Communication method and apparatus, system, electronic device, storage medium, and program product

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of communications, and in particular to a communication method and apparatus, a system, an electronic device, a storage medium, and a product. In the present disclosure, a terminal may receive first information from a network node, wherein the first information is used for indicating m sets of discontinuous reception (DRX) / discontinuous transmission (DTX) configuration information, and m is an integer greater than 0; and then, the terminal may receive and / or transmit data and / or signaling and / or perform cell access on the basis of the first information. The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information may have different configuration granularity relationships; and each set of DRX / DTX configuration information comprises information of an active state and an inactive state, multiple levels of sub-periods may be nested in a first period in the DRX / DTX configuration information, and the first period in the DRX / DTX configuration information may consist of a plurality of sub-periods of different lengths. In summary, the technical solution provided by the present disclosure enables the terminal to appropriately transmit and receive data and / or signaling under a dual mechanism of beam hopping and DRX / DTX.

Description

Communication method and device, system, electronic device, storage medium and program product

[0001] Cross-reference to related applications

[0002] The present disclosure claims priority from Chinese patent application 202411080169.2 filed on August 7, 2024, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. TECHNICAL FIELD

[0003] The present disclosure relates to the technical field of communication, and in particular to a communication method and device, system, electronic device, storage medium and product. BACKGROUND

[0004] With the continuous development of satellite antenna technology, current wide width satellite systems mostly use multi-beam satellites to enhance system capacity. In order to solve the problem of mismatch between satellite resource demand and configuration, the beam hopping (BH) technology is developed on the basis of traditional multi-beam. The BH technology is to allocate the whole satellite bandwidth to each beam in time slots. This flexible allocation mode can better meet the different service requirements of each beam.

[0005] The cell in the related technology introduces the Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) and Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mechanism, and realizes network energy saving by increasing the network side shutdown switching. Under the double mechanism of DTX / DRX mechanism and beam hopping technology, how to realize the effective transmission and reception of the terminal side becomes a technical problem to be solved in the field. SUMMARY

[0006] The present disclosure provides a communication method and device, system, electronic device, storage medium and product.

[0007] According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a communication method is provided, applied to a terminal, the method comprising:

[0008] receiving first information from a network node, the first information being used to indicate m sets of Discontinuous Reception (DRX) / Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) configuration information; m is an integer greater than 0;

[0009] performing data and / or signaling reception and / or transmission and / or cell access according to the first information;

[0010] The correspondence relationship of the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information comprises at least one of the following:

[0011] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to a cell and / or a beam.

[0012] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of a wave position and / or a region;

[0013] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of an SSB index, an SSB combination index, and a transmission configuration indication state (TCI) state;

[0014] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to a transmission and / or reception period of at least one of an SSB index, an SSB combination index, and a TCI state;

[0015] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of a terminal, a terminal group, and a service type;

[0016] The DRX / DTX configuration information includes information of an active state and an inactive state;

[0017] A plurality of sub-periods can be nested in a first period in the DRX / DTX configuration information;

[0018] A first period in the DRX / DTX configuration information can be composed of a plurality of sub-periods of different lengths.

[0019] According to another aspect of the present disclosure, another communication method is provided, applied to a network node, and the method includes:

[0020] Determining first information; the first information is used to indicate m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information; m is an integer greater than 0;

[0021] Sending the first information to the terminal;

[0022] The correspondence of the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0023] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of a cell and / or a beam;

[0024] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of a wave position and / or a region;

[0025] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of an SSB index, an SSB combination index, and a transmission configuration indication state (TCI) state;

[0026] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to a transmission and / or reception period of at least one of an SSB index, an SSB combination index, and a TCI state;

[0027] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of a terminal, a terminal group, and a service type;

[0028] The DRX / DTX configuration information includes information of an active state and an inactive state;

[0029] A first period in the DRX / DTX configuration information can be nested with multiple levels of sub-periods;

[0030] The first period in the DRX / DTX configuration information can be composed of multiple sub-periods of different lengths.

[0031] According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a communication device is provided, which is arranged in a terminal and includes:

[0032] A transceiver is configured to receive first information from a network node, the first information being used to indicate m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information, m being an integer greater than 0;

[0033] The transceiver is further configured to perform data and / or signaling reception and / or transmission and / or cell access according to the first information;

[0034] The correspondence of the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0035] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to a cell and / or a beam;

[0036] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to a beam position and / or a region;

[0037] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of an SSB index, an SSB combination index, and a transmission configuration indication state (TCI State);

[0038] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to a transmission and / or reception period of at least one of an SSB index, an SSB combination index, and a TCI State;

[0039] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of a terminal, a terminal group, and a service type;

[0040] The DRX / DTX configuration information includes information of an active state and an inactive state;

[0041] A first period in the DRX / DTX configuration information can be nested with multiple levels of sub-periods;

[0042] The first period in the DRX / DTX configuration information can be composed of multiple sub-periods of different lengths.

[0043] According to another aspect of the present disclosure, another communication apparatus is provided, configured in a network node, comprising:

[0044] a determining unit configured to determine first information; the first information is used to indicate m sets of discontinuous reception DRX / discontinuous transmission DTX configuration information; m is an integer greater than 0;

[0045] a transceiving unit configured to send the first information to the terminal;

[0046] The correspondence of the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0047] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to cells and / or beams;

[0048] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to wave positions and / or areas;

[0049] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of SSB indexes, SSB combination indexes, and transmission configuration indication states TCI States;

[0050] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to transmission and / or reception periods of at least one of SSB indexes, SSB combination indexes, and TCI States;

[0051] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of terminals, terminal groups, and service types;

[0052] The DRX / DTX configuration information includes information of active and inactive states;

[0053] The first period in the DRX / DTX configuration information can be nested with multiple levels of sub-periods;

[0054] The first period in the DRX / DTX configuration information can be composed of multiple sub-periods of different lengths.

[0055] According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a communication system is provided, comprising:

[0056] a terminal configured to perform the method of any of the terminal sides;

[0057] a network node configured to perform the method of any of the network node sides.

[0058] According to another aspect of the present disclosure, an electronic device is provided, including a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored on the memory, the processor executing the computer program to implement the method described in any of the above embodiments.

[0059] According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a computer readable storage medium is provided, having stored thereon a computer program / instructions, which, when executed by a processor, implement the method described in any of the above embodiments.

[0060] According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a computer program product is provided, including a computer program / instructions, which, when executed by a processor, implement the method described in any of the above embodiments. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0061] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a satellite communication system.

[0062] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the coverage relationship of beams in a beam hopping scenario.

[0063] FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a DTX / DRX cycle.

[0064] FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an interaction flow of a communication method provided by the present disclosure.

[0065] FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an active state switching provided by the present disclosure.

[0066] FIG. 6 is a structural block diagram of a communication apparatus provided by the present disclosure.

[0067] FIG. 7 is a structural block diagram of another communication apparatus provided by the present disclosure.

[0068] FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a communication system provided by the present disclosure.

[0069] FIG. 9 is a hardware block diagram of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0070] FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a computer readable storage medium provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0071] In order to make the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the present disclosure more obvious, the following will describe the example embodiments according to the present disclosure in detail with reference to the drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, not all the embodiments of the present disclosure, and it should be understood that the present disclosure is not limited by the example embodiments described herein.

[0072] The technical solutions provided by the present disclosure can be applied to a beam hopping scenario in a satellite communication scenario. Specifically, with the continuous development of satellite antenna technology, current wide width satellite systems mostly use multi-beam satellites to enhance system capacity. The current multi-beam satellite communication system designs the frequency multiplexing of each beam in the load, and the radio frequency power is not fixedly allocated in a manner such as spaceway3, KA-SAT, and other broadband multimedia satellite coordination. Countries are working to find more flexible satellite resource allocation methods. Multi-beam antenna technology, as one of the necessary technologies for broadband satellite communication systems, has been widely used in many practical satellite communication systems. Traditional multi-beam satellites uniformly allocate broadband and power to each beam, but due to the non-uniform distribution and demand of ground services, the resource utilization rate of the satellite system is not high, and the actual communication capacity is greatly reduced. In order to solve the problem of mismatch between satellite resource demand and configuration, beam hopping (BH) is developed on the basis of traditional multi-beam. The entire satellite bandwidth is allocated to each beam in time slots. This flexible allocation method can better meet the different service needs of each beam. Satellite beam hopping technology can allocate resources in space, time, frequency, and power dimensions, with superior flexibility, resource utilization efficiency, and the ability to adapt to dynamic changes in ground services, showing good applicability in high-throughput satellite systems. The satellite beam hopping resource allocation algorithm is sorted out, the characteristics and shortcomings of the existing allocation algorithm are analyzed, and the scene and demand of low-orbit satellite constellation system are taken as the starting point, and the meaningful research points of beam hopping technology applied to low-orbit satellite constellation system are proposed.

[0073] Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a satellite communication system with beam hopping, and FIG. 2 is a coverage relationship of beams in a beam hopping scenario. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the coverage of a satellite is very wide, for example, the coverage diameter can be tens to thousands of kilometers, and a plurality of regions can be included in the coverage of a satellite, for example, the coverage area of a wide beam in FIG. 1 is wider. Beam hopping refers to converting a wide beam into a beam (or narrow beam), and each beam can cover a smaller region. In this way, by switching the beams to cover different small regions in turn, satellite resources can be dynamically allocated to different small regions. Here, the beam hopping pattern shown in FIG. 2 can be referred to, each small unit in the pattern corresponds to a sub-region (i.e., a service area) in the coverage area.

[0074] Fig. 3 shows a schematic diagram of a DTX / DRX cycle. As shown in Fig. 3, in any DTX / DRX cycle, it generally includes an active period and an inactive period. The active period is also referred to as an active period, denoted as Active, during which the terminal can perform data and / or signaling transmission and / or cell access. The inactive period is also referred to as an inactive period, denoted as non active, during which the terminal can sleep and no longer perform data and / or signaling transmission and / or cell access.

[0075] Based on this, in the case of the dual technology influence of the beam hopping technology and the DTX / DRX technology involved in the communication system, the terminal needs to know when to wake up, based on which beam, and perform which operation, all of which need to be pre-configured. Based on this, the present disclosure provides a new design concept: the network side configures multiple sets of DTX / DRX configuration information for the terminal based on different configuration granularities, and the terminal can perform data and / or signaling transmission and / or cell access based on these configuration information.

[0076] The technical solution provided by the present disclosure is applied to a communication system including a network node and a terminal. The network side, also referred to as a network node, a network node, a network side communication device, a communication device, etc., has no particular restriction on the naming. In some exemplary embodiments, the present disclosure can be used in the system message sending scenario of the satellite network for the terminal, in which scenario the network node can be specifically a communication node (also referred to as a satellite node) in the satellite network. In addition, the present disclosure can also be used in the scenario of the ground core network or the base station sending system messages to the terminal.

[0077] The communication technology adopted by the network side is not particularly limited in the present disclosure. For example, the network node is one of the network nodes in a communication system, which can include, but is not limited to, a Global System of Mobile communication (GSM) system, a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system, a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) system, a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, an Advanced long term evolution (LTE-A) system, a New Radio (NR) system, an evolved system of the NR system, an LTE-based access to unlicensed spectrum (LTE-U) system, an NR-based access to unlicensed spectrum (NR-U) system, a Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) system, a Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS), a Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN), a Wireless Fidelity (WiFi), a 5th-Generation (5G) system, or other communication systems, etc.

[0078] In the present disclosure, the network side device can be specifically a base station, an evolved NodeB (eNodeB), a transmission reception point (TRP), a next generation NodeB (gNB) in a 5th generation (5G) mobile communication system, a next generation NodeB in a 6th generation (6G) mobile communication system, a base station in a future mobile communication system, or an access node in a wireless fidelity (WiFi) system, etc. It can also be a module or unit that completes part of the functions of the base station, for example, it can be a central unit (CU) or a distributed unit (DU). The wireless access network device can be a macro base station, a micro base station or an indoor station, and can also be a relay node, etc. The present disclosure does not have special restrictions on the specific technologies and specific device forms adopted by the wireless access network device. For ease of description, the following describes the base station as an example of the wireless access network device.

[0079] The terminal, which can also be referred to as a terminal device, user equipment (UE), mobile station, mobile terminal, etc., can communicate with the network side device. Specifically, the terminal can be widely applied to various scenarios, such as device-to-device (D2D) communication, vehicle to everything (V2X) communication, machine-type communication (MTC), internet of things (IOT), virtual reality, augmented reality, industrial control, autonomous driving, remote medical treatment, smart power grid, smart furniture, smart office, smart wear, smart transportation, smart city, etc. Based on this, the terminal can be, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a computer with wireless transceiver function, a wearable device, a vehicle, a drone, a helicopter, an airplane, a ship, a robot, a mechanical arm, a smart home device, etc. The present application embodiment does not have special restrictions on the specific technologies and specific device forms adopted by the terminal.

[0080] Both the base station and the terminal can be collectively referred to as a communication device, wherein the base station can also be referred to as a communication device with a base station function, and the terminal can also be referred to as a communication device with a terminal function. The base station and the terminal can be fixed in position or mobile. The base station and the terminal can be deployed on land, including indoors or outdoors, handheld or vehicle-mounted; can also be deployed on the water surface; and can also be deployed on aircraft, balloons and artificial satellites in the air. The embodiments of the present application do not have special restrictions on the application scenarios of the base station and the terminal.

[0081] Hereinafter, the present scheme will be specifically described.

[0082] The present disclosure provides a communication method. Referring to FIG. 4, FIG. 4 is an interaction flow diagram of a communication method provided by the present disclosure, as shown in FIG. 4, the method comprises:

[0083] S402, the network node determines first information; the first information is used to indicate m sets of discontinuous reception DRX / discontinuous transmission DTX configuration information; m is an integer greater than 0.

[0084] The discontinuous reception DRX / discontinuous transmission DTX configuration information can further indicate one of the following three cases: only discontinuous reception DRX configuration information is configured, only discontinuous transmission DTX configuration information is configured, and both discontinuous reception DRX and discontinuous transmission DTX configuration information are configured.

[0085] S404, the network node sends the first information to the terminal.

[0086] S406, the terminal receives the first information from the network node.

[0087] S408, the terminal receives and / or transmits data and / or signaling and / or accesses a cell according to the first information.

[0088] In the present disclosure, the network node can configure DRX / DTX configuration information for the terminal based on different configuration granularities, and in actual scenarios, the network node can configure one or more sets of DRX / DTX configuration information for the terminal, while the terminal side can implement data and / or signaling reception and / or cell access based on the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information configured by the network side.

[0089] Specifically, in the present disclosure, the network device can configure DRX / DTX based on at least one of the following configuration granularities: cell, beam, wave position, area, SSB related information, terminal, terminal group, and service type. It should be understood that there can be more or less configuration granularities in actual scenarios.

[0090] Specifically, the correspondence relationship of the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information provided by the present disclosure can include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0091] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to cells and / or beams;

[0092] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to beam positions and / or areas;

[0093] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of SSB indexes, SSB combination indexes, and TCI states;

[0094] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to transmission and / or reception periods of at least one of SSB indexes, SSB combination indexes, and TCI states;

[0095] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of terminals, terminal groups, and service types.

[0096] The following will specifically describe the above correspondence.

[0097] Taking beam granularity as an example. The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information are configured based on beam granularity, which means that the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to different beams or different beam information. For example, m can take a value of 2, and in the 2 sets of DRX / DTX configuration information, the first set of DRX / DTX configuration information corresponds to a first beam, and the second set of DRX / DTX configuration information corresponds to a second beam. Then, for the terminal, when the terminal receives the first beam or the first beam information, it knows that the first set of DRX / DTX configuration information should be taken during the coverage of the first beam (herein, only for understanding, the correspondence in the actual configuration information can be indicated in other ways). Conversely, the second set of DRX / DTX configuration information is taken during the coverage of the second beam. Herein, only for illustrating what the correspondence of the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information is, the correspondence can be set by the network side in the actual scenario, and is not limited to the above example.

[0098] Specifically, the beam types involved in the present disclosure can include but are not limited to: a first beam and a second beam. The first beam is used for transmission of a synchronization signal block (SSB), which can be understood as a wide-range beam; and the second beam is used for transmission of at least one of terminal-specific data, signaling, and signals.

[0099] In actual implementation scenarios, the second beam can be used only for transmission of terminal-specific data and / or signaling; or, in other embodiments, the second beam can also be used for transmission of other information, such as SSBs and / or common signals and / or signaling. Therefore, in an exemplary embodiment, the second beam is used for transmission of at least one of terminal-specific data, signaling, and signals, and for transmission of common signals and / or signaling.

[0100] Further, the beam used for terminal-specific data transmission (i.e., the second beam) referred to herein includes a beam indicated to the UE through a TCI state for receiving PDCCH / PDSCH / RS, and / or a beam indicated to the UE through SpatialRelationInfo and / or SRI for transmitting PUCCH / PUSCH.

[0101] Regarding the difference in types between the first beam and the second beam, reference can be made back to FIG. 1. The wide beam in FIG. 1 can be understood as the first beam, which is used for transmission of common signals and / or signaling such as SSBs; and the beam in FIG. 1 can also be understood as the second beam, which is mainly used for transmission of at least one of terminal-specific data, signaling, and signals.

[0102] Based on the difference in types of the beams, the beam granularity can also be further represented by at least one of an SSB index, an SSB combination index, and a TCI state. In other words, the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information can also be configured by at least one of an SSB index, an SSB combination index, and a TCI state.

[0103] Specifically, the SSB ID (i.e., SSB index) is designed for beam sweeping, and each SSB ID in a plurality of SSB IDs corresponds to a direction of beam sweeping, and finally each direction has an SSB. The plurality of SSBs are called an SSB set (may be referred to as an SSB set or SSB combination), and all SSBs in an SSB set are within the same half frame. The period of the SSB set of a cell of a ground network can be 5 ms, 10 ms, 20 ms, 40 ms, 80 ms, or 160 ms, without limitation or exhaustive enumeration. The period of the SSB set can be indicated in a system information block 1 (SIB1), but when performing initial cell search, the UE has not received the SIB1, and therefore searches for SSBs according to the default period of 20 ms.

[0104] But in some scenarios, the antenna capability and / or transmission power of network devices are limited, such as the ultra-long transmission delay caused by the ultra-high position of satellites, the ultra-large channel transmission fading problem and the ultra-large area coverage (usually ten times the ground coverage), combined with the limited antenna capability of high-altitude devices such as satellite networks, the beam area that the satellite network device can transmit at a certain time, i.e. the coverage provided at a certain time, is insufficient to cover all terminals in the entire cell. In this case, in order to ensure that all spot beam users have the opportunity to access the satellite network, the satellite needs to periodically traverse all spot beams and transmit SSB, system message, paging and other public information and / or provide dedicated signaling / data communication. However, at a certain moment, only part of the cell area is covered by the beam, such as to cover 1024 spot beams with a maximum of 32 simultaneously active beams, the SSB repetition transmission period needs to be greater than 640ms (1024 / 32*20) to achieve full coverage in macro time. Specifically, the base station determines the beam information of different UEs or one or more services of a UE using different times. For example, in a multi-beam satellite system, the beamforming antenna generates K beams in the coverage area, and the total bandwidth is M total. The satellite allocates the total bandwidth of the system to each beam in time slots, such as a time window with a time slot length of P1. The minimum time slot allocation unit is Slot, and the system allocates a corresponding number of slots to each beam according to the demand of different services of each beam and the current load, i.e. the service of the UE is allocated m+k time slots in K length, m time slots a beam, and k time slots b beam.

[0105] The above briefly describes the possible configuration granularity of m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information, and these different configuration granularities can meet the flexible configuration of DRX / DTX under the influence of beam hopping.

[0106] In this disclosure, the DRX / DTX configuration information in the first information can include information in the active state and the inactive state. Specifically, similar to Figure 3, the DRX / DTX configuration information configured by the network side for the terminal can include relevant information for the active period, including relevant information for the non-active period. Specifically, how to configure can be customized based on actual conditions, which will be described in detail later.

[0107] In the present disclosure, a plurality of sub-periods can be nested in a first period in the DRX / DTX configuration information. The first period refers to a DRX / DTX period. A plurality of sub-periods can be nested in a first period, and each sub-period can also include active and non-active states. Thus, in a DRX / DTX period, there can be multiple active periods. This can also adapt to the case where the beam frequently switches and traverses in multiple sub-regions in a DRX / DTX period in the beam hopping scenario, and solve the problem of different requirements for the active duration (or the length of the beam coverage service time) of the beam in multiple sub-regions in a DRX / DTX period due to different user densities or user traffic throughput sizes in each region, to ensure that the terminal wakes up accurately and performs data and / or signaling reception and / or cell access in multiple beam coverage periods in a DRX / DTX period.

[0108] In the present disclosure, a first period in the DRX / DTX configuration information can be composed of a plurality of sub-periods of different lengths. If a plurality of sub-periods are nested in a DRX / DTX period, the lengths of the sub-periods can be different or the same or not exactly the same, which can be configured by the network side based on the actual situation.

[0109] In summary, in the present disclosure, the network side can configure m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information for the terminal, and the configuration granularity of different DRX / DTX configuration information can be different, and different DRX / DTX configuration information can be configured based on at least one of different cells and / or beams, different beam positions and / or regions, different SSB indexes, SSB combination indexes, TCI states, different transmission and / or reception periods of at least one of SSB indexes, SSB combination indexes, and TCI states, different terminals, terminal groups, and service types. The network side can further nest a plurality of sub-periods in each DRX / DTX, and the lengths of the sub-periods can be the same or different. After the first information is configured as above, the terminal can know when to wake up (i.e., enter the active state) and perform operations and when to enter the non-active state after receiving the first information, which can enable the terminal to receive and / or transmit data and / or signaling and / or access the cell at the appropriate location and time provided by the network side in the beam service under the premise of introducing the network energy saving mechanism based on DRX / DTX. In summary, the technical solution provided by the present disclosure can enable the terminal to reasonably receive and / or transmit data and / or signaling under the dual mechanism of beam hopping and DRX / DTX.

[0110] Further based on the foregoing embodiments, in the present disclosure, the network side can also configure m sets of DRX / DTX based on different signals. That is, m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to different signals, for example, one set of DRX / DTX configuration information corresponds to TCI State, another set of DRX / DTX configuration information corresponds to TRS, and still another set of DRX / DTX configuration information can correspond to CSI-RS. Or, for another example, one set of DRX / DTX configuration information corresponds to TCI State1, one set of DRX / DTX configuration information corresponds to TCI State2, one set of DRX / DTX configuration information corresponds to TRS1, one set of DRX / DTX configuration information corresponds to TRS2, and still another set of DRX / DTX configuration information can correspond to CSI-RS1, and still another set of DRX / DTX configuration information can correspond to CSI-RS2. This is not an exhaustive list.

[0111] In an exemplary embodiment, there can be at least one of the following two cases (i.e. both are and / or relationship). Specifically, it can be represented as:

[0112] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of TCI State, tracking reference signal TRS, and channel state information reference signal CSI-RS; and / or, the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of sounding reference signal SRS, TRS corresponding to SRS, and / or CSI-RS corresponding to SRS.

[0113] Based on the above correspondence between the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information and different signals, the terminal can know that for different signals in different scenarios, what kind of DRX / DTX mechanism should be adopted in order to effectively and accurately receive and transmit all kinds of signals on the premise of network energy saving.

[0114] It should be noted that the above at least one correspondence between the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information and different signals can be carried in the above first information and notified to the terminal by the network side; or, the network side can also use another information (for example, fourth information other than the first information) to notify the terminal. The present disclosure does not have special restrictions on the notification mode of the signal-related correspondence. In addition, for the network side, the above signal-related configuration information can not be configured at the same time as the correspondence shown in FIG. 2, that is, the network side can increase the DRX / DTX configuration information of different granularity for the terminal based on different actual situations.

[0115] Further, the TRS and / or CSI-RS involved in the above embodiments can independently perform channel demodulation, beam management, and other related processing; or the TRS and / or CSI-RS can also perform these related operations according to other information, such as SSB information.

[0116] At this time, in an exemplary embodiment, there can be two cases as follows:

[0117] TRS and / or CSI-RS independently perform at least one of channel demodulation, time-frequency domain synchronization, rate matching, channel state estimation, time-frequency tracking compensation, and beam management;

[0118] Or,

[0119] TRS and / or CSI-RS perform at least one of channel demodulation, time-frequency domain synchronization, rate matching, channel state estimation, time-frequency tracking compensation, and beam management according to related SSB.

[0120] As described above, in the present disclosure, the first period in the DRX / DTX configuration information can be composed of multiple sub-periods of different lengths, which can include but is not limited to the following cases: the first period of the kth set of DRX configuration information in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information includes x second periods; k is any integer between 1 and m, and x is an integer greater than 1.

[0121] It should be understood that one second period is one sub-period. One first period includes x second periods, and the specific configurations of the second periods can be different. The configuration corresponding to the second period can include but is not limited to: sub-period length.

[0122] Specifically, the configurations corresponding to the x second periods can be different, or partially the same, or have a corresponding relationship. The corresponding relationship refers to the specific configuration of each second period respectively. For example, the configuration information corresponding to the 1st second period includes but is not limited to at least one of: start position, sub-period length, active period information, and inactive period information; the configuration information corresponding to the 2nd second period includes but is not limited to at least one of: start position, sub-period length, active period information, and inactive period information; and so on, the configuration information of the x second periods is respectively configured in the same way.

[0123] In an exemplary embodiment, the x second periods can include but are not limited to at least one of the following: the period lengths of the x second periods are the same or different; the lengths of the active periods in the x second periods are the same or different. That is, the present disclosure does not limit the specific configuration of the second periods in each first period, and the period length, sub-period number, and position can be flexibly configured by the network side based on actual conditions.

[0124] In the configuration of each sub-period, in addition to the period length, the specific configuration of the active period (i.e., the active period) can be involved, which can include but is not limited to: the starting position and the duration of the active period.

[0125] The starting position of the active period can have different configuration modes, which can be indicated by display, for example, indicating the specific position of a certain second period in the first period; or it can also be indicated by a corresponding relationship. For example, indicating the corresponding relationship between the i+1th second period and the ith second period. In other words, in an exemplary embodiment, the starting position of each active period in the x second periods is explicitly indicated or has a corresponding relationship.

[0126] In actual implementation scenarios, the starting duration of the active period can also be implemented by a timer, that is, the duration of the active period can be determined by the time setting value of the timer. In an exemplary embodiment, the time setting values of at least one of the non-active timer, the retransmission timer, and the active timer in the x second periods are the same or different. Similar to the aforementioned sub-period length, the durations of each active period can also be the same or different or partially different, which will not be described here.

[0127] The above roughly describes how the network side determines m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information. In actual implementation scenarios, m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information can also have different indication modes, which are related to the specific content carried by the first information.

[0128] In this disclosure, the period lengths of each set of DRX / DTX configuration information in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information can be at least one of the same, different, or partially different. For example, the network side can configure m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information for the terminal, where the starting positions of each DRX / DTX period in the multiple sets of DRX / DTX configuration information can be different, and the periods can be the same; or the starting positions of each DRX / DTX period in the multiple sets of DRX / DTX configuration information can be different, and the periods can also be different.

[0129] Now taking the period length of the first period of one DRX / DTX configuration information as an example, how the network side indicates the terminal through the first information is described.

[0130] In an exemplary embodiment, the first information can carry but is not limited to at least one of the following information:

[0131] The length values corresponding to the period lengths of the m first periods of the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information (for convenience, denoted as embodiment 1);

[0132] The first period of the kth set of DRX / DTX configuration information in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information corresponds to one length value, and the one length value is a target value determined by the network node in multiple length values (denoted as embodiment 2);

[0133] The first period of the kth set of DRX / DTX configuration information in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information corresponds to multiple length values, and the target value in the multiple length values is the period length of the first period of the kth set of DRX / DTX configuration information of the terminal (denoted as embodiment 3);

[0134] The target value is at least one of the minimum value, the maximum value, the average value, or other preset rule values.

[0135] In addition, in actual implementation scenarios, there may also be terminals that do not support the above-mentioned m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information, or terminals that do not know whether they can access in a specific case; For this kind of situation, the network side can also additionally indicate whether the terminal is allowed to access the cell and / or beam of the network node. At this time, the method can also include the following operations:

[0136] Operation 1, the network node sends third information to the terminal.

[0137] The third information is used to indicate whether the terminal that does not support the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information is allowed to access the cell and / or beam of the network node.

[0138] Operation 2, the terminal receives the third information from the network node.

[0139] Therefore, for the terminal that does not support the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information, when it receives the third information, it can know whether it is allowed to access the cell and / or beam corresponding to the network node, and thus perform corresponding operations. It should be understood that whether such terminals are allowed to access the cell and / or beam corresponding to the network node can be set by the network side based on actual conditions, and the present disclosure does not have special restrictions on this.

[0140] In addition, for the terminal that supports the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information, the above-mentioned third information also has a certain indication effect. For example, when the cell prohibition IE of the MIB is set to prohibit, the terminal may not be sure whether it can access, at this time, the terminal can be regarded as a "terminal that does not support the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information", and the system message can be read to obtain the third information, so as to determine whether the cell can be accessed based on the third information.

[0141] In the above embodiment 1, the first information sent by the network to the terminal carries the period length value corresponding to each set of DRX / DTX configuration information in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information. For example, if the network configures the terminal with 2 sets of DRX / DTX, the first information indicates that the period length of the first set of DRX / DTX is T1 and the period length of the second set of DRX / DTX is T2.

[0142] In the above embodiment 2, the first information sent by the network to the terminal carries 1 length value corresponding to the kth set of DRX / DTX, and the length value is a target value determined by the network node from multiple length values, for example, the minimum value. For example, the network can configure the terminal with 1 set of DRX / DTX and carry 1 specific period length Tx in the first information, and the period length Tx is actually the minimum value determined by the network between the period length T1 and the period length T2. Of course, when the network configures the terminal with multiple sets of DRX / DTX, the period length Tx corresponding to any one DRX / DTX can be determined by the network one by one based on this principle (taking a target value from multiple length values). At this time, although the determination method of the period length is different, the information carried in the first information is similar to that in embodiment 1, and the first information can carry the period length values corresponding to the m sets of DRX / DTX respectively.

[0143] In the above embodiment 3, the first information sent by the network to the terminal carries multiple length values corresponding to the kth set of DRX / DTX; in this case, the terminal determines a target value from the multiple length values in the first information after receiving the first information. For example, if the network configures the terminal with 1 set of DRX / DTX and carries n specific period lengths T1, T2,..., Tn in the first information, the terminal can determine a target value from the n period length values after receiving the first information, for example, the minimum value of T1, T2,..., Tn can be taken as the period length corresponding to DRX / DTX, and the terminal can specifically perform data and / or signaling transmission and / or cell access. Similarly, when multiple sets of DRX / DTX are involved, the first information needs to carry multiple period length values corresponding to each set of DRX / DTX.

[0144] The above takes the period length value of the first period corresponding to DRX / DTX as an example to explain how the network indicates the period length to the terminal through the first information. It should be understood that the period length of each sub-period, the duration of each active period, etc. can be indicated in a similar manner, which will not be described again.

[0145] In addition, as described above, in the present disclosure, the network side configures m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information for the terminal, and in practice, the problem of how to align the m sets of DRX / DTX also needs to be considered. The present disclosure provides two possible implementation manners:

[0146] In one implementation manner, each DRX / DTX in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information is aligned through a system message carrying a common time reference point. In other words, different DRX / DTX configurations are aligned based on a common time reference point, and the common time reference point can be sent through a system message.

[0147] Alternatively, in another implementation manner, each DRX / DTX in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information is aligned based on a reception time of any SIB; the reception time includes at least one of a system frame number SFN, a subframe, and a time point. In other words, different DRX / DTX configurations can be aligned based on at least one of the SFN, the subframe, and the time point of the received SIB.

[0148] In the present disclosure, the network side configures m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information for the terminal, and the first period length, the sub-period relationship, the sub-period activation period, the alignment manner, and the like of each DRX / DTX are briefly described above, but in actual scenarios, the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information can also include more or less content.

[0149] In an exemplary embodiment, the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information can include, but are not limited to, at least one of the following: configuration granularity, period length (i.e., the period length of the first period described above), period start position, number of activation periods, activation duration, activation period start position, second information, first beam information, second beam information, area information, sub-period information, and the like, which are not exhaustively listed here.

[0150] The configuration granularity refers to configuring DRX / DTX based on what granularity, which can include, but is not limited to, at least one of the following: at least one of a cell and / or a beam, different beam positions and / or areas, different SSB indexes, SSB combination indexes, TCI states, a transmission and / or reception period of at least one of different SSB indexes, SSB combination indexes, and TCI states, at least one of different terminals, terminal groups, and service types. Please refer to the foregoing description, and details are not repeated here.

[0151] The cycle length, cycle start position, number of active periods (which can be understood as the number of sub-periods, and one sub-period can have one active period), and sub-period information can be referred to the foregoing, and will not be described again. The active duration and active period start position are similar to the cycle length, and can be designed by the actual scene.

[0152] Taking the active duration as an example.

[0153] The active durations in different DRX / DTX cycles can be the same or different. For example, taking a DTX / DRX cycle with a period T2 as an example, the active duration in the first T2 cycle is Ta, the active duration in the second T2 cycle can be Tb, and the active duration in the nth T2 cycle is Tn, where the values of Ta, Tb,..., and Tn are at least one of different, partially different, and the same.

[0154] In addition, there can be multiple active periods in one DRX / DTX cycle, and there are multiple active durations. At this time, the multiple active durations in one DRX / DTX cycle can be the same, different, or partially different.

[0155] Still taking a DTX / DRX cycle with a period T2 as an example.

[0156] In the first T2 cycle, if the start position is t0, the first active duration is Ta1; after t0+T1, the second active duration is Ta2, after t0+2T1, the third active duration is Ta3,..., and after t0+(m-1)*T1, the mth active duration is Tam, where the values of Ta1, Ta2,..., and Tam can be at least one of different, partially different, and the same.

[0157] In the second T2 cycle, if the start position is t0, the first active duration is Tb1, after t0+T1, the second active duration is Tb2, after t0+2T1, the third active duration is Tb3,..., and after t0+(m-1)*T1, the mth active duration is Tbm, where the values of Tb1, Tb2,..., and Tbm can be at least one of different, partially different, and the same.

[0158] In the nth T2 cycle, if the start position is t0, the first active duration is Tc1, after t0+T1, the second active duration is Tc2, after t0+2T1, the third active duration is Tc3,..., and after t0+(m-1)*T1, the mth active duration is Tcm, where the values of Tc1, Tc2,..., and Tcm can be at least one of different, partially different, and the same.

[0159] In this embodiment, the time length values represented by the above-described Ta1, Ta2,..., Tam, Tb1, Tb2,..., Tbm, Tc1, Tc2,..., Tcm are different, partially different, or identical in at least one of the following cases.

[0160] The second information can also be referred to as activation state information or activation state related information, and its meaning will be described below. The second information can include, but is not limited to, at least one of the following: an activation state type, an activation state duration, an activation state start position, and an activation state corresponding operation.

[0161] In the present disclosure, the first beam information is used to describe a first beam, and the first beam is used for transmission of a synchronization signal block (SSB). Based on this, in an exemplary embodiment, the first beam information can include, but is not limited to, information of a first SSB and / or information of a second SSB. The first SSB can be periodically transmitted, and the second SSB can be non-periodically and / or non-uniformly transmitted.

[0162] The information of the first SSB includes at least one of the following:

[0163] A period of the SSB and / or the SSB set;

[0164] A duration of the SSB and / or the SSB set in each period;

[0165] A number of symbols and / or slots occupied by the SSB and / or the SSB set in each period;

[0166] Index information of the SSB;

[0167] A correspondence between the SSB and / or the SSB set and a CSI-RS;

[0168] A correspondence between the SSB and / or the SSB set and a random access resource;

[0169] A correspondence between the SSB and / or the SSB set and location area and / or area group information of the terminal;

[0170] The information of the second SSB includes at least one of the following:

[0171] A time interval between one or more m-th transmitted SSBs and / or SSB sets and (m+1)-th transmitted SSBs and / or SSB sets;

[0172] A duration of the m-th transmitted SSB and / or SSB set;

[0173] A number of symbols and / or slots occupied by the m-th transmitted SSB and / or SSB set;

[0174] index information of the m-th transmitted SSB and / or SSB in the SSB set;

[0175] correspondence between the m-th transmitted SSB and / or SSB in the SSB set and CSI-RS;

[0176] correspondence between the m-th transmitted SSB and / or SSB in the SSB set and random access resource;

[0177] correspondence between the m-th transmitted SSB and / or SSB in the SSB set and location area and / or area group information of the terminal;

[0178] wherein the time interval of the m-th transmitted SSB and / or SSB set and the m+1-th transmitted SSB and / or SSB set is the same or different, m is a natural number greater than 1.

[0179] In a specific implementation scenario, the network side determines whether to send the first SSB flag of the first beam or the first beam of the second SSB flag. Specifically, the network side can determine this based on the area information corresponding to the signaling and / or data of the feedback of at least one UE. For example, if the area information corresponding to the signaling and / or data of the feedback of at least one UE shows that the positions of the UEs are unevenly distributed, that is, at least one of the following conditions exists: the UE density of each area is different, the arrival time and / or the amount of UE traffic, and / or the degree of link attenuation is different, the network side can select to send the first beam of the second SSB flag. In this way, the second SSB can be reasonably transmitted according to the distribution of the UEs and / or the distribution of the UE traffic. In addition, the number of SSBs in each cycle of the SSB can also be different and / or the same; in this way, within each cycle, the base station can reasonably transmit the SSB according to the distribution of the UEs and / or the distribution of the UE traffic.

[0180] In the present disclosure, the second beam information is used to describe the second beam, and the second beam is used for transmission of at least one of terminal-specific data, signaling, and signals (see the foregoing). Based on this, in an exemplary embodiment, the second beam information can include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0181] information of corresponding CSI-RS and / or UE-specific DM-RS;

[0182] at least one of corresponding TCI state, QCL, CSI-RS, and SRS information;

[0183] information represented by corresponding spatial correlation information.

[0184] In the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information, the starting position of each DRX / DTX can be related to the area information. That is, different area information can correspond to different starting positions. For example, if the period of DTX / DRX is 320 ms, SSB1 corresponds to area 1 (for example, wave position 1), the starting position is t1; SSB2 corresponds to wave position 2, the starting position is t2; and so on. SSBn corresponds to wave position n, the starting position is tn; this information can be signaled by the network side to the terminal, or the corresponding relationship between the starting position and the area is derived by the UE, such as: the starting position of SSB1 is t1, SSBn = t1 + (n-1)*Tinterval, where Tinterval is the transmission and / or reception time interval between SSBm and SSBm-1.

[0185] The area information includes at least one of the following: wave position information, beam information, virtual cell, ground mapping cell, multiple cells, routing area. In addition, the area information can further carry area indication information to indicate different area shapes. For example, when the area shape is circular, the area indication information carries mapping cell information; the mapping cell information can include but is not limited to at least one of the following: mapped cell ID, virtual cell, one reference position point plus radius. Or, when the area shape is polygonal, the area indication information at least carries boundary point position, and can further carry polygon shape indication. For example, indicating that it is a quadrilateral.

[0186] In a possible embodiment, the network side can determine the area of the UE in the following way: the network side can first send a first wave beam represented by a first SSB with a first period (for example, period T1), where the first SSB is periodically transmitted (for example, period T1). Optionally, the system message configures the binding relationship between each area and CSI-RS, or the corresponding relationship between SSB and PRACH; then the network side can determine the area where the UE is located according to the PRACH information sent by the UE, that is, obtain the area information of the UE.

[0187] As for the correspondence between the SSB and the PRACH, only when the beam scanning signal of the SSB covers and / or illuminates the UE, the UE has an opportunity to send the PRACH random access. That is, the sending time RO of the PRACH needs to be mapped with the SSB index. Then, the network side can determine the beam of the downlink RAR sending according to the resource position of the UE uplink PRACH, including at least one of the type of the beam, the width of the beam, the antenna configuration of the beam, the weight of the beam, the coverage range of the beam, and the signal configuration of the beam. Among them, the type of the beam includes whether it is a first beam or a second beam; if it is a first beam, whether to use a first SSB and / or a second SSB. That is, whether to select a first SSB or a second SSB, or a first SSB while also using a second SSB.

[0188] Among the m sets of DRX / DTX, the indication information related to the active state can also be included. In the disclosure, the active state refers to the state of the terminal in the active period. In the related art, the terminal has only one active state in an active period and performs the operation or processing corresponding to the active state. However, in the technical solution provided by the disclosure, the terminal can have multiple active states, and the operations performed by the terminal in different active states can be different. The following will be specifically explained.

[0189] In the disclosure, the kth set of DRX / DTX configuration information in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information includes at least one active state. It should be noted that any one DRX / DTX period can have at least one active state, and one DRX / DTX period can have one or more active periods. The active states of any two active periods can be the same, different, or not completely the same. In addition, any one active period can also include one or more active states, which means that the terminal can switch its state in an active period and perform different active state corresponding operations.

[0190] Referring to FIG. 5, FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an active state switching provided by the present disclosure. FIG. 5 specifically shows the relationship between the beam coverage of the network side downlink beam pair to the same area and time. Wherein, one P1 can represent a time unit, during the second P1, the area where the terminal is located has no beam coverage, that is, in the N1 state, that is, the no beam footprint state; during the third P1, the wider area where the terminal is located is covered by a wide beam, in the N2 state, that is, the wide beam footprint state; during the fourth P1, a sub-area 1 where the terminal is located is covered by a narrow beam, in the N3 state, that is, the narrow beam footprint state. Wherein, the wide beam can be specifically the first beam described in the foregoing of the present disclosure, which can be used for SSB transmission; at this time, as shown in FIG. 5, in the N2 state, the first beam covers the entire circular area, in this case, the terminal can realize the reception and / or transmission of some common signaling and / or data with the network side for SSB. And the narrow beam can be specifically the second beam described in the foregoing of the present disclosure, which can be used for transmission of at least one of terminal-specific data, signaling, and signals, at this time, as shown in FIG. 5, in the N3 state, the second beam covers the sub-area 1, in this case, the terminal can transmit terminal-specific data, signaling, and signals, such as the DCI, PUSCH, and other related signaling or data shown in FIG. 5.

[0191] Based on the difference between the first beam and the second beam, the present disclosure provides two active states in the technical solution. Specifically, the active state of the kth set of DRX / DTX configuration information includes: the first active state and / or the second active state. Wherein, the first active state corresponds to the first beam, and the second active state corresponds to the second beam.

[0192] The operations performed by the terminal in different active states can be different. Specifically, the terminal receives and / or transmits data and / or signaling and / or accesses a cell according to the first information, which can include the following two cases:

[0193] In the first active state, a first operation is performed on the first beam;

[0194] Or,

[0195] In the second active state, a second operation is performed on the second beam;

[0196] Wherein, the first beam is used for transmission of a synchronization signal block (SSB);

[0197] The second beam is used for transmission of at least one of terminal-specific data, signaling, and signals; the second beam is used for transmission of at least one of terminal-specific data, signaling, and signals, and is also used for transmission of common signals and / or signaling; or the second beam is only used for transmission of terminal-specific data and / or signaling.

[0198] The beam used for terminal-specific data transmission includes a beam indicated to the UE through TCI states for receiving PDCCH / PDSCH / RS, and / or a beam indicated to the UE through SpatialRelationInfo and / or SRI for transmitting PUCCH / PUSCH.

[0199] The following specifically describes operations that can be performed by the terminal in different activation states.

[0200] In an exemplary embodiment, the first operation that can be performed by the terminal on the first beam can include the following two parts: performing a third operation on the first beam, and / or not performing a fourth operation on the first beam.

[0201] The third operation can include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0202] Transmitting and / or receiving part or all of the signaling and / or data of random access;

[0203] Transmitting and / or receiving idle-state data or inactive-state data;

[0204] Transmitting a paging message;

[0205] Receiving system messages; the system messages include any one of cell granularity, beam granularity, area granularity, and wave position granularity; the system messages include at least one system information SI or system information block SIB;

[0206] Receiving information of preconfigured resources and / or preconfigured resources;

[0207] Receiving cell-related information; the cell-related information includes information of at least one of cell discovery, cell access, cell selection, and cell reselection.

[0208] The fourth operation can include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0209] Transmitting and / or receiving network node-specific signaling and / or data;

[0210] Listening to at least one of a physical downlink control channel PDCCH in a connected state and semi-persistent scheduling SPS;

[0211] transmitting at least one of a configured grant information (CG), a sounding reference signal (SRS).

[0212] This is because, when the first beam covers the area where the terminal is located, the first beam is only used for transmitting SSB, and is irrelevant to terminal-specific data, so in this case, the terminal also does not need to process the reception and transmission of dedicated signaling and / or data, and also does not need to monitor PDCCH, SPS, etc., and the process does not involve the transmission of CG and SRS. Therefore, the terminal does not need to perform at least one of the fourth operations in the first active state to save the terminal-side energy and resource consumption. In addition, the operations that the terminal can perform can be at least one of the third operations.

[0213] In contrast, when the second beam covers the area where the terminal is located, the second beam can be used for transmitting at least one of terminal-specific data, signaling, and signals, and the terminal can detect and transmit terminal-specific data, signaling, and signals in the second active state. For details, please refer to the following:

[0214] In an exemplary embodiment, the second operations that the terminal can perform on the second beam can include, but are not limited to, at least one of the following:

[0215] receiving resource configuration information of the terminal;

[0216] transmitting at least one of a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), a terminal-specific demodulation reference signal (DM-RS), and an SRS;

[0217] transmitting and / or receiving part or all of the signaling and / or data of random access;

[0218] transmitting and / or receiving idle state data or non-active state data;

[0219] transmitting a paging message;

[0220] receiving system messages; wherein the system messages include any one of cell granularity, beam granularity, area granularity, and beam position granularity; the system messages include at least one SI or SIB;

[0221] receiving preconfigured resources;

[0222] receiving cell-related information; wherein the cell-related information includes information of at least one of cell discovery, cell access, cell selection, and cell reselection.

[0223] In addition, the terminal can also have a third state (for unified description, it can also be referred to as a third active state or a non-active state), i.e., the case when the terminal is in the non-active state (non-active period). When the terminal is in the non-active state, it does not need to monitor and transmit any information.

[0224] For the convenience of understanding, reference can be made to Table 1, which exemplarily shows one possible embodiment of operations that can be performed by the terminal in different states.

[0225] Table 1

[0226] Table 1 is only an exemplary description, and in actual scenarios, the operations that can be performed by the terminal in different states can be more or less, and an exhaustive list is not made. It should be understood that in actual scenarios, more active states can also be included, for example, 10 different active states can be set based on actual scenarios, and the terminal can also perform different operations or switch between different active states.

[0227] In addition, the present disclosure further relates to switching between different active states of the terminal. For example, in FIG. 5, the terminal is in the first active state in the N2 state, and in the N3 state, the terminal is in the second active state, which involves switching of the operations performed by the terminal. In actual implementation scenarios, switching between different active states can also be indicated by the terminal. In addition, the present disclosure also relates to switching between different sets of DRX / DTX configuration information. Hereinafter, switching between different DRX / DTX configuration information is taken as an example for specific description, and switching of the active state can also be processed similarly.

[0228] In an exemplary embodiment, the terminal can perform reception and / or transmission and / or cell access of data and / or signaling according to the association relationship between at least two sets of DRX / DTX configuration information in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information.

[0229] In the present disclosure, the association relationship between different DRX / DTX configuration information is used to indicate the switching logic between different DRX / DTX configuration information, which can include but is not limited to at least one of the following: time sequence relationship or conditional triggering relationship. The time sequence relationship can be used to indicate the time sequence (who is first and who is last) between different DRX / DTX configuration information, and can also be used to indicate the time switching relationship (for example, switching to a certain DRX / DTX configuration information at a certain time) between different DRX / DTX configuration information. The conditional triggering relationship can specifically realize switching between DRX / DTX configuration information through a preset condition. For example, when condition 1 is met, switch from DRX / DTX configuration information 1 to DRX / DTX configuration information 2; when condition 2 is met, switch from DRX / DTX configuration information 2 to DRX / DTX configuration information 3, and no further description is made. It should be noted that there can be intersections between the time sequence relationship and the conditional triggering relationship, for example, the switching between different DRX / DTX configuration information can be controlled by taking time as a preset condition.

[0230] The association relationship is sent by the network node to the terminal through signaling, or the association relationship is predefined, or the association relationship is sent by the high layer of the terminal to the radio access layer of the terminal. In other words, the association relationship between different DRX / DTX configuration information can be notified to the terminal by the network side, for example, can be sent to the terminal together in the first information, or can be sent to the terminal through an additional information (for example, denoted as the fifth information), and the present disclosure does not have special limitation. Or, the association relationship between different DRX / DTX configuration information can be preconfigured in the terminal itself, or can be sent by the high layer of the terminal to the terminal. That is, the present disclosure does not have special limitation on the source of the association relationship.

[0231] In an exemplary embodiment, the association relationship provided by the present disclosure can include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0232] The i th set of DRX / DTX configuration information takes effect first, and the j th set of DRX / DTX configuration information takes effect later;

[0233] Or,

[0234] After the j th set of DRX / DTX configuration information takes effect, the i th set of DRX / DTX configuration information is invalid.

[0235] Wherein, i and j are any two different integers between 1 and m.

[0236] In actual scenarios, the switching between different DRX / DTX configuration information can also be further set based on the beam, waveform and the like. The present disclosure gives two possible embodiments.

[0237] In the first embodiment, the switching of different DRX / DTX configuration information can be controlled based on the beam type. At this time, the i th set of DRX / DTX configuration information is any one set of DRX / DTX configuration information corresponding to the first beam transmission in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information; and the j th set of DRX / DTX configuration information is any one set of DRX / DTX configuration information corresponding to the second beam transmission in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information.

[0238] Or, in the second embodiment, the switching of different DRX / DTX configuration information can be controlled based on the difference of the waveform. At this time, the i th set of DRX / DTX configuration information is any one set of DRX / DTX configuration information corresponding to the first waveform transmission in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information; and the j th set of DRX / DTX configuration information is any one set of DRX / DTX configuration information corresponding to the second waveform transmission in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information.

[0239] In particular, the first waveform involved in the present disclosure can include, but is not limited to, at least one of the following waveforms: LP-WUS, OOK, SC-OFDM, DFT-S-OFDM, low peak-to-average power ratio (PARA).

[0240] The second waveform can include, but is not limited to, an OFDM waveform.

[0241] In addition, in addition to the above scheme, after receiving the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information configured by the network side, the terminal can further perform different operations based on the different received DTX / DRX configuration information.

[0242] In a specific implementation process, after receiving the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information, the terminal can perform at least one of the following actions in the active state of the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information: performing RRM measurement of a serving cell, L1 measurement of a serving cell, CG of a serving cell, SPS of a serving cell, and paging monitoring. In addition, the terminal stops the above actions in the inactive state of the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information.

[0243] In another specific implementation process, after receiving the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information of other neighbor cells, the terminal can perform at least one of the following actions in the active state of the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information: performing RRM measurement of a neighbor cell, L1 measurement of a neighbor cell, and GAP measurement of a related neighbor cell and / or adjacent frequency. In addition, the terminal stops the above actions in the inactive state of the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information.

[0244] The above specifically describes the configuration method of the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information and the operations that the terminal can perform accordingly. The m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information can be determined by the network node based on some related conditions of the terminal when it is specifically determined (which can be understood as the configuration stage).

[0245] In an exemplary embodiment, the first information can be determined by the network node based on at least one of the following information:

[0246] Signaling and / or data fed back by the terminal;

[0247] Region information corresponding to the signaling and / or data fed back by the terminal;

[0248] At least one of the region distribution and the service distribution of the terminal.

[0249] The signaling and / or data fed back by the terminal is taken as an example for illustration. For the network node, the network node can transmit the first beam of the second SSB according to the area information corresponding to the signaling and / or data fed back by the at least one UE. The second SSB can be transmitted in a non-periodic and / or non-uniform manner.

[0250] For example, if the area information corresponding to the signaling and / or data fed back by the at least one UE shows that the positions of the UEs are unevenly distributed, that is, the UE density of each area is different, the arrival time and / or the amount of UE traffic, and / or the degree of link attenuation is different, the network node can select the second SSB. In this way, the second SSB can be transmitted according to the distribution of the UEs and / or the distribution of the UE traffic.

[0251] Optionally, the number of SSBs in each cycle of the SSBs can also be different and / or the same. In this way, within each cycle, the base station can transmit the SSBs according to the distribution of the UEs and / or the distribution of the UE traffic.

[0252] In addition, the network side can also determine the transmission of the downlink dedicated beam according to the area where the signaling and / or data fed back by the UE is located, and the downlink dedicated beam is represented by TCI state and / or QCL. The downlink dedicated beam refers to the beam of the signal carrying the CSI-RS and / or UE dedicated DM-RS. The uplink dedicated beam is represented by spatial relation information (Spatial relation info).

[0253] In addition, in order to save energy consumption, the network side can select a specific beam to page a specific UE in an idle state or an inactive state according to the beam information, so as to avoid using all beams in the cell to page the UE. Before releasing the UE context, the DU tells the CU the information (such as location information) of the area where the UE is currently located or associated with the area or the adjacent beam (SSB beam information, area information, etc.). When the base station initiates paging, the CU transmits the SSB beam list recommended by the DU before to the DU, and the DU pages the UE based on the list. For example, the area information can be beam information.

[0254] The present disclosure also provides a communication device. FIG. 6 is a structural block diagram of a communication device provided by the present disclosure, which can be arranged on the terminal side. As shown in FIG. 6, the communication device 600 includes:

[0255] The transceiver unit 610 is configured to receive first information from a network node, wherein the first information is used to indicate m sets of discontinuous reception (DRX) / discontinuous transmission (DTX) configuration information; m is an integer greater than 0.

[0256] The transceiver unit 610 is further configured to perform data and / or signaling receiving and / or transmitting and / or cell access according to the first information.

[0257] The correspondence of the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0258] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to cells and / or beams.

[0259] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to wave positions and / or areas.

[0260] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of SSB indexes, SSB combination indexes, and TCI states.

[0261] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to transmission and / or receiving periods of at least one of SSB indexes, SSB combination indexes, and TCI states.

[0262] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of terminals, terminal groups, and service types.

[0263] The DRX / DTX configuration information includes information of active and inactive states.

[0264] The first period in the DRX / DTX configuration information can be nested with multiple levels of sub-periods.

[0265] The first period in the DRX / DTX configuration information can be composed of multiple sub-periods with different lengths.

[0266] In an exemplary embodiment, the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of TCI states, TRSs, and CSI-RSs; and / or, the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of SRSs, SRS corresponding TRSs, and / or SRS corresponding CSI-RSs.

[0267] In an exemplary embodiment, the TRSs and / or the CSI-RSs independently perform at least one of channel demodulation, time-frequency domain synchronization, rate matching, channel state evaluation, time-frequency tracking compensation, and beam management; or, the TRSs and / or the CSI-RSs perform at least one of channel demodulation, time-frequency domain synchronization, rate matching, channel state evaluation, time-frequency tracking compensation, and beam management according to related SSBs.

[0268] In an exemplary embodiment, the first period in the DRX / DTX configuration information can be composed of a plurality of sub-periods with different lengths, including:

[0269] The first period of the kth DRX configuration information in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information includes x second periods; k is any integer between 1 and m, and x is an integer greater than 1;

[0270] The x second periods correspond to different configurations, or some of them are the same, or have a corresponding relationship.

[0271] The x second periods include at least one of the following:

[0272] The x second periods have the same or different period lengths.

[0273] The lengths of the active periods in the x second periods are the same or different.

[0274] In an exemplary embodiment, the starting positions of each active period in the x second periods are explicitly indicated or have a corresponding relationship.

[0275] The time setting values of at least one of the non-active timer, the retransmission timer, and the active timer in the x second periods are the same or different.

[0276] In an exemplary embodiment, the first information carries at least one of the following information:

[0277] The m length values corresponding to the period lengths of the m first periods of the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information;

[0278] The 1 length value corresponding to the first period of the kth DRX / DTX configuration information in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information, which is a target value determined by the network node from a plurality of length values;

[0279] The plurality of length values corresponding to the first period of the kth DRX / DTX configuration information in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information, wherein the target value in the plurality of length values is the period length of the first period of the kth DRX / DTX configuration information of the terminal;

[0280] The target value is at least one of the minimum value, the maximum value, the average value, or other preset rule values.

[0281] In an example embodiment, each DRX / DTX in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information is aligned with a system message carrying a common time reference point; or each DRX / DTX in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information is aligned based on a reception time of any one SIB; the reception time includes at least one of a system frame number (SFN), a subframe, and a time point.

[0282] In an example embodiment, the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information include at least one of: a configuration granularity, a cycle length, a cycle start position, a number of active periods, an active period length, an active period start position, second information, first beam information, second beam information, area information, sub-cycle information; the second information includes at least one of: an active state type, an active state duration, an active state start position, and an active state corresponding operation.

[0283] In an example embodiment, a start position of each DRX / DTX in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information is related to the area information; the area information includes at least one of: a wave position, beam information, a virtual cell, a ground mapping cell, multiple cells, and a routing area.

[0284] In an example embodiment, the first beam information includes information of a first SSB and / or information of a second SSB.

[0285] The information of the first SSB includes at least one of:

[0286] a cycle of the SSB and / or SSB set;

[0287] a duration of the SSB and / or SSB set in each cycle;

[0288] a number of symbols and / or slots occupied by the SSB and / or SSB set in each cycle;

[0289] index information of the SSB;

[0290] a correspondence between the SSB and / or SSB set and a CSI-RS;

[0291] a correspondence between the SSB and / or SSB set and a random access resource;

[0292] a correspondence between the SSB and / or SSB set and location area and / or area group information of the terminal;

[0293] The information of the second SSB includes at least one of:

[0294] a time interval of the mth transmitted SSB and / or SSB set and the (m+1)th transmitted SSB and / or SSB set;

[0295] a duration of the mth transmitted SSB and / or SSB set;

[0296] a number of symbols and / or slots occupied by the mth transmitted SSB and / or SSB set;

[0297] index information of the SSB in the mth transmitted SSB and / or SSB set;

[0298] a correspondence between the SSB in the mth transmitted SSB and / or SSB set and a CSI-RS;

[0299] a correspondence between the SSB in the mth transmitted SSB and / or SSB set and a random access resource;

[0300] a correspondence between the SSB in the mth transmitted SSB and / or SSB set and location area and / or area group information of the terminal;

[0301] wherein the time interval of the mth transmitted SSB and / or SSB set and the (m+1)th transmitted SSB and / or SSB set is the same or different when the value of m is different, and m is a natural number greater than 1.

[0302] In an exemplary embodiment, the second beam information includes at least one of:

[0303] information of a corresponding CSI-RS and / or UE-specific DM-RS;

[0304] at least one of information of a corresponding TCI state, QCL, CSI-RS, and SRS;

[0305] information represented by corresponding spatial correlation information.

[0306] In an exemplary embodiment, the kth set of DRX / DTX configuration information in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information includes at least one active state;

[0307] wherein the active state of the kth set of DRX / DTX configuration information includes a first active state and / or a second active state; and the transceiver 610 is specifically configured to:

[0308] in the first active state, perform a first operation on the first beam;

[0309] or,

[0310] in the second active state, perform a second operation on the second beam;

[0311] The first beam is used for transmission of a synchronization signal block (SSB).

[0312] The second beam is used for transmission of at least one of terminal-specific data, signaling, and a signal; the second beam is used for transmission of at least one of terminal-specific data, signaling, and a signal, and is also used for transmission of common signals and / or signaling; or the second beam is only used for transmission of terminal-specific data and / or signaling.

[0313] The beam used for terminal-specific data transmission includes a beam indicated to the UE through TCI states for receiving PDCCH / PDSCH / RS, and / or a beam indicated to the UE through SpatialRelationInfo and / or SRI for transmitting PUCCH / PUSCH.

[0314] In an exemplary embodiment, the transceiver 610 is specifically configured to perform a third operation on the first beam, and / or not perform a fourth operation on the first beam.

[0315] The third operation includes at least one of the following:

[0316] Transmit and / or receive part or all of the random access signaling and / or data;

[0317] Transmit and / or receive idle state data or inactive state data;

[0318] Transmit a paging message;

[0319] Receive a system message; the system message includes any one of cell granularity, beam granularity, area granularity, and beam position granularity; the system message includes at least one system information (SI) or system information block (SIB);

[0320] Receive information of preconfigured resources and / or preconfigured resources;

[0321] Receive cell-related information; the cell-related information includes information of at least one of cell discovery, cell access, cell selection, and cell reselection.

[0322] The fourth operation includes at least one of the following:

[0323] Transmit and / or receive network node-specific signaling and / or data;

[0324] Listen to at least one of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a connected state and semi-persistent scheduling (SPS);

[0325] transmit at least one of a configured grant information, CG, and a sounding reference signal, SRS.

[0326] In an example embodiment, the second operation comprises at least one of:

[0327] receiving resource configuration information of the terminal;

[0328] transmitting at least one of a channel state information reference signal, CSI-RS, a demodulation reference signal, DM-RS, and an SRS dedicated to the terminal;

[0329] transmitting and / or receiving signaling and / or data of part or all of random access;

[0330] transmitting and / or receiving idle state data or inactive state data;

[0331] transmitting a paging message;

[0332] receiving a system message; wherein the system message comprises any one of cell granularity, beam granularity, area granularity, and wave position granularity; and the system message comprises at least one SI or SIB;

[0333] receiving preconfigured resources;

[0334] receiving cell-related information; wherein the cell-related information comprises information of at least one of cell discovery, cell access, cell selection, and cell reselection.

[0335] In an example embodiment, the transceiver 610 is specifically configured to: according to an association relationship between at least two sets of DRX / DTX configuration information in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information, perform receiving and / or transmitting of data and / or signaling and / or cell access.

[0336] wherein the association relationship comprises a time sequence relationship or a conditional triggering relationship.

[0337] wherein the association relationship is sent to the terminal by a network node through signaling, or the association relationship is predefined, or the association relationship is sent to a radio access layer of the terminal by a higher layer of the terminal.

[0338] In an example embodiment, the association relationship comprises:

[0339] the ith set of DRX / DTX configuration information is effective first, and the jth set of DRX / DTX configuration information is effective afterwards; or after the jth set of DRX / DTX configuration information is effective, the ith set of DRX / DTX configuration information is ineffective.

[0340] In an example embodiment, the ith set of DRX / DTX configuration information is any one of the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information corresponding to the first beam transmission; and the jth set of DRX / DTX configuration information is any one of the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information corresponding to the second beam transmission.

[0341] Alternatively,

[0342] The ith set of DRX / DTX configuration information is any one of the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information corresponding to the first waveform transmission; and the jth set of DRX / DTX configuration information is any one of the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information corresponding to the second waveform transmission.

[0343] The first waveform includes at least one of an LP-WUS, an OOK, an SC-OFDM, a DFT-S-OFDM, and a low peak-to-average power ratio (PARA).

[0344] The second waveform includes an OFDM waveform.

[0345] In an example embodiment, after receiving the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information, the transceiver 610 is further configured to:

[0346] In the active state of the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information, at least one of the following actions is performed: performing RRM measurement of a serving cell, performing L1 measurement of the serving cell, performing CG of the serving cell, performing SPS of the serving cell, and performing paging monitoring.

[0347] In the inactive state of the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information, the above actions are stopped.

[0348] In an example embodiment, after receiving the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information of other neighbor cells, the transceiver 610 is further configured to:

[0349] In the active state of the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information, at least one of the following actions is performed: performing RRM measurement of a neighbor cell, performing L1 measurement of the neighbor cell, and performing GAP measurement of a related neighbor cell and / or a neighbor frequency.

[0350] In the inactive state of the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information, the above actions are stopped.

[0351] In an example embodiment, the first information is determined by the network node based on at least one of the following information:

[0352] Signaling and / or data fed back by the terminal;

[0353] Region information corresponding to the signaling and / or data fed back by the terminal;

[0354] At least one of region distribution and service distribution of the terminal.

[0355] In an exemplary embodiment, the transceiver 610 is further configured to receive third information from the network node, the third information being used to indicate whether a terminal that does not support the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information is allowed to access a cell and / or a beam of the network node.

[0356] The present disclosure also provides another communication apparatus. FIG. 7 is a structural block diagram of another communication apparatus provided by the present disclosure, which can be arranged in a network side (or in a network node or a network device). As shown in FIG. 7, the communication apparatus 700 includes:

[0357] A determining unit 710 configured to determine first information, the first information being used to indicate m sets of discontinuous reception DRX / discontinuous transmission DTX configuration information, m being an integer greater than 0;

[0358] A transceiver 720 configured to send the first information to the terminal;

[0359] The correspondence between the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0360] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to cells and / or beams;

[0361] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to beam positions and / or regions;

[0362] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of SSB index, SSB combination index, and transmission configuration indication state TCI State;

[0363] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to a transmission and / or reception period of at least one of SSB index, SSB combination index, and TCI State;

[0364] The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of a terminal, a terminal group, and a service type;

[0365] The DRX / DTX configuration information includes information of active state and inactive state;

[0366] A first period in the DRX / DTX configuration information can be nested with multiple levels of sub-periods;

[0367] The first period in the DRX / DTX configuration information can be composed of multiple sub-periods with different lengths.

[0368] In an exemplary embodiment, the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of a TCI State, a Tracking Reference Signal (TRS), and a Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS); and / or, the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS), a TRS corresponding to the SRS, and / or a CSI-RS.

[0369] In an exemplary embodiment, the TRS and / or the CSI-RS independently perform at least one of channel demodulation, time-frequency domain synchronization, rate matching, channel state estimation, time-frequency tracking compensation, and beam management; or, the TRS and / or the CSI-RS perform at least one of channel demodulation, time-frequency domain synchronization, rate matching, channel state estimation, time-frequency tracking compensation, and beam management according to a related Synchronization Signal Block (SSB).

[0370] In an exemplary embodiment, the first period in the DRX / DTX configuration information can be composed of multiple sub-periods with different lengths, including:

[0371] The first period of the kth set of DRX configuration information in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information includes x second periods; k is any integer between 1 and m, and x is an integer greater than 1;

[0372] The x second periods correspond to different configurations, or some of them are the same, or have a corresponding relationship;

[0373] The x second periods include at least one of the following:

[0374] The x second periods have the same or different period lengths;

[0375] The lengths of the active periods in the x second periods are the same or different.

[0376] In an exemplary embodiment, the starting positions of the active periods in the x second periods are explicitly indicated or have a corresponding relationship;

[0377] The time setting values of at least one of the inactivity timer, the retransmission timer, and the activation timer in the x second periods are the same or different.

[0378] In an exemplary embodiment, the first information carries at least one of the following information:

[0379] The m length values corresponding to the period lengths of the m first periods of the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information;

[0380] a length value corresponding to the first cycle of the kth set of DRX configuration information in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information, the length value being a target value determined by the network node from a plurality of length values;

[0381] a plurality of length values corresponding to the first cycle of the kth set of DRX configuration information in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information, wherein a target value in the plurality of length values is a cycle length of the first cycle of the kth set of DRX configuration information of the terminal;

[0382] wherein the target value is at least one of a minimum value, a maximum value, an average value, or other preset rule value.

[0383] In an exemplary embodiment, each DRX / DTX in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information is aligned through a system message carrying a common time reference point.

[0384] Alternatively,

[0385] Each DRX / DTX in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information is aligned based on a reception time of any one SIB; the reception time includes at least one of a system frame number (SFN), a subframe, and a time point.

[0386] In an exemplary embodiment, the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information include at least one of: a configuration granularity, a cycle length, a cycle start position, a number of active periods, an active duration, an active period start position, second information, first beam information, second beam information, and area information.

[0387] The second information includes at least one of: an active state type, an active state duration, an active state start position, and an active state corresponding operation.

[0388] In an exemplary embodiment, a start position of each DRX / DTX in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information is related to the area information.

[0389] The area information includes at least one of: a wave position, beam information, a virtual cell, a ground mapping cell, a plurality of cells, and a routing area.

[0390] In an exemplary embodiment, the first beam information includes information of a first SSB and / or information of a second SSB.

[0391] The first SSB information includes at least one of:

[0392] a cycle of an SSB and / or an SSB set;

[0393] a duration of the SSB and / or the SSB set in each cycle;

[0394] a number of symbols and / or a number of slots occupied by the SSB and / or the SSB set in each cycle;

[0395] index information of the SSB;

[0396] a correspondence between the SSB and / or the SSB set and a CSI-RS;

[0397] a correspondence between the SSB and / or the SSB set and a random access resource;

[0398] a correspondence between the SSB and / or the SSB set and location area and / or area group information of the terminal;

[0399] The information of the second SSB includes at least one of:

[0400] a time interval between the one or more m-th transmitted SSB and / or SSB set and the m+1-th transmitted SSB and / or SSB set;

[0401] a duration of the m-th transmitted SSB and / or SSB set;

[0402] a number of symbols and / or a number of slots occupied by the m-th transmitted SSB and / or SSB set;

[0403] index information of the SSB in the m-th transmitted SSB and / or SSB set;

[0404] a correspondence between the SSB in the m-th transmitted SSB and / or SSB set and a CSI-RS;

[0405] a correspondence between the SSB in the m-th transmitted SSB and / or SSB set and a random access resource;

[0406] a correspondence between the SSB in the m-th transmitted SSB and / or SSB set and location area and / or area group information of the terminal;

[0407] wherein the time interval between the m-th transmitted SSB and / or SSB set and the m+1-th transmitted SSB and / or SSB set is the same or different when the value of m is different, and m is a natural number greater than 1.

[0408] In an exemplary embodiment, the second beam information includes at least one of:

[0409] information of a corresponding CSI-RS and / or UE-specific DM-RS;

[0410] at least one information of corresponding TCI state, QCL, CSI-RS, SRS;

[0411] information represented by corresponding spatial correlation information.

[0412] In an example embodiment, the kth set of DRX / DTX configuration information in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information comprises at least one active state;

[0413] The active state of the kth set of DRX / DTX configuration information comprises a first active state and / or a second active state.

[0414] The first information is used to instruct the terminal to perform a first operation on a first beam in the first active state;

[0415] Or,

[0416] The first information is used to instruct the terminal to perform a second operation on a second beam in the second active state;

[0417] The first beam is used for transmission of synchronization signal block (SSB).

[0418] The second beam is used for transmission of at least one of terminal-specific data, signaling, and signals. The second beam is used for transmission of at least one of terminal-specific data, signaling, and signals, and for transmission of common signals and / or signaling. Alternatively, the second beam is only used for transmission of terminal-specific data and / or signaling.

[0419] The beam used for terminal-specific data transmission comprises a beam indicated by TCI states for UE to receive PDCCH / PDSCH / RS, and / or a beam indicated by SpatialRelationInfo and / or SRI for UE to transmit PUCCH / PUSCH.

[0420] In an example embodiment, the first operation performed on the first beam comprises a third operation performed on the first beam, and / or a fourth operation not performed on the first beam.

[0421] The third operation comprises at least one of:

[0422] Transmitting and / or receiving part or all of the signaling and / or data of random access;

[0423] Transmitting and / or receiving idle state data or non-active state data;

[0424] Transmitting a paging message;

[0425] Receiving system information; wherein the system information comprises at least one of: cell granularity, beam granularity, zone granularity, wave position granularity; the system information comprises at least one SI or SIB;

[0426] Receiving information of preconfigured resource and / or preconfigured resource;

[0427] Receiving cell related information; wherein the cell related information comprises information of at least one of: cell discovery, cell access, cell selection, cell reselection.

[0428] The fourth operation comprises at least one of:

[0429] Transmitting and / or receiving network node dedicated signaling and / or data;

[0430] Monitoring at least one of: PDCCH in connected state, SPS;

[0431] Transmitting at least one of: CG, SRS.

[0432] In an exemplary embodiment, the second operation comprises at least one of:

[0433] Receiving resource configuration information of the terminal;

[0434] Transmitting at least one of: CSI-RS, terminal dedicated DM-RS, SRS;

[0435] Transmitting and / or receiving part or all of random access signaling and / or data;

[0436] Transmitting and / or receiving idle state data or inactive state data;

[0437] Transmitting paging message;

[0438] Receiving system information; wherein the system information comprises at least one of: cell granularity, beam granularity, zone granularity, wave position granularity; the system information comprises at least one SI or SIB;

[0439] Receiving preconfigured resource;

[0440] Receiving cell related information; wherein the cell related information comprises information of at least one of: cell discovery, cell access, cell selection, cell reselection.

[0441] In an exemplary embodiment, the first information is further used to indicate an association relationship between at least two sets of DRX / DTX configuration information in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information;

[0442] The association relationship includes a time sequence relationship or a conditional triggering relationship.

[0443] The association relationship is sent by the network node to the terminal through signaling, or the association relationship is predefined, or the association relationship is sent by a higher layer of the terminal to a radio access layer of the terminal.

[0444] In an exemplary embodiment, the association relationship includes:

[0445] The ith set of DRX / DTX configuration information takes effect first, and the jth set of DRX / DTX configuration information takes effect later.

[0446] Or,

[0447] After the jth set of DRX / DTX configuration information takes effect, the ith set of DRX / DTX configuration information is invalidated.

[0448] In an exemplary embodiment, the ith set of DRX / DTX configuration information is any one set of DRX / DTX configuration information in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information corresponding to the first beam transmission; and the jth set of DRX / DTX configuration information is any one set of DRX / DTX configuration information in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information corresponding to the second beam transmission.

[0449] Or,

[0450] The ith set of DRX / DTX configuration information is any one set of DRX / DTX configuration information in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information corresponding to the first waveform transmission; and the jth set of DRX / DTX configuration information is any one set of DRX / DTX configuration information in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information corresponding to the second waveform transmission.

[0451] The first waveform includes at least one of an LP-WUS, an OOK, an SC-OFDM, a DFT-S-OFDM, and a low peak-to-average power ratio (PARA).

[0452] The second waveform includes an OFDM waveform.

[0453] In an exemplary embodiment, the first information is further used to instruct the terminal to:

[0454] After the terminal receives the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information, in an active state of the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information, at least one of the following actions is performed: performing RRM measurement of a serving cell, performing L1 measurement of the serving cell, performing CG of the serving cell, performing SPS of the serving cell, and performing paging monitoring.

[0455] In the inactive state in the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information, the above actions are stopped.

[0456] In an exemplary embodiment, the first information is further used to indicate that the terminal:

[0457] After the terminal receives the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information of other neighboring cells, in the active state in the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information, at least one of the following actions is performed: performing RRM measurement of a neighboring cell, performing L1 measurement of a neighboring cell, configuring GAP measurement of a related neighboring cell and / or a neighboring frequency.

[0458] In the inactive state in the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information, the above actions are stopped.

[0459] In an exemplary embodiment, the first information is determined by the network node based on at least one of the following information:

[0460] Signaling and / or data fed back by the terminal;

[0461] Region information corresponding to the signaling and / or data fed back by the terminal;

[0462] At least one of the region distribution and the service distribution of the terminal.

[0463] In an exemplary embodiment, the transceiver 720 is further configured to: send third information to the terminal, the third information being used to indicate whether a terminal that does not support the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information is allowed to access a cell and / or a beam of the network node.

[0464] The present disclosure also provides a communication system. FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a communication system provided by the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 8, the communication system includes a network node and a terminal.

[0465] The terminal is configured to perform the communication method performed by the terminal in any of the preceding embodiments.

[0466] The network node is configured to perform the communication method performed by the network node in any of the preceding embodiments.

[0467] In an exemplary embodiment, the network node can be specifically a network node of a satellite network.

[0468] FIG. 9 is a hardware block diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The electronic device 900 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure at least includes a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory, and the processor executes the computer program to implement the communication method described in any of the preceding embodiments.

[0469] The electronic device 900 shown in FIG. 9 specifically includes a central processing unit (CPU) 901, a graphics processing unit (GPU) 902, and a memory 903. These units are connected to each other through a bus 904. The central processing unit (CPU) 901 and / or the graphics processing unit (GPU) 902 can be used as the above-described processor, and the memory 903 can be used as the above-described memory storing computer readable instructions. In addition, the electronic device 900 can further include a communication unit 905, a storage unit 906, an output unit 907, an input unit 908, and an external device 909, which are also connected to the bus 904.

[0470] FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a computer readable storage medium according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 10, the computer readable storage medium 1000 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure has stored thereon computer programs / instructions 1001. The computer programs / instructions 1001, when executed by a processor, implement the communication method according to any one of the preceding embodiments of the present disclosure. The computer readable storage medium includes, but is not limited to, for example, volatile memory and / or non-volatile memory. The volatile memory may, for example, include random access memory (RAM) and / or cache memory, etc. The non-volatile memory may, for example, include read-only memory (ROM), hard disk, flash memory, optical disc, magnetic disc, etc.

[0471] The present disclosure further provides a computer program product including computer programs / instructions, wherein the computer programs / instructions, when executed by a processor, implement the communication method according to any one of the preceding embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0472] The above describes the basic principles of the present disclosure in conjunction with specific embodiments, but it should be noted that the advantages, benefits, effects, etc. mentioned in the present disclosure are only examples and are not limiting, and these advantages, benefits, effects, etc. cannot be considered as necessary for each embodiment of the present disclosure. In addition, the above specific details are only for the purpose of example and understanding, and are not limiting, and the present disclosure is not limited to the above specific details.

[0473] The block diagrams of the devices, apparatuses, equipment, systems involved in the present disclosure are only illustrative examples and are not intended to require or imply that the connections, arrangements, configurations shown in the block diagrams must be connected, arranged, configured. As those skilled in the art will recognize, these devices, apparatuses, equipment, systems can be connected, arranged, configured in any way. Words such as "include", "contain", "have", etc. are open-ended words, mean "include but not limited to", and can be used interchangeably. The words "or" and "and" used herein mean the word "and / or", and can be used interchangeably unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The word "such as" used herein means the phrase "such as but not limited to", and can be used interchangeably.

[0474] Also, as used in the description herein, the term "or" as used in the

[0475] It is also important to note that the systems and methods of the disclosure can be embodied in a variety of forms including, but not limited to, application specific integrated circuits, program control modules, and the like.

[0476] Various changes, modifications, and alterations of the described techniques can be made without departing from the teachings of the technology defined by the appended claims. In addition, the scope of the claims is not limited to the specific aspects described above. Rather, the scope of the claims includes any process, machine, manufacture, composition of matter, means, methods, and steps similar to the ones described herein that would perform the same function or achieve the same result under the principles of the claimed disclosure. Accordingly, the appended claims are intended to embrace all such alterations, modifications, and changes of the described techniques.

[0477] The above description of the disclosed aspects is intended to be illustrative, and not restrictive. Other aspects, including modifications and alternative forms of aspects disclosed, can be apparent upon reading this disclosure. The scope of the disclosure is not limited to the aspects described herein, but extends to other aspects that are within the scope of the claims. Persons skilled in the art will understand that not only the combinations described in this disclosure are possible, but also other combinations of features are possible and can be realized in accordance with the principles of the disclosure.

[0478] The above description has been presented for the purpose of illustration and description. Further, this description is not intended to limit the embodiments of the disclosure to forms disclosed herein. Although various example aspects and embodiments have been discussed above, those of skill in the art will recognize that certain variations, modifications, alterations, additions, and subcombinations can be made to the aspects and embodiments discussed above without departing from the scope of the disclosure.

Claims

1. A communication method, wherein, The method applied to a terminal comprises: receiving first information from a network node, the first information being used for indicating m sets of discontinuous reception (DRX) / discontinuous transmission (DTX) configuration information; m is an integer greater than 0; performing data and / or signaling reception and / or transmission and / or cell access according to the first information; wherein the corresponding relationship of the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information comprises at least one of the following: the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to cells and / or beams; the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to beam positions and / or areas; the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of SSB indexes, SSB combination indexes, and transmission configuration indication (TCI) states; the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to transmission and / or reception periods of at least one of SSB indexes, SSB combination indexes, and TCI states; the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of terminals, terminal groups, and service types; wherein the DRX / DTX configuration information comprises information of active states and inactive states; a first period in the DRX / DTX configuration information can be nested with multiple levels of sub-periods; a first period in the DRX / DTX configuration information can be composed of multiple sub-periods with different lengths.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein: the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of TCI states, tracking reference signals (TRSs), and channel state information reference signals (CSI-RSs); and / or the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of sounding reference signals (SRSs), SRS-corresponding TRSs, and / or CSI-RSs.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein: TRSs and / or CSI-RSs independently perform at least one of channel demodulation, time-frequency domain synchronization, rate matching, channel state estimation, time-frequency tracking compensation, and beam management; or TRSs and / or CSI-RSs perform at least one of channel demodulation, time-frequency domain synchronization, rate matching, channel state estimation, time-frequency tracking compensation, and beam management according to related SSBs.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein, a first period in the DRX / DTX configuration information can be composed of multiple sub-periods with different lengths, comprising: a first period of kth DRX configuration information in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information comprises x second periods; k is any integer between 1 and m, and x is an integer greater than 1; wherein the configurations corresponding to the x second periods are different, or partially the same, or have a corresponding relationship; wherein the x second periods comprise at least one of the following: the x second periods have the same or different period lengths; active periods in the x second periods have the same or different lengths.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein: starting positions of each active period in the x second periods are explicitly indicated or have a corresponding relationship. The time setting values of at least one of the inactivity timer, the retransmission timer, and the activation timer in the x second periods are the same or different.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein, The first information carries at least one of the following information: The length values corresponding to the lengths of the m first periods of the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information; The length value corresponding to the first period of the kth set of DRX / DTX configuration information in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information, which is a target value determined by the network node from a plurality of length values; The plurality of length values corresponding to the first period of the kth set of DRX / DTX configuration information in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information, wherein the target value in the plurality of length values is the length of the first period of the kth set of DRX / DTX configuration information of the terminal; The target value is at least one of the minimum value, the maximum value, the average value, or other preset rule values.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein, Each DRX / DTX in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information is aligned through a system message, and the system message carries a common time reference point. Alternatively, Each DRX / DTX in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information is aligned based on a reception time of any one SIB. The reception time includes at least one of a system frame number SFN, a subframe, and a time point.

8. The method of any one of claims 1-7, wherein, The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information include at least one of the following: configuration granularity, period length, period start position, number of active periods, active duration, active period start position, second information, first beam information, second beam information, area information, sub-period information; The second information includes at least one of the following: active state type, active state duration; active state start position; active state corresponding operation.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein, The start position of each DRX / DTX in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information is related to the area information. The area information includes at least one of the following: wave position information, beam information, virtual cell, ground mapping cell, multiple cells, routing area.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein, The first beam information includes information of a first SSB and / or information of a second SSB. The first SSB information includes at least one of the following: Period of SSB and / or SSB set; Duration of SSB and / or SSB set in each period; Number of symbols and / or slots occupied by SSB and / or SSB set in each period; Index information of SSB; Correspondence between SSB and / or SSB set and CSI-RS; Correspondence between SSB and / or SSB set and random access resource; Correspondence between SSB and / or SSB set and location area and / or area group information of the terminal; The second SSB information includes at least one of the following: Time interval between one or more mth transmitted SSB and / or SSB set and (m+1)th transmitted SSB and / or SSB set; Duration of mth transmitted SSB and / or SSB set; The symbol number and / or slot number occupied by the mth transmitted SSB and / or SSB set; Index information of the SSB in the mth transmitted SSB and / or SSB set; Correspondence between the SSB in the mth transmitted SSB and / or SSB set and CSI-RS; Correspondence between the SSB in the mth transmitted SSB and / or SSB set and random access resources; Correspondence between the SSB in the mth transmitted SSB and / or SSB set and location area and / or area group information of the terminal; Wherein, the time interval of the mth transmitted SSB and / or SSB set and the (m+1)th transmitted SSB and / or SSB set is the same or different when the value of m is different, and m is a natural number greater than 1.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein, The second beam information includes at least one of the following: Information of corresponding CSI-RS and / or UE-specific DM-RS; Information of at least one of corresponding TCI state, QCL, CSI-RS, and SRS; Information represented by corresponding spatial correlation information.

12. The method of any one of claims 1-11, wherein, The kth set of DRX / DTX configuration information in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information includes at least one active state; Wherein, the active state of the kth set of DRX / DTX configuration information includes a first active state and / or a second active state; The receiving and / or transmitting of data and / or signaling and / or cell access according to the first information includes: In the first active state, performing a first operation on a first beam; Or, In the second active state, performing a second operation on a second beam; Wherein, the first beam is used for transmission of synchronization signal block (SSB); Wherein, the second beam is used for transmission of at least one of terminal-specific data, signaling, and signals; wherein, the second beam is used for transmission of at least one of terminal-specific data, signaling, and signals, and for transmission of common signals and / or signaling; or, the second beam is only used for transmission of terminal-specific data and / or signaling; Wherein, the beam used for terminal-specific data transmission includes: a beam indicated by TCI states for UE to receive PDCCH / PDSCH / RS; and / or a beam indicated by SpatialRelationInfo and / or SRI for UE to transmit PUCCH / PUSCH.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein, The performing of the first operation on the first beam includes: performing a third operation on the first beam, and / or not performing a fourth operation on the first beam; Wherein, the third operation includes at least one of the following: Transmitting and / or receiving part or all of the signaling and / or data of random access; Transmitting and / or receiving idle-state data or non-active-state data; Transmitting a paging message; Receiving system messages; wherein, the system messages include any one of cell granularity, beam granularity, area granularity, and beam position granularity; the system messages include at least one system information (SI) or system information block (SIB); Receiving information of preconfigured resources and / or preconfigured resources; Receiving cell related information; wherein the cell related information comprises information of at least one of cell discovery, cell access, cell selection, and cell reselection; The fourth operation comprises at least one of: Transmitting and / or receiving network node specific signaling and / or data; Monitoring at least one of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a connected state, and a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS); Transmitting at least one of a configured grant (CG) information, and a sounding reference signal (SRS).

14. The method of claim 12, wherein, The second operation comprises at least one of: Receiving resource configuration information of the terminal; Transmitting at least one of a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), a terminal specific demodulation reference signal (DM-RS), and a SRS; Transmitting and / or receiving signaling and / or data of part or all of random access; Transmitting and / or receiving idle state data or inactive state data; Transmitting a paging message; Receiving system information; wherein the system information comprises any one of cell granularity, beam granularity, area granularity, and wave position granularity; the system information comprises at least one SI or SIB; Receiving preconfigured resources; Receiving cell related information; wherein the cell related information comprises information of at least one of cell discovery, cell access, cell selection, and cell reselection.

15. The method of any one of claims 1-14, wherein, The receiving and / or transmitting of data and / or signaling and / or cell access according to the first information comprises: Receiving and / or transmitting of data and / or signaling and / or cell access according to an association relationship between at least two sets of DRX / DTX configuration information in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information; The association relationship comprises a time sequence relationship or a condition triggering relationship; The association relationship is sent by a network node to the terminal through signaling, or the association relationship is predefined, or the association relationship is sent by a higher layer of the terminal to a radio access layer of the terminal.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein, The association relationship comprises: The ith set of DRX / DTX configuration information takes effect first, and the jth set of DRX / DTX configuration information takes effect later; Or, After the jth set of DRX / DTX configuration information takes effect, the ith set of DRX / DTX configuration information is invalid.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein: The ith set of DRX / DTX configuration information is any one set of DRX / DTX configuration information corresponding to a first beam transmission in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information; The jth set of DRX / DTX configuration information is any one set of DRX / DTX configuration information corresponding to a second beam transmission in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information; Or, The ith set of DRX / DTX configuration information is any one set of DRX / DTX configuration information corresponding to a first waveform transmission in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information; and the jth set of DRX / DTX configuration information is any one set of DRX / DTX configuration information corresponding to a second waveform transmission in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information. The first waveform includes at least one of LP-WUS, OOK, SC-OFDM, DFT-S-OFDM, and low peak-to-average power ratio (PARA). The second waveform includes an OFDM waveform.

18. The method of any one of claims 1-17, wherein, After the terminal receives the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information, the method further includes: In the active state of the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information, at least one of the following actions is performed: performing RRM measurement of a serving cell, L1 measurement of the serving cell, CG of the serving cell, SPS of the serving cell, and paging monitoring; In the inactive state of the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information, the above actions are stopped.

19. The method of any one of claims 1-18, wherein, After the terminal receives the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information of other neighboring cells, the method further includes: In the active state of the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information, at least one of the following actions is performed: performing RRM measurement of a neighboring cell, L1 measurement of the neighboring cell, and GAP measurement of a related neighboring cell and / or adjacent frequency; In the inactive state of the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information, the above actions are stopped.

20. The method of any one of claims 1-19, wherein, The first information is determined by the network node based on at least one of the following information: Signaling and / or data fed back by the terminal; Region information corresponding to the signaling and / or data fed back by the terminal; At least one of the region distribution and the service distribution of the terminal.

21. The method of any one of claims 1-20, wherein, The method further includes: Receiving third information from the network node, the third information being used to indicate whether a terminal not supporting the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information is allowed to access a cell and / or a beam of the network node.

22. A communication method, wherein, Applied to a network node, the method includes: Determining first information, the first information being used to indicate m sets of discontinuous reception (DRX) / discontinuous transmission (DTX) configuration information, m being an integer greater than 0; Sending the first information to a terminal; The corresponding relationship of the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information includes at least one of the following: The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to cells and / or beams; The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to beam positions and / or regions; The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of SSB index, SSB combination index, and transmission configuration indication state (TCI State); The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to a transmission and / or reception period of at least one of SSB index, SSB combination index, and TCI State; The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of a terminal, a terminal group, and a service type; The DRX / DTX configuration information includes information of an active state and an inactive state; A first period in the DRX / DTX configuration information can be nested with multiple levels of sub-periods; A first period in the DRX / DTX configuration information can be composed of multiple sub-periods of different lengths.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein, The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of a TCI State, a Tracking Reference Signal (TRS), and a Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS); and / or, The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS), an SRS corresponding TRS, and / or a CSI-RS.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein, TRS and / or CSI-RS independently perform at least one of channel demodulation, time-frequency domain synchronization, rate matching, channel state estimation, time-frequency tracking compensation, and beam management; Or, TRS and / or CSI-RS perform at least one of channel demodulation, time-frequency domain synchronization, rate matching, channel state estimation, time-frequency tracking compensation, and beam management according to a related SSB.

25. The method of any one of claims 22-24, wherein, The first period in the DRX / DTX configuration information can be composed of multiple sub-periods of different lengths, including: The first period of the kth set of DRX configuration information in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information includes x second periods; k is any integer between 1 and m, and x is an integer greater than 1; The x second periods correspond to different configurations, or some of them are the same, or have a corresponding relationship; The x second periods include at least one of the following: The x second periods have the same or different period lengths. The active periods in the x second periods have the same or different lengths.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein, The start positions of each active period in the x second periods are explicitly indicated or have a corresponding relationship; The time setting values of at least one of the inactivity timer, the retransmission timer, and the activation timer in the x second periods are the same or different.

27. The method of claim 25, wherein, The first information carries at least one of the following information: The m length values corresponding to the m first periods of the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information; The 1 length value corresponding to the first period of the kth set of DRX configuration information in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information, which is a target value determined by the network node from multiple length values; The multiple length values corresponding to the first period of the kth set of DRX configuration information in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information, wherein the target value in the multiple length values is the period length of the first period of the kth set of DRX configuration information of the terminal; The target value is at least one of the minimum value, the maximum value, the average value, or other preset rule values.

28. The method of claim 22, wherein, Each DRX / DTX in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information is aligned through a system message carrying a common time reference point; Or, Each DRX / DTX in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information is aligned based on the reception time of any one SIB; The reception time includes at least one of a System Frame Number (SFN), a subframe, and a time point.

29. The method of any one of claims 22-28, wherein, The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information include at least one of the following: configuration granularity, cycle length, cycle start position, number of active periods, active period length, active period start position, second information, first beam information, second beam information, area information, sub-cycle information; The second information includes at least one of the following: active state type, active state duration; active state start position; active state corresponding operation.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein, The start position of each DRX / DTX in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information is related to the area information; The area information includes at least one of the following: wave position information, beam information, virtual cell, ground mapping cell, multiple cells, routing area.

31. The method of claim 29, wherein, The first beam information includes: information of a first SSB and / or information of a second SSB; The first SSB information includes at least one of the following: Periodicity of SSB and / or SSB set; Duration of SSB and / or SSB set in each cycle; Number of symbols and / or slots occupied by SSB and / or SSB set in each cycle; Index information of SSB; Corresponding relationship between SSB and / or SSB set and CSI-RS; Corresponding relationship between SSB and / or SSB set and random access resource; Corresponding relationship between SSB and / or SSB set and location area and / or area group information of the terminal; The second SSB information includes at least one of the following: Time interval between one or more m-th transmitted SSB and / or SSB set and (m+1)-th transmitted SSB and / or SSB set; Duration of m-th transmitted SSB and / or SSB set; Number of symbols and / or slots occupied by m-th transmitted SSB and / or SSB set; Index information of SSB in m-th transmitted SSB and / or SSB set; Corresponding relationship between SSB in m-th transmitted SSB and / or SSB set and CSI-RS; Corresponding relationship between SSB in m-th transmitted SSB and / or SSB set and random access resource; Corresponding relationship between SSB in m-th transmitted SSB and / or SSB set and location area and / or area group information of the terminal; Wherein, in the case of different values of m, the time interval between the m-th transmitted SSB and / or SSB set and the (m+1)-th transmitted SSB and / or SSB set is the same or different, m is a natural number greater than 1.

32. The method of claim 29, wherein, The second beam information includes at least one of the following: Information of corresponding CSI-RS and / or UE-specific DM-RS; At least one information of corresponding TCI state, QCL, CSI-RS, SRS; Information represented by corresponding spatial correlation information.

33. The method of any one of claims 22-32, wherein, The k-th set of DRX / DTX configuration information in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information includes at least one active state; The active state of the k-th set of DRX / DTX configuration information includes: first active state and / or second active state; The first information is used to indicate that the terminal performs a first operation on a first beam in the first active state; Or, The first information is used to indicate that the terminal performs a second operation on a second beam in the second active state; The first beam is used for transmission of a synchronization signal block (SSB); The second beam is used for transmission of at least one of terminal-specific data, signaling, and signals; the second beam is used for transmission of at least one of terminal-specific data, signaling, and signals, and for transmission of common signals and / or signaling; or the second beam is only used for transmission of terminal-specific data and / or signaling. The beam used for terminal-specific data transmission includes a beam indicated to the UE through a TCI state for receiving PDCCH / PDSCH / RS, and / or a beam indicated to the UE through SpatialRelationInfo and / or SRI for transmitting PUCCH / PUSCH.

34. The method of claim 33, wherein, The first operation performed on the first beam includes performing a third operation on the first beam, and / or not performing a fourth operation on the first beam. The third operation includes at least one of the following: Sending and / or receiving part or all of the signaling and / or data of random access; Sending and / or receiving idle-state data or non-active-state data; Sending a paging message; Receiving system messages; the system messages include any one of cell granularity, beam granularity, area granularity, and wave position granularity; the system messages include at least one system information (SI) or system information block (SIB); Receiving information of preconfigured resources and / or preconfigured resources; Receiving cell-related information; the cell-related information includes information of at least one of cell discovery, cell access, cell selection, and cell reselection; The fourth operation includes at least one of the following: Sending and / or receiving network node-specific signaling and / or data; Monitoring at least one of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a connected state and semi-persistent scheduling (SPS); Sending at least one of configuration grant information (CG) and a sounding reference signal (SRS).

35. The method of claim 33, wherein, The second operation includes at least one of the following: Receiving resource configuration information of the terminal; Sending at least one of a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), a terminal-specific demodulation reference signal (DM-RS), and an SRS; Sending and / or receiving part or all of the signaling and / or data of random access; Sending and / or receiving idle-state data or non-active-state data; Sending a paging message; Receiving system messages; the system messages include any one of cell granularity, beam granularity, area granularity, and wave position granularity; the system messages include at least one SI or SIB; Receiving preconfigured resources; Receiving cell-related information; the cell-related information includes information of at least one of cell discovery, cell access, cell selection, and cell reselection.

36. The method of any one of claims 22-35, wherein, The first information is also used to indicate an association relationship between at least two sets of DRX / DTX configuration information in the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information. The association relationship includes a time sequence relationship or a conditional triggering relationship. The association relationship is sent by the network node to the terminal through signaling, or the association relationship is predefined, or the association relationship is sent by a higher layer of the terminal to a radio access layer of the terminal.

37. The method of claim 36, wherein, The association relationship includes: The ith set of DRX / DTX configuration information takes effect first, and the jth set of DRX / DTX configuration information takes effect later. Or, After the jth set of DRX / DTX configuration information takes effect, the ith set of DRX / DTX configuration information is invalid.

38. The method of claim 37, wherein, The ith set of DRX / DTX configuration information is any one of the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information corresponding to first beam transmission; The jth set of DRX / DTX configuration information is any one of the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information corresponding to second beam transmission; Or, The ith set of DRX / DTX configuration information is any one of the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information corresponding to first waveform transmission; and the jth set of DRX / DTX configuration information is any one of the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information corresponding to second waveform transmission. The first waveform includes at least one of an LP-WUS, an OOK, an SC-OFDM, a DFT-S-OFDM, and a low peak-to-average power ratio (PARA). The second waveform includes an OFDM waveform.

39. The method of any one of claims 22-38, wherein, The first information is further used to instruct the terminal to: After the terminal receives the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information, in an active state in the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information, at least one of the following actions is performed: performing RRM measurement of a serving cell, L1 measurement of the serving cell, CG of the serving cell, SPS of the serving cell, and paging monitoring; In an inactive state in the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information, the above actions are stopped.

40. The method of any one of claims 22-39, wherein, The first information is further used to instruct the terminal to: After the terminal receives the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information of other neighbor cells, in an active state in the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information, at least one of the following actions is performed: performing RRM measurement of a neighbor cell, L1 measurement of the neighbor cell, and GAP measurement of a related neighbor cell and / or a neighbor frequency; In an inactive state in the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information, the above actions are stopped.

41. The method of any one of claims 22-40, wherein, The first information is determined by the network node based on at least one of the following information: Signaling and / or data fed back by the terminal; Region information corresponding to the signaling and / or data fed back by the terminal; At least one of the region distribution and the service distribution of the terminal.

42. The method of any one of claims 22-41, wherein, The method further includes: Sending third information to the terminal, the third information being used to indicate whether a terminal that does not support the m sets of DTX / DRX configuration information is allowed to access a cell and / or a beam of the network node.

43. A communications device, wherein, The terminal includes: Transceiver unit, configured to receive first information from a network node, the first information being used to indicate m sets of discontinuous reception (DRX) / discontinuous transmission (DTX) configuration information; m is an integer greater than 0; The transceiver unit is further configured to perform data and / or signaling reception and / or transmission and / or cell access according to the first information; The correspondence relationship of the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information includes at least one of the following: The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to cells and / or beams; The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to beam positions and / or areas; The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of SSB indexes, SSB combination indexes, and transmission configuration indication (TCI) states; The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to transmission and / or reception periods of at least one of SSB indexes, SSB combination indexes, and TCI states; The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of terminals, terminal groups, and service types; The DRX / DTX configuration information includes information of active and inactive states; A first period in the DRX / DTX configuration information can be nested with multiple levels of sub-periods; The first period in the DRX / DTX configuration information can be composed of multiple sub-periods with different lengths.

44. A communications device, comprising: A network node is provided, comprising: A determination unit configured to determine first information; the first information is used to indicate m sets of discontinuous reception (DRX) / discontinuous transmission (DTX) configuration information; m is an integer greater than 0; A transceiver unit configured to send the first information to a terminal; The correspondence relationship of the m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information includes at least one of the following: The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to cells and / or beams; The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to beam positions and / or areas; The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of SSB indexes, SSB combination indexes, and transmission configuration indication (TCI) states; The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to transmission and / or reception periods of at least one of SSB indexes, SSB combination indexes, and TCI states; The m sets of DRX / DTX configuration information correspond to at least one of terminals, terminal groups, and service types; The DRX / DTX configuration information includes information of active and inactive states; A first period in the DRX / DTX configuration information can be nested with multiple levels of sub-periods; The first period in the DRX / DTX configuration information can be composed of multiple sub-periods with different lengths.

45. A communication system, wherein, Comprising: A terminal configured to perform the method of any one of claims 1-21; A network node configured to perform the method of any one of claims 22-42.

46. An electronic device comprising a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored on the memory, wherein, The processor executes the computer program to implement the method of any one of claims 1-42.

47. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer programs / instructions, wherein, The computer program / instructions, when executed by the processor, implement the method of any one of claims 1-42.

48. A computer program product comprising computer programs / instructions, wherein, The computer program / instructions, when executed by the processor, implement the method of any one of claims 1-42.

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