Channel monitoring method, apparatus, terminal, and network side device

Abstract

The present invention provides a channel monitoring method, an apparatus, a terminal, and a network side device. The method comprises: a terminal monitors a channel of a low power wakeup receiver (LP-WUR); and the terminal sends the channel monitoring condition of the LP-WUR to a network side device.

Description

Channel monitoring methods, devices, terminals and network-side equipment

[0001] This disclosure claims priority to Chinese Patent No. 202410578109.7, filed with the Chinese Patent Office on May 10, 2024, entitled "Channel Monitoring Method, Apparatus, Terminal and Network Side Equipment", the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Technical Field

[0002] This disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a channel monitoring method, apparatus, terminal and network-side equipment. Background Technology

[0003] To save terminal power consumption, the Low Power Wake-Up Receiver (LP-WUR) has been proposed. When a terminal uses an LP-WUR, its main radio frequency (MR) can be in a low-power state, such as being off. This allows the terminal to use the LP-WUR to receive data. Since the power consumption of receiving data using the LP-WUR is lower than that using the MR, using the LP-WUR can significantly reduce terminal power consumption.

[0004] LP-WUR can also be applied to the Radio Resource Control (RRC) connected state. In this state, the terminal listens for the Low Power Wake Up Signal (LP-WUS) and, after being woken up, listens for the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) via MR.

[0005] When a connected terminal operates under MR (Mobile Location) conditions, for channel estimation purposes, the network side can configure the terminal to measure the Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) and evaluate the downlink channel state based on CSI-RS. The network side can also allow the terminal to perform Radio Link Monitoring (RLM) based on the Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) or CSI-RS. When a link anomaly is detected, the terminal triggers Radio Link Failure (RLF). Additionally, for mobility purposes, the network side will configure L3 Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurements (based on SSB or CSI-RS) for the terminal; based on the measurement results reported by the terminal, the network side will perform handover or add and / or delete secondary cells or nodes.

[0006] Terminals in connected mode can save power by enabling LP-WUR, but current technology cannot obtain the channel state when the terminal uses LP-WUR, and the current MR measurement results cannot accurately reflect the channel state when the terminal uses LP-WUR. Summary of the Invention

[0007] The purpose of this disclosure is to provide a channel monitoring method, apparatus, terminal, and network-side equipment to solve the problem in related technologies that the channel status cannot be obtained when the terminal uses LP-WUR.

[0008] To address the aforementioned problems, this disclosure provides a channel monitoring method, the method comprising:

[0009] The terminal monitors the channel of the low-power receiver LP-WUR;

[0010] The terminal sends the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR to the network-side equipment.

[0011] In some embodiments, the terminal sends the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR to the network-side device, including:

[0012] The terminal indicates the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR by sending a channel monitoring report of the LP-WUR to the network-side device;

[0013] And / or,

[0014] The terminal initiates a random access procedure to the network-side device to indicate the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR.

[0015] In some embodiments, the terminal monitors the channel of the low-power receiver LP-WUR, including:

[0016] The terminal monitors the channel of the LP-WUR by measuring the LP-WUR pilot signal; the LP-WUR pilot signal includes: low power synchronization signal LP-SS, and / or, synchronization signal block SSB.

[0017] In some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0018] The terminal receives measurement configuration information sent by the network-side device, the measurement configuration information including one or more of the following reporting events:

[0019] The first reported event includes: the cell-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than a first threshold, and the cell-level measurement result of the main radio frequency MR corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than a second threshold;

[0020] The second reporting event includes: the LP-WUR being activated and the cell-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal being below a third threshold.

[0021] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration information further includes at least one of the following:

[0022] The identifier of the MR measurement object corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal;

[0023] The pilot type of the MR measurement object corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal;

[0024] Pilot type of LP-WUR pilot signal.

[0025] In some embodiments, the terminal monitors the channel of the low-power receiver LP-WUR, including:

[0026] When the LP-WUR is activated, the terminal monitors the channel of the LP-WUR.

[0027] In some embodiments, the channel monitoring report includes at least one of the following:

[0028] Measurement markings;

[0029] Cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal that triggered the channel monitoring report;

[0030] The beam-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal that triggered the channel monitoring report;

[0031] Cell-level measurement results of LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0032] Beam-level measurement results of LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0033] Cell-level measurement results of MR corresponding to LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0034] Beam-level measurement results of MR corresponding to LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0035] Cell-level measurement results for MR service cells;

[0036] Beam-level measurement results for MR service cells.

[0037] In some embodiments, the terminal initiates a random access procedure to the network-side device to indicate the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR, including:

[0038] The terminal initiates a random access procedure on a dedicated random access resource, which is used to indirectly indicate the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR.

[0039] In some embodiments, the terminal sends the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR to the network-side device, including:

[0040] If the first condition is met, or if the first condition is met within a first duration, the terminal sends the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR to the network-side device.

[0041] In some embodiments, the first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0042] The cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal are higher than the first cell-level threshold;

[0043] At least one beam-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than the first beam-level threshold;

[0044] The cell-level measurement results of MR are higher than the second cell-level threshold.

[0045] In some embodiments, the first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0046] The cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal are below the third cell-level threshold;

[0047] The measurement result of at least one beam level of the LP-WUR pilot signal is below the second beam level threshold;

[0048] All beam-level measurements in the resource set of the LP-WUR pilot signal are below the third beam-level threshold;

[0049] At least one beam-level measurement result in the alternative resource set of LP-WUR pilot signals is higher than the fourth beam-level threshold.

[0050] In some embodiments, if the first condition is met or if the first condition is met within a first duration, the method further includes:

[0051] The terminal deactivates the LP-WUR; and / or,

[0052] The terminal deactivates the low-power wake-up signal LP-WUS.

[0053] In some embodiments, the channel monitoring report further includes at least one of the following:

[0054] Discontinue the use of the LP-WUR instruction;

[0055] The activation failure indication of the LP-WUR;

[0056] The candidate beam level measurement results in the candidate resource set of the LP-WUR pilot signal.

[0057] This disclosure also provides a channel monitoring method, the method comprising:

[0058] The network-side equipment receives the channel monitoring status of the low-power receiver LP-WUR sent by the terminal.

[0059] In some embodiments, the channel monitoring status of the low-power receiver (LP-WUR) sent by the network-side device to the terminal includes:

[0060] The network-side device receives the channel monitoring report of the LP-WUR sent by the terminal, and determines the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR based on the channel monitoring report of the LP-WUR;

[0061] And / or,

[0062] The network-side device receives the random access procedure triggered by the terminal and determines the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR based on the random access resources occupied by the random access procedure.

[0063] In some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0064] The network-side device sends measurement configuration information to the terminal, the measurement configuration information including one or more of the following reporting events:

[0065] The first reported event includes: the cell-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than a first threshold, and the cell-level measurement result of the main radio frequency MR corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than a second threshold;

[0066] The second reporting event includes: the LP-WUR being activated and the cell-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal being below a third threshold.

[0067] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration information further includes at least one of the following:

[0068] The identifier of the MR measurement object corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal;

[0069] The pilot type of the MR measurement object corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal;

[0070] Pilot type of LP-WUR pilot signal.

[0071] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration information further includes at least one of the following:

[0072] first condition;

[0073] First duration;

[0074] Frequency domain resources of LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0075] Time-domain resources of LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0076] A collection of resources for LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0077] A set of alternative resources for LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0078] Measurement time window for LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0079] In some embodiments, the first condition is used to trigger the terminal to report the channel monitoring status of LP-WUR.

[0080] In some embodiments, the first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0081] The cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal are higher than the first cell-level threshold;

[0082] At least one beam-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than the first beam-level threshold;

[0083] The cell-level measurement results of MR are higher than the second cell-level threshold.

[0084] In some embodiments, the first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0085] The cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal are below the third cell-level threshold;

[0086] The measurement result of at least one beam level of the LP-WUR pilot signal is below the second beam level threshold;

[0087] All beam-level measurements in the resource set of the LP-WUR pilot signal are below the third beam-level threshold;

[0088] At least one beam-level measurement result in the alternative resource set of LP-WUR pilot signals is higher than the fourth beam-level threshold.

[0089] In some embodiments, the channel monitoring report includes at least one of the following:

[0090] Measurement markings;

[0091] Cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal that triggered the channel monitoring report;

[0092] The beam-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal that triggered the channel monitoring report;

[0093] Cell-level measurement results of LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0094] Beam-level measurement results of LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0095] Cell-level measurement results of MR corresponding to LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0096] Beam-level measurement results of MR corresponding to LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0097] Cell-level measurement results for MR service cells;

[0098] Beam-level measurement results for MR service cells.

[0099] In some embodiments, the channel monitoring report further includes at least one of the following:

[0100] Discontinue the use of the LP-WUR instruction;

[0101] The activation failure indication of the LP-WUR;

[0102] The candidate beam level measurement results in the candidate resource set of the LP-WUR pilot signal.

[0103] This disclosure also provides a terminal, including a memory, a transceiver, and a processor:

[0104] A memory for storing computer programs; a transceiver for sending and receiving data under the control of the processor; and a processor for reading the computer programs from the memory and performing the following operations:

[0105] Monitor the channel of the low-power receiver LP-WUR;

[0106] Send the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR to the network-side equipment.

[0107] In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to read a computer program from the memory and perform the following operations:

[0108] The channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR is indicated by sending a channel monitoring report of the LP-WUR to the network-side device;

[0109] And / or,

[0110] The LP-WUR's channel monitoring status is indicated by initiating a random access procedure to the network-side device.

[0111] In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to read a computer program from the memory and perform the following operations:

[0112] The channel of the LP-WUR is monitored by measuring the LP-WUR pilot signal; the LP-WUR pilot signal includes: low power synchronization signal LP-SS, and / or, synchronization signal block SSB.

[0113] In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to read a computer program from the memory and perform the following operations:

[0114] Receive measurement configuration information sent by the network-side device, wherein the measurement configuration information includes one or more of the following reporting events:

[0115] The first reported event includes: the cell-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than a first threshold, and the cell-level measurement result of the main radio frequency MR corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than a second threshold;

[0116] The second reporting event includes: the LP-WUR being activated and the cell-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal being below a third threshold.

[0117] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration information further includes at least one of the following:

[0118] The identifier of the MR measurement object corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal;

[0119] The pilot type of the MR measurement object corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal;

[0120] Pilot type of LP-WUR pilot signal.

[0121] In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to read a computer program from the memory and perform the following operations:

[0122] When the LP-WUR is activated, monitor the channel of the LP-WUR.

[0123] In some embodiments, the channel monitoring report includes at least one of the following:

[0124] Measurement markings;

[0125] Cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal that triggered the channel monitoring report;

[0126] The beam-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal that triggered the channel monitoring report;

[0127] Cell-level measurement results of LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0128] Beam-level measurement results of LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0129] Cell-level measurement results of MR corresponding to LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0130] Beam-level measurement results of MR corresponding to LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0131] Cell-level measurement results for MR service cells;

[0132] Beam-level measurement results for MR service cells.

[0133] In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to read a computer program from the memory and perform the following operations:

[0134] A random access procedure is initiated on a dedicated random access resource, which is used to indirectly indicate the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR.

[0135] In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to read a computer program from the memory and perform the following operations:

[0136] If the first condition is met, or if the first condition is met within the first duration, the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR is sent to the network-side device.

[0137] In some embodiments, the first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0138] The cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal are higher than the first cell-level threshold;

[0139] At least one beam-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than the first beam-level threshold;

[0140] The cell-level measurement results of MR are higher than the second cell-level threshold.

[0141] In some embodiments, the first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0142] The cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal are below the third cell-level threshold;

[0143] The measurement result of at least one beam level of the LP-WUR pilot signal is below the second beam level threshold;

[0144] All beam-level measurements in the resource set of the LP-WUR pilot signal are below the third beam-level threshold;

[0145] At least one beam-level measurement result in the alternative resource set of LP-WUR pilot signals is higher than the fourth beam-level threshold.

[0146] In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to read a computer program from the memory and perform the following operations:

[0147] If the first condition is met, or if the first condition is met within the first duration, the LP-WUR is activated; and / or the low-power wake-up signal LP-WUS is activated.

[0148] In some embodiments, the channel monitoring report further includes at least one of the following:

[0149] Discontinue the use of the LP-WUR instruction;

[0150] The activation failure indication of the LP-WUR;

[0151] The candidate beam level measurement results in the candidate resource set of the LP-WUR pilot signal.

[0152] This disclosure also provides a channel monitoring device for use in a terminal, the device comprising:

[0153] The monitoring unit is used to monitor the channel of the low-power receiver LP-WUR;

[0154] The transmitting unit is used to transmit the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR to the network-side equipment.

[0155] This disclosure also provides a network-side device, including a memory, a transceiver, and a processor:

[0156] A memory for storing computer programs; a transceiver for sending and receiving data under the control of the processor; and a processor for reading the computer programs from the memory and performing the following operations:

[0157] Channel monitoring status of the low-power receiver LP-WUR transmitted by the receiving terminal.

[0158] In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to read a computer program from the memory and perform the following operations:

[0159] The receiver receives the channel monitoring report of the LP-WUR sent by the terminal, and determines the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR based on the channel monitoring report of the LP-WUR;

[0160] And / or,

[0161] The receiving terminal triggers a random access procedure, and determines the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR based on the random access resources occupied by the random access procedure.

[0162] In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to read a computer program from the memory and perform the following operations:

[0163] The measurement configuration information is sent to the terminal, and the measurement configuration information includes one or more of the following reporting events:

[0164] The first reported event includes: the cell-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than a first threshold, and the cell-level measurement result of the main radio frequency MR corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than a second threshold;

[0165] The second reporting event includes: the LP-WUR being activated and the cell-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal being below a third threshold.

[0166] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration information further includes at least one of the following:

[0167] The identifier of the MR measurement object corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal;

[0168] The pilot type of the MR measurement object corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal;

[0169] Pilot type of LP-WUR pilot signal.

[0170] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration information further includes at least one of the following:

[0171] first condition;

[0172] First duration;

[0173] Frequency domain resources of LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0174] Time-domain resources of LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0175] A collection of resources for LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0176] A set of alternative resources for LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0177] Measurement time window for LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0178] In some embodiments, the first condition is used to trigger the terminal to report the channel monitoring status of LP-WUR.

[0179] In some embodiments, the first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0180] The cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal are higher than the first cell-level threshold;

[0181] At least one beam-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than the first beam-level threshold;

[0182] The cell-level measurement results of MR are higher than the second cell-level threshold.

[0183] In some embodiments, the first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0184] The cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal are below the third cell-level threshold;

[0185] The measurement result of at least one beam level of the LP-WUR pilot signal is below the second beam level threshold;

[0186] All beam-level measurements in the resource set of the LP-WUR pilot signal are below the third beam-level threshold;

[0187] At least one beam-level measurement result in the alternative resource set of LP-WUR pilot signals is higher than the fourth beam-level threshold.

[0188] In some embodiments, the channel monitoring report includes at least one of the following:

[0189] Measurement markings;

[0190] Cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal that triggered the channel monitoring report;

[0191] The beam-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal that triggered the channel monitoring report;

[0192] Cell-level measurement results of LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0193] Beam-level measurement results of LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0194] Cell-level measurement results of MR corresponding to LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0195] Beam-level measurement results of MR corresponding to LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0196] Cell-level measurement results for MR service cells;

[0197] Beam-level measurement results for MR service cells.

[0198] In some embodiments, the channel monitoring report further includes at least one of the following:

[0199] Discontinue the use of the LP-WUR instruction;

[0200] The activation failure indication of the LP-WUR;

[0201] The candidate beam level measurement results in the candidate resource set of the LP-WUR pilot signal.

[0202] This disclosure also provides a channel monitoring device applied to a network-side device, the device comprising:

[0203] The receiving unit is used to receive the channel monitoring status of the low-power receiver LP-WUR transmitted by the terminal.

[0204] This disclosure also provides a processor-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing the processor to perform the methods described above.

[0205] This disclosure also provides a computer program product, including computer instructions that, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the method described above.

[0206] The above-disclosed technical solution has at least the following beneficial effects:

[0207] In the channel monitoring method, apparatus, terminal, and network-side device of this disclosure, the connected terminal monitors the LP-WUR channel and sends the LP-WUR channel monitoring status to the network-side device, so that the network side can obtain the LP-WUR channel status in a timely and efficient manner, thereby managing the terminal according to the LP-WUR channel status and improving the terminal management efficiency. Attached Figure Description

[0208] Figure 1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied;

[0209] Figure 2 shows one of the steps of the channel monitoring method provided in the embodiment of this disclosure;

[0210] Figure 3 shows a second flowchart of the channel monitoring method provided in this embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0211] Figure 4 shows a schematic diagram of the structure of the terminal provided in an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0212] Figure 5 shows one of the structural schematic diagrams of the channel monitoring device provided in the embodiments of this disclosure;

[0213] Figure 6 shows a schematic diagram of the structure of the network-side device provided in an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0214] Figure 7 shows a second schematic diagram of the channel monitoring device provided in the embodiments of this disclosure. Detailed Implementation

[0215] To make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantages to be solved by this disclosure clearer, a detailed description will be given below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

[0216] Figure 1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system applicable to an embodiment of this disclosure. The wireless communication system includes a terminal device 11 and a network-side device 12. The terminal device 11 can also be referred to as a terminal or user equipment (UE). It should be noted that the specific type of terminal 11 is not limited in this embodiment. The network-side device 12 can be a base station or a core network. It should be noted that this embodiment only uses a base station in an NR system as an example, but does not limit the specific type of base station.

[0217] In this disclosure, the term "and / or" describes the relationship between related objects, indicating that three relationships can exist. For example, A and / or B can represent three cases: A alone, A and B simultaneously, and B alone. The character " / " generally indicates that the preceding and following related objects have an "or" relationship.

[0218] In this disclosure, the term "multiple" refers to two or more, and other quantifiers are similar.

[0219] The technical solutions of the embodiments of this disclosure will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of this disclosure, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of this disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative effort are within the scope of protection of this disclosure.

[0220] The technical solutions provided in this disclosure are applicable to a variety of systems, especially 5th Generation (5G) systems. For example, applicable systems include Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE Frequency Division Duplex (FDD), LTE Time Division Duplex (TDD), Long Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A), Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), and 5G New Radio (NR). All of these systems include terminal equipment and network equipment. The system may also include a core network component, such as the Evolved Packet System (EPS) or the 5G System (5GS).

[0221] The terminal devices involved in the embodiments of this disclosure can be devices that provide voice and / or data connectivity to users, handheld devices with wireless connectivity, or other processing devices connected to a wireless modem. The names of the terminal devices may differ in different systems; for example, in a 5G system, a terminal device can be called User Equipment (UE). Wireless terminal devices can communicate with one or more core networks (CNs) via a Radio Access Network (RAN). Wireless terminal devices can be mobile terminal devices, such as mobile phones (or "cellular" phones) and computers with mobile terminal devices, for example, portable, pocket-sized, handheld, computer-embedded, or vehicle-mounted mobile devices that exchange voice and / or data with the RAN. Examples include Personal Communication Service (PCS) phones, cordless phones, Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) phones, Wireless Local Loop (WLL) stations, and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). Wireless terminal equipment can also be referred to as a system, subscriber unit, subscriber station, mobile station, mobile station, remote station, access point, remote terminal, access terminal, user terminal, user agent, or user device, but is not limited to these terms in the embodiments disclosed herein.

[0222] The network device disclosed in this embodiment may be a base station, which may include multiple cells providing services to terminals. Depending on the specific application, the base station may also be called an access point, or a device in the access network that communicates with the wireless terminal device through one or more sectors on the air interface, or other names. The network device may be used to exchange received air frames with Internet Protocol (IP) packets, acting as a router between the wireless terminal device and the rest of the access network, where the rest of the access network may include an Internet Protocol (IP) communication network. The network device may also coordinate the attribute management of the air interface. For example, the network equipment involved in this disclosure can be a base transceiver station (BTS) in a Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) or Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system, a NodeB in a wide-band Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) system, an evolved Node B (eNB or e-NodeB) in a long term evolution (LTE) system, a 5G base station (gNB) in a next generation system, a Home evolved Node B (HeNB), a relay node, a femto, a pico, etc., and is not limited in this disclosure. In some network structures, the network equipment may include centralized unit (CU) nodes and distributed unit (DU) nodes, and the centralized unit and distributed unit may be geographically separated.

[0223] Network devices and terminal devices can each use one or more antennas for Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) transmission. MIMO transmission can be Single User MIMO (SU-MIMO) or Multiple User MIMO (MU-MIMO). Depending on the configuration and number of antenna combinations, MIMO transmission can be 2D MIMO, 3D MIMO, Full Dimension MIMO (FD-MIMO), or Massive MIMO, or it can be diversity transmission, pre-coded transmission, or beamforming transmission, etc.

[0224] As shown in Figure 2, this embodiment of the present disclosure provides a channel monitoring method, the method comprising:

[0225] Step 201: The terminal monitors the channel of the low-power receiver LP-WUR; in some embodiments, the terminal is a connected terminal.

[0226] In some embodiments, step 201 includes: the terminal monitoring the channel of the LP-WUR by measuring the LP-WUR pilot signal; the LP-WUR pilot signal includes: a low-power synchronization signal LP-SS, and / or a synchronization signal block SSB.

[0227] Step 202: The terminal sends the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR to the network-side device.

[0228] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, the connected terminal monitors the LP-WUR channel and sends the LP-WUR channel monitoring status to the network-side device, so that the network side can obtain the LP-WUR channel status in a timely and efficient manner, thereby managing the terminal based on the LP-WUR channel status and improving the terminal management efficiency.

[0229] In some embodiments, step 202 includes:

[0230] The terminal indicates the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR by sending a channel monitoring report of the LP-WUR to the network-side device;

[0231] And / or,

[0232] The terminal initiates a random access procedure to the network-side device to indicate the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR.

[0233] In some embodiments, the terminal initiates a random access procedure to the network-side device to indicate the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR, including:

[0234] The terminal initiates a random access procedure on a dedicated random access resource, which is used to indirectly indicate the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR.

[0235] Dedicated random access resources are special resources configured by the network side for terminals to trigger random access procedures. These random access procedures include contention-based random access and / or non-contention-based random access. After receiving a random access procedure triggered by a terminal, the network-side device can determine the reason for the terminal's random access based on the corresponding random access resources. For example, the reason for triggering a random access procedure may be at least one of the following: the cell-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than the first cell-level threshold; at least one beam-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than the first beam-level threshold; the cell-level measurement result of the MR is higher than the second cell-level threshold; the cell-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is lower than the third cell-level threshold; at least one beam-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is lower than the second beam-level threshold; all beam-level measurement results in the resource set of the LP-WUR pilot signal are lower than the third beam-level threshold; or at least one beam-level measurement result in the alternative resource set of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than the fourth beam-level threshold. No specific limitations are specified here.

[0236] In one implementation, different reasons that trigger the random access procedure can correspond to different dedicated random access resources.

[0237] In another implementation, a type of reason that triggers the random access process (such as the reason for activating or deactivating LP-WUR) corresponds to a dedicated random access resource; these will not be elaborated on here.

[0238] In at least one embodiment of this disclosure, the method further includes:

[0239] The terminal receives measurement configuration information sent by the network-side device, the measurement configuration information including one or more of the following reporting events:

[0240] The first reported event includes: the cell-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than a first threshold, and the cell-level measurement result of the main radio frequency MR corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than a second threshold;

[0241] The second reporting event includes: the LP-WUR is activated (or the LP-WUR is in use), and the cell-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is below the third threshold.

[0242] Specifically, when the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR meets the first reporting event and / or the second reporting event, the terminal sends the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR to the network-side device.

[0243] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration information further includes at least one of the following:

[0244] The identifier of the MR measurement object corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal;

[0245] The pilot type of the MR measurement object corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal; for example, the pilot type is SSB or CSI-RS;

[0246] The pilot type of the LP-WUR pilot signal; for example, the pilot type is LP-SS or SSB.

[0247] In at least one embodiment of this disclosure, step 201 includes:

[0248] When the LP-WUR is activated, the terminal monitors the LP-WUR channel. This can also be understood as the terminal only triggering channel monitoring of the LP-WUR when the low-power wake-up signal LP-WUS is activated, or when the LP-WUR is in use, or when LP-WUS is in use.

[0249] In some embodiments, the channel monitoring report includes at least one of the following:

[0250] Measurement identifiers, such as measurement identifiers (ID);

[0251] Cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal that triggered the channel monitoring report;

[0252] The beam-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal that triggered the channel monitoring report;

[0253] Cell-level measurement results of LP-WUR pilot signals, such as all cell-level measurement results of LP-WUR pilot signals obtained from the measurements;

[0254] Beam-level measurement results of LP-WUR pilot signals, such as the beam-level measurement results of all measured LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0255] Cell-level measurement results of MR corresponding to LP-WUR pilot signals, such as cell-level measurement results of MR serving cells corresponding to LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0256] The beam-level measurement results of the MR corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal, such as the beam-level measurement results of the MR serving cell corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal;

[0257] Cell-level measurement results for MR serving cells, such as cell-level measurement results for all available MR serving cells;

[0258] Beam-level measurement results for MR serving cells, such as beam-level measurement results for all available MR serving cells.

[0259] Example 1: Measurement based on LP-WUR pilot signals

[0260] Step 1: The network side configures the measurement object and / or reporting configuration based on the LP-WUR pilot signal for connected terminal 1, including:

[0261] Measurement object 1: includes LP-WUR pilot frequency point 1, and in some embodiments, includes measurement time window 1, corresponding MR measurement object identifier 1 (further, may include specific pilot type, such as pilot type SSB); parameters for obtaining cell-level measurement results (such as the maximum number of beams required to obtain cell-level measurement results, beam threshold required to obtain cell-level measurement results), etc.

[0262] Measurement object 2: includes LP-WUR pilot frequency point 2, and in some embodiments includes measurement time window 2, corresponding MR measurement object identifier 2; parameters for obtaining cell-level measurement results (such as the maximum number of beams required to obtain cell-level measurement results, the beam threshold required to obtain cell-level measurement results, etc.);

[0263] Report Configuration 1: The report event is a cell-level signal quality of LP-WUR pilot that is higher than a certain threshold and the corresponding MR cell-level signal quality that is higher than a certain threshold; the measurement quantity corresponding to the event trigger (including the measurement quantity corresponding to LP-WUR and / or the measurement quantity corresponding to MR); the number of periodic reports after the event trigger; the LP-WUR pilot corresponding to the event assessment (e.g., LP-SS or SSB); the pilot corresponding to MR during the event assessment (e.g., SSB or CSI-RS); whether beam-level measurement results are included in the measurement report; duration T and other parameters;

[0264] Report Configuration 2: The reported event is that the LP-WUR is activated (or in use) and the corresponding LP-WUR cell-level signal quality is below a certain threshold; the measurement quantity corresponding to the event trigger; the number of periodic reports after the event is triggered; the corresponding LP-WUR pilot (e.g., LP-SS or SSB) during event evaluation; whether beam-level measurement results are included in the measurement report; duration T and other parameters;

[0265] Measurement ID1: Associated measurement object 1; Report configuration 1;

[0266] Measurement ID2: Associated measurement object 2; Report configuration 2;

[0267] Step 2: Based on the received configuration, the terminal measures the LP-WUR pilot signal and triggers a measurement report (also known as a channel monitoring report) after the corresponding reporting event is met. For example, if the cell-level signal quality of measurement object 1 is higher than a certain threshold and the corresponding MR measurement object 1's cell-level signal quality is also higher than a certain threshold, the terminal triggers a measurement report. For example, if the LP-WUR corresponding to measurement object 2 is activated (or in use) and its cell-level signal quality is lower than a certain threshold, the terminal triggers a measurement report.

[0268] In some embodiments, the terminal triggers the measurement of measurement object 2 associated with report configuration 2 only when LP-WUR (or LP-WUS) is activated (or in use).

[0269] The terminal's measurement report includes one or more of the following parameters:

[0270] Measurement identifiers, such as measurement IDs;

[0271] The cell and / or beam level measurement results corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal that triggered the report; for example, measurement id2 triggers a report, which includes the cell and / or beam level measurement results corresponding to measurement object 2;

[0272] All measured LP-WUR pilot signals corresponding to cell and / or beam level measurement results; for example, if measurement id2 triggers a report, the terminal also measures the LP-WUR pilot signal quality on measurement object 1 at this time, and the terminal will also include the LP-WUR pilot signal cell and / or beam level measurement results on measurement object 1 in the measurement report;

[0273] The corresponding MR serving cell measurement results (including cell and / or beam level); for example, if measurement ID2 triggers a report, the terminal will also include the serving cell measurement results (including cell and / or beam level) on the corresponding MR measurement object ID2 in the measurement report;

[0274] All available MR serving cell measurement results; for example, when a measurement ID2 triggers a report, the terminal will also include all currently available MR serving cell measurement results in the measurement report.

[0275] Step 3: The network side receives the measurement report from the terminal. In some embodiments, the network side activates the LP-WUR based on the terminal's measurement report. For example, if the network side receives a measurement report for measurement ID2, it sends deactivation information to the terminal to deactivate the LP-WUR on measurement object 2; or if the network side receives a measurement report for measurement ID1, it sends activation information to the terminal to activate the LP-WUR on measurement object 1.

[0276] In at least one embodiment of this disclosure, step 202 includes:

[0277] If the first condition is met, or if the first condition is met within a first duration, the terminal sends the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR to the network-side device.

[0278] For example, if the first condition is met, or if the first condition is met within a first duration, the terminal indicates the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR by sending a channel monitoring report of the LP-WUR to the network-side device.

[0279] For example, if the first condition is met, or if the first condition is met within a first duration, the terminal initiates a random access procedure to the network-side device to indicate the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR.

[0280] In some embodiments, the first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0281] The cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal are higher than the first cell-level threshold;

[0282] At least one beam-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than the first beam-level threshold;

[0283] The cell-level measurement results of MR are higher than the second cell-level threshold.

[0284] In some embodiments, the channel monitoring report includes one or more of the following information:

[0285] LP-WUR cell-level measurement results;

[0286] LP-WUR beam-level measurement results;

[0287] Corresponding MR cell-level measurement results;

[0288] Corresponding MR beam level measurement results.

[0289] Example 2: Activate LP-WUR based on cell-level or beam-level measurement results from LP-WUR pilot signals.

[0290] Step 1: The network side configures one or more of the following parameters for connected terminal 1:

[0291] Frequency domain resources corresponding to LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0292] Time-domain resources corresponding to LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0293] LP-WUR pilot signal resource set;

[0294] Parameters required to obtain cell-level results of LP-WUR pilot signals (such as the maximum number of beams required to obtain cell-level measurement results, the beam threshold required to obtain cell-level measurement results, etc.);

[0295] LP-WUR cell-level signal threshold 1, i.e., the first cell-level threshold;

[0296] LP-WUR beam-level signal threshold 1, i.e., the first beam-level threshold;

[0297] MR measurement object;

[0298] MR cell-level measurement result threshold 1, i.e., the second cell-level threshold;

[0299] First duration T;

[0300] A dedicated RACH resource used to trigger a random access procedure.

[0301] Step 2: Based on the received configuration, the terminal measures the LP-WUR pilot signal to obtain cell-level and / or beam-level signal measurement results. Further, the terminal measures the LP-WUR signal quality based on the LP-WUR pilot signal resource set.

[0302] The terminal sends an LP-WUR channel monitoring report to the network side and / or informs the network side of the LP-WUR channel monitoring status through a random access procedure when one or more of the following conditions are met:

[0303] The cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal are higher than the LP-WUR cell-level signal threshold of 1.

[0304] The measurement result of a certain beam level of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than the LP-WUR beam level signal threshold of 1;

[0305] The MR cell-level measurement results are higher than the LP-WUR beam-level signal threshold by 1.

[0306] First duration T.

[0307] The LP-WUR channel monitoring report includes one or more of the following information:

[0308] LP-WUR cell-level measurement results;

[0309] LP-WUR beam-level measurement results;

[0310] Corresponding MR cell-level measurement results;

[0311] Corresponding MR beam level measurement results.

[0312] Step 3: The network side receives the channel monitoring report or random access procedure from the terminal.

[0313] It should be noted that in step 2, the network side configures "dedicated RACH resources for triggering random access procedures". Therefore, after the network side receives the random access procedure triggered by the terminal, it can determine the reason for the terminal to trigger the random access based on the corresponding RACH resources.

[0314] In some embodiments, the network side activates LP-WUR based on the terminal's channel monitoring report or random access procedure.

[0315] As another optional embodiment, the first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0316] The cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal are below the third cell-level threshold;

[0317] The measurement result of at least one beam level of the LP-WUR pilot signal is below the second beam level threshold;

[0318] All beam-level measurements in the resource set of the LP-WUR pilot signal are below the third beam-level threshold;

[0319] At least one beam-level measurement result in the alternative resource set of LP-WUR pilot signals is higher than the fourth beam-level threshold.

[0320] In some embodiments, if the first condition is met or if the first condition is met within a first duration, the method further includes:

[0321] The terminal deactivates the LP-WUR; and / or,

[0322] The terminal deactivates the low-power wake-up signal LP-WUS.

[0323] In some embodiments, the channel monitoring report further includes at least one of the following:

[0324] Discontinue the use of the LP-WUR instruction;

[0325] The activation failure indication of the LP-WUR;

[0326] The candidate beam level measurement results in the candidate resource set of the LP-WUR pilot signal;

[0327] LP-WUR cell-level measurement results;

[0328] LP-WUR beam-level measurement results.

[0329] Example 3: Based on cell-level or beam-level measurement results from LP-WUR pilot signals, the terminal deactivates LP-WUR.

[0330] Step 1: The network side configures one or more of the following parameters for connected terminal 1:

[0331] Frequency domain resources corresponding to LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0332] Time-domain resources corresponding to LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0333] LP-WUR pilot signal resource set;

[0334] LP-WUR pilot signal alternative resource set;

[0335] Parameters required to obtain cell-level results of LP-WUR pilot signals (such as the maximum number of beams required to obtain cell-level measurement results, the beam threshold required to obtain cell-level measurement results, etc.);

[0336] LP-WUR cell-level signal threshold 2, i.e., the third cell-level threshold;

[0337] LP-WUR beam-level signal threshold 2, i.e., the second beam-level threshold, or the third beam-level threshold;

[0338] LP-WUR beam-level signal threshold 3, i.e., the fourth beam-level threshold;

[0339] First duration T;

[0340] A dedicated RACH resource used to trigger a random access procedure.

[0341] In some embodiments, the network-side terminal sends LP-WUR activation information;

[0342] It should be noted that the network side can send the configuration and activation LP-WUR information in the same message or command, or they can be different messages or commands; no specific restrictions are made here.

[0343] Step 2: After activating LP-WUR (or LP-WUS), the terminal measures the LP-WUR channel according to the received configuration to obtain cell-level and / or beam-level signal measurement results. Further, the terminal measures the LP-WUR signal quality based on the LP-WUR pilot signal resource set.

[0344] When one or more of the following conditions are met:

[0345] The cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal are lower than the LP-WUR cell-level signal threshold of 2.

[0346] The measurement result of a certain beam level of the LP-WUR pilot signal is lower than the LP-WUR beam level signal threshold 2;

[0347] All beam-level measurements in the LP-WUR pilot signal resource set are below the LP-WUR beam-level signal threshold 2;

[0348] The measurement result of a certain beam level in the LP-WUR pilot signal candidate resource set is higher than the LP-WUR beam level signal threshold 3.

[0349] The terminal performs one or more of the following operations:

[0350] Activate LP-WUR (or activate LP-WUS);

[0351] Trigger channel monitoring report;

[0352] The random access procedure is triggered, and in some embodiments, this random access procedure is performed in the MR.

[0353] In some embodiments, the channel monitoring report triggered by the terminal includes one or more of the following information:

[0354] Stop using the LP-WUR (or LP-WUS) instruction;

[0355] LP-WUR (or LP-WUS) activation failure indication;

[0356] LP-WUR cell-level measurement results;

[0357] LP-WUR beam-level measurement results;

[0358] The LR-WUR alternative beam level measurement results are obtained based on the LP-WUR pilot signal alternative resource set; furthermore, they may only include beam level measurement results that are higher than the LP-WUR beam level signal threshold 3.

[0359] Step 3: The network side receives the channel monitoring report and / or random access procedure from the terminal.

[0360] In some embodiments, the network side confirms that the terminal's LP-WUR reception is abnormal based on the terminal's channel monitoring report and / or random access procedure. It should be noted that in step 2, the network side configures a "dedicated RACH resource for triggering a random access procedure," so after receiving a random access procedure triggered by the terminal, the network side can determine the reason for the random access being triggered by the terminal based on its corresponding RACH resource.

[0361] In some embodiments, the network side deactivates the LP-WUR operation of the terminal.

[0362] In some embodiments, the network side reconfigures the LP-WUR resource set for the terminal.

[0363] In some embodiments, the network side reactivates the terminal's LP-WUR (or LP-WUS).

[0364] In summary, in this embodiment of the present disclosure, the connected terminal monitors the LP-WUR channel and sends the LP-WUR channel monitoring status to the network-side device, enabling the network side to obtain the LP-WUR channel status in a timely and efficient manner, thereby managing the terminal based on the LP-WUR channel status and improving terminal management efficiency.

[0365] As shown in Figure 3, this disclosure also provides a channel monitoring method, the method comprising:

[0366] Step 301: The network-side device receives the channel monitoring status of the low-power receiver LP-WUR sent by the terminal.

[0367] In some embodiments, the terminal is a connected terminal.

[0368] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, the connected terminal monitors the LP-WUR channel and sends the LP-WUR channel monitoring status to the network-side device, so that the network side can obtain the LP-WUR channel status in a timely and efficient manner, thereby managing the terminal based on the LP-WUR channel status and improving the terminal management efficiency.

[0369] In some embodiments, step 301 includes:

[0370] The network-side device receives the channel monitoring report of the LP-WUR sent by the terminal, and determines the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR based on the channel monitoring report of the LP-WUR;

[0371] And / or,

[0372] The network-side device receives the random access procedure triggered by the terminal and determines the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR based on the random access resources occupied by the random access procedure.

[0373] In some embodiments, the terminal initiates a random access procedure to the network-side device to indicate the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR, including:

[0374] The terminal initiates a random access procedure on a dedicated random access resource, which is used to indirectly indicate the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR.

[0375] In some embodiments, dedicated random access resources are dedicated resources configured by the network side for the terminal to trigger a random access procedure. After receiving a random access procedure triggered by the terminal, the network-side device can determine the reason for the terminal's triggering of the random access based on the corresponding random access resources. For example, the reason for triggering the terminal to initiate a random access procedure may be at least one of the following: the cell-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than a first cell-level threshold; at least one beam-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than a first beam-level threshold; the cell-level measurement result of the MR is higher than a second cell-level threshold; the cell-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is lower than a third cell-level threshold; at least one beam-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is lower than a second beam-level threshold; all beam-level measurement results in the resource set of the LP-WUR pilot signal are lower than a third beam-level threshold; or at least one beam-level measurement result in the alternative resource set of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than a fourth beam-level threshold; no specific limitation is made here.

[0376] In one implementation, different reasons that trigger the random access procedure can correspond to different dedicated random access resources.

[0377] In another implementation, a type of reason that triggers the random access process (such as the reason for activating or deactivating LP-WUR) corresponds to a dedicated random access resource; these will not be elaborated on here.

[0378] In at least one embodiment of this disclosure, the method further includes:

[0379] The network-side device sends measurement configuration information to the terminal, the measurement configuration information including one or more of the following reporting events:

[0380] The first reported event includes: the cell-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than a first threshold, and the cell-level measurement result of the main radio frequency MR corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than a second threshold;

[0381] The second reporting event includes: the LP-WUR is activated (or the LP-WUR is in use), and the cell-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is below the third threshold.

[0382] Specifically, when the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR meets the first reporting event and / or the second reporting event, the terminal sends the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR to the network-side device.

[0383] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration information further includes at least one of the following:

[0384] The identifier of the MR measurement object corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal;

[0385] The pilot type of the MR measurement object corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal; for example, the pilot type is SSB or CSI-RS;

[0386] The pilot type of the LP-WUR pilot signal; for example, the pilot type is LP-SS or SSB.

[0387] In at least one embodiment of this disclosure, the measurement configuration information further includes at least one of the following:

[0388] first condition;

[0389] First duration;

[0390] Frequency domain resources of LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0391] Time-domain resources of LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0392] A collection of resources for LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0393] A set of alternative resources for LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0394] Measurement time window for LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0395] In some embodiments, the first condition is used to trigger the terminal to report the channel monitoring status of LP-WUR.

[0396] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration information further includes: parameters required to obtain cell-level results of LP-WUR pilot signals; such as the maximum number of beams required to obtain cell-level measurement results, and beam thresholds required to obtain cell-level measurement results.

[0397] In some embodiments, the first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0398] The cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal are higher than the first cell-level threshold;

[0399] At least one beam-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than the first beam-level threshold;

[0400] The cell-level measurement results of MR are higher than the second cell-level threshold.

[0401] In some embodiments, the first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0402] The cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal are below the third cell-level threshold;

[0403] The measurement result of at least one beam level of the LP-WUR pilot signal is below the second beam level threshold;

[0404] All beam-level measurements in the resource set of the LP-WUR pilot signal are below the third beam-level threshold;

[0405] At least one beam-level measurement result in the alternative resource set of LP-WUR pilot signals is higher than the fourth beam-level threshold.

[0406] In some embodiments, the channel monitoring report includes at least one of the following:

[0407] Measurement identifiers, such as measurement IDs;

[0408] Cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal that triggered the channel monitoring report;

[0409] The beam-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal that triggered the channel monitoring report;

[0410] Cell-level measurement results of LP-WUR pilot signals, such as all cell-level measurement results of LP-WUR pilot signals obtained from the measurements;

[0411] Beam-level measurement results of LP-WUR pilot signals, such as the beam-level measurement results of all measured LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0412] Cell-level measurement results of MR corresponding to LP-WUR pilot signals, such as cell-level measurement results of MR serving cells corresponding to LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0413] The beam-level measurement results of the MR corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal, such as the beam-level measurement results of the MR serving cell corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal;

[0414] Cell-level measurement results for MR serving cells, such as cell-level measurement results for all available MR serving cells;

[0415] Beam-level measurement results for MR serving cells, such as beam-level measurement results for all available MR serving cells.

[0416] In at least one embodiment of this disclosure, the channel monitoring report further includes at least one of the following:

[0417] Discontinue the use of the LP-WUR instruction;

[0418] The activation failure indication of the LP-WUR;

[0419] The candidate beam level measurement results in the candidate resource set of the LP-WUR pilot signal.

[0420] In summary, in this embodiment of the present disclosure, the connected terminal monitors the LP-WUR channel and sends the LP-WUR channel monitoring status to the network-side device, enabling the network side to obtain the LP-WUR channel status in a timely and efficient manner, thereby managing the terminal based on the LP-WUR channel status and improving terminal management efficiency.

[0421] As shown in Figure 4, this embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a terminal, including a memory 420, a transceiver 410, and a processor 400:

[0422] Memory 420 is used to store computer programs; transceiver 410 is used to send and receive data under the control of processor 400; processor 400 is used to read the computer programs in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0423] Monitor the channel of the low-power receiver LP-WUR;

[0424] Send the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR to the network-side equipment.

[0425] In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to read a computer program from the memory and perform the following operations:

[0426] The channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR is indicated by sending a channel monitoring report of the LP-WUR to the network-side device;

[0427] And / or,

[0428] The LP-WUR's channel monitoring status is indicated by initiating a random access procedure to the network-side device.

[0429] In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to read a computer program from the memory and perform the following operations:

[0430] The channel of the LP-WUR is monitored by measuring the LP-WUR pilot signal; the LP-WUR pilot signal includes: low power synchronization signal LP-SS, and / or, synchronization signal block SSB.

[0431] In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to read a computer program from the memory and perform the following operations:

[0432] Receive measurement configuration information sent by the network-side device, wherein the measurement configuration information includes one or more of the following reporting events:

[0433] The first reported event includes: the cell-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than a first threshold, and the cell-level measurement result of the main radio frequency MR corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than a second threshold;

[0434] The second reporting event includes: the LP-WUR being activated and the cell-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal being below a third threshold.

[0435] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration information further includes at least one of the following:

[0436] The identifier of the MR measurement object corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal;

[0437] The pilot type of the MR measurement object corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal;

[0438] Pilot type of LP-WUR pilot signal.

[0439] In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to read a computer program from the memory and perform the following operations:

[0440] When the LP-WUR is activated, monitor the channel of the LP-WUR.

[0441] In some embodiments, the channel monitoring report includes at least one of the following:

[0442] Measurement markings;

[0443] Cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal that triggered the channel monitoring report;

[0444] The beam-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal that triggered the channel monitoring report;

[0445] Cell-level measurement results of LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0446] Beam-level measurement results of LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0447] Cell-level measurement results of MR corresponding to LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0448] Beam-level measurement results of MR corresponding to LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0449] Cell-level measurement results for MR service cells;

[0450] Beam-level measurement results for MR service cells.

[0451] In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to read a computer program from the memory and perform the following operations:

[0452] A random access procedure is initiated on a dedicated random access resource, which is used to indirectly indicate the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR.

[0453] In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to read a computer program from the memory and perform the following operations:

[0454] If the first condition is met, or if the first condition is met within the first duration, the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR is sent to the network-side device.

[0455] In some embodiments, the first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0456] The cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal are higher than the first cell-level threshold;

[0457] At least one beam-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than the first beam-level threshold;

[0458] The cell-level measurement results of MR are higher than the second cell-level threshold.

[0459] In some embodiments, the first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0460] The cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal are below the third cell-level threshold;

[0461] The measurement result of at least one beam level of the LP-WUR pilot signal is below the second beam level threshold;

[0462] All beam-level measurements in the resource set of the LP-WUR pilot signal are below the third beam-level threshold;

[0463] At least one beam-level measurement result in the alternative resource set of LP-WUR pilot signals is higher than the fourth beam-level threshold.

[0464] In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to read a computer program from the memory and perform the following operations:

[0465] If the first condition is met, or if the first condition is met within the first duration, the LP-WUR is activated; and / or the low-power wake-up signal LP-WUS is activated.

[0466] In some embodiments, the channel monitoring report further includes at least one of the following:

[0467] Discontinue the use of the LP-WUR instruction;

[0468] The activation failure indication of the LP-WUR;

[0469] The candidate beam level measurement results in the candidate resource set of the LP-WUR pilot signal.

[0470] In Figure 4, the bus architecture can include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, specifically linking various circuits of one or more processors represented by processor 400 and memory represented by memory 420. The bus architecture can also link various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art and therefore will not be described further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. Transceiver 410 can be multiple components, including transmitters and receivers, providing a unit for communicating with various other devices over a transmission medium, including wireless channels, wired channels, optical fibers, etc. For different user equipment, user interface 430 can also be an interface capable of connecting external or internal devices, including but not limited to keypads, displays, speakers, microphones, joysticks, etc.

[0471] The processor 400 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, while the memory 420 can store the data used by the processor 400 when performing operations.

[0472] In some embodiments, the processor 400 may be a central processing unit (CPU), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), or a complex programmable logic device (CPLD), and the processor may also adopt a multi-core architecture.

[0473] The processor executes any of the methods described in the embodiments of this disclosure by invoking a computer program stored in memory, according to the obtained executable instructions. The processor and memory may also be physically separated.

[0474] In this embodiment, the connected terminal monitors the LP-WUR channel and sends the LP-WUR channel monitoring status to the network-side device, enabling the network side to obtain the LP-WUR channel status in a timely and efficient manner, thereby managing the terminal based on the LP-WUR channel status and improving terminal management efficiency.

[0475] It should be noted that the terminal provided in this disclosure is a terminal capable of executing the above-described channel monitoring method. Therefore, all embodiments of the above-described channel monitoring method are applicable to this terminal and can achieve the same or similar beneficial effects, which will not be repeated here.

[0476] As shown in Figure 5, this embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a channel monitoring device applied to a terminal, the device comprising:

[0477] Monitoring unit 501 is used to monitor the channel of the low-power receiver LP-WUR;

[0478] The transmitting unit 502 is used to transmit the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR to the network-side equipment.

[0479] In some embodiments, the transmitting unit includes:

[0480] The first transmitting subunit is used to indicate the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR by sending a channel monitoring report of the LP-WUR to the network-side device;

[0481] And / or,

[0482] The second transmitting subunit is used to indicate the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR by initiating a random access procedure to the network-side device.

[0483] In some embodiments, the monitoring unit includes:

[0484] The first monitoring subunit is used to monitor the channel of the LP-WUR by measuring the LP-WUR pilot signal; the LP-WUR pilot signal includes: a low-power synchronization signal LP-SS, and / or a synchronization signal block SSB.

[0485] In some embodiments, the apparatus further includes:

[0486] A configuration receiving unit is configured to receive measurement configuration information sent by network-side devices, wherein the measurement configuration information includes one or more of the following reporting events:

[0487] The first reported event includes: the cell-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than a first threshold, and the cell-level measurement result of the main radio frequency MR corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than a second threshold;

[0488] The second reporting event includes: the LP-WUR being activated and the cell-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal being below a third threshold.

[0489] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration information further includes at least one of the following:

[0490] The identifier of the MR measurement object corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal;

[0491] The pilot type of the MR measurement object corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal;

[0492] Pilot type of LP-WUR pilot signal.

[0493] In some embodiments, the monitoring unit includes:

[0494] The second monitoring subunit is used to monitor the channel of the LP-WUR when the LP-WUR is activated.

[0495] In some embodiments, the channel monitoring report includes at least one of the following:

[0496] Measurement markings;

[0497] Cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal that triggered the channel monitoring report;

[0498] The beam-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal that triggered the channel monitoring report;

[0499] Cell-level measurement results of LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0500] Beam-level measurement results of LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0501] Cell-level measurement results of MR corresponding to LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0502] Beam-level measurement results of MR corresponding to LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0503] Cell-level measurement results for MR service cells;

[0504] Beam-level measurement results for MR service cells.

[0505] In some embodiments, the second transmitting subunit is further configured to:

[0506] A random access procedure is initiated on a dedicated random access resource, which is used to indirectly indicate the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR.

[0507] In some embodiments, the monitoring unit includes:

[0508] The third monitoring subunit is used to send the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR to the network-side device when the first condition is met or when the first condition is met within the first duration.

[0509] In some embodiments, the first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0510] The cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal are higher than the first cell-level threshold;

[0511] At least one beam-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than the first beam-level threshold;

[0512] The cell-level measurement results of MR are higher than the second cell-level threshold.

[0513] In some embodiments, the first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0514] The cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal are below the third cell-level threshold;

[0515] The measurement result of at least one beam level of the LP-WUR pilot signal is below the second beam level threshold;

[0516] All beam-level measurements in the resource set of the LP-WUR pilot signal are below the third beam-level threshold;

[0517] At least one beam-level measurement result in the alternative resource set of LP-WUR pilot signals is higher than the fourth beam-level threshold.

[0518] In some embodiments, if the first condition is met or if the first condition is met within a first duration, the apparatus further includes:

[0519] A deactivation unit is used to deactivate the LP-WUR; and / or to deactivate the low-power wake-up signal LP-WUS.

[0520] In some embodiments, the channel monitoring report further includes at least one of the following:

[0521] Discontinue the use of the LP-WUR instruction;

[0522] The activation failure indication of the LP-WUR;

[0523] The candidate beam level measurement results in the candidate resource set of the LP-WUR pilot signal.

[0524] In this embodiment, the connected terminal monitors the LP-WUR channel and sends the LP-WUR channel monitoring status to the network-side device, enabling the network side to obtain the LP-WUR channel status in a timely and efficient manner, thereby managing the terminal based on the LP-WUR channel status and improving terminal management efficiency.

[0525] It should be noted that the channel monitoring device provided in this disclosure is a device capable of executing the above-described channel monitoring method. Therefore, all embodiments of the above-described channel monitoring method are applicable to this device and can achieve the same or similar beneficial effects, which will not be repeated here.

[0526] As shown in Figure 6, this embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a network-side device, including a memory 620, a transceiver 610, and a processor 600:

[0527] The memory 620 is used to store computer programs; the transceiver 610 is used to send and receive data under the control of the processor 600; the processor 600 is used to read the computer program in the memory 620 and perform the following operations:

[0528] Channel monitoring status of the low-power receiver LP-WUR transmitted by the receiving terminal.

[0529] In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to read a computer program from the memory and perform the following operations:

[0530] The receiver receives the channel monitoring report of the LP-WUR sent by the terminal, and determines the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR based on the channel monitoring report of the LP-WUR;

[0531] And / or,

[0532] The receiving terminal triggers a random access procedure, and determines the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR based on the random access resources occupied by the random access procedure.

[0533] In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to read a computer program from the memory and perform the following operations:

[0534] The measurement configuration information is sent to the terminal, and the measurement configuration information includes one or more of the following reporting events:

[0535] The first reported event includes: the cell-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than a first threshold, and the cell-level measurement result of the main radio frequency MR corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than a second threshold;

[0536] The second reporting event includes: the LP-WUR being activated and the cell-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal being below a third threshold.

[0537] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration information further includes at least one of the following:

[0538] The identifier of the MR measurement object corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal;

[0539] The pilot type of the MR measurement object corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal;

[0540] Pilot type of LP-WUR pilot signal.

[0541] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration information further includes at least one of the following:

[0542] first condition;

[0543] First duration;

[0544] Frequency domain resources of LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0545] Time-domain resources of LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0546] A collection of resources for LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0547] A set of alternative resources for LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0548] Measurement time window for LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0549] In some embodiments, the first condition is used to trigger the terminal to report the channel monitoring status of LP-WUR.

[0550] As an optional embodiment, the first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0551] The cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal are higher than the first cell-level threshold;

[0552] At least one beam-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than the first beam-level threshold;

[0553] The cell-level measurement results of MR are higher than the second cell-level threshold.

[0554] In some embodiments, the first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0555] The cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal are below the third cell-level threshold;

[0556] The measurement result of at least one beam level of the LP-WUR pilot signal is below the second beam level threshold;

[0557] All beam-level measurements in the resource set of the LP-WUR pilot signal are below the third beam-level threshold;

[0558] At least one beam-level measurement result in the alternative resource set of LP-WUR pilot signals is higher than the fourth beam-level threshold.

[0559] In some embodiments, the channel monitoring report includes at least one of the following:

[0560] Measurement markings;

[0561] Cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal that triggered the channel monitoring report;

[0562] The beam-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal that triggered the channel monitoring report;

[0563] Cell-level measurement results of LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0564] Beam-level measurement results of LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0565] Cell-level measurement results of MR corresponding to LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0566] Beam-level measurement results of MR corresponding to LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0567] Cell-level measurement results for MR service cells;

[0568] Beam-level measurement results for MR service cells.

[0569] In some embodiments, the channel monitoring report further includes at least one of the following:

[0570] Discontinue the use of the LP-WUR instruction;

[0571] The activation failure indication of the LP-WUR;

[0572] The candidate beam level measurement results in the candidate resource set of the LP-WUR pilot signal.

[0573] In Figure 6, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, specifically linking various circuits of one or more processors represented by processor 600 and memory represented by memory 620. The bus architecture may also link various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art and therefore will not be described further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 610 may be multiple elements, including a transmitter and a receiver, providing a unit for communicating with various other devices over a transmission medium, including wireless channels, wired channels, optical fibers, etc. Processor 600 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and memory 620 may store data used by processor 600 during operation.

[0574] The processor 600 can be a central processing unit (CPU), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), or a complex programmable logic device (CPLD). The processor can also adopt a multi-core architecture.

[0575] In this embodiment, the connected terminal monitors the LP-WUR channel and sends the LP-WUR channel monitoring status to the network-side device, enabling the network side to obtain the LP-WUR channel status in a timely and efficient manner, thereby managing the terminal based on the LP-WUR channel status and improving terminal management efficiency.

[0576] It should be noted that the network-side device provided in this disclosure is a network-side device capable of executing the above-described channel monitoring method. Therefore, all embodiments of the above-described channel monitoring method are applicable to this network-side device and can achieve the same or similar beneficial effects, which will not be repeated here.

[0577] As shown in Figure 7, this disclosure also provides a channel monitoring device applied to network-side equipment, the device comprising:

[0578] The receiving unit 701 is used to receive the channel monitoring status of the low-power receiver LP-WUR sent by the terminal.

[0579] In some embodiments, the receiving unit includes:

[0580] The first receiving subunit is used to receive the channel monitoring report of the LP-WUR sent by the terminal, and determine the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR based on the channel monitoring report of the LP-WUR.

[0581] And / or,

[0582] The second receiving subunit is used to receive the random access procedure triggered by the terminal and determine the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR based on the random access resources occupied by the random access procedure.

[0583] In some embodiments, the apparatus further includes:

[0584] A configuration sending unit is configured to send measurement configuration information to the terminal, the measurement configuration information including one or more of the following reporting events:

[0585] The first reported event includes: the cell-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than a first threshold, and the cell-level measurement result of the main radio frequency MR corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than a second threshold;

[0586] The second reporting event includes: the LP-WUR being activated and the cell-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal being below a third threshold.

[0587] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration information further includes at least one of the following:

[0588] The identifier of the MR measurement object corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal;

[0589] The pilot type of the MR measurement object corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal;

[0590] Pilot type of LP-WUR pilot signal.

[0591] In some embodiments, the measurement configuration information further includes at least one of the following:

[0592] first condition;

[0593] First duration;

[0594] Frequency domain resources of LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0595] Time-domain resources of LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0596] A collection of resources for LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0597] A set of alternative resources for LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0598] Measurement time window for LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0599] In some embodiments, the first condition is used to trigger the terminal to report the channel monitoring status of LP-WUR.

[0600] In some embodiments, the first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0601] The cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal are higher than the first cell-level threshold;

[0602] At least one beam-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than the first beam-level threshold;

[0603] The cell-level measurement results of MR are higher than the second cell-level threshold.

[0604] In some embodiments, the first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0605] The cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal are below the third cell-level threshold;

[0606] The measurement result of at least one beam level of the LP-WUR pilot signal is below the second beam level threshold;

[0607] All beam-level measurements in the resource set of the LP-WUR pilot signal are below the third beam-level threshold;

[0608] At least one beam-level measurement result in the alternative resource set of LP-WUR pilot signals is higher than the fourth beam-level threshold.

[0609] In some embodiments, the channel monitoring report includes at least one of the following:

[0610] Measurement markings;

[0611] Cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal that triggered the channel monitoring report;

[0612] The beam-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal that triggered the channel monitoring report;

[0613] Cell-level measurement results of LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0614] Beam-level measurement results of LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0615] Cell-level measurement results of MR corresponding to LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0616] Beam-level measurement results of MR corresponding to LP-WUR pilot signals;

[0617] Cell-level measurement results for MR service cells;

[0618] Beam-level measurement results for MR service cells.

[0619] In some embodiments, the channel monitoring report further includes at least one of the following:

[0620] Discontinue the use of the LP-WUR instruction;

[0621] The activation failure indication of the LP-WUR;

[0622] The candidate beam level measurement results in the candidate resource set of the LP-WUR pilot signal.

[0623] In this embodiment, the connected terminal monitors the LP-WUR channel and sends the LP-WUR channel monitoring status to the network-side device, enabling the network side to obtain the LP-WUR channel status in a timely and efficient manner, thereby managing the terminal based on the LP-WUR channel status and improving terminal management efficiency.

[0624] It should be noted that the channel monitoring device provided in this disclosure is a device capable of executing the above-described channel monitoring method. Therefore, all embodiments of the above-described channel monitoring method are applicable to this device and can achieve the same or similar beneficial effects, which will not be repeated here.

[0625] It should be noted that the division of units in the embodiments of this disclosure is illustrative and only represents one logical functional division. In actual implementation, other division methods may be used. Furthermore, the functional units in the various embodiments of this disclosure can be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit can exist physically separately, or two or more units can be integrated into one unit. The integrated units described above can be implemented in hardware or as software functional units.

[0626] If the integrated unit is implemented as a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, it can be stored in a processor-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of this disclosure, in essence, or the part that contributes to related technologies, or all or part of the technical solution, can be embodied in the form of a software product. This computer software product is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) or processor to execute all or part of the steps of the methods described in the various embodiments of this disclosure. The aforementioned storage medium includes various media capable of storing program code, such as USB flash drives, portable hard drives, read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), magnetic disks, or optical disks.

[0627] This disclosure also provides a processor-readable storage medium storing a computer program that causes the processor to execute the various processes described in the method embodiments above, achieving the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, these processes will not be repeated here. The processor-readable storage medium can be any available medium or data storage device accessible to the processor, including but not limited to magnetic storage (e.g., floppy disks, hard disks, magnetic tapes, magneto-optical disks (MO), etc.), optical storage (e.g., compact discs (CDs), digital video discs (DVDs), Blu-ray discs (BD), high-definition versatile discs (HVD), etc.), and semiconductor storage (e.g., ROMs, erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), non-volatile memory (NAND flash), solid-state drives (SSDs), etc.).

[0628] This disclosure also provides a computer program product, including computer instructions. When the computer instructions are executed by a processor, they implement the various processes in the method embodiments described above and achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, they will not be described again here.

[0629] Those skilled in the art will understand that embodiments of this disclosure can be provided as methods, systems, or computer program products. Therefore, this disclosure can take the form of a completely hardware embodiment, a completely software embodiment, or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, this disclosure can take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage and optical storage) containing computer-usable program code.

[0630] This disclosure is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and / or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of this disclosure. It will be understood that each block of the flowchart illustrations and / or block diagrams, and combinations of blocks in the flowchart illustrations and / or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer-executable instructions. These computer-executable instructions can be provided to a processor of a general-purpose computer, special-purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in one or more flowchart illustrations and / or one or more block diagrams.

[0631] These processor-executable instructions may also be stored in a processor-readable memory that can instruct a computer or other programmable data processing device to operate in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the processor-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means that implement the functions specified in one or more flowcharts and / or one or more block diagrams.

[0632] These processor-executable instructions can also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer-implemented process, such that the instructions, which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus, provide steps for implementing the functions specified in one or more flowcharts and / or one or more block diagrams.

[0633] Furthermore, it should be noted that in the apparatus and method of this disclosure, it is obvious that the components or steps can be decomposed and / or recombined. These decompositions and / or recombinations should be considered equivalent solutions of this disclosure. Moreover, the steps performing the above series of processes can naturally be executed in the order described, but are not necessarily required to be executed in chronological order; some steps can be executed in parallel or independently of each other. Those skilled in the art will understand that all or any step or component of the method and apparatus of this disclosure can be implemented in any computing device (including processors, storage media, etc.) or network of computing devices, in hardware, firmware, software, or a combination thereof, which can be achieved by those skilled in the art using their basic programming skills after reading the description of this disclosure.

[0634] It should be noted that the above division of modules is merely a logical functional division. In actual implementation, they can be fully or partially integrated into a single physical entity, or they can be physically separated. Furthermore, these modules can be implemented entirely in software via processing element calls; they can be fully implemented in hardware; or some modules can be implemented by processing element calls to software, while others are implemented in hardware. For example, a module can be a separate processing element, or it can be integrated into a chip in the aforementioned device. Alternatively, it can be stored as program code in the memory of the aforementioned device, and its function can be called and executed by a processing element of the device. The implementation of other modules is similar. Moreover, these modules can be fully or partially integrated together, or they can be implemented independently. The processing element mentioned here can be an integrated circuit with signal processing capabilities. In the implementation process, each step of the above method or each of the above modules can be completed through integrated logic circuits in the hardware of the processor element or through software instructions.

[0635] For example, each module, unit, subunit, or submodule can be one or more integrated circuits configured to implement the above methods, such as one or more application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), one or more digital signal processors (DSPs), or one or more field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). As another example, when a module is implemented using processing element scheduler code, the processing element can be a general-purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (CPU) or other processor capable of calling program code. Furthermore, these modules can be integrated together to implement a system-on-a-chip (SOC).

[0636] The terms “first,” “second,” etc., used in this disclosure and in the claims are used to distinguish similar objects and are not necessarily used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that such data can be interchanged where appropriate so that embodiments of this disclosure described herein may be implemented in orders other than those illustrated or described herein. Furthermore, the terms “comprising” and “having,” and any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion; for example, a process, method, system, product, or apparatus that comprises a series of steps or units is not necessarily limited to those steps or units explicitly listed, but may include other steps or units not explicitly listed or inherent to such processes, methods, products, or apparatus. Additionally, the use of “and / or” in the specification and claims indicates at least one of the connected objects, such as A and / or B and / or C, indicating seven possibilities: A alone, B alone, C alone, and both A and B, both B and C, both A and C, and A, B, and C. Similarly, the use of “at least one of A and B” in this specification and claims should be understood as “A alone, B alone, or both A and B.”

[0637] Obviously, those skilled in the art can make various modifications and variations to this disclosure without departing from its spirit and scope. Therefore, if such modifications and variations fall within the scope of the claims of this disclosure and their equivalents, this disclosure is also intended to include such modifications and variations.

Claims

1. A channel monitoring method, the method comprising: The terminal monitors the channel of the low-power receiver LP-WUR; The terminal sends the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR to the network-side equipment.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, The terminal sends the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR to the network-side device, including: The terminal indicates the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR by sending a channel monitoring report of the LP-WUR to the network-side device; And / or, The terminal initiates a random access procedure to the network-side device to indicate the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein, The terminal monitors the channel of the low-power receiver LP-WUR, including: The terminal monitors the channel of the LP-WUR by measuring the LP-WUR pilot signal; the LP-WUR pilot signal includes: low power synchronization signal LP-SS, and / or, synchronization signal block SSB.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein, The method further includes: The terminal receives measurement configuration information sent by the network-side device, the measurement configuration information including one or more of the following reporting events: The first reported event includes: the cell-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than a first threshold, and the cell-level measurement result of the main radio frequency MR corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than a second threshold; The second reporting event includes: the LP-WUR being activated and the cell-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal being below a third threshold.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein, The measurement configuration information also includes at least one of the following: The identifier of the MR measurement object corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal; The pilot type of the MR measurement object corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal; Pilot type of LP-WUR pilot signal.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein, The terminal monitors the channels of the low-power receiver LP-WUR, including: When the LP-WUR is activated, the terminal monitors the channel of the LP-WUR.

7. The method according to claim 2, wherein, The channel monitoring report includes at least one of the following: Measurement markings; Cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal that triggered the channel monitoring report; The beam-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal that triggered the channel monitoring report; Cell-level measurement results of LP-WUR pilot signals; Beam-level measurement results of LP-WUR pilot signals; Cell-level measurement results of MR corresponding to LP-WUR pilot signals; Beam-level measurement results of MR corresponding to LP-WUR pilot signals; Cell-level measurement results for MR service cells; Beam-level measurement results for MR service cells.

8. The method according to claim 2, wherein, The terminal initiates a random access procedure to the network-side device to indicate the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR, including: The terminal initiates a random access procedure on a dedicated random access resource, which is used to indirectly indicate the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein, The terminal sends the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR to the network-side device, including: If the first condition is met, or if the first condition is met within a first duration, the terminal sends the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR to the network-side device.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein, The first condition includes at least one of the following: The cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal are higher than the first cell-level threshold; At least one beam-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than the first beam-level threshold; The cell-level measurement results of MR are higher than the second cell-level threshold.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein, The first condition includes at least one of the following: The cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal are below the third cell-level threshold; The measurement result of at least one beam level of the LP-WUR pilot signal is below the second beam level threshold; All beam-level measurements in the resource set of the LP-WUR pilot signal are below the third beam-level threshold; At least one beam-level measurement result in the alternative resource set of LP-WUR pilot signals is higher than the fourth beam-level threshold.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein, If the first condition is met, or if the first condition is met within a first duration, the method further includes: The terminal deactivates the LP-WUR; and / or, The terminal deactivates the low-power wake-up signal LP-WUS.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein, The channel monitoring report also includes at least one of the following: Discontinue the use of the LP-WUR instruction; The activation failure indication of the LP-WUR; The candidate beam level measurement results in the candidate resource set of the LP-WUR pilot signal.

14. A channel monitoring method, the method comprising: The network-side equipment receives the channel monitoring status of the low-power receiver LP-WUR sent by the terminal.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein, The network-side device receives channel monitoring information from the low-power receiver (LP-WUR) sent by the terminal, including: The network-side device receives the channel monitoring report of the LP-WUR sent by the terminal, and determines the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR based on the channel monitoring report of the LP-WUR; And / or, The network-side device receives the random access procedure triggered by the terminal and determines the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR based on the random access resources occupied by the random access procedure.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein, The method further includes: The network-side device sends measurement configuration information to the terminal, the measurement configuration information including one or more of the following reporting events: The first reported event includes: the cell-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than a first threshold, and the cell-level measurement result of the main radio frequency MR corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than a second threshold; The second reporting event includes: the LP-WUR being activated and the cell-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal being below a third threshold.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein, The measurement configuration information also includes at least one of the following: The identifier of the MR measurement object corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal; The pilot type of the MR measurement object corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal; Pilot type of LP-WUR pilot signal.

18. The method according to claim 16 or 17, wherein, The measurement configuration information also includes at least one of the following: first condition; First duration; Frequency domain resources of LP-WUR pilot signals; Time-domain resources of LP-WUR pilot signals; A collection of resources for LP-WUR pilot signals; A set of alternative resources for LP-WUR pilot signals; Measurement time window for LP-WUR pilot signals; The first condition is used to trigger the terminal to report the channel monitoring status of LP-WUR.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein, The first condition includes at least one of the following: The cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal are higher than the first cell-level threshold; At least one beam-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than the first beam-level threshold; The cell-level measurement results of MR are higher than the second cell-level threshold.

20. The method according to claim 18, wherein, The first condition includes at least one of the following: The cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal are below the third cell-level threshold; The measurement result of at least one beam level of the LP-WUR pilot signal is below the second beam level threshold; All beam-level measurements in the resource set of the LP-WUR pilot signal are below the third beam-level threshold; At least one beam-level measurement result in the alternative resource set of LP-WUR pilot signals is higher than the fourth beam-level threshold.

21. The method according to claim 15, wherein, The channel monitoring report includes at least one of the following: Measurement markings; Cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal that triggered the channel monitoring report; The beam-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal that triggered the channel monitoring report; Cell-level measurement results of LP-WUR pilot signals; Beam-level measurement results of LP-WUR pilot signals; Cell-level measurement results of MR corresponding to LP-WUR pilot signals; Beam-level measurement results of MR corresponding to LP-WUR pilot signals; Cell-level measurement results for MR service cells; Beam-level measurement results for MR service cells.

22. The method according to claim 21, wherein, The channel monitoring report also includes at least one of the following: Discontinue the use of the LP-WUR instruction; The activation failure indication of the LP-WUR; The candidate beam level measurement results in the candidate resource set of the LP-WUR pilot signal.

23. A terminal, comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor: A memory for storing computer programs; a transceiver for sending and receiving data under the control of the processor; and a processor for reading the computer programs from the memory and performing the following operations: Monitor the channel of the low-power receiver LP-WUR; Send the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR to the network-side equipment.

24. The terminal according to claim 23, wherein, The processor is also configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: The channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR is indicated by sending a channel monitoring report of the LP-WUR to the network-side device; And / or, The LP-WUR's channel monitoring status is indicated by initiating a random access procedure to the network-side device.

25. The terminal according to claim 23, wherein, The processor is also configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: The channel of the LP-WUR is monitored by measuring the pilot signal of the LP-WUR; The LP-WUR pilot signal includes: a low-power synchronization signal LP-SS, and / or a synchronization signal block SSB.

26. The terminal according to claim 23, wherein, The processor is also configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: Receive measurement configuration information sent by the network-side device, wherein the measurement configuration information includes one or more of the following reporting events: The first reported event includes: the cell-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than a first threshold, and the cell-level measurement result of the main radio frequency MR corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than a second threshold; The second reporting event includes: the LP-WUR being activated and the cell-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal being below a third threshold.

27. The terminal according to claim 26, wherein, The measurement configuration information also includes at least one of the following: The identifier of the MR measurement object corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal; The pilot type of the MR measurement object corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal; Pilot type of LP-WUR pilot signal.

28. The terminal according to claim 23, wherein, The processor is also configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: When the LP-WUR is activated, monitor the channel of the LP-WUR.

29. The terminal according to claim 24, wherein, The channel monitoring report includes at least one of the following: Measurement markings; Cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal that triggered the channel monitoring report; The beam-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal that triggered the channel monitoring report; Cell-level measurement results of LP-WUR pilot signals; Beam-level measurement results of LP-WUR pilot signals; Cell-level measurement results of MR corresponding to LP-WUR pilot signals; Beam-level measurement results of MR corresponding to LP-WUR pilot signals; Cell-level measurement results for MR service cells; Beam-level measurement results for MR service cells.

30. The terminal according to claim 24, wherein, The processor is also configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: A random access procedure is initiated on a dedicated random access resource, which is used to indirectly indicate the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR.

31. The terminal according to claim 23, wherein, The processor is also configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: If the first condition is met, or if the first condition is met within the first duration, the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR is sent to the network-side device.

32. The terminal according to claim 31, wherein, The first condition includes at least one of the following: The cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal are higher than the first cell-level threshold; At least one beam-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than the first beam-level threshold; The cell-level measurement results of MR are higher than the second cell-level threshold.

33. The terminal according to claim 31, wherein, The first condition includes at least one of the following: The cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal are below the third cell-level threshold; The measurement result of at least one beam level of the LP-WUR pilot signal is below the second beam level threshold; All beam-level measurements in the resource set of the LP-WUR pilot signal are below the third beam-level threshold; At least one beam-level measurement result in the alternative resource set of LP-WUR pilot signals is higher than the fourth beam-level threshold.

34. The terminal according to claim 33, wherein, The processor is also configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: If the first condition is met, or if the first condition is met within the first duration, the LP-WUR is activated; and / or the low-power wake-up signal LP-WUS is activated.

35. The terminal according to claim 33, wherein, The channel monitoring report also includes at least one of the following: Discontinue the use of the LP-WUR instruction; The activation failure indication of the LP-WUR; The candidate beam level measurement results in the candidate resource set of the LP-WUR pilot signal.

36. A channel monitoring device, applied to a terminal, the device comprising: The monitoring unit is used to monitor the channel of the low-power receiver LP-WUR; The transmitting unit is used to transmit the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR to the network-side equipment.

37. A network-side device, comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor: A memory for storing computer programs; a transceiver for sending and receiving data under the control of the processor; and a processor for reading the computer programs from the memory and performing the following operations: Channel monitoring status of the low-power receiver LP-WUR transmitted by the receiving terminal.

38. The network-side device according to claim 37, wherein, The processor is also configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: The receiver receives the channel monitoring report of the LP-WUR sent by the terminal, and determines the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR based on the channel monitoring report of the LP-WUR; And / or, The receiving terminal triggers a random access procedure, and determines the channel monitoring status of the LP-WUR based on the random access resources occupied by the random access procedure.

39. The network-side device according to claim 37, wherein, The processor is also configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: The measurement configuration information is sent to the terminal, and the measurement configuration information includes one or more of the following reporting events: The first reported event includes: the cell-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than a first threshold, and the cell-level measurement result of the main radio frequency MR corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than a second threshold; The second reporting event includes: the LP-WUR being activated and the cell-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal being below a third threshold.

40. The network-side device according to claim 39, wherein, The measurement configuration information also includes at least one of the following: The identifier of the MR measurement object corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal; The pilot type of the MR measurement object corresponding to the LP-WUR pilot signal; Pilot type of LP-WUR pilot signal.

41. The network-side device according to claim 39 or 40, wherein, The measurement configuration information also includes at least one of the following: first condition; First duration; Frequency domain resources of LP-WUR pilot signals; Time-domain resources of LP-WUR pilot signals; A collection of resources for LP-WUR pilot signals; A set of alternative resources for LP-WUR pilot signals; Measurement time window for LP-WUR pilot signals; The first condition is used to trigger the terminal to report the channel monitoring status of LP-WUR.

42. The network-side device according to claim 41, wherein, The first condition includes at least one of the following: The cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal are higher than the first cell-level threshold; At least one beam-level measurement result of the LP-WUR pilot signal is higher than the first beam-level threshold; The cell-level measurement results of MR are higher than the second cell-level threshold.

43. The network-side device according to claim 41, wherein, The first condition includes at least one of the following: The cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal are below the third cell-level threshold; The measurement result of at least one beam level of the LP-WUR pilot signal is below the second beam level threshold; All beam-level measurements in the resource set of the LP-WUR pilot signal are below the third beam-level threshold; At least one beam-level measurement result in the alternative resource set of LP-WUR pilot signals is higher than the fourth beam-level threshold.

44. The network-side device according to claim 38, wherein, The channel monitoring report includes at least one of the following: Measurement markings; Cell-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal that triggered the channel monitoring report; The beam-level measurement results of the LP-WUR pilot signal that triggered the channel monitoring report; Cell-level measurement results of LP-WUR pilot signals; Beam-level measurement results of LP-WUR pilot signals; Cell-level measurement results of MR corresponding to LP-WUR pilot signals; Beam-level measurement results of MR corresponding to LP-WUR pilot signals; Cell-level measurement results for MR service cells; Beam-level measurement results for MR service cells.

45. The network-side device according to claim 44, wherein, The channel monitoring report also includes at least one of the following: Discontinue the use of the LP-WUR instruction; The activation failure indication of the LP-WUR; The candidate beam level measurement results in the candidate resource set of the LP-WUR pilot signal.

46. ​​A channel monitoring device, applied to network-side equipment, the device comprising: The receiving unit is used to receive the channel monitoring status of the low-power receiver LP-WUR transmitted by the terminal.

47. A processor-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing the processor to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 13, or for causing the processor to perform the method of any one of claims 14 to 22.

48. A computer program product comprising computer instructions that, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 13, or implement the steps of the method as claimed in any one of claims 14 to 22.

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