Monitoring processing method and apparatus, information transmission method and apparatus, and terminal and network device

Abstract

Provided in the present disclosure are a monitoring processing method and apparatus, an information transmission method and apparatus, and a terminal and a network device. The monitoring processing method comprises: when a first condition is satisfied, prohibiting the monitoring of a low power wake-up signal (LP-WUS); and / or, when a second condition is satisfied, monitoring the LP-WUS, wherein the first condition is a condition indicating a listening occasion (LO) of the LP-WUS and / or a condition for paging, and the second condition is used for restricting the monitoring of the LO and / or the monitoring of paging.

Description

Monitoring processing, information transmission methods, devices, terminals and network equipment

[0001] This disclosure claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202410976075.7, filed with the Chinese Patent Office on July 19, 2024, entitled "Eavesdropping Processing, Information Transmission Method, Apparatus, Terminal and Network 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 method, apparatus, terminal and network device for monitoring processing and information transmission. Background Technology

[0003] User equipment (UE) can use a Low Power Wake-Up Signal (LP-WUS) to wake up the UE, saving power consumption when listening for paging in the Radio Resource Control (RRC) idle or inactive state. After the UE is woken up by LP-WUS, the time for the UE's main radio (MR) to complete the ramp-up may be too long, resulting in excessive paging delay. Summary of the Invention

[0004] This disclosure provides a method, apparatus, terminal, and network device for monitoring and information transmission to avoid excessive paging latency.

[0005] To address the aforementioned technical problems, this disclosure provides a monitoring processing method applied to a terminal, comprising:

[0006] Under the condition that the first condition is met, listening to the low-power wake-up signal LP-WUS is not allowed; and / or

[0007] Listen to LP-WUS under the second condition;

[0008] Wherein, the first condition is the condition indicating the listening time LO of the low-power wake-up signal and / or the paging condition.

[0009] The second condition is used to restrict LO listening and / or paging listening.

[0010] In some embodiments, the first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0011] The period of the LO corresponding to LP-WUS is greater than and / or equal to the first threshold;

[0012] The offset between the LO of LP-WUS and the PF corresponding to the terminal listening paging is greater than and / or equal to the second threshold;

[0013] The offset between the LO and the paging time PO of LP-WUS is greater than and / or equal to the third threshold;

[0014] The paging cycle of the terminal listening to the paging is less than and / or equal to the first threshold;

[0015] The terminal's serving cell does not support the terminal listening to the paging cycle.

[0016] In some embodiments, at least one of the first threshold, the second threshold, and the third threshold is the paging cycle of the terminal listening paging.

[0017] In some embodiments, the configuration of at least one of the first threshold, second threshold, third threshold, and first threshold includes at least one of the following:

[0018] Configure different values ​​for different paging cycles;

[0019] Different values ​​can be configured for different LP-WUS types.

[0020] In some embodiments, the configuration method for the paging cycle of terminal listening to paging includes:

[0021] Different values ​​can be configured for different LP-WUS types.

[0022] In some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0023] Receive paging cycles that are not supported by LP-WUS broadcast by network devices.

[0024] In some embodiments, the second condition includes at least one of the following: limiting the listening range of the LO, limiting the start position of the LO listening, and limiting the end position of the LO listening;

[0025] The monitoring range includes at least one of the following:

[0026] The offset between the LO and the starting position of the PO corresponding to the terminal listening LO is less than and / or equal to the second threshold;

[0027] The offset between the LO and the starting position of the PF corresponding to the terminal listening LO is less than and / or equal to the third threshold;

[0028] The LO listens to at least one time domain interval;

[0029] The offset between the LO and the starting position of the PO corresponding to the terminal listening LO is within the first interval;

[0030] The offset between the LO and the starting position of the PF corresponding to the terminal listening LO is within the second interval range;

[0031] The starting position includes at least one of the following:

[0032] The offset between the starting position and the starting or ending position of the PO corresponding to the terminal listening LO is less than and / or equal to the fourth threshold.

[0033] The offset between the starting position and the PF starting or ending position corresponding to the terminal listening LO is less than and / or equal to the fifth threshold.

[0034] The cutoff position includes at least one of the following:

[0035] The offset between the cutoff position and the PO start or cutoff position corresponding to the terminal listening LO is less than and / or equal to the sixth threshold.

[0036] The offset between the cutoff position and the PF start or cutoff position corresponding to the terminal listening LO is less than and / or equal to the seventh threshold.

[0037] In some embodiments, at least one of the second threshold, third threshold, fourth threshold, fifth threshold, sixth threshold, and seventh threshold is the paging cycle of the terminal listening to paging.

[0038] In some embodiments, the configuration of at least one of the second threshold, the third threshold, the time domain interval, the first interval range, the second interval range, the fourth threshold, the fifth threshold, the sixth threshold, and the seventh threshold includes at least one of the following:

[0039] Configure different values ​​for different paging cycles;

[0040] Different values ​​can be configured for different LP-WUS types.

[0041] In some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0042] Determine the LOs to be monitored based on the paging cycle and / or LP-WUS type of the paging.

[0043] In some embodiments, the second condition includes at least one of the following:

[0044] The paging cycle when the terminal is listening for paging is greater than and / or equal to the LO cycle;

[0045] The paging cycle during terminal paging is greater than and / or equal to the eighth threshold;

[0046] The paging period during terminal listening paging is greater than and / or equal to the offset between LO and PF corresponding to terminal listening paging;

[0047] When the terminal is listening for paging, the paging cycle is greater than and / or equal to the offset between LO and PO.

[0048] In some embodiments, the configuration of the eighth threshold includes:

[0049] Different LP-WUS types correspond to different values ​​for the eighth threshold.

[0050] In some embodiments, the offset between the LO and the PF corresponding to the terminal listening paging includes one of the following:

[0051] The offset is determined based on the start or end position of the LO and the paging PF corresponding to the LO;

[0052] The offset is determined based on the start or end position of the LO and the first PF corresponding to the LO;

[0053] The offset is determined based on the start or end position of the LO being monitored by the terminal and the paging PF corresponding to the LO being monitored by the terminal.

[0054] The offset is determined based on the start or end position of the LO being monitored by the terminal and the first PF corresponding to the LO being monitored by the terminal.

[0055] The start position or end position includes at least one of the following: frame, subframe, time slot.

[0056] In some embodiments, the offset between LO and PO satisfies one of the following:

[0057] The offset is determined based on the start or end position of the LO and the start or end position of the PO corresponding to the LO being monitored by the terminal.

[0058] The offset is determined based on the start or end position of the LO monitored by the terminal and the start or end position of the PO corresponding to the LO monitored by the terminal.

[0059] The start position or end position includes at least one of the following: frame, subframe, time slot.

[0060] In some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0061] Determine the LO configuration information based on the LP-WUS type.

[0062] This disclosure also provides an information transmission method applied to a network device, including:

[0063] Sending target information to the terminal, the target information including at least one of the following:

[0064] First threshold, second threshold, third threshold, first threshold, second threshold, third threshold, fourth threshold, fifth threshold, sixth threshold, seventh threshold, eighth threshold, at least one time domain interval, first interval range, second interval range.

[0065] In some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0066] Based on the paging cycle of the terminal to be paged and / or the type of the low-power wake-up signal (LP-WUS) being listened to by the terminal, determine whether to send an LP-WUS wake-up signal or determine the transmission position of the listening time (LO) of the low-power wake-up signal.

[0067] In some embodiments, the target configuration information is configured with different values ​​for different paging cycles, and / or the target configuration information is configured with different values ​​for different LP-WUS types.

[0068] This disclosure also provides a terminal, including a memory, a transceiver, and a processor:

[0069] 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:

[0070] Under the condition that the first condition is met, listening to the low-power wake-up signal LP-WUS is not allowed; and / or

[0071] Listen to LP-WUS under the second condition;

[0072] Wherein, the first condition is the condition indicating the listening time LO of the low-power wake-up signal and / or the paging condition.

[0073] The second condition is used to restrict LO listening and / or paging listening.

[0074] In some embodiments, the first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0075] The period of the LO corresponding to LP-WUS is greater than and / or equal to the first threshold;

[0076] The offset between the LO of LP-WUS and the PF corresponding to the terminal listening paging is greater than and / or equal to the second threshold;

[0077] The offset between the LO and the paging time PO of LP-WUS is greater than and / or equal to the third threshold;

[0078] The paging cycle of the terminal listening to the paging is less than and / or equal to the first threshold;

[0079] The terminal's serving cell does not support the terminal listening to the paging cycle.

[0080] In some embodiments, at least one of the first threshold, the second threshold, and the third threshold is the paging cycle of the terminal listening paging.

[0081] In some embodiments, the configuration of at least one of the first threshold, second threshold, third threshold, and first threshold includes at least one of the following:

[0082] Configure different values ​​for different paging cycles;

[0083] Different values ​​can be configured for different LP-WUS types.

[0084] In some embodiments, the configuration method for the paging cycle of terminal listening to paging includes:

[0085] Different values ​​can be configured for different LP-WUS types.

[0086] In some embodiments, the processor, for reading a computer program from the memory, also performs the following operations:

[0087] Receive paging cycles that are not supported by LP-WUS broadcast by network devices.

[0088] In some embodiments, the second condition includes at least one of the following: limiting the listening range of the LO, limiting the start position of the LO listening, and limiting the end position of the LO listening;

[0089] The monitoring range includes at least one of the following:

[0090] The offset between the LO and the starting position of the PO corresponding to the terminal listening LO is less than and / or equal to the second threshold;

[0091] The offset between the LO and the starting position of the PF corresponding to the terminal listening LO is less than and / or equal to the third threshold;

[0092] The LO listens to at least one time domain interval;

[0093] The offset between the LO and the starting position of the PO corresponding to the terminal listening LO is within the first interval;

[0094] The offset between the LO and the starting position of the PF corresponding to the terminal listening LO is within the second interval range;

[0095] The starting position includes at least one of the following:

[0096] The offset between the starting position and the starting or ending position of the PO corresponding to the terminal listening LO is less than and / or equal to the fourth threshold.

[0097] The offset between the starting position and the PF starting or ending position corresponding to the terminal listening LO is less than and / or equal to the fifth threshold.

[0098] The cutoff position includes at least one of the following:

[0099] The offset between the cutoff position and the PO start or cutoff position corresponding to the terminal listening LO is less than and / or equal to the sixth threshold.

[0100] The offset between the cutoff position and the PF start or cutoff position corresponding to the terminal listening LO is less than and / or equal to the seventh threshold.

[0101] In some embodiments, at least one of the second threshold, third threshold, fourth threshold, fifth threshold, sixth threshold, and seventh threshold is the paging cycle of the terminal listening to paging.

[0102] In some embodiments, the configuration of at least one of the second threshold, the third threshold, the time domain interval, the first interval range, the second interval range, the fourth threshold, the fifth threshold, the sixth threshold, and the seventh threshold includes at least one of the following:

[0103] Configure different values ​​for different paging cycles;

[0104] Different values ​​can be configured for different LP-WUS types.

[0105] In some embodiments, the processor, for reading a computer program from the memory, also performs the following operations:

[0106] Determine the LOs to be monitored based on the paging cycle and / or LP-WUS type of the paging.

[0107] In some embodiments, the second condition includes at least one of the following:

[0108] The paging cycle when the terminal is listening for paging is greater than and / or equal to the LO cycle;

[0109] The paging cycle during terminal paging is greater than and / or equal to the eighth threshold;

[0110] The paging period during terminal listening paging is greater than and / or equal to the offset between LO and PF corresponding to terminal listening paging;

[0111] When the terminal is listening for paging, the paging cycle is greater than and / or equal to the offset between LO and PO.

[0112] In some embodiments, the configuration of the eighth threshold includes:

[0113] Different LP-WUS types correspond to different values ​​for the eighth threshold.

[0114] In some embodiments, the offset between the LO and the PF corresponding to the terminal listening paging includes one of the following:

[0115] The offset is determined based on the start or end position of the LO and the paging PF corresponding to the LO;

[0116] The offset is determined based on the start or end position of the LO and the first PF corresponding to the LO;

[0117] The offset is determined based on the start or end position of the LO being monitored by the terminal and the paging PF corresponding to the LO being monitored by the terminal.

[0118] The offset is determined based on the start or end position of the LO being monitored by the terminal and the first PF corresponding to the LO being monitored by the terminal.

[0119] The start position or end position includes at least one of the following: frame, subframe, time slot.

[0120] In some embodiments, the offset between LO and PO satisfies one of the following:

[0121] The offset is determined based on the start or end position of the LO and the start or end position of the PO corresponding to the LO being monitored by the terminal.

[0122] The offset is determined based on the start or end position of the LO monitored by the terminal and the start or end position of the PO corresponding to the LO monitored by the terminal.

[0123] The start position or end position includes at least one of the following: frame, subframe, time slot.

[0124] In some embodiments, the processor, for reading a computer program from the memory, also performs the following operations:

[0125] Determine the LO configuration information based on the LP-WUS type.

[0126] This disclosure also provides a network device, including a memory, a transceiver, and a processor:

[0127] 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:

[0128] The target information is sent to the terminal via a transceiver, and the target information includes at least one of the following:

[0129] First threshold, second threshold, third threshold, first threshold, second threshold, third threshold, fourth threshold, fifth threshold, sixth threshold, seventh threshold, eighth threshold, at least one time domain interval, first interval range, second interval range.

[0130] In some embodiments, the processor, for reading a computer program from the memory, also performs the following operations:

[0131] Based on the paging cycle of the terminal to be paged and / or the type of the low-power wake-up signal (LP-WUS) being listened to by the terminal, determine whether to send an LP-WUS wake-up signal or determine the transmission position of the listening time (LO) of the low-power wake-up signal.

[0132] In some embodiments, the target configuration information is configured with different values ​​for different paging cycles, and / or the target configuration information is configured with different values ​​for different LP-WUS types.

[0133] This disclosure also provides a listening processing device applied to a terminal, comprising:

[0134] The execution unit is configured to disallow listening to the low-power wake-up signal LP-WUS if a first condition is met; and / or

[0135] Listen to LP-WUS under the second condition;

[0136] Wherein, the first condition is the condition indicating the listening time LO of the low-power wake-up signal and / or the paging condition.

[0137] The second condition is used to restrict LO listening and / or paging listening.

[0138] This disclosure also provides an information transmission device applied to a network device, including:

[0139] The sending unit is configured to send target information to the terminal, the target information including at least one of the following:

[0140] First threshold, second threshold, third threshold, first threshold, second threshold, third threshold, fourth threshold, fifth threshold, sixth threshold, seventh threshold, eighth threshold, at least one time domain interval, first interval range, second interval range.

[0141] This disclosure also provides a processor-readable storage medium storing a program for causing the processor to perform the methods described above.

[0142] 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.

[0143] The beneficial effects of this disclosure are:

[0144] The above solution ensures paging latency of the terminal while monitoring LP-WUS, by not monitoring LP-WUS when the conditions for LO and / or paging are met, and monitoring LP-WUS when the conditions for limiting LO monitoring and / or paging monitoring are met. Attached Figure Description

[0145] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments or related technologies of this disclosure, the accompanying drawings used in the description of the embodiments or related technologies will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the accompanying drawings described below are only some embodiments recorded in this disclosure. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative effort.

[0146] Figure 1 shows one of the flowcharts of the monitoring processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0147] Figure 2 shows a second schematic flowchart of the monitoring processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0148] Figure 3 shows an example schematic diagram of the LO monitoring range;

[0149] Figure 4 is a schematic flowchart of the information transmission method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0150] Figure 5 shows a unit schematic diagram of the monitoring processing device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0151] Figure 6 shows a structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0152] Figure 7 shows a schematic diagram of the information transmission device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0153] Figure 8 shows a structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of this disclosure. Detailed Implementation

[0154] 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, not all, of the embodiments of this disclosure. Based on the embodiments of this disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative effort are within the scope of protection of this disclosure.

[0155] 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 particular order or sequence. It should be understood that such use of data can be interchanged where appropriate so that embodiments of this disclosure described herein may be implemented, for example, in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein. Furthermore, the terms “comprising” and “having,” and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a 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.

[0156] 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: A existing alone, A and B existing simultaneously, or B existing alone. The character " / " generally indicates that the preceding and following related objects have an "or" relationship. In this disclosure, the term "multiple" refers to two or more objects, and other quantifiers are similar.

[0157] In this disclosure, the terms "exemplary" or "for example" are used to indicate that something is an example, illustration, or description. Any embodiment or design described as "exemplary" or "for example" in this disclosure should not be construed as being more preferred or advantageous than other embodiments or designs. Specifically, the use of terms such as "exemplary" or "for example" is intended to present the relevant concepts in a specific manner.

[0158] The following is a brief explanation of the relevant concepts mentioned in this disclosure.

[0159] 1. Low Power Wake Up Receiver (LP-WUR) / Low Power Wake Up Signal (LP-WUS)

[0160] To further conserve terminal power, the main radio (MR) of the terminal can operate in a low-power state when using LP-WUR. Since the power consumption of receiving using LP-WUR is significantly lower than that of receiving using MR, using LP-WUR can greatly reduce terminal power consumption.

[0161] LP-WUS is used to wake up the UE in the Radio Resource Control (RRC) idle / inactive state. The possible processes for LP-WUS listening and wake-up are as follows:

[0162] The UE listens to LP-WUS and, after being woken up, listens to paging messages through the main receiver. In some embodiments, the UE listens to LP-WUS and, after being woken up, can listen to Paging Early Indication (PEI) through the main receiver and determine whether to listen to paging messages based on the PEI listening status.

[0163] In the current discussion, the opportunity for the UE to listen to LP-WUS is referred to as LO.

[0164] 2. New Radio (NR) Paging Mechanism

[0165] The terminal calculates its own paging time in two steps:

[0166] Step 1: Determine the location of the paging frame (PF);

[0167] Step 2: Determine the specific paging occasion (PO) in the starting time slot of the paging radio frame calculated in Step 1 or in subsequent radio frames.

[0168] The formulas for calculating PF and PO are as follows:

[0169] PF: (SFN+PF_offset)mod T=(T div N)*(UE_ID mod N).

[0170] PO: i_s=floor(UE_ID / N) mod Ns.

[0171] Wherein, SFN: System radio frame number;

[0172] PF_offset: Wireless frame offset value;

[0173] T: Paging cycle. When the UE is not configured with eDRX, T takes the shortest value among the UE-specific DRX configured by RRC (if configured), the UE-specific DRX configured by the upper layer (if configured), and the default DRX broadcast in the system message.

[0174] N: The number of PFs in one paging cycle;

[0175] UE_ID: S-TMSI mod 1024 (when the UE is not configured with eDRX);

[0176] Ns: The number of POs associated with a PF;

[0177] i_s: The logical sequence number of the PO after it belongs to the PF.

[0178] After LP-WUS wakes up the UE, according to simulation assumptions, the time for the UE's MR to complete ramp-up is 400ms or even 800ms, which may lead to excessive paging delay.

[0179] The embodiments of this disclosure are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The monitoring processing, information transmission method, apparatus, terminal, and network equipment provided in the embodiments of this disclosure can be applied to wireless communication systems. This wireless communication system can be a system employing fifth-generation (5G) mobile communication technology (hereinafter referred to as a 5G system). Those skilled in the art will understand that the 5G NR system is merely an example and not a limitation.

[0180] This disclosure provides a method, apparatus, terminal, and network device for monitoring and information transmission to avoid excessive paging latency.

[0181] The method and apparatus are based on the same concept of the application. Since the methods and apparatus solve problems in similar ways, the implementation of the apparatus and methods can refer to each other, and the repeated parts will not be described again.

[0182] As shown in Figure 1, this embodiment of the present disclosure provides a monitoring processing method applied to a terminal, including:

[0183] Step S101: Under the condition that the first condition is met, listening to the low-power wake-up signal LP-WUS is not allowed;

[0184] The first condition is a condition indicating the listening time (LO, also known as the low-power wake-up signal occasion (LP-WUS occasion)) and / or a paging condition.

[0185] It should be noted that the statement "not allowing LP-WUS monitoring" in this embodiment can be understood as not using LP-WUS, that is, under the condition that the first condition is met, LP-WUS is not transmitted between the network device and the terminal; it can also be understood as the terminal not enabling LP-WUS or not monitoring LP-WUS.

[0186] In some embodiments of this disclosure, monitoring LP-WUS may also be replaced with the term LP-WUS.

[0187] In some embodiments, listening to LP-WUS is not allowed if the first condition is met; this can also be understood as allowing listening to LP-WUS if the first condition is not met. That is, in this approach, the terminal is not allowed to listen to LP-WUS if the first condition is met, and is allowed to listen to LP-WUS if the first condition is not met.

[0188] In some embodiments, the terminal typically needs to first determine whether the first condition is met, and then, if the first condition is met, execute the action of disallowing LP-WUS monitoring, or if the first condition is not met, execute the action of allowing LP-WUS monitoring.

[0189] It should be noted that by not listening to LP-WUS when the conditions of low-power wake-up signal listening time LO and / or paging cycle are met, the paging latency of the terminal can be guaranteed even when LP-WUS is being listened to, thus avoiding the situation where the paging latency of the terminal is too large.

[0190] First, it should be noted that the terms "greater than" and / or "equal to" in this disclosure include the following cases: greater than (represented by the mathematical symbol >), equal to (represented by the mathematical symbol =), and greater than and equal to (represented by the mathematical symbol ≥). The terms "less than" and / or "equal to" in this disclosure include the following cases: less than (represented by the mathematical symbol <), equal to (represented by the mathematical symbol =), and less than and equal to (represented by the mathematical symbol ≤).

[0191] In some embodiments, the first condition includes at least one of A11-A15:

[0192] The period of the LO corresponding to A11 and LP-WUS is greater than and / or equal to the first threshold;

[0193] In some embodiments, the first threshold may be a protocol stipulation or a network device configuration.

[0194] In some embodiments, the first threshold can be the paging cycle of the terminal listening to paging.

[0195] For example, if the network device is configured with a LO period of 500ms, and the terminal determines the paging period for listening to paging according to rules to be 320ms, and the LO period is greater than 320ms, then if the terminal uses LP-WUS in this case, the paging latency requirement cannot be met; therefore, the terminal is not allowed to use LP-WUS in this situation. If the network device is configured with a LO period of 300ms, and the terminal determines the paging period for listening to paging according to rules to be 320ms, and the LO period is less than 320ms, then the terminal can meet the paging latency requirement by using LP-WUS; therefore, the terminal is allowed to use LP-WUS in this situation.

[0196] In some embodiments, the network device may configure LO for different LP-WUS types; the terminal determines the LO period corresponding to the LP-WUS being monitored based on the type of LP-WUS being monitored.

[0197] In some embodiments, the LP-WUS type can be defined based on the generation method of the LP-WUS (e.g., based on OOK-1, OOK-4, orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)); or, various different monitoring LP-WUS types can be defined based on the sensitivity of the monitoring OFDM LP-WUS.

[0198] In some embodiments, the first threshold configuration includes at least one of the following:

[0199] A111. Configure different values ​​for different paging cycles;

[0200] For example, multiple paging cycles can be agreed upon by the protocol, and correspondingly, different paging cycles correspond to different values ​​of the first threshold; or the network device can be configured with multiple paging cycles, and correspondingly, different paging cycles are configured with different values ​​of the first threshold.

[0201] A112. Configure different values ​​for different LP-WUS types;

[0202] For example, multiple LP-WUS types can be agreed upon in the protocol, and correspondingly, different LP-WUS types correspond to different values ​​of the first threshold; or the network device can be configured with multiple LP-WUS types, and correspondingly, different LP-WUS types can be configured with different values ​​of the first threshold.

[0203] In some embodiments, when the first threshold is configured by the network device, in one case, the network side determines that the first threshold for the terminal to use LP-WUS is 320ms based on the type of LP-WUS the terminal is listening to and / or the paging period when the terminal is listening to paging, and sends this threshold to the terminal via dedicated signaling. The terminal receives and stores the first threshold. The terminal determines that the LO period corresponding to LP-WUS is 480ms by receiving the configuration information (if the network device configures different LOs for different LP-WUS types, the terminal needs to further determine the LO period corresponding to the LP-WUS being listened to based on the type of LP-WUS being listened to). If the LO period (480ms) is greater than the first threshold, then the terminal is not allowed to use LP-WUS.

[0204] In some embodiments, where the first threshold is configured by the network device, in another scenario, the network device configures different threshold values ​​for different paging cycles and / or the type of LP-WUS the terminal is listening to. The network device can send these threshold values ​​to the terminal via a dedicated message or a broadcast message. The terminal receives the first threshold configured by the network device. The terminal determines the paging cycle for paging according to the rules; and determines the corresponding value of the first threshold based on the paging cycle and / or the type of LP-WUS the terminal is listening to. The terminal determines the LO cycle corresponding to LP-WUS by receiving the configuration information (if the network device configures different LOs for different LP-WUS types, the terminal needs to further determine the LO cycle corresponding to the LP-WUS based on the LP-WUS type being listened to). If the LO cycle corresponding to LP-WUS is greater than the determined first threshold, the terminal is not allowed to use LP-WUS.

[0205] A12, The offset between the LO of LP-WUS and the paging frame (PF) corresponding to the terminal listening paging is greater than and / or equal to the second threshold;

[0206] In some embodiments, the second threshold may be a protocol stipulation or a network device configuration.

[0207] In some embodiments, the second threshold can be the paging cycle of the terminal listening to paging.

[0208] In some embodiments, the second threshold configuration includes at least one of the following:

[0209] A121. Configure different values ​​for different paging cycles;

[0210] For example, multiple paging cycles can be agreed upon by the protocol, and correspondingly, different paging cycles correspond to different values ​​of the second threshold; or the network device can be configured with multiple paging cycles, and correspondingly, different paging cycles are configured with different values ​​of the second threshold.

[0211] A122. Configure different values ​​for different LP-WUS types;

[0212] For example, multiple LP-WUS types can be agreed upon in the protocol, and correspondingly, different LP-WUS types correspond to different values ​​of the second threshold; or the network device can be configured with multiple LP-WUS types, and correspondingly, different LP-WUS types can be configured with different values ​​of the second threshold.

[0213] In some embodiments, the offset between the LO and the PF corresponding to the terminal listening paging includes one of the following:

[0214] A1201, The offset is determined based on the start or end position of the LO and the paging PF corresponding to the LO;

[0215] In some embodiments, the start position or end position includes at least one of the following: frame, subframe, time slot.

[0216] In some embodiments, the offset is equal to the start or end position of the LO minus the paging PF corresponding to the LO. It should be noted that, for ease of calculation, when the calculation unit is a frame, the start or end position refers to the frame containing the start or end position; when the calculation unit is a subframe, the start or end position refers to the subframe containing the start or end position, and the paging PF corresponding to the LO refers to a specific subframe under the paging PF of the LO, such as the first subframe, the last subframe, etc.; when the calculation unit is a time slot, the start or end position refers to the time slot containing the start or end position, and the paging PF corresponding to the LO refers to the time slot containing the paging PF of the LO, such as the first time slot, the last time slot, etc.

[0217] In some embodiments, the offset can be directly broadcast by the network device or obtained based on the LO configuration parameters and paging configuration parameters sent by the network device. Furthermore, multiple offsets may be configured for different LP-WUS types of network devices, and / or the network device may send multiple sets of LO configuration parameters. In this case, the terminal needs to determine the corresponding offset and / or LO configuration parameters based on the LP-WUS type being monitored.

[0218] A1202, the offset is determined based on the start or end position of the LO and the first PF corresponding to the LO;

[0219] In some embodiments, the offset is equal to the start or end position of the LO minus the first PF corresponding to the LO. It should be noted that, for ease of calculation, when the calculation unit is a frame, the start or end position refers to the frame in which the start or end position is located; when the calculation unit is a subframe, the start or end position refers to the subframe in which the start or end position is located, and the first PF corresponding to the LO refers to a subframe under the first PF corresponding to the LO, such as the first subframe, the last subframe, etc.; when the calculation unit is a time slot, the start or end position refers to the time slot in which the start or end position is located, and the first PF corresponding to the LO refers to the time slot in which the first PF corresponding to the LO is located, such as the first time slot in which the PF is located, the last time slot, etc.

[0220] In some embodiments, the offset can be broadcast directly by the network device or obtained based on the LO configuration parameters and paging configuration parameters sent by the network device. Furthermore, for different LP-WUS types, the network device may send multiple offsets and / or multiple sets of LO configuration parameters. In this case, the terminal needs to determine the corresponding offset and / or LO configuration parameters based on the LP-WUS type being monitored.

[0221] A1203, the offset is determined based on the start or end position of the LO monitored by the terminal and the paging PF corresponding to the LO monitored by the terminal;

[0222] It's important to note that in this scenario, the offset is determined based on the start or end position of the LO (Location of Entity) being monitored by the terminal. This can be understood as follows: multiple LOs can be configured in the network device or agreed upon by the protocol, but the terminal doesn't need to monitor all LP-WUS (Low Power-Synchronization Signals). It only needs to monitor a subset of LP-WUS. For example, the terminal might determine the LOs to monitor based on the Low Power-Synchronization Signal (LP-SS); or it might determine the location of the LOs to monitor based on the corresponding LP-WUS packets. In this case, the focus might be on the LOs corresponding to the LP-WUS actually being monitored by the terminal.

[0223] In some embodiments, the offset is equal to the start or end position of the LO (Local Order) being monitored by the terminal minus the paging PF (Pager Function) corresponding to the LO. It should be noted that, for ease of calculation, when the calculation unit is a frame, the start or end position refers to the frame containing the start or end position; when the calculation unit is a subframe, the start or end position refers to the subframe containing the start or end position, and the paging PF corresponding to the LO refers to a specific subframe under the paging PF, such as the first subframe, the last subframe, etc.; when the calculation unit is a time slot, the start or end position refers to the time slot containing the start or end position, and the paging PF corresponding to the LO refers to the time slot containing the paging PF, such as the first time slot, the last time slot, etc.

[0224] A1204, The offset is determined based on the start or end position of the LO monitored by the terminal and the first PF corresponding to the LO monitored by the terminal;

[0225] In some embodiments, the offset is equal to the start or end position of the LO monitored by the terminal minus the first PF corresponding to the LO. It should be noted that, for ease of calculation, when the calculation unit is a frame, the start or end position refers to the frame containing the start or end position; when the calculation unit is a subframe, the start or end position refers to the subframe containing the start or end position, and the first PF corresponding to the LO refers to a subframe under the first PF corresponding to the LO, such as the first subframe, the last subframe, etc.; when the calculation unit is a time slot, the start or end position refers to the time slot containing the start or end position, and the first PF corresponding to the LO refers to the time slot containing the first PF corresponding to the LO, such as the first time slot, the last time slot, etc.

[0226] A13, The offset between the LO and the paging time (PO) of LP-WUS is greater than and / or equal to the third threshold;

[0227] In some embodiments, the third threshold may be a protocol stipulation or a network device configuration.

[0228] In some embodiments, the third threshold configuration includes at least one of the following:

[0229] A131. Configure different values ​​for different paging cycles;

[0230] For example, multiple paging cycles can be agreed upon by protocol, with different paging cycles corresponding to different values ​​of the third threshold; or multiple paging cycles can be configured on network devices, with different paging cycles configured to have different values ​​of the third threshold.

[0231] A132. Configure different values ​​for different LP-WUS types;

[0232] For example, multiple LP-WUS types can be agreed upon in the protocol, and correspondingly, different LP-WUS types correspond to different values ​​of the third threshold; or network devices can be configured with multiple LP-WUS types, and correspondingly, different LP-WUS types can be configured with different values ​​of the third threshold.

[0233] In some embodiments, the third threshold may be the paging cycle when the terminal listens for paging; the third threshold may be configured to the terminal by the network device through a dedicated message or a broadcast message; further, the network device may configure different third thresholds for different paging cycles and / or the type of LP-WUS the terminal listens for, and the terminal determines the value of the corresponding third threshold according to the paging cycle of the paging and / or the type of LP-WUS the terminal listens for.

[0234] In some embodiments, the offset between LO and PO satisfies one of the following:

[0235] A1301, the offset is determined based on the start or end position of the LO and the start or end position of the PO corresponding to the terminal listening LO;

[0236] In some embodiments, the start position or end position includes at least one of the following: frame, subframe, time slot.

[0237] In some embodiments, the offset is equal to the starting position of the LO minus the starting position of the PO corresponding to the terminal listening LO; or, the offset is equal to the ending position of the LO minus the ending position of the PO corresponding to the terminal listening LO.

[0238] A1302, the offset is determined based on the start or end position of the LO monitored by the terminal and the start or end position of the PO corresponding to the LO monitored by the terminal;

[0239] In some embodiments, the offset is equal to the start position of the LO monitored by the terminal minus the start position of the PO corresponding to the LO monitored by the terminal; or, the offset is equal to the end position of the LO monitored by the terminal minus the end position of the PO corresponding to the LO monitored by the terminal.

[0240] It should be noted that the offset is obtained by the terminal based on the LO configuration parameters and / or paging configuration parameters sent by the network device. Furthermore, for different LP-WUS types, the network device may send multiple sets of LO configuration parameters; in this case, the terminal needs to determine the corresponding LO configuration parameters based on the LP-WUS type it is monitoring.

[0241] A14. The paging cycle of terminal listening to paging is less than and / or equal to the first threshold;

[0242] In some embodiments, the first threshold may be a protocol stipulation or a network device configuration.

[0243] In some embodiments, the first threshold configuration method includes at least one of the following:

[0244] A141. Configure different values ​​for different paging cycles;

[0245] For example, multiple paging cycles can be agreed upon by protocol, and correspondingly, different paging cycles correspond to different values ​​of the first threshold; or the network device can be configured with multiple paging cycles, and correspondingly, different paging cycles are configured with different values ​​of the first threshold.

[0246] A142. Configure different values ​​for different LP-WUS types;

[0247] For example, multiple LP-WUS types can be agreed upon in the protocol, and correspondingly, different LP-WUS types correspond to different values ​​of the first threshold; or the network device can be configured with multiple LP-WUS types, and correspondingly, different LP-WUS types can be configured with different values ​​of the first threshold.

[0248] In some embodiments, when the first threshold is configured by the network device, this first threshold can be broadcast by the current cell or configured to the terminal via dedicated signaling. For example, if the network device broadcasts a threshold of 640ms, meaning the minimum paging period supported by LP-WUS in the current cell is 640ms, and the terminal determines, according to the rules, that the paging period it is monitoring is 320ms, which is less than the first threshold, then the terminal is not allowed to use LP-WUS. Furthermore, different thresholds can be configured for different LP-WUS types of network devices. In this case, the terminal needs to determine the value of the first threshold based on the type of LP-WUS it is monitoring.

[0249] A15. The terminal's serving cell does not support the terminal listening to the paging cycle.

[0250] In some embodiments, the fact that the serving cell of the terminal does not support the paging cycle of the terminal listening to paging can be understood as the serving cell of the terminal not supporting the paging cycle of the terminal listening to paging when listening to LP-WUS. In other words, this limitation only applies to LP-WUS listening scenarios.

[0251] In some embodiments, the paging cycle configuration method for terminal listening to paging includes: configuring different values ​​for different LP-WUS types.

[0252] In some embodiments, the paging period not supported by the current cell in an LP-WUS monitoring scenario can be broadcast (for example, in this case, the terminal needs to receive paging periods broadcast by the network device that are not supported in an LP-WUS monitoring scenario (which can also be simplified as the terminal needs to receive paging periods broadcast by the network device that are not supported by LP-WUS)) or protocol-defined. For example, if the network device broadcasts a paging period that is not supported, 320ms, and the terminal determines that the paging period for monitoring is 320ms according to the rules, then the terminal is not allowed to use LP-WUS. Furthermore, the value of the unsupported paging period may be different for different LP-WUS types. In this case, the terminal needs to determine the value of the paging period that the current cell does not support when the terminal is monitoring paging in an LP-WUS monitoring scenario, based on the type of LP-WUS being monitored.

[0253] It should be noted that, for A11-A15 above, as long as any one of A11-A15 is met, the first condition is considered met, and LP-WUS monitoring is not allowed. The opposite of any one of A11-A15 is that the first condition is not met, and the terminal will monitor LP-WUS.

[0254] It should be noted that by limiting the first condition mentioned above, it can be ensured that the paging latency of the terminal can also be guaranteed when using LP-WUS.

[0255] As shown in Figure 2, this embodiment of the present disclosure provides a monitoring processing method applied to a terminal, including:

[0256] Step S201: Under the second condition, listen to LP-WUS;

[0257] The second condition is used to restrict LO listening and / or paging listening.

[0258] It should be noted that the LP-WUS monitoring mentioned in this embodiment can be understood as using LP-WUS, that is, LP-WUS needs to be transmitted between the network device and the terminal under the second condition; it can also be understood as the terminal enabling LP-WUS or monitoring LP-WUS.

[0259] In some embodiments of this disclosure, monitoring LP-WUS may also be replaced with the term LP-WUS.

[0260] In some embodiments, the terminal typically needs to first determine the second condition. If the second condition is met, the terminal performs the action of listening to LP-WUS, that is, listening to LP-WUS under the second condition. If the second condition is not met, the terminal may or may not listen to LP-WUS.

[0261] It should be noted that by monitoring LP-WUS under the condition of limiting LO monitoring and / or paging monitoring, the paging latency of the terminal can be guaranteed even when monitoring LP-WUS, thus avoiding the occurrence of excessive paging latency of the terminal.

[0262] First, it should be noted that the terms "greater than" and / or "equal to" in this disclosure include the following cases: greater than (represented by the mathematical symbol >), equal to (represented by the mathematical symbol =), and greater than and equal to (represented by the mathematical symbol ≥). The terms "less than" and / or "equal to" in this disclosure include the following cases: less than (represented by the mathematical symbol <), equal to (represented by the mathematical symbol =), and less than and equal to (represented by the mathematical symbol ≤).

[0263] In some embodiments, the second condition restricting LO monitoring includes at least one of the following: restricting the LO monitoring range, restricting the start position of LO monitoring, and restricting the end position of LO monitoring.

[0264] It should be noted that, under this method, the listening range of the LO can be limited. That is, when the terminal uses LP-WUS and there is a corresponding second condition, the terminal only listens to LP-WUS within the limited listening range. If there is no corresponding second condition, the terminal may or may not listen to LP-WUS. Alternatively, the starting position of LO listening can be limited. That is, when the terminal uses LP-WUS and there is a corresponding second condition, the terminal can only listen to LP-WUS after the starting position of LO listening. If there is no corresponding second condition, the terminal may or may not listen to LP-WUS. Furthermore, the ending position of LO listening can be limited. That is, when the terminal uses LP-WUS and there is a corresponding second condition, the terminal can only listen to LP-WUS before the ending position of LO listening. If there is no corresponding second condition, the terminal may or may not listen to LP-WUS.

[0265] In some embodiments, the monitoring range includes at least one of the following:

[0266] B11, The offset between the starting position of the PO corresponding to the terminal listening LO and the LO is less than and / or equal to the second threshold;

[0267] In some embodiments, the second threshold may be a protocol stipulation or a network device configuration.

[0268] In some embodiments, the configuration of the second threshold includes at least one of the following:

[0269] B111. Configure different values ​​for different paging cycles;

[0270] For example, multiple paging cycles can be agreed upon by protocol, and correspondingly, different paging cycles correspond to different values ​​of the second threshold; or the network device can be configured with multiple paging cycles, and correspondingly, different paging cycles are configured with different values ​​of the second threshold.

[0271] B112. Configure different values ​​for different LP-WUS types;

[0272] For example, multiple LP-WUS types can be agreed upon in the protocol, and correspondingly, different LP-WUS types correspond to different values ​​of the second threshold; or the network device can be configured with multiple LP-WUS types, and correspondingly, different LP-WUS types can be configured with different values ​​of the second threshold.

[0273] In some embodiments, the second threshold may be the paging cycle for terminal listening to paging; further, when the second threshold is configured by a network device, it may be a threshold configured by the network device to the terminal via a dedicated message or via a broadcast message (for example, the network device may configure different values ​​of the second threshold for different paging cycles, and further, it may configure different values ​​of the second threshold for different LP-WUS types); for example, as shown in FIG3, the black dot-filled area is the range of listening LO determined according to the network device configuration, and the terminal determines the actual listening LO range as the range indicated by the green diagonal line-filled area based on its own determined paging cycle for listening to paging.

[0274] For example, when the terminal's MR enters a deep sleep state, it takes 400ms to complete ramp-up. If the terminal determines that the paging cycle for listening to paging is 320ms, the above method limits the range of LO listening to by the UE to a second threshold (e.g., 320ms) where the offset between the LO and the starting position of the PO corresponding to the LO is less than and / or equal to the second threshold. This ensures that the MR cannot enter a deep sleep state when the terminal is listening to LP-WUS, and ensures that the terminal wakes up in time to listen to LP-WUS and subsequent paging messages in each paging cycle.

[0275] If, according to this restriction, the terminal finds that the offset between the LO currently configured on the network side and the starting position of the PO corresponding to the LO being monitored by the UE is greater than the second threshold (e.g., the paging period for the terminal to monitor paging, 320ms), and the terminal has no available LO within the monitoring range, then the current terminal cannot use LP-WUS.

[0276] B12, The offset between the LO and the starting position of the PF corresponding to the terminal listening LO is less than and / or equal to the third threshold;

[0277] In some embodiments, the third threshold may be a protocol convention or a network device configuration.

[0278] In some embodiments, the configuration of the third threshold includes at least one of the following:

[0279] B121. Configure different values ​​for different paging cycles;

[0280] For example, multiple paging cycles can be agreed upon by protocol, and correspondingly, different paging cycles correspond to different values ​​of the third threshold; or the network device can be configured with multiple paging cycles, and correspondingly, different paging cycles are configured with different values ​​of the third threshold.

[0281] B122. Configure different values ​​for different LP-WUS types;

[0282] For example, multiple LP-WUS types can be agreed upon in the protocol, and correspondingly, different LP-WUS types correspond to different values ​​of the third threshold; or the network device can be configured with multiple LP-WUS types, and correspondingly, different LP-WUS types can be configured with different values ​​of the third threshold.

[0283] In some embodiments, the third threshold is the paging cycle during which the terminal listens for paging. Further, when the third threshold is configured by a network device, it can be a threshold configured by the network device to the terminal via a dedicated message or a broadcast message (for example, the network device can configure different values ​​for the third threshold for different paging cycles, and further, different values ​​for the third threshold can be configured for different LP-WUS types).

[0284] B13, LO listens to at least one time domain interval;

[0285] In some embodiments, if the time domain interval includes multiple intervals, it can be understood that the time domain interval of the LO listening time domain is periodic.

[0286] In some embodiments, the at least one time domain interval may be a protocol agreement or a network device configuration.

[0287] In some embodiments, the time domain interval is configured in at least one of the following ways:

[0288] Configure different values ​​for different paging cycles;

[0289] Different values ​​can be configured for different LP-WUS types.

[0290] For example, the network device is configured to periodically monitor the Loop (LO), and also configures the time domain interval (i.e., LO monitoring range) corresponding to different paging cycles within each LO cycle. Furthermore, for different LP-WUS types, the LO monitoring range corresponding to different paging cycles within each LO cycle can be configured separately. The terminal determines the LO monitoring range based on the T and / or LP-WUS type during paging.

[0291] B14. The offset between the starting position of the PO corresponding to the terminal listening LO and the LO is within the first interval.

[0292] In some embodiments, the first range may be agreed upon by a protocol or configured by a network device.

[0293] In some embodiments, the values ​​of the two endpoints of the first interval range may be agreed upon by the protocol or configured by the network device. In some embodiments, the first interval range mentioned in this disclosure may include the values ​​of the endpoints.

[0294] In some embodiments, the configuration of the first interval range includes at least one of the following:

[0295] Configure different values ​​for different paging cycles;

[0296] Different values ​​can be configured for different LP-WUS types.

[0297] In some embodiments, the first interval range may be agreed upon by a protocol or configured by the network device, with different first interval ranges corresponding to different paging cycles; furthermore, different first interval ranges may be configured for different LP-WUS types and paging cycles. The terminal determines the range of the listening LO based on the paging cycle and / or LP-WUS type when listening for paging.

[0298] B15, The offset between the starting position of the PF corresponding to the LO and the terminal listening LO is within the second interval range;

[0299] In some embodiments, the second range may be agreed upon by a protocol or configured by a network device.

[0300] In some embodiments, the second interval range mentioned in this disclosure may include the values ​​of the endpoints.

[0301] In some embodiments, the configuration of the second interval range includes at least one of the following:

[0302] Configure different values ​​for different paging cycles;

[0303] Different values ​​can be configured for different LP-WUS types.

[0304] In some embodiments, the second interval range may be agreed upon by a protocol or configured by a network device, with different paging cycles corresponding to different second interval ranges; furthermore, different second interval ranges may be configured for different LP-WUS types and paging cycles. The terminal determines the range of the listening LO based on the paging cycle and / or LP-WUS type when listening for paging.

[0305] It should be noted that by using the methods described in B11-B15 above, it can be ensured that the terminal wakes up in time to listen to LP-WUS and subsequent paging messages during each paging cycle.

[0306] The use of the second condition is illustrated in the following example: For instance, if the network device only sends the second threshold corresponding to a paging period of 320ms under LP-WUS based on OOK-1, then if the terminal uses LP-WUS based on OOK-1 and the terminal's current paging period is 320ms, the terminal needs to listen to LP-WUS within the restricted listening range when using LP-WUS. However, if the terminal's current paging period is not 320ms, or the LP-WUS used by the terminal is not based on OOK-1, then there is no restriction on the listening range when the terminal uses LP-WUS, and the terminal can listen to LP-WUS at an appropriate LO.

[0307] In some embodiments, the starting position of the restricted LO listening includes at least one of the following:

[0308] B21, the offset between the starting position and the starting or ending position of the PO corresponding to the terminal listening LO is less than and / or equal to the fourth threshold;

[0309] In some embodiments, the fourth threshold is the paging cycle of the terminal listening to paging.

[0310] In some embodiments, the fourth threshold is configured in at least one of the following ways:

[0311] Configure different values ​​for different paging cycles;

[0312] Different values ​​can be configured for different LP-WUS types.

[0313] B22, The offset between the starting position and the PF starting or ending position corresponding to the terminal listening LO is less than and / or equal to the fifth threshold;

[0314] In some embodiments, the fifth threshold is the paging cycle of the terminal listening to paging.

[0315] In some embodiments, the fifth threshold is configured in at least one of the following ways:

[0316] Configure different values ​​for different paging cycles;

[0317] Different values ​​can be configured for different LP-WUS types.

[0318] It should be noted that by using the methods described in B21-B22 above, it can be ensured that the terminal wakes up in time to listen to LP-WUS and subsequent paging messages during each paging cycle.

[0319] In some embodiments, the cutoff point for limiting LO listening includes at least one of the following:

[0320] B31, the offset between the cutoff position and the PO start or cutoff position corresponding to the terminal listening LO is less than and / or equal to the sixth threshold;

[0321] In some embodiments, the sixth threshold is the paging cycle of the terminal listening to paging.

[0322] In some embodiments, the sixth threshold is configured in at least one of the following ways:

[0323] Configure different values ​​for different paging cycles;

[0324] Different values ​​can be configured for different LP-WUS types.

[0325] B32, the offset between the cutoff position and the PF start or cutoff position corresponding to the terminal listening LO is less than and / or equal to the seventh threshold;

[0326] In some embodiments, the seventh threshold is the paging cycle of the terminal listening to paging.

[0327] In some embodiments, the seventh threshold is configured in at least one of the following ways:

[0328] Configure different values ​​for different paging cycles;

[0329] Different values ​​can be configured for different LP-WUS types.

[0330] It should be noted that, in the above description of the embodiments of this disclosure, by determining different threshold or threshold values ​​according to the terminal's LP-WUS listening type, the paging latency of the terminal when using LP-WUS can be controlled more accurately and flexibly.

[0331] In some embodiments, the restriction on paging listening in the second condition includes at least one of the following:

[0332] C11. When the terminal is listening to paging, the paging cycle is greater than and / or equal to the LO cycle;

[0333] This can be understood as meaning that the terminal only needs to use LP-WUS if the paging period during paging is greater than and / or equal to the LO period.

[0334] In some embodiments, the LO period may differ due to different LP-WUS types. In this case, the terminal needs to determine the LO period based on the LP-WUS type being monitored.

[0335] C12. The paging cycle during terminal listening to paging is greater than and / or equal to the eighth threshold;

[0336] In some embodiments, the eighth threshold may be a protocol convention or a network device configuration.

[0337] In some embodiments, the configuration of the eighth threshold includes: different LP-WUS types correspond to different values ​​of the eighth threshold.

[0338] In other words, when different LP-WUS types correspond to different eighth thresholds, the terminal needs to determine the value of the eighth threshold based on the LP-WUS type being monitored.

[0339] C13. The paging period during terminal listening paging is greater than and / or equal to the offset between LO and PF corresponding to terminal listening paging;

[0340] It should be noted that if the paging period during paging monitoring is greater than and / or equal to the offset between the LO and the PF corresponding to the terminal paging monitoring, it indicates that monitoring LP-WUS will not affect the paging latency, and LP-WUS can be used in this case.

[0341] C14. When the terminal is listening to paging, the paging cycle is greater than and / or equal to the offset between LO and PO;

[0342] It should be noted that if the paging cycle during paging monitoring is greater than and / or equal to the offset between LO and PO, it indicates that monitoring LP-WUS will not affect paging latency, and LP-WUS can be used in this case.

[0343] It should be noted that in this method, the paging period can be restricted. This can be understood as the requirement to meet any of the restrictions in C11-C14 when configuring the paging period. That is, if the paging period is within the restricted range, the terminal will listen to LP-WUS. If there is no corresponding paging period restriction, the terminal can listen to LP-WUS or not.

[0344] It should be noted that by using the methods described in C11-C14 above, the paging latency of the terminal can be guaranteed when using LP-WUS.

[0345] This disclosure provides a monitoring processing method applied to a terminal, including:

[0346] Under the condition that the first condition is met, listening to the low-power wake-up signal LP-WUS is not allowed; and

[0347] Under the second condition, listen to LP-WUS.

[0348] It should be noted that this embodiment is a combination of the two embodiments described above. All descriptions of the first and second conditions in the two embodiments above are applicable to this embodiment. For details, please refer to the above descriptions, which will not be repeated here.

[0349] It should be noted that in this embodiment, the terminal can control how to monitor LP-WUS based on the first and second conditions. For example, it can first check if the first condition is met. If the first condition is met, monitoring LP-WUS is directly disallowed. If the first condition is not met, further judgment is needed based on the second condition. If the LP-WUS is within the limits of the second condition, then monitoring LP-WUS is allowed; otherwise, monitoring LP-WUS may or may not be allowed. Alternatively, it can first determine if the LP-WUS is within the limits of the second condition. If it is, then monitoring LP-WUS is allowed. If it is not within the limits of the second condition, further judgment is needed based on the first condition. If the first condition is met, then monitoring LP-WUS is not allowed; otherwise, monitoring LP-WUS is allowed. The above is merely an example of the combined application of the first and second conditions and does not constitute a limitation on the embodiments of this disclosure. All implementations combining the first and second conditions fall within the protection scope of the embodiments of this disclosure.

[0350] In some embodiments, for the three embodiments described above, the terminal may also perform the following process:

[0351] Determine the LOs to be monitored based on the paging cycle and / or LP-WUS type of the paging.

[0352] It should be noted that determining the LO to be monitored by using the paging cycle and / or LP-WUS type can ensure reasonable LO determination and improve the reliability of LP-WUS reception.

[0353] In some embodiments, for the three embodiments described above, the terminal may also perform the following process:

[0354] Determine the LO configuration information based on the LP-WUS type;

[0355] In some embodiments, the LO configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0356] The period of LO, the starting position of LO, the offset of LO, the offset between LO and PF, and the offset between LO and PO.

[0357] It should be noted that by determining the LO configuration information based on the LP-WUS type, it can be ensured that the terminal can accurately listen to LP-WUS based on the LO, thus ensuring the reliability of LP-WUS reception.

[0358] This situation can be understood as the LO configuration information being the same as that of the LP-WUS type, while the LO configuration information corresponding to different LP-WUS types is different.

[0359] In some embodiments, where the parameters (first threshold, second threshold, third threshold, first threshold, second threshold, third threshold, fourth threshold, fifth threshold, sixth threshold, seventh threshold, eighth threshold, at least one time domain interval, first interval range, second interval range, etc.) in the above three embodiments need to be configured by the network device, the network device configures and broadcasts these parameters to the terminal; in some embodiments, the network device can determine whether to send LP-WUS to wake up the terminal, or determine the transmission location of LO, based on the paging cycle of the terminal to be paged and / or the LP-WUS type listened to by the terminal.

[0360] It should be noted that, by limiting the conditions for using LP-WUS and / or not using LP-WUS, at least one embodiment of this disclosure can ensure that the paging latency of the UE can be guaranteed even when the terminal is using LP-WUS, thus avoiding the problem of excessive paging latency of the terminal due to the introduction of LP-WUS.

[0361] The technical solutions provided in this disclosure are applicable to a variety of systems, especially fifth-generation mobile communication technology (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), 5G New Radio (NR) and its evolutionary communication systems, and 6G (sixth-generation mobile communication technology) systems. All of these systems include terminals (also referred to as terminal equipment) and network equipment. The system may also include a core network component, such as an evolved packet system (EPS) or a 5G system (5GS).

[0362] The terminal involved in the embodiments of this disclosure, also referred to as a terminal device, can be a device that provides voice and / or data connectivity to a user, a handheld device with wireless connectivity, or other processing devices connected to a wireless modem. The name of the terminal device may differ in different systems; for example, in a 5G system, the terminal device can be called User Equipment (UE). The wireless terminal device can communicate with one or more core networks (CNs) via a Radio Access Network (RAN). The wireless terminal device can be a mobile terminal device, such as a mobile phone (or "cellular" phone) and a computer with a mobile terminal device, for example, a portable, pocket-sized, handheld, computer-embedded, or vehicle-mounted mobile device, which exchanges 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.

[0363] 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.

[0364] 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.

[0365] As shown in Figure 4, this embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information transmission method, executed by a network device, including:

[0366] Step S401: Send target information to the terminal, the target information including at least one of the following:

[0367] First threshold, second threshold, third threshold, first threshold, second threshold, third threshold, fourth threshold, fifth threshold, sixth threshold, seventh threshold, eighth threshold, at least one time domain interval, first interval range, second interval range.

[0368] In some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0369] Based on the paging cycle of the terminal to be paged and / or the type of the low-power wake-up signal (LP-WUS) being listened to by the terminal, determine whether to send an LP-WUS wake-up signal or determine the transmission position of the listening time (LO) of the low-power wake-up signal.

[0370] In some embodiments, the target configuration information is configured with different values ​​for different paging cycles, and / or the target configuration information is configured with different values ​​for different LP-WUS types.

[0371] It should be noted that all the implementation methods in the above embodiments are applicable to the embodiments of the information transmission method applied to the network device side, and can achieve the same technical effect, so they will not be described again here.

[0372] As shown in Figure 5, this embodiment of the present disclosure provides a listening processing device 500, applied to a terminal, including:

[0373] Execution unit 501 is configured to disallow listening to the low-power wake-up signal LP-WUS when a first condition is met; and / or

[0374] Under the second condition, monitor LP-WUS;

[0375] Wherein, the first condition is the condition indicating the listening time LO of the low-power wake-up signal and / or the paging condition.

[0376] The second condition is used to restrict LO listening and / or paging listening.

[0377] In some embodiments, the first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0378] The period of the LO corresponding to LP-WUS is greater than and / or equal to the first threshold;

[0379] The offset between the LO of LP-WUS and the PF corresponding to the terminal listening paging is greater than and / or equal to the second threshold;

[0380] The offset between the LO and the paging time PO of LP-WUS is greater than and / or equal to the third threshold;

[0381] The paging cycle of the terminal listening to the paging is less than and / or equal to the first threshold;

[0382] The terminal's serving cell does not support the terminal listening to the paging cycle.

[0383] In some embodiments, at least one of the first threshold, the second threshold, and the third threshold is the paging cycle of the terminal listening paging.

[0384] In some embodiments, the configuration of at least one of the first threshold, second threshold, third threshold, and first threshold includes at least one of the following:

[0385] Configure different values ​​for different paging cycles;

[0386] Different values ​​can be configured for different LP-WUS types.

[0387] In some embodiments, the configuration method for the paging cycle of terminal listening to paging includes:

[0388] Different values ​​can be configured for different LP-WUS types.

[0389] In some embodiments, the apparatus further includes:

[0390] The receiving unit is used to receive paging cycles broadcast by network devices that are not supported by LP-WUS.

[0391] In some embodiments, limiting LO monitoring includes at least one of the following: limiting the LO monitoring range, limiting the start position of LO monitoring, and limiting the end position of LO monitoring;

[0392] The monitoring range includes at least one of the following:

[0393] The offset between the LO and the starting position of the PO corresponding to the terminal listening LO is less than and / or equal to the second threshold;

[0394] The offset between the LO and the starting position of the PF corresponding to the terminal listening LO is less than and / or equal to the third threshold;

[0395] The LO listens to at least one time domain interval;

[0396] The offset between the LO and the starting position of the PO corresponding to the terminal listening LO is within the first interval;

[0397] The offset between the LO and the starting position of the PF corresponding to the terminal listening LO is within the second interval range;

[0398] The starting position includes at least one of the following:

[0399] The offset between the starting position and the starting or ending position of the PO corresponding to the terminal listening LO is less than and / or equal to the fourth threshold.

[0400] The offset between the starting position and the PF starting or ending position corresponding to the terminal listening LO is less than and / or equal to the fifth threshold.

[0401] The cutoff position includes at least one of the following:

[0402] The offset between the cutoff position and the PO start or cutoff position corresponding to the terminal listening LO is less than and / or equal to the sixth threshold.

[0403] The offset between the cutoff position and the PF start or cutoff position corresponding to the terminal listening LO is less than and / or equal to the seventh threshold.

[0404] In some embodiments, at least one of the second threshold, third threshold, fourth threshold, fifth threshold, sixth threshold, and seventh threshold is the paging cycle of the terminal listening to paging.

[0405] In some embodiments, the configuration of at least one of the second threshold, the third threshold, the time domain interval, the first interval range, the second interval range, the fourth threshold, the fifth threshold, the sixth threshold, and the seventh threshold includes at least one of the following:

[0406] Configure different values ​​for different paging cycles;

[0407] Different values ​​can be configured for different LP-WUS types.

[0408] In some embodiments, the apparatus further includes:

[0409] The first determining unit is used to determine the LO that needs to be monitored based on the paging cycle and / or LP-WUS type of the paging.

[0410] In some embodiments, restricting paging listening includes at least one of the following:

[0411] The paging cycle when the terminal is listening for paging is greater than and / or equal to the LO cycle;

[0412] The paging cycle during terminal paging is greater than and / or equal to the eighth threshold;

[0413] The paging period during terminal listening paging is greater than and / or equal to the offset between LO and PF corresponding to terminal listening paging;

[0414] When the terminal is listening for paging, the paging cycle is greater than and / or equal to the offset between LO and PO.

[0415] In some embodiments, the configuration of the eighth threshold includes:

[0416] Different LP-WUS types correspond to different values ​​for the eighth threshold.

[0417] In some embodiments, the offset between the LO and the PF corresponding to the terminal listening paging includes one of the following:

[0418] The offset is determined based on the start or end position of the LO and the paging PF corresponding to the LO;

[0419] The offset is determined based on the start or end position of the LO and the first PF corresponding to the LO;

[0420] The offset is determined based on the start or end position of the LO being monitored by the terminal and the paging PF corresponding to the LO being monitored by the terminal.

[0421] The offset is determined based on the start or end position of the LO being monitored by the terminal and the first PF corresponding to the LO being monitored by the terminal.

[0422] The start position or end position includes at least one of the following: frame, subframe, time slot.

[0423] In some embodiments, the offset between LO and PO satisfies one of the following:

[0424] The offset is determined based on the start or end position of the LO and the start or end position of the PO corresponding to the LO being monitored by the terminal.

[0425] The offset is determined based on the start or end position of the LO monitored by the terminal and the start or end position of the PO corresponding to the LO monitored by the terminal.

[0426] The start position or end position includes at least one of the following: frame, subframe, time slot.

[0427] In some embodiments, the apparatus further includes:

[0428] The second determining unit is used to determine the LO configuration information based on the LP-WUS type.

[0429] It should be noted that this device embodiment corresponds one-to-one with the above method embodiments. All implementation methods in the above method embodiments are applicable to this device embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect.

[0430] 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.

[0431] 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.

[0432] As shown in Figure 6, this embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a terminal, including a processor 600, a transceiver 610, a memory 620, and a program stored in the memory 620 and executable on the processor 600; wherein the transceiver 610 is connected to the processor 600 and the memory 620 via a bus interface, and the processor 600 is used to read the program in the memory and execute the following processes:

[0433] Under the condition that the first condition is met, listening to the low-power wake-up signal LP-WUS is not allowed; and / or

[0434] Under the second condition, monitor LP-WUS;

[0435] Wherein, the first condition is the condition indicating the listening time LO of the low-power wake-up signal and / or the paging condition.

[0436] The second condition is used to restrict LO listening and / or paging listening.

[0437] Transceiver 610 is used to receive and send data under the control of processor 600.

[0438] 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 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, the user interface 630 may also be an interface capable of connecting external or internal devices, including but not limited to keypads, displays, speakers, microphones, joysticks, etc.

[0439] The processor 600 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, while the memory 620 can store the data used by the processor 600 when performing operations.

[0440] In some embodiments, the processor 600 may be a CPU (Central Processing Unit), an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), or a CPLD (Complex Programmable Logic Device), and the processor may also adopt a multi-core architecture.

[0441] 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.

[0442] In some embodiments, the first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0443] The period of the LO corresponding to LP-WUS is greater than and / or equal to the first threshold;

[0444] The offset between the LO of LP-WUS and the PF corresponding to the terminal listening paging is greater than and / or equal to the second threshold;

[0445] The offset between the LO and the paging time PO of LP-WUS is greater than and / or equal to the third threshold;

[0446] The paging cycle of the terminal listening to the paging is less than and / or equal to the first threshold;

[0447] The terminal's serving cell does not support the terminal listening to the paging cycle.

[0448] In some embodiments, at least one of the first threshold, the second threshold, and the third threshold is the paging cycle of the terminal listening paging.

[0449] In some embodiments, the configuration of at least one of the first threshold, second threshold, third threshold, and first threshold includes at least one of the following:

[0450] Configure different values ​​for different paging cycles;

[0451] Different values ​​can be configured for different LP-WUS types.

[0452] In some embodiments, the configuration method for the paging cycle of terminal listening to paging includes:

[0453] Different values ​​can be configured for different LP-WUS types.

[0454] In some embodiments, the processor, for reading a computer program from the memory, also performs the following operations:

[0455] Receive paging cycles that are not supported by LP-WUS broadcast by network devices.

[0456] In some embodiments, limiting LO monitoring includes at least one of the following: limiting the LO monitoring range, limiting the start position of LO monitoring, and limiting the end position of LO monitoring;

[0457] The monitoring range includes at least one of the following:

[0458] The offset between the LO and the starting position of the PO corresponding to the terminal listening LO is less than and / or equal to the second threshold;

[0459] The offset between the LO and the starting position of the PF corresponding to the terminal listening LO is less than and / or equal to the third threshold;

[0460] The LO listens to at least one time domain interval;

[0461] The offset between the LO and the starting position of the PO corresponding to the terminal listening LO is within the first interval;

[0462] The offset between the LO and the starting position of the PF corresponding to the terminal listening LO is within the second interval range;

[0463] The starting position includes at least one of the following:

[0464] The offset between the starting position and the starting or ending position of the PO corresponding to the terminal listening LO is less than and / or equal to the fourth threshold.

[0465] The offset between the starting position and the PF starting or ending position corresponding to the terminal listening LO is less than and / or equal to the fifth threshold.

[0466] The cutoff position includes at least one of the following:

[0467] The offset between the cutoff position and the PO start or cutoff position corresponding to the terminal listening LO is less than and / or equal to the sixth threshold.

[0468] The offset between the cutoff position and the PF start or cutoff position corresponding to the terminal listening LO is less than and / or equal to the seventh threshold.

[0469] In some embodiments, at least one of the second threshold, third threshold, fourth threshold, fifth threshold, sixth threshold, and seventh threshold is the paging cycle of the terminal listening to paging.

[0470] In some embodiments, the configuration of at least one of the second threshold, the third threshold, the time domain interval, the first interval range, the second interval range, the fourth threshold, the fifth threshold, the sixth threshold, and the seventh threshold includes at least one of the following:

[0471] Configure different values ​​for different paging cycles;

[0472] Different values ​​can be configured for different LP-WUS types.

[0473] In some embodiments, the processor, for reading a computer program from the memory, also performs the following operations:

[0474] Determine the LOs to be monitored based on the paging cycle and / or LP-WUS type of the paging.

[0475] In some embodiments, restricting paging listening includes at least one of the following:

[0476] The paging cycle when the terminal is listening for paging is greater than and / or equal to the LO cycle;

[0477] The paging cycle during terminal paging is greater than and / or equal to the eighth threshold;

[0478] The paging period during terminal listening paging is greater than and / or equal to the offset between LO and PF corresponding to terminal listening paging;

[0479] When the terminal is listening for paging, the paging cycle is greater than and / or equal to the offset between LO and PO.

[0480] In some embodiments, the configuration of the eighth threshold includes:

[0481] Different LP-WUS types correspond to different values ​​for the eighth threshold.

[0482] In some embodiments, the offset between the LO and the PF corresponding to the terminal listening paging includes one of the following:

[0483] The offset is determined based on the start or end position of the LO and the paging PF corresponding to the LO;

[0484] The offset is determined based on the start or end position of the LO and the first PF corresponding to the LO;

[0485] The offset is determined based on the start or end position of the LO being monitored by the terminal and the paging PF corresponding to the LO being monitored by the terminal.

[0486] The offset is determined based on the start or end position of the LO being monitored by the terminal and the first PF corresponding to the LO being monitored by the terminal.

[0487] The start position or end position includes at least one of the following: frame, subframe, time slot.

[0488] In some embodiments, the offset between LO and PO satisfies one of the following:

[0489] The offset is determined based on the start or end position of the LO and the start or end position of the PO corresponding to the LO being monitored by the terminal.

[0490] The offset is determined based on the start or end position of the LO monitored by the terminal and the start or end position of the PO corresponding to the LO monitored by the terminal.

[0491] The start position or end position includes at least one of the following: frame, subframe, time slot.

[0492] In some embodiments, the processor, for reading a computer program from the memory, also performs the following operations:

[0493] Determine the LO configuration information based on the LP-WUS type.

[0494] It should be noted that the terminal provided in this embodiment can implement all the method steps implemented in the above method embodiment and achieve the same technical effect. Therefore, the parts and beneficial effects that are the same as those in the method embodiment will not be described in detail here.

[0495] This disclosure also provides a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program thereon, wherein the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of a listening processing method applied to a terminal. 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 disk, hard disk, magnetic tape, magneto-optical disk (MO), etc.), optical storage (e.g., compact disc (CD), digital video disc (DVD), Blu-ray disc (BD), high-definition versatile disc (HVD), etc.), and semiconductor storage (e.g., ROM, erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), non-volatile memory (NAND (Non-volatile Memory Device) FLASH), solid-state drives (SSDs), etc.).

[0496] As shown in Figure 7, this embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information transmission device 700, applied to a network device, comprising:

[0497] The sending unit 701 is configured to send target information to the terminal, the target information including at least one of the following:

[0498] First threshold, second threshold, third threshold, first threshold, second threshold, third threshold, fourth threshold, fifth threshold, sixth threshold, seventh threshold, eighth threshold, at least one time domain interval, first interval range, second interval range.

[0499] In some embodiments, the apparatus further includes:

[0500] The third determining unit is used to determine whether to send an LP-WUS wake-up signal to the terminal or to determine the transmission position of the listening time LO of the LP-WUS signal based on the paging cycle of the terminal to be paged and / or the type of the terminal listening to the low-power wake-up signal LP-WUS.

[0501] In some embodiments, the target configuration information is configured with different values ​​for different paging cycles, and / or the target configuration information is configured with different values ​​for different LP-WUS types.

[0502] It should be noted that this device embodiment corresponds one-to-one with the above method embodiments. All implementation methods in the above method embodiments are applicable to this device embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect.

[0503] 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.

[0504] 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.

[0505] As shown in Figure 8, this embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a network device, including a processor 800, a transceiver 810, a memory 820, and a program stored in the memory 820 and executable on the processor 800; wherein the transceiver 810 is connected to the processor 800 and the memory 820 via a bus interface, wherein the processor 800 is used to read the program in the memory and execute the following process: wherein the processor is used to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0506] The target information is sent to the terminal via a transceiver, and the target information includes at least one of the following:

[0507] First threshold, second threshold, third threshold, first threshold, second threshold, third threshold, fourth threshold, fifth threshold, sixth threshold, seventh threshold, eighth threshold, at least one time domain interval, first interval range, second interval range.

[0508] Transceiver 810 is used to receive and send data under the control of processor 800.

[0509] In Figure 8, the bus architecture can include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, specifically linking various circuits of one or more processors represented by processor 800 and memory represented by memory 820. 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. The transceiver 810 can 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, and other transmission media.

[0510] The processor 800 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, while the memory 820 can store the data used by the processor 800 during operation.

[0511] In some embodiments, the processor 800 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.

[0512] 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.

[0513] In some embodiments, the processor, for reading a computer program from the memory, also performs the following operations:

[0514] Based on the paging cycle of the terminal to be paged and / or the type of the low-power wake-up signal (LP-WUS) being listened to by the terminal, determine whether to send an LP-WUS wake-up signal or determine the transmission position of the listening time (LO) of the low-power wake-up signal.

[0515] In some embodiments, the target configuration information is configured with different values ​​for different paging cycles, and / or the target configuration information is configured with different values ​​for different LP-WUS types.

[0516] It should be noted that the network device provided in this embodiment can implement all the method steps implemented in the above method embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect. Therefore, the parts and beneficial effects that are the same as those in the method embodiment will not be described in detail here.

[0517] This disclosure also provides a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program thereon, wherein the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of an information transmission method applied to a network device. 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., CDs, DVDs, BDs, HVDs, etc.), and semiconductor storage (e.g., ROMs, EPROMs, EEPROMs, non-volatile memory (NAND flash), solid-state drives (SSDs)).

[0518] This disclosure also provides a computer program product, including computer instructions. When executed by a processor, these computer instructions implement the various processes in the above method embodiments and achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, further details are omitted here.

[0519] 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.

[0520] 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.

[0521] 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.

[0522] 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.

[0523] 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.

[0524] 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.

[0525] 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).

[0526] 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.”

[0527] 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 method for monitoring, applied to a terminal, the method comprising: not allowing to monitor a low power wake up signal (LP-WUS) in a case that a first condition is met; and / or monitoring the LP-WUS in a case that a second condition is met; wherein the first condition is a condition for indicating a monitoring occasion (LO) of the LP-WUS and / or a condition for paging; and the second condition is used for limiting the monitoring of the LO and / or the monitoring of paging; wherein the first condition comprises at least one of: a period of the LO corresponding to the LP-WUS is greater than and / or equal to a first threshold; an offset between the LO of the LP-WUS and a paging frame (PF) corresponding to the monitoring of paging by the terminal is greater than and / or equal to a second threshold; an offset between the LO of the LP-WUS and a paging occasion (PO) is greater than and / or equal to a third threshold; a paging cycle for the monitoring of paging by the terminal is less than and / or equal to a first threshold; a serving cell of the terminal does not support the paging cycle for the monitoring of paging by the terminal; wherein at least one of the first threshold, the second threshold and the third threshold is the paging cycle for the monitoring of paging by the terminal; wherein a configuration manner of at least one of the first threshold, the second threshold, the third threshold and the first threshold comprises at least one of: configuring different values for different paging cycles; and configuring different values for different types of the LP-WUS; wherein a configuration manner of the paging cycle for the monitoring of paging by the terminal comprises: configuring different values for different types of the LP-WUS; wherein the second condition comprises at least one of: limiting a monitoring range of the LO, limiting a start position of the monitoring of the LO, and limiting an end position of the monitoring of the LO; wherein the monitoring range comprises at least one of: an offset between the LO and a start position of a PO corresponding to the monitoring of the LO by the terminal is less than and / or equal to a second threshold; an offset between the LO and a start position of a PF corresponding to the monitoring of the LO by the terminal is less than and / or equal to a third threshold; at least one time domain interval of a time domain for the monitoring of the LO; the offset between the LO and the start position of the PO corresponding to the monitoring of the LO by the terminal is within a first interval range; and the offset between the LO and the start position of the PF corresponding to the monitoring of the LO by the terminal is within a second interval range; wherein the start position comprises at least one of: an offset between the start position and a start position or an end position of a PO corresponding to the monitoring of the LO by the terminal is less than and / or equal to a fourth threshold; and an offset between the start position and a start position or an end position of a PF corresponding to the monitoring of the LO by the terminal is less than and / or equal to a fifth threshold; wherein the end position comprises at least one of: an offset between the end position and a start position or an end position of a PO corresponding to the monitoring of the LO by the terminal is less than and / or equal to a sixth threshold; and an offset between the end position and a start position or an end position of a PF corresponding to the monitoring of the LO by the terminal is less than and / or equal to a seventh threshold; wherein at least one of the second threshold, the third threshold, the fourth threshold, the fifth threshold, the sixth threshold and the seventh threshold is the paging cycle for the monitoring of paging by the terminal. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 2. The method of claim 1, wherein, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 3. The method of claim 2, wherein, ​ 4. The method of claim 2, wherein, ​ ​ ​ 5. The method of claim 2, wherein, ​ ​ 6. The method of claim 1, wherein, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 7. The method of claim 6, wherein, ​ 8. The method of claim 6, wherein, The configuration of at least one of the second threshold, the third threshold, the time domain interval, the first interval range, the second interval range, the fourth threshold, the fifth threshold, the sixth threshold, and the seventh threshold comprises at least one of the following: Different values are configured for different paging cycles; Different values are configured for different LP-WUS types.

9. The method of any of claims 1-8, further comprising: determining the LO to be monitored according to the paging cycle and / or the LP-WUS type for which the terminal monitors paging.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein, The second condition comprises at least one of the following: The paging cycle when the terminal monitors paging is greater than and / or equal to the period of the LO; The paging cycle when the terminal monitors paging is greater than and / or equal to an eighth threshold; The paging cycle when the terminal monitors paging is greater than and / or equal to an offset between the LO and the PF corresponding to the terminal monitoring paging; The paging cycle when the terminal monitors paging is greater than and / or equal to an offset between the LO and the PO.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein, The configuration of the eighth threshold comprises: Different LP-WUS types correspond to different values of the eighth threshold.

12. The method of claim 2 or 10, wherein, The offset between the LO and the PF corresponding to the terminal monitoring paging comprises one of the following: The offset is determined based on the start position or the end position of the LO and the PF of the paging corresponding to the LO; The offset is determined based on the start position or the end position of the LO and the first PF of the paging corresponding to the LO; The offset is determined based on the start position or the end position of the LO monitored by the terminal and the PF of the paging corresponding to the terminal monitoring the LO; The offset is determined based on the start position or the end position of the LO monitored by the terminal and the first PF of the paging corresponding to the terminal monitoring the LO; The start position or the end position comprises at least one of the following: frame, subframe, slot.

13. The method of claim 2 or 10, wherein, The offset between the LO and the PO satisfies one of the following: The offset is determined based on the start position or the end position of the LO and the start position or the end position of the PO corresponding to the terminal monitoring the LO; The offset is determined based on the start position or the end position of the LO monitored by the terminal and the start position or the end position of the PO corresponding to the terminal monitoring the LO; The start position or the end position comprises at least one of the following: frame, subframe, slot.

14. The method of any of claims 2, 6, 10, 12, or 13, further comprising: determining the LO configuration information according to the LP-WUS type.

15. An information transmission method applied to a network device, the method comprising: sending target information to a terminal, the target information comprising at least one of the following: a first threshold, a second threshold, a third threshold, a first threshold value, a second threshold value, a third threshold value, a fourth threshold value, a fifth threshold value, a sixth threshold value, a seventh threshold value, an eighth threshold value, at least one time domain interval, a first interval range, a second interval range.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising: determining whether to send an LP-WUS to wake up the terminal or determining the sending position of a listening moment LO of a low-power wake-up signal according to the paging cycle of the terminal to be paged and / or the LP-WUS type for which the terminal monitors paging.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein, The target configuration information is configured with different values for different paging cycles, and / or the target configuration information is configured with different values for different LP-WUS types.

18. A terminal comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor: a memory for storing a computer program; a transceiver for transceiving data under the control of the processor; and a processor for reading the computer program in the memory and performing the following operations: In the case where the first condition is met, the listening of the low-power wake-up signal (LP-WUS) is not allowed; and / or In the case where the second condition is met, the LP-WUS is listened to; wherein The first condition is a condition for indicating a listening occasion (LO) of the low-power wake-up signal (LP-WUS) and / or a condition for paging; The second condition is used to limit the listening of the LO and / or the listening of paging.

19. The terminal of claim 18, wherein, The first condition includes at least one of the following: The period of the LO corresponding to the LP-WUS is greater than and / or equal to a first threshold; The offset between the LO of the LP-WUS and the paging frame (PF) corresponding to the listening of paging by the terminal is greater than and / or equal to a second threshold; The offset between the LO of the LP-WUS and the paging occasion (PO) is greater than and / or equal to a third threshold; The paging cycle for the terminal to listen to paging is less than and / or equal to a first threshold; The serving cell of the terminal does not support the paging cycle for the terminal to listen to paging.

20. The terminal of claim 19, wherein, At least one of the first threshold, the second threshold, and the third threshold is the paging cycle for the terminal to listen to paging.

21. The terminal of claim 19, wherein, The configuration mode of at least one of the first threshold, the second threshold, the third threshold, and the first threshold includes at least one of the following: different values are configured for different paging cycles; and / or different values are configured for different LP-WUS types.

22. The terminal of claim 19, wherein, The configuration mode of the paging cycle for the terminal to listen to paging includes: different values are configured for different LP-WUS types.

23. The terminal of claim 18, wherein, The second condition includes at least one of the following: limiting the listening range of the LO, limiting the starting position of the listening of the LO, and limiting the ending position of the listening of the LO; The listening range includes at least one of the following: The offset between the LO and the starting position of the PO corresponding to the listening of the LO by the terminal is less than and / or equal to a second threshold; The offset between the LO and the starting position of the PF corresponding to the listening of the LO by the terminal is less than and / or equal to a third threshold; At least one time domain interval of the listening time domain of the LO; The offset between the LO and the starting position of the PO corresponding to the listening of the LO by the terminal is within a first interval range; The offset between the LO and the starting position of the PF corresponding to the listening of the LO by the terminal is within a second interval range; The starting position includes at least one of the following: The offset between the starting position and the starting position or the ending position of the PO corresponding to the listening of the LO by the terminal is less than and / or equal to a fourth threshold; The offset between the starting position and the starting position or the ending position of the PF corresponding to the listening of the LO by the terminal is less than and / or equal to a fifth threshold; The ending position includes at least one of the following: The offset between the ending position and the starting position or the ending position of the PO corresponding to the listening of the LO by the terminal is less than and / or equal to a sixth threshold; An offset between the cutoff position and a start position or a cutoff position of a PF corresponding to the terminal monitoring the LO is less than and / or equal to a seventh threshold value.

24. The terminal of claim 23, wherein, At least one of the second threshold value, the third threshold value, the fourth threshold value, the fifth threshold value, the sixth threshold value, and the seventh threshold value is a paging cycle in which the terminal monitors paging.

25. The terminal of claim 23, wherein, At least one of the second threshold value, the third threshold value, the time domain interval, the first interval range, the second interval range, the fourth threshold value, the fifth threshold value, the sixth threshold value, and the seventh threshold value is configured in the following at least one manner: Different values are configured for different paging cycles; Different values are configured for different LP-WUS types.

26. The terminal of any of claims 18-25, wherein, The processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: According to the paging cycle and / or the LP-WUS type in which the terminal monitors paging, determine the LO that needs to be monitored.

27. The terminal of claim 18, wherein, The second condition includes at least one of the following: The paging cycle in which the terminal monitors paging is greater than and / or equal to the period of the LO; The paging cycle in which the terminal monitors paging is greater than and / or equal to an eighth threshold value; The paging cycle in which the terminal monitors paging is greater than and / or equal to an offset between the LO and the PF corresponding to the terminal monitoring the LO; The paging cycle in which the terminal monitors paging is greater than and / or equal to an offset between the LO and the PO.

28. The terminal of claim 27, wherein, The eighth threshold value is configured in the following manner: Different LP-WUS types correspond to different values of the eighth threshold value.

29. The terminal according to claim 19 or 27, wherein The offset between the LO and the PF corresponding to the terminal monitoring the LO includes one of the following: The offset is determined based on the start position or the cutoff position of the LO and the PF corresponding to the LO; The offset is determined based on the start position or the cutoff position of the LO and the first PF corresponding to the LO; The offset is determined based on the start position or the cutoff position of the LO monitored by the terminal and the PF corresponding to the terminal monitoring the LO; The offset is determined based on the start position or the cutoff position of the LO monitored by the terminal and the first PF corresponding to the terminal monitoring the LO; The start position or the cutoff position includes at least one of the following: frame, subframe, slot.

30. The terminal according to claim 19 or 27, wherein The offset between the LO and the PO satisfies one of the following: The offset is determined based on the start position or the cutoff position of the LO and the start position or the cutoff position of the PO corresponding to the terminal monitoring the LO; The offset is determined based on the start position or the cutoff position of the LO monitored by the terminal and the start position or the cutoff position of the PO corresponding to the terminal monitoring the LO; The start position or the cutoff position includes at least one of the following: frame, subframe, slot.

31. The terminal of claim 19, 23, 27, 29 or 30, wherein, The processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: According to the LP-WUS type, determine the LO configuration information.

32. A network device comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor: The memory is configured to store a computer program; the transceiver is configured to transceive data under the control of the processor; and the processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: Send target information to a terminal through the transceiver, the target information including at least one of the following: The target information includes at least one of the following: first threshold, second threshold, third threshold, first threshold value, second threshold value, third threshold value, fourth threshold value, fifth threshold value, sixth threshold value, seventh threshold value, eighth threshold value, at least one time domain interval, first interval range, second interval range.

33. The network device of claim 32, wherein, The processor, configured to read the computer program in the memory, further performs the following operations: According to a paging cycle of a terminal to be paged and / or a terminal listening low-power wake-up signal LP-WUS type, determine whether to send LP-WUS to wake up the terminal or determine the sending position of the low-power wake-up signal listening moment LO.

34. The network device of claim 32, wherein, The target configuration information configures different values for different paging cycles, and / or the target configuration information configures different values for different LP-WUS types.

35. A listening processing apparatus applied to a terminal, the apparatus comprising: An execution unit, configured to, in a case where a first condition is met, not allow listening to a low-power wake-up signal LP-WUS; And / or Listen to the LP-WUS in a case where a second condition is met; The first condition is a condition indicating a low-power wake-up signal listening moment LO and / or a paging condition; The second condition is used to limit the listening of the LO and / or the listening of the paging.

36. An information transmission apparatus applied to a network device, the apparatus comprising: A sending unit, configured to send target information to a terminal, the target information comprising at least one of the following: first threshold, second threshold, third threshold, first threshold value, second threshold value, third threshold value, fourth threshold value, fifth threshold value, sixth threshold value, seventh threshold value, eighth threshold value, at least one time domain interval, first interval range, second interval range.

37. A processor-readable storage medium, wherein, The processor readable storage medium stores a program, and the program is used to make the processor execute the method in any one of claims 1 to 17.

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