Configuration information indication method and apparatus, terminal, and network side device

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a configuration information indication method and apparatus, a terminal, and a network side device. The method comprises: a terminal receiving first downlink control information (DCI), the first DCI comprising a first information field used for indicating one of the following: an update of signal configuration information; and related information of the signal configuration information.

Description

Indication method, device, terminal and network side equipment of configuration information

[0001] The present disclosure claims priority to the Chinese patent application No. 202411090360.5, filed on August 9, 2024, and entitled "Indication method, device, terminal and network side equipment of configuration information", the whole content of which is incorporated herein by reference. TECHNICAL FIELD

[0002] The present disclosure relates to the technical field of communication, and in particular to an indication method, device, terminal and network side equipment of configuration information. BACKGROUND

[0003] In the existing New Radio (NR) system, the base station needs to periodically send / receive the common signal (or channel) configuration to ensure the normal work of the terminal under network coverage. The existing common signal (or channel) is indicated by the parameters in the System Information Block 1 (SIB1), and can only be updated by the SIB1 update method.

[0004] In order to achieve the effect of network energy saving, it is proposed to realize the self-adaptation of the common signal from the time domain. That is, when the traffic is small, the base station uses a relatively sparse common signal configuration for transmission and reception, so that the base station has time to enter the sleep state, thereby achieving the effect of energy saving. When the traffic increases, the base station will use a dense common signal configuration for transmission and reception, so that the base station can guarantee the normal quality of service.

[0005] In the prior art, if the paging downlink control information (DCI) is used to indicate the self-adaptation of the common signal, the same paging occasion (PO) corresponds to the legacy user equipment (UE) and the Rel-19 network energy saving (NES) UE. If the existing indication method is used, the legacy UE also needs to receive this notification, which causes the legacy UE to perform a SIB update procedure but does not receive any updated information, resulting in waste of network resources. SUMMARY

[0006] The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide an indication method, device, terminal and network side equipment of configuration information, which solves the problem of resource waste when updating the common signal (or channel) configuration.

[0007] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for indicating configuration information, performed by a terminal, the method comprising:

[0008] The terminal receives a first downlink control information (DCI), the first DCI comprising a first information field, the first information field being used to indicate one of:

[0009] The configuration information of the signal is updated;

[0010] The related information of the configuration information of the signal.

[0011] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0012] Obtaining the configuration information of the signal indicated by the first information field.

[0013] In some embodiments, the configuration information of the signal comprises:

[0014] Additional PRACH configuration parameters, the additional PRACH configuration parameters comprising PRACH configuration parameters configured for a terminal with network energy saving capability.

[0015] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0016] If the first information field indicates that the configuration information of the signal is updated, receiving a second DCI starting from a first time domain position, the second DCI being used to schedule the configuration information of the signal;

[0017] Receiving the updated configuration information of the signal according to the second DCI.

[0018] In some embodiments, if the first information field is used to indicate the related information of the configuration information of the signal, the updated configuration information of the signal takes effect at a second time domain position;

[0019] The related information of the configuration information of the signal comprises at least one of:

[0020] An index corresponding to the updated configuration information of the signal;

[0021] Activation of the configuration information of the signal;

[0022] Deactivation of the configuration information of the signal.

[0023] In some embodiments, the first time domain position or the second time domain position comprises one of:

[0024] A time domain position corresponding to a frame boundary of a first period in which the first DCI is located;

[0025] A position of X time slots after the first DCI;

[0026] a position of Y time slots after a feedback time slot corresponding to the first DCI;

[0027] wherein X and Y are positive integers.

[0028] In some embodiments, the receiving the first DCI comprises:

[0029] receiving the first DCI in a first period;

[0030] wherein, in a case that a length of the first period is less than a length of a system information update period, the first DCI is received at least once in each of the first periods.

[0031] In some embodiments, the length of the first period is N times of a length of a paging period;

[0032] wherein a value of N multiplexes a value of a system information update period coefficient, or the value of N is configured by a network side device, or the value of N is predefined.

[0033] In some embodiments, the first DCI comprises at least one of:

[0034] a paging DCI;

[0035] a single carrier scheduling DCI dedicated to a terminal;

[0036] a multi-carrier scheduling DCI dedicated to a terminal;

[0037] a group common DCI.

[0038] In some embodiments, the first information field comprises:

[0039] in a case that the first DCI is a paging DCI, the first information field is X bits in a short message field, X being greater than or equal to 1;

[0040] or,

[0041] in a case that the first DCI is other than a paging DCI, the first information field is a newly added information field.

[0042] In some embodiments, the X bits comprise one of the following bits in the short message field:

[0043] a 5th bit;

[0044] a 6th bit;

[0045] a 7th bit;

[0046] an 8th bit.

[0047] In some embodiments, the second DCI comprises at least one of:

[0048] DCI scrambled by a system information radio network temporary identifier (SI-RNTI), the SI-RNTI scrambled DCI including a second information field, the second information field being used to indicate that the second DCI is used to schedule updated signal configuration information;

[0049] DCI scrambled by other RNTIs, the other RNTI scrambled DCI being used to schedule updated signal configuration information.

[0050] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0051] receiving M pieces of signal configuration information sent by the network side device, M being greater than or equal to 1;

[0052] wherein, when M is greater than or equal to 2, each of the signal configuration information has a corresponding index.

[0053] In some embodiments, if the first information field is used to indicate the index corresponding to the updated signal configuration information, the length of the first information field is determined according to the number of the signal configuration information;

[0054] or,

[0055] if the first information field is used to indicate signal configuration information activation or signal configuration information deactivation, the length of the first information field is 1 bit;

[0056] or,

[0057] the length of the first information field is determined according to a higher layer parameter configuration.

[0058] In some embodiments, when the updated signal configuration information is a subset of the signal configuration information before the update, the first time domain position or the second time domain position is a time domain position corresponding to a frame boundary of the first period where the first DCI is located;

[0059] or,

[0060] when the signal configuration information before the update is a subset of the updated signal configuration information, the first time domain position or the second time domain position is: a position of X time slots after the first DCI, or a position of Y time slots after a feedback time slot corresponding to the first DCI.

[0061] In some embodiments, if the first DCI received by the terminal in the first period includes: paging DCI and other DCI except paging DCI, the signal configuration information satisfies the first condition;

[0062] The first condition comprises one of:

[0063] The related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is the same as the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI.

[0064] If the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is different from the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI, the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the latest received DCI is valid.

[0065] If the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is different from the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI, the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is valid.

[0066] If the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is different from the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI, the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI is valid.

[0067] In some embodiments, the signal configuration information comprises at least one of:

[0068] Physical random-access channel (PRACH) configuration information;

[0069] Paging configuration information;

[0070] Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) configuration information.

[0071] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for indicating configuration information, executed by a network side device, the method comprising:

[0072] The network side device sends a first DCI, wherein the first DCI comprises a first information field, and the first information field is used to indicate one of:

[0073] The signal configuration information is updated;

[0074] The related information of the signal configuration information.

[0075] In some embodiments, the signal configuration information comprises:

[0076] Additional PRACH configuration parameters, wherein the additional PRACH configuration parameters comprise PRACH configuration parameters configured for a terminal with network energy saving capability. In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0077] if the first information field indicates that the signal configuration information is updated, a second DCI is transmitted at a first time domain position, the second DCI being used for scheduling the signal configuration information;

[0078] the updated signal configuration information is transmitted.

[0079] In some embodiments, if the first information field is used to indicate related information of the signal configuration information, the updated signal configuration information takes effect at a second time domain position;

[0080] The related information of the signal configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0081] an index corresponding to the updated signal configuration information;

[0082] activation of the signal configuration information;

[0083] deactivation of the signal configuration information.

[0084] In some embodiments, the first time domain position or the second time domain position includes one of the following:

[0085] a time domain position corresponding to a frame boundary of a first period in which the first DCI is located;

[0086] a position of X time slots after the first DCI;

[0087] a position of Y time slots after a feedback time slot corresponding to the first DCI;

[0088] wherein X and Y are positive integers.

[0089] In some embodiments, the length of the first period is N times the length of a paging period;

[0090] wherein the value of N is multiplexed with the value of a system information update period coefficient, or the value of N is configured by a network side device, or the value of N is predefined.

[0091] In some embodiments, the first DCI includes at least one of the following:

[0092] paging DCI;

[0093] single carrier scheduling DCI dedicated to a terminal;

[0094] multi-carrier scheduling DCI dedicated to a terminal;

[0095] group common DCI.

[0096] In some embodiments, the first information field includes:

[0097] In a case that the first DCI is a paging DCI, the first information field is X bits in a short message field, X is greater than or equal to 1;

[0098] Alternatively,

[0099] In a case that the first DCI is a DCI other than the paging DCI, the first information field is a newly added information field.

[0100] In some embodiments, the X bits include one of the following bits in the short message field:

[0101] a 5th bit;

[0102] a 6th bit;

[0103] a 7th bit;

[0104] an 8th bit.

[0105] In some embodiments, the second DCI includes at least one of the following:

[0106] a DCI scrambled by an SI-RNTI, the DCI scrambled by the SI-RNTI including a second information field, the second information field being used to indicate that the second DCI is used to schedule updated signal configuration information;

[0107] a DCI scrambled by another RNTI, the DCI scrambled by the another RNTI being used to schedule updated signal configuration information.

[0108] In some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0109] sending M pieces of signal configuration information to the terminal, M is greater than or equal to 1;

[0110] wherein, when M is greater than or equal to 2, each of the signal configuration information has a corresponding index.

[0111] In some embodiments, if the first information field is used to indicate the index corresponding to the updated signal configuration information, the length of the first information field is determined according to the number of the signal configuration information;

[0112] Alternatively,

[0113] if the first information field is used to indicate signal configuration information activation or signal configuration information deactivation, the length of the first information field is 1 bit;

[0114] Alternatively,

[0115] the length of the first information field is determined according to a higher layer parameter configuration.

[0116] In some embodiments, in a case where the updated signal configuration information is a subset of the pre-updated signal configuration information, the first time domain position or the second time domain position is a time domain position corresponding to a frame boundary of a first period in which the first DCI is located.

[0117] Or,

[0118] In a case where the pre-updated signal configuration information is a subset of the updated signal configuration information, the first time domain position or the second time domain position is: a position of X slots after the first DCI, or a position of Y slots after a feedback slot corresponding to the first DCI.

[0119] In some embodiments, the signal configuration information comprises at least one of:

[0120] PRACH configuration information;

[0121] paging configuration information;

[0122] SSB configuration information.

[0123] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a terminal, comprising: a memory, a transceiver, a processor:

[0124] a memory for storing a computer program; a transceiver for receiving and sending data under the control of the processor; and a processor for reading the computer program in the memory and performing the following operations:

[0125] receiving a first DCI, the first DCI comprising a first information field, the first information field being used to indicate one of:

[0126] signal configuration information is updated;

[0127] related information of the signal configuration information.

[0128] In some embodiments, the processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0129] obtaining the signal configuration information indicated by the first information field.

[0130] In some embodiments, the signal configuration information comprises:

[0131] additional PRACH configuration parameters, the additional PRACH configuration parameters comprising PRACH configuration parameters configured for a terminal with network energy saving capability.

[0132] In some embodiments, the processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0133] If the first information field indicates that signal configuration information is updated, a second DCI is received starting from a first time domain position, the second DCI being used for scheduling signal configuration information;

[0134] The updated signal configuration information is received according to the second DCI.

[0135] In some embodiments, if the first information field is used to indicate related information of signal configuration information, the updated signal configuration information takes effect at a second time domain position;

[0136] The related information of the signal configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0137] An index corresponding to the updated signal configuration information;

[0138] Activation of the signal configuration information;

[0139] Deactivation of the signal configuration information.

[0140] In some embodiments, the first time domain position or the second time domain position includes one of the following:

[0141] A time domain position corresponding to a frame boundary of a first period in which the first DCI is located;

[0142] A position of X time slots after the first DCI;

[0143] A position of Y time slots after a feedback time slot corresponding to the first DCI;

[0144] Wherein, X and Y are positive integers.

[0145] In some embodiments, the processor is configured to read a computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0146] Receiving the first DCI in a first period;

[0147] In a case where a length of the first period is less than a length of a system information update period, the first DCI is received at least once in each of the first periods.

[0148] In some embodiments, the length of the first period is N times the length of a paging period;

[0149] Wherein, the value of N multiplexes the value of the system information update period coefficient, or the value of N is configured by a network side device, or the value of N is predefined.

[0150] In some embodiments, the first DCI includes at least one of the following:

[0151] Paging DCI;

[0152] terminal-specific single carrier scheduling DCI;

[0153] terminal-specific multi-carrier scheduling DCI;

[0154] group-common DCI.

[0155] In some embodiments, the first information field comprises:

[0156] In a case where the first DCI is a paging DCI, the first information field is X bits in a short message field, X being greater than or equal to 1;

[0157] or,

[0158] In a case where the first DCI is a DCI other than the paging DCI, the first information field is a newly-added information field.

[0159] In some embodiments, the X bits comprise one of the following bits in the short message field:

[0160] a 5th bit;

[0161] a 6th bit;

[0162] a 7th bit;

[0163] an 8th bit.

[0164] In some embodiments, the second DCI comprises at least one of:

[0165] a DCI scrambled by a system information radio network temporary identifier (SI-RNTI), the SI-RNTI-scrambled DCI comprising a second information field, the second information field being used to indicate that the second DCI is used to schedule updated signal configuration information;

[0166] a DCI scrambled by another RNTI, the other RNTI-scrambled DCI being used to schedule updated signal configuration information.

[0167] In some embodiments, the processor is configured to read a computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0168] receiving M pieces of signal configuration information sent by a network-side device, M being greater than or equal to 1;

[0169] wherein, when M is greater than or equal to 2, each of the signal configuration information has a corresponding index.

[0170] In some embodiments, if the first information field is used to indicate an index corresponding to updated signal configuration information, a length of the first information field is determined according to a quantity of the signal configuration information;

[0171] or,

[0172] If the first information field is used to indicate signal configuration information activation or signal configuration information deactivation, the length of the first information field is 1 bit.

[0173] or,

[0174] The length of the first information field is determined according to a higher layer parameter configuration.

[0175] In some embodiments, in the case that the updated signal configuration information is a subset of the pre-updated signal configuration information, the first time domain position or the second time domain position is a time domain position corresponding to a frame boundary of a first period in which the first DCI is located.

[0176] or,

[0177] In the case that the pre-updated signal configuration information is a subset of the updated signal configuration information, the first time domain position or the second time domain position is: a position of X time slots after the first DCI, or a position of Y time slots after a feedback time slot corresponding to the first DCI.

[0178] In some embodiments, if the first DCI received by the terminal in the first period includes: a paging DCI and a DCI other than the paging DCI, the signal configuration information satisfies a first condition;

[0179] The first condition includes one of:

[0180] The related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is the same as the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI;

[0181] If the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is different from the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI, the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the latest received DCI is valid;

[0182] If the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is different from the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI, the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is valid;

[0183] If the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is different from the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI, the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI is valid.

[0184] In some embodiments, the signal configuration information includes at least one of:

[0185] PRACH configuration information;

[0186] Paging configuration information;

[0187] SSB configuration information.

[0188] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a network side device, comprising: a memory, a transceiver, a processor:

[0189] a memory for storing a computer program; a transceiver for receiving and sending data under the control of the processor; a processor for reading the computer program in the memory and performing the following operations:

[0190] sending a first DCI, the first DCI comprising a first information field, the first information field being used to indicate one of the following:

[0191] The signal configuration information is updated;

[0192] The related information of the signal configuration information.

[0193] In some embodiments, the signal configuration information comprises:

[0194] Additional PRACH configuration parameters, the additional PRACH configuration parameters comprising PRACH configuration parameters configured for terminals with network energy saving capability.

[0195] In some embodiments, the processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0196] If the first information field indicates that the signal configuration information is updated, a second DCI is sent at a first time domain position, the second DCI being used to schedule the signal configuration information;

[0197] sending the updated signal configuration information.

[0198] In some embodiments, if the first information field is used to indicate the related information of the signal configuration information, the updated signal configuration information takes effect at a second time domain position;

[0199] The related information of the signal configuration information comprises at least one of the following:

[0200] An index corresponding to the updated signal configuration information;

[0201] The signal configuration information is activated;

[0202] The signal configuration information is deactivated.

[0203] In some embodiments, the first time domain position or the second time domain position comprises one of the following:

[0204] a time domain position corresponding to a frame boundary of a first period in which the first DCI is located;

[0205] a position of X slots after the first DCI;

[0206] a position of Y slots after a feedback slot corresponding to the first DCI;

[0207] wherein X and Y are positive integers.

[0208] In some embodiments, a length of the first period is N times a length of a paging period.

[0209] wherein a value of N multiplexes a value of a system information update period coefficient, or the value of N is configured by a network side device, or the value of N is predefined.

[0210] In some embodiments, the first DCI includes at least one of:

[0211] a paging DCI;

[0212] a terminal-specific single-carrier scheduling DCI;

[0213] a terminal-specific multi-carrier scheduling DCI;

[0214] a group-common DCI.

[0215] In some embodiments, the first information field includes:

[0216] in a case where the first DCI is a paging DCI, the first information field is X bits in a short message field, X being greater than or equal to 1;

[0217] or,

[0218] in a case where the first DCI is a DCI other than a paging DCI, the first information field is a newly-added information field.

[0219] In some embodiments, the X bits include one of the following bits in the short message field:

[0220] a 5th bit;

[0221] a 6th bit;

[0222] a 7th bit;

[0223] an 8th bit.

[0224] In some embodiments, the second DCI includes at least one of:

[0225] DCI scrambled by SI-RNTI, the DCI scrambled by the SI-RNTI including a second information field, the second information field being used to indicate that the second DCI is used to schedule updated signal configuration information;

[0226] DCI scrambled by other RNTI, the DCI scrambled by the other RNTI being used to schedule updated signal configuration information.

[0227] In some embodiments, the processor is configured to read a computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0228] transmitting, to the terminal, M pieces of signal configuration information, M being greater than or equal to 1;

[0229] wherein, when M is greater than or equal to 2, each of the signal configuration information has a corresponding index.

[0230] In some embodiments, if the first information field is used to indicate the index corresponding to the updated signal configuration information, the length of the first information field is determined according to the number of the signal configuration information;

[0231] or,

[0232] if the first information field is used to indicate signal configuration information activation or signal configuration information deactivation, the length of the first information field is 1 bit;

[0233] or,

[0234] the length of the first information field is determined according to a higher layer parameter configuration.

[0235] In some embodiments, when the updated signal configuration information is a subset of the signal configuration information before the update, the first time domain position or the second time domain position is a time domain position corresponding to a frame boundary of a first period in which the first DCI is located;

[0236] or,

[0237] when the signal configuration information before the update is a subset of the updated signal configuration information, the first time domain position or the second time domain position is: a position of X time slots after the first DCI, or a position of Y time slots after a feedback time slot corresponding to the first DCI.

[0238] In some embodiments, the signal configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0239] PRACH configuration information;

[0240] paging configuration information;

[0241] SSB configuration information.

[0242] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an indication method of configuration information, applied to a terminal, comprising:

[0243] receiving a first downlink control information (DCI), the first DCI comprising a first information field, the first information field being used to indicate one of:

[0244] the configuration information of the signal is updated;

[0245] related information of the configuration information of the signal.

[0246] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an indication method of configuration information, applied to a network side device, comprising:

[0247] sending a first DCI, the first DCI comprising a first information field, the first information field being used to indicate one of:

[0248] the configuration information of the signal is updated;

[0249] related information of the configuration information of the signal.

[0250] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a processor readable storage medium, having a computer program stored thereon, the computer program being executed by a processor to implement the steps of the above-mentioned indication method of configuration information.

[0251] The above-mentioned technical solutions of the present disclosure have the following advantages:

[0252] Embodiments of the present disclosure define a first information field in the first DCI, which is used to indicate that the configuration information of the signal is updated or to indicate related information of the configuration information of the signal. After receiving the first DCI, the terminal can obtain the content of the configuration information of the signal indicated by the first information field by decoding the first information field. Other terminals do not have the ability to decode the first information field, and thus can ignore the information, thereby avoiding resource waste. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0253] FIG. 1 shows a sending position diagram of system information change notification according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0254] FIG. 2 shows a flow diagram of an indication method of configuration information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0255] FIG. 3 shows a flow diagram of an indication method of configuration information according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0256] FIG. 4 shows a flow diagram of an indication method of configuration information according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0257] FIG. 5 shows a flow diagram of an indication method of configuration information according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0258] Figure 6 shows a flowchart of a fifth embodiment of the method for indicating configuration information according to the present disclosure;

[0259] Figure 7 shows a flowchart of a sixth embodiment of the method for indicating configuration information according to the present disclosure;

[0260] Figure 8 shows a flowchart of a seventh embodiment of the method for indicating configuration information according to the present disclosure;

[0261] Figure 9 shows a flowchart of an eighth embodiment of the method for indicating configuration information according to the present disclosure;

[0262] Figure 10 shows a flowchart of a ninth embodiment of the method for indicating configuration information according to the present disclosure;

[0263] Figure 11 shows a structural diagram of a first embodiment of the apparatus for indicating configuration information according to the present disclosure;

[0264] Figure 12 shows a structural diagram of a second embodiment of the apparatus for indicating configuration information according to the present disclosure;

[0265] Figure 13 shows a structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0266] Figure 14 shows a structural diagram of a network-side device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0267] To make the technical problems to be solved by the present disclosure, technical solutions and advantages clearer, specific embodiments will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. In the following description, specific details such as specific configurations and components are provided only to help a comprehensive understanding of embodiments of the present disclosure. Therefore, those skilled in the art should understand that various changes and modifications can be made to the embodiments described herein without departing from the scope and spirit of the present disclosure. In addition, descriptions of known functions and configurations are omitted for clarity and brevity.

[0268] It should be understood that the term "one embodiment" or "an embodiment" mentioned throughout the specification means that the specific features, structures or characteristics related to the embodiment are included in at least one embodiment of the present disclosure. Therefore, "in one embodiment" or "in an embodiment" appearing throughout the specification does not necessarily refer to the same embodiment. In addition, these specific features, structures or characteristics can be combined in one or more embodiments in any suitable manner.

[0269] In various embodiments of the present disclosure, it should be understood that the size of the serial number of each process described below does not mean the order of execution, and the execution order of each process should be determined by its function and inherent logic, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0270] The term "and / or" in the embodiments of the present disclosure describes the association relationship of the associated objects, which means that there can be three relationships, for example, A and / or B can represent the following three cases: A exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone. The character " / " generally represents an "or" relationship between the associated objects before and after it.

[0271] The term "multiple" in the embodiments of the present disclosure means two or more, and other quantifiers are similar.

[0272] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be described clearly and completely in combination with the drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, not all. Based on the embodiments in the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor are within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.

[0273] In the description of the embodiments of the present disclosure, some concepts used in the following description are first explained.

[0274] I. System information change indication

[0275] The system information change indication can be used to update the system information except SIB6, SIB7, SIB8 and posSIBs. The update of the system information only occurs on the frame satisfying the modification period (MP), which contains the product of the modification period coefficient (modificationPeriodCoeff) and the default paging cycle (defaultPagingCycle), such as modificationPeriodCoeff*defaultPagingCycle, wherein modificationPeriodCoeff can be configured as {n2, n4, n8, n16}, and defaultPagingCycle is the paging cycle configured in SIB1.

[0276] The system information can be transmitted multiple times within one MP, but the content of the system information cannot be changed within one MP. As shown in FIG. 1, when the system information of the cell changes, the base station notifies the UE that the system information changes in MP0, and sends the updated system information in the next MP, i.e. MP1.

[0277] For each UE, the UE needs to monitor the corresponding PO in MP0 first to paging DCI, which indicates system information update. Then the UE monitors DCI 1-0 in MP1 to receive updated system information.

[0278] II. Paging DCI (Paging DCI)

[0279] The paging DCI contains a short message indicator, which is used to indicate the different purposes of the paging DCI. For example: when the short message = 11, the paging DCI can be used for paging scheduling information, phase tracking reference signal (TRS) availability indication and short massage indication, at this time the UE needs to decode all bit fields in the paging DCI, the reserved bit may be 0. The 5-8 bits in the short message are not used, and the legacy UE will ignore this indication information after receiving. Among them, the Short Message indicator is shown in Table 1, and the Short Messages are shown in Table 2.

[0280] Table 1: Short Message indicator

[0281] Table 2: Short Messages

[0282] III. Common signal related

[0283] (1) SSB periodicity configuration, when the terminal obtains SSB through cell search, obtains the Master Information Block (MIB) parameters and SIB1 reception configuration information based on the Physical broadcast channel (PBCH) in the SSB, then listens to the DCI 1_0 added by SI-RNTI based on the SIB1 reception configuration, and then obtains the SIB1 parameter information. The terminal obtains the actual period of SSB through the SSB periodicity serving cell parameter (ssb-PeriodicityServingCell) in SIB1. The candidate values of ssb-PeriodicityServingCell are, for example, 5ms, 10ms, 20ms, 40ms, 80ms and 160ms. Because the terminal assumes the default period of SSB to be 20ms in the cell search process, the SSB period on the cell supporting cell search is usually 20ms, and the SSB period can also be extended to 40ms, 80ms or 160ms, which will have different degrees of network energy saving gain.

[0284] (2) PRACH periodicity configuration, for Radio Resource Control (RRC) idle state (RRC_IDLE) / inactive state (INACTIVE) UE, the time domain location of PRACH resource can be configured through prach-ConfigurationIndex in SIB1, and the period of the radio frame where the PRACH resource is located is 10ms, 20ms, 40ms or 80ms. For RRC_CONNECTED UE, the time domain location of PRACH resource can be configured through high layer parameter prach-ConfigurationIndex or msgA-PRACH-ConfigurationIndex. Among them, the resource information indicated by prach-ConfigurationIndex or msgA-PRACH-ConfigurationIndex is shown in Table 3.

[0285] Table 3: Resource information indicated by prach-ConfigurationIndex or msgA-PRACH-ConfigurationIndex

[0286] (3) PO resource location determination method, for RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE UE, the monitoring opportunity (MO) resource location of PO is determined according to the broadcast information in SIB1, wherein the value of DRX cycle is the minimum value in the UE-specific (specific) discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle configured by high-layer signaling (RRC signaling and / or core network signaling) and the default DRX cycle of system message broadcast, and the unit is radio frame.

[0287] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a configuration information indication method and device, and a terminal and network side equipment, to solve the problem of resource waste when updating common signal (or channel) configuration.

[0288] The method and device are based on the same application concept, and since the principles of the method and device for solving the problem are similar, the implementation of the device and the method can be mutually referred to, and the repeated parts will not be described again.

[0289] As shown in FIG. 2, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a configuration information indication method applied to a terminal, specifically including the following steps:

[0290] Step 201, the terminal receives a first downlink control information (DCI), the first DCI includes a first information field, and the first information field is used to indicate one of the following:

[0291] The signal configuration information is updated;

[0292] The related information of the signal configuration information.

[0293] In this embodiment, a dedicated information field related to configuration information update is defined in the first DCI, which is used to indicate that the signal configuration is updated or to indicate the updated signal configuration information. The first information field can be an existing but unused information field in the first DCI, or a newly added information field.

[0294] Wherein, if the first information field indicates that the signal configuration information is updated, the terminal can determine that the signal configuration information is updated by decoding the first information field after receiving the first DCI, and can determine whether to receive the updated signal configuration information according to the requirement.

[0295] The first information field can also directly indicate the related information of the signal configuration information, for example, the first information field directly indicates the index of the updated signal configuration information, or indicates the activated signal configuration information, or indicates the deactivated signal configuration information. The terminal can determine whether the signal configuration information is updated according to the indication of the first information field, and can determine the updated signal configuration information.

[0296] In some embodiments, the first information field can be pre-configured, and the terminal and the network side device can know the location of the first information field for indicating the signal configuration information update and / or the related information of the signal configuration information. In some embodiments, the terminal is a terminal with network energy saving (NES) capability, which has the capability of decoding the first information field, and can also be understood as the first information field being associated with the terminal, and only NES UE can decode the first information field. For example, if the network side device configures the terminal with the first information field related parameters, and the UE has the capability of decoding the first information field, the UE can obtain the indication content of the first information field after receiving the first DCI. The legacy UE does not have the capability of decoding the first information field and / or the network side device does not configure the legacy UE with the first information field related parameters, and the legacy UE ignores the first information field after receiving the first DCI.

[0297] The signal configuration information is related information for ensuring the normal work of the terminal under network coverage. In some embodiments, the signal configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0298] 1) Physical random access channel (PRACH) configuration information; the signal configuration information can include: PRACH configuration parameters configured for terminals with network energy saving capability, or additional PRACH configuration parameters, such as additional PRACH configuration, additional PRACH configuration index, additional parameters for determining PRACH time domain and / or frequency domain resources, etc.

[0299] 2) Paging configuration information; the signal configuration information includes paging parameters or additional paging parameters configured for terminals with network energy saving capability, such as paging cycle, paging frame number, paging occasion number, etc.

[0300] 3) Synchronization signal block (SSB) configuration information. The signal configuration information includes SSB parameters configured for terminals with network energy saving capability, such as SSB cycle, SSB position in burst, etc.

[0301] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, a first information field is defined in the first DCI, which is specially used for indicating the signal configuration information update or the related information of the signal configuration information. The terminal can obtain the content of the signal configuration information indicated by the first information field by decoding the first information field after receiving the first DCI. Other terminals do not have the capability of decoding the first information field, and can ignore the information, thereby avoiding resource waste.

[0302] In some embodiments, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the first DCI can also be replaced by a Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE), the MAC CE including the first information field, the first information field being used to indicate at least one of the following: signal configuration information is updated; related information of signal configuration information. Adding the first information field in the MCE CE indicates the signal configuration information applied by the current carrier or other carriers.

[0303] As an optional embodiment, the method further comprises:

[0304] If the first information field indicates that the signal configuration information is updated, the second DCI for scheduling the signal configuration information is received starting from the first time domain position; and the updated signal configuration information is received according to the second DCI.

[0305] In this embodiment, the terminal receives the first DCI, and if the first information field in the first DCI indicates that the signal configuration information is updated, the terminal can start to listen to and receive the second DCI starting from the first time domain position, the second DCI being used to schedule the updated signal configuration information.

[0306] The first time domain position is a pre-configured or pre-defined position, and after the terminal determines that the signal configuration information is updated according to the first DCI, the terminal can start to listen to the second DCI and receive the updated signal configuration information starting from the first time domain position. The updated signal configuration information can be carried by system information, for example, by SIB1 or a new SIB26.

[0307] In some embodiments, the first DCI can be a paging DCI, and the first information field can be a certain bit field in a short message field in the paging DCI, for example, the a-th bit in the short message field which is not used, the optional bit position a being {5, 6, 7, 8}.

[0308] The first information field can indicate that the signal configuration information is updated by a bit value, for example: if the N-th bit in the short message field in the paging DCI is set to "1", it indicates that the signal configuration information is updated. If the N-th bit in the short message field in the paging DCI is set to "0", it indicates that the signal configuration information is not updated, or the UE can ignore this indication.

[0309] In some embodiments, the first information field is only used to indicate the terminal having network energy saving capability, and / or the terminal configured with the parameters related to the first information field, and / or the terminal having the capability of decoding the first information field. If the terminal is another terminal (such as a legacy UE), the indication field can be ignored.

[0310] As an optional embodiment, the first time domain position comprises one of the following:

[0311] (1) a time domain position corresponding to a frame boundary of a first period in which the first DCI is located;

[0312] In some embodiments, the length of the first period is N times the length of a paging cycle.

[0313] Wherein, the value of N is multiplexed with the value of modificationPeriodCoeff, or the value of N is configured by the network side device, or the value of N is predefined.

[0314] In this embodiment, the first time domain position can be a frame boundary of the first period in which the first DCI is located. For example, in the case that the terminal receives the first DCI and the first information field in the first DCI indicates that the signal configuration information is updated, the terminal can start monitoring the second DCI at the frame boundary of the first period and receive the updated signal configuration information.

[0315] Wherein, the first period is a pre-configured or pre-defined period, and the length of the first period can be N* paging cycle, wherein paging cycle is a paging cycle provided by system information. N can be multiplexed as a parameter modificationPeriodCoeff configured by system information; or the network side device separately configures N, for example: the value range of N is configured as {2, 4, 8, 16}, or the value range of N is configured as {1, 2, 4, 8, 16}, or the value range of N is configured as {1, 2, 3, 4}. N can also be a predefined parameter, for example, the default value is 1 or 2.

[0316] In some embodiments, if the network side device configures the parameter N, the terminal can determine the length of the first period by applying the parameter N configured by the network side; otherwise, the terminal determines the length of the first period by multiplexing modificationPeriodCoeff or a predefined N value.

[0317] In this embodiment, after the terminal receives the first DCI, if the first information field indicates that the signal configuration information is updated, the terminal can receive the second DCI at the frame boundary of the first period in which the first DCI is located, and receive the updated signal configuration information based on the second DCI.

[0318] (2) a position X slots after the first DCI;

[0319] In this embodiment, the terminal can start receiving the second DCI at a position X time slots after the first DCI, for example, the first time domain position is slot n+X, where slot n is the time slot position at which the UE receives the first DCI, and X can be a number of time slots that is protocol default or configured by a higher layer.

[0320] In some embodiments, the second DCI includes at least one of the following:

[0321] 1) a DCI scrambled by a system information radio network temporary identifier (SI-RNTI), the SI-RNTI-scrambled DCI including a second information field used to indicate that the second DCI is used to schedule updated signal configuration information;

[0322] 2) a DCI scrambled by another RNTI, the other RNTI-scrambled DCI being used to schedule updated signal configuration information.

[0323] In this embodiment, the terminal determines, according to the first information field of the first DCI, that the signal configuration information is updated, and starts monitoring the second DCI at a first time domain position, which can be a DCI 1_0 scrambled by a SI-RNTI. For example, M bits are introduced in the DCI 1_0, which are used to indicate that the DCI 1_0 is used to schedule updated signal configuration information.

[0324] The second DCI can also be a DCI scrambled by another RNTI (such as a new RNTI), for example, a DCI 1_0 scrambled by a NES-RNTI. In this case, the second DCI can include one or more of time domain indication signaling, frequency domain indication signaling, VRB-to-PRB mapping, modulation and coding scheme (MCS) indication field, RV field, and reserved bits.

[0325] In some embodiments, after the terminal receives the DCI, the terminal can receive the updated signal configuration information in a next period of the first period.

[0326] As an optional embodiment, if the first information field is used to indicate information related to the signal configuration information, the updated signal configuration information takes effect at a second time domain position.

[0327] The information related to the signal configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0328] an index corresponding to the updated signal configuration information;

[0329] activation of the signal configuration information;

[0330] deactivation of the signal configuration information.

[0331] In this embodiment, the terminal receives the first DCI, and if the first information field of the first DCI indicates the related information of the signal configuration information, for example, indicates the index corresponding to the updated signal configuration information, it is considered that the updated signal configuration information takes effect at the second time domain position, and it can also be understood that the terminal can start using the updated signal configuration information at the second time domain position.

[0332] In some embodiments, the method further comprises: receiving M signal configuration information sent by the network side device, M is greater than or equal to 1; wherein, when M is greater than or equal to 2, each signal configuration information has a corresponding index.

[0333] In this embodiment, the network side device can pre-configure one or more signal configuration information as candidates for the terminal. Wherein, if multiple signal configuration information is configured, each signal configuration information has a corresponding index (or number). When the network side device sends the first DCI, it can directly indicate the index of the updated signal configuration information in the first information field, and then the terminal can determine the updated signal configuration information according to the index.

[0334] Alternatively, the first information field can directly indicate the activated signal configuration information, and the terminal considers that the activated signal configuration information is the updated signal configuration information. Alternatively, the first information field can also directly indicate the activation or deactivation state, for example, the network side device only pre-configures one signal configuration information as a candidate, and can indicate activation in the first information field of the first DCI, so that the terminal determines that the pre-configured one signal configuration information is activated, and the signal configuration information is the updated signal configuration information; or, the network side device indicates deactivation in the first information field of the first DCI, so that the terminal determines that the current signal configuration information is deactivated, and the pre-configured one signal configuration information is the updated signal configuration information.

[0335] In some embodiments, the second time domain position includes one of the following:

[0336] (1) the time domain position corresponding to the frame boundary of the first period in which the first DCI is located;

[0337] In some embodiments, the length of the first period is N times the length of the paging period.

[0338] Wherein, the value of N is the value of modificationPeriodCoeff, or the value of N is configured by the network side device, or the value of N is predefined.

[0339] In this embodiment, the second time domain position can be a frame boundary of the first period in which the first DCI is located. For example, the terminal receives the first DCI, and the first information field in the first DCI indicates the index of the updated signal configuration information. The terminal determines that the updated signal configuration information takes effect at the frame boundary of the first period, which can also be understood as starting to use the updated signal configuration information at the frame boundary of the first period. The determination method of the length of the first period is not described here.

[0340] (2) a position of X time slots after the first DCI;

[0341] For example, the terminal receives the first DCI, and the first information field in the first DCI indicates the index of the updated signal configuration information. The terminal determines that the updated signal configuration information takes effect at the position of X time slots after the first DCI, which can also be understood as starting to use the updated signal configuration information at the position of X time slots after the first DCI.

[0342] For example, the second time domain position is slot n+X, where slot n is the time slot position at which the UE receives the first DCI, and X can be a time slot number that is protocol default or high-layer configured.

[0343] (3) a position of Y time slots after a feedback time slot corresponding to the first DCI; where X and Y are positive integers.

[0344] In this embodiment, the feedback time slot corresponding to the first DCI is, for example, an Acknowledgment (ACK) / Negative Acknowledgment (NACK) feedback time slot corresponding to the first DCI. For example, the terminal receives the first DCI, and the first information field in the first DCI indicates the index of the updated signal configuration information. The terminal determines that the updated signal configuration information takes effect at the position of Y time slots after the ACK / NACK feedback time slot corresponding to the first DCI, which can also be understood as starting to use the updated signal configuration information at the position of Y time slots after the ACK / NACK feedback time slot corresponding to the first DCI.

[0345] In some embodiments, the first time domain position or the second time domain position includes one of the following:

[0346] a time domain position corresponding to a frame boundary of a first period in which the first DCI is located;

[0347] a position of X time slots after the first DCI;

[0348] a position of Y time slots after a feedback time slot corresponding to the first DCI;

[0349] wherein X, Y are positive integers.

[0350] In some embodiments, in a case where the updated signal configuration information is a subset of the pre-updated signal configuration information, the first time domain position or the second time domain position is a time domain position corresponding to a frame boundary of a first period in which the first DCI is located.

[0351] or,

[0352] In a case where the pre-updated signal configuration information is a subset of the updated signal configuration information, the first time domain position or the second time domain position is: a position of X slots after the first DCI, or a position of Y slots after a feedback slot corresponding to the first DCI.

[0353] In some embodiments, the first DCI can be a paging DCI, and the first information field can be a certain bit field in a short message field in the paging DCI, for example, the a-th bit in the short message which is not used, and the optional bit position a is {5, 6, 7, 8}. For example: for the case of pre-configuring one signal configuration information as a candidate, the 5th bit information is used, and setting to 1 represents that the pre-configured signal configuration information is activated, and setting to 0 represents that the pre-configured signal configuration information is deactivated. For another example: the 5th-6th bit information is used to indicate the index (or number) of the signal configuration information, wherein 00 represents no adaptive signal configuration information, 01 represents signal configuration information number 1, 10 represents signal configuration information number 2, and so on. The updated signal configuration information is indicated by the number.

[0354] As an optional embodiment, the receiving the first DCI comprises:

[0355] receiving the first DCI in a first period;

[0356] wherein, in a case where the length of the first period is less than the length of the system information update period, the first DCI is received at least once in each of the first periods.

[0357] In this embodiment, the terminal can receive the first DCI in a first period, and the length of the first period is N times the length of the paging period; wherein the value of N multiplexes the value of the system information update period coefficient, or the value of N is configured by the network side device, or the value of N is predefined.

[0358] For example: when the length of the first period is less than the length of the system information update period, the RRC_CONNECTED UE needs to listen to the paging information (i.e. the first DCI) at least once in each first period.

[0359] In some embodiments, the first DCI comprises at least one of:

[0360] 1) a paging DCI;

[0361] 2) a terminal-specific single-carrier scheduling DCI; for example, DCI 1_1 / DCI 1_2;

[0362] 3) a terminal-specific multi-carrier scheduling DCI; for example, DCI 1_3;

[0363] 4) a group-common DCI, for example, DCI 2_X.

[0364] In this embodiment, the first DCI can be a paging DCI, or can be other DCI, for example, the network side device can set the first information field in the paging DCI, or can set the first information field in other DCI, for indicating that the signal configuration information is updated or indicating the related information of the signal configuration information. In some embodiments, the network side device can also send multiple different types of DCI in one period for indicating that the signal configuration information is updated or indicating the related information of the signal configuration information.

[0365] In some embodiments, the first information field comprises:

[0366] In the case where the first DCI is a paging DCI, the first information field is X bits in the short message field, X is greater than or equal to 1;

[0367] Or,

[0368] In the case where the first DCI is other DCI than the paging DCI, the first information field is a newly added information field.

[0369] In this embodiment, if the first DCI is a paging DCI, multiple bits in the "short message" field in the paging DCI can be used as the first information field, for example, the 5th-8th bits in the short message field are used as the first information field to indicate that the signal configuration information is updated and / or the related information of the signal configuration information. For example: the a-th bit of the short message field in the paging DCI is used to indicate that the signal configuration information is updated, a optional bit position is {5, 6, 7, 8}, for example, the a-th bit is set to "1" to indicate that the signal configuration information is updated. Set to "0" indicates that the signal configuration information is not updated, or the UE can ignore this indication.

[0370] For example, the b bits in the 5-8 bits of the short message field in the paging DCI are used to indicate the number of the signal configuration information, or the activation / deactivation of the signal configuration information. For example, the 5th bit is set to 1 to represent the activation of the signal configuration information, and set to 0 to represent the deactivation of the signal configuration information.

[0371] If the first DCI is other than the paging DCI, such as terminal-specific single-carrier scheduling DCI, terminal-specific multi-carrier scheduling DCI, group-common DCI, etc., the signal configuration information update can be indicated by adding a new information field.

[0372] As an optional embodiment, if the first information field is used to indicate the index of the updated signal configuration information, the length of the first information field is determined according to the number of the signal configuration information.

[0373] Alternatively,

[0374] If the first information field is used to indicate the activation or deactivation of the signal configuration information, the length of the first information field is 1 bit.

[0375] Alternatively,

[0376] The length of the first information field is determined according to the high-level parameter configuration.

[0377] For example, the first DCI is terminal-specific single-carrier scheduling DCI, such as DCI 1_1 / DCI 1_2, and an M-bit first information field is added in the DCI. If the M bits are used to indicate the number of the updated signal configuration information, M can be determined according to the high-level configuration parameter, M=log_2(N+1), N is the number of signal configuration information configured by the network side device. If the M bits indicate the activation or deactivation of the signal configuration information, M=1.

[0378] For example, the first DCI is terminal-specific multi-carrier scheduling DCI, such as DCI 1_3, and a first information field is added in the DCI. For example, if each carrier CC corresponding to the first information field in the DCI 1_3 is corresponding to a first information field, the length of each CC corresponding to the first information field can be determined according to the content of the indication. For example, if the first information field is used to indicate the number of the updated signal configuration information, the length (M) of the first information field can be determined according to the high-level configuration parameter, M=log_2(N+1), N is the number of signal configuration information configured by the network side device. If the first information field indicates the activation or deactivation of the signal configuration information, M=1. If all the CCs scheduled by the DCI 1_3 correspond to a first information field, the first information field is a label in the high-level parameter configuration list, and the UE determines the signal configuration information corresponding to the label according to the high-level parameter configuration list.

[0379] For example, the first DCI is a group common DCI, such as DCI 2_X, and a first information field is added in the DCI. If a high layer configuration parameter (e.g., nesToAddModList) is provided, a service cell identity (ID) indicated by each cell is provided, and / or a starting bit position corresponding to the service cell is provided, and / or signal configuration information corresponding to the service cell is provided, i.e., the high layer configuration parameter provides {service cell ID, starting bit position, signal configuration information}. The length of the first information field corresponding to each service cell is determined according to the length of the first information field in the DCI is determined

[0380] If the high layer configuration parameter is the starting bit position of the service cell configuration in the DCI, i.e., each cell provides the starting position of the information block indicated by the corresponding information block, for each information block, 1 bit is used to indicate the activation or deactivation of the signal configuration information according to the protocol, and / or parameters for other purposes. This 1 bit can be placed at the beginning or the end of the information block. Alternatively, the length of the first information field in each information block and the corresponding indication information are determined by other configuration parameters.

[0381] As an optional embodiment, if the first DCI received by the terminal in the first period includes a paging DCI and a DCI other than the paging DCI, the signal configuration information satisfies a first condition;

[0382] The first condition includes one of the following:

[0383] The related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is the same as the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI;

[0384] If the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is different from the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI, the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the latest received DCI is valid;

[0385] If the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is different from the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI, the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is valid;

[0386] If the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is different from the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI, the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI is valid.

[0387] In this embodiment, if the terminal receives different types of DCI at the same time in the first period, such as paging DCI and terminal-specific single-carrier scheduling DCI, paging DCI and terminal-specific single-multiple-carrier scheduling DCI, paging DCI and group-common DCI, and the signal configuration information indicated by the two types of DCI is the same, it can also be understood that the UE does not expect to receive the signal configuration information indicated by the DCI scrambled by the P-RNTI and the DCI 1_1 / DCI 1_2 / DCI 1_3 / group-common DCI at the same time in the same first period to be different.

[0388] Alternatively, if the terminal receives different types of DCI at the same time in the first period, such as when the UE receives the signal configuration information indicated by the DCI scrambled by the P-RNTI and the DCI 1_1 / DCI 1_2 / DCI 1_3 / group-common DCI at the same time in the same first period to be different, the signal configuration information of the UE is determined according to the latest received DCI, or according to the DCI scrambled by the P-RNTI, or according to the DCI 1_1 / DCI 1_2 / DCI 1_3 / group-common DCI. The specific determination method can be pre-configured or pre-defined.

[0389] In some embodiments, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, if the terminal is an RRC idle state UE (RRC_IDLE UE) or a non-active state UE, the network side device can indicate the related information of the signal configuration information by adding a first information field in the paging DCI, that is, the UE in this case can obtain the update of the signal configuration information according to the first information field. If the terminal is an RRC connected state UE (RRC_CONNECTED UE), the network side device can indicate the related information of the signal configuration information by adding a first information field in other DCI.

[0390] The implementation process of the indication method of the configuration information of the embodiments of the present disclosure is illustrated below.

[0391] Example one, taking the indication of signal configuration information update through SIB1 as an example, illustrates the indication method of signal configuration information and the determination method of application time.

[0392] It is assumed that the common signal configuration for energy-saving UEs, i.e. the signal configuration information, is included in SIB1. For "signal configuration information", one or more of the following is included:

[0393] PRACH configuration, including parameters for configuring cell-level random access parameters, such as time-domain related parameters of PRACH and / or frequency-domain related parameters of PRACH;

[0394] Paging configuration, including parameters for configuring cell level paging, such as paging time domain related configuration parameters, including: paging cycle, and / or the number of paging subframes, and / or the number of POs in a PF;

[0395] SSB configuration, including parameters for configuring SSB, such as: SSB cycle, and / or SSB burst position parameters, etc.

[0396] Assuming that the base station transmits / receives common signals according to signal configuration information for energy-saving UEs and signal configuration information for non-energy-saving UEs, when the base station finds that the network traffic decreases or the number of UEs decreases, the base station notifies the energy-saving UEs in the cell range to deactivate or update the current first signal configuration information to other second signal configuration information through SIB1. The base station transmits paging DCI to indicate that the signal configuration information in SIB1 has changed, and transmits the second DCI to schedule SIB1 in the first time domain position.

[0397] The specific process is shown in FIG. 3: the base station transmits paging DCI (such as first DCI), and UE1 receives paging DCI (such as first DCI) on the corresponding PO. Among them, the Nth bit in the short message field in the paging DCI, N optional bit position is {5, 6, 7, 8} is used to indicate whether the signal configuration information is updated. For example, the protocol can stipulate that the 5th bit in the short message is used to indicate whether the signal configuration information is updated, if the bit is set to 1, it indicates “update”, if the bit is set to 0, it indicates “no update”.

[0398] It should be noted that the signal configuration information update does not trigger the traditional SI update process, that is, the first bit in the short message field in the paging DCI will not be set to “1” as a result.

[0399] The base station transmits a signal configuration information update indication on the PO in the first cycle 0, until the first time domain position t1, the base station starts to transmit SIB1 including the updated configuration of the signal configuration information and starts to apply the updated signal configuration information. UE1 starts to monitor the second DCI after the first time domain position t1, and receives SIB1 including the updated signal configuration information.

[0400] Specifically, the first time domain position t1 is the frame boundary of the first cycle 0 where the first DCI is located, and the length of the first cycle = N* paging cycle has the following several determination methods:

[0401] Candidate method 1: the length of the first cycle is the BCCH modification cycle length in the system information update configuration in the protocol, that is, the value of N is determined according to the modificationPeriodCoeff in the BCCH configuration.

[0402] Candidate method 2: the length of the first period is determined according to the first period configuration parameter N1 of the system information, which can be the same as or different from the N value configured by the BCCH. The value range of N can be {2, 4, 8, 16}, or {1, 2, 4, 8, 16}, or {1, 2, 3, 4}.

[0403] Candidate method 3: the length of the first period is N paging periods by default, for example, 1 paging period or 2 paging periods by default.

[0404] Candidate method 4: the first period configuration parameter N1 is a selected configuration parameter. If the base station provides the configuration of the first period configuration parameter N1, the length of the first period is determined according to the candidate method 2; if the base station does not provide the configuration of the first period configuration parameter N1, the length of the first period is determined according to the candidate method 1.

[0405] Candidate method 5: the first period configuration parameter N1 is a selected configuration parameter. If the base station provides the configuration of the first period configuration parameter N1, the length of the first period is determined according to the candidate method 2; if the base station does not provide the configuration information of the first period configuration parameter N1, the length of the first period is determined according to the candidate method 3.

[0406] In addition, when the length of the first period is less than the system information update period, the RRC_CONNECTED UE needs to listen to the paging information at least once in each first period. That is, when the length of the first period is less than the system information update period, the length of the first period has higher priority.

[0407] In some embodiments, the second DCI includes one of:

[0408] (1) When UE1 receives the DCI 1_0 scrambled by SI-RNTI and the system information indication field is set to 0, UE1 receives and decodes the signal configuration information in the SIB1 scheduled by this DCI.

[0409] (2) A second information field is added in the DCI 1_0 scrambled by SI-RNTI to indicate that the scheduled information is the updated signal configuration information. For example: when the second information field is 1, UE1 obtains the scheduled information as the updated signal configuration information.

[0410] (3) A DCI 1_0 scrambled by a new RNTI, for example, a DCI 1_0 scrambled by NES-RNTI, is introduced to indicate that the scheduled information is the updated signal configuration information. The information field in this DCI can include one or more of the following: time domain indication signaling, frequency domain indication signaling, VRB-to-PRB mapping, MCS indication field, RV field, and reserved bits.

[0411] In this embodiment, after the terminal receives the paging DCI, it can determine that the signal configuration information is updated according to the short message field in the paging DCI, then receives the second DCI at the first time domain position, and receives the SIB1 including the updated signal configuration information according to the second DCI. By setting the indication field for indicating the signal configuration information update in the paging DCI, the terminal can obtain the signal configuration information based on its own capability.

[0412] Example two, based on SIBX, indicating that the signal configuration information is updated.

[0413] This embodiment takes SIBX, for example, SIB26, as an example to indicate the signal configuration information update, and explains the indication method of the signal configuration information and the determination method of the application time.

[0414] It is assumed that the common signal configuration for energy-saving UEs, i.e. the signal configuration information, is included in SIB26. The signal configuration information includes one or more of the following:

[0415] PRACH configuration, including parameters for configuring cell-level random access, such as time-domain related parameters of PRACH and / or frequency-domain related parameters of PRACH;

[0416] Paging configuration, including parameters for configuring cell-level paging, such as paging time-domain related configuration parameters, including: paging cycle, and / or number of paging subframes, and / or number of POs in one PF;

[0417] SSB configuration, including parameters for configuring SSB, such as: SSB cycle, and / or SSB burst position parameters, etc.

[0418] UE1 determines the signal configuration information based on the configuration of the common signal in SIB1 and SIB26, such as the configuration of SSB, PRACH and paging message. The content of the signal configuration information in SIB1 can use traditional technology, and it is within the protection scope of the present disclosure to provide additional signal configuration information for UEs through SIB26.

[0419] When the signal configuration information provided by SIB26 in the network changes, the base station sends the paging DCI (such as the first DCI) to indicate that the signal configuration information in SIBX changes, and sends the second DCI to schedule SIB1 after the first time domain position.

[0420] The specific process is shown in FIG. 4: the base station sends a paging DCI (such as the first DCI), and UE1 receives the paging DCI (such as the first DCI) on the corresponding PO. Among them, the Nth bit in the short message field in the paging DCI, N optional bit positions are {5, 6, 7, 8}, which are used to indicate whether the signal configuration information in SIB26 is updated. For example: it can be stipulated that the 5th bit in the short message field is used to indicate whether the signal configuration information in SIB26 is updated, and if this bit is set to 1, it indicates "update", and if it is set to 0, it indicates "no update".

[0421] The base station sends a signal configuration information update indication on the PO in the first cycle 0 until the first time domain position t1, and the base station starts to send SIB26 including the updated configuration of the signal configuration information and starts to apply the updated signal configuration information. UE1 starts to monitor the second DCI after the first time domain position t1, and receives SIB1 including the updated signal configuration information.

[0422] In some embodiments, the first time domain position t1 is the frame boundary of the first cycle (i.e. the first cycle 0 in FIG. 4) where the paging DCI is located, and the length of the first cycle = N* paging cycle has the following determination methods:

[0423] Candidate method 1: the length of the first cycle is the BCCH modification cycle length in the system information update configuration in the multiplexing protocol, that is, the value of N is determined according to the modificationPeriodCoeff in the BCCH configuration.

[0424] Candidate method 2: the length of the first cycle is determined according to the first cycle configuration parameter N1 of the system information, and this N1 can be the same as or different from the value of N in the BCCH configuration. The value range of N can be {2, 4, 8, 16}, or {1, 2, 4, 8, 16}, or {1, 2, 3, 4}.

[0425] Candidate method 3: the length of the first cycle is defaulted to N paging cycles, for example, defaulted to 1 paging cycle or 2 paging cycles.

[0426] Candidate method 4: the first cycle configuration parameter N1 is a selected configuration parameter. If the base station provides configuration information of the first cycle configuration parameter N1, the length of the first cycle is determined according to candidate method 2; if the base station does not provide configuration information of the cycle configuration parameter N1, the length of the first cycle is determined according to candidate method 1.

[0427] Candidate method 5: the first cycle configuration parameter N1 is a selected configuration parameter. If the base station provides the configuration of the first cycle configuration parameter N1, the length of the first cycle is determined according to candidate method 2; if the base station does not provide the configuration of the cycle configuration parameter N1, the length of the first cycle is determined according to candidate method 3.

[0428] In addition, when the length of the first cycle is less than the system information update cycle, the RRC_CONNECTED UE needs to listen to the paging information at least once in each first cycle. That is, when the length of the first cycle is less than the system information update cycle, the length of the first cycle has higher priority.

[0429] In some embodiments, the second DCI includes:

[0430] (1) When UE1 receives the DCI 1_0 scrambled by SI-RNTI and the system information indication field is set to 1, UE1 receives and decodes the signal configuration information in the SIB26 scheduled by this DCI.

[0431] (2) A second information field is added in the DCI 1_0 scrambled by SI-RNTI to indicate the scheduling of the updated signal configuration information. For example, when the second information field is 1, the scheduling information obtained by UE1 is the updated channel configuration information.

[0432] (3) A DCI 1_0 scrambled by a new RNTI, for example, a DCI 1_0 scrambled by NES-RNTI, is introduced to indicate the scheduling of the updated signal configuration information. The information field in this DCI can include one or more of the following: time domain indication signaling, frequency domain indication signaling, VRB-to-PRB mapping, MCS indication field, RV field, and reserved bits.

[0433] In this embodiment, after the terminal receives the paging DCI, it can determine that the signal configuration information is updated according to the short message field in the paging DCI, then receives the second DCI in the first time domain position, and receives the SIB26 including the updated signal configuration information according to the second DCI. By setting the indication field for indicating the update of the signal configuration information in the paging DCI, the terminal can obtain the signal configuration information based on its own capability.

[0434] Example three, indicating the signal configuration information based on the paging DCI.

[0435] This embodiment takes the paging DCI indicating the signal configuration information as an example to illustrate the indication method of the signal configuration information and the determination method of the application time.

[0436] Assume that the base station configures one or more sets of signal configuration information for the UE through high layer signaling, such as SIB1 or other SIBs. If the base station provides more than one set of signal configuration information, each set of configuration has a corresponding configuration index. Each set of signal configuration information can use the parameter configuration method in Example 1 or Example 2.

[0437] When the base station wants to change the signal configuration information due to changes in network load, the base station sends a paging DCI (such as the first DCI) to indicate the activation / deactivation of the signal configuration information, or to indicate the index of the updated signal configuration information, and the updated signal configuration information takes effect after the second time domain position.

[0438] The specific process is shown in FIG. 5: the base station sends a paging DCI (such as the first DCI), and UE1 receives the paging DCI (such as the first DCI) on the corresponding PO. The indication method of the paging DCI includes:

[0439] Method 1: If the base station can only provide one set of signal configuration information, the paging DCI can be used to indicate the activation / deactivation state of the signal configuration information. Specifically, the Nth bit in the short message field of the paging DCI can be used, N can be selected from 5 to 8 bits, for example: the 5th bit in the short message field of the paging DCI is used to indicate the activation or deactivation of the signal configuration information, and the bit is set to 1 to represent activation and set to 0 to represent deactivation.

[0440] Method 2: If the base station can provide M sets of signal configuration information, M is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and M is predefined or based on base station configuration. Use the bit in the reserved bits (such as 5-8 bits) in the short message field of the paging DCI for indication. For example, if the base station provides 3 sets of signal configuration information, a total of 2 bits are needed for indication, and the 5th and 6th bits in the short message field are used to indicate the updated signal configuration information, as shown in Table 4 below.

[0441] Table 4: 5th and 6th bits in the short message field indicate the updated signal configuration information:

[0442] As shown in FIG. 5, the base station sends the updated signal configuration information on the PO in the first cycle 0, and until the second time domain position t2, the base station and the UE start to apply the indicated signal configuration information. The second time domain position is the frame boundary of the first cycle where the paging DCI is located, and the length of the first cycle = N* paging cycle includes the following determination methods:

[0443] Candidate method 1: The length of the first period is the BCCH modification period length in the system information update configuration in the length multiplexing protocol, i.e. the value of N is determined according to the modificationPeriodCoeff in the BCCH configuration.

[0444] Candidate method 2: The length of the first period is determined according to the first period configuration parameter N1 of the system information, which can be the same as or different from the value of N in the BCCH configuration. The value range of N can be {2, 4, 8, 16}, or {1, 2, 4, 8, 16}, or {1, 2, 3, 4}.

[0445] Candidate method 3: The length of the first period is N paging periods by default, for example, 1 paging period or 2 paging periods by default.

[0446] Candidate method 4: The first period configuration parameter N1 is a selected configuration parameter. If the base station provides the configuration of the first period configuration parameter N1, the length of the first period is determined according to candidate method 2; if the base station does not provide the configuration of the period configuration parameter N1, the length of the first period is determined according to candidate method 1.

[0447] Candidate method 5: The first period configuration parameter N1 is a selected configuration parameter. If the base station provides the configuration of the first period configuration parameter N1, the length of the first period is determined according to candidate method 2; if the base station does not provide the configuration of the period configuration parameter N1, the length of the first period is determined according to candidate method 3.

[0448] In addition, when the length of the first period is less than the system information update period, the RRC_CONNECTED UE needs to listen to the paging information at least once in each first period. That is, when the length of the first period is less than the system information update period, the length of the first period has higher priority.

[0449] In this embodiment, after the terminal receives the paging DCI, the updated signal configuration information can be determined according to the short message field in the paging DCI, and the updated signal configuration information can be applied in the second time domain position. By setting the indication field for indicating the signal configuration information in the paging DCI, the terminal can obtain the signal configuration information based on its own capability.

[0450] Example four, indicating signal configuration information based on UE-specific DCI / group-common DCI / MAC CE

[0451] This embodiment takes UE-specific DCI / group-common DCI / MAC CE, such as DCI 1_1 / 1_2 / 1_3 / 2_X / MAC CE, as an example to indicate signal configuration information, and explains the indication method of signal configuration information and the determination method of application time.

[0452] Assume that the base station configures a set or multiple sets of signal configuration information for the UE through high-layer signaling, such as SIB1 or other SIBs, or RRC signaling. If the base station provides more than one set of signal configuration information, the parameter configuration method in each of the examples in the above embodiment is used.

[0453] When the base station wants to change the signal configuration information due to changes in the load in the network, the base station sends UE-specific DCI (such as the first DCI) to indicate the activation / deactivation or updated signal configuration information index of the signal configuration information, and the updated signal configuration information starts to take effect after the second time domain position. The specific process is as follows:

[0454] The base station sends UE-specific DCI, and UE1 receives the UE-specific DCI on the corresponding MO. The updated signal configuration information is indicated by the UE-specific DCI in the following methods:

[0455] Method 1: Introduce a first information field in DCI 1_1 / DCI 1_2. If the base station can only provide one set of signal configuration information, the first information field is 1 bit, for example, the information field is set to 1 to represent activation, and set to 0 to represent deactivation or deactivation. If the base station can provide M sets of signal configuration information, M is an integer value greater than or equal to 1, and M is predefined or based on the base station configuration, then the length of the first information field is bits. For example, the base station provides 3 sets of signal configuration information, which requires 2 bits for indication, and the updated signal configuration information is indicated by 2 bits as shown in Table 5.

[0456] Table 5: 2-bit indication of updated signal configuration information in DCI 1_1 / DCI 1_2:

[0457] Method 2: Introduce a first information field in DCI 1_3.

[0458] Method 2-1: In DCI 1_3, each scheduled carrier corresponds to an independent first information field, and each independent first information field is determined in the manner of the first information field in Method 1. The length of the first information field of all carriers is

[0459] For example, DCI 1_3 schedules 4 carriers, there is 1 set of signal configuration information on carrier 1, and there are 3 sets of signal configuration information on carriers 2-4, then there are M = 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 7 bits in total for indicating the signal configuration information on each carrier.

[0460] Method 2-2: In DCI 1_3, all CCs correspond to one first information field, where the first information field is the index in the higher layer parameter configuration list, and the UE determines the signal configuration information corresponding to the index on each CC according to the higher layer parameter configuration.

[0461] For example, DCI 1_3 schedules 3 carriers, and there are 3 sets of configuration information on each carrier. The table provided by the higher layer for DCI 1_3 has 8 indexes, and the configuration corresponding to each index is shown in Table 6. When the first information field in DCI 1_3 is indicated as index = 5, then CC1 applies signal configuration information #1, CC2 applies signal configuration information #0, and CC3 applies signal configuration information #3.

[0462] Table 6: Signal configuration information configured by higher layer

[0463] Method 3: Introduce a first information field in group common DCI.

[0464] Method 3-1: Provide the service cell ID indicated by each cell and / or the starting bit position corresponding to the information field of this service cell and / or the signal configuration information corresponding to this service cell through the first higher layer configuration parameter (for example, nesToAddModList), that is, the information provided by the first higher layer configuration parameter includes {service cell ID, starting bit position, signal configuration information}.

[0465] Assuming that nesToAddModList includes 3 service cells, which are cell#1, cell#2, and cell#3, and the cell-level-based configuration is {cell#1, 0th bit, 3 signal configuration information}, {cell#2, 2th bit, 1 signal configuration information}, and {cell#3, 3th bit, 2 signal configuration information}, respectively. The UE can determine that the DCI includes 3 cell-level indication fields based on the higher layer configuration parameter, the first indication field is used to indicate cell#1 and has a length of The second indication field is used to indicate cell#2 and has a length of The third indication field is used to indicate cell#3 and has a length of The three indication fields are concatenated according to the starting bit position in the high layer configuration parameter; or, if the high layer does not provide the starting bit position, the concatenation is performed in the order of the carrier ID from small to large.

[0466] The above method can be applied to DCI 2_0 / 1 / 4 / 5 / 7 / 8, or a new DCI format, such as DCI 2_10, is introduced.

[0467] Method 3-2: The starting bit position in the DCI is configured for the serving cell by a second configuration parameter, i.e., the starting position of the information block indication is provided for each cell.

[0468] For each information block:

[0469] According to the protocol, a 1-bit indication signal configuration information is activated or deactivated, and / or parameters for other purposes. And this 1-bit can be placed at the beginning or the end of the information block. For example, the base station configures the starting bit of the information block corresponding to cell#1 as the first bit, the starting bit of the information block corresponding to cell#2 as the fourth bit, and the starting bit of the information block corresponding to cell#3 as the eighth bit. For UE, the starting bit of the information block corresponding to cell#1 is 1, which includes the 1-bit indication field at the beginning or the end to determine the signal configuration information. The starting bit of the information block corresponding to cell#2 is the third bit, which includes the 1-bit indication field at the beginning or the end to determine the signal configuration information, and so on.

[0470] Or, the length of the information field in each information block and the corresponding indication information are determined by a third configuration parameter. For example, the base station configures the starting bit of the information block corresponding to cell#1 as the first bit and corresponding to 3 signal configuration information, the starting bit of the information block corresponding to cell#2 as the fourth bit and corresponding to 1 signal configuration information, and the starting bit of the information block corresponding to cell#3 as the eighth bit and corresponding to 2 signal configuration information. For UE, the starting bit of the information block corresponding to cell#1 is 1, which includes a 2-bit indication field to determine the signal configuration information. The starting bit of the information block corresponding to cell#2 is the third bit, which includes a 1-bit indication field to determine the signal configuration information, and so on.

[0471] The above method can be applied to DCI 2_2 / 3 / 9, or a new DCI format, such as DCI 2_10, is introduced.

[0472] Method 4: A first information field is introduced in the MAC CE to indicate the signal configuration information. For example: the signal configuration information on each cell is indicated by a first parameter, and the activation / deactivation / application of the signal configuration information on each cell is indicated by the MAC CE.

[0473] For example, based on UE capability, each cell provides at most 8 sets of signal configuration information, then 8 indication fields in MAC CE correspond to each cell. For cell#1, the base station provides 3 sets of signal configuration information; for cell#2, the base station provides 2 sets of signal configuration information; for cell#3, the base station provides 1 set of signal configuration information. The 1st set of signal configuration information of cell#1 in MAC CE is indicated as active state, the 1st set of signal configuration information of cell#2 is indicated as active state, and the 2nd set of signal configuration information of cell#3 is indicated as active state. Then the UE can determine the active state of the signal configuration information on each cell according to the indication in MAC CE.

[0474] The base station indicates the state of the signal configuration information on the PO in the first period until the second time domain position t2, and the base station and the UE start to apply the indicated signal configuration information.

[0475] Specifically, the determination method of the second time domain position t2 includes:

[0476] Method 1: The base station needs to configure the first period parameter for the UE, where the first period can be determined by the base station configuration or specified as the same as the paging period on the cell where the DCI is located. In addition, the base station needs to configure the second extension parameter, where N is an integer value configured by the higher layer. As shown in FIG. 6.

[0477] For example: The configuration of the same as the paging period on the cell where the DCI is located and the configuration of N include that the base station uses group-common DCI or MAC CE to indicate the application of the signal configuration information on cell#1, cell#2 and cell#3 on the PCell, and the base station configures the first period as 16 subframes and the second extension parameter as 2. Then the terminal needs to apply the indicated signal configuration information at the position of t2 mod 32rf=0 after receiving the group-common DCI or MAC CE.

[0478] For example: According to the direct configuration of the first period length according to the higher layer configuration, the base station uses group-common DCI or MAC CE to indicate the application of the signal configuration information on cell#1, cell#2 and cell#3 on the PCell, and the base station configures the first period as 20 subframes. Then the terminal needs to apply the indicated signal configuration information at the position of t2 mod 20rf=0 after receiving the group-common DCI or MAC CE.

[0479] Method 2: The second time domain position is slot n+X, where slot n is the time slot in which the UE receives the downlink DCI or the scheduling configuration information DCI, or the time slot in which the ACK / NACK feedback corresponding to the DCI is performed, and X is a time slot that is protocol default or is configured by a higher layer.

[0480] Method 2-1: Assuming that the base station uses a group-common DCI to indicate the activation / deactivation / index of the signal configuration information, the signal configuration information indicated in the DCI takes effect at slot n+X, where n is the time slot in which the UE receives the DCI, and X is a time slot interval that is set based on the UE capability or the subcarrier spacing of the cell. As shown in FIG. 7.

[0481] Method 2-2: Assuming that the base station uses a UE-specific DCI or a MAC CE to indicate the activation / deactivation / index of the signal configuration information, the signal configuration information indicated in the DCI takes effect at slot n+X, where n is the first DL time slot number corresponding to the ACK / NACK feedback after the UE receives the DCI, and X is a time slot interval that is set based on the UE capability or the subcarrier spacing of the cell. As shown in FIG. 8.

[0482] In this embodiment, after the terminal receives the DCI, the terminal can determine the updated signal configuration information according to the newly added indication field in the DCI, and the updated signal configuration information takes effect at the second time domain position. By setting the indication field for indicating the signal configuration information in the DCI, the terminal can obtain the signal configuration information based on its own capability.

[0483] Example Five, application condition of the first time domain position or the second time domain position.

[0484] When the signal configuration information before the update is a subset of the signal configuration information after the update, the determination manner of the first time domain position or the second time domain position is:

[0485] Assuming that the base station provides the terminal with a set of legacy PRACH configurations and a set of additional PRACH configurations for NES, the base station can use the scheme related in the embodiments of the present disclosure to indicate the activation / deactivation of the additional PRACH configurations.

[0486] State 1: Indicating "activation", the UE can apply the legacy PRACH configurations and the additional PRACH configurations, i.e., the signal configuration information before the update is a subset of the signal configuration information after the update, i.e., the case of increasing resources;

[0487] State 2: Indicating "deactivation", the UE can only use the legacy PRACH configurations, i.e., the case of reducing resources;

[0488] Assuming that the base station adopts the indication method in example one / example two / example three / instance four, taking example three as an example:

[0489] When the paging DCI indication signal configuration information is "activated state", the second time domain position can be determined by the method of slot n+X, where slot n is the time slot of receiving the downlink DCI, and X is the time interval determined based on the UE capability or configured by the higher layer.

[0490] When the paging DCI indication signal configuration information is "deactivated state", the second time domain position can be determined in the manner described in example three.

[0491] For the case where the updated signal configuration information is a subset of the signal configuration information before the update, the first time domain position or the second time domain position is the time domain position corresponding to the frame boundary of the first period in which the terminal receives the DCI.

[0492] This embodiment will not repeat the specific determination method of the first time domain position or the second time domain position.

[0493] Example six, UE receives two types of DCI at the same time.

[0494] As shown in FIG. 9, assuming that the UE receives a first DCI, i.e. a DCI scrambled by P-RNTI, in the first period 0, for indicating signal configuration information, and receives a second DCI, e.g. DCI 1_1 / 1_2 / 1_3 / 2_X, in the first period 0, for indicating signal configuration information.

[0495] Scheme 1: The signal configuration information indicated by the first DCI and the second DCI sent by the network side device in the same first period 0 is the same through the protocol.

[0496] For example: the first DCI indicates that the additional PRACH configuration is activated state, and the second DCI indicates that the additional PRACH configuration is also activated state. If the additional PRACH configuration indicated by the second DCI is deactivated state, it is considered as network error indication, at this time, the UE can determine the signal configuration information according to any indication.

[0497] Scheme 2: the UE selects the signal configuration information indicated by the latest received DCI as the effective indication according to the time sequence of receiving the two DCIs in the first period. According to the above scenario, the UE selects the signal configuration information indicated by the second DCI as the effective indication.

[0498] Scheme 3: The UE always takes the signal configuration information in the paging DCI in the first cycle as the effective indication. According to the above scenario, the UE takes the signal configuration information indicated by the first DCI as the effective indication. Or the protocol stipulates that the DCI 1_1 / DCI 1_2 / DCI 1_3 / group-common DCI is the effective indication, and then the UE takes the signal configuration information indicated by the second DCI as the effective indication.

[0499] Scheme 4: The RRC_CONNECTED UE receives the paging DCI and considers that the signal configuration information indicated by the DCI is not effective. Then according to the above scenario, the UE takes the signal configuration information indicated by the second DCI as the effective indication.

[0500] Embodiments of the present disclosure define a first information field in the first DCI, which is used to indicate that the signal configuration information is updated or to indicate the related information of the signal configuration information. After receiving the first DCI, the terminal can obtain the content of the signal configuration information indicated by the first information field by decoding the first information field. Other terminals do not have the ability to decode the first information field, and can ignore the information, thereby avoiding resource waste.

[0501] As shown in FIG. 10, the embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a method for indicating configuration information, applied to a network side device, comprising:

[0502] Step 1001: The network side device sends a first DCI, wherein the first DCI includes a first information field, and the first information field is used to indicate one of the following:

[0503] The signal configuration information is updated;

[0504] The related information of the signal configuration information.

[0505] In this embodiment, a special information field related to configuration information update is defined in the first DCI, which is used to indicate that the signal configuration is updated or to indicate the updated signal configuration information. The first information field can be an information field that already exists in the first DCI but is not used, or can be a newly added information field.

[0506] Wherein, the first information field can indicate that the signal configuration information is updated, and after receiving the first DCI, the terminal can determine that the signal configuration information is updated by decoding the first information field, and can determine whether to receive the updated signal configuration information according to the requirement.

[0507] The first information field can also directly indicate the related information of the signal configuration information, for example, the first information field directly indicates the index of the updated signal configuration information, or indicates the activated signal configuration information, or indicates the deactivated signal configuration information. Then the terminal can determine whether the signal configuration information is updated according to the indication of the first information field, and can determine the updated signal configuration information.

[0508] In some embodiments, the first information field can be pre-configured, and the terminal and the network side device can know the position and other information of the first information field for indicating the update of the signal configuration information and / or the related information of the signal configuration information. In some embodiments, the terminal capable of decoding the first information field is a terminal with network energy saving (NES) capability, for example, if the network side device configures the terminal with the parameters related to the first information field, and the UE has the capability of decoding the first information field, the UE can obtain the indication content of the first information field after receiving the first DCI. The legacy UE does not have the capability of decoding the first information field and / or the network side device does not configure the legacy UE with the parameters related to the first information field, so the legacy UE ignores the first information field after receiving the first DCI.

[0509] The signal configuration information is related information for ensuring the normal work of the terminal under network coverage, and in some embodiments, the signal configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0510] 1) Physical random access channel (PRACH) configuration information; the signal configuration information can include PRACH configuration parameters configured for terminals with network energy saving capability, or additional PRACH configuration parameters, such as additional PRACH configuration, additional PRACH configuration index, additional parameters for determining PRACH time domain and / or frequency domain resources, etc.

[0511] 2) Paging configuration information; the signal configuration information includes paging parameters or additional paging parameters configured for terminals with network energy saving capability, such as paging cycle, number of paging frames, number of paging occasions, etc.

[0512] 3) Synchronization signal block (SSB) configuration information. The signal configuration information includes SSB parameters configured for terminals with network energy saving capability, such as SSB cycle, position of SSB in burst, etc.

[0513] Embodiments of the present disclosure define a first information field in the first DCI, which is used to indicate that the signal configuration information is updated or the related information of the signal configuration information. After receiving the first DCI, the terminal can obtain the content of the signal configuration information indicated by the first information field by decoding the first information field. If the terminal does not have the capability to decode the first information field, the terminal can ignore the information, thereby avoiding resource waste.

[0514] In some embodiments, the first DCI in the embodiments of the present disclosure can also be replaced by a MAC CE, and the MAC CE includes the first information field, which is used to indicate at least one of the following: the signal configuration information is updated; the related information of the signal configuration information. Adding the first information field in the MCE CE indicates the signal configuration information applied to the current carrier or other carriers.

[0515] As an optional embodiment, the method further comprises:

[0516] If the first information field indicates that the signal configuration information is updated, a second DCI is sent at a first time domain position, and the second DCI is used to schedule the signal configuration information;

[0517] The updated signal configuration information is sent.

[0518] In this embodiment, the terminal receives the first DCI, and if the first information field in the first DCI indicates that the signal configuration information is updated, the network side device sends a second DCI at a first time domain position, and the terminal can start listening and receiving the second DCI at the first time domain position, and the second DCI is used to schedule the updated signal configuration information.

[0519] The first time domain position is a pre-configured or pre-defined position, and after the terminal determines that the signal configuration information is updated according to the first DCI, the terminal can start listening to the second DCI at the first time domain position and receive the updated signal configuration information. The updated signal configuration information can be carried by system information, such as SIB1 or a new SIB26.

[0520] In some embodiments, the first DCI can be a paging DCI, and the first information field can be a certain bit field in the short message field in the paging DCI, such as the a-th bit in the short message which is not used, and the optional bit position a is {5, 6, 7, 8}.

[0521] In some embodiments, the first information field is only used to indicate the terminal with network energy saving capability, and / or the terminal configured with the parameters related to the first information field, and / or the terminal with the capability to decode the first information field. If the terminal is another terminal (such as a legacy UE), the indication field can be ignored.

[0522] As an optional embodiment, the first time domain position comprises one of the following:

[0523] (1) a time domain position corresponding to a frame boundary of a first period in which the first DCI is located;

[0524] In some embodiments, the length of the first period is N times the length of a paging cycle.

[0525] wherein the value of N is multiplexed with the value of a modification period coefficient (modificationPeriodCoeff) of system information, or the value of N is configured by a network side device, or the value of N is predefined.

[0526] In this embodiment, the first time domain position can be a frame boundary of the first period in which the first DCI is located. For example, in the case that the terminal receives the first DCI and the first information field in the first DCI indicates that the signal configuration information is updated, the terminal can start monitoring the second DCI at the frame boundary of the first period and receive the updated signal configuration information.

[0527] wherein the first period is a preconfigured or predefined period, and the length of the first period can be N*pagingcycle, wherein pagingcycle is a paging cycle provided by system information. N can be multiplexed as a parameter modificationPeriodCoeff configured by system information; or the network side device separately configures N, for example, the value range of N is configured as {2, 4, 8, 16}, or the value range of N is configured as {1, 2, 4, 8, 16}, or the value range of N is configured as {1, 2, 3, 4}. N can also be a predefined parameter, for example, the default value is 1 or 2.

[0528] In some embodiments, if the network side device configures the parameter N, the terminal can determine the length of the first period by using the parameter N configured by the network side; otherwise, the terminal multiplexes modificationPeriodCoeff or a predefined N value to determine the length of the first period.

[0529] In this embodiment, after the terminal receives the first DCI, if the first information field indicates that the signal configuration information is updated, the terminal can receive the second DCI at the frame boundary of the first period in which the first DCI is located, and receive the updated signal configuration information based on the second DCI.

[0530] (2) a position of X time slots after the first DCI;

[0531] In this embodiment, the terminal can start receiving the second DCI at a position X time slots after the first DCI, for example, the first time domain position is slot n+X, where slot n is the time slot position at which the UE receives the first DCI, and X can be a number of time slots that is protocol default or configured by a higher layer.

[0532] In some embodiments, the second DCI includes at least one of the following:

[0533] 1) DCI scrambled by an SI-RNTI, the DCI scrambled by the SI-RNTI including a second information field used to indicate that the second DCI is used to schedule updated signal configuration information;

[0534] 2) DCI scrambled by another RNTI, the DCI scrambled by the other RNTI being used to schedule updated signal configuration information.

[0535] In this embodiment, the network side device indicates that signal configuration information is updated through a first information field of a first DCI, and sends a second DCI at a first time domain position, which can be a DCI 1_0 scrambled by an SI-RNTI, for example, M bits are introduced in the DCI 1_0 to indicate that the DCI 1_0 is used to schedule updated signal configuration information.

[0536] The second DCI can also be a DCI scrambled by another RNTI (such as a new RNTI), for example, a DCI 1_0 scrambled by an NES-RNTI. In this case, the second DCI can include one or more of time domain indication signaling, frequency domain indication signaling, VRB-to-PRB mapping, MCS indication field, RV field, and reserved bits.

[0537] As an optional embodiment, if the first information field is used to indicate related information of signal configuration information, the updated signal configuration information takes effect at a second time domain position;

[0538] The related information of the signal configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0539] An index corresponding to the updated signal configuration information;

[0540] Activation of signal configuration information;

[0541] Deactivation of signal configuration information.

[0542] In this embodiment, the network-side device sends the first DCI. If the first information field of the first DCI indicates the related information of the signal configuration information, for example, indicates the index corresponding to the updated signal configuration information, it is considered that the updated signal configuration information takes effect at the second time domain position, and it can also be understood that the terminal can start using the updated signal configuration information at the second time domain position.

[0543] In some embodiments, the method further comprises: sending M signal configuration information to the terminal, M being greater than or equal to 1; wherein when M is greater than or equal to 2, each of the signal configuration information has a corresponding index.

[0544] In this embodiment, the network-side device can pre-configure one or more signal configuration information as candidates for the terminal. When multiple signal configuration information are configured, each of the signal configuration information has a corresponding index (or number). When the network-side device sends the first DCI, it can directly indicate the index of the updated signal configuration information in the first information field, and the terminal can determine the updated signal configuration information according to the index.

[0545] Alternatively, the first information field can directly indicate the activated signal configuration information, and the terminal considers that the activated signal configuration information is the updated signal configuration information. Alternatively, the first information field can also directly indicate the activation or deactivation state. For example, the network-side device only pre-configures one signal configuration information as a candidate, and can indicate activation in the first information field of the first DCI. The terminal determines that the pre-configured signal configuration information is activated, and the signal configuration information is the updated signal configuration information. Alternatively, the first information field of the first DCI indicates deactivation, and the terminal determines that the current signal configuration information is deactivated, and the pre-configured signal configuration information is the updated signal configuration information.

[0546] In some embodiments, the second time domain position includes one of the following:

[0547] (1) the time domain position corresponding to the frame boundary of the first period of the first DCI;

[0548] In some embodiments, the length of the first period is N times the length of the paging period.

[0549] Wherein, the value of N is reused the value of modificationPeriodCoeff, or the value of N is configured by the network-side device, or the value of N is predefined.

[0550] In this embodiment, the second time domain position can be a frame boundary of a first period in which the first DCI is located. For example, the network-side device transmits the first DCI, and a first information field in the first DCI indicates an index of the updated signal configuration information. The terminal determines that the updated signal configuration information takes effect at the frame boundary of the first period, which can also be understood as that the updated signal configuration information is used starting from the frame boundary of the first period. The determination method of the length of the first period is not described herein.

[0551] (2) a position of X time slots after the first DCI;

[0552] For example, the network-side device transmits the first DCI, and a first information field in the first DCI indicates an index of the updated signal configuration information. The terminal determines that the updated signal configuration information takes effect at a position of X time slots after the first DCI, which can also be understood as that the updated signal configuration information is used starting from the position of X time slots after the first DCI.

[0553] For example, the second time domain position is slot n+X, where slot n is a time slot position at which the UE receives the first DCI, and X can be a time slot number that is protocol-default or high-layer configured.

[0554] (3) a position of Y time slots after a feedback time slot corresponding to the first DCI; where X and Y are positive integers.

[0555] In this embodiment, the feedback time slot corresponding to the first DCI is, for example, an ACK / NACK feedback time slot corresponding to the first DCI. For example, the network-side device transmits the first DCI, and a first information field in the first DCI indicates an index of the updated signal configuration information. The terminal determines that the updated signal configuration information takes effect at a position of Y time slots after the ACK / NACK feedback time slot corresponding to the first DCI, which can also be understood as that the updated signal configuration information is used starting from the position of Y time slots after the ACK / NACK feedback time slot corresponding to the first DCI.

[0556] In some embodiments, the first time domain position or the second time domain position includes one of the following:

[0557] a time domain position corresponding to a frame boundary of a first period in which the first DCI is located;

[0558] a position of X time slots after the first DCI;

[0559] a position of Y time slots after a feedback time slot corresponding to the first DCI;

[0560] where X and Y are positive integers.

[0561] In some embodiments, in a case where the updated signal configuration information is a subset of the pre-updated signal configuration information, the first time domain position or the second time domain position is a time domain position corresponding to a frame boundary of a first period in which the first DCI is located.

[0562] Alternatively,

[0563] In a case where the pre-updated signal configuration information is a subset of the updated signal configuration information, the first time domain position or the second time domain position is: a position of X time slots after the first DCI, or a position of Y time slots after a feedback time slot corresponding to the first DCI.

[0564] As an optional embodiment, the first DCI includes at least one of the following:

[0565] 1) a paging DCI;

[0566] 2) a terminal-specific single-carrier scheduling DCI; for example, DCI 1_1 / DCI 1_2;

[0567] 3) a terminal-specific multi-carrier scheduling DCI; for example, DCI 1_3;

[0568] 4) a group-common DCI; for example, DCI 2_X.

[0569] In this embodiment, the first DCI can be a paging DCI, or can be other DCIs. For example, the network side device can set a first information field in the paging DCI, or can set the first information field in other DCIs, to indicate that the signal configuration information is updated or to indicate the related information of the signal configuration information. In some embodiments, the network side device can also send multiple DCIs of different types in a period to indicate that the signal configuration information is updated or to indicate the related information of the signal configuration information.

[0570] In some embodiments, the first information field includes:

[0571] In a case where the first DCI is a paging DCI, the first information field is X bits in a short message field, X being greater than or equal to 1;

[0572] Alternatively,

[0573] In a case where the first DCI is other than a paging DCI, the first information field is a newly added information field.

[0574] In this embodiment, if the first DCI is a paging DCI, multiple bits in the "short message" field of the paging DCI can be used as the first information field, for example, the 5th-8th bits in the short message field are used as the first information field to indicate that the signal configuration information is updated and / or the related information of the signal configuration information.

[0575] If the first DCI is other DCI than the paging DCI, such as terminal-specific single-carrier scheduling DCI, terminal-specific multi-carrier scheduling DCI, group-common DCI, etc., a new information field can be added to indicate the signal configuration information update.

[0576] As an optional embodiment, if the first information field is used to indicate the index corresponding to the updated signal configuration information, the length of the first information field is determined according to the number of the signal configuration information.

[0577] Or,

[0578] If the first information field is used to indicate the activation of the signal configuration information or the deactivation of the signal configuration information, the length of the first information field is 1 bit.

[0579] Or,

[0580] The length of the first information field is determined according to the high-level parameter configuration.

[0581] For example, the first DCI is terminal-specific single-carrier scheduling DCI, such as DCI 1_1 / DCI 1_2, an M-bit first information field is added in the DCI, if the M bits are used to indicate the number of the updated signal configuration information, M can be determined according to the high-level configuration parameter, M=log_2(N+1), N is the number of the signal configuration information configured by the network side device. If the M bits indicate the activation or deactivation of the signal configuration information, M=1.

[0582] For another example, the first DCI is terminal-specific multi-carrier scheduling DCI, such as DCI 1_3, a first information field is added in the DCI, for example, if each carrier CC corresponding to the DCI 1_3 corresponds to a first information field, the length of each CC corresponding to the first information field can be determined according to the indicated content, for example, if the first information field is used to indicate the number of the updated signal configuration information, the length (M) of the first information field can be determined according to the high-level configuration parameter, M=log_2(N+1), N is the number of the signal configuration information configured by the network side device. If the first information field indicates the activation or deactivation of the signal configuration information, M=1. If all the CCs scheduled by the DCI 1_3 correspond to a first information field, the first information field is the label in the high-level parameter configuration list, and the UE determines the signal configuration information corresponding to the label according to the high-level parameter configuration list.

[0583] For example, the first DCI is a group common DCI, such as DCI 2_X, and a first information field is added in the DCI. If a high-layer configuration parameter (e.g., nesToAddModList) is provided, a service cell ID indicated by each cell is provided, and / or a starting bit position corresponding to the service cell is provided, and / or signal configuration information corresponding to the service cell is provided, i.e., the high-layer configuration parameter provides {service cell ID, starting bit position, signal configuration information}. The length of the first information field corresponding to each service cell is determined according to the length of the first information field in the DCI is determined

[0584] If the high-layer configuration parameter is the starting bit position of the service cell configuration in the DCI, i.e., each cell provides the starting position of the information block indicated by the corresponding information block, for each information block, 1 bit is used to indicate the activation or deactivation of the signal configuration information according to the protocol, and / or parameters for other purposes. The 1 bit can be placed at the starting 1 bit or the last 1 bit of the information block. Alternatively, the length of the first information field in each information block and the corresponding indication information are determined by other configuration parameters.

[0585] As an optional embodiment, if the first DCI sent by the network side device in the first period includes a paging DCI and a DCI other than the paging DCI, the signal configuration information satisfies a first condition;

[0586] The first condition includes one of the following:

[0587] The related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is the same as the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI;

[0588] If the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is different from the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI, the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the latest sent DCI is valid;

[0589] If the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is different from the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI, the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is valid;

[0590] If the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is different from the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI, the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI is valid.

[0591] In this embodiment, if the network side device simultaneously transmits different types of DCI in the first period, such as paging DCI and terminal-specific single-carrier scheduling DCI, paging DCI and terminal-specific single-multiple-carrier scheduling DCI, paging DCI and group-common DCI, and the like, the signal configuration information indicated by the two types of DCI is the same, which can also be understood as that the UE does not expect that the signal configuration information indicated by the DCI scrambled by the P-RNTI and the DCI 1_1 / DCI 1_2 / DCI 1_3 / group-common DCI received in the same first period is different.

[0592] Alternatively, if the network side device simultaneously transmits different types of DCI in the first period, the signal configuration information of the UE is determined according to the latest received DCI, or is determined according to the DCI scrambled by the P-RNTI, or is determined according to the DCI 1_1 / DCI 1_2 / DCI 1_3 / group-common DCI, and the specific determination manner can be preconfigured or predefined.

[0593] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a first information field for indicating that signal configuration information is updated or for indicating related information of the signal configuration information is defined in the first DCI. After the terminal receives the first DCI, the content of the signal configuration information indicated by the first information field can be obtained by decoding the first information field. If the terminal does not have the capability of decoding the first information field, the information can be ignored, thereby avoiding resource waste.

[0594] The above embodiments introduce the indication method of the configuration information of the present disclosure, and the following embodiments will further illustrate the corresponding device in combination with the drawings.

[0595] Specifically, as shown in FIG. 11, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a configuration information indication device 1100 applied to a terminal, comprising:

[0596] A first receiving unit 1110 is configured to receive a first downlink control information DCI, and the first DCI comprises a first information field, and the first information field is used for indicating one of the following:

[0597] that the signal configuration information is updated;

[0598] related information of the signal configuration information;

[0599] The terminal is a terminal with a network energy saving NES capability

[0600] In some embodiments, the device further comprises:

[0601] a second receiving unit, configured to receive a second DCI starting from a first time domain position if the first information field indicates that signal configuration information is updated, the second DCI being used for scheduling signal configuration information;

[0602] a third receiving unit, configured to receive updated signal configuration information according to the second DCI.

[0603] In some embodiments, if the first information field is used to indicate related information of signal configuration information, the updated signal configuration information takes effect at a second time domain position;

[0604] wherein the related information of the signal configuration information comprises at least one of the following:

[0605] an index corresponding to the updated signal configuration information;

[0606] activation of the signal configuration information;

[0607] deactivation of the signal configuration information.

[0608] In some embodiments, the first time domain position or the second time domain position comprises one of the following:

[0609] a time domain position corresponding to a frame boundary of a first period in which the first DCI is located;

[0610] a position of X time slots after the first DCI;

[0611] a position of Y time slots after a feedback time slot corresponding to the first DCI;

[0612] wherein X and Y are positive integers.

[0613] In some embodiments, the first receiving unit is specifically configured to:

[0614] receive the first DCI in a first period;

[0615] wherein, in a case where a length of the first period is less than a length of a system information update period, the first DCI is received at least once in each of the first periods.

[0616] In some embodiments, the length of the first period is N times of a length of a paging period;

[0617] wherein a value of N multiplexes a value of a system information update period coefficient, or the value of N is configured by a network side device, or the value of N is predefined.

[0618] In some embodiments, the first DCI comprises at least one of the following:

[0619] a paging DCI;

[0620] terminal-specific single carrier scheduling DCI;

[0621] terminal-specific multi-carrier scheduling DCI;

[0622] group-common DCI.

[0623] In some embodiments, the first information field comprises:

[0624] In a case where the first DCI is a paging DCI, the first information field is X bits in a short message field, X being greater than or equal to 1;

[0625] or,

[0626] In a case where the first DCI is a DCI other than the paging DCI, the first information field is a newly-added information field.

[0627] In some embodiments, the second DCI comprises at least one of:

[0628] a DCI scrambled by a system information radio network temporary identifier (SI-RNTI), the SI-RNTI-scrambled DCI comprising a second information field, the second information field being used to indicate that the second DCI is used to schedule updated signal configuration information;

[0629] a DCI scrambled by another RNTI, the other RNTI-scrambled DCI being used to schedule updated signal configuration information.

[0630] In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises:

[0631] a fourth receiving unit, configured to receive M pieces of signal configuration information sent by a network-side device, M being greater than or equal to 1;

[0632] wherein, when M is greater than or equal to 2, each piece of signal configuration information has a corresponding index.

[0633] In some embodiments, if the first information field is used to indicate an index corresponding to updated signal configuration information, a length of the first information field is determined according to a quantity of the signal configuration information;

[0634] or,

[0635] if the first information field is used to indicate signal configuration information activation or signal configuration information deactivation, a length of the first information field is 1 bit;

[0636] or,

[0637] the length of the first information field is determined according to a higher-layer parameter configuration.

[0638] In some embodiments, in a case where the updated signal configuration information is a subset of the pre-updated signal configuration information, the first time domain position or the second time domain position is a time domain position corresponding to a frame boundary of the first period in which the first DCI is located.

[0639] Or,

[0640] In a case where the pre-updated signal configuration information is a subset of the updated signal configuration information, the first time domain position or the second time domain position is: a position of X slots after the first DCI, or a position of Y slots after a feedback slot corresponding to the first DCI.

[0641] In some embodiments, if the first DCI received by the terminal in the first period includes: a paging DCI and a DCI other than the paging DCI, the signal configuration information satisfies a first condition;

[0642] The first condition includes one of:

[0643] The related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is the same as the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI;

[0644] If the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is different from the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI, the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the latest received DCI is valid;

[0645] If the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is different from the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI, the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is valid;

[0646] If the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is different from the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI, the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI is valid.

[0647] In some embodiments, the signal configuration information includes at least one of:

[0648] Physical random access channel (PRACH) configuration information;

[0649] Paging configuration information;

[0650] Synchronization signal block (SSB) configuration information.

[0651] It should be noted that the above device provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can realize all the method steps realized by the above method embodiments applied to the terminal, and achieve the same technical effects. Therefore, the same parts and beneficial effects of the method embodiments in the embodiments will not be described in detail.

[0652] Specifically, as shown in FIG. 12, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide an indication device 1200 of configuration information, applied to a network side device, comprising:

[0653] A first sending unit 1210 is configured to send a first DCI, wherein the first DCI comprises a first information field, and the first information field is used to indicate one of the following:

[0654] The signal configuration information is updated;

[0655] The related information of the signal configuration information.

[0656] In some embodiments, the device further comprises:

[0657] A second sending unit is configured to, if the first information field indicates that the signal configuration information is updated, send a second DCI at a first time domain position, wherein the second DCI is used to schedule the signal configuration information;

[0658] Send the updated signal configuration information.

[0659] In some embodiments, if the first information field is used to indicate the related information of the signal configuration information, the updated signal configuration information takes effect at a second time domain position;

[0660] The related information of the signal configuration information comprises at least one of the following:

[0661] An index corresponding to the updated signal configuration information;

[0662] Activation of the signal configuration information;

[0663] Deactivation of the signal configuration information.

[0664] In some embodiments, the first time domain position or the second time domain position comprises one of the following:

[0665] A time domain position corresponding to a frame boundary of a first period in which the first DCI is located;

[0666] A position of X time slots after the first DCI;

[0667] A position of Y time slots after a feedback time slot corresponding to the first DCI;

[0668] Wherein, X and Y are positive integers.

[0669] In some embodiments, the length of the first period is N times the length of the paging period.

[0670] wherein the value of N is multiplexed with the value of the system information update period coefficient, or the value of N is configured by the network side device, or the value of N is predefined.

[0671] In some embodiments, the first DCI includes at least one of:

[0672] paging DCI;

[0673] terminal-specific single-carrier scheduling DCI;

[0674] terminal-specific multi-carrier scheduling DCI;

[0675] group-common DCI.

[0676] In some embodiments, the first information field includes:

[0677] In the case where the first DCI is paging DCI, the first information field is X bits in the short message field, X being greater than or equal to 1;

[0678] or,

[0679] In the case where the first DCI is other than paging DCI, the first information field is a newly added information field.

[0680] In some embodiments, the second DCI includes at least one of:

[0681] DCI scrambled by an SI-RNTI, the DCI scrambled by the SI-RNTI including a second information field, the second information field being used to indicate that the second DCI is used to schedule updated signal configuration information;

[0682] DCI scrambled by another RNTI, the DCI scrambled by the other RNTI being used to schedule updated signal configuration information.

[0683] In some embodiments, the apparatus further includes:

[0684] a third sending unit configured to send M signal configuration information to a terminal, M being greater than or equal to 1;

[0685] wherein, when M is greater than or equal to 2, each of the signal configuration information has a corresponding index.

[0686] In some embodiments, if the first information field is used to indicate the index corresponding to the updated signal configuration information, the length of the first information field is determined according to the number of the signal configuration information;

[0687] or,

[0688] If the first information field is used to indicate signal configuration information activation or signal configuration information deactivation, the length of the first information field is 1 bit.

[0689] Alternatively,

[0690] The length of the first information field is determined according to a higher layer parameter configuration.

[0691] In some embodiments, in a case where the updated signal configuration information is a subset of the pre-update signal configuration information, the first time domain position or the second time domain position is a time domain position corresponding to a frame boundary of a first period in which the first DCI is located.

[0692] Alternatively,

[0693] In a case where the pre-update signal configuration information is a subset of the updated signal configuration information, the first time domain position or the second time domain position is: a position of X time slots after the first DCI, or a position of Y time slots after a feedback time slot corresponding to the first DCI.

[0694] In some embodiments, the signal configuration information comprises at least one of the following:

[0695] PRACH configuration information;

[0696] Paging configuration information;

[0697] SSB configuration information.

[0698] It should be noted that the above device provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can realize all the method steps realized by the method embodiments applied to the network side device, and achieve the same technical effects. Therefore, the same parts and beneficial effects of the method embodiments will not be described in detail.

[0699] It should be noted that the division of units in the embodiments of the present disclosure is illustrative, and is only a logical functional division. Actual implementation can have another division manner. In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present disclosure can be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit can be physically present separately, or two or more units can be integrated in one unit. The integrated unit can be realized in the form of hardware or in the form of a software functional unit.

[0700] The integrated unit, if implemented in the form of a software function unit and sold or used as an independent product, can be stored in a processor-readable storage medium. Based on such an understanding, the technical solutions of the present disclosure, essentially or in other words, the part of the prior art that contributes to the present disclosure, or all or part of the technical solutions can be embodied in the form of a software product. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium, and includes several instructions for causing a computer device (which can be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) or a processor to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described in the various embodiments of the present disclosure. The aforementioned storage medium includes: a U disk, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, and various other media that can store program codes.

[0701] As shown in FIG. 13, the embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a terminal, comprising: a memory 1320, a transceiver 1300, and a processor 1310; wherein the memory 1320 is configured to store a computer program; the transceiver 1300 is configured to receive and send data under the control of the processor 1310; and the processor 1310 is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0702] receiving a first DCI, the first DCI comprising a first information field, the first information field being used to indicate one of the following:

[0703] that the signal configuration information is updated;

[0704] related information of the signal configuration information.

[0705] In some embodiments, the processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0706] if the first information field indicates that the signal configuration information is updated, receiving a second DCI starting from a first time domain position, the second DCI being used to schedule the signal configuration information;

[0707] receiving the updated signal configuration information according to the second DCI.

[0708] In some embodiments, if the first information field is used to indicate the related information of the signal configuration information, the updated signal configuration information takes effect at a second time domain position;

[0709] wherein the related information of the signal configuration information comprises at least one of the following:

[0710] an index corresponding to the updated signal configuration information;

[0711] signal configuration information is activated;

[0712] signal configuration information is deactivated.

[0713] In some embodiments, the first time domain position or the second time domain position comprises one of:

[0714] a time domain position corresponding to a frame boundary of a first period in which the first DCI is located;

[0715] a position of X slots after the first DCI;

[0716] a position of Y slots after a feedback slot corresponding to the first DCI;

[0717] wherein X and Y are positive integers.

[0718] In some embodiments, the processor is configured to read a computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0719] receiving the first DCI in a first period;

[0720] wherein, in a case where a length of the first period is less than a length of a system information update period, the first DCI is received at least once in each of the first periods.

[0721] In some embodiments, the length of the first period is N times a length of a paging period;

[0722] wherein a value of N multiplexes a value of a system information update period coefficient, or the value of N is configured by a network side device, or the value of N is predefined.

[0723] In some embodiments, the first DCI comprises at least one of:

[0724] a paging DCI;

[0725] a single carrier scheduling DCI dedicated to a terminal;

[0726] a multi-carrier scheduling DCI dedicated to a terminal;

[0727] a group common DCI.

[0728] In some embodiments, the first information field comprises:

[0729] in a case where the first DCI is a paging DCI, the first information field is X bits in a short message field, X being greater than or equal to 1;

[0730] or,

[0731] In a case that the first DCI is a DCI other than a paging DCI, the first information field is a newly-added information field.

[0732] In some embodiments, the second DCI comprises at least one of the following:

[0733] a DCI scrambled by a system information radio network temporary identifier (SI-RNTI), the SI-RNTI scrambled DCI comprising a second information field, the second information field being used to indicate that the second DCI is used to schedule updated signal configuration information;

[0734] a DCI scrambled by another RNTI, the other RNTI scrambled DCI being used to schedule updated signal configuration information.

[0735] In some embodiments, the processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0736] receiving M pieces of signal configuration information sent by a network side device, M being greater than or equal to 1;

[0737] wherein, when M is greater than or equal to 2, each of the signal configuration information has a corresponding index.

[0738] In some embodiments, if the first information field is used to indicate the index corresponding to the updated signal configuration information, the length of the first information field is determined according to the number of the signal configuration information;

[0739] or,

[0740] if the first information field is used to indicate signal configuration information activation or signal configuration information deactivation, the length of the first information field is 1 bit;

[0741] or,

[0742] the length of the first information field is determined according to a higher layer parameter configuration.

[0743] In some embodiments, in a case that the updated signal configuration information is a subset of the pre-updated signal configuration information, the first time domain position or the second time domain position is a time domain position corresponding to a frame boundary of a first period in which the first DCI is located;

[0744] or,

[0745] in a case that the pre-updated signal configuration information is a subset of the updated signal configuration information, the first time domain position or the second time domain position is a position of X time slots after the first DCI, or a position of Y time slots after a feedback time slot corresponding to the first DCI.

[0746] In some embodiments, the signal configuration information satisfies the first condition if the first DCI received by the terminal in the first period comprises: a paging DCI and a DCI other than the paging DCI.

[0747] The first condition comprises one of:

[0748] The related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is the same as the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI.

[0749] If the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is different from the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI, the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the latest received DCI is valid.

[0750] If the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is different from the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI, the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is valid.

[0751] If the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is different from the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI, the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI is valid.

[0752] In some embodiments, the signal configuration information comprises at least one of:

[0753] PRACH configuration information;

[0754] Paging configuration information;

[0755] SSB configuration information.

[0756] In FIG. 13, the bus architecture can include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, which are used to link various circuits of the processor 1310, which is represented by one or more processors, and the memory 1320, which is represented by memory. Various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage stabilizers and power management circuits are also linked by the bus architecture, which are well known in the art, and therefore, further description thereof will not be made herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 1300 can be a plurality of elements, i.e., including a transmitter and a transceiver, which provides a unit for communicating with various other devices on a transmission medium, including wireless channels, wired channels, optical cables, etc. The user interface 1330 can also be an interface that can be connected to the required device, including but not limited to a keypad, a display, a speaker, a microphone, a joystick, etc.

[0757] The processor 1310 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 1320 can store data used by the processor 1310 when performing operations.

[0758] In some embodiments, the processor 1310 can be a central processing unit (CPU), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) or a complex programmable logic device (CPLD), and the processor can also adopt a multi-core architecture.

[0759] The processor calls the computer program stored in the memory to execute any method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure according to the executable instructions obtained. The processor and the memory can also be arranged physically separately.

[0760] It should be noted that the terminal provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can implement all the method steps implemented by the method embodiments applied to the terminal and achieve the same technical effects. Therefore, the same parts and beneficial effects of the method embodiments will not be described in detail.

[0761] As shown in FIG. 14, the embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a network side device, comprising: a memory 1420, a transceiver 1400, a processor 1410; wherein the memory 1420 is configured to store a computer program; the transceiver 1400 is configured to receive and send data under the control of the processor 1410; and the processor 1410 is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0762] sending a first DCI, wherein the first DCI comprises a first information field, and the first information field is used to indicate one of the following:

[0763] The signal configuration information is updated;

[0764] The related information of the signal configuration information.

[0765] In some embodiments, the processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0766] If the first information field indicates that the signal configuration information is updated, a second DCI is sent at a first time domain location, and the second DCI is used to schedule the signal configuration information;

[0767] sending the updated signal configuration information.

[0768] In some embodiments, if the first information field is used to indicate the related information of the signal configuration information, the updated signal configuration information takes effect at a second time domain position;

[0769] The related information of the signal configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0770] An index corresponding to the updated signal configuration information;

[0771] Activation of the signal configuration information;

[0772] Deactivation of the signal configuration information.

[0773] In some embodiments, the first time domain position or the second time domain position includes one of the following:

[0774] A time domain position corresponding to a frame boundary of a first period in which the first DCI is located;

[0775] A position of X slots after the first DCI;

[0776] A position of Y slots after a feedback slot corresponding to the first DCI;

[0777] Wherein, X and Y are positive integers.

[0778] In some embodiments, the length of the first period is N times the length of the paging period;

[0779] Wherein, the value of N is multiplexed with the value of the system information update period coefficient, or the value of N is configured by the network side device, or the value of N is predefined.

[0780] In some embodiments, the first DCI includes at least one of the following:

[0781] Paging DCI;

[0782] Single-carrier scheduling DCI dedicated to a terminal;

[0783] Multi-carrier scheduling DCI dedicated to a terminal;

[0784] Group common DCI.

[0785] In some embodiments, the first information field includes:

[0786] In the case where the first DCI is paging DCI, the first information field is X bits in the short message field, X is greater than or equal to 1;

[0787] Or,

[0788] In a case that the first DCI is other DCI than paging DCI, the first information field is a newly-added information field.

[0789] In some embodiments, the second DCI comprises at least one of:

[0790] DCI scrambled by an SI-RNTI, the DCI scrambled by the SI-RNTI comprising a second information field, the second information field being used to indicate that the second DCI is used to schedule updated signal configuration information;

[0791] DCI scrambled by other RNTI, the DCI scrambled by the other RNTI being used to schedule updated signal configuration information.

[0792] In some embodiments, the processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0793] transmit M pieces of signal configuration information to a terminal, M being greater than or equal to 1;

[0794] wherein, in a case that M is greater than or equal to 2, each of the signal configuration information has a corresponding index.

[0795] In some embodiments, in a case that the first information field is used to indicate the index corresponding to the updated signal configuration information, the length of the first information field is determined according to the number of the signal configuration information;

[0796] or,

[0797] in a case that the first information field is used to indicate signal configuration information activation or signal configuration information deactivation, the length of the first information field is 1 bit;

[0798] or,

[0799] the length of the first information field is determined according to a higher-layer parameter configuration.

[0800] In some embodiments, in a case that the updated signal configuration information is a subset of the pre-updated signal configuration information, the first time domain position or the second time domain position is a time domain position corresponding to a frame boundary of a first period in which the first DCI is located;

[0801] or,

[0802] in a case that the pre-updated signal configuration information is a subset of the updated signal configuration information, the first time domain position or the second time domain position is a position of X time slots after the first DCI, or a position of Y time slots after a feedback time slot corresponding to the first DCI.

[0803] In some embodiments, the signal configuration information comprises at least one of:

[0804] PRACH configuration information;

[0805] paging configuration information;

[0806] SSB configuration information.

[0807] In FIG. 14, the bus architecture can include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, which are used to link various circuits, such as one or more processors 1410 represented by the processor, and memory 1420 represented by the memory. The bus architecture can also link various other circuits, such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art and thus, will not be described further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 1400 can be a plurality of elements, i.e., including a transmitter and a receiver, providing a unit for communicating with various other devices on transmission media, including wireless channels, wired channels, optical cables, and the like. The processor is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing. The processor 1410 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 1420 can store data used by the processor 1410 in performing operations.

[0808] The processor 1410 can be a central processing unit (CPU), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), or a complex programmable logic device (CPLD), and the processor can also adopt a multi-core architecture.

[0809] It should be noted that the above network side device provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can implement all method steps implemented by the above method embodiments applied to the network side device, and the same technical effects can be achieved, and thus, the same parts and beneficial effects of the method embodiments will not be described in detail.

[0810] In addition, the embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a processor-readable storage medium, which stores a program for causing the processor to execute the above-mentioned indication method of configuration information, and can achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein. The readable storage medium can be any available medium or data storage device accessible by the processor, including but not limited to magnetic storage (such as floppy disk, hard disk, magnetic tape, magneto optical disk (MO), etc.), optical storage (such as compact disc (CD), digital video disc (DVD), Blu-ray disc (BD), high-definition versatile disc (HVD), etc.), and semiconductor storage (such as ROM, erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), non-volatile memory (NAND FLASH), solid state disk (SSD), etc.).

[0811] It should be noted that the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to various systems. For example, the applicable systems can be a long term evolution (LTE) system, an LTE frequency division duplex (FDD) system, an LTE time division duplex (TDD) system, a long term evolution advanced (LTE-A) system, a universal mobile system (UMTS), a worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) system, a 5th Generation Mobile Communication Technology (5G) New Radio (NR) system and its evolved communication system, a 6G (6th Generation Mobile Communication Technology) system, and the like. The various systems can include terminal devices and network devices. The system can also include a core network part, such as an evolved packet system (EPC), a 5G core network (5GC), and the like.

[0812] The terminal device involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure can refer to a device that provides voice and / or data connectivity for a user, a handheld device with wireless connection function, or other processing devices connected to a wireless modem, etc. In different systems, the name of the terminal device can also be different, for example, in the 5G system or the 6G system, the terminal device can be called user equipment (User Equipment, UE). The wireless terminal device can be a USB storage device, other personal computer memory devices and a dongle, and can also communicate with one or more core networks (Core Network, CN) through a radio access network (Radio Access Network, RAN). The wireless terminal device can be a mobile terminal device, such as a mobile phone (or called "cellular" phone) and a computer with a mobile terminal device, for example, it can be a portable, pocket, handheld, computer built-in or vehicle-mounted mobile device, which exchanges language and / or data with the radio access network. For example, personal communication service (Personal Communication Service, PCS) phones, cordless phones, session initiation protocol (Session Initiated Protocol, SIP) phones, wireless local loop (Wireless Local Loop, WLL) stations, personal digital assistants (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), personal computers, tablet computers, machine type communication (Machine-type Communication, MTC) terminal devices, etc. The wireless terminal device can also be called a system, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a mobile, a remote station, an access point, a remote terminal, an access terminal, a user terminal, a user agent, a user device, and a wireless access device and a router / modem that meet the limitations of the present definition, etc. The embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited.

[0813] The network side device according to the embodiments of the present disclosure can be a base station, which can include a plurality of cells serving terminals. According to different application scenarios, the base station can also be referred to as an access point, or can be a device in an access network that communicates with wireless terminal devices through one or more sectors over an air interface, or other names. The network side device can be used to exchange received air frames and Internet Protocol (IP) packets as a router between the wireless terminal device and the rest of the access network, which can include an Internet Protocol (IP) communication network. The network side device can also coordinate the management of the properties of the air interface. For example, the network side device according to the embodiments of the present disclosure can be an evolved network device (eNB or e-NodeB) in a long term evolution (LTE) system, a 5G base station (gNB) in a 5G network architecture (next generation system), etc., and can also be a home evolved base station (HeNB), a relay node, a femto, a pico, a network test device, etc., which are not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure. In some network structures, the network side device can include a centralized unit (CU) node and a distributed unit (DU) node, and the centralized unit and the distributed unit can also be arranged geographically apart.

[0814] The network device and the terminal device can each use one or more antennas for Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) transmission, which can be single-user MIMO or multi-user MIMO. According to the shape and number of antenna combinations, MIMO transmission can be two-dimensional MIMO (2D-MIMO), three-dimensional MIMO (3D-MIMO), full-dimensional MIMO (FD-MIMO), or massive-MIMO, or can be diversity transmission, precoding transmission, or beamforming transmission, etc.

[0815] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that embodiments of the disclosure can be readily used as a method, a system or a computer program product. Accordingly, the disclosure can take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the disclosure can take the form of a computer program product on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage and so forth) having computer-usable program code embodied in the medium.

[0816] The disclosure is described in reference to the flowchart and / or block diagrams of the method, apparatus (system) and computer program product according to embodiments of the disclosure. It should be understood that each flow and / or block in the flowchart and / or block diagrams, and a combination of flows and / or blocks in the flowchart and / or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer executable instructions. The computer executable instructions can be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, an embedded processor or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart and / or block diagram block or blocks.

[0817] These processor executable instructions can also be stored in a processor readable memory that can direct the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the processor readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means that implement the function specified in the flowchart and / or block diagram block or blocks.

[0818] These processor executable instructions can also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions that execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart and / or block diagram block or blocks.

[0819] Moreover, it should be noted that in the apparatus and method of the present disclosure, it is apparent that each component or each step can be decomposed and / or recombined. These decompositions and / or recombinations should be considered as equivalent solutions of the present disclosure. Moreover, the steps of performing the above series of processes can naturally be executed in time sequence according to the order of description, but do not necessarily have to be executed in time sequence, and some steps can be executed in parallel or independently of each other. It can be understood by those skilled in the art that all or any steps or components of the method and apparatus of the present disclosure can be implemented in hardware, firmware, software, or a combination thereof, in any computing device (including processors, storage media, etc.) or network of computing devices, using the basic programming skills of those skilled in the art upon reading the description of the present disclosure.

[0820] It should be noted that it should be understood that the division of each module above is only a logical division of functions, and in actual implementation, all or part of them can be integrated into one physical entity, or can be physically separated. Moreover, these modules can all be implemented in the form of software called by a processing element; all can be implemented in the form of hardware; or some modules can be implemented in the form of software called by a processing element, and some modules can be implemented in the form of hardware. For example, a certain module can be a separately established processing element, or can be integrated into a certain chip of the above apparatus, in addition, it can also be stored in the form of program code in the memory of the above apparatus, and called and executed by a certain processing element of the above apparatus to determine the function of the above module. The implementation of other modules is similar. Moreover, all or part of these modules can be integrated together, or can be independently implemented. The processing element described herein can be an integrated circuit having a signal processing capability. In the implementation process, each step of the above method or each of the above modules can be completed by the integrated logic circuit of hardware or the instruction of software in the processing element.

[0821] For example, each module, unit, subunit, or submodule can be one or more integrated circuits configured to implement the above methods, such as one or more application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), one or more digital signal processors (DSPs), or one or more field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). As another example, when a module is implemented using processing element scheduler code, the processing element can be a general-purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (CPU) or other processor capable of calling program code. Furthermore, these modules can be integrated together to implement a system-on-a-chip (SOC).

[0822] The terms “first,” “second,” etc., used in this disclosure and in the claims are used to distinguish similar objects and are not necessarily used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that such data can be interchanged where appropriate so that embodiments of this disclosure described herein may be implemented in orders other than those illustrated or described herein. Furthermore, the terms “comprising” and “having,” and any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion; for example, a process, method, system, product, or apparatus that comprises a series of steps or units is not necessarily limited to those steps or units explicitly listed, but may include other steps or units not explicitly listed or inherent to such processes, methods, products, or apparatus. Additionally, the use of “and / or” in the specification and claims indicates at least one of the connected objects, such as A and / or B and / or C, indicating seven possibilities: A alone, B alone, C alone, and both A and B, both B and C, both A and C, and A, B, and C. Similarly, the use of “at least one of A and B” in this specification and claims should be understood as “A alone, B alone, or both A and B.”

[0823] Obviously, those skilled in the art can make various modifications and variations to this disclosure without departing from its spirit and scope. Therefore, if such modifications and variations fall within the scope of the claims of this disclosure and their equivalents, this disclosure is also intended to include such modifications and variations.

Claims

1. A method for indicating configuration information, comprising: receiving, by a terminal, a first downlink control information (DCI), the first DCI comprising a first information field, the first information field being used to indicate one of: that configuration information is updated; and related information of the configuration information.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising: obtaining the configuration information indicated by the first information field.

3. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the configuration information comprises: additional PRACH configuration parameters, the additional PRACH configuration parameters comprising PRACH configuration parameters configured for a terminal having a network energy saving capability.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising: if the first information field indicates that the configuration information is updated, receiving, starting from a first time domain position, a second DCI, the second DCI being used to schedule the configuration information; and receiving, according to the second DCI, the updated configuration information; if the first information field is used to indicate the related information of the configuration information, the updated configuration information taking effect at a second time domain position; wherein the related information of the configuration information comprises at least one of: an index corresponding to the updated configuration information; activation of the configuration information; and deactivation of the configuration information; wherein the first time domain position or the second time domain position comprises one of: a time domain position corresponding to a frame boundary of a first period in which the first DCI is located; a position of X time slots after the first DCI; a position of Y time slots after a feedback time slot corresponding to the first DCI; wherein X and Y are positive integers; wherein the receiving the first DCI comprises: receiving the first DCI in a first period; wherein, in a case that a length of the first period is less than a length of a system information update period, the first DCI is received at least once in each of the first periods; wherein the length of the first period is N times a length of a paging period; wherein a value of N is multiplexed with a value of a system information update period coefficient, or the value of N is configured by a network side device, or the value of N is predefined; wherein the first DCI comprises at least one of: a paging DCI; a single carrier scheduling DCI dedicated to the terminal; a multi-carrier scheduling DCI dedicated to the terminal; and a group common DCI; wherein the first information field comprises: in a case that the first DCI is the paging DCI, X bits in a short message field, X being greater than or equal to 1; or, in a case that the first DCI is other than the paging DCI, a newly added information field; wherein the X bits comprise one of the following bits in the short message field: a 5th bit; a 6th bit; a 7th bit; and an 8th bit; wherein the second DCI comprises at least one of: a DCI scrambled by a system information radio network temporary identifier (SI-RNTI), the DCI scrambled by the SI-RNTI comprising a second information field, the second information field being used to indicate that the second DCI is used to schedule the updated configuration information. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 5. The method of claim 1, wherein, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 6. The method of claim 4 or 5, wherein, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 7. The method of claim 1, wherein, ​ ​ ​ 8. The method of claim 6 or 7, wherein, ​ ​ 9. The method of claim 1 or 5, wherein, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 10. The method of claim 9, wherein, ​ ​ ​ ​ 11. The method of claim 10, wherein, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 12. The method of claim 4, wherein, ​ ​ DCI scrambled by other RNTIs, the other RNTI scrambled DCI being used to schedule updated signal configuration information.

13. The method of claim 1 or 5, further comprising: receiving M signal configuration information sent by a network side device, M being greater than or equal to 1; wherein, when M is greater than or equal to 2, each of the signal configuration information has a corresponding index.

14. The method of claim 4, wherein, if the first information field is used to indicate the index corresponding to the updated signal configuration information, the length of the first information field is determined according to the number of signal configuration information; or, if the first information field is used to indicate signal configuration information activation or signal configuration information deactivation, the length of the first information field is 1 bit; or, the length of the first information field is determined according to a higher layer parameter configuration.

15. The method of claim 6, wherein, in the case where the updated signal configuration information is a subset of the signal configuration information before the update, the first time domain position or the second time domain position is the time domain position corresponding to the frame boundary of the first period where the first DCI is located; or, in the case where the signal configuration information before the update is a subset of the signal configuration information after the update, the first time domain position or the second time domain position is: the position of X slots after the first DCI, or the position of Y slots after the feedback slot corresponding to the first DCI.

16. The method of claim 7, wherein, if the first DCI received by the terminal in the first period includes: paging DCI and other DCI in addition to paging DCI, the signal configuration information satisfies the first condition; the first condition includes one of: the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is the same as the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI; if the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is different from the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI, the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the latest received DCI is valid; if the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is different from the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI, the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is valid; if the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is different from the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI, the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI is valid.

17. The method of any one of claims 1 to 16, wherein, the signal configuration information includes at least one of: physical random access channel (PRACH) configuration information; paging configuration information; synchronization signal block (SSB) configuration information.

18. A method for indicating configuration information, comprising: a network side device sends a first DCI, the first DCI including a first information field, the first information field being used to indicate one of: signal configuration information is updated; related information of signal configuration information.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the signal configuration information includes: Additional PRACH configuration parameters, the additional PRACH configuration parameters including PRACH configuration parameters configured for a terminal with a network energy saving capability.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising: if the first information field is used to indicate that the signal configuration information is updated, transmitting a second DCI at a first time domain location, the second DCI being used to schedule the updated signal configuration information; transmitting the updated signal configuration information.

21. The method of claim 18, wherein, if the first information field is used to indicate related information of the signal configuration information, the updated signal configuration information taking effect at a second time domain location; wherein the related information of the signal configuration information includes at least one of: an index corresponding to the updated signal configuration information; signal configuration information activation; signal configuration information deactivation.

22. The method of claim 20 or 21, wherein, the first time domain location or the second time domain location includes one of: a time domain location corresponding to a frame boundary of a first period in which the first DCI is located; a location of X time slots after the first DCI, where X is a positive integer; a location of Y time slots after a feedback time slot corresponding to the first DCI, where Y is a positive integer. the length of the first period is N times the length of a paging period, where N is a value of a system information update period coefficient, or N is configured by a network side device, or N is predefined.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein, the first DCI includes at least one of: a paging DCI; 24. The method of claim 18, wherein, a single carrier scheduling DCI dedicated to a terminal; a multi-carrier scheduling DCI dedicated to a terminal; a group common DCI. the first information field includes: in a case where the first DCI is a paging DCI, the first information field is X bits in a short message field, where X is greater than or equal to 1; 25. The method of claim 24, wherein, or, in a case where the first DCI is other than a paging DCI, the first information field is a newly added information field. the X bits include one of the following bits in the short message field: a 5th bit; 26. The method of claim 25, wherein, a 6th bit; a 7th bit; an 8th bit. the second DCI includes at least one of: a DCI scrambled by an SI-RNTI, the DCI including a second information field used to indicate that the second DCI is used to schedule the updated signal configuration information; 27. The method of claim 20, wherein, a DCI scrambled by another RNTI, the DCI being used to schedule the updated signal configuration information.

28. The method of claim 18 or 21, further comprising: transmitting M signal configuration information to a terminal, where M is greater than or equal to 1; wherein each of the signal configuration information has a corresponding index when M is greater than or equal to 2. if the first information field is used to indicate an index corresponding to the updated signal configuration information, the length of the first information field is determined according to the number of the signal configuration information; or, 29. The method of claim 24, wherein, if the first information field is used to indicate signal configuration information activation or signal configuration information deactivation, the length of the first information field is 1 bit; or, the length of the first information field is determined according to a high-level parameter configuration. ​ ​ 30. The method of claim 22, wherein, In a case where the updated signal configuration information is a subset of the pre-updated signal configuration information, the first time domain position or the second time domain position is a time domain position corresponding to a frame boundary of a first period in which the first DCI is located; Or, In a case where the pre-updated signal configuration information is a subset of the updated signal configuration information, the first time domain position or the second time domain position is a position of X time slots after the first DCI, or a position of Y time slots after a feedback time slot corresponding to the first DCI.

31. The method of any one of claims 18 to 30, wherein, The signal configuration information comprises at least one of: PRACH configuration information; paging configuration information; SSB configuration information.

32. A terminal comprising: The memory, the transceiver, and the processor: The memory is configured to store a computer program; The transceiver is configured to receive and send data under the control of the processor; The processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: receiving a first DCI, the first DCI comprising a first information field, the first information field being used to indicate one of: that the signal configuration information is updated; related information of the signal configuration information.

33. The terminal according to claim 31, wherein the processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: obtaining the signal configuration information indicated by the first information field.

34. The terminal according to claim 32 or 33, wherein the signal configuration information comprises: additional PRACH configuration parameters, the additional PRACH configuration parameters comprising PRACH configuration parameters configured for a terminal with network energy saving capability.

35. The terminal of claim 32, wherein, The processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: if the first information field indicates that the signal configuration information is updated, starting to receive a second DCI at a first time domain position, the second DCI being used to schedule the signal configuration information; receiving the updated signal configuration information according to the second DCI.

36. The terminal of claim 32, wherein, if the first information field is used to indicate the related information of the signal configuration information, the updated signal configuration information takes effect at a second time domain position; wherein the related information of the signal configuration information comprises at least one of: an index corresponding to the updated signal configuration information; activation of the signal configuration information; deactivation of the signal configuration information.

37. The terminal according to claim 35 or 36, wherein, The first time domain position or the second time domain position comprises one of: a time domain position corresponding to a frame boundary of a first period in which the first DCI is located; a position of X time slots after the first DCI; a position of Y time slots after a feedback time slot corresponding to the first DCI; wherein X and Y are positive integers.

38. The terminal of claim 32, wherein, The processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: receiving the first DCI in a first period; wherein, in a case where a length of the first period is less than a length of a system information update period, the first DCI is received at least once in each of the first periods.

39. The terminal of claim 37 or 38, wherein, The length of the first period is N times the length of a paging period; wherein the value of N is multiplexed with the value of a system information update period coefficient, or the value of N is configured by a network side device, or the value of N is predefined.

40. The terminal of claim 32 or 38, wherein, The first DCI includes at least one of the following: paging DCI; terminal-specific single-carrier scheduling DCI; terminal-specific multi-carrier scheduling DCI; group-common DCI.

41. The terminal of claim 32, wherein, The first information field includes: in a case where the first DCI is paging DCI, the first information field is X bits in a short message field, X being greater than or equal to 1; or, in a case where the first DCI is other DCI than paging DCI, the first information field is a newly-added information field.

42. The terminal of claim 41, wherein, The X bits include one bit in the short message field: the 5th bit; the 6th bit; the 7th bit; the 8th bit.

43. The terminal of claim 32, wherein, The second DCI includes at least one of the following: DCI scrambled by system information radio network temporary identifier (SI-RNTI), the SI-RNTI-scrambled DCI including a second information field, the second information field being used to indicate that the second DCI is used to schedule updated signal configuration information; DCI scrambled by other RNTI, the other RNTI-scrambled DCI being used to schedule updated signal configuration information.

44. The terminal of claim 32 or 36, wherein, The processor is configured to read a computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: receive M pieces of signal configuration information sent by a network-side device, M being greater than or equal to 1; wherein, when M is greater than or equal to 2, each piece of signal configuration information has a corresponding index.

45. The terminal of claim 32, wherein, If the first information field is used to indicate the index of the updated signal configuration information, the length of the first information field is determined according to the number of signal configuration information; or, if the first information field is used to indicate signal configuration information activation or signal configuration information deactivation, the length of the first information field is 1 bit; or, the length of the first information field is determined according to a high-level parameter configuration.

46. The terminal of claim 37, wherein, In a case where the updated signal configuration information is a subset of the pre-updated signal configuration information, the first time domain position or the second time domain position is a time domain position corresponding to a frame boundary of a first period in which the first DCI is located; or, in a case where the pre-updated signal configuration information is a subset of the updated signal configuration information, the first time domain position or the second time domain position is a position of X time slots after the first DCI, or a position of Y time slots after a feedback time slot corresponding to the first DCI.

47. The terminal of claim 38, wherein, If the first DCI received by the terminal in the first period includes paging DCI and other DCI than paging DCI, the signal configuration information satisfies a first condition; The first condition includes one of the following: the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is the same as the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI; if the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is different from the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI, the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the newly-received DCI is valid; if the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is different from the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI, the related information of the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI is valid; If the information related to the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI is different from the information related to the signal configuration information indicated by the paging DCI, the information related to the signal configuration information indicated by the other DCI is valid.

48. The terminal of any of claims 32 to 47, wherein, The signal configuration information comprises at least one of the following: PRACH configuration information; paging configuration information; SSB configuration information.

49. A network-side device comprising: The memory, the transceiver, and the processor: The memory is configured to store a computer program; The transceiver is configured to receive and send data under the control of the processor; The processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: sending a first DCI, the first DCI comprising a first information field, the first information field being used to indicate one of the following: that the signal configuration information is updated; information related to the signal configuration information.

50. The device of claim 49, wherein the signal configuration information comprises: additional PRACH configuration parameters, the additional PRACH configuration parameters comprising PRACH configuration parameters configured for a terminal with network energy saving capability.

51. The apparatus of claim 49, wherein, The processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: if the first information field indicates that the signal configuration information is updated, sending a second DCI at a first time domain position, the second DCI being used to schedule the signal configuration information; sending the updated signal configuration information.

52. The apparatus of claim 49, wherein, If the first information field is used to indicate information related to the signal configuration information, the updated signal configuration information takes effect at a second time domain position; wherein the information related to the signal configuration information comprises at least one of the following: an index corresponding to the updated signal configuration information; activation of the signal configuration information; deactivation of the signal configuration information.

53. The apparatus of claim 51 or 52, wherein, The first time domain position or the second time domain position comprises one of the following: a time domain position corresponding to a frame boundary of a first period in which the first DCI is located; a position of X time slots after the first DCI; a position of Y time slots after a feedback time slot corresponding to the first DCI; wherein X and Y are positive integers.

54. The apparatus of claim 53, wherein, The length of the first period is N times the length of a paging period; wherein the value of N is multiplexed with the value of a system information update period coefficient, or the value of N is configured by a network side device, or the value of N is predefined.

55. The apparatus of claim 49, wherein, The first DCI comprises at least one of the following: a paging DCI; a single carrier scheduling DCI dedicated to a terminal; a multi-carrier scheduling DCI dedicated to a terminal; a group common DCI.

56. The apparatus of claim 55, wherein, The first information field comprises: in the case where the first DCI is a paging DCI, the first information field is X bits in a short message field, X being greater than or equal to 1; or, in the case where the first DCI is other than a paging DCI, the first information field is a newly added information field.

57. The apparatus of claim 56, wherein, The X bits comprise one of the following bits in the short message field: the 5th bit; the 6th bit; the 7th bit; the 8th bit.

58. The apparatus of claim 51, wherein, The second DCI comprises at least one of the following: a DCI scrambled by an SI-RNTI, the DCI scrambled by the SI-RNTI comprising a second information field, the second information field being used to indicate that the second DCI is used to schedule the updated signal configuration information; DCI scrambled by other RNTIs, the other RNTI scrambled DCI being used for scheduling updated signal configuration information.

59. The apparatus of claim 50 or 52, wherein, The processor is configured to read a computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: sending M pieces of signal configuration information to the terminal, M being greater than or equal to 1; wherein, when M is greater than or equal to 2, each piece of signal configuration information has a corresponding index.

60. The apparatus of claim 52, wherein, If the first information field is used to indicate the index corresponding to the updated signal configuration information, the length of the first information field is determined according to the number of signal configuration information. Or, If the first information field is used to indicate signal configuration information activation or signal configuration information deactivation, the length of the first information field is 1 bit. Or, The length of the first information field is determined according to a higher layer parameter configuration.

61. The apparatus of claim 53, wherein, In the case where the updated signal configuration information is a subset of the signal configuration information before the update, the first time domain position or the second time domain position is the time domain position corresponding to the frame boundary of the first period where the first DCI is located. Or, In the case where the signal configuration information before the update is a subset of the signal configuration information after the update, the first time domain position or the second time domain position is: the position of X time slots after the first DCI, or the position of Y time slots after the feedback time slot corresponding to the first DCI.

62. The apparatus of any one of claims 50 to 61, wherein, The signal configuration information includes at least one of the following: PRACH configuration information; paging configuration information; SSB configuration information.

63. An indication device of configuration information, applied to a terminal, the device comprising: a first receiving unit configured to receive a first DCI, the first DCI comprising a first information field, the first information field being used to indicate one of the following: signal configuration information is updated; related information of signal configuration information.

64. An indication device of configuration information, applied to a network side device, the device comprising: a first sending unit configured to send a first DCI, the first DCI comprising a first information field, the first information field being used to indicate one of the following: signal configuration information is updated; related information of signal configuration information.

65. A processor readable storage medium, the processor readable storage medium storing a program, the program being used to make the processor execute the indication method of configuration information according to any one of claims 1 to 17, or execute the indication method of configuration information according to any one of claims 18 to 31.

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