DSR is canceled, the sending of the SR and / or the RACH process is also canceled.

9. The method according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that: The cancelling of sending the SR stops a prohibition timer of the SR, and / or the cancelling of sending the DSR stops a timer associated with the DSR.

10. An information processing method, characterized in that: The method comprises: The terminal receives first information sent by a network device, wherein the first information is used to instruct the terminal to send a delay status report DSR or cancel the DSR sending.

11. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that The first information is used to indicate one of the following: Activating a DSR sending function; wherein the activating the DSR sending function comprises: configuring the terminal to send the DSR or enabling the terminal to send the DSR; Deactivate the DSR sending function; wherein, the deactivation of the DSR sending function includes: deconfiguring the terminal to send the DSR, releasing the terminal from sending the DSR, or disabling the terminal from sending the DSR.

12. The method according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that: The DSR comprises at least one of the following: The data volume of the first characteristic data, wherein the first characteristic data is a subset of the data to be transmitted in the terminal; Time information, wherein the time information is used to indicate the time until the data to be transmitted is discarded.

13. The method according to any one of claims 10 to 12, characterized in that: The receiving of the first information sent by the network device includes at least one of the following: receiving a first radio resource control RRC signaling sent by the network device, where the first RRC signaling includes the first information; A media access control MAC control element CE sent by the network device is received, where the MAC CE includes the first information.

14. The method according to any one of claims 10 to 13, characterized in that The first information is used to instruct the terminal to cancel the sending of the DSR. Before the receiving the first information sent by the network device, the method further includes: The terminal receives a second RRC signaling sent by the network device, where the second RRC signaling includes configuration information; the configuration information is used by the terminal to send the DSR.

15. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that The first field of the MAC CE is used to indicate one of the following: Activating the sending function of the DSR; Deactivate the sending function of the DSR.

16. The method according to any one of claims 10 to 15, characterized in that: When the first information is used to instruct the terminal to deactivate the sending function of the DSR, at least one of the following is triggered: Cancel the sending of DSR; Cancel sending the scheduling request SR; Cancel the random access channel RACH process.

17. The method according to claim 16, characterized in that The method further comprises at least one of the following: Based on the first information, determine to cancel sending the DSR; Based on the first information, determine to cancel sending the SR; Based on the first information, it is determined to cancel the RACH.

18. The method according to any one of claims 10 to 15, characterized in that: The first information is used to indicate that when sending of the DSR is canceled, sending of the SR and / or canceling of the RACH process is also canceled.

19. The method according to claim 18, characterized in that The method further comprises at least one of the following: Based on canceling sending the DSR, determining to cancel sending the SR; Based on the cancellation of sending the DSR, it is determined to cancel the RACH.

20. The method according to claim 17 or 19, characterized in that The method further comprises at least one of the following: stopping an inhibit timer of the SR upon cancelling sending of the SR; The timer associated with the DSR is stopped when the sending of the DSR is canceled.

21. A network device, characterized in that: include: The first transceiver module is configured to send first information to the terminal, wherein the first information is used to instruct the terminal to send a delay status report DSR or cancel the sending of the DSR.

22. A terminal, characterized in that: include: The second transceiver module is configured to receive first information sent by a network device, wherein the first information is used to instruct the terminal to send a delay status report DSR or cancel the DSR sending.

23. A network device, characterized in that: include: one or more processors; Wherein, the network device is used to execute the information processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

24. A terminal, characterized in that: include: one or more processors; Wherein, the terminal is used to execute the information processing method according to any one of claims 10 to 20.

25. A communication system, characterized in that: include: A network device and a terminal; wherein the network device is configured to implement the information processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, and the terminal is configured to implement the information processing method according to any one of claims 10 to 20.

26. A storage medium storing instructions, characterized in that: When the instruction is executed on the communication device, the communication device executes the information processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 9 or claims 10 to 20.

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