Communication methods and apparatus therefor

Abstract

Disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure are communication methods and an apparatus therefor. A method is executed by a terminal, wherein the terminal is in a radio resource control (RRC) non-connected state in a first cell. The method comprises: a terminal determining that it is necessary to request that a second cell sends a first synchronization signal block (SSB) and / or a system information block (SIB) 1, wherein the second cell is one or more of network energy-saving cells associated with a first cell; and the terminal sending first information to the second cell, wherein the first information is used for requesting that the second cell sends the first SSB and / or SIB1. By means of implementing the embodiments of the present disclosure, it is possible to determine when is it that a terminal in an RRC non-connected state requests that a network energy-saving cell sends an SSB and / or SIB1, thereby making it convenient for the terminal in the RRC non-connected state to communicate with the network energy-saving cell.

Description

A communication method and device thereof Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a communication method and apparatus thereof. Background Art

[0002] With the gradual application of large-scale active antenna arrays and the large-scale construction of fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks, the energy consumption of wireless communication networks has increased significantly. The growth rate of energy consumption costs has even exceeded the revenue growth of operators. Therefore, network energy saving is an important means for operators to reduce the cost of operating 5G systems.

[0003] In related technologies, when a terminal is within the coverage of an anchor cell (also called a normal cell), network energy-saving cells without DRS (Discovery Reference Signal) are invisible to the terminal. However, there is currently no effective means for determining when a terminal in RRC_IDLE (Radio Resource Control Idle State) or RRC_INACTIVE (Radio Resource Control Inactive State) on an anchor cell requests the network energy-saving cell to send information such as an SSB (Synchronization Signal Block).

[0004] Summary of the Invention

[0005] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method and a device thereof.

[0006] According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication method is provided. The method is performed by a terminal, where the terminal is in a radio resource control (RRC) non-connected state on a first cell. The method includes:

[0007] Determining that it is necessary to request a second cell to send a first synchronization signal block SSB and / or a system information block SIB1; the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell;

[0008] Sending first information to the second cell; the first information is used to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or the SIB1.

[0009] According to a second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication method is provided, where the method is executed by a terminal and includes:

[0010] The terminal enters an RRC connected state from a radio resource control RRC non-connected state on the first cell;

[0011] measuring a reference signal received power RSRP of a second synchronization signal block SSB sent by the first cell;

[0012] Send the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to the first cell; wherein the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB is used by the first cell to determine whether it is necessary to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or SIB1, and the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell.

[0013] According to a third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication method is provided, where the method is performed by a first cell and includes:

[0014] Sending a second synchronization signal block SSB to the terminal; wherein the terminal enters an RRC connected state from a radio resource control RRC non-connected state on the first cell;

[0015] Receive the reference signal received power RSRP measurement report of the second SSB sent by the terminal; the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB is used by the first cell to determine whether it is necessary to send second information to the second cell, and the second information is used to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or SIB1, and the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell.

[0016] According to a fourth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication method is provided, where the method is performed by a second cell and includes:

[0017] Receive second information sent by the first cell; the second information is determined to be sent by the first cell based on the second synchronization signal block SSB reference signal received power RSRP measurement report sent by the terminal, the second SSB is the synchronization signal block sent by the first cell to the terminal, and the second information is used to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or SIB1; wherein, the terminal enters the RRC connected state from the radio resource control RRC non-connected state on the first cell; the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell.

[0018] According to a fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication method is provided. The method is performed by a first cell, and the method includes:

[0019] Sending a second synchronization signal block SSB to the terminal; wherein the terminal enters an RRC connected state from a radio resource control RRC non-connected state on the first cell;

[0020] Receive the reference signal received power RSRP measurement report of the second SSB sent by the terminal; the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB is used by the first cell to determine whether to send indication information, the indication information is used to instruct the terminal to send first information, the first information is used to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or SIB1, and the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell.

[0021] According to a sixth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication method is provided, where the method is performed by a second cell and includes:

[0022] receiving first information sent by a terminal; the first information is sent by the terminal in a first situation, and the first information is used to request the second cell to send a first synchronization signal block SSB and / or a system information block SIB1;

[0023] The first situation includes any of the following:

[0024] The terminal is in a radio resource control (RRC) non-connected state on a first cell, and based on implementation determination, it is necessary to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or the SIB1; the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell;

[0025] The terminal is in the RRC unconnected state on the first cell, and a reference signal received power RSRP measurement result of a second SSB is less than or equal to a first threshold, where the second SSB is a synchronization signal block sent by the first cell to the terminal;

[0026] The terminal enters the RRC connected state from the RRC non-connected state on the first cell, and receives indication information sent by the first cell, wherein the indication information is determined to be sent by the first cell based on the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB, wherein the indication information is used to instruct the terminal to send the first information.

[0027] According to a seventh aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a terminal is provided, where the terminal is in a radio resource control (RRC) non-connected state on a first cell, and the terminal includes:

[0028] A processing module determines that it is necessary to request a second cell to send a first synchronization signal block SSB and / or a system information block SIB1; the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell;

[0029] The transceiver module is used to send the first information to the second cell; the first information is used to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or the SIB1.

[0030] According to an eighth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a terminal is provided, including:

[0031] A processing module, configured to enter an RRC connected state from a radio resource control RRC non-connected state on a first cell, and measure an RSRP of a second SSB of the first cell;

[0032] A transceiver module is used to send the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to the first cell; wherein the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB is used by the first cell to determine whether it is necessary to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or SIB1, and the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell.

[0033] According to a ninth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a first cell is provided, including:

[0034] a transceiver module, configured to send a second synchronization signal block (SSB) to a terminal; wherein the terminal enters an RRC connected state from an RRC non-connected state on the first cell;

[0035] The transceiver module is also used to receive the reference signal received power RSRP measurement report of the second SSB sent by the terminal; the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB is used by the first cell to determine whether it is necessary to send second information to the second cell, and the second information is used to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or SIB1, and the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell.

[0036] According to a tenth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a second cell is provided, including:

[0037] A transceiver module is used to receive second information sent by a first cell; the second information is determined to be sent by the first cell based on a second synchronization signal block SSB reference signal received power RSRP measurement report sent by the terminal, the second SSB is a synchronization signal block sent by the first cell to the terminal, and the second information is used to request the second cell to send a first SSB and / or SIB1; wherein, the terminal enters an RRC connected state from a radio resource control RRC non-connected state on the first cell; the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell.

[0038] According to an eleventh aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a first cell is provided, including:

[0039] a transceiver module, configured to send a second synchronization signal block (SSB) to a terminal; wherein the terminal enters an RRC connected state from an RRC non-connected state on the first cell;

[0040] The transceiver module is also used to receive the reference signal received power RSRP measurement report of the second SSB sent by the terminal; the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB is used by the first cell to determine whether to send indication information, and the indication information is used to instruct the terminal to send first information, and the first information is used to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or SIB1, and the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell.

[0041] According to a twelfth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a second cell is provided, including:

[0042] a transceiver module, configured to receive first information sent by a terminal; the first information is sent by the terminal in a first situation, and the first information is used to request the second cell to send a first synchronization signal block SSB and / or a system information block SIB1;

[0043] The first situation includes any of the following:

[0044] The terminal is in a radio resource control (RRC) non-connected state on a first cell, and based on implementation determination, it is necessary to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or the SIB1; the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell;

[0045] The terminal is in the RRC unconnected state on the first cell, and a reference signal received power RSRP measurement result of a second SSB is less than or equal to a first threshold, where the second SSB is a synchronization signal block sent by the first cell to the terminal;

[0046] The terminal enters the RRC connected state from the RRC non-connected state on the first cell, and receives indication information sent by the first cell, wherein the indication information is determined to be sent by the first cell based on the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB, wherein the indication information is used to instruct the terminal to send the first information.

[0047] According to a thirteenth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication system is provided, including:

[0048] A terminal, configured to execute an optional implementation of the first aspect;

[0049] The second cell is configured to execute the optional implementation of the aforementioned sixth aspect.

[0050] According to a fourteenth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication system is provided, including:

[0051] A terminal, configured to execute an optional implementation of the second aspect;

[0052] A first cell is configured to perform the optional implementation of the third and fifth aspects;

[0053] The second cell is configured to execute the optional implementation of the aforementioned fourth and sixth aspects.

[0054] According to a fifteenth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication device is provided, including: one or more processors;

[0055] The processor is used to call instructions to enable the communication device to execute the optional implementation methods of the aforementioned first aspect, second aspect, third aspect, fourth aspect, fifth aspect and sixth aspect.

[0056] According to the seventh aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a storage medium is proposed, which stores instructions. When the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes the optional implementation methods of the aforementioned first aspect, second aspect, third aspect, fourth aspect, fifth aspect and sixth aspect.

[0057] According to the technical solution disclosed in the present invention, a terminal in the RRC_IDLE / RRC_INACTIVE state can request the network energy-saving cell to send SSB and / or SIB1, thereby facilitating the terminal to subsequently communicate with the network energy-saving cell. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0058] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the following drawings required for describing the embodiments are introduced. The following drawings are merely some embodiments of the present disclosure and do not impose specific limitations on the protection scope of the present disclosure.

[0059] FIG1 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0060] FIG2A is an interactive schematic diagram illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0061] FIG2B is an interactive schematic diagram illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0062] FIG2C is an interactive schematic diagram illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0063] FIG2D is an interactive schematic diagram illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0064] FIG3A is a flow chart showing a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0065] FIG3B is a flow chart showing a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0066] FIG3C is a flow chart showing a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0067] FIG3D is a flow chart illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0068] FIG3E is a flow chart illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0069] FIG3F is a flow chart illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0070] FIG4A is a flow chart showing a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0071] FIG4B is a flow chart illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0072] FIG4C is a flow chart illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0073] FIG4D is a flow chart illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0074] FIG4E is a flow chart illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0075] FIG5A is a flow chart showing a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0076] FIG5B is a flow chart showing a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0077] FIG6A is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0078] FIG7A is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device 7100 proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0079] FIG7B is a schematic structural diagram of a chip 7200 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0080] The embodiments of the present disclosure propose a communication method and apparatus thereof, which can solve the problem of when a terminal in the RRC_IDLE / RRC_INACTIVE state on a first cell requests a second cell to send an SSB and / or SIB1.

[0081] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication method, the method being performed by a terminal, the terminal being in a radio resource control (RRC) non-connected state on a first cell, the method comprising:

[0082] Determining that it is necessary to request a second cell to send a first synchronization signal block SSB and / or a system information block SIB1; the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell;

[0083] Sending first information to the second cell; the first information is used to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or the SIB1.

[0084] In the above embodiment, when the terminal determines that it is necessary to request the second cell to send SSB and / or SIB1, the first information is sent to the second cell to request the second cell to send SSB and / or SIB1, so that the terminal in the RRC_IDLE / RRC_INACTIVE state can request the network energy-saving cell to send SSB and / or SIB1, thereby facilitating the terminal to subsequently communicate with the network energy-saving cell.

[0085] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the determination of the need to request the second cell to send the first synchronization signal block SSB and / or the system information block SIB1 includes: based on terminal implementation, determining the need to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or the SIB1.

[0086] In the above embodiment, the terminal can unconditionally send a wake-up signal to request the second cell to send SSB and / or SIB1, that is, the terminal can determine based on the terminal implementation that the terminal needs to request the second cell to send SSB and / or SIB1, so as to facilitate the terminal to communicate with the second cell subsequently.

[0087] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the determination of the need to request the second cell to send the first synchronization signal block SSB and / or the system information block SIB1 includes: measuring the reference signal received power RSRP of the second synchronization signal block SSB sent by the first cell; the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB is less than or equal to the first threshold, and it is determined that the second cell needs to be requested to send the first SSB and / or the SIB1.

[0088] In the above embodiment, when the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB sent by the first cell is less than or equal to the first threshold, the terminal can send a wake-up signal to the second cell to request the second cell to send SSB and / or SIB1, so that the terminal in the RRC_IDLE / RRC_INACTIVE state on the first cell can request the second cell to send SSB and / or SIB1, thereby facilitating the terminal to communicate with the second cell subsequently.

[0089] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, measuring the reference signal received power RSRP of the second synchronization signal block SSB sent by the first cell includes: obtaining measurement configuration information through the first system information block SIB information of the first cell; based on the measurement configuration information, measuring the RSRP of the second SSB to obtain the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB.

[0090] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the measurement configuration information includes the first threshold.

[0091] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, sending the first information to the second cell includes: obtaining the configuration information of the second cell through the second SIB information of the first cell; and sending the first information to the second cell based on the configuration information of the second cell.

[0092] In the above embodiment, the configuration information of the second cell is broadcasted through the SIB of the first cell, so that the terminal in the first cell can send a wake-up signal to the second cell based on the configuration information of the second cell to wake up the second cell.

[0093] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the configuration information of the second cell includes at least one of the following: the identifier and / or frequency of the second cell; the random access channel RACH related configuration information of the second cell; the related configuration information of the first information associated with the second cell; and the information in the SIB1 of the second cell.

[0094] In the second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication method, which is executed by a terminal, and the method includes: the terminal enters an RRC connected state from a radio resource control RRC non-connected state on a first cell, and measures the RSRP of the second SSB of the first cell; and sends the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to the first cell; wherein the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB is used by the first cell to determine whether it is necessary to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or SIB1, and the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell.

[0095] In the above embodiment, the RSRP measurement result of the SSB sent by the first cell is used to determine whether it is necessary to request the second cell to send SSB and / or SIB1, so that the terminal in the RRC_IDLE / RRC_INACTIVE state can request the network energy-saving cell to send SSB and / or SIB1, thereby facilitating the terminal to subsequently communicate with the network energy-saving cell.

[0096] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method also includes: receiving the indication information sent by the first cell; the indication information is used to instruct the terminal to send first information, and the first information is used to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or the SIB1; based on the indication information, sending the first information to the second cell.

[0097] In the above embodiment, after receiving the indication information sent by the first cell, the terminal can send the first information to the second cell to request the second cell to send SSB and / or SIB1, so that the terminal can request the second cell to send SSB and / or SIB1, so that the terminal can subsequently communicate with the second cell.

[0098] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, sending the first information to the second cell includes: obtaining the configuration information of the second cell through the second SIB information of the first cell; and sending the first information to the second cell based on the configuration information of the second cell.

[0099] In the above embodiment, the configuration information of the second cell is broadcasted through the SIB of the first cell, so that the terminal in the first cell can send a wake-up signal to the second cell based on the configuration information of the second cell to wake up the second cell.

[0100] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the configuration information of the second cell includes at least one of the following: the identifier and / or frequency of the second cell; the random access channel RACH related configuration information of the second cell; the related configuration information of the first information associated with the second cell; and the information in the SIB1 of the second cell.

[0101] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method also includes: determining that the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB is less than or equal to a first threshold; and determining to report the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB.

[0102] In the above embodiment, if the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB is less than or equal to the first threshold, it can be considered that the communication signal quality between the terminal and the first cell is poor. The terminal can report the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to the first cell, and the first cell determines whether it is necessary to wake up the second cell so that the second cell can provide services to the terminal, thereby ensuring normal communication of the terminal.

[0103] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, sending the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to the first cell includes: periodically sending the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to the first cell.

[0104] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method also includes: receiving measurement configuration information sent by the first cell; based on the measurement configuration information, measuring the RSRP of the second SSB to obtain the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB.

[0105] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the measurement configuration information includes the first threshold.

[0106] In the third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication method, which is executed by a first cell, and the method includes: sending a second synchronization signal block SSB to a terminal; wherein the terminal enters an RRC connected state from a radio resource control RRC non-connected state on the first cell; receiving a reference signal received power RSRP measurement report of the second SSB sent by the terminal; the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB is used by the first cell to determine whether it is necessary to send second information to the second cell, and the second information is used to request the second cell to send a first SSB and / or SIB1, and the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell.

[0107] In combination with some embodiments of the third aspect, in some embodiments, the method also includes: determining the need to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or the SIB1 based on the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB; and sending the second information to the second cell.

[0108] In combination with some embodiments of the third aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes: sending measurement configuration information to the terminal; the measurement configuration information is used by the terminal to measure the RSRP of the second SSB.

[0109] In combination with some embodiments of the third aspect, in some embodiments, the measurement configuration information includes a first threshold, and the first threshold is used by the terminal to determine whether to report the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB based on the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB.

[0110] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication method, which is executed by a second cell, and the method includes: receiving second information sent by a first cell; the second information is determined to be sent by the first cell based on a second synchronization signal block SSB reference signal received power RSRP measurement report sent by the terminal, and the second SSB is a synchronization signal block sent by the first cell to the terminal, and the second information is used to request the second cell to send a first SSB and / or SIB1; wherein, the terminal enters an RRC connected state from a radio resource control RRC non-connected state on the first cell; the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell.

[0111] In the fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication method, which is executed by a first cell, and the method includes: sending a second synchronization signal block SSB to a terminal; wherein the terminal enters an RRC connected state from a radio resource control RRC non-connected state on the first cell; receiving a reference signal received power RSRP measurement report of the second SSB sent by the terminal; the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB is used by the first cell to determine whether to send indication information, the indication information is used to instruct the terminal to send first information, and the first information is used to request the second cell to send a first SSB and / or SIB1, and the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell.

[0112] In combination with some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the method also includes at least one item: determining the need to send the indication information based on the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB; and sending the indication information to the terminal.

[0113] In combination with some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the method also includes: sending second system information block SIB information to the terminal; the second SIB information includes configuration information of the second cell, and the configuration information of the second cell is used by the terminal to send the first information to the second cell.

[0114] In combination with some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the configuration information of the second cell includes at least one of the following: the identifier and / or frequency of the second cell; the random access channel RACH related configuration information of the second cell; the related configuration information of the first information associated with the second cell; and the information in the SIB1 of the second cell.

[0115] In combination with some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes: sending measurement configuration information to the terminal; the measurement configuration information is used by the terminal to measure the RSRP of the second SSB.

[0116] In combination with some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the measurement configuration information includes a first threshold, and the first threshold is used by the terminal to determine whether to report the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB based on the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB.

[0117] In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication method, which is executed by a second cell, and the method includes: receiving first information sent by a terminal; the first information is sent by the terminal in a first situation, and the first information is used to request the second cell to send a first synchronization signal block SSB and / or a system information block SIB1; the first situation includes any one of the following: the terminal is in a radio resource control RRC non-connected state on the first cell, and based on implementation, it is determined that it is necessary to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or the SIB1; the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell; the terminal is in the RRC non-connected state on the first cell, and the reference signal received power RSRP measurement result of the second SSB is less than or equal to the first threshold, and the second SSB is the synchronization signal block sent by the first cell to the terminal; the terminal enters the RRC connected state from the RRC non-connected state on the first cell, and receives indication information sent by the first cell, and the indication information is determined to be sent by the first cell based on the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB, wherein the indication information is used to instruct the terminal to send the first information.

[0118] In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a terminal, comprising at least one of a transceiver module and a processing module; wherein the terminal is used to execute the optional implementation method of the first aspect.

[0119] In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a terminal, comprising at least one of a transceiver module and a processing module; wherein the terminal is used to execute the optional implementation method of the second aspect.

[0120] In the ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a first cell, comprising at least one of a transceiver module and a processing module; wherein the above-mentioned first cell is used to execute the optional implementation method of the third aspect.

[0121] In the tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a second cell, comprising at least one of a transceiver module and a processing module; wherein the above-mentioned second cell is used to execute the optional implementation method of the fourth aspect.

[0122] In the eleventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a first cell, comprising at least one of a transceiver module and a processing module; wherein the above-mentioned first cell is used to execute the optional implementation method of the fifth aspect.

[0123] In the twelfth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a second cell, comprising at least one of a transceiver module and a processing module; wherein the above-mentioned second cell is used to execute the optional implementation method of the sixth aspect.

[0124] In a thirteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication system, including:

[0125] A terminal configured as an optional implementation of the first aspect;

[0126] The second cell is configured to execute the optional implementation of the aforementioned sixth aspect.

[0127] In a fourteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication system, including:

[0128] A terminal, configured to execute an optional implementation of the second aspect;

[0129] A first cell is configured to perform the optional implementation of the third and fifth aspects;

[0130] The second cell is configured to execute the optional implementation of the aforementioned fourth and sixth aspects.

[0131] In the fifteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication device, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the processor is used to call instructions to enable the communication device to execute the optional implementation methods of the aforementioned first and second aspects.

[0132] In the sixteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication device, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the processor is used to call instructions so that the communication device executes the optional implementation methods of the aforementioned third and fifth aspects.

[0133] In the seventeenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication device, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the processor is used to call instructions so that the communication device executes the optional implementation methods of the aforementioned fourth and sixth aspects.

[0134] In aspect 18, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a storage medium storing instructions, which, when the instructions are executed on a communication device, enables the communication device to execute optional implementation methods of the aforementioned first aspect, second aspect, third aspect, fourth aspect, fifth aspect and sixth aspect.

[0135] In the nineteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a program product. When the program product is executed by a communication device, the communication device executes the method described in the optional implementation of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth aspects.

[0136] In the twentieth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a computer program, which, when running on a computer, enables the computer to execute the methods described in the optional implementations of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth aspects.

[0137] In a twenty-first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a chip or chip system. The chip or chip system includes a processing circuit configured to execute the method described in the optional implementation of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth aspects above.

[0138] It is understandable that the above-mentioned terminal, first cell, second cell, communication system, storage medium, program product, computer program, chip or chip system are all used to perform the method proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure. Therefore, the beneficial effects that can be achieved can refer to the beneficial effects of the corresponding method and will not be repeated here.

[0139] The present disclosure provides a communication method and apparatus thereof. In some embodiments, the terms information processing method, communication method, etc. are interchangeable, the terms information processing apparatus, communication apparatus, etc. are interchangeable, and the terms information processing system, communication system, etc. are interchangeable.

[0140] The embodiments of the present disclosure are not exhaustive and are merely illustrative of some embodiments, and are not intended to be a specific limitation on the scope of protection of the present disclosure. In the absence of contradiction, each step in a certain embodiment can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the steps can be arbitrarily combined. For example, a solution after removing some steps in a certain embodiment can also be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the order of the steps in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily exchanged. In addition, the optional implementation methods in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined; in addition, the embodiments can be arbitrarily combined. For example, some or all steps of different embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, and a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined with the optional implementation methods of other embodiments.

[0141] In each embodiment of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified or provided for by logic, the terms and / or descriptions between the embodiments are consistent and can be referenced by each other. The technical features in different embodiments can be combined to form a new embodiment based on their inherent logical relationships.

[0142] The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present disclosure.

[0143] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, elements expressed in the singular, such as "a", "an", "the", "above", "said", "the", "the", etc., may mean "one and only one", or "one or more", "at least one", etc. For example, when using articles such as "a", "an", "the" in English in translation, the noun following the article may be understood as a singular expression or a plural expression.

[0144] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, “plurality” refers to two or more.

[0145] In some embodiments, the terms "at least one," "one or more," "a plurality of," "multiple," etc. may be used interchangeably.

[0146] In some embodiments, descriptions such as "at least one of A and B," "A and / or B," "A in one case, B in another case," or "in response to one case A, in response to another case B" may include the following technical solutions depending on the situation: in some embodiments, A (A is executed independently of B); in some embodiments, B (B is executed independently of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed); and in some embodiments, A and B (both A and B are executed). The above is also applicable when there are more branches such as A, B, and C.

[0147] In some embodiments, "A or B" and other descriptions may include the following technical solutions depending on the situation: in some embodiments, A (A is executed independently of B); in some embodiments, B (B is executed independently of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed). The above is also applicable when there are more branches such as A, B, C, etc.

[0148] The prefixes such as "first" and "second" in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only used to distinguish different description objects and do not constitute any restriction on the position, order, priority, quantity or content of the description objects. For the statement of the description object, please refer to the description in the context of the claims or embodiments, and no unnecessary restriction should be constituted due to the use of prefixes. For example, if the description object is a "field", the ordinal number before the "field" in the "first field" and the "second field" does not limit the position or order between the "fields". "First" and "second" do not limit whether the "fields" they modify are in the same message, nor do they limit the order of the "first field" and the "second field". For another example, if the description object is a "level", the ordinal number before the "level" in the "first level" and the "second level" does not limit the priority between the "levels". For another example, the number of description objects is not limited by the ordinal number and can be one or more. Taking "first device" as an example, the number of "devices" can be one or more. In addition, the objects modified by different prefixes can be the same or different. For example, if the description object is "device", then the "first device" and the "second device" can be the same device or different devices, and their types can be the same or different; for another example, if the description object is "information", then the "first information" and the "second information" can be the same information or different information, and their contents can be the same or different.

[0149] In some embodiments, “including A,” “comprising A,” “used to indicate A,” and “carrying A” can be interpreted as directly carrying A or indirectly indicating A.

[0150] In some embodiments, terms such as "time / frequency" and "time / frequency domain" refer to the time domain and / or the frequency domain.

[0151] In some embodiments, terms such as "in response to...", "in response to determining...", "in the case of...", "at the time of...", "when...", "if...", "if...", etc. can be used interchangeably.

[0152] In some embodiments, terms such as "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "not less than", "more than", "more than or equal to", "not less than", "higher than", "higher than or equal to", "not less than", and "above" can be replaced with each other, and terms such as "less than", "less than or equal to", "not greater than", "less than", "less than or equal to", "not more than", "lower than", "lower than or equal to", "not higher than", and "below" can be replaced with each other.

[0153] In some embodiments, devices and equipment can be interpreted as physical or virtual, and their names are not limited to the names recorded in the embodiments. In some cases, they can also be understood as "equipment", "device", "circuit", "network element", "node", "function", "unit", "section", "system", "network", "chip", "chip system", "entity", "subject", etc.

[0154] In some embodiments, "network" can be interpreted as devices included in the network, such as access network equipment, core network equipment, etc.

[0155] In some embodiments, "access network device (AN device)" may also be referred to as "radio access network device (RAN device)", "base station (BS)", "radio base station", "fixed station", and in some embodiments may also be understood as "node", "access point", "transmission point (TP)", "reception point (RP)", "transmission and / or reception point (TRP)" "panel", "antenna panel", "antenna array", "cell", "macro cell", "small cell", "femto cell", "pico cell", "sector", "cell group", "serving cell", "carrier", "component carrier", "bandwidth part (BWP)", etc.

[0156] In some embodiments, "terminal" or "terminal device" may be referred to as "user equipment (UE)", "user terminal" "mobile station (MS)", "mobile terminal (MT)", subscriber station, mobile unit, subscriber unit, wireless unit, remote unit, mobile device, wireless device, wireless communication device, remote device, mobile subscriber station, access terminal, mobile terminal, wireless terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client, etc.

[0157] In some embodiments, obtaining data, information, etc. may comply with the laws and regulations of the country where the data is obtained.

[0158] In some embodiments, data, information, etc. may be obtained with the user's consent.

[0159] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication system may include, but is not limited to, a terminal, a first cell, and a second cell. The number and configuration of devices shown in Figure 1 are for example purposes only and do not limit the present disclosure. In practical applications, two or more terminals, two or more first cells, and two or more second cells may be included. The communication system 100 shown in Figure 1 includes, for example, a terminal 101, a first cell 102, and a second cell 103.

[0160] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 herein may be an entity on the user side for receiving or transmitting signals, such as a mobile phone. It may also be referred to as a terminal, user equipment (UE), mobile station (MS), mobile terminal (MT), etc. The terminal may be a car with communication capabilities, a smart car, a mobile phone, a wearable device, a tablet computer (Pad), a computer with wireless transceiver capabilities, a virtual reality (VR) terminal, an augmented reality (AR) terminal, a wireless terminal in industrial control, a wireless terminal in self-driving, a wireless terminal in remote medical surgery, a wireless terminal in a smart grid, a wireless terminal in transportation safety, a wireless terminal in a smart city, a wireless terminal in a smart home, etc. The embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit the specific technology and specific device form adopted by the terminal.

[0161] In some embodiments, the second cell 103 herein may be a Network Energy Saving cell (NES cell). In some embodiments, the second cell 103 may be one or more of the NES cells associated with the first cell 102. Exemplarily, the association of the second cell 103 with the first cell 102 may mean that information or signals (such as SIB1) of the second cell 103 may be broadcast and configured via the first cell 102.

[0162] Exemplarily, a network energy-saving cell may refer to an SSB / SIB1-less cell. The SSB / SIB1-less cell does not send one or more of SSB (Synchronization Signal Block), SIB (System Information Block) 1, other SIB, and paging. The SSB / SIB1-less cell does not send SSB, and SIB1 can be broadcast and configured through an associated first cell (such as an anchor cell, also called an anchor cell, or a normal cell, or other names, which are not specifically limited in this disclosure). At the same time, the deployment of SSB / SIB1-less cells makes network deployment more flexible, because the SSB / SIB1-less cell does not change the network coverage, it only provides data services and expands the system capacity, so the SSB / SIB1-less cell can be quickly deployed, quickly used, flexibly deployed, and enabled on demand, that is, "plug and play", which improves the flexibility and timeliness of network deployment.

[0163] In some embodiments, the second cell 103 is in a neighboring relationship with the first cell 102. Exemplarily, the second cell 103 and the first cell 102 have overlapping coverage or adjacent coverage, that is, the second cell 103 and the first cell 102 are in a neighboring relationship.

[0164] In some embodiments, the network device associated with the first cell 102 may be an access network device. The network device associated with the second cell 103 may also be an access network device. In some embodiments, the access network device is, for example, a node or device that connects a terminal device to a wireless network. The access network device may include at least one of an evolved NodeB (eNB), a next generation evolved NodeB (ng-eNB), a next generation NodeB (gNB), a NodeB (NB), a home nodeB (HNB), a home evolved nodeB (HeNB), a wireless backhaul device, a radio network controller (RNC), a base station controller (BSC), a base transceiver station (BTS), a base band unit (BBU), a mobile switching center, a base station in a 6G communication system, an open RAN, a cloud RAN, a base station in other communication systems, and an access node in a Wi-Fi system, but is not limited thereto.

[0165] In some embodiments, the technical solution of the present disclosure can be applied to the Open RAN architecture. In this case, the interfaces between or within the access network devices involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be transformed into internal interfaces of the Open RAN, and the processes and information interactions between these internal interfaces can be implemented through software or programs.

[0166] In some embodiments, the access network device can be composed of a centralized unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU), where the CU can also be called a control unit. The CU-DU structure can be used to split the protocol layer of the access network device, with the functions of some protocol layers centrally controlled by the CU, and the functions of the remaining part or all of the protocol layers distributed in the DU, which is centrally controlled by the CU, but is not limited to this.

[0167] It can be understood that the communication system described in the embodiment of the present disclosure is for the purpose of more clearly illustrating the technical solution of the embodiment of the present disclosure, and does not constitute a limitation on the technical solution proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure. Ordinary technicians in this field can know that with the evolution of the system architecture and the emergence of new business scenarios, the technical solution proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure is also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0168] The following embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to the communication system 100 shown in FIG1 , or a portion thereof, but are not limited thereto. The entities shown in FIG1 are illustrative only. The communication system may include all or part of the entities shown in FIG1 , or may include other entities outside of FIG1 . The number and form of the entities are arbitrary, and the entities may be physical or virtual. The connection relationships between the entities are illustrative only. The entities may be connected or disconnected, and the connection may be in any manner, including direct or indirect, wired or wireless.

[0169] The embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4th generation mobile communication system (4G), 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), 5G new radio (NR), future radio access (FRA), new radio access technology (RAT), new radio (NR), new radio access (NX), future generation radio access (FX), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM (registered trademark)), CDMA2000, Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, Ultra-WideBand (UWB), Bluetooth (registered trademark), Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) networks, Device-to-Device (D2D) systems, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) systems, Internet of Things (IoT) systems, Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X), systems utilizing other communication methods, and next-generation systems based on and extending these methods. Furthermore, multiple systems may be combined (for example, a combination of LTE or LTE-A with 5G).

[0170] It's important to note that with the increasing demand for speed, latency, high-speed mobility, and energy efficiency, coupled with the increasing diversity and complexity of future services, the 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) international standards organization has begun developing 5G. The main application scenarios for 5G are: enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC), and massive machine-type communications (mMTC). eMBB continues to focus on providing users with multimedia content, services, and data, and demand for it is growing rapidly. However, since eMBB can be deployed in diverse scenarios, such as indoors, in urban areas, and in rural areas, its capabilities and requirements vary significantly, making a generalized approach difficult and requiring detailed analysis based on specific deployment scenarios. Typical applications of URLLC include industrial automation, power automation, remote medical operations (surgery), and traffic safety. mMTC's key features include high connection density, low data volumes, latency-insensitive services, low module costs, and a long service life.

[0171] Since the energy consumption of 5G base stations is four times that of LTE base stations, network energy saving is an important means for operators to reduce the cost of operating 5G systems. In some embodiments, in order to save energy for terminals in the RRC connected state (RRC_CONNECTED), a WUS (wake up signal) is introduced. An offset in front of the on duration of UE C-DRX (Connected Discontinuous Reception) defines a duration for sending a WUS signal. During this WUS duration, a WUS signal, i.e., DCI 2-6, is sent, which is encrypted by PS-RNTI (Power Saving RNTI) to indicate whether the terminal wakes up to monitor PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) during the next UE C-DRX onduration.

[0172] In some embodiments, a paging WUS (paging wake-up signal) is introduced to save energy in RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE terminals. This WUS, also known as the PEI (paging early indication), is sent sometime before the paging occasion (PO) to indicate whether the terminal is monitoring paging schedule information at that PO. The PEI is DCI 2-7, scrambled by the PEI-RNTI (paging early indication radio network temporary identifier).

[0173] In some embodiments, a request-based wake-up signal (On demand WUS) can be used to request an SSB from a second cell (such as an SSB / SIB1-less cell). The second cell can usually be considered to be in a sleeping state and does not send an SSB, so the second cell can also be called a sleeping cell, or can be called other names, which are not specifically limited in this disclosure. If the terminal needs to obtain the SSB of the second cell, it can use WUS to wake up the sleeping cell to send the SSB. In some embodiments, the second cell does not have a DRS (discovery reference signal), and in some embodiments, the second cell has a DRS.

[0174] In the SSB / SIB1-less cell scenario, the terminal is in the coverage of the first cell (such as the anchor cell / normal cell, or other names, which are not specifically limited in this disclosure), and the network energy-saving cell without DRS is an invisible cell for the terminal. However, there is currently no effective means for determining when a terminal in the RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state on the first cell requests the network energy-saving cell to send.

[0175] To this end, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication method, which enables a terminal in the RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state to request the second cell to send SSB and / or SIB1 through WUS, thereby facilitating the terminal to subsequently communicate with the second cell.

[0176] Figure 2A is an interactive diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 2A, the communication method according to the embodiment of the present disclosure can be applied to a communication system 100, and the method includes but is not limited to the following steps.

[0177] Step S2101 : The terminal 101 obtains measurement configuration information from the first cell 102 .

[0178] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration information may include but is not limited to at least one of the following: content information of the measurement report, information related to the measured reference signal resource, and association relationship information between the reference signal resource and the measurement report.

[0179] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned measurement configuration information can be used by the terminal 101 to measure the RSRP of the second SSB sent by the first cell 102.

[0180] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 is in an RRC non-connected state (such as RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state) on the first cell 102, and the terminal 101 may obtain the above-mentioned measurement configuration information through the first SIB information of the first cell 102. In other embodiments, the terminal 101 may also obtain the measurement configuration information when it is in an RRC connected state on the first cell 102. When the terminal 101 switches from the RRC connected state to the non-connected state and then switches back to the RRC connected state, the measurement configuration information may be used to perform measurement, etc.

[0181] In step S2102 , the terminal 101 enters the RRC connected state from the RRC non-connected state (such as RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state) on the first cell 102 .

[0182] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 is in the RRC_IDLE state on the first cell 102. The terminal 101 may initiate an RRC connection establishment procedure to the first cell 102 to enter the RRC connected state. The terminal 101 is in the RRC_INACTIVE state on the first cell 102. The terminal 101 may initiate an RRC connection recovery procedure to the first cell 102 to enter the RRC connected state.

[0183] Optionally, in some embodiments, step S2101 and step S2102 may be performed in an interchanged order. For example, step S2101 may be performed first and then step S2102. Alternatively, step S2102 may be performed first and then step S2101. In the case where step S2102 is performed first and then step S2101, the terminal 101 enters the RRC connected state from the RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state on the first cell 102, so that the terminal 101 in the RRC connected state can obtain the above-mentioned measurement configuration information through the first SIB information of the first cell 102, or the terminal 101 in the RRC connected state can also obtain the above-mentioned measurement configuration information from the first cell 102 through dedicated RRC signaling. For example, the terminal 101 enters the RRC connected state from the RRC non-connected state (such as RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state) on the first cell 102, so that the first cell 102 can send the above-mentioned measurement configuration information to the terminal 101 through dedicated RRC signaling. Correspondingly, the terminal 101 in the RRC connected state can obtain the above-mentioned measurement configuration information from the first cell 102 through dedicated RRC signaling.

[0184] In step S2103, the terminal 101 measures the RSRP of the second SSB sent by the first cell 102 based on the measurement configuration information, and obtains the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB.

[0185] In some embodiments, the second SSB is sent by the first cell 102 to the terminal 101 , and accordingly, the terminal 101 receives the second SSB sent by the first cell 102 .

[0186] Exemplarily, the terminal 101 may measure the RSRP value of the second SSB sent by the first cell 102 based on the measurement configuration information of the first cell 102 to obtain the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB.

[0187] Step S2104: Terminal 101 determines that the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB is less than or equal to the first threshold.

[0188] Exemplarily, the terminal 101 compares the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB (i.e., the measured RSRP value of the second SSB) with the first threshold. For example, the terminal can determine whether the measured RSRP value of the second SSB is less than or equal to the first threshold. If the measured RSRP value of the second SSB is less than or equal to the first threshold, it can be considered that the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB is less than or equal to the first threshold.

[0189] In some embodiments, the first threshold may be preconfigured. Alternatively, in some embodiments, the first threshold may be obtained by the terminal 101 from the measurement configuration information of the first cell 102. Exemplarily, the measurement configuration information obtained by the terminal 101 from the first cell 102 includes the first threshold, and the first threshold may be used by the terminal 101 to determine whether to report the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB based on the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB. Exemplarily, the terminal 101 may obtain the first threshold from the measurement configuration information, so that the terminal 101 can determine the signal quality of the SSB of the first cell 102 based on the first threshold.

[0190] Step S2105: Terminal 101 determines to report the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB.

[0191] Exemplarily, the terminal 101 determines that the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB is less than or equal to the first threshold, then determines that it is necessary to report the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to the first cell 102, so that the first cell 102 determines whether to send indication information to the terminal 101 based on the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to instruct the terminal 101 to send the first information, that is, the first cell 102 triggers the terminal 101 to send the first information based on the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1. Exemplarily, the terminal 101 periodically reports the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to the first cell 102, so that the first cell 102 determines whether to send indication information to the terminal 101 based on the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to instruct the terminal 101 to send the first information.

[0192] In some embodiments, the first information may be a wake-up signal (WUS), or the first information may include the wake-up signal.

[0193] Step S2106, the terminal 101 sends the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to the first cell 102.

[0194] In some embodiments, the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB may be used by the first cell 102 to determine whether to send indication information, where the indication information is used to instruct the terminal 101 to send first information, where the first information is used to request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1. Exemplarily, the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB may be used by the first cell 102 to determine whether it is necessary to trigger the terminal 101 to send the first information to request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1.

[0195] In some embodiments, when the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB is less than or equal to the first threshold, the terminal 101 reports the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to the first cell 102. Accordingly, the first cell 102 can receive the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB sent by the terminal 101. In some embodiments, the terminal 101 can periodically send the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to the first cell 102. Exemplarily, the terminal 101 periodically reports the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to the first cell 102, so that the first cell 102 determines whether to send indication information to the terminal 101 based on the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to instruct the terminal 101 to send the first information.

[0196] It should be noted that, in some embodiments, steps S2104 and S2105 are optional. That is, after the terminal 101 obtains the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB, it can send the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to the first cell 102. Alternatively, after the terminal 101 obtains the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB and determines that the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB is less than or equal to the first threshold, the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB is sent to the first cell 102.

[0197] Step S2107: The first cell 102 determines that indication information needs to be sent based on the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB.

[0198] Exemplarily, the first cell 102 may determine whether the terminal 101 needs to wake up the second cell through WUS to send SSB and / or SIB1 based on the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB reported by the terminal 101. For example, the first cell 102 determines that the RSRP of the second SSB is less than or equal to the first threshold based on the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB reported by the terminal 101, and may determine that the terminal 101 needs to wake up the second cell 103 through the first information. That is, the first cell 102 may determine that it is necessary to send indication information to the terminal 101 to instruct the terminal 101 to trigger WUS to request the second cell 103 to send SSB and / or SIB1. Exemplarily, the first cell 102 determines that it is necessary to send indication information to the terminal 101 based on network implementation to instruct the terminal 101 to trigger WUS to request the second cell 103 to send SSB and / or SIB1.

[0199] Step S2108 , the first cell 102 sends indication information to the terminal 101 .

[0200] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned indication information is used to instruct the sending of the first information. Exemplarily, the above-mentioned indication information is used to instruct the terminal 101 to send the first information.

[0201] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned indication information is sent by the first cell 102 to the terminal 101, and accordingly, the terminal 101 receives the above-mentioned indication information sent by the first cell 102. Exemplarily, the first cell 102 determines that the terminal 101 needs to wake up the second cell 103 through the WUS based on the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB reported by the terminal 101, and then the first cell 102 sends indication information to the terminal 101 to instruct the terminal 101 to send the first information.

[0202] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned indication information may be RRC signaling, MAC CE, or DCI information. For example, the first cell 102 may instruct the terminal to send the first information via RRC signaling / MAC CE / DCI.

[0203] Step S2109 , the terminal 101 sends first information to the second cell 103 .

[0204] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned first information is used to request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1.

[0205] In some embodiments, the first information is sent by the terminal 101 to the second cell 103, and accordingly, the second cell 103 receives the first information sent by the terminal 101. Exemplarily, upon receiving the indication information sent by the first cell 102, the terminal 101 sends the first information to the second cell 103 to request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1.

[0206] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 obtains the configuration information of the second cell 103 through the second SIB information of the first cell. The terminal 101 sends the above-mentioned first information to the second cell 103 based on the configuration information of the second cell 103. Exemplarily, the terminal 101 in the RRC non-connected state (such as RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state) on the first cell 102 can obtain the configuration information of the second cell 103 through the second SIB of the first cell. Exemplarily, the terminal 101 enters the RRC connected state from the RRC non-connected state (such as RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state) on the first cell 102, and can obtain the configuration information of the second cell 103 from the first cell 102 through dedicated RRC signaling. It should be noted that the first SIB information and the second SIB information in this document can be the same SIB information or different SIB information, and their contents can be the same or different. Exemplarily, the first SIB information and the second SIB information in this document can be understood as SIB1 of the first cell.

[0207] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 may obtain the configuration information of the second cell 103 from the SIB of the first cell 102. Exemplarily, the first cell 102 sends an SIB including the configuration information of the second cell 103, and the terminal 101 in the first cell 102 may obtain the configuration information of the second cell 103 from the SIB.

[0208] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 may obtain the configuration information of the second cell 103 from dedicated RRC signaling of the first cell 102. Exemplarily, the first cell 101 sends the configuration information of the second cell 103 to the terminal 101 through dedicated RRC signaling, so that the terminal 101 obtains the configuration information of the second cell 103.

[0209] In some embodiments, the configuration information of the second cell 103 may include but is not limited to at least one of the following: an identifier and / or frequency of the second cell; configuration information related to the random access channel RACH of the second cell; configuration information related to the first information associated with the second cell; information in the SIB1 of the second cell. In some embodiments, the configuration information related to the first information may include but is not limited to at least one of the following: a reamble index or sequence reserved for the first information; configuration information of a random access occasion (RACH Occasion, RO) resource, the RO resource being used to send the first information; the initial transmit power of the first information, or a parameter for calculating the initial transmit power. Exemplarily, the terminal 101 may send the first information to the second cell 103 based on the configuration information of the second cell 103 and / or the configuration information of the first information associated with the second cell.

[0210] It is worth noting that the terminal 101 can request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1 through the first information. In some embodiments, the first information used to request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB may be the same as or different from the first information used to request the second cell 103 to send SIB1. Exemplarily, the terminal may request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB through the first WUS, and the terminal may request the second cell 103 to send SIB1 through the second WUS, wherein the first WUS and the second WUS may be the same as or different. Exemplarily, the terminal may request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB through the WUS, and the terminal may request the second cell 103 to send SIB1 through other information; or, the terminal may request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB through other information, and the terminal may request the second cell 103 to send SIB1 through the WUS, and the other information may not be the WUS, and this disclosure does not limit this.

[0211] It should be noted that, in some embodiments, the first cell 102 may be associated with one or more second cells 103. The configuration information of the first information associated with the one or more second cells may be the same or different. Exemplarily, the one or more second cells may be associated with different configuration information of the first information. Exemplarily, the one or more second cells may be associated with related configuration information of the same first information. For example, the first cell 102 may be associated with one or more second cells, and the terminal 101 may send the first information to at least some of the one or more second cells 103 associated with the first cell 102. Sending the first information to at least some of the one or more second cells 103 associated with the first cell 102 may mean sending the first information to one or more of the one or more second cells 103 associated with the first cell 102, or sending the first information to all of the second cells 103 associated with the first cell 102. When there is more than one second cell 103, the first information is sent using the configuration information of the first information of each of the more than one second cells 103. For example, second cell 1, second cell 2, and second cell 3 are network energy-saving cells associated with first cell 102. The terminal may use the configuration information of the first information associated with second cell 1 to send the first information to second cell 1, and use the configuration information of the first information associated with second cell 2 to send the first information to second cell 2. The configuration information of the first information associated with second cell 1, second cell 2, and second cell 3 may be the same or different. Taking the example of the first information associated with at least some of the second cells being the same, terminal 101 may send the first information to at least some of the second cells based on the configuration information of at least some of the second cells and / or the configuration information of the same first information associated with at least some of the second cells. For example, taking the first cell 102 as being associated with second cell a and second cell b, the configuration information of the first information associated with second cell a and second cell b may be the same. Terminal 101 may send the first information to second cell a and second cell b, respectively, based on the configuration information of second cell a and second cell b and / or the configuration information of the same first information associated with second cell a and second cell b.

[0212] Taking the configuration information of at least part of the second cell being associated with different first information as an example, the terminal 101 can send the first information to the at least part of the second cell based on the configuration information of the at least part of the second cell and / or the configuration information of the first information associated with the at least part of the second cell. For example, the first cell 102 is associated with the second cell a and the second cell b, and the configuration information of the first information associated with the second cell a is different from the configuration information of the first information associated with the second cell b. For example, the first information associated with the second cell a is called first information 1, and the first information associated with the second cell b is 2. The terminal 101 can send the first information 1 to the second cell a based on the configuration information of the second cell a and / or the configuration information of the first information 1 associated with the second cell a, and send the first information 2 to the second cell b based on the configuration information of the second cell b and / or the configuration information of the first information 2 associated with the second cell b.

[0213] Optionally, in some embodiments, the first cell 102 can be associated with one or more second cells 103, and the terminal can determine based on terminal implementation whether to send the first information to a second cell associated with the first cell 102, or to send the first information to multiple second cells associated with the first cell 102, or to send the first information to all second cells associated with the first cell 102.

[0214] Step S2110, the second cell 103 sends the first SSB and / or SIB1.

[0215] In some embodiments, the second cell 103 sends a first SSB and / or SIB1 to the terminal 101, and accordingly, the terminal 101 receives the first SSB and / or SIB1 sent by the second cell 103. It should be noted that, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the first SSB is a synchronization signal block sent by the second cell 103, and the second SSB is a synchronization signal block sent by the first cell 102.

[0216] Exemplarily, the terminal enters the RRC connected state from the RRC non-connected state (such as the RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state) on the first cell 102, and the terminal 101 can request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB through the first information. In some embodiments, the first SSB is used by the terminal 101 to achieve synchronization with the second cell 103. Exemplarily, the second cell 103 sends the first SSB to the terminal 101 to facilitate the terminal 101 to search and identify the cell.

[0217] Exemplarily, the terminal enters the RRC connected state from the RRC non-connected state (such as RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state) on the first cell 102, and the terminal 101 may request the second cell 103 to send SIB1 through the first information. In some embodiments, SIB1 may carry scheduling information of other SIB types (such as but not limited to one or more of SIB5, SIB6, SIB7, etc.), and the SIB1 may also provide radio resource configuration information shared by all terminals and prohibition information required for unified access control, or may also carry other information, which is not limited in this disclosure and will not be described in detail.

[0218] In some embodiments, the names of information, etc. are not limited to the names described in the embodiments, and terms such as "information", "message", "signal", "signaling", "report", "configuration", "indication", "instruction", "command", "channel", "parameter", "domain", "field", "symbol", "symbol", "codeword", "codebook", "codeword", "codepoint", "bit", "data", "program", and "chip" can be used interchangeably.

[0219] In some embodiments, terms such as "uplink", "uplink", "physical uplink" can be interchangeable with each other, and terms such as "downlink", "downlink", "physical downlink" can be interchangeable with each other, and terms such as "side", "sidelink", "side communication", "sidelink communication", "direct connection", "direct link", "direct communication", "direct link communication" can be interchangeable with each other.

[0220] In some embodiments, "obtain", "get", "get", "receive", "transmit", "bidirectional transmission", "send and / or receive" can be interchangeable, and can be interpreted as receiving from other entities, obtaining from protocols, obtaining from higher layers, obtaining by self-processing, autonomous implementation, etc.

[0221] In some embodiments, terms such as "send", "transmit", "report", "download", "transmit", "bidirectional transmission", "send and / or receive" can be used interchangeably.

[0222] In some embodiments, terms such as "certain", "preset", "preset", "setting", "indicated", "a certain", "any", and "first" can be interchangeable. "Specific A", "preset A", "preset A", "setting A", "indicated A", "a certain A", "any A", and "first A" can be interpreted as A pre-specified in a protocol, etc., or as A obtained through setting, configuration, or indication, etc., or as specific A, a certain A, any A, or first A, etc., but not limited to this.

[0223] In some embodiments, the determination or judgment can be performed by a value represented by 1 bit (0 or 1), or by a true or false value (Boolean value) represented by true or false, or by comparison of numerical values ​​(for example, comparison with a predetermined value), but is not limited thereto.

[0224] The method involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S2101 to S2110. For example, step S2101+step S2102+step S2103+step S2104+step S2106+step S2107+step S2108+step S2109 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S2101+step S2102+step S2103+step S2104+step S2105+step S2106+step S2107+step S2108+step S2109 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step S2101+step S2102+step S2103+step S2104+step S2105+step S2106+step S2107+step S2108+step S2109 can be implemented as an independent embodiment. Step S2102 + step S2103 + step S2104 + step S2106 + step S2107 + step S2108 + step S2109 + step S2110 can be implemented as independent embodiments, and step S2101 + step S2102 + step S2103 + step S2104 + step S2105 + step S2106 + step S2107 + step S2108 + step S2109 + step S2110 can be implemented as independent embodiments, but are not limited to this.

[0225] In some embodiments, step S2101 and step S2102 may be executed in an interchanged order or simultaneously.

[0226] In some embodiments, step S2105 and step S2110 are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0227] In some embodiments, step S2110 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0228] In some embodiments, step S2105 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0229] In some embodiments, reference may be made to other optional implementations described before or after the description corresponding to FIG. 2A .

[0230] Figure 2B is an interactive diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 2B, the communication method according to the embodiment of the present disclosure can be applied to a communication system 100, and the method includes but is not limited to the following steps.

[0231] Step S2201 : The terminal 101 obtains measurement configuration information through the first SIB information of the first cell 102 .

[0232] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 is in an RRC non-connected state (such as RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state) on the first cell 102. Exemplarily, the terminal 101 in the RRC non-connected state (such as RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state) on the first cell 102 may obtain the measurement configuration information from the first SIB information of the first cell 102.

[0233] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration information may include but is not limited to at least one of the following: content information of the measurement report, information related to the measured reference signal resource, and association relationship information between the reference signal resource and the measurement report.

[0234] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned measurement configuration information can be used by the terminal 101 to measure the RSRP of the second SSB sent by the first cell 102.

[0235] In step S2202, the terminal 101 measures the RSRP of the second SSB sent by the first cell 102 based on the measurement configuration information, and obtains the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB.

[0236] The optional implementation of step S2202 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2103 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0237] Step S2203: Terminal 101 determines that the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB is less than or equal to the first threshold.

[0238] The optional implementation of step S2203 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2104 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0239] Step S2204 , the terminal 101 sends first information to the second cell 103 .

[0240] In some embodiments, the first information is used to request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1. It should be noted that, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the first SSB is a synchronization signal block sent by the second cell 103, and the second SSB is a synchronization signal block sent by the first cell 102.

[0241] Exemplarily, if the terminal 101 determines that the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB is less than or equal to the first threshold, the terminal 101 sends the first information to request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1. That is, the terminal 101 sends the first information to the second cell 103. Accordingly, the second cell 103 can receive the first information sent by the terminal 101 to request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1.

[0242] In some embodiments, the first information may be a wake-up signal (WUS), or the first information may include the wake-up signal.

[0243] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 obtains the configuration information of the second cell 103 through the second SIB information of the first cell. Based on the configuration information of the second cell 103, the terminal 101 sends the above-mentioned first information to the second cell 103. Exemplarily, the terminal 101 in the RRC non-connected state (such as RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state) on the first cell 102 can obtain the configuration information of the second cell 103 through the second SIB of the first cell. Exemplarily, the terminal 101 enters the RRC connected state from the RRC non-connected state (such as RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state) on the first cell 102, and can obtain the configuration information of the second cell 103 from the first cell 102 through dedicated RRC signaling.

[0244] In some embodiments, the configuration information of the second cell 103 may include but is not limited to at least one of the following: an identifier and / or frequency of the second cell; configuration information related to the random access channel RACH of the second cell; configuration information related to the first information associated with the second cell; information in the SIB1 of the second cell. In some embodiments, the configuration information related to the first information may include but is not limited to at least one of the following: a reamble index or sequence reserved for the first information; configuration information of a random access opportunity (RACH Occasion, RO) resource, the RO resource being used to send the first information; the initial transmit power of the first information, or a parameter for calculating the initial transmit power. Exemplarily, the terminal 101 may send the first information to the second cell 103 based on the configuration information of the second cell 103 and / or the configuration information of the first information associated with the second cell.

[0245] Step S2205, the second cell 103 sends the first SSB and / or SIB1.

[0246] In some embodiments, the second cell 103 sends a first SSB and / or SIB1 to the terminal 101, and accordingly, the terminal 101 receives the first SSB and / or SIB1 sent by the second cell 103. It should be noted that, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the first SSB is a synchronization signal block sent by the second cell 103, and the second SSB is a synchronization signal block sent by the first cell 102.

[0247] Exemplarily, the terminal 101 is in an RRC non-connected state (e.g., RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state) on the first cell 102. The terminal 101 may request the second cell 103 to send a first SSB through the first information. In some embodiments, the first SSB is used by the terminal 101 to synchronize with the second cell 103. Exemplarily, the second cell 103 sends the first SSB to the terminal 101 to facilitate cell search and identification by the terminal 101.

[0248] Exemplarily, the terminal 101 is in an RRC non-connected state on the first cell 102, such as an RRC idle (RRC_IDLE) state or an RRC inactive (RRC_INACTIVE) state, and the terminal 101 may request the second cell 103 to send SIB1 through the first information. In some embodiments, SIB1 may carry information related to whether the terminal 101 is allowed to access the cell (such as parameters for the terminal 101 to access the cell), and may also carry scheduling information of other SIB types (such as but not limited to one or more of SIB5, SIB6, SIB7, etc.). The SIB1 may also provide radio resource configuration information shared by all terminals and prohibition information required for unified access control, or may also carry other information. This disclosure is not limited to this and will not be described in detail.

[0249] The method according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S2201 to S2205. For example, steps S2201, S2202, S2203, and S2204 may be implemented as independent embodiments, and steps S2201, S2202, S2203, S2204, and S2205 may be implemented as independent embodiments, but are not limited thereto.

[0250] In some embodiments, step S2205 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0251] In some embodiments, reference may be made to other optional implementations described before or after the description corresponding to FIG. 2B .

[0252] Figure 2C is an interactive diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 2C, the communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure can be applied to a communication system 100, and the method includes but is not limited to the following steps.

[0253] In step S2301, the terminal 101 determines based on terminal implementation that it is necessary to request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1.

[0254] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 is in an RRC non-connected state (such as RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state) on the first cell 102.

[0255] In some embodiments, the second cell 103 may be one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell 102 .

[0256] In some embodiments, the second cell 103 is in a neighboring relationship with the first cell 102. Exemplarily, the second cell 103 and the first cell 102 have overlapping coverage or adjacent coverage, that is, the second cell 103 and the first cell 102 are in a neighboring relationship.

[0257] Exemplarily, the terminal 101 may determine whether it is necessary to request the second cell 103 to send the SSB and / or SIB1 based on the terminal implementation. For example, the terminal determines based on the implementation that it needs to obtain the SSB of the second cell 103, and may determine that it is necessary to request the second cell 103 to send the SSB and / or SIB1. For another example, when the terminal moves into the coverage area of ​​the second cell, it may be determined that it is necessary to request the second cell to send the SSB and / or SIB1.

[0258] Step S2302 , the terminal 101 sends first information to the second cell 103 .

[0259] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned first information is used to request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1.

[0260] In some embodiments, the first information is sent by the terminal 101 to the second cell 103, and accordingly, the second cell 103 receives the first information sent by the terminal 101. Exemplarily, the terminal 101 determines based on terminal implementation that it is necessary to request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1, and then the terminal 101 sends the first information to the second cell 103 to request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1.

[0261] In some embodiments, the first information may be a wake-up signal (WUS), or the first information may include the wake-up signal.

[0262] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 obtains the configuration information of the second cell 103 through the second SIB information of the first cell. Based on the configuration information of the second cell 103, the terminal 101 sends the above-mentioned first information to the second cell 103. Exemplarily, the terminal 101 in the RRC non-connected state (such as RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state) on the first cell 102 can obtain the configuration information of the second cell 103 through the second SIB of the first cell. Exemplarily, the terminal 101 enters the RRC connected state from the RRC non-connected state (such as RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state) on the first cell 102, and can obtain the configuration information of the second cell 103 from the first cell 102 through dedicated RRC signaling.

[0263] In some embodiments, the configuration information of the second cell 103 may include but is not limited to at least one of the following: an identifier and / or frequency of the second cell; configuration information related to the random access channel RACH of the second cell; configuration information related to the first information associated with the second cell; information in the SIB1 of the second cell. In some embodiments, the configuration information related to the first information may include but is not limited to at least one of the following: a reamble index or sequence reserved for the first information; configuration information of a random access opportunity (RACH Occasion, RO) resource, the RO resource being used to send the first information; the initial transmit power of the first information, or a parameter for calculating the initial transmit power. Exemplarily, the terminal 101 may send the first information to the second cell 103 based on the configuration information of the second cell 103 and / or the configuration information of the first information associated with the second cell.

[0264] Step S2303, the second cell 103 sends the first SSB and / or SIB1.

[0265] The optional implementation of step S2303 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2205 in Figure 2B and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2B, which will not be repeated here.

[0266] The method involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S2301 to S2303. For example, step S2301 + step S2302 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step S2301 + step S2302 + step S2303 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0267] In some embodiments, step S2303 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0268] In some embodiments, reference may be made to other optional implementations described before or after the description corresponding to FIG. 2C .

[0269] Figure 2D is an interactive diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 2D, the communication method according to the embodiment of the present disclosure can be applied to the communication system 100, and the method includes but is not limited to the following steps.

[0270] In step S2401 , the terminal 101 enters the RRC connected state from the RRC non-connected state (such as RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state) on the first cell 102 .

[0271] The optional implementation of step S2401 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2102 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0272] Step S2402 : The terminal 101 obtains measurement configuration information of the first cell 102 .

[0273] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration information may include but is not limited to at least one of the following: content information of the measurement report, information related to the measured reference signal resource, and association relationship information between the reference signal resource and the measurement report.

[0274] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned measurement configuration information can be used by the terminal 101 to measure the RSRP of the second SSB sent by the first cell 102.

[0275] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 may obtain the measurement configuration information from the first SIB information of the first cell 102. For example, the terminal 101 is in an RRC non-connected state (such as RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state) on the first cell 102, and the terminal 101 may obtain the measurement configuration information from the first SIB information of the first cell 102.

[0276] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 may obtain the measurement configuration information from the first cell 102 through dedicated RRC signaling. Exemplarily, the terminal 101 enters an RRC connected state from an RRC non-connected state (such as an RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state) on the first cell 102, so that the terminal 101 in the RRC connected state can obtain the measurement configuration information from the first cell 102 through dedicated RRC signaling.

[0277] Optionally, in some embodiments, step S2401 and step S2402 may be executed in an interchanged order. For example, step S2401 may be executed first and then step S2402. Alternatively, step S2402 may be executed first and then step S2401. In the case where step S2402 is executed first and then step S2401, the terminal 101 enters the RRC connected state from the RRC non-connected state (such as RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state) on the first cell 102, so that the terminal 101 in the RRC connected state can obtain the above-mentioned measurement configuration information through the first SIB information of the first cell 102, or the terminal 101 in the RRC connected state can also obtain the above-mentioned measurement configuration information from the first cell 102 through dedicated RRC signaling. For example, the terminal 101 enters the RRC connected state from the RRC non-connected state (such as RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state) on the first cell 102, so that the first cell 102 can send the above-mentioned measurement configuration information to the terminal 101 through dedicated RRC signaling. Correspondingly, the terminal 101 in the RRC connected state can obtain the above-mentioned measurement configuration information from the first cell 102 through dedicated RRC signaling.

[0278] In step S2403, the terminal 101 measures the RSRP of the second SSB sent by the first cell 102 based on the measurement configuration information, and obtains the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB.

[0279] The optional implementation of step S2403 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2103 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0280] Step S2404: Terminal 101 determines that the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB is less than or equal to the first threshold.

[0281] The optional implementation of step S2404 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2104 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0282] Step S2405: Terminal 101 determines to report the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB.

[0283] The optional implementation of step S2405 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2105 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0284] Step S2406, the terminal 101 sends the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to the first cell 102.

[0285] In some embodiments, the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB can be used by the first cell 102 to determine whether it is necessary to send second information to the second cell 103, and the second information is used to request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1. Exemplarily, the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB can be used by the first cell 102 to determine whether to trigger the second cell 103 to wake up and send the first SSB and / or SIB1. It should be noted that, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the first SSB is the synchronization signal block sent by the second cell 103, and the second SSB is the synchronization signal block sent by the first cell 102.

[0286] In some embodiments, when the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB is less than or equal to the first threshold, the terminal 101 reports the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to the first cell 102. Accordingly, the first cell 102 can receive the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB sent by the terminal 101. In some embodiments, the terminal 101 can periodically send the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to the first cell 102. Exemplarily, the terminal 101 periodically reports the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to the first cell 102, so that the first cell 102 determines whether to trigger the second cell 103 to wake up and send the first SSB and / or SIB1 based on the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB.

[0287] Step S2407: The first cell 102 determines that it needs to request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1 based on the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB.

[0288] Exemplarily, the first cell 102 may determine whether the terminal 101 needs to wake up the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1 based on the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB reported by the terminal 101. For example, the first cell 102 determines that the RSRP of the second SSB is less than or equal to the first threshold based on the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB reported by the terminal 101, and may determine that the second cell 103 needs to be woken up so that the second cell 103 wakes up to send the first SSB and / or SIB1. Exemplarily, the first cell 102 determines that the second cell 103 needs to be woken up based on network implementation so that the second cell 103 wakes up to send the first SSB and / or SIB1.

[0289] Step S2408 : The first cell 102 sends second information to the second cell 103 .

[0290] In some embodiments, the second information is sent by the first cell 102 to the second cell 103, and accordingly, the second cell 103 receives the second information sent by the first cell 102. Exemplarily, the first cell 102 determines that the second cell 103 needs to be awakened based on the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB, and wakes up the second cell 103 by sending the second information to the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1. Exemplarily, the first cell 102 determines that the second cell 103 needs to be awakened based on network implementation, and wakes up the second cell 103 by sending the second information to the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1.

[0291] In some embodiments, the second information may be Xn signaling between base stations, or the second information may be included in the Xn signaling. Exemplarily, the first cell 102 may wake up the second cell 103 through Xn signaling between base stations.

[0292] In some embodiments, the second information may be a handover request (HO request). Exemplarily, the first cell 102 may wake up the second cell 103 through the HO request. In one possible implementation, the HO request may implicitly wake up the second cell 103, and the second cell 103 wakes up and sends the first SSB and / or SIB1 upon receiving the HO request. In another possible implementation, the HO request may explicitly wake up the second cell 103, define a new indication bit in the HO request, and use the indication bit to explicitly wake up the second cell 103 and send the first SSB and / or SIB1. Optionally, the second information may also be other Xn signaling, which is not specifically limited in the present disclosure.

[0293] Step S2409, the second cell 103 sends the first SSB and / or SIB1.

[0294] The optional implementation of step S2409 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2110 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0295] The method involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S2401 to S2409. For example, step S2401+step S2402+step S2403+step S2404+step S2406+step S2407+step S2408 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S2401+step S2402+step S2403+step S2404+step S2405+step S2406+step S2407+step S2408 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step S2401+step S2402+step S2403+step S2404+step S2405+step S2406+step S2407+step S2408 can be implemented as an independent embodiment. Step S2402 + step S2403 + step S2404 + step S2406 + step S2407 + step S2408 + step S2409 can be implemented as independent embodiments, and step S2401 + step S2402 + step S2403 + step S2404 + step S2405 + step S2406 + step S2407 + step S2408 + step S2409 can be implemented as independent embodiments, but are not limited to this.

[0296] In some embodiments, step S2401 and step S2402 may be executed in an interchangeable order or simultaneously.

[0297] In some embodiments, step S2405 and step S2409 are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0298] In some embodiments, step S2409 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0299] In some embodiments, step S2405 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0300] In some embodiments, reference may be made to other optional implementations described before or after the description corresponding to FIG. 2D .

[0301] FIG3A is a flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3A , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method, which can be executed by terminal 101 and may include but is not limited to the following steps.

[0302] Step S3101: Acquire measurement configuration information from the first cell 102.

[0303] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration information is sent by the first cell 102 to the terminal 101 . Accordingly, the terminal 101 receives the measurement configuration information sent by the first cell 102 .

[0304] The optional implementation of step S3101 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2101 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0305] Step S3102 , on the first cell 102 , the RRC non-connected state (such as RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state) is entered into the RRC connected state.

[0306] The optional implementation of step S3102 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2102 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0307] Step S3103: Measure the RSRP of the second SSB sent by the first cell 102 based on the measurement configuration information to obtain the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB.

[0308] The optional implementation of step S3103 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2103 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0309] Step S3104: Determine whether the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB is less than or equal to the first threshold.

[0310] The optional implementation of step S3104 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2104 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0311] Step S3105, determine to report the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB.

[0312] The optional implementation of step S3105 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2105 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0313] Step S3106, sending the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to the first cell 102.

[0314] The optional implementation of step S3106 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2106 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0315] Step S3107: Receive indication information sent by the first cell 102.

[0316] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned indication information is used to instruct the sending of the first information. Exemplarily, the above-mentioned indication information is used to instruct the terminal 101 to send the first information.

[0317] The optional implementation of step S3107 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2108 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0318] Step S3108: Send first information to the second cell 103.

[0319] The optional implementation of step S3108 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2109 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0320] The method according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S3101 to S3108. For example, steps S3101, S3102, S3103, S3104, S3106, S3107, and S3108 may be implemented as independent embodiments, and steps S3101, S3102, S3103, S3104, S3105, S3106, S3107, and S3108 may be implemented as independent embodiments, but are not limited thereto.

[0321] In some embodiments, step S3101 and step S3102 may be executed in an interchanged order or simultaneously.

[0322] In some embodiments, step S3105 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0323] FIG3B is a flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3B , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method, which can be executed by terminal 101 and may include but is not limited to the following steps.

[0324] Step S3201: Acquire measurement configuration information through the first SIB information of the first cell 102.

[0325] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration information is sent by the first cell 102 through the first SIB information. Accordingly, the terminal 101 obtains the measurement configuration information through the first SIB information of the first cell 102 .

[0326] The optional implementation of step S3201 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2201 in Figure 2B and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2B, which will not be repeated here.

[0327] Step S3202: Measure the RSRP of the second SSB sent by the first cell 102 based on the measurement configuration information to obtain the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB.

[0328] The optional implementation of step S3202 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2202 in Figure 2B and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2B, which will not be repeated here.

[0329] Step S3203: Determine whether the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB is less than or equal to the first threshold.

[0330] The optional implementation of step S3203 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2203 in Figure 2B and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2B, which will not be repeated here.

[0331] Step S3204: Send first information to the second cell 103.

[0332] The optional implementation of step S3204 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2204 in Figure 2B and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2B, which will not be repeated here.

[0333] The method involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S3201 to S3204. For example, step S3201+step S3202+step S3203+step S3204 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, but is not limited thereto.

[0334] FIG3C is a flow chart showing a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3C , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method, which can be executed by terminal 101 and may include but is not limited to the following steps.

[0335] Step S3301: Based on the terminal implementation, it is determined that it is necessary to request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1.

[0336] The optional implementation of step S3301 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2301 in Figure 2C and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2C, which will not be repeated here.

[0337] Step S3302: Send first information to the second cell 103.

[0338] The optional implementation of step S3301 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2302 in Figure 2C and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2C, which will not be repeated here.

[0339] FIG3D is a flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3D , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method, which can be executed by terminal 101 and may include but is not limited to the following steps.

[0340] Step S3401 , on the first cell 102 , the RRC non-connected state (such as RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state) is entered into the RRC connected state.

[0341] The optional implementation of step S3401 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2401 in Figure 2D and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2D, which will not be repeated here.

[0342] Step S3402: Acquire measurement configuration information of the first cell 102.

[0343] The optional implementation of step S3402 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2402 in Figure 2D and other related parts of the embodiment involved in Figure 2D, which will not be repeated here.

[0344] Step S3403: Based on the measurement configuration information, measure the RSRP of the second SSB sent by the first cell 102 to obtain the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB.

[0345] The optional implementation of step S3403 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2403 in Figure 2D and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2D, which will not be repeated here.

[0346] Step S3404: Determine whether the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB is less than or equal to the first threshold.

[0347] The optional implementation of step S3404 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2404 in Figure 2D and other related parts of the embodiment involved in Figure 2D, which will not be repeated here.

[0348] Step S3405: ​​Determine to report the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB.

[0349] The optional implementation of step S3405 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2405 in Figure 2D and other related parts of the embodiment involved in Figure 2D, which will not be repeated here.

[0350] Step S3406, send the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to the first cell 102.

[0351] The optional implementation of step S3406 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2406 in Figure 2D and other related parts of the embodiment involved in Figure 2D, which will not be repeated here.

[0352] The method according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S3401 to S3406. For example, steps S3401, S3402, S3403, S3404, and S3406 may be implemented as independent embodiments, and steps S3401, S3402, S3403, S3404, S3405, and S3406 may be implemented as independent embodiments, but are not limited thereto.

[0353] In some embodiments, step S3401 and step S3402 may be executed in an interchanged order or simultaneously.

[0354] In some embodiments, step S3405 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0355] FIG3E is a flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3E , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method, which can be executed by terminal 101 and may include but is not limited to the following steps.

[0356] Step S3501: Entering the RRC connected state from the RRC non-connected state (such as RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state) in the first cell.

[0357] Step S3502: Measure the RSRP of the second SSB sent by the anchor cell.

[0358] Step S3503, send the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to the first cell 102.

[0359] In some embodiments, the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB is used by the first cell 102 to determine whether it is necessary to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or SIB1; wherein the second cell 103 can be one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell 102.

[0360] Exemplarily, the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB is used by the first cell to determine whether it is necessary to send second information to the second cell, and the second information is used to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or SIB1.

[0361] Exemplarily, the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB is used by the first cell to determine whether to send indication information, the indication information is used to instruct the terminal to send the first information, and the first information is used to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or SIB1.

[0362] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 receives the above-mentioned indication information sent by the first cell; and based on the indication information, sends the first information to the second cell.

[0363] In some embodiments, possible implementations of sending the first information to the second cell include: acquiring configuration information of the second cell through the second SIB information of the first cell; and sending the first information to the second cell based on the configuration information of the second cell.

[0364] In some embodiments, the configuration information of the second cell includes at least one of the following: the identifier and / or frequency of the second cell; the random access channel RACH related configuration information of the second cell; the related configuration information of the first information associated with the second cell; and the information in the SIB1 of the second cell.

[0365] In some embodiments, the terminal determines that the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB is less than or equal to the first threshold; and determines to report the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB.

[0366] In some embodiments, the possible implementation method of sending the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to the first cell includes: periodically sending the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to the first cell.

[0367] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 receives measurement configuration information sent by the first cell; based on the measurement configuration information, measures the RSRP of the second SSB to obtain the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB.

[0368] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration information includes a first threshold.

[0369] It should be noted that the optional implementation of the terminal side method in this embodiment can be found in the description of the terminal side related steps in Figures 2A and 2D above, and will not be repeated here.

[0370] FIG3F is a flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3F , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method, which can be executed by terminal 101 and may include but is not limited to the following steps.

[0371] Step S3601, determine whether it is necessary to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or SIB1.

[0372] Step S3602, sending first information to the second cell; the first information is used to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or SIB1; wherein, the terminal is in an RRC non-connected state on the first cell, and the second cell 103 can be one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell 102.

[0373] In some embodiments, the optional implementation method of determining the need to request the second cell to send the first synchronization signal block SSB and / or system information block SIB1 includes: based on terminal implementation, determining the need to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or SIB1.

[0374] In some embodiments, the optional implementation method of determining the need to request the second cell to send the first synchronization signal block SSB and / or system information block SIB1 includes: measuring the RSRP of the second SSB sent by the first cell; the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB is less than or equal to the first threshold, and determining that the second cell needs to be requested to send the first SSB and / or SIB1.

[0375] In some embodiments, the optional implementation method of measuring the RSRP of the second SSB sent by the first cell includes: obtaining measurement configuration information through the first SIB information of the first cell; based on the measurement configuration information, measuring the RSRP of the second SSB to obtain the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB.

[0376] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration information includes a first threshold.

[0377] In some embodiments, the optional implementation of sending the first information to the second cell includes: acquiring configuration information of the second cell through the second SIB information of the first cell; and sending the first information to the second cell based on the configuration information of the second cell.

[0378] In some embodiments, the configuration information of the second cell includes at least one of the following: the identifier and / or frequency of the second cell; the random access channel RACH related configuration information of the second cell; the related configuration information of the first information associated with the second cell; and the information in the SIB1 of the second cell.

[0379] It should be noted that the optional implementation of the terminal side method in this embodiment can be found in the description of the terminal side related steps in Figures 2B and 2C above, and will not be repeated here.

[0380] FIG4A is a flow chart illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG4A , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method, which may be performed by the first cell 102 and may include but is not limited to the following steps.

[0381] Step S4101: Send measurement configuration information to terminal 101.

[0382] The optional implementation of step S4101 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2101 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0383] Step S4102, send the second SSB to terminal 101.

[0384] In some embodiments, the second SSB is sent by the first cell 102 to the terminal 101 , and accordingly, the terminal 101 receives the second SSB sent by the first cell 102 .

[0385] Step S4103, receiving the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB sent by terminal 101.

[0386] In some embodiments, the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB is sent by the terminal 101 to the first cell 102. Exemplarily, when the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB is less than or equal to the first threshold, the terminal 101 reports the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to the first cell 102. Accordingly, the first cell 102 can receive the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB sent by the terminal 101.

[0387] The optional implementation of step S4103 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2106 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0388] Step S4104: Based on the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB, determine that indication information needs to be sent.

[0389] The optional implementation of step S4104 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2107 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0390] Step S4105: Send instruction information to terminal 101.

[0391] The optional implementation of step S4105 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2108 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0392] In some embodiments, step S4101 and step S4102 may be executed in an interchanged order or simultaneously.

[0393] FIG4B is a flow chart illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG4B , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method, which may be performed by the first cell 102 and may include but is not limited to the following steps.

[0394] Step S4201, send the second SSB to terminal 101.

[0395] In some embodiments, the second SSB is sent by the first cell 102 to the terminal 101 , and accordingly, the terminal 101 receives the second SSB sent by the first cell 102 .

[0396] Step S4202: Send measurement configuration information to terminal 101.

[0397] The optional implementation of step S4202 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2201 in Figure 2B and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2B, which will not be repeated here.

[0398] In some embodiments, step S4201 and step S4202 may be executed in an interchanged order or simultaneously.

[0399] FIG4C is a flow chart illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG4C , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method, which may be performed by the first cell 102 and may include but is not limited to the following steps.

[0400] Step S4301: Send measurement configuration information to terminal 101.

[0401] The optional implementation of step S4301 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2402 in Figure 2D and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2D, which will not be repeated here.

[0402] Step S4302, send the second SSB to terminal 101.

[0403] In some embodiments, the second SSB is sent by the first cell 102 to the terminal 101 , and accordingly, the terminal 101 receives the second SSB sent by the first cell 102 .

[0404] Step S4303, receiving the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB sent by terminal 101.

[0405] In some embodiments, the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB is sent by the terminal 101 to the first cell 102. Exemplarily, when the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB is less than or equal to the first threshold, the terminal 101 reports the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to the first cell 102. Accordingly, the first cell 102 can receive the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB sent by the terminal 101.

[0406] The optional implementation of step S4303 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2406 in Figure 2D and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2D, which will not be repeated here.

[0407] Step S4304: Based on the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB, it is determined that it is necessary to request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1.

[0408] The optional implementation of step S4304 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2407 in Figure 2D and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2D, which will not be repeated here.

[0409] Step S4305: Send second information to the second cell 103.

[0410] The optional implementation of step S4305 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2408 in Figure 2D and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2D, which will not be repeated here.

[0411] In some embodiments, step S4301 and step S4302 may be executed in an interchanged order or simultaneously.

[0412] FIG4D is a flow chart illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG4D , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method, which may be performed by the first cell 102 and may include but is not limited to the following steps.

[0413] Step S4401: Send a second SSB to the terminal; wherein the terminal enters an RRC connected state from an RRC non-connected state on the first cell.

[0414] Step S4402, receiving the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB sent by the terminal; the RSRP measurement report of the first SSB is used by the first cell to determine whether it is necessary to send second information to the second cell, and the second information is used to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or SIB1; the second cell 103 can be one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell 102.

[0415] In some embodiments, the first cell 102 determines that it is necessary to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or SIB1 based on the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB; and sends second information to the second cell.

[0416] In some embodiments, the first cell 102 sends measurement configuration information to the terminal; the measurement configuration information is used by the terminal to measure the RSRP of the second SSB.

[0417] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration information includes a first threshold, and the first threshold is used by the terminal to determine whether to report the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB based on the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB.

[0418] It should be noted that the implementation of the first cell side method in the above embodiment can be found in the description of the relevant steps of the first cell in Figure 2D above, and will not be repeated here.

[0419] FIG4E is a flow chart illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG4E , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method, which may be performed by the first cell 102 and may include but is not limited to the following steps.

[0420] Step S4501: Send a second SSB to the terminal; wherein the terminal enters an RRC connected state from an RRC non-connected state on the first cell.

[0421] Step S4502, receiving the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB sent by the terminal; the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB is used by the first cell to determine whether to send indication information, the indication information is used to instruct the terminal to send the first information, and the first information is used to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or SIB1; the second cell 103 can be one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell 102.

[0422] In some embodiments, the first cell 102 determines that the indication information needs to be sent based on the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB. In some embodiments, the first cell 102 sends the indication information to the terminal.

[0423] In some embodiments, the first cell 102 sends second system information block SIB information to the terminal; the second SIB information includes configuration information of the second cell, and the configuration information of the second cell is used by the terminal to send the first information to the second cell.

[0424] In some embodiments, the configuration information of the second cell includes at least one of the following: the identifier and / or frequency of the second cell; the random access channel RACH related configuration information of the second cell; the related configuration information of the first information associated with the second cell; and the information in the SIB1 of the second cell.

[0425] In some embodiments, the first cell 102 sends measurement configuration information to the terminal; the measurement configuration information is used by the terminal to measure the RSRP of the second SSB.

[0426] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration information includes a first threshold, and the first threshold is used by the terminal to determine whether to report the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB based on the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB.

[0427] It should be noted that the implementation of the first cell side method in the above embodiment can be found in the description of the relevant steps of the first cell in Figure 2A above, and will not be repeated here.

[0428] FIG5A is a flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG5A , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method, which may be executed by the second cell 103 and may include but is not limited to the following steps.

[0429] Step S5101: receiving the first information sent by terminal 101.

[0430] In some embodiments, the first information is sent by the terminal 101 to the second cell 103 , and correspondingly, the second cell 103 receives the first information sent by the terminal 101 .

[0431] In some embodiments, the first information may be sent by the terminal 101 in a first situation, and the first information is used to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or SIB1; the second cell 103 may be one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell 102.

[0432] In some embodiments, the first situation includes any one of the following: the terminal is in an RRC non-connected state on the first cell, and based on the terminal implementation, it is determined that the second cell needs to be requested to send the first SSB and / or SIB1; the terminal is in an RRC non-connected state on the first cell, and the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB is less than or equal to the first threshold, and the second SSB is a synchronization signal block sent by the first cell to the terminal; the terminal enters an RRC connected state from the RRC non-connected state on the first cell, and receives an indication message sent by the first cell, and the indication message is determined to be sent by the first cell based on the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB, wherein the indication message is used to instruct the terminal to send the first information.

[0433] The optional implementation of step S5101 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2110 in Figure 2A, step S2205 in Figure 2B, step S2302 in Figure 2C, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2A to 2C, which will not be repeated here.

[0434] Step S5102, send the first SSB and / or SIB1.

[0435] The optional implementation of step S5102 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2110 in Figure 2A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2A, which will not be repeated here.

[0436] The method involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S5101 and S5102. For example, step S5101 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step S5101 + step S5102 may be implemented as independent embodiments, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0437] In some embodiments, step 5102 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0438] FIG5B is a flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG5B , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method, which may be executed by the second cell 103 and may include but is not limited to the following steps.

[0439] Step S5201, receiving the second information sent by the first cell 102; the second information is determined to be sent by the first cell based on the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB sent by the terminal, the second SSB is the synchronization signal block sent by the first cell to the terminal, and the second information is used to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or SIB1; wherein, the terminal enters the RRC connected state from the RRC non-connected state on the first cell; the second cell 103 can be one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell 102.

[0440] The optional implementation of step S5201 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2408 in Figure 2D and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2D, which will not be repeated here.

[0441] Step S5202, send the first SSB and / or SIB1.

[0442] The optional implementation of step S5202 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2409 in Figure 2D and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2D, which will not be repeated here.

[0443] The method involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of step S5201 and step S5202. For example, step S5201 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step S5201 + step S5202 may be implemented as independent embodiments, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0444] In some embodiments, step 5202 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0445] An embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication method, which can be executed by a communication system 100. The method may include but is not limited to the following steps: the first cell 102 sends a second SSB. The terminal 101 is in an RRC non-connected state on the first cell 102, and the terminal 101 measures the RSRP of the second SSB sent by the first cell 102; based on the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB, the terminal 101 determines to report the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB; the terminal 101 sends the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to the first cell 102. The first cell 102 receives the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB sent by the terminal 101; the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB is used by the first cell 102 to determine whether it is necessary to send second information to the second cell 103, and the second information is used to request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1. The second cell 103 receives the second information sent by the first cell 102 and sends the first SSB and / or SIB1.

[0446] An embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication method, which can be executed by a communication system 100. The method may include but is not limited to the following steps: the first cell 102 sends a second SSB. The terminal 101 is in an RRC non-connected state on the first cell 102, and the terminal 101 measures the RSRP of the second SSB sent by the first cell 102; based on the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB, the terminal 101 determines to report the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB; the terminal 101 sends the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to the first cell 102. The first cell 102 receives the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB sent by the terminal 101. The RSRP measurement report of the second SSB is used by the first cell 102 to determine whether to send indication information, and the indication information is used to instruct the terminal 101 to send first information, and the first information is used to request the second cell 103 to send the first SSB and / or SIB1. The second cell 103 receives the first information sent by the terminal 101 and sends the first SSB and / or SIB1.

[0447] An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication method that can be performed by a communication system 100. The method may include, but is not limited to, the following steps: Terminal 101 determines, based on terminal implementation, that it needs to request second cell 103 to transmit a first SSB and / or SIB1. Terminal 101 sends first information to second cell 103. Second cell 103 receives the first information sent by terminal 101; the first information is used to request second cell 103 to transmit the first SSB and / or SIB1; wherein terminal 101 is in an RRC unconnected state on first cell 102.

[0448] The present disclosure provides a communication method that can be performed by a communication system 100. The method may include, but is not limited to, the following steps: a terminal 101 measures the RSRP of a second SSB transmitted by a first cell 102, and when the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB is less than or equal to a first threshold, sends first information to a second cell 103. The second cell 103 receives the first information transmitted by the terminal 101; the first information is used to request the second cell 103 to transmit the first SSB and / or SIB1; wherein the terminal 101 is in a non-connected state on the first cell 102.

[0449] In some embodiments, the above method may include the method described in the above embodiments related to the terminal side, the first cell side, the second cell, etc., which will not be repeated here.

[0450] It is worth noting that in the SSB / SIB1-less cell scenario, the terminal is within the coverage of the first cell (such as the anchor cell / normal cell). The SSB / SIB1-less cell without DRS is an invisible cell for the terminal. In order to solve the problem of when the terminal in the RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state can trigger WUS to request the SSB / SIB1-less cell to send SSB and / or SIB1 in the SSB / SIB1-less cell scenario, a communication method is proposed. The details are as follows:

[0451] In some embodiments, the terminal enters the RRC connected state from the RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state on the first cell, the terminal measures the SSB of the first cell, and reports the measurement report to the network device (such as the network device associated with the first cell), and the network device triggers the second cell to wake up and send SSB and / or SIB1.

[0452] In some embodiments, the terminal enters the RRC connected state from the RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state on the first cell. For example, the terminal in the RRC_IDLE state initiates an RRC connection establishment process to enter the RRC connected state, and the terminal in the RRC_INACTIVE state initiates an RRC connection recovery process to enter the RRC connected state. The terminal measures the SSB of the first cell, obtains the measured RSRP, and reports the measurement report to the network device. Exemplarily, the terminal determines that the measured RSRP value is less than or equal to a first threshold, and the terminal reports the measurement report to the network device. The first threshold is obtained by the terminal from the measurement configuration of the first cell. Exemplarily, the terminal periodically reports the measurement report to the network device.

[0453] In some embodiments, the network device determines, based on the measurement report reported by the terminal, whether it is necessary to wake up the second cell to send the SSB and / or SIB1. The network device determines that the second cell needs to be woken up and wakes up the second cell through Xn signaling between base stations. Exemplarily, the second cell can be woken up through an HO request (handover request). Specifically, the HO request can implicitly wake up the second cell. The second cell wakes up and sends the SSB and / or SIB1 upon receiving the HO request. Specifically, the HO request can explicitly wake up the second cell. A new indicator bit is defined in the HO request, and the indicator bit is used to indicate the wakeup of the second cell. Other Xn signaling methods may be used, and this disclosure does not specifically limit them.

[0454] In some embodiments, the terminal enters the RRC connected state from the RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state on the first cell, the terminal measures the SSB of the first cell, reports the measurement report to the network device, and the network device triggers the terminal to send a WUS.

[0455] In some embodiments, a terminal enters an RRC connected state from an RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state on a first cell, measures the SSB of the first cell, obtains a measured RSRP, and reports the measurement report to a network device. Exemplarily, the terminal determines that the measured RSRP value is less than or equal to a first threshold, and reports the measurement report to the network device. The first threshold is obtained by the terminal from a measurement configuration of the first cell. Exemplarily, the terminal periodically reports the measurement report to the network device.

[0456] In some embodiments, the network device determines, based on the measurement report reported by the terminal, whether the terminal needs to wake up the second cell through a WUS to send an SSB and / or SIB1. The network device determines that the terminal needs to wake up the second cell through a WUS, and the network device instructs the terminal to send a WUS. Exemplarily, the network device instructs the terminal to send a WUS through RRC signaling / MAC CE / DCI. The terminal receives the instruction from the network device and sends a WUS to request the second cell to send an SSB and / or SIB1.

[0457] In some embodiments, the terminal obtains the configuration information of the WUS from the SIB / dedicated RRC signaling of the first cell, for example, including at least one of the following: a preamble index or sequence reserved for WUS; configuration information of RO resources at the random access opportunity, the RO resources being used to send WUS; parameters for calculating the initial power for sending the WUS, or directly the initial power for sending the WUS.

[0458] In some embodiments, the terminal measures the SSB of the first cell. When the measured RSRP is less than a first threshold, the terminal sends a WUS to request the second cell to send the SSB and / or SIB1.

[0459] In some embodiments, the terminal is in an RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state on a first cell, the terminal measures the SSB of the first cell, obtains a measured RSRP, the terminal determines that the measured RSRP is less than or equal to a first threshold, and the terminal sends a WUS requesting the second cell to send an SSB and / or SIB1. The first threshold is obtained by the terminal from a measurement configuration of the first cell, and the measurement configuration information may be obtained by the terminal from the SIB of the first cell, that is, the first threshold may be obtained by the terminal from the SIB of the first cell.

[0460] In some embodiments, the terminal obtains the configuration information of the WUS from the SIB of the first cell, for example, including at least one of the following: a preamble index or sequence reserved for WUS; configuration information of RO resources at the random access opportunity, the RO resources being used to send WUS; parameters for calculating the initial power for sending the WUS, or directly the initial power for sending the WUS.

[0461] In some embodiments, the terminal unconditionally sends a WUS to request the second cell to send an SSB and / or SIB1.

[0462] In some embodiments, the terminal is in the RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE state on the first cell, and the terminal determines that it needs to request the second cell to send SSB and / or SIB1, and the terminal sends WUS. Exemplarily, the terminal can determine whether it needs to request the second cell to send SSB and / or SIB1 based on implementation.

[0463] In some embodiments, the terminal obtains the configuration information of the WUS from the SIB of the first cell, for example, including at least one of the following: a preamble index or sequence reserved for WUS; configuration information of RO resources at the random access opportunity, the RO resources being used to send WUS; parameters for calculating the initial power for sending the WUS, or directly the initial power for sending the WUS.

[0464] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, some or all of the steps and their optional implementations may be arbitrarily combined with some or all of the steps in other embodiments, or may be arbitrarily combined with the optional implementations of other embodiments.

[0465] The embodiments of the present disclosure also provide apparatuses for implementing any of the above methods. For example, an apparatus is provided that includes units or modules for implementing each step performed by a first terminal in any of the above methods. For another example, another apparatus is provided that includes units or modules for implementing each step performed by a second terminal in any of the above methods.

[0466] It should be understood that the division of the various units or modules in the above device is merely a division of logical functions. In actual implementation, they may be fully or partially integrated into a physical entity, or they may be physically separated. In addition, the units or modules in the device may be implemented in the form of a processor calling software: for example, the device includes a processor, the processor is connected to a memory, and the memory stores instructions. The processor calls the instructions stored in the memory to implement any of the above methods or implement the functions of the various units or modules of the above device, wherein the processor is, for example, a general-purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (CPU) or a microprocessor, and the memory is a memory within the device or a memory outside the device. Alternatively, the units or modules in the device can be implemented in the form of hardware circuits, and the functions of some or all of the units or modules can be realized by designing the hardware circuits. The above-mentioned hardware circuits can be understood as one or more processors; for example, in one implementation, the above-mentioned hardware circuit is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), which realizes the functions of some or all of the above units or modules by designing the logical relationship of the components in the circuit; for example, in another implementation, the above-mentioned hardware circuit can be realized by a programmable logic device (PLD). Taking a field programmable gate array (FPGA) as an example, it can include a large number of logic gate circuits, and the connection relationship between the logic gate circuits is configured by configuring the configuration file, thereby realizing the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. All units or modules of the above devices can be realized in the form of software called by the processor, or in the form of hardware circuits, or in part by the form of software called by the processor, and the rest by hardware circuits.

[0467] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the processor is a circuit with information processing capabilities. In one implementation, the processor can be a circuit with instruction reading and execution capabilities, such as a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, a graphics processing unit (GPU) (which can be understood as a microprocessor), or a digital signal processor (DSP). In another implementation, the processor can implement certain functions through the logical relationship of the hardware circuit. The logical relationship of the above-mentioned hardware circuit is fixed or reconfigurable. For example, the processor is a hardware circuit implemented by an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a programmable logic device (PLD), such as an FPGA. In a reconfigurable hardware circuit, the process of the processor loading a configuration document and implementing the hardware circuit configuration can be understood as the process of the processor loading instructions to implement the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. In addition, it can also be a hardware circuit designed for artificial intelligence, which can be understood as an ASIC, such as a neural network processing unit (NPU), a tensor processing unit (TPU), a deep learning processing unit (DPU), etc.

[0468] Figure 6A is a structural diagram of the terminal proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. The terminal is in an RRC non-connected state on the first cell. As shown in Figure 6A, the terminal 6100 may include: at least one of a transceiver module 6101 and a processing module 6102. In some embodiments, the processing module 6102 determines that it is necessary to request the second cell to send a first synchronization signal block SSB and / or a system information block SIB1; the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell; the transceiver module 6101 is used to send a first information to the second cell; the first information is used to request the second cell to send a first SSB and / or SIB1. Optionally, the above-mentioned transceiver module is used to perform at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving performed by the terminal 101 in any of the above methods, which will not be repeated here. Optionally, the above-mentioned processing module is used to perform at least one of the other steps performed by the terminal 101 in any of the above methods, which will not be repeated here.

[0469] In some embodiments, the processing module is specifically used to: determine, based on terminal implementation, the need to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or SIB1.

[0470] In some embodiments, the processing module is specifically used to: measure the reference signal received power RSRP of the second SSB sent by the first cell; if the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB is less than or equal to the first threshold, it is determined that the second cell needs to be requested to send the first SSB and / or SIB1.

[0471] In some embodiments, the transceiver module is also used to obtain measurement configuration information through the first system information block SIB information of the first cell; the processing module is specifically used to: based on the measurement configuration information, measure the RSRP of the second SSB to obtain the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB.

[0472] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration information includes a first threshold.

[0473] In some embodiments, the transceiver module is further used to: obtain configuration information of the second cell through the second SIB information of the first cell; and send the first information to the second cell based on the configuration information of the second cell.

[0474] In some embodiments, the configuration information of the second cell includes at least one of the following: the identifier and / or frequency of the second cell; the random access channel RACH related configuration information of the second cell; the related configuration information of the first information associated with the second cell; and the information in the SIB1 of the second cell.

[0475] The embodiment of the present disclosure also proposes a terminal. The terminal is in an RRC non-connected state on the first cell, and the terminal may include: at least one of a transceiver module, a processing module, etc. In some embodiments, the processing module is used to enter the RRC connected state from the RRC non-connected state on the first cell, and measure the reference signal received power RSRP of the second synchronization signal block SSB sent by the first cell; the transceiver module is used to send the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to the first cell; wherein the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB is used by the first cell to determine whether it is necessary to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or SIB1, and the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell. Optionally, the above-mentioned transceiver module is used to execute at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving executed by the terminal in any of the above methods, which will not be repeated here. Optionally, the above-mentioned processing module is used to execute at least one of the other steps executed by the terminal 101 in any of the above methods, which will not be repeated here.

[0476] In some embodiments, the transceiver module is also used to receive indication information sent by the first cell, wherein the indication information is used to instruct the terminal to send first information, and the first information is used to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or SIB1; based on the indication information, the first information is sent to the second cell.

[0477] In some embodiments, the transceiver module is specifically used to: obtain configuration information of the second cell through the second SIB information of the first cell; and send the first information to the second cell based on the configuration information of the second cell.

[0478] In some embodiments, the configuration information of the second cell includes at least one of the following: the identifier and / or frequency of the second cell; the random access channel RACH related configuration information of the second cell; the related configuration information of the first information associated with the second cell; and the information in the SIB1 of the second cell.

[0479] In some embodiments, the processing module is further used to: determine that the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB is less than or equal to the first threshold; and determine to report the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB.

[0480] In some embodiments, the transceiver module is specifically used to periodically send the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to the first cell.

[0481] In some embodiments, the transceiver module is further used to receive measurement configuration information sent by the first cell; the processing module 6102 is used to measure the RSRP of the second SSB based on the measurement configuration information to obtain the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB.

[0482] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration information includes a first threshold.

[0483] The embodiment of the present disclosure also proposes a first cell. The first cell may include: at least one of a transceiver module, a processing module, etc. In some embodiments, the transceiver module is used to send a second synchronization signal block SSB to the terminal; wherein the terminal enters an RRC connection state from an RRC non-connected state on the first cell; the transceiver module is also used to receive a reference signal received power RSRP measurement report of the second SSB sent by the terminal; the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB is used by the first cell to determine whether it is necessary to send second information to the second cell, and the second information is used to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or SIB1, and the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell. Optionally, the above-mentioned transceiver module is used to perform at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving performed by the first cell in any of the above methods, which will not be repeated here. Optionally, the above-mentioned processing module is used to perform at least one of the other steps performed by the first cell 101 in any of the above methods, which will not be repeated here.

[0484] In some embodiments, the processing module is used to: determine the need to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or SIB1 based on the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB; the transceiver module is also used to send second information to the second cell.

[0485] In some embodiments, the transceiver module is further used to send measurement configuration information to the terminal; the measurement configuration information is used by the terminal to measure the RSRP of the second SSB.

[0486] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration information includes a first threshold, and the first threshold is used by the terminal to determine whether to report the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB based on the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB.

[0487] The embodiment of the present disclosure also proposes a second cell. The second cell may include: at least one of a transceiver module, a processing module, etc. In some embodiments, the transceiver module is used to receive the second information sent by the first cell; the second information is determined to be sent by the first cell based on the second synchronization signal block SSB reference signal received power RSRP measurement report sent by the terminal, the second SSB is the synchronization signal block sent by the first cell to the terminal, and the second information is used to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or SIB1; wherein, the terminal enters the RRC connection state from the RRC non-connected state on the first cell; the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell. Optionally, the above-mentioned transceiver module is used to execute at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving executed by the second cell in any of the above methods, which will not be repeated here. Optionally, the above-mentioned processing module is used to execute at least one of the other steps executed by the second cell 101 in any of the above methods, which will not be repeated here.

[0488] The embodiment of the present disclosure also proposes a first cell. The first cell may include: at least one of a transceiver module, a processing module, etc. In some embodiments, the transceiver module is used to send a second synchronization signal block SSB to the terminal; wherein the terminal enters an RRC connection state from an RRC non-connected state on the first cell; the transceiver module is also used to receive a reference signal received power RSRP measurement report of the second SSB sent by the terminal; the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB is used by the first cell to determine whether to send indication information, the indication information is used to instruct the terminal to send the first information, the first information is used to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or SIB1, and the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell. Optionally, the above-mentioned transceiver module is used to perform at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving performed by the first cell in any of the above methods, which will not be repeated here. Optionally, the above-mentioned processing module is used to perform at least one of the other steps performed by the first cell 101 in any of the above methods, which will not be repeated here.

[0489] In some embodiments, the processing module is used to determine the need to send indication information based on the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB; the transceiver module is also used to send indication information to the terminal.

[0490] In some embodiments, the transceiver module is further used to send second system information block SIB information to the terminal; the second SIB information includes configuration information of the second cell, and the configuration information of the second cell is used by the terminal to send the first information to the second cell.

[0491] In some embodiments, the configuration information of the second cell includes at least one of the following: the identifier and / or frequency of the second cell; the random access channel RACH related configuration information of the second cell; the related configuration information of the first information associated with the second cell; and the information in the SIB1 of the second cell.

[0492] In some embodiments, the transceiver module is further used to send measurement configuration information to the terminal; the measurement configuration information is used by the terminal to measure the RSRP of the second SSB.

[0493] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration information includes a first threshold, and the first threshold is used by the terminal to determine whether to report the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB based on the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB.

[0494] The embodiment of the present disclosure also proposes a second cell. The second cell may include: at least one of a transceiver module, a processing module, etc. In some embodiments, the transceiver module is used to receive the first information sent by the terminal; the first information is sent by the terminal in the first case, and the first information is used to request the second cell to send the first synchronization signal block SSB and / or system information block SIB1; the first case includes any of the following: the terminal is in a radio resource control RRC non-connected state on the first cell, and based on the implementation, it is determined that the second cell needs to be requested to send the first SSB and / or SIB1; the second cell is one or more network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell; the terminal is in an RRC non-connected state on the first cell, and the reference signal received power RSRP measurement result of the second SSB is less than or equal to the first threshold, and the second SSB is a synchronization signal block sent by the first cell to the terminal; the terminal enters the RRC connected state from the RRC non-connected state on the first cell, and receives the indication information sent by the first cell, the indication information is determined to be sent by the first cell based on the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB, wherein the indication information is used to instruct the terminal to send the first information. Optionally, the transceiver module is used to perform at least one of the communication steps of sending and / or receiving performed by the second cell in any of the above methods, which are not described in detail here. Optionally, the processing module is used to perform at least one of the other steps performed by the second cell 101 in any of the above methods, which are not described in detail here.

[0495] In some embodiments, the transceiver module may include a transmitting module and / or a receiving module, and the transmitting module and the receiving module may be separate or integrated. Optionally, the transceiver module may be interchangeable with the transceiver.

[0496] In some embodiments, the processing module can be a single module or can include multiple submodules. Optionally, the multiple submodules respectively execute all or part of the steps required to be executed by the processing module. Optionally, the processing module can be interchangeable with the processor.

[0497] Figure 7A is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device 7100 proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. Communication device 7100 can be a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network device, etc.), a terminal (e.g., a user equipment, etc.), a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports a network device to implement any of the above methods, or a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports a terminal to implement any of the above methods. Communication device 7100 can be used to implement the methods described in the above method embodiments. For details, please refer to the description of the above method embodiments.

[0498] As shown in Figure 7A, the communication device 7100 includes one or more processors 7101. The processor 7101 can be a general-purpose processor or a dedicated processor, for example, a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor can be used to process the communication protocol and communication data, and the central processing unit can be used to control the communication device (such as a base station, a baseband chip, a terminal device, a terminal device chip, a DU or a CU, etc.), execute programs, and process program data. Optionally, the communication device 7100 is used to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, one or more processors 7101 are used to call instructions to enable the communication device 7100 to perform any of the above methods.

[0499] In some embodiments, the communication device 7100 further includes one or more transceivers 7103. When the communication device 7100 includes one or more transceivers 7103, the transceiver 7103 performs at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving in the above method (for example, step S2101, step S2106, steps S2108 to S2110, step S2201, step S2204, step S2205, step S2302, step S2303, step S2402, step S2406, step S2408, and step S2409, but not limited thereto), and the processor 7101 performs at least one of the other steps (for example, steps S2102 to S2105, step S2107, step S2202, step S2203, step S2301, step S2401, steps S2403 to S2405, and step S2407, but not limited thereto). In an optional embodiment, the transceiver may include a receiver and / or a transmitter. The receiver and transmitter may be separate or integrated. Optionally, the terms transceiver, transceiver unit, transceiver, transceiver circuit, interface circuit, and interface may be used interchangeably; the terms transmitter, transmitting unit, transmitter, and transmitting circuit may be used interchangeably; and the terms receiver, receiving unit, receiver, and receiving circuit may be used interchangeably.

[0500] In some embodiments, the communication device 7100 further includes one or more memories 7102 for storing data. Alternatively, all or part of the memories 7102 may be located outside the communication device 7100. In alternative embodiments, the communication device 7100 may include one or more interface circuits 7104. Optionally, the interface circuits 7104 are connected to the memories 7102 and may be configured to receive data from the memories 7102 or other devices, or to send data to the memories 7102 or other devices. For example, the interface circuits 7104 may read data stored in the memories 7102 and send the data to the processor 7101.

[0501] The communication device 7100 described in the above embodiment may be a network device or a terminal, but the scope of the communication device 7100 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device 7100 may not be limited by FIG. 7A. The communication device may be an independent device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be: 1) an independent integrated circuit IC, or a chip, or a chip system or subsystem; (2) a collection of one or more ICs, optionally, the above IC collection may also include a storage component for storing data or programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a modem; (4) a module that can be embedded in other devices; (5) a receiver, a terminal device, an intelligent terminal device, a cellular phone, a wireless device, a handheld device, a mobile unit, an in-vehicle device, a network device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligence device, etc.; (6) others, etc.

[0502] 7B is a schematic diagram of the structure of a chip 7200 proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. If the communication device 7100 can be a chip or a chip system, please refer to the schematic diagram of the structure of the chip 7200 shown in FIG7B , but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

[0503] The chip 7200 includes one or more processors 7201. The chip 7200 is configured to execute any of the above methods.

[0504] In some embodiments, chip 7200 further includes one or more interface circuits 7202. Alternatively, terms such as interface circuit, interface, and transceiver pins may be used interchangeably. In some embodiments, chip 7200 further includes one or more memories 7203 for storing data. Alternatively, all or part of memory 7203 may be located external to chip 7200. Optionally, interface circuit 7202 is connected to memory 7203 and may be used to receive data from memory 7203 or other devices, or may be used to send data to memory 7203 or other devices. For example, interface circuit 7202 may read data stored in memory 7203 and send the data to processor 7201.

[0505] In some embodiments, the interface circuit 7202 performs at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving in the above method (e.g., steps S2101, S2106, S2108 to S2110, S2201, S2204, S2205, S2302, S2303, S2402, S2406, S2408, and S2409, but not limited thereto). The interface circuit 7202 performing the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving in the above method, for example, means that the interface circuit 7202 performs data exchange between the processor 7201, the chip 7200, the memory 7203, or the transceiver device. In some embodiments, the processor 7201 executes at least one of the other steps (e.g., steps S2102 to S2105, step S2107, step S2202, step S2203, step S2301, step S2401, steps S2403 to S2405, step S2407, but not limited thereto).

[0506] The present disclosure also proposes a storage medium having instructions stored thereon. When the instructions are executed on the communication device 7100, the communication device 7100 executes any of the above methods. Optionally, the storage medium is an electronic storage medium. Optionally, the storage medium is a computer-readable storage medium, but is not limited thereto and may also be a storage medium readable by other devices. Optionally, the storage medium may be a non-transitory storage medium, but is not limited thereto and may also be a temporary storage medium.

[0507] The present disclosure also provides a program product, which, when executed by the communication device 7100, enables the communication device 7100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the program product is a computer program product.

[0508] The present disclosure also proposes a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform any one of the above methods.

[0509] In the above embodiments, all or part of the embodiments can be implemented by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. When implemented using software, all or part of the embodiments can be implemented in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer programs. When the computer program is loaded and executed on a computer, all or part of the processes or functions described in the embodiments of the present disclosure are generated. The computer can be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable device. The computer program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium. For example, the computer program can be transmitted from one website, computer, server or data center to another website, computer, server or data center via a wired (e.g., coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) method. The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device such as a server or data center that includes one or more available media integrated therein. The available medium may be a magnetic medium (eg, a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (eg, a high-density digital video disc (DVD)), or a semiconductor medium (eg, a solid state disk (SSD)).

[0510] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the units and algorithm steps of each example described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Professionals and technicians can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered beyond the scope of this disclosure.

[0511] Those skilled in the art will clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the systems, devices and units described above can refer to the corresponding processes in the aforementioned method embodiments and will not be repeated here.

[0512] The above description is merely a specific embodiment of the present disclosure, but the scope of protection of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Any changes or substitutions that can be easily conceived by a person skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in this disclosure should be included in the scope of protection of the present disclosure. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present disclosure should be based on the scope of protection of the claims.

Claims

1. A communication method, characterized in that, The method is executed by a terminal, which is in the Radio Resource Control (RRC) idle state on a first cell. The method includes: Determining that it is necessary to request a second cell to send a first Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) and / or a System Information Block (SIB1); the second cell is one or more of the network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell; Sending first information to the second cell; the first information is used to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or the SIB1.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The determining that it is necessary to request a second cell to send a first Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) and / or the SIB1 includes: Based on the terminal implementation, determining that it is necessary to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or the SIB1.

3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The determining that it is necessary to request a second cell to send a first Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) and / or the SIB1 includes: Measuring the Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) of a second Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) sent by the first cell; When the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB is less than or equal to a first threshold, determining that it is necessary to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or the SIB1.

4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that, The measuring the Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) of a second Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) sent by the first cell includes: Obtaining measurement configuration information through the information of a first System Information Block (SIB) of the first cell; Based on the measurement configuration information, measuring the RSRP of the second SSB to obtain the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB.

5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that, The measurement configuration information includes the first threshold.

6. The method according to any one of claims 1-5, characterized in that, The sending first information to the second cell includes: Obtaining the configuration information of the second cell through the information of a second SIB of the first cell; Based on the configuration information of the second cell, sending the first information to the second cell.

7. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that, The configuration information of the second cell includes at least one of the following: The identifier and / or frequency point of the second cell; The Random Access Channel (RACH) related configuration information of the second cell; The related configuration information of the first information associated with the second cell; The information in the SIB1 of the second cell.

8. A communication method, characterized in that, The method is executed by a terminal. The method includes: The terminal enters the RRC connected state from the RRC idle state on the first cell; Measuring the Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) of a second Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) sent by the first cell; Sending the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to the first cell; wherein, the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB is used for the first cell to determine whether it is necessary to request a second cell to send a first SSB and / or a System Information Block (SIB1), and the second cell is one or more of the network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell.

9. The method according to claim 8, characterized in that, The method further includes: Receiving indication information sent by the first cell; the indication information is used to instruct the terminal to send first information, and the first information is used to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or the SIB1; Based on the indication information, sending the first information to the second cell.

10. The method according to claim 9, characterized in that, The sending the first information to the second cell includes: Obtain the configuration information of the second cell through the second SIB information of the first cell; Based on the configuration information of the second cell, send the first information to the second cell.

11. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that,The configuration information of the second cell includes at least one of the following: The identifier and / or frequency point of the second cell; The random access channel RACH related configuration information of the second cell; The related configuration information of the first information associated with the second cell; The information in the SIB1 of the second cell.

12. The method according to any one of claims 8 - 11, characterized in that, The method further includes: Determine that the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB is less than or equal to the first threshold; Determine to report the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB.

13. The method according to any one of claims 8 - 12, characterized in that, The sending the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to the first cell includes: Periodically send the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to the first cell.

14. The method according to any one of claims 8 - 13, characterized in that, The measuring the reference signal received power RSRP of the second synchronization signal block SSB sent by the anchor cell includes: Receive the measurement configuration information sent by the first cell; Based on the measurement configuration information, measure the RSRP of the second SSB to obtain the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB.

15. The method according to claim 14, characterized in that, The measurement configuration information includes the first threshold.

16. A communication method, characterized in that, The method is executed by a first cell, and the method includes: Send a second synchronization signal block SSB to the terminal; wherein, the terminal enters the RRC connected state from the RRC idle state on the first cell; Receive the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB sent by the terminal; the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB is used for the first cell to determine whether to send a second information to a second cell, and the second information is used to request the second cell to send a first SSB and / or a system information block SIB1, and the second cell is one or more of the network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell.

17. The method according to claim 16, characterized in that, The method further includes: Based on the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB, determine that it is necessary to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or the SIB1; Send the second information to the second cell.

18. The method according to claim 16, characterized in that, The method further includes: Send measurement configuration information to the terminal; the measurement configuration information is used for the terminal to measure the RSRP of the second SSB.

19. The method according to claim 18, characterized in that, The measurement configuration information includes a first threshold, and the first threshold is used for the terminal to determine whether to report the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB based on the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB.

20. A communication method, characterized in that, The method is executed by a second cell, and the method includes: Receive the second information sent by the first cell; the second information is determined and sent by the first cell based on the reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement report of the second synchronization signal block (SSB) sent by the terminal, the second SSB is the synchronization signal block sent by the first cell to the terminal, and the second information is used to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or the system information block (SIB1); wherein, the terminal enters the radio resource control (RRC) connected state from the RRC idle state on the first cell; the second cell is one or more of the network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell.

21. A communication method, characterized in that, The method is executed by the first cell, and the method includes: Send a second synchronization signal block (SSB) to the terminal; wherein, the terminal enters the radio resource control (RRC) connected state from the RRC idle state on the first cell; Receive the reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement report of the second SSB sent by the terminal; the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB is used by the first cell to determine whether to send indication information, and the indication information is used to instruct the terminal to send the first information, and the first information is used to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or the system information block (SIB1), and the second cell is one or more of the network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell.

22. The method according to claim 21, characterized in that, The method further includes at least one of the following: Determine that the indication information needs to be sent based on the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB; Send the indication information to the terminal.

23. The method according to claim 22, characterized in that, The method further includes: Send the second system information block (SIB) information to the terminal; the second SIB information includes the configuration information of the second cell, and the configuration information of the second cell is used by the terminal to send the first information to the second cell.

24. The method according to claim 23, characterized in that, The configuration information of the second cell includes at least one of the following: The identifier and / or frequency point of the second cell; The random access channel (RACH) related configuration information of the second cell; The related configuration information of the first information associated with the second cell; The information in the SIB1 of the second cell.

25. The method according to any one of claims 21-24, characterized in that, The method further includes: Send measurement configuration information to the terminal; the measurement configuration information is used by the terminal to measure the RSRP of the second SSB.

26. The method according to claim 25, characterized in that, The measurement configuration information includes a first threshold, and the first threshold is used by the terminal to determine whether to report the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB based on the RSRP measurement result of the second SSB.

27. A communication method, characterized in that, The method is executed by the second cell, and the method includes: Receive the first information sent by the terminal; the first information is sent by the terminal in a first case, and the first information is used to request the second cell to send the first synchronization signal block (SSB) and / or the system information block (SIB1); The first case includes any one of the following: The terminal is in the radio resource control (RRC) idle state on the first cell, and based on the implementation, it is determined that it is necessary to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or the SIB1; the second cell is one or more of the network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell; The terminal is in the RRC idle state on the first cell, and the measurement result of the reference signal received power (RSRP) of the second synchronization signal block (SSB) is less than or equal to a first threshold, where the second SSB is the synchronization signal block sent by the first cell to the terminal. The terminal transitions from the RRC idle state to the RRC connected state on the first cell and receives indication information sent by the first cell, where the indication information is determined and sent by the first cell based on the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB, and the indication information is used to instruct the terminal to send the first information.

28. A terminal, characterized in that, The terminal is in the radio resource control (RRC) idle state on the first cell, and the terminal includes: A processing module that determines a need to request a second cell to send a first synchronization signal block (SSB) and / or a system information block (SIB1); the second cell is one or more of the network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell. A transceiver module that is configured to send a first information to the second cell; the first information is used to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or the SIB1.

29. A terminal, characterized in that, including: A processing module that, when transitioning from the RRC idle state to the RRC connected state on the first cell, measures the reference signal received power (RSRP) of the second synchronization signal block (SSB) sent by the first cell. A transceiver module that is configured to send the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB to the first cell; the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB is used by the first cell to determine whether to request the second cell to send a first SSB and / or a system information block (SIB1), and the second cell is one or more of the network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell.

30. A first cell, characterized in that, including: A transceiver module that is configured to send a second synchronization signal block (SSB) to the terminal; where the terminal transitions from the RRC idle state to the RRC connected state on the first cell. The transceiver module is further configured to receive the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB sent by the terminal; the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB is used by the first cell to determine whether to send a second information to the second cell, and the second information is used to request the second cell to send a first SSB and / or a system information block (SIB1), and the second cell is one or more of the network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell.

31. A second cell, characterized in that, including: A transceiver module that is configured to receive a second information sent by the first cell. The second information is determined and sent by the first cell based on the RSRP measurement report of the second synchronization signal block (SSB) sent by the terminal, the second SSB is the synchronization signal block sent by the first cell to the terminal, and the second information is used to request the second cell to send a first SSB and / or a system information block (SIB1); where the terminal transitions from the RRC idle state to the RRC connected state on the first cell; the second cell is one or more of the network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell.

32. A first cell, characterized in that, including: A transceiver module, configured to send a second synchronization signal block (SSB) to a terminal; wherein, the terminal enters the radio resource control (RRC) connected state from the RRC idle state on the first cell. The transceiver module is further configured to receive a reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement report of the second SSB sent by the terminal; the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB is used by the first cell to determine whether to send indication information, and the indication information is used to instruct the terminal to send first information, and the first information is used to request the second cell to send a first SSB and / or a system information block (SIB1), and the second cell is one or more of the network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell.

33. A second cell, characterized in that, Comprising: A transceiver module, configured to receive first information sent by a terminal. The first information is sent by the terminal in a first scenario, and the first information is used to request the second cell to send a first synchronization signal block (SSB) and / or a system information block (SIB1). The first scenario includes any one of the following: The terminal is in the radio resource control (RRC) idle state on the first cell, and based on implementation determination, it is necessary to request the second cell to send the first SSB and / or the SIB1; the second cell is one or more of the network energy-saving cells associated with the first cell. The terminal is in the RRC idle state on the first cell, and the reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement of the second SSB result is less than or equal to a first threshold, and the second SSB is the synchronization signal block sent by the first cell to the terminal. The terminal enters the RRC connected state from the RRC idle state on the first cell, and receives indication information sent by the first cell, where the indication information is determined and sent by the first cell based on the RSRP measurement report of the second SSB, and the indication information is used to instruct the terminal to send the first information.

34. A communication system, characterized in that, Comprising: A terminal, configured to execute the communication method according to any one of claims 1-7. A second cell, configured to execute the communication method according to claim 27.

35. A communication system, characterized in that, Comprising: A terminal, configured to execute the communication method according to any one of claims 8-15. A first cell, configured to execute the communication method according to any one of claims 16-19, 21-26. A second cell, configured to execute the communication method according to claim 20 or 27.

36. A communication device, characterized in that, Comprising: One or more processors; Wherein, the processor is configured to call instructions to cause the communication device to execute the communication method according to any one of claims 1-7, 8-15, 16-19, 20, 21-26, 27.

37. A storage medium, the storage medium stores instructions, characterized in that, When the instructions run on the communication device, the communication device is caused to execute the communication method according to any one of claims 1-7, 8-15, 16-19, 20, 21-26, 27.

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