Configuration information transmission method, terminal, network device and storage medium

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a configuration information transmission method, a terminal, a network device and a storage medium. The method comprises: receiving configuration information transmitted by a network device, the configuration information comprising one or more discontinuous reception / transmission patterns, wherein the discontinuous reception / transmission patterns are used for indicating an occasion for a terminal to receive / transmit information in a non-terrestrial network (NTN). In the method of the present disclosure, on the basis of received configuration information, a terminal can learn an occasion for information reception / transmission on the basis of one or more discontinuous reception / transmission patterns, so as to receive / transmit information at an appropriate occasion, thereby improving the communication efficiency.

Description

Method, terminal, network device and storage medium for transmitting configuration information TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the technical field of communication, and particularly relates to a method for transmitting configuration information, a terminal, a network device and a storage medium. BACKGROUND

[0002] In a non-terrestrial network (NTN), a user equipment (UE) can be connected to a ground base station through a satellite. The satellite can improve the coverage of a satellite beam through beam hopping.

[0003] SUMMARY

[0004] In the beam hopping scenario of the NTN, there are multiple cases of ways of sending signals or information, and the terminal cannot know the related ways.

[0005] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for transmitting configuration information, a terminal, a network device and a storage medium.

[0006] In a first aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for receiving configuration information, executed by a terminal, and the method comprises:

[0007] receiving configuration information sent by a network device, the configuration information comprising one or more discontinuous reception patterns, wherein the discontinuous reception pattern is used to indicate a time for the terminal to receive information in a non-terrestrial network (NTN).

[0008] In a second aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for sending configuration information, executed by a network device, and the method comprises:

[0009] sending configuration information to a terminal, the configuration information comprising one or more discontinuous reception patterns, wherein the discontinuous reception pattern is used to indicate a time for the terminal to receive information in a non-terrestrial network (NTN).

[0010] In a third aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a terminal, comprising:

[0011] a transceiver module, configured to receive configuration information sent by a network device, the configuration information comprising one or more discontinuous reception patterns, wherein the discontinuous reception pattern is used to indicate a time for the terminal to receive information in a non-terrestrial network (NTN).

[0012] In a fourth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a network device, comprising:

[0013] The transceiver module is configured to send configuration information to the terminal, the configuration information comprising one or more discontinuous transmission patterns, wherein the discontinuous transmission pattern is used to indicate a time for the terminal to transmit and receive information in a non-terrestrial network (NTN).

[0014] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, comprising:

[0015] one or more processors;

[0016] The communication device is configured to implement the method of the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0017] In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a storage medium, the storage medium storing instructions, wherein,

[0018] When the instructions are run on the communication device, the communication device is caused to perform the method of the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0019] In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a program product, wherein,

[0020] When the program product is executed by the communication device, the communication device is caused to perform the method of the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0021] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, based on the received configuration information, the terminal can learn the time for transmitting and receiving information according to one or more discontinuous transmission patterns, so as to transmit and receive information at the appropriate time, thereby improving communication efficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0022] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the following describes the drawings required for the embodiments, and the following drawings are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, and do not specifically limit the protection scope of the present disclosure.

[0023] FIG. 1a is an exemplary schematic diagram of an architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0024] FIG. 1b is a schematic diagram of a hop-beam transmission according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0025] FIG. 2a is an exemplary schematic diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0026] FIG. 2b to FIG. 2c are pattern time domain schematic diagrams according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0027] FIG. 3a to FIG. 3b are an exemplary flowchart of a method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0028] FIG. 4 is an exemplary flow chart of a method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0029] FIG. 5a is a structural schematic diagram of a satellite device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0030] FIG. 5b is a structural schematic diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0031] FIG. 6a is a schematic diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0032] FIG. 6b is a schematic diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0033] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for transmitting configuration information, a terminal, a network device, and a storage medium.

[0034] In a first aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for receiving configuration information, performed by a terminal, the method comprising:

[0035] receiving configuration information transmitted by a network device, the configuration information comprising one or more discontinuous transmission patterns, wherein the discontinuous transmission pattern is used to indicate a time for the terminal to transmit and receive information in a non-terrestrial network (NTN).

[0036] In the above embodiments, based on the received configuration information, the terminal can learn the time for transmitting and receiving information according to one or more discontinuous transmission patterns, so as to transmit and receive information at the appropriate time, thereby improving communication efficiency.

[0037] In combination with the embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the configuration information comprises at least one of:

[0038] a first information field, the first information field being used to indicate a pattern identifier corresponding to each discontinuous transmission pattern;

[0039] a second information field, the second information field being used to indicate a terminal behavior corresponding to each discontinuous transmission pattern;

[0040] a third information field, the third information field being used to indicate whether each discontinuous transmission pattern is a discontinuous transmission (DTX) pattern and / or a discontinuous reception (DRX) pattern.

[0041] In combination with the embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the pattern identifier is associated with or corresponds to the terminal behavior, and the second information field is not included in the configuration information.

[0042] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the discontinuous transmission pattern is a DTX pattern by default, and the third information field corresponding to the discontinuous transmission pattern is not included in the configuration information.

[0043] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the discontinuous transmission pattern comprises at least one of the following parameters:

[0044] a duration of the active period;

[0045] a duration of the inactive period;

[0046] a period;

[0047] a start time offset.

[0048] In some embodiments of the first aspect, when the discontinuous transmission pattern is a DTX pattern, the DTX pattern satisfies one of the following:

[0049] the DTX pattern comprises an active period and an inactive period, and the active period is a first active period or a second active period;

[0050] the DTX pattern comprises an active period and an inactive period, and the active period comprises a first active period and a second active period;

[0051] wherein the first active period and the second active period correspond to different terminal behaviors.

[0052] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the duration of the active period comprises a duration of the first active period and / or a duration of the second active period.

[0053] the start time offset comprises a first offset corresponding to the first active period and / or a second offset corresponding to the second active period.

[0054] In some embodiments of the first aspect, when the start time offset does not comprise the second offset, the second offset is determined according to the first offset.

[0055] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the terminal behavior in the first active period comprises receiving common information sent by the network device; and / or,

[0056] the terminal behavior in the second active period comprises receiving terminal-specific information sent by the network device.

[0057] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the terminal behavior in the inactive period of the DTX pattern comprises not expecting to receive common information and / or not expecting to receive terminal-specific information.

[0058] In some embodiments, the common information comprises at least one of the following:

[0059] a synchronization signal block (SSB);

[0060] a system information block (SIB1);

[0061] a system information block SIB19;

[0062] a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of a certain type.

[0063] In some embodiments, the terminal-specific information comprises at least one of the following:

[0064] a PDCCH specific to the terminal;

[0065] a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) specific to the terminal;

[0066] a PDSCH for transmitting MSG2;

[0067] a PDSCH for transmitting MSG4;

[0068] a channel-state-information reference signal (CSI-RS).

[0069] In some embodiments, when the discontinuous reception pattern is a DRX pattern, the terminal behavior in the active period comprises: sending uplink information to the network device, or,

[0070] the terminal behavior in the inactive period comprises: not expecting to receive uplink scheduling information sent by the network device, and not expecting to send uplink information.

[0071] In some embodiments, the uplink information comprises at least one of the following:

[0072] a sounding reference signal (SRS);

[0073] Configured Grant Physical Uplink Shared Channel (CG-PUSCH);

[0074] Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH).

[0075] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the multiple discontinuous transmission patterns satisfy at least one of the following:

[0076] Periods are different;

[0077] Corresponding terminal behaviors are different;

[0078] Starting time offsets are different.

[0079] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the method further comprises:

[0080] According to the configuration information, performing a terminal behavior corresponding to the applied discontinuous transmission pattern.

[0081] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the terminal supports simultaneously applying multiple discontinuous transmission patterns at one time.

[0082] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the configuration information is sent through common signaling or through terminal-specific signaling.

[0083] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the terminal has the ability to identify the configuration information.

[0084] In a second aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for sending configuration information, executed by a network device, comprising:

[0085] Sending configuration information to a terminal, the configuration information including one or more discontinuous transmission patterns, wherein the discontinuous transmission pattern is used to indicate the timing of the terminal transmitting and receiving information in a non-terrestrial network (NTN).

[0086] In some embodiments of the second aspect, the configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0087] A first information field, the first information field being used to indicate the pattern identifier corresponding to the one or more discontinuous transmission patterns respectively;

[0088] A second information field, the second information field being used to indicate the network behavior corresponding to the one or more discontinuous transmission patterns respectively;

[0089] The third information field is used to indicate that each discontinuous transmission and reception pattern is a discontinuous transmission (DTX) pattern and / or a discontinuous reception (DRX) pattern.

[0090] In combination with the embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the pattern identification is associated with or corresponds to a terminal behavior, and the second information field is not included in the configuration information.

[0091] In combination with the embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the discontinuous transmission and reception pattern is a DTX pattern by default, and the third information field corresponding to the discontinuous transmission and reception pattern is not included in the configuration information.

[0092] In combination with the embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the discontinuous transmission and reception pattern comprises at least one of the following parameters:

[0093] a duration of the active period;

[0094] a duration of the inactive period;

[0095] a cycle;

[0096] a start time offset.

[0097] In combination with the embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, when the discontinuous transmission and reception pattern is a DTX pattern, the DTX pattern satisfies one of the following:

[0098] comprises an active period and an inactive period, and the active period is a first active period or a second active period;

[0099] comprises an active period and an inactive period, and the active period comprises a first active period and a second active period;

[0100] wherein the network behavior corresponding to the first active period is different from the network behavior corresponding to the second active period.

[0101] In combination with the embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the duration of the active period comprises a duration of the first active period and / or a duration of the second active period.

[0102] The start time offset comprises a first offset corresponding to the first active period and / or a second offset corresponding to the second active period.

[0103] In combination with the embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, when the start time offset does not comprise the second offset, the second offset is determined according to the first offset.

[0104] In combination with the embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the network behavior in the first active period comprises: sending common information to the terminal; and / or,

[0105] The network behavior in the second activation period comprises: sending terminal-specific information to the terminal.

[0106] In combination with the embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the network behavior in the DTX pattern non-activation period comprises: not sending common information, and / or, not sending terminal-specific information.

[0107] In combination with the embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the common information comprises at least one of:

[0108] a synchronization signal block SSB;

[0109] a system information block SIB1;

[0110] a system information block SIB19;

[0111] a physical downlink control channel PDCCH of a certain type.

[0112] In combination with the embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the terminal-specific information comprises at least one of:

[0113] a PDCCH specific to the terminal;

[0114] a PDSCH specific to the terminal;

[0115] a PDSCH for transmitting MSG2;

[0116] a PDSCH for transmitting MSG4;

[0117] a channel state information reference signal CSI-RS.

[0118] In combination with the embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, when the non-continuous transceiver pattern is a DRX pattern, the network behavior in the activation period comprises: receiving uplink information sent by the terminal, or,

[0119] The network behavior in the non-activation period comprises: not receiving uplink information.

[0120] In combination with the embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the uplink information comprises at least one of:

[0121] a sounding reference signal SRS;

[0122] a physical uplink shared channel PUSCH of a configured grant;

[0123] a random access channel PRACH.

[0124] In combination with the embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the multiple non-continuous transceiver patterns satisfy at least one of:

[0125] different periods;

[0126] Corresponding network behaviors are different;

[0127] The starting time offset is different.

[0128] In combination with the embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the configuration information is sent by common signaling or by terminal-specific signaling.

[0129] In a third aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a terminal, comprising:

[0130] a transceiver, configured to receive configuration information sent by a network device, the configuration information comprising one or more discontinuous transmission patterns, wherein the discontinuous transmission pattern is used to indicate a time opportunity for the terminal to transmit or receive information in a non-terrestrial network (NTN).

[0131] In a fourth aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a network device, comprising:

[0132] a transceiver, configured to send configuration information to a terminal, the configuration information comprising one or more discontinuous transmission patterns, wherein the discontinuous transmission pattern is used to indicate a time opportunity for the terminal to transmit or receive information in a non-terrestrial network (NTN).

[0133] In a fifth aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication device, comprising:

[0134] one or more processors;

[0135] The communication device is configured to implement the method of the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0136] In a sixth aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a storage medium, which stores instructions, wherein,

[0137] When the instructions run on a communication device, the communication device is caused to perform the method of the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0138] In a seventh aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a program product, wherein,

[0139] When the program product is executed by a communication device, the communication device is caused to perform the method of the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0140] In an eighth aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure propose a computer program, which, when running on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of any one of the first aspect to the second aspect.

[0141] In a ninth aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a chip or chip system. The chip or chip system includes processing circuitry configured to perform the method described in any of the optional implementation manners of the first aspect to the second aspect.

[0142] It can be understood that the terminal, the network device, the communication system, the storage medium, the program product, the computer program, the chip or the chip system are all used to execute the method proposed in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Therefore, the beneficial effects achieved thereby can refer to the beneficial effects in the corresponding method, which will not be described here again.

[0143] The embodiments of the present disclosure are not exhaustive, but only illustrate some embodiments, and are not specific limitations on the protection scope of the present disclosure. In the case of no contradiction, each step in an embodiment can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the steps can be combined arbitrarily, for example, the scheme after removing some steps in an embodiment can also be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the order of the steps in an embodiment can be exchanged arbitrarily, in addition, the optional implementation manners in an embodiment can be combined arbitrarily; in addition, the embodiments can be combined arbitrarily, for example, some or all steps of different embodiments can be combined arbitrarily, an embodiment can be combined with the optional implementation manners of other embodiments.

[0144] In each embodiment of the present disclosure, the terms and / or descriptions between the embodiments are consistent if there is no special description and logical conflict, and can be referred to each other, and the technical features in different embodiments can be combined to form a new embodiment according to their inherent logical relationship.

[0145] The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for the purpose of describing the specific embodiments, and not as a limitation on the present disclosure.

[0146] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, the elements expressed in singular form, such as "one", "a", "the", "above", "said", "preceding", "this" and the like, can represent "one and only one", or "one or more", "at least one" and the like. For example, in the case of using articles such as "a", "an", "the" and the like in English, the noun after the article can be understood as singular expression, or can be understood as plural expression.

[0147] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, "a plurality of" means two or more.

[0148] In some embodiments, the terms "at least one of," "one or more of," "a plurality of," "multiple," and the like can be used interchangeably.

[0149] In some embodiments, the recitations "at least one of A, B," "A and / or B," "in one case A, in another case B," "in response to a case A, in response to a case B," and the like can include the following technical solutions according to the case: in some embodiments A (A is executed regardless of B); in some embodiments B (B is executed regardless of A); in some embodiments, A and B are selectively executed (A and B are selectively executed); in some embodiments, A and B (A and B are executed). When there are more branches such as A, B, C, and the like, the above is similar.

[0150] In some embodiments, the recitations "A or B" and the like can include the following technical solutions according to the case: in some embodiments A (A is executed regardless of B); in some embodiments B (B is executed regardless of A); in some embodiments, A and B are selectively executed (A and B are selectively executed). When there are more branches such as A, B, C, and the like, the above is similar.

[0151] The prefix words "first", "second", and the like in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only used to distinguish different description objects, and do not constitute a limitation on the position, order, priority, quantity, or content of the description objects. The description of the description objects should refer to the description in the context of the claims or embodiments, and should not constitute an additional limitation because of the use of the prefix words. For example, the description objects are "fields", and the ordinal words before "fields" in "first field" and "second field" do not limit the position or order between "fields", and "first" and "second" do not limit whether the "fields" modified thereby are in the same message or not, nor limit the order of "first field" and "second field". For another example, the description objects are "levels", and the ordinal words before "levels" in "first level" and "second level" do not limit the priority between "levels". For another example, the quantity of the description objects is not limited by the ordinal words, and can be one or more. For example, "first device", wherein the quantity of "devices" can be one or more. In addition, the objects modified by different prefix words can be the same or different, for example, the description objects are "devices", and "first device" and "second device" can be the same device or different devices, and the types thereof can be the same or different; for another example, the description objects are "information", and "first information" and "second information" can be the same information or different information, and the content thereof can be the same or different.

[0152] In some embodiments, "comprising", "including", "to indicate", "carrying", can be interpreted as directly carrying A, or indirectly indicating A.

[0153] In some embodiments, the terms "in response to", "in response to determining", "in the case of", "when", "when", "if", "if" and the like can be replaced with each other.

[0154] In some embodiments, the terms "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "not less than", "more than", "more than or equal to", "not less than", "higher than", "higher than or equal to", "not less than", "above" and the like can be replaced with each other, and the terms "less than", "less than or equal to", "not greater than", "less than", "less than or equal to", "not more than", "lower than", "lower than or equal to", "not higher than", "below" and the like can be replaced with each other.

[0155] In some embodiments, the apparatus and device can be interpreted as physical or virtual, and its name is not limited to the name recorded in the embodiments, and in some cases can also be understood as "equipment", "device", "circuit", "network element", "node", "function", "unit", "section", "system", "network", "chip", "chip system", "entity", "subject" and the like.

[0156] In some embodiments, "network" can be interpreted as an apparatus contained in the network, such as an access network device, a core network device, and the like.

[0157] In some embodiments, an “access network device (AN device)” can also be referred to as a “radio access network device (RAN device),” a “base station (BS),” a “radio base station,” a “fixed station,” and in some embodiments can also be understood as a “node,” an “access point,” a “transmission point (TP),” a “reception point (RP),” a “transmission / reception point (TRP),” a “panel,” an “antenna panel,” an “antenna array,” a “cell,” a “macro cell,” a “small cell,” a “femto cell,” a “pico cell,” a “sector,” a “cell group,” a “serving cell,” a “carrier,” a “component carrier,” a “bandwidth part (BWP),” and the like.

[0158] In some embodiments, a "terminal" or "terminal device" can be referred to as a "user equipment" (UE), a "user terminal," a "mobile station" (MS), a "mobile terminal" (MT), a subscriber station, a mobile unit, a subscriber unit, a wireless unit, a remote unit, a mobile device, a wireless device, a wireless communication device, a remote device, a mobile subscriber station, an access terminal, a mobile terminal, a wireless terminal, a remote terminal, a handset, a user agent, a mobile client, a client, and / or the like.

[0159] In some embodiments, data, information and / or the like can be obtained in compliance with laws and regulations of a country where the data, information and / or the like is obtained.

[0160] In some embodiments, data, information and / or the like can be obtained after consent of a user.

[0161] In addition, each element, each row, or each column in a table of embodiments of the present disclosure can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and a combination of any element, any row, or any column can also be implemented as an independent embodiment.

[0162] FIG. 1a is a schematic diagram of an architecture of a communication system according to embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0163] As shown in FIG. 1a, a communication system 100 includes a terminal 101 and a network device 102.

[0164] In a TN network, the network device 102 can include at least one of an access network device or a core network device.

[0165] In the NTN network, the network device 102 can include at least one of a satellite, an access network device (or referred to as a ground station), or a core network device. Among them, in the NTN network, the terminal 101 can be connected with the access network device through the satellite, and can be connected with the core network, so as to be connected with the public data network.

[0166] In some embodiments, the terminal 103 includes at least one of a mobile phone, a wearable device, an Internet of Things device, a communication-capable car, a smart car, a tablet computer (Pad), a wireless transceiver-enabled computer, a virtual reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control, a wireless terminal device in self-driving, a wireless terminal device in remote medical surgery, a wireless terminal device in a smart grid, a wireless terminal device in transportation safety, a wireless terminal device in a smart city, a wireless terminal device in a smart home, and the like, but is not limited thereto.

[0167] In some embodiments, the access network device is, for example, a node or device that accesses a terminal to a wireless network, and can include at least one of an evolved NodeB (eNB) in a 5G communication system, a next generation eNB (ng-eNB), a next generation NodeB (gNB), a node B (NB), a home node B (HNB), a home evolved node B (HeNB), a wireless backhaul device, a radio network controller (RNC), a base station controller (BSC), a base transceiver station (BTS), a base band unit (BBU), a mobile switching center, a base station in a 6G communication system, an open base station (Open RAN), a cloud base station (Cloud RAN), a base station in other communication systems, an access node in a wireless fidelity (WiFi) system, but is not limited thereto.

[0168] In some embodiments, the access network device can be composed of a central unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU), wherein the CU can also be referred to as a control unit (control unit), and the CU-DU structure can split the protocol layers of the access network device, and the functions of part of the protocol layers are controlled by the CU, and the functions of the remaining part or all of the protocol layers are distributed in the DU and controlled by the CU, but are not limited thereto.

[0169] In some embodiments, the core network device can be one device including one or more network elements, or can be multiple devices or device groups including all or part of one or more network elements. The network element can be virtual or physical. The core network includes, for example, at least one of an evolved packet core (EPC), a 5G core network (5GCN), and a next generation core (NGC). Alternatively, the core network device refers to a network element with specific functions, such as an access management function (AMF), a service management function (SMF), etc.

[0170] In some embodiments, the technical solutions of the present disclosure can be applied to an Open RAN architecture, at this time, the interfaces between or within the access network devices involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure can become internal interfaces of the Open RAN, and the processes and information interactions between these internal interfaces can be implemented through software or programs.

[0171] It can be understood that the communication system described in the embodiments of the present disclosure is for more clearly illustrating the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and does not constitute a limitation on the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure. It can be known by those skilled in the art that, as the system architecture evolves and new business scenarios appear, the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure are also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0172] The following embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to the communication system 100 shown in FIG. 1a or FIG. 1b, or part of the subject, but are not limited thereto.

[0173] The subjects shown in FIG. 1a or FIG. 1b are examples, and the communication system can include all or part of the subjects in FIG. 1a or FIG. 1b, or other subjects other than FIG. 1a or FIG. 1b. The number and form of each subject is arbitrary, and the connection relationship between each subject is an example. Each subject can be connected or not connected, and the connection can be in any way, can be direct connection or indirect connection, can be wired connection or wireless connection.

[0174] Embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4th generation mobile communication system (4G), 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), 5G new radio (NR), Future Radio Access (FRA), New-Radio Access Technology (RAT), New Radio (NR), New radio access (NX), Future generation radio access (FX), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM (registered trademark)), CDMA2000, Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, Ultra-WideBand (UWB), Bluetooth (Bluetooth (registered trademark)), Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) network, Device-to-Device (D2D) system, Machine to Machine (M2M) system, Internet of Things (IoT) system, Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X), system using other communication processing methods, next-generation system expanded based thereon, and the like. In addition, a plurality of systems can be combined (for example, combination of LTE or LTE-A and 5G, and the like).

[0175] In the NTN network, the satellite can transmit different satellite beams based on Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) in different events through the way of beam hopping, so as to improve the total wave position coverage. There are various ways for the satellite to transmit signals or information by beam hopping, see the following description.

[0176] Assuming the repetition period of SSB is extended to 80 ms, SSB is sent every 20 ms within the 80 ms, but the beam sending SSB is different within 80 ms. If the number of beams sending SSB at the same time is 4, that is, 1 SSB index corresponds to 4 satellite beams, 16 satellite beams can be sent within 20 ms in TDM mode to send 4 SSB indexes, as shown in combination with FIG. 1b, in the first 10 ms, beams beam#1~beam#16 send SSB indexes 1~4; thus within 80 ms, a total of 64 satellite beams need to be covered.

[0177] Based on this, the flexible way of satellite beam hopping to send signals or information can include the following three scenarios or cases:

[0178] Scenario 1: fixed. In combination with FIG. 1b, the same beam is used to send common and terminal-specific data within each 20 ms, and common and data are each cycled once every 80 ms.

[0179] Among them, the first 10 ms within each 20 ms sends common, and the last 10 ms sends data, for example, in the first 20 ms (such as 0~20 ms), 0~10 ms sends common, and 10~20 ms sends data, and the beams used in 0~10 ms and 10~20 ms are the same. Or, the first 10 ms within each 20 ms sends common, and also uses frequency division multiplexing (FDM) to send data with the same beam, and the last 10 ms still sends data; for example, in the first 20 ms (such as 0~20 ms), 0~10 ms sends common, and in 0~10 ms, uses FDM to send data with the same beam as common, and 10~20 ms sends data.

[0180] Scenario 2: flexible. In combination with FIG. 1b, the first 10 ms within each 20 ms sends common, and the last 10 ms sends data. Among them, the beams used in the first 10 ms of each 20 ms have periodic characteristics and cycle once every 80 ms, for example, for beam#1~beam#16 used in the first 10 ms (i.e. 0~10 ms) of the first 20 ms (such as 0~20 ms), after experiencing a period of 80 ms, beam#1~beam#16 are used again in 80 ms~90 ms. The beams used in the last 10 ms of each 20 ms have no relationship with the beams used in the first 10 ms, and the beams used in the last 10 ms can have no periodicity and are used on demand.

[0181] For example, referring to FIG. 1b, in the second 20 ms (such as 20 ms-40 ms), the first 10 ms (20-30 ms) can use beam #17-32 to send common, and 0-40 ms can use beam #1-32 to send. Assuming that the last 10 ms (30-40 ms) of the second 20 ms can use the beam direction beam #10 and beam #30 with users to send data, the beams used in the last 10 ms (30-40 ms) of the second 20 ms can be independent of the beams used in the first 10 ms (20-30 ms), such as beam #10, which is not the beam used in the first 10 ms (20-30 ms).

[0182] Scenario 3: Enhanced flexible mode (e-flexible). In combination with FIG. 1b, the first 10 ms in every 20 ms sends common, and all 20 ms sends data. Among them: the beams used in the first 10 ms in each 20 ms have periodic characteristics, and cycle once every 80 ms; the beams used for data in the first 10 ms need to be the same as the beams used for common. For example, in the first 20 ms (such as 0-20 ms), 0-10 ms sends common, and 0-20 ms sends data, wherein, when 0-10 ms sends common and data, common and data occupy different bandwidths in FDM manner, and the beams for sending common and data in 0-10 ms are the same.

[0183] Among them, in the first 10 ms, common does not occupy all the bandwidth (such as 5 MHz), so on the basis of TDM, some data can also be scheduled in FDM manner in the first 10 ms. The beams used in the last 10 ms have no relationship with the beams used in the first 10 ms, and the beams used in the last 10 ms can have no periodicity and be used on demand.

[0184] In summary, it can be found that the network side can use different ways to send information or signals, and the terminal cannot know the above ways of sending information or signals by the network side.

[0185] FIG. 2a is an interaction schematic diagram of a method of transmitting configuration information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 2a, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a method of transmitting configuration information, and the above method comprises:

[0186] In step S2101, the network device 102 sends configuration information to the terminal 101.

[0187] In some embodiments, the network device 102 can include a satellite or satellite base station in an NTN network, and / or a ground station.

[0188] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 receives the configuration information.

[0189] In some embodiments, the configuration information comprises one or more discontinuous transmission patterns, wherein the discontinuous transmission pattern is used to indicate the time occasion for the terminal to transmit or receive information in the NTN.

[0190] For example, the discontinuous transmission pattern can be used to indicate the time occasion for the terminal to transmit or receive information in a reference signal repetition period of the NTN.

[0191] Optionally, the discontinuous transmission pattern can be used to indicate the power saving mode or power saving operation of the network device 102, which can be configured in a cell unit, for example, the discontinuous transmission pattern can also be referred to as a cell discontinuous transmission pattern.

[0192] Optionally, the reference signal repetition period is, for example, a repetition period of SSB. Wherein the repetition period of SSB can be 80ms or 160ms, etc.

[0193] Optionally, in one reference signal repetition period, a plurality of reference signal transmission periods can be included. For example, in the repetition period of SSB, a plurality of SSB transmission periods can be included, and each SSB transmission period can be 20ms or 16ms, etc. Taking the repetition period of SSB as 80ms and the transmission period of SSB as 20ms as an example, four 20ms can be included in one 80ms. In combination with Figure 1b, in each 20ms transmission period, different beams can be used to transmit information or signals on SSB#1-4. After the repetition period of 80ms, the beam performing transmission will be cycled.

[0194] In some embodiments, the discontinuous transmission pattern or the cell discontinuous transmission pattern can indicate the time occasion for the terminal to transmit or receive information in a repetition period such as 80ms.

[0195] Optionally, the discontinuous transmission pattern can indicate the time occasion for the terminal to transmit or receive information in each transmission period such as 20ms.

[0196] Optionally, based on the discontinuous transmission pattern, the terminal 101 can know the time occasion for transmitting or receiving information in the repetition period, or can know the time occasion for transmitting or receiving information in each transmission period.

[0197] In some embodiments, the cell discontinuous transmission pattern can be used to indicate the time domain parameter of the network device 102 for power saving or transmitting or receiving information on the cell, and can be associated with the corresponding terminal behavior.

[0198] Optionally, the cell discontinuous transmission pattern can be a cell DTX (DTX for short) pattern, or a cell DRX (DRX for short) pattern. Alternatively, the cell discontinuous transmission pattern is a cell DTX and DRX (DTX & DRX) pattern, that is, the patterns of DTX and DRX are consistent at this time.

[0199] In some embodiments, the discontinuous transmission pattern comprises at least one of the following parameters:

[0200] Duration of the active period (duration timer or on duration timer);

[0201] Duration of the non-active period;

[0202] Cycle;

[0203] Start offset.

[0204] Optionally, the start offset can be used to determine the starting time position of the discontinuous transmission pattern.

[0205] Optionally, the above at least one time domain parameter is different between different discontinuous transmission patterns.

[0206] Optionally, the parameters of each discontinuous transmission pattern can be configured by configuration information, or associated by pattern identification (pattern ID) in the configuration information. For example, in combination with Table 1-1, different or multiple discontinuous transmission patterns can have different pattern IDs, and each pattern ID can be associated with the above multiple time domain parameters:

[0207] Table 1-1

[0208] Optionally, the above time domain parameters can all be configured or only part of them, such as configuring the duration of the start time offset, cycle and active period, which can determine the duration of the non-active period.

[0209] Optionally, the discontinuous transmission pattern can be a DTX and / or DRX pattern, that is, the DTX and / or DRX pattern can be associated with the corresponding time domain parameters.

[0210] In some embodiments, the configuration information comprises at least one of the following:

[0211] The first information field is used to indicate one or more discontinuous transmission pattern IDs corresponding to one or more discontinuous transmission patterns respectively.

[0212] The second information field is used to indicate terminal behavior corresponding to one or more discontinuous transmission patterns respectively.

[0213] The third information field is used to indicate whether each discontinuous transmission pattern is a discontinuous transmission (DTX) pattern and / or a discontinuous reception (DRX) pattern.

[0214] Optionally, the first information field can include one or more bits.

[0215] For example, the configuration information configures one discontinuous transmission pattern by configuring one pattern ID in the first information field. Alternatively, the configuration information configures multiple discontinuous transmission patterns by configuring multiple pattern IDs in the first information field. Each pattern ID can be associated with corresponding time domain parameters, as shown in Table 1.

[0216] Optionally, the second information field can be used to indicate terminal behavior corresponding to different pattern IDs.

[0217] For example, the second information field can include bits corresponding to different pattern IDs, and the value of the corresponding bits indicates terminal behavior associated with the active period and / or the inactive period of the pattern ID.

[0218] For example, the second information field indicates terminal behavior in the form of a bitmap, and each bit in the bitmap can correspond to a pattern ID. The bit corresponding to a pattern ID can be used to indicate terminal behavior in the active period. When the bit is a first value (e.g., 1), it indicates a first terminal behavior. When the bit is a second value (e.g., 0), it indicates a second terminal behavior. The first terminal behavior can be, for example, behavior corresponding to the first active period or the N2 state, and the second terminal behavior can be, for example, behavior corresponding to the second active period or the N3 state. It can be understood that terminal behavior in the inactive period can be determined based on terminal behavior in the active period.

[0219] For another example, the second information field includes a number of bits corresponding to each pattern ID, for example, one pattern ID can correspond to 2 bits, and different values of the 2 bits can indicate different terminal behaviors in different time periods. For example, the value of the 2 bits is 01, indicating the first terminal behavior described above, the value of the 2 bits is 11, indicating the second terminal behavior described above, and the value of the 2 bits is 10, indicating the terminal behavior in the inactive period. Among them, the first terminal behavior may, for example, be the behavior corresponding to the first active period or N2 state, and the second terminal behavior may, for example, be the behavior corresponding to the second active period or N3 state.

[0220] The above description is only an example, and the second information field can indicate the terminal behavior in a plurality of possible ways, and is not limited to the above description.

[0221] In an example, the second information field can be omitted. When the second information field is not included in the configuration information, the terminal behavior associated or corresponding to the pattern can be determined based on the pattern ID. For example, when the pattern ID is configured, the terminal behavior associated with the active period and / or the inactive period of the pattern ID can be directly obtained. The correspondence or association between the pattern ID and the terminal behavior can be defined by a protocol or pre-configured by the network device 102.

[0222] Optionally, the third information field can be used to indicate the type of one or more discontinuous transmission patterns, for example, to indicate whether a certain pattern ID corresponds to a DTX pattern, a DRX pattern, or a DTX & DRX pattern.

[0223] For example, the third information field can indicate the type of a plurality of patterns by 2 bits, for example, the value of the 2 bits is 01, indicating that the plurality of patterns configured are all DTX patterns; the value of the 2 bits is 10, indicating that the plurality of patterns configured are all DRX patterns, and the value of the 2 bits is 11, indicating that the plurality of patterns configured are all DTX & DRX patterns.

[0224] For another example, the third information field indicates the type by bitmap, each bit corresponding to a pattern ID, and the value of the bit is 0 indicating that the corresponding pattern ID is a DTX pattern; and the value of the bit is 1 indicating that the corresponding pattern ID is a DRX pattern.

[0225] For another example, 2 bits in the third information field correspond to 1 pattern ID. When the bit value of a pattern ID is 01, it indicates that the pattern ID corresponds to a DTX pattern; when the bit value of a pattern ID is 10, it indicates that the pattern ID corresponds to a DRX pattern; and when the bit value of a pattern ID is 11, it indicates that the pattern ID corresponds to a DTX&DRX pattern.

[0226] In an example, the third information field can be omitted. When the third information field is not included in the configuration information, the pattern configured in the configuration information can be one of a DTX pattern, a DRX pattern, or a DTX&DRX pattern by default. In this embodiment, the default is taken as a DTX pattern for example. For example, the configuration information includes a plurality of pattern IDs. If the third information field is not present, the plurality of pattern IDs can correspond to a plurality of DTX patterns.

[0227] Optionally, when a plurality of patterns are configured, the plurality of discontinuous transmission patterns satisfy at least one of the following:

[0228] The cycle is different;

[0229] The corresponding terminal behavior is different;

[0230] The start time offset is different.

[0231] For example, at least one time domain parameter of the pattern #1 and the pattern #2 is different. For another example, the terminal behavior associated with the pattern #1 and the pattern #2 is different. The different terminal behavior can be that the terminal behavior associated with the active period of the pattern #1 is different from the terminal behavior associated with the active period of the pattern #2.

[0232] In some embodiments, the terminal behavior and the network behavior of the network device 102 in different patterns are corresponding, that is, it can be considered that the transmission state of the network device 102 is corresponding. For example, the state in which the network device 102 transmits common information is taken as an N2 state, the state in which the network device 102 transmits terminal-specific information is taken as an N3 state, and the state in which the network device 102 transmits common information and terminal-specific information is taken as an N2&N3 state (i.e., a complete cell function); the terminal behavior associated with different patterns is related to the transmission state of the network device 102.

[0233] Optionally, the second information field can implicitly indicate the corresponding transceiving state as N2 state, N3 state or N2&N3 state through the indication of the terminal behavior associated with the pattern. Alternatively, the second information field can implicitly indicate the terminal behavior associated with the pattern through the transceiving state of the network device 102 corresponding to the pattern. The present embodiment does not limit this.

[0234] For example, the terminal behavior corresponding to the N2 state is to receive the common information sent by the network device. The terminal behavior corresponding to the N3 state is to receive the UE specific information sent by the network device. In combination with the description of the following embodiments, the above terminal behavior can be performed in a certain period of the pattern. Here, the UE specific information includes the data involved in the foregoing embodiments.

[0235] In some embodiments, when the discontinuous transceiving pattern is a DTX and / or DRX pattern, based on the above time domain parameter configuration, the pattern can include different periods or periods of different states in the time domain.

[0236] In a possible implementation, when the discontinuous transceiving pattern is a DTX pattern, the following description is referred to:

[0237] In the first example, as shown in FIG. 2b, the DTX pattern includes an active period and an inactive period, i.e., includes two periods. Among them, the active period in the two periods can be a first active period or a second active period, i.e., the DTX pattern includes the first active period and the inactive period, or the DTX pattern includes the second active period and the inactive period. Among them, the first active period can correspond to the N2 state, or the pattern associated with the first active period corresponds to the N2 state; the second active period can correspond to the N3 state, or the pattern associated with the second active period corresponds to the N3 state.

[0238] For example, the DTX pattern #1 includes the first active period and the inactive period, and the DTX pattern #2 includes the second active period and the inactive period.

[0239] In this example, the time domain parameters associated with the DTX pattern can refer to the configuration manner of the above embodiments, where the duration of the active period includes: the duration of the first active period (duration timer#1) or the duration of the second active period (duration timer#2); the start time offset includes: the first offset corresponding to the first active period (Start offset#1) or the second offset corresponding to the second active period (Start offset#2). Wherein the first offset represents the starting time position of the first active period, and the second offset represents the starting time position of the second active period.

[0240] For example, in combination with the example that the DTX pattern#1 includes the first active period and the inactive period, and the DTX pattern#2 includes the second active period and the inactive period, the time domain parameters associated with the two patterns can be as shown in Table 1-2:

[0241] Table 1-2

[0242] In a second example, as shown in FIG. 2c, the DTX pattern includes the first active period, the second active period and the inactive period, that is, it includes three periods. For example, the DTX pattern#3 includes the first active period, the second active period and the inactive period. In this example, the DTX pattern corresponds to the N2&N3 state.

[0243] In this example, the time domain parameters associated with the DTX pattern can refer to the configuration manner of the above embodiments, where the duration of the active period includes: the duration of the first active period (duration timer#1) and the duration of the second active period (duration timer#2); the start time offset includes: the first offset corresponding to the first active period (Start offset#1) and the second offset corresponding to the second active period (Start offset#2). Wherein the first offset represents the starting time position of the first active period, and the second offset represents the starting time position of the second active period.

[0244] For example, in combination with the example that the DTX pattern#3 includes the first active period, the second active period and the inactive period, the time domain parameters associated with this pattern can be as shown in Table 1-3:

[0245] Table 1-3

[0246] In this example, if the second offset is not configured, that is, the second offset is not included in the start time offset, the second offset is determined according to the first offset.

[0247] For example, if the second offset value does not exist, the default second activation period is after the end of the first activation period, i.e., the starting time position of the second activation period is (start offset#1+duration timer#1).

[0248] In this example, the first activation period and the second activation period can have an overlap.

[0249] In some embodiments, the terminal behavior corresponding to the first activation period and the second activation period is different. In combination with the description of the foregoing embodiments, different activation periods can be associated with different terminal behaviors or transceiving states of the network device. For example, the first activation period is associated with the N2 state, and the second activation period is associated with the N3 state.

[0250] In some embodiments, the terminal behavior in the first activation period in the DTX pattern includes receiving common information sent by the network device, and / or the terminal behavior in the second activation period includes receiving UE specific information sent by the network device.

[0251] In this embodiment, the terminal behavior in the non-activation period in the DTX pattern includes not expecting to receive common information, and / or not expecting to receive UE specific information.

[0252] For example, in combination with the foregoing example, for the DTX pattern#1 in Table 1-2, the terminal behavior in the first activation period includes receiving common information sent by the network device, and the terminal behavior in the non-activation period includes not expecting to receive common information. For the DTX pattern#2 in Table 1-2, the terminal behavior in the second activation period includes receiving UE specific information sent by the network device, and the terminal behavior in the non-activation period includes not expecting to receive UE specific information.

[0253] For example, in combination with the foregoing example, for the DTX pattern#3 in Table 1-3, the terminal behavior in the first activation period includes receiving common information sent by the network device, the terminal behavior in the second activation period includes receiving UE specific information sent by the network device, and the terminal behavior in the non-activation period includes not expecting to receive common information and UE specific information. Wherein, the first activation period and the second activation period can have an overlap period.

[0254] In some embodiments, the foregoing common information can be cell common access information sent by the network device, such as the common information can include at least one of the following:

[0255] a synchronization signal block SSB;

[0256] a system information block SIB1;

[0257] System information block SIB 19;

[0258] A physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of a certain type is configured.

[0259] The SSB, SIB1 or SIB19 is information for terminal random access (accessing a cell), and is downlink information that is common to the cell and is transmitted by the network device 102.

[0260] The PDCCH of a certain type can be a type 0 / 0A PDCCH.

[0261] In some embodiments, the terminal-specific information can be information, data or a channel applicable to the terminal, such as the terminal-specific information including at least one of:

[0262] A PDCCH specific to the terminal;

[0263] A PDSCH specific to the terminal;

[0264] A PDSCH for transmitting MSG2;

[0265] A PDSCH for transmitting MSG4;

[0266] A channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

[0267] In another possible implementation, when the discontinuous reception pattern is a DRX pattern, the following description is referred to:

[0268] In this implementation, the DRX pattern includes an active period and an inactive period, and the time domain parameter configuration manner can refer to the above embodiments.

[0269] In some embodiments, for the DRX pattern, the terminal behavior in the active period includes transmitting uplink information to the network device, or the terminal behavior in the inactive period includes not expecting to receive uplink scheduling information transmitted by the network device and not expecting to transmit uplink information.

[0270] In this embodiment, the uplink information includes at least one of:

[0271] A sounding reference signal (SRS);

[0272] A physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) of a configured grant;

[0273] A physical random access channel (PRACH).

[0274] In some embodiments, the above configuration information is sent through Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, such as through servingcellconfigCommon or through servingcellconfig.

[0275] In some embodiments, if the configuration information is sent through servingcellconfig, the network device 102 can send the configuration information to a terminal with the capability of identifying the configuration information. The terminal 101 can report whether it supports the above capability through the capability.

[0276] In step S2102, the terminal 101 performs the terminal behavior corresponding to the applied discontinuous reception pattern according to the configuration information.

[0277] In some embodiments, the terminal behavior can refer to the description in step S2101 above, which will not be repeated here.

[0278] In some embodiments, the terminal supports the simultaneous application of multiple discontinuous reception patterns on one cell, such as performing the terminal behavior corresponding to multiple discontinuous reception patterns.

[0279] In some embodiments, based on the configuration information, assuming that the pattern applied by the terminal is a DTX pattern, the DTX pattern includes a first active period, a second active period, and an inactive period. The terminal 101 can receive the common information sent by the network device in the first active period, receive the UE specific information sent by the network device in the second active period, and neither receive the common information nor receive the UE specific information in the inactive period.

[0280] Optionally, in addition to receiving information, the terminal 101 can also perform the required operation based on the received information in the first active period or the second inactive period. For example, in the first active period, SSB measurement can also be performed based on the received common information such as SSB.

[0281] In some embodiments, based on the configuration information, assuming that the pattern applied by the terminal includes two or two sets: one DTX pattern and one DRX pattern. Assuming that the behavior of the active period of the DTX pattern corresponds to the N2 state, the terminal 101 can receive the common information sent by the network device in the active period of the DTX pattern, and does not receive the common information in the inactive period. The terminal 101 can send uplink information to the network device in the active period of the DRX pattern, and does not expect to send uplink information in the inactive period of the DRX pattern.

[0282] Optionally, the terminal 101 can perform the required operation based on the received information in addition to receiving the information in the active period of the DTX pattern, such as performing SSB measurement based on the received common information such as SSB.

[0283] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the configuration information in the above embodiments can be applied to different scenarios in combination with the three scenarios or manners of scenario 1 to scenario 3. For related examples, refer to the examples listed in the following embodiments.

[0284] In some embodiments, the names of information and the like are not limited to the names described in the embodiments, and the terms of “information”, “message”, “signal”, “signaling”, “report”, “configuration”, “indication”, “instruction”, “command”, “channel”, “parameter”, “domain”, “field”, and the like can be replaced with each other.

[0285] In some embodiments, “acquire”, “obtain”, “get”, “receive”, “transmit”, “bidirectional transmission”, “send and / or receive”, and the like can be replaced with each other, which can be interpreted as receiving from other subjects, acquiring from a protocol, acquiring from a higher layer, obtaining by self-processing, autonomously implementing, and the like.

[0286] In some embodiments, the terms of “send”, “transmit”, “report”, “issue”, “transmit”, “bidirectional transmission”, “send and / or receive”, and the like can be replaced with each other.

[0287] In some embodiments, the terms of “radio”, “wireless”, “radio access network (RAN)”, “access network (AN)”, “RAN-based”, and the like can be replaced with each other.

[0288] In some embodiments, the terms of “time”, “time point”, “time point”, “time position”, and the like can be replaced with each other, and the terms of “time length”, “time period”, “time window”, “window”, “time”, and the like can be replaced with each other.

[0289] In some embodiments, the terms "component carrier (CC)", "cell", "frequency carrier", "carrier frequency", and the like can be replaced by each other.

[0290] In some embodiments, the terms "certain", "preseted", "pre-set", "set", "indicated", "certain", "arbitrary", "first", and the like can be replaced by each other, "certain A", "preset A", "pre-set A", "set A", "indicated A", "certain A", "arbitrary A", "first A" can be interpreted as A specified in advance in a protocol or the like, A obtained by setting, configuration, or indication, or A specific, certain, arbitrary, or first, but not limited thereto.

[0291] In some embodiments, the determination or judgment can be made by a value represented by 1 bit (0 or 1), or by a true or false value (Boolean) represented by true or false, or by comparison of numerical values (for example, comparison with a predetermined value), but not limited thereto.

[0292] In some embodiments, "not expected to receive" can be interpreted as not receiving in the time domain resource and / or the frequency domain resource, or as not performing subsequent processing on the data or the like after receiving the data or the like; "not expected to send" can be interpreted as not sending, or as sending but not expecting the receiving party to respond to the content of the sending.

[0293] The method related to the embodiments of the present disclosure can include at least one of steps S2101-S2102.

[0294] In some embodiments, other optional implementations described before or after the corresponding description of FIG. 2a can be referred to.

[0295] FIG. 3a is a flow diagram illustrating a method of transmitting configuration information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 3a, the present disclosure relates to a method of transmitting configuration information, which is executed by a terminal 101, and the above method includes:

[0296] Step S3101, receiving configuration information.

[0297] In some embodiments, the implementation of step S3101 can refer to the implementation of step S2101 in FIG. 2a, which will not be described here.

[0298] Step S3102. According to the configuration information, a terminal behavior corresponding to an applied discontinuous reception and transmission pattern is executed.

[0299] In some embodiments, the implementation of step S3102 can refer to the implementation of step S2102 in FIG. 2a, which will not be repeated here.

[0300] In some embodiments, other optional implementations can be referred to before or after the description corresponding to FIG. 3a.

[0301] FIG. 3b is a flow diagram of a method for transmitting configuration information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 3b, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a method for transmitting configuration information, which is executed by the terminal 101, and the above method comprises the following steps:

[0302] Step S3201. Configuration information is received.

[0303] In some embodiments, the implementation of step S3201 can refer to the implementation of step S2101 in FIG. 2a, which will not be repeated here.

[0304] In some embodiments, other optional implementations can be referred to before or after the description corresponding to FIG. 3b.

[0305] FIG. 4 is a flow diagram of a method for transmitting configuration information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 4, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a method for transmitting configuration information, which is executed by the network device 102, and the above method comprises the following steps:

[0306] Step S4101. Configuration information is transmitted.

[0307] In some embodiments, the implementation of step S4101 can refer to the implementation of step S2101 in FIG. 2a, which will not be repeated here.

[0308] In some embodiments, other optional implementations can be referred to before or after the description corresponding to FIG. 4.

[0309] In the method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, the following embodiments can be included:

[0310] Embodiment 1:

[0311] The base station configures a cell DTX / DRX pattern for the UE through RRC configuration (servingcellconfig or servingcellconfigCommon).

[0312] Optionally, if the configuration is performed through servingcellconfig, the configuration is performed only for the UE that reports the capability.

[0313] Embodiment 2:

[0314] Based on Embodiment 1, the UE supports one cell to activate / apply multiple DTX and / or DRX patterns simultaneously, and at least one of the following is different between different patterns:

[0315] Period is different;

[0316] UE behaves differently in active period and non-active period;

[0317] Start time is different.

[0318] Embodiment 3:

[0319] Based on Embodiment 2, the RRC configures at least one of the following parameters:

[0320] Pattern ID: because there are multiple patterns, use different IDs to distinguish patterns;

[0321] Duration timer: duration of active state;

[0322] Cycle: period;

[0323] Start offset: start time position;

[0324] State information: describes whether the pattern is for N2 or N3 or N2&N3;

[0325] This field can not appear, and is distinguished by the pattern ID, such as different patterns corresponding to different UE behaviors.

[0326] Type information: describes whether the pattern is applicable to DTX or DRX or DRX&DRX;

[0327] This field can not appear, and the default is DTX;

[0328] When this field is DRX&DTX, it means that the DTX and DRX patterns are consistent.

[0329] Embodiment 4:

[0330] Based on any of the above embodiments, the UE supports >2 states, such as 3 states, within one DTX and / or DRX pattern. Here, the state can be understood as a period, i.e., there are 3 periods within one DTX and / or DRX pattern.

[0331] Embodiment 5:

[0332] Based on Embodiment 4, the RRC configures at least one of the following parameters:

[0333] duration timer#1: the time length of N2 state;

[0334] duration timer#2: the time length of N3 state;

[0335] cycle: the cycle of N2 and N3 state;

[0336] Start offset#1: the start time position of N2 state in a cycle;

[0337] Start offset#2: the start time position of N3 state in a cycle; if this value is not present, the N3 state starts after the end of N2 state (start offset N2 + duration N2) by default;

[0338] Type information: describes whether this pattern is applicable to DTX or DRX or DRX & DRX;

[0339] When this field is not present, it is DTX by default;

[0340] When this field is DRX & DTX, it means that the patterns of DTX and DRX are consistent.

[0341] Embodiment 6:

[0342] Based on any of the above embodiments, the UE's behavior information includes:

[0343] For N2 state and N3 state in DTX (N2 state only transmits common information, N3 state only transmits data information, N2 & N3 state means common + data, i.e. complete cell function);

[0344] During the non-active period of N2 state pattern, the UE does not expect to receive the cell-common information transmitted by the base station, wherein the cell-common information includes at least one of SSB, SIB1, SIB19, type 0 / 0A PDCCH;

[0345] During non-active period of N3 state pattern, UE does not expect to receive data information transmitted by base station, wherein the data information includes UE-specific signal, channel (such as UE-specific PDCCH, PDSCH), msg2 PDSCH, msg4 PDSCH, CSI-RS.

[0346] During non-active period of N2 state pattern and N3 state pattern (neither N2 nor N3 active state), UE does not expect to receive downlink signal, channel transmitted by base station.

[0347] In this embodiment, the above state information can be transparent to UE, and the UE behavior through the configured pattern can be non-transparent.

[0348] During inactive period of DRX pattern, UE does not expect to receive uplink scheduling, and does not expect to transmit at least one of the following: SRS, configured grant PUSCH, PRACH.

[0349] Based on the above embodiments, some specific examples are listed:

[0350] Example 1:

[0351] In combination with the above embodiment 3, example 1 is applicable to scenario 1 or scenario 2. In this example, two sets of patterns can be configured, and two states or two periods in each pattern. The pattern can be DTX or DRX pattern.

[0352] The RRC configures the following parameters for the UE:

[0353] Pattern ID; because there are multiple patterns, different IDs are used to distinguish the patterns;

[0354] Duration of cell DTX active period;

[0355] Cell cycle, period;

[0356] Start offset, starting time position in a period;

[0357] State information: describes whether the pattern is for N2, N3 or N2&N3;

[0358] Type information: describes whether the pattern is applicable to Dtx, DRX or DRX&DRX;

[0359] When the field is absent, it is defaulted to be DTX;

[0360] When the field is DRX&DTX, it means the pattern of DTX and DRX is consistent.

[0361] The base station can configure two sets of the above parameters for the UE, pattern#1 corresponds to the pattern of state N2, and pattern#2 corresponds to the pattern of state N3.

[0362] For example, the configuration information includes 2 sets of patterns, which are distinguished by pattern ID in the first information field, and are respectively denoted as pattern#1 and pattern#2. Among them, the following time domain parameters of pattern#1 are configured respectively: the duration of the active period of cell DTX or DRX, the period, the start offset; and the following time domain parameters of pattern#2: the duration of the active period of DTX or DRX, the period, the start offset.

[0363] The second information field of the configuration information respectively indicates the UE behavior associated with pattern#1 and pattern#2, or the associated state information. For example, the second information field can indicate whether pattern#1 is associated with the UE behavior corresponding to the first active period (or N2 state), or the UE behavior corresponding to the second active period (or N3 state), or the UE behavior corresponding to the first active period and the second active period (or N2&N3 state).

[0364] The third information field of the configuration information respectively indicates the type of pattern#1 and pattern#2, for example, indicates whether pattern#1 is DTX, or DRX, or DTX&DRX.

[0365] In the non-active period of pattern#1 in this example, the UE does not expect to receive the cell-common information sent by the base station, and the cell-common information includes at least one of SSB, SIB1, SIB19.

[0366] In the non-active period of pattern#2, the UE does not expect to receive the UE specific signal or channel sent by the base station, such as UE-specific PDCCH.

[0367] In the non-active period of pattern#1 and pattern#2 (neither N2 nor N3 active state), the UE does not expect to receive the downlink signal or channel sent by the base station.

[0368] In the non-active period of the DRX pattern, the UE does not expect to receive uplink scheduling, does not expect to send SRS or PRACH.

[0369] Example 2:

[0370] In combination with the above embodiment 3, example 2 is applicable to scenario 1 or scenario 2. In this example, 2 sets of patterns can be configured, 2 states or 2 periods in each set of patterns, and the pattern can be a DTX pattern.

[0371] The RRC configures the UE with the following parameters:

[0372] pattern ID; because there are multiple sets of patterns, use different IDs to distinguish the patterns;

[0373] Duration of the cell DTX active period;

[0374] cell cycle, period;

[0375] Start offset, starting time position in a period;

[0376] State information: describe whether this pattern is for N2 or N3 or N2 & N3;

[0377] The base station can configure the UE with two sets of the above parameters, pattern#1 corresponding to the pattern of state N2; pattern#2 corresponding to the pattern of state N3.

[0378] In this example, during the non-active period of pattern#1, the UE does not expect to receive cell-common information sent by the base station, including at least one of SSB, SIB1, SIB19.

[0379] During the non-active period of pattern#2, the UE does not expect to receive UE specific signals and channels sent by the base station, such as UE-specific PDCCH.

[0380] During the non-active state of pattern#1 and pattern#2 (neither N2 nor N3 active state), the UE does not expect to receive any downlink signals and channels sent by the base station.

[0381] Example 3:

[0382] Example 3 is applicable to scenario 1, scenario 2 or scenario 3. This example can be adapted to the case where N2 or N3 state or period has overlap or no overlap (or in other words, the first active period and the second active period have overlap or no overlap).

[0383] The RRC configures the UE with the following parameters:

[0384] pattern ID; since there are multiple sets of patterns, different IDs are used to distinguish the patterns;

[0385] Duration of the cell DTX active period;

[0386] cell cycle, period;

[0387] Start offset, the starting time position in a period;

[0388] State information: describes whether the pattern is for N2 or N3 or N2 & N3;

[0389] The base station can configure the UE with two sets of the above parameters, pattern#1 corresponding to the pattern of state N2; pattern#2 corresponding to the pattern of state N3.

[0390] In this example, during the non-active period of pattern#1, the UE does not expect to receive the cell-common information sent by the base station, including at least one of SSB, SIB1, SIB19; and does not perform operations based on the above common information, such as SSB measurement, blind detection on type0CSS, etc.

[0391] During the non-active period of pattern#2, the UE does not expect to receive the UE specific signal, channel sent by the base station, such as UE-specific PDCCH. Among them, in scenario 1 or scenario 3, the common information and data can be sent in a frequency division manner, so there is repetition between the active period corresponding to the N3 state (such as the second active period) and the active time corresponding to the N2 state (such as the first active period), and there is no repetition in scenario 2.

[0392] During the non-active state of pattern#1 and pattern#2 (neither N2 nor N3 active state), the UE does not expect to receive any downlink signal or channel sent by the base station.

[0393] Example 4:

[0394] In combination with the above embodiment 5, example 4 applies to scenario 1 or scenario 3. In this example, one set of pattern can be configured, which contains 3 states or 3 periods, and the pattern can be a DTX pattern.

[0395] The RRC configures the UE with the following parameters:

[0396] cell DTX first active period duration, denoted as cellDTX2 on duration timer, indicating the length of time in N2 state;

[0397] cell DTX second active period duration, denoted as cellDTX3 on duration timer, indicating the length of time in N3 state;

[0398] cell cycle, the period of N2 and N3 states;

[0399] Start offset N2, the starting time position of N2 state or first active period in a cycle;

[0400] Start offset N3, the starting time position of N3 state or second active period in a cycle;

[0401] State information: describes whether the pattern is for N2 or N3 or N2 & N3; if the value does not appear, the N3 state starts after the end of N2 state (start offset N2 + durationN2) by default.

[0402] In this example, during the non-active state of the above cell DTX (neither N2 nor N3 active state), the UE does not expect to receive any downlink signals or channels transmitted by the base station;

[0403] During the non-active state of the above N3 state of cell DTX, the UE does not expect to receive UE specific signals or channels transmitted by the base station, such as UE-specific PDCCH;

[0404] During the non-active state of the above N2 state of cell DTX, the UE does not expect to receive cell-common information such as SSB, SIB1 or SIB19 transmitted by the base station.

[0405] The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a device for implementing any of the above methods, for example, a device comprising units or modules for implementing the steps performed by the terminal in any of the above methods. For another example, another device is further provided, comprising units or modules for implementing the steps performed by the network equipment (such as an access network device, a core network function node, a core network device, etc.) in any of the above methods.

[0406] It should be understood that the division of each unit or module in the above device is only a logical function division, and all or part of the units or modules can be integrated into one physical entity or physically separated in actual implementation. In addition, the units or modules in the device can be implemented in the form of processor invoking software: for example, the device comprises a processor connected with a memory, the memory stores instructions, and the processor invokes the instructions stored in the memory to implement any of the above methods or to implement the functions of each unit or module of the device, wherein the processor is a general processor such as a central processing unit (CPU) or a microprocessor, and the memory is a memory in the device or a memory outside the device. Alternatively, the units or modules in the device can be implemented in the form of hardware circuit, and the functions of part or all of the units or modules can be implemented by the design of the hardware circuit, and the hardware circuit can be understood as one or more processors; for example, in one implementation, the hardware circuit is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and the functions of part or all of the units or modules are implemented by the design of the logical relationship between the elements in the circuit; for another example, in another implementation, the hardware circuit is a programmable logic device (PLD), and taking a field programmable gate array (FPGA) as an example, it can include a large number of logic gate circuits, and the connection relationship between the logic gate circuits is configured by a configuration file, so as to implement the functions of part or all of the units or modules. All units or modules of the above device can be implemented in the form of processor invoking software, or all units or modules can be implemented in the form of hardware circuit, or part of the units or modules are implemented in the form of processor invoking software, and the remaining part is implemented in the form of hardware circuit.

[0407] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the processor is a circuit with signal processing capability. In one implementation, the processor can be a circuit with instruction reading and running capability, such as a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, a graphics processing unit (GPU) (which can be understood as a microprocessor), a digital signal processor (DSP), or the like. In another implementation, the processor can implement certain functions through a logical relationship of a hardware circuit, and the logical relationship of the hardware circuit is fixed or can be reconfigured. For example, the processor is a hardware circuit implemented by an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a programmable logic device (PLD), such as an FPGA. In the reconfigurable hardware circuit, the processor loads a configuration document to implement the configuration of the hardware circuit. It can be understood that the processor loads instructions to implement the functions of the above part or all units or modules. In addition, it can also be a hardware circuit designed for artificial intelligence, which can be understood as an ASIC, such as a neural network processing unit (NPU), a tensor processing unit (TPU), a deep learning processing unit (DPU), and the like.

[0408] FIG. 5a is a structural schematic diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 5a, the terminal 5100 can include at least one of a transceiver module 5101, a processing module 5102, and the like. In some embodiments, the transceiver module 5101 is configured to receive configuration information sent by a network device, the configuration information including one or more discontinuous transmission patterns, wherein the discontinuous transmission pattern is used to indicate a time opportunity for the terminal to transmit and receive information in a non-terrestrial network (NTN).

[0409] In some embodiments, the configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0410] The first information field is used to indicate a pattern identifier corresponding to each of the one or more discontinuous transmission patterns;

[0411] The second information field is used to indicate a terminal behavior corresponding to each of the one or more discontinuous transmission patterns;

[0412] The third information field is used to indicate that each discontinuous transmission and reception pattern is a discontinuous transmission (DTX) pattern and / or a discontinuous reception (DRX) pattern.

[0413] In some embodiments, the pattern identifier is associated with or corresponds to a terminal behavior, and the second information field is not included in the configuration information.

[0414] In some embodiments, the discontinuous transmission and reception pattern is a DTX pattern by default, and the third information field corresponding to the discontinuous transmission and reception pattern is not included in the configuration information.

[0415] In some embodiments, the discontinuous transmission and reception pattern includes at least one of the following parameters:

[0416] a duration of the active period;

[0417] a duration of the inactive period;

[0418] a period;

[0419] a start time offset.

[0420] In some embodiments, when the discontinuous transmission and reception pattern is a DTX pattern, the DTX pattern satisfies one of the following:

[0421] the DTX pattern includes an active period and an inactive period, and the active period is a first active period or a second active period;

[0422] the DTX pattern includes a first active period, a second active period, and an inactive period, and the active period includes the first active period and the second active period;

[0423] wherein the terminal behavior corresponding to the first active period is different from the terminal behavior corresponding to the second active period.

[0424] In combination with embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the duration of the active period includes a duration of the first active period and / or a duration of the second active period.

[0425] the start time offset includes a first offset corresponding to the first active period and / or a second offset corresponding to the second active period.

[0426] In some embodiments, when the start time offset does not include the second offset, the second offset is determined according to the first offset.

[0427] In some embodiments, the terminal behavior in the first active period includes receiving common information sent by the network device; and / or,

[0428] the terminal behavior in the second active period includes receiving terminal-specific information sent by the network device.

[0429] In some embodiments, the terminal behavior in the non-active period of the DTX pattern comprises: not expecting to receive common information, and / or not expecting to receive terminal-specific information.

[0430] In some embodiments, the common information comprises at least one of:

[0431] a synchronization signal block (SSB);

[0432] a system information block (SIB1);

[0433] a system information block (SIB19);

[0434] a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of a certain type.

[0435] In some embodiments, the terminal-specific information comprises at least one of:

[0436] a PDCCH specific to the terminal;

[0437] a PDSCH specific to the terminal;

[0438] a PDSCH for transmitting MSG2;

[0439] a PDSCH for transmitting MSG4;

[0440] a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

[0441] In some embodiments, when the discontinuous reception pattern is a DRX pattern, the terminal behavior in the active period comprises: sending uplink information to the network device, or,

[0442] the terminal behavior in the non-active period comprises: not expecting to receive uplink scheduling information sent by the network device, and not expecting to send uplink information.

[0443] In some embodiments, the uplink information comprises at least one of:

[0444] a sounding reference signal (SRS);

[0445] a configured grant physical uplink shared channel (CG-PUSCH);

[0446] a random access channel (PRACH).

[0447] In some embodiments, the multiple discontinuous reception patterns satisfy at least one of:

[0448] the periods are different;

[0449] the corresponding terminal behaviors are different;

[0450] the start time offsets are different.

[0451] In some embodiments, the processing module 5102 is further configured to perform a terminal behavior corresponding to the applied discontinuous transmission pattern according to the configuration information.

[0452] In some embodiments, the terminal supports simultaneous application of multiple discontinuous transmission patterns.

[0453] In some embodiments, the configuration information is sent through common signaling or through terminal-specific signaling.

[0454] In some embodiments, the terminal has the ability to identify the configuration information.

[0455] Optionally, the transceiver module 5101 is configured to perform at least one of the communication steps of sending and / or receiving performed by the terminal 101 in any of the above methods, which will not be repeated here. Optionally, the processing module 5102 is configured to perform at least one of the other steps performed by the terminal 101 in any of the above methods, which will not be repeated here.

[0456] FIG. 5b is a structural schematic diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 5b, the network device 5200 can include at least one of a transceiver module 5201, a processing module 5202, etc. In some embodiments, the transceiver module 5201 is configured to send configuration information to a terminal, the configuration information including one or more discontinuous transmission patterns, wherein the discontinuous transmission patterns are used to indicate the timing of the terminal transmitting and receiving information in a non-terrestrial network NTN.

[0457] In some embodiments, the configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0458] A first information field, the first information field being used to indicate the pattern identifier corresponding to each of the one or more discontinuous transmission patterns;

[0459] A second information field, the second information field being used to indicate the network behavior corresponding to each of the one or more discontinuous transmission patterns;

[0460] A third information field, the third information field being used to indicate whether each discontinuous transmission pattern is a discontinuous transmission DTX pattern and / or a discontinuous reception DRX pattern.

[0461] In some embodiments, the pattern identifier is associated with or corresponds to the terminal behavior, and the second information field is not included in the configuration information.

[0462] In some embodiments, the discontinuous transmission pattern is a DTX pattern by default, and the third information field corresponding to the discontinuous transmission pattern is not included in the configuration information.

[0463] In some embodiments, the discontinuous transmission pattern includes at least one of the following parameters:

[0464] a duration of the active period;

[0465] a duration of the inactive period;

[0466] a period;

[0467] a start time offset.

[0468] In some embodiments, when the discontinuous reception pattern is a DTX pattern, the DTX pattern satisfies one of the following:

[0469] comprising the active period and the inactive period, wherein the active period is the first active period or the second active period;

[0470] comprising the first active period, the second active period and the inactive period, wherein the active period comprises the first active period and the second active period;

[0471] wherein the first active period corresponds to a different network behavior than the second active period.

[0472] In some embodiments, the duration of the active period comprises: a duration of the first active period and / or a duration of the second active period;

[0473] the start time offset comprises: a first offset corresponding to the first active period and / or a second offset corresponding to the second active period.

[0474] In some embodiments, when the start time offset does not comprise the second offset, the second offset is determined according to the first offset.

[0475] In some embodiments, the network behavior in the first active period comprises: transmitting common information to the terminal; and / or,

[0476] the network behavior in the second active period comprises: transmitting terminal-specific information to the terminal.

[0477] In some embodiments, the network behavior in the inactive period of the DTX pattern comprises: not transmitting the common information, and / or, not transmitting the terminal-specific information.

[0478] In some embodiments, the common information comprises at least one of:

[0479] a synchronization signal block, SSB;

[0480] a system information block, SIB1;

[0481] a system information block, SIB19;

[0482] a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, of a configured type.

[0483] In some embodiments, the terminal-specific information comprises at least one of:

[0484] terminal-specific PDCCH;

[0485] terminal-specific PDSCH;

[0486] PDSCH for transmitting MSG2;

[0487] PDSCH for transmitting MSG4;

[0488] channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

[0489] In some embodiments, when the discontinuous reception pattern is a DRX pattern, the network behavior in the active period comprises: receiving uplink information sent by the terminal, or

[0490] The network behavior in the inactive period comprises: not receiving uplink information.

[0491] In some embodiments, the uplink information comprises at least one of:

[0492] sounding reference signal (SRS);

[0493] configured grant physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH);

[0494] random access channel (PRACH).

[0495] In some embodiments, the plurality of discontinuous reception patterns satisfy at least one of:

[0496] periods are different;

[0497] corresponding network behaviors are different;

[0498] start time offsets are different.

[0499] In combination with embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the configuration information is sent through common signaling or terminal-specific signaling.

[0500] In some embodiments, the transceiver module can comprise a sending module and / or a receiving module, which can be separate or integrated together. Alternatively, the transceiver module can be mutually replaced with a transceiver.

[0501] In some embodiments, the processing module can be one module or comprise a plurality of sub-modules. Alternatively, the plurality of sub-modules perform all or part of the steps required to be performed by the processing module respectively. Alternatively, the processing module can be mutually replaced with a processor.

[0502] FIG. 6a is a structural schematic diagram of a communication device 6100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication device 6100 can be a network device (for example, an access network device, a core network device, etc.), a terminal (for example, a user equipment, etc.), a chip, a chip system, or a processor supporting the network device to implement any of the above methods, or a chip, a chip system, or a processor supporting the terminal to implement any of the above methods. The communication device 6100 can be used to implement the methods described in the above method embodiments, and details can be referred to the descriptions in the above method embodiments.

[0503] As shown in FIG. 6a, the communication device 6100 includes one or more processors 6101. The processor 6101 can be a general processor or a special-purpose processor, for example, a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor can be used to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processing unit can be used to control the communication device (for example, a base station, a baseband chip, a terminal device, a terminal device chip, a DU or a CU, etc.), execute programs, and process data of the programs. Optionally, the communication device 6100 is configured to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the one or more processors 6101 are configured to invoke instructions to enable the communication device 6100 to perform any of the above methods.

[0504] In some embodiments, the communication device 6100 further includes one or more transceivers 6102. When the communication device 6100 includes the one or more transceivers 6102, the transceiver 6102 performs at least one of the communication steps such as transmitting and / or receiving in the above methods, and the processor 6101 performs at least one of the other steps. In optional embodiments, the transceiver can include a receiver and / or a transmitter, which can be separate or integrated together. Optionally, the terms of transceiver, transceiving unit, transceiver, transceiving circuit, interface circuit, interface, etc. can be replaced by each other, and the terms of transmitter, transmitting unit, transmitter, transmitting circuit, etc. can be replaced by each other, and the terms of receiver, receiving unit, receiver, receiving circuit, etc. can be replaced by each other.

[0505] In some embodiments, the communication device 6100 further includes one or more memories 6103 for storing data. Optionally, all or part of the memory 6103 can also be outside the communication device 6100. In optional embodiments, the communication device 6100 can include one or more interface circuits 6104. Optionally, the interface circuit 6104 is connected with the memory 6103, and the interface circuit 6104 can be used to receive data from the memory 6103 or other devices, and can be used to send data to the memory 6103 or other devices. For example, the interface circuit 6104 can read the data stored in the memory 6103 and send the data to the processor 6101.

[0506] The communication device 6100 described in the above embodiments can be a network device or a terminal, but the scope of the communication device 6100 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device 6100 can not be limited by FIG. 6a. The communication device can be a standalone device or can be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device can be: 1) a standalone integrated circuit (IC), or a chip, or a chip system or subsystem; (2) a set of one or more ICs, which can optionally also include storage components for storing data, programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a modem; (4) a module that can be embedded in other devices; (5) a receiver, a terminal device, a smart terminal device, a cellular phone, a wireless device, a handset, a mobile unit, a vehicle-mounted device, a network device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligence device, and the like; (6) other devices, and the like.

[0507] FIG. 6b is a structural schematic diagram of a chip 6200 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. For the case where the communication device 6100 is a chip or a chip system, the structural schematic diagram of the chip 6200 shown in FIG. 6b can be referred to, but is not limited thereto.

[0508] The chip 6200 includes one or more processors 6201. The chip 6200 is configured to perform any of the above methods.

[0509] In some embodiments, the chip 6200 further includes one or more interface circuits 6202. Optionally, the terms interface circuit, interface, transceiver pin, and the like can be replaced with each other. In some embodiments, the chip 6200 further includes one or more memories 6203 for storing data. Optionally, all or part of the memory 6203 can be outside the chip 6200. Optionally, the interface circuit 6202 is connected to the memory 6203, and the interface circuit 6202 can be configured to receive data from the memory 6203 or other devices, and the interface circuit 6202 can be configured to send data to the memory 6203 or other devices. For example, the interface circuit 6202 can read data stored in the memory 6203 and send the data to the processor 6201.

[0510] In some embodiments, the interface circuit 6202 performs at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving in the above methods. The interface circuit 6202 performing the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving in the above methods means that the interface circuit 6202 performs data interaction between the processor 6201, the chip 6200, the memory 6203, or a transceiver device. In some embodiments, the processor 6201 performs at least one of the other steps.

[0511] The modules and / or devices described in various embodiments of virtual devices, physical devices, chips, etc. can be combined or separated according to circumstances. Optionally, part or all of the steps can also be performed by multiple modules and / or devices in cooperation, which is not limited here.

[0512] The disclosure also proposes a storage medium, and the storage medium stores instructions, which, when executed on the communication device 6100, causes the communication device 6100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the storage medium is an electronic storage medium. Optionally, the storage medium is a computer readable storage medium, but is not limited to this, and it can also be a storage medium readable by other devices. Optionally, the storage medium can be a non-transitory storage medium, but is not limited to this, and it can also be a transitory storage medium.

[0513] The disclosure also proposes a program product, which, when executed by the communication device 6100, causes the communication device 6100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the program product is a computer program product.

[0514] The disclosure also proposes a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform any of the above methods. Industrial applicability

[0515] Based on the received configuration information, the terminal can learn the timing of transmitting and receiving information according to one or more discontinuous transmission patterns, so as to transmit and receive information at the appropriate timing, thereby improving communication efficiency.

Claims

1. A method of receiving configuration information, performed by a terminal, the method comprising: receiving configuration information transmitted by a network device, the configuration information comprising one or more discontinuous transmission patterns, wherein the discontinuous transmission patterns are used to indicate occasions for the terminal to transmit or receive information in a non-terrestrial network (NTN). The configuration information comprises at least one of: a first information field used to indicate a pattern identifier corresponding to each of the one or more discontinuous transmission patterns; a second information field used to indicate a terminal behavior corresponding to each of the one or more discontinuous transmission patterns; and a third information field used to indicate whether each discontinuous transmission pattern is a discontinuous transmission (DTX) pattern and / or a discontinuous reception (DRX) pattern.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, 3.The method of claim 2, wherein: the pattern identifier is associated with or corresponds to the terminal behavior, and the second information field is not included in the configuration information. 4.The method of claim 2, wherein: the discontinuous transmission pattern is a DTX pattern, a DRX pattern, or a DTX and DRX pattern by default, and the third information field corresponding to the discontinuous transmission pattern is not included in the configuration information. The discontinuous transmission pattern comprises at least one of: a duration of an active period; a duration of an inactive period; a periodicity; and a starting time offset. When the discontinuous transmission pattern is a DTX pattern, the DTX pattern satisfies one of: the DTX pattern comprises an active period and an inactive period, and the active period is a first active period or a second active period; the DTX pattern comprises an active period and an inactive period, and the active period comprises the first active period and the second active period; and wherein the terminal behavior corresponding to the first active period is different from the terminal behavior corresponding to the second active period. 7.The method of claim 6, wherein: the duration of the active period comprises a duration of the first active period and / or a duration of the second active period; and the starting time offset comprises a first offset corresponding to the first active period and / or a second offset corresponding to the second active period. 8.The method of claim 7, wherein: when the starting time offset does not comprise the second offset, the second offset is determined according to the first offset. 9.The method of any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein: the terminal behavior in the first active period comprises receiving common information transmitted by the network device; and / or the terminal behavior in the second active period comprises receiving terminal-specific information transmitted by the network device. 10.The method of any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein: the terminal behavior in the inactive period of the DTX pattern comprises not expecting to receive the common information and / or not expecting to receive the terminal-specific information. The common information comprises at least one of: a synchronization signal block (SSB) ; a system information block (SIB) 1; a SIB 19; and a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of a certain type.

5. The method of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 6. The method of claim 5, wherein, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 11. The method of claim 9 or 10, wherein, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 12. The method of claim 9 or 10, wherein, The terminal-specific information includes at least one of the following: A PDCCH specific to the terminal; A PDSCH specific to the terminal; A PDSCH for transmitting MSG2; A PDSCH for transmitting MSG4; A channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

13. The method of claim 5, wherein, when the discontinuous reception pattern is a DRX pattern, the terminal behavior in the active period includes transmitting uplink information to the network device, or, when the discontinuous reception pattern is a DTX pattern, the terminal behavior in the active period includes transmitting uplink information to the network device. The terminal behavior in the inactive period includes not expecting to receive uplink scheduling information transmitted by the network device and not expecting to transmit the uplink information. The uplink information includes at least one of the following:

14. The method of claim 13, wherein, A sounding reference signal (SRS); A physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) of a configured grant; A physical random access channel (PRACH). The multiple discontinuous reception patterns satisfy at least one of the following:

15. The method of any one of claims 2 to 14, wherein, Different periods; Different corresponding terminal behaviors; Different start time offsets. The method further includes:

16. The method of any one of claims 1 to 15, wherein, According to the configuration information, performing the terminal behavior corresponding to the applied discontinuous reception pattern.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein: The terminal supports simultaneously applying multiple discontinuous reception patterns at one time.

18. The method of any one of claims 1 to 17, wherein: The configuration information is transmitted by common signaling or by the terminal-specific signaling.

19. The method of any one of claims 1 to 18, wherein: The terminal has the ability to identify the configuration information.

20. A method for transmitting configuration information, performed by a network device, the method comprising: Transmitting configuration information to a terminal, the configuration information including one or more discontinuous reception patterns, wherein the discontinuous reception patterns are used to indicate the timing of the terminal transmitting and receiving information in a non-terrestrial network (NTN). The configuration information includes at least one of the following:

21. The method of claim 19, wherein, A first information field used to indicate the pattern identifiers corresponding to the one or more discontinuous reception patterns, respectively; A second information field used to indicate the network behaviors corresponding to the one or more discontinuous reception patterns, respectively; A third information field used to indicate that each discontinuous reception pattern is a discontinuous transmission (DTX) pattern and / or a discontinuous reception (DRX) pattern.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein: The pattern identifier is associated with or corresponds to the terminal behavior, and the second information field is not included in the configuration information.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein: The discontinuous reception pattern is a DTX pattern by default, and the third information field corresponding to the discontinuous reception pattern is not included in the configuration information. The discontinuous reception pattern includes at least one of the following parameters:

24. The method of any one of claims 20 to 23, wherein, A duration of the active period; A duration of the inactive period; A period; A start time offset. When the discontinuous reception pattern is a DTX pattern, the DTX pattern satisfies one of the following:

25. The method of claim 24, wherein, It includes an active period and an inactive period, and the active period is the first active period or the second active period. ​ The activation period and the inactivation period, wherein the activation period comprises the first activation period and the second activation period; The network behavior corresponding to the first activation period is different from the network behavior corresponding to the second activation period.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein The duration of the activation period comprises the duration of the first activation period and / or the duration of the second activation period; The start time offset comprises a first offset corresponding to the first activation period and / or a second offset corresponding to the second activation period.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein When the start time offset does not comprise the second offset, the second offset is determined according to the first offset.

28. The method of any one of claims 25 to 27, wherein The network behavior in the first activation period comprises transmitting common information to the terminal; and / or The network behavior in the second activation period comprises transmitting terminal-specific information to the terminal.

29. The method of any one of claims 25 to 28, wherein The network behavior in the DTX pattern inactivation period comprises not transmitting the common information and / or not transmitting the terminal-specific information.

30. The method of claim 28 or 29, wherein, The common information comprises at least one of: a synchronization signal block (SSB); a system information block (SIB1); a system information block (SIB19); a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of a certain type.

31. The method of claim 28 or 29, wherein, The terminal-specific information comprises at least one of: a terminal-specific PDCCH; a terminal-specific PDSCH; a PDSCH for transmitting MSG2; a PDSCH for transmitting MSG4; a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

32. The method of claim 31, wherein When the discontinuous reception pattern is a DRX pattern, the network behavior in the activation period comprises receiving uplink information transmitted by the terminal, or The network behavior in the inactivation period comprises not receiving the uplink information.

33. The method of claim 32, wherein, The uplink information comprises at least one of: a sounding reference signal (SRS); a configured grant physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); a random access channel (PRACH).

34. The method of any one of claims 21 to 33, wherein, The plurality of discontinuous reception patterns satisfy at least one of: different periods; different corresponding network behaviors; different start time offsets.

35. The method of any one of claims 20 to 34, wherein The configuration information is transmitted using common signaling or terminal-specific signaling.

36. A terminal comprising: a transceiver configured to receive configuration information transmitted by a network device, the configuration information comprising one or more discontinuous reception patterns, wherein the discontinuous reception pattern is used to indicate a time for the terminal to transmit or receive information in a non-terrestrial network (NTN).

37. The terminal of claim 36, wherein, The configuration information comprises at least one of: a first information field used to indicate a pattern identifier corresponding to each of the one or more discontinuous reception patterns; a second information field used to indicate a terminal behavior corresponding to each of the one or more discontinuous reception patterns. a third information field, the third information field being used for indicating that each discontinuous reception and transmission pattern is a discontinuous transmission (DTX) pattern and / or a discontinuous reception (DRX) pattern. The discontinuous reception and transmission pattern comprises at least one of the following parameters:

38. The terminal according to claim 36 or 37, wherein a duration of the active period; a duration of the inactive period; a periodicity; a starting time offset. When the discontinuous reception and transmission pattern is a DTX pattern, the DTX pattern comprises an active period and an inactive period, the active period being a first active period and / or a second active period; 39. A terminal according to any one of claims 36 to 38, wherein wherein the terminal behavior in the first active period comprises: receiving common information transmitted by the network device; and / or, the terminal behavior in the second active period comprises: receiving terminal-specific information transmitted by the network device. When the discontinuous reception and transmission pattern is a DRX pattern, the terminal behavior in the active period comprises: transmitting uplink information to the network device, or, 40. The terminal of any one of claims 36 to 38, wherein, the terminal behavior in the inactive period comprises: not expecting to receive uplink scheduling information transmitted by the network device, and not expecting to transmit the uplink information. 41.A network device, comprising: a transceiver configured to transmit configuration information to a terminal, the configuration information comprising one or more discontinuous reception and transmission patterns, wherein the discontinuous reception and transmission pattern is used for indicating a time opportunity for the terminal to transmit and / or receive information in a non-terrestrial network (NTN). The configuration information comprises at least one of the following:

42. The network device of claim 41, wherein, a first information field, the first information field being used for indicating a pattern identifier corresponding to each of the one or more discontinuous reception and transmission patterns; a second information field, the second information field being used for indicating a terminal behavior corresponding to each of the one or more discontinuous reception and transmission patterns; a third information field, the third information field being used for indicating that each discontinuous reception and transmission pattern is a discontinuous transmission (DTX) pattern and / or a discontinuous reception (DRX) pattern. The discontinuous reception and transmission pattern comprises at least one of the following parameters:

43. The network device of claim 41 or 42, wherein, a duration of the active period; a duration of the inactive period; a periodicity; a starting time offset. When the discontinuous reception and transmission pattern is a DTX pattern, the DTX pattern comprises an active period and an inactive period, the active period being a first active period and / or a second active period; 44. The network device of any of claims 41 to 43, wherein, wherein the terminal behavior in the first active period comprises: receiving common information transmitted by the network device; and / or, the terminal behavior in the second active period comprises: receiving terminal-specific information transmitted by the network device. When the discontinuous reception and transmission pattern is a DRX pattern, the terminal behavior in the active period comprises: transmitting uplink information to the network device, or, 45. The network device of any of claims 41 to 43, wherein, the terminal behavior in the inactive period comprises: not expecting to receive uplink scheduling information transmitted by the network device, and not expecting to transmit the uplink information. 46.A communication device, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the communication device is configured to implement the method of any one of claims 1 to 19, or any one of claims 20 to 35. 47.A storage medium, the storage medium storing instructions, wherein, ​ ​ when the instructions are executed on the communications device, cause the communications device to carry out the method of any one of claims 1 to 19, or any one of claims 20 to 35.

48. A program product, wherein, when the program product is executed by a communications device, cause the communications device to carry out the method of any one of claims 1 to 19, or any one of claims 20 to 35.

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