Transmission collaboration method and apparatus, and device

Abstract

The present application relates to the technical field of communications, and discloses a transmission collaboration method and apparatus, and a device. The transmission collaboration method in embodiments of the present application comprises: a first access network device receives first information sent by a second access network device, wherein the first information is used for at least one of the following: requesting collaborative transmission of a low-power signal; and instructing the second access network device to transmit resource information of the low-power signal; and the first access network device collaborates with the second access network device to transmit the low-power signal.

Description

Transmission collaboration method, device and equipment

[0001] CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0002] This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202410329531.9 filed on March 21, 2024, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Technical Field

[0003] The present application belongs to the field of communication technology, and specifically relates to a transmission collaboration method, apparatus, and device. Background Art

[0004] New Radio (NR) introduces low-power signals to reduce receiver power consumption. For example, when the receiver is idle, the main communication module or receiver can be turned off or put into a deep sleep state, and only the low-power wake-up module is used to monitor the low-power signal, thereby reducing receiver power consumption. However, low-power signals are easily affected by interference signals, increasing the probability that the receiver will fail to detect the low-power signal. Summary of the Invention

[0005] The embodiments of the present application provide a transmission collaboration method, apparatus, and device that can solve the problem of an increased probability of failure in detecting a low-power signal at a receiving end.

[0006] In a first aspect, a transmission cooperation method is provided, including:

[0007] The first access network device receives first information sent by the second access network device, wherein the first information is used for at least one of the following: requesting collaborative transmission of a low-power signal; and indicating resource information for the second access network device to transmit the low-power signal.

[0008] The first access network device cooperates with the second access network device to send a low power consumption signal.

[0009] In a second aspect, a transmission collaboration method is provided, including:

[0010] The second access network device sends first information to the first access network device, where the first information is used for at least one of the following:

[0011] Request collaboration to send low-power signals;

[0012] Resource information for instructing the second access network device to send a low-power consumption signal.

[0013] In a third aspect, a transmission collaboration method is provided, including:

[0014] The core network device sends third information to the second access network device, where the third information includes at least one of the following:

[0015] first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate an access network device that can be used to cooperate with the second access network device to send a low-power signal;

[0016] Second indication information, where the second indication information is used to indicate a collaborative manner in which the second access network device sends a low-power consumption signal.

[0017] In a fourth aspect, a transmission cooperation apparatus is provided, including:

[0018] A receiving module, configured to receive first information sent by a second access network device, wherein the first information is used for at least one of the following: requesting collaborative transmission of a low-power signal; and indicating resource information for the second access network device to transmit the low-power signal;

[0019] A collaboration module is used to collaborate with the second access network device to send a low-power consumption signal.

[0020] In a fifth aspect, a transmission cooperation device is provided, including:

[0021] A sending module, configured to send first information to a first access network device, where the first information is used for at least one of the following:

[0022] Request collaboration to send low-power signals;

[0023] Resource information for instructing the second access network device to send a low-power consumption signal.

[0024] In a sixth aspect, a transmission cooperation device is provided, including:

[0025] a sending module, configured to send third information to the second access network device, where the third information includes at least one of the following:

[0026] first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate an access network device that can be used to cooperate with the second access network device to send a low-power signal;

[0027] Second indication information, where the second indication information is used to indicate a collaborative manner in which the second access network device sends a low-power consumption signal.

[0028] In the seventh aspect, a communication device is provided, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores a program or instruction that can be run on the processor, and when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps of the method described in the first aspect are implemented, or the steps of the method described in the second aspect are implemented, or the steps of the method described in the third aspect are implemented.

[0029] In an eighth aspect, a first access network device is provided, comprising a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is configured to: receive first information sent by a second access network device, wherein the first information is used for at least one of the following: requesting collaborative transmission of a low-power signal; and instructing the second access network device on resource information for transmitting the low-power signal;

[0030] The processor is configured to cooperate with the second access network device to send a low-power consumption signal.

[0031] In a ninth aspect, a second access network device is provided, comprising a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is configured to:

[0032] Sending first information to a first access network device, where the first information is used for at least one of the following:

[0033] Request collaboration to send low-power signals;

[0034] Resource information for instructing the second access network device to send a low-power consumption signal.

[0035] In a tenth aspect, a core network device is provided, comprising a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is configured to:

[0036] Sending third information to the second access network device, where the third information includes at least one of the following:

[0037] first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate an access network device that can be used to cooperate with the second access network device to send a low-power signal;

[0038] Second indication information, where the second indication information is used to indicate a collaborative manner in which the second access network device sends a low-power consumption signal.

[0039] In the eleventh aspect, a readable storage medium is provided, on which a program or instruction is stored. When the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the steps of the method described in the first aspect are implemented, or the steps of the method described in the second aspect are implemented, or the steps of the method described in the third aspect are implemented.

[0040] In the twelfth aspect, a chip is provided, which includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement the steps of the method described in the first aspect, or implement the steps of the method described in the second aspect, or implement the steps of the method described in the third aspect.

[0041] In the thirteenth aspect, a computer program / program product is provided, which is stored in a storage medium and is executed by at least one processor to implement the steps of the method described in the first aspect, or the steps of the method described in the second aspect, or the steps of the method described in the third aspect.

[0042] In the fourteenth aspect, a transmission collaboration system is provided, including: a second access network device, a first access network device and a core network device, wherein the first access network device can be used to execute the steps of the method described in the first aspect, the second access network device can be used to execute the steps of the method described in the second aspect, and the core network device can be used to execute the steps of the method described in the third aspect.

[0043] In an embodiment of the present application, a first access network device receives first information sent by a second access network device, where the first information is used for at least one of the following: requesting collaboration in sending a low-power signal; instructing the second access network device on resource information for sending a low-power signal; or the first access network device cooperating with the second access network device in sending a low-power signal. In this way, the first access network device collaborates with the second access network device in sending a low-power signal based on the first information, thereby increasing the probability of successful detection of the low-power signal sent by the second access network device. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0044] FIG1 is a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which embodiments of the present application may be applied;

[0045] FIG2 is a schematic diagram of a LP WUR in the related art;

[0046] FIG3 is a schematic diagram of a low power consumption signal in the related art;

[0047] FIG4 is a second schematic diagram of a low power consumption signal in the related art;

[0048] FIG5 is a flow chart of a transmission cooperation method according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0049] FIG6 is a second flow chart of a transmission collaboration method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0050] FIG7 is a third flow chart of a transmission collaboration method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0051] FIG8 is a schematic diagram of a transmission collaboration system provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0052] FIG9 is a schematic diagram of a structure of a transmission cooperation device according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0053] FIG10 is a second structural diagram of a transmission cooperation device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0054] FIG11 is a third structural diagram of a transmission cooperation device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0055] FIG12 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0056] FIG13 is a schematic diagram of a structure of a network side device according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0057] FIG14 is a second structural diagram of a network-side device provided in an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0058] The following will be combined with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of this application to clearly describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of this application. Obviously, the embodiments described are part of the embodiments of this application, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in this application, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field are within the scope of protection of this application.

[0059] The terms "first", "second", etc. in this application are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that the terms used in this way are interchangeable where appropriate, so that the embodiments of the present application can be implemented in an order other than those illustrated or described herein, and the objects distinguished by "first" and "second" are generally of the same type, and do not limit the number of objects, for example, the first object can be one or more. In addition, "or" in this application represents at least one of the connected objects. For example, "A or B" covers three options, namely, Option 1: including A but not including B; Option 2: including B but not including A; Option 3: including both A and B. The character " / " generally indicates that the objects associated before and after are in an "or" relationship.

[0060] The term "indication" in this application can be either a direct indication (or explicit indication) or an indirect indication (or implicit indication). A direct indication can be understood as the sender explicitly informing the receiver of specific information, the operation to be performed, or the requested result, etc. in the instruction sent; an indirect indication can be understood as the receiver determining the corresponding information based on the instruction sent by the sender, or making a judgment and determining the operation to be performed or the requested result, etc. based on the judgment result.

[0061] It is worth noting that the technology described in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to the Long Term Evolution (LTE) / LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) system, but can also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Single-carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) or other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in the embodiments of the present application are often used interchangeably, and the technology described can be used for the systems and radio technologies mentioned above, as well as for other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes a New Radio (NR) system for illustrative purposes, and NR terminology is used in most of the following description, but these technologies can also be applied to systems other than NR systems, such as 6th generation (6G) systems. th Generation, 6G) communication system.

[0062] FIG1 is a block diagram of a wireless communication system applicable to an embodiment of the present application. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network-side device 12. The terminal 11 may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a laptop computer (Laptop Computer), a notebook computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a handheld computer, a netbook, an ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), a mobile internet device (MID), an augmented reality (AR), a virtual reality (VR) device, a robot, a wearable device (Wearable Device), an aircraft (Flight Vehicle), a vehicle-mounted device (VUE), a ship-mounted device, a pedestrian user equipment (PUE), a smart home (home appliances with wireless communication capabilities, such as refrigerators, televisions, washing machines, or furniture), a game console, a personal computer (PC), an ATM, or a self-service machine, or other terminal-side devices. Wearable devices include: smart watches, smart bracelets, smart headphones, smart glasses, smart jewelry (smart bracelets, smart bracelets, smart rings, smart necklaces, smart anklets, smart anklets, etc.), smart wristbands, smart clothing, etc. Among them, the vehicle-mounted device can also be called a vehicle-mounted terminal, a vehicle-mounted controller, a vehicle-mounted module, a vehicle-mounted component, a vehicle-mounted chip or a vehicle-mounted unit, etc. It should be noted that the specific type of the terminal 11 is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. The network side device 12 may include an access network device or a core network device, wherein the access network device may also be called a radio access network (Radio Access Network, RAN) device, a radio access network function or a radio access network unit. The access network device may include a base station, a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point (AP) or a wireless fidelity (WiFi) node, etc.Among them, the base station can be referred to as Node B (NB), Evolved Node B (eNB), the next generation Node B (gNB), New Radio Node B (NR Node B), access point, Relay Base Station (RBS), Serving Base Station (SBS), Base Transceiver Station (BTS), radio base station, radio transceiver, Basic Service Set (BSS), Extended Service Set (ESS), Home Node B (HNB), Home evolved Node B (home evolved Node B), Transmission Reception Point (TRP) or other appropriate terms in the relevant field. As long as the same technical effect is achieved, the base station is not limited to specific technical vocabulary. It should be noted that in the embodiment of the present application, only the base station in the NR system is used as an example for introduction, and the specific type of the base station is not limited.

[0063] The core network equipment may include but is not limited to at least one of the following: core network node, core network function, mobility management entity (MME), access mobility management function (AMF), session management function (SMF), user plane function (UPF), policy control function (PCF), policy and charging rules function unit (PCRF), edge application service discovery function (EASDF), unified data management (UDM), unified data repository (UDR), home user server (HSS), centralized network configuration (CNC), network storage function (NRF), network exposure function (NEF), local NEF (L-NEF), binding support function (BSF), application function ( It should be noted that in the embodiments of the present application, only the core network device in the NR system is introduced as an example, and the specific type of the core network device is not limited.

[0064] For ease of understanding, some of the contents involved in the embodiments of this application are explained below:

[0065] 1. Low power wake up receiver (LP WUR) / wake-up signal (WUS)

[0066] The basic working principle of LP WUR / WUS is that the receiving end includes a first module and a second module. The first module is the main communication module, which is used to receive the communication data transmitted by the sending end and send the communication data. The second module is a low-power module, which is used to receive the low-power wake-up signal (LP-WUS) and low-power synchronization signal (LP-SS) sent by the sending end. The low-power wake-up signal is used to wake up the main communication module of the receiving end, and the low-power synchronization signal is used to provide time reference information and other information for receiving the low-power wake-up signal, for example, for performing radio resource management (RRM) measurement of the serving cell. It can also provide wake-up link management, such as determining whether to activate / deactivate LP-WUR based on the measurement results and shutting down the main transceiver (MR). As shown in Figure 2, when the first module is not awakened by the second module, it is always in the closed state and does not send or receive data. When downlink data arrives, the second module detects the wake-up signal sent by the sending end, and the wake-up signal contains the terminal information. Then the second module triggers the first module to switch from the closed state to the working state to receive and send data. The second module can be turned on continuously or discontinuously, and can receive a low-power wake-up signal and a low-power synchronization signal when the second module is turned on.

[0067] 2. Low power signal waveform

[0068] Low-power wake-up signals are usually simple on-off keying (OOK), as shown in Figure 3. In this way, the receiver can obtain the wake-up notification through simple energy detection and subsequent possible sequence detection and recognition.

[0069] Since orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) is commonly used in existing NR systems, OOK signals can be generated using OFDM signal generation methods. For example, the transmission or non-transmission of an OFDM-modulated sequence represents the ON / OFF state in the time domain. OOK signals can be received using receivers with lower power consumption.

[0070] Furthermore, the OFDM modulation sequence in the modulation ON can further carry information through different sequences, for example, two sequences represent 0 and 1 information respectively, or four sequences represent 00, 01, 10, and 11 information respectively, as shown in FIG4 .

[0071] Currently, there is no effective method to suppress interference with the same waveform or modulation as the low-power signal.

[0072] The transmission collaboration method, apparatus, and related equipment provided in the embodiments of the present application are described in detail below with reference to some embodiments and their application scenarios in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

[0073] 5 , which is a flow chart of a transmission collaboration method provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG5 , the transmission collaboration method includes the following steps:

[0074] Step 101: A first access network device receives first information sent by a second access network device, wherein the first information is used for at least one of the following: requesting collaborative transmission of a low-power signal; and indicating resource information for the second access network device to transmit the low-power signal.

[0075] Step 102: The first access network device cooperates with the second access network device to send a low-power signal.

[0076] Among them, the first information is used to request cooperation in sending low-power signals, which may mean: the first information is used to request cooperation with the second access network device to send low-power signals; or, the first information is used to request the first access network device to cooperate with the second access network device to send low-power signals.

[0077] In addition, resource information can be understood or replaced by collaborative resource information, and the collaborative resource information can refer to resource-related information for collaborating with the second access network device to send low-power signals. For example, the collaborative resource information can include: time domain information; frequency domain information; signal information.

[0078] In one embodiment, the first information may include at least one of third indication information and fourth indication information, the third indication information is used to request the first access network device to cooperate with the second access network device to send a low-power signal, and the fourth indication information indicates resource information for the second access network device to send a low-power signal.

[0079] In addition, the low power consumption signal may include at least one of the following: a low power consumption synchronization signal; a low power consumption wake-up signal.

[0080] In one embodiment, the low-power signal can be a low-power signal of amplitude shift keying (ASK), frequency shift keying (FSK), on-off keying OOK superimposed on orthogonal frequency division multiplexing OFDM or OFDM, so that the embodiment of the present application can solve the problem that the low-power signal based on ASK, FSK, on-off keying OOK superimposed on orthogonal frequency division multiplexing OFDM or OFDM is susceptible to interference signals with the same waveform or modulation, resulting in a high probability of detection failure.

[0081] In one implementation, the first information received by the first access network device may be delivered via an X2 interface message or an Xn interface message, or may be delivered via an S1 interface message or an NG interface message through a core network device.

[0082] For example, the first access network device may receive the first information via an X2 interface or an Xn interface, wherein the first information may be included in an X2 interface message or an Xn interface message and sent to the first access network device.

[0083] In addition, the X2 interface message or Xn interface message may include: setup or response messages, such as capability configuration information exchanged between base stations during initial establishment of the X2 or Xn interface; configuration update or update response (updateACK) messages, such as update and response information when a configuration change occurs; cell activation or response messages; handover preparation messages, handover report messages, or handover update messages; or resource status report messages.

[0084] In an embodiment of the present application, a first access network device receives first information sent by a second access network device, where the first information is used for at least one of the following: requesting collaboration in sending a low-power signal; instructing the second access network device on resource information for sending a low-power signal; or the first access network device cooperating with the second access network device in sending a low-power signal. In this way, the first access network device collaborates with the second access network device in sending a low-power signal based on the first information, thereby increasing the probability of successful detection of the low-power signal sent by the second access network device.

[0085] Optionally, the first access network device cooperates with the second access network device to send a low power consumption signal, including any one of the following:

[0086] The first access network device performs interference avoidance processing on a time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends a low power consumption signal;

[0087] or

[0088] The first access network device performs signal enhancement processing at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal.

[0089] Optionally, the first information is used to request the first access network device to cooperate with the second access network device in a first cooperation mode to send a low-power signal; or, the first information is used to request the first access network device to cooperate with the second access network device in a second cooperation mode to send a low-power signal;

[0090] The first cooperation mode includes: performing interference avoidance processing on the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal;

[0091] The second collaboration mode includes: performing signal enhancement processing at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal.

[0092] In one embodiment, when the first access network device determines based on the first information that interference avoidance processing is performed at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends a low power consumption signal, it may not send any signal at the same time domain and frequency domain position as the low power consumption signal, or may not send a signal with the same waveform as the low power consumption signal, or a signal with the same modulation method, at the same time domain and frequency domain position as the low power consumption signal.

[0093] In one embodiment, when the first access network device determines, based on the first information, to perform signal enhancement processing at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends a low power signal, the low power signal can be sent in an SFN manner. For example, the same low power wake-up signal or low power synchronization signal as the second access network device can be sent in an SFN manner.

[0094] In one embodiment, the first information may indicate interference avoidance transmission to request the first access network device to adopt a first collaborative mode to cooperate with the second access network device to send a low-power signal. In the case where the first information is used to request the first access network device to adopt a first collaborative mode to cooperate with the second access network device to send a low-power signal, the second access network device requests the first access network device to perform an interference avoidance operation on the low-power signal according to the first collaborative resource information, and the interference avoidance operation includes one of the following: not sending a signal with the same waveform or modulation as the low-power signal at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the low-power signal is sent, or not sending any signal at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the low-power signal is sent. The first collaborative resource information may refer to the resource information indicated by the first information.

[0095] In one embodiment, the first information may indicate single frequency network (SFN) transmission to request the first access network device to cooperate with the second access network device in sending a low-power signal using a second collaborative mode. The second access network device requests the first access network device to send a low-power signal using an SFN mode based on first collaborative resource information, where the first collaborative resource information may refer to resource information indicated by the first information.

[0096] It should be noted that the collaboration mode can also be described as the collaboration type.

[0097] In this embodiment, the first information indicates that the second access network device requests the first access network device to cooperate with the second access network device to send a low-power signal. The first access network device can cooperate with the second access network device to send a low-power signal in accordance with the cooperation method indicated by the first information, so that the second access network device can participate in the determination of the cooperation method and improve the probability of successful transmission cooperation.

[0098] Optionally, after the first access network device receives the first information sent by the second access network device, the method further includes:

[0099] The first access network device sends second information to the second access network device;

[0100] The second information is used to indicate that the first access network device agrees to cooperate with the second access network device in sending a low-power signal in a first cooperation manner; or, the second information is used to indicate that the first access network device agrees to cooperate with the second access network device in a second cooperation manner to send a low-power signal;

[0101] or,

[0102] The second information is used to instruct the first access network device to cooperate with the second access network device to send resource information of the low-power signal;

[0103] The first cooperation mode includes: performing interference avoidance processing on the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal;

[0104] The second collaboration mode includes: performing signal enhancement processing at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal.

[0105] Among them, the first access network device can determine, based on its own capabilities, whether to adopt the first collaboration mode or the second collaboration mode to cooperate with the second access network device to send a low-power signal; or, the first access network device can determine, based on its own capabilities, the resource information for the first access network device to cooperate with the second access network device to send a low-power signal.

[0106] The second message may be delivered via an X2 interface message or an Xn interface message, or delivered via an S1 interface message or an NG interface message through a core network device.

[0107] In this embodiment, the second information indicates the collaboration mode of the first access network device cooperating with the second access network device to send low-power signals, so that the second access network device can obtain the collaboration mode of the first access network device cooperating with the second access network device to send low-power signals; or, the second information indicates the resource information of the first access network device cooperating with the second access network device to send low-power signals, so that the second access network device can obtain the resource information that the first access network device can cooperate with according to the resource information indicated by the second information.

[0108] Optionally, the performing interference avoidance processing on the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal includes any one of the following:

[0109] Not sending a signal with the same waveform at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal; or not sending a signal with the same modulation mode at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal;

[0110] No signal is sent at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal.

[0111] Among them, the modulated signal may include an ASK signal, an FSK signal, an on-off keying OOK superimposed orthogonal frequency division multiplexing OFDM or OFDM signal, etc. Not sending a signal with the same modulation mode at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends a low-power signal can be understood as not sending a modulated signal with the same modulation type as the low-power signal sent by the second access network device at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends a low-power signal. Taking the low-power signal sent by the second access network device as an ASK signal as an example, not sending a signal with the same modulation mode at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends a low-power signal can mean that the ASK signal is not sent at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends a low-power signal.

[0112] It should be noted that, when the first information is also used to indicate resource information for the second access network device to send a low-power signal, the time-domain and frequency-domain resource location for the second access network device to send the low-power signal can be determined by the resource information indicated by the first information. For example, the time-domain and frequency-domain resource location for the second access network device to send the low-power signal can be the time-domain and frequency-domain resource location represented by the time-domain information and frequency-domain information indicated by the first information.

[0113] In this embodiment, the signal of the same waveform is not sent at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal, thereby avoiding the low power consumption signal sent by the second access network device from being affected by the signal of the same waveform, thereby increasing the probability of the receiving end of the low power consumption signal successfully detecting the low power consumption signal.

[0114] In this embodiment, the signal with the same modulation mode is not sent at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power signal, thereby avoiding the low power signal sent by the second access network device from being affected by the same modulation signal, thereby increasing the probability of the receiving end of the low power signal successfully detecting the low power signal.

[0115] In this embodiment, no signal is sent at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal, thereby avoiding the low power consumption signal sent by the second access network device from being affected by the interference signal, thereby increasing the probability of the receiving end of the low power consumption signal successfully detecting the low power consumption signal.

[0116] Optionally, the signal enhancement processing is performed at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal, including: sending the low power consumption signal using the SFN method at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal.

[0117] In one embodiment, the first access network device may use the SFN method to send a low-power signal based on the resource information indicated by the first information. When the first information is also used to indicate the resource information for the second access network device to send the low-power signal, the sending of the low-power signal using the SFN method at the time-domain and frequency-domain resource location where the second access network device sends the low-power signal may include sending the low-power signal using the SFN method at the time-domain and frequency-domain resource location represented by the resource information indicated by the first information. The time-domain and frequency-domain resource location represented by the resource information indicated by the first information may be the time-domain and frequency-domain resource location where the second access network device sends the low-power signal. The sending of the low-power signal using the SFN method based on the resource information indicated by the first information may include sending the low-power signal using the SFN method at the time-domain and frequency-domain resource location represented by the time-domain information and frequency-domain information indicated by the first information; or, sending the low-power signal represented by the signal information indicated by the first information using the SFN method.

[0118] The SFN method involves multiple synchronized radio transmitters in different locations transmitting the same signal at the same time and frequency, enabling reliable coverage of a specific service area.

[0119] In this embodiment, the low-power signal is sent in SFN mode. The low-power signal is sent through multi-cell collaboration, which can improve the coverage of the low-power signal and thus increase the probability of the low-power signal receiving end successfully detecting the low-power signal.

[0120] Optionally, the collaborative resource information includes at least one of the following:

[0121] Time domain information; frequency domain information; signal information.

[0122] Optionally, the time domain information is used to indicate at least one of the following: a time domain starting position; a time domain length; a repetition period of a signal in the time domain;

[0123] or

[0124] The frequency domain information is used to indicate at least one of the following: a frequency domain starting position; a frequency domain length;

[0125] or

[0126] The signal information includes at least one of the following:

[0127] Signal waveform information; signal modulation information; signal sequence information; related information of the information block used to send the signal.

[0128] The signal waveform information may include waveform information of an ASK signal, an FSK signal, an OOK superimposed OFDM signal, or an OFDM signal.

[0129] The signal modulation information may include modulation information of an ASK signal, an FSK signal, an OOK superimposed OFDM signal, or an OFDM signal.

[0130] The signal sequence information may include information about at least one sequence, including each sequence element of the at least one sequence, and transmission parameter information for sending the at least one sequence. The transmission parameter information for sending the at least one sequence includes an encoding mode, a number of repetitions, or a time domain transmission length of the at least one sequence.

[0131] The relevant information of the information block used to send the signal may include the number of information bits and the number of cyclic redundancy check (CRC) bits carried by at least one information block used to send the signal, as well as transmission parameter information of the at least one information block, wherein the transmission parameter information of the at least one information block includes at least one of the following: coding information, number of repetitions, and time domain transmission length.

[0132] In one implementation, the signal information may include only signal sequence information; or, the signal information may include signal sequence information and related information of an information block used to send a signal.

[0133] 6 , which is a flow chart of a transmission collaboration method provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG6 , the transmission collaboration method includes the following steps:

[0134] Step 201: The second access network device sends first information to the first access network device, where the first information is used for at least one of the following:

[0135] Request collaboration to send low-power signals;

[0136] Resource information for instructing the second access network device to send a low-power consumption signal.

[0137] Optionally, the first information is used to request the first access network device to cooperate with the second access network device in a first cooperation mode to send a low-power signal; or, the first information is used to request the first access network device to cooperate with the second access network device in a second cooperation mode to send a low-power signal;

[0138] The first cooperation mode includes: performing interference avoidance processing on the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal;

[0139] The second collaboration mode includes: performing signal enhancement processing at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal.

[0140] Optionally, after the second access network device sends the first information to the first access network device, the method further includes:

[0141] The second access network device receives second information sent by the first access network device;

[0142] The second information is used to indicate that the first access network device agrees to cooperate with the second access network device in sending a low-power signal in a first cooperation manner; or, the second information is used to indicate that the first access network device agrees to cooperate with the second access network device in a second cooperation manner to send a low-power signal;

[0143] or,

[0144] The second information is used to instruct the first access network device to cooperate with the second access network device to send resource information of the low-power signal;

[0145] The first cooperation mode includes: performing interference avoidance processing on the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal;

[0146] The second collaboration mode includes: performing signal enhancement processing at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal.

[0147] Optionally, the interference avoidance processing includes any one of the following:

[0148] Not sending a signal with the same waveform at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal; or not sending a signal with the same modulation mode at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal;

[0149] No signal is sent at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal.

[0150] Optionally, the signal enhancement processing includes: sending a low-power signal in an SFN manner at a time-domain and frequency-domain resource position where the second access network device sends a low-power signal.

[0151] Optionally, the collaborative resource information includes at least one of the following:

[0152] Time domain information; frequency domain information; signal information;

[0153] The time domain information is used to indicate at least one of the following: a time domain starting position; a time domain length; a repetition period of the signal in the time domain;

[0154] or

[0155] The frequency domain information is used to indicate at least one of the following: a frequency domain starting position; a frequency domain length;

[0156] or

[0157] The signal information includes at least one of the following:

[0158] Signal waveform information; signal modulation information; signal sequence information; related information of the information block used to send the signal.

[0159] Optionally, before the second access network device sends the first information to the first access network device, the method further includes:

[0160] The second access network device receives third information sent by the core network device, where the third information includes at least one of the following:

[0161] first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate an access network device that can be used to cooperate with the second access network device to send a low-power signal, and the access network device indicated by the first indication information includes the first access network device;

[0162] Second indication information, where the second indication information is used to indicate a collaborative manner in which the second access network device sends a low-power consumption signal.

[0163] The first indication information may indicate, in a list or set, access network devices that can be used to collaborate with the second access network device to transmit low-power signals. This embodiment does not limit the specific form of the first indication information. For example, the first indication information may include list information of access network devices that can be used to collaborate with the second access network device to transmit low-power signals. The access network devices that can be used to collaborate with the second access network device to transmit low-power signals may refer to access network devices that can collaborate with the second access network device in low-power signal transmission.

[0164] In addition, the second indication information may indicate a transmission cooperation type for cooperating with the second access network device to send a low-power consumption signal.

[0165] In addition, the collaborative mode in which the second access network device sends a low-power signal may include a first collaborative mode or a second collaborative mode. The first collaborative mode includes: performing interference avoidance processing at the time domain and frequency domain resource position of the low-power signal sent by the second access network device; the second collaborative mode includes: performing signal enhancement processing at the time domain and frequency domain resource position of the low-power signal sent by the second access network device.

[0166] In this embodiment, the core network device indicates to the second access network device the access network device that can be used to collaborate with the second access network device to send low-power signals, and the second access network device can learn the access network device that can collaborate to send low-power signals; the core network device indicates to the second access network device the collaboration method for collaborating with the second access network device to send low-power signals, and the second access network device can learn the collaboration method for collaborating with the access network device that can collaborate to send low-power signals.

[0167] It should be noted that this embodiment is an implementation of the first access network device corresponding to the embodiment shown in Figure 5. Its specific implementation can refer to the relevant description of the embodiment shown in Figure 5. To avoid repetition, this embodiment will not be repeated.

[0168] Similarly, the second access network device may also receive the first information sent by the first access network device, and the first information is used for at least one of the following: requesting collaborative sending of low power consumption signals; indicating resource information of the first access network device to send low power consumption signals

[0169] Since both the second access network device and the first access network device can serve as a collaboration requester or a collaboration responder, and their operations are similar, in order to avoid excessive repetition, the embodiment of the present application only uses the second access network device as an example of a collaboration requester to illustrate the transmission collaboration method.

[0170] 7 , which is a flow chart of a transmission collaboration method provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG7 , the transmission collaboration method includes the following steps:

[0171] Step 301: The core network device sends third information to the second access network device. The third information includes at least one of the following:

[0172] first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate an access network device that can be used to cooperate with the second access network device to send a low-power signal;

[0173] Second indication information, where the second indication information is used to indicate a collaborative manner in which the second access network device sends a low-power consumption signal.

[0174] It should be noted that this embodiment is an implementation method of the core network device corresponding to the embodiment shown in Figure 5 or 6. Its specific implementation method can refer to the relevant description of the embodiment shown in Figure 5 or 6. To avoid repetition, this embodiment will not be repeated.

[0175] The transmission collaboration method of the embodiment of the present application is described below through a specific embodiment.

[0176] As shown in FIG8 , this embodiment implements transmission collaboration through information transmission between access network devices and information interaction between access network devices and core network devices.

[0177] Method 1:

[0178] The second access network device receives the third information sent by the core network device, and the third information includes a list of access network devices that can cooperate with the second access network device in low-power signal transmission and corresponding transmission cooperation types, such as at least one of SFN transmission or interference avoidance transmission.

[0179] Similarly, the first access network device can also receive the third information sent by the core network device, which includes a list of access network devices that can cooperate with the first access network device in low-power signal transmission and the corresponding transmission cooperation type, such as at least one of SFN transmission or interference avoidance transmission.

[0180] Since both the second access network device and the first access network device can serve as a collaboration requester or a collaboration responder, and their operations are similar, in order to avoid excessive repetition, the embodiment of the present application only uses the second access network device as an example to illustrate the transmission collaboration method.

[0181] In one implementation, the second access network device receives access network device list information 1, corresponding to the transmission cooperation type SFN transmission. The second access network device receives access network device list information 2, corresponding to the transmission cooperation type interference avoidance transmission.

[0182] In one implementation method, a second access network device sends a first collaboration request and collaboration resource information to a corresponding access network device based on access network device list information 1 or access network device list information 2. The access network device indicated by access network device list information 1 or access network device list information 2 sends a first collaboration confirmation message based on the received first collaboration request and collaboration resource information.

[0183] In another implementation method, the second access network device sends a first collaboration request (such as first information) to the corresponding access network device based on access network device list information 1 or access network device list information 2. The access network device indicated by access network device list information 1 or access network device list information 2 sends first collaboration confirmation information and collaboration resource information based on the received first collaboration request and collaboration resource information.

[0184] The access network device list information may be indicated by a virtual identifier or by a specific access network device identifier list.

[0185] Method 2:

[0186] The second access network device receives the third information sent by the core network device. The third information includes a list of access network devices that can cooperate with the second access network device in low-power signal transmission, but does not indicate a transmission cooperation type.

[0187] In one implementation method, the second access network device sends a first collaboration request and collaboration resource information to a corresponding access network device according to the access network device list information. The access network device indicated by the access network device list information sends a first collaboration confirmation message according to the received first collaboration request and collaboration resource information.

[0188] In another implementation method, the second access network device sends a first collaboration request to the corresponding access network device according to the access network device list information. The access network device indicated by the access network device list information sends first collaboration confirmation information and collaboration resource information according to the received first collaboration request and resource information.

[0189] In the above methods 1 and 2, the first collaboration request (such as the first information) includes at least one of the following:

[0190] The first low-power signal transmission cooperation request includes one of SFN transmission or interference avoidance first low-power signal.

[0191] The second low-power signal transmission cooperation request includes one of SFN transmission or interference-avoiding first low-power signal.

[0192] The collaborative resource information includes at least one of the following: time domain information; frequency domain information; signal information.

[0193] Collaboration confirmation information, including at least one of the following:

[0194] a first low-power signal transmission cooperative confirmation, wherein the first low-power signal transmission cooperative confirmation includes one of SFN transmission or an interference avoiding first low-power signal;

[0195] The second low power signal transmission cooperative confirmation includes one of SFN transmission or the interference avoiding first low power signal.

[0196] In one implementation, when the signal transmission cooperation request indicates interference avoidance transmission:

[0197] When the first access network device determines that the cooperation type with the second access network device is interference avoidance transmission, the transmission-related operations of the first access network device include:

[0198] Determine the time-domain and frequency-domain resource location of the target signal according to the received collaborative resource information;

[0199] determining a waveform or modulation mode of a target signal based on the received collaborative resource information;

[0200] Do not send any signal at the same time and frequency domain position as the target signal, or do not send a signal with the same waveform or modulation method as the target signal at the same time and frequency domain position as the target signal;

[0201] The target signal includes at least one of a low-power synchronization signal and a low-power wake-up signal.

[0202] In one implementation, when the signal transmission cooperation request indicates SFN transmission:

[0203] When the first access network device determines that the cooperation type with the second access network device is SFN transmission, the transmission-related operations of the first access network device include:

[0204] Determine the time-domain and frequency-domain resource location of the target signal according to the received collaborative resource information;

[0205] determining signal information of a target signal based on the received collaborative resource information;

[0206] Send the target signal at the same time domain and frequency domain position as the target signal;

[0207] The target signal includes at least one of a low-power synchronization signal and a low-power wake-up signal.

[0208] The determined signal information of the target signal includes at least one of the following:

[0209] Waveform or modulation information, including ASK; FSK; OOK superimposed OFDM; OFDM;

[0210] Sequence information: information about at least one sequence, including each sequence element of the at least one sequence, and transmission parameters for sending the at least one sequence, including encoding mode and number of repetitions;

[0211] Sequence and information block information: Sequence information includes information about at least one sequence, including each sequence element of the at least one sequence, and transmission parameters for sending the at least one sequence. The transmission parameters include at least one of the following: coding information, number of repetitions, and time domain transmission length. Information block information includes information about at least one information block, including the number of information bits and CRC bits carried by the at least one information block, and transmission parameter information for the at least one information block. The transmission parameter information includes at least one of the following: coding information, number of repetitions, and time domain transmission length.

[0212] In the above method 1 and method 2, the access network device indicated by the access network device list information may include the first access network device:

[0213] In one embodiment, the second access network device sends first information to the first access network device, and the first information is used for at least one of the following: requesting collaborative sending of low-power signals; resource information indicating that the second access network device sends low-power signals; the first access network device receives the first information sent by the second access network device; the first access network device sends a response message corresponding to the first information to the second access network device; if the first access network device does not agree to collaborative sending of low-power signals, the response message indicates that the first access network device does not agree to collaborative sending of low-power signals; if the first access network device agrees to collaborative sending of low-power signals, the response message indicates that the first access network device agrees to collaborative sending of low-power signals.

[0214] In one embodiment, the second access network device sends first information to the first access network device, and the first information is used for at least one of the following: requesting collaborative sending of low-power signals; resource information indicating that the second access network device sends low-power signals; the first access network device receives the first information sent by the second access network device; if the first access network device does not agree to collaborative sending of low-power signals, the first access network device sends a response message corresponding to the first information to the second access network device, and the response message indicates that the first access network device does not agree to collaborative sending of low-power signals; if the first access network device agrees to collaborative sending of low-power signals, the first access network device does not send a response message corresponding to the first information, and the first access network device collaborates with the second access network device to send low-power signals.

[0215] In one embodiment, a second access network device sends first information to a first access network device, where the first information is used to indicate resource information for the second access network device to send low-power signals; the first access network device receives the first information sent by the second access network device; the first access network device sends second information to the second access network device; and the second information is used to indicate resource information for the first access network device to cooperate with the second access network device to send low-power signals. Thus, the first access network device and the second access network device can exchange low-power signal configurations. The second access network device can determine the second information by referring to the resource information indicated by the first information sent by the first access network device. For example, the resource information indicated by the second information can be resource information that the second access network device can support collaboration with among the resource information indicated by the first information.

[0216] In an embodiment of the present application, the access network device determines the low-power signal collaborative transmission information by interacting with the core network device and interacting with multiple access network devices, thereby solving the interference suppression problem for interference with the same waveform or modulation as the low-power signal.

[0217] In the embodiments of the present application, multi-cell collaboration is designed to eliminate the influence of interference signals with the same waveform or modulation as the low-power signal, thereby improving detection performance. In addition, multi-cell collaboration can achieve SFN transmission, improving the coverage of low-power signals. The embodiments of the present application can solve the problem of increased detection failure probability due to the susceptibility of low-power signals based on amplitude shift keying (ASK), frequency shift keying (FSK), on-off keying (OOK) superimposed orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), or OFDM to interference signals with the same waveform or modulation.

[0218] The transmission collaboration method provided in the embodiment of the present application can be executed by a transmission collaboration device. In the embodiment of the present application, the transmission collaboration device performing the transmission collaboration method is taken as an example to illustrate the transmission collaboration device provided in the embodiment of the present application.

[0219] Please refer to FIG. 9 , which is a structural diagram of a transmission coordination apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application. The first access network device includes the transmission coordination apparatus. As shown in FIG. 9 , the transmission coordination apparatus 400 includes:

[0220] The receiving module 401 is configured to receive first information sent by a second access network device, wherein the first information is used for at least one of the following: requesting collaborative transmission of a low-power signal; and indicating resource information for the second access network device to transmit the low-power signal.

[0221] The cooperation module 402 is configured to cooperate with the second access network device to send a low power consumption signal.

[0222] Optionally, the collaboration module is specifically used for at least one of the following:

[0223] Performing interference avoidance processing at a time-domain and frequency-domain resource position at which the second access network device sends the low-power signal;

[0224] or

[0225] Signal enhancement processing is performed at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal.

[0226] Optionally, the first information is used to request the first access network device to cooperate with the second access network device in a first cooperation mode to send a low-power signal; or, the first information is used to request the first access network device to cooperate with the second access network device in a second cooperation mode to send a low-power signal;

[0227] The first cooperation mode includes: performing interference avoidance processing on the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal;

[0228] The second collaboration mode includes: performing signal enhancement processing at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal.

[0229] Optionally, the device further comprises:

[0230] A sending module, configured to send second information to the second access network device;

[0231] The second information is used to indicate that the first access network device agrees to cooperate with the second access network device in sending a low-power signal in a first cooperation manner; or, the second information is used to indicate that the first access network device agrees to cooperate with the second access network device in a second cooperation manner to send a low-power signal;

[0232] or,

[0233] The second information is used to instruct the first access network device to cooperate with the second access network device to send resource information of the low-power signal;

[0234] The first cooperation mode includes: performing interference avoidance processing on the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal;

[0235] The second collaboration mode includes: performing signal enhancement processing at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal.

[0236] Optionally, the performing interference avoidance processing on the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal includes any one of the following:

[0237] Not sending a signal with the same waveform at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal; or not sending a signal with the same modulation mode at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal;

[0238] No signal is sent at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal.

[0239] Optionally, the signal enhancement processing is performed at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal, including: sending the low power consumption signal using the SFN method at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal.

[0240] Optionally, the resource information includes at least one of the following:

[0241] Time domain information; frequency domain information; signal information;

[0242] The time domain information is used to indicate at least one of the following: a time domain starting position; a time domain length; a repetition period of the signal in the time domain;

[0243] or

[0244] The frequency domain information is used to indicate at least one of the following: a frequency domain starting position; a frequency domain length;

[0245] or

[0246] The signal information includes at least one of the following:

[0247] Signal waveform information; signal modulation information; signal sequence information; related information of the information block used to send the signal.

[0248] The transmission cooperation device in the embodiment of the present application can be an electronic device, such as an electronic device with an operating system, or a component in an electronic device, such as an integrated circuit or a chip. The electronic device can be a terminal, or it can be other devices other than a terminal. For example, the terminal can include but is not limited to the types of terminals 11 listed above, and other devices can be servers, network attached storage (NAS), etc., which are not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present application.

[0249] The transmission collaboration device provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement the various processes implemented in the method embodiment of Figure 5 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0250] Please refer to FIG. 10 , which is a structural diagram of a transmission coordination apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application. The second access network device includes the transmission coordination apparatus. As shown in FIG. 10 , the transmission coordination apparatus 500 includes:

[0251] The sending module 501 is configured to send first information to a first access network device, where the first information is used for at least one of the following:

[0252] Request collaboration to send low-power signals;

[0253] Resource information for instructing the second access network device to send a low-power consumption signal.

[0254] Optionally, the first information is used to request the first access network device to cooperate with the second access network device in a first cooperation mode to send a low-power signal; or, the first information is used to request the first access network device to cooperate with the second access network device in a second cooperation mode to send a low-power signal;

[0255] The first cooperation mode includes: performing interference avoidance processing on the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal;

[0256] The second collaboration mode includes: performing signal enhancement processing at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal.

[0257] Optionally, the device further comprises:

[0258] A first receiving module, configured to receive second information sent by the first access network device;

[0259] The second information is used to indicate that the first access network device agrees to cooperate with the second access network device in sending a low-power signal in a first cooperation manner; or, the second information is used to indicate that the first access network device agrees to cooperate with the second access network device in a second cooperation manner to send a low-power signal;

[0260] or,

[0261] The second information is used to instruct the first access network device to cooperate with the second access network device to send resource information of the low-power signal;

[0262] The first cooperation mode includes: performing interference avoidance processing on the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal;

[0263] The second collaboration mode includes: performing signal enhancement processing at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal.

[0264] Optionally, the interference avoidance processing includes any one of the following:

[0265] Not sending a signal with the same waveform at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal; or not sending a signal with the same modulation mode at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal;

[0266] No signal is sent at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal.

[0267] Optionally, the signal enhancement processing includes: sending a low-power signal in an SFN manner at a time-domain and frequency-domain resource position where the second access network device sends a low-power signal.

[0268] Optionally, the collaborative resource information includes at least one of the following:

[0269] Time domain information; frequency domain information; signal information;

[0270] The time domain information is used to indicate at least one of the following: a time domain starting position; a time domain length; a repetition period of the signal in the time domain;

[0271] or

[0272] The frequency domain information is used to indicate at least one of the following: a frequency domain starting position; a frequency domain length;

[0273] or

[0274] The signal information includes at least one of the following:

[0275] Signal waveform information; signal modulation information; signal sequence information; related information of the information block used to send the signal.

[0276] Optionally, before the second access network device sends the first information to the first access network device, the apparatus further includes:

[0277] The second receiving module is configured to receive third information sent by the core network device, where the third information includes at least one of the following:

[0278] first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate an access network device that can be used to cooperate with the second access network device to send a low-power signal, and the access network device indicated by the first indication information includes the first access network device;

[0279] Second indication information, where the second indication information is used to indicate a collaborative manner in which the second access network device sends a low-power consumption signal.

[0280] The transmission cooperation device in the embodiment of the present application can be an electronic device, such as an electronic device with an operating system, or a component in an electronic device, such as an integrated circuit or a chip. The electronic device can be a terminal, or it can be other devices other than a terminal. For example, the terminal can include but is not limited to the types of terminals 11 listed above, and other devices can be servers, network attached storage (NAS), etc., which are not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present application.

[0281] The transmission collaboration device provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement the various processes implemented in the method embodiment of Figure 6 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0282] Please refer to FIG. 11 , which is a structural diagram of a transmission coordination apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application. A core network device includes the transmission coordination apparatus. As shown in FIG. 11 , the transmission coordination apparatus 600 includes:

[0283] The sending module 601 is configured to send third information to the second access network device, where the third information includes at least one of the following:

[0284] first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate an access network device that can be used to cooperate with the second access network device to send a low-power signal;

[0285] Second indication information, where the second indication information is used to indicate a collaborative manner in which the second access network device sends a low-power consumption signal.

[0286] The transmission cooperation device in the embodiment of the present application can be an electronic device, such as an electronic device with an operating system, or a component in an electronic device, such as an integrated circuit or a chip. The electronic device can be a terminal, or it can be other devices other than a terminal. For example, the terminal can include but is not limited to the types of terminals 11 listed above, and other devices can be servers, network attached storage (NAS), etc., which are not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present application.

[0287] The transmission collaboration device provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement the various processes implemented in the method embodiment of Figure 7 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0288] Optionally, as shown in Figure 12, an embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device 700, including a processor 701 and a memory 702, and the memory 702 stores a program or instruction that can be run on the processor 701. For example, when the communication device 700 is a first access network device, the program or instruction is executed by the processor 701 to implement the above-mentioned various steps of the transmission collaboration method embodiment applied to the first access network device, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it is not repeated here. When the communication device 700 is a second access network device, the program or instruction is executed by the processor 701 to implement the above-mentioned various steps of the transmission collaboration method embodiment applied to the second access network device, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it is not repeated here. When the communication device 700 is a core network device, the program or instruction is executed by the processor 701 to implement the above-mentioned various steps of the transmission collaboration method embodiment applied to the core network device, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it is not repeated here.

[0289] An embodiment of the present application further provides a network-side device, which is a first access network device, a second access network device, or a core network device, and includes a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to execute a program or instruction to implement the steps of the method embodiment shown in Figures 5, 6, or 7. This network-side device embodiment corresponds to the above-mentioned method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation method of the above-mentioned method embodiment can be applied to this network-side device embodiment and can achieve the same technical effects.

[0290] Specifically, an embodiment of the present application further provides a network-side device. The network-side device can be a first access network device, a second access network device, or a core network device. As shown in Figure 13, the network-side device 800 includes: an antenna 801, a radio frequency device 802, a baseband device 803, a processor 804, and a memory 805. The antenna 801 is connected to the radio frequency device 802. In the uplink direction, the radio frequency device 802 receives information via the antenna 801 and sends the received information to the baseband device 803 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 803 processes the information to be sent and sends it to the radio frequency device 802. The radio frequency device 802 processes the received information and sends it through the antenna 801.

[0291] The method executed by the network-side device in the above embodiment may be implemented in the baseband device 803 , which includes a baseband processor.

[0292] The baseband device 803 may include, for example, at least one baseband board, on which multiple chips are arranged, as shown in Figure 13, one of the chips is, for example, a baseband processor, which is connected to the memory 805 through a bus interface to call the program in the memory 805 and execute the network device operations shown in the above method embodiment.

[0293] The network side device may further include a network interface 806 , which is, for example, a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI).

[0294] Specifically, the network side device 800 of the embodiment of the present application also includes: instructions or programs stored in the memory 805 and can be run on the processor 804. The processor 804 calls the instructions or programs in the memory 805 to execute the methods executed by the modules shown in Figures 9, 10 or 11, and achieves the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0295] Specifically, an embodiment of the present application further provides a network-side device. The network-side device may be a first access network device, a second access network device, or a core network device. As shown in FIG14 , the network-side device 900 includes a processor 901, a network interface 902, and a memory 903. The network interface 902 may be, for example, a common public radio interface (CPRI).

[0296] Specifically, the network side device 900 of the embodiment of the present application also includes: instructions or programs stored in the memory 903 and can be run on the processor 901. The processor 901 calls the instructions or programs in the memory 903 to execute the methods executed by the modules shown in Figures 9, 10 or 11, and achieves the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

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

[0298] The processor is the processor in the terminal described in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium includes a computer-readable storage medium, such as a computer read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk. In some examples, the readable storage medium may be a non-transitory readable storage medium.

[0299] An embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, which includes a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement the various processes of the above-mentioned transmission collaboration method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0300] It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of the present application can also be called a system-level chip, a system chip, a chip system or a system-on-chip chip, etc.

[0301] An embodiment of the present application further provides a computer program / program product, which is stored in a storage medium. The computer program / program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the various processes of the above-mentioned transmission collaboration method embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0302] An embodiment of the present application also provides a transmission collaboration system, including: a first access network device, a second access network device and a core network device, wherein the first access network device can be used to execute the steps of the transmission collaboration method applied to the first access network device as described above, the second access network device can be used to execute the steps of the transmission collaboration method applied to the second access network device as described above, and the core network device can be used to execute the steps of the transmission collaboration method applied to the core network device as described above.

[0303] It should be noted that, in this article, the terms "comprise", "include" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device comprising a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. In the absence of further restrictions, an element defined by the sentence "comprises a ..." does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device comprising the element. In addition, it should be pointed out that the scope of the methods and devices in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing functions in the order shown or discussed, and may also include performing functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in the opposite order according to the functions involved. For example, the described method may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may also be added, omitted or combined. In addition, the features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

[0304] Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the above-mentioned embodiment methods can be implemented by means of a computer software product plus a necessary general-purpose hardware platform, or of course, by hardware. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM, RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk, etc.) and includes a number of instructions for enabling a terminal or network-side device to execute the methods described in each embodiment of the present application.

[0305] The embodiments of the present application are described above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-mentioned specific implementation methods. The above-mentioned specific implementation methods are merely illustrative and not restrictive. Under the guidance of this application, ordinary technicians in this field can also make many forms of implementation methods without departing from the purpose of this application and the scope of protection of the claims. These implementation methods are all within the protection of this application.

Claims

1. A transmission cooperation method, comprising: The first access network device receives first information sent by the second access network device, wherein the first information is used for at least one of the following: requesting collaborative transmission of a low-power signal; and indicating resource information for the second access network device to transmit the low-power signal. The first access network device cooperates with the second access network device to send a low power consumption signal.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein The first access network device cooperates with the second access network device to send a low-power signal, including any one of the following: The first access network device performs interference avoidance processing on a time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends a low power consumption signal; The first access network device performs signal enhancement processing at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: The first information is used to request the first access network device to cooperate with the second access network device in a first cooperation mode to send a low-power signal; or the first information is used to request the first access network device to cooperate with the second access network device in a second cooperation mode to send a low-power signal; The first cooperation mode includes: performing interference avoidance processing on the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal; The second collaboration mode includes: performing signal enhancement processing at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein After the first access network device receives the first information sent by the second access network device, the method further includes: The first access network device sends second information to the second access network device; The second information is used to indicate that the first access network device agrees to cooperate with the second access network device in sending a low-power signal in a first cooperation manner; or, the second information is used to indicate that the first access network device agrees to cooperate with the second access network device in a second cooperation manner to send a low-power signal; or, The second information is used to instruct the first access network device to cooperate with the second access network device to send resource information of the low-power signal; The first cooperation mode includes: performing interference avoidance processing on the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal; The second collaboration mode includes: performing signal enhancement processing at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal.

5. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein The performing interference avoidance processing on the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal includes any one of the following: Not sending a signal with the same waveform at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal; or not sending a signal with the same modulation mode at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal; No signal is sent at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal.

6. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein: The performing signal enhancement processing at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal includes: sending the low power consumption signal in an SFN manner at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal.

7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein The resource information includes at least one of the following: Time domain information; frequency domain information; signal information; The time domain information is used to indicate at least one of the following: a time domain starting position; a time domain length; a repetition period of the signal in the time domain; or The frequency domain information is used to indicate at least one of the following: a frequency domain starting position; a frequency domain length; or The signal information includes at least one of the following: Signal waveform information; signal modulation information; signal sequence information; related information of the information block used to send the signal.

8. A transmission cooperation method, comprising: The second access network device sends first information to the first access network device, where the first information is used for at least one of the following: Request collaboration to send low-power signals; Resource information for instructing the second access network device to send a low-power consumption signal.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein The first information is used to request the first access network device to cooperate with the second access network device in a first cooperation mode to send a low-power signal; or the first information is used to request the first access network device to cooperate with the second access network device in a second cooperation mode to send a low-power signal; The first cooperation mode includes: performing interference avoidance processing on the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal; The second collaboration mode includes: performing signal enhancement processing at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal.

10. The method according to claim 8 or 9, wherein: After the second access network device sends the first information to the first access network device, the method further includes: The second access network device receives second information sent by the first access network device; The second information is used to indicate that the first access network device agrees to cooperate with the second access network device in sending a low-power signal in a first cooperation manner; or, the second information is used to indicate that the first access network device agrees to cooperate with the second access network device in a second cooperation manner to send a low-power signal; or, The second information is used to instruct the first access network device to cooperate with the second access network device to send resource information of the low-power signal; The first cooperation mode includes: performing interference avoidance processing on the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal; The second collaboration mode includes: performing signal enhancement processing at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal.

11. The method according to claim 9 or 10, wherein: The interference avoidance process includes any one of the following: Not sending a signal with the same waveform at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal; or not sending a signal with the same modulation mode at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal; No signal is sent at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal.

12. The method according to claim 9 or 10, wherein: The signal enhancement processing includes: sending the low-power signal in an SFN manner at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low-power signal.

13. The method according to any one of claims 8 to 12, wherein: The resource information includes at least one of the following: Time domain information; frequency domain information; signal information; The time domain information is used to indicate at least one of the following: a time domain starting position; a time domain length; a repetition period of the signal in the time domain; or The frequency domain information is used to indicate at least one of the following: a frequency domain starting position; a frequency domain length; or The signal information includes at least one of the following: Signal waveform information; signal modulation information; signal sequence information; related information of the information block used to send the signal.

14. The method according to any one of claims 8 to 13, wherein: Before the second access network device sends the first information to the first access network device, the method further includes: The second access network device receives third information sent by the core network device, where the third information includes at least one of the following: first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate an access network device that can be used to cooperate with the second access network device to send a low-power signal, and the access network device indicated by the first indication information includes the first access network device; Second indication information, where the second indication information is used to indicate a collaborative manner in which the second access network device sends a low-power consumption signal.

15. A transmission cooperation method, comprising: The core network device sends third information to the second access network device, where the third information includes at least one of the following: first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate an access network device that can be used to cooperate with the second access network device to send a low-power signal; Second indication information, where the second indication information is used to indicate a collaborative manner in which the second access network device sends a low-power consumption signal.

16. A transmission cooperation device, comprising: A receiving module, configured to receive first information sent by a second access network device, wherein the first information is used for at least one of the following: requesting collaborative transmission of a low-power signal; and indicating resource information for the second access network device to transmit the low-power signal; A collaboration module is used to collaborate with the second access network device to send a low-power consumption signal.

17. The device according to claim 16, wherein The collaboration module is specifically used for any of the following: Performing interference avoidance processing at a time-domain and frequency-domain resource position at which the second access network device sends the low-power signal; Signal enhancement processing is performed at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal.

18. The device according to claim 16 or 17, wherein The first information is used to request the first access network device to cooperate with the second access network device in a first cooperation mode to send a low-power signal; or the first information is used to request the first access network device to cooperate with the second access network device in a second cooperation mode to send a low-power signal; The first cooperation mode includes: performing interference avoidance processing on the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal; The second collaboration mode includes: performing signal enhancement processing at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal.

19. The apparatus according to any one of claims 16 to 18, further comprising: A sending module, configured to send second information to the second access network device; The second information is used to indicate that the first access network device agrees to cooperate with the second access network device in sending a low-power signal in a first cooperation manner; or, the second information is used to indicate that the first access network device agrees to cooperate with the second access network device in a second cooperation manner to send a low-power signal; or, The second information is used to instruct the first access network device to cooperate with the second access network device to send resource information of the low-power signal; The first cooperation mode includes: performing interference avoidance processing on the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal; The second collaboration mode includes: performing signal enhancement processing at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal.

20. A transmission cooperation device, comprising: A sending module, configured to send first information to a first access network device, where the first information is used for at least one of the following: Request collaboration to send low-power signals; Instruct the second access network device to send resource information of the low-power consumption signal.

21. The device according to claim 20, wherein The first information is used to request the first access network device to cooperate with the second access network device in a first cooperation mode to send a low-power signal; or the first information is used to request the first access network device to cooperate with the second access network device in a second cooperation mode to send a low-power signal; The first cooperation mode includes: performing interference avoidance processing on the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal; The second collaboration mode includes: performing signal enhancement processing at the time domain and frequency domain resource position where the second access network device sends the low power consumption signal.

22. A transmission cooperation device, comprising: a sending module, configured to send third information to the second access network device, where the third information includes at least one of the following: first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate an access network device that can be used to cooperate with the second access network device to send a low-power signal; Second indication information, where the second indication information is used to indicate a collaborative manner in which the second access network device sends a low-power consumption signal.

23. A communication device comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores programs or instructions that can be run on the processor, and when the program or instructions are executed by the processor, the program or instructions implement the steps of the transmission cooperation method as described in any one of claims 1 to 7, or implement the steps of the transmission cooperation method as described in any one of claims 8 to 14, or implement the steps of the transmission cooperation method as described in claim 15.

24. A chip comprising a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run a program or instructions to implement the steps of the transmission collaboration method as described in any one of claims 1 to 7, or to implement the steps of the transmission collaboration method as described in any one of claims 8 to 14, or to implement the steps of the transmission collaboration method as described in claim 15.

25. A readable storage medium storing a program or instruction, wherein the program or instruction, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the transmission collaboration method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, or implements the steps of the transmission collaboration method according to any one of claims 8 to 14, or implements the steps of the transmission collaboration method according to claim 15.

26. A computer program product, which, when executed by at least one processor, implements the steps of the transmission collaboration method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, or implements the steps of the transmission collaboration method according to any one of claims 8 to 14, or implements the steps of the transmission collaboration method according to claim 15.

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