Wake-up delay determination method, network device, user equipment, and communication system

Abstract

A wake-up delay determination method, a network device, a user equipment, and a communication system. The wake-up delay determination method comprises: a network device configures delay offset information for a user equipment, wherein the offset information comprises at least one of: first offset information, second offset information, fifth offset information, and sixth offset information. The first offset information comprises a minimum offset value from a LP-WUS to an associated PO; the second offset information comprises the sum of third offset information and fourth offset information, wherein the third offset information comprises a minimum offset value from the LP-WUS to an associated PEI, and the fourth offset information comprises a maximum offset value from the associated PEI to the associated PO; the fifth offset information is used for determining at least one of an offset from the LP-WUS to the associated PO and an offset from the LP-WUS to the associated PEI; and the sixth offset information comprises the first offset information and the third offset information. In this way, a mechanism for defining a wake-up delay between the LP-WUS and a channel for detecting a paging message is provided.

Description

Wake-up delay determination methods, network equipment, user equipment and communication systems Technical Field

[0001] This disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a method for determining wake-up delay, network equipment, user equipment, and communication system. Background Technology

[0002] When waking up user equipment for paging message detection based on LP-WUS (Low-Power WakeUp signaling), a certain amount of time is required, i.e., wake-up delay. In related technologies, it is impossible to define the wake-up delay between LP-WUS and the channel for detecting paging messages.

[0003] Summary of the Invention

[0004] This disclosure provides a wake-up delay determination method, a network device, a user equipment, and a communication system, to provide a mechanism for defining the wake-up delay between LP-WUS and the channel for detecting paging messages.

[0005] In a first aspect, embodiments of this disclosure provide a wake-up delay determination method, the method comprising:

[0006] The network device configures latency offset information for the user equipment; wherein the offset information includes at least one of the following:

[0007] The first offset information includes: the minimum offset from LP-WUS to the associated PO (Paging Occasion);

[0008] Second offset information; the second offset information includes the sum of the third offset information and the fourth offset information. The third offset information includes the minimum offset from the LP-WUS to the associated PEI (Paging Early Indicator). The fourth offset information includes the maximum offset from the associated PEI to the associated PO.

[0009] Fifth offset information; the aforementioned fifth offset information is used to determine at least one of the following: the offset from the aforementioned LP-WUS to the associated PO, and the offset from the aforementioned LP-WUS to the associated PEI;

[0010] The sixth offset information includes the first offset information and the third offset information.

[0011] Secondly, embodiments of this disclosure also provide a method for determining wake-up delay, the method comprising:

[0012] The user equipment detects the associated PEI or the associated PO of LP-WUS based on the latency offset information configured in the network equipment.

[0013] The offset information includes at least one of the following:

[0014] First offset information, which includes: the minimum offset from the LP-WUS to the associated PO;

[0015] Second offset information; the second offset information includes the sum of third offset information and fourth offset information, wherein the third offset information includes: the minimum offset from the LP-WUS to the associated PEI; the fourth offset information includes: the maximum offset from the associated PEI to the associated PO;

[0016] Fifth offset information; the fifth offset information is used to determine at least one of: the offset of LP-WUS to the associated PO, and the offset of LP-WUS to the associated PEI;

[0017] The sixth offset information includes the first offset information and the third offset information.

[0018] Thirdly, embodiments of this disclosure also provide a network device, which includes:

[0019] The configuration module is used to configure latency offset information for user equipment;

[0020] The offset information mentioned above includes at least one of the following:

[0021] The first offset information includes: the minimum offset from LP-WUS to the associated PO;

[0022] Second offset information; the second offset information includes the sum of the third offset information and the fourth offset information. The third offset information includes the minimum offset from the LP-WUS to the associated PEI. The fourth offset information includes the maximum offset from the associated PEI to the associated PO.

[0023] Fifth offset information; the aforementioned fifth offset information is used to determine at least one of the following: the offset from the aforementioned LP-WUS to the associated PO, and the offset from the aforementioned LP-WUS to the associated PEI;

[0024] The sixth offset information includes the first offset information and the third offset information.

[0025] Fourthly, embodiments of this disclosure also provide a user equipment, the user equipment comprising:

[0026] The detection module is used to detect the associated PEI or the associated PO of LP-WUS based on the latency offset information configured in the network device.

[0027] The offset information includes at least one of the following:

[0028] First offset information, which includes: the minimum offset from the LP-WUS to the associated PO;

[0029] Second offset information; the second offset information includes the sum of third offset information and fourth offset information, wherein the third offset information includes: the minimum offset from the LP-WUS to the associated PEI; the fourth offset information includes: the maximum offset from the associated PEI to the associated PO;

[0030] Fifth offset information; the fifth offset information is used to determine at least one of: the offset of LP-WUS to the associated PO, and the offset of LP-WUS to the associated PEI;

[0031] The sixth offset information includes the first offset information and the third offset information.

[0032] Fifthly, embodiments of this disclosure also provide a network device, including:

[0033] One or more processors;

[0034] The aforementioned network device is used to execute the wake-up delay determination method in the first aspect of the present disclosure.

[0035] Sixthly, embodiments of this disclosure also provide a user equipment, including:

[0036] One or more processors;

[0037] The aforementioned user equipment is used to execute the wake-up delay determination method implementing the second aspect of the embodiments of this disclosure.

[0038] In a seventh aspect, embodiments of this disclosure also provide a communication system, including a network device and a user equipment; wherein the network device is configured to implement the wake-up delay determination method of the first aspect of embodiments of this disclosure, and the user equipment is configured to implement the wake-up delay determination method of the second aspect of embodiments of this disclosure.

[0039] Eighthly, this disclosure also provides a storage medium storing instructions that, when executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform the wake-up delay determination method as described in the first or second aspect of this disclosure.

[0040] In this embodiment of the disclosure, the network device configures offset information for the user equipment. Specifically, the configured offset information includes at least one of the following: first offset information, second offset information, fifth offset information, and sixth offset information. The first offset information includes the minimum offset from the LP-WUS to the associated PO; the second offset information includes the sum of the third and fourth offset information; the third offset information includes the minimum offset from the LP-WUS to the associated PEI; the fourth offset information includes the maximum offset from the associated PEI to the associated PO; the fifth offset information is used to determine at least one of the offset from the LP-WUS to the associated PO and the offset from the LP-WUS to the associated PEI; the sixth offset information includes the first offset information and the third offset information. Thus, by defining the delay offset information between the LP-WUS and the associated PO, or the offset information between the LP-WUS and the associated PEI, the network device provides a mechanism for defining the wake-up delay between the LP-WUS and the channel detecting paging messages, ensuring both power saving and the communication performance of the user equipment.

[0041] Additional aspects and advantages of embodiments of this disclosure will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and will become apparent from the description or may be learned by practice of this disclosure. Attached Figure Description

[0042] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of this disclosure, the accompanying drawings required for the description of the embodiments are introduced below. The following drawings are only some embodiments of this disclosure and do not impose specific limitations on the protection scope of this disclosure.

[0043] Figure 1 is an exemplary schematic diagram of the architecture of the communication system provided in an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0044] Figure 2 is an exemplary interactive diagram of the wake-up delay determination method provided in an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0045] Figure 3 is a flowchart illustrating one of the wake-up delay determination methods provided in this embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0046] Figure 4 is a second schematic flowchart of the wake-up delay determination method provided in this embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0047] Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the network device proposed in the embodiment of this disclosure;

[0048] Figure 6 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the user equipment proposed in the embodiment of this disclosure;

[0049] Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the terminal proposed in the embodiment of this disclosure;

[0050] Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of the chip structure proposed in an embodiment of this disclosure. Detailed Implementation

[0051] This disclosure presents a method for determining wake-up delay, a network device, a user device, and a communication system.

[0052] In a first aspect, embodiments of this disclosure propose a wake-up delay determination method, the method comprising:

[0053] The network device configures latency offset information for the user equipment; wherein the offset information includes at least one of the following:

[0054] The first offset information includes: the minimum offset from the LP-WUS to the associated PO;

[0055] Second offset information; the second offset information includes the sum of the third offset information and the fourth offset information. The third offset information includes the minimum offset from the LP-WUS to the associated PEI. The fourth offset information includes the maximum offset from the associated PEI to the associated PO.

[0056] Fifth offset information; the aforementioned fifth offset information is used to determine at least one of the following: the offset from the aforementioned LP-WUS to the associated PO, and the offset from the aforementioned LP-WUS to the associated PEI;

[0057] The sixth offset information includes the first offset information and the third offset information.

[0058] In the above embodiments, by defining the delay offset information between LP-WUS and associated PO, or the offset information between LP-WUS and associated PEI, a mechanism is provided to define the wake-up delay between LP-WUS and the channel that detects paging messages.

[0059] Secondly, embodiments of this disclosure propose a wake-up delay determination method, the method comprising:

[0060] User equipment detects the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS based on the latency offset information configured in the network equipment.

[0061] The offset information mentioned above includes at least one of the following:

[0062] The first offset information includes: the minimum offset from the LP-WUS to the associated PO;

[0063] Second offset information; the second offset information includes the sum of the third offset information and the fourth offset information. The third offset information includes the minimum offset from the LP-WUS to the associated PEI. The fourth offset information includes the maximum offset from the associated PEI to the associated PO.

[0064] Fifth offset information; the aforementioned fifth offset information is used to determine at least one of the following: the offset from the aforementioned LP-WUS to the associated PO, and the offset from the aforementioned LP-WUS to the associated PEI;

[0065] The sixth offset information includes the first offset information and the third offset information.

[0066] In the above embodiments, by detecting the associated PEI or associated PO associated with LP-WUS based on the delay offset information between LP-WUS and associated PO configured in the network device, or the offset information between LP-WUS and associated PEI, the power consumption of user equipment can be reduced and the power saving gain can be further improved.

[0067] Thirdly, embodiments of this disclosure also provide a network device, which includes at least a configuration module; wherein the network device is used to execute an optional implementation of the first aspect.

[0068] Fourthly, embodiments of this disclosure also provide a user equipment, which includes at least a detection module; wherein the user equipment is used to perform an optional implementation of the second aspect.

[0069] Fifthly, embodiments of this disclosure also provide a network device, including:

[0070] One or more processors;

[0071] The aforementioned network device is used to execute the optional implementation of the first aspect.

[0072] Sixthly, embodiments of this disclosure also provide a user equipment, including:

[0073] One or more processors;

[0074] The aforementioned user equipment is used to execute the optional implementation of the second aspect.

[0075] In a seventh aspect, embodiments of this disclosure also provide a communication system, including a network device and a user equipment; wherein the network device is configured to perform the optional implementation described in the first aspect, and the user equipment is configured to perform the optional implementation described in the second aspect.

[0076] Eighthly, embodiments of this disclosure also provide a storage medium storing instructions that, when executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform the optional implementation described in the first or second aspect.

[0077] Ninthly, embodiments of this disclosure provide a program product that, when executed by a communication device, causes the communication device to perform the method as described in the optional implementations of the first or second aspect.

[0078] In a tenth aspect, embodiments of this disclosure provide a computer program that, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the methods described in an optional implementation of the first or second aspect.

[0079] Eleventhly, embodiments of this disclosure provide a chip or chip system. The chip or chip system includes processing circuitry configured to perform the methods described in the optional implementations of the first or second aspect above.

[0080] It is understood that the aforementioned network devices, user equipment, communication systems, storage media, program products, computer programs, chips, or chip systems are all used to execute the methods proposed in the embodiments of this disclosure. Therefore, the beneficial effects that can be achieved can be referred to the beneficial effects in the corresponding methods, and will not be repeated here.

[0081] This disclosure provides a wake-up delay determination method, a network device, a user equipment, and a communication system. In some embodiments, the terms "wake-up delay determination method" and "signal transmission method," "wireless frame transmission method," etc., can be used interchangeably, as can the terms "information processing system," "communication system," etc.

[0082] This disclosure is not exhaustive, but merely illustrative of some embodiments, and is not intended to limit the scope of protection of this disclosure. Unless otherwise specified, each step in a particular 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 particular embodiment can also be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the order of the steps in a particular embodiment can be arbitrarily interchanged. Furthermore, the optional implementation methods in a particular embodiment can be arbitrarily combined; moreover, the embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, for example, some or all steps of different embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, and a particular embodiment can be arbitrarily combined with the optional implementation methods of other embodiments.

[0083] In each of the disclosed embodiments, unless otherwise specified or in case of logical conflict, the terminology and / or descriptions of the embodiments are consistent and can be referenced by each other. Technical features in different embodiments can be combined to form new embodiments based on their inherent logical relationships.

[0084] The terminology used in the embodiments of this disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to limit the scope of this disclosure.

[0085] In the embodiments disclosed herein, "multiple" refers to two or more.

[0086] In some embodiments, the terms “at least one of”, “one or more”, “a plurality of”, “multiple”, etc., may be used interchangeably.

[0087] In some embodiments, the notation "at least one of A and B", "A and / or B", "A in one case, B in another", "in response to one case A, in response to another case B", etc., may include the following technical solutions depending on the situation: in some embodiments, A (execute A regardless of B); in some embodiments, B (execute B regardless of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed); in some embodiments, A and B (both A and B are executed). The same applies when there are more branches such as A, B, C, etc.

[0088] In some embodiments, the notation "A or B" may include the following technical solutions, depending on the situation: in some embodiments, A (execution of A regardless of B); in some embodiments, B (execution of B regardless of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed). The same applies when there are more branches such as A, B, C, etc.

[0089] The prefixes "first," "second," etc., used in the embodiments of this disclosure are merely for distinguishing different descriptive objects and do not impose restrictions on the position, order, priority, quantity, or content of the descriptive objects. The description of the descriptive objects is found in the claims or the context of the embodiments, and the use of prefixes should not constitute unnecessary restrictions. For example, if the descriptive object is a "field," the ordinal numbers preceding "field" in "first field" and "second field" do not restrict the position or order of the "fields." "First" and "second" do not restrict whether the "fields" they modify are in the same message, nor do they restrict the order of "first field" and "second field." Similarly, if the descriptive object is a "level," the ordinal numbers preceding "level" in "first level" and "second level" do not restrict the priority between "levels." Furthermore, the number of descriptive objects is not limited by ordinal numbers and can be one or more. For example, in "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 object being described is "device", then "first device" and "second device" can be the same device or different devices, and their types can be the same or different. Similarly, if the object being described is "information", then "first information" and "second information" can be the same information or different information, and their content can be the same or different.

[0090] In some embodiments, “including A,” “containing A,” “for indicating A,” and “carrying A” can be interpreted as directly carrying A or indirectly indicating A.

[0091] In some embodiments, the terms “in response to…”, “in response to determining…”, “in the case of…”, “when…”, “if…”, “if…”, etc., can be used interchangeably.

[0092] In some embodiments, the terms “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 lower than,” and “above” can be used interchangeably, as can the terms “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”.

[0093] In some embodiments, the apparatus and device may be interpreted as physical or virtual, and their names are not limited to the names recorded in the embodiments. In some cases, they may also be understood as "equipment", "device", "circuit", "network element", "node", "function", "unit", "section", "system", "network", "chip", "chip system", "entity", "body", etc.

[0094] In some embodiments, "network" can be interpreted as devices included in the network, such as access network devices, core network devices, etc.

[0095] In some embodiments, "access network device (AN device)" may also be referred to as "radio access network device (RAN device)," "base station (BS)," "radio base station," or "fixed station." In some embodiments, it may also be understood as "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," or "bandwidth part (BWP)."

[0096] In some embodiments, "terminal" or "terminal device" may be referred to as "user equipment (UE)," "user terminal," "mobile station (MS)," "mobile terminal (MT)," "subscriber station," "mobile unit," "subscriber unit," "wireless unit," "remote unit," "mobile device," "wireless device," "wireless communication device," "remote device," "mobile subscriber station," "access terminal," "mobile terminal," "wireless terminal," "remote terminal," "handset," "user agent," "mobile client," "client," etc.

[0097] In some embodiments, the acquisition of data, information, etc., may comply with the laws and regulations of the country where the location is situated.

[0098] In some embodiments, data, information, etc., may be obtained with the user's consent.

[0099] Furthermore, each element, each row, or each column in the table of this disclosure can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and any combination of any element, any row, or any column can also be implemented as an independent embodiment.

[0100] As shown in Figure 1, the communication system 100 includes user equipment 101 and network equipment 102.

[0101] In some embodiments, user equipment 101 may also be referred to as a terminal, such as including but not limited to mobile phones, wearable devices, Internet of Things devices, automobiles with communication capabilities, smart cars, tablets, computers with wireless transceiver capabilities, virtual reality (VR) terminal devices, augmented reality (AR) terminal devices, wireless terminal devices in industrial control, wireless terminal devices in self-driving, wireless terminal devices in remote medical surgery, wireless terminal devices in smart grids, wireless terminal devices in transportation safety, wireless terminal devices in smart cities, and wireless terminal devices in smart homes, but not limited to these.

[0102] In some embodiments, network device 102 may include at least one of access network device and core network device. For example, network device 102 may be a base station.

[0103] In some embodiments, a core network device may be a single device comprising one or more network elements, or it may be multiple devices or a group of devices, each comprising all or part of the aforementioned one or more network elements. Network elements 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), or a Next Generation Core (NGC).

[0104] It is understood that the communication system described in this disclosure is for the purpose of more clearly illustrating the technical solutions of this disclosure, and does not constitute a limitation on the technical solutions proposed in this disclosure. As those skilled in the art will know, with the evolution of system architecture and the emergence of new business scenarios, the technical solutions proposed in this disclosure are also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0105] The following embodiments of this disclosure can be applied to the communication system 100 shown in FIG1, or to some of the main bodies, but are not limited thereto. The main bodies shown in FIG1 are illustrative. The communication system may include all or some of the main bodies in FIG1, or may include other main bodies outside of FIG1. ​​The number and form of each main body are arbitrary. Each main body may be physical or virtual. The connection relationship between the main bodies is illustrative. The main bodies may not be connected or may be connected. The connection can be in any way, it can be a direct connection or an indirect connection, it can be a wired connection or a wireless connection.

[0106] The embodiments disclosed herein 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), CDMA2000, Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), and IEEE 802.20, Ultra-Wideband (UWB), Bluetooth (a 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, Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) systems, systems utilizing other resource determination methods, and next-generation systems extended from them, such as the 6th generation mobile communication system (6G). Furthermore, multiple systems can be combined (e.g., a combination of LTE or LTE-A with 5G).

[0107] Figure 2 is an interactive schematic diagram of a wake-up delay determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 2, the method includes:

[0108] Step 201: The network device configures latency offset information for the user equipment; wherein the offset information includes at least one of the following:

[0109] The first offset information includes: the minimum offset from the LP-WUS to the associated PO;

[0110] Second offset information; the second offset information includes the sum of the third offset information and the fourth offset information. The third offset information includes the minimum offset from the LP-WUS to the associated PEI. The fourth offset information includes the maximum offset from the associated PEI to the associated PO.

[0111] Fifth offset information; the aforementioned fifth offset information is used to determine at least one of the following: the offset from the aforementioned LP-WUS to the associated PO, and the offset from the aforementioned LP-WUS to the associated PEI;

[0112] The sixth offset information includes the first offset information and the third offset information.

[0113] Currently, based on the system broadcast configuration parameters, a user equipment (UE) detects the PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) at only one Paging Occasion (PO) within a paging cycle. The UE determines its paging frame (PF) within a paging cycle and identifies the corresponding PO for that PF. Specifically, based on the UE's identifier (UE_ID), the system frame number (SFN) of the detected PF satisfies: (SFN + PF_offset) mod T = (T div N) * (UE_ID mod N)

[0114] Here, mod represents the modulo operator, and div represents the division operator.

[0115] The index (i_s) of the PO detected by the user equipment satisfies: i_s = floor(UE_ID / N) mod Ns

[0116] Where floor represents the floor symbol; PF offset represents the radio frame offset configured in the system information, i.e., the paging frame offset; T represents the paging period; N represents the number of PFs within the paging period; UE_ID = 5G-S-TMSI mod 1024, where TMSI is the Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identifier, which can be used to uniquely distinguish different user equipments, and is also used in Msg3 for random access. When the user equipment does not have a TMSI, the default UE ID = 0; Ns represents the number of POs in one PF, which can be 1, 2, or 4.

[0117] For paging information transmission, paging information from a group of user equipment (UEs) is typically mapped to the same point of sale (PO). This group of UEs detects the physical downlink shared channel (PDCCH) and its scheduled PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel) carrying the paging information on this PO. Whenever a network device (e.g., a base station) sends a paging message to at least one UE in this group, all UEs in the group attempt to receive the PDSCH. This results in energy waste. To save power, 3GPP introduced Paging Early Indicator (PEI). Specifically, the group of UEs mapped to the same PO is further divided into G paging subgroups. A PEI contains a bitmap indicating whether to wake up one or two PFs (Power Factors) and all POs of the paging subgroup. The timing relationship between the PEI and the associated PF / PO is determined by system configuration parameters. The corresponding bit of the PEI is set to 1 only when the network device needs to send a paging message to at least one UE in a paging subgroup. For a user equipment, if its paging subgroup indicator bit is not set to 1, the user equipment will no longer check the paging PDCCH and its scheduled PDSCH after receiving the PEI, thereby saving the user equipment's energy.

[0118] To further conserve power for user equipment (UE), paging operations can be performed using a Low-Power WakeUp Receiver (LP-WUR) mechanism. In power-saving mode, the UE can put its Main Radio (MR) into ultra-deep sleep and activate the LP-WUR to listen for wake-up signals (LP-WUS) that support low-power reception. When the LP-WUR detects an LP-WUS signal for the UE, the UE activates its MR and performs normal transmission, thereby reducing MR power consumption. Furthermore, due to the extremely low power consumption of the LP-WUR, a greater power-saving gain can be achieved.

[0119] However, based on LP-WUS, for user equipment (UE) in idle state, after detecting LP-WUS wake-up information, the UE needs a relatively long time to wake up the MR and complete the MR's time-frequency synchronization, i.e., wake-up delay. After completing the MR's time-frequency synchronization, the UE can check the PDCCH on the PO and the PDSCH scheduled by the PO. Alternatively, the UE can check the PEI PDCCH to further determine whether there is any paging information that may be sent to it. Only when the PEI indicates the UE's paging subgroup will the UE check the corresponding PDCCH on the PO and the PDSCH scheduled by the PO.

[0120] As can be seen, in the process of using LP-WUS to wake up MR to complete paging, there are three related channels: LP-WUS, PEI PDCCH, and PO's PDCCH / PDSCH. How network devices configure the offset between LP-WUS and other channels (PEI PDCCH and PO's PDCCH / PDSCH), i.e., the wake-up delay, to ensure the communication performance of user equipment while saving power, is a problem that needs to be solved.

[0121] Optionally, in this embodiment of the disclosure, the minimum offset between the user equipment (UE) and the detected LP-WUS to the detected PO can be defined as D1, the minimum offset between the UE and the detected associated PEI can be defined as D2, and the maximum offset required for the UE to move from the detected associated PEI to the detected associated PO can be defined as D3. Then, the network device configuring latency offset information for the UE may include at least one of the following: first offset information (i.e., D1), second offset information (i.e., D2+D3), fifth offset information, and sixth offset information (D1 and D2). Furthermore, since PEI detection only includes PDCCH detection, D2 is generally less than D1.

[0122] Furthermore, when the network device configures the latency offset information for the user equipment, including the first offset information, the second offset information, and the fifth offset information, the network device may include one parameter in configuring the latency offset information for the user equipment. When the network device configures the latency offset information for the user equipment, including the sixth offset information, the network device may include two parameters in configuring the latency offset information for the user equipment.

[0123] When network devices configure latency offset information for user equipment, including the first offset information, the user equipment's requirement for detecting PEI offset can be disregarded.

[0124] When network devices configure latency offset information, including second offset information, for user equipment, the detection can proceed from LP-WUS to PO, provided that the user equipment has sufficient offset detection PEI.

[0125] Optionally, the fifth offset information can be a parameter value. When the network device configures the latency offset information for the user equipment to include the fifth offset information, the user equipment can determine the minimum offset from the LP-WUS to the associated PO, or the minimum offset from the LP-WUS to the associated PEI, using the fifth offset information. For example, the fifth offset information can be configured to include max(D1, D2). In this way, for an LP-WUS, the user equipment can detect both the associated PEI and the associated PO by using max(D1, D2).

[0126] Optionally, when the user equipment supports PEI or is configured with PEI, the offset information configured by the network device for the user equipment may include at least one of the second offset information, the fifth offset information, or the sixth offset information; when the user equipment does not support PEI or is not configured with PEI, the offset information configured by the network device for the user equipment may only include the first offset information, that is, the minimum offset from the detection LP-WUS to the detection PO.

[0127] In the above embodiments, by defining the delay offset information between LP-WUS and associated PO, or the offset information between LP-WUS and associated PEI, a mechanism is provided to define the wake-up delay between LP-WUS and the channel for detecting paging messages, thereby ensuring the communication performance of user equipment while ensuring power saving.

[0128] Step 202: The user equipment detects the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS based on the latency offset information configured in the network equipment.

[0129] In the above embodiments, by detecting the associated PEI or associated PO associated with LP-WUS based on the delay offset information between LP-WUS and associated PO configured in the network device, or the offset information between LP-WUS and associated PEI, the power consumption of user equipment can be reduced and the power saving gain can be further improved.

[0130] Optionally, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned detection of the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS includes:

[0131] The aforementioned user equipment detects the aforementioned LP-WUS, and upon the aforementioned LP-WUS indicating wake-up, wakes up the MR, and

[0132] Detect the above-mentioned associated POs;

[0133] or

[0134] The associated PEI is detected, and when the associated PEI is activated, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected.

[0135] Optionally, during the process of the user equipment receiving an LP-WUS and thereby waking up the MR to complete the paging, after the user equipment detects an LP-WUS and indicates wake-up, the user equipment can wake up the MR and detect a PO, or the user equipment can detect a PEI and, after the PEI indicates wake-up, further detect the PO corresponding to the PEI.

[0136] Optionally, an LP-WUS cycle can be configured through network devices, with multiple LP-WUS cycles within one LP-WUS cycle.

[0137] For a user equipment (UE), there can be only one LP-WUS corresponding to that UE within an LP-WUS cycle. For example, when the UE receives an LP-WUS, it can determine the LP-WUS corresponding to the UE_ID within the LP-WUS cycle based on the UE_ID. Alternatively, the UE can listen to all LP-WUS within the LP-WUS cycle. Or, adjacent LP-WUS can be allocated consecutive time-frequency resources, and the UE can continuously listen to all LP-WUS.

[0138] In the above embodiments, the user equipment detects the LP-WUS and, when the LP-WUS indicates wake-up, wakes up the MR (Main Radio) and detects the associated PO; or wakes up the MR, detects the associated PEI, and, when the associated PEI indicates wake-up, detects the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI, thus completing the paging process.

[0139] Optionally, in some embodiments, the mapping relationship between the LP-WUS and the associated PO detected by the user equipment includes:

[0140] The time-domain position of the aforementioned LP-WUS is delayed by the seventh offset information to obtain the time-domain position of the aforementioned associated PO;

[0141] or

[0142] The temporal position of the aforementioned LP-WUS is obtained by advancing the temporal position of the aforementioned associated PO by the eighth offset information.

[0143] Alternatively, for a user equipment, the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO can be determined using one of the following two methods:

[0144] Method 1: For a user equipment's LP-WUS, determine its associated PO. The PO is obtained by offsetting the LP-WUS's time-domain position by a certain time delay. For example, LP-WUS can be configured according to a specific LP-WUS cycle, and the PO associated with an LP-WUS can be the first PO at a timing position no earlier than the one determined by the aforementioned offset.

[0145] Method 2: For a PO (Point of Purchase) of a user equipment, determine its associated LP-WUS. The LP-WUS is obtained by offsetting the PO's time-domain position by a certain time period. For example, if the LP-WUS is configured according to a certain LP-WUS cycle, the LP-WUS associated with a PO can be the last LP-WUS at a timing position no later than the one determined by the aforementioned offset.

[0146] In this embodiment of the disclosure, by configuring the mapping relationship between the LP-WUS of the user equipment and the associated PO, after detecting the time domain position of the LP-WUS or the time domain position of the PO, the time domain position of the PO or the time domain position of the LP-WUS can be detected based on the time delay between the LP-WUS and the associated PO.

[0147] For a user equipment (UE), the latency required to travel from LP-WUS to the associated PEI or PO can depend on the UE's implementation. In this embodiment, the minimum latency can be used as a parameter to measure the UE's capabilities. Alternatively, the UE's latency capability can be predefined, and the UE may not need to report its capabilities to the network device. Or, the UE capability can be defined, and after the UE reports the minimum latency it supports, the minimum latency reported by the UE is taken as the UE's latency capability.

[0148] Optionally, in some embodiments, the latency capability of the user equipment described above includes at least one of the following:

[0149] First latency capability; the aforementioned first latency capability includes the minimum latency from detection LP-WUS to detection PO;

[0150] The second latency capability includes the sum of the minimum latency from detecting the LP-WUS to detecting the associated PEI and the maximum latency required from detecting the associated PEI to detecting the associated PO.

[0151] The third latency capability is used to determine at least one of the following: the latency from detecting the LP-WUS to detecting the associated PO, and the latency from detecting the LP-WUS to detecting the associated PEI;

[0152] The fourth latency capability includes the minimum latency required from detecting the LP-WUS to detecting the associated PO and the minimum latency required from detecting the LP-WUS to detecting the associated PEI.

[0153] Optionally, in this embodiment of the disclosure, the minimum latency between the user equipment (UE) detecting LP-WUS and detecting PO can be defined as C1, the minimum latency between the UE detecting LP-WUS and detecting the associated PEI can be defined as C2, and the maximum latency required by the UE to detect the associated PEI and detect the associated PO can be defined as C3. The latency capability of the UE can then include at least one of a first latency capability (i.e., C1), a second latency capability (i.e., C2+C3), a third latency capability, and a fourth latency capability (C1 and C2). Furthermore, since PEI detection only includes PDCCH detection, C2 is generally less than C1.

[0154] Furthermore, when the latency capability of a user equipment includes a first latency capability (i.e., C1), a second latency capability (i.e., C2+C3), and a third latency capability, the latency capability of the user equipment may include one parameter. When the latency capability of a user equipment includes a fourth latency capability (C1 and C2), the latency capability of the user equipment may include two parameters.

[0155] When the latency capability of a user equipment includes the first latency capability, the latency requirement for the user equipment to detect PEI can be disregarded.

[0156] When the latency capability of the user equipment includes a second latency capability, it is possible to detect LP-WUS to detect PO, provided that the user equipment has sufficient latency detection PEI.

[0157] Optionally, the third latency capability can be a parameter value. When the latency capability of the user equipment includes the third latency capability, the user equipment can detect both the associated PEI and the associated PO. For example, the third latency capability can be set to include max(C1, C2).

[0158] Optionally, when the user equipment supports PEI or is configured with PEI, the latency capability of the user equipment can be defined to include at least one of the second latency capability, the third latency capability, or the fourth latency capability; when the user equipment does not support PEI or is not configured with PEI, the latency capability of the user equipment can be defined to include only the first latency capability, that is, the minimum latency from the detection LP-WUS to the detection PO.

[0159] In the above embodiments, by configuring the latency capability of the user equipment, during the paging process, the associated PEI or associated PO associated with LP-WUS can be detected based on the latency capability of the user equipment, the latency offset information between LP-WUS and associated PO configured by the network device, or the offset information between LP-WUS and associated PEI. This can reduce the power consumption of the user equipment and further improve the power saving gain.

[0160] Optionally, in some embodiments, one LP-WUS is associated with one or more POs.

[0161] Optionally, an LP-WUS can be associated with one or more POs, meaning that different UEs woken up by the same LP-WUS can be mapped to different associated POs to detect paging information.

[0162] Optionally, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned detection of the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS includes:

[0163] The first offset information is delayed in the time domain of the LP-WUS, and the associated PO is detected.

[0164] or

[0165] The temporal location of the aforementioned associated PO is advanced by the first offset information, and the aforementioned LP-WUS is detected;

[0166] The offset information mentioned above includes the first offset information mentioned above.

[0167] Optionally, when the network device configures a minimum offset using the first offset information (i.e., the latency offset information configured by the network device for the user equipment includes the first offset information), and uses the above-mentioned method one for determining the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO (i.e., for one LP-WUS of the user equipment, determine its associated PO. Here, the PO is obtained by delaying the time domain position of the LP-WUS by a certain period of time. That is, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed by the seventh offset information to obtain the time domain position of the associated PO), for one user equipment and one LP-WUS, an associated PO can be mapped according to the minimum offset (i.e., the time domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed by the first offset information to detect the associated PO).

[0168] Method two for determining the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO (i.e., determining the associated LP-WUS for a PO of a user equipment, where the LP-WUS is obtained by offsetting the PO's time domain position by a certain amount of time. That is, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is obtained by adjusting the time domain position of the associated PO by the eighth offset information), for a user equipment and a PO, an associated LP-WUS can be mapped according to the minimum offset (i.e., the LP-WUS is detected by adjusting the time domain position of the associated PO by the first offset information).

[0169] In the above embodiments, during the paging process, by detecting the LP-WUS associated with the associated PO or the associated PO associated with LP-WUS based on the first offset information configured by the network device, the power consumption of the user equipment can be reduced, and the power saving gain can be further improved.

[0170] Optionally, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned delay of the time-domain position of the above-mentioned LP-WUS by the first offset information and the detection of the above-mentioned associated PO includes:

[0171] If the aforementioned user equipment is configured with PEI, the aforementioned user equipment determines whether to detect PEI based on the timing relationship between the aforementioned LP-WUS and the aforementioned associated PEI;

[0172] If the time delay between the LP-WUS and the associated PEI is greater than or equal to the processing time delay of the preset PEI, the associated PEI is detected. When the associated PEI is detected and the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the first offset information is delayed for the time domain position of the LP-WUS, and the associated PO is detected.

[0173] If the time delay between the LP-WUS and the associated PEI is less than the processing time delay of the preset PEI, it is determined that the associated PEI will not be detected, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed by the first offset information, and the associated PO is detected.

[0174] Optionally, the preset processing latency of PEI can be an empirical or experimental value, which can be configured according to the actual situation. This embodiment of the present disclosure does not impose any restrictions on this.

[0175] Optionally, the timing relationship between LP-WUS and the associated PEI may include the relationship between the delay between LP-WUS and the associated PEI and the processing delay of the preset PEI.

[0176] Optionally, when the network device configures a minimum offset using the first offset information (i.e., the latency offset information configured by the network device for the user equipment includes the first offset information), and uses the above-mentioned method one for determining the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO (i.e., for one LP-WUS of the user equipment, determine its associated PO. Here, the PO is obtained by delaying the time domain position of the LP-WUS by a certain period of time. That is, by delaying the time domain position of the LP-WUS by the seventh offset information, the time domain position of the associated PO is obtained), for one user equipment and one LP-WUS, an associated PO can be mapped according to this minimum offset (i.e., by delaying the time domain position of the LP-WUS by the aforementioned first offset information, the associated PO is detected).

[0177] For user equipment configured with PEI, the user equipment can determine whether to detect PEI based on the timing relationship between LP-WUS and PO associated PEI (i.e., if the user equipment is configured with PEI, the user equipment determines whether to detect PEI based on the timing relationship between LP-WUS and PEI). For example...

[0178] Assuming the time delay between LP-WUS and PEI is long enough, the user equipment can detect PEI (i.e., if the time delay between LP-WUS and the associated PEI is greater than or equal to a preset processing delay for PEI, the associated PEI is detected; upon detection of the associated PEI and wake-up indication by the associated PEI, the time domain position of LP-WUS is delayed by the first offset information, and the associated PO is detected); otherwise,

[0179] The user equipment can directly detect the PO without detecting the PEI (i.e., if the time delay between the above-mentioned LP-WUS and the above-mentioned associated PEI is less than the processing time delay of the above-mentioned preset PEI, it is determined that the above-mentioned associated PEI will not be detected, the time domain position of the above-mentioned LP-WUS is delayed by the above-mentioned first offset information, and the above-mentioned associated PO is detected).

[0180] In the above embodiments, based on the first offset information configured by the network device, whether the user equipment is configured with PEI, and the relationship between the latency between LP-WUS and associated PEI and the preset processing latency of PEI, the associated PO associated with LP-WUS can be detected, which can reduce the power consumption of the user equipment and further improve the power saving gain.

[0181] Optionally, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned detection of the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS includes:

[0182] The second offset information is delayed in the time domain of the LP-WUS, and the associated PO is detected.

[0183] or

[0184] The second offset information is used to advance the temporal location of PO, and the LP-WUS is detected.

[0185] The offset information mentioned above includes the second offset information mentioned above.

[0186] Optionally, if the minimum offset is configured using the second offset information (i.e., the delay offset information configured by the network device for the user equipment includes the second offset information), and the first method for determining the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO is used (i.e., for one LP-WUS of the user equipment, determine its associated PO. Here, the PO is obtained by delaying the time domain position of the LP-WUS by a certain period of time. That is, the time domain position of the associated PO is obtained by delaying the time domain position of the LP-WUS by the seventh offset information), for one user equipment and one LP-WUS, an associated PO can be mapped according to this minimum offset (i.e., the associated PO is detected by delaying the time domain position of the LP-WUS by the second offset information).

[0187] Method two for determining the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO (i.e., determining the associated LP-WUS for a PO of a user equipment, where the LP-WUS is obtained by offsetting the PO's time domain position by a certain amount of time. That is, the time domain position of the associated PO is obtained by advancing the time domain position of the associated PO by the eighth offset information) can be used to map an associated LP-WUS to a UE and a PO according to the minimum offset (i.e., detecting the LP-WUS by advancing the time domain position of the PO by the second offset information).

[0188] In the above embodiments, during the paging process, the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS can be detected according to the second offset information configured by the network device, which can reduce the power consumption of the user equipment and further improve the power saving gain.

[0189] Optionally, in some embodiments, if the first offset information is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, or the second offset information is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, or the ninth offset information is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, the LP-WUS is not detected, and the associated PO is detected.

[0190] The ninth offset information mentioned above includes the offset between the temporal location of the actually detected associated PO and the temporal location of the LP-WUS mentioned above.

[0191] Optionally, if no associated PO is detected after delaying the temporal position of the LP-WUS by a first offset or a second offset, the associated PO can continue to be detected. When an associated PO is detected, the offset between the temporal position of the actually detected associated PO and the temporal position of the LP-WUS can be used as the ninth offset information. Alternatively, if no LP-WUS is detected after delaying the temporal position of the associated PO by a first offset or a second offset, the LP-WUS can continue to be detected. When an LP-WUS is detected, the offset between the temporal position of the actually detected LP-WUS and the temporal position of the associated PO can be used as the ninth offset information.

[0192] Optionally, using either Method 1 or Method 2 to configure the minimum offset (i.e., the latency offset information configured by the network device for the user equipment, including the first offset information or the second offset information), if the actual offset between LP-WUS and PO determined based on the minimum offset is less than the latency capability of the user equipment (i.e., the ninth offset information is less than the latency capability of the user equipment), then the user equipment does not detect LP-WUS, but directly detects the associated PO. Alternatively, if the minimum offset is less than the latency capability of the user equipment (i.e., the first offset information is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, and the second offset information is less than the latency capability of the user equipment), then the user equipment does not detect LP-WUS, but directly detects the associated PO.

[0193] In the above embodiments, during the paging process, the method for detecting LP-WUS and detecting associated PO is determined based on the second offset information configured in the network device and the offset between the time domain position of the actually detected associated PO and the time domain position of the LP-WUS. This can reduce the power consumption of the user equipment and further improve the power saving gain.

[0194] Optionally, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned detection of the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS includes at least one of the following:

[0195] The time-domain location of the aforementioned LP-WUS is delayed by the fifth offset information, and the associated PO is detected; the aforementioned user equipment is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI;

[0196] The fifth offset information of the time domain position of the above LP-WUS is delayed, the associated PEI is detected, and when the associated PEI is detected and the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected; the user equipment is configured with a PEI.

[0197] The time domain position of the aforementioned associated PO is advanced by the aforementioned fifth offset information, and the aforementioned LP-WUS is detected; the aforementioned user equipment is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI;

[0198] The associated PEI is detected, and when the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the time domain position of the associated PEI is advanced by the fifth offset information, and the LP-WUS is detected; the user equipment is configured with a PEI.

[0199] Using the above method three to configure the minimum offset (i.e., the network device configures the latency offset information for the user equipment, including the fifth offset information), and using the above method one to determine the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO (i.e., for one LP-WUS of the user equipment, determine its associated PO. Here, the PO is obtained by delaying the time domain position of the LP-WUS by a certain period of time. That is, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed by the seventh offset information to obtain the time domain position of the associated PO), for one LP-WUS, for a user equipment that is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI, an associated PO can be mapped according to the minimum offset (i.e., the time domain position of the above LP-WUS is delayed by the above fifth offset information, and the above associated PO is detected; the above user equipment is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI).

[0200] For a user equipment configured with a PEI, an associated PEI is mapped according to the minimum offset, and the associated PO associated with the PEI is further determined (i.e., the time domain position of the above LP-WUS is delayed by the above fifth offset information, the above associated PEI is detected, and when the associated PEI is detected and the above associated PEI indicates wake-up, the above associated PO corresponding to the above associated PEI is detected; the above user equipment is configured with a PEI).

[0201] Method two for determining the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO (i.e., for a PO of a user equipment, determining its associated LP-WUS. Here, the LP-WUS is obtained by offsetting the time domain position of the PO by a certain period of time. That is, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is obtained by advancing the time domain position of the associated PO by the eighth offset information), for a PO, for a user equipment that is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI, an associated LP-WUS can be mapped according to the minimum offset (i.e., the LP-WUS is detected by advancing the time domain position of the associated PO by the fifth offset information; the user equipment is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI).

[0202] For user equipment configured with PEI, firstly, the associated PEI is determined, and an associated LP-WUS is mapped to the associated PEI according to the minimum offset (i.e., the associated PEI is detected, and when the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the time domain position of the associated PEI is advanced by the fifth offset information, and the LP-WUS is detected; the user equipment is configured with PEI).

[0203] In the above embodiments, during the paging process, based on the fifth offset information configured by the network device, whether the user equipment is configured with PEI, and whether the user equipment supports PEI, it is determined to detect LP-WUS, detect associated PEI, or detect associated PO, which can reduce the power consumption of the user equipment and further improve the power saving gain.

[0204] Optionally, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned detection of the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS includes at least one of the following:

[0205] The time-domain location information of the aforementioned LP-WUS is delayed by the first offset information, and the associated PO is detected; the aforementioned user equipment is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI;

[0206] The third offset information of the time domain position of the above-mentioned LP-WUS is delayed, the associated PEI is detected, and when the associated PEI is detected and wake-up is indicated by the associated PEI, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected; the user equipment is configured with PEI.

[0207] The first offset information of the time domain position of the above-mentioned associated PO is used to detect the above-mentioned LP-WUS; the above-mentioned user equipment is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI;

[0208] The associated PEI is detected. When the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the time domain position of the associated PO is advanced by the third offset information, and the LP-WUS is detected; the user equipment is configured with PEI.

[0209] Using the above method four to configure the minimum offset (i.e., the network device configures the latency offset information for the user equipment, including the sixth offset information, specifically including the first offset information and the third offset information), and using the above method one to determine the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO (i.e., for one LP-WUS of the user equipment, determine its associated PO. Here, the PO is obtained by delaying the time domain position of the LP-WUS by a certain period of offset. That is, delaying the time domain position of the LP-WUS by the seventh offset information to obtain the time domain position of the associated PO), for a user equipment configured with PEI, for one LP-WUS, according to the minimum offset from the LP-WUS to the associated PEI, determine the PEI associated with the LP-WUS, and determine the PO associated with the PEI (i.e., delaying the time domain position of the above LP-WUS by the above first offset information, and detecting the above associated PO; the above user equipment is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI);

[0210] For a user equipment that is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI, an associated PO can be mapped to LP-WUS according to the minimum offset (i.e., the time domain position of the above-mentioned LP-WUS is delayed by the third offset information, the associated PEI is detected, and when the associated PEI is detected and wake-up is indicated by the associated PEI, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected; the above-mentioned user equipment is configured with PEI).

[0211] The second method for determining the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO (i.e., for a PO of a user equipment, determine its associated LP-WUS. Here, LP-WUS is obtained by offsetting the time domain position of the PO by a certain amount of time. That is, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is obtained by adjusting the time domain position of the associated PO by the eighth offset information) is adopted. For a user equipment configured with PEI, for a PO and its associated PEI, the LP-WUS associated with the PEI is determined according to the minimum offset from LP-WUS to the associated PEI (i.e., the LP-WUS is detected by adjusting the time domain position of the associated PO by the first offset information; the user equipment is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI).

[0212] For a user equipment that is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI, an associated LP-WUS can be mapped to the associated PO according to the minimum offset (i.e., the associated PEI is detected, and when the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the time domain position of the associated PO is advanced by the third offset information, and the LP-WUS is detected; the user equipment is configured with PEI).

[0213] In the above embodiments, during the paging process, based on the sixth offset information configured by the network device, whether the user equipment is configured with PEI, and whether the user equipment supports PEI, it is determined to detect LP-WUS, detect associated PEI, or detect associated PO, which can reduce the power consumption of the user equipment and further improve the power saving gain.

[0214] Optionally, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned detection of the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS includes at least one of the following:

[0215] The time-domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed by the first offset information, and the associated PO is detected; and the time-domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed by the third offset information, and the associated PEI is detected.

[0216] Specifically, if the associated PEI is associated with the associated PO, the associated PEI is detected; when the associated PEI is detected and wake-up is indicated by the associated PEI, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected; if the associated PEI is not associated with the associated PO, the time-domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed by the first offset information, and the associated PO is detected; if the associated PEI is not associated with the associated PO, the time-domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed by the third offset information, and the associated PEI is detected.

[0217] The LP-WUS is detected by advancing the first offset information of the temporal position of the associated PO; and the LP-WUS is detected by advancing the third offset information of the temporal position of the associated PEI.

[0218] If the aforementioned associated PEI and the aforementioned associated PO are associated with the same LP-WUS, the aforementioned associated PEI is detected. When the aforementioned associated PEI is detected and the aforementioned associated PEI indicates wake-up, the aforementioned associated PO corresponding to the aforementioned associated PEI is detected.

[0219] If the aforementioned associated PEI and the aforementioned associated PO are associated to different LP-WUS, the time domain position of the aforementioned associated PO is advanced by the aforementioned first offset information, the aforementioned LP-WUS is detected, and when the aforementioned LP-WUS indicates wake-up, the aforementioned associated PEI is detected. When the associated PEI is detected and the aforementioned associated PEI indicates wake-up, the aforementioned associated PO corresponding to the aforementioned associated PEI is detected.

[0220] If the aforementioned associated PEI and the aforementioned associated PO are associated to different LP-WUS, the time domain position of the aforementioned associated PEI is advanced by the aforementioned third offset information, the aforementioned LP-WUS is detected, and when the aforementioned LP-WUS indicates wake-up, the aforementioned associated PEI is detected. When the associated PEI is detected and the aforementioned associated PEI indicates wake-up, the aforementioned associated PO corresponding to the aforementioned associated PEI is detected.

[0221] Optionally, using the above-mentioned method four to configure the minimum offset (i.e., the network device configures the latency offset information for the user equipment, including the sixth offset information, specifically including the first offset information and the third offset information), and using the above-mentioned method one to determine the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO (i.e., for one LP-WUS of the user equipment, determine its associated PO. Here, the PO is obtained by delaying the time domain position of the LP-WUS by a certain period of time. That is, delaying the time domain position of the LP-WUS by the seventh offset information to obtain the time domain position of the associated PO), for one user equipment and one LP-WUS, the associated PEI and associated PO of the LP-WUS are determined according to the two minimum offsets respectively (i.e., delaying the time domain position of the LP-WUS by the first offset information to detect the associated PO; and delaying the time domain position of the LP-WUS by the third offset information to detect the associated PEI).

[0222] If the PEI is actually associated with the PO (i.e., if the associated PEI is associated with the associated PO), the user equipment can detect the associated PEI and, upon wake-up indication from the associated PEI, detect the associated PO (i.e., detect the associated PEI, and upon detection of the associated PEI and wake-up indication from the associated PEI, detect the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI). Otherwise,

[0223] If the PEI is not associated with the PO (i.e., if the associated PEI is not associated with the associated PO), the user equipment can detect only the PO and not the PEI (i.e., delay the first offset information of the LP-WUS time domain location and detect the associated PO). Alternatively,

[0224] If the PEI is not associated with the PO (i.e., if the associated PEI is not associated with the associated PO), the user equipment can detect the PEI and detect the PO when the PEI indicates wake-up (i.e., delay the third offset information of the time domain position of the LP-WUS and detect the associated PEI).

[0225] Using the second method described above for determining the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO (i.e., for a PO of a user equipment, determine its associated LP-WUS. Here, the LP-WUS is obtained by offsetting the time domain position of the PO by a certain period of time. That is, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is obtained by adjusting the time domain position of the associated PO by the eighth offset information), for a user equipment, for a PO and its associated PEI, the LP-WUS associated with the PO and PEI is determined according to two minimum offsets respectively (i.e., the LP-WUS is detected by adjusting the time domain position of the associated PO by the first offset information; and the LP-WUS is detected by adjusting the time domain position of the associated PEI by the third offset information).

[0226] If the PO and PEI are associated with the same LP-WUS (i.e., if the associated PEI and the associated PO are associated with the same LP-WUS), the user equipment can detect the PEI and detect the PO when the PEI indicates wake-up (i.e., detect the associated PEI, and when the associated PEI is detected and the associated PEI indicates wake-up, detect the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI).

[0227] Otherwise, if the PO and PEI are associated with different LP-WUS (i.e., if the associated PEI and the associated PO are associated with different LP-WUS), the user equipment may only detect the LP-WUS associated with the PO and not detect the PEI (i.e., the LP-WUS is detected with the time domain position of the associated PO ahead of the first offset information, and the associated PEI is detected when the LP-WUS indicates wake-up, and the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected when the associated PEI is detected and the associated PEI indicates wake-up).

[0228] Alternatively, if PO and PEI are associated with different LP-WUS (i.e., if the associated PEI and the associated PO are associated with different LP-WUS), the user equipment can detect only the LP-WUS associated with PEI. When the LP-WUS indicates wake-up, the user equipment can detect PEI and detect PO when the PEI indicates wake-up (i.e., advance the time domain position of the associated PEI by the third offset information, detect the LP-WUS, and detect the associated PEI when the LP-WUS indicates wake-up. When the associated PEI is detected and the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected).

[0229] In the above embodiments, during the paging process, based on the sixth offset information configured by the network device, whether the user equipment is configured with PEI, whether the user equipment supports PEI, and whether the associated PEI and associated PO are associated with the same LP-WUS, it is determined to detect LP-WUS, detect associated PEI, or detect associated PO. This can reduce the power consumption of the user equipment and further improve the power saving gain.

[0230] Optionally, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned detection of the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS includes at least one of the following:

[0231] If the tenth offset information is less than the latency capability of the aforementioned user equipment, the aforementioned LP-WUS is not detected, but the aforementioned associated PO is detected; wherein, the aforementioned user equipment is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI;

[0232] Among them, the aforementioned tenth offset information includes: the offset between the temporal domain position of the actually detected associated PO and the temporal domain position of the aforementioned LP-WUS;

[0233] If the eleventh offset information is less than the latency capability of the aforementioned user equipment, the aforementioned LP-WUS is not detected, the aforementioned associated PEI is detected, and when the aforementioned associated PEI indicates wake-up, the aforementioned associated PO corresponding to the aforementioned associated PEI is detected; wherein, the aforementioned user equipment is configured with a PEI.

[0234] Among them, the eleventh offset information mentioned above includes: the offset between the temporal domain position of the actually detected associated PO and the temporal domain position of the LP-WUS mentioned above;

[0235] If the twelfth offset information is less than the latency capability of the aforementioned user equipment, the aforementioned LP-WUS is not detected, the aforementioned associated PEI is detected, and when the aforementioned associated PEI indicates wake-up, the aforementioned associated PO corresponding to the aforementioned associated PEI is detected; wherein, the aforementioned user equipment is configured with PEI.

[0236] The twelfth offset information mentioned above includes: the offset between the temporal domain position of the actually detected associated PEI and the temporal domain position of the LP-WUS mentioned above;

[0237] If the twelfth offset information is less than the latency capability of the aforementioned user equipment, and the eleventh offset information is not less than the latency capability of the aforementioned user equipment, the aforementioned LP-WUS is detected, and when the aforementioned LP-WUS indicates wake-up, the detection of the aforementioned associated PEI is skipped, and the detection of the aforementioned associated PO is performed; wherein, the aforementioned user equipment is configured with PEI.

[0238] Optionally, by using method three or method four to configure the minimum offset (i.e., the network device configures latency offset information for the user equipment, including the fifth or sixth offset information), for a user equipment that is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI, if the actual offset between LP-WUS and PO determined according to the minimum offset (i.e., the tenth offset information includes: the offset between the time domain position of the actually detected associated PO and the time domain position of the LP-WUS) is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, then the user equipment does not detect LP-WUS, but directly detects PO (i.e., the tenth offset information is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, so the LP-WUS is not detected, but the associated PO is detected; wherein, the user equipment is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI).

[0239] For a user equipment (UE) configured with PEI, if the actual offset between LP-WUS and PO (i.e., the eleventh offset information includes the offset between the time domain position of the actually detected associated PO and the time domain position of the aforementioned LP-WUS) determined based on the minimum offset is less than the UE's latency capability, then the UE does not detect LP-WUS, but directly detects PEI, and detects PO upon PEI-indication wake-up (i.e., the eleventh offset information is less than the UE's latency capability, so LP-WUS is not detected, the associated PEI is detected, and upon detection of the associated PEI and its indication for wake-up, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected; wherein, the UE is configured with PEI). Alternatively,

[0240] For a user equipment (UE) configured with PEI, if the actual offset between LP-WUS and PEI determined based on the minimum offset (i.e., the twelfth offset information includes the offset between the time-domain position of the actually detected associated PEI and the time-domain position of the aforementioned LP-WUS) is less than the UE's latency capability, then the UE does not detect LP-WUS but directly detects PEI, and detects PO when PEI indicates wake-up (i.e., the twelfth offset information is less than the UE's latency capability, so LP-WUS is not detected, the associated PEI is detected, and when the associated PEI is detected and indicated for wake-up, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected; wherein, the UE is configured with PEI). Alternatively,

[0241] For a user equipment configured with PEI, if the actual offset between LP-WUS and PEI determined according to the minimum offset is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, and the actual offset between LP-WUS and PO determined according to the minimum offset is not less than the latency capability of the user equipment, then the user equipment can detect LP WUS, and when LP-WUS indicates wake-up, skip the detection of PEI and directly detect PO (i.e., the twelfth offset information is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, and the eleventh offset information is not less than the latency capability of the user equipment, so the LP-WUS is detected, and when the LP-WUS indicates wake-up, the associated PEI is skipped and the associated PO is detected; wherein, the user equipment is configured with PEI).

[0242] In the above embodiments, during the paging process, determining whether to detect LP-WUS, detect associated PEI, or detect associated PO based on the offset between the actual detected associated PO time domain position and the LP-WUS time domain position, the offset between the actual detected associated PEI time domain position and the LP-WUS time domain position, whether the user equipment is configured with PEI, and whether the user equipment supports PEI can reduce the power consumption of the user equipment and further improve power saving gain.

[0243] Optionally, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned detection of the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS includes:

[0244] If the fifth offset information is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, the LP-WUS is not detected, but the associated PO is detected; wherein, the user equipment is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI.

[0245] [Revised according to Rule 26 09.05.2024] The fifth offset information is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, so the LP-WUS is not detected, and the associated PEI is detected. When the associated PEI is detected and the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected; wherein, the user equipment is configured with PEI.

[0246] Optionally, the minimum offset is configured using the above method three (i.e., the network device configures latency offset information for the user equipment, including the fifth offset information). For a user equipment that has not configured PEI or does not support PEI, if the minimum offset is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, then the user equipment does not detect LP-WUS, but directly detects PO (i.e., the above fifth offset information is less than the latency capability of the above user equipment, so the above LP-WUS is not detected, but the above associated PO is detected; wherein, the above user equipment has not been configured with PEI or does not support PEI).

[0247] For a user equipment configured with PEI, if the minimum offset is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, the user equipment will not detect LP-WUS, but will directly detect PEI, and will detect PO when PEI indicates wake-up (i.e., the above fifth offset information is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, so the above LP-WUS is not detected, but the above associated PEI is detected. When the above associated PEI is detected and the above associated PEI indicates wake-up, the above associated PO corresponding to the above associated PEI is detected; wherein, the above user equipment is configured with PEI).

[0248] In the above embodiments, during the paging process, based on the relationship between the fifth offset information configured by the network device and the latency capability of the user equipment, whether the user equipment is configured with PEI, and whether the user equipment supports PEI, it is determined to detect LP-WUS, detect associated PEI, or detect associated PO, which can reduce the power consumption of the user equipment and further improve the power saving gain.

[0249] Optionally, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned detection of the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS includes:

[0250] If at least one of the offset information in the sixth offset information is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, the LP-WUS is not detected, but the associated PO is detected; wherein the user equipment is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI.

[0251] If at least one of the offset information in the sixth offset information is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, the LP-WUS is not detected, the associated PEI is detected, and when the associated PEI is detected and the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected; wherein, the user equipment is configured with a PEI.

[0252] If any one of the aforementioned sixth offset information is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, the associated PEI or associated PO is detected based on another offset information that is greater than the latency capability of the user equipment and the time domain position of the LP-WUS; or the LP-WUS is detected based on another offset information that is greater than the latency capability of the user equipment and the time domain position of the associated PEI and the time domain position of the associated PO; wherein the user equipment is configured with a PEI;

[0253] If at least one of the offset information in the sixth offset information is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, the associated PO or the associated PEI associated LP-WUS is detected; wherein the user equipment is configured with PEI;

[0254] If the aforementioned sixth offset information is less than the latency capability of the aforementioned user equipment, the aforementioned associated PEI is detected. When the aforementioned associated PEI is detected and the aforementioned associated PEI indicates wake-up, the aforementioned associated PO corresponding to the aforementioned associated PEI is detected; wherein, the aforementioned user equipment is configured with a PEI.

[0255] At least one offset information in the sixth offset information, namely at least one offset information in the first offset information and the third offset information.

[0256] Optionally, using the above method four to configure the minimum offset (i.e., the network device configures latency offset information for the user equipment including the sixth offset information, specifically including the first offset information and the third offset information), for a user equipment that is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI, if the minimum offset from LP-WUS to the associated PO is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, then the user equipment does not detect LP-WUS, but directly detects the PO (i.e., at least one offset information in the sixth offset information is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, so the LP-WUS is not detected, but the associated PO is detected; wherein, the user equipment is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI).

[0257] For a user equipment (UE) configured with PEI, if either of the two minimum offsets is less than the UE's latency capability, the UE will not detect LP-WUS, but will directly detect PEI. Upon PEI indicating wake-up, the PO will be detected (i.e., at least one offset in the sixth offset information is less than the UE's latency capability, so LP-WUS is not detected, but the associated PEI is detected. Upon detecting the associated PEI and upon it indicating wake-up, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected; wherein the UE is configured with PEI). Alternatively...

[0258] For a user equipment (UE) configured with a PEI, if one of the two minimum offsets is less than the UE's latency capability, the UE determines the PEI or PO associated with LP-WUS according to the other minimum offset (i.e., if any offset in the sixth offset information is less than the UE's latency capability, the associated PEI or PO is detected based on the other offset information greater than the UE's latency capability and the time domain position of the LP-WUS; or the LP-WUS is detected based on the other offset information greater than the UE's latency capability and the time domain positions of the associated PEI and the associated PO; wherein the UE is configured with a PEI).

[0259] For a user equipment (UE) configured with PEI, if one of the two minimum offsets is less than the UE's latency capability, then the UE determines the LP-WUS associated with the PEI or PO (i.e., at least one offset in the sixth offset information mentioned above is less than the UE's latency capability, and detects the associated PO or the associated LP-WUS associated with the associated PEI; wherein the UE is configured with PEI). Alternatively,

[0260] For a user equipment configured with PEI, if both minimum offsets are less than the latency capability of the user equipment, the user equipment will not detect LP WUS, but will directly detect PEI, and will detect PO when PEI indicates wake-up (i.e., the above-mentioned sixth offset information is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, the above-mentioned associated PEI is detected, and when the above-mentioned associated PEI is detected and the above-mentioned associated PO corresponding to the above-mentioned associated PEI is indicated wake-up; wherein, the above-mentioned user equipment is configured with PEI).

[0261] In the above embodiments, during the paging process, based on the relationship between the sixth offset information configured by the network device and the latency capability of the user device, whether the user device is configured with PEI, and whether the user device supports PEI, it is determined to detect LP-WUS, detect associated PEI, or detect associated PO, which can reduce the power consumption of the user device and further improve the power saving gain.

[0262] Optionally, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned detection of the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS includes:

[0263] Detect the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS within the preset detection window;

[0264] If there is no alternative PO or alternative LP-WUS in the preset detection window, the user equipment exits the LP-WUS detection process and uses the main receiver MR to listen for paging information.

[0265] If there are candidate POs within the aforementioned preset detection window, the user equipment detects the associated PEI or associated PO associated with LP-WUS within the aforementioned preset detection window.

[0266] Optionally, the size of the preset detection window can be an empirical or experimental value, which can be configured according to the actual situation.

[0267] Optionally, for any of the above methods of detecting the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS, for a given LP-WUS, the user equipment can detect the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS within a preset detection window.

[0268] If there are no candidate POs within the preset detection window, the user equipment can exit the LP-WUS detection process and listen for paging information using MR. Alternatively, for a PEI or PO, the user equipment determines the associated LP-WUS within a window defined by the minimum and maximum offsets. If there are no candidate LP-WUSs within the preset detection window, the user equipment can exit the LP-WUS detection process and listen for paging information using MR.

[0269] Using the aforementioned method one for determining the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO (i.e., determining the associated PO for a user equipment's LP-WUS, where the PO is obtained by delaying the LP-WUS's time-domain position by a certain time offset; that is, delaying the LP-WUS's time-domain position by a seventh offset information to obtain the associated PO's time-domain position), for a user equipment and a single LP-WUS, multiple candidate PEIs or POs can be detected within a preset detection window. The user equipment can detect paging messages based on its latency capabilities and one of the detected candidate PEIs or POs. For example, the earliest PEI or PO among the multiple candidate PEIs or POs that meets the user equipment's latency capabilities can be used as the LP-WUS associated PEI or PO.

[0270] Using the second method described above for determining the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO (i.e., determining the associated LP-WUS for a PO of a user equipment, where the LP-WUS is obtained by offsetting the PO's time-domain position by a certain amount of time; that is, obtaining the time-domain position of the LP-WUS by advancing the time-domain position of the associated PO by the eighth offset information), multiple candidate LP-WUS can be determined within a preset detection window for a user equipment and a PEI or PO. The user equipment can detect wake-up information based on one of the detected candidate LP-WUS according to its latency capability. For example, the latest LP-WUS among the multiple candidate LP-WUS that meets the user equipment's latency capability can be used as the associated LP-WUS of the PEI or PO.

[0271] In the above embodiments, during the paging process, by configuring a preset detection window, even if the associated PEI or associated PO cannot be detected based on the offset information configured by the network device or the latency capability of the user equipment, the associated PEI or associated PO can still be further detected within the preset detection window, which can reduce the power consumption of the user equipment and further improve the power saving gain.

[0272] Optionally, in some embodiments, the preset detection window includes a detection window formed by the offset information and the preset offset information, wherein the preset offset information is greater than the offset information.

[0273] Optionally, the preset offset information can be the preset maximum offset, and the preset detection window is the detection window formed between the offset information (minimum offset) configured by the network device for the user equipment and the preset maximum offset.

[0274] Optionally, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned detection of the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS includes:

[0275] Based on the aforementioned first delay capability, the temporal position of the aforementioned LP-WUS is delayed, and the aforementioned associated PO is detected;

[0276] or

[0277] Based on the aforementioned first delay capability, the temporal position of the aforementioned associated PO is advanced, and the aforementioned LP-WUS is detected.

[0278] Optionally, assuming that the latency capability of the user equipment is defined using the above method one (i.e., the latency capability of the user equipment includes the first latency capability), and the above method one for determining the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO is used (i.e., for one LP-WUS of the user equipment, determine its associated PO. Here, the PO is obtained by delaying the time domain position of the LP-WUS by a certain time offset. That is, the time domain position of the associated PO is obtained by delaying the time domain position of the LP-WUS by the seventh offset information), for one user equipment and one LP-WUS, an associated PO can be mapped according to the latency capability of the user equipment (i.e., according to the above first latency capability, the time domain position of the above LP-WUS is delayed, and the above associated PO is detected; that is, according to the minimum latency between detecting the LP-WUS and detecting the PO, the time domain position of the above LP-WUS is delayed, and the above associated PO is detected).

[0279] Method two for determining the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO (i.e., for a PO of a user equipment, determining its associated LP-WUS. Here, the LP-WUS is obtained by offsetting the time domain position of the PO by a certain period of time. That is, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is obtained by adjusting the time domain position of the associated PO by the eighth offset information), for a user equipment and a PO, an associated LP-WUS can be mapped according to the latency capability of the user equipment (i.e., based on the first latency capability, the time domain position of the associated PO is advanced, and the LP-WUS is detected; that is, based on the minimum latency between detecting the LP-WUS and detecting the PO, the time domain position of the associated PO is advanced, and the LP-WUS is detected).

[0280] In the above embodiments, during the paging process, based on the user equipment's first latency capability, detecting the associated LP-WUS or associated LP-WUS associated PO can reduce the power consumption of the user equipment and further improve power saving gains.

[0281] Optionally, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned method of delaying the temporal location of the LP-WUS and detecting the associated PO based on the first delay capability includes:

[0282] If the aforementioned user equipment is configured with PEI, the aforementioned user equipment determines whether to detect PEI based on the timing relationship between the aforementioned LP-WUS and the aforementioned PEI;

[0283] If the time delay between the LP-WUS and the associated PEI is greater than or equal to the processing time delay of the preset PEI, the associated PEI is determined to be detected. When the associated PEI is detected and the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed according to the first time delay capability, and the associated PO is detected.

[0284] If the time delay between the LP-WUS and the associated PEI is less than the processing time delay of the preset PEI, it is determined that the associated PEI will not be detected. Based on the first time delay capability, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed, and the associated PO is detected.

[0285] Optionally, assuming that the latency capability of a user equipment (UE) is defined using the above method one (i.e., the latency capability of the UE includes the first latency capability), and the above method one for determining the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO is used (i.e., for one LP-WUS of the UE, its associated PO is determined. Here, the PO is obtained by delaying the time-domain position of the LP-WUS by a certain offset. That is, the time-domain position of the associated PO is obtained by delaying the time-domain position of the LP-WUS by the seventh offset information), for one UE and one LP-WUS, an associated PO can be mapped according to the latency capability of the UE (i.e., based on the above first latency capability, the time-domain position of the above LP-WUS is delayed, and the associated PO is detected; that is, based on the minimum latency between detecting the LP-WUS and detecting the PO, the time-domain position of the above LP-WUS is delayed, and the associated PO is detected), then...

[0286] For user equipment configured with PEI, the user equipment can determine whether to detect PEI based on the timing relationship between LP-WUS and PO associated PEI (i.e., if the user equipment is configured with PEI, the user equipment determines whether to detect PEI based on the timing relationship between LP-WUS and PEI).

[0287] For example, assuming the delay between LP-WUS and PEI is long enough, the user equipment can detect PEI (i.e., the delay between LP-WUS and the associated PEI of PO is long enough; that is, if the delay between LP-WUS and the associated PEI is greater than or equal to a preset processing delay of PEI, the associated PEI is determined to be detected; upon detection of the associated PEI and upon wake-up indication of the associated PEI, the temporal position of LP-WUS is delayed according to the first delay capability, and the associated PO is detected); otherwise,

[0288] User equipment can directly detect PO without detecting PEI (i.e., if the delay between the above-mentioned LP-WUS and the above-mentioned associated PEI is less than the processing delay of the above-mentioned preset PEI, it is determined that the above-mentioned associated PEI will not be detected, and the time domain position of the above-mentioned LP-WUS is delayed according to the above-mentioned first delay capability, and the above-mentioned associated PO is detected).

[0289] In the above embodiments, during the paging process, based on the user equipment's first latency capability, whether the user equipment is configured with PEI, and the relationship between the latency between LP-WUS and associated PEI and the preset processing latency of PEI, the LP-WUS associated with the associated PO or the associated PO associated with LP-WUS can be detected, which can reduce the power consumption of the user equipment and further improve the power saving gain.

[0290] Optionally, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned detection of the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS includes:

[0291] Based on the aforementioned second delay capability, the temporal position of the aforementioned LP-WUS is delayed, and the aforementioned associated PO is detected;

[0292] or

[0293] Based on the aforementioned second delay capability, the time domain position of the aforementioned PO is advanced, and the aforementioned LP-WUS is detected.

[0294] Optionally, assuming that the latency capability of the user equipment is defined using Method 2 (i.e., the latency capability of the user equipment includes the second latency capability), and using Method 1 to determine the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO (i.e., for one LP-WUS of the user equipment, determine its associated PO. Here, the PO is obtained by delaying the time domain position of the LP-WUS by a certain time offset. That is, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed by the seventh offset information to obtain the time domain position of the associated PO), for one user equipment and one LP-WUS, an associated PO can be mapped according to the latency capability of the user equipment (i.e., according to the second latency capability, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed, and the associated PO is detected; that is, according to the sum of the minimum latency from detecting the LP-WUS to detecting the associated PEI and the maximum latency required from detecting the associated PEI to detecting the associated PO, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed, and the associated PO is detected).

[0295] Method two for determining the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO (i.e., for a PO of a user equipment, determining its associated LP-WUS. Here, the LP-WUS is obtained by offsetting the time domain position of the PO by a certain period of time. That is, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is obtained by adjusting the time domain position of the associated PO by the eighth offset information), for a user equipment and a PO, an associated LP-WUS can be mapped according to the latency capability of the user equipment (i.e., according to the second latency capability, the time domain position of the PO is advanced, and the LP-WUS is detected. That is, according to the sum of the minimum latency from detecting the LP-WUS to detecting the associated PEI and the maximum latency required from detecting the associated PEI to detecting the associated PO, the time domain position of the PO is advanced, and the LP-WUS is detected).

[0296] In the above embodiments, during the paging process, by detecting the associated LP-WUS or associated LP-WUS associated PO based on the second latency capability of the user equipment, the power consumption of the user equipment can be reduced and the power saving gain can be further improved.

[0297] Optionally, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned detection of the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS includes at least one of the following:

[0298] Based on the aforementioned third delay capability, the time domain position of the aforementioned LP-WUS is delayed, and the aforementioned associated PO is detected; the aforementioned user equipment is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI;

[0299] Based on the aforementioned third delay capability, the time domain position of the aforementioned LP-WUS is delayed, the aforementioned associated PEI is detected, and when the aforementioned associated PEI indicates wake-up, the aforementioned associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected; the aforementioned user equipment is configured with a PEI.

[0300] Based on the aforementioned third latency capability, the time domain position of the aforementioned associated PO is advanced, and the aforementioned LP-WUS is detected; the aforementioned user equipment is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI;

[0301] The associated PEI is detected, and when the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the LP-WUS is detected based on the third delay capability, the time domain position of the associated PEI is advanced; the user equipment is configured with a PEI.

[0302] Optionally, assuming that the latency capability of the user equipment is defined using the above method three (i.e., the latency capability of the user equipment includes the third latency capability), and the above method one for determining the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO is used (i.e., for one LP-WUS of the user equipment, determine its associated PO. Here, the PO is obtained by delaying the time domain position of the LP-WUS by a certain period of offset. That is, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed by the seventh offset information to obtain the time domain position of the associated PO), for one LP-WUS, for a user equipment that is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI, an associated PO can be mapped according to the latency capability of the user equipment (i.e., according to the above third latency capability, the time domain position of the above LP-WUS is delayed, and the above associated PO is detected; the above user equipment is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI; that is, according to the third latency capability, the latency from detecting the above LP-WUS to detecting the above associated PO is determined, and the time domain position of the above LP-WUS is delayed according to the latency, and the above associated PO is detected).

[0303] For a user equipment configured with a PEI, an associated PEI is mapped according to the latency capability of the user equipment, and the associated PO of the PEI is further determined (i.e., according to the third latency capability, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed, the associated PEI is detected, and when the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected; the user equipment is configured with a PEI; that is, according to the third latency capability, the latency from detecting the LP-WUS to detecting the associated PEI is determined, and the time domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed according to the latency, the PEI is detected, and when the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected).

[0304] Method two for determining the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO (i.e., for a PO of a user equipment, determine its associated LP-WUS. Here, the LP-WUS is obtained by offsetting the time domain position of the PO by a certain period of time. That is, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is obtained by adjusting the time domain position of the associated PO by the eighth offset information) can be used to map an associated LP-WUS to a PO for a user equipment that is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI. This can be done by mapping an associated LP-WUS according to the latency capability of the user equipment (i.e., based on the third latency capability, advance the time domain position of the associated PO and detect the LP-WUS; the user equipment is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI; that is, based on the third latency capability, determine the latency from detecting the LP-WUS to detecting the associated PO, and advance the time domain position of the associated PO based on this latency and detect the LP-WUS).

[0305] For a user equipment configured with a PEI, the associated PEI is first determined, and an associated LP-WUS is mapped to the PEI according to the latency capability of the user equipment (i.e., the associated PEI is detected, and when the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the LP-WUS is detected according to the third latency capability, the temporal position of the associated PEI is advanced; the user equipment is configured with a PEI; that is, according to the third latency capability, the latency from detecting the LP-WUS to detecting the associated PEI is determined, and the temporal position of the associated PEI is advanced according to the latency, and the LP-WUS is detected).

[0306] In the above embodiments, during the paging process, determining whether to detect LP-WUS, detect associated PEI, or associate PO based on the third latency capability of the user equipment, whether the user equipment is configured with PEI, and whether the user equipment supports PEI can reduce the power consumption of the user equipment and further improve the power saving gain.

[0307] Optionally, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned detection of the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS includes at least one of the following:

[0308] Based on the aforementioned fourth delay capability, the temporal position of the aforementioned LP-WUS is delayed, and the aforementioned associated PO and the aforementioned associated PEI are detected respectively;

[0309] Specifically, if the aforementioned associated PEI is associated with the aforementioned associated PO, the associated PEI is detected; when the associated PEI is detected and the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected; if the aforementioned associated PEI is not associated with the aforementioned associated PO, the first offset information is delayed for the time domain position of the aforementioned LP-WUS, and the associated PO is detected; if the aforementioned associated PEI is not associated with the aforementioned associated PO, the associated PEI is detected; when the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the associated PO corresponding to the aforementioned associated PEI is detected.

[0310] Based on the aforementioned fourth delay capability, the aforementioned LP-WUS is detected by advancing the time domain position of the aforementioned associated PO; or, the aforementioned LP-WUS is detected by advancing the time domain position of the aforementioned associated PEI.

[0311] Specifically, if the associated PEI and the associated PO are associated with the same LP-WUS, the associated PEI is detected. When the associated PEI is detected and the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected. If the associated PEI and the associated PO are associated with different LP-WUS, the time domain position of the associated PO is advanced according to the fourth delay capability, and the LP-WUS associated with the associated PO is detected. If the associated PEI and the associated PO are associated with different LP-WUS, the time domain position of the associated PEI is advanced according to the fourth delay capability, and the LP-WUS associated with the associated PEI is detected. When the LP-WUS indicates wake-up, the associated PEI is detected, and when the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected.

[0312] Optionally, assuming that the latency capability of the user equipment is defined using the above-mentioned Method 4 (i.e., the latency capability of the user equipment includes the fourth latency capability), and using the above-mentioned Method 1 for determining the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO (i.e., for one LP-WUS of the user equipment, determine its associated PO. Here, the PO is obtained by delaying the time domain position of the LP-WUS by a certain time offset. That is, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed by the seventh offset information to obtain the time domain position of the associated PO), for one user equipment and one LP-WUS, the PEI associated with the LP-WUS and the associated PO are determined according to the two latency capabilities respectively (i.e., according to the above-mentioned fourth latency capability, the time domain position of the above-mentioned LP-WUS is delayed, and the associated PO and the associated PEI are detected respectively. Specifically, according to the minimum latency required from detecting the above-mentioned LP-WUS to detecting the above-mentioned associated PO, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed, and the associated PO is detected; and according to the minimum latency required from detecting the above-mentioned LP-WUS to detecting the above-mentioned associated PEI, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed, and the associated PEI is detected).

[0313] If the PEI is actually associated with the PO, the user equipment can detect the PEI and detect the PO when the PEI indicates wake-up (i.e., if the associated PEI is associated with the associated PO, detect the associated PEI; upon detection of the associated PEI and its indication of wake-up, detect the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI). Otherwise,

[0314] If the PEI and PO are not associated, the user equipment can detect only the PO and not the PEI (i.e., if the associated PEI and the associated PO are not associated, the first offset information is delayed for the time domain position of the LP-WUS, and the associated PO is detected). Alternatively,

[0315] If the PEI is not associated with the PO, the user equipment can detect the PEI and detect the PO when the PEI indicates wake-up (that is, if the above associated PEI is not associated with the above associated PO, the above associated PEI is detected, and when the above associated PEI indicates wake-up, the above associated PO corresponding to the above associated PEI is detected).

[0316] The second method for determining the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO (i.e., for a PO of a user equipment, determine its associated LP-WUS. Here, LP-WUS is obtained by offsetting the time domain position of the PO by a certain time. That is, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is obtained by advancing the time domain position of the associated PO by the eighth offset information) is adopted. For a user equipment, for a PO and its associated PEI, the LP-WUS associated with the PO and PEI is determined according to two delay capabilities respectively (i.e., according to the fourth delay capability, the time domain position of the associated PO is advanced and the LP-WUS is detected; or, the time domain position of the associated PEI is advanced and the LP-WUS is detected; specifically, according to the minimum delay required from detecting the LP-WUS to detecting the associated PO, the time domain position of the associated PO is advanced and the LP-WUS is detected, and according to the minimum delay required from detecting the LP-WUS to detecting the associated PEI, the time domain position of the associated PEI is advanced and the LP-WUS is detected).

[0317] If the PO and PEI are associated with the same LP-WUS, the user equipment can detect the PEI and detect the PO when the PEI indicates wake-up (i.e., if the associated PEI and the associated PO are associated with the same LP-WUS, the associated PEI is detected; when the associated PEI is detected and indicates wake-up, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected). Otherwise,

[0318] If the PO and PEI are associated with different LP-WUS, the user equipment can detect only the LP-WUS associated with the PO and not the PEI (i.e., if the associated PEI and the associated PO are associated with different LP-WUS, based on the fourth delay capability mentioned above, the time domain position of the associated PO is advanced, and the LP-WUS associated with the associated PO is detected). Alternatively,

[0319] If PO and PEI are associated with different LP-WUS, the user equipment can detect only the LP-WUS associated with PEI. When the LP-WUS indicates wake-up, the user equipment can detect PEI and detect PO when the PEI indicates wake-up (i.e., if the associated PEI and the associated PO are associated with different LP-WUS, according to the fourth delay capability, the time domain position of the associated PEI is advanced, the LP-WUS associated with the associated PEI is detected, and the associated PEI is detected when the LP-WUS indicates wake-up, and the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected when the associated PEI indicates wake-up).

[0320] In the above embodiments, during the paging process, determining whether to detect LP-WUS, detect associated PEI, or detect associated PO based on the user equipment's fourth latency capability, whether the user equipment is configured with PEI, whether the user equipment supports PEI, and whether the associated PEI and associated PO are associated with the same LP-WUS can reduce the power consumption of the user equipment and further improve power saving gains.

[0321] Optionally, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned detection of the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS includes at least one of the following:

[0322] Based on the aforementioned fourth delay capability, the time domain position of the aforementioned LP-WUS is delayed, the aforementioned associated PEI is detected, and when the aforementioned associated PEI is detected and the aforementioned associated PEI indicates wake-up, the aforementioned associated PO corresponding to the aforementioned associated PEI is detected; the aforementioned user equipment is configured with a PEI.

[0323] Based on the aforementioned fourth delay capability, the time domain position of the aforementioned LP-WUS is delayed, and the aforementioned associated PO is detected; the aforementioned user equipment is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI;

[0324] Based on the aforementioned fourth latency capability, the time domain position of the aforementioned associated PEI is advanced, and the aforementioned LP-WUS is detected and determined; the aforementioned user equipment is configured with PEI;

[0325] Based on the aforementioned fourth latency capability, the aforementioned associated PO time domain position is advanced, and the aforementioned LP-WUS is detected; the aforementioned user equipment is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI.

[0326] Assuming that the latency capability of a user equipment (UE) is defined using Method 4 (i.e., the UE's latency capability includes the fourth latency capability), and using Method 1 to determine the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO (i.e., for a UE's LP-WUS, determine its associated PO. The PO is obtained by delaying the LP-WUS's time-domain position by a certain offset. That is, by delaying the LP-WUS's time-domain position by the seventh offset information, the time-domain position of the associated PO is obtained), for a UE configured with PEI, for a LP-WUS, according to the LP-WUS... Based on the user equipment capability with the minimum latency to the associated PEI, determine the PEI associated with LP-WUS, and determine the PO associated with the PEI (i.e., based on the fourth latency capability mentioned above, delay the time domain position of the LP-WUS, and detect the associated PEI; that is, based on the minimum latency required from detecting the LP-WUS to detecting the associated PEI, delay the time domain position of the LP-WUS, and detect the associated PEI). When the associated PEI is detected and the associated PEI indicates wake-up, detect the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI; the user equipment is configured with the PEI).

[0327] For a user equipment that is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI, an associated PO can be mapped to LP-WUS according to the latency capability of the user equipment (i.e., according to the fourth latency capability mentioned above, the temporal position of the LP-WUS is delayed, and the associated PO is detected (i.e., according to the minimum latency required from detecting the LP-WUS to detecting the associated PEI, the temporal position of the LP-WUS is delayed, and the associated PEI is detected); the user equipment is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI).

[0328] The second method for determining the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO (i.e., for a user equipment's LP-WUS, determine its associated PO. The PO is obtained by delaying the LP-WUS's time-domain position by a certain time offset. That is, by delaying the LP-WUS's time-domain position by a seventh offset, the time-domain position of the associated PO is obtained) is adopted. For a user equipment configured with PEI, for a PO and its associated PEI, based on the user equipment's capability of the minimum delay from LP-WUS to the associated PEI, the LP-WUS associated with the PEI is determined (i.e., based on the aforementioned fourth delay capability, the time-domain position of the associated PEI is advanced, and the LP-WUS is detected and determined; that is, based on the minimum delay required from detecting the LP-WUS to detecting the associated PEI, the time-domain position of the associated PEI is advanced, and the LP-WUS is detected); the user equipment is configured with PEI.

[0329] For a user equipment that is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI, a related LP-WUS can be mapped to the PO according to the latency capability of the user equipment (that is, based on the above-mentioned fourth latency capability, the time domain position of the related PO is advanced, and the LP-WUS is detected (that is, based on the minimum latency required from detecting the LP-WUS to detecting the related PO, the time domain position of the related PO is advanced, and the LP-WUS is detected); the above user equipment is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI).

[0330] In the above embodiments, during the paging process, determining whether to detect LP-WUS, detect associated PEI, or associate PO based on the user equipment's fourth latency capability, whether the user equipment is configured with PEI, and whether the user equipment supports PEI can reduce the power consumption of the user equipment and further improve power saving gains.

[0331] Optionally, an LP-WUS can be associated with only one PO, meaning that different UEs woken up by the same LP-WUS can be mapped to the same associated PO to detect paging information.

[0332] Optionally, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned detection of the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS includes:

[0333] Based on the aforementioned first delay capability, the temporal location of LP-WUS is delayed, and the aforementioned associated PO is detected;

[0334] or

[0335] Based on the aforementioned first delay capability, the temporal position of the associated PO is advanced, and LP-WUS is detected;

[0336] Among them, at least two user devices have the same latency capability, and one LP-WUS is associated with only one PO.

[0337] Optionally, assuming that the latency capability of a user equipment is defined using the above method one (i.e., the latency capability of a user equipment includes the first latency capability), and all user equipments have the same latency capability, the above method one for determining the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO is used (i.e., for one LP-WUS of a user equipment, its associated PO is determined. Here, the PO is obtained by delaying the time domain position of the LP-WUS by a certain time offset. That is, the time domain position of the associated PO is obtained by delaying the time domain position of the LP-WUS by the seventh offset information). For one user equipment and one LP-WUS, an associated PO can be mapped according to the latency capability of the user equipment (i.e., based on the above first latency capability, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed, and the associated PO is detected; that is, based on the minimum latency between detecting the LP-WUS and detecting the PO, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed, and the associated PO is detected).

[0338] Method two for determining the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO (i.e., determining the associated LP-WUS for a PO of a user equipment. Here, the LP-WUS is obtained by offsetting the time domain position of the PO by a certain time. That is, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is obtained by adjusting the time domain position of the associated PO by the eighth offset information), for a user equipment and a PO, an associated LP-WUS can be mapped according to the latency capability of the user equipment (i.e., based on the first latency capability, the time domain position of the associated PO is advanced, and the LP-WUS is detected; that is, based on the minimum latency between detecting the LP-WUS and detecting the PO, the time domain position of the associated PO is advanced, and the LP-WUS is detected).

[0339] In the above embodiments, during the paging process, detecting the associated PO or detecting the LP-WUS based on at least one of the time-domain location of the LP-WUS or the time-domain location of the associated PO, and the first delay capability of the user equipment, can reduce the power consumption of the user equipment and further improve the power saving gain.

[0340] Optionally, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned method of delaying the temporal location of the LP-WUS and detecting the associated PO based on the first delay capability includes:

[0341] If the aforementioned user equipment is configured with PEI, the aforementioned user equipment determines whether to detect PEI based on the timing relationship between the aforementioned LP-WUS and the aforementioned PEI;

[0342] If the time delay between the LP-WUS and the associated PEI is greater than or equal to the processing time delay of the preset PEI, the associated PEI is determined to be detected. When the associated PEI is detected and the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed according to the first time delay capability, and the associated PO is detected.

[0343] If the time delay between the LP-WUS and the associated PEI is less than the processing time delay of the preset PEI, it is determined that the associated PEI will not be detected. Based on the first time delay capability, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed, and the associated PO is detected.

[0344] Optionally, assuming that the latency capability of a user equipment (UE) is defined using the above method one (i.e., the latency capability of a UE includes the first latency capability), and all UEs have the same latency capability, the above method one for determining the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO is used (i.e., for one LP-WUS of a UE, its associated PO is determined. Here, the PO is obtained by delaying the time-domain position of the LP-WUS by a certain offset. That is, the time-domain position of the associated PO is obtained by delaying the time-domain position of the LP-WUS by the seventh offset information). For one UE and one LP-WUS, an associated PO can be mapped according to the latency capability of the UE (i.e., based on the above first latency capability, the time-domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed, and the associated PO is detected).

[0345] For user equipment configured with PEI, the user equipment can determine whether to detect PEI based on the timing relationship between LP-WUS and PO associated PEI (i.e., if the user equipment is configured with PEI, the user equipment determines whether to detect PEI based on the timing relationship between LP-WUS and PEI).

[0346] Assuming the delay between LP-WUS and PEI is long enough, the user equipment can detect PEI (i.e., if the delay between LP-WUS and the associated PEI is greater than or equal to the preset processing delay of PEI, the associated PEI is determined to be detected; upon detection of the associated PEI and wake-up indication by the associated PEI, the time domain position of LP-WUS is delayed according to the first delay capability, and the associated PO is detected); otherwise,

[0347] User equipment can directly detect PO without detecting PEI (i.e., if the delay between the above-mentioned LP-WUS and the above-mentioned associated PEI is less than the processing delay of the above-mentioned preset PEI, it is determined that the above-mentioned associated PEI will not be detected, and the time domain position of the above-mentioned LP-WUS is delayed according to the above-mentioned first delay capability, and the above-mentioned associated PO is detected).

[0348] In the above embodiments, during the paging process, detecting the associated PO or LP-WUS based on at least one of the time-domain location of LP-WUS or the time-domain location of the associated PO, as well as the first latency capability of the user equipment, whether the user equipment is configured with PEI, and whether the user equipment supports PEI, can reduce the power consumption of the user equipment and further improve the power saving gain.

[0349] Optionally, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned detection of the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS includes:

[0350] Based on the aforementioned second delay capability, the temporal position of the aforementioned LP-WUS is delayed, and the aforementioned associated PO is detected;

[0351] or

[0352] Based on the aforementioned second delay capability, the time domain position of the aforementioned PO is advanced, and the aforementioned LP-WUS is detected;

[0353] Among them, at least two user devices have the same latency capability, and one LP-WUS is associated with only one PO.

[0354] Optionally, assuming that the latency capability of a user equipment is defined using Method 2 (i.e., the latency capability of a user equipment includes the second latency capability), and all user equipments have the same latency capability, Method 1 for determining the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO is used (i.e., for one LP-WUS of a user equipment, its associated PO is determined. Here, the PO is obtained by delaying the time domain position of the LP-WUS by a certain offset. That is, the time domain position of the associated PO is obtained by delaying the time domain position of the LP-WUS by the seventh offset information). For a user equipment and for one LP-WUS, an associated PO can be mapped according to the latency capability of the user equipment (i.e., according to the second latency capability, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed, and the associated PO is detected. That is, according to the sum of the minimum latency from detecting the LP-WUS to detecting the associated PEI and the maximum latency required from detecting the associated PEI to detecting the associated PO, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed, and the associated PO is detected).

[0355] Method two for determining the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO (i.e., for a PO of a user equipment, determining its associated LP-WUS. Here, the LP-WUS is obtained by offsetting the time domain position of the PO by a certain time. That is, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is obtained by advancing the time domain position of the associated PO by the eighth offset information), for a user equipment and for a PO, an associated LP-WUS can be mapped according to the latency capability of the user equipment (i.e., according to the second latency capability, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed, and the associated PO is detected. That is, according to the sum of the minimum latency from detecting the LP-WUS to detecting the associated PEI and the maximum latency required from detecting the associated PEI to detecting the associated PO, the time domain position of the PO is advanced, and the LP-WUS is detected).

[0356] Optionally, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned detection of the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS includes:

[0357] The first offset information is delayed in the time domain of the LP-WUS, and the associated PO is detected.

[0358] or

[0359] The temporal location of the aforementioned associated PO is advanced by the first offset information, and the aforementioned LP-WUS is detected;

[0360] Among them, at least two user devices have the same offset information, and one LP-WUS is associated with only one PO.

[0361] Assuming the minimum offset is configured using Method 1 (i.e., the latency offset information configured by the network device for the user equipment includes the first offset information), and all user equipment has the same minimum offset, using Method 1 to determine the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO (i.e., for one LP-WUS of a user equipment, determine its associated PO. Here, the PO is obtained by delaying the time domain position of the LP-WUS by a certain period of time. That is, the time domain position of the associated PO is obtained by delaying the time domain position of the LP-WUS by the seventh offset information), for one user equipment and one LP-WUS, an associated PO can be mapped according to this minimum offset (i.e., the associated PO is detected by delaying the time domain position of the LP-WUS by the first offset information).

[0362] Method two for determining the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO (i.e., determining the associated LP-WUS for a PO of a user equipment, where the LP-WUS is obtained by offsetting the PO's time domain position by a certain amount of time. That is, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is obtained by adjusting the time domain position of the associated PO by the eighth offset information), for a user equipment and a PO, an associated LP-WUS can be mapped according to the minimum offset (i.e., the LP-WUS is detected by adjusting the time domain position of the associated PO by the first offset information).

[0363] Optionally, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned delay of the time-domain position of the above-mentioned LP-WUS by the first offset information and the detection of the above-mentioned associated PO includes:

[0364] If the aforementioned user equipment is configured with PEI, the aforementioned user equipment determines whether to detect PEI based on the timing relationship between the aforementioned LP-WUS and the aforementioned PEI;

[0365] If the time delay between the LP-WUS and the associated PEI is greater than or equal to the processing time delay of the preset PEI, the associated PEI is detected. When the associated PEI is detected and the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the first offset information is delayed for the time domain position of the LP-WUS, and the associated PO is detected.

[0366] If the time delay between the LP-WUS and the associated PEI is less than the processing time delay of the preset PEI, it is determined that the associated PEI will not be detected, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed by the first offset information, and the associated PO is detected.

[0367] Optionally, assuming that the minimum offset is configured using Method 1 (i.e., the latency offset information configured by the network device for the user equipment includes the first offset information), and all user equipment has the same minimum offset, using Method 1 for determining the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO (i.e., for one LP-WUS of a user equipment, determine its associated PO. Here, the PO is obtained by delaying the time-domain position of the LP-WUS by a certain period of time. That is, by delaying the time-domain position of the LP-WUS by the seventh offset information, the time-domain position of the associated PO is obtained), for one user equipment and one LP-WUS, an associated PO can be mapped according to this minimum offset (i.e., by delaying the time-domain position of the LP-WUS by the aforementioned first offset information, the associated PO is detected).

[0368] For user equipment configured with PEI, the user equipment can determine whether to detect PEI based on the timing relationship between LP-WUS and PO associated PEI (i.e., if the user equipment is configured with PEI, the user equipment determines whether to detect PEI based on the timing relationship between LP-WUS and PEI). For example...

[0369] Assuming the time delay between LP-WUS and PEI is long enough, the user equipment can detect PEI (i.e., if the time delay between LP-WUS and the associated PEI is greater than or equal to a preset processing delay for PEI, the associated PEI is detected; upon detection of the associated PEI and wake-up indication by the associated PEI, the time domain position of LP-WUS is delayed by the first offset information, and the associated PO is detected); otherwise,

[0370] The user equipment can directly detect the PO without detecting the PEI (i.e., if the time delay between the above-mentioned LP-WUS and the above-mentioned associated PEI is less than the processing time delay of the above-mentioned preset PEI, it is determined that the above-mentioned associated PEI will not be detected, the time domain position of the above-mentioned LP-WUS is delayed by the above-mentioned first offset information, and the above-mentioned associated PO is detected).

[0371] Optionally, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned detection of the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS includes:

[0372] The second offset information is delayed in the time domain of the LP-WUS, and the associated PO is detected.

[0373] or

[0374] The temporal location of the aforementioned associated PO is advanced by the aforementioned second offset information, and the aforementioned LP-WUS is detected;

[0375] Among them, at least two user devices have the same offset information, and one LP-WUS is associated with only one PO.

[0376] Optionally, assuming that the minimum offset is configured using the second offset information (i.e., the delay offset information configured by the network device for the user equipment includes the second offset information), and that all UEs have the same minimum offset, the first method for determining the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO is adopted (i.e., for one LP-WUS of a user equipment, its associated PO is determined. Here, the PO is obtained by delaying the time domain position of the LP-WUS by a certain period of time. That is, the time domain position of the associated PO is obtained by delaying the time domain position of the LP-WUS by the seventh offset information). For one user equipment and one LP-WUS, an associated PO can be mapped according to the minimum offset (i.e., the associated PO is detected by delaying the time domain position of the LP-WUS by the second offset information).

[0377] Method two for determining the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO (i.e., determining the associated LP-WUS for a PO of a user equipment, where the LP-WUS is obtained by offsetting the PO's time domain position by a certain amount of time. That is, the time domain position of the associated PO is obtained by advancing the time domain position of the associated PO by the eighth offset information) can be used to map an associated LP-WUS to a UE and a PO according to the minimum offset (i.e., detecting the LP-WUS by advancing the time domain position of the PO by the second offset information).

[0378] Optionally, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned detection of the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS includes:

[0379] If the thirteenth offset information is less than the first latency capability, the first offset information is less than the first latency capability, or the second offset information is less than the first latency capability, then the LP-WUS is not detected, and the associated PO is detected.

[0380] The thirteenth offset information includes the offset between the time domain position of the actually detected associated PO and the time domain position of the LP-WUS; wherein the offset information is delayed for the time domain position of the LP-WUS, and the associated PO is not detected.

[0381] Optionally, assuming the network is configured with a minimum offset using either Method 1 or Method 2 (i.e., the latency offset information configured by the network device for the user equipment includes either the first offset information or the second offset information), if the actual offset between LP-WUS and PO determined based on the minimum offset (i.e., the thirteenth offset information includes: the offset between the time domain position of the actually detected associated PO and the time domain position of the LP-WUS; wherein the offset information is delayed for the time domain position of the LP-WUS, and the associated PO is not detected) is less than the latency capability of the user equipment (i.e., the thirteenth offset information is less than the first latency capability), then the user equipment will not detect LP-WUS, but will directly detect PO. Alternatively,

[0382] If the minimum offset is less than the latency capability of the user equipment (i.e., the first offset information is less than the first latency capability, or the second offset information is less than the first latency capability), then the user equipment will not detect LP WUS, but will directly detect PO.

[0383] In some embodiments, the names of information, etc., are not limited to the names described in the embodiments. Terms such as "information", "message", "signal", "signaling", "report", "configuration", "indication", "instruction", "command", "channel", "parameter", "domain", "field", "symbol", "codepoint", "bit", "data", "program", and "chip" can be used interchangeably.

[0384] In some embodiments, terms such as “moment,” “point in time,” “time,” and “time location” can be used interchangeably, as can terms such as “duration,” “segment,” “time window,” “window,” and “time.”

[0385] In some embodiments, terms such as wireless access scheme and waveform can be used interchangeably.

[0386] In some embodiments, terms such as "certain," "preset," "default," "set," "indicated," "a certain," "any," and "first" can be used interchangeably. "Certain A," "preset A," "default A," "set A," "indicated A," "a certain A," "any A," and "first A" can be interpreted as A pre-defined in a protocol or the like, or as A obtained through setting, configuration, or instruction, or as specific A, a certain A, any A, or first A, but are not limited thereto.

[0387] In some embodiments, the determination or judgment can be made by a value represented by 1 bit (0 or 1), or by a true or false value (boolean), or by a comparison of numerical values ​​(e.g., a comparison with a predetermined value), but is not limited thereto.

[0388] In some embodiments, "not expecting to receive" can be interpreted as not receiving on time domain resources and / or frequency domain resources, or as not performing subsequent processing on the data after receiving it; "not expecting to send" can be interpreted as not sending, or as sending but not expecting the receiver to respond to the sent content.

[0389] The wake-up delay determination method involved in the embodiments of this disclosure may include the foregoing steps and at least one of the embodiments. For example, step 201 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step 202 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step 204 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step 205 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step 206 may be implemented as an independent embodiment; the combination of step 201 and step 202 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the combination of step 204 and step 205 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, but is not limited thereto.

[0390] In some embodiments, other optional implementations may be described before or after the specification corresponding to FIG2.

[0391] Figure 3 is a flowchart illustrating one of the wake-up delay determination methods according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0392] As shown in Figure 3, the above method can be applied to network devices, and the method includes:

[0393] Step 301: The network device configures latency offset information for the user equipment; wherein the offset information includes at least one of the following:

[0394] The first offset information includes: the minimum offset from the LP-WUS to the associated PO;

[0395] Second offset information; the second offset information includes the sum of the third offset information and the fourth offset information. The third offset information includes the minimum offset from the LP-WUS to the associated PEI. The fourth offset information includes the maximum offset from the associated PEI to the associated PO.

[0396] Fifth offset information; the aforementioned fifth offset information is used to determine at least one of the following: the offset from the aforementioned LP-WUS to the associated PO, and the offset from the aforementioned LP-WUS to the associated PEI;

[0397] The sixth offset information includes the first offset information and the third offset information.

[0398] In the above embodiments, by defining the delay offset information between LP-WUS and associated PO, or the offset information between LP-WUS and associated PEI, a mechanism is provided to define the wake-up delay between LP-WUS and the channel that detects paging messages.

[0399] In some embodiments, other optional implementations may be described before or after the specification corresponding to FIG3.

[0400] Figure 4 is a second schematic flowchart illustrating a wake-up delay determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0401] As shown in Figure 4, the above method can be applied to user equipment, and the method includes:

[0402] Step 401: The user equipment detects the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS based on the latency offset information configured in the network equipment.

[0403] The offset information includes at least one of the following:

[0404] The first offset information includes: the minimum offset from the LP-WUS to the associated PO;

[0405] Second offset information; the second offset information includes the sum of the third offset information and the fourth offset information. The third offset information includes the minimum offset from the LP-WUS to the associated PEI. The fourth offset information includes the maximum offset from the associated PEI to the associated PO.

[0406] Fifth offset information; the aforementioned fifth offset information is used to determine at least one of the following: the offset from the aforementioned LP-WUS to the associated PO, and the offset from the aforementioned LP-WUS to the associated PEI;

[0407] The sixth offset information includes the first offset information and the third offset information.

[0408] In the above embodiments, by detecting the associated PEI or associated PO associated with LP-WUS based on the delay offset information between LP-WUS and associated PO configured in the network device, or the offset information between LP-WUS and associated PEI, the power consumption of user equipment can be reduced and the power saving gain can be further improved.

[0409] Optionally, in some embodiments, the specific methods for detecting the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS can be found in the relevant description of step 202, and will not be repeated here.

[0410] This disclosure also provides an apparatus for implementing any of the above methods. For example, an apparatus is provided that includes units or modules for implementing the steps performed by the terminal in any of the above methods. Alternatively, another apparatus is provided that includes units or modules for implementing the steps performed by a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network functional node, a core network device, etc.) in any of the above methods.

[0411] It should be understood that the division of units or modules in the above device is only a logical functional division. In actual implementation, they can be fully or partially integrated into a single physical entity, or they can be physically separated. Furthermore, the units or modules in the device can be implemented by a processor calling software: for example, the device includes a processor connected to a memory containing instructions. The processor calls the instructions stored in the memory to implement any of the above methods or to implement the functions of the units or modules in the above device. The processor can be, for example, a general-purpose processor, such as a Central Processing Unit (CPU) or a microprocessor, and the memory can be internal or external to the device. Alternatively, the units or modules in the device can be implemented in the form of hardware circuits. The functionality of some or all of the units or modules can be achieved through the design of these hardware circuits, which can be understood as one or more processors. For example, in one implementation, the hardware circuit is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC). The functionality of some or all of the units or modules is achieved through the design of the logical relationships between the components within the circuit. In another implementation, the hardware circuit can be implemented using a programmable logic device (PLD). Taking a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) as an example, it can include a large number of logic gates. The connection relationships between the logic gates are configured through configuration files, thereby achieving the functionality of some or all of the units or modules. All units or modules of the above device can be implemented entirely through processor-called software, entirely through hardware circuits, or partially through processor-called software with the remaining parts implemented through hardware circuits.

[0412] In this embodiment, the processor is a circuit with signal processing capabilities. In one implementation, the processor can be a circuit with instruction read and execute 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 relationships of hardware circuits. The logical relationships of the aforementioned hardware circuits are fixed or reconfigurable. For example, the processor is a hardware circuit implemented using 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 configuring the hardware circuit 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. Furthermore, 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), or a Deep Learning Processing Unit (DPU).

[0413] Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a network device proposed in an embodiment of this disclosure. As shown in Figure 5, the network device 500 may include: configuration 501.

[0414] In some embodiments, the configuration module 501 is used to configure latency offset information for the user equipment; wherein the offset information includes at least one of the following:

[0415] The first offset information includes: the minimum offset from the LP-WUS to the associated PO;

[0416] Second offset information; the second offset information includes the sum of the third offset information and the fourth offset information. The third offset information includes the minimum offset from the LP-WUS to the associated PEI. The fourth offset information includes the maximum offset from the associated PEI to the associated PO.

[0417] Fifth offset information; the aforementioned fifth offset information is used to determine at least one of the following: the offset from the aforementioned LP-WUS to the associated PO, and the offset from the aforementioned LP-WUS to the associated PEI;

[0418] The sixth offset information includes the first offset information and the third offset information.

[0419] Figure 6 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a user equipment according to an embodiment of this disclosure. As shown in Figure 6, the user equipment 600 may include a detection module 601.

[0420] In some embodiments, the detection module 601 is configured to detect the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS based on the latency offset information configured in the network device.

[0421] The offset information includes at least one of the following:

[0422] The first offset information includes: the minimum offset from the LP-WUS to the associated PO;

[0423] Second offset information; the second offset information includes the sum of the third offset information and the fourth offset information. The third offset information includes the minimum offset from the LP-WUS to the associated PEI. The fourth offset information includes the maximum offset from the associated PEI to the associated PO.

[0424] Fifth offset information; the aforementioned fifth offset information is used to determine at least one of the following: the offset from the aforementioned LP-WUS to the associated PO, and the offset from the aforementioned LP-WUS to the associated PEI;

[0425] The sixth offset information includes the first offset information and the third offset information.

[0426] Optionally, in some embodiments, the specific method by which the detection module 601 detects the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS can be found in the relevant description of step 202, and will not be repeated here.

[0427] Regarding the foregoing description, during the paging process using LP-WUS to wake up the MR, there are three related channels: LP-WUS, PEI PDCCH, and PO's PDCCH / PDSCH. In the wake-up delay determination method provided in this disclosure, the UE (user equipment) capability is defined regarding the delay between LP-WUS and other channels (i.e., PEI PDCCH and PO's PDCCH / PDSCH), as well as the method by which the network device (e.g., the network device may include a base station) configures the offset between LP-WUS and other channels. The following will specifically explain the definition of UE capabilities, the configuration of offsets, and the paging method based on UE capabilities and configured offsets:

[0428] During the process of a UE receiving an LP-WUS to wake up an MR and complete paging, after detecting an LP-WUS and indicating wake-up, the UE can wake up the MR and detect a PO, or detect a PEI and, after indicating wake-up with the PEI, further detect the PO corresponding to the PEI. Hereinafter, the PEI and the PO are referred to as the associated PEI and associated PO of the LP-WUS. The LP-WUS is referred to as the associated LP-WUS of the PEI and PO.

[0429] Network devices are configured with LP-WUS cycles, and each LP-WUS cycle contains multiple LP-WUSs. For a UE, there can be only one LP-WUS corresponding to that UE within a cycle. For example, the UE can find its corresponding LP-WUS within the LP-WUS cycle based on its UE ID. Alternatively, the UE can listen to all LP-WUSs within the LP-WUS cycle. Alternatively, adjacent LP-WUSs can be allocated consecutive time-frequency resources, and the UE can continuously listen to all LP-WUSs. For a UE, the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO can be determined using one of the following two methods:

[0430] Method 1: Determine the associated PO for a UE's LP-WUS. The PO is obtained by delaying the time-domain position of the LP-WUS by a certain offset. For example, the LP-WUS is configured according to a certain cycle, and the PO associated with an LP-WUS can be the first PO at a timing position no earlier than that determined by the aforementioned offset.

[0431] Method 2: Determine the associated LP-WUS for a PO of the UE. The LP-WUS is obtained by offsetting the time domain position of the PO by a certain time period. For example, if the LP-WUS is configured according to a certain cycle, the LP-WUS associated with a PO can be the last LP-WUS at a timing position determined by the offset.

[0432] For a UE, the latency required from LP-WUS to the associated PEI or PO depends on the UE's implementation; that is, the minimum latency is a UE capability. The UE's latency capability can also be predefined, thus eliminating the need for UE capability reporting. Alternatively, UE capabilities can be defined so that the UE can report the minimum supported latency.

[0433] Method 1: The latency capability of the UE can be a parameter (i.e., the first latency capability mentioned above), which is the minimum latency from LP-WUS to the associated PO. This method does not consider the latency requirements of the UE for detecting PEI.

[0434] Method 2: The UE's latency capability can be a parameter (i.e., the second latency capability mentioned above), which is the minimum latency from LP-WUS to the associated PO, provided that the UE has sufficient latency to detect the PEI. Using this method, the minimum latency is actually the sum of the minimum latency from LP-WUS to the associated PEI and the maximum latency between PEI and PO.

[0435] Method 3: The latency capability of the UE can be a parameter (i.e., the third latency capability mentioned above). Let the minimum latency from LP-WUS to the associated PEI be D1, and the minimum latency from LP-WUS to the associated PO be D2. Then the latency capability is equal to max(D1, D2). According to this definition, for an LP-WUS, after the latency, the UE can detect both the associated PEI and the associated PO.

[0436] Method 4: The UE's latency capability can include two parameters (i.e., the fourth latency capability mentioned above): one parameter is the minimum latency from LP-WUS to the associated PO, and the other parameter is the minimum latency from LP-WUS to the associated PEI. Because PEI detection only includes PDCCH detection, the latter minimum latency is generally less than the former minimum latency. The two latency parameters mentioned above can be defined only for UEs that support PEI. For UEs that do not support PEI, only one parameter needs to be defined, namely the minimum latency from LP-WUS to the associated PO.

[0437] Network devices can be configured with a minimum offset from LP-WUS to the associated PEI or PO. This minimum offset can be configured based on the UE's latency capabilities. The minimum offset can also differ from the UE's latency capabilities.

[0438] Method 1: The minimum offset can be a parameter (i.e., the first offset information mentioned above), which is the minimum offset from LP-WUS to the associated PO. This method does not consider the latency requirements for UE detection of PEI.

[0439] Method 2: The minimum offset can be a parameter (i.e., the second offset information mentioned above), which is the minimum offset from LP-WUS to the associated PO, provided that the UE has sufficient latency to detect the PEI. Using this method, the minimum offset can be the sum of the minimum latency from LP-WUS to the associated PEI (i.e., the third offset information mentioned above) and the maximum latency between the PEI and PO (i.e., the fourth offset information mentioned above).

[0440] Method 3: The minimum offset can be a parameter (i.e., the fifth offset information mentioned above), used to determine both the minimum offset from LP-WUS to the associated PO and the minimum offset from LP-WUS to the associated PEI. For example, let D1 be the minimum offset from LP-WUS to the associated PEI and D2 be the minimum offset from LP-WUS to the associated PO, then the minimum offset equals max(D1, D2). According to this definition, for an LP-WUS, using the minimum offset, the UE can detect both the associated PEI and the associated PO.

[0441] Method 4: The minimum offset can include two parameters (i.e., the sixth offset information mentioned above): one parameter is the minimum offset from LP-WUS to the associated PO, and the other parameter is the minimum offset from LP-WUS to the associated PEI. Because PEI detection only includes PDCCH detection, the latter minimum offset is generally smaller than the former minimum offset. The two minimum offsets mentioned above can be defined only for UEs that support PEI. For UEs that do not support PEI, only one minimum offset needs to be defined, namely the minimum offset from LP-WUS to the associated PO.

[0442] Example 1

[0443] One LP-WUS can be associated with one or more POs. Different UEs woken up by the same LP-WUS can be mapped to different associated POs to detect paging information.

[0444] Assuming the UE's latency capability is defined using Method 1 above, and using Method 1 to determine the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO, for a UE and a given LP-WUS, an associated PO can be mapped according to the UE's latency capability. Using Method 2 to determine the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO, for a UE and a given PO, an associated LP-WUS can be mapped according to the UE's latency capability. For a UE configured with PEI, the UE can determine whether to detect PEI based on the timing relationship between the associated PEI of the LP-WUS and the PO. For example, assuming the latency between the LP-WUS and the PEI is sufficiently long, the UE can detect PEI; otherwise, the UE can directly detect the PO without detecting PEI. Another method for handling PEI is to ensure, through the base station, that the latency between the associated PEI of the LP-WUS and the PO is sufficiently long, so that the UE can detect PEI.

[0445] Assuming the latency capability of the UE is defined using Method 2 above, and using Method 1 above to determine the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO, for a UE and for a LP-WUS, an associated PO can be mapped according to the UE's latency capability. Similarly, using Method 2 above to determine the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO, for a UE and for a PO, an associated LP-WUS can be mapped according to the UE's latency capability.

[0446] Assuming the latency capability of the UE is defined using Method 3 above, and using Method 1 above to determine the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO, for an LP-WUS and a UE without PEI or that does not support PEI, an associated PO can be mapped according to the UE's latency capability; for a UE with PEI configured, an associated PEI is mapped according to the UE's latency capability, and the PO associated with the PEI is further determined. Using Method 2 above to determine the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO, for a PO and a UE without PEI or that does not support PEI, an associated LP-WUS can be mapped according to the UE's latency capability; for a UE with PEI configured, the associated PEI is first determined, and an associated LP-WUS is mapped to the PEI according to the UE's latency capability.

[0447] Assuming the latency capability of the UE is defined using Method 4 above, and using Method 1 above to determine the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO, for a UE and a LP-WUS, the associated PEI and associated PO of the LP-WUS are determined according to the two latency capabilities. If the PEI is actually associated with the PO, the UE can detect the PEI and detect the PO when the PEI indicates wake-up. Otherwise, if the PEI is not associated with the PO, the UE can only detect the PO and not the PEI. Alternatively, the UE can detect the PEI and detect the PO when the PEI indicates wake-up. Using Method 2 above to determine the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO, for a UE, a PO and its associated PEI, the associated LP-WUS of the PO and PEI are determined according to the two latency capabilities. If the PO and PEI are associated with the same LP-WUS, the UE can detect the PEI and detect the PO when the PEI indicates wake-up. Otherwise, if the PO and PEI are associated with different LP-WUS, the UE can only detect the LP-WUS associated with the PO and not the PEI. Alternatively, the UE may only detect the LP-WUS associated with the PEI. When the LP-WUS indicates wake-up, the UE may detect the PEI and detect the PO when the PEI indicates wake-up.

[0448] Assuming the latency capability of the UE is defined using Method 4 above, and using Method 1 above to determine the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO, for a UE configured with PEI, for an LP-WUS, the PEI associated with the LP-WUS is determined according to the UE capability of minimizing latency from the LP-WUS to the associated PEI, and the PO associated with the PEI is also determined. For a UE without PEI or without PEI support, an associated PO can be mapped to the LP-WUS according to the UE's latency capability. Using Method 2 above to determine the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO, for a UE configured with PEI, for a PO and its associated PEI, the LP-WUS associated with the PEI is determined according to the UE capability of minimizing latency from the LP-WUS to the associated PEI. For a UE without PEI or without PEI support, an associated LP-WUS can be mapped to the PO according to the UE's latency capability.

[0449] Example 2

[0450] One LP-WUS can be associated with one or more POs. Different UEs woken up by the same LP-WUS can be mapped to different associated POs to detect paging information.

[0451] Using the first method described above to configure the minimum offset, and using the first method to determine the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO, for a UE and a LP-WUS, an associated PO can be mapped according to the minimum offset. Using the second method described above to determine the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO, for a UE and a PO, an associated LP-WUS can be mapped according to the minimum offset. For a UE configured with PEI, the UE can determine whether to detect PEI based on the timing relationship between the associated PEI of the LP-WUS and the PO. For example, assuming the delay between the LP-WUS and the PEI is long enough, the UE can detect PEI; otherwise, the UE can directly detect the PO without detecting PEI. Another method for handling PEI is to ensure, through the base station, that the delay between the associated PEI of the LP-WUS and the PO is long enough so that the UE can detect PEI.

[0452] Using the second method described above to configure the minimum offset, and using the first method described above to determine the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO, for a UE and a LP-WUS, an associated PO can be mapped according to the minimum offset. Using the second method described above to determine the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO, for a UE and a PO, an associated LP-WUS can be mapped according to the minimum offset.

[0453] If the minimum offset is configured using either Method 1 or Method 2, and the actual offset between LP-WUS and PO determined based on the minimum offset is less than the UE's latency capability, then the UE will not detect LP-WUS and will directly detect PO. Alternatively, if the minimum offset is less than the UE's latency capability, then the UE will not detect LP-WUS and will directly detect PO.

[0454] Using method three above to configure the minimum offset, and using method one above to determine the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO, for an LP-WUS and a UE that has not configured PEI or does not support PEI, an associated PO can be mapped according to the minimum offset; for a UE that has configured PEI, an associated PEI is mapped according to the minimum offset, and the PO associated with the PEI is further determined. Using method two above to determine the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO, for a PO and a UE that has not configured PEI or does not support PEI, an associated LP-WUS can be mapped according to the minimum offset; for a UE that has configured PEI, the associated PEI is first determined, and an associated LP-WUS is mapped to the PEI according to the minimum offset.

[0455] Using the above-described method four to configure the minimum offset, and using the above-described method one to determine the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO, for a UE with PEI configured, for an LP-WUS, according to the minimum offset from LP-WUS to the associated PEI, the PEI associated with the LP-WUS is determined, and the PO associated with the PEI is determined; for a UE without PEI configured or without PEI support, the LP-WUS can be mapped to an associated PO according to the minimum offset. Using the above-described method two to determine the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO, for a UE with PEI configured, for a PO and its associated PEI, according to the minimum offset from LP-WUS to the associated PEI, the LP-WUS associated with the PEI is determined; for a UE without PEI configured or without PEI support, the PO can be mapped to an associated LP-WUS according to the minimum offset.

[0456] Alternatively, using method four described above to configure the minimum offset, and employing method one described above for determining the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO, for a UE and a LP-WUS, the associated PEI and associated PO of the LP-WUS are determined according to the two minimum offsets respectively. If the PEI is actually associated with the PO, the UE can detect the PEI and detect the PO when the PEI indicates wake-up. Otherwise, if the PEI is not associated with the PO, the UE can only detect the PO and not the PEI. Alternatively, the UE can detect the PEI and detect the PO when the PEI indicates wake-up. Using method two described above for determining the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO, for a UE, for a PO and its associated PEI, the associated LP-WUS of the PO and PEI are determined according to the two minimum offsets respectively. If the PO and PEI are associated with the same LP-WUS, the UE can detect the PEI and detect the PO when the PEI indicates wake-up. Otherwise, if the PO and PEI are associated with different LP-WUS, the UE can only detect the LP-WUS associated with the PO and not the PEI. Alternatively, the UE may only detect the LP-WUS associated with the PEI. When the LP-WUS indicates wake-up, the UE may detect the PEI and detect the PO when the PEI indicates wake-up.

[0457] Using method three or four above to configure the minimum offset, for a UE without PEI or that does not support PEI, if the actual offset between LP-WUS and PO determined by the minimum offset is less than the UE's latency capability, then the UE does not detect LP-WUS and directly detects PO. For a UE with PEI configured, if the actual offset between LP-WUS and PO determined by the minimum offset is less than the UE's latency capability, then the UE does not detect LP-WUS and directly detects PEI, and detects PO when PEI indicates wake-up. Alternatively, for a UE with PEI configured, if the actual offset between LP-WUS and PEI determined by the minimum offset is less than the UE's latency capability, then the UE does not detect LP-WUS and directly detects PEI, and detects PO when PEI indicates wake-up. Alternatively, for a UE configured with PEI, if the actual offset between LP-WUS and PEI determined according to the minimum offset is less than the UE's latency capability, and the actual offset between LP-WUS and PO determined according to the minimum offset is not less than the UE's latency capability, then the UE can detect LP WUS and, when LP-WUS indicates wake-up, skip detecting PEI and directly detect PO.

[0458] Alternatively, using method three described above to configure the minimum offset, for a UE that has not configured PEI or does not support PEI, if the minimum offset is less than the UE's latency capability, then the UE does not detect LP WUS, but directly detects PO. For a UE that has configured PEI, if the minimum offset is less than the UE's latency capability, then the UE does not detect LP WUS, but directly detects PEI, and detects PO when PEI indicates wake-up.

[0459] Alternatively, using method four described above to configure the minimum offset, for a UE without PEI or that does not support PEI, if the minimum offset from LP-WUS to the associated PO is less than the UE's latency capability, then the UE does not detect LP-WUS and directly detects the PO. For a UE with PEI configured, if either of the two minimum offsets is less than the UE's latency capability, then the UE does not detect LP-WUS and directly detects PEI, and detects the PO when PEI indicates wake-up. Alternatively, for a UE with PEI configured, if one of the two minimum offsets is less than the UE's latency capability, then the UE determines the PEI or PO associated with LP-WUS according to the other minimum offset, or determines the LP-WUS associated with PEI or PO. Alternatively, for a UE with PEI configured, if both minimum offsets are less than the UE's latency capability, then the UE does not detect LP-WUS and directly detects PEI, and detects the PO when PEI indicates wake-up.

[0460] Example 3

[0461] An LP-WUS can be associated with only one PO. That is, different UEs woken up by the same LP-WUS can be mapped to the same associated PO to detect paging information.

[0462] Assuming the latency capability of the UE is defined using Method 1 above, and all UEs have the same latency capability, using Method 1 to determine the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO, for a UE and a LP-WUS, an associated PO can be mapped according to the UE's latency capability. Using Method 2 to determine the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO, for a UE and a PO, an associated LP-WUS can be mapped according to the UE's latency capability. For a UE configured with PEI, the UE can determine whether to detect PEI based on the timing relationship between the associated PEI of the LP-WUS and the PO. For example, assuming the latency between the LP-WUS and the PEI is long enough, the UE can detect PEI; otherwise, the UE can directly detect the PO without detecting PEI. Another method for handling PEI is to ensure, through the base station, that the latency between the associated PEI of the LP-WUS and the PO is long enough so that the UE can detect PEI.

[0463] Assuming the latency capability of the UE is defined using Method Two above, and all UEs have the same latency capability, using Method One above to determine the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO, for a UE and for a LP-WUS, an associated PO can be mapped according to the UE's latency capability. Using Method Two above to determine the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO, for a UE and for a PO, an associated LP-WUS can be mapped according to the UE's latency capability.

[0464] Assuming the minimum offset is configured using Method 1 above, and all UEs have the same minimum offset, using Method 1 to determine the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO, for a UE and an LP-WUS, an associated PO can be mapped according to the minimum offset. Using Method 2 to determine the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO, for a UE and a PO, an associated LP-WUS can be mapped according to the minimum offset. For a UE configured with PEI, the UE can determine whether to detect PEI based on the timing relationship between the associated PEI of the LP-WUS and the PO. For example, assuming the delay between the LP-WUS and the PEI is long enough, the UE can detect PEI; otherwise, the UE can directly detect the PO without detecting PEI. Another method for handling PEI is to ensure, through the base station, that the delay between the associated PEI of the LP-WUS and the PO is long enough so that the UE can detect PEI.

[0465] Assuming the minimum offset is configured using Method Two above, and all UEs have the same minimum offset, using Method One above to determine the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO, for a UE and for a LP-WUS, an associated PO can be mapped according to the minimum offset. Using Method Two above to determine the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO, for a UE and for a PO, an associated LP-WUS can be mapped according to the minimum offset.

[0466] Assuming the network device configures the minimum offset using either Method 1 or Method 2, if the actual offset between LP-WUS and PO determined based on the minimum offset is less than the UE's latency capability, then the UE will not detect LP-WUS and will directly detect PO. Alternatively, if the minimum offset is less than the UE's latency capability, then the UE will not detect LP-WUS and will directly detect PO.

[0467] Example 4

[0468] One LP-WUS can be associated with one or more POs. Different UEs woken up by the same LP-WUS can be mapped to different associated POs to detect paging information.

[0469] In the method of Embodiment 2, in addition to configuring the minimum offset, the network device can further configure a maximum offset. For an LP-WUS, the UE determines the associated PEI or PO within the window determined by the minimum and maximum offsets. If there is no alternative PO within the window, the UE can exit the LP-WUS detection process and listen for paging information using MR. Alternatively, for a PEI or PO, the UE determines the associated LP-WUS within the window determined by the minimum and maximum offsets. If there is no alternative LP-WUS within the window, the UE can exit the LP-WUS detection process and listen for paging information using MR. Equivalently, in addition to additionally configuring the maximum offset, the network device can also directly configure the size of the window starting from the minimum offset.

[0470] Using the first method described above for determining the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO, for a UE and a LP-WUS, multiple candidate PEIs or POs can be determined within the window defined by the minimum and maximum offsets. The UE can detect a paging message based on one of the multiple candidate PEIs or POs according to its latency capability. For example, the earliest PEI or PO among the multiple candidate PEIs or POs that meets the UE's latency capability is used as the LP-WUS associated PEI or PO.

[0471] Using the second method described above for determining the mapping relationship between LP-WUS and PO, for a UE and a PEI or PO, multiple candidate LP-WUS can be determined within the window defined by the minimum and maximum offsets. The UE can detect wake-up information by selecting one of the multiple candidate LP-WUS based on its latency capability. For example, the latest LP-WUS among the multiple candidate LP-WUS that meets the UE's latency capability is used as the associated LP-WUS for the PEI or PO.

[0472] Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a terminal 700 (e.g., a user equipment) proposed in an embodiment of this disclosure. The terminal 700 may be a chip, chip system, or processor that supports network devices in implementing any of the above methods, or it may be a chip, chip system, or processor that supports a terminal in implementing any of the above methods. The terminal 700 can be used to implement the methods described in the above method embodiments; for details, please refer to the descriptions in the above method embodiments.

[0473] As shown in Figure 7, terminal 700 includes one or more processors 701. Processor 701 can be a general-purpose processor or a dedicated processor, such as a baseband processor or a central processing unit (CPU). The baseband processor can be used to process communication protocols and communication data, while the CPU can be used to control communication devices (e.g., base stations, baseband chips, terminal devices, terminal device chips, DUs or CUs, etc.), execute programs, and process program data. Terminal 700 is used to execute any of the above methods.

[0474] In some embodiments, terminal 700 further includes one or more memories 702 for storing instructions. Optionally, all or part of the memories 702 may be located outside of terminal 700.

[0475] In some embodiments, terminal 700 further includes one or more transceivers 704. When terminal 700 includes one or more transceivers 704, transceiver 704 performs at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving in the above method (e.g., the transmission process of delay offset information configured by network device, but not limited thereto), and processor 701 performs at least one of other steps (e.g., step 201, step 202, step 301, step 401, but not limited thereto).

[0476] In some embodiments, a transceiver may include a receiver and / or a transmitter, which may be separate or integrated. Optionally, the terms transceiver, transceiver unit, transceiver, transceiver circuit, etc., may be used interchangeably; the terms transmitter, transmitting unit, transmitter, transmitting circuit, etc., may be used interchangeably; and the terms receiver, receiving unit, receiver, receiving circuit, etc., may be used interchangeably.

[0477] In some embodiments, terminal 700 may include one or more interface circuits 703. Optionally, interface circuit 703 is connected to memory 702, and interface circuit 703 can be used to receive signals from memory 702 or other devices, and can be used to send signals to memory 702 or other devices. For example, interface circuit 703 can read instructions stored in memory 702 and send the instructions to processor 701.

[0478] The terminal 700 described in the above embodiments can be a user equipment or other communication device, but the scope of the terminal 700 described in this disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the terminal 700 may not be limited by FIG. 7. The communication device may be an independent device or a part of a larger device. For example, the above-mentioned communication device may be: (1) an independent integrated circuit IC, or chip, or chip system or subsystem; (2) a set of one or more ICs, optionally, the above-mentioned IC set may also include storage components for storing data and programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a modem; (4) a module that can be embedded in other devices; (5) a receiver, terminal device, smart terminal device, cellular phone, wireless device, handheld device, mobile unit, vehicle device, network device, cloud device, artificial intelligence device, etc.; (6) others, etc.

[0479] Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the chip 800 proposed in an embodiment of this disclosure. For cases where the terminal 700 can be a chip or a chip system, please refer to the schematic diagram of the chip 800 shown in Figure 8, but it is not limited thereto.

[0480] Chip 800 includes one or more processors 801, which are used to perform any of the above methods.

[0481] In some embodiments, chip 800 further includes one or more interface circuits 803. Optionally, the interface circuit 803 is connected to memory 802, and the interface circuit 803 can be used to receive signals from memory 802 or other devices, and the interface circuit 803 can be used to send signals to memory 802 or other devices. For example, the interface circuit 803 can read instructions stored in memory 802 and send the instructions to processor 801.

[0482] In some embodiments, the interface circuit 803 performs at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving in the above method (e.g., the transmission process of delay offset information configured by the network device, but not limited thereto), and the processor 801 performs at least one of other steps (e.g., step 201, step 202, step 301, step 401, but not limited thereto).

[0483] In some embodiments, the terms interface circuit, interface, transceiver pin, transceiver, etc., can be used interchangeably.

[0484] In some embodiments, chip 800 further includes one or more memories 802 for storing instructions. Optionally, all or part of the memories 802 may be located outside of chip 800.

[0485] This disclosure also proposes a storage medium storing instructions that, when executed on a terminal 700, cause the terminal 700 to perform any of the methods described above. Optionally, the storage medium is an electronic storage medium. Optionally, the storage medium is a computer-readable storage medium, but not limited thereto; it may also be a storage medium readable by other devices. Optionally, the storage medium may be a non-transitory storage medium, but not limited thereto; it may also be a temporary storage medium.

[0486] This disclosure also proposes a program product that, when executed by terminal 700, causes terminal 700 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the program product is a computer program product.

[0487] This disclosure also proposes a computer program that, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform any of the above methods.

Claims

1. A method for determining wake-up delay, characterized in that, include: The network device configures latency offset information for the user equipment; wherein the offset information includes at least one of the following: The first offset information includes: the minimum offset between the low-power wake-up signal LP-WUS and the associated paging location PO; Second offset information; the second offset information includes the sum of the third offset information and the fourth offset information, wherein the third offset information includes: the minimum offset of the LP-WUS to the associated paging advance indication information PEI; the fourth offset information includes: the maximum offset of the associated PEI to the associated PO; Fifth offset information; the fifth offset information is used to determine at least one of: the offset of LP-WUS to the associated PO, and the offset of LP-WUS to the associated PEI; The sixth offset information includes the first offset information and the third offset information.

2. A method for determining a wake-up latency, the method comprising: include: The user equipment detects the associated paging advance indication information PEI or the associated paging location PO associated with the LP-WUS based on the latency offset information configured in the network equipment. The offset information includes at least one of the following: First offset information, which includes: the minimum offset of the LP-WUS to the associated PO; Second offset information; the second offset information includes the sum of third offset information and fourth offset information, wherein the third offset information includes: the minimum offset of the LP-WUS to the associated PEI; the fourth offset information includes: the maximum offset of the associated PEI to the associated PO; Fifth offset information; the fifth offset information is used to determine at least one of: the offset of LP-WUS to the associated PO, and the offset of LP-WUS to the associated PEI; The sixth offset information includes the first offset information and the third offset information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein, The detection of the associated PEI or the associated PO of LP-WUS includes: The user equipment detects the LP-WUS, and upon the LP-WUS indicating wake-up, wakes up the master receiver (MR), and Detect the associated PO; or The associated PEI is detected, and when the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected.

4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that, The time-domain position of the associated PO is obtained by delaying the time-domain position of the LP-WUS by the seventh offset information. or The temporal position of the LP-WUS is obtained by advancing the temporal position of the associated PO by the eighth offset information.

5. The wake-up latency determination method of claim 3 or 4, characterized in that, The offset information is related to the latency capability of the user equipment, and the latency capability of the user equipment includes at least one of the following: First latency capability; the first latency capability includes the minimum latency between the user equipment detecting LP-WUS and detecting PO; The second latency capability includes the sum of the minimum latency from detecting the LP-WUS to detecting the associated PEI and the maximum latency required from detecting the associated PEI to detecting the associated PO. A third latency capability; the third latency capability is used to determine at least one of: the latency from detecting the LP-WUS to detecting the associated PO, and the latency from detecting the LP-WUS to detecting the associated PEI; The fourth latency capability includes the minimum latency required from detecting the LP-WUS to detecting the associated PO and the minimum latency required from detecting the LP-WUS to detecting the associated PEI.

6. The wake-up delay determination method according to claim 5, characterized in that, One LP-WUS is associated with one or more POs.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein, The detection of the associated PEI or the associated PO of LP-WUS includes: The first offset information is delayed in the time domain of the LP-WUS, and the associated PO is detected; or The first offset information is used to advance the temporal location of the associated PO, and the LP-WUS is detected; The offset information includes the first offset information.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein, The step of delaying the time-domain position of the LP-WUS by the first offset information and detecting the associated PO includes: If the user equipment is configured with PEI, the user equipment determines whether to detect PEI based on the timing relationship between the LP-WUS and the associated PEI; Wherein, if the time delay between the LP-WUS and the associated PEI is greater than or equal to the processing time delay of the preset PEI, the associated PEI is determined to be detected. When the associated PEI is detected and the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed by the first offset information, and the associated PO is detected. If the time delay between the LP-WUS and the associated PEI is less than the preset processing time delay of the PEI, it is determined that the associated PEI will not be detected, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed by the first offset information, and the associated PO is detected.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein, The detection of the associated PEI or the associated PO of LP-WUS includes: The second offset information is delayed in the time domain of the LP-WUS, and the associated PO is detected; or The second offset information is used to advance the time domain position of PO, and the LP-WUS is detected; The offset information includes the second offset information.

10. The wake-up latency determination method of claim 7, 8 or 9, wherein, The method further includes: If the first offset information is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, or the second offset information is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, or the ninth offset information is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, the LP-WUS is not detected, and the associated PO is detected. The ninth offset information includes the offset between the temporal location of the actually detected associated PO and the temporal location of the LP-WUS.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein, The detection of the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS includes at least one of the following: The fifth offset information is delayed for the time domain location of the LP-WUS, and the associated PO is detected; the user equipment is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI; The fifth offset information is delayed for the time domain location of the LP-WUS, the associated PEI is detected, and when the associated PEI is detected and the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected; the user equipment is configured with a PEI. The fifth offset information is used to advance the time domain position of the associated PO, and the LP-WUS is detected; the user equipment is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI; The associated PEI is detected, and when the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the time domain position of the associated PEI is advanced by the fifth offset information, and the LP-WUS is detected; the user equipment is configured with a PEI.

12. The method of claim 6, wherein, The detection of the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS includes at least one of the following: The first offset information is delayed in the time domain of the LP-WUS, and the associated PO is detected; the user equipment is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI; The third offset information is delayed for the time domain location of the LP-WUS, the associated PEI is detected, and when the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected; the user equipment is configured with a PEI. The LP-WUS is detected by first offset information of the temporal location of the associated PO; the user equipment is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI. The associated PEI is detected. When the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the time domain position of the associated PO is advanced by the third offset information, and the LP-WUS is detected; the user equipment is configured with PEI.

13. The method of claim 6, wherein, The detection of the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS includes at least one of the following: The associated PO is detected by delaying the time-domain position of the LP-WUS by the first offset information; and the associated PEI is detected by delaying the time-domain position of the LP-WUS by the third offset information. Specifically, if the associated PEI is associated with the associated PO, the associated PEI is detected; upon detection of the associated PEI and wake-up indicated by the associated PEI, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected; if the associated PEI is not associated with the associated PO, the time-domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed by the first offset information, and the associated PO is detected; if the associated PEI is not associated with the associated PO, the time-domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed by the third offset information, and the associated PEI is detected. The LP-WUS is detected by advancing the first offset information to the temporal position of the associated PO; and the LP-WUS is detected by advancing the third offset information to the temporal position of the associated PEI. Wherein, if the associated PEI and the associated PO are associated to the same LP-WUS, the associated PEI is detected; when the associated PEI is detected and the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected. If the associated PEI and the associated PO are associated to different LP-WUS, the time domain position of the associated PO is advanced by the first offset information, the LP-WUS is detected, and when the LP-WUS indicates wake-up, the associated PEI is detected. When the associated PEI is detected and the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected. If the associated PEI and the associated PO are associated to different LP-WUS, the third offset information is used to advance the time domain position of the associated PEI, the LP-WUS is detected, and when the LP-WUS indicates wake-up, the associated PEI is detected. When the associated PEI is detected and the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected.

14. The wake-up latency determination method of any one of claims 11 to 13, characterized in that, The detection of the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS includes at least one of the following: If the tenth offset information is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, the LP-WUS is not detected, but the associated PO is detected; wherein the user equipment is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI. The tenth offset information includes: the offset between the temporal position of the actually detected associated PO and the temporal position of the LP-WUS; If the eleventh offset information is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, the LP-WUS is not detected, the associated PEI is detected, and when the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected; wherein, the user equipment is configured with a PEI. The eleventh offset information includes the offset between the temporal position of the actually detected associated PO and the temporal position of the LP-WUS. If the twelfth offset information is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, the LP-WUS is not detected, the associated PEI is detected, and when the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected; wherein, the user equipment is configured with a PEI. The twelfth offset information includes the offset between the temporal location of the actually detected associated PEI and the temporal location of the LP-WUS. If the twelfth offset information is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, and the eleventh offset information is not less than the latency capability of the user equipment, the LP-WUS is detected. When the associated PEI is detected and the LP-WUS indicates wake-up, the detection of the associated PEI is skipped, and the associated PO is detected instead; wherein, the user equipment is configured with a PEI.

15. The wake-up latency determination method according to claim 6, characterized in that, The detection of the associated PEI or the associated PO of LP-WUS includes: If the fifth offset information is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, the LP-WUS is not detected, but the associated PO is detected; wherein, the user equipment is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI; If the fifth offset information is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, the LP-WUS is not detected, the associated PEI is detected, and when the associated PEI is detected and the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected; wherein, the user equipment is configured with a PEI.

16. The method of claim 6, wherein, The detection of the associated PEI or the associated PO of LP-WUS includes: If at least one offset in the sixth offset information is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, the LP-WUS is not detected, but the associated PO is detected; wherein the user equipment is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI. If at least one offset in the sixth offset information is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, the LP-WUS is not detected, the associated PEI is detected, and when the associated PEI is detected and the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected; wherein, the user equipment is configured with a PEI. If any one of the offset information in the sixth offset information is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, the associated PEI or associated PO is detected based on another offset information that is greater than the latency capability of the user equipment and the time domain position of the LP-WUS; or the LP-WUS is detected based on another offset information that is greater than the latency capability of the user equipment and the time domain position of the associated PEI and the time domain position of the associated PO; wherein the user equipment is configured with a PEI; At least one offset in the sixth offset information is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, and the associated PO or the associated PEI associated with LP-WUS is detected; wherein, the user equipment is configured with PEI; If the sixth offset information is less than the latency capability of the user equipment, the associated PEI is detected. When the associated PEI is detected and the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected; wherein, the user equipment is configured with a PEI.

17. The wake-up time delay determination method of any one of claims 7 to 16, characterized in that, The detection of the associated PEI or the associated PO of LP-WUS includes: Detect the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS within the preset detection window; If there is no alternative PO or alternative LP-WUS in the preset detection window, the user equipment exits the LP-WUS detection process and uses the main receiver MR to listen for paging information. If there are candidate POs within the preset detection window, the user equipment detects the associated PEI associated with LP-WUS or the associated PO associated with LP-WUS within the preset detection window.

18. The wake-up delay determination method according to claim 17, characterized in that, The preset detection window includes a detection window formed by the offset information and the preset offset information, wherein the preset offset information is greater than the offset information.

19. The method of claim 6, wherein, The detection of the associated PEI or the associated PO of LP-WUS includes: Based on the first delay capability, delay the time domain position of the LP-WUS and detect the associated PO; or Based on the first delay capability, the LP-WUS is detected by anticipating the temporal location of the associated PO.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein, The step of delaying the temporal location of the LP-WUS based on the first delay capability and detecting the associated PO includes: If the user equipment is configured with PEI, the user equipment determines whether to detect PEI based on the timing relationship between the LP-WUS and the PEI. Specifically, if the time delay between the LP-WUS and the associated PEI is greater than or equal to the processing time delay of the preset PEI, the associated PEI is determined to be detected. When the associated PEI is detected and the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed according to the first time delay capability, and the associated PO is detected. If the delay between the LP-WUS and the associated PEI is less than the processing delay of the preset PEI, it is determined that the associated PEI will not be detected. Based on the first delay capability, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed, and the associated PO is detected.

21. The method of claim 6, wherein, The detection of the associated PEI or the associated PO of LP-WUS includes: Based on the second delay capability, delay the time domain position of the LP-WUS and detect the associated PO; or Based on the second delay capability, the time domain position of the PO is advanced, and the LP-WUS is detected.

22. The method of claim 6, wherein, The detection of the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS includes at least one of the following: Based on the third delay capability, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed, and the associated PO is detected; the user equipment is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI; Based on the third delay capability, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed, the associated PEI is detected, and when the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected; the user equipment is configured with a PEI. Based on the third delay capability, the temporal position of the associated PO is advanced, and the LP-WUS is detected; The user equipment is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI; The associated PEI is detected, and when the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the LP-WUS is detected based on the third delay capability, the time domain position of the associated PEI is advanced; the user equipment is configured with a PEI.

23. The method of claim 6, wherein, The detection of the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS includes at least one of the following: Based on the fourth delay capability, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed, and the associated PO and the associated PEI are detected respectively. Specifically, if the associated PEI is associated with the associated PO, the associated PEI is detected; when the associated PEI is detected and the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected; if the associated PEI is not associated with the associated PO, the first offset information is delayed for the time domain position of the LP-WUS, and the associated PO is detected; if the associated PEI is not associated with the associated PO, the associated PEI is detected; when the associated PEI is detected and the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected. Based on the fourth delay capability, the LP-WUS is detected in advance based on the time domain position of the associated PO; or, the LP-WUS is detected in advance based on the time domain position of the associated PEI. Specifically, if the associated PEI and the associated PO are associated to the same LP-WUS, the associated PEI is detected. When the associated PEI is detected and the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected. If the associated PEI and the associated PO are associated to different LP-WUS, the LP-WUS associated with the associated PO is detected based on the fourth delay capability, in advance of the time domain position of the associated PO. If the associated PEI and the associated PO are associated to different LP-WUS, the LP-WUS associated with the associated PEI is detected based on the fourth delay capability, in advance of the time domain position of the associated PEI. When the LP-WUS indicates wake-up, the associated PEI is detected. When the associated PEI is detected and the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected.

24. The method of claim 6, wherein, The detection of the associated PEI or associated PO of LP-WUS includes at least one of the following: Based on the fourth delay capability, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed, the associated PEI is detected, and when the associated PEI is detected and the associated PEI indicates wake-up, the associated PO corresponding to the associated PEI is detected; the user equipment is configured with a PEI. Based on the fourth delay capability, the time domain position of the LP-WUS is delayed, and the associated PO is detected; the user equipment is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI; Based on the fourth delay capability, the temporal location of the associated PEI is advanced, and the LP-WUS is detected and determined. The user equipment is configured with PEI; Based on the fourth delay capability, the temporal position of the associated PO is advanced, and the LP-WUS is detected; The user equipment is not configured with PEI or does not support PEI.

25. A network device, comprising: The network device includes: A configuration module is used to configure latency offset information for user equipment; wherein the offset information includes at least one of the following: First offset information, which includes: the minimum offset from LP-WUS to the associated PO; Second offset information; the second offset information includes the sum of third offset information and fourth offset information, wherein the third offset information includes: the minimum offset of the LP-WUS to the associated PEI; the fourth offset information includes: the maximum offset of the associated PEI to the associated PO; Fifth offset information; the fifth offset information is used to determine at least one of: the offset of LP-WUS to the associated PO, and the offset of LP-WUS to the associated PEI; The sixth offset information includes the first offset information and the third offset information.

26. A user equipment, comprising: The user equipment includes: The detection module is used to detect the associated PEI or the associated PO of LP-WUS based on the latency offset information configured in the network device. The offset information includes at least one of the following: First offset information, which includes: the minimum offset from the LP-WUS to the associated PO; Second offset information; the second offset information includes the sum of third offset information and fourth offset information, wherein the third offset information includes: the minimum offset from the LP-WUS to the associated PEI; the fourth offset information includes: the maximum offset from the associated PEI to the associated PO; Fifth offset information; the fifth offset information is used to determine at least one of: the offset of LP-WUS to the associated PO, and the offset of LP-WUS to the associated PEI; The sixth offset information includes the first offset information and the third offset information.

27. A network device, comprising: include: One or more processors; The network device is used to execute the wake-up delay determination method according to claim 1.

28. A user equipment, comprising: include: One or more processors; The user equipment is used to execute the wake-up delay determination method according to any one of claims 2 to 24.

29. A communication system, characterized by It includes network devices and user equipment; wherein the network devices are configured to implement the wake-up delay determination method of claim 1, and the user equipment is configured to implement the wake-up delay determination method of any one of claims 2 to 24.

30. A storage medium, the storage medium storing instructions, wherein, When the instruction is executed on the communication device, the communication device performs the wake-up delay determination method as described in claim 1, or performs the wake-up delay determination method as described in any one of claims 2 to 24.

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