Information transmission method and apparatus, and access network device, terminal and core network device

Abstract

Provided in the present disclosure are an information transmission method and apparatus, and an access network device, a terminal and a core network device. The method comprises: an access network device receiving first information sent by a terminal or a core network device, the first information comprising at least one of the following: the time of arrival of at least one data burst, and the size of the at least one data burst, wherein the at least one data burst includes a first data burst, and / or, N data bursts subsequent to the first data burst.

Description

Information transmission method and device, access network equipment, terminal and core network equipment

[0001] The present disclosure claims priority to the Chinese patent application No. 202411363389.6, filed on September 27, 2024, and entitled "Information transmission method and device, access network equipment, terminal and core network equipment", the whole content of which is incorporated herein by reference. TECHNICAL FIELD

[0002] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and particularly refers to an information transmission method and device, an access network equipment, a terminal and a core network equipment. BACKGROUND

[0003] The current technology introduces an extended reality (XR) service, which is divided into the following categories:

[0004] Augmented Reality (AR): seamlessly integrates the real world and the virtual world;

[0005] Virtual Reality (VR): is to simulate a virtual world by using a device;

[0006] Mixed Reality (MR): contains both real physical entities and virtual information.

[0007] After the introduction of the XR service, some basic concepts are introduced:

[0008] Data Burst: a Data Burst contains a group of packet data units (PDUs) generated by the service layer in a time period. The Data Burst has periodicity, but the Burst size may be different. For example, the voice frame is usually 20ms period, and the video frame rate may be 60fps / 90fps / 120fps.

[0009] Packet Data Unit Set (PDU Set): contains one or more PDUs carrying a service layer information unit.

[0010] After the introduction of the Data burst, the scheduling performance and / or power saving performance need to be considered. SUMMARY

[0011] The purpose of the embodiments of the present disclosure is to provide an information transmission method and device, an access network equipment, a terminal and a core network equipment to solve the problem of how to better improve the scheduling performance and / or power saving performance after the introduction of the data burst.

[0012] To solve the above problems, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information transmission method, which comprises:

[0013] The access network device receives first information sent by a terminal or a core network device, wherein the first information comprises at least one of the following:

[0014] an arrival time of at least one data burst;

[0015] a size of the at least one data burst;

[0016] wherein the at least one data burst comprises a first data burst and / or N data bursts subsequent to the first data burst;

[0017] wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0018] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0019] The access network device performs resource allocation and / or discontinuous reception (DRX) parameter configuration according to the first information.

[0020] In some embodiments, the access network device receives first information sent by a core network device, which comprises:

[0021] The access network device receives a data packet sent by the core network device, wherein the first information is carried in a general packet radio service (GPRS) tunneling protocol for user plane (GTP-U) header corresponding to the data packet.

[0022] and / or,

[0023] The access network device receives control plane information sent by the core network device, wherein the first information is carried in the control plane information.

[0024] In some embodiments, the access network device receives first information sent by a terminal, which comprises:

[0025] The access network device receives first signaling sent by the terminal and carrying the first information, wherein the first signaling comprises at least one of the following:

[0026] radio resource control (RRC) signaling;

[0027] Medium Access Control Control Element (MAC CE);

[0028] Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH);

[0029] A packet header of a user plane data packet.

[0030] In some embodiments, in a case where the first information includes an arrival time of at least one data burst, the method further includes:

[0031] The access network device ignores the predicted data burst arrival time and / or the jitter range reported by the terminal.

[0032] In some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0033] The access network device sends RRC layer configuration information of the preconfigured grant or activation signaling of the preconfigured grant to the terminal; wherein the RRC layer configuration information or the activation signaling includes second information; the second information includes at least one of the following:

[0034] The number of valid times of the preconfigured grant;

[0035] Length information of the first timer;

[0036] The first timer is used to determine the validity duration of the preconfigured grant.

[0037] The embodiments of the present disclosure also provide an information transmission method, which includes:

[0038] The terminal sends first information to the access network device, and the first information includes at least one of the following:

[0039] An arrival time of at least one data burst;

[0040] A size of at least one data burst;

[0041] The at least one data burst includes: a first data burst, and / or, N subsequent data bursts of the first data burst;

[0042] The N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0043] In some embodiments, the terminal sends the first information to the access network device, including:

[0044] The terminal sends first signaling carrying the first information to the access network device, and the first signaling includes at least one of the following:

[0045] Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling;

[0046] Media Access Control Control Element, MAC CE

[0047] Physical Uplink Control Information, PUCI

[0048] a packet header of a user plane data packet.

[0049] In some embodiments, the terminal sends the first information to the access network device, including:

[0050] In the case where the first condition is met, the terminal sends the first information to the access network device; wherein the first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0051] The terminal is configured to report uplink service information or configured to report the first information;

[0052] The terminal is configured to report uplink service information or configured to report the first information, and the terminal has not sent the first information;

[0053] The first information carries changed content relative to previously reported first information;

[0054] The first information carries changed content relative to the last reported first information;

[0055] Before the first data packet of the at least one data burst is sent uplink;

[0056] When the first data packet of the at least one data burst is sent;

[0057] When the terminal acquires the arrival time of the at least one valid data burst;

[0058] When the terminal acquires the size of the at least one valid data burst.

[0059] In some embodiments, in the case where the first information includes the arrival time of the at least one data burst, the method further includes:

[0060] The terminal stops reporting the predicted data burst arrival time and / or jitter range.

[0061] In some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0062] The terminal receives the RRC layer configuration information of the preconfigured grant or the activation signaling of the preconfigured grant sent by the access network device; wherein the RRC layer configuration information or the activation signaling includes second information; the second information includes at least one of the following:

[0063] The number of valid times of the preconfigured grant

[0064] length information of the first timer;

[0065] The first timer is used to determine the validity duration of the preconfigured grant.

[0066] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0067] The terminal starts the first timer after receiving the activation signaling of the preconfigured grant.

[0068] If the first timer expires, the terminal deactivates the preconfigured grant.

[0069] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0070] The terminal starts a counter after receiving the activation signaling of the preconfigured grant.

[0071] After the terminal performs a transmission of the preconfigured grant once, the value of the counter is incremented by 1; and after the value of the counter reaches the validity times of the preconfigured grant, the terminal deactivates the preconfigured grant.

[0072] The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an information transmission method, which comprises:

[0073] The core network device sends first information to the access network device, and the first information comprises at least one of the following:

[0074] the arrival time of at least one data burst;

[0075] the size of at least one data burst;

[0076] The at least one data burst comprises: a first data burst, and / or N subsequent data bursts of the first data burst.

[0077] The N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0078] In some embodiments, the core network device sends the first information to the access network device, comprising:

[0079] The core network device sends a data packet to the access network device, and the first information is carried in a user plane GPRS tunneling protocol (GTP-U) header corresponding to the data packet.

[0080] and / or,

[0081] The core network device sends control plane information to the access network device, and the first information is carried in the control plane information.

[0082] The embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an access network device, comprising a memory, a transceiver and a processor.

[0083] The memory is used for storing a computer program; the transceiver is used for transceiving data under the control of the processor; and the processor is used for reading the computer program in the memory and performing the following operations:

[0084] receiving first information sent by a terminal or a core network device, wherein the first information comprises at least one of the following:

[0085] an arrival time of at least one data burst;

[0086] a size of the at least one data burst;

[0087] wherein the at least one data burst comprises a first data burst and / or N data bursts subsequent to the first data burst;

[0088] wherein the N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0089] In some embodiments, the processor is further used for reading the computer program in the memory and performing the following operations:

[0090] performing resource allocation and / or discontinuous reception (DRX) parameter configuration according to the first information.

[0091] wherein the processor is further used for reading the computer program in the memory and performing the following operations:

[0092] receiving a data packet sent by a core network device, wherein the data packet carries the first information in a user plane GPRS tunneling protocol (GTP-U) header;

[0093] and / or,

[0094] receiving control plane information sent by a core network device, wherein the control plane information carries the first information.

[0095] wherein the processor is further used for reading the computer program in the memory and performing the following operations:

[0096] receiving first signaling sent by a terminal and carrying the first information, wherein the first signaling comprises at least one of the following:

[0097] radio resource control (RRC) signaling;

[0098] media access control (MAC) control element (CE);

[0099] physical layer uplink control information (UCI);

[0100] a header of a user plane data packet.

[0101] In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0102] In a case where the first information comprises at least one data burst arrival time, ignoring the predicted data burst arrival time and / or the jitter range reported by the terminal.

[0103] In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0104] sending, to the terminal, RRC layer configuration information of the preconfigured grant or activation signaling of the preconfigured grant; wherein the RRC layer configuration information or the activation signaling comprises second information; the second information comprises at least one of the following:

[0105] the number of valid times of the preconfigured grant;

[0106] length information of the first timer;

[0107] wherein the first timer is used to determine the validity duration of the preconfigured grant.

[0108] The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a terminal comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor:

[0109] a memory configured to store a computer program; a transceiver configured to transceive data under control of the processor; and a processor configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0110] sending, to the access network device, first information comprising at least one of the following:

[0111] at least one data burst arrival time;

[0112] a size of at least one data burst;

[0113] wherein the at least one data burst comprises: a first data burst, and / or, N data bursts subsequent to the first data burst;

[0114] wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0115] In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0116] sending, to the access network device, first signaling carrying the first information, the first signaling comprising at least one of the following:

[0117] radio resource control (RRC) signaling;

[0118] Media Access Control Control Element, MAC CE

[0119] Physical Uplink Control Information, PUCI

[0120] a packet header of a user plane data packet.

[0121] In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to read a computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0122] In a case where a first condition is met, sending first information to the access network device; wherein the first condition comprises at least one of the following:

[0123] The terminal is configured to report uplink service information or is configured to report the first information.

[0124] The terminal is configured to report uplink service information or is configured to report the first information, and the terminal has not sent the first information.

[0125] The first information carries changed content relative to previously reported first information.

[0126] The first information carries changed content relative to the last reported first information.

[0127] Before the first data packet of the at least one data burst is sent uplink.

[0128] When the first data packet of the at least one data burst is sent.

[0129] When the terminal acquires the arrival time of the valid at least one data burst.

[0130] When the terminal acquires the size of the valid at least one data burst.

[0131] In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to read a computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0132] In a case where the first information comprises the arrival time of the at least one data burst, stop reporting predicted data burst arrival time and / or jitter range.

[0133] In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to read a computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0134] Receiving RRC layer configuration information for preconfigured grant or activation signaling of preconfigured grant sent by the access network device; wherein the RRC layer configuration information or the activation signaling comprises second information; the second information comprises at least one of the following:

[0135] The number of times of taking effect of the preconfigured grant;

[0136] The length information of the first timer;

[0137] The first timer is used to determine the time length of taking effect of the preconfigured grant.

[0138] In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0139] Start the first timer after receiving the activation signaling of the preconfigured grant;

[0140] Deactivate the preconfigured grant if the first timer expires.

[0141] In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0142] Start the counter after receiving the activation signaling of the preconfigured grant;

[0143] The value of the counter is incremented by 1 after the terminal transmits the preconfigured grant once, and the preconfigured grant is deactivated when the value of the counter reaches the number of times of taking effect of the preconfigured grant.

[0144] The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a core network device, comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor:

[0145] The memory is configured to store a computer program; the transceiver is configured to transceive data under the control of the processor; and the processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0146] Send first information to an access network device, wherein the first information comprises at least one of the following:

[0147] The arrival time of at least one data burst;

[0148] The size of at least one data burst;

[0149] The at least one data burst comprises a first data burst and / or N subsequent data bursts of the first data burst;

[0150] The N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0151] In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0152] Send a data packet to the access network device, wherein the first information is carried in a user plane GPRS tunneling protocol (GTP-U) header corresponding to the data packet.

[0153] and / or,

[0154] sending control plane information to the access network device, the control plane information carrying the first information.

[0155] Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an information transmission apparatus applied to an access network device, the apparatus comprising:

[0156] a first receiving unit configured to receive first information sent by a terminal or a core network device, the first information comprising at least one of:

[0157] an arrival time of at least one data burst;

[0158] a size of the at least one data burst;

[0159] wherein the at least one data burst comprises a first data burst and / or N data bursts subsequent to the first data burst;

[0160] wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0161] Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an information transmission apparatus applied to a terminal, the apparatus comprising:

[0162] a first sending unit configured to send first information to an access network device, the first information comprising at least one of:

[0163] an arrival time of at least one data burst;

[0164] a size of the at least one data burst;

[0165] wherein the at least one data burst comprises a first data burst and / or N data bursts subsequent to the first data burst;

[0166] wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0167] Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an information transmission apparatus applied to a core network device, the apparatus comprising:

[0168] a second sending unit configured to send first information to an access network device, the first information comprising at least one of:

[0169] an arrival time of at least one data burst;

[0170] a size of the at least one data burst;

[0171] wherein the at least one data burst comprises a first data burst and / or N data bursts subsequent to the first data burst;

[0172] wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0173] The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a processor-readable storage medium, which stores a program for causing a processor to execute the method described above.

[0174] The above technical solutions of the present disclosure have at least the following beneficial effects:

[0175] In the information transmission method, apparatus, access network device, terminal and core network device of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal or the core network device sends first information to the access network device, the first information including at least one data burst arrival time and / or at least one data burst size, thereby assisting the network device to perform resource allocation and / or DRX parameter configuration, which can improve scheduling performance and / or provide more accurate configuration information. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0176] Fig. 1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which the embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied;

[0177] Fig. 2 shows a step flowchart of an information transmission method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0178] Fig. 3 shows a step flowchart of an information transmission method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0179] Fig. 4 shows a step flowchart of an information transmission method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0180] Fig. 5 shows a structural schematic diagram of an access network device provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0181] Fig. 6 shows a structural schematic diagram of a terminal provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0182] Fig. 7 shows a structural schematic diagram of a core network device provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0183] Fig. 8 shows a structural schematic diagram of an information transmission apparatus provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0184] Fig. 9 shows a structural schematic diagram of an information transmission apparatus provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0185] Fig. 10 shows a structural schematic diagram of an information transmission apparatus provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0186] To make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantages of the present disclosure clearer, the following will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

[0187] FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied. The wireless communication system includes a terminal device 11 and a network side device 12. The terminal device 11 can also be referred to as a terminal or a user terminal (UE). It should be noted that the specific type of the terminal 11 is not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The network side device 12 can be a base station or a core network. It should be noted that the base station in the NR system is taken as an example in the embodiments of the present disclosure, but the specific type of the base station is not limited.

[0188] The term "and / or" in the embodiments of the present disclosure describes the association relationship of the associated objects, which means that there can be three relationships, for example, A and / or B can mean that A exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone. The character " / " generally represents that the associated objects before and after it are in an "or" relationship.

[0189] The term "a plurality of" in the embodiments of the present disclosure means two or more, and other quantifiers are similar.

[0190] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be described clearly and completely below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, not all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor are within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.

[0191] The technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to various systems. For example, the applicable systems can be a long term evolution (LTE) system, an LTE frequency division duplex (FDD) system, an LTE time division duplex (TDD) system, a long term evolution advanced (LTE-A) system, a universal mobile system (UMTS), a worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) system, a 5th generation mobile communication technology (5G) new radio (NR) system and its evolved communication system, a 6th generation mobile communication technology (6G) system, and the like. The various systems can include terminal devices and network devices. The system can also include a core network part, such as an evolved packet system (EPC), a 5G core network (5GC), and the like.

[0192] The terminal device to which the embodiments of the present disclosure relate can refer to a device providing voice and / or data connectivity to a user, a handheld device with wireless connection function, or other processing devices connected to a wireless modem, etc. In different systems, the name of the terminal device can also be different, for example, in the 5G system, the terminal device can be called user equipment (UE). The wireless terminal device can communicate with one or more core networks (CN) through a radio access network (RAN). The wireless terminal device can be a mobile terminal device, such as a mobile phone (or called "cellular" phone) and a computer with a mobile terminal device, for example, it can be a portable, pocket, handheld, computer built-in or vehicle-mounted mobile device, which exchanges language and / or data with the radio access network. For example, personal communication service (PCS) phones, cordless phones, session initiation protocol (SIP) phones, wireless local loop (WLL) stations, personal digital assistants (PDAs), etc. The wireless terminal device can also be called a system, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a mobile, a remote station, an access point, a remote terminal, an access terminal, a user terminal, a user agent, a user device, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0193] The network device related to the embodiments of the present disclosure can be a base station, which can include one or more cells serving terminals. According to different application scenarios, the base station can also be referred to as an access point, or can be a device in an access network that communicates with wireless terminal devices through one or more sectors over an air interface, or other names. The network device can be used to exchange received air frames and Internet Protocol (IP) packets as a router between the wireless terminal device and the rest of the access network, which can include an Internet Protocol (IP) communication network. The network device can also coordinate the management of the properties of the air interface. For example, the network device related to the embodiments of the present disclosure can be a network device (Base Transceiver Station, BTS) in the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) or Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), or a network device (NodeB) in Wide-band Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), or an evolved network device (evolutional Node B, eNB or e-NodeB) in a long term evolution (LTE) system, or a 5G base station (gNB) in a next generation system, or a Home evolved Node B (HeNB), a relay node, a femto, a pico, etc., which are not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure. In some network structures, the network device can include a centralized unit (CU) node and a distributed unit (DU) node, and the centralized unit and the distributed unit can also be geographically separated.

[0194] The network device and the terminal device can each use one or more antennas for multi-input multi-output (MIMO) transmission, which can be single-user MIMO (SU-MIMO) or multiple-user MIMO (MU-MIMO). According to the shape and number of root antenna combinations, the MIMO transmission can be two-dimensional MIMO (2D-MIMO), three-dimensional MIMO (3D-MIMO), full-dimensional MIMO (FD-MIMO), or massive-MIMO, and can also be diversity transmission or precoding transmission or beamforming transmission, etc.

[0195] As shown in FIG. 2, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information transmission method, which comprises:

[0196] In step 201, the access network device receives first information sent by a terminal or a core network device, wherein the first information comprises at least one of the following:

[0197] an arrival time of at least one data burst;

[0198] a size of the at least one data burst;

[0199] wherein the at least one data burst comprises a first data burst and / or N data bursts subsequent to the first data burst;

[0200] wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0201] In some embodiments, the first data burst is a current data burst.

[0202] As an optional embodiment, the access network device can be a base station, or a central unit (CU), or a distributed unit (DU), which is not specifically limited here.

[0203] In an implementation manner, the first information is used to assist the access network device to perform resource configuration and / or DRX parameter configuration.

[0204] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0205] The access network device performs resource allocation and / or discontinuous reception (DRX) parameter configuration according to the first information, thereby improving the scheduling performance of the access network device and / or enabling the access network device to provide more accurate configuration information for the terminal.

[0206] In an optional embodiment of the present disclosure, the access network device receives the first information sent by the core network device in step 201, including:

[0207] The access network device receives a data packet sent by the core network device, and the first information is carried in a user plane GPRS tunneling protocol (GTP-U) header of the data packet.

[0208] And / or,

[0209] The access network device receives control plane information sent by the core network device, and the first information is carried in the control plane information.

[0210] In another optional embodiment of the present disclosure, the access network device receives the first information sent by the terminal in step 201, including:

[0211] The access network device receives first signaling sent by the terminal and carrying the first information, and the first signaling includes at least one of the following:

[0212] Radio resource control (RRC) signaling, such as UE assistance information (UEAssistanceInformation);

[0213] Medium access control (MAC) control element (CE);

[0214] Physical layer uplink control information;

[0215] Header of user plane data packet, such as MAC header, radio link layer control protocol (RLC) header, packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) header, or service discovery application protocol (SDAP) header.

[0216] In some embodiments, the arrival time of the at least one data burst and the size of the at least one data burst can be reported using the same first signaling or different first signaling. If different first signaling is used, the specific signaling can be different; for example, the arrival time of the at least one data burst is reported using RRC signaling, and the size of the at least one data burst is reported using MAC CE, which is not enumerated one by one here.

[0217] As an optional embodiment, in the case where the first information includes the arrival time of at least one data burst, the method further includes:

[0218] The access network device ignores the predicted data burst arrival time and / or the jitter range reported by the terminal.

[0219] For XR services, the information reported by the terminal to the network device in the current technology includes the following contents:

[0220] Jitter range (i.e., jitter range of Data burst arrival time);

[0221] Arrival time of the current Data burst (the Data burst arrival time is a predicted value, i.e., predicted Data burst arrival time).

[0222] In some embodiments, for XR services, the information reported by the terminal to the network device in the current technology further includes the following contents:

[0223] Service period (i.e., period of Data burst occurrence);

[0224] Whether the terminal can identify the PDU Set;

[0225] Whether the terminal can identify the PDU Set identifier.

[0226] In an implementation manner, if the first information includes the arrival time of at least one data burst, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide two operations:

[0227] Operation 1: the terminal no longer reports the predicted burst arrival time (burstArrivalTime) and jitter range (Jitter range); or,

[0228] Operation 2: the terminal reports without being affected, but the access network device ignores the predicted burst arrival time (burstArrivalTime) and jitter range (Jitter range) reported by the terminal.

[0229] In at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the method further includes:

[0230] The access network device sends RRC layer configuration information of the preconfigured grant or activation signaling of the preconfigured grant to the terminal; wherein, the RRC layer configuration information or the activation signaling includes second information; the second information includes at least one of the following:

[0231] The number of valid times of the preconfigured grant;

[0232] Length information of the first timer;

[0233] The first timer is used to determine a validity duration of the preconfigured grant.

[0234] In some embodiments, the preconfigured grant can be downlink semi-persistent scheduling (DL SPS) or uplink configured grant, which is not specifically limited herein.

[0235] In an implementation manner, the terminal starts the first timer after receiving the activation signaling of the preconfigured grant; and the terminal deactivates the preconfigured grant when the first timer expires.

[0236] In another implementation manner, the terminal starts a counter after receiving the activation signaling of the preconfigured grant; the counter is incremented by 1 after the terminal performs a transmission of the preconfigured grant; and the terminal deactivates the preconfigured grant when the counter reaches a validity number of the preconfigured grant.

[0237] To sum up, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal or the core network device sends first information to the access network device, the first information including an arrival time of at least one data burst and / or a size of the at least one data burst, thereby assisting the network device to perform resource allocation and / or DRX parameter configuration, which can improve scheduling performance and / or provide more accurate configuration information.

[0238] As shown in FIG. 3, the embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an information transmission method, the method comprising:

[0239] In step 301, the terminal sends first information to the access network device, the first information including at least one of the following:

[0240] an arrival time of at least one data burst;

[0241] a size of the at least one data burst;

[0242] The at least one data burst includes a first data burst and / or N subsequent data bursts of the first data burst.

[0243] The N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0244] In some embodiments, the first data burst is a current data burst.

[0245] As an optional embodiment, the access network device can be a base station, or a central unit (CU), or a distributed unit (DU), which is not limited herein.

[0246] In an implementation manner, the first information is used to assist the access network device to perform resource configuration and / or DRX parameter configuration.

[0247] In an optional embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal sends the first information to the access network device in step 301, including:

[0248] The terminal sends first signaling carrying the first information to the access network device, and the first signaling includes at least one of the following:

[0249] Radio resource control (RRC) signaling, such as UE assistance information (UEAssistanceInformation);

[0250] Medium access control (MAC) control element (CE);

[0251] Physical layer uplink control information (UCI);

[0252] A packet header of a user plane data packet, such as a MAC header, or a radio link control (RLC) header, or a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) header, or a service discovery application protocol (SDAP) header.

[0253] In some embodiments, the arrival time of the at least one data burst and the size of the at least one data burst can be reported using the same first signaling, or can be reported using different first signaling respectively. If different first signaling is used, the specific signaling can be different; for example, the arrival time of the at least one data burst is reported using RRC signaling, and the size of the at least one data burst is reported using MAC CE, which is not enumerated one by one herein.

[0254] As an optional embodiment, the terminal sends the first information to the access network device, including:

[0255] In the case of satisfying the first condition, the terminal sends the first information to the access network device; wherein the first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0256] The terminal is configured to report uplink service information or is configured to report the first information;

[0257] The terminal is configured to report uplink service information or is configured to report the first information, and the terminal has not sent the first information;

[0258] The first information carries changed content relative to previously reported first information;

[0259] The first information carries changed content relative to previously reported first information;

[0260] Before the first data packet of the at least one data burst is transmitted uplink;

[0261] When the first data packet of the at least one data burst is transmitted;

[0262] The terminal acquires an arrival time of at least one valid data burst;

[0263] The terminal acquires a size of at least one valid data burst.

[0264] In some embodiments, the first condition "before the first data packet of the at least one data burst is transmitted uplink" can be understood as: triggering the reporting of the first information before the transmission of the first data packet of each data burst. For example, the terminal transmits the first information to the access network device in a time slot before the first data packet of each data burst.

[0265] In some embodiments, the first condition "when the first data packet of the at least one data burst is transmitted" can be understood as: reporting the first information along with the first data packet of each data burst.

[0266] In at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, in the case where the first information includes an arrival time of at least one data burst, the method further includes:

[0267] The terminal stops reporting the predicted data burst arrival time and / or the jitter range.

[0268] For XR services, the information reported by the terminal to the network device in the current technology includes the following content:

[0269] Jitter range (i.e., jitter range of Data burst arrival time);

[0270] Arrival time of the current Data burst (the Data burst arrival time is a predicted value, i.e., predicted Data burst arrival time).

[0271] In some embodiments, for XR services, the information reported by the terminal to the network device in the current technology further includes the following content:

[0272] Service period (i.e. the period of Data burst occurrence);

[0273] Whether the terminal can identify the PDU Set;

[0274] Whether the terminal can identify the PDU Set identifier.

[0275] In an implementation manner, if the first information comprises the arrival time of at least one data burst, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide two operations:

[0276] Operation 1, the terminal no longer reports the predicted burst arrival time (burstArrivalTime) and jitter range (Jitter range); or,

[0277] Operation 2, the terminal reports no impact, but the access network device ignores the predicted burst arrival time (burstArrivalTime) and jitter range (Jitter range) reported by the terminal.

[0278] In at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the method further comprises:

[0279] The terminal receives the RRC layer configuration information for the preconfigured grant or the activation signaling of the preconfigured grant sent by the access network device; wherein, the RRC layer configuration information or the activation signaling comprises second information; the second information comprises at least one of the following:

[0280] The number of times of taking effect of the preconfigured grant;

[0281] The length information of the first timer;

[0282] The first timer is used to determine the duration of taking effect of the preconfigured grant.

[0283] In some embodiments, the preconfigured grant can be downlink semi-persistent scheduling (DL SPS) or uplink configured grant (UL Configured grant), which is not specifically limited here.

[0284] In an implementation manner, the method further comprises:

[0285] The terminal starts the first timer after receiving the activation signaling of the preconfigured grant;

[0286] If the first timer expires, the terminal deactivates the preconfigured grant.

[0287] In another implementation manner, the method further comprises:

[0288] The terminal starts a counter after receiving the activation signaling of the preconfigured grant;

[0289] After the terminal performs the transmission of the preconfigured grant once, the value of the counter is increased by 1; and after the value of the counter reaches the valid number of the preconfigured grant, the terminal deactivates the preconfigured grant.

[0290] To sum up, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal or the core network device sends first information to the access network device, and the first information includes the arrival time of at least one data burst and / or the size of at least one data burst, thereby assisting the network device to perform resource allocation and / or DRX parameter configuration, which can improve the scheduling performance and / or provide more accurate configuration information.

[0291] As shown in FIG. 4, the embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an information transmission method, and the method comprises:

[0292] In step 401, the core network device sends first information to the access network device, and the first information includes at least one of the following:

[0293] the arrival time of at least one data burst;

[0294] the size of at least one data burst;

[0295] The at least one data burst includes a first data burst and / or N subsequent data bursts of the first data burst.

[0296] The N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0297] In some embodiments, the first data burst is a current data burst.

[0298] As an optional embodiment, the access network device can be a base station, or a central unit (CU), or a distributed unit (DU), which is not limited here.

[0299] In an implementation manner, the first information is used to assist the access network device to perform resource configuration and / or DRX parameter configuration.

[0300] In an optional embodiment of the present disclosure, the core network device sends the first information to the access network device in step 401, which includes:

[0301] The core network device sends a data packet to the access network device, and the first information is carried in a user plane GPRS tunneling protocol (GTP-U) header of the data packet corresponding to the first information.

[0302] and / or,

[0303] The core network device sends control plane information to the access network device, and the control plane information carries the first information.

[0304] In summary, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal or the core network device sends the first information to the access network device, and the first information includes the arrival time of at least one data burst and / or the size of at least one data burst, thereby assisting the network device to perform resource allocation and / or DRX parameter configuration, which can improve the scheduling performance and / or provide more accurate configuration information.

[0305] In order to more clearly describe the information transmission method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, two examples are described below.

[0306] Example 1

[0307] Step 1: The terminal determines whether the first information reporting condition is met.

[0308] Specifically, the first information includes at least one of the following:

[0309] The arrival time of the current and / or subsequent N data bursts;

[0310] The size of the current and / or subsequent N data bursts.

[0311] If the first information contains the arrival time of the current and / or subsequent N data bursts, the trigger condition for the terminal to report the first information includes at least one of the following:

[0312] The terminal is configured to report uplink service information or is configured to report the first information;

[0313] The terminal is configured to report uplink service information or is configured to report the first information, and has not sent the first information yet;

[0314] The first information changes;

[0315] The first information changes relative to the first information reported last time;

[0316] The first information is reported before the transmission of the first data packet of each data burst;

[0317] The first information is reported with the first data packet of each data burst;

[0318] The first information is reported when the arrival time of the current and / or subsequent N data bursts is obtained.

[0319] If the first information includes "size of current and / or next N Data bursts", the trigger condition for the terminal to report the first information includes at least one of the following:

[0320] The terminal is configured to report uplink service information or is configured to report the first information;

[0321] The terminal has not sent the first information after being configured to report uplink service information or being configured to report the first information;

[0322] The first information changes;

[0323] The first information changes relative to the first information reported last time;

[0324] The first information is reported before the transmission of the first data packet of each Data burst;

[0325] The first information is reported with the first data packet of each Data burst;

[0326] The first information is reported when the size of the current and / or next N Data bursts is obtained.

[0327] Step 2, the terminal reports the first information;

[0328] If the first condition is met, the terminal sends the first information to the access network device, and the first information includes at least one of the following:

[0329] Arrival time of current and / or next N Data bursts;

[0330] Size of current and / or next N Data bursts.

[0331] The access network device can be a base station, or a central unit (CU), or a distributed unit (DU).

[0332] Step 3, the access network device processes;

[0333] The access network device receives the first information, and can perform resource allocation and / or DRX parameter configuration based on the first information.

[0334] Specifically, when the network device configures a preconfigured grant, the RRC layer configuration information of the preconfigured grant or the PDCCH of the preconfigured grant activation is increased with second information, and the second information specifically includes at least one of the following:

[0335] The number of valid times of the preconfigured grant;

[0336] first timer length.

[0337] The terminal starts the first timer after receiving the preconfigured grant activation signaling, and automatically deactivates the preconfigured grant when the first timer expires.

[0338] The terminal starts a counter after receiving the preconfigured grant activation signaling, and the counter takes a value of +1 every time a preconfigured grant transmission is performed. When the number of preconfigured grant activation times is reached, the preconfigured grant is automatically deactivated.

[0339] Example two

[0340] Step 1: The access network device receives first information from the core network device;

[0341] Specifically, the first information includes at least one of the following:

[0342] The arrival time of the current and / or next N Data bursts;

[0343] The size of the current and / or next N Data bursts.

[0344] The access network device obtains the first information from the core network device, and the specific obtaining method includes at least one of the following:

[0345] The first information is carried through the GTP-U header;

[0346] The first information is carried through the control plane information.

[0347] Step 2: The access network device processes;

[0348] The access network device receives the first information, and can perform resource allocation and / or DRX parameter configuration based on the first information.

[0349] Specifically, when the access network device configures a preconfigured grant (such as DL SPS or UL Configured grant), the RRC layer configuration information of the preconfigured grant or the second information in the PDCCH of the preconfigured grant activation is increased, and the second information specifically includes at least one of the following:

[0350] The number of preconfigured grant activation times;

[0351] The first timer length.

[0352] The terminal starts the first timer after receiving the preconfigured grant activation signaling, and automatically deactivates the preconfigured grant when the first timer expires.

[0353] The terminal starts a counter after receiving the preconfigured grant activation signaling, and the counter is incremented by 1 each time a preconfigured grant transmission is performed. When the number of preconfigured grant activation times is reached, the preconfigured grant is automatically deactivated.

[0354] As shown in FIG. 5, the embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an access network device, which comprises a memory 520, a transceiver 510, and a processor 500:

[0355] The memory 520 is configured to store a computer program; the transceiver 510 is configured to transceive data under the control of the processor 500; and the processor 500 is configured to read the computer program in the memory 520 and perform the following operations:

[0356] receive first information sent by a terminal or a core network device, wherein the first information comprises at least one of the following:

[0357] an arrival time of at least one data burst;

[0358] a size of at least one data burst;

[0359] The at least one data burst comprises a first data burst and / or N data bursts subsequent to the first data burst.

[0360] The N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0361] As an optional embodiment, the processor is further configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operation:

[0362] perform resource allocation and / or discontinuous reception (DRX) parameter configuration according to the first information.

[0363] As an optional embodiment, the processor is further configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operation:

[0364] receive a data packet sent by a core network device, wherein the data packet carries the first information in a user plane GPRS tunneling protocol (GTP-U) header;

[0365] and / or,

[0366] receive control plane information sent by a core network device, wherein the control plane information carries the first information.

[0367] As an optional embodiment, the processor is further configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operation:

[0368] receive first signaling sent by the terminal and carrying the first information, wherein the first signaling comprises at least one of the following:

[0369] Radio Resource Control, RRC, signaling

[0370] Medium Access Control, MAC, Control Element, MAC CE

[0371] Physical Layer Uplink Control Information

[0372] A packet header of a user plane data packet.

[0373] As an optional embodiment, the processor is further configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0374] In a case where the first information comprises at least one data burst arrival time, the predicted data burst arrival time and / or the jitter range reported by the terminal are ignored.

[0375] As an optional embodiment, the processor is further configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0376] The RRC layer configuration information for the preconfigured grant or the activation signaling of the preconfigured grant is sent to the terminal, wherein the RRC layer configuration information or the activation signaling comprises second information; the second information comprises at least one of the following:

[0377] The number of times of taking effect of the preconfigured grant

[0378] The length information of the first timer

[0379] The first timer is used to determine the duration of taking effect of the preconfigured grant.

[0380] In FIG. 5, the bus architecture can include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, which link together various circuits such as the processor 500, which represents one or more processors, and the memory 520, which represents the memory. The bus architecture can also link together various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art and therefore, not described further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 510 can be a plurality of elements, i.e., including a transmitter and a receiver, which provide a means for communicating with various other apparatuses over a transmission medium, including wireless channels, wired channels, optical cables, and the like. The processor 500 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 520 can store data used by the processor 500 in executing operations.

[0381] The processor 500 can be a central processing unit (CPU), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or a complex programmable logic device (CPLD). The processor can also adopt a multi-core architecture.

[0382] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal or the core network device sends first information to the access network device, the first information comprising at least one of: an arrival time of at least one data burst, and / or a size of the at least one data burst, thereby assisting the network device to perform resource allocation and / or DRX parameter configuration, which can improve scheduling performance and / or provide more accurate configuration information.

[0383] It should be noted that the above access network device provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can implement all method steps achieved by the above method embodiments, and achieve the same technical effects. Here, the same parts and beneficial effects of the method embodiments in the present embodiment will not be described in detail.

[0384] As shown in FIG. 6, the embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a terminal, comprising a memory 620, a transceiver 610, and a processor 600:

[0385] The memory 620 is configured to store a computer program; the transceiver 610 is configured to transceive data under the control of the processor 600; and the processor 600 is configured to read the computer program in the memory 620 and perform the following operations:

[0386] The processor 600 is configured to read the computer program in the memory 620 and perform the following operations:

[0387] The arrival time of at least one data burst;

[0388] The size of the at least one data burst;

[0389] The at least one data burst comprises: a first data burst, and / or N data bursts subsequent to the first data burst;

[0390] The N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0391] As an optional embodiment, the processor is further configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0392] sending, to the access network device, first signaling carrying first information, the first signaling including at least one of the following:

[0393] Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling;

[0394] Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE);

[0395] Physical Layer Uplink Control Information (PUCI);

[0396] a packet header of a user plane data packet.

[0397] As an optional embodiment, the processor is further configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0398] sending, to the access network device, first information in a case where a first condition is met; wherein the first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0399] the terminal is configured to report uplink service information or is configured to report the first information;

[0400] the terminal is configured to report uplink service information or is configured to report the first information, and the terminal has not sent the first information;

[0401] the first information carries changed content relative to previously reported first information;

[0402] the first information carries changed content relative to previously reported first information;

[0403] before a first data packet of the at least one data burst is sent uplink;

[0404] when the first data packet of the at least one data burst is sent;

[0405] when the terminal obtains an arrival time of valid at least one data burst;

[0406] when the terminal obtains a size of valid at least one data burst.

[0407] As an optional embodiment, the processor is further configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0408] stopping reporting predicted data burst arrival time and / or jitter range in a case where the first information includes an arrival time of at least one data burst.

[0409] As an optional embodiment, the processor is further configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0410] receive RRC layer configuration information of the preconfigured grant or activation signaling of the preconfigured grant sent by the access network device; wherein the RRC layer configuration information or the activation signaling comprises second information; the second information comprises at least one of the following:

[0411] the number of valid times of the preconfigured grant;

[0412] length information of the first timer;

[0413] The first timer is used to determine the validity duration of the preconfigured grant.

[0414] As an optional embodiment, the processor is further configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0415] start the first timer after receiving the activation signaling of the preconfigured grant;

[0416] deactivate the preconfigured grant if the first timer expires.

[0417] As an optional embodiment, the processor is further configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0418] start the counter after receiving the activation signaling of the preconfigured grant;

[0419] the value of the counter is increased by 1 after the terminal transmits the preconfigured grant once; and the preconfigured grant is deactivated when the value of the counter reaches the number of valid times of the preconfigured grant.

[0420] In FIG. 6, the bus architecture can include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, which link together various circuits, such as one or more processors 600 and the memory 620 represented by the various circuits. The bus architecture can also link together various other circuits, such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art and thus will not be described further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 610 can be a plurality of elements, i.e., including a transmitter and a receiver, which provide a unit for communicating with various other devices on transmission media, including wireless channels, wired channels, optical cables, and the like. The user interface 630 can also be an interface that can be externally connected to the required device for different user devices, including but not limited to a keypad, a display, a speaker, a microphone, a joystick, and the like.

[0421] The processor 600 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 620 can store data used by the processor 600 when performing operations.

[0422] In some embodiments, the processor 600 can be a central processing unit (CPU), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or a complex programmable logic device (CPLD), and can also adopt a multi-core architecture.

[0423] The processor is configured to execute any of the methods provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure by invoking the computer program stored in the memory.

[0424] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal or the core network device sends first information to the access network device, and the first information includes the arrival time of at least one data burst and / or the size of the at least one data burst, thereby assisting the network device to perform resource allocation and / or DRX parameter configuration, which can improve scheduling performance and / or provide more accurate configuration information.

[0425] It should be noted that the terminal provided by the above embodiments of the present disclosure can implement all method steps achieved by the above method embodiments, and achieve the same technical effects. Therefore, the same parts and beneficial effects of the method embodiments will not be described in detail.

[0426] As shown in FIG. 7, the embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a core network device, which includes a memory 720, a transceiver 710, and a processor 700:

[0427] The memory 720 is configured to store a computer program; the transceiver 710 is configured to transceive data under the control of the processor 700; and the processor 700 is configured to read the computer program in the memory 720 and perform the following operations:

[0428] The transceiver 710 is configured to send first information to the access network device, and the first information includes at least one of the following:

[0429] The arrival time of at least one data burst;

[0430] The size of the at least one data burst;

[0431] The at least one data burst includes a first data burst and / or N subsequent data bursts of the first data burst.

[0432] The N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0433] As an optional embodiment, the processor is further configured to read a computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0434] sending a data packet to the access network device, wherein the data packet carries the first information in a user plane GPRS tunneling protocol (GTP-U) header of the first information;

[0435] and / or,

[0436] sending control plane information to the access network device, wherein the control plane information carries the first information.

[0437] In FIG. 7, the bus architecture can include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, which link various circuits together, including the processor 700 and the memory 720, which are represented by one or more processors and memories, respectively. The bus architecture can also link various other circuits, such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art and thus will not be described further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 710 can be a plurality of elements, including a transmitter and a receiver, which provide a means for communicating with various other apparatuses over a transmission medium, including wireless channels, wired channels, optical cables, and the like. The processor 700 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 720 can store data used by the processor 700 in performing operations.

[0438] The processor 700 can be a central processing unit (CPU), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or a complex programmable logic device (CPLD). The processor can also adopt a multi-core architecture.

[0439] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal or the core network device sends the first information to the access network device, the first information including the arrival time of at least one data burst and / or the size of the at least one data burst, thereby assisting the network device in performing resource allocation and / or DRX parameter configuration, which can improve scheduling performance and / or provide more accurate configuration information.

[0440] It should be noted that the core network device provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can implement all the method steps achieved by the above method embodiments, and achieve the same technical effects. Here, the same parts and beneficial effects of the method embodiments in this embodiment will not be described in detail.

[0441] As shown in FIG. 8, the embodiments of the present disclosure also provide an information transmission device applied to an access network device, the device comprises:

[0442] The first receiving unit 801 is configured to receive first information sent by a terminal or a core network device, wherein the first information comprises at least one of the following:

[0443] an arrival time of at least one data burst;

[0444] a size of at least one data burst;

[0445] The at least one data burst comprises: a first data burst, and / or N data bursts subsequent to the first data burst.

[0446] The N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0447] As an optional embodiment, the device further comprises:

[0448] The execution unit is configured to perform resource allocation and / or DRX parameter configuration according to the first information.

[0449] As an optional embodiment, the first receiving unit comprises:

[0450] The first receiving sub-unit is configured to receive a data packet sent by a core network device, wherein the first information is carried in a user plane GPRS tunneling protocol (GTP-U) header corresponding to the data packet.

[0451] and / or,

[0452] The second receiving sub-unit is configured to receive control plane information sent by a core network device, wherein the first information is carried in the control plane information.

[0453] As an optional embodiment, the first receiving unit comprises:

[0454] The third receiving sub-unit is configured to receive first signaling sent by a terminal and carrying the first information, wherein the first signaling comprises at least one of the following:

[0455] Radio resource control (RRC) signaling;

[0456] Media access control (MAC) control element (CE);

[0457] Physical layer uplink control information.

[0458] a packet header of the user plane data packet.

[0459] As an optional embodiment, in a case where the first information comprises at least one arrival time of a data burst, the apparatus further comprises:

[0460] an ignoring unit, configured to ignore the predicted data burst arrival time and / or the jitter range reported by the terminal.

[0461] As an optional embodiment, the apparatus further comprises:

[0462] a third sending unit, configured to send RRC layer configuration information of the preconfigured grant or activation signaling of the preconfigured grant to the terminal; wherein the RRC layer configuration information or the activation signaling comprises second information; the second information comprises at least one of the following:

[0463] the number of valid times of the preconfigured grant;

[0464] length information of the first timer;

[0465] The first timer is used to determine the validity duration of the preconfigured grant.

[0466] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal or the core network device sends first information to the access network device, the first information comprising at least one arrival time of a data burst and / or the size of at least one data burst, thereby assisting the network device to perform resource allocation and / or DRX parameter configuration, which can improve scheduling performance and / or provide more accurate configuration information.

[0467] It should be noted that the above information transmission apparatus provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can realize all the method steps realized by the above method embodiments, and can achieve the same technical effects, and here the same parts and beneficial effects in the method embodiments will not be described in detail.

[0468] As shown in FIG. 9, the embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an information transmission apparatus applied to a terminal, the apparatus comprising:

[0469] a first sending unit 901, configured to send first information to an access network device, the first information comprising at least one of the following:

[0470] at least one arrival time of a data burst;

[0471] the size of at least one data burst;

[0472] The at least one data burst comprises: a first data burst and / or the subsequent N data bursts of the first data burst.

[0473] wherein, the N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0474] As an optional embodiment, the first sending unit comprises:

[0475] a first sending sub-unit, configured to send first signaling carrying the first information to the access network device, the first signaling comprising at least one of:

[0476] Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling;

[0477] Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE);

[0478] Physical Layer Uplink Control Information (PUCCH);

[0479] a packet header of a user plane data packet.

[0480] As an optional embodiment, the first sending unit comprises:

[0481] a second sending sub-unit, configured to send the first information to the access network device if a first condition is met; wherein the first condition comprises at least one of:

[0482] the terminal is configured to report uplink service information or is configured to report the first information;

[0483] the terminal is configured to report uplink service information or is configured to report the first information, and the terminal has not sent the first information;

[0484] the first information carries changed content relative to previously reported first information;

[0485] the first information carries changed content relative to the last reported first information;

[0486] before the first data packet of the at least one data burst is sent uplink;

[0487] when the first data packet of the at least one data burst is sent;

[0488] when the terminal acquires the arrival time of the valid at least one data burst;

[0489] when the terminal acquires the size of the valid at least one data burst.

[0490] As an optional embodiment, in the case where the first information comprises the arrival time of the at least one data burst, the apparatus further comprises:

[0491] a stopping unit, configured to stop reporting the predicted data burst arrival time and / or the jitter range.

[0492] As an optional embodiment, the apparatus further comprises:

[0493] a second receiving unit, configured to receive RRC layer configuration information of the preconfigured grant or activation signaling of the preconfigured grant sent by the access network device; wherein the RRC layer configuration information or the activation signaling comprises second information; the second information comprises at least one of the following:

[0494] the number of valid times of the preconfigured grant;

[0495] length information of the first timer;

[0496] The first timer is used to determine the validity duration of the preconfigured grant.

[0497] As an optional embodiment, the apparatus further comprises:

[0498] a first starting unit, configured to start the first timer after receiving the activation signaling of the preconfigured grant;

[0499] a first deactivation unit, configured to deactivate the preconfigured grant if the first timer expires.

[0500] As an optional embodiment, the apparatus further comprises:

[0501] a second starting unit, configured to start the counter after receiving the activation signaling of the preconfigured grant;

[0502] a second deactivation unit, configured to increase the value of the counter by 1 after the terminal performs transmission of the preconfigured grant once; and deactivate the preconfigured grant after the value of the counter reaches the number of valid times of the preconfigured grant.

[0503] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal or the core network device sends first information to the access network device, and the first information comprises the arrival time of at least one data burst and / or the size of at least one data burst, thereby assisting the network device to perform resource allocation and / or DRX parameter configuration, which can improve the scheduling performance and / or provide more accurate configuration information.

[0504] It should be noted that the above information transmission apparatus provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can realize all the method steps realized by the above method embodiments, and can achieve the same technical effects. Therefore, the same parts and beneficial effects of the method embodiments will not be described in detail herein.

[0505] As shown in FIG. 10, the embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an information transmission apparatus applied to a core network device, the apparatus comprising:

[0506] The second sending unit 1001 is configured to send first information to the access network device, wherein the first information comprises at least one of the following:

[0507] an arrival time of at least one data burst;

[0508] a size of the at least one data burst;

[0509] The at least one data burst comprises a first data burst and / or N data bursts subsequent to the first data burst.

[0510] The N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0511] As an optional embodiment, the second sending unit comprises:

[0512] The third sending sub-unit is configured to send a data packet to the access network device, wherein the first information is carried in a user plane GPRS tunneling protocol (GTP-U) header corresponding to the data packet.

[0513] and / or

[0514] The fourth sending sub-unit is configured to send control plane information to the access network device, wherein the first information is carried in the control plane information.

[0515] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal or the core network device sends the first information to the access network device, wherein the first information comprises an arrival time of at least one data burst and / or a size of the at least one data burst, thereby assisting the network device to perform resource allocation and / or DRX parameter configuration, and improving scheduling performance and / or providing more accurate configuration information.

[0516] It should be noted that the above information transmission apparatus provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can realize all the method steps realized by the above method embodiments, and achieve the same technical effects. Therefore, the same parts and beneficial effects of the method embodiments will not be described in detail.

[0517] It should be noted that the division of units in the embodiments of the present disclosure is schematic, and is merely a logical function division. In actual implementation, another division mode can be used. In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present disclosure can be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit can be physically present separately, or two or more units can be integrated in one unit. The integrated unit can be realized in the form of hardware or in the form of a software functional unit.

[0518] The integrated unit, if implemented in the form of a software function unit and sold or used as an independent product, can be stored in a processor-readable storage medium. Based on such an understanding, the technical solutions of the present disclosure, essentially or in other words, the part that contributes to the related art or the whole or part of the technical solutions can be embodied in the form of a software product. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium, and includes several instructions for causing a computer device (which can be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) or a processor to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described in the various embodiments of the present disclosure. The aforementioned storage medium includes: a U disk, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and various other media that can store program codes.

[0519] The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a processor-readable storage medium, which stores a computer program for causing the processor to perform each process in the method embodiments and achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein. The processor-readable storage medium can be any available medium or data storage device accessible by the processor, including but not limited to a magnetic memory (for example, a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape, a magneto optical disk (MO), etc.), an optical memory (for example, a compact disc (CD), a digital video disc (DVD), a Blu-ray disc (BD), a high-definition versatile disc (HVD), etc.), and a semiconductor memory (for example, a ROM, an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a non-volatile memory (NAND FLASH), a solid state disk (SSD)), etc.

[0520] The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a computer program product, which includes computer instructions executed by a processor to implement each process in the method embodiments and achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein.

[0521] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that embodiments of the disclosure can be devised for a method, a system, or a computer program product. Accordingly, the disclosure can take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the disclosure can take the form of a computer program product on one or more computer readable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk memory, optical memory, and the like) having computer usable program code embodied in the medium.

[0522] The disclosure is described in reference to the flowchart and / or block diagrams of the method, apparatus (system) and computer program product according to embodiments of the disclosure. It should be understood that each flow and / or block in the flowchart and / or block diagrams, and a combination of flows and / or blocks in the flowchart and / or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer executable instructions. The computer executable instructions can be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, an embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart and / or block diagram flow or flows and / or block or blocks.

[0523] The processor executable instructions can also be stored in a processor readable memory that can direct the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the processor readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means that implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and / or block diagram block or blocks.

[0524] The processor executable instructions can also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions executed on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and / or block diagram block or blocks.

[0525] Further, it is to be noted that in the apparatus and method of the present disclosure, it is apparent that each component or each step can be decomposed and / or recombined. These decompositions and / or recombinations should be considered as equivalent solutions of the present disclosure. Moreover, the steps of performing the above series of processes can naturally be executed in time sequence according to the order of description, but do not necessarily have to be executed in time sequence, and some steps can be executed in parallel or independently of each other. It can be understood by those skilled in the art that all or any steps or components of the method and apparatus of the present disclosure can be implemented in hardware, firmware, software, or a combination thereof, in any computing device (including processors, storage media, etc.) or network of computing devices, using the basic programming skills of those skilled in the art upon reading the description of the present disclosure.

[0526] It should be noted that it should be understood that the division of each module above is only a logical division of functions, and in actual implementation, all or part of them can be integrated into one physical entity, or can be physically separated. Moreover, these modules can all be implemented in the form of being called by a processing element through software; all can be implemented in the form of hardware; or some modules can be implemented in the form of being called by a processing element through software, and some modules can be implemented in the form of hardware. For example, a certain module can be a separately established processing element, or can be integrated in a certain chip of the above apparatus, in addition, it can also be stored in the form of program code in the memory of the above apparatus, and called and executed by a certain processing element of the above apparatus to determine the function of the above module. The implementation of other modules is similar. Moreover, all or part of these modules can be integrated together, or can be independently implemented. The processing element described herein can be an integrated circuit having a signal processing capability. In the implementation process, each step of the above method or each of the above modules can be completed by the integrated logic circuit of hardware or the instruction of software in the processing element.

[0527] For example, each module, unit, subunit, or submodule can be one or more integrated circuits configured to implement the above methods, such as one or more application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), one or more digital signal processors (DSPs), or one or more field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). As another example, when a module is implemented using processing element scheduler code, the processing element can be a general-purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (CPU) or other processor capable of calling program code. Furthermore, these modules can be integrated together to implement a system-on-a-chip (SOC).

[0528] The terms “first,” “second,” etc., used in this disclosure and in the claims are used to distinguish similar objects and are not necessarily used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that such data can be interchanged where appropriate so that embodiments of this disclosure described herein may be implemented in orders other than those illustrated or described herein. Furthermore, the terms “comprising” and “having,” and any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion; for example, a process, method, system, product, or apparatus that comprises a series of steps or units is not necessarily limited to those steps or units explicitly listed, but may include other steps or units not explicitly listed or inherent to such processes, methods, products, or apparatus. Additionally, the use of “and / or” in the specification and claims indicates at least one of the connected objects, such as A and / or B and / or C, indicating seven possibilities: A alone, B alone, C alone, and both A and B, both B and C, both A and C, and A, B, and C. Similarly, the use of “at least one of A and B” in this specification and claims should be understood as “A alone, B alone, or both A and B.”

[0529] Obviously, those skilled in the art can make various modifications and variations to this disclosure without departing from its spirit and scope. Therefore, if such modifications and variations fall within the scope of the claims of this disclosure and their equivalents, this disclosure is also intended to include such modifications and variations.

Claims

1. An information transmission method, the method comprising: receiving, by an access network device, first information transmitted by a terminal or a core network device, the first information comprising at least one of: an arrival time of at least one data burst; a size of the at least one data burst; wherein the at least one data burst comprises: a first data burst, and / or N data bursts subsequent to the first data burst; wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising: performing, by the access network device, resource allocation and / or discontinuous reception (DRX) parameter configuration according to the first information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein, receiving, by the access network device, first information transmitted by a core network device, comprising: receiving, by the access network device, a data packet transmitted by the core network device, the data packet carrying the first information in a user plane GPRS tunneling protocol (GTP-U) header; and / or receiving, by the access network device, control plane information transmitted by the core network device, the control plane information carrying the first information. receiving, by the access network device, first information transmitted by a terminal, comprising:

4. The method of claim 1, wherein, receiving, by the access network device, first signaling carrying the first information transmitted by the terminal, the first signaling comprising at least one of: radio resource control (RRC) signaling; a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE); physical layer uplink control information; and a header of a user plane data packet. In a case where the first information comprises an arrival time of at least one data burst, the method further comprises:

5. The method of claim 1, wherein, ignoring, by the access network device, a predicted data burst arrival time and / or a jitter range reported by the terminal. The method further comprises:

6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein, transmitting, by the access network device to the terminal, RRC layer configuration information of a preconfigured grant or activation signaling of the preconfigured grant; wherein the RRC layer configuration information or the activation signaling comprises second information; the second information comprising at least one of: a number of valid times of the preconfigured grant; length information of a first timer; wherein the first timer is used to determine a validity duration of the preconfigured grant.

7. An information transmission method, the method comprising: transmitting, by a terminal to an access network device, first information, the first information comprising at least one of: an arrival time of at least one data burst; a size of the at least one data burst; wherein the at least one data burst comprises: a first data burst, and / or N data bursts subsequent to the first data burst; wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 1. Transmitting, by the terminal to the access network device, first information, comprising: transmitting, by the terminal to the access network device, first signaling carrying the first information, the first signaling comprising at least one of:

8. The method of claim 7, wherein, radio resource control (RRC) signaling; a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE); physical layer uplink control information; and a header of a user plane data packet. Transmitting, by the terminal to the access network device, first information, comprising: transmitting, by the terminal to the access network device, first information in a case where a first condition is met; wherein the first condition comprises at least one of:

9. The method of claim 7, wherein, the terminal being configured to report uplink traffic information or being configured to report the first information; and the terminal being configured to report uplink traffic information or being configured to report the first information. ​ The terminal is configured to report uplink service information or is configured to report the first information, and the terminal has not sent the first information; The first information carries changed content relative to previously reported first information; The first information carries changed content relative to previously reported first information; Before the first data packet of the at least one data burst is transmitted; When the first data packet of the at least one data burst is transmitted; The terminal obtains the arrival time of at least one valid data burst; The terminal obtains the size of at least one valid data burst.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein, In the case where the first information includes the arrival time of at least one data burst, the method further includes: The terminal stops reporting the predicted data burst arrival time and / or the jitter range.

11. The method of any one of claims 7-10, the method further comprising: The terminal receives RRC layer configuration information for the preconfigured grant or activation signaling of the preconfigured grant sent by the access network device; wherein the RRC layer configuration information or the activation signaling includes second information; the second information includes at least one of the following: The number of valid times of the preconfigured grant; Length information of a first timer; The first timer is used to determine the validity duration of the preconfigured grant.

12. The method of claim 11, the method further comprising: The terminal starts the first timer after receiving the activation signaling of the preconfigured grant; If the first timer expires, the terminal deactivates the preconfigured grant.

13. The method of claim 11, the method further comprising: The terminal starts a counter after receiving the activation signaling of the preconfigured grant; The value of the counter is incremented by 1 after the terminal transmits the preconfigured grant once; The terminal deactivates the preconfigured grant when the value of the counter reaches the number of valid times of the preconfigured grant.

14. An information transmission method, the method comprising: A core network device sends first information to an access network device, the first information including at least one of the following: Arrival time of at least one data burst; Size of at least one data burst; The at least one data burst includes: a first data burst, and / or, N subsequent data bursts of the first data burst; Wherein, N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein, The core network device sends first information to an access network device, including: The core network device sends a data packet to the access network device, and the first information carried in the user plane GPRS tunneling protocol GTP-U header corresponding to the data packet carries the first information; And / or, The core network device sends control plane information to the access network device, and the first information is carried in the control plane information.

16. An access network device, comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor: The memory is used to store computer programs; the transceiver is used to transceive data under the control of the processor; the processor is used to read the computer programs in the memory and perform the following operations: receive first information sent by a terminal or a core network device, the first information including at least one of the following: an arrival time of at least one data burst; a size of the at least one data burst; wherein, the at least one data burst including: a first data burst, and / or, N data bursts following the first data burst; wherein the N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

17. The access network device of claim 16, wherein, The processor is further configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: perform resource allocation and / or discontinuous reception (DRX) parameter configuration according to the first information.

18. The access network device of claim 16, wherein, The processor is further configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: receive a data packet sent by a core network device, the data packet carrying the first information in a user plane GPRS tunneling protocol (GTP-U) header; and / or, receive control plane information sent by a core network device, the control plane information carrying the first information.

19. The access network device of claim 16, wherein, The processor is further configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: receive first signaling sent by a terminal and carrying the first information, the first signaling including at least one of the following: radio resource control (RRC) signaling; a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE); physical layer uplink control information; a header of a user plane data packet.

20. The access network device of claim 16, wherein, The processor is further configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: in a case where the first information includes an arrival time of at least one data burst, ignore a predicted data burst arrival time and / or a jitter range reported by a terminal.

21. The access network device of any of claims 16-20, wherein, The processor is further configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: send RRC layer configuration information of a preconfigured grant or activation signaling of the preconfigured grant to a terminal; wherein the RRC layer configuration information or the activation signaling includes second information; the second information includes at least one of the following: a number of times of validity of the preconfigured grant; length information of a first timer; wherein the first timer is used to determine a validity duration of the preconfigured grant.

22. A terminal, including a memory, a transceiver, and a processor: the memory is configured to store a computer program; the transceiver is configured to transceive data under control of the processor; and the processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: send first information to an access network device, the first information including at least one of the following: an arrival time of at least one data burst; a size of the at least one data burst; wherein, the at least one data burst including: a first data burst, and / or, N data bursts following the first data burst; wherein the N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

23. The terminal of claim 22, wherein, The processor is further configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: send first signaling carrying the first information to the access network device, the first signaling including at least one of the following: radio resource control (RRC) signaling; a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE); physical layer uplink control information; a header of a user plane data packet.

24. The terminal of claim 22, wherein, The processor is further configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: In the case of meeting the first condition, the first information is sent to the access network device; wherein the first condition includes at least one of the following: The terminal is configured to report uplink service information or configured to report the first information; The terminal is configured to report uplink service information or configured to report the first information, and the terminal has not sent the first information; The first information carries changed content relative to previously reported first information; The first information carries changed content relative to the last reported first information; Before the first data packet of the at least one data burst is sent uplink; When the first data packet of the at least one data burst is sent; When the terminal obtains the arrival time of at least one valid data burst; When the terminal obtains the size of at least one valid data burst.

25. The terminal of claim 22, wherein, The processor is further configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: In the case where the first information includes the arrival time of at least one data burst, stop reporting the predicted data burst arrival time and / or the jitter range.

26. The terminal of any of claims 22-25, wherein, The processor is further configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: Receive the RRC layer configuration information of the preconfigured grant or the activation signaling of the preconfigured grant sent by the access network device; wherein the RRC layer configuration information or the activation signaling includes second information; the second information includes at least one of the following: The number of valid times of the preconfigured grant; The length information of the first timer; Wherein, the first timer is used to determine the validity duration of the preconfigured grant.

27. The terminal of claim 26, wherein, The processor is further configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: After receiving the activation signaling of the preconfigured grant, start the first timer; If the first timer expires, deactivate the preconfigured grant.

28. The terminal of claim 26, wherein, The processor is further configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: After receiving the activation signaling of the preconfigured grant, start the counter; After the terminal transmits the preconfigured grant once, the value of the counter is increased by 1; after the value of the counter reaches the number of valid times of the preconfigured grant, the preconfigured grant is deactivated.

29. A core network device, comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor: The memory is used to store computer programs; the transceiver is used to transceive data under the control of the processor; the processor is used to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: Send the first information to the access network device, wherein the first information includes at least one of the following: The arrival time of at least one data burst; The size of at least one data burst; wherein, The at least one data burst includes: the first data burst, and / or the first data burst and the subsequent N data bursts; Wherein, the N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

30. The core network device of claim 29, wherein, The processor is further configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: Send the data packet to the access network device, wherein the first information carried in the user plane GPRS tunneling protocol GTP-U header corresponding to the data packet carries the first information; And / or, The access network device is sent control plane information, and the control plane information carries the first information.

31. An information transmission apparatus, applied to an access network device, the apparatus comprising: a first receiving unit configured to receive first information sent by a terminal or a core network device, the first information comprising at least one of: an arrival time of at least one data burst; a size of the at least one data burst; wherein the at least one data burst comprises: a first data burst, and / or, N data bursts subsequent to the first data burst; wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

32. An information transmission apparatus, applied to a terminal, the apparatus comprising: a first sending unit configured to send first information to an access network device, the first information comprising at least one of: an arrival time of at least one data burst; a size of the at least one data burst; wherein the at least one data burst comprises: a first data burst, and / or, N data bursts subsequent to the first data burst; wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

33. An information transmission apparatus, applied to a core network device, the apparatus comprising: a second sending unit configured to send first information to an access network device, the first information comprising at least one of: an arrival time of at least one data burst; a size of the at least one data burst; wherein the at least one data burst comprises: a first data burst, and / or, N data bursts subsequent to the first data burst; wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

34. A processor-readable storage medium, the processor-readable storage medium storing a program for causing the processor to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 6, or perform the method of any one of claims 7 to 13, or perform the method of claim 14 or 15.

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