Method and apparatus for transmitting information, and device

By measuring and reporting communication energy consumption or energy efficiency information in the new air interface system by terminals, the problem that network-side devices cannot accurately understand terminal energy consumption is solved, and more efficient terminal scheduling and configuration is achieved, improving user experience and system performance.

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PCT/CN2024/135031
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Patent Type
Applications
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Priority Date
2023-11-28
Filing Date
2024-11-27
Publication Date
2025-06-05

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Technical Problem

In the New Radio (NR) system, the network side equipment cannot accurately understand the terminal's communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, which affects the terminal's scheduling and configuration performance.

Method used

The terminal measures and reports the measurement results of communication energy consumption or energy efficiency to the network-side equipment, and the network-side equipment performs adaptive scheduling and configuration adjustments based on this information.

Benefits of technology

By reporting the terminal's energy consumption or energy efficiency information in real time, network-side equipment can perform scheduling and configuration adjustments more accurately, improving the terminal's user experience and system performance.

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Abstract

The present application belongs to the field of communications, and discloses a method and apparatus for transmitting information, and a device. The method for transmitting information in embodiments of the present application comprises: a terminal measures communication energy consumption or energy efficiency; and the terminal reports first information to a network side device, the first information comprising a measurement result corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency. In the embodiments, the terminal reports a measurement result corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency to the network side device, so that the network side device can adaptively perform scheduling or configuration adjustment on the basis of the energy consumption or energy efficiency status of the terminal, thereby improving scheduling or configuration performance for the terminal, and improving the user experience of the terminal (such as an energy consumption- or energy efficiency-sensitive terminal).
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Information transmission method, device and equipment

[0001] CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0002] This application claims priority to the Chinese patent application filed with the China Patent Office on November 28, 2023, with application number 202311612673.8 and invention name “Information Transmission Method, Device and Equipment”, the entire contents of which are incorporated by reference into this application. Technical Field

[0003] The present application relates to the field of communications, and more specifically, to an information transmission method, apparatus, and device. Background Art

[0004] In the New Radio (NR) system, various terminal energy-saving mechanisms have been introduced to achieve terminal energy conservation, such as discontinuous reception (DRX), physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) skipping, search space group switching, cell dormancy, and paging early indication (PEI). However, network-side devices are unaware of the specific energy consumption or energy efficiency of the terminal, which affects the network-side device's scheduling or configuration performance for the terminal. Summary of the Invention

[0005] The embodiments of the present application provide an information transmission method, apparatus, and device, wherein a terminal reports measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency to a network-side device, so that the network-side device can adaptively perform scheduling or configuration adjustments based on the energy consumption or energy efficiency of the terminal, thereby solving the problem that the network-side device does not know the specific energy consumption or energy efficiency of the terminal.

[0006] In a first aspect, a method for transmitting information is provided, comprising:

[0007] The terminal measures communication energy consumption or energy efficiency;

[0008] The terminal reports first information to the network side device, wherein the first information includes a measurement result corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency.

[0009] In a second aspect, an information transmission method is provided, comprising:

[0010] The network side device receives first information from the terminal, wherein the first information includes a measurement result corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency.

[0011] In a third aspect, an information transmission device is provided, comprising:

[0012] a processing unit for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency;

[0013] The transceiver unit is used to report first information to the network side device, wherein the first information includes a measurement result corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency.

[0014] In a fourth aspect, an information transmission device is provided, comprising:

[0015] The transceiver unit is configured to receive first information from a terminal, wherein the first information includes a measurement result corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency.

[0016] In a fifth aspect, a terminal is provided, comprising a transceiver, 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.

[0017] In the sixth aspect, a terminal is provided, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the processor is used to measure communication energy consumption or energy efficiency; the communication interface is used to report first information to a network side device, wherein the first information includes measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency.

[0018] 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.

[0019] In an eighth aspect, a network side device is provided, comprising a transceiver, a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is used to receive first information from a terminal, wherein the first information includes measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency.

[0020] 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.

[0021] In the tenth aspect, a wireless communication system is provided, including: 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.

[0022] 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.

[0023] 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 information transmission method as described in the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0024] In an embodiment of the present application, the terminal reports the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency to the network side device, so that the network side device can adaptively perform scheduling or configuration adjustments according to the energy consumption or energy efficiency of the terminal, thereby improving the scheduling or configuration performance for the terminal, and also improving the user experience of the terminal (such as energy consumption or energy efficiency sensitive terminals). BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0025] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the following briefly introduces the drawings required for use in the description of the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present application. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without any creative work.

[0026] FIG1 is a schematic diagram of a communication system architecture provided in an embodiment of the present application.

[0027] FIG2 is a schematic flowchart of an information transmission method provided according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0028] FIG3 is a schematic block diagram of an information transmission device provided according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0029] FIG4 is a schematic block diagram of another information transmission device provided according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0030] FIG5 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device provided according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0031] FIG6 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a terminal provided according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0032] FIG7 is a schematic block diagram of a network-side device provided according to an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0033] 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.

[0034] 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.

[0035] 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.

[0036] It is worth noting that the technology described in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to the Internet of Things (IoT) system, but can also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as Long Term Evolution (LTE) / LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) systems, 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), Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN), Wireless Fidelity (WiFi), Bluetooth systems, or other systems. In the embodiments of the present application, the terms "system" and "network" are often used interchangeably, and the technology described can be used for the systems and radio technologies mentioned above, as well as for other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes a New Radio (NR) system for example purposes, and NR terminology is used in most of the following description, but these techniques can also be applied to systems other than NR systems, such as 6G (6 th Generation, 6G) communication system.

[0037] 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, vehicle-mounted controller, vehicle-mounted module, vehicle-mounted component, vehicle-mounted chip or 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.

[0038] The network side device 12 may include an access network device or a core network device.

[0039] Access network equipment may also be referred to as radio access network (RAN) equipment, radio access network functions, or radio access network units. Access network equipment may include base stations, wireless local area network (WLAN) access points (APs), or wireless fidelity (WiFi) nodes. 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.

[0040] Among them, the core network equipment may include but is not limited to at least one of the following: core network node, core network function, mobility management entity (MME), access mobility management function (AMF), session management function (SMF), user plane function (UPF), policy control function (PCF), policy and charging rules function unit (PCRF), edge application service discovery function (EASDF), unified data management (UDM), unified data repository (UDR), home user server (HSS), centralized network configuration (CNC), network storage function (NRF), network exposure function (NEF), local NEF (L-NEF), binding support function (BSF), application function ( Function, AF), Network Data Analytics Function (NWDAF), Location Management Function (LMF), etc. It should be noted that in the embodiment of the present application, only the core network device in the NR system is introduced as an example, and the specific type of the core network device is not limited.

[0041] In order to facilitate a better understanding of the embodiments of the present application, the problems solved by the present application are explained.

[0042] In the NR system, various energy-saving solutions have been designed for terminals, including UE DRX, PDCCH skipping, search space group switching, cell dormancy, and paging early indication (PEI). However, network-side equipment does not know the energy savings benefits of configuring terminal energy-saving solutions. Furthermore, network-side equipment is also unclear about how to optimize terminal scheduling for energy consumption or efficiency gains.

[0043] In 6G-oriented networks, in order to improve the user experience of power-sensitive terminals, it is necessary for network-side devices to perform adaptive scheduling or configuration adjustments based on the energy consumption or energy efficiency of the terminals.

[0044] Based on the above problems, this application proposes a communication energy consumption or energy efficiency measurement and reporting scheme, in which the terminal reports the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency to the network side device, so that the network side device can adaptively perform scheduling or configuration adjustments according to the energy consumption or energy efficiency of the terminal, thereby improving the scheduling or configuration performance for the terminal, and also improving the user experience of the terminal (such as energy consumption or energy efficiency sensitive terminals).

[0045] To facilitate understanding of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the technical solutions of the present application are described in detail below through specific embodiments. The above related technologies can be combined arbitrarily with the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application as optional solutions, and all of them fall within the scope of protection of the embodiments of the present application. The embodiments of the present application include at least part of the following contents.

[0046] FIG2 is a schematic flow chart of an information transmission method 200 according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG2 , the information transmission method 200 may include at least part of the following contents:

[0047] S210, the terminal measures communication energy consumption or energy efficiency;

[0048] S220, the terminal reports first information to the network side device, where the first information includes a measurement result corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency;

[0049] S230: The network-side device receives the first information from the terminal.

[0050] It should be understood that FIG2 shows the steps or operations of the information transmission method 200, but these steps or operations are merely examples, and the embodiments of the present application may also perform other operations or variations of the operations in FIG2.

[0051] In an embodiment of the present application, the terminal reports the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency to the network side device, so that the network side device can adaptively perform scheduling or configuration adjustments according to the energy consumption or energy efficiency of the terminal, thereby improving the scheduling or configuration performance for the terminal, and also improving the user experience of the terminal (such as energy consumption or energy efficiency sensitive terminals).

[0052] In an embodiment of the present application, the terminal performs real-time reporting of energy consumption or energy efficiency, which enables the network-side device to obtain terminal energy consumption information of different energy-saving plans or scheduling plans, so that the network-side device can adopt the optimal plan to minimize terminal energy consumption or optimize energy efficiency.

[0053] In some embodiments, the network-side device adjusts the energy saving plan or scheduling plan of the terminal according to the first information.

[0054] For example, the network-side device may adaptively perform scheduling or configuration adjustments based on the energy consumption or energy efficiency of the terminal.

[0055] For example, the network-side device may adaptively adjust scheduling parameters (such as scheduling mode, scheduled resources, etc.) according to the energy consumption or energy efficiency of the terminal. For example, when the energy consumption of the terminal is greater than or equal to a first threshold, or when the energy efficiency of the terminal is less than or equal to a second threshold, the scheduling parameters are adjusted to reduce the energy consumption of the terminal or improve the energy efficiency of the terminal.

[0056] For example, the network-side device may adaptively adjust energy-saving configuration parameters (such as energy-saving mode, energy-saving parameters, etc.) according to the energy consumption or energy efficiency of the terminal. For example, when the energy consumption of the terminal is greater than or equal to a first threshold, or when the energy efficiency of the terminal is less than or equal to a second threshold, the energy-saving configuration parameters are adjusted to reduce the energy consumption of the terminal or improve the energy efficiency of the terminal.

[0057] In some embodiments, the first information may be carried by at least one of the following: a random access message, a radio resource control (RRC) signaling, uplink control information (UCI), and a media access control layer control element (MAC CE).

[0058] In some embodiments, the first information is carried by at least one of the following: a periodically configured PUCCH or PUSCH, an aperiodically triggered PUCCH or PUSCH, or a semi-statically triggered PUCCH or PUSCH.

[0059] In some embodiments, the measurement result includes but is not limited to at least one of the following: relative energy consumption, relative energy efficiency, absolute energy consumption, and absolute energy efficiency. That is, in this embodiment, the terminal can explicitly report the measurement result.

[0060] It should be noted that absolute energy consumption can also be called actual energy consumption, and absolute energy efficiency can also be called actual energy efficiency.

[0061] In some embodiments, the absolute energy consumption is determined based on the total energy consumption measured within the target monitoring time window. In this embodiment, the absolute energy consumption can be determined based on the total energy consumption measured within the target monitoring time window, thereby more accurately determining the absolute energy consumption.

[0062] Optionally, the absolute energy consumption is equal to the total energy consumption E measured by the terminal within the target monitoring time window T, such as absolute energy consumption=E.

[0063] In some embodiments, the absolute energy consumption is determined based on the average power measured within the target monitoring time window. In this embodiment, the absolute energy consumption can be determined based on the average power measured within the target monitoring time window, thereby more accurately determining the absolute energy consumption.

[0064] Optionally, the absolute energy consumption is equal to the average power W measured within the target monitoring time window T, such as absolute energy consumption=W, where W=E / T, and E is the total energy consumption measured by the terminal within the target monitoring time window T.

[0065] In some embodiments, the absolute energy efficiency is determined based on the total amount of traffic sent or received within the target monitoring time window and the total energy consumption measured within the target monitoring time window. In this embodiment, the absolute energy efficiency can be determined based on the total amount of traffic sent or received within the target monitoring time window and the total energy consumption measured within the target monitoring time window, thereby enabling a more accurate determination of the absolute energy efficiency.

[0066] Optionally, the absolute energy efficiency is equal to the ratio of the total amount of services D sent or received within the target monitoring time window T to the total energy consumption E measured within the target monitoring time window T, such as absolute energy efficiency=D / E.

[0067] Optionally, the absolute energy efficiency is equal to the ratio of the total energy consumption E measured within the target monitoring time window T to the total volume of services D sent or received within the target monitoring time window T, such as absolute energy efficiency=E / D.

[0068] In some embodiments, the relative energy consumption includes, but is not limited to, at least one of the following: energy consumption relative to a reference configuration, energy consumption relative to a reference monitoring time window, and energy consumption relative to a reference energy consumption model. In this embodiment, the relative energy consumption includes energy consumption relative to a reference configuration, energy consumption relative to a reference monitoring time window, and energy consumption relative to a reference energy consumption model, thereby more accurately reflecting relative energy consumption.

[0069] Optionally, the energy consumption relative to the reference configuration is determined based on the total energy consumption measured within the target monitoring time window and the total energy consumption of sending or receiving according to the reference configuration within the target monitoring time window. In this embodiment, the energy consumption relative to the reference configuration can be determined based on the total energy consumption measured within the target monitoring time window and the total energy consumption of sending or receiving according to the reference configuration within the target monitoring time window, so that the energy consumption relative to the reference configuration can be determined more accurately.

[0070] Exemplarily, energy consumption relative to the reference configuration = E / E′; where E represents the total energy consumption measured within the target monitoring time window T, and E′ represents the total energy consumption of sending or receiving according to the reference configuration within the target monitoring time window T.

[0071] Exemplarily, energy consumption relative to the reference configuration = (EE′) / E′; where E represents the total energy consumption measured within the target monitoring time window T, and E′ represents the total energy consumption of sending or receiving according to the reference configuration within the target monitoring time window T.

[0072] Optionally, the energy consumption relative to the reference configuration is determined based on the average power measured within the target monitoring time window and the average power sent or received according to the reference configuration within the target monitoring time window. In this embodiment, the energy consumption relative to the reference configuration is determined based on the average power measured within the target monitoring time window and the average power sent or received according to the reference configuration within the target monitoring time window, so that the energy consumption relative to the reference configuration can be determined more accurately.

[0073] Exemplarily, energy consumption relative to the reference configuration = W / W′; wherein W represents the average power measured within the target monitoring time window T, and W′ represents the average power sent or received according to the reference configuration within the target monitoring time window T.

[0074] Exemplarily, energy consumption relative to the reference configuration = (WW′) / W′; where W represents the average power measured within the target monitoring time window T, and W′ represents the average power sent or received according to the reference configuration within the target monitoring time window T.

[0075] Optionally, the energy consumption relative to the reference monitoring time window is determined based on the total energy consumption measured in the target monitoring time window and the total energy consumption measured in the reference monitoring time window. In this embodiment, the energy consumption relative to the reference monitoring time window can be determined based on the total energy consumption measured in the target monitoring time window and the total energy consumption measured in the reference monitoring time window, so that the energy consumption relative to the reference monitoring time window can be determined more accurately.

[0076] Exemplarily, energy consumption relative to a reference monitoring time window = E / E″; wherein E represents the total energy consumption measured within the target monitoring time window T, and E″ represents the total energy consumption measured within the reference monitoring time window T′.

[0077] Exemplarily, energy consumption relative to a reference monitoring time window = (EE″) / E″; wherein E represents the total energy consumption measured within the target monitoring time window T, and E″ represents the total energy consumption measured within the reference monitoring time window T′.

[0078] Optionally, the energy consumption relative to the reference monitoring time window is determined based on the average power measured in the target monitoring time window and the average power measured in the reference monitoring time window. In this embodiment, the energy consumption relative to the reference monitoring time window can be determined based on the average power measured in the target monitoring time window and the average power measured in the reference monitoring time window, so that the energy consumption relative to the reference monitoring time window can be determined more accurately.

[0079] Exemplarily, energy consumption relative to a reference monitoring time window = W / W″; wherein W represents the average power measured in the target monitoring time window T, and W″ represents the average power measured in the reference monitoring time window T′.

[0080] Exemplarily, energy consumption relative to a reference monitoring time window = (WW″) / W″; wherein W represents the average power measured in the target monitoring time window T, and W″ represents the average power measured in the reference monitoring time window T′.

[0081] Optionally, the energy consumption relative to the reference energy consumption model is determined based on the total energy consumption inferred from the reference energy consumption model under the transmission state configured or scheduled within the target monitoring time window. In this embodiment, the energy consumption relative to the reference energy consumption model can be determined based on the total energy consumption inferred from the reference energy consumption model under the transmission state configured or scheduled within the target monitoring time window, so that the energy consumption relative to the reference energy consumption model can be determined more accurately.

[0082] Exemplarily, the energy consumption relative to the reference energy consumption model is equal to the total energy consumption inferred from the transmission state configured or scheduled by the reference energy consumption model within the target monitoring time window.

[0083] Optionally, the energy consumption relative to the reference energy consumption model is determined based on the average power inferred from the reference energy consumption model under the transmission state configured or scheduled within the target monitoring time window. In this embodiment, the energy consumption relative to the reference energy consumption model can be determined based on the average power inferred from the reference energy consumption model under the transmission state configured or scheduled within the target monitoring time window, so that the energy consumption relative to the reference energy consumption model can be determined more accurately.

[0084] Exemplarily, the energy consumption relative to the reference energy consumption model is equal to the average power inferred from the transmission state configured or scheduled by the reference energy consumption model within the target monitoring time window.

[0085] In some embodiments, the relative energy efficiency includes, but is not limited to, at least one of the following: energy efficiency relative to a reference configuration, energy efficiency relative to a reference monitoring time window, and energy efficiency relative to a reference energy consumption model. In this embodiment, the relative energy efficiency includes energy efficiency relative to a reference configuration, energy efficiency relative to a reference monitoring time window, and energy efficiency relative to a reference energy consumption model, thereby more accurately reflecting relative energy efficiency.

[0086] Optionally, the energy efficiency relative to the reference configuration is determined based on the total amount of business sent or received within the target monitoring time window, the total energy consumption measured within the target monitoring time window, and the total energy consumption sent or received according to the reference configuration within the target monitoring time window. In this embodiment, the energy efficiency relative to the reference configuration can be determined based on the total amount of business sent or received within the target monitoring time window, the total energy consumption measured within the target monitoring time window, and the total energy consumption sent or received according to the reference configuration within the target monitoring time window, so that the energy efficiency relative to the reference configuration can be determined more accurately.

[0087] Exemplarily, the energy efficiency relative to the reference configuration = D / (E / E′); where D represents the total amount of services sent or received within the target monitoring time window T, E represents the total energy consumption measured within the target monitoring time window T, and E′ represents the total energy consumption sent or received according to the reference configuration within the target monitoring time window T.

[0088] Exemplarily, the energy efficiency relative to the reference configuration = D / [(EE′) / E′]; where D represents the total amount of services sent or received within the target monitoring time window T, E represents the total energy consumption measured within the target monitoring time window T, and E′ represents the total energy consumption sent or received according to the reference configuration within the target monitoring time window T.

[0089] Optionally, the energy efficiency relative to the reference configuration is determined based on the total amount of business sent or received within the target monitoring time window, the average power measured within the target monitoring time window, and the average power sent or received according to the reference configuration within the target monitoring time window. In this embodiment, the energy efficiency relative to the reference configuration is determined based on the total amount of business sent or received within the target monitoring time window, the average power measured within the target monitoring time window, and the average power sent or received according to the reference configuration within the target monitoring time window, so that the energy efficiency relative to the reference configuration can be determined more accurately.

[0090] Exemplarily, the energy efficiency relative to the reference configuration = D / (W / W′); where D represents the total amount of services sent or received within the target monitoring time window T, W represents the average power measured within the target monitoring time window T, and W′ represents the average power sent or received according to the reference configuration within the target monitoring time window T.

[0091] Exemplarily, the energy efficiency relative to the reference configuration = D / [(WW′) / W′]; where D represents the total amount of services sent or received within the target monitoring time window T, W represents the average power measured within the target monitoring time window T, and W′ represents the average power sent or received according to the reference configuration within the target monitoring time window T.

[0092] Optionally, the energy efficiency relative to the reference monitoring time window is determined based on the total amount of business sent or received in the target monitoring time window, the total energy consumption measured in the target monitoring time window, and the total energy consumption measured in the reference monitoring time window. In this embodiment, the energy efficiency relative to the reference monitoring time window can be determined based on the total amount of business sent or received in the target monitoring time window, the total energy consumption measured in the target monitoring time window, and the total energy consumption measured in the reference monitoring time window, so that the energy efficiency relative to the reference monitoring time window can be determined more accurately.

[0093] Exemplarily, the energy efficiency relative to the reference monitoring time window = D / (E / E″); wherein D represents the total amount of services sent or received within the target monitoring time window T, E represents the total energy consumption measured within the target monitoring time window T, and E″ represents the total energy consumption measured within the reference monitoring time window T′.

[0094] Exemplarily, the energy efficiency relative to the reference monitoring time window = D / [(EE″) / E″]; wherein D represents the total amount of services sent or received within the target monitoring time window T, E represents the total energy consumption measured within the target monitoring time window T, and E″ represents the total energy consumption measured within the reference monitoring time window T′.

[0095] Optionally, the energy efficiency relative to the reference monitoring time window is determined based on the total amount of business sent or received in the target monitoring time window, the average power measured in the target monitoring time window, and the average power measured in the reference monitoring time window. In this embodiment, the energy efficiency relative to the reference monitoring time window can be determined based on the total amount of business sent or received in the target monitoring time window, the average power measured in the target monitoring time window, and the average power measured in the reference monitoring time window, so that the energy efficiency relative to the reference monitoring time window can be determined more accurately.

[0096] Exemplarily, the energy efficiency relative to the reference monitoring time window = D / (W / W″); where D represents the total amount of services sent or received within the target monitoring time window T, W represents the average power measured within the target monitoring time window T, and W″ represents the average power measured within the reference monitoring time window T′.

[0097] Exemplarily, the energy efficiency relative to the reference monitoring time window = D / [(WW″) / W″]; wherein D represents the total amount of services sent or received within the target monitoring time window T, W represents the average power measured within the target monitoring time window T, and W″ represents the average power measured within the reference monitoring time window T′.

[0098] Optionally, the energy efficiency relative to the reference energy consumption model is determined based on the total amount of traffic sent or received within the target monitoring time window and the total energy consumption inferred by the reference energy consumption model under the transmission state configured or scheduled within the target monitoring time window. Exemplarily, the energy efficiency relative to the reference energy consumption model is equal to the ratio of the total amount of traffic sent or received within the target monitoring time window to the total energy consumption inferred by the reference energy consumption model under the transmission state configured or scheduled within the target monitoring time window, or the energy efficiency relative to the reference energy consumption model is equal to the ratio of the total energy consumption inferred by the reference energy consumption model under the transmission state configured or scheduled within the target monitoring time window to the total amount of traffic sent or received within the target monitoring time window.

[0099] Optionally, the energy efficiency relative to the reference energy consumption model is determined based on the total amount of traffic sent or received within the target monitoring time window and the average power inferred from the reference energy consumption model under the transmission state configured or scheduled within the target monitoring time window. Exemplarily, the energy efficiency relative to the reference energy consumption model is equal to the ratio of the total amount of traffic sent or received within the target monitoring time window to the average power inferred from the reference energy consumption model under the transmission state configured or scheduled within the target monitoring time window, or the energy efficiency relative to the reference energy consumption model is equal to the ratio of the average power inferred from the reference energy consumption model under the transmission state configured or scheduled within the target monitoring time window to the total amount of traffic sent or received within the target monitoring time window.

[0100] In some embodiments, the reference configuration includes specific sleep state information of the terminal or reference transmission state information of a specific channel. Optionally, the reference configuration can be agreed upon by a protocol, configured by a network device, or determined based on a capability report of the terminal.

[0101] Optionally, the specific sleep state information of the terminal is associated with an energy saving solution of the terminal.

[0102] Optionally, the specific channel includes but is not limited to at least one of the following: physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), synchronization signal block (SSB), tracking reference signal (TRS), physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), sounding reference signal (SRS) and physical random access channel (PRACH).

[0103] Optionally, the reference transmission state includes but is not limited to at least one of the following: multiple input multiple output (MIMO) parameters (such as antenna configuration, rank configuration, etc.), transmit or receive bandwidth, modulation and coding scheme (MCS), transmit power, reference signal received power (RSRP), and time domain length.

[0104] In some embodiments, the reference monitoring time window is the previous monitoring time window, or the reference monitoring time window is the monitoring time window corresponding to the measurement result corresponding to the last reported communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, or the reference monitoring time window is a preset monitoring time window. Optionally, the reference monitoring time window can be agreed upon by a protocol, or the reference monitoring time window is configured by a network-side device, or the reference monitoring time window is determined based on the capability report of the terminal.

[0105] In some embodiments, under different transmission states, the reference energy consumption model can be used to infer different power consumption or average power. Optionally, the reference energy consumption model can be agreed upon by a protocol, configured by a network-side device, or determined based on a capability report from a terminal.

[0106] In some embodiments, the target monitoring time window is determined based on at least one of the following:

[0107] The time point with a first duration between the reporting opportunity corresponding to the first information and the reporting opportunity corresponding to the first information is the end time point of the target monitoring time window, and the time point with a second duration between the end time point and the end time point is the start time point of the target monitoring time window;

[0108] a sending or receiving time window of a packet or a complete packet closest to the reporting opportunity corresponding to the first information and before the time point separated by the first time interval between the reporting opportunities corresponding to the first information;

[0109] The sending or receiving time window of a business flow or a complete business flow closest to the reporting opportunity corresponding to the first information and before the time point with the first duration between the reporting opportunities corresponding to the first information.

[0110] In some embodiments, the first duration is associated with at least one of the following:

[0111] The subcarrier spacing (SCS) of the cell or bandwidth part (Band Width Part, BWP) associated with the target monitoring time window, the maximum or minimum SCS of at least two cells or at least two BWPs associated with the target monitoring time window, and the processing time of the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency reported by the terminal.

[0112] Optionally, the first duration may be agreed upon by a protocol, or configured by a network-side device, or determined based on a capability report of the terminal.

[0113] In some embodiments, the second duration is associated with at least one of:

[0114] The SCS of the cell or BWP associated with the target monitoring time window, the maximum or minimum SCS of at least two cells or at least two BWPs associated with the target monitoring time window, and the processing time of the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency reported by the terminal.

[0115] Optionally, the second duration may be agreed upon by a protocol, or configured by a network-side device, or determined based on a capability report of the terminal.

[0116] Illustratively, the first duration and the second duration may be the same or different, and this embodiment does not limit this.

[0117] In some embodiments, the measurement result includes, but is not limited to, at least one of the following: a rate reporting request, a latency monitoring result or change request, a rate and latency monitoring result relative to a reference energy consumption model, actual data transmission and reception time, and a single data transmission and reception time. That is, in this embodiment, the terminal can implicitly report the measurement result.

[0118] Exemplarily, the measurement result includes a reporting rate request. After receiving the reporting rate request, the network-side device may infer changes in the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency of the terminal based on the reporting rate request.

[0119] Exemplarily, the measurement results include monitoring results or change requests of the delay. After receiving the monitoring results or change requests of the delay, the network side device can infer changes in the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency of the terminal based on the monitoring results or change requests of the delay.

[0120] Exemplarily, the measurement results include rate and delay monitoring results relative to a reference energy consumption model. After receiving the rate and delay monitoring results relative to the reference energy consumption model, the network side device can infer changes in the terminal's communication energy consumption or energy efficiency based on the rate and delay monitoring results relative to the reference energy consumption model.

[0121] For example, the measurement results include the actual time of sending and receiving data. After receiving the actual time of sending and receiving data, the network-side device can infer changes in the terminal's communication energy consumption or energy efficiency based on the actual time of sending and receiving data. It should be noted that the actual time of sending and receiving data can also be referred to as the service time of sending or receiving.

[0122] For example, the measurement result includes the duration of a single data transmission or reception. After receiving the duration of a single data transmission or reception, the network-side device can infer changes in the terminal's communication energy consumption or energy efficiency based on the duration of the single data transmission or reception. It should be noted that the duration of a single data transmission or reception can also be referred to as the service time of a single transmission or reception.

[0123] In some embodiments, the frequency domain granularity for reporting measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency includes, but is not limited to, at least one of the following: serving cell, serving cell group, frequency band, frequency band combination, and terminal. In this embodiment, different frequency domain granularities can be used to report measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, thereby enabling more flexible reporting of measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency.

[0124] Exemplarily, the measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency are reported according to one or more of the following frequency domain granularities:

[0125] Per serving cell;

[0126] Per serving cell group;

[0127] Per band;

[0128] Per band combination;

[0129] Per UE.

[0130] Optionally, the frequency domain granularity of reporting the measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency can be agreed upon by the protocol, or the frequency domain granularity of reporting the measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency is configured by the network side device, or the frequency domain granularity of reporting the measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency is determined based on the terminal's capability report.

[0131] In some embodiments, the link granularity for reporting the measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency includes, but is not limited to, at least one of the following: downlink, uplink, and sidelink. In this embodiment, different link granularities can be used to report the measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, thereby providing more flexible reporting of the measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency.

[0132] Exemplarily, the measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency are reported according to one or more of the following link granularities:

[0133] Per downlink;

[0134] Per uplink;

[0135] Per sidelink.

[0136] Optionally, the reporting link granularity of the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency can be agreed upon by the protocol, or the reporting link granularity of the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency can be configured by the network side device, or the reporting link granularity of the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency can be determined based on the terminal's capability report.

[0137] In some embodiments, the module granularity for reporting measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency includes, but is not limited to, at least one of the following: all communication-related modules of the entire device, the baseband module, the radio frequency (RF) module, the physical layer module, the high-layer module, the module included in the antenna port measurement, and the module included in the processor port measurement. In this embodiment, different module granularities can be used to report measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, thereby enabling more flexible reporting of measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency.

[0138] Exemplarily, the measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency are reported according to one or more of the following module granularities:

[0139] All communication-related modules of the whole machine;

[0140] Baseband module;

[0141] RF module;

[0142] Physical layer module;

[0143] High-level modules;

[0144] Modules included in Antenna port measurement;

[0145] Processor port measurement includes modules.

[0146] Optionally, the granularity of the reporting module for the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency can be agreed upon by the protocol, or the granularity of the reporting module for the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency can be configured by the network side device, or the granularity of the reporting module for the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency can be determined based on the terminal's capability report.

[0147] In some embodiments, the first information further includes but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0148] Reporting information identifier, information of the monitoring time window corresponding to the measurement result, information of the reference monitoring time window corresponding to the measurement result, information of the reference energy consumption model corresponding to the measurement result, frequency domain granularity information corresponding to the measurement result (such as the reported frequency domain granularity indication), link granularity information corresponding to the measurement result (such as the reported link granularity indication), and module granularity information corresponding to the measurement result (such as the reported module granularity indication).

[0149] Exemplarily, the reporting information identifier is used to indicate the measurement configuration corresponding to the measurement result corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency included in the first information.

[0150] In some embodiments, before the terminal measures communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, the terminal receives second information from the network side device; wherein, the second information is used to configure at least one of the following; the terminal measures relevant information of communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, and the terminal reports relevant information of the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency.

[0151] In some embodiments, the second information includes but is not limited to at least one of the following: a configuration identifier for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, configuration information for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, configuration information for reporting measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, configuration information for monitoring time windows, configuration information for reference monitoring time windows, and configuration information for reference energy consumption models.

[0152] In some embodiments, the configuration information for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency includes at least one of the following: frequency domain granularity configuration information for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, link granularity configuration information for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, and module granularity configuration information for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency.

[0153] Exemplarily, the frequency domain granularity for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency is the same as or different from the frequency domain granularity for reporting the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency. For example, the frequency domain granularity for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency is smaller than the frequency domain granularity for reporting the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency.

[0154] Exemplarily, the link granularity for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency is the same as or different from the link granularity for reporting the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency. For example, the link granularity for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency is smaller than the link granularity for reporting the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency.

[0155] Exemplarily, the module granularity for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency is the same as or different from the module granularity for reporting the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency. For example, the module granularity for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency is smaller than the module granularity for reporting the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency.

[0156] In some embodiments, the configuration information for reporting the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency includes at least one of the following: a reporting type indication of the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, a reporting channel indication of the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, and a reporting parameter indication of the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency.

[0157] In some embodiments, the second information may be carried by at least one of the following: RRC signaling, downlink control information (DCI), and MAC CE.

[0158] Therefore, in an embodiment of the present application, the terminal reports the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency to the network side device, so that the network side device can adaptively perform scheduling or configuration adjustments according to the energy consumption or energy efficiency of the terminal, thereby improving the scheduling or configuration performance for the terminal, and also improving the user experience of the terminal (such as energy consumption or energy efficiency sensitive terminals).

[0159] In other words, the real-time reporting of energy consumption or energy efficiency by the terminal enables the network-side equipment to obtain terminal energy consumption information of different energy-saving plans or scheduling plans, so that the network-side equipment can adopt the best plan to minimize the energy consumption of the terminal or optimize the energy efficiency.

[0160] The information transmission method provided in the embodiment of the present application can be executed by an information transmission device or a processing unit in the information transmission device for executing the information transmission method. In the embodiment of the present application, the information transmission device provided in the embodiment of the present application is described by taking the information transmission device executing the information transmission method as an example.

[0161] FIG3 shows a schematic block diagram of an information transmission device 300 according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG3 , the information transmission device 300 includes:

[0162] The processing unit 310 is configured to measure communication energy consumption or energy efficiency;

[0163] The transceiver unit 320 is configured to report first information to the network side device, wherein the first information includes measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency.

[0164] In some embodiments, the measurement result includes at least one of the following:

[0165] Relative energy consumption, relative energy efficiency, absolute energy consumption, absolute energy efficiency.

[0166] In some embodiments, the relative energy consumption includes at least one of the following: energy consumption relative to a reference configuration, energy consumption relative to a reference monitoring time window, energy consumption relative to a reference energy consumption model; or

[0167] The relative energy efficiency includes at least one of the following: energy efficiency relative to a reference configuration, energy efficiency relative to a reference monitoring time window, and energy efficiency relative to a reference energy consumption model;

[0168] The energy consumption relative to the reference configuration is determined based on the total energy consumption measured within the target monitoring time window and the total energy consumption of sending or receiving according to the reference configuration within the target monitoring time window, or the energy consumption relative to the reference configuration is determined based on the average power measured within the target monitoring time window and the average power of sending or receiving according to the reference configuration within the target monitoring time window;

[0169] The energy consumption relative to the reference monitoring time window is determined based on the total energy consumption measured in the target monitoring time window and the total energy consumption measured in the reference monitoring time window, or the energy consumption relative to the reference monitoring time window is determined based on the average power measured in the target monitoring time window and the average power measured in the reference monitoring time window;

[0170] The energy consumption relative to the reference energy consumption model is determined based on the total energy consumption inferred from the transmission state configured or scheduled by the reference energy consumption model within the target monitoring time window, or the energy consumption relative to the reference energy consumption model is determined based on the average power inferred from the transmission state configured or scheduled by the reference energy consumption model within the target monitoring time window;

[0171] The energy efficiency relative to the reference configuration is determined based on the total amount of traffic sent or received within the target monitoring time window, the total energy consumption measured within the target monitoring time window, and the total energy consumption sent or received according to the reference configuration within the target monitoring time window, or the energy efficiency relative to the reference configuration is determined based on the total amount of traffic sent or received within the target monitoring time window, the average power measured within the target monitoring time window, and the average power sent or received according to the reference configuration within the target monitoring time window;

[0172] The energy efficiency relative to the reference monitoring time window is determined based on the total amount of traffic sent or received in the target monitoring time window, the total energy consumption measured in the target monitoring time window, and the total energy consumption measured in the reference monitoring time window, or the energy efficiency relative to the reference monitoring time window is determined based on the total amount of traffic sent or received in the target monitoring time window, the average power measured in the target monitoring time window, and the average power measured in the reference monitoring time window;

[0173] In which, the energy efficiency relative to the reference energy consumption model is determined based on the total amount of business sent or received within the target monitoring time window and the total energy consumption inferred by the reference energy consumption model under the transmission state configured or scheduled within the target monitoring time window, or the energy efficiency relative to the reference energy consumption model is determined based on the total amount of business sent or received within the target monitoring time window and the average power inferred by the reference energy consumption model under the transmission state configured or scheduled within the target monitoring time window.

[0174] In some embodiments, the reference configuration includes specific sleep state information of the information transmission device 300 or reference transmission state information of a specific channel; or,

[0175] The reference monitoring time window is the previous monitoring time window, or the reference monitoring time window is the monitoring time window corresponding to the measurement result corresponding to the last reported communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, or the reference monitoring time window is a preset monitoring time window.

[0176] In some embodiments, the absolute energy consumption is determined based on the total energy consumption measured within the target monitoring time window, or the absolute energy consumption is determined based on the average power measured within the target monitoring time window; or

[0177] The absolute energy efficiency is determined based on the total amount of services sent or received within a target monitoring time window and the total energy consumption measured within the target monitoring time window.

[0178] In some embodiments, the target monitoring time window is determined based on at least one of the following:

[0179] The time point with a first time interval between the reporting opportunity corresponding to the first information and the reporting opportunity corresponding to the first information is the end time point of the target monitoring time window, and the time point with a second time interval between the end time point and the end time point is the start time point of the target monitoring time window;

[0180] a sending or receiving time window of a packet or a complete packet closest to the reporting opportunity corresponding to the first information and before the time point separated by the first time interval between the reporting opportunities corresponding to the first information;

[0181] The sending or receiving time window of a business flow or a complete business flow closest to the reporting opportunity corresponding to the first information and before the time point with the first time length between the reporting opportunities corresponding to the first information.

[0182] In some embodiments, the first duration is associated with at least one of the following: a subcarrier spacing SCS of a cell or bandwidth part BWP associated with the target monitoring time window, a maximum or minimum SCS of at least two cells or at least two BWPs associated with the target monitoring time window, and a processing time of a measurement result corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency reported by the information transmission device 300; or

[0183] The second duration is associated with at least one of the following: the SCS of the cell or BWP associated with the target monitoring time window, the maximum or minimum SCS of at least two cells or at least two BWPs associated with the target monitoring time window, and the processing time of the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency reported by the information transmission device 300.

[0184] In some embodiments, the measurement result includes at least one of the following:

[0185] Report rate requests, latency monitoring results or change requests, rate and latency monitoring results relative to the reference energy consumption model, actual data transmission and reception time, and single data transmission and reception time.

[0186] In some embodiments, the frequency domain granularity of the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency includes at least one of the following: serving cell, serving cell group, frequency band, frequency band combination, terminal; or,

[0187] The reporting link granularity of the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency includes at least one of the following: downlink, uplink, sidelink; or,

[0188] The reporting module granularity of the measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency includes at least one of the following: all communication-related modules of the entire machine, baseband module, RF module, physical layer module, high-level module, module included in antenna port measurement, and module included in processor port measurement.

[0189] In some embodiments, the first information further includes at least one of the following:

[0190] Reporting information identifier, information of the monitoring time window corresponding to the measurement result, information of the reference monitoring time window corresponding to the measurement result, information of the reference energy consumption model corresponding to the measurement result, frequency domain granularity information corresponding to the measurement result, link granularity information corresponding to the measurement result, and module granularity information corresponding to the measurement result.

[0191] In some embodiments, the first information is carried by at least one of the following:

[0192] Periodically configured physical uplink control channel PUCCH or physical uplink shared channel PUSCH, aperiodically triggered PUCCH or PUSCH, semi-statically triggered PUCCH or PUSCH.

[0193] In some embodiments, before the information transmission device 300 measures the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, the transceiver unit 320 is configured to receive second information from the network side device;

[0194] The second information is used to configure at least one of the following: the information transmission device 300 measures relevant information of communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, and the information transmission device 300 reports relevant information of the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency.

[0195] In some embodiments, the second information includes at least one of the following: a configuration identifier for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, configuration information for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, configuration information for reporting measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, configuration information for a monitoring time window, configuration information for a reference monitoring time window, and configuration information for a reference energy consumption model.

[0196] In some embodiments, the configuration information for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency includes at least one of the following: frequency domain granularity configuration information for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, link granularity configuration information for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, module granularity configuration information for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency; or,

[0197] The configuration information for reporting the measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency includes at least one of the following: a reporting type indication of the measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, a reporting channel indication of the measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, and a reporting parameter indication of the measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency.

[0198] In some embodiments, the transceiver unit 320 may be a communication interface or transceiver, or an input / output interface of a communication chip or a system on chip. The processing unit 310 may be embedded in or independent of a processor of the terminal in the form of hardware.

[0199] It should be understood that the information transmission device 300 according to the embodiment of the present application may correspond to the terminal in the method embodiment of the present application, and the various units in the information transmission device 300 are respectively for implementing the corresponding processes of the terminal in the method 200 shown in Figure 2. For the sake of brevity, they will not be repeated here.

[0200] Therefore, in an embodiment of the present application, the terminal reports the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency to the network side device, so that the network side device can adaptively perform scheduling or configuration adjustments according to the energy consumption or energy efficiency of the terminal, thereby improving the scheduling or configuration performance for the terminal, and also improving the user experience of the terminal (such as energy consumption or energy efficiency sensitive terminals).

[0201] FIG4 shows a schematic block diagram of an information transmission device 400 according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG4 , the information transmission device 400 includes:

[0202] The transceiver unit 410 is configured to receive first information from a terminal, wherein the first information includes a measurement result corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency.

[0203] In some embodiments, the measurement result includes at least one of the following:

[0204] Relative energy consumption, relative energy efficiency, absolute energy consumption, absolute energy efficiency.

[0205] In some embodiments, the relative energy consumption includes at least one of the following: energy consumption relative to a reference configuration, energy consumption relative to a reference monitoring time window, energy consumption relative to a reference energy consumption model; or

[0206] The relative energy efficiency includes at least one of the following: energy efficiency relative to a reference configuration, energy efficiency relative to a reference monitoring time window, and energy efficiency relative to a reference energy consumption model;

[0207] The energy consumption relative to the reference configuration is determined based on the total energy consumption measured within the target monitoring time window and the total energy consumption of sending or receiving according to the reference configuration within the target monitoring time window, or the energy consumption relative to the reference configuration is determined based on the average power measured within the target monitoring time window and the average power of sending or receiving according to the reference configuration within the target monitoring time window;

[0208] The energy consumption relative to the reference monitoring time window is determined based on the total energy consumption measured in the target monitoring time window and the total energy consumption measured in the reference monitoring time window, or the energy consumption relative to the reference monitoring time window is determined based on the average power measured in the target monitoring time window and the average power measured in the reference monitoring time window;

[0209] The energy consumption relative to the reference energy consumption model is determined based on the total energy consumption inferred from the transmission state configured or scheduled by the reference energy consumption model within the target monitoring time window, or the energy consumption relative to the reference energy consumption model is determined based on the average power inferred from the transmission state configured or scheduled by the reference energy consumption model within the target monitoring time window;

[0210] The energy efficiency relative to the reference configuration is determined based on the total amount of traffic sent or received within the target monitoring time window, the total energy consumption measured within the target monitoring time window, and the total energy consumption sent or received according to the reference configuration within the target monitoring time window, or the energy efficiency relative to the reference configuration is determined based on the total amount of traffic sent or received within the target monitoring time window, the average power measured within the target monitoring time window, and the average power sent or received according to the reference configuration within the target monitoring time window;

[0211] The energy efficiency relative to the reference monitoring time window is determined based on the total amount of traffic sent or received in the target monitoring time window, the total energy consumption measured in the target monitoring time window, and the total energy consumption measured in the reference monitoring time window, or the energy efficiency relative to the reference monitoring time window is determined based on the total amount of traffic sent or received in the target monitoring time window, the average power measured in the target monitoring time window, and the average power measured in the reference monitoring time window;

[0212] In which, the energy efficiency relative to the reference energy consumption model is determined based on the total amount of business sent or received within the target monitoring time window and the total energy consumption inferred by the reference energy consumption model under the transmission state configured or scheduled within the target monitoring time window, or the energy efficiency relative to the reference energy consumption model is determined based on the total amount of business sent or received within the target monitoring time window and the average power inferred by the reference energy consumption model under the transmission state configured or scheduled within the target monitoring time window.

[0213] In some embodiments, the reference configuration includes specific sleep state information of the terminal or reference transmission state information of a specific channel; or,

[0214] The reference monitoring time window is the previous monitoring time window, or the reference monitoring time window is the monitoring time window corresponding to the measurement result corresponding to the last reported communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, or the reference monitoring time window is a preset monitoring time window.

[0215] In some embodiments, the absolute energy consumption is determined based on the total energy consumption measured within the target monitoring time window, or the absolute energy consumption is determined based on the average power measured within the target monitoring time window; or

[0216] The absolute energy efficiency is determined based on the total amount of services sent or received within a target monitoring time window and the total energy consumption measured within the target monitoring time window.

[0217] In some embodiments, the target monitoring time window is determined based on at least one of the following:

[0218] The time point with a first time interval between the reporting opportunity corresponding to the first information and the reporting opportunity corresponding to the first information is the end time point of the target monitoring time window, and the time point with a second time interval between the end time point and the end time point is the start time point of the target monitoring time window;

[0219] a sending or receiving time window of a packet or a complete packet closest to the reporting opportunity corresponding to the first information and before the time point separated by the first time interval between the reporting opportunities corresponding to the first information;

[0220] The sending or receiving time window of a business flow or a complete business flow closest to the reporting opportunity corresponding to the first information and before the time point with the first time length between the reporting opportunities corresponding to the first information.

[0221] In some embodiments, the first duration is associated with at least one of the following: a subcarrier spacing SCS of a cell or bandwidth part BWP associated with the target monitoring time window, a maximum or minimum SCS of at least two cells or at least two BWPs associated with the target monitoring time window, and a processing time of a measurement result corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency reported by the terminal; or

[0222] The second duration is associated with at least one of the following: the SCS of the cell or BWP associated with the target monitoring time window, the maximum or minimum SCS of at least two cells or at least two BWPs associated with the target monitoring time window, and the processing time of the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency reported by the terminal.

[0223] In some embodiments, the measurement result includes at least one of the following:

[0224] Report rate requests, latency monitoring results or change requests, rate and latency monitoring results relative to the reference energy consumption model, actual data transmission and reception time, and single data transmission and reception time.

[0225] In some embodiments, the frequency domain granularity of the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency includes at least one of the following: serving cell, serving cell group, frequency band, frequency band combination, terminal; or,

[0226] The reporting link granularity of the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency includes at least one of the following: downlink, uplink, sidelink; or,

[0227] The reporting module granularity of the measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency includes at least one of the following: all communication-related modules of the entire machine, baseband module, RF module, physical layer module, high-level module, module included in antenna port measurement, and module included in processor port measurement.

[0228] In some embodiments, the first information further includes at least one of the following:

[0229] Reporting information identifier, information of the monitoring time window corresponding to the measurement result, information of the reference monitoring time window corresponding to the measurement result, information of the reference energy consumption model corresponding to the measurement result, frequency domain granularity information corresponding to the measurement result, link granularity information corresponding to the measurement result, and module granularity information corresponding to the measurement result.

[0230] In some embodiments, the first information is carried by at least one of the following:

[0231] Periodically configured physical uplink control channel PUCCH or physical uplink shared channel PUSCH, aperiodically triggered PUCCH or PUSCH, semi-statically triggered PUCCH or PUSCH.

[0232] In some embodiments, before the information transmission device 400 receives the first information from the terminal, the transceiver unit 410 is further configured to send second information to the terminal;

[0233] The second information is used to configure at least one of the following: the terminal measures relevant information of communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, and the terminal reports relevant information of the measurement result corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency.

[0234] In some embodiments, the second information includes at least one of the following: a configuration identifier for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, configuration information for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, configuration information for reporting measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, configuration information for a monitoring time window, configuration information for a reference monitoring time window, and configuration information for a reference energy consumption model.

[0235] In some embodiments, the configuration information for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency includes at least one of the following: frequency domain granularity configuration information for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, link granularity configuration information for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, module granularity configuration information for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency; or,

[0236] The configuration information for reporting the measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency includes at least one of the following: a reporting type indication of the measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, a reporting channel indication of the measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, and a reporting parameter indication of the measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency.

[0237] In some embodiments, the information transmission device 400 further includes:

[0238] The processing unit 420 is configured to adjust the energy saving scheme or scheduling scheme of the terminal according to the first information.

[0239] In some embodiments, the transceiver unit 410 may be a communication interface or transceiver, or an input / output interface of a communication chip or a system on chip. The processing unit 420 may be embedded in or independent of a processor of the terminal in the form of hardware.

[0240] It should be understood that the information transmission device 400 according to the embodiment of the present application may correspond to the network side device in the method embodiment of the present application, and the various units in the information transmission device 400 are respectively for implementing the corresponding processes of the network side device in the method 200 shown in Figure 2. For the sake of brevity, they will not be repeated here.

[0241] Therefore, in an embodiment of the present application, the terminal reports the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency to the network side device, so that the network side device can adaptively perform scheduling or configuration adjustments according to the energy consumption or energy efficiency of the terminal, thereby improving the scheduling or configuration performance for the terminal, and also improving the user experience of the terminal (such as energy consumption or energy efficiency sensitive terminals).

[0242] The information transmission 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 a chip. The electronic device can be a terminal or a network-side device, or can be a device other than a terminal or a network-side device. For example, the terminal can include but is not limited to the types of terminals 11 listed above, the network-side device can include but is not limited to the types of network-side devices 12 listed above, and other devices can be servers, network attached storage (NAS), etc., which are not specifically limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0243] The information transmission device provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented in the method embodiment of Figure 2 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0244] As shown in Figure 5, an embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device 500, including a processor 501 and a memory 502, wherein the memory 502 stores a program or instruction that can be run on the processor 501. For example, when the communication device 500 is a terminal, when the program or instruction is executed by the processor 501, it implements the various steps performed by the terminal in the above-mentioned information transmission method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it is not repeated here. When the communication device 500 is a network-side device, when the program or instruction is executed by the processor 501, it implements the various steps performed by the network-side device in the above-mentioned information transmission method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it is not repeated here.

[0245] The present application also provides a terminal, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to execute a program or instruction to implement the steps performed by the terminal in the method embodiment shown in FIG2 . This terminal embodiment corresponds to the aforementioned terminal-side method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation method of the aforementioned method embodiment is applicable to this terminal embodiment and can achieve the same technical effects. Specifically, FIG6 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a terminal implementing an embodiment of the present application.

[0246] The terminal 600 includes but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 601, a network module 602, an audio output unit 603, an input unit 604, a sensor 605, a display unit 606, a user input unit 607, an interface unit 608, a memory 609 and at least some of the components of the processor 610.

[0247] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal 600 may also include a power supply (such as a battery) to power various components. The power supply may be logically connected to the processor 610 via a power management system, thereby enabling the power management system to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption. The terminal structure shown in FIG6 does not limit the terminal. The terminal may include more or fewer components than shown, or may combine certain components, or have different component arrangements, which will not be described in detail here.

[0248] It should be understood that in an embodiment of the present application, the input unit 604 may include a graphics processing unit (GPU) 6041 and a microphone 6042, and the graphics processor 6041 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 606 may include a display panel 6061, and the display panel 6061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, etc. The user input unit 607 includes a touch panel 6071 and at least one of other input devices 6072. The touch panel 6071 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 6071 may include two parts: a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 6072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which will not be repeated here.

[0249] In the embodiment of the present application, after receiving downlink data from a network-side device, the radio frequency unit 601 may transmit the data to the processor 610 for processing. Furthermore, the radio frequency unit 601 may send uplink data to the network-side device. Typically, the radio frequency unit 601 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, an amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low-noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like.

[0250] The memory 609 can be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 609 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 609 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 609 in the embodiment of the present application includes but is not limited to these and any other suitable types of memory.

[0251] Processor 610 may include at least one processing unit. Optionally, processor 610 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 610.

[0252] The processor 610 is configured to measure communication energy consumption or energy efficiency.

[0253] The radio frequency unit 601 is configured to report first information to a network-side device, wherein the first information includes measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency.

[0254] It can be understood that the implementation process of each implementation method mentioned in this embodiment can refer to the relevant description of the method embodiment and achieve the same or corresponding technical effects. To avoid repetition, it will not be described here.

[0255] The present application also provides a network-side device, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to execute a program or instruction to implement the steps performed by the network-side device in the method embodiment shown in FIG2 . This network-side device embodiment corresponds to the aforementioned network-side device method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation method of the aforementioned method embodiment are applicable to this network-side device embodiment and can achieve the same technical effects. For the sake of brevity, they are not further described here.

[0256] Specifically, embodiments of the present application also provide a network-side device. As shown in Figure 7, the network-side device 700 includes an antenna 71, a radio frequency device 72, a baseband device 73, a processor 74, and a memory 75. Antenna 71 is connected to radio frequency device 72. In the uplink direction, radio frequency device 72 receives information via antenna 71 and sends the received information to baseband device 73 for processing. In the downlink direction, baseband device 73 processes the information to be transmitted and sends it to radio frequency device 72. Radio frequency device 72 processes the received information and then sends it through antenna 71.

[0257] The method executed by the network-side device in the above embodiment may be implemented in the baseband device 73 , which includes a baseband processor.

[0258] The baseband device 73 may include, for example, at least one baseband board, on which at least two chips are provided, as shown in FIG7 , one of the chips being, for example, a baseband processor, which is connected to the memory 75 via a bus interface to call the program in the memory 75 and execute the network device operations shown in the above method embodiment.

[0259] The network side device may further include a network interface 76, which is, for example, a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI).

[0260] Specifically, the network side device 700 of the embodiment of the present application also includes: instructions or programs stored in the memory 75 and can be run on the processor 74. The processor 74 calls the instructions or programs in the memory 75 to execute the method executed by each unit shown in Figure 4 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0261] 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 information transmission method embodiment are implemented and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0262] 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.

[0263] 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 information transmission method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0264] 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.

[0265] 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 information transmission method embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0266] 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 performed by the terminal in the information transmission method described above, and the network side device can be used to execute the steps performed by the network side device in the information transmission method described above.

[0267] 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.

[0268] 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.

[0269] 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. An information transmission method, comprising: The terminal measures communication energy consumption or energy efficiency; The terminal reports first information to the network side device, wherein the first information includes a measurement result corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The measurement result includes at least one of the following: Relative energy consumption, relative energy efficiency, absolute energy consumption, absolute energy efficiency.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein: The relative energy consumption includes at least one of the following: energy consumption relative to a reference configuration, energy consumption relative to a reference monitoring time window, energy consumption relative to a reference energy consumption model; or, The relative energy efficiency includes at least one of the following: energy efficiency relative to a reference configuration, energy efficiency relative to a reference monitoring time window, and energy efficiency relative to a reference energy consumption model; The energy consumption relative to the reference configuration is determined based on the total energy consumption measured within the target monitoring time window and the total energy consumption of sending or receiving according to the reference configuration within the target monitoring time window, or the energy consumption relative to the reference configuration is determined based on the average power measured within the target monitoring time window and the average power of sending or receiving according to the reference configuration within the target monitoring time window; The energy consumption relative to the reference monitoring time window is determined based on the total energy consumption measured in the target monitoring time window and the total energy consumption measured in the reference monitoring time window, or the energy consumption relative to the reference monitoring time window is determined based on the average power measured in the target monitoring time window and the average power measured in the reference monitoring time window; The energy consumption relative to the reference energy consumption model is determined based on the total energy consumption inferred from the transmission state configured or scheduled by the reference energy consumption model within the target monitoring time window, or the energy consumption relative to the reference energy consumption model is determined based on the average power inferred from the transmission state configured or scheduled by the reference energy consumption model within the target monitoring time window; Wherein, the energy efficiency relative to the reference configuration is determined based on the total amount of business sent or received within the target monitoring time window, the total energy consumption measured within the target monitoring time window, and the total energy consumption sent or received according to the reference configuration within the target monitoring time window, or, the energy efficiency relative to the reference configuration is determined based on the total amount of business sent or received within the target monitoring time window, the average power measured within the target monitoring time window, and the average power sent or received according to the reference configuration within the target monitoring time window; The energy efficiency relative to the reference monitoring time window is determined based on the total amount of business sent or received in the target monitoring time window, the total energy consumption measured in the target monitoring time window, and the total energy consumption measured in the reference monitoring time window, or the energy efficiency relative to the reference monitoring time window is determined based on the total amount of business sent or received in the target monitoring time window, the average power measured in the target monitoring time window, and the average power measured in the reference monitoring time window; Among them, the energy efficiency relative to the reference energy consumption model is determined based on the total amount of business sent or received within the target monitoring time window, and the total energy consumption inferred by the reference energy consumption model under the transmission state configured or scheduled within the target monitoring time window, or the energy efficiency relative to the reference energy consumption model is determined based on the total amount of business sent or received within the target monitoring time window, and the average power inferred by the reference energy consumption model under the transmission state configured or scheduled within the target monitoring time window.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein: The reference configuration includes specific sleep state information of the terminal or reference transmission state information of a specific channel; or, The reference monitoring time window is the previous monitoring time window, or the reference monitoring time window is the monitoring time window corresponding to the measurement result corresponding to the last reported communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, or the reference monitoring time window is a preset monitoring time window.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein: The absolute energy consumption is determined based on the total energy consumption measured within the target monitoring time window, or the absolute energy consumption is determined based on the average power measured within the target monitoring time window; or, The absolute energy efficiency is determined based on the total amount of services sent or received within a target monitoring time window and the total energy consumption measured within the target monitoring time window.

6. The method according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein: The target monitoring time window is determined based on at least one of the following: The time point with a first time interval before the reporting opportunity corresponding to the first information and the reporting opportunity corresponding to the first information is the end time point of the target monitoring time window, and the time point with a second time interval before the end time point and the end time point is the start time point of the target monitoring time window; a sending or receiving time window of a packet or a complete packet closest to the reporting opportunity corresponding to the first information and before the time point of the first time interval between the reporting opportunities corresponding to the first information; The sending or receiving time window of a service flow or a complete service flow closest to the reporting opportunity corresponding to the first information and before the time point with the first time length between the reporting opportunities corresponding to the first information.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein: The first duration is associated with at least one of the following: a subcarrier spacing SCS of a cell or a bandwidth part BWP associated with the target monitoring time window, a maximum or minimum SCS of at least two cells or at least two BWPs associated with the target monitoring time window, and a processing time of a measurement result corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency reported by the terminal; or The second duration is associated with at least one of the following: the SCS of the cell or BWP associated with the target monitoring time window, the maximum or minimum SCS of at least two cells or at least two BWPs associated with the target monitoring time window, and the processing time of the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency reported by the terminal.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The measurement result includes at least one of the following: Report rate request, latency monitoring result or change request, rate and latency monitoring result relative to the reference energy consumption model, actual data sending and receiving time, and single data sending and receiving time.

9. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein: The reporting frequency domain granularity of the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency includes at least one of the following: serving cell, serving cell group, frequency band, frequency band combination, terminal; or, The reporting link granularity of the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency includes at least one of the following: downlink, uplink, sidelink; or, The reporting module granularity of the measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency includes at least one of the following: all communication-related modules of the whole machine, baseband module, RF module, physical layer module, high-level module, module included in antenna port measurement, and module included in processor port measurement.

10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein: The first information also includes at least one of the following: Reporting information identifier, information of the monitoring time window corresponding to the measurement result, information of the reference monitoring time window corresponding to the measurement result, information of the reference energy consumption model corresponding to the measurement result, frequency domain granularity information corresponding to the measurement result, link granularity information corresponding to the measurement result, and module granularity information corresponding to the measurement result.

11. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein: The first information is carried by at least one of the following: Periodically configured physical uplink control channel PUCCH or physical uplink shared channel PUSCH, aperiodically triggered PUCCH or PUSCH, semi-statically triggered PUCCH or PUSCH.

12. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein: Before the terminal measures communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, the method includes: The terminal receives second information from the network side device; The second information is used to configure at least one of the following: the terminal measures relevant information of communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, and the terminal reports relevant information of the measurement result corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein: The second information includes at least one of the following: a configuration identifier for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, configuration information for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, configuration information for reporting measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, configuration information for monitoring time windows, configuration information for reference monitoring time windows, and configuration information for reference energy consumption models.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein: The configuration information for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency includes at least one of the following: frequency domain granularity configuration information for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, link granularity configuration information for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, and module granularity configuration information for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency; or, The configuration information for reporting the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency includes at least one of the following: a reporting type indication of the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, a reporting channel indication of the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, and a reporting parameter indication of the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency.

15. An information transmission method, comprising: The network side device receives first information from the terminal, wherein the first information includes a measurement result corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein: The measurement result includes at least one of the following: Relative energy consumption, relative energy efficiency, absolute energy consumption, absolute energy efficiency.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein: The relative energy consumption includes at least one of the following: energy consumption relative to a reference configuration, energy consumption relative to a reference monitoring time window, energy consumption relative to a reference energy consumption model; or The relative energy efficiency includes at least one of the following: energy efficiency relative to a reference configuration, energy efficiency relative to a reference monitoring time window, and energy efficiency relative to a reference energy consumption model; The energy consumption relative to the reference configuration is determined based on the total energy consumption measured within the target monitoring time window and the total energy consumption of sending or receiving according to the reference configuration within the target monitoring time window, or the energy consumption relative to the reference configuration is determined based on the average power measured within the target monitoring time window and the average power of sending or receiving according to the reference configuration within the target monitoring time window; The energy consumption relative to the reference monitoring time window is determined based on the total energy consumption measured in the target monitoring time window and the total energy consumption measured in the reference monitoring time window, or the energy consumption relative to the reference monitoring time window is determined based on the average power measured in the target monitoring time window and the average power measured in the reference monitoring time window; The energy consumption relative to the reference energy consumption model is determined based on the total energy consumption inferred from the transmission state configured or scheduled by the reference energy consumption model within the target monitoring time window, or the energy consumption relative to the reference energy consumption model is determined based on the average power inferred from the transmission state configured or scheduled by the reference energy consumption model within the target monitoring time window; Wherein, the energy efficiency relative to the reference configuration is determined based on the total amount of business sent or received within the target monitoring time window, the total energy consumption measured within the target monitoring time window, and the total energy consumption sent or received according to the reference configuration within the target monitoring time window, or, the energy efficiency relative to the reference configuration is determined based on the total amount of business sent or received within the target monitoring time window, the average power measured within the target monitoring time window, and the average power sent or received according to the reference configuration within the target monitoring time window; The energy efficiency relative to the reference monitoring time window is determined based on the total amount of business sent or received in the target monitoring time window, the total energy consumption measured in the target monitoring time window, and the total energy consumption measured in the reference monitoring time window, or the energy efficiency relative to the reference monitoring time window is determined based on the total amount of business sent or received in the target monitoring time window, the average power measured in the target monitoring time window, and the average power measured in the reference monitoring time window; Among them, the energy efficiency relative to the reference energy consumption model is determined based on the total amount of business sent or received within the target monitoring time window, and the total energy consumption inferred by the reference energy consumption model under the transmission state configured or scheduled within the target monitoring time window, or the energy efficiency relative to the reference energy consumption model is determined based on the total amount of business sent or received within the target monitoring time window, and the average power inferred by the reference energy consumption model under the transmission state configured or scheduled within the target monitoring time window.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein: The reference configuration includes specific sleep state information of the terminal or reference transmission state information of a specific channel; or, The reference monitoring time window is the previous monitoring time window, or the reference monitoring time window is the monitoring time window corresponding to the measurement result corresponding to the last reported communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, or the reference monitoring time window is a preset monitoring time window.

19. The method according to claim 16, wherein: The absolute energy consumption is determined based on the total energy consumption measured within the target monitoring time window, or the absolute energy consumption is determined based on the average power measured within the target monitoring time window; or, The absolute energy efficiency is determined based on the total amount of services sent or received within a target monitoring time window and the total energy consumption measured within the target monitoring time window.

20. The method according to any one of claims 17 to 19, wherein: The target monitoring time window is determined based on at least one of the following: The time point with a first time interval before the reporting opportunity corresponding to the first information and the reporting opportunity corresponding to the first information is the end time point of the target monitoring time window, and the time point with a second time interval before the end time point and the end time point is the start time point of the target monitoring time window; a sending or receiving time window of a packet or a complete packet closest to the reporting opportunity corresponding to the first information and before the time point of the first time interval between the reporting opportunities corresponding to the first information; The sending or receiving time window of a service flow or a complete service flow closest to the reporting opportunity corresponding to the first information and before the time point with the first time length between the reporting opportunities corresponding to the first information.

21. The method according to claim 20, wherein: The first duration is associated with at least one of the following: a subcarrier spacing SCS of a cell or a bandwidth part BWP associated with the target monitoring time window, a maximum or minimum SCS of at least two cells or at least two BWPs associated with the target monitoring time window, and a processing time of a measurement result corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency reported by the terminal; or The second duration is associated with at least one of the following: the SCS of the cell or BWP associated with the target monitoring time window, the maximum or minimum SCS of at least two cells or at least two BWPs associated with the target monitoring time window, and the processing time of the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency reported by the terminal.

22. The method according to claim 15, wherein: The measurement result includes at least one of the following: Report rate request, latency monitoring result or change request, rate and latency monitoring result relative to the reference energy consumption model, actual data sending and receiving time, and single data sending and receiving time.

23. The method according to any one of claims 15 to 22, wherein: The reporting frequency domain granularity of the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency includes at least one of the following: serving cell, serving cell group, frequency band, frequency band combination, terminal; or, The reporting link granularity of the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency includes at least one of the following: downlink, uplink, sidelink; or, The reporting module granularity of the measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency includes at least one of the following: all communication-related modules of the whole machine, baseband module, RF module, physical layer module, high-level module, module included in antenna port measurement, and module included in processor port measurement.

24. The method according to any one of claims 15 to 23, wherein: The first information also includes at least one of the following: Reporting information identifier, information of the monitoring time window corresponding to the measurement result, information of the reference monitoring time window corresponding to the measurement result, information of the reference energy consumption model corresponding to the measurement result, frequency domain granularity information corresponding to the measurement result, link granularity information corresponding to the measurement result, and module granularity information corresponding to the measurement result.

25. The method according to any one of claims 15 to 24, wherein: The first information is carried by at least one of the following: Periodically configured physical uplink control channel PUCCH or physical uplink shared channel PUSCH, aperiodically triggered PUCCH or PUSCH, semi-statically triggered PUCCH or PUSCH.

26. The method according to any one of claims 15 to 25, wherein: Before the network side device receives the first information from the terminal, the method includes: The network side device sends second information to the terminal; The second information is used to configure at least one of the following: the terminal measures relevant information of communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, and the terminal reports relevant information of the measurement result corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency.

27. The method according to claim 26, wherein: The second information includes at least one of the following: a configuration identifier for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, configuration information for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, configuration information for reporting measurement results corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, configuration information for monitoring time windows, configuration information for reference monitoring time windows, and configuration information for reference energy consumption models.

28. The method according to claim 27, wherein: The configuration information for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency includes at least one of the following: frequency domain granularity configuration information for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, link granularity configuration information for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, and module granularity configuration information for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency; or, The configuration information for reporting the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency includes at least one of the following: a reporting type indication of the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, a reporting channel indication of the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency, and a reporting parameter indication of the measurement results corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency.

29. The method according to any one of claims 15 to 28, wherein: The method further comprises: The network side device adjusts the energy saving scheme or scheduling scheme of the terminal according to the first information.

30. An information transmission device, comprising: A processing unit for measuring communication energy consumption or energy efficiency; The transceiver unit is used to report first information to the network side device, wherein the first information includes the measurement result corresponding to the communication energy consumption or energy efficiency.

31. An information transmission device, comprising: The transceiver unit is used to receive first information from a terminal, wherein the first information includes a measurement result corresponding to communication energy consumption or energy efficiency.

32. A terminal comprising a transceiver, 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 information transmission method according to any one of claims 1 to 14 are implemented.

33. A network side device, comprising a transceiver, 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 information transmission method as described in any one of claims 15 to 29 are implemented.

34. A readable storage medium storing a program or instruction, wherein the program or instruction, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the information transmission method according to any one of claims 1 to 14, or implements the steps of the information transmission method according to any one of claims 15 to 29.

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