LP-WUS configuration methods, terminal and network-side device

Abstract

The present application belongs to the technical field of communications. Disclosed are LP-WUS configuration methods, a terminal and a network-side device. An LP-WUS configuration method in the embodiments of the present application comprises: a terminal receiving configuration information, wherein the configuration information is used by the terminal, when in an RRC connected state, to monitor an LP-WUS; and the configuration information at least comprises a first monitoring period and a second monitoring period, the first monitoring period and the second monitoring period being periods of detection occasions for the LP-WUS, and the first monitoring period being greater than the second monitoring period.

Description

Configuration method, terminal and network side device of LP-WUS

[0001] Cross-reference

[0002] The present application claims priority to the Chinese patent application No. 2024110657672, filed on August 5, 2024, with the title of "Configuration method, terminal and network side device of LP-WUS", the whole content of which is incorporated herein by reference. TECHNICAL FIELD

[0003] The present application belongs to the field of communication technology, and specifically relates to a configuration method, terminal and network side device of a low power-wake up signaling (LP-WUS). BACKGROUND

[0004] In related technologies, it is discussed to introduce LP-WUS in a radio resource control connected state (RRC_CONNECTED), but the periodic configuration of LP-WUS is not considered. If an unreasonable LP-WUS monitoring period is used, the problem of poor flexibility of LP-WUS monitoring will occur, and it is also possible to cause the LP-WUS monitoring period to not match the data transmission requirement, resulting in poor power saving effect and affecting data transmission. SUMMARY

[0005] The present application provides a configuration method, terminal and network side device of LP-WUS, which can solve the problem of poor flexibility of LP-WUS monitoring.

[0006] In a first aspect, a configuration method of LP-WUS is provided, comprising: a terminal receiving configuration information, the configuration information being used for the terminal to monitor LP-WUS in an RRC connected state; the configuration information at least including a first monitoring period and a second monitoring period, the first monitoring period and the second monitoring period being the period of the detection occasion of LP-WUS, and the first monitoring period being greater than the second monitoring period.

[0007] In a second aspect, a configuration method of LP-WUS is provided, comprising: a network side device sending configuration information, the configuration information being used for a terminal to monitor LP-WUS in an RRC connected state; the configuration information at least including a first monitoring period and a second monitoring period, the first monitoring period and the second monitoring period being the period of the detection occasion of LP-WUS, and the first monitoring period being greater than the second monitoring period.

[0008] In a third aspect, a configuration apparatus of LP-WUS is provided, comprising: a receiving module configured to receive configuration information, the configuration information being used for the apparatus to monitor LP-WUS in an RRC connected state; the configuration information at least comprising a first monitoring period and a second monitoring period, the first monitoring period and the second monitoring period being periods of detection occasions of LP-WUS, the first monitoring period being greater than the second monitoring period.

[0009] In a fourth aspect, a configuration apparatus of LP-WUS is provided, comprising: a sending module configured to send configuration information, the configuration information being used for a terminal to monitor LP-WUS in an RRC connected state; the configuration information at least comprising a first monitoring period and a second monitoring period, the first monitoring period and the second monitoring period being periods of detection occasions of LP-WUS, the first monitoring period being greater than the second monitoring period.

[0010] In a fifth aspect, a configuration apparatus of LP-WUS is provided, the apparatus being configured to perform the steps of the method according to the first aspect, or implement the steps of the method according to the second aspect.

[0011] In a sixth aspect, a terminal is provided, comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing programs or instructions executable on the processor, the programs or instructions being executed by the processor to implement the steps of the method according to the first aspect.

[0012] In a seventh aspect, a terminal is provided, comprising a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is configured to receive configuration information, the configuration information being used for the terminal to monitor LP-WUS in an RRC connected state; the configuration information at least comprising a first monitoring period and a second monitoring period, the first monitoring period and the second monitoring period being periods of detection occasions of LP-WUS, the first monitoring period being greater than the second monitoring period.

[0013] In an eighth aspect, a network-side device is provided, comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing programs or instructions executable on the processor, the programs or instructions being executed by the processor to implement the steps of the method according to the second aspect.

[0014] In a ninth aspect, a network-side device is provided, comprising a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is configured to send configuration information, the configuration information being used for a terminal to monitor LP-WUS in an RRC connected state; the configuration information at least comprising a first monitoring period and a second monitoring period, the first monitoring period and the second monitoring period being periods of detection occasions of LP-WUS, the first monitoring period being greater than the second monitoring period.

[0015] In a tenth aspect, a readable storage medium is provided, and the readable storage medium stores a program or instructions, which are executed by a processor to implement the steps of the method in the first aspect or the steps of the method in the second aspect.

[0016] In an eleventh aspect, a wireless communication system is provided, and the wireless communication system includes a terminal and a network side device, the terminal is configured to implement the steps of the method in the first aspect, and the network side device is configured to implement the steps of the method in the second aspect.

[0017] In a twelfth aspect, a chip is provided, and the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to run a program or instructions to implement the method in the first aspect or the method in the second aspect.

[0018] In a thirteenth aspect, a computer program / program product is provided, and the computer program / program product is stored in a storage medium, and the computer program / program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the method in the first aspect or the method in the second aspect.

[0019] In the embodiments of the present application, two LP-WUS monitoring periods with different time lengths are configured for the terminal in the RRC connected state, so that the terminal can dynamically adjust the applied LP-WUS monitoring period according to network control, thereby ensuring the flexibility of the terminal in monitoring the LP-WUS, and facilitating the terminal to enjoy the power saving gain of the LP-WUS while ensuring the quality of data transmission. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0020] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0021] FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a configuration method of LP-WUS according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0022] FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of LP-WUS configuration according to the configuration method of LP-WUS according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0023] FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of LP-WUS configuration according to the configuration method of LP-WUS according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0024] FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a configuration method of LP-WUS according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0025] FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a configuration apparatus of LP-WUS according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0026] FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a configuration apparatus of LP-WUS according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0027] FIG. 8 is a structural schematic diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0028] FIG. 9 is a structural schematic diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0029] FIG. 10 is a structural schematic diagram of a network-side device according to an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0030] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some of the embodiments of the present application, but not all of them. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art belong to the scope of protection of the present application.

[0031] The terms "first", "second", and the like in the present application are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that the terms used in this way can be interchanged under appropriate circumstances, so that the embodiments of the present application can be implemented in an order other than those illustrated or described herein, and the objects distinguished by "first", "second" are generally a category and do not limit the number of objects, for example, the first object can be one or more. In addition, "or" in the present application means at least one of the connected objects. For example, the protection scope of "A or B" at least covers three schemes, namely, scheme one: including A and not including B; scheme two: including B and not including A; scheme three: including A and including B. In addition, the terms "A and / or B", "at least one of A and B", "at least one of A or B" also at least cover the above three schemes, respectively. The character " / " generally represents that the objects before and after are in an "or" relationship.

[0032] The term "indication" in the present application can be a direct indication (or explicit indication) or an indirect indication (or implicit indication). Among them, the direct indication can be understood as that the sender explicitly informs the receiver of specific information, operations to be performed or requested results, etc. in the indication sent by the sender; the indirect indication can be understood as that the receiver determines the corresponding information according to the indication sent by the sender, or judges and determines the operation to be performed or the requested result according to the judgment result.

[0033] It is worth noting that the technology described in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to Long Term Evolution (LTE) / LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) systems, but can also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Single-carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) or other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in the embodiments of the present application are often used interchangeably, and the described technology can be used in the above-mentioned systems and radio technologies, as well as in other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes a New Radio (NR) system for example purposes, and NR terminology is used in most of the following description, but these technologies can also be applied to systems other than NR systems, such as 6th Generation (6G) communication systems. th

[0034] ​FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which embodiments of the present application can be applied. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network-side device 12. The terminal 11 can be a terminal-side device such as a mobile phone, a Tablet Personal Computer, a Laptop Computer, a notebook computer, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a palmtop computer, a netbook, an Ultra-mobile Personal Computer (UMPC), a Mobile Internet Device (MID), an Augmented Reality (AR) device, a Virtual Reality (VR) device, a robot, a wearable device, a flight vehicle, a Vehicle User Equipment (VUE), a shipboard device, a Pedestrian User Equipment (PUE), a smart home (a home device with a wireless communication function such as a refrigerator, a television, a washing machine, or furniture), a game console, a Personal Computer (PC), a kiosk, or a self-service machine. The wearable device includes a smart watch, a smart bracelet, a smart earphone, smart glasses, smart jewelry (a smart bracelet, a smart necklace, a smart ring, a smart necklace, a smart anklet, a smart necklace, etc.), a smart wristband, smart clothes, etc. The vehicle-mounted device can also be referred to as a vehicle-mounted terminal, a vehicle-mounted controller, a vehicle-mounted module, a vehicle-mounted component, a vehicle-mounted chip, or a vehicle-mounted unit, etc. It should be noted that the specific type of the terminal 11 is not limited in the embodiments of the present application. The network-side device 12 can include an access network device or a core network device. The access network device can also be referred to as a Radio Access Network (RAN) device, a radio access network function, or a radio access network unit. The access network device can include a base station, a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) Access Point (AP), or a Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) node, etc.The base station can be referred to as a Node B (NB), an evolved Node B (eNB), a next generation Node B (gNB), a New Radio Node B (NR Node B), an access point, a relay station (RBS), a serving base station (SBS), a base transceiver station (BTS), a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a basic service set (BSS), an extended service set (ESS), a home Node B (HNB), a home evolved Node B, a transmit / receive point (TRP), or some other suitable terminology in the art, and is not limited to a particular technical terminology, provided that the same technical effect is achieved. It should be noted that in the embodiments of the present application, only the base station in the NR system is taken as an example for introduction, and the specific type of the base station is not limited.

[0035] The core network device can also be referred to as a core network node, a core network function, or a core network network element, etc., which includes but is not limited to at least one of the following: a mobility management entity (MME), an access and mobility management function (AMF), a session management function (SMF), a user plane function (UPF), a policy control function (PCF), a policy and charging rules function (PCRF), an edge application server discovery function (EASDF), a unified data management (UDM), a unified data repository (UDR), a home subscriber server (HSS), a centralized network configuration (CNC), a network repository function (NRF), a network exposure function (NEF), a local NEF (L-NEF), a binding support function (BSF), an application function (AF), a location management function (LMF), a gateway mobile location center (GMLC), a network data analytics function (NWDAF), etc. It should be noted that only the core network device in the NR system is taken as an example for introduction in the embodiments of the present application, and the specific type of the core network device is not limited. If the name of the core network device mentioned in the embodiments of the present application changes in the subsequent protocol version (for example, 6G), it is also within the protection scope of the present application.

[0036] Optionally, the core network device can be implemented by one or more function modules in one device, or can be implemented by multiple devices together, and the embodiments of the present application do not make a specific limitation thereon. It can be understood that the above function modules can be network elements in a hardware device, can be software function modules running on a dedicated hardware, or can be virtualized function modules instantiated on a platform (for example, a cloud platform).

[0037] The configuration method of the LP-WUS provided by the embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below in combination with the accompanying drawings, some embodiments and application scenarios.

[0038] If a set of same LP-WUS monitoring periods is used for different data type transmission in the RRC_CONNECTED state, the problem of poor LP-WUS monitoring flexibility will be caused, and the LP-WUS monitoring period can not match the data transmission requirement, so that the quality of data transmission cannot be guaranteed, and the power saving gain of the LP-WUS cannot be enjoyed. For example, if the LP-WUS monitoring period is configured to be very long, the user experience will be affected in the case that the data amount sent by the network side is relatively frequent or the service is sensitive to the delay; if the LP-WUS monitoring period is configured to be very short, the terminal needs to frequently monitor the LP-WUS in the case that the data amount sent by the network side is relatively sparse and the delay is not sensitive, which brings unnecessary energy consumption.

[0039] To solve the above technical problem, as shown in FIG. 2, the embodiments of the present application provide a configuration method 200 of the LP-WUS, which can be executed by a terminal, in other words, the method can be executed by software or hardware installed in the terminal, and the method comprises the following steps.

[0040] S202: The terminal receives configuration information, the configuration information being used for the terminal to monitor the LP-WUS in the RRC connected state; the configuration information at least comprising a first monitoring period and a second monitoring period, the first monitoring period and the second monitoring period being the period of the detection occasion of the LP-WUS, and the first monitoring period being greater than the second monitoring period.

[0041] After S202, the following step can also be included: the terminal monitors the LP-WUS based on the first monitoring period or the second monitoring period.

[0042] The first monitoring period in each embodiment of the present application can refer to cycle#1 in FIG. 3, and the second monitoring period can refer to cycle#2 in FIG. 3, the first monitoring period is greater than the second monitoring period, for example, the first monitoring period is K times of the second monitoring period, K is an integer greater than or equal to 2, which is beneficial to align the continuous monitoring time of the two.

[0043] The unit of the first monitoring period and the second monitoring period can be a symbol, a time slot, a subframe, a frame, a millisecond (ms), or the like, or 1 / N of a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle, where N is a positive integer.

[0044] Optionally, the time domain position of the LP-WUS monitoring occasion determined by the terminal according to the first monitoring period and the time domain position of the LP-WUS monitoring occasion determined by the terminal according to the second monitoring period can overlap or not overlap.

[0045] In an embodiment, the first monitoring period and the second monitoring period can correspond to the same LP-WUS configuration related information, for example, including the time domain position of the LP-WUS, the length of the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring timer, the duration of the LP-WUS monitoring period, the offset value between the start position of the LP-WUS and the PDCCH monitoring timer, and the like, so that the network side device can configure a set of LP-WUS configuration related information for the terminal, and in the case that the parameters corresponding to the time domain positions of the two sets of LP-WUS are the same, the configuration overhead can be reduced. At the same time, two sets of LP-WUS configuration related information can also be used, and each set of LP-WUS configuration information corresponds to a set of time domain positions of the LP-WUS, so that the network configuration is more flexible. In other embodiments, the above-mentioned LP-WUS configuration related information corresponding to the first monitoring period and the second monitoring period can be partially different or totally different, which is beneficial to improve the flexibility of the terminal in monitoring the LP-WUS.

[0046] In an embodiment, when the network transmits different types of data, the terminal can be dynamically activated to use the first monitoring period or the second monitoring period to match the data transmission, for example, if the terminal data volume is predicted to be relatively frequent or the service is sensitive to latency, the network can configure the terminal to use the second monitoring period to ensure the quality of data transmission; if the terminal data volume is predicted to be relatively sparse and the latency is not sensitive, the network can configure the terminal to use the first monitoring period to reduce the energy consumption of the terminal, and further bring power saving gain of the LP-WUS.

[0047] In an embodiment, the terminal can determine the currently applied LP-WUS monitoring period (including the first monitoring period or the second monitoring period) according to the LP-WUS control command, the existing DRX control command, or the LP-WUS duration timer.

[0048] The method for configuring the LP-WUS provided in the embodiments of the present application configures two LP-WUS monitoring periods with different time lengths for a terminal in an RRC connected state, so that the terminal can dynamically adjust the applied LP-WUS monitoring period according to network control, thereby ensuring the flexibility of the terminal in monitoring the LP-WUS and facilitating the terminal to enjoy the power saving gain of the LP-WUS while ensuring the quality of data transmission.

[0049] In one embodiment, the configuration information of the LP-WUS can further include at least one of the following:

[0050] 1) the time length of the first PDCCH monitoring timer, which is the time length of monitoring the PDCCH triggered by the LP-WUS when the first monitoring period is used to monitor the LP-WUS, i.e., the terminal monitors the PDCCH during the running of the PDCCH monitoring timer, and the first PDCCH monitoring timer can be referred to as timer#1 in FIG. 3.

[0051] 2) the time length of the second PDCCH monitoring timer, which is the time length of monitoring the PDCCH triggered by the LP-WUS when the second monitoring period is used to monitor the LP-WUS, and the second PDCCH monitoring timer can be referred to as timer#2 in FIG. 3.

[0052] The time length of the first PDCCH monitoring timer and the time length of the second PDCCH monitoring timer can be equal, in which case, only the time length of the first PDCCH monitoring timer can be configured to indicate the time length of monitoring the PDCCH triggered by the LP-WUS, thereby reducing the configuration overhead. In this case, the time length of the second PDCCH monitoring timer can be understood as the time length of the first PDCCH monitoring timer, i.e., they are equivalent. In other embodiments, the time length of the first PDCCH monitoring timer and the time length of the second PDCCH monitoring timer can not be equal.

[0053] When the terminal detects the LP-WUS and the LP-WUS triggers the monitoring of the PDCCH, the terminal can start the PDCCH monitoring timer. When the two monitoring periods of the LP-WUS and the time lengths of the two PDCCH monitoring timers are configured, the terminal starts the corresponding PDCCH monitoring timer according to the currently applied monitoring period of the LP-WUS.

[0054] 3) the first starting offset value, which is the offset value between the starting position of the first PDCCH monitoring timer and the LP-WUS triggering the monitoring of the PDCCH when the first monitoring period is used to monitor the LP-WUS.

[0055] The first starting offset value can refer to offset#1 in FIG. 3.

[0056] When the terminal listens to the LP-WUS at the LP-WUS detection occasion and the LP-WUS indicates to trigger the PDCCH monitoring, the terminal can start the first PDCCH monitoring timer at a first time after the first starting offset value.

[0057] The unit of the first time can be symbol, slot, subframe, frame, ms, etc.

[0058] 4) A second starting offset value, which is the offset value between the starting position of the second PDCCH monitoring timer and the LP-WUS triggering the PDCCH monitoring when the second monitoring period is used to monitor the LP-WUS.

[0059] The second starting offset value can refer to offset#2 in FIG. 3.

[0060] When the terminal listens to the LP-WUS at the LP-WUS detection occasion and the LP-WUS indicates to trigger the PDCCH monitoring, the terminal can start the second PDCCH monitoring timer at a second time after the second starting offset value.

[0061] The unit of the second time can be symbol, slot, subframe, frame, ms, etc.

[0062] The first starting offset value and the second starting offset value can be equal. In this case, only the first starting offset value can be configured to indicate the offset value between the starting position of the first PDCCH monitoring timer and / or the second PDCCH monitoring timer and the LP-WUS detection occasion triggering the PDCCH monitoring, thereby reducing the configuration overhead. In this case, the second starting offset value is understood as the first starting offset value, i.e., they are equal. In other embodiments, the first starting offset value and the second starting offset value can not be equal.

[0063] 5) The duration of the first LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer, during the running of which the terminal applies the first monitoring period.

[0064] 6) The duration of the second LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer, during the running of which the terminal applies the second monitoring period.

[0065] The duration of the first LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer and the duration of the second LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer can be equal, in which case, only the duration of the first LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer can be configured, thereby reducing the configuration overhead. During the running of the first LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer, the terminal applies the first monitoring period or the second monitoring period of the LP-WUS. In this case, the duration of the second LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer can be understood as the duration of the first LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer, that is, they are equivalent. In other embodiments, the duration of the first LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer and the duration of the second LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer can also be unequal.

[0066] 7) The time domain position of the LP-WUS in the first time domain unit.

[0067] In one embodiment, the time domain position of the LP-WUS in the first time domain unit in the first monitoring period is the same as the time domain position of the LP-WUS in the first time domain unit in the second monitoring period.

[0068] In one embodiment, the time domain position of the LP-WUS in the first time domain unit includes the time domain position of the detection occasion of the starting LP-WUS in the first time domain unit, the starting LP-WUS being the earliest appearing LP-WUS relative to the system frame number (SFN) = 0; wherein the first monitoring period and the second monitoring period are periodically configured in the granularity of the second time domain unit (such as frame or ms), and the granularity of the second time domain unit is greater than the granularity of the first time domain unit (such as subframe, slot, symbol).

[0069] This embodiment can only configure the time domain position of the starting LP-WUS in the first time domain unit, and the subsequent LP-WUS periodically appears.

[0070] The time domain position of the LP-WUS in the first time domain unit can be a supplement to the LP-WUS monitoring period, for example, the granularity of the LP-WUS monitoring period is frame or ms, and the time domain position of the starting LP-WUS in the first time domain unit can be at least one of the time domain positions of the subframe level, the slot level, and the symbol level.

[0071] The time domain position configuration information of the LP-WUS corresponding to the first monitoring period and the second monitoring period can be the same or different.

[0072] The configuration method of the time domain position of the LP-WUS will be described below in combination with a specific embodiment.

[0073] In one embodiment, the time domain location of the LP-WUS in the first time domain unit includes at least one of LP-WUS sub-frame offset, LP-WUS slot offset, LP-WUS symbol offset.

[0074] Assuming the unit of the LP-WUS monitoring period is SFN or ms, the terminal determines the subframe of the detection occasion of the LP-WUS in one SFN according to the LP-WUS sub-frame offset, and the range of the LP-WUS sub-frame offset is 0 to subframe-1 corresponding to the LP-WUS monitoring period. For example, the LP-WUS monitoring period is 2 SFNs, the subframe corresponding to the LP-WUS monitoring period is 20 (because 1 SFN = 10 subframes), and the range of the LP-WUS sub-frame offset is 0 to 19.

[0075] The terminal can determine the slot where the detection occasion of the LP-WUS is located according to the LP-WUS slot offset. In one case, when the LP-WUS sub-frame offset exists, the range of the LP-WUS slot offset is 0 to 31, otherwise the range of the LP-WUS slot offset is 0 to slot-1 corresponding to the LP-WUS monitoring period. For example, the LP-WUS monitoring period is 2 SFNs, and the subcarrier spacing of the serving cell is 15KHz, the slot corresponding to the LP-WUS monitoring period is 20 (because 1 SFN = 10 slots), and the range of the LP-WUS slot offset is 0 to 19.

[0076] Assuming that there are multiple current serving cells, the terminal can determine the subcarrier spacing according to the SpCell or the serving cell associated with the LP-WUS.

[0077] The terminal determines the symbol of the detection occasion of the LP-WUS according to the LP-WUS symbol offset. In one case, when the LP-WUS slot offset exists, the range of the LP-WUS symbol offset is 0 to 13, otherwise the range of the LP-WUS symbol offset is 0 to symbol-1 corresponding to the LP-WUS monitoring period. For example, the LP-WUS monitoring period is 2 SFNs, and the subcarrier spacing of the serving cell is 15KHz, the symbol corresponding to the LP-WUS monitoring period is 20*14 (because 1 SFN = 10*14 symbols).

[0078] In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, LP-WUS monitoring period = 4 SFNs, LP-WUS sub-frame offset = 4, LP-WUS slot offset = 1, and LP-WUS symbol offset = 9. Therefore, the position of the detection occasion of the first LP-WUS is determined as: SFN = 0, sub-frame = 4, slot = 1, and symbol = 9.

[0079] In one embodiment, after the terminal receives the configuration information, the method further includes that the terminal performs a first operation, and the first operation includes at least one of the following:

[0080] 1) stopping the second LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer, if running.

[0081] 2) starting the first LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer.

[0082] 3) applying the first monitoring period to monitor LP-WUS.

[0083] 4) stopping the second PDCCH monitoring timer, if running.

[0084] In this embodiment, the terminal can apply the first monitoring period to monitor LP-WUS, thereby reducing the energy consumption of the terminal and further bringing power saving gain of LP-WUS.

[0085] In one embodiment, the first operation performed by the terminal includes that, when at least one of the following conditions is met, the terminal performs the first operation:

[0086] 1) receiving a first LP-WUS start command for controlling the terminal to perform at least one of starting to apply the first monitoring period and stopping to apply the second monitoring period.

[0087] 2) receiving a second LP-WUS stop command for controlling the terminal to perform at least one of starting to apply the first monitoring period and stopping to apply the second monitoring period.

[0088] The signaling format of the first LP-WUS start command or the second LP-WUS stop command can be agreed by a protocol.

[0089] 3) the second LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer expires.

[0090] 4) receiving a DRX command media access control control element (MAC CE), i.e., a DRX Command MAC CE. This embodiment can control the monitoring period of the LP-WUS application or control the running of the PDCCH monitoring timer according to the existing DRX Command MAC CE, without setting a new signaling, facilitating to reduce the configuration overhead.

[0091] 5) receiving a long DRX command MAC CE. This embodiment can control the monitoring period of the LP-WUS application or control the running of the PDCCH monitoring timer according to the existing long DRX Command MAC CE, without setting a new signaling, facilitating to reduce the configuration overhead.

[0092] Generally, the terminal receives the long DRX command MAC CE to apply the first monitoring period (long monitoring period); the terminal receives the DRX command MAC CE, if the second monitoring period is configured, the second monitoring period (short monitoring period) is applied, otherwise the first monitoring period is applied. In addition, there is an embodiment, if the network side device does not configure the short DRX period for the DRX, it also does not configure the second monitoring period for the LP-WUS.

[0093] 6) receiving a first LP-WUS command MAC CE, which is used to stop the application of the monitoring period currently being applied by the terminal, and start the application of the monitoring period currently not being applied.

[0094] For example, the first LP-WUS command MAC CE is used to switch the currently applied monitoring period and / or stop the running of the LP-WUS triggered PDCCH monitoring timer, i.e., in the case of configuring two monitoring periods, after receiving the first LP-WUS command MAC CE, the terminal stops the application of the LP-WUS monitoring period (including stopping the running of the LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer, and optionally stopping the PDCCH monitoring timer related to the LP-WUS), and applies the previously not applied LP-WUS monitoring period (including starting the LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer related to the not applied LP-WUS monitoring period).

[0095] In other embodiments, in the case of not configuring two LP-WUS monitoring periods, the first LP-WUS command MAC CE can also be used to stop the running of the PDCCH monitoring timer.

[0096] In one embodiment, after the terminal receives the configuration information, the method further comprises that the terminal performs a second operation, and the second operation comprises at least one of the following:

[0097] 1) stopping the first LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer, if running.

[0098] 2) starting the second LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer.

[0099] 3) applying the second monitoring period to monitor LP-WUS.

[0100] 4) stopping the first PDCCH monitoring timer, if running.

[0101] In this embodiment, the terminal can apply the second monitoring period to monitor LP-WUS, and use a shorter LP-WUS monitoring period, thereby facilitating to ensure the quality of frequently transmitted data transmission.

[0102] In one embodiment, the second operation performed by the terminal comprises that, when at least one of the following conditions is met, the terminal performs the second operation:

[0103] 1) receiving a first LP-WUS stop command, the first LP-WUS stop command being used to control the terminal to perform at least one of starting to apply the second monitoring period and stopping to apply the first monitoring period.

[0104] 2) receiving a second LP-WUS start command, the second LP-WUS start command being used to control the terminal to perform at least one of starting to apply the second monitoring period and stopping to apply the first monitoring period.

[0105] The signaling format of the first LP-WUS stop command or the second LP-WUS start command is agreed by a protocol.

[0106] 3) the first LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer expires.

[0107] 4) receiving a DRX command MAC CE (Long DRX Command MAC CE). The terminal can control the monitoring period applied by LP-WUS or control the running of the PDCCH monitoring timer according to the current DRX Command MAC CE signaling, without the need to set a new signaling, thereby facilitating to reduce configuration overhead.

[0108] 5) receiving a first LP-WUS command MAC CE, the first LP-WUS command MAC CE is used to instruct the terminal to stop applying the monitoring cycle currently being applied and start applying the monitoring cycle currently not being applied. For details, refer to the foregoing description.

[0109] In one embodiment, the method further comprises: the terminal receiving a first control command, the first control command being used to instruct the terminal whether to control the monitoring cycle of the detection occasion of the LP-WUS based on the DRX command MAC CE or the long DRX command MAC CE.

[0110] In one embodiment, after the terminal receives the configuration information, the method further comprises: the terminal determining to apply the first monitoring cycle or the second monitoring cycle to monitor the LP-WUS based on at least one of the following:

[0111] 1) terminal assistance information, the terminal assistance information being related to the frequency or latency requirement of data transmission.

[0112] For example, the protocol stipulates that if the terminal currently reports the terminal assistance information indicating that the data amount of the terminal is relatively frequent or the service is sensitive to latency, the terminal uses the second monitoring cycle to ensure the quality of data transmission; the protocol stipulates that if the terminal currently reports the terminal assistance information indicating that the data amount of the terminal is relatively sparse and the latency is not sensitive, the terminal uses the first monitoring cycle to reduce the energy consumption of the terminal and further bring the power saving gain of the LP-WUS.

[0113] 2) the frequency point or frequency band where the special cell (SpCell) of the terminal is located.

[0114] For example, the LP-WUS monitoring cycle is associated with a frequency point or frequency band, if the frequency point where the SpCell is located matches the second monitoring cycle, the second monitoring cycle is used by default; if the frequency point where the SpCell is located matches the first monitoring cycle, the first monitoring cycle is used by default.

[0115] 3) the network configures the initial monitoring cycle applied by the terminal.

[0116] For example, the terminal receives the configuration information sent by the network side, if the configuration information indicates that the terminal applies the second monitoring cycle, the second monitoring cycle is used by default; if the configuration information indicates that the terminal applies the first monitoring cycle, the first monitoring cycle is used by default.

[0117] 4) the protocol stipulates the initial monitoring cycle applied by the terminal.

[0118] In this embodiment, after receiving the configuration information of the LP-WUS, the terminal can activate the default first monitoring period or the second monitoring period, that is, the terminal monitors the LP-WUS according to the first monitoring period of the LP-WUS or the second monitoring period of the LP-WUS by default.

[0119] In the above several embodiments, the terminal can determine which LP-WUS monitoring period to apply by default, the network side device can flexibly control the LP-WUS monitoring period used by the terminal according to the data transmission situation or the report of the terminal, and the terminal side can report its auxiliary information according to its requirements for data transmission, or flexibly adjust its LP-WUS monitoring period according to the control signaling sent by the network side device. Thus, the LP-WUS monitoring period and the data transmission are matched, and the power saving is ensured while the quality of data transmission is also ensured.

[0120] The configuration method of the LP-WUS according to another embodiment of the present application will be described in detail below in combination with FIG. 5. It can be understood that the interaction between the network side device and the terminal described from the network side device is the same as or corresponds to the description of the terminal side in the method shown in FIG. 2. To avoid repetition, the relevant description is appropriately omitted.

[0121] FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the implementation of the configuration method of the LP-WUS according to an embodiment of the present application, which can be applied to the network side device. As shown in FIG. 5, the method 500 includes the following steps.

[0122] S502: The network side device sends configuration information, and the configuration information is used by the terminal to monitor the LP-WUS in the RRC connected state; the configuration information at least includes a first monitoring period and a second monitoring period, the first monitoring period and the second monitoring period are the periods of the detection occasions of the LP-WUS, and the first monitoring period is greater than the second monitoring period.

[0123] In the embodiment of the present application, the network side device configures two LP-WUS monitoring periods with different time lengths for the terminal in the RRC connected state. In this way, the terminal can dynamically adjust the applied LP-WUS monitoring period according to the network control, thereby ensuring the flexibility of the terminal in monitoring the LP-WUS, and being conducive to allowing the terminal to enjoy the power saving gain of the LP-WUS while ensuring the quality of data transmission.

[0124] In an embodiment, the configuration information of the LP-WUS further comprises at least one of: 1) a length of the first PDCCH monitoring timer; 2) a length of the second PDCCH monitoring timer; 3) a first start offset value, the first start offset value being an offset value between a start position of the first PDCCH monitoring timer and a LP-WUS triggering PDCCH monitoring when the first monitoring periodicity is used to monitor the LP-WUS; 4) a second start offset value, the second start offset value being an offset value between a start position of the second PDCCH monitoring timer and a LP-WUS triggering PDCCH monitoring when the second monitoring periodicity is used to monitor the LP-WUS; 5) a length of the first LP-WUS monitoring periodicity duration timer, during a running of the first LP-WUS monitoring periodicity duration timer, the terminal applies the first monitoring periodicity; 6) a length of the second LP-WUS monitoring periodicity duration timer, during a running of the second LP-WUS monitoring periodicity duration timer, the terminal applies the second monitoring periodicity; 7) a time domain position of the LP-WUS in a first time domain unit; wherein the first PDCCH monitoring timer is a duration of monitoring PDCCH triggered by the LP-WUS when the first monitoring periodicity is used to monitor the LP-WUS; the second PDCCH monitoring timer is a duration of monitoring PDCCH triggered by the LP-WUS when the second monitoring periodicity is used to monitor the LP-WUS.

[0125] In an embodiment, at least one of the following is satisfied: 1) the length of the first PDCCH monitoring timer is equal to the length of the second PDCCH monitoring timer; 2) the first start offset value is equal to the second start offset value; 3) the length of the first LP-WUS monitoring periodicity duration timer is equal to the length of the second LP-WUS monitoring periodicity duration timer; 4) the time domain position of the LP-WUS in the first time domain unit within the first monitoring periodicity is the same as the time domain position of the LP-WUS in the first time domain unit within the second monitoring periodicity.

[0126] In an embodiment, the time domain position of the LP-WUS in the first time domain unit comprises: a time domain position of a detection occasion of a starting LP-WUS in the first time domain unit, the starting LP-WUS being an earliest appearing LP-WUS relative to SFN=0; wherein the first monitoring periodicity and the second monitoring periodicity are periodically configured with a granularity of a second time domain unit, the granularity of the second time domain unit being larger than a granularity of the first time domain unit.

[0127] The execution subject of the LP-WUS configuration method provided in the embodiments of the present application can be a LP-WUS configuration apparatus. The LP-WUS configuration method executed by the LP-WUS configuration apparatus is taken as an example in the embodiments of the present application to illustrate the LP-WUS configuration apparatus provided in the embodiments of the present application.

[0128] The embodiments of the present application provide a LP-WUS configuration apparatus. As an example, the LP-WUS configuration apparatus can be a communication device or a component in a communication device, such as a chip. The communication device can be a terminal, a network-side device, a server, or the like. For example, the terminal can include, but is not limited to, the types of the terminal 11 listed above, the network-side device can include, but is not limited to, the types of the network-side device 12 listed above, and the embodiments of the present application do not make specific limitations.

[0129] The LP-WUS configuration apparatus includes a receiving module, a sending module, and a processing module. The receiving module, the sending module, and the processing module can be implemented by software or by hardware. When implemented by hardware, the processing module can be implemented by a processor. For example, the processor can include a general-purpose processor, a special-purpose processor, or the like, such as a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an artificial intelligent (AI) processor, a graphics processing unit (GPU), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a network processor (NP), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), or other programmable logic devices, gate circuits, transistors, discrete hardware components, or the like. The receiving module and the sending module can be implemented by a communication interface, which can include one or more of a transceiver, a pin, a circuit, a bus, a radio frequency unit, or the like.

[0130] Specifically, referring to FIG. 6, when the LP-WUS configuration apparatus is a terminal or a component in a terminal, the LP-WUS configuration apparatus 600 includes a receiving module 602 configured to receive configuration information, the configuration information being used by the apparatus to listen to a LP-WUS in an RRC connected state; the configuration information at least including a first listening period and a second listening period, the first listening period and the second listening period being periods of detection occasions of the LP-WUS, and the first listening period being greater than the second listening period.

[0131] In the embodiments of the present application, the network side device configures two LP-WUS monitoring periods with different time lengths for the terminal in the RRC connected state. In this way, the terminal can dynamically adjust the applied LP-WUS monitoring period according to network control, thereby ensuring the flexibility of the terminal in monitoring LP-WUS and facilitating the terminal to enjoy the power saving gain of LP-WUS while ensuring the quality of data transmission

[0132] In one embodiment, the configuration information of the LP-WUS further includes at least one of the following: 1) a time length of the first PDCCH monitoring timer; 2) a time length of the second PDCCH monitoring timer; 3) a first starting offset value, which is an offset value between a starting position of the first PDCCH monitoring timer and an LP-WUS triggering PDCCH monitoring when the first monitoring period is used to monitor the LP-WUS; 4) a second starting offset value, which is an offset value between a starting position of the second PDCCH monitoring timer and an LP-WUS triggering PDCCH monitoring when the second monitoring period is used to monitor the LP-WUS; 5) a time length of the first LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer, during the running of which the terminal applies the first monitoring period; 6) a time length of the second LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer, during the running of which the terminal applies the second monitoring period; 7) a time domain position of the LP-WUS in the first time domain unit; wherein the first PDCCH monitoring timer is a duration of monitoring PDCCH triggered by the LP-WUS when the first monitoring period is used to monitor the LP-WUS; and the second PDCCH monitoring timer is a duration of monitoring PDCCH triggered by the LP-WUS when the second monitoring period is used to monitor the LP-WUS.

[0133] In one embodiment, at least one of the following is satisfied: 1) the time length of the first PDCCH monitoring timer is equal to the time length of the second PDCCH monitoring timer; 2) the first starting offset value is equal to the second starting offset value; 3) the time length of the first LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer is equal to the time length of the second LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer; and 4) the time domain position of the LP-WUS in the first time domain unit in the first monitoring period is the same as the time domain position of the LP-WUS in the first time domain unit in the second monitoring period.

[0134] In one embodiment, the time domain location of the LP-WUS in the first time domain unit comprises: a time domain location of a detection occasion of a starting LP-WUS in the first time domain unit, the starting LP-WUS being an earliest occurring LP-WUS relative to SFN=0; wherein the first monitoring periodicity and the second monitoring periodicity are configured periodically with a granularity of a second time domain unit, the granularity of the second time domain unit being larger than the granularity of the first time domain unit.

[0135] In one embodiment, the processing module is further configured to perform a first operation, the first operation comprising at least one of: 1) stopping the second LP-WUS monitoring periodicity duration timer, if running; 2) starting the first LP-WUS monitoring periodicity duration timer; 3) applying the first monitoring periodicity to monitor LP-WUS; 4) stopping the second PDCCH monitoring timer, if running.

[0136] In one embodiment, the processing module is configured to perform a first operation if at least one of the following conditions is met: 1) a first LP-WUS start command is received; 2) a second LP-WUS stop command is received; 3) the second LP-WUS monitoring periodicity duration timer expires; 4) a DRX command MAC CE is received; 5) a long DRX command MAC CE is received; 6) a first LP-WUS command MAC CE is received; wherein the first LP-WUS start command or the second LP-WUS stop command is used to control the apparatus to perform at least one of starting to apply the first monitoring periodicity and stopping to apply the second monitoring periodicity; and the first LP-WUS command MAC CE is used to control the apparatus to stop applying a monitoring periodicity that is currently being applied and start to apply a monitoring periodicity that is not currently being applied.

[0137] In one embodiment, the processing module is further configured to perform a second operation, the second operation comprising at least one of: 1) stopping the first LP-WUS monitoring periodicity duration timer, if running; 2) starting the second LP-WUS monitoring periodicity duration timer; 3) applying the second monitoring periodicity to monitor LP-WUS; 4) stopping the first PDCCH monitoring timer, if running.

[0138] In an embodiment, the processing module is configured to perform a second operation when at least one of the following conditions is met: 1) a first LP-WUS stop command is received; 2) a second LP-WUS start command is received; 3) the first LP-WUS listening period duration timer expires; 4) a DRX command MAC CE is received; 5) a first LP-WUS command MAC CE is received; wherein the first LP-WUS stop command or the second LP-WUS start command is used to control the device to perform at least one of starting to apply the second listening period and stopping to apply the first listening period; and the first LP-WUS command MAC CE is used to control the device to stop applying a currently applied listening period and start applying a currently not applied listening period.

[0139] In an embodiment, the processing module is further configured to determine, based on at least one of the following, whether to apply the first listening period or the second listening period to listen for the LP-WUS: 1) assistance information, the assistance information being related to a frequency or latency requirement of data transmission; 2) a frequency or frequency band on which a SpCell of the device is located; 3) network configuration of an initially applied listening period; and 4) protocol agreement of an initially applied listening period.

[0140] In an embodiment, the receiving module 602 is further configured to receive a first control command, the first control command being used to indicate whether the device controls a listening period of a detection occasion of the LP-WUS based on a DRX command MAC CE or a long DRX command MAC CE.

[0141] Referring to FIG. 7, when the configuration device of the LP-WUS is a network side device or a component in the network side device, the configuration device 700 of the LP-WUS includes a sending module 702 configured to send configuration information, the configuration information being used to instruct a terminal to listen for the LP-WUS in an RRC connected state; the configuration information at least includes a first listening period and a second listening period, the first listening period and the second listening period being periods of a detection occasion of the LP-WUS, and the first listening period being greater than the second listening period.

[0142] In an embodiment of the present application, the network side device configures two LP-WUS listening periods with different time lengths for the terminal in the RRC connected state, so that the terminal can dynamically adjust the applied LP-WUS listening period according to network control, thereby ensuring the flexibility of the terminal in listening for the LP-WUS and facilitating the terminal to enjoy the power saving gain of the LP-WUS while ensuring the quality of data transmission.

[0143] In an embodiment, the configuration information of the LP-WUS further comprises at least one of: 1) a length of the first PDCCH monitoring timer; 2) a length of the second PDCCH monitoring timer; 3) a first start offset value, the first start offset value being an offset value between a start position of the first PDCCH monitoring timer and a LP-WUS triggering PDCCH monitoring when the first monitoring periodicity is used to monitor the LP-WUS; 4) a second start offset value, the second start offset value being an offset value between a start position of the second PDCCH monitoring timer and a LP-WUS triggering PDCCH monitoring when the second monitoring periodicity is used to monitor the LP-WUS; 5) a length of the first LP-WUS monitoring periodicity duration timer, during a running of the first LP-WUS monitoring periodicity duration timer, the terminal applies the first monitoring periodicity; 6) a length of the second LP-WUS monitoring periodicity duration timer, during a running of the second LP-WUS monitoring periodicity duration timer, the terminal applies the second monitoring periodicity; 7) a time domain position of the LP-WUS in a first time domain unit; wherein the first PDCCH monitoring timer is a duration of monitoring PDCCH triggered by the LP-WUS when the first monitoring periodicity is used to monitor the LP-WUS; the second PDCCH monitoring timer is a duration of monitoring PDCCH triggered by the LP-WUS when the second monitoring periodicity is used to monitor the LP-WUS.

[0144] In an embodiment, at least one of the following is satisfied: 1) the length of the first PDCCH monitoring timer is equal to the length of the second PDCCH monitoring timer; 2) the first start offset value is equal to the second start offset value; 3) the length of the first LP-WUS monitoring periodicity duration timer is equal to the length of the second LP-WUS monitoring periodicity duration timer; 4) the time domain position of the LP-WUS in the first time domain unit within the first monitoring periodicity is the same as the time domain position of the LP-WUS in the first time domain unit within the second monitoring periodicity.

[0145] In an embodiment, the time domain position of the LP-WUS in the first time domain unit comprises: a time domain position of a detection occasion of a starting LP-WUS in the first time domain unit, the starting LP-WUS being an earliest occurring LP-WUS relative to SFN=0; wherein the first monitoring periodicity and the second monitoring periodicity are periodically configured with a granularity of a second time domain unit, the granularity of the second time domain unit being larger than a granularity of the first time domain unit.

[0146] The configuration device of the LP-WUS provided in the embodiments of the present application can implement each process of the method embodiments of FIGS. 2 to 5 and achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein.

[0147] As shown in FIG. 8, the embodiments of the present application further provide a communication device 800, which includes a processor 801 and a memory 802, and the memory 802 stores programs or instructions executable on the processor 801. For example, when the communication device 800 is a terminal, the programs or instructions are executed by the processor 801 to implement each step of the above method embodiments of the configuration of the LP-WUS and achieve the same technical effects. When the communication device 800 is a network side device, the programs or instructions are executed by the processor 801 to implement each step of the above method embodiments of the configuration of the LP-WUS and achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein.

[0148] The embodiments of the present application further provide a terminal, which includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to run programs or instructions to implement the steps in the method embodiments as shown in FIG. 2. The terminal embodiments correspond to the above terminal side method embodiments, and each implementation process and implementation manner of the above method embodiments can be applicable to the terminal embodiments and achieve the same technical effects. The terminal can be the configuration device of the LP-WUS as shown in FIG. 6. Specifically, FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal for implementing the embodiments of the present application.

[0149] The terminal 900 includes, but is not limited to, at least part of the components such as a radio frequency unit 901, a network module 902, an audio output unit 903, an input unit 904, a sensor 905, a display unit 906, a user input unit 907, an interface unit 908, a memory 909, and a processor x10.

[0150] Those skilled in the art can understand that the terminal 900 can further include a power supply (such as a battery) for supplying power to each component, and the power supply can be logically connected to the processor x10 through a power management system, so as to realize functions such as management of charging, discharging, and power consumption management through the power management system. The terminal structure shown in FIG. 9 does not constitute a limitation on the terminal, and the terminal can include more or fewer components than those shown, or combine certain components, or different component arrangements, which are not described herein.

[0151] It should be understood that in the embodiments of the present application, the input unit 904 can include a graphics processor 9041 and a microphone 9042, and the graphics processor 9041 processes image data of a still picture or a video obtained by an image capture device (such as a camera) in a video capture mode or an image capture mode. The display unit 906 can include a display panel 9061, which can be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, etc. The user input unit 907 includes at least one of a touch panel 9071 and other input devices 9072. The touch panel 9071 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 9071 can include two parts of a touch detection device and a touch controller. The other input devices 9072 can include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control keys, on-off keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, a joystick, and the like, which will not be described here.

[0152] In the embodiments of the present application, after the radio frequency unit 901 receives the downlink data from the network side device, it can be transmitted to the processor x10 for processing; in addition, the radio frequency unit 901 can send uplink data to the network side device. Generally, the radio frequency unit 901 includes but is not limited to an antenna, an amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, etc.

[0153] The memory 909 can be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 909 can mainly include a first storage area storing programs or instructions and a second storage area storing data, wherein the first storage area can store an operating system, application programs or instructions required by at least one function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), and the like. In addition, the memory 909 can include a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory. The non-volatile memory can be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an Electrically EPROM (EEPROM), or a flash memory. The volatile memory can be a Random Access Memory (RAM), a Static RAM (SRAM), a Dynamic RAM (DRAM), a Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), a Double Data Rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM), an Enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), a Synch link DRAM (SLDRAM), and a Direct Rambus RAM (DRRAM). The memory 909 in the embodiments of the present application includes but is not limited to these and any other suitable types of memory.

[0154] The processor x10 can include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor x10 integrates an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly processes operations related to an operating system, a user interface, and an application program, and the modem processor mainly processes wireless communication signals, such as a baseband processor. It can be understood that the above-mentioned modem processor can also not be integrated into the processor x10.

[0155] The radio frequency unit 901 is configured to receive configuration information, the configuration information being used for the terminal to listen to an LP-WUS in an RRC connected state; the configuration information at least including a first listening period and a second listening period, the first listening period and the second listening period being periods of detection occasions of the LP-WUS, and the first listening period being greater than the second listening period.

[0156] In the embodiments of the present application, the network side device configures two LP-WUS monitoring periods with different time lengths for the terminal in the RRC connected state. In this way, the terminal can dynamically adjust the applied LP-WUS monitoring period according to network control, thereby ensuring the flexibility of the terminal in monitoring the LP-WUS and facilitating the terminal to enjoy the power saving gain of the LP-WUS while ensuring the quality of data transmission

[0157] It can be understood that the implementation processes of the implementation manners mentioned in the embodiments can refer to the related descriptions of the configuration method embodiments of the LP-WUS and achieve the same or corresponding technical effects. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

[0158] The embodiments of the present application also provide a network side device including a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface and the processor are coupled, and the processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement the steps of the method embodiments shown in FIG. 5. The network side device embodiments correspond to the network side device method embodiments described above. The implementation processes and implementation manners of the method embodiments described above can be applied to the network side device embodiments and achieve the same technical effects.

[0159] Specifically, the embodiments of the present application also provide a network side device, which can be the configuration device of the LP-WUS shown in FIG. 7. As shown in FIG. 10, the network side device 1000 includes an antenna 101, a radio frequency device 102, a baseband device 103, a processor 104, and a memory 105. The antenna 101 is connected with the radio frequency device 102. In the uplink direction, the radio frequency device 102 receives information through the antenna 101 and sends the received information to the baseband device 103 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 103 processes the information to be sent and sends it to the radio frequency device 102. The radio frequency device 102 processes the received information and sends it out through the antenna 101.

[0160] The method performed by the network side device in the above embodiments can be implemented in the baseband device 103, which includes a baseband processor.

[0161] The baseband device 103 may, for example, include at least one baseband board on which a plurality of chips are arranged. As shown in FIG. 10, one of the chips is, for example, a baseband processor connected with the memory 105 through a bus interface to call programs in the memory 105 and perform the network device operations shown in the above method embodiments.

[0162] The network side device can also include a network interface 106, which is, for example, a common public radio interface (CPRI).

[0163] Specifically, the network side device 1000 in the embodiments of the present application further includes instructions or programs stored in the storage 105 and executable on the processor 104, the processor 104 invokes the instructions or programs in the storage 105 to execute the method performed by each module shown in FIG. 7 and achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein.

[0164] The embodiments of the present application further provide a readable storage medium having programs or instructions stored thereon, the programs or instructions are executed by a processor to implement each process of the configuration method of the LP-WUS and achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein.

[0165] The processor is the processor in the terminal in the above embodiments. The readable storage medium includes a computer readable storage medium, such as a computer readable only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, etc. In some examples, the readable storage medium can be a non-transitory readable storage medium.

[0166] The embodiments of the present application further provide a chip including a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface and the processor are coupled, the processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement each process of the configuration method of the LP-WUS and achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein.

[0167] It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of the present application can also be referred to as a system chip, a system chip, a chip system or a system on chip, etc.

[0168] The embodiments of the present application further provide a computer program / program product stored in a storage medium, the computer program / program product is executed by at least one processor to implement each process of the configuration method of the LP-WUS and achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein.

[0169] The embodiments of the present application further provide a configuration system of the LP-WUS, including a terminal and a network side device, the terminal can be used to execute the steps of the configuration method of the LP-WUS, and the network side device can be used to execute the steps of the configuration method of the LP-WUS.

[0170] It should be noted that, in the present document, the terms "comprises", "comprising", or any other variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but can also include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. An element proceeded by "comprises a", "comprising", or the like does not, without more constraints, preclude the existence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element. Furthermore, it is to be understood that the methods and apparatuses of the present application can be carried out by specific hardware, by software, or by a combination of hardware and software. It is therefore, contemplated to this patent to cover any and all modifications, variations, or equivalents that fall within the scope of the present application. Accordingly, where a concept can have been illustrated in only one of the exemplary embodiments, various aspects of the concept can be modified and / or combined to produce a variety of other embodiments that are not specifically illustrated. Thus, for purposes of describing particular embodiments, reference has been made to orientations. However, it is to be understood that the teachings of this patent are not limited in their application to any one of the mentioned orientations, but are applicable to any assembly having the features currently described or hereinafter ascertained.

[0171] From the above description of the embodiments, it is apparent that the method of the above embodiments can be realized by means of a computer software product and general hardware platform, of course, it can also be realized by hardware. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM, RAM, magnetic disc, optical disc, etc.), and includes a plurality of instructions for making the terminal or network side device execute the method described in each embodiment of the present application.

[0172] The embodiments of the present application are described above in combination with the drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above specific embodiments, and the above specific embodiments are only illustrative, but not restrictive. Those skilled in the art can make many forms of embodiments under the inspiration of the present application without departing from the scope of the present application and the protection scope of the claims, and these embodiments all belong to the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A method for configuring a LP-WUS, comprising: receiving, by a terminal, configuration information for the terminal to monitor a low power wake-up signal (LP-WUS) in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state; the configuration information comprising at least a first monitoring period and a second monitoring period, the first monitoring period and the second monitoring period being periodicities of detection occasions of the LP-WUS, the first monitoring period being greater than the second monitoring period.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, the configuration information of the LP-WUS further comprising at least one of: a length of a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring timer; a length of a second PDCCH monitoring timer; a first start offset value, the first start offset value being an offset value between a start position of the first PDCCH monitoring timer and a LP-WUS triggering PDCCH monitoring when the first monitoring period is used to monitor the LP-WUS; a second start offset value, the second start offset value being an offset value between a start position of the second PDCCH monitoring timer and a LP-WUS triggering PDCCH monitoring when the second monitoring period is used to monitor the LP-WUS; a length of a first LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer, the terminal applying the first monitoring period during a running of the first LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer; a length of a second LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer, the terminal applying the second monitoring period during a running of the second LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer; a time domain position of the LP-WUS in a first time domain unit; wherein the first PDCCH monitoring timer is a duration of monitoring PDCCH triggered by the LP-WUS when the first monitoring period is used to monitor the LP-WUS; the second PDCCH monitoring timer is a duration of monitoring PDCCH triggered by the LP-WUS when the second monitoring period is used to monitor the LP-WUS.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein, at least one of: the length of the first PDCCH monitoring timer and the length of the second PDCCH monitoring timer are equal; the first start offset value and the second start offset value are equal; the length of the first LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer and the length of the second LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer are equal; a time domain position of the LP-WUS in the first time domain unit in the first monitoring period is the same as a time domain position of the LP-WUS in the first time domain unit in the second monitoring period.

4. The method of claim 2 or 3, wherein, the time domain position of the LP-WUS in the first time domain unit comprises a time domain position of a detection occasion of a starting LP-WUS in the first time domain unit, the starting LP-WUS being an earliest appearing LP-WUS relative to a system frame number (SFN) = 0; wherein the first monitoring period and the second monitoring period are periodically configured with a granularity of a second time domain unit, the granularity of the second time domain unit being greater than a granularity of the first time domain unit.

5. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein, After the terminal receives the configuration information, the method further comprises that the terminal performs a first operation, and the first operation comprises at least one of the following: stopping the second LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer if it is running; starting the first LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer; applying the first monitoring period to monitor LP-WUS; stopping the second PDCCH monitoring timer if it is running.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein, The terminal performing the first operation comprises that the terminal performs the first operation when at least one of the following conditions is met: receiving a first LP-WUS start command; receiving a second LP-WUS stop command; the second LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer expires; receiving a discontinuous reception DRX command medium access control control element MAC CE; receiving a long DRX command MAC CE; receiving a first LP-WUS command MAC CE; The first LP-WUS start command or the second LP-WUS stop command is used to control the terminal to perform at least one of starting to apply the first monitoring period and stopping to apply the second monitoring period; and the first LP-WUS command MAC CE is used for the terminal to stop applying a currently applied monitoring period and start applying a currently not applied monitoring period.

7. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein, After the terminal receives the configuration information, the method further comprises that the terminal performs a second operation, and the second operation comprises at least one of the following: stopping the first LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer if it is running; starting the second LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer; applying the second monitoring period to monitor LP-WUS; stopping the first PDCCH monitoring timer if it is running.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein, The terminal performing the second operation comprises that the terminal performs the second operation when at least one of the following conditions is met: receiving a first LP-WUS stop command; receiving a second LP-WUS start command; the first LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer expires; receiving a DRX command MAC CE; receiving a first LP-WUS command MAC CE; The first LP-WUS stop command or the second LP-WUS start command is used to control the terminal to perform at least one of starting to apply the second monitoring period and stopping to apply the first monitoring period; and the first LP-WUS command MAC CE is used for the terminal to stop applying a currently applied monitoring period and start applying a currently not applied monitoring period.

9. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein, After the terminal receives the configuration information, the method further comprises that the terminal determines to apply the first monitoring period or the second monitoring period to monitor LP-WUS based on at least one of the following: terminal assistance information, the terminal assistance information being related to frequency or latency requirement of data transmission; a frequency or a frequency band where a special cell SpCell of the terminal is located; a network configuring a monitoring period initially applied by the terminal; a protocol agreeing on a monitoring period initially applied by the terminal.

10. The method of claim 6 or 8, wherein, The method further includes: the terminal receiving a first control command, the first control command being used to indicate whether the terminal controls a listening period of a detection occasion of the LP-WUS based on a DRX command MAC CE or a long DRX command MAC CE.

11. A configuration method of a LP-WUS, comprising: a network-side device sending configuration information, the configuration information being used for a terminal to listen to a LP-WUS in an RRC connected state; the configuration information at least including a first listening period and a second listening period, the first listening period and the second listening period being periods of a detection occasion of the LP-WUS, the first listening period being greater than the second listening period.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein, The configuration information of the LP-WUS further includes at least one of: a length of a first PDCCH listening timer; a length of a second PDCCH listening timer; a first start offset value, the first start offset value being an offset value between a start position of the first PDCCH listening timer and a LP-WUS triggering PDCCH listening when the first listening period is used to listen to the LP-WUS; a second start offset value, the second start offset value being an offset value between a start position of the second PDCCH listening timer and a LP-WUS triggering PDCCH listening when the second listening period is used to listen to the LP-WUS; a length of a first LP-WUS listening period duration timer, the terminal applying the first listening period during a running period of the first LP-WUS listening period duration timer; a length of a second LP-WUS listening period duration timer, the terminal applying the second listening period during a running period of the second LP-WUS listening period duration timer; a time domain position of the LP-WUS in a first time domain unit; wherein the first PDCCH listening timer is a duration of listening to a PDCCH triggered by the LP-WUS when the first listening period is used to listen to the LP-WUS; the second PDCCH listening timer is a duration of listening to a PDCCH triggered by the LP-WUS when the second listening period is used to listen to the LP-WUS.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein, At least one of the following is met: the length of the first PDCCH listening timer is equal to the length of the second PDCCH listening timer; the first start offset value is equal to the second start offset value; the length of the first LP-WUS listening period duration timer is equal to the length of the second LP-WUS listening period duration timer; the time domain position of the LP-WUS in the first time domain unit in the first listening period is the same as the time domain position of the LP-WUS in the first time domain unit in the second listening period.

14. The method of claim 12 or 13, wherein, The time domain position of the LP-WUS in the first time domain unit includes: a time domain position of a detection occasion of a starting LP-WUS in the first time domain unit, the starting LP-WUS being an earliest appearing LP-WUS relative to SFN=0; The first listening period and the second listening period are periodically configured according to a granularity of a second time domain unit, and the granularity of the second time domain unit is greater than the granularity of the first time domain unit.

15. An apparatus for configuring LP-WUS, comprising: a receiving module configured to receive configuration information, the configuration information being used for the apparatus to listen to LP-WUS in an RRC connected state; the configuration information comprising at least a first listening period and a second listening period, the first listening period and the second listening period being periods of detection occasions of LP-WUS, and the first listening period being greater than the second listening period.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein, The configuration information of the LP-WUS further comprises at least one of the following: a duration of a first PDCCH listening timer; a duration of a second PDCCH listening timer; a first start offset value, the first start offset value being an offset value between a start position of the first PDCCH listening timer and an LP-WUS triggering PDCCH listening when the first listening period is used to listen to the LP-WUS; a second start offset value, the second start offset value being an offset value between a start position of the second PDCCH listening timer and an LP-WUS triggering PDCCH listening when the second listening period is used to listen to the LP-WUS; a duration of a first LP-WUS listening period duration timer, during a running period of the first LP-WUS listening period duration timer, the apparatus applies the first listening period; a duration of a second LP-WUS listening period duration timer, during a running period of the second LP-WUS listening period duration timer, the apparatus applies the second listening period; a time domain position of the LP-WUS in a first time domain unit; wherein the first PDCCH listening timer is a duration of listening to PDCCH triggered by the LP-WUS when the first listening period is used to listen to the LP-WUS; the second PDCCH listening timer is a duration of listening to PDCCH triggered by the LP-WUS when the second listening period is used to listen to the LP-WUS.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein, At least one of the following is met: the duration of the first PDCCH listening timer is equal to the duration of the second PDCCH listening timer; the first start offset value is equal to the second start offset value; the duration of the first LP-WUS listening period duration timer is equal to the duration of the second LP-WUS listening period duration timer; the time domain position of the LP-WUS in the first time domain unit in the first listening period is the same as the time domain position of the LP-WUS in the first time domain unit in the second listening period.

18. The apparatus of claim 16 or 17, wherein, The time domain position of the LP-WUS in the first time domain unit comprises a time domain position of a detection occasion of a starting LP-WUS in the first time domain unit, the starting LP-WUS being an earliest appearing LP-WUS relative to a system frame number SFN=0; The first monitoring period and the second monitoring period are periodically configured according to a granularity of a second time domain unit, and the granularity of the second time domain unit is greater than the granularity of the first time domain unit.

19. The apparatus of any one of claims 16 to 18, wherein, The processing module is further configured to perform a first operation, and the first operation includes at least one of the following: stopping the second LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer if it is running; starting the first LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer; applying the first monitoring period to monitor the LP-WUS; stopping the second PDCCH monitoring timer if it is running.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein, The processing module is configured to perform a first operation when at least one of the following conditions is met: receiving a first LP-WUS start command; receiving a second LP-WUS stop command; the second LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer expires; receiving a DRX command MAC CE; receiving a long DRX command MAC CE; receiving a first LP-WUS command MAC CE. The first LP-WUS start command or the second LP-WUS stop command is used to control the device to perform at least one of starting to apply the first monitoring period and stopping to apply the second monitoring period. The first LP-WUS command MAC CE is used for the device to stop applying a currently applied monitoring period and start applying a currently unapplied monitoring period.

21. The apparatus of any one of claims 16 to 18, wherein, The processing module is further configured to perform a second operation, and the second operation includes at least one of the following: stopping the first LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer if it is running; starting the second LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer; applying the second monitoring period to monitor the LP-WUS; stopping the first PDCCH monitoring timer if it is running.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein, The processing module is configured to perform a second operation when at least one of the following conditions is met: receiving a first LP-WUS stop command; receiving a second LP-WUS start command; the first LP-WUS monitoring period duration timer expires; receiving a DRX command MAC CE; receiving a first LP-WUS command MAC CE. The first LP-WUS stop command or the second LP-WUS start command is used to control the device to perform at least one of starting to apply the second monitoring period and stopping to apply the first monitoring period. The first LP-WUS command MAC CE is used for the device to stop applying a currently applied monitoring period and start applying a currently unapplied monitoring period.

23. The apparatus of any one of claims 15 to 18, wherein, The processing module is further configured to determine, based on at least one of the following, whether to apply the first monitoring period or the second monitoring period to monitor the LP-WUS: auxiliary information related to frequency or latency requirements of data transmission; a frequency point or frequency band where a SpCell of the device is located; a network configuration of an initially applied monitoring period; a protocol agreement of an initially applied monitoring period.

24. The apparatus of claim 20 or 22, wherein, The receiving module is further configured to receive a first control command, where the first control command is used to indicate whether the device controls a listening period of a detection occasion of the LP-WUS based on a DRX command MAC CE or a long DRX command MAC CE.

25. An apparatus for configuring LP-WUS, comprising: a sending module configured to send configuration information, where the configuration information is used for a terminal to listen to the LP-WUS in an RRC connected state; the configuration information comprises at least a first listening period and a second listening period, where the first listening period and the second listening period are periods of a detection occasion of the LP-WUS, and the first listening period is greater than the second listening period.

26. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein, The configuration information of the LP-WUS further comprises at least one of the following: a length of a first PDCCH listening timer; a length of a second PDCCH listening timer; a first start offset value, where the first start offset value is an offset value between a start position of the first PDCCH listening timer and an LP-WUS triggering PDCCH listening when the first listening period is used to listen to the LP-WUS; a second start offset value, where the second start offset value is an offset value between a start position of the second PDCCH listening timer and an LP-WUS triggering PDCCH listening when the second listening period is used to listen to the LP-WUS; a length of a first LP-WUS listening period duration timer, where the terminal applies the first listening period during a running period of the first LP-WUS listening period duration timer; a length of a second LP-WUS listening period duration timer, where the terminal applies the second listening period during a running period of the second LP-WUS listening period duration timer; a time domain position of the LP-WUS in a first time domain unit; wherein the first PDCCH listening timer is a duration of listening to PDCCH triggered by the LP-WUS when the first listening period is used to listen to the LP-WUS; the second PDCCH listening timer is a duration of listening to PDCCH triggered by the LP-WUS when the second listening period is used to listen to the LP-WUS.

27. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein, At least one of the following is satisfied: the length of the first PDCCH listening timer is equal to the length of the second PDCCH listening timer; the first start offset value is equal to the second start offset value; the length of the first LP-WUS listening period duration timer is equal to the length of the second LP-WUS listening period duration timer; a time domain position of the LP-WUS in the first time domain unit in the first listening period is the same as a time domain position of the LP-WUS in the first time domain unit in the second listening period.

28. The apparatus of claim 26 or 27, wherein, the time domain position of the LP-WUS in the first time domain unit comprises a time domain position of a detection occasion of a starting LP-WUS in the first time domain unit, where the starting LP-WUS is an earliest appearing LP-WUS relative to SFN=0; The first monitoring period and the second monitoring period are periodically configured according to a granularity of a second time domain unit, and the granularity of the second time domain unit is greater than the granularity of the first time domain unit. 29.A terminal comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing programs or instructions executable on the processor, the programs or instructions, when executed by the processor, implement steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 10. 30.A network side device comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing programs or instructions executable on the processor, the programs or instructions, when executed by the processor, implement steps of the method according to any one of claims 11 to 14. 31.A readable storage medium, the readable storage medium storing programs or instructions, the programs or instructions, when executed by a processor, implement the method according to any one of claims 1 to 10, or implement steps of the method according to any one of claims 11 to 14.

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