Resource processing method and apparatus, terminal, network side device, and medium

Abstract

The present application relates to the technical field of communications, and discloses a resource processing method and apparatus, a terminal, a network side device, and a medium. The resource processing method of an embodiment of the present application comprises: a terminal determining a first signal on the basis of first configuration information, the first signal being used for any one of the following: notifying or requesting the network side device to activate a flexible transmission resource, and notifying or requesting the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource; the terminal transmitting a first signal to the network side device.

Description

Resource processing method, device, terminal, network side equipment and medium

[0001] CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0002] This application claims priority to Chinese patent application number 202311602712.6 filed in China on November 27, 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 resource processing method, apparatus, terminal, network-side equipment, and medium. Background Art

[0004] To improve transmission resource utilization, the network can configure flexible transmission resources. For flexible transmission resources, Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) detection is performed on the flexible transmission resource only when it is activated. When it is inactive, PRACH detection is not required and the flexible transmission resource can be used to schedule other uplink transmissions.

[0005] However, there is currently no solution for how to activate or deactivate flexible transmission resources. Summary of the Invention

[0006] The embodiments of the present application provide a resource processing method, apparatus, terminal, network-side equipment, and medium, which can solve the problem of how to activate or deactivate flexible transmission resources.

[0007] In a first aspect, a resource processing method is provided, which is executed by a terminal, and the method includes: the terminal determines a first signal based on first configuration information, and the first signal is used for any one of the following: notifying or requesting a network side device to activate flexible transmission resources, notifying or requesting a network side device to deactivate flexible transmission resources; the terminal sends the first signal to the network side device.

[0008] In the second aspect, a resource processing method is provided, which is executed by a network side device, and the method includes: the network side device receives a first signal sent by the terminal, the first signal is determined by the terminal based on first configuration information, and the first signal is used for any one of the following: notifying or requesting the network side device to activate flexible transmission resources, notifying or requesting the network side device to deactivate flexible transmission resources; the network side device activates or deactivates flexible transmission resources based on the first signal.

[0009] In a third aspect, a resource processing device is provided, which includes: a determination module and a sending module; the determination module is used to determine a first signal based on first configuration information, and the first signal is used for any one of the following: notifying or requesting a network side device to activate flexible transmission resources, notifying or requesting a network side device to deactivate flexible transmission resources; the sending module is used to send the first signal to the network side device.

[0010] In a fourth aspect, a resource processing device is provided, which includes: a receiving module and a processing module; the receiving module is used to receive a first signal sent by a terminal, the first signal is determined by the terminal based on first configuration information, and the first signal is used for any one of the following: notifying or requesting a network side device to activate flexible transmission resources, notifying or requesting a network side device to deactivate flexible transmission resources; the processing module is used to activate or deactivate flexible transmission resources based on the first signal.

[0011] 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.

[0012] In the sixth aspect, a terminal is provided, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the processor is used to determine a first signal based on first configuration information, and the first signal is used for any one of the following: notifying or requesting a network side device to activate flexible transmission resources, notifying or requesting a network side device to deactivate flexible transmission resources; and the communication interface is used to send the first signal to the network side device.

[0013] 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.

[0014] In the eighth aspect, a network side device is provided, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is used to receive a first signal sent by a terminal, the first signal is determined by the terminal based on first configuration information, and the first signal is used for any one of the following: notifying or requesting the network side device to activate flexible transmission resources, notifying or requesting the network side device to deactivate flexible transmission resources; the processor is used to activate or deactivate flexible transmission resources based on the first signal.

[0015] 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.

[0016] 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.

[0017] 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.

[0018] 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 steps of the method described in the first aspect, or to implement the steps of the method described in the second aspect.

[0019] In an embodiment of the present application, a terminal may determine a first signal based on first configuration information, where the first signal is used for any of the following: notifying or requesting a network-side device to activate flexible transmission resources, or notifying or requesting a network-side device to deactivate flexible transmission resources; and the terminal may send the first signal to the network-side device. Through this solution, since the terminal can first determine a first signal for notifying or requesting a network-side device to activate flexible transmission resources, or for notifying or requesting a network-side device to deactivate flexible transmission resources, based on the configuration information, and then send the first signal to the network-side device to cause the network-side device to activate or deactivate the flexible transmission resources, a specific solution for activating or deactivating flexible transmission resources is provided. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0020] FIG1 is a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which embodiments of the present application may be applied;

[0021] FIG2 is a schematic diagram of a physical random access channel transmission opportunity (PRACH Occasion, RO) resource at a time in the related art;

[0022] FIG3 is a schematic diagram of two actually transmitted SSBs associated with one RO in the related art;

[0023] FIG4 is a schematic diagram of an RO set determined according to the number of PRACH repetitions in the related art;

[0024] FIG5 is a flow chart of a resource processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0025] FIG6 is a schematic structural diagram of a resource processing device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0026] FIG7 is a schematic structural diagram of another resource processing device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0027] FIG8 is a schematic diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0028] FIG9 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a terminal provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0029] FIG10 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of the network side device provided in an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0030] The following will be combined with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of this application to clearly describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of this application. Obviously, the embodiments described are part of the embodiments of this application, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in this application, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field are within the scope of protection of this application.

[0031] 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.

[0032] 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.

[0033] 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.

[0034] 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 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.

[0035] The resource processing method, apparatus, terminal, network-side equipment, and medium provided in the embodiments of the present application are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings through some embodiments and their application scenarios.

[0036] Currently, the configuration parameters for PRACH resources and Synchronization Signal Block (RO) (SSB-RO) are configured in System Information Block (SIB) 1. In NR, a cell can configure multiple frequency-division multiplexed ROs at a time location for PRACH transmission. The number of ROs that can be frequency-division multiplexed at a time can be: {1, 2, 4, 8}, which can be configured using the higher-layer parameter msg1-FDM.

[0037] The random access preamble (i.e., Preamble) can only be transmitted on the time domain resources configured by the parameter PRACHConfigurationIndex and the frequency domain resources configured by the parameter msg1-FDM. RA ∈{0,1,…,M-1}, where M is equal to the high-level parameter msg1-FDM. At the time of initial access, the PRACH frequency domain resource n RAThe PRACH frequency domain resources n_RA are numbered in ascending order starting from the lowest frequency RO resource within the initial active uplink bandwidth part (i.e., the active uplink bandwidth part). Otherwise, the PRACH frequency domain resources n_RA are numbered in ascending order starting from the lowest frequency RO resource within the initial active uplink bandwidth part (i.e., the active uplink bandwidth part). For example, as shown in Figure 2, the number of ROs frequency-division multiplexed at a time is 8 (i.e., the parameter msg1-FDM=8), and the RO resources are numbered from low to high frequency, RO#0 to RO#7.

[0038] In NR, an association relationship exists between ROs and the actual SSBs transmitted. ROs are associated with SSBs in the frequency domain (e.g., from low frequency to high frequency) and then in the time domain. One SSB can be associated with multiple consecutive ROs, or multiple SSBs can be associated with one RO. In this case, different SSBs correspond to different preambles, which are configured by the network using the parameter ssb-perRACH-OccasionAndCB-PreamblesPerSSB. For example, one SSB can be associated with eight consecutive ROs, or eight SSBs can be associated with one RO. After all SSBs have been associated with ROs in one round, an SSB-RO mapping cycle is formed. An SSB-to-RO association period (i.e., association period) may consist of one or more SSB-RO mapping periods; an SSB-to-RO association pattern period (i.e., association pattern period) may consist of one or more SSB-RO association periods. SSB-to-RO mapping is repeated based on the association pattern period, which has a maximum value of 160ms.

[0039] Typically, a base station can use different beams to send different SSBs, where the number of SSBs is configured by the parameter ssb-PositionsInBurst. For frequency range (FR) 2, the maximum number of SSBs is 64. Based on the strength of the received downlink beam / SSB, the terminal selects the RO associated with the SSB with a good signal, or the combination of the associated RO and preamble, to send Msg1 (i.e., message 1). In this way, the network can determine the SSB selected by the terminal based on the RO of the received preamble, or the combination of RO and preamble, and send Msg2 on the downlink beam corresponding to the SSB to ensure the reception quality of the downlink signal.

[0040] For example, as shown in Figure 2, at a given moment, the number of frequency-division multiplexing (FDM) ROs is eight, and the number of SSBs actually transmitted is four, namely, SSB#0, SSB#1, SSB#2, and SSB#3. Each SSB is associated with two ROs. If the terminal determines to send PRACH / Msg1 on the RO corresponding to SSB#0, the terminal selects an RO between RO#0 and RO#1 to send the PRACH.

[0041] For another example, as shown in Figure 3, the number of ROs frequency-division multiplexed at a time is 2, and the number of SSBs actually transmitted is 8, namely SSB#0, SSB#1, ..., SSB#7, and every 2 SSBs are associated with 1 RO. When multiple SSBs share a RO, the preamble sets associated with the multiple SSBs are different, that is, the same preamble cannot belong to the preamble sets associated with different SSBs at the same time; taking RO#0 as an example, assuming that RO#0 has a total of 60 preambles, preambles with indexes (i.e., indexes) of 0 to 29 can be associated with SSB#0, and preambles with indexes of 30 to 59 can be associated with SSB#1.

[0042] Before sending PRACH, the terminal can first select an SSB with RSRP higher than a threshold based on the reference signal receiving power (RSRP) of the received beam (or SSB); if the RSRP of multiple SSBs are higher than the threshold, the terminal can select any one of the SSBs with RSRP higher than the threshold; if no SSB has RSRP higher than the threshold, the terminal can select an SSB based on the implementation.

[0043] Based on the network configuration, the terminal can obtain the correspondence between the SSB and the RO. After selecting the SSB, the RO corresponding to the selected SSB will be used as the RO for sending PRACH / Preamble / Msg1. If the selected SSB is associated with multiple ROs, the terminal can select one of the ROs to send PRACH / Preamble / Msg1.

[0044] For example, as shown in FIG2 , assuming that the terminal selects SSB#1, the terminal may select one from RO#2 and RO#3 to send PRACH / Mg1.

[0045] For another example, as shown in Figure 3, if the terminal selects SSB#1, then the terminal can select the available RO closest to the current system time among the ROs associated with SSB#1 (i.e., RO#0 and RO#4) to send PRACH / Mg1. In the selected RO, the terminal selects a preamble from the preamble set associated with the selected SSB to send PRACH. If one RO is associated with two SSBs, then the preambles in the available preamble set associated with the SSB in one RO will be divided into two subsets, each corresponding to one SSB. The terminal will select a preamble sequence in the preamble subset corresponding to the selected SSB for PRACH / Mg1 transmission.

[0046] Rel-18 introduced PRACH repetition to enhance uplink coverage. For PRACH repetition, the terminal needs to repeatedly send the Preamble on multiple ROs at different positions in the time domain associated with the same SSB. The number of repetitions can be {2, 4, 8}. After determining the number of PRACH repetitions, the terminal needs to determine the RO set (i.e., RO group). The number of valid ROs in the RO set is equal to the number of PRACH repetitions. Assuming that the number of PRACH repetitions is N, the RO group determination rule is: first determine the starting RO of the RO group (i.e., starting RO), and then determine the remaining N-1 ROs of the RO group. The remaining N-1 ROs of each RO group are ROs associated with the same SSB, the same frequency position, and the same Preamble set as the starting RO.

[0047] For example, as shown in FIG4 , assuming that the number of PRACH repetitions is 2, then for SSB#0, the RO sets may be determined as: a first RO set, a second RO set, a third RO set, and a fourth RO set.

[0048] To control the network's PRACH detection complexity and power consumption, or to control PRACH resource overhead, flexible PRACH resources need to be configured. Flexible PRACH resources are activated only when needed. When inactive, the network no longer needs to perform PRACH detection on the flexible RO. The flexible RO's resources can then be used to schedule other uplink transmissions, improving resource utilization. Furthermore, the network may not need to detect some resources on the flexible RO. In this case, although the network cannot use such flexible ROs to schedule other uplink channels, it can reduce network reception complexity and save network power consumption to a certain extent.

[0049] To improve transmission resource utilization, the network can configure a flexible RO (i.e., a flexible RO). For a flexible RO, PRACH detection is performed only when the flexible RO is activated. When the flexible RO is inactive, PRACH detection is not required, and the flexible transmission resource can be used to schedule other uplink transmissions. However, there is currently no solution for activating or deactivating a flexible RO.

[0050] To address the above-mentioned issues, in the resource processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application, a terminal can determine a first signal based on first configuration information. The first signal is used for any of the following: notifying or requesting a network device to activate a flexible RO, or notifying or requesting the network device to deactivate the flexible RO; and the terminal can send the first signal to the network device. This solution provides a specific solution for activating or deactivating a flexible RO, because the terminal can first determine the first signal used to notify or request the network device to activate or deactivate the flexible RO based on the configuration information, and then send the first signal to the network device to cause the network device to activate or deactivate the flexible RO.

[0051] The embodiment of the present application provides a resource processing method, and Figure 5 shows a flow chart of the resource processing method provided by the embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 5, the resource processing method provided by the embodiment of the present application may include the following steps 501 to 504.

[0052] Step 501: The terminal determines a first signal based on first configuration information.

[0053] The first signal is used for any one of the following: notifying or requesting a network side device to activate flexible transmission resources, or notifying or requesting a network side device to deactivate flexible transmission resources.

[0054] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the flexible transmission resource may be any PRACH resource that can be activated or deactivated; for example, the flexible transmission resource may be the flexible RO, or part or all of the preamble on the flexible RO.

[0055] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the flexible transmission resource may also be at least one of any other time-frequency resources, demodulation reference signal (DMRS) resources, and sequences used for transmission of other signals. For example, the flexible transmission resource may be a flexible physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission opportunity (i.e., a flexible PUSCH occasion), a flexible paging occasion (i.e., a flexible paging occasion), a flexible message A physical uplink shared channel transmission opportunity (i.e., a flexible MsgA PUSCH occasion), a flexible physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission opportunity (i.e., a flexible PDSCH occasion), or a flexible physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission opportunity (i.e., a flexible PDCCH occasion). In this case, the first signal may be used for any of the following: notifying or requesting a network-side device to activate the transmission and reception of related signals and channels, or notifying or requesting a network-side device to deactivate the transmission and reception of related signals and channels.

[0056] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, activating the above-mentioned flexible transmission resources can be understood as at least one of the following: allowing the terminal to send a PRACH signal on the flexible transmission resource, and allowing the network to detect a PRACH signal on the flexible transmission resource.

[0057] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, deactivating the above-mentioned flexible transmission resource can be understood as at least one of the following: not allowing the terminal to send a PRACH signal on the flexible transmission resource, and not allowing the network to detect a PRACH signal on the flexible transmission resource.

[0058] Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the first configuration information may include at least one of the following 1.1 to 1.6:

[0059] 1.1. Synchronous reference configuration information, which is used to configure the synchronization reference object of the signal;

[0060] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the synchronization reference object may include at least one of the following:

[0061] SSB, CSI-RS, and TRS transmitted on the first carrier;

[0062] SSB, CSI-RS, and TRS transmitted on the second carrier;

[0063] SSB, CSI-RS, and TRS transmitted on the co-band carrier of the second carrier;

[0064] SSB, CSI-RS, and TRS transmitted on the third carrier;

[0065] SSB, CSI-RS, and TRS transmitted on a co-band carrier of a third carrier;

[0066] Global Positioning System GPS timing;

[0067] Any two carriers among the first carrier, the second carrier and the third carrier may be the same or different.

[0068] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned first carrier may be a downlink carrier corresponding to the carrier where the transmission resource other than the above-mentioned flexible transmission resource is located, the above-mentioned second carrier may be a downlink carrier corresponding to the carrier where the flexible transmission resource is located, and the above-mentioned third carrier may be any other carrier.

[0069] 1.2. Signal format configuration information, the signal format configuration information is used to configure the signal into a first format signal;

[0070] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the signal in the first form may include at least one of the following:

[0071] PRACH;

[0072] Sounding Reference Signal (SRS);

[0073] Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH);

[0074] PUSCH;

[0075] Other activation signals that trigger downlink signal transmission or downlink channel transmission;

[0076] Other on-demand signals.

[0077] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned PUSCH may be a configured grant (CG) PUSCH.

[0078] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned other activation signals for triggering downlink signal transmission or downlink channel transmission may be activation signals for triggering SSB transmission.

[0079] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, when the terminal receives the activation signal that triggers the SSB transmission, it can be considered that the corresponding flexible transmission resources have been activated.

[0080] It should be noted that the SSB in the embodiment of the present application can also be any module that includes at least one of a synchronization signal, a broadcast signal, a broadcast channel and other system message downlink broadcast channels.

[0081] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the other on-demand signal may be an on-demand SSB.

[0082] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, when the terminal receives the above-mentioned on-demand SSB, it can be considered that the corresponding flexible transmission resources have been activated.

[0083] 1.3. Resource configuration information, which is used to configure signal resources;

[0084] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the resources of the above-mentioned signal may include at least one of the following: time domain resources, frequency domain resources, sequence resources, and spatial domain resources.

[0085] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the resource of the configuration signal may include at least one of the following:

[0086] The resource for configuring the above signal and the above flexible transmission resource are in the same serving cell;

[0087] Configuring the signal resources and the flexible transmission resources in different serving cells;

[0088] The resources for configuring the above-mentioned signal and the above-mentioned flexible transmission resources are in the same bandwidth part (Bandwidth Part, BWP);

[0089] Configuring the above-mentioned signal resources and the above-mentioned flexible transmission resources in different BWPs;

[0090] The resource for configuring the above-mentioned signal and the above-mentioned flexible transmission resource are on the same carrier;

[0091] Configuring the signal resources and the flexible transmission resources on different carriers;

[0092] The resource for configuring the above-mentioned signal and the above-mentioned flexible transmission resource are in the same frequency band;

[0093] Configuring the signal resource and the flexible transmission resource in different frequency bands;

[0094] configuring a second association between the signal resource and different flexible transmission resources;

[0095] The resources configured for the above signals are resources used to activate or deactivate other on-demand signals.

[0096] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the terminal may activate flexible transmission resources corresponding to a secondary cell (Scell) or multiple SCells through a primary secondary cell (PScell) or an activation signal on a PScell.

[0097] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the terminal may activate flexible transmission resources corresponding to an activated BWP (ie, active BWP) or multiple active BWPs through an activation signal on an initial BWP (ie, Initial BWP).

[0098] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the terminal may activate flexible transmission resources corresponding to an additional carrier (ie, a supplementary carrier) or multiple supplementary carriers through an activation signal on a normal uplink carrier (ie, a normal UL carrier).

[0099] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, for a scenario with multiple frequency bands (ie, bands) in a single cell, the terminal may activate flexible transmission resources on another band or multiple bands in the multiple bands through an activation signal on a band in the multiple bands.

[0100] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned other on-demand signal resources may be activation signal resources of on demand SSB.

[0101] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the second association relationship may include at least one of the following:

[0102] The resources of the above signal are sent to the cell where the flexible transmission resources are located;

[0103] The resources of the above signal are transferred to the carrier where the flexible transmission resources are located;

[0104] The frequency band where the above signal resources are transferred to the flexible transmission resources;

[0105] The above signal resources to flexible transmission resource types;

[0106] The above signal resources are transferred to different preamble groups (also called preamble sets, i.e., preamble group types) in flexible transmission resources;

[0107] The above signal resources are transformed into different functional combinations (i.e., feature combinations) of flexible transmission resources.

[0108] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the type of the flexible transmission resource may be: a flexible transmission resource not limited to different service types.

[0109] For example, the flexible transmission resources for Internet of Things (IoT) services and the flexible transmission resources for enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) services may be different flexible transmission resources. In this case, the corresponding resources of the first signal may be independently reserved. For example, for each associated SSB, different preamble identifiers on the normal RO are reserved for activating the flexible transmission resources for the two types of services.

[0110] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, for different preamble groups in the flexible transmission resources, different resources of the first signal may be independently reserved, such as preamble identifiers on a normal RO, for activation of corresponding preamble groups.

[0111] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, for PRACH resources on flexible transmission resources used to indicate a certain function combination (for example, a function combination supporting PRACH repetition function and Msg3 repetition function), the corresponding specific resources of the above-mentioned first signal (for example, preamble set 1 on normal RO) can be used for activation; for PRACH resources on flexible transmission resources used to indicate another function combination (for example, a function combination of reduced capability (RedCap) terminal function and small data transmission function), the corresponding specific resources of another set of the above-mentioned first signals (for example, preamble set 2 on normal RO) are used for activation.

[0112] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the association relationship between the signal resource and the reference signal may satisfy at least one of the following:

[0113] The resources of the above signals are associated with the same reference signal index;

[0114] The signal resources are associated with the indexes of multiple reference signals.

[0115] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the reference signal includes but is not limited to: SSB, Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS), TRS, MsgA, MsgA PUSCH, PRACH, or CG PUSCH. The reference signal may include a reference signal of one cell or reference signals of multiple cells, and the included cells may have the same frequency band or different frequency bands, or may be within a band or different bands.

[0116] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the association of the above-mentioned reference signal to the resources of the above-mentioned first signal also includes but is not limited to: the association between SSB and the resources of the first signal, the association between CSI-RS and the resources of the first signal, the association between TRS and the resources of the first signal, the association between PRACH resources and the resources of the first signal, the association between MsgA resources and the resources of the first signal, the association between MsgA PUSCH resources and the resources of the first signal, and the association between CG PUSCH and the resources of the first signal.

[0117] For example, assuming that the above-mentioned reference signal is SSB, N preambles can be reserved on the normal RO, and mapped one-to-one to N SSB indexes respectively; wherein N can be configured by the network or predetermined, for example, N can be the number of SSBs associated with the RO (when the number of SSBs is less than 1, N can be 1).

[0118] As another example, on a normal RO, within a certain number of allocated or default preambles, one or more preamble indexes are reserved for each SSB index associated with the RO for sending the above-mentioned first signal; for example, the reserved preamble index can be a specific preamble index in a contention-free random access (CFRA) preamble.

[0119] 1.4. Power configuration information, which is used to configure the power parameters of the signal;

[0120] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned power parameters may include at least one of the following: initial power, power ramp-up step.

[0121] 1.5. Repetition configuration information, which is used to configure the number of repetitions of signal transmission;

[0122] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the number of repetitions of the above-mentioned signal transmission may include at least one of the following: the number of repetitions of each signal transmission, and the maximum number of repetitions of the signal transmission.

[0123] 1.6. Spatial parameter configuration information, where the spatial parameter configuration information is used to configure a first association relationship between the signal and the second signal.

[0124] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned second signal may include but is not limited to at least one of the following: SSB, CSI-RS, SRS, PRACH.

[0125] In the embodiment of the present application, since the first configuration information may include at least one of 1.1 to 1.6, the first signal may be determined based on different first configuration information, thereby improving the flexibility of determining the first signal.

[0126] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the first signal may include at least one of the following 2.1 to 2.5:

[0127] 2.1. A first time resource and a second time resource that are different from each other, the first time resource being used to notify or request a network-side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the second time resource being used to notify or request a network-side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource;

[0128] 2.2. A first frequency domain resource and a second frequency domain resource that are different from each other, the first frequency domain resource being used to notify or request a network-side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the second frequency domain resource being used to notify or request a network-side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource;

[0129] 2.3. A first spatial resource and a second spatial resource that are different from each other, the first spatial resource being used to notify or request a network device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the second spatial resource being used to notify or request a network device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource;

[0130] For example, the above-mentioned first signal associated with two different reference signal indices can enable one of the reference signal indexes to be used to notify or request the network side device to activate the above-mentioned flexible transmission resource, and the other reference signal index to be used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource.

[0131] 2.4. A first signal sequence and a second signal sequence that are different from each other, the first signal sequence being used to notify or request the network-side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the second signal sequence being used to notify or request the network-side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource;

[0132] 2.5. A third signal and a fourth signal, wherein the third signal is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the fourth signal is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource.

[0133] In an embodiment of the present application, since the above-mentioned first signal can include at least one of the above-mentioned 2.1 to 2.5, different first signals can be used to notify or request the network side device to activate flexible transmission resources, or to notify or request the network side device to deactivate flexible transmission resources, thereby improving the flexibility of designing the first signal.

[0134] Step 502: The terminal sends a first signal to the network-side device.

[0135] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the first signal may be a PRACH signal. Exemplarily, the step 502 may be implemented through the following step 502a.

[0136] Step 502a: The terminal uses PRACH resources to send a PRACH signal to the network side device.

[0137] The PRACH resource may include at least one of the following:

[0138] a set of PRACH preambles on a first transmission resource;

[0139] a portion of the first transmission resource;

[0140] Additional independently configured transmission resources;

[0141] Partially specific PRACH preambles on flexible transmission resources;

[0142] Some flexible transmission resources;

[0143] The first transmission resource is a transmission resource other than the flexible transmission resource.

[0144] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, a starting preamble index can be configured in the preamble on the RO, except for the preamble used for contention-based random access (CBRA) and CFRA, as the first preamble for activating flexible transmission resources. When the number of SSBs M mapped to an RO is greater than 1, the M consecutive preambles starting from the starting preamble index are mapped one by one to the M SSBs. The terminal can determine which preamble to select to activate flexible transmission resources based on SSB measurement.

[0145] In the embodiment of the present application, since when the above-mentioned first signal is a PRACH signal, the terminal can use different PRACH resources to send the PRACH signal to the network side device, the flexibility of sending the first signal can be further improved.

[0146] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the first signal is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource. Exemplarily, the step 502 can be implemented by the following step 502b.

[0147] Step 502b: When the first condition is met, the terminal sends a first signal to the network side device.

[0148] The first condition may include at least one of the following:

[0149] The terminal performs random access on the first transmission resource;

[0150] The number of times the terminal fails to receive the random access response message on the first transmission resource reaches the first number;

[0151] The terminal measures a reference signal associated with the first transmission resource, and a signal quality parameter of the measured reference signal fails to meet a first threshold requirement;

[0152] The terminal still fails to complete random access after performing a second number of PRACH repetitions on the first transmission resource;

[0153] The terminal performs 2-step random access and 4-step random access in sequence but still fails to complete random access;

[0154] The historical number of times the first signal is sent is less than or not greater than the third number;

[0155] The TA from which the terminal sends the first signal is a valid TA;

[0156] The duration between the current system time and the time when the terminal last sent the first signal is greater than or not less than the first duration;

[0157] The power of the PRACH signal sent by the terminal on the first transmission resource is greater than or not less than the first power threshold;

[0158] The terminal receives a random access response message, and the preamble identifier in the random access response message is different from the preamble identifier sent by the terminal on the first transmission resource;

[0159] The terminal receives a random access response message, and the preamble identifier in the random access response message is different from the preamble identifier sent by the terminal on the first transmission resource, and the number of random access response messages received by the terminal within the second duration is greater than or not less than the first number threshold;

[0160] The terminal has triggered to send an activation signal or a deactivation signal for network energy saving;

[0161] The terminal detects the on-demand signal;

[0162] The duration between the current system time and the time when the terminal last sent a signal to deactivate the flexible transmission resource is greater than or not less than a third duration;

[0163] The last activation duration of the flexible transmission resource is greater than or not less than the fourth duration;

[0164] The first transmission resource is a transmission resource other than the flexible transmission resource.

[0165] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the first number, the second number, and the third number can all be any numbers configured according to actual usage requirements, and any two of the first number, the second number, and the third number can be the same or different.

[0166] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned signal quality parameters may include but are not limited to: Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP), Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) or Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR), etc.

[0167] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the first threshold requirement corresponds to the signal quality parameter.

[0168] For example, when the SS-RSRPs measured by all SSBs associated with the normal RO are lower than an SS-RSRP threshold, the terminal may send the first signal.

[0169] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned first duration, the above-mentioned second duration and the above-mentioned third duration can all be any duration configured according to actual usage requirements, and any two of the first duration, the second duration and the third duration can be the same or different.

[0170] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned second duration can be the length of a random access response window (RAR window), or the length of multiple RAR windows, or a window additionally configured by the network, or a window specified by an additional protocol (for example, 10ms).

[0171] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the first quantity threshold may be configured by the network, or specified by the protocol, or related to at least one of the number of SSBs associated with the normal RO and the number of configured preambles.

[0172] For example, the first quantity threshold may be a value obtained by dividing the total number of preambles configured on the normal RO by the number of SSBs associated with the normal RO and rounding down.

[0173] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the first power threshold may be PCmax.

[0174] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the activation signal for network energy saving may be an activation signal for activating an on-demand specific signal.

[0175] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned specific signal may be at least one of the following: SSB, paging, PDSCH, PDCCH, PRS, TRS signal / channel.

[0176] For example, when the terminal sends an uplink wake-up signal (ie, the specific signal) for activating on-demand SSB, the terminal may send an uplink activation signal (ie, the first signal) for activating flexible transmission resources.

[0177] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned on-demand signals may include but are not limited to: SSB, paging, PDSCH, PDCCH, PRS, TRS signals / channels.

[0178] For example, when on-demand SSB is detected, the network does not need to save energy, so the corresponding flexible transmission resources can be activated.

[0179] In an embodiment of the present application, since the terminal can send a first signal to the network side device to notify or request the network side device to activate the above-mentioned flexible transmission resource when the above-mentioned first condition is met, the terminal can send the activation signal of the flexible transmission resource under different conditions, thereby improving the flexibility of sending the activation signal to avoid resource conflicts in sending the activation signal.

[0180] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the first signal is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource. Exemplarily, the step 502 can be implemented by the following step 502c.

[0181] Step 502c: When the second condition is met, the terminal sends a first signal to the network-side device.

[0182] The second condition may include at least one of the following:

[0183] The terminal performs random access on the first transmission resource;

[0184] The number of times the terminal fails to receive the random access response message on the first transmission resource does not reach the first number;

[0185] The terminal measures a reference signal associated with the first transmission resource, and a signal quality parameter of the measured reference signal meets a first threshold requirement;

[0186] The terminal performs a second number of PRACH repetition transmissions on the first transmission resource;

[0187] The terminal performs 2-step random access and does not trigger 4-step random access;

[0188] The number of historical transmissions of the first signal is greater than or not less than the third number;

[0189] The TA from which the terminal sends the first signal is an invalid TA;

[0190] The duration between the current system time and the time when the terminal last sent the first signal is less than or not greater than the first duration;

[0191] The power of the PRACH signal sent by the terminal on the first transmission resource is less than or not greater than the first power threshold;

[0192] The terminal receives a random access response message, and the preamble identifier in the random access response message is the same as the preamble identifier sent by the terminal on the first transmission resource;

[0193] The terminal receives a random access response message, and the preamble identifier in the random access response message is different from the preamble identifier sent by the terminal on the first transmission resource, and the number of random access response messages received by the terminal within the second duration is less than or not greater than the first number threshold;

[0194] The terminal does not trigger the sending of an activation signal or a deactivation signal for network energy saving;

[0195] The terminal does not detect the on-demand signal;

[0196] The duration between the current system time and the time when the terminal last sent a signal to activate the flexible transmission resource is greater than or not less than the fifth duration;

[0197] The first transmission resource is a transmission resource other than the flexible transmission resource.

[0198] For the detailed description of step 502c, please refer to the relevant description of step 502b above. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0199] In an embodiment of the present application, since the terminal can send a first signal to the network side device to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the above-mentioned flexible transmission resource when the above-mentioned second condition is met, the terminal can send the deactivation signal of the flexible transmission resource under different conditions, thereby improving the flexibility of sending the deactivation signal to avoid resource conflicts in sending the deactivation signal.

[0200] Step 503: The network-side device receives the first signal sent by the terminal.

[0201] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the first signal may be a PRACH signal. Exemplarily, the step 503 may be implemented by the following step 503a.

[0202] Step 502a: The network-side device uses the PRACH resource to receive the PRACH signal sent by the terminal.

[0203] The PRACH resource may include at least one of the following:

[0204] a set of PRACH preambles on a first transmission resource;

[0205] a portion of the first transmission resource;

[0206] Additional independently configured transmission resources;

[0207] Partially specific PRACH preambles on flexible transmission resources;

[0208] Some flexible transmission resources;

[0209] The first transmission resource is a transmission resource other than the flexible transmission resource. Step 504: The network-side device activates or deactivates the flexible transmission resource based on the first signal.

[0210] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, when the above-mentioned first signal is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the above-mentioned flexible transmission resource, the terminal can activate the flexible transmission resource according to the notification or request of the first signal.

[0211] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, when the above-mentioned first signal is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the above-mentioned flexible transmission resource, the terminal can deactivate the flexible transmission resource according to the notification or request of the first signal.

[0212] For other descriptions in the functional embodiments thereof, please refer to the relevant descriptions in the above embodiments. In order to avoid repetition, they will not be repeated here.

[0213] In the resource processing method provided in the embodiment of the present application, since the terminal can first determine the first signal for notifying or requesting the network side device to activate flexible transmission resources, or for notifying or requesting the network side device to deactivate flexible transmission resources based on the configuration information, and then send the first signal to the network side device, the network side device can activate or deactivate the flexible transmission resources based on the first signal after receiving the first signal, thereby providing a specific solution for activating or deactivating flexible transmission resources.

[0214] The resource processing method provided in the embodiment of the present application can be executed by a resource processing device. In the embodiment of the present application, the resource processing device provided in the embodiment of the present application is described by taking the resource processing device executing the resource processing method as an example.

[0215] 6 , an embodiment of the present application provides a resource processing device 60 , which may include: a determination module 61 and a sending module 62 .

[0216] Determining module 61 may be configured to determine a first signal based on the first configuration information, where the first signal is used to either: notify or request a network-side device to activate flexible transmission resources, or notify or request a network-side device to deactivate flexible transmission resources. Sending module 62 may be configured to send the first signal to the network-side device.

[0217] In one possible implementation, the above-mentioned first configuration information may include at least one of the following: synchronization reference configuration information, which is used to configure the synchronization reference object of the signal; signal form configuration information, which is used to configure the signal as a first form signal; resource configuration information, which is used to configure the resources of the signal; power configuration information, which is used to configure the power parameters of the signal; repetition number configuration information, which is used to configure the number of repetitions of signal transmission; spatial parameter configuration information, which is used to configure the first association relationship between the signal and the second signal.

[0218] In one possible implementation, the synchronization reference object may include at least one of the following: SSB, CSI-RS, and TRS transmitted on a first carrier; SSB, CSI-RS, and TRS transmitted on a second carrier; SSB, CSI-RS, and TRS transmitted on a carrier in the same frequency band as the second carrier; SSB, CSI-RS, and TRS transmitted on a third carrier; SSB, CSI-RS, and TRS transmitted on a carrier in the same frequency band as the third carrier; and GPS timing. Any two of the first, second, and third carriers may be the same or different.

[0219] In a possible implementation, the above-mentioned first form of signal may include at least one of the following: PRACH; SRS; PUCCH; PUSCH; other activation signals that trigger downlink signal transmission or downlink channel transmission; other on-demand signals.

[0220] In a possible implementation manner, the resource of the above-mentioned signal may include at least one of the following: time domain resources, frequency domain resources, sequence resources, and spatial domain resources.

[0221] In a possible implementation, the power parameter may include at least one of the following: initial power, power ramp-up step.

[0222] In a possible implementation, the number of repetitions of the signal transmission may include at least one of the following: the number of repetitions of each signal transmission, and the maximum number of repetitions of the signal transmission.

[0223] In one possible implementation, the second signal may include at least one of the following: SSB, CSI-RS, SRS, PRACH.

[0224] In one possible implementation, the resources of the above-mentioned configured signal may include at least one of the following: configuring the resources of the signal and the above-mentioned flexible transmission resources in the same service cell; configuring the resources of the signal and the flexible transmission resources in different service cells; configuring the resources of the signal and the flexible transmission resources in the same BWP; configuring the resources of the signal and the flexible transmission resources in different BWPs; configuring the resources of the signal and the flexible transmission resources in the same carrier; configuring the resources of the signal and the flexible transmission resources in different carriers; configuring the resources of the signal and the flexible transmission resources in the same frequency band; configuring the resources of the signal and the flexible transmission resources in different frequency bands; configuring a second association relationship between the resources of the signal and different flexible transmission resources; configuring the resources of the signal as resources for activating or deactivating other on-demand signals.

[0225] In one possible implementation, the above-mentioned second association relationship may include at least one of the following: the resources of the above-mentioned signal to the cell where the flexible transmission resources are located; the resources of the signal to the carrier where the flexible transmission resources are located; the resources of the signal to the frequency band where the flexible transmission resources are located; the resources of the signal to the type of flexible transmission resources; the resources of the signal to different types of preamble groups in the flexible transmission resources; and the resources of the signal to different functional combinations of flexible transmission resources.

[0226] In a possible implementation, the association relationship between the signal resources and the reference signal may satisfy at least one of the following: the signal resources are associated with the same reference signal index; the signal resources are associated with multiple reference signal indexes.

[0227] In one possible implementation, the first signal may be a PRACH signal. The sending module 62 may be specifically configured to send the PRACH signal to the network-side device using a PRACH resource. The PRACH resource may include at least one of the following: a set of PRACH preambles on a first transmission resource; a portion of the first transmission resource; an additional independently configured transmission resource; a portion of a specific PRACH preamble on a flexible transmission resource; or a portion of a flexible transmission resource. The first transmission resource is a transmission resource other than the flexible transmission resource.

[0228] In one possible implementation, the first signal is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource. The sending module 62 can be specifically used to send the first signal to the network side device when the first condition is met. The first condition may include at least one of the following: the terminal performs random access on the first transmission resource; the number of times the terminal fails to receive the random access response message on the first transmission resource reaches the first number; the terminal measures the reference signal associated with the first transmission resource, and the signal quality parameter of the measured reference signal cannot meet the first threshold requirement; the terminal performs the second number of PRACH repetitions on the first transmission resource and still fails to complete the random access; the terminal performs 2-step random access and 4-step random access in sequence and still fails to complete the random access; the historical number of transmissions of the first signal is less than or not more than the third number; the TA at which the terminal sends the first signal is a valid TA; the duration between the current time of the system and the time when the terminal last sent the first signal is greater than or not less than the first duration; the terminal sends P on the first transmission resource. The power of the RACH signal is greater than or not less than the first power threshold; the terminal receives a random access response message, and the preamble identifier in the random access response message is different from the preamble identifier sent by the terminal on the first transmission resource; the terminal receives a random access response message, and the preamble identifier in the random access response message is different from the preamble identifier sent by the terminal on the first transmission resource, and the number of random access response messages received by the terminal within the second time period is greater than or not less than the first number threshold; the terminal has triggered the sending of an activation signal or deactivation signal for network energy saving; the terminal detects an on-demand signal; the duration between the current time of the system and the time when the terminal last sent a signal to deactivate the flexible transmission resource is greater than or not less than the third time period; the duration of the last activation of the flexible transmission resource is greater than or not less than the fourth time period. Among them, the first transmission resource is a transmission resource other than the flexible transmission resource.

[0229] In one possible implementation, the first signal is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource. The sending module 62 can be specifically used to send the first signal to the network side device when the second condition is met. The second condition may include at least one of the following: the terminal performs random access on the first transmission resource; the number of times the terminal fails to receive the random access response message on the first transmission resource does not reach the first number; the terminal measures the reference signal associated with the first transmission resource, and the signal quality parameter of the measured reference signal meets the first threshold requirement; the terminal performs the second number of PRACH repetitions on the first transmission resource; the terminal performs 2-step random access and does not trigger the execution of 4-step random access; the historical number of transmissions of the first signal is greater than or not less than the third number; the TA for which the terminal sends the first signal is an invalid TA; the duration between the current moment of the system and the moment when the terminal last sent the first signal is less than or not greater than the first duration; the terminal performs the second number of PRACH repetitions on the first transmission resource. The power of the PRACH signal sent on the resource is less than or not greater than the first power threshold; the terminal receives a random access response message, and the preamble identifier in the random access response message is the same as the preamble identifier sent by the terminal on the first transmission resource; the terminal receives a random access response message, and the preamble identifier in the random access response message is different from the preamble identifier sent by the terminal on the first transmission resource, and the number of random access response messages received by the terminal within the second time period is less than or not greater than the first number threshold; the terminal does not trigger the sending of an activation signal or deactivation signal for network energy saving; the terminal does not detect an on-demand signal; the duration between the current time of the system and the time when the terminal last sent a signal to activate the flexible transmission resource is greater than or not less than the fifth time period. Among them, the first transmission resource is a transmission resource other than the flexible transmission resource.

[0230] In one possible implementation, the first signal may include at least one of the following: a first time resource and a second time resource that are different from each other, the first time resource is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the second time resource is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource; a first frequency domain resource and a second frequency domain resource that are different from each other, the first frequency domain resource is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the second frequency domain resource is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource; a first space resource and a second space resource that are different from each other, The first spatial resource is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the second spatial resource is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource; the first signal sequence and the second signal sequence are different from each other, the first signal sequence is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the second signal sequence is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource; the third signal and the fourth signal, the third signal is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the fourth signal resource is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource.

[0231] In the resource processing device provided in the embodiment of the present application, since the resource processing device can first determine the first signal for notifying or requesting the network side device to activate flexible transmission resources, or for notifying or requesting the network side device to deactivate flexible transmission resources based on the configuration information, and then send the first signal to the network side device to enable the network side device to activate or deactivate the flexible transmission resources, a specific solution for activating or deactivating flexible transmission resources is provided.

[0232] The resource 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. For example, the terminal can include, but is not limited to, the types of terminal 11 listed above, and is not specifically limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0233] The resource processing device provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement the various processes implemented in the above-mentioned terminal-side method embodiment and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0234] 7 , an embodiment of the present application provides another resource processing device 70 , which may include: a receiving module 71 and a processing module 72 .

[0235] Receiving module 71 may be configured to receive a first signal sent by a terminal, where the first signal is determined by the terminal based on first configuration information, and the first signal is used to either: notify or request a network-side device to activate a flexible transmission resource, or notify or request a network-side device to deactivate a flexible transmission resource. Processing module 72 may be configured to activate or deactivate the flexible transmission resource based on the first signal.

[0236] In one possible implementation, the above-mentioned first configuration information may include at least one of the following: synchronization reference configuration information, which is used to configure the synchronization reference object of the signal; signal form configuration information, which is used to configure the signal as a first form signal; resource configuration information, which is used to configure the resources of the signal; power configuration information, which is used to configure the power parameters of the signal; repetition number configuration information, which is used to configure the number of repetitions of signal transmission; spatial parameter configuration information, which is used to configure the first association relationship between the signal and the second signal.

[0237] In one possible implementation, the synchronization reference object may include at least one of the following: SSB, CSI-RS, and TRS transmitted on a first carrier; SSB, CSI-RS, and TRS transmitted on a second carrier; SSB, CSI-RS, and TRS transmitted on a carrier in the same frequency band as the second carrier; SSB, CSI-RS, and TRS transmitted on a third carrier; SSB, CSI-RS, and TRS transmitted on a carrier in the same frequency band as the third carrier; and GPS timing. Any two of the first, second, and third carriers may be the same or different.

[0238] In a possible implementation, the above-mentioned first form of signal may include at least one of the following: PRACH; SRS; PUCCH; PUSCH; other activation signals that trigger downlink signal transmission or downlink channel transmission; other on-demand signals.

[0239] In a possible implementation manner, the resource of the above-mentioned signal may include at least one of the following: time domain resources, frequency domain resources, sequence resources, and spatial domain resources.

[0240] In a possible implementation, the power parameter may include at least one of the following: initial power, power ramp-up step.

[0241] In a possible implementation, the number of repetitions of the signal transmission may include at least one of the following: the number of repetitions of each signal transmission, and the maximum number of repetitions of the signal transmission.

[0242] In one possible implementation, the second signal may include at least one of the following: SSB, CSI-RS, SRS, PRACH.

[0243] In one possible implementation, the resources of the above-mentioned configured signal may include at least one of the following: configuring the resources of the signal and the above-mentioned flexible transmission resources in the same service cell; configuring the resources of the signal and the flexible transmission resources in different service cells; configuring the resources of the signal and the flexible transmission resources in the same BWP; configuring the resources of the signal and the flexible transmission resources in different BWPs; configuring the resources of the signal and the flexible transmission resources in the same carrier; configuring the resources of the signal and the flexible transmission resources in different carriers; configuring the resources of the signal and the flexible transmission resources in the same frequency band; configuring the resources of the signal and the flexible transmission resources in different frequency bands; configuring a second association relationship between the resources of the signal and different flexible transmission resources; configuring the resources of the signal as resources for activating or deactivating other on-demand signals.

[0244] In one possible implementation, the above-mentioned second association relationship may include at least one of the following: the resources of the above-mentioned signal to the cell where the flexible transmission resources are located; the resources of the signal to the carrier where the flexible transmission resources are located; the resources of the signal to the frequency band where the flexible transmission resources are located; the resources of the signal to the type of flexible transmission resources; the resources of the signal to different types of preamble groups in the flexible transmission resources; and the resources of the signal to different functional combinations of flexible transmission resources.

[0245] In a possible implementation, the association relationship between the signal resources and the reference signal may satisfy at least one of the following: the signal resources are associated with the same reference signal index; the signal resources are associated with multiple reference signal indexes.

[0246] In one possible implementation, the first signal may be a PRACH signal. Receiving module 71 may be specifically configured to receive the PRACH signal sent by the terminal using a PRACH resource. The PRACH resource may include at least one of the following: a set of PRACH preambles on a first transmission resource; a portion of the first transmission resource; an additional independently configured transmission resource; a portion of a specific PRACH preamble on a flexible transmission resource; or a portion of a flexible transmission resource. The first transmission resource is a transmission resource other than the flexible transmission resource.

[0247] In one possible implementation, the first signal may include at least one of the following: a first time resource and a second time resource that are different from each other, the first time resource is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the second time resource is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource; a first frequency domain resource and a second frequency domain resource that are different from each other, the first frequency domain resource is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the second frequency domain resource is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource; a first space resource and a second space resource that are different from each other, The first spatial resource is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the second spatial resource is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource; the first signal sequence and the second signal sequence are different from each other, the first signal sequence is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the second signal sequence is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource; the third signal and the fourth signal, the third signal is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the fourth signal resource is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource.

[0248] In the resource processing device provided in the embodiment of the present application, since the resource processing device can activate or deactivate flexible transmission resources based on the first signal sent by the terminal for notifying or requesting the network side device to activate flexible transmission resources, or for notifying or requesting the network side device to deactivate flexible transmission resources, a specific solution for activating or deactivating flexible transmission resources is provided.

[0249] The resource 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 in an electronic device, such as an integrated circuit or chip. The electronic device can be a device other than a terminal. For example, the other device can be a server, a network attached storage (NAS), etc., which is not specifically limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0250] The resource processing device provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement the various processes implemented in the above-mentioned network side device method embodiment and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0251] As shown in Figure 8, an embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device 800, including a processor 801 and a memory 802. The memory 802 stores a program or instruction that can be run on the processor 801. For example, when the communication device 800 is a terminal, the program or instruction, when executed by the processor 801, implements the various steps of the above-mentioned terminal-side method embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect. When the communication device 800 is a network-side device, the program or instruction, when executed by the processor 801, implements the various steps of the above-mentioned network-side device method embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0252] An embodiment of 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 used to run a program or instruction to implement the steps in the above-mentioned terminal side method embodiment. The processor is used to determine a first signal based on the first configuration information, and the first signal is used for any of the following: notifying or requesting the network side device to activate flexible transmission resources, notifying or requesting the network side device to deactivate flexible transmission resources; the communication interface is used to send the first signal to the network side device. 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. Specifically, Figure 9 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a terminal that implements an embodiment of the present application.

[0253] The terminal 1000 includes but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 1001, a network module 1002, an audio output unit 1003, an input unit 1004, a sensor 1005, a display unit 1006, a user input unit 1007, an interface unit 1008, a memory 1009 and at least some of the components of the processor 1010.

[0254] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal 1000 may also include a power supply (such as a battery) to power various components. The power supply may be logically connected to the processor 1010 via a power management system, thereby enabling the power management system to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption. The terminal structure shown in FIG9 does not limit the terminal. The terminal may include more or fewer components than shown, or combine certain components, or arrange the components differently, which will not be described in detail here.

[0255] It should be understood that in an embodiment of the present application, the input unit 1004 may include a graphics processing unit (GPU) 10041 and a microphone 10042, and the graphics processor 10041 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 1006 may include a display panel 10061, and the display panel 10061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, etc. The user input unit 1007 includes a touch panel 10071 and at least one of other input devices 10072. The touch panel 10071 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 10071 may include two parts: a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 10072 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 an operating stick, which will not be repeated here.

[0256] In the embodiment of the present application, after receiving downlink data from a network-side device, the RF unit 1001 may transmit the data to the processor 1010 for processing. Furthermore, the RF unit 1001 may send uplink data to the network-side device. Typically, the RF unit 1001 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, an amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low-noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like.

[0257] The memory 1009 can be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 1009 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 1009 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 a random access memory (RAM), a static random access memory (SRAM), a dynamic random access memory (DRAM), a synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), a double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDRSDRAM), an enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (ESDRAM), a synchronous link dynamic random access memory (SLDRAM), and a direct memory bus random access memory (DRRAM). The memory 1009 in the embodiment of the present application includes but is not limited to these and any other suitable types of memory.

[0258] Processor 1010 may include one or more processing units. Optionally, processor 1010 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 1010.

[0259] Processor 1010 may be configured to determine a first signal based on the first configuration information, where the first signal is used for any of the following: notifying or requesting a network-side device to activate flexible transmission resources, or notifying or requesting a network-side device to deactivate flexible transmission resources. RF unit 1001 may be configured to send the first signal to the network-side device.

[0260] In one possible implementation, the above-mentioned first configuration information may include at least one of the following: synchronization reference configuration information, which is used to configure the synchronization reference object of the signal; signal form configuration information, which is used to configure the signal as a first form signal; resource configuration information, which is used to configure the resources of the signal; power configuration information, which is used to configure the power parameters of the signal; repetition number configuration information, which is used to configure the number of repetitions of signal transmission; spatial parameter configuration information, which is used to configure the first association relationship between the signal and the second signal.

[0261] In one possible implementation, the synchronization reference object may include at least one of the following: SSB, CSI-RS, and TRS transmitted on a first carrier; SSB, CSI-RS, and TRS transmitted on a second carrier; SSB, CSI-RS, and TRS transmitted on a carrier in the same frequency band as the second carrier; SSB, CSI-RS, and TRS transmitted on a third carrier; SSB, CSI-RS, and TRS transmitted on a carrier in the same frequency band as the third carrier; and GPS timing. Any two of the first, second, and third carriers may be the same or different.

[0262] In a possible implementation, the above-mentioned first form of signal may include at least one of the following: PRACH; SRS; PUCCH; PUSCH; other activation signals that trigger downlink signal transmission or downlink channel transmission; other on-demand signals.

[0263] In a possible implementation manner, the resource of the above-mentioned signal may include at least one of the following: time domain resources, frequency domain resources, sequence resources, and spatial domain resources.

[0264] In a possible implementation, the power parameter may include at least one of the following: initial power, power ramp-up step.

[0265] In a possible implementation, the number of repetitions of the signal transmission may include at least one of the following: the number of repetitions of each signal transmission, and the maximum number of repetitions of the signal transmission.

[0266] In one possible implementation, the second signal may include at least one of the following: SSB, CSI-RS, SRS, PRACH.

[0267] In one possible implementation, the resources of the above-mentioned configured signal may include at least one of the following: configuring the resources of the signal and the above-mentioned flexible transmission resources in the same service cell; configuring the resources of the signal and the flexible transmission resources in different service cells; configuring the resources of the signal and the flexible transmission resources in the same BWP; configuring the resources of the signal and the flexible transmission resources in different BWPs; configuring the resources of the signal and the flexible transmission resources in the same carrier; configuring the resources of the signal and the flexible transmission resources in different carriers; configuring the resources of the signal and the flexible transmission resources in the same frequency band; configuring the resources of the signal and the flexible transmission resources in different frequency bands; configuring a second association relationship between the resources of the signal and different flexible transmission resources; configuring the resources of the signal as resources for activating or deactivating other on-demand signals.

[0268] In one possible implementation, the above-mentioned second association relationship may include at least one of the following: the resources of the above-mentioned signal to the cell where the flexible transmission resources are located; the resources of the signal to the carrier where the flexible transmission resources are located; the resources of the signal to the frequency band where the flexible transmission resources are located; the resources of the signal to the type of flexible transmission resources; the resources of the signal to different types of preamble groups in the flexible transmission resources; and the resources of the signal to different functional combinations of flexible transmission resources.

[0269] In a possible implementation, the association relationship between the signal resources and the reference signal may satisfy at least one of the following: the signal resources are associated with the same reference signal index; the signal resources are associated with multiple reference signal indexes.

[0270] In one possible implementation, the first signal may be a PRACH signal. The radio frequency unit 1001 may be specifically configured to use a PRACH resource to send the PRACH signal to a network-side device. The PRACH resource may include at least one of the following: a set of PRACH preambles on a first transmission resource; a portion of the first transmission resource; an additional independently configured transmission resource; a portion of a specific PRACH preamble on a flexible transmission resource; or a portion of a flexible transmission resource. The first transmission resource is a transmission resource other than the flexible transmission resource.

[0271] In one possible implementation, the first signal is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource. The radio frequency unit 1001 can be specifically used to send the first signal to the network side device when the first condition is met. The first condition may include at least one of the following: the terminal performs random access on the first transmission resource; the number of times the terminal fails to receive the random access response message on the first transmission resource reaches the first number; the terminal measures the reference signal associated with the first transmission resource, and the signal quality parameter of the measured reference signal cannot meet the first threshold requirement; the terminal performs the second number of PRACH repetitions on the first transmission resource and still fails to complete the random access; the terminal performs 2-step random access and 4-step random access in sequence and still fails to complete the random access; the historical number of transmissions of the first signal is less than or not more than the third number; the TA at which the terminal sends the first signal is a valid TA; the duration between the current time of the system and the time when the terminal last sent the first signal is greater than or not less than the first duration; the terminal sends P on the first transmission resource. The power of the RACH signal is greater than or not less than the first power threshold; the terminal receives a random access response message, and the preamble identifier in the random access response message is different from the preamble identifier sent by the terminal on the first transmission resource; the terminal receives a random access response message, and the preamble identifier in the random access response message is different from the preamble identifier sent by the terminal on the first transmission resource, and the number of random access response messages received by the terminal within the second time period is greater than or not less than the first number threshold; the terminal has triggered the sending of an activation signal or deactivation signal for network energy saving; the terminal detects an on-demand signal; the duration between the current time of the system and the time when the terminal last sent a signal to deactivate the flexible transmission resource is greater than or not less than the third time period; the duration of the last activation of the flexible transmission resource is greater than or not less than the fourth time period. Among them, the first transmission resource is a transmission resource other than the flexible transmission resource.

[0272] In one possible implementation, the first signal is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource. The radio frequency unit 1001 can be specifically used to send the first signal to the network side device when the second condition is met. The second condition may include at least one of the following: the terminal performs random access on the first transmission resource; the number of times the terminal fails to receive the random access response message on the first transmission resource does not reach the first number; the terminal measures the reference signal associated with the first transmission resource, and the signal quality parameter of the measured reference signal meets the first threshold requirement; the terminal performs the second number of PRACH repetitions on the first transmission resource; the terminal performs 2-step random access and does not trigger the execution of 4-step random access; the historical number of transmissions of the first signal is greater than or not less than the third number; the TA for which the terminal sends the first signal is an invalid TA; the duration between the current moment of the system and the moment when the terminal last sent the first signal is less than or not greater than the first duration; the terminal performs the second number of PRACH repetitions on the first transmission resource. The power of the PRACH signal sent on the resource is less than or not greater than the first power threshold; the terminal receives a random access response message, and the preamble identifier in the random access response message is the same as the preamble identifier sent by the terminal on the first transmission resource; the terminal receives a random access response message, and the preamble identifier in the random access response message is different from the preamble identifier sent by the terminal on the first transmission resource, and the number of random access response messages received by the terminal within the second time period is less than or not greater than the first number threshold; the terminal does not trigger the sending of an activation signal or deactivation signal for network energy saving; the terminal does not detect an on-demand signal; the duration between the current time of the system and the time when the terminal last sent a signal to activate the flexible transmission resource is greater than or not less than the fifth time period. Among them, the first transmission resource is a transmission resource other than the flexible transmission resource.

[0273] In one possible implementation, the first signal may include at least one of the following: a first time resource and a second time resource that are different from each other, the first time resource is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the second time resource is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource; a first frequency domain resource and a second frequency domain resource that are different from each other, the first frequency domain resource is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the second frequency domain resource is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource; a first space resource and a second space resource that are different from each other, The first spatial resource is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the second spatial resource is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource; the first signal sequence and the second signal sequence are different from each other, the first signal sequence is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the second signal sequence is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource; the third signal and the fourth signal, the third signal is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the fourth signal resource is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource.

[0274] In the terminal provided in the embodiment of the present application, since the terminal can first determine the first signal for notifying or requesting the network side device to activate flexible transmission resources, or for notifying or requesting the network side device to deactivate flexible transmission resources based on the configuration information, and then send the first signal to the network side device to enable the network side device to activate or deactivate the flexible transmission resources, a specific solution for activating or deactivating flexible transmission resources is provided.

[0275] 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.

[0276] The embodiment of 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 used to run a program or instruction to implement the steps of the above-mentioned network side device method embodiment. The communication interface is used to receive a first signal sent by the terminal, and the first signal is determined by the terminal based on the first configuration information. The first signal is used for any of the following: notifying or requesting the network side device to activate flexible transmission resources, notifying or requesting the network side device to deactivate flexible transmission resources; the processor is used to activate or deactivate flexible transmission resources based on the first signal. This network side device embodiment corresponds to the above-mentioned network side device method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation method of the above-mentioned method embodiment can be applied to this network side device embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect.

[0277] Specifically, embodiments of the present application also provide a network-side device. As shown in Figure 10, the network-side device 100 includes an antenna 11, a radio frequency device 12, a baseband device 13, a processor 14, and a memory 15. The antenna 11 is connected to the radio frequency device 12. In the uplink direction, the radio frequency device 12 receives information via the antenna 11 and sends the received information to the baseband device 13 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 13 processes the information to be transmitted and sends it to the radio frequency device 12. The radio frequency device 12 processes the received information and then sends it through the antenna 11.

[0278] The method executed by the network-side device in the above embodiment may be implemented in the baseband device 13 , which includes a baseband processor.

[0279] The baseband device 13 may include, for example, at least one baseband board, on which multiple chips are arranged, as shown in Figure 10, one of which is, for example, a baseband processor, which is connected to the memory 15 through a bus interface to call the program in the memory 15 and execute the network device operations shown in the above method embodiment.

[0280] The network side device may further include a network interface 16, which is, for example, a Common Public Radio Interface (CPR1).

[0281] Specifically, the network side device 100 of the embodiment of the present application also includes: instructions or programs stored in the memory 15 and executable on the processor 14. The processor 14 calls the instructions or programs in the memory 15 to execute the method of execution of each module shown in Figure 7 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0282] The radio frequency device 12 may be configured to receive a first signal sent by a terminal, where the first signal is determined by the terminal based on first configuration information, and the first signal is used for any of the following: notifying or requesting a network-side device to activate flexible transmission resources, or notifying or requesting a network-side device to deactivate flexible transmission resources. The processor 14 may be configured to activate or deactivate the flexible transmission resources based on the first signal.

[0283] In one possible implementation, the above-mentioned first configuration information may include at least one of the following: synchronization reference configuration information, which is used to configure the synchronization reference object of the signal; signal form configuration information, which is used to configure the signal as a first form signal; resource configuration information, which is used to configure the resources of the signal; power configuration information, which is used to configure the power parameters of the signal; repetition number configuration information, which is used to configure the number of repetitions of signal transmission; spatial parameter configuration information, which is used to configure the first association relationship between the signal and the second signal.

[0284] In one possible implementation, the synchronization reference object may include at least one of the following: SSB, CSI-RS, and TRS transmitted on a first carrier; SSB, CSI-RS, and TRS transmitted on a second carrier; SSB, CSI-RS, and TRS transmitted on a carrier in the same frequency band as the second carrier; SSB, CSI-RS, and TRS transmitted on a third carrier; SSB, CSI-RS, and TRS transmitted on a carrier in the same frequency band as the third carrier; and GPS timing. Any two of the first, second, and third carriers may be the same or different.

[0285] In a possible implementation, the above-mentioned first form of signal may include at least one of the following: PRACH; SRS; PUCCH; PUSCH; other activation signals that trigger downlink signal transmission or downlink channel transmission; other on-demand signals.

[0286] In a possible implementation manner, the resource of the above-mentioned signal may include at least one of the following: time domain resources, frequency domain resources, sequence resources, and spatial domain resources.

[0287] In a possible implementation, the power parameter may include at least one of the following: initial power, power ramp-up step.

[0288] In a possible implementation, the number of repetitions of the signal transmission may include at least one of the following: the number of repetitions of each signal transmission, and the maximum number of repetitions of the signal transmission.

[0289] In one possible implementation, the second signal may include at least one of the following: SSB, CSI-RS, SRS, PRACH.

[0290] In one possible implementation, the resources of the above-mentioned configured signal may include at least one of the following: configuring the resources of the signal and the above-mentioned flexible transmission resources in the same service cell; configuring the resources of the signal and the flexible transmission resources in different service cells; configuring the resources of the signal and the flexible transmission resources in the same BWP; configuring the resources of the signal and the flexible transmission resources in different BWPs; configuring the resources of the signal and the flexible transmission resources in the same carrier; configuring the resources of the signal and the flexible transmission resources in different carriers; configuring the resources of the signal and the flexible transmission resources in the same frequency band; configuring the resources of the signal and the flexible transmission resources in different frequency bands; configuring a second association relationship between the resources of the signal and different flexible transmission resources; configuring the resources of the signal as resources for activating or deactivating other on-demand signals.

[0291] In one possible implementation, the above-mentioned second association relationship may include at least one of the following: the resources of the above-mentioned signal to the cell where the flexible transmission resources are located; the resources of the signal to the carrier where the flexible transmission resources are located; the resources of the signal to the frequency band where the flexible transmission resources are located; the resources of the signal to the type of flexible transmission resources; the resources of the signal to different types of preamble groups in the flexible transmission resources; and the resources of the signal to different functional combinations of flexible transmission resources.

[0292] In a possible implementation, the association relationship between the signal resources and the reference signal may satisfy at least one of the following: the signal resources are associated with the same reference signal index; the signal resources are associated with multiple reference signal indexes.

[0293] In one possible implementation, the first signal may be a PRACH signal. The radio frequency device 12 may be specifically configured to receive the PRACH signal sent by the terminal using a PRACH resource. The PRACH resource may include at least one of the following: a set of PRACH preambles on a first transmission resource; a portion of the first transmission resource; an additional independently configured transmission resource; a portion of a specific PRACH preamble on a flexible transmission resource; or a portion of a flexible transmission resource. The first transmission resource is a transmission resource other than the flexible transmission resource.

[0294] In one possible implementation, the first signal may include at least one of the following: a first time resource and a second time resource that are different from each other, the first time resource is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the second time resource is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource; a first frequency domain resource and a second frequency domain resource that are different from each other, the first frequency domain resource is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the second frequency domain resource is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource; a first space resource and a second space resource that are different from each other, The first spatial resource is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the second spatial resource is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource; the first signal sequence and the second signal sequence are different from each other, the first signal sequence is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the second signal sequence is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource; the third signal and the fourth signal, the third signal is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the fourth signal resource is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource.

[0295] In the network side device provided in the embodiment of the present application, since the network side device can activate or deactivate flexible transmission resources based on the first signal sent by the terminal for notifying or requesting the network side device to activate flexible transmission resources, or for notifying or requesting the network side device to deactivate flexible transmission resources, a specific solution for activating or deactivating flexible transmission resources is provided.

[0296] 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 network side device method embodiment and achieve the same or corresponding technical effects. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0297] An embodiment of the present application also provides a readable storage medium, on which a program or instruction is stored. When the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the various processes of the above-mentioned resource processing method embodiment are implemented and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0298] 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.

[0299] 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 resource processing method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0300] 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.

[0301] 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 resource processing method embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0302] An embodiment of the present application also provides a communication system, including: a terminal and a network side device, wherein the terminal can be used to execute the steps of the terminal side method described above, and the network side device can be used to execute the steps of the network side device method described above.

[0303] 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.

[0304] 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.

[0305] 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 resource processing method, the method comprising: The terminal determines a first signal based on the first configuration information, where the first signal is used for any one of the following: notifying or requesting a network side device to activate flexible transmission resources, notifying or requesting a network side device to deactivate flexible transmission resources; The terminal sends the first signal to the network side device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The first configuration information includes at least one of the following: Synchronous reference configuration information, wherein the synchronous reference configuration information is used to configure a synchronous reference object of a signal; Signal format configuration information, where the signal format configuration information is used to configure the signal into a signal of a first format; Resource configuration information, the resource configuration information is used to configure the resources of the signal; Power configuration information, where the power configuration information is used to configure power parameters of the signal; Repetition number configuration information, where the repetition configuration information is used to configure the number of repetitions of signal transmission; Spatial parameter configuration information, where the spatial parameter configuration information is used to configure a first association relationship between the signal and the second signal.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein: The synchronization reference object includes at least one of the following: A synchronization signal block SSB, a channel state information reference signal CSI-RS, and a tracking reference signal TRS transmitted on the first carrier; SSB, CSI-RS and TRS sent on the second carrier; SSB, CSI-RS and TRS transmitted on the same-band carrier of the second carrier; SSB, CSI-RS and TRS transmitted on the third carrier; SSB, CSI-RS and TRS transmitted on the co-band carrier of the third carrier; Global Positioning System GPS timing; Any two carriers among the first carrier, the second carrier and the third carrier are the same or different.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein: The first form of the signal includes at least one of the following: Physical Random Access Channel PRACH; Channel sounding reference signal SRS; Physical uplink control channel PUCCH; Physical uplink shared channel PUSCH; Other activation signals that trigger downlink signal transmission or downlink channel transmission; Other signals on demand.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein: The signal resources include at least one of the following: time domain resources, frequency domain resources, sequence resources, and space domain resources.

6. The method according to claim 2, wherein: The power parameter includes at least one of the following: initial power, power ramp-up step length.

7. The method according to claim 2, wherein: The number of repetitions of signal sending includes at least one of the following: the number of repetitions of each signal sending, and the maximum number of repetitions of signal sending.

8. The method according to claim 2, wherein: The second signal includes at least one of the following: SSB, CSI-RS, SRS, PRACH.

9. The method according to claim 2, wherein: The resource of the configuration signal includes at least one of the following: The resource for configuring the signal and the flexible transmission resource are in the same serving cell; configuring the signal resource and the flexible transmission resource in different serving cells; The resource of the signal and the flexible transmission resource are configured in the same bandwidth part BWP; configuring the signal resource and the flexible transmission resource to be in different BWPs; The resource for configuring the signal and the flexible transmission resource are on the same carrier; Configuring the signal resource and the flexible transmission resource to be on different carriers; The resource for configuring the signal and the flexible transmission resource are in the same frequency band; configuring the signal resource and the flexible transmission resource to be in different frequency bands; configuring a second association relationship between the resource of the signal and different flexible transmission resources; The resources of the signal are configured as resources used to activate or deactivate other on-demand signals.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein: The second association relationship includes at least one of the following: The signal resource to the cell where the flexible transmission resource is located; The signal resource to the carrier where the flexible transmission resource is located; The signal resource to the frequency band where the flexible transmission resource is located; the type of resource of the signal to the flexible transmission resource; the signal resources to the types of different preamble groups in the flexible transmission resources; The signal resources are transformed into different functional combinations of flexible transmission resources.

11. The method according to claim 2, wherein: The association relationship between the signal resource and the reference signal satisfies at least one of the following: The resources of the signal are associated to the same reference signal index; The signal resources are associated with indexes of multiple reference signals.

12. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein: The first signal is a PRACH signal; The terminal sending the first signal to the network side device includes: The terminal sends the PRACH signal to the network side device using the PRACH resource; The PRACH resource includes at least one of the following: a set of PRACH preambles on a first transmission resource; a portion of a first transmission resource; Additional independently configurable transmission resources; Partially specific PRACH preambles on flexible transmission resources; Some flexible transmission resources; The first transmission resource is a transmission resource other than the flexible transmission resource.

13. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein: The first signal is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource; The terminal sending the first signal to the network side device includes: When the first condition is met, the terminal sends the first signal to the network side device; The first condition includes at least one of the following: The terminal performs random access on the first transmission resource; The number of times that the terminal fails to receive a random access response message on the first transmission resource reaches a first number; The terminal measures a reference signal associated with the first transmission resource, and a signal quality parameter of the measured reference signal fails to meet a first threshold requirement; The terminal still fails to complete random access after performing a second number of PRACH repetition transmissions on the first transmission resource; The terminal has not completed random access after performing 2-step random access and 4-step random access in sequence; The historical number of times the first signal is sent is less than or not greater than the third number; A time advance TA at which the terminal sends the first signal is a valid TA; The duration between the current time of the system and the time when the terminal last sent the first signal is greater than or not less than the first duration; The power of sending the PRACH signal by the terminal on the first transmission resource is greater than or not less than a first power threshold; The terminal receives a random access response message, and the preamble identifier in the random access response message is different from the preamble identifier sent by the terminal on the first transmission resource; The terminal receives a random access response message, and the preamble identifier in the random access response message is different from the preamble identifier sent by the terminal on the first transmission resource, and the number of random access response messages received by the terminal within the second duration is greater than or not less than the first number threshold; The terminal has triggered to send an activation signal or a deactivation signal for network energy saving; The terminal detects an on-demand signal; The duration between the current time of the system and the time when the terminal last sent a signal to deactivate the flexible transmission resource is greater than or not less than a third time; The duration of the last activation of the flexible transmission resource is greater than or not less than the fourth duration; The first transmission resource is a transmission resource other than the flexible transmission resource.

14. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein: The first signal is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource; The terminal sending the first signal to the network side device includes: When the second condition is met, the terminal sends the first signal to the network side device; The second condition includes at least one of the following: The terminal performs random access on the first transmission resource; The number of times that the terminal fails to receive the random access response message on the first transmission resource does not reach the first number; The terminal measures a reference signal associated with the first transmission resource, and a signal quality parameter of the measured reference signal meets a first threshold requirement; The terminal performs a second number of PRACH repetition transmissions on the first transmission resource; The terminal performs 2-step random access and does not trigger 4-step random access; The historical number of times the first signal is sent is greater than or not less than the third number; The TA from which the terminal sends the first signal is an invalid TA; The duration between the current time of the system and the time when the terminal last sent the first signal is less than or not greater than the first duration; The power of sending the PRACH signal by the terminal on the first transmission resource is less than or not greater than the first power threshold; The terminal receives a random access response message, and the preamble identifier in the random access response message is the same as the preamble identifier sent by the terminal on the first transmission resource; The terminal receives a random access response message, and the preamble identifier in the random access response message is different from the preamble identifier sent by the terminal on the first transmission resource, and the number of random access response messages received by the terminal within the second duration is less than or not greater than the first number threshold; The terminal does not trigger sending an activation signal or a deactivation signal for network energy saving; The terminal fails to detect an on-demand signal; The duration between the current time of the system and the time when the terminal last sent a signal to activate the flexible transmission resource is greater than or not less than a fifth duration; The first transmission resource is a transmission resource other than the flexible transmission resource.

15. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The first signal includes at least one of the following: a first time resource and a second time resource that are different from each other, the first time resource is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the second time resource is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource; a first frequency domain resource and a second frequency domain resource that are different from each other, the first frequency domain resource is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the second frequency domain resource is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource; a first space resource and a second space resource that are different from each other, the first space resource is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the second space resource is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource; a first signal sequence and a second signal sequence that are different from each other, the first signal sequence is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the second signal sequence is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource; A third signal and a fourth signal, the third signal is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the fourth signal resource is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource.

16. A resource processing method, the method comprising: The network side device receives a first signal sent by the terminal, where the first signal is determined by the terminal based on the first configuration information, and the first signal is used for any one of the following: notifying or requesting the network side device to activate flexible transmission resources, notifying or requesting the network side device to deactivate flexible transmission resources; The network side device activates or deactivates the flexible transmission resource based on the first signal.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein: The first configuration information includes at least one of the following: Synchronous reference configuration information, wherein the synchronous reference configuration information is used to configure a synchronous reference object of a signal; Signal format configuration information, where the signal format configuration information is used to configure the signal into a signal of a first format; Resource configuration information, the resource configuration information is used to configure the resources of the signal; Power configuration information, where the power configuration information is used to configure power parameters of the signal; Repetition number configuration information, where the repetition configuration information is used to configure the number of repetitions of signal transmission; Spatial parameter configuration information, where the spatial parameter configuration information is used to configure a first association relationship between the signal and the second signal.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein: The synchronization reference object includes at least one of the following: SSB, CSI-RS and TRS sent on the first carrier; SSB, CSI-RS and TRS sent on the second carrier; SSB, CSI-RS and TRS transmitted on the same-band carrier of the second carrier; SSB, CSI-RS and TRS transmitted on the third carrier; SSB, CSI-RS and TRS transmitted on the co-band carrier of the third carrier; GPS timing; Any two carriers among the first carrier, the second carrier and the third carrier are the same or different.

19. The method according to claim 17, wherein: The first form of signal includes at least one of the following: PRACH; SRS; PUCCH; PUSCH; Other activation signals that trigger downlink signal transmission or downlink channel transmission; Other signals on demand.

20. The method according to claim 17, wherein: The signal resources include at least one of the following: time domain resources, frequency domain resources, sequence resources, and space domain resources.

21. The method according to claim 17, wherein: The power parameter includes at least one of the following: initial power, power ramp-up step length.

22. The method according to claim 17, wherein: The number of repetitions of signal sending includes at least one of the following: the number of repetitions of each signal sending, and the maximum number of repetitions of signal sending.

23. The method according to claim 17, wherein: The second signal includes at least one of the following: SSB, CSI-RS, SRS, PRACH.

24. The method of claim 17, wherein: The resource of the configuration signal includes at least one of the following: The resource for configuring the signal and the flexible transmission resource are in the same serving cell; configuring the signal resource and the flexible transmission resource in different serving cells; Configuring the signal resource and the flexible transmission resource to be in the same BWP; configuring the signal resource and the flexible transmission resource to be in different BWPs; The resource for configuring the signal and the flexible transmission resource are on the same carrier; Configuring the signal resource and the flexible transmission resource to be on different carriers; The resource for configuring the signal and the flexible transmission resource are in the same frequency band; configuring the signal resource and the flexible transmission resource to be in different frequency bands; configuring a second association relationship between the resource of the signal and different flexible transmission resources; The resources of the signal are configured as resources used to activate or deactivate other on-demand signals.

25. The method of claim 17, wherein: The association relationship between the signal resource and the reference signal satisfies at least one of the following: The resources of the signal are associated to the same reference signal index; The signal resources are associated with indexes of multiple reference signals.

26. The method according to any one of claims 16 to 24, wherein: The first signal is a PRACH signal; The network side device receives a first signal sent by a terminal, including: The network side device receives the PRACH signal sent by the terminal using the PRACH resource; The PRACH resource includes at least one of the following: a set of PRACH preambles on a first transmission resource; a portion of a first transmission resource; Additional independently configurable transmission resources; Partially specific PRACH preambles on flexible transmission resources; Some flexible transmission resources; The first transmission resource is a transmission resource other than the flexible transmission resource.

27. The method of claim 16, wherein: The first signal includes at least one of the following: a first time resource and a second time resource that are different from each other, the first time resource is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the second time resource is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource; a first frequency domain resource and a second frequency domain resource that are different from each other, the first frequency domain resource is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the second frequency domain resource is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource; a first space resource and a second space resource that are different from each other, the first space resource is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the second space resource is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource; a first signal sequence and a second signal sequence that are different from each other, the first signal sequence is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the second signal sequence is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource; A third signal and a fourth signal, the third signal is used to notify or request the network side device to activate the flexible transmission resource, and the fourth signal resource is used to notify or request the network side device to deactivate the flexible transmission resource.

28. A resource processing device, the device comprising: Determine module and send module; The determination module is used to determine a first signal based on the first configuration information, where the first signal is used for any one of the following: notifying or requesting a network side device to activate flexible transmission resources, notifying or requesting a network side device to deactivate flexible transmission resources; The sending module is used to send the first signal to the network side device.

29. A resource processing device, the device comprising: Receiving module and processing module; The receiving module is configured to receive a first signal sent by a terminal, where the first signal is determined by the terminal based on first configuration information, and the first signal is used for any one of the following: notifying or requesting a network side device to activate flexible transmission resources, or notifying or requesting a network side device to deactivate flexible transmission resources; The processing module is used to activate or deactivate the flexible transmission resource based on the first signal.

30. 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 resource processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 15 are implemented.

31. A network side device, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores programs or instructions that can be run on the processor, and when the programs or instructions are executed by the processor, the steps of the resource processing method as described in any one of claims 16 to 27 are implemented.

32. A readable storage medium storing a program or instruction, wherein the program or instruction, when executed by a processor, implements the resource processing method as described in any one of claims 1 to 15, or implements the steps of the resource processing method as described in any one of claims 16 to 27.

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