CN112740763A

CN112740763A - Wireless communication method, terminal equipment and network equipment

Info

Publication number: CN112740763A
Application number: CN201880097957.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 徐伟杰; 沈嘉
Original assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Priority date: 2018-10-30
Filing date: 2018-10-30
Publication date: 2021-04-30
Anticipated expiration: 2038-10-30
Also published as: WO2020087292A1; CN112740763B

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a wireless communication method, a terminal device and a network device, wherein the terminal device can report an expected working mode quickly, so that the network device can configure a corresponding working mode for the terminal device based on the working mode reported by the terminal device, so that the terminal device works in an energy-saving mode, the energy-saving effect is achieved, and the purpose of reducing the power consumption of the terminal device is achieved. The wireless communication method includes: the terminal equipment sends first information, and the first information is used for indicating an expected working mode.

Description

Wireless communication method, terminal equipment and network equipment

Technical Field

The embodiments of the present application relate to the field of communications, and in particular, to a wireless communication method, a terminal device, and a network device.

Background

Compared with a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, wireless broadband mobile communication of a New Radio (NR) system has a higher peak rate, a larger transmission bandwidth, and a lower transmission delay. For example, the operating bandwidth of a fifth Generation mobile communication technology (5-Generation, 5G) terminal device is on the order of 100MHz to several hundred MHz, the data transmission rate is Gbps, and the transmission delay is reduced to the order of milliseconds (ms). However, the wireless broadband mobile communication of the NR system also brings some problems in implementation and specific use for the terminal device, for example, the terminal radio frequency of the broadband and the very fast baseband processing cause the power consumption of the terminal device to increase compared with the conventional wireless communication system. This may affect the standby time and the usage time of the 5G terminal device and even the battery life of the terminal device. Therefore, how to reduce the power consumption of the terminal device in the NR system is an urgent problem to be solved.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a wireless communication method, a terminal device and a network device, wherein the terminal device can report an expected working mode quickly, so that the network device can configure a corresponding working mode for the terminal device based on the working mode reported by the terminal device, so that the terminal device works in an energy-saving mode, the energy-saving effect is achieved, and the purpose of reducing the power consumption of the terminal device is achieved.

In a first aspect, a wireless communication method is provided, and the method includes:

the terminal equipment sends first information, and the first information is used for indicating an expected working mode.

The terminal device may be configured to send the first information to a network device.

The expected operating mode may refer to an expected set of operating parameters and/or an expected operating mode. For example, when the current power of the terminal device is low and an alarm is given, the terminal device may operate in an energy saving mode, and at this time, the terminal device may use a smaller number of transmitting or receiving antennas, use a narrower receiving bandwidth, use a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) search space (search space) period with a larger period to monitor, and use a wake-up mechanism for PDCCH monitoring or a wake-up mechanism for Discontinuous Reception (DRX) start (ON).

In a second aspect, a wireless communication method is provided, the method comprising:

the network device receives first information indicating an expected operating mode.

It should be noted that the first information may be sent by the terminal device. Namely, the network device receives the first information sent by the terminal device.

In a third aspect, a terminal device is provided, configured to perform the method in the first aspect or each implementation manner thereof.

Specifically, the terminal device includes a functional module for executing the method in the first aspect or each implementation manner thereof.

In a fourth aspect, a network device is provided for performing the method of the second aspect or its implementation manners.

In particular, the network device comprises functional modules for performing the methods of the second aspect or its implementations described above.

In a fifth aspect, a terminal device is provided that includes a processor and a memory. The memory is used for storing a computer program, and the processor is used for calling and running the computer program stored in the memory, and executing the method in the first aspect or each implementation manner thereof.

In a sixth aspect, a network device is provided that includes a processor and a memory. The memory is used for storing a computer program, and the processor is used for calling and running the computer program stored in the memory, and executing the method of the second aspect or each implementation mode thereof.

In a seventh aspect, a chip is provided for implementing the method in any one of the first to second aspects or its implementation manners.

Specifically, the chip includes: a processor configured to call and run the computer program from the memory, so that the device on which the chip is installed performs the method in any one of the first aspect to the second aspect or the implementation manners thereof.

In an eighth aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is provided for storing a computer program, the computer program causing a computer to perform the method of any one of the first to second aspects or implementations thereof.

In a ninth aspect, there is provided a computer program product comprising computer program instructions to cause a computer to perform the method of any one of the first to second aspects or implementations thereof.

A tenth aspect provides a computer program that, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of any one of the first to second aspects or implementations thereof.

Through the technical scheme, the terminal equipment can report the expected working mode quickly, so that the network equipment can configure the corresponding working mode for the terminal equipment based on the working mode reported by the terminal equipment, so that the terminal equipment works in an energy-saving mode, the energy-saving effect is realized, and the purpose of reducing the power consumption of the terminal equipment is achieved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a communication system architecture provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a wireless communication method provided according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of another wireless communication method provided according to an embodiment of the application.

Fig. 4 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device provided according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 5 is a schematic block diagram of a network device provided according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device provided according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 7 is a schematic block diagram of a chip provided according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 8 is a schematic block diagram of a communication system provided according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

Technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

The embodiment of the application can be applied to various communication systems, such as: global System for Mobile communications (GSM) System, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) System, Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) System, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Long Term Evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE) System, LTE-a System, New Radio (NR) System, Evolution System of NR System, LTE-a System over unlicensed spectrum, NR (NR-b) System, UMTS (Universal Mobile telecommunications System), UMTS (UMTS) System, WLAN-b System over unlicensed spectrum, WiFi-b System, Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) System, Wireless Local Area network (WiFi) System, GPRS (General Packet Radio Service, GPRS) System, GPRS (GPRS) System, LTE-b System, LTE-a System, NR System, LTE-b System over unlicensed spectrum, and LTE-b System over unlicensed spectrum, Next generation communication systems or other communication systems, etc.

Generally, conventional Communication systems support a limited number of connections and are easy to implement, however, with the development of Communication technology, mobile Communication systems will support not only conventional Communication, but also, for example, Device-to-Device (D2D) Communication, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communication, Machine Type Communication (MTC), and Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) Communication, and the embodiments of the present application can also be applied to these Communication systems.

Optionally, the communication system in the embodiment of the present application may be applied to a Carrier Aggregation (CA) scenario, may also be applied to a Dual Connectivity (DC) scenario, and may also be applied to an independent (SA) networking scenario.

The frequency spectrum of the application is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. For example, the embodiments of the present application may be applied to a licensed spectrum and may also be applied to an unlicensed spectrum.

Illustratively, a communication system 100 applied in the embodiment of the present application is shown in fig. 1. The communication system 100 may include a network device 110, and the network device 110 may be a device that communicates with a terminal device 120 (or referred to as a communication terminal, a terminal). Network device 110 may provide communication coverage for a particular geographic area and may communicate with terminal devices located within that coverage area.

Fig. 1 exemplarily shows one network device and two terminal devices, and optionally, the communication system 100 may include a plurality of network devices and may include other numbers of terminal devices within the coverage of each network device, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

Optionally, the communication system 100 may further include other network entities such as a network controller, a mobility management entity, and the like, which is not limited in this embodiment.

It should be understood that a device having a communication function in a network/system in the embodiments of the present application may be referred to as a communication device. Taking the communication system 100 shown in fig. 1 as an example, the communication device may include a network device 110 and a terminal device 120 having a communication function, and the network device 110 and the terminal device 120 may be the specific devices described above and are not described herein again; the communication device may also include other devices in the communication system 100, such as other network entities, for example, a network controller, a mobility management entity, and the like, which is not limited in this embodiment.

The embodiments of the present application are described in conjunction with a terminal device and a network device, where: a terminal device may also be referred to as a User Equipment (UE), an access terminal, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a remote terminal, a mobile device, a User terminal, a wireless communication device, a User agent, or a User Equipment, etc. The terminal device may be a Station (ST) in a WLAN, and may be a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) device, a handheld device with Wireless communication function, a computing device or other processing device connected to a Wireless modem, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, and a next generation communication system, for example, a terminal device in an NR Network or a terminal device in a future evolved Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) Network, and the like.

By way of example and not limitation, in the embodiments of the present application, the terminal device may also be a wearable device. Wearable equipment can also be called wearable intelligent equipment, is the general term of applying wearable technique to carry out intelligent design, develop the equipment that can dress to daily wearing, like glasses, gloves, wrist-watch, dress and shoes etc.. A wearable device is a portable device that is worn directly on the body or integrated into the clothing or accessories of the user. The wearable device is not only a hardware device, but also realizes powerful functions through software support, data interaction and cloud interaction. The generalized wearable smart device includes full functionality, large size, and can implement full or partial functionality without relying on a smart phone, such as: smart watches or smart glasses and the like, and only focus on a certain type of application functions, and need to be used in cooperation with other devices such as smart phones, such as various smart bracelets for physical sign monitoring, smart jewelry and the like.

The network device may be a device for communicating with a mobile device, and the network device may be an Access Point (AP) in a WLAN, a Base Station (BTS) in GSM or CDMA, a Base Station (NodeB, NB) in WCDMA, an evolved Node B (eNB, eNodeB) in LTE, a relay Station or an Access Point, or a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a network device (gNB) in an NR network, or a network device in a PLMN network that is evolved in the future.

In this embodiment of the present application, a network device provides a service for a cell, and a terminal device communicates with the network device through a transmission resource (for example, a frequency domain resource or a spectrum resource) used by the cell, where the cell may be a cell corresponding to the network device (for example, a base station), and the cell may belong to a macro base station or a base station corresponding to a Small cell (Small cell), where the Small cell may include: urban cells (Metro cells), Micro cells (Micro cells), Pico cells (Pico cells), Femto cells (Femto cells), and the like, and the small cells have the characteristics of small coverage area and low transmission power, and are suitable for providing high-rate data transmission services.

It should be understood that the research and standardization of the 5G technology enables wireless broadband mobile communication to have higher peak rate, larger transmission bandwidth and lower transmission delay. For example, the working bandwidth of 5G terminal equipment is in the order of 100MHz to hundreds MHz, the data transmission rate is in Gbps, and the transmission delay is reduced to the ms level.

However, some implementation and specific use problems are also caused for the terminal device, for example, the power consumption of the terminal device is increased compared with the conventional wireless communication system due to the broadband terminal radio frequency and the extremely fast baseband processing. This may affect the standby time and the usage time of the 5G terminal device and even the battery life of the terminal.

Therefore, some energy saving measures need to be designed to determine that the terminal device can be normally used in the NR system, so as to improve the user experience. Based on the above, the application provides a method for rapidly reporting the energy-saving mode of the terminal. The expected working mode can be reported to the network device quickly based on the physical layer signaling (L1 signaling) or the MAC CE signaling, so that the network device is facilitated to configure the terminal device in a specific working mode based on the expected working mode reported by the terminal device, thereby achieving an energy saving effect. Due to the rapidity of the L1 signaling or the MAC CE signaling, the actual power consumption requirements of the terminal equipment can be matched more sufficiently and rapidly, and the optimized energy-saving effect is realized.

Fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a wireless communication method 200 according to an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 2, the method 200 may include the following:

s210, the terminal device sends first information to the network device, wherein the first information is used for indicating an expected working mode.

The expected operating mode may refer to an expected set of operating parameters and/or an expected operating mode. For example, when the current electric quantity of the terminal device is low and an alarm is given, the terminal device may operate in a working mode with an energy saving effect, at this time, the terminal device may adopt a smaller number of transmitting or receiving antennas, a narrower receiving bandwidth, a PDCCH search space cycle with a larger cycle to monitor, and an awake mechanism for PDCCH monitoring or an awake mechanism for DRX ON, etc.

It should be understood that the terminal device may implement energy saving based ON the energy saving measures, such as less number of transmitting or receiving antennas, narrower bandwidth Part (BWP), monitoring in PDCCH search space period with larger period, and waking mechanism of PDCCH monitoring or waking mechanism of DRX ON.

Alternatively, the terminal device may have multiple operating modes, each operating mode corresponding to a different power consumption.

As an example, it is assumed that the terminal device has 3 operation modes, which are respectively denoted as operation mode 1, operation mode 2, and operation mode 3, where operation mode 1 corresponds to an optimal energy saving effect, operation mode 2 corresponds to a medium energy saving effect, and operation mode 3 corresponds to a normal power consumption level, that is, operation mode 3 does not perform any special optimization on energy saving. Specifically, the operation mode 1 corresponds to the operation parameters of the following table one, the operation mode 2 corresponds to the operation parameters of the following table two, and the operation mode 3 corresponds to the operation parameters of the following table three.

Watch 1

Parameter(s)	Value taking
Antenna with a shield	1 receiving or transmitting antenna
Maximum BWP bandwidth	10MHz
Scheduling method	Cross time slot scheduling (minimum k0 ═ 2)
PDCCH search space period	20slot

Watch two

Parameter(s)	Value taking
Antenna with a shield	2 receiving or transmitting antenna
Maximum BWP bandwidth	20MHz
Scheduling method	Cross time slot scheduling (minimum k0 ═ 1)
PDCCH search space period	5slot

Watch III

Parameter(s)	Value taking
Antenna with a shield	4 receiving or transmitting antennas
Maximum BWP bandwidth	100MHz
Scheduling method	Co-slot or cross-slot scheduling (minimum k0 ═ 0)
PDCCH search space period	1slot

It should be noted that the parameters in the above tables i, ii, and iii are merely examples for explaining the problem, and do not constitute limitations on the types and values of the parameters.

It should be understood that the smaller the number of antennas, the smaller the power consumption; the narrower the maximum BWP bandwidth, the smaller the power consumption; the larger the scheduling granularity is, the smaller the power consumption is; the longer the PDCCH search space period, the smaller the power consumption.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the first information is one of a Scheduling Request (SR), a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH), a preamble sequence (preamble), a Sounding Reference Signal (SRs), a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS), and a Media Access Control Element (MAC CE) signaling, which are carried by a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH).

It should be noted that the SR, PRACH, preamble, SRs, and DMRS are physical layer signals, and the transmission speed of the physical layer signals and the MAC CE signaling is faster than that of RRC signaling, so that the request time can be shortened, and it is also beneficial for the network device to quickly respond based on the request, and further configure a corresponding energy saving mode, thereby achieving the effect of matching the terminal requirements and realizing energy saving.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, different first information indicates different operation modes.

In particular, different configurations of this first information of the same type indicate different operating modes.

Optionally, as an example, it is assumed that the terminal device supports two working modes, which are respectively denoted as working mode 1 and working mode 2, for example, SRS 1 may be adopted to request to switch from the current working mode to working mode 1, and SRS 2 may be adopted to request to switch from the current working mode to working mode 2; for another example, a positive phase (positive) SR request may be required to switch from the current operating mode to operating mode 1, and a negative phase (negative) SR request may be required to switch from the current operating mode to operating mode 2; for another example, preamble 1 may be used to request that the current working mode needs to be switched to working mode 1, and preamble 2 may be used to request that the current working mode needs to be switched to working mode 2.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, before the terminal device sends the first information, the network device may configure, by the terminal device, configuration parameters for the first information.

Specifically, the terminal device receives first configuration information sent by the network device, where the first configuration information is used to indicate configuration parameters for the first information. Further, the terminal device determines the first information according to the current state and the configuration parameters for the first information.

For example, the terminal device receives the first configuration information sent by the network device through broadcasting or RRC signaling.

Optionally, the configuration parameter for the first information includes at least one of a time domain resource, a frequency domain resource, a code domain resource, a period, a trigger condition for sending the first information, and a corresponding operating mode.

For example, taking the first information as a preamble as an example, the configuration parameters for the first information include time domain resources and spectrum resources (random access opportunities) where the preamble is located, a number of the adopted preamble, a preamble root sequence, a period of a transmission resource, which preamble is transmitted under which condition (for example, a low power transmits the first preamble, a low rate service transmits the second preamble, and the like), a working mode corresponding to each preamble, and the like.

Optionally, the current state includes at least one of a current power state and a current service state of the terminal device.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, before the terminal device sends the first information, the network device may further configure, for the terminal device, a correspondence between at least one first information and at least one operating mode. Further, the terminal device determines the first information according to the current state, the configuration parameter for the first information, and the corresponding relationship between at least one first information and at least one working mode.

Specifically, the terminal device receives the second configuration information sent by the network device.

For example, the terminal device receives the second configuration information sent by the network device through broadcasting or RRC signaling.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, before the terminal device sends the first information, the network device may further configure parameters of different operating modes for the terminal device.

Specifically, the terminal device receives third configuration information sent by the network device, where the third configuration information is used to indicate parameter configurations of different operating modes. Further, after the terminal device switches to the expected operation mode, the operation may be performed based on the third configuration information.

For example, the terminal device receives the third configuration information sent by the network device through broadcasting or RRC signaling.

It should be noted that the content indicated by the third configuration information may be the related operating parameters in the above table one, table two, and table three, and of course, the content indicated by the third configuration information may not be limited to the related operating parameters in the above table one, table two, and table three.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the expected operation mode includes: an operating mode corresponding to a first power consumption level of the terminal device and an operating mode corresponding to a second power consumption level of the terminal device, wherein the power consumption of the first power consumption level is lower than the power consumption of the second power consumption level.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, after the terminal device sends the first information, the terminal device receives a first instruction sent by the network device, where the first instruction is used to indicate a working mode that the terminal device can use; and responding to the first instruction, and switching the terminal equipment from the current working mode to the working mode indicated by the first instruction.

Optionally, the first instruction is one of PDCCH, RRC signaling, and MAC CE signaling.

Therefore, in the embodiment of the present application, the terminal device may quickly report the expected working mode, so that the network device may configure the corresponding working mode for the terminal device based on the working mode reported by the terminal device, so that the terminal device works in the energy saving mode, thereby achieving the energy saving effect and achieving the purpose of reducing the power consumption of the terminal device.

Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart diagram of a wireless communication method 300 according to an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 3, the method 300 may include the following:

s310, the network device receives first information sent by the terminal device, wherein the first information is used for indicating an expected working mode.

Optionally, the first information is one of SR, PRACH, preamble sequence, SRs, DMRS, and MAC CE signaling carried by the PUCCH.

Optionally, different ones of the first information indicate different operating modes.

Optionally, different configurations of the first information of the same type indicate different operating modes.

Optionally, before the network device receives the first information, the network device sends first configuration information to the terminal device, where the first configuration information is used to indicate configuration parameters for the first information.

Specifically, the network device sends the first configuration information to the terminal device through broadcasting or RRC signaling.

Optionally, before the network device receives the first information, the network device sends second configuration information to the terminal device, where the second configuration information is used to indicate a correspondence between at least one first information and at least one operating mode.

Specifically, the network device sends the second configuration information to the terminal device through broadcast or RRC signaling.

Optionally, before the network device receives the first information, the network device sends third configuration information to the terminal device, where the third configuration information is used to indicate parameter configurations of different operating modes.

Specifically, the network device sends the third configuration information to the terminal device through broadcast or RRC signaling.

Optionally, the expected operating mode comprises: an operating mode corresponding to a first power consumption level of the terminal device and an operating mode corresponding to a second power consumption level of the terminal device, wherein the power consumption of the first power consumption level is lower than the power consumption of the second power consumption level.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, after receiving the first information, the network device determines, according to the first information, a first instruction, where the first instruction is used to indicate an operating mode that the terminal device can use; and the network equipment sends the first instruction to the terminal equipment.

It should be understood that, the steps in the wireless communication method 300 may refer to corresponding steps in the wireless communication method 200, and in particular, the description of the first information, the operating mode, the first configuration information, the second configuration information, the third configuration information, and the first instruction may refer to the description in the wireless communication method 200, and for brevity, no repeated description is provided herein.

Fig. 4 shows a schematic block diagram of a terminal device 400 according to an embodiment of the application. As shown in fig. 4, the terminal apparatus 400 includes:

a communication unit 410 for transmitting first information indicating an expected operation mode.

Optionally, the terminal device further comprises a processing unit 420,

before the communication unit 410 sends the first information, the communication unit 410 is further configured to receive first configuration information, the first configuration information being used to indicate configuration parameters for the first information;

the processing unit 420 is configured to determine the first information according to the current state and the configuration parameter for the first information.

Optionally, before the communication unit 410 sends the first information,

the communication unit 410 is further configured to receive second configuration information, where the second configuration information is used to indicate a correspondence between at least one first information and at least one operating mode;

the processing unit 420 is specifically configured to:

and determining the first information according to the current state, the configuration parameters aiming at the first information and the corresponding relation between at least one first information and at least one working mode.

Optionally, the communication unit 410 is specifically configured to:

the second configuration information is received through broadcasting or RRC signaling.

Optionally, the communication unit 410 is specifically configured to:

the first configuration information is received through broadcasting or RRC signaling.

Optionally, before the communication unit 410 sends the first information,

the communication unit 410 is further configured to receive third configuration information, where the third configuration information is used to indicate parameter configurations of different operation modes.

Optionally, the communication unit 410 is specifically configured to:

the third configuration information is received through broadcasting or RRC signaling.

Optionally, the terminal device 400 further includes:

the communication unit 410 is further configured to receive a first instruction, where the first instruction is used to indicate an operation mode that can be used by the terminal device;

and the processing unit 420 is used for responding to the first instruction and switching from the current working mode to the working mode indicated by the first instruction.

It should be understood that the terminal device 400 according to the embodiment of the present application may correspond to a terminal device in the embodiment of the method of the present application, and the above and other operations and/or functions of each unit in the terminal device 400 are respectively for implementing a corresponding flow of the terminal device in the method 200 shown in fig. 2, and are not described herein again for brevity.

Fig. 5 shows a schematic block diagram of a network device 500 according to an embodiment of the application. As shown in fig. 5, the network device 500 includes:

a communication unit 510 for receiving first information indicating a desired operation mode.

Optionally, before the communication unit 510 receives the first information, the communication unit 510 is further configured to send first configuration information, where the first configuration information is used to indicate configuration parameters for the first information.

Optionally, before the communication unit 510 receives the first information, the communication unit 510 is further configured to send second configuration information, where the second configuration information is used to indicate a correspondence between at least one first information and at least one operating mode.

Optionally, the communication unit 510 is specifically configured to:

the second configuration information is transmitted through broadcasting or RRC signaling.

Optionally, the communication unit 510 is specifically configured to:

the first configuration information is transmitted through broadcasting or RRC signaling.

Optionally, before the communication unit 510 receives the first information, the communication unit 510 is further configured to send third configuration information, where the third configuration information is used to indicate parameter configurations of different operation modes.

Optionally, the communication unit 510 is specifically configured to:

the third configuration information is transmitted through broadcasting or RRC signaling.

Optionally, the network device 500 further includes:

a processing unit 520, configured to determine a first instruction according to the first information, where the first instruction is used to indicate a working mode that an opposite end can use;

the communication unit 510 is further configured to send the first instruction.

It should be understood that the network device 500 according to the embodiment of the present application may correspond to the network device in the embodiment of the method of the present application, and the above and other operations and/or functions of each unit in the network device 500 are respectively for implementing the corresponding flow of the network device in the method 300 shown in fig. 3, and are not described herein again for brevity.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device 600 according to an embodiment of the present application. The communication device 600 shown in fig. 6 includes a processor 610, and the processor 610 can call and run a computer program from a memory to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 6, the communication device 600 may further include a memory 620. From the memory 620, the processor 610 may call and run a computer program to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

The memory 620 may be a separate device from the processor 610, or may be integrated into the processor 610.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 6, the communication device 600 may further include a transceiver 630, and the processor 610 may control the transceiver 630 to communicate with other devices, and specifically, may transmit information or data to the other devices or receive information or data transmitted by the other devices.

The transceiver 630 may include a transmitter and a receiver, among others. The transceiver 630 may further include one or more antennas.

Optionally, the communication device 600 may specifically be a network device in the embodiment of the present application, and the communication device 600 may implement a corresponding process implemented by the network device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, which is not described herein again for brevity.

Optionally, the communication device 600 may specifically be a mobile terminal/terminal device according to this embodiment, and the communication device 600 may implement a corresponding process implemented by the mobile terminal/terminal device in each method according to this embodiment, which is not described herein again for brevity.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip of an embodiment of the present application. The chip 700 shown in fig. 7 includes a processor 710, and the processor 710 can call and run a computer program from a memory to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 7, the chip 700 may further include a memory 720. From the memory 720, the processor 710 can call and run a computer program to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

The memory 720 may be a separate device from the processor 710, or may be integrated into the processor 710.

Optionally, the chip 700 may further include an input interface 730. The processor 710 may control the input interface 730 to communicate with other devices or chips, and in particular, may obtain information or data transmitted by other devices or chips.

Optionally, the chip 700 may further include an output interface 740. The processor 710 may control the output interface 740 to communicate with other devices or chips, and in particular, may output information or data to the other devices or chips.

Optionally, the chip may be applied to the network device in the embodiment of the present application, and the chip may implement the corresponding process implemented by the network device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, and for brevity, details are not described here again.

Optionally, the chip may be applied to the mobile terminal/terminal device in the embodiment of the present application, and the chip may implement the corresponding process implemented by the mobile terminal/terminal device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, and for brevity, no further description is given here.

It should be understood that the chips mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as a system-on-chip, a system-on-chip or a system-on-chip, etc.

Fig. 8 is a schematic block diagram of a communication system 800 provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 8, the communication system 800 includes a terminal device 810 and a network device 820.

The terminal device 810 may be configured to implement the corresponding function implemented by the terminal device in the foregoing method, and the network device 820 may be configured to implement the corresponding function implemented by the network device in the foregoing method, which is not described herein again for brevity.

It should be understood that the processor of the embodiments of the present application may be an integrated circuit chip having signal processing capabilities. In implementation, the steps of the above method embodiments may be performed by integrated logic circuits of hardware in a processor or instructions in the form of software. The Processor may be a general purpose Processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), an off-the-shelf Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other Programmable logic device, discrete Gate or transistor logic device, or discrete hardware components. The various methods, steps, and logic blocks disclosed in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented or performed. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like. The steps of the method disclosed in connection with the embodiments of the present application may be directly implemented by a hardware decoding processor, or implemented by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor. The software module may be located in ram, flash memory, rom, prom, or eprom, registers, etc. storage media as is well known in the art. The storage medium is located in a memory, and a processor reads information in the memory and completes the steps of the method in combination with hardware of the processor.

It will be appreciated that the memory in the embodiments of the subject application can be either volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or can include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. The non-volatile Memory may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable PROM (EEPROM), or a flash Memory. Volatile Memory can be Random Access Memory (RAM), which acts as external cache Memory. By way of example, but not limitation, many forms of RAM are available, such as Static random access memory (Static RAM, SRAM), Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), Synchronous Dynamic random access memory (Synchronous DRAM, SDRAM), Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic random access memory (DDR SDRAM), Enhanced Synchronous SDRAM (ESDRAM), Synchronous link SDRAM (SLDRAM), and Direct Rambus RAM (DR RAM). It should be noted that the memory of the systems and methods described herein is intended to comprise, without being limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

It should be understood that the above memories are exemplary but not limiting illustrations, for example, the memories in the embodiments of the present application may also be Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (dynamic RAM, DRAM), Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM), double data rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (enhanced SDRAM, ESDRAM), Synchronous Link DRAM (SLDRAM), Direct Rambus RAM (DR RAM), and the like. That is, the memory in the embodiments of the present application is intended to comprise, without being limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

The embodiment of the application also provides a computer readable storage medium for storing the computer program.

Optionally, the computer-readable storage medium may be applied to the network device in the embodiment of the present application, and the computer program enables the computer to execute the corresponding process implemented by the network device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, which is not described herein again for brevity.

Optionally, the computer-readable storage medium may be applied to the mobile terminal/terminal device in the embodiment of the present application, and the computer program enables the computer to execute the corresponding process implemented by the mobile terminal/terminal device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, which is not described herein again for brevity.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a computer program product comprising computer program instructions.

Optionally, the computer program product may be applied to the network device in the embodiment of the present application, and the computer program instructions enable the computer to execute corresponding processes implemented by the network device in the methods in the embodiment of the present application, which are not described herein again for brevity.

Optionally, the computer program product may be applied to the mobile terminal/terminal device in the embodiment of the present application, and the computer program instructions enable the computer to execute the corresponding processes implemented by the mobile terminal/terminal device in the methods in the embodiment of the present application, which are not described herein again for brevity.

The embodiment of the application also provides a computer program.

Optionally, the computer program may be applied to the network device in the embodiment of the present application, and when the computer program runs on a computer, the computer is enabled to execute the corresponding process implemented by the network device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, and for brevity, details are not described here again.

Optionally, the computer program may be applied to the mobile terminal/terminal device in the embodiment of the present application, and when the computer program runs on a computer, the computer is enabled to execute the corresponding process implemented by the mobile terminal/terminal device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, which is not described herein again for brevity.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware or combinations of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the implementation. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present application.

It is clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the above-described systems, apparatuses and units may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not described herein again.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed system, apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the above-described apparatus embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the units is only one logical division, and other divisions may be realized in practice, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit.

The functions, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application or portions thereof that substantially contribute to the prior art may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium and including instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to execute all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a usb disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and shall be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

A method of wireless communication, comprising:

the terminal equipment sends first information, and the first information is used for indicating an expected working mode.
The method of claim 1, wherein the first information is one of a Scheduling Request (SR) carried by a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH), a preamble sequence, a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS), a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), and a medium access control element (MAC CE) signaling.
Method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein different said first information indicates different operation modes.
The method of claim 3, wherein different configurations of the first information of the same type indicate different operating modes.
The method according to any of claims 1 to 4, wherein before the terminal device transmits the first information, the method further comprises:

the terminal equipment receives first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information is used for indicating configuration parameters aiming at the first information;

and the terminal equipment determines the first information according to the current state and the configuration parameters aiming at the first information.
The method of claim 5, wherein the configuration parameter for the first information comprises at least one of a time domain resource, a frequency domain resource, a code domain resource, a period, a trigger condition for sending the first information, and a corresponding operating mode.
The method according to claim 5 or 6, wherein before the terminal device transmits the first information, the method further comprises:

the terminal equipment receives second configuration information, wherein the second configuration information is used for indicating the corresponding relation between at least one first information and at least one working mode;

the terminal equipment determines the first information according to the current state and the configuration parameters aiming at the first information, and the method comprises the following steps:

and the terminal equipment determines the first information according to the current state, the configuration parameters aiming at the first information and the corresponding relation between at least one first information and at least one working mode.
The method of claim 7, wherein the terminal device receives second configuration information, comprising:

and the terminal equipment receives the second configuration information through broadcasting or Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling.
The method according to any of claims 5 to 8, wherein the current state comprises at least one of a current power state and a current traffic state of the terminal device.
The method according to any of claims 5 to 9, wherein the terminal device receives first configuration information, comprising:

and the terminal equipment receives the first configuration information through broadcasting or RRC signaling.
The method according to any of claims 1 to 10, wherein before the terminal device transmits the first information, the method further comprises:

and the terminal equipment receives third configuration information, wherein the third configuration information is used for indicating parameter configuration of different working modes.
The method of claim 11, wherein the terminal device receives third configuration information, comprising:

and the terminal equipment receives the third configuration information through broadcasting or RRC signaling.
The method of any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein the expected operating mode comprises: an operating mode corresponding to a first power consumption level of the terminal device and an operating mode corresponding to a second power consumption level of the terminal device, wherein the power consumption of the first power consumption level is lower than the power consumption of the second power consumption level.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 13, further comprising:

the terminal equipment receives a first instruction, wherein the first instruction is used for indicating a working mode which can be used by the terminal equipment;

and responding to the first instruction, and the terminal equipment is switched from the current working mode to the working mode indicated by the first instruction.
The method of claim 14, wherein the first command is one of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, and a media access control (MAC CE) signaling.
A method of wireless communication, comprising:

the network device receives first information indicating an expected operating mode.
The method of claim 16, wherein the first information is one of a scheduling request SR, a physical random access channel PRACH, a preamble sequence, a sounding reference signal SRs, a demodulation reference signal DMRS, and a medium access control element MAC CE signaling, which are carried by a physical uplink control channel PUCCH.
The method according to claim 16 or 17, wherein different said first information indicates different modes of operation.
The method of claim 18, wherein different configurations of the first information of the same type indicate different operating modes.
The method according to any of claims 16 to 19, wherein before the network device receives the first information, the method further comprises:

the network equipment sends first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information is used for indicating configuration parameters aiming at the first information.
The method of claim 20, wherein the configuration parameter for the first information comprises at least one of a time domain resource, a frequency domain resource, a code domain resource, a period, a trigger condition for sending the first information, and a corresponding operating mode.
The method according to claim 20 or 21, wherein before the network device receives the first information, the method further comprises:

the network device sends second configuration information, wherein the second configuration information is used for indicating a corresponding relation between at least one first information and at least one working mode.
The method of claim 22, wherein the network device sends second configuration information, comprising:

and the network equipment sends the second configuration information through broadcasting or Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling.
The method according to any of claims 20 to 23, wherein the network device sends the first configuration information, comprising:

the network device sends the first configuration information through broadcasting or RRC signaling.
The method according to any of claims 16 to 24, wherein before the network device receives the first information, the method further comprises:

and the network equipment sends third configuration information, wherein the third configuration information is used for indicating parameter configuration of different working modes.
The method of claim 25, wherein the network device sends third configuration information, comprising:

the network device sends the third configuration information through broadcasting or RRC signaling.
The method of any one of claims 16 to 26, wherein the expected operating mode comprises: an operating mode corresponding to a first power consumption level of the terminal device and an operating mode corresponding to a second power consumption level of the terminal device, wherein the power consumption of the first power consumption level is lower than the power consumption of the second power consumption level.
The method according to any one of claims 16 to 27, further comprising:

the network equipment determines a first instruction according to the first information, wherein the first instruction is used for indicating a working mode which can be used by an opposite terminal;

the network device sends the first instruction.
The method of claim 28, wherein the first command is one of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, and a media access control (MAC CE) signaling.
A terminal device, comprising:

a communication unit for transmitting first information indicating an expected operation mode.
The terminal device of claim 30, wherein the first information is one of a scheduling request SR, a physical random access channel PRACH, a preamble sequence, a sounding reference signal SRs, a demodulation reference signal DMRS, and a medium access control element MAC CE signaling carried by a physical uplink control channel PUCCH.
A terminal device according to claim 30 or 31, wherein different said first information indicates different modes of operation.
The terminal device of claim 32, wherein different configurations of the first information of the same type indicate different operating modes.
The terminal device according to any of claims 30 to 33, characterized in that the terminal device further comprises a processing unit,

before the communication unit sends the first information, the communication unit is further configured to receive first configuration information, where the first configuration information is used to indicate configuration parameters for the first information;

the processing unit is used for determining the first information according to the current state and the configuration parameters aiming at the first information.
The terminal device according to claim 34, wherein the configuration parameter for the first information includes at least one of a time domain resource, a frequency domain resource, a code domain resource, a period, a trigger condition for sending the first information, and a corresponding operating mode.
The terminal device according to claim 34 or 35, wherein, before the communication unit transmits the first information,

the communication unit is further configured to receive second configuration information, where the second configuration information is used to indicate a correspondence between at least one first information and at least one operating mode;

the processing unit is specifically configured to:

and determining the first information according to the current state, the configuration parameters aiming at the first information and the corresponding relation between at least one first information and at least one working mode.
The terminal device of claim 36, wherein the communication unit is specifically configured to:

receiving the second configuration information through broadcasting or Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling.
The terminal device according to any of claims 34-37, wherein the current state comprises at least one of a current state of power and a current state of traffic of the terminal device.
The terminal device according to any one of claims 34 to 38, wherein the communication unit is specifically configured to:

receiving the first configuration information through broadcasting or RRC signaling.
The terminal device according to any of claims 30 to 39, wherein, prior to the communication unit transmitting the first information,

the communication unit is further configured to receive third configuration information, where the third configuration information is used to indicate parameter configurations of different operation modes.
The terminal device of claim 40, wherein the communication unit is specifically configured to:

receiving the third configuration information through broadcasting or RRC signaling.
A terminal device according to any of claims 30 to 41, wherein the expected operating mode comprises: an operating mode corresponding to a first power consumption level of the terminal device and an operating mode corresponding to a second power consumption level of the terminal device, wherein the power consumption of the first power consumption level is lower than the power consumption of the second power consumption level.
The terminal device according to any of claims 30 to 42, wherein the terminal device further comprises:

the communication unit is further used for receiving a first instruction, wherein the first instruction is used for indicating an operation mode which can be used by the terminal equipment;

and the processing unit is used for responding to the first instruction and switching from the current working mode to the working mode indicated by the first instruction.
The terminal device according to claim 43, wherein the first command is one of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), RRC signaling, and MAC CE signaling.
A network device, comprising:

a communication unit for receiving first information indicating an expected operation mode.
The network device of claim 45, wherein the first information is one of a Scheduling Request (SR) carried by a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH), a preamble sequence, a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS), a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), and a media access control element (MAC CE) signaling.
A network device as claimed in claim 45 or 46, wherein different said first information indicates different operating modes.
The network device of claim 47, wherein different configurations of the first information of the same type indicate different operating modes.
The network device according to any of claims 45 to 48, wherein before the communication unit receives the first information, the communication unit is further configured to send first configuration information indicating configuration parameters for the first information.
The network device of claim 49, wherein the configuration parameter for the first information comprises at least one of a time domain resource, a frequency domain resource, a code domain resource, a period, a trigger condition for sending the first information, and a corresponding operating mode.
The network device according to claim 49 or 50, wherein before the communication unit receives the first information, the communication unit is further configured to send second configuration information, and the second configuration information is used to indicate a correspondence between at least one first information and at least one operating mode.
The network device of claim 51, wherein the communication unit is specifically configured to:

and sending the second configuration information through broadcasting or Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling.
The network device according to any one of claims 49 to 52, wherein the communication unit is specifically configured to:

transmitting the first configuration information through broadcasting or RRC signaling.
The network device according to any of claims 45 to 53, wherein before the communication unit receives the first information, the communication unit is further configured to send third configuration information, wherein the third configuration information is used to indicate parameter configurations of different operation modes.
The network device of claim 54, wherein the communication unit is specifically configured to:

transmitting the third configuration information through broadcasting or RRC signaling.
The network device of any of claims 45 to 55, wherein the expected operating mode comprises: an operating mode corresponding to a first power consumption level of the terminal device and an operating mode corresponding to a second power consumption level of the terminal device, wherein the power consumption of the first power consumption level is lower than the power consumption of the second power consumption level.
The network device of any one of claims 45 to 56, wherein the network device further comprises:

the processing unit is used for determining a first instruction according to the first information, wherein the first instruction is used for indicating a working mode which can be used by an opposite terminal;

the communication unit is further configured to send the first instruction.
The network device of claim 57, wherein the first command is one of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, and media access control (MAC CE) signaling.
A terminal device, comprising: a processor and a memory for storing a computer program, the processor being configured to invoke and execute the computer program stored in the memory to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 15.
A network device, comprising: a processor and a memory for storing a computer program, the processor being configured to invoke and execute the computer program stored in the memory to perform the method of any of claims 16 to 29.
A chip, comprising: a processor for calling and running a computer program from a memory so that a device on which the chip is installed performs the method of any one of claims 1 to 15.
A chip, comprising: a processor for calling and running a computer program from a memory so that a device on which the chip is installed performs the method of any one of claims 16 to 29.
A computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program which causes a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 15.
A computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program which causes a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 16 to 29.
A computer program product comprising computer program instructions for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 15.
A computer program product comprising computer program instructions for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 16 to 29.
A computer program, characterized in that the computer program causes a computer to perform the method according to any of claims 1-15.
A computer program, characterized in that the computer program causes a computer to perform the method according to any of claims 16 to 29.