Monitoring processing method and apparatus, and terminal and network-side device

Abstract

The present application belongs to the technical field of communications. Disclosed are a monitoring processing method and apparatus, and a terminal and a network-side device. The monitoring processing method in the embodiments of the present application comprises: a terminal executing a first behavior, wherein the first behavior comprises at least one of monitoring for a low-power-consumption signal and skipping monitoring of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); and when a first condition is met, the terminal continuing to execute the first behavior, wherein the first condition comprises at least one of the following: a first low-power-consumption signal is detected during the execution of the first behavior, the first low-power-consumption signal being used for triggering the terminal to continue to execute the first behavior; and during the execution of the first behavior, a measurement result of the signal or a channel is higher than or equal to a preset threshold, and instruction information for triggering the terminal to quit the execution of the first behavior is not received.

Description

Monitoring processing method, device, terminal and network side equipment

[0001] CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0002] This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202311384197.9 filed in China on October 24, 2023, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Technical Field

[0003] The present application belongs to the field of communication technology, and specifically relates to a monitoring processing method, apparatus, terminal and network-side equipment. Background Art

[0004] In mobile communications, the network side device can implement the terminal side device to skip PDCCH monitoring for a period of time through discontinuous reception (DRX) or physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) skipping indication. After the terminal ends the PDCCH monitoring for this period of time, it returns to the state of performing PDCCH monitoring again. However, in one case, even if the terminal still has no business transmission needs for a long time afterwards, the terminal must first return to the PDCCH monitoring state, and then after a period of PDCCH monitoring, it can skip PDCCH monitoring for a period of time again. This will result in unnecessary PDCCH monitoring power consumption, which is not conducive to terminal energy saving.

[0005] Summary of the Invention

[0006] The embodiments of the present application provide a monitoring processing method, apparatus, terminal, and network-side equipment, which can solve the problem of unnecessary PDCCH monitoring power consumption.

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

[0008] The terminal performs a first behavior, where the first behavior includes at least one of monitoring a low-power signal and skipping monitoring of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH);

[0009] When the first condition is met, the terminal continues to perform the first behavior;

[0010] The first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0011] monitoring a first low-power consumption signal during execution of the first behavior, where the first low-power consumption signal is used to trigger the terminal to continue executing the first behavior;

[0012] During the execution of the first behavior, a measurement result of a signal or a channel is higher than or equal to a preset threshold, and no indication information for triggering the terminal to exit the execution of the first behavior is received.

[0013] In a second aspect, a monitoring processing method is provided, comprising:

[0014] During the process of the terminal executing the first behavior, the network side device sends a first low-power signal to the terminal, and the first low-power signal is used to trigger the terminal to continue to execute the first behavior. The first behavior includes at least one of monitoring the low-power signal and skipping the monitoring of the physical downlink control channel PDCCH.

[0015] In a third aspect, a monitoring processing device is provided, including:

[0016] an execution module, configured to execute a first behavior, the first behavior comprising at least one of monitoring a low power consumption signal and skipping monitoring of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); and continuing to execute the first behavior if a first condition is met;

[0017] The first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0018] monitoring a first low-power consumption signal during execution of the first behavior, where the first low-power consumption signal is used to trigger the terminal to continue executing the first behavior;

[0019] During the execution of the first behavior, a measurement result of a signal or a channel is higher than or equal to a preset threshold, and no indication information for triggering the terminal to exit the execution of the first behavior is received.

[0020] In a fourth aspect, a monitoring processing device is provided, including:

[0021] A sending module is used to send a first low-power signal to the terminal while the terminal is performing a first behavior. The first low-power signal is used to trigger the terminal to continue to perform the first behavior. The first behavior includes at least one of monitoring the low-power signal and skipping the monitoring of the physical downlink control channel PDCCH.

[0022] In a fifth aspect, a terminal is provided, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores a program or instruction that can be run on the processor, and when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps of the method described in the first aspect are implemented.

[0023] According to a sixth aspect, a terminal is provided, comprising a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is configured to execute a first behavior, the first behavior comprising at least one of monitoring a low power consumption signal and skipping monitoring of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); and continuing to execute the first behavior if a first condition is met;

[0024] The first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0025] monitoring a first low-power consumption signal during execution of the first behavior, where the first low-power consumption signal is used to trigger the terminal to continue executing the first behavior;

[0026] During the execution of the first behavior, a measurement result of a signal or a channel is higher than or equal to a preset threshold, and no indication information for triggering the terminal to exit the execution of the first behavior is received.

[0027] In the seventh aspect, a network side device is provided, which includes a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores programs or instructions that can be run on the processor, and when the program or instructions are executed by the processor, the steps of the method described in the second aspect are implemented.

[0028] In the eighth aspect, a network side device is provided, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is used to send a first low-power signal to the terminal while the terminal is executing a first behavior, and the first low-power signal is used to trigger the terminal to continue to execute the first behavior, and the first behavior includes at least one of monitoring the low-power signal and skipping the monitoring of the physical downlink control channel PDCCH.

[0029] In the ninth aspect, a readable storage medium is provided, on which a program or instruction is stored. When the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the steps of the method described in the first aspect are implemented, or the steps of the method described in the second aspect are implemented.

[0030] In the tenth aspect, a wireless communication system is provided, comprising: a terminal and a network side device, wherein the terminal can be used to execute the steps of the method described in the first aspect, and the network side device can be used to execute the steps of the method described in the second aspect.

[0031] In the eleventh aspect, a chip is provided, which includes a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement the method as described in the first aspect, or to implement the method as described in the second aspect.

[0032] In the twelfth aspect, a computer program / program product is provided, which is stored in a storage medium and is executed by at least one processor to implement the method as described in the first aspect, or to implement the method as described in the second aspect.

[0033] In an embodiment of the present application, a first behavior is executed by a terminal, and the first behavior includes at least one of monitoring a low-power signal and skipping monitoring of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); when a first condition is met, the terminal continues to execute the first behavior; wherein the first condition includes at least one of the following: a first low-power signal is monitored during the execution of the first behavior, and the first low-power signal is used to trigger the terminal to continue to execute the first behavior; during the execution of the first behavior, the measurement result of the signal or channel is higher than or equal to a preset threshold, and no indication information is received to trigger the terminal to exit the execution of the first behavior. In this way, during the execution of the first behavior by the terminal, if it is detected that the first condition is met, the first behavior continues to be executed without returning to PDCCH monitoring, thereby avoiding unnecessary PDCCH monitoring and reducing terminal power consumption. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0034] FIG1 is a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which embodiments of the present application may be applied;

[0035] FIG2 is a diagram showing a terminal wake-up principle according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0036] FIG3 is a waveform diagram of a wake-up signal in an embodiment of the present application;

[0037] FIG4 is a flow chart of a monitoring processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0038] FIG5 is one of the monitoring example diagrams of a monitoring processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0039] FIG6 is a second monitoring example diagram of a monitoring processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0040] FIG7 is a flow chart of another monitoring processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0041] FIG8 is a schematic structural diagram of a monitoring processing device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0042] FIG9 is a schematic structural diagram of another monitoring processing device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0043] FIG10 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0044] FIG11 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0045] FIG12 is a schematic structural diagram of a network-side device provided in an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0046] The terms "first", "second", etc. in this application are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that the terms used in this way are interchangeable where appropriate, so that the embodiments of the present application can be implemented in an order other than those illustrated or described herein, and the objects distinguished by "first" and "second" are generally of the same type, and do not limit the number of objects, for example, the first object can be one or more. In addition, "or" in this application represents at least one of the connected objects. For example, "A or B" covers three options, namely, Option 1: including A but not including B; Option 2: including B but not including A; Option 3: including both A and B. The character " / " generally indicates that the objects associated before and after are in an "or" relationship.

[0047] The term "indication" in this application can be either a direct indication (or explicit indication) or an indirect indication (or implicit indication). A direct indication can be understood as the sender explicitly informing the receiver of specific information, the operation to be performed, or the requested result, etc. in the instruction sent; an indirect indication can be understood as the receiver determining the corresponding information based on the instruction sent by the sender, or making a judgment and determining the operation to be performed or the requested result, etc. based on the judgment result.

[0048] It is worth noting that the technology described in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to the Long Term Evolution (LTE) / LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) system, but can also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Single-carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) or other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in the embodiments of the present application are often used interchangeably, and the technology described can be used for the systems and radio technologies mentioned above, as well as for other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes a New Radio (NR) system for illustrative purposes, and NR terminology is used in most of the following description, but these technologies can also be applied to systems other than NR systems, such as 6th generation (6G) systems. th Generation, 6G) communication system.

[0049] FIG1 is a block diagram of a wireless communication system applicable to an embodiment of the present application. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network-side device 12. The terminal 11 may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a laptop computer (Laptop Computer), a notebook computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a handheld computer, a netbook, an ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), a mobile internet device (MID), an augmented reality (AR), a virtual reality (VR) device, a robot, a wearable device (Wearable Device), an aircraft (Flight Vehicle), a vehicle-mounted device (VUE), a ship-mounted device, a pedestrian user equipment (PUE), a smart home (home appliances with wireless communication capabilities, such as refrigerators, televisions, washing machines, or furniture), a game console, a personal computer (PC), an ATM, or a self-service machine, or other terminal-side devices. Wearable devices include: smart watches, smart bracelets, smart headphones, smart glasses, smart jewelry (smart bracelets, smart bracelets, smart rings, smart necklaces, smart anklets, smart anklets, etc.), smart wristbands, smart clothing, etc. Among them, the vehicle-mounted device can also be called a vehicle-mounted terminal, a vehicle-mounted controller, a vehicle-mounted module, a vehicle-mounted component, a vehicle-mounted chip or a vehicle-mounted unit, etc. It should be noted that the specific type of the terminal 11 is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. The network side device 12 may include an access network device or a core network device, wherein the access network device may also be called a radio access network (Radio Access Network, RAN) device, a radio access network function or a radio access network unit. The access network device may include a base station, a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point (AP) or a wireless fidelity (WiFi) node, etc.Among them, the base station can be referred to as Node B (NB), Evolved Node B (eNB), the next generation Node B (gNB), New Radio Node B (NR Node B), access point, Relay Base Station (RBS), Serving Base Station (SBS), Base Transceiver Station (BTS), radio base station, radio transceiver, Basic Service Set (BSS), Extended Service Set (ESS), Home Node B (HNB), Home evolved Node B (home evolved Node B), Transmission Reception Point (TRP) or other appropriate terms in the relevant field. As long as the same technical effect is achieved, the base station is not limited to specific technical vocabulary. It should be noted that in the embodiment of the present application, only the base station in the NR system is used as an example for introduction, and the specific type of the base station is not limited.

[0050] For ease of understanding, some of the contents involved in the embodiments of this application are described below:

[0051] 1. Low power receiver.

[0052] A low-power receiver can be called an LP-WUR (Low Power Wake Up Receiver) or an almost zero power wake up radio (AZP-WUR). The basic working principle of the LP-WUR is that the receiving end includes a first module and a second module. The first module is a main communication module for transmitting and receiving mobile communication data, and the second module is a low-power receiving module (also called a low-power wake-up receiving module) for receiving the above-mentioned wake-up signal, as shown in Figure 2. In the energy-saving state, the terminal turns on the low-power receiving module to listen for the low-power wake-up signal (LP-WUS) and turns off the main communication module. When downlink data arrives, the network-side device will send a wake-up signal to the terminal. After the terminal listens to the wake-up signal through the low-power receiving module, it triggers the main communication module from off to on after a series of judgments. At this time, the low-power receiving module enters the off state from the working state. The low-power wake-up receiving module can be turned on continuously or intermittently, and can receive the low-power wake-up signal when it is turned on.

[0053] 2. Low power wake up signal (LP-WUS).

[0054] To reduce terminal reception activity in standby mode, effectively shutting down the RF and baseband (MODEM) modules, significantly reducing power consumption during communication reception, a near-zero-power receiver is introduced into the terminal's receiving module. This near-zero-power receiver eliminates the complex signal detection (such as amplification, filtering, and quantization) required by the RF module and the signal processing required by the MODEM, relying solely on passive matched filtering and low-power signal processing.

[0055] On the base station side, by triggering a wake-up signal on demand, the near-zero-power receiver can be activated to receive the activation notification, thereby triggering a series of processes within the terminal, such as turning on the RF transceiver and baseband processing modules.

[0056] In some embodiments, such wake-up signals are generally some relatively simple on-off keying (OOK) signals, and the time domain pattern of the on-off keying signal is shown in FIG3 , so that the receiver can obtain the wake-up notification through simple energy detection, and subsequent possible sequence detection and identification processes. In another embodiment, the low-power wake-up signal can be a frequency-shift keying (FSK) signal, an orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) signal, or a superposition signal of orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) and OOK or FSK. In addition, when the terminal turns on the low-power wake-up receiver to receive the wake-up signal, the main receiver module can maintain operation at a lower power consumption level, thereby achieving power saving by receiving the wake-up signal.

[0057] Receiving the low-power wake-up signal can be applied to a terminal in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) idle or inactive state, or to a terminal in an RRC connected state (RRC_connected), thereby achieving terminal energy saving.

[0058] In one embodiment, the low-power signal mentioned in this application is the signal received by the low-power receiver.

[0059] In one embodiment, in the RRC connected state, the low power synchronization signal (LP-SS) cannot be applied. The LP-SS is applied to the RRC idle or inactive state and is used for synchronization or measurement by a low power receiver. Both the LP-WUS and LP-SS are received by a low power receiver. Since the terminal cannot receive LP-SS for synchronization or measurement in the RRC connected state, the terminal in the connected state can only receive relevant reference signals such as the synchronization signal block (Synchronization Signal and PBCH block, SSB) or the channel state information reference signal (Channel State Information Reference Signal, CSI-RS) through the main communication module to measure and estimate the LP-WUS reception performance.

[0060] Since OFDM is the most common signal modulation method in current NR systems, OOK signals can be generated using OFDM signal generation methods. For example, the transmission or non-transmission of an OFDM-modulated sequence represents an ON or OFF state in the time domain. OOK signals can be received using receivers with lower power consumption, but such receivers have poor reception performance and coverage.

[0061] Furthermore, the OFDM modulated sequence in the modulation ON can further carry information through different sequences, for example, two sequences represent 0 and 1 information respectively, or four sequences represent 00, 01, 10, and 11 information respectively.

[0062] Part of the information is carried through OOK modulation, and the other part of the information is carried through the OFDM sequence of the ON level.

[0063] Since demodulating the OFDM sequence requires a receiver capable of receiving OFDM signals, generally speaking, such receivers have better demodulation performance than low-power receivers that can only decode OOK signals.

[0064] 3. LP-SS.

[0065] The LP-SS signal is a signal that is sent periodically to convey time information. The receiving end can obtain time synchronization information by receiving the LP-SS signal. In some embodiments, mobility measurement or channel measurement can also be performed by receiving the LP-SS signal. Both LP-SS and LP-WUS are received by a low-power receiver. In one embodiment, LP-SS can be regarded as a downlink synchronization signal for LP-WUS reception. In another embodiment, the LP-SS signal can also be used for terminal mobility measurement, such as cell selection or cell reselection, cell handover, and other functions. In addition, optionally, the sequence of the LP-SS signal can have a certain correlation with the LP-WUS sequence. For example, the LP-SS signal sequence is part of the LP-WUS sequence.

[0066] To save energy, in the RRC idle or inactive state, the terminal can turn on LP_WUR to monitor LP-WUS instead of the main receiver (MR) to monitor the paging occasion (PO) until the LP-WUS indicating wake-up is detected, and the MR resumes monitoring. When the terminal is monitoring LP-WUS, the terminal MR can sleep. However, in order to maintain radio resource management (RRM) measurements, since the serving cell RRM measurements cannot be relaxed, the terminal MR has to wake up periodically to perform RRM measurements. Therefore, even if LP-WUS monitoring is applied instead of MR for PO monitoring, the terminal power saving effect is not ideal due to the periodic RRM measurements of the MR.

[0067] Therefore, in the study of LP-WUS, LP-WUR can be used to measure LP-SS to relax or replace MR for RRM measurements, which can significantly save terminal power consumption. However, in the RRC connected state, the terminal's MR can hardly achieve the same sleep duration and sleep depth as in RRC idle or inactive. In addition, the terminal's data transmission performance (latency, accuracy) needs to be guaranteed in RRC connected. Therefore, LP-WUR is unlikely to replace MR for RRM, Radio Link Monitoring (RLM), or Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) measurements.

[0068] 4. Downlink Control Information (DCI) scrambled with a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) using a Power Saving Radio Network Temporary Identifier (PS-RNTI), i.e., DCI with CRC scrambled by PS-RNTI, abbreviated as DCP, also known as DCI format 2_6 with CRC scrambled by PS-RNTI 2-6.

[0069] In order to further save energy under the discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration, the network may further configure DCP for the terminal on the basis of configuring connected mode DRX (CDRX).

[0070] Each DRX cycle has an associated DCP. The DCP exists outside active time.

[0071] The Wake Up indication value in the DCP is reported to the Medium Access Control (MAC) layer to determine whether to start the next DRX cycle duration timer. A reported value of '1' indicates that the timer is enabled, while a reported value of '0' indicates that the timer is not enabled.

[0072] 5. PDCCH skipping

[0073] PDCCH skipping is a method of achieving energy saving by indicating to skip PDCCH monitoring within a certain interval (i.e., skipping duration) through the PDCCH skipping indication in the DCI. For example, the PDCCH skipping DCI is used to indicate to skip PDCCH monitoring in the following 4, 8, or 16 slots. Skipping monitoring means not monitoring. However, it should be noted that the PDCCH skipping for a period of time mentioned here refers to the first type of PDCCH, such as the PDCCH corresponding to Type3-PDCCH CSS sets or USS sets. That is, the PDCCH corresponding to Type3-PDCCH CSS sets or USS sets is skipped.

[0074] There are two types of terminal behaviors corresponding to the bit values ​​of the PDCCH skipping indication: one type is all-zero, corresponding to no PDCCH skipping. The other type is non-zero, corresponding to skipping PDCCH monitoring (PDCCH corresponding to Type 3 PDCCH CSS sets or USS sets) within a specific time interval.

[0075] The currently supported skipping duration values ​​are as follows, with a maximum of 100ms of PDCCH monitoring being skipped.

[0076] It should be noted that the current protocol supports methods for instructing the terminal to skip PDCCH monitoring, including: DRX timer expiration, PDCCH skipping indication to skip PDCCH monitoring for a period of time, and DCP indication not to turn on DRX ondurationtimer. However, with these methods, the terminal must first obtain the PDCCH indication to skip PDCCH monitoring through a period of PDCCH monitoring or meet the conditions for skipping PDCCH monitoring (such as timer expiration) before it can skip subsequent PDCCH monitoring. In this way, the PDCCH monitoring brought about by the indication method of skipping PDCCH monitoring itself makes the terminal energy saving not efficient. For this reason, the monitoring processing method of the present application is proposed.

[0077] The following describes in detail the monitoring processing method provided by the embodiment of the present application through some embodiments and their application scenarios in combination with the accompanying drawings.

[0078] 4, the present invention provides a monitoring processing method, as shown in FIG4, the monitoring processing method includes:

[0079] Step 401: The terminal executes a first behavior, where the first behavior includes at least one of monitoring a low power consumption signal and skipping monitoring of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

[0080] Step 402: If the first condition is met, the terminal continues to perform the first behavior;

[0081] The first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0082] monitoring a first low-power consumption signal during execution of the first behavior, where the first low-power consumption signal is used to trigger the terminal to continue executing the first behavior;

[0083] During the execution of the first behavior, a measurement result of a signal or a channel is higher than or equal to a preset threshold, and no indication information for triggering the terminal to exit the execution of the first behavior is received.

[0084] In an embodiment of the present application, the monitoring power consumption of the first low-power signal is less than the monitoring power consumption of the PDCCH. Optionally, the first low-power signal is received by a low-power receiver on the terminal side, thereby achieving lower receiving power consumption. The PDCCH is received by a main receiver on the terminal side.

[0085] In one embodiment, when the terminal side receives or monitors a low-power signal, the main communication module on the terminal side (such as a main receiver) enters a sleep state, that is, it does not monitor specific NR signals or signals (such as PDCCH), thereby saving terminal power consumption.

[0086] In one embodiment, the terminal determines whether the first condition is satisfied within a first duration, where the first duration is the duration for the terminal to perform the first action. That is, in one embodiment, the duration for performing the first action includes: the first duration.

[0087] The first low-power signal is used to trigger the terminal to continue to perform the first behavior, which can be understood or replaced as: the first low-power signal is used to trigger the terminal to continue to perform the first behavior within the second duration, or the first low-power signal is used to trigger the start of the second duration, and the terminal performs the first behavior within the second duration.

[0088] It should be noted that the terminal will continue to determine whether the first condition is met during the second duration. That is, if the first condition is met during the second duration, the terminal will continue to perform the first behavior. For example, if the terminal detects the first low-power signal during the second duration, the terminal will continue to perform the first behavior. The first duration and the second duration may be the same or different in length.

[0089] In one embodiment, the terminal executes a first behavior while a target timer is running; when a first low-power consumption signal is monitored during the execution of the first behavior, the terminal restarts the target timer and continues to execute the first behavior while the timer is running.

[0090] In one embodiment, the terminal performs a first behavior within a target time window; when a first low-power consumption signal is monitored during the execution of the first behavior, the terminal reopens the target time window and continues to execute the first behavior within the reopened target time window.

[0091] Optionally, the first low-power signal may explicitly or implicitly trigger the terminal to continue to perform the first behavior. For example, in some embodiments, the first low-power signal may include an instruction to perform the first behavior. In some embodiments, the first low-power signal implicitly instructs the terminal to perform the first behavior through a preset low-power sequence.

[0092] By triggering the terminal to continue to execute the first behavior through the first low-power signal, the terminal can continue to execute the first behavior after a certain condition is met within the first duration, thereby avoiding unnecessary PDCCH monitoring and reducing power consumption of PDCCH monitoring.

[0093] Optionally, within the first duration, if the measurement result of the signal or channel is determined to be higher than or equal to a preset threshold and no indication information is received to trigger the terminal to exit the first behavior, the terminal is triggered to continue to execute the first behavior. This allows the terminal to continue to execute the first behavior without returning to PDCCH monitoring due to exiting the first duration, thereby avoiding unnecessary PDCCH monitoring and reducing the power consumption of PDCCH monitoring. The measurement result of the signal or channel is higher than or equal to the preset threshold, which can ensure that the terminal can normally receive low-power signals and maintain communication with the network. At this time, if the network side device has no data and needs to schedule the terminal to resume PDCCH monitoring, it can avoid the terminal returning to PDCCH monitoring due to the end of the first duration. Instead, the terminal is allowed to continue to execute the first behavior directly according to the condition judgment while in a low-power monitoring state (that is, in the process of executing the first behavior), thereby saving power consumption. It should be understood that the measurement result of the above-mentioned signal or channel is higher than or equal to the preset threshold. It can be understood that within the first duration, the average value or minimum value of the measurement result of the signal or channel is higher than or equal to the preset threshold, or the average value or minimum value of the measurement result of the signal or channel is higher than or equal to the preset threshold during part of the first duration.

[0094] It should be noted that if the first condition is satisfied within the first duration, and the terminal continues to perform the first behavior within the second duration, then if the current moment is the second duration, and the first condition is satisfied within the current second duration, the terminal continues to perform the first behavior within the next second duration. In this case, the current second duration can be understood as the first duration.

[0095] Optionally, the monitoring opportunity for the first low power consumption signal is at a specific position or range within the first duration, for example, the monitoring opportunity for the first low power consumption signal exists within the last N time units within the first duration.

[0096] Optionally, the first low power consumption signal may include LP-WUS or LP-SS.

[0097] In an embodiment of the present application, a first behavior is executed by a terminal, and the first behavior includes at least one of monitoring a low-power signal and skipping monitoring of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); when a first condition is met, the terminal continues to execute the first behavior; wherein the first condition includes at least one of the following: a first low-power signal is monitored during the execution of the first behavior, and the first low-power signal is used to trigger the terminal to continue to execute the first behavior; during the execution of the first behavior, the measurement result of the signal or channel is higher than or equal to a preset threshold, and no indication information is received to trigger the terminal to exit the execution of the first behavior. In this way, during the execution of the first behavior by the terminal, if it is detected that the first condition is met, the first behavior continues to be executed without returning to PDCCH monitoring, thereby avoiding unnecessary PDCCH monitoring and reducing terminal power consumption.

[0098] Optionally, in some embodiments, the terminal performing the first behavior includes: the terminal performing the first behavior within a first duration;

[0099] The first duration includes at least one of the following:

[0100] The running time of the target timer, when the target timer times out, the terminal resumes PDCCH monitoring;

[0101] Target time window.

[0102] In one embodiment, the target timer may be a newly defined timer for low-power signal monitoring. During the execution of the timer, the terminal executes the first behavior. Alternatively, the starting position of the timer is the starting position of the execution of the first behavior. In this way, using a timer to maintain the first duration is simple to implement, highly flexible in control, and has minimal impact on the protocol.

[0103] In one embodiment, the target time window is a PDCCH skipping monitoring time window, or a DRX inactive time period, etc. In this way, using a timer target time window to maintain the first duration is simple to implement and has little impact on the protocol.

[0104] In the embodiment of the present application, the first duration can be maintained by a timer or a time window. When the first duration includes the running time of the target timer and the target time window, the running time of the target timer can be equal to the duration of the target time window, or when the target timer times out and the target time window ends, the terminal exits the first behavior, that is, the terminal resumes PDCCH monitoring.

[0105] Optionally, the terminal resuming PDCCH monitoring may be understood or replaced by the terminal falling back to PDCCH monitoring, or the terminal exiting LP-WUS monitoring.

[0106] Optionally, in some embodiments, the start time of the target timer is: the starting time of executing the first behavior, or the end time of the time unit in which the indication information triggering the execution of the first behavior is received.

[0107] In the embodiment of the present application, since the start time of the target timer is clarified, the terminal and the network side device can maintain a consistent understanding of the execution time of the first behavior.

[0108] Optionally, the time unit may be milliseconds, time slots, sub-time slots, frames, sub-frames, etc., which are not further limited herein. Optionally, the indication information may be indication information sent by the network side device via PDCCH.

[0109] Optionally, resuming PDCCH monitoring may include resuming monitoring of multiple PDCCH formats. For example, in some embodiments, resuming PDCCH monitoring by the terminal includes at least one of the following:

[0110] The terminal monitors the PDCCH based on a target discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle;

[0111] The terminal monitors the PDCCH based on the target search space group.

[0112] In one embodiment, the target DRX refers to a DRX of a specific DRX configuration, for example, the target DRX is a DRX of a specific DRX cycle.

[0113] In one embodiment, the target search space group refers to a specific search space group, for example, a default search space group configured in the network, or search space group #0.

[0114] Optionally, in some embodiments, the target time window satisfies at least one of the following:

[0115] The target time window is a periodic time window or a time window with a fixed length;

[0116] The starting position and ending position of the target time window are fixed.

[0117] In an embodiment of the present application, the starting position and ending position of the target time window are fixed, which can be understood as: the time position of the target time window in a cycle is fixed, for example, the starting position of the Mth time unit of a cycle is the starting position of the target time window, and the ending position of the M+Lth time unit of a cycle is the ending position of the target time window, that is, the running timeline (such as duration) of the target time window is fixed, which is simple to implement.

[0118] For example, in one embodiment, the target time window is a time window for executing the first behavior.

[0119] Optionally, the terminal continuing to perform the first behavior within the second duration can be understood or replaced by the terminal performing the first behavior for the second duration. Optionally, the length of the first duration is equal to the length of the second duration.

[0120] Optionally, in some embodiments, when the first condition is met, the terminal continuing to perform the first behavior includes at least one of the following:

[0121] When the first condition is met within the first duration, the terminal continues to perform the first behavior;

[0122] When a first condition is met, the terminal starts or restarts the target timer at a first moment, and performs the first behavior during the running of the target timer;

[0123] When the first condition is met, the terminal continues to open the target time window at the second moment and performs the first behavior within the target time window.

[0124] In the embodiment of the present application, at least one of the first moment and the second moment includes: the end moment of the first duration or the start moment of the next time unit that meets the first condition.

[0125] Optionally, when the first condition is met at the third moment, the starting moment of the next time unit that meets the first condition can be understood as the starting moment of the next time unit of the time unit where the third moment is located. For example, the first condition is: if the terminal monitors the first low-power signal within the first duration, then the target timer or target time window is immediately started or restarted at the end moment of the time unit where the first low-power signal is monitored (or the starting moment of the next time unit of the time unit where it is located). Since the moment of starting or restarting the target timer and the moment of continuing to open the target time window are clarified, the terminal and the network side device can maintain a consistent understanding of the time when the terminal performs the first behavior, thereby improving the reliability of communication.

[0126] Optionally, in some embodiments, at least one of the above-mentioned first moment and second moment may be no later than the target moment, and the target moment is determined based on a preset duration and the end moment of the first duration or the start moment of the next time unit that meets the first condition. For example, the first moment and the second moment are equal to the target moment plus the preset duration, where the preset duration can be agreed upon by the protocol or indicated by the network side device, and no further limitation is made here.

[0127] Optionally, the end time of the first duration may be understood as the end time of the target timer or the target time window.

[0128] Optionally, in some embodiments, the target timer is a terminal-specific timer or a cell-common timer.

[0129] For example, if the target timer is a terminal-specific timer, different terminals can be configured with different timer lengths, or with or without the timer, thus achieving flexible processing and configuration for different terminals. For another example, a cell-common timer means that all terminals in the cell must comply with the operating rules of this timer, which can achieve simpler network control and configuration.

[0130] In the embodiment of the present application, the terminal can maintain a target timer, and starting or restarting is for a target timer instead of starting multiple target timers. In this way, the terminal and the network side maintain a target timer, which is simple to implement and has little impact on the protocol.

[0131] Optionally, in some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0132] The terminal determines the first duration based on at least one of the following:

[0133] The period of the low power synchronization signal LP-SS;

[0134] DRX cycle;

[0135] The period of the synchronization signal block measurement timing configuration (SS / PBCH block Measurement Timing Configuration, SMTC).

[0136] In the embodiment of the present application, when the first duration is determined based on at least two of the LP-SS cycle, the DRX cycle, and the SMTC cycle, the first duration may be greater than or equal to the maximum, minimum, or average value of at least two of the LP-SS cycle, the DRX cycle, and the SMTC cycle. By considering the above cycles to determine the first duration, the accuracy of the first condition judgment can be improved, thereby improving the reliability of the execution of the first action. For example, the first duration may be less than or equal to any one of:

[0137] N LP-SS cycles;

[0138] M DRX cycles;

[0139] L SMTC cycles;

[0140] The maximum or minimum value of at least two of the above.

[0141] Optionally, in some embodiments, the measurement result of the signal or channel includes at least one of the following:

[0142] Measurement results of LP-SS;

[0143] Measurement results of a communication signal or communication channel.

[0144] Optionally, the above-mentioned communication signals may include LTE signals, NR signals, 6G signals, etc., and the above-mentioned communication channels may include LTE channels, NR channels, 6G channels, etc. Since the measurement results of multiple signals or channels are taken into consideration, the accuracy of the first condition judgment can be improved.

[0145] Optionally, in some embodiments, the method further includes any of the following:

[0146] If the first condition is not met, the terminal resumes PDCCH monitoring;

[0147] If the first condition is not met, the terminal resumes PDCCH monitoring after the first duration ends.

[0148] In the embodiment of the present application, if the average value or minimum value of the measurement result of the signal or channel is higher than or equal to the preset threshold during the first duration, the first condition is determined to be satisfied; however, if the average value or minimum value of the measurement result of the signal or channel is lower than the preset threshold, the first condition is determined to be not satisfied. If the average value or minimum value of the measurement result of the signal or channel is higher than or equal to the preset threshold during part of the first duration, the first condition is determined to be satisfied; however, if the average value or minimum value of the measurement result of the signal or channel is lower than the preset threshold, the first condition is determined to be not satisfied.

[0149] For example, when the terminal determines that the measurement result does not meet the requirement of being not less than a preset threshold, it falls back to PDCCH monitoring.

[0150] For another example, while executing the first behavior, the terminal receives information that triggers the terminal to resume PDCCH monitoring. The information that triggers the terminal to resume PDCCH monitoring here can be explicit indication information carrying the indication to resume PDCCH monitoring, or it can be information that implicitly triggers the terminal to resume PDCCH monitoring through protocol agreement or network configuration. The information for implicitly triggering the terminal to resume PDCCH monitoring includes, for example, a Scheduling Request (SR), a Random Access Channel (RACH), etc.

[0151] Optionally, in some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0152] When the second condition is met, the terminal performs a second action;

[0153] The second behavior includes at least one of the following: exiting or suspending monitoring of the low-power wake-up signal and resuming PDCCH monitoring, and the second condition includes at least one of the following:

[0154] monitoring a second low power consumption signal, where the second low power consumption signal is used to instruct the terminal to wake up;

[0155] Target information is sent, where the target information includes at least one of a scheduling request (SR), a random access channel (RACH), a beam failure recovery (BFR), and a negative acknowledgement.

[0156] Because the communication priority of the above-mentioned second low-power signal and target information is higher, that is, when the terminal monitors the second low-power signal or sends the target information, it is necessary to resume PDCCH monitoring for subsequent processing and modulation. Therefore, when the terminal monitors the second low-power signal or sends the target information, it is necessary to resume PDCCH monitoring. This can ensure that the terminal is immediately in a communication activation state in certain emergency situations, maintains communication with the network side device at any time, avoids unnecessary communication delays, and ensures communication reliability.

[0157] Optionally, monitoring the second low power consumption signal includes: monitoring the second low power consumption signal during the execution of the first behavior;

[0158] Optionally, sending the target information includes sending the target information during the execution of the first behavior. In one embodiment, when the terminal sends the target information during the execution of the first behavior, the terminal executes the second behavior; for example, when the terminal sends the target information during the first duration, the terminal executes the second behavior.

[0159] Optionally, the monitoring power consumption of the second low-power signal is less than the monitoring power consumption of the PDCCH. In addition, the second low-power signal is received by a low-power receiver on the terminal side.

[0160] In the embodiment of the present application, if the first duration is the running time of the target timer, the second behavior also includes stopping or pausing the running of the target timer; if the first duration is the target time window, the second behavior also includes stopping or pausing the target time window.

[0161] In order to better understand the present application, some examples are given below for detailed description.

[0162] In some embodiments, the first duration is the running time of the target timer.

[0163] In order to prevent the terminal from being unable to receive LP-WUS (the reason for not receiving LP-WUS may be limited LP-WUS coverage) and being unable to be awakened for PDCCH monitoring, the network side device can configure a target timer. The usage of the target timer is as follows: the terminal monitors LP-WUS during the running of the target timer, and falls back to PDCCH monitoring after the target timer expires.

[0164] Optionally, the start or restart time of the target timer is at least one of the times of starting LP-WUS monitoring and skipping PDCCH monitoring. That is to say, with the target timer, the terminal can always return to PDCCH monitoring after the target timer expires, and will not be in the LP-WUS monitoring state for a long time due to not receiving LP-WUS, that is, in the skip PDCCH monitoring state for a long time, which can avoid the terminal from losing connection and ensure communication performance. However, in the case where the network side device configures a more conservative first timer duration, the use of the target timer will definitely cause some unnecessary PDCCH monitoring, thereby increasing terminal power consumption.

[0165] The embodiment of the present application can further solve the problem of increased power consumption caused by frequent expiration of the target timer based on the configuration of the target timer. The method is as follows:

[0166] 1) target indication information, the target indication information instructing the terminal to continue to perform the first behavior, or instructing the terminal to start or restart the target timer;

[0167] In some embodiments, the target indication information may be carried by a first low-power signal (e.g., LP-WUS) or implicitly carried by a specific type of first low-power signal. For example, the network-side device only sends the sequence portion in the first low-power signal to implicitly instruct the terminal to start or restart the target timer. Upon receiving the sequence, the terminal restarts the target timer.

[0168] As shown in Figure 5, if the terminal detects a first low-power signal during the operation of the target timer, the terminal restarts the target timer. Optionally, the position of restarting the target timer can be the end position of the time unit where the target indication information is received, corresponding to the moment t1 in the figure. When data arrives at moment t2, the terminal detects that the LP-WUS wakes up the terminal for PDCCH monitoring in the LP-WUS monitoring opportunity after t2, and the terminal stops the target timer at moment t3 after the LP-WUS. Alternatively, if the first low-power signal is not detected during the operation of the terminal target timer, it will fall back to PDCCH monitoring at moment t4 when the target timer times out.

[0169] In some embodiments, the terminal monitors the first low power consumption signal at a specific position of the first duration. As shown in FIG5 , the terminal monitors the first low power consumption signal within a period of time before the target timer expires.

[0170] 2) The measurement result satisfies a value not lower than a preset threshold, and no indication information for triggering the terminal to exit the first behavior (eg, LP-WUS waking up the terminal to monitor the PDCCH) is received.

[0171] In some embodiments, as shown in FIG6 , during the operation of the target timer, the terminal determines that the measurement result satisfies a preset threshold by detecting at least one of the LP-SS or communication channel or signal, and does not receive an indication message that triggers the terminal to exit the first behavior, and can report the measurement result to the network side device (it can be determined that it is still within the reachable coverage of the LP-SS, LP-WUS or NR channel signal). The terminal can continue LP-WUS monitoring by restarting the target timer at time t5, thereby avoiding the increase in terminal power consumption caused by falling back to PDCCH monitoring. When data arrives at time t2, if the terminal detects that the LP-WUS wakes up the terminal for PDCCH monitoring in the LP-WUS monitoring opportunity after t2, the terminal will stop the target timer at time t3 after the LP-WUS. Alternatively, if the LP-SS measurement result during the operation of the terminal target timer does not meet a preset threshold or receives an indication message that triggers the terminal to exit the first behavior, it will fall back to PDCCH monitoring at time t4 when the target timer times out.

[0172] In some embodiments, the duration of the target timer is configured by a network device or agreed upon by a protocol. The target timer length satisfies a specific value. For example, it is not less than the period of W LP-SSs, or not less than the period of Q SSBs. Where W and Q are integers greater than or equal to 1.

[0173] Optionally, in some embodiments, the first duration is a target time window. The duration of the target time window may be fixed or variable. If fixed, multiple target time windows may be included in the sleep duration of the terminal (the duration for skipping PDCCH monitoring).

[0174] Optionally, the running timeline of the target time window is fixed, that is, each target time window ends and is connected, and the starting position of the target time window is determined in the time domain.

[0175] In one embodiment, when the terminal determines that the first condition is met within the target time window, the terminal continues to start the next target time window at time t6 and executes the first behavior until the first condition is not met within a target time window or a second low-power signal (such as LP-WUS) that wakes up the terminal for PDCCH monitoring is received within a target time window.

[0176] In one embodiment, a condition for the terminal to suspend operation in the target time window is: a first condition is not satisfied within the target time window or a second condition is satisfied within the target time window; the second condition includes at least one of monitoring second low power consumption information or sending target information. The target information includes at least one of SR, RACH, BFR, and negative acknowledgment (NACK).

[0177] The terminal monitors the LP-WUS, target indication information, LP-SS and other signals received through the LP-WUR during the duration of the target time window.

[0178] 7 , an embodiment of the present application further provides a monitoring processing method. As shown in FIG7 , the monitoring processing method includes:

[0179] Step 701: During the process of the terminal executing the first behavior, the network side device sends a first low-power signal to the terminal. The first low-power signal is used to trigger the terminal to continue to execute the first behavior. The first behavior includes at least one of monitoring the low-power signal and skipping the monitoring of the physical downlink control channel PDCCH.

[0180] Optionally, the network-side device sending the first low-power consumption signal to the terminal includes:

[0181] The network-side device sends a first low-power consumption signal to the terminal within a first duration, where the first duration includes at least one of the following:

[0182] The running time of the target timer, when the target timer times out, triggers the terminal to resume PDCCH monitoring;

[0183] Target time window.

[0184] Optionally, the start time of the target timer is: the starting time of executing the first behavior, or the end time of the time unit in which the indication information triggering the execution of the first behavior is received.

[0185] Optionally, the terminal resuming PDCCH monitoring includes at least one of the following:

[0186] The terminal monitors the PDCCH based on a target discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle;

[0187] The terminal monitors the PDCCH based on the target search space group.

[0188] Optionally, the target time window satisfies at least one of the following:

[0189] The target time window is a periodic time window or a time window with a fixed length;

[0190] The starting position and ending position of the target time window are fixed.

[0191] Optionally, the target timer is a terminal-specific timer or a cell-common timer.

[0192] Optionally, the method further includes:

[0193] The network side device sends a second low power consumption signal, where the second low power consumption signal is used to trigger the terminal to perform a second behavior;

[0194] The second low-power signal is used to instruct the terminal to wake up, and the second behavior includes at least one of the following: exiting or suspending monitoring of the low-power wake-up signal, and resuming PDCCH monitoring.

[0195] The monitoring processing method provided in the embodiment of the present application is a method embodiment of the network side device corresponding to the monitoring processing method on the terminal side, that is, each implementation step of the monitoring processing method of the network side device can trigger the implementation of each step of the monitoring processing method on the terminal side. Therefore, the monitoring processing method of the network side device provided in the embodiment of the present application can achieve all the beneficial effects of the above-mentioned monitoring processing method on the terminal side, and the definitions of each technical name in the monitoring processing method of the network side device are consistent with the above-mentioned monitoring processing method on the terminal side. For details, please refer to the description of the above-mentioned monitoring processing method on the terminal side, which will not be repeated here.

[0196] The monitoring processing method provided in the embodiment of the present application can be executed by a monitoring processing device. In the embodiment of the present application, the monitoring processing device provided in the embodiment of the present application is described by taking the monitoring processing device executing the monitoring processing method as an example.

[0197] 8 , an embodiment of the present application further provides a monitoring processing device. As shown in FIG8 , the monitoring processing device 800 includes:

[0198] An execution module 801 is configured to execute a first behavior, where the first behavior includes at least one of monitoring a low power consumption signal and skipping monitoring of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); if a first condition is met, the terminal continues to execute the first behavior;

[0199] The first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0200] monitoring a first low-power consumption signal during execution of the first behavior, where the first low-power consumption signal is used to trigger the terminal to continue executing the first behavior;

[0201] During the execution of the first behavior, a measurement result of a signal or a channel is higher than or equal to a preset threshold, and no indication information for triggering the terminal to exit the execution of the first behavior is received.

[0202] Optionally, the execution module 801 is specifically configured to execute a first behavior within a first duration;

[0203] The first duration includes at least one of the following:

[0204] The running time of the target timer, when the target timer times out, the terminal resumes PDCCH monitoring;

[0205] Target time window.

[0206] Optionally, the start time of the target timer is: the starting time of executing the first behavior, or the end time of the time unit in which the indication information triggering the execution of the first behavior is received.

[0207] Optionally, the terminal resuming PDCCH monitoring includes at least one of the following:

[0208] The terminal monitors the PDCCH based on a target discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle;

[0209] The terminal monitors the PDCCH based on the target search space group.

[0210] Optionally, the target time window satisfies at least one of the following:

[0211] The target time window is a periodic time window or a time window with a fixed length;

[0212] The starting position and ending position of the target time window are fixed.

[0213] Optionally, the execution module 801 is specifically configured to perform at least one of the following:

[0214] When the first condition is met within the first duration, the terminal continues to perform the first behavior;

[0215] When a first condition is met, the terminal starts or restarts the target timer at a first moment, and performs the first behavior during the running of the target timer;

[0216] When the first condition is met, the terminal continues to open the target time window at the second moment and performs the first behavior within the target time window.

[0217] Optionally, at least one of the first moment and the second moment includes: an end moment of the first duration or a start moment of a next time unit that meets the first condition.

[0218] Optionally, the target timer is a terminal-specific timer or a cell-common timer.

[0219] Optionally, the monitoring processing device 800 further includes:

[0220] A determining module is configured to determine a duration of the first duration or the second duration based on at least one of the following:

[0221] The terminal determines the first duration based on at least one of the following:

[0222] The period of the low power synchronization signal LP-SS;

[0223] DRX cycle;

[0224] The period of the synchronization signal block measurement timing configuration SMTC.

[0225] Optionally, the measurement result of the signal or channel includes at least one of the following:

[0226] Measurement results of LP-SS;

[0227] Measurement results of a communication signal or communication channel.

[0228] Optionally, the execution module 801 is further configured to perform any one of the following: if the first condition is not met, resuming PDCCH monitoring;

[0229] If the first condition is not met, PDCCH monitoring is resumed after the first duration ends.

[0230] Optionally, the execution module 801 is further configured to: execute a second action when a second condition is met;

[0231] The second behavior includes at least one of the following: exiting or suspending monitoring of the low-power wake-up signal and resuming PDCCH monitoring, and the second condition includes at least one of the following:

[0232] monitoring a second low power consumption signal, where the second low power consumption signal is used to instruct the terminal to wake up;

[0233] Target information is sent, where the target information includes at least one of a scheduling request, a random access channel, a beam failure recovery, and a negative acknowledgement.

[0234] The audio processing device provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented in the method embodiment of Figure 4 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be described here.

[0235] 9 , an embodiment of the present application further provides a monitoring processing device. As shown in FIG9 , the monitoring processing device 900 includes:

[0236] The sending module 901 is used to send a first low-power signal to the terminal while the terminal is performing a first behavior. The first low-power signal is used to trigger the terminal to continue to perform the first behavior. The first behavior includes at least one of monitoring the low-power signal and skipping the monitoring of the physical downlink control channel PDCCH.

[0237] Optionally, the sending module 901 is specifically configured to send a first low power consumption signal to the terminal within a first duration, where the first duration includes at least one of the following:

[0238] The running time of the target timer, when the target timer times out, triggers the terminal to resume PDCCH monitoring;

[0239] Target time window.

[0240] Optionally, the start time of the target timer is: the starting time of executing the first behavior, or the ending time of the time unit in which the indication information for triggering the execution of the first behavior is received.

[0241] Optionally, the terminal resuming PDCCH monitoring includes at least one of the following:

[0242] The terminal monitors the PDCCH based on a target discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle;

[0243] The terminal monitors the PDCCH based on the target search space group.

[0244] Optionally, the target time window satisfies at least one of the following:

[0245] The target time window is a periodic time window or a time window with a fixed length;

[0246] The starting position and ending position of the target time window are fixed.

[0247] Optionally, the target timer is a terminal-specific timer or a cell-common timer.

[0248] Optionally, the sending module 901 is further configured to send a second low power consumption signal, where the second low power consumption signal is used to trigger the terminal to perform a second behavior;

[0249] The second low-power signal is used to instruct the terminal to wake up, and the second behavior includes at least one of the following: exiting or suspending monitoring of the low-power wake-up signal, and resuming PDCCH monitoring.

[0250] The audio processing device provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented in the method embodiment of Figure 7 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0251] The audio processing device in the embodiments of the present application can be an electronic device, such as an electronic device with an operating system, or a component of an electronic device, such as an integrated circuit or chip. The electronic device can be a terminal or other device other than a terminal. For example, the terminal can include but is not limited to the types of terminal 11 listed above, and other devices can include servers, network attached storage (NAS), etc., which are not specifically limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0252] The audio processing device provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement the various processes implemented in the method embodiments of Figures 4 to 7 and achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, they will not be described here.

[0253] As shown in Figure 10, an embodiment of the present application also provides a communication device 1000, including a processor 1001 and a memory 1002, and the memory 1002 stores a program or instruction that can be run on the processor 1001. When the program or instruction is executed by the processor 1001, the various steps of the above-mentioned monitoring processing method embodiment are implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0254] The present application also provides a terminal including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to execute a program or instruction to implement the steps of the method embodiment shown in FIG4 . This terminal embodiment corresponds to the above-mentioned terminal-side method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation method of the above-mentioned method embodiment can be applied to this terminal embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect. For example, FIG11 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a terminal implementing an embodiment of the present application.

[0255] The terminal 1100 includes but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 1101, a network module 1102, an audio output unit 1103, an input unit 1104, a sensor 1105, a display unit 1106, a user input unit 1107, an interface unit 1108, a memory 1109 and at least some of the components of the processor 1110.

[0256] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal 1100 may further include a power supply (e.g., a battery) to power various components. The power supply may be logically connected to the processor 1110 via a power management system, thereby enabling the power management system to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption. The terminal structure shown in FIG11 does not limit the terminal. The terminal may include more or fewer components than shown, or may combine certain components or arrange the components differently, which will not be described in detail here.

[0257] It should be understood that in an embodiment of the present application, the input unit 1104 may include a graphics processing unit (GPU) 11041 and a microphone 11042, and the graphics processor 11041 processes the image data of a static picture or video obtained by an image capture device (such as a camera) in a video capture mode or an image capture mode. The display unit 1106 may include a display panel 11061, and the display panel 11061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, etc. The user input unit 1107 includes a touch panel 11071 and at least one of other input devices 11072. The touch panel 11071 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 11071 may include two parts: a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 11072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which will not be repeated here.

[0258] In the embodiment of the present application, after receiving downlink data from a network-side device, the RF unit 1101 may transmit the data to the processor 1110 for processing. Furthermore, the RF unit 1101 may send uplink data to the network-side device. Typically, the RF unit 1101 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, an amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low-noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like.

[0259] The memory 1109 can be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 1109 may mainly include a first storage area for storing programs or instructions and a second storage area for storing data, wherein the first storage area may store an operating system, applications or instructions required for at least one function (such as a sound playback function, an image playback function, etc.). In addition, the memory 1109 may include a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory. Among them, the non-volatile memory may be a read-only memory (ROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), or a flash memory. The volatile memory may be random access memory (RAM), static random access memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDRSDRAM), enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (ESDRAM), synchronous link dynamic random access memory (SLDRAM), and direct RAM bus random access memory (DRRAM). The memory 1109 in the embodiment of the present application includes but is not limited to these and any other suitable types of memory.

[0260] Processor 1110 may include one or more processing units. Optionally, processor 1110 integrates an application processor and a modem processor. The application processor primarily handles operations related to the operating system, user interface, and application programs, while the modem processor primarily processes wireless communication signals, such as a baseband processor. It is understood that the modem processor may not be integrated into processor 1110.

[0261] The radio frequency unit 1101 is configured to execute a first behavior, the first behavior including at least one of monitoring a low power signal and skipping monitoring of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); and continue to execute the first behavior if a first condition is met;

[0262] The first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0263] monitoring a first low-power consumption signal during execution of the first behavior, where the first low-power consumption signal is used to trigger the terminal to continue executing the first behavior;

[0264] During the execution of the first behavior, a measurement result of a signal or a channel is higher than or equal to a preset threshold, and no indication information for triggering the terminal to exit the execution of the first behavior is received.

[0265] It can be understood that the implementation process of each implementation method mentioned in this embodiment can refer to the relevant description of the above-mentioned terminal side method embodiment and achieve the same or corresponding technical effects. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0266] The present application also provides a network-side device, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to execute a program or instruction to implement the steps of the method embodiment shown in FIG7 . This network-side device embodiment corresponds to the aforementioned network-side device method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation method of the aforementioned method embodiment are applicable to this network-side device embodiment and can achieve the same technical effects.

[0267] The present application also provides a network-side device. As shown in Figure 12, the network-side device 1200 includes an antenna 1201, a radio frequency device 1202, a baseband device 1203, a processor 1204, and a memory 1205. Antenna 1201 is connected to radio frequency device 1202. In the uplink direction, radio frequency device 1202 receives information via antenna 1201 and sends the received information to baseband device 1203 for processing. In the downlink direction, baseband device 1203 processes the information to be transmitted and sends it to radio frequency device 1202. Radio frequency device 1202 processes the received information and then sends it through antenna 1201.

[0268] The method executed by the network-side device in the above embodiment may be implemented in the baseband device 1203 , which includes a baseband processor.

[0269] The baseband device 1203 may include, for example, at least one baseband board, on which multiple chips are arranged, as shown in Figure 12, one of which is a baseband processor, for example, which is connected to the memory 1205 through a bus interface to call the program in the memory 1205 and execute the network side device operations shown in the above method embodiment.

[0270] The network side device may further include a network interface 1206 , which is, for example, a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI).

[0271] The network side device 1200 of the embodiment of the present application also includes: instructions or programs stored in the memory 1205 and executable on the processor 1204. The processor 1204 calls the instructions or programs in the memory 1205 to execute the method executed by each module shown in FIG9 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be described here.

[0272] An embodiment of the present application also provides a readable storage medium, on which a program or instruction is stored. When the program or instruction is executed by a processor, each process of the above-mentioned monitoring processing method embodiment is implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0273] The processor is the processor in the terminal described in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium includes a computer-readable storage medium, such as a computer read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk. In some examples, the readable storage medium may be a non-transitory readable storage medium.

[0274] An embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, which includes a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement the various processes of the above-mentioned monitoring processing method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0275] It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of the present application can also be called a system-level chip, a system chip, a chip system or a system-on-chip chip, etc.

[0276] An embodiment of the present application further provides a computer program / program product, which is stored in a storage medium. The computer program / program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the various processes of the above-mentioned monitoring processing method embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0277] An embodiment of the present application also provides a wireless communication system, including: a terminal and a network side device, wherein the terminal can be used to execute the steps of the terminal side monitoring processing method described above, and the network side device can be used to execute the steps of the network side device monitoring processing method described above.

[0278] It should be noted that, in this article, the terms "comprise", "include" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device comprising a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. In the absence of further restrictions, an element defined by the sentence "comprises a ..." does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device comprising the element. In addition, it should be pointed out that the scope of the methods and devices in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing functions in the order shown or discussed, and may also include performing functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in the opposite order according to the functions involved. For example, the described method may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may also be added, omitted or combined. In addition, the features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

[0279] Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the above-mentioned embodiment methods can be implemented by means of a computer software product plus a necessary general-purpose hardware platform, or of course, by hardware. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM, RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk, etc.) and includes a number of instructions for enabling a terminal or network-side device to execute the methods described in each embodiment of the present application.

[0280] The embodiments of the present application are described above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-mentioned specific implementation methods. The above-mentioned specific implementation methods are merely illustrative and not restrictive. Under the guidance of this application, ordinary technicians in this field can also make many forms of implementation methods without departing from the purpose of this application and the scope of protection of the claims. These implementation methods are all within the protection of this application.

Claims

1. A monitoring processing method, comprising: The terminal performs a first behavior, wherein the first behavior includes at least one of monitoring a low power consumption signal and skipping monitoring of a physical downlink control channel PDCCH; When the first condition is met, the terminal continues to execute the first behavior; The first condition includes at least one of the following: A first low power consumption signal is monitored during the execution of the first behavior, where the first low power consumption signal is used to trigger the terminal to continue to execute the first behavior; During the execution of the first behavior, a measurement result of a signal or a channel is higher than or equal to a preset threshold, and no indication information for triggering the terminal to exit the execution of the first behavior is received.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The terminal executing the first behavior includes: The terminal performs a first behavior within a first duration; The first duration includes at least one of the following: The running time of the target timer, when the target timer times out, the terminal resumes PDCCH monitoring; Target time window.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein: The start time of the target timer is: the start time of executing the first behavior, or the end time of the time unit in which the indication information triggering the execution of the first behavior is received.

4. The method according to claim 2 or 3, wherein: The terminal resuming PDCCH monitoring includes at least one of the following: The terminal monitors the PDCCH based on the target discontinuous reception DRX cycle; The terminal monitors the PDCCH based on the target search space group.

5. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein: The target time window satisfies at least one of the following: The target time window is a periodic time window or a time window of fixed length; The starting position and the ending position of the target time window are fixed.

6. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein: When the first condition is met, the terminal continues to perform the first behavior, including at least one of the following: When the first condition is met within the first duration, the terminal continues to perform the first behavior; When the first condition is met, the terminal starts or restarts the target timer at a first moment, and performs the first behavior during the running of the target timer; When the first condition is met, the terminal continues to open the target time window at a second moment and performs the first behavior within the target time window.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein: At least one of the first moment and the second moment includes: an end moment of the first duration or a start moment of a next time unit satisfying the first condition.

8. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 7, wherein: The target timer is a terminal-specific timer or a cell-common timer.

9. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 8, further comprising: The terminal determines the first duration based on at least one of the following: The period of the low power synchronization signal LP-SS; DRX cycle; The synchronization signal block measures the period of the timing configuration SMTC.

10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein: The measurement result of the signal or channel includes at least one of the following: Measurement results of LP-SS; Measurement results of a communication signal or a communication channel.

11. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 10, further comprising any one of the following: If the first condition is not met, the terminal resumes PDCCH monitoring; When the first condition is not met, the terminal resumes PDCCH monitoring after the first duration ends.

12. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, further comprising: When the second condition is met, the terminal performs a second action; The second behavior includes at least one of the following: exiting or suspending monitoring of the low-power wake-up signal and resuming PDCCH monitoring, and the second condition includes at least one of the following: Monitoring a second low power consumption signal, where the second low power consumption signal is used to instruct to wake up the terminal; Target information is sent, wherein the target information includes at least one of a scheduling request, a random access channel, a beam failure recovery, and a negative acknowledgement.

13. A monitoring processing method, comprising: During the process of the terminal executing the first behavior, the network side device sends a first low-power consumption signal to the terminal, and the first low-power consumption signal is used to trigger the terminal to continue to execute the first behavior. The first behavior includes at least one of monitoring the low-power consumption signal and skipping the monitoring of the physical downlink control channel PDCCH.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein: The network side device sending a first low power consumption signal to the terminal includes: The network side device sends a first low power consumption signal to the terminal within a first duration, where the first duration includes at least one of the following: The running time of the target timer, when the target timer times out, triggers the terminal to resume PDCCH monitoring; Target time window.

15. The method according to claim 13 or 14, further comprising: The network side device sends a second low power consumption signal, where the second low power consumption signal is used to trigger the terminal to perform a second behavior; The second low power consumption signal is used to instruct to wake up the terminal, and the second behavior includes at least one of the following: Exit or suspend monitoring of low-power wake-up signals and resume PDCCH monitoring.

16. A monitoring processing device, comprising: An execution module, configured to execute a first behavior, wherein the first behavior includes at least one of monitoring a low power consumption signal and skipping monitoring of a physical downlink control channel PDCCH; if a first condition is met, continuing to execute the first behavior; The first condition includes at least one of the following: A first low power consumption signal is monitored during the execution of the first behavior, where the first low power consumption signal is used to trigger the terminal to continue to execute the first behavior; During the execution of the first behavior, a measurement result of a signal or a channel is higher than or equal to a preset threshold, and no indication information for triggering the terminal to exit the execution of the first behavior is received.

17. A monitoring processing device, comprising: A sending module is used to send a first low-power consumption signal to a terminal when the terminal is performing a first behavior. The first low-power consumption signal is used to trigger the terminal to continue to perform the first behavior. The first behavior includes at least one of monitoring the low-power consumption signal and skipping the monitoring of the physical downlink control channel PDCCH.

18. A terminal, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores a program or instruction that can be run on the processor, and when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps of the monitoring processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 12 are implemented.

19. A network side device, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores a program or instruction that can be run on the processor, and when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps of the monitoring processing method according to any one of claims 13 to 15 are implemented.

20. A readable storage medium storing a program or an instruction, wherein the program or the instruction, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the monitoring processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 15.

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