Scheduling information receiving method and apparatus, scheduling information sending method and apparatus, and storage medium

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of communications, and particularly relates to a scheduling information receiving method and apparatus, a scheduling information sending method and apparatus, and a storage medium. The scheduling information receiving method comprises: receiving scheduling information sent by a read-write device to at least one tag device group, wherein tag devices in an individual tag device group correspond to the same coverage level; determining, from among the at least one tag device group, a first tag device group corresponding to a first coverage level of a first tag device; and performing uplink transmission on the basis of first scheduling information corresponding to the first tag device group. According to the present disclosure, the read-write device may send the scheduling information to the at least one tag device group, and one tag device group may include one or more tag devices; on this basis, the read-write device can schedule a plurality of tag devices in one step, thereby improving the inventory efficiency of the read-write device for the tag devices.

Description

Scheduling information receiving and sending method and device, and storage medium Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a scheduling information receiving method, a scheduling information sending method, a scheduling information receiving device, a scheduling information sending device, a tag device, a reading and writing device, and a storage medium. Background Art

[0002] In the field of the Internet of Things (IoT), such as the Ambient IoT, readers can perform inventory on tags, and tags can report data, such as sensor data, to the readers. However, during the tag inventory operation, there are some technical issues that need to be addressed.

[0003] Summary of the Invention

[0004] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for receiving and sending scheduling information, and a storage medium to solve technical problems in related technologies.

[0005] According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for receiving scheduling information is proposed, which is executed by a first tag device. The method includes: receiving scheduling information sent by a read-write device to at least one tag device group, wherein the tag devices in a single tag device group correspond to the same coverage level; determining a first tag device group corresponding to a first coverage level of the first tag device in the at least one tag device group; and performing uplink transmission according to the first scheduling information corresponding to the first tag device group.

[0006] According to the second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for sending scheduling information is proposed, which is executed by a read-write device. The method includes: determining a first coverage level of a first tag device; determining first scheduling information for uplink transmission of the first tag device based on the first coverage level; and sending the first scheduling information to a first tag device group corresponding to the first coverage level, wherein the first tag device group includes the first tag device.

[0007] According to a third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a scheduling information receiving device is provided, the device comprising:

[0008] A receiving module is configured to receive scheduling information sent by a reading and writing device to at least one tag device group, wherein the tag devices in a single tag device group correspond to the same coverage level;

[0009] A processing module configured to determine, from the at least one tag device group, a first tag device group corresponding to the first coverage level of the first tag device;

[0010] The sending module is configured to perform uplink transmission according to the first scheduling information corresponding to the first tag device group.

[0011] According to a fourth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a scheduling information sending device is provided, the device comprising:

[0012] A processing module configured to determine a first coverage level of a first tag device; and determine first scheduling information for uplink transmission of the first tag device according to the first coverage level;

[0013] The sending module is configured to send the first scheduling information to a first tag device group corresponding to the first coverage level, wherein the first tag device group includes the first tag device.

[0014] According to the fifth aspect of the embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for sending scheduling information is proposed, including: a read-write device determines a first coverage level of a first tag device; the read-write device determines first scheduling information based on the first coverage level; the read-write device sends the first scheduling information to a first tag device group corresponding to the first coverage level, wherein the first tag device group includes the first tag device; the first tag device performs uplink transmission based on the first scheduling information.

[0015] According to a sixth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a tag device is proposed, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the tag device is used to execute the scheduling information receiving method described in the first aspect.

[0016] According to a seventh aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a read-write device is proposed, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the read-write device is used to execute the scheduling information sending method described in the second aspect.

[0017] According to the eighth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication system is proposed, comprising a tag device and a read-write device, wherein the tag device is configured to implement the scheduling information receiving method described in the first aspect, and the read-write device is configured to implement the scheduling information sending method described in the second aspect.

[0018] According to the ninth 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 scheduling information receiving method described in the first aspect and the scheduling information sending method described in the second aspect.

[0019] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the read-write device can send scheduling information to at least one tag device group. A tag device group can contain one or more tag devices. Accordingly, the read-write device can schedule multiple tag devices at a time, thereby improving the inventory efficiency of the read-write device on the tag devices.

[0020] Since the scheduling information required for multiple tag devices with the same coverage level to communicate with the read-write device is generally the same, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, for the tag device group corresponding to the tag devices with the same coverage level, the read-write device can determine that the tag devices in the tag device group need the same scheduling information, and then send the same scheduling information to the tag devices in the tag device group, so as to meet the needs of communication between the tag device and the read-write device, and it is conducive to simplifying the operation of the reader device sending the scheduling information. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0021] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the following briefly introduces the drawings required for use in the description of the embodiments. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present disclosure. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without any creative work.

[0022] FIG1 is a schematic diagram showing the architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0023] FIG2 is an interactive schematic diagram showing a method for receiving scheduling information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0024] FIG3 is a schematic diagram showing a sequence according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0025] FIG4 is a schematic flowchart showing a method for receiving scheduling information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0026] FIG5 is a schematic flowchart of a method for sending scheduling information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0027] FIG6 is a schematic block diagram of a device for receiving scheduling information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0028] FIG7 is a schematic block diagram of a device for sending scheduling information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0029] FIG8A is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0030] FIG8B is a schematic diagram of the structure of the chip proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0031] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and device for receiving and sending scheduling information, and a storage medium.

[0032] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a method for receiving scheduling information, which is executed by a first tag device. The method includes: receiving scheduling information sent by a read-write device to at least one tag device group, wherein the tag devices in a single tag device group correspond to the same coverage level; determining a first tag device group corresponding to a first coverage level of the first tag device in the at least one tag device group; and performing uplink transmission according to the first scheduling information corresponding to the first tag device group.

[0033] In the above embodiment, the read-write device can send scheduling information to at least one tag device group. A tag device group can include one or more tag devices. Based on this, the read-write device can schedule multiple tag devices at a time, thereby improving the inventory efficiency of the tag devices by the read-write device.

[0034] Since the scheduling information required for multiple tag devices with the same coverage level to communicate with the read-write device is generally the same, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, for the tag device group corresponding to the tag devices with the same coverage level, the read-write device can determine that the tag devices in the tag device group need the same scheduling information, and then send the same scheduling information to the tag devices in the tag device group, so as to meet the needs of communication between the tag device and the read-write device, and it is conducive to simplifying the operation of the reader device sending the scheduling information.

[0035] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the scheduling information receiving method includes: sending first information to the read-write device, wherein the first information is used by the read-write device to determine a first coverage level of the first tag device.

[0036] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first information includes at least one of the following: a random number, a sequence.

[0037] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the resource of the first information includes: a physical anytime access channel resource.

[0038] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the scheduling information receiving method further includes: receiving first reference information sent by the read / write device; and determining the first coverage level according to the first reference information.

[0039] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first reference information includes at least one of the following: a reference signal; a synchronization broadcast signal block; a sequence; or a pilot.

[0040] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the sequence includes at least one of the following:

[0041] A first sequence, wherein the first sequence is also used by the first tag device to determine that the read / write device is about to send information;

[0042] A second sequence, wherein the second sequence is located before or after the first sequence, and the signal corresponding to each clock in the second sequence is the same.

[0043] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the scheduling information receiving method further includes: receiving indication information sent by the reading and writing device, wherein the indication information is used to indicate the coverage level of the tag device.

[0044] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the scheduling information receiving method further includes: sending second reference information to the read-write device, wherein the second reference information is used by the read-write device to determine the first coverage level of the first tag device.

[0045] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the scheduling information includes at least one of the following: the number of channels; the number of sub-channels; the number of frequency points; the number of time domain units; the number of repeated transmissions; and the first coverage level.

[0046] In the second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a method for sending scheduling information, which is executed by a read-write device, and the method includes: determining a first coverage level of a first tag device; determining first scheduling information for uplink transmission of the first tag device based on the first coverage level; and sending the first scheduling information to a first tag device group corresponding to the first coverage level, wherein the first tag device group includes the first tag device.

[0047] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, determining the first coverage level of the first tag device includes: receiving first information sent by the tag device; and determining, based on an association between the first information or a resource containing the first information and the coverage level, that the coverage level corresponding to the first information is the first coverage level.

[0048] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first information includes at least one of the following: a random number, a sequence.

[0049] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the resource of the first information includes: a physical anytime access channel resource.

[0050] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the scheduling information sending method further includes: sending first reference information to the first tag device, wherein the first reference information is used by the first tag device to determine the first coverage level.

[0051] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first reference information includes at least one of the following: a reference signal; a synchronization broadcast signal block; a sequence; or a pilot.

[0052] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the sequence includes at least one of the following:

[0053] A first sequence, wherein the first sequence is also used by the first tag device to determine that the read / write device is about to send information;

[0054] A second sequence, wherein the second sequence is located before or after the first sequence, and the signal corresponding to each clock in the second sequence is the same.

[0055] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the scheduling information sending method further includes: sending indication information to the first tag device, wherein the indication information is used to indicate the first coverage level.

[0056] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the scheduling information sending method further includes: receiving second reference information sent by the first tag device; and determining a first coverage level of the first tag device according to the second reference information.

[0057] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first scheduling information includes at least one of the following: the number of channels; the number of sub-channels; the number of frequency points; the number of time domain units; the number of repeated transmissions; and the first coverage level.

[0058] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a scheduling information receiving device, the device comprising:

[0059] A receiving module is configured to receive scheduling information sent by a reading and writing device to at least one tag device group, wherein the tag devices in a single tag device group correspond to the same coverage level;

[0060] A processing module configured to determine, from the at least one tag device group, a first tag device group corresponding to the first coverage level of the first tag device;

[0061] The sending module is configured to perform uplink transmission according to the first scheduling information corresponding to the first tag device group.

[0062] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a scheduling information sending device, the device comprising:

[0063] A processing module configured to determine a first coverage level of a first tag device; and determine first scheduling information for uplink transmission of the first tag device according to the first coverage level;

[0064] The sending module is configured to send the first scheduling information to a first tag device group corresponding to the first coverage level, wherein the first tag device group includes the first tag device.

[0065] In the fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a method for sending scheduling information, including: a read-write device determines a first coverage level of a first tag device; the read-write device determines first scheduling information based on the first coverage level; the read-write device sends the first scheduling information to a first tag device group corresponding to the first coverage level, wherein the first tag device group includes the first tag device; the first tag device performs uplink transmission based on the first scheduling information.

[0066] In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a tag device, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the tag device is used to execute the scheduling information receiving method described in the first aspect or any one of the optional embodiments of the first aspect.

[0067] In the seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a read-write device, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the read-write device is used to execute the scheduling information sending method described in the second aspect or any one of the optional embodiments of the second aspect.

[0068] In the eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication system, including a tag device and a read-write device, wherein the tag device is configured to implement the scheduling information receiving method described in the first aspect and any one of the optional embodiments of the first aspect, and the read-write device is configured to implement the scheduling information sending method described in the second aspect and any one of the optional embodiments of the second aspect.

[0069] In the ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a storage medium, which stores instructions. When the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes the scheduling information receiving method described in the first aspect or any one of the optional embodiments of the first aspect, and / or the scheduling information sending method described in the second aspect or any one of the optional embodiments of the second aspect.

[0070] In the tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a program product. When the above-mentioned program product is executed by a communication device, the above-mentioned communication device executes the scheduling information receiving method described in the first aspect or any one of the optional embodiments of the first aspect, and / or the scheduling information sending method described in the second aspect or any one of the optional embodiments of the second aspect.

[0071] In the eleventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a computer program, which, when running on a computer, enables the computer to execute the scheduling information receiving method described in the first aspect or any one of the optional embodiments of the first aspect, and / or the scheduling information sending method described in the second aspect or any one of the optional embodiments of the second aspect.

[0072] It is understandable that the above-mentioned scheduling information receiving device, scheduling information sending device, communication device, communication system, storage medium, program product, and computer program 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.

[0073] The present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses for receiving and transmitting scheduling information, as well as storage media. In some embodiments, the terms "scheduling information receiving and transmitting method" and "information processing method" and "communication method" are interchangeable; the terms "scheduling information receiving and transmitting apparatus" and "information processing apparatus" and "communication apparatus" are interchangeable; and the terms "information processing system" and "communication system" are interchangeable.

[0074] 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.

[0075] 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.

[0076] 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.

[0077] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, elements expressed in the singular form, such as "a", "an", "the", "above", "said", "aforementioned", "this", etc., may mean "one and only one", or "one or more", "at least one", etc.

[0078] For example, when using articles such as “a”, “an”, and “the” in English in translation, the noun following the article can be understood as a singular expression or a plural expression.

[0079] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, “plurality” refers to two or more.

[0080] In some embodiments, the terms "at least one," "one or more," "a plurality of," "multiple," etc. may be used interchangeably.

[0081] 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.

[0082] 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.

[0083] 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 restrictions on the position, order, priority, quantity or content of the description objects. For the statement of the description objects, please refer to the description in the context of the claims or embodiments, and no unnecessary restrictions should be constituted due to the use of prefixes.

[0084] For example, if the description object is "field," the ordinal number preceding "field" in "first field" and "second field" does not restrict the position or order of the "fields." "First" and "second" do not restrict whether the modified "fields" are in the same message, nor do they restrict the order of the "first field" and "second field." For another example, if the description object is "level," the ordinal number preceding "level" in "first level" and "second level" does not restrict the priority of the "levels." For another example, the number of description objects is not restricted by the ordinal number and can be one or more. For example, in the case of "first device," the number of "devices" can be one or more. Furthermore, the objects modified by different prefixes can be the same or different. For example, if the description object is "device," "first device" and "second device" can be the same or different devices, and their types can be the same or different. For another example, if the description object is "information," "first information" and "second information" can be the same or different information, and their content can be the same or different.

[0085] 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.

[0086] 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.

[0087] 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.

[0088] In some embodiments, devices, etc. can be interpreted as physical or virtual, and their names are not limited to the names recorded in the embodiments. Terms such as "device", "equipment", "device", "circuit", "network element", "node", "function", "unit", "section", "system", "network", "chip", "chip system", "entity", and "subject" can be used interchangeably.

[0089] In some embodiments, "network" can be interpreted as devices included in the network (eg, access network equipment, core network equipment, etc.).

[0090] In some embodiments, the terms "access network device (AN device)", "radio access network device (RAN device)", "base station (BS)", "radio base station" "fixed station", "node", "access point", "transmission point (TP)", "reception point (RP)", "transmission / reception point (TRP)", "panel", "antenna panel", "antenna array", "cell", "macro cell", "small cell", "femto cell", "pico cell", "sector", "cell group", "serving cell", "carrier", "component carrier", "bandwidth part (BWP)" and the like may be used interchangeably.

[0091] In some embodiments, the terms "terminal", "terminal device", "user equipment (UE)", "user terminal", "mobile station (MS)", "mobile terminal (MT)", subscriber station, mobile unit, subscriber unit, wireless unit, remote unit, mobile device, wireless device, wireless communication device, remote device, mobile subscriber station, access terminal, mobile terminal, wireless terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client, etc. can be used interchangeably.

[0092] In some embodiments, the access network device, the core network device, or the network device can be replaced by a terminal. For example, the various embodiments of the present disclosure can also be applied to a structure in which the communication between the access network device, the core network device, or the network device and the terminal is replaced by communication between multiple terminals (for example, device-to-device (D2D), vehicle-to-everything (V2X), etc.). In this case, it is also possible to set the structure in which the terminal has all or part of the functions of the access network device. In addition, terms such as "uplink" and "downlink" can also be replaced by terms corresponding to communication between terminals (for example, "side"). For example, uplink channels, downlink channels, etc. can be replaced by side channels, and uplinks, downlinks, etc. can be replaced by side links.

[0093] In some embodiments, the terminal may be replaced by an access network device, a core network device, or a network device. In this case, the access network device, the core network device, or the network device may have a structure that has all or part of the functions of the terminal.

[0094] In some embodiments, obtaining data, information, etc. may comply with the laws and regulations of the country where the data is obtained.

[0095] In some embodiments, data, information, etc. may be obtained with the user's consent.

[0096] In addition, each element, each row, or each column in the table of the embodiment of the present disclosure can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the combination of any elements, any rows, and any columns can also be implemented as an independent embodiment.

[0097] FIG1 is a schematic diagram showing the architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0098] As shown in Figure 1, a communication system 100 includes a tag device 101 and a reader / writer device 102. The tag device may include a terminal, and the reader / writer device may include at least one of a network device and a terminal. The network device includes at least one of the following: an access network device and a core network device.

[0099] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 includes, for example, a mobile phone, a wearable device, an Internet of Things device, a car with communication function, a smart car, a tablet computer, a computer with wireless transceiver function, a virtual reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control, a wireless terminal device in self-driving, a wireless terminal device in remote medical surgery, a wireless terminal device in a smart grid, a wireless terminal device in transportation safety, a wireless terminal device in a smart city, and at least one of a wireless terminal device in a smart home, but is not limited thereto.

[0100] In some embodiments, the access network device is, for example, a node or device that accesses a terminal to a wireless network. The access network device may include an evolved NodeB (eNB), a next generation evolved NodeB (ng-eNB), a next generation NodeB (gNB), a node B (NB), a home node B (HNB), a home evolved nodeB (HeNB), a wireless backhaul device, a radio network controller (RNC), a base station controller (BSC), a base transceiver station (BTS), a base band unit (BBU), a mobile switching center, a base station in a 6G communication system, an open base station (Open RAN), a cloud base station (Cloud RAN), a base station in other communication systems, and at least one of an access node in a Wi-Fi system, but is not limited thereto.

[0101] In some embodiments, a core network device may be a device including one or more network elements, or may be multiple devices or device groups, each including all or part of the one or more network elements. The network element may be virtual or physical. The core network may include, for example, at least one of an Evolved Packet Core (EPC), a 5G Core Network (5GCN), and a Next Generation Core (NGC).

[0102] 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.

[0103] 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.

[0104] 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.

[0105] 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.

[0106] 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).

[0107] In some embodiments, with the development of communication technology, tag devices and read-write devices in the Internet of Things are no longer limited to conventional tags and readers (also called readers). For example, in some embodiments, the read-write device can be a network device, and the tag can be a tag terminal. In some embodiments, the read-write device can be a read-write terminal, and the tag device can be a tag terminal. The above-mentioned read-write terminals and tag terminals can be traditional terminals or reduced capability (Redcap) terminals, and the present disclosure does not limit this.

[0108] In the scenario where traditional readers and writers of the passive Internet of Things are used to take inventory of tags, the readers and writers are generally handheld devices, while the tags are generally fixed tags. The inventory is performed manually by pointing the reader and writer at the tags. During this process, the reader and writer only performs an inventory operation on one tag at a time.

[0109] However, in scenarios where the read / write device is a network device or terminal and the tag device is a terminal, the signal coverage range of the network device and the terminal is much larger than the coverage range of the traditional reader / writer. If the read / write device still only performs inventory operations on one tag device each time, it will cause a large waste of the communication capabilities of the read / write device.

[0110] FIG2 is an interactive schematic diagram showing a method for receiving scheduling information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0111] As shown in FIG2 , the scheduling information receiving method includes the following steps:

[0112] Step S201: The reading and writing device determines a first coverage level of a first tag device.

[0113] Step S202: The reader / writer device sends scheduling information corresponding to the first coverage level to the first tag device.

[0114] In some embodiments, the first tag device belongs to a first tag device group.

[0115] In some embodiments, the first tag device group corresponds to the first coverage level, that is, the tag devices in the first tag device group have the same coverage level, which is the first coverage level.

[0116] In some embodiments, the reading and writing device sends scheduling information to the first tag device group.

[0117] In some embodiments, the reading and writing device sends scheduling information to at least one tag device group.

[0118] In some embodiments, the read-write device can perform an inventory operation on the tag device. Since the inventory operation requires the tag device to send information to the read-write device, the read-write device can send scheduling information to at least one tag device that needs to be inventoried. The scheduling information can be used to schedule the first tag device for uplink transmission.

[0119] For example, the content of the uplink transmission includes at least one of the following: information sensed by the first tag device, and identity information of the first tag device, wherein the identity information includes but is not limited to an Electronic Product Code (EPC).

[0120] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the read-write device can send scheduling information to at least one tag device group. A tag device group can contain one or more tag devices. Accordingly, the read-write device can schedule multiple tag devices at a time, thereby improving the inventory efficiency of the read-write device on the tag devices.

[0121] Within the coverage range of the read-write device, the positions of different tag devices may be different. Based on the different positions, the communication quality between the tag device and the read-write device may be different. The communication quality can be characterized by the coverage level. Multiple tag devices with the same coverage level have the same or similar communication quality as the tag device.

[0122] Since the scheduling information required for multiple tag devices with the same coverage level to communicate with the read-write device is generally the same, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, for the tag device group corresponding to the tag devices with the same coverage level, the read-write device can determine that the tag devices in the tag device group need the same scheduling information, and then send the same scheduling information to the tag devices in the tag device group, so as to meet the needs of communication between the tag device and the read-write device, and it is conducive to simplifying the operation of the reader device sending the scheduling information.

[0123] In some embodiments, the reading and writing device sends the same scheduling information to multiple tag devices in a tag device group. The scheduling information can be sent to multiple tag devices at one time in a groupcast or multicast manner, or the scheduling information can be sent to each tag device separately in a unicast manner. The present disclosure does not limit the sending method.

[0124] In some embodiments, the scheduling information includes at least one of the following: the number of channels; the number of sub-channels; the number of frequency points; the number of time domain units; the number of repetitions; and the first coverage level.

[0125] For example, the scheduling information may include the channel number, that is, the number of channels. For example, if the channel number is 2, the tag device can perform uplink transmission to the reader / writer device on 2 channels.

[0126] For example, the scheduling information may include the number of sub-channels, that is, the number of sub-channels in a channel. For example, if the number of sub-channels is 3, the tag device may perform uplink transmission to the reader / writer device on the three sub-channels.

[0127] For example, the scheduling information may include the frequency number, that is, the number of frequency points, where the frequency point can also be called the Absolute Radio-Frequency Channel Number (ARFCN). For example, if the frequency point number is 2, the tag device can perform uplink transmission to the reader / writer device on 2 frequency points.

[0128] For example, the scheduling information may include the number of time domain units, i.e., the number of time domain units, where a time domain unit includes at least one of the following: a frame, a sub-frame, a time slot, or a symbol. Taking a time slot as an example, if the number of time domain units is 5, the tag device can perform uplink transmission to the reader / writer device for 5 time slots.

[0129] For example, the scheduling information may include the number of repeated transmissions. For example, if the number of repeated transmissions is 4, the tag device repeats the uplink transmission to the reader / writer device 4 times.

[0130] In some embodiments, since the coverage levels corresponding to different tag device groups may be different, the scheduling information corresponding to each tag device group may also be different. Therefore, for the scheduling information sent by the reading and writing device to the tag device group, it is necessary for the tag devices in the tag device group to clearly determine whether the received scheduling information is the scheduling information corresponding to their own coverage level, that is, whether the coverage level corresponding to the scheduling information is the same as the coverage level of the tag device itself.

[0131] Therefore, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the scheduling information may also include a coverage level, and the tag device may compare the coverage level in the scheduling information with its own coverage level, wherein, if the coverage level in the scheduling information is the same as its own coverage level, the tag device performs uplink transmission based on the scheduling information; if the coverage level in the scheduling information is different from its own coverage level, the tag device does not perform uplink transmission based on the scheduling information.

[0132] For example, the scheduling information sent by the reading and writing device to the first tag device may include the first coverage level. Since the coverage level of the first tag device is the first coverage level, the first tag device can determine that the coverage level in the scheduling information is the same as its own coverage level, and thus perform uplink transmission based on the received scheduling information.

[0133] For example, the read / write device may indicate N coverage levels, and the scheduling information bits may be used for one coverage level among N coverage levels as the coverage level of scheduling information.

[0134] In some embodiments, the type of tag device includes but is not limited to Type A, Type B, and Type C.

[0135] Type A tags do not require energy storage; Type B tags can store energy and determine coverage levels based on the amount of stored energy; Type C tags have independent power and can generate device signals. Type A and Type B tags can also send signals to the reader / writer. For example, they cannot generate signals independently, but instead reflect signals from the reader / writer back to the reader / writer.

[0136] In some embodiments, the scheduling information receiving method includes: sending first information to the read-write device, wherein the first information is used by the read-write device to determine a first coverage level of the first tag device.

[0137] For example, the coverage level of the tag device itself can be determined by the tag device, and then the tag device can send the first information to the reader / writer device so that the reader / writer device determines the coverage level of the tag device.

[0138] In some embodiments, the first information includes at least one of the following: a random number, a sequence.

[0139] For example, the tag device and the reader / writer device may store an association between random number ranges and coverage levels. When the first tag device determines that its coverage level is the first coverage level, it can determine the random number range corresponding to the first coverage level based on the association, and then determine a random number within the random number range as the first information to be sent to the reader / writer device. After receiving the random number, the reader / writer device can determine the random number range within which the random number falls, and then determine that the random number range corresponds to the first coverage level based on the stored association.

[0140] For example, the tag device and the reader / writer device may store an association between sequences and coverage levels. When the first tag device determines that its coverage level is the first coverage level, it may determine the sequence corresponding to the first coverage level based on the association, and then send the sequence as the first information to the reader / writer device. After receiving the sequence, the reader / writer device may determine that the sequence corresponds to the first coverage level based on the stored association.

[0141] In some embodiments, the type of sequence includes at least one of the following: a bit sequence, a pilot sequence.

[0142] In some embodiments, the resource of the first information includes: a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) resource.

[0143] For example, the tag device and the reader / writer device may store an association relationship between PRACH resources and coverage levels. When the first tag device determines that its own coverage level is the first coverage level, it may determine the PRACH resource corresponding to the first coverage level based on the association relationship, and then send the first information to the reader / writer device using the PRACH resource. After the reader / writer device receives the first information on the PRACH resource, it may determine that the PRACH resource corresponds to the first coverage level based on the stored association relationship.

[0144] The following describes several embodiments to illustrate how to determine the coverage level of a tag device.

[0145] In some embodiments, the scheduling information receiving method further includes: receiving first reference information sent by the read / write device; and determining the first coverage level according to the first reference information.

[0146] The reader / writer device may send first reference information to the tag device. For example, the first reference information includes at least one of the following: a reference signal; a synchronization broadcast signal block (SS (Synchronization Signal) and PBCH (Physical downlink Broadcast Channel) Block, SSB); a sequence; or a pilot.

[0147] Taking the first reference information including SSB as an example, after receiving the SSB, the reading and writing device can determine the signal quality of the received SSB. For example, the signal quality can be represented by the reference signal receiving power (RSRP).

[0148] The first tag device can store at least one RSRP threshold (for example, it can be configured by the read / write device, or it can be agreed upon by the protocol). For example, two RSRP thresholds are stored, namely RSRP#1 and RSRP#2, where RSRP#1 is less than RSRP#2. For example, when it is determined that the RSRP of the received SSB is less than RSRP#1, the first tag device can determine that the first coverage level is L#1. When it is determined that the RSRP of the received SSB is greater than or equal to RSRP#1 and less than RSRP#2, the first tag device can determine that the first coverage level is L#2. When it is determined that the RSRP of the received SSB is greater than or equal to RSRP#3, the first tag device can determine that the first coverage level is L#3.

[0149] Taking the first reference information including a sequence as an example, after receiving the sequence, the read / write device can determine at least one of the following results: an average value of high levels in the sequence, a sum of high levels in the sequence, and a received signal strength indication (RSSI) of the sequence.

[0150] In some embodiments, RSSI can be determined based on at least one of the following: the sum of the received signal strengths of the sequence within the first time length, the average of the received signal strengths of the sequence within the first time length, the first time length can be configured for the read / write device, or agreed upon by the protocol, and the present disclosure does not limit this.

[0151] Taking the determination result including RSSI as an example, the first tag device can store at least one RSSI threshold value (for example, it can be configured by the read / write device, or it can be agreed upon by the protocol), and taking the storage of two RSSI threshold values ​​as an example, RSSI#1 and RSSI#2, respectively, where RSSI#1 is less than RSSI#2. For example, when it is determined that the RSSI of the received sequence is less than RSSI#1, the first tag device can determine that the first coverage level is L#1; when it is determined that the RSSI of the received sequence is greater than or equal to RSSI#1 and less than RSSI#2, the first tag device can determine that the first coverage level is L#2; when it is determined that the RSSI of the received sequence is greater than or equal to RSSI#3, the first tag device can determine that the first coverage level is L#3.

[0152] FIG3 is a schematic diagram showing a sequence according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0153] In some embodiments, the sequence comprises at least one of:

[0154] A first sequence, wherein the first sequence is also used by the first tag device to determine that the read / write device is about to send information;

[0155] A second sequence, wherein the second sequence is located before or after the first sequence, and the signal corresponding to each clock in the second sequence is the same.

[0156] In some embodiments, before taking inventory of the tag device, the read / write device can perform selection and challenge operations on the tag, wherein the selection operation is used to select one or more tags in the tag group for inventory, and the challenge operation is used to query the encryption and authentication type of the tag, and then the inventory operation can be performed on the tags that pass the challenge operation.

[0157] In some embodiments, an inventory operation may begin with the reader / writer device sending a query command to the tag device and terminate with the reader / writer device sending a query command again, or terminate with another selection or challenge operation. Before sending a query command to the tag device, the reader / writer device may first send a first sequence to the tag device, so that the tag device determines that the reader / writer device will send a query command after the first sequence.

[0158] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, when the first reference information includes a sequence, the sequence may be only the first sequence, or the sequence may be the first sequence and the second sequence.

[0159] As shown in FIG3 , since the number of clock signals in the first sequence is relatively small, the results determined based only on the first sequence, such as the average value of the high level in the sequence (for example, the clock signal corresponding to the value 1 in FIG3 ), the average value of the high level in the sequence, and the RSSI of the sequence, may have low accuracy. Therefore, the reader / writer device may additionally send a second sequence before or after the first sequence, and the signal corresponding to each clock in the second sequence is the same (for example, the second sequence in FIG3 contains 4 low-level clock signals). Accordingly, the results determined by the tag device based on the first sequence and the second sequence are relatively accurate, which is conducive to ensuring that the tag device accurately determines its own coverage level based on the obtained results.

[0160] It should be noted that, as shown in FIG3 , a meaningless signal “v” may be provided between the second sequence and the first sequence to indicate the end of the second sequence and the start of the first sequence.

[0161] In some embodiments, the scheduling information receiving method further includes: receiving indication information sent by the reading and writing device, wherein the indication information is used to indicate the coverage level of the tag device.

[0162] In some embodiments, the tag device cannot determine its own coverage level. For example, the tag device is of Type A (but not limited to this). In this case, the reader / writer device can send indication information to the tag device, and the tag device can determine its own coverage level based on the indication information.

[0163] For example, the read / write device may indicate N coverage levels, and the indication information sent by the read / write device to the tag device may include: bits, used to indicate one of N coverage levels to the tag device.

[0164] In some embodiments, the scheduling information receiving method further includes: sending second reference information to the read-write device, wherein the second reference information is used by the read-write device to determine the first coverage level of the first tag device.

[0165] In some embodiments, the tag device may send second reference information to the read-write device. The second reference information may be information generated autonomously by the tag device, or information sent by the read-write device to the tag device and reflected to the read-write device via the tag device.

[0166] For example, the second reference information may be a sequence, which may include at least one of a first sequence and a second sequence. Because the first sequence contains a relatively small number of clock signals, results determined solely based on the first sequence, such as the average value of high levels in the sequence, the average value of high levels in the sequence, or the RSSI of the sequence, may be less accurate. Therefore, the tag device may additionally transmit a second sequence before or after the first sequence, with the signals corresponding to each clock in the second sequence being identical. Consequently, the results determined by the reader / writer based on the first and second sequences are relatively accurate, helping to ensure that the tag device accurately determines the tag's coverage level based on the obtained results.

[0167] In some embodiments, configuration information related to quantity, such as the number of sub-channels, the number of frequency points, the number of time domain units, and the number of repeated transmissions, may be negatively correlated with the coverage level.

[0168] For example, using the number of repeated transmissions and the three coverage levels L#1 to L#3 as an example, for a tag device with coverage level L#1, the number of repeated transmissions can be N1; for a tag device with coverage level L#2, the number of repeated transmissions can be N2; and for a tag device with coverage level L#3, the number of repeated transmissions can be N3, where N1>N2>N3. Because tag devices with lower coverage levels have relatively poor communication performance with the reader / writer, configuring a relatively high number of repeated transmissions for these tag devices helps ensure the quality of communication between the tag device and the reader / writer.

[0169] The communication method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S201 to S202. For example, step 201 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step 202 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps S201+S202 may be implemented as independent embodiments, but are not limited thereto.

[0170] In some embodiments, steps S201 and S202 may be performed in an interchangeable order or simultaneously.

[0171] In some embodiments, step S201 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0172] In some embodiments, step S202 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0173] In some embodiments, reference may be made to other optional implementations described before or after the description corresponding to FIG. 2 .

[0174] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for receiving scheduling information. FIG4 is a schematic flow chart of a method for receiving scheduling information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method for receiving scheduling information shown in this embodiment can be executed by a first tag device.

[0175] As shown in FIG4 , the scheduling information receiving method may include the following steps:

[0176] In step S401, scheduling information sent by a read / write device to at least one tag device group is received, wherein the tag devices in a single tag device group correspond to the same coverage level;

[0177] In step S402, a first label device group corresponding to the first coverage level of the first label device is determined in the at least one label device group;

[0178] In step S403, uplink transmission is performed according to the first scheduling information corresponding to the first tag device group.

[0179] It should be noted that the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 can be implemented independently or in combination with at least one other embodiment in the present disclosure. The specific selection can be made as needed and the present disclosure does not limit it.

[0180] In some embodiments, the scheduling information receiving method includes: sending first information to the read-write device, wherein the first information is used by the read-write device to determine a first coverage level of the first tag device.

[0181] In some embodiments, the first information includes at least one of the following: a random number, a sequence.

[0182] In some embodiments, the resource of the first information includes: a physical anytime access channel resource.

[0183] In some embodiments, the scheduling information receiving method further includes: receiving first reference information sent by the read / write device; and determining the first coverage level according to the first reference information.

[0184] In some embodiments, the first reference information includes at least one of the following: a reference signal; a synchronization broadcast signal block; a sequence; a pilot.

[0185] In some embodiments, the sequence comprises at least one of:

[0186] A first sequence, wherein the first sequence is also used by the first tag device to determine that the read / write device is about to send information;

[0187] A second sequence, wherein the second sequence is located before or after the first sequence, and the signal corresponding to each clock in the second sequence is the same.

[0188] In some embodiments, the scheduling information receiving method further includes: receiving indication information sent by the reading and writing device, wherein the indication information is used to indicate the coverage level of the tag device.

[0189] In some embodiments, the scheduling information receiving method further includes: sending second reference information to the read-write device, wherein the second reference information is used by the read-write device to determine the first coverage level of the first tag device.

[0190] In some embodiments, the scheduling information includes at least one of the following: the number of channels; the number of sub-channels; the number of frequency points; the number of time domain units; the number of repeated transmissions; and the first coverage level.

[0191] For the first aspect and the optional implementation of the optional embodiment of the first aspect, reference can be made to the optional implementation in the embodiment shown in FIG2 and other related parts in the embodiment involved in FIG2 , which will not be described in detail here.

[0192] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for sending scheduling information. Figure 5 is a schematic flow chart of a method for sending scheduling information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method for sending scheduling information shown in this embodiment can be executed by a read / write device.

[0193] As shown in FIG5 , the scheduling information sending method includes:

[0194] In step S501, a first coverage level of a first tag device is determined;

[0195] In step S502, first scheduling information for uplink transmission of the first tag device is determined according to the first coverage level;

[0196] In step S503, the first scheduling information is sent to a first tag device group corresponding to the first coverage level, wherein the first tag device group includes the first tag device.

[0197] It should be noted that the embodiment shown in FIG. 5 can be implemented independently or in combination with at least one other embodiment in the present disclosure. The specific selection can be made as needed and the present disclosure does not limit it.

[0198] In some embodiments, determining the first coverage level of the first tag device includes: receiving first information sent by the tag device; and determining that the coverage level corresponding to the first information is the first coverage level based on the association between the first information or the resource where the first information is located and the coverage level.

[0199] In some embodiments, the first information includes at least one of the following: a random number, a sequence.

[0200] In some embodiments, the resource of the first information includes: a physical anytime access channel resource.

[0201] In some embodiments, the scheduling information sending method further includes: sending first reference information to the first tag device, wherein the first reference information is used by the first tag device to determine the first coverage level.

[0202] In some embodiments, the first reference information includes at least one of the following: a reference signal; a synchronization broadcast signal block; a sequence; a pilot.

[0203] In some embodiments, the sequence comprises at least one of:

[0204] A first sequence, wherein the first sequence is also used by the first tag device to determine that the read / write device is about to send information;

[0205] A second sequence, wherein the second sequence is located before or after the first sequence, and the signal corresponding to each clock in the second sequence is the same.

[0206] In some embodiments, the scheduling information sending method further includes: sending indication information to the first tag device, wherein the indication information is used to indicate the first coverage level.

[0207] In some embodiments, the scheduling information sending method further includes: receiving second reference information sent by the first tag device; and determining a first coverage level of the first tag device according to the second reference information.

[0208] In some embodiments, the first scheduling information includes at least one of the following: the number of channels; the number of sub-channels; the number of frequency points; the number of time domain units; the number of repeated transmissions; and the first coverage level.

[0209] The second aspect and the optional implementation of the optional embodiment of the second aspect can be referred to the optional implementation in the embodiment shown in Figure 2 and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2, which will not be repeated here.

[0210] 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.

[0211] 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.

[0212] In some embodiments, terms such as "synchronization signal (SS)", "synchronization signal block (SSB)", "reference signal (RS)", "pilot", and "pilot signal" can be used interchangeably.

[0213] In some embodiments, terms such as "moment", "time point", "time", and "time position" can be replaced with each other, and terms such as "duration", "period", "time window", "window", and "time" can be replaced with each other.

[0214] In some embodiments, terms such as "frame", "radio frame", "subframe", "slot", "sub-slot", "mini-slot", "symbol", "symbol", and "transmission time interval (TTI)" can be used interchangeably.

[0215] 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.

[0216] In some embodiments, terms such as "send", "transmit", "report", "download", "transmit", "bidirectional transmission", "send and / or receive" can be used interchangeably.

[0217] Corresponding to the aforementioned embodiments of the scheduling information receiving method and the scheduling information sending method, the present disclosure also provides embodiments of a scheduling information receiving device and a scheduling information sending device.

[0218] FIG6 is a schematic block diagram of a scheduling information receiving device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG6 , the scheduling information receiving device includes: a receiving module 601 , a processing module 602 , and a sending module 603 .

[0219] In some embodiments, the receiving module is configured to receive scheduling information sent by the reading and writing device to at least one tag device group, wherein the tag devices in a single tag device group correspond to the same coverage level;

[0220] A processing module configured to determine, from the at least one tag device group, a first tag device group corresponding to the first coverage level of the first tag device;

[0221] The sending module is configured to perform uplink transmission according to the first scheduling information corresponding to the first tag device group.

[0222] In some embodiments, the sending module is further configured to send first information to the reading and writing device, wherein the first information is used by the reading and writing device to determine a first coverage level of the first tag device.

[0223] In some embodiments, the first information includes at least one of the following: a random number, a sequence.

[0224] In some embodiments, the resource of the first information includes: a physical anytime access channel resource.

[0225] In some embodiments, the receiving module is further configured to receive first reference information sent by the read / write device; and the processing module is further configured to determine the first coverage level according to the first reference information.

[0226] In some embodiments, the first reference information includes at least one of the following: a reference signal; a synchronization broadcast signal block; a sequence; a pilot.

[0227] In some embodiments, the sequence comprises at least one of:

[0228] A first sequence, wherein the first sequence is also used by the first tag device to determine that the read / write device is about to send information;

[0229] A second sequence, wherein the second sequence is located before or after the first sequence, and the signal corresponding to each clock in the second sequence is the same.

[0230] In some embodiments, the receiving module is further configured to receive indication information sent by the reading and writing device, wherein the indication information is used to indicate the coverage level of the tag device.

[0231] In some embodiments, the sending module is further configured to send second reference information to the reading and writing device, wherein the second reference information is used by the reading and writing device to determine the first coverage level of the first tag device.

[0232] In some embodiments, the scheduling information includes at least one of the following: the number of channels; the number of sub-channels; the number of frequency points; the number of time domain units; the number of repeated transmissions; and the first coverage level.

[0233] FIG7 is a schematic block diagram of a scheduling information sending device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG7 , the scheduling information sending device includes: a processing module 701 and a sending module 702 .

[0234] In some embodiments, the processing module is configured to determine a first coverage level of a first tag device; determine first scheduling information for uplink transmission of the first tag device according to the first coverage level;

[0235] The sending module is configured to send the first scheduling information to a first tag device group corresponding to the first coverage level, wherein the first tag device group includes the first tag device.

[0236] In some embodiments, the processing module is configured to receive first information sent by the tag device; and determine that the coverage level corresponding to the first information is the first coverage level based on the association between the first information or the resource where the first information is located and the coverage level.

[0237] In some embodiments, the first information includes at least one of the following: a random number, a sequence.

[0238] In some embodiments, the resource of the first information includes: a physical anytime access channel resource.

[0239] In some embodiments, the sending module is further configured to send first reference information to the first tag device, wherein the first reference information is used by the first tag device to determine the first coverage level.

[0240] In some embodiments, the first reference information includes at least one of the following: a reference signal; a synchronization broadcast signal block; a sequence; a pilot.

[0241] In some embodiments, the sequence comprises at least one of:

[0242] A first sequence, wherein the first sequence is also used by the first tag device to determine that the read / write device is about to send information;

[0243] A second sequence, wherein the second sequence is located before or after the first sequence, and the signal corresponding to each clock in the second sequence is the same.

[0244] In some embodiments, the sending module is further configured to send indication information to the first tag device, wherein the indication information is used to indicate the first coverage level.

[0245] In some embodiments, the apparatus further includes: a receiving module configured to receive second reference information sent by the first tag device;

[0246] The processing module is configured to determine a first coverage level of the first tag device according to the second reference information.

[0247] In some embodiments, the first scheduling information includes at least one of the following: the number of channels; the number of sub-channels; the number of frequency points; the number of time domain units; the number of repeated transmissions; and the first coverage level.

[0248] For the device embodiment, since it basically corresponds to the method embodiment, the relevant parts can be referred to the partial description of the method embodiment. The device embodiment described above is merely illustrative, wherein the modules described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components displayed as modules may or may not be physical modules, that is, they may be located in one place, or they may be distributed on multiple network modules. Some or all of the modules can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the scheme of this embodiment. Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand and implement it without paying any creative work.

[0249] The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an apparatus for implementing any of the above methods. For example, an apparatus is provided, comprising units or modules for implementing each step performed by a terminal in any of the above methods. For another example, another apparatus is provided, comprising units or modules for implementing each step performed by a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network function node, a core network device, etc.) in any of the above methods.

[0250] 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.

[0251] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the processor is a circuit with signal 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.

[0252] Figure 8A is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device 8100 proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. Communication device 8100 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 8100 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.

[0253] As shown in Figure 8A, the communication device 8100 includes one or more processors 8101. The processor 8101 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 8100 is used to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, one or more processors 8101 are used to call instructions to enable the communication device 8100 to perform any of the above methods.

[0254] In some embodiments, the communication device 8100 further includes one or more transceivers 8102. When the communication device 8100 includes one or more transceivers 8102, the transceiver 8102 performs at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving in the above method (for example, steps S201 and S202, but not limited thereto), and the processor 8101 performs at least one of the other steps (for example, steps S201 and S202, but not limited thereto). In an optional embodiment, the transceiver may include a receiver and / or a transmitter, and the receiver and transmitter may be separate or integrated. Optionally, the terms transceiver, transceiver unit, transceiver, transceiver circuit, interface circuit, and interface may be interchangeable, the terms transmitter, transmitting unit, transmitter, and transmitting circuit may be interchangeable, and the terms receiver, receiving unit, receiver, and receiving circuit may be interchangeable.

[0255] In some embodiments, the communication device 8100 further includes one or more memories 8103 for storing data. Alternatively, all or part of the memories 8103 may be located outside the communication device 8100. In alternative embodiments, the communication device 8100 may include one or more interface circuits 8104. Optionally, the interface circuits 8104 are connected to the memory 8102 and may be configured to receive data from the memory 8102 or other devices, or to send data to the memory 8102 or other devices. For example, the interface circuits 8104 may read data stored in the memory 8102 and send the data to the processor 8101.

[0256] The communication device 8100 described in the above embodiment may be a network device or a terminal, but the scope of the communication device 8100 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device 8100 may not be limited by FIG. 8A. 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.

[0257] FIG8B is a schematic diagram of the structure of a chip 8200 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. If the communication device 8100 can be a chip or a chip system, please refer to the schematic diagram of the structure of the chip 8200 shown in FIG8B , but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

[0258] The chip 8200 includes one or more processors 8201. The chip 8200 is configured to execute any of the above methods.

[0259] In some embodiments, chip 8200 further includes one or more interface circuits 8202. Terms such as interface circuit, interface, and transceiver pins may be used interchangeably. In some embodiments, chip 8200 further includes one or more memories 8203 for storing data. Alternatively, all or part of memory 8203 may be located external to chip 8200. Optionally, interface circuit 8202 is connected to memory 8203 and may be used to receive data from memory 8203 or other devices, or may be used to send data to memory 8203 or other devices. For example, interface circuit 8202 may read data stored in memory 8203 and send the data to processor 8201.

[0260] In some embodiments, the interface circuit 8202 performs at least one of the communication steps (e.g., steps S201 and S202, but not limited thereto) of the aforementioned method. For example, the interface circuit 8202 performing the communication steps (e.g., steps S201 and S202, but not limited thereto) of the aforementioned method means that the interface circuit 8202 performs data exchange between the processor 8201, chip 8200, memory 8203, or a transceiver device. In some embodiments, the processor 8201 performs at least one of the other steps (e.g., steps S201 and S202, but not limited thereto).

[0261] The modules and / or devices described in various embodiments, such as virtual devices, physical devices, and chips, can be arbitrarily combined or separated according to circumstances. Optionally, some or all steps can also be performed collaboratively by multiple modules and / or devices, which is not limited here.

[0262] The present disclosure also proposes a storage medium having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed on the communication device 8100, causes the communication device 8100 to execute 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.

[0263] The present disclosure also provides a program product, which, when executed by the communication device 8100, enables the communication device 8100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the program product is a computer program product.

[0264] The present disclosure also proposes a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform any one of the above methods.

Claims

1. A method for receiving scheduling information, characterized in that, Performed by a first tag device, the method includes: Receiving scheduling information sent by a reading and writing device to at least one group of tag devices, where the tag devices in a single group of tag devices correspond to the same coverage level; Determining, in the at least one group of tag devices, a first group of tag devices corresponding to the first coverage level of the first tag device; Performing uplink transmission according to the first scheduling information corresponding to the first group of tag devices.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The method includes: Sending first information to the reading and writing device, where the first information is used for the reading and writing device to determine the first coverage level of the first tag device.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein The first information includes at least one of the following: Random number, sequence.

4. The method according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that The resources of the first information include: Physical random access channel resources.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that The method further includes: Receiving first reference information sent by the reading and writing device; Determining the first coverage level according to the first reference information.

6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that, The first reference information includes at least one of the following: Reference signal; Synchronization broadcast signal block; Sequence; Pilot.

7. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that The sequence includes at least one of the following: A first sequence, where the first sequence is also used for the first tag device to determine the information to be sent by the reading and writing device; A second sequence, where the second sequence is before or after the first sequence, and the signals corresponding to each clock in the second sequence are the same.

8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that, The method further includes: Receiving indication information sent by the reading and writing device, where the indication information is used to indicate the coverage level of the tag device.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein The method further includes: Sending second reference information to the reading and writing device, where the second reference information is used for the reading and writing device to determine the first coverage level of the first tag device.

10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that The scheduling information includes at least one of the following: Number of channels; Number of sub-channels; Number of frequency points; Number of time domain units; Number of repeated transmissions; The first coverage level.

11. A method for sending scheduling information, characterized in that, Performed by a reading and writing device, the method includes: Determining the first coverage level of a first tag device; Determining first scheduling information for uplink transmission of the first tag device according to the first coverage level; Sending the first scheduling information to a first group of tag devices corresponding to the first coverage level, where the first group of tag devices includes the first tag device.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein The determining the first coverage level of the first tag device includes: Receiving first information sent by the tag device; Determining the coverage level corresponding to the first information as the first coverage level according to the first information or the association relationship between the resources where the first information is located and the coverage level.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein The first information includes at least one of the following: Random number, sequence.

14. The method according to claim 12 or 13, characterized in that, The resources of the first information include: Physical random access channel resources.

15. The method according to any one of claims 11 to 14, characterized in that, The method further includes: Sending first reference information to the first tag device, where the first reference information is used for the first tag device to determine the first coverage level.

16. The method according to claim 15, characterized in that, The first reference information includes at least one of the following: Reference signal; Synchronization broadcast signal block; Sequence; Pilot.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein The sequence includes at least one of the following: A first sequence, where the first sequence is also used for the first tag device to determine the information to be sent by the reading and writing device; A second sequence, where the second sequence is located before or after the first sequence, and the signals corresponding to each clock in the second sequence are the same.

18. The method according to any one of claims 11 to 14, characterized in that, The method further includes: Sending indication information to the first tag device, where the indication information is used to indicate the first coverage level.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein The method further includes: Receiving second reference information sent by the first tag device; Determining the first coverage level of the first tag device according to the second reference information.

20. The method according to any one of claims 11 to 19, characterized in that, The first scheduling information includes at least one of the following: Number of channels; Number of sub-channels; Number of frequency points; Number of time domain units; Number of repeated transmissions; The first coverage level.

21. A scheduling information receiving device, characterized in that, The device includes: A receiving module, configured to receive scheduling information sent by a reading and writing device to at least one tag device group, where the tag devices in a single tag device group correspond to the same coverage level; A processing module, configured to determine, in the at least one tag device group, a first tag device group corresponding to the first coverage level of the first tag device; A sending module, configured to perform uplink transmission according to the first scheduling information corresponding to the first tag device group.

22. A scheduling information sending device, characterized in that, The device includes: A processing module, configured to determine the first coverage level of the first tag device; determining first scheduling information for uplink transmission of the first tag device according to the first coverage level; A sending module, configured to send the first scheduling information to a first tag device group corresponding to the first coverage level, where the first tag device group includes the first tag device.

23. A method for sending scheduling information, characterized in that, Includes: The reading and writing device determines the first coverage level of the first tag device; The reading and writing device determines first scheduling information according to the first coverage level; The reading and writing device sends the first scheduling information to a first tag device group corresponding to the first coverage level, where the first tag device group includes the first tag device; The first tag device performs uplink transmission according to the first scheduling information.

24. A labeling device, characterized in that, Includes: One or more processors; Wherein, the tag device is used to execute the scheduling information receiving method according to any one of claims 1 to 10.

25. A reading and writing device, characterized in that, Includes: One or more processors; Wherein, the reading and writing device is used to execute the scheduling information sending method according to any one of claims 11 to 20.

26. A communication system, characterized in that, Includes a tag device and a reading and writing device, where the tag device is configured to implement the scheduling information receiving method according to any one of claims 1 to 10, and the reading and writing device is configured to implement the scheduling information sending method according to any one of claims 11 to 20.

27. A storage medium, wherein the storage medium stores instructions, characterized in that, When the instruction runs on a communication device, the communication device is caused to execute the scheduling information receiving method according to any one of claims 1 to 10 and the scheduling information sending method according to any one of claims 11 to 20.

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