CN116636251A

CN116636251A - Communication method and device

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Publication number: CN116636251A
Application number: CN202180082977.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 冯淑兰; 欧阳国威; 常俊仁; 刘江华; 余政
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-01-07
Filing date: 2021-01-07
Publication date: 2023-08-22
Also published as: WO2022147725A1

Abstract

The application provides a communication method and a communication device, which can solve the problem that part of power consumption of terminal equipment for transmitting data is wasted, and can be applied to a 4G system, a 5G system and future communication systems, such as a 6G system. The method comprises the following steps: and acquiring transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal equipment, wherein the transmission energy efficiency information can be used for determining the allocated resources of the terminal equipment. And sending scheduling information to the terminal equipment, wherein the scheduling information can be used for indicating the resources. In this way, the terminal device may request the access network device to determine the allocated resources according to the transmission energy efficiency information, so as to increase the proportion of the resources actually used for transmitting data to the activated or configured resources, thereby increasing the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device, saving the power consumption of the terminal device, improving the service quality of the user, including reducing the packet transmission delay and/or increasing the packet transmission rate.

Description

Communication method and device

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a communication method and apparatus.

Background

With the development of terminal equipment (UE), the terminal equipment is loaded with more and more applications, the time for a user to use the terminal equipment is longer and longer, the data volume accessed by the terminal equipment is larger and larger, and the power consumption problem of the terminal equipment is also more and more prominent. In the era of 4th generation (4th generation,4G) mobile communication systems, terminal devices have been basically charged a day. In the fifth generation (5th generation,5G) mobile communication system, since the 5G operating frequency band is higher, the bandwidth is larger, and the power consumption of the 5G terminal device is larger than that of the 4G terminal device, it is estimated that the power consumption of the 5G terminal device is twice that of the 4G terminal device, and therefore, how to save the power consumption of the terminal device becomes a problem to be solved.

Currently, the access network device may allocate resources to the terminal device, for example, allocate radio transmission resources such as a time domain, a frequency domain, a space domain, and a code domain to the terminal device, and the terminal device may transmit data using the allocated resources. However, when the terminal device uses the allocated resources to transmit data, power consumption is wasted, and the problem of saving the power consumption of the terminal device cannot be solved.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a communication method and a communication device, which can save the power consumption of terminal equipment.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the application adopts the following technical scheme:

in a first aspect, a communication method is provided. The method may include: and acquiring the transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal equipment. Wherein the transmission energy efficiency information may be used to determine the resources allocated by the terminal device. And sending the scheduling information to the terminal equipment. Wherein the scheduling information may be used to indicate the resources.

The "resources allocated to the terminal device" described above may be replaced with "resources allocated to the terminal device". The resources allocated to the terminal device may include: at least one of a resource to which the terminal device is scheduled, a resource to which the terminal device is activated, and a resource to which the terminal device is configured. The "resource scheduled by the terminal device" may be a resource actually used for transmitting data, and may be replaced with "a transmission resource of a data channel of the terminal device".

Based on the communication method provided in the first aspect, the access network device may send scheduling information to the terminal device according to the transmission energy efficiency information provided by the terminal device. In this way, the terminal device may request the access network device to determine the allocated resources of the terminal device according to the transmission energy efficiency information required by the terminal device, for example, the transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal device may instruct the access network device to increase the proportion of the scheduled resources of the terminal device to the activated resources of the terminal device, thereby increasing the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device, saving the power consumption of the terminal device, improving the user service quality, including reducing the packet transmission delay, and/or increasing the packet transmission rate.

The "resource scheduling ratio of terminal equipment" may be expressed as: "utilization of resources to which a terminal device is allocated", "scheduling ratio of a terminal device", or "scheduled ratio of a terminal device". The term "transmission energy efficiency information" in the present application is defined for convenience of expression, and the term "transmission energy efficiency information" may be used to determine the allocated resources of the terminal device, but it does not indicate that the effect of the present application is only improvement of transmission energy efficiency, and does not indicate that the present application can only be used for improvement of transmission energy efficiency. As described above, the effects of the present application may further include: the improvement in user quality of service of one or more of packet transmission rate, packet transmission delay, etc., is alternatively referred to as an improvement in user experience (quality of experience, qoE). In addition, the "transmission energy efficiency information" may also be expressed as "resource scheduling rate information", "service level information", or the like.

In one possible design, the above-mentioned transmission energy efficiency information may include one or more of the following: the desired resource scheduling ratio, the size of the resource that the terminal device desires to be scheduled, the size of the resource that the terminal device desires to be activated, the size of the resource that the terminal device desires to be configured, the desired transmission energy efficiency level of the terminal device, the desired service level of the terminal device, or the desired transmission energy efficiency adjustment amount of the terminal device. Wherein the desired resource scheduling ratio may be used to determine: the ratio of the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device to the size of the activated resource of the terminal device, or the ratio of the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device to the size of the configured resource of the terminal device. Accordingly, the terminal device requesting the access network device to determine, according to the transmission energy efficiency information, the resources allocated by the terminal device may include one or more of the following: the terminal device is scheduled resources, activated resources, configured resources, and a resource scheduling ratio. Thus, various ways of the terminal equipment requesting the access network equipment to adjust the allocated resources can be provided, so that the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal equipment is improved more flexibly, the power consumption of the terminal equipment is saved, the service quality of the user is improved, and the method comprises the steps of reducing the packet transmission delay and/or increasing the packet transmission rate.

It should be noted that the "transmission energy efficiency level desired by the terminal device" may be expressed as the "service level desired by the terminal device", or as the "resource scheduling level desired by the terminal device", that is, "resource scheduling level", "service level", and "transmission energy efficiency level" may be replaced with each other. The above-described "target" or "Recommended" may be replaced with "target" or "Recommended". The above-described "resource size" may be replaced with "resource size", or with "number of resources", or with "resource length", or with "bandwidth". Taking the representation of resources in the long term evolution (long term evolution, LTE) and new radio, NR, of the third generation partnership project (the 3rd generation partnership project,3GPP) as an example, for frequency domain resources, the "resource size" may be expressed as "the number of RBs (RB)", the transmission resources allocated to the terminal device may be expressed as "the total number of RBs", and the size of the resources, e.g., bandwidth part (BWP), activated by the terminal device may be expressed as "the size of active BWP".

Alternatively, the desired transmission energy efficiency level of the terminal device may correspond to a desired resource scheduling ratio. For example, the transmission energy efficiency level desired by the terminal device includes: the method comprises the steps of high energy efficiency level, medium energy efficiency level and low energy efficiency level, wherein the expected resource scheduling ratio corresponding to the high energy efficiency level is more than 80%, the expected resource scheduling ratio corresponding to the medium energy efficiency level is more than 50%, and the expected resource scheduling ratio corresponding to the low energy efficiency level is more than or equal to 0%.

Alternatively, the transmission energy efficiency adjustment amount expected by the terminal device may be: the rate of change or amount of change of the resource scheduling ratio relative to the current resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device is desired.

Optionally, the resources allocated by the terminal device may include one or more of the following: the resources scheduled by the terminal device, the resources activated by the terminal device, or the resources configured by the terminal device.

Further, the ratio of the scheduled resource size of the terminal device to the activated resource size of the terminal device may be greater than or equal to the desired resource scheduling ratio. Alternatively, the ratio of the scheduled resource size of the terminal device to the configured resource size of the terminal device may be greater than or equal to the desired resource scheduling ratio. Alternatively, the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device may be greater than or equal to the size of the scheduled resource desired by the terminal device. Alternatively, the size of the activated resource of the terminal device may be smaller than or equal to the size of the resource that the terminal device desires to be activated. Alternatively, the size of the resources configured by the terminal device may be smaller than or equal to the size of the resources desired to be configured by the terminal device. In this way, the access network device can determine the resources allocated to the terminal device within an optional range based on the transmission energy efficiency information. That is, the access network device may flexibly adjust the resources allocated to the terminal device in the optional range according to the current resource situation where the terminal device is allocated and the resource situation where all the terminal device can be allocated. Therefore, the access network equipment can more flexibly determine the allocated resources of the terminal equipment according to the transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal equipment, thereby more flexibly improving the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal equipment, saving the power consumption of the terminal equipment, improving the service quality of users, including reducing the packet transmission delay and/or increasing the packet transmission rate.

Further, the activated resource size of the terminal device may be: the number of resource blocks in the portion of bandwidth that the terminal device is activated. The resource size configured by the terminal device may be: the number of resource blocks in the partial bandwidth the terminal device is configured with. The size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device may be: the number of resource blocks in the portion of the bandwidth that the terminal device is activated or configured to use for transmitting the terminal device data channel.

Further, the activated resource size of the terminal device may be: the product of the number of activated partial bandwidth resource blocks and the number of activated partial bandwidth multiple-in multiple-out (multiple input multiple output, MIMO) layers, namely: n (N) _actRB *N _actMIMO . Wherein N is _actRB N is the number of resource blocks in the part of the bandwidth where the terminal device is activated _actMIMO The number of layers of spatial domain (MIMO) corresponding to the portion of bandwidth that is activated for the terminal device. The resource size configured by the terminal device may be: the product of the number of allocated partial bandwidth resource blocks and the allocated MIMO layer number corresponding to the allocated partial bandwidth, namely: n (N) _configRB *N _configMIMO . Wherein N is _configRB Number of resource blocks in partial bandwidth configured for terminal device, N _configMIMO The number of layers of the airspace corresponding to the partial bandwidth configured for the terminal equipment. The size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device may be: the product of the number of scheduled resource blocks and the number of scheduled MIMO layers, i.e.: n (N) _scheduledRB *N _{scheduledMIMO} . Wherein N is _scheduledRB N is the number of resource blocks used for transmitting the terminal equipment data channel in the activated part of the bandwidth of the terminal equipment _{scheduledMIMO} Part of the bandwidth activated for a terminal device is used for transmissionThe number of layers of the airspace corresponding to the resource block of the data channel of the terminal equipment.

Further, the activated resource size of the terminal device may be: the duration of the data channel open in the discontinuous reception (discontinuous reception, DRX) cycle of the terminal device. The size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device may be: a transmission duration for data transmission in a discontinuous reception period of the terminal device. Further, the activated resource size of the terminal device may be: the duration of the opening of the data channel in the CONNECTED STATE (CONNECTED STATE) of the terminal device. The size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device may be: and the transmission time length for data transmission in the connection state of the terminal equipment.

Further, the activated resource size of the terminal device may be: the total amount of control channel Monitoring (MO) in the discontinuous reception period of the terminal device, or the activated resource size of the terminal device may be: the number of monitoring periods in which no active control channel is detected in the discontinuous reception period of the terminal device. The size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device may be: the number of monitoring periods in which the active control channel is detected in the discontinuous reception period of the terminal device. The control channel may include: physical downlink control channel (physical downlink control channel, PDCCH). The effective control channel may include: and carrying a channel of control signaling sent to the terminal equipment. The control signaling sent to the terminal device may include: dedicated signaling sent to the above-mentioned terminal devices, and/or broadcast signaling or multicast signaling sent to all or a group of terminal devices.

Further, the activated resource size of the terminal device may be: the total amount of the control channel monitoring period in the connection state of the terminal device, or the activated resource size of the terminal device may be: the number of control channel monitoring periods for which no effective control channel is detected in the connection state of the terminal device. The size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device may be: the number of control channel monitoring periods for the active control channel is detected in the connection state of the terminal device.

Further, the activated resource size of the terminal device may be: the sum of the number of time-frequency resources activated by the terminal device during the first time period. The size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device may be: the sum of the number of time-frequency resources scheduled by the terminal device in the first time period.

Further, the activated resource size of the terminal device may also be: the number of time-frequency space resources activated by the terminal device during the second time period. The number of activated time-frequency space resources may be: the number of activated time-frequency resources corresponds to the product of the number of multiple-in multiple-out (multiple input multiple output, MIMO) layers. The size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device may also be: the number of time-frequency space resources scheduled by the terminal device in the second time period. The number of scheduled time-frequency space resources may be: the number of scheduled time-frequency resources is the product of the number of MIMO layers corresponding to the scheduled time-frequency resources.

In one possible design, the above transmission energy efficiency information may further include an expected power consumption data amount ratio, where power consumption of the terminal device corresponding to the expected power consumption data amount ratio may be less than or equal to power consumption of the terminal device corresponding to the allocated resource of the terminal device. The expected power consumption data volume ratio is the ratio of the data transmission consumption power consumption of the terminal equipment to the data transmission volume. Thus, a manner in which the terminal device requests the access network device to change the allocated resources can be provided, so that the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device can be improved more flexibly, the power consumption of the terminal device can be saved, the service quality of the user can be improved, and the packet transmission delay can be reduced and/or the packet transmission rate can be increased.

Alternatively, the desired transmission energy efficiency level of the terminal device may correspond to a desired power consumption data volume ratio. The transmission energy efficiency adjustment amount expected by the terminal device may be: the rate of change or amount of change of the desired power consumption data amount ratio relative to the current power consumption data amount ratio of the terminal device.

In one possible design, the resources may include one or more of the following: frequency domain resources, time domain resources, space domain resources, or code domain resources. Thus, various ways of the terminal equipment requesting the access network equipment to change the allocated resources can be provided, so that the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal equipment is improved more flexibly, the power consumption of the terminal equipment is saved, the service quality of the user is improved, and the packet transmission delay is reduced and/or the packet transmission rate is increased.

In one possible design, the acquiring the transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal device may include: and acquiring the transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal equipment from the terminal equipment or the core network equipment. In this way, even if the access network device does not receive the transmission energy efficiency information from the terminal device, the information can be sent to the access network device by the core network device, so that the access network device can acquire the transmission energy efficiency information.

In one possible design, the transmission energy efficiency information may be contained in one or more of the following: quality of service (quality of service, qoS) parameter information, signaling included in a protocol data unit (protocol data unit, PDU) session (session), terminal assistance information, non-access stratum (NAS) signaling, user subscription information, terminal equipment (UE) capability information, radio resource control (radio resource control, RRC) layer information, medium access control (media access control, MAC) layer information, or physical layer signaling. Thus, various acquisition modes for transmitting energy efficiency information can be provided, and the flexibility of communication between devices is improved.

In one possible design, the above-mentioned transmission energy efficiency information includes one or more of the following: the method comprises the steps of transmitting energy efficiency information of uplink data, transmitting energy efficiency information of downlink data, transmitting energy efficiency information of service, transmitting energy efficiency information of carrier waves, transmitting energy efficiency information of frequency bands, transmitting energy efficiency information of frequency band combination, transmitting energy efficiency information of frequency ranges, transmitting energy efficiency information of terminal equipment types, transmitting energy efficiency information of applications, transmitting energy efficiency information of specified time periods or transmitting energy efficiency information of specified states. Thus, various modes of the terminal equipment for requesting the access network equipment to change the allocated resources can be provided, so that the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal equipment is improved more flexibly, the power consumption of the terminal equipment is saved, the service quality of a user is improved, and the packet transmission delay is reduced and/or the packet transmission rate is increased.

In a second aspect, a communication method is provided. The method may include: and sending the transmission energy efficiency information to the access network equipment or the core network equipment. Wherein the transmission energy efficiency information may be used to determine the resources allocated by the terminal device. Scheduling information is received from an access network device. Wherein the scheduling information may be used to indicate the resources.

In one possible design, the above-mentioned transmission energy efficiency information may include one or more of the following: the desired resource scheduling ratio, the size of the resource that the terminal device desires to be scheduled, the size of the resource that the terminal device desires to be activated, the size of the resource that the terminal device desires to be configured, the desired transmission energy efficiency level of the terminal device, the desired service level of the terminal device, or the desired transmission energy efficiency adjustment amount of the terminal device. Wherein the desired resource scheduling ratio may be used to determine: the ratio of the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device to the size of the activated resource of the terminal device, or the ratio of the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device to the size of the configured resource of the terminal device.

Further, the ratio of the scheduled resource size of the terminal device to the activated resource size of the terminal device may be greater than or equal to the desired resource scheduling ratio. Alternatively, the ratio of the scheduled resource size of the terminal device to the configured resource size of the terminal device may be greater than or equal to the desired resource scheduling ratio. Alternatively, the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device may be greater than or equal to the size of the scheduled resource desired by the terminal device. Alternatively, the size of the activated resource of the terminal device may be smaller than or equal to the size of the resource that the terminal device desires to be activated. Alternatively, the size of the resources configured by the terminal device may be smaller than or equal to the size of the resources desired to be configured by the terminal device.

Further, the activated resource size of the terminal device may be: the product of the number of activated partial bandwidth resource blocks and the number of activated partial bandwidth MIMO layers, namely: n (N) _actRB *N _actMIMO . Wherein N is _actRB N is the number of resource blocks in the part of the bandwidth where the terminal device is activated _actMIMO The number of layers of the airspace corresponding to the activated partial bandwidth of the terminal equipment. The resource size configured by the terminal device may be: the product of the number of allocated partial bandwidth resource blocks and the allocated MIMO layer number corresponding to the allocated partial bandwidth, namely: n (N) _configRB *N _configMIMO . Wherein N is _configRB Number of resource blocks in partial bandwidth configured for terminal device, N _configMIMO The number of layers of the airspace corresponding to the partial bandwidth configured for the terminal equipment. The size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device may be: the product of the number of scheduled resource blocks and the number of scheduled MIMO layers, i.e.: n (N) _scheduledRB *N _{scheduledMIMO} ，N _scheduledRB The number of resource blocks in the portion of the bandwidth that is activated for the terminal device that are used to transmit the terminal device data channel. Wherein N is _{scheduledMIMO} The number of layers of the airspace corresponding to the resource block used for transmitting the data channel of the terminal equipment in the part of the bandwidth activated for the terminal equipment.

Further, the activated resource size of the terminal device may be: and opening time of the data transmission channel in the discontinuous receiving period of the terminal equipment. The size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device may be: a transmission duration for data transmission in a discontinuous reception period of the terminal device.

Further, the activated resource size of the terminal device may be: and the opening time of the data channel in the connection state of the terminal equipment. The size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device may be: and the transmission time length for data transmission in the connection state of the terminal equipment.

Further, the activated resource size of the terminal device may be: the total amount of control channel monitoring periods in the discontinuous reception period of the terminal device, or the activated resource size of the terminal device may be: the number of control channel monitoring periods in which no valid control channel is detected in the discontinuous reception period of the terminal device. The size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device may be: the number of control channel monitoring periods in which a valid control channel is detected in a discontinuous reception period of the terminal device.

Further, the activated resource size of the terminal device may also be: the number of time-frequency space resources activated by the terminal device during the second time period. The number of activated time-frequency space resources may be: the number of activated time-frequency resources is the product of the number of MIMO layers corresponding to the activated time-frequency resources. The size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device may also be: the number of time-frequency space resources scheduled by the terminal device in the second time period. The number of scheduled time-frequency space resources may be: the number of scheduled time-frequency resources is the product of the number of MIMO layers corresponding to the scheduled time-frequency resources.

In one possible design, the above transmission energy efficiency information may further include an expected power consumption data amount ratio, where power consumption of the terminal device corresponding to the expected power consumption data amount ratio may be less than or equal to power consumption of the terminal device corresponding to the allocated resource of the terminal device. The expected power consumption data volume ratio is the ratio of the data transmission consumption power consumption of the terminal equipment to the data transmission volume.

In one possible design, the resources may include one or more of the following: frequency domain resources, time domain resources, space domain resources, or code domain resources.

In a possible design, the communication method provided in the second aspect may further include: and determining the transmission energy efficiency information according to one or more of the type of the terminal equipment, the running state of the terminal equipment, the user subscription information of the terminal equipment, the service of the terminal equipment, the type of an access network, the service applicable to the terminal user, the transmitted carrier wave, the transmitted frequency band combination, the transmitted frequency range and the transmitted link type. In this way, when the terminal equipment requests the access network equipment to allocate resources, the allocated resources can be flexibly requested according to different application scenes, so that the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal equipment is flexibly improved, the power consumption of the terminal equipment is saved, the service quality of the user is improved, and the method comprises the steps of reducing the packet transmission delay and/or increasing the packet transmission rate.

In one possible design, the above-mentioned transmission energy efficiency information includes one or more of the following: the method comprises the steps of transmitting energy efficiency information of uplink data, transmitting energy efficiency information of downlink data, transmitting energy efficiency information of service, transmitting energy efficiency information of carrier waves, transmitting energy efficiency information of frequency bands, transmitting energy efficiency information of frequency band combination, transmitting energy efficiency information of frequency ranges, transmitting energy efficiency information of terminal equipment types, transmitting energy efficiency information of applications, transmitting energy efficiency information of specified time periods, transmitting energy efficiency information of specified states or transmitting energy efficiency information of specified networks.

In one possible design, the transmission energy efficiency information may be contained in one or more of the following: qoS parameter information, signaling included in a PDU session, terminal assistance information, non-access stratum signaling, user subscription information, terminal device capability information, radio resource control layer information, media access layer information, or physical layer signaling.

In addition, the technical effects of the communication method of the second aspect may refer to the technical effects of the communication method of the first aspect, which are not described herein.

In a third aspect, a communication method is provided. The communication method comprises the following steps: and determining transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal equipment, wherein the transmission energy efficiency information is used for determining the allocated resources of the terminal equipment. And sending the transmission energy efficiency information to the access network equipment.

Based on the communication method provided in the third aspect, the core network device may determine transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal device, and send the transmission energy efficiency information to the access network device. In this way, a manner that the core network device requests the access network device to determine the allocated resources of the terminal device according to the transmission energy efficiency information can be provided, so as to increase the proportion of the resources actually used for transmitting data to the allocated resources, thereby increasing the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device, saving the power consumption of the terminal device, improving the service quality of the user, including reducing the packet transmission delay and/or increasing the packet transmission rate.

In one possible design, the determining the transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal device may include: and receiving the transmission energy efficiency information from the terminal equipment, or determining the transmission energy efficiency information according to the subscription information of the terminal equipment. In this way, the terminal device may forward the transmission energy efficiency information from the terminal device to the access network device, or through subscription information, the core network device may request the access network device to allocate resources according to the transmission energy efficiency information, thereby improving the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device, saving the power consumption of the terminal device, improving the service quality of the user, including reducing the packet transmission delay, and/or increasing the packet transmission rate.

In a fourth aspect, a communication device is provided. The communication device includes: a transmitting module and a receiving module. The receiving module is used for acquiring the transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal equipment. Wherein the transmission energy efficiency information is used to determine the resources allocated by the terminal device. And the sending module is used for sending the scheduling information to the terminal equipment. Wherein the scheduling information is used to indicate the resource.

Further, the activated resource size of the terminal device may be: the product of the number of activated partial bandwidth resource blocks and the number of activated partial bandwidth MIMO layers, namely: n (N) _actRB *N _actMIMO . Wherein N is _actRB Number of resource blocks in the partial bandwidth activated for the terminal device，N _actMIMO The number of layers of the airspace corresponding to the activated partial bandwidth of the terminal equipment. The resource size configured by the terminal device may be: the product of the number of allocated partial bandwidth resource blocks and the allocated MIMO layer number corresponding to the allocated partial bandwidth, namely: n (N) _configRB *N _configMIMO . Wherein N is _configRB Number of resource blocks in partial bandwidth configured for terminal device, N _configMIMO The number of layers of the airspace corresponding to the partial bandwidth configured for the terminal equipment. The size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device may be: the product of the number of scheduled resource blocks and the number of scheduled MIMO layers, i.e.: n (N) _scheduledRB *N _{scheduledMIMO} . Wherein N is _scheduledRB N is the number of resource blocks used for transmitting the terminal equipment data channel in the activated part of the bandwidth of the terminal equipment _{scheduledMIMO} The number of layers of the airspace corresponding to the resource block used for transmitting the data channel of the terminal equipment in the part of the bandwidth activated for the terminal equipment.

In one possible design, the acquiring the transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal device may include: and acquiring the transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal equipment from the terminal equipment or the core network equipment.

In one possible design, the transmission energy efficiency information may be contained in one or more of the following: quality of service parameter information, signaling comprised by a protocol data unit session, terminal assistance information, non-access stratum signaling, user subscription information, terminal equipment capability information, radio resource control layer information, media access layer information, or physical layer signaling.

Alternatively, the transmitting module and the receiving module may be integrated into one module, such as a transceiver module. The transceiver module is configured to implement a transmitting function and a receiving function of the communication device according to the fourth aspect.

Optionally, the communication device according to the fourth aspect may further include a storage module and a processing module, where the storage module stores a program or instructions. The program or instructions, when executed by the processing module, enable the communication device to perform the communication method of the first aspect.

The communication device according to the fourth aspect may be a terminal device, a chip (system) or other parts or components that may be provided in the terminal device, or a device including the terminal device, which is not limited in the present application.

Further, the technical effects of the communication apparatus according to the fourth aspect may refer to the technical effects of the communication method according to the first aspect, and will not be described herein.

In a fifth aspect, a communication device is provided. The communication device includes: a transmitting module and a receiving module. The sending module is used for sending the transmission energy efficiency information to the access network equipment or the core network equipment. Wherein the transmission energy efficiency information is used to determine the resources allocated by the terminal device. And the receiving module is used for receiving the scheduling information from the access network equipment. Wherein the scheduling information is used to indicate the resource.

Further, the ratio of the scheduled resource size of the terminal device to the activated resource size of the terminal device may be greater than or equal to the desired resource scheduling ratio. Alternatively, the ratio of the scheduled resource size of the terminal device to the configured resource size of the terminal device may be greater than or equal to the desired resource scheduling ratio. Alternatively, the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device may be greater than or equal to the size of the scheduled resource desired by the terminal device. Alternatively, the size of the resources activated by the terminal device may be less than or equal to the size of the resources expected to be activated by the terminal device, or the size of the resources configured by the terminal device may be less than or equal to the size of the resources expected to be configured by the terminal device.

In a possible design, the apparatus of the fifth aspect further includes a processing module, configured to determine the transmission energy efficiency information according to one or more of a type of the terminal device, an operation state of the terminal device, user subscription information of the terminal device, and a service of the terminal device.

In one possible design, the above-mentioned transmission energy efficiency information includes one or more of the following: the method includes the steps of transmitting transmission energy efficiency information of uplink data, transmission energy efficiency information of downlink data, transmission energy efficiency information of service, transmission energy efficiency information of carrier waves, transmission energy efficiency information of frequency bands, transmission energy efficiency information of frequency band combination, transmission energy efficiency information of frequency ranges, transmission energy efficiency information of terminal equipment types, transmission energy efficiency information of applications, transmission energy efficiency information of specified time periods, transmission energy efficiency information of specified states, or transmission energy efficiency information of specified networks.

Alternatively, the transmitting module and the receiving module may be integrated into one module, such as a transceiver module. The receiving and transmitting module is used for realizing the sending function and the receiving function of the communication device.

Optionally, the communication device according to the fifth aspect may further include a storage module and a processing module, where the storage module stores a program or instructions. The program or instructions, when executed by the processing module, enable the communication device to perform the communication method of the second aspect.

The communication apparatus according to the fifth aspect may be an access network device, or may be a chip (system) or other parts or components that may be provided in the access network device, or may be an apparatus including the access network device, which is not limited in the present application.

Further, the technical effects of the communication apparatus according to the fifth aspect may refer to the technical effects of the communication method according to the second aspect, and will not be described herein.

In a sixth aspect, a communication device is provided. The communication device includes: the device comprises a processing module and a receiving and transmitting module. The processing module is used for determining the transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal equipment. Wherein the transmission energy efficiency information is used to determine the resources allocated by the terminal device. And the receiving and transmitting module is used for sending the transmission energy efficiency information to the access network equipment.

In one possible embodiment, the transceiver module is further configured to receive the transmission energy efficiency information from the terminal device. Or the processing module is further used for determining the transmission energy efficiency information according to the subscription information of the terminal equipment.

Alternatively, the transceiver module may include a receiving module and a transmitting module. Wherein, the transceiver module is used for realizing the sending function and the receiving function of the communication device according to the fifth aspect.

Optionally, the communication device according to the sixth aspect may further include a storage module, where the storage module stores a program or instructions. The program or instructions, when executed by the processing module, enable the communication device to perform the communication method of the third aspect.

The communication apparatus according to the sixth aspect may be a core network device, a chip (system) or other components or assemblies that may be provided in the core network device, or an apparatus including the core network device, which is not limited in the present application.

Further, the technical effects of the communication apparatus according to the sixth aspect may refer to the technical effects of the communication method according to the third aspect, and will not be described herein.

In a seventh aspect, a communication device is provided. The communication device is configured to perform the communication method described in any implementation manner of the first aspect to the third aspect.

In the present application, the communication apparatus according to the seventh aspect may be the terminal device according to the first aspect, or the access network device according to the second aspect, or the core network device according to the third aspect, or may be a chip (system) or other part or component provided in the terminal device, the access network device, or the core network device, or an apparatus including the terminal device, the access network device, or the core network device.

It should be understood that the communication apparatus according to the seventh aspect includes a corresponding module, unit, or means (means) for implementing the communication method according to any one of the first to third aspects, where the module, unit, or means may be implemented by hardware, software, or implemented by hardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or software comprises one or more modules or units for performing the functions involved in the communication methods described above.

Further, the technical effects of the communication apparatus according to the seventh aspect may refer to the technical effects of the communication method according to any one of the first to third aspects, and will not be described herein.

In an eighth aspect, a communication device is provided. The communication device includes: a processor for performing the communication method according to any one of the possible implementation manners of the first aspect to the third aspect.

In a possible implementation manner, the communication device according to the eighth aspect may further include a transceiver. The transceiver may be a transceiver circuit or an interface circuit. The transceiver may be for use in a communication device according to the eighth aspect to communicate with other communication devices.

In a possible implementation manner, the communication device according to the eighth aspect may further include a memory. The memory may be integral with the processor or may be separate. The memory may be used for storing computer programs and/or data related to the communication method according to any one of the first to third aspects.

In the present application, the communication apparatus according to the eighth aspect may be the terminal device according to the first aspect, or the access network device according to the second aspect, or the core network device according to the third aspect, or may be a chip (system) or other part or component provided in the terminal device, the access network device, or the core network device, or an apparatus including the terminal device, the access network device, or the core network device.

In addition, the technical effects of the communication device according to the eighth aspect may refer to the technical effects of the communication method according to any implementation manner of the first aspect to the third aspect, which are not described herein.

In a ninth aspect, a communication apparatus is provided. The communication device includes: a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to execute a computer program stored in the memory to cause the communication device to perform the communication method according to any one of the possible implementation manners of the first to third aspects.

In a possible implementation manner, the communication device according to the ninth aspect may further include a transceiver. The transceiver may be a transceiver circuit or an interface circuit. The transceiver may be for use in a communication device according to the ninth aspect to communicate with other communication devices.

In the present application, the communication apparatus according to the ninth aspect may be the terminal device according to the first aspect, or the access network device according to the second aspect, or the core network device according to the third aspect, or may be a chip (system) or other part or component provided in the terminal device, the access network device, or the core network device, or an apparatus including the terminal device, the access network device, or the core network device.

Further, the technical effects of the communication apparatus according to the ninth aspect may refer to the technical effects of the communication method according to any implementation manner of the first to third aspects, and are not described herein.

In a tenth aspect, a communication device is provided. The communication device includes: comprising the following steps: a processor and an interface circuit. The interface circuit is used for receiving the code instruction and transmitting the code instruction to the processor. The processor is configured to execute the code instructions to perform the communication method according to any implementation manner of the first aspect to the third aspect.

In a possible implementation manner, the communication device according to the tenth aspect may further include a memory. The memory may be integral with the processor or may be separate. The memory may be used for storing computer programs and/or data related to the communication method according to any one of the first to third aspects.

In the present application, the communication apparatus according to the tenth aspect may be the terminal device according to the first aspect, or the access network device according to the second aspect, or the core network device according to the third aspect, or a chip (system) or other part or component that may be provided in the terminal device, the access network device, or the core network device, or an apparatus that includes the terminal device, the access network device, or the core network device.

Further, the technical effects of the communication apparatus according to the tenth aspect may refer to the technical effects of the communication method according to any implementation manner of the first to third aspects, and are not described herein.

In an eleventh aspect, a communication apparatus is provided. The communication device includes: comprising the following steps: the communication device comprises a processor and a transceiver, wherein the transceiver is used for information interaction between the communication device and other communication devices, and the processor executes program instructions to execute the communication method according to any implementation manner of the first aspect to the third aspect.

In a possible implementation manner, the communication device according to the eleventh aspect may further include a memory. The memory may be integral with the processor or may be separate. The memory may be used for storing computer programs and/or data related to the communication method according to any one of the first to third aspects.

In the present application, the communication apparatus according to the eleventh aspect may be the terminal device according to the first aspect, or the access network device according to the second aspect, or the core network device according to the third aspect, or a chip (system) or other part or component that may be provided in the terminal device, the access network device, or the core network device, or an apparatus that includes the terminal device, the access network device, or the core network device.

Further, the technical effects of the communication apparatus according to the eleventh aspect may refer to the technical effects of the communication method according to any implementation manner of the first to third aspects, and are not described herein.

In a twelfth aspect, a processor is provided. Wherein the processor is configured to perform the communication method according to any one of the possible implementation manners of the first aspect to the third aspect.

In a thirteenth aspect, a communication system is provided. The communication system comprises one or more terminal devices and one or more access network devices.

Optionally, the above communication system may further comprise one or more core network devices.

In a fourteenth aspect, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium comprising: computer programs or instructions; the computer program or instructions, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the communication method as described in any one of the possible implementations of the first to third aspects.

In a fifteenth aspect, there is provided a computer program product comprising a computer program or instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the communication method of any one of the possible implementations of the first to third aspects.

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Fig. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a DRX cycle according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a long and short period DRX according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a second schematic flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a second structure of the communication device according to the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

First, the embodiments of the present application will be briefly described with respect to possible technical terms.

1. Resources with which the terminal device is configured

The access network device may send higher layer signaling, such as RRC layer signaling (i.e., access layer signaling), or non-access layer signaling, carrying configuration information to the terminal device, where the configuration information may be used to indicate the resources configured by the terminal device.

For example, the resources for which the terminal device is configured as indicated by the configuration information may include the following two component carriers (component carrier, CC): CC1 and CC2, and 4 BWPs are configured in each carrier. Wherein BWP1_1, BWP1_2, BWP1_3 and BWP1_4 are included in CC1, BWP2_1, BWP2_2, BWP2_3 and BWP2_4 are included in CC2. In addition, the configuration information may also indicate the MIMO layer number of each BWP, respectively, e.g., indicate that the MIMO layer numbers of bwp1_1, bwp1_2, bwp1_3, bwp1_4 are configured to: 2. the 2, 4 layers, and the MIMO layers indicating bwp2_1, bwp2_2, bwp2_3, bwp2_4 are configured to: 1. 1, 2 and 2 layers.

2. Activated (active) resources of terminal equipment

The access network device may send signaling, such as physical layer signaling or MAC layer signaling or RRC layer signaling, carrying activation information to the terminal device, where the activation information may be used to indicate the resources that the terminal device is activated. The data of the terminal device may be carried within the resources where the terminal device is activated.

It should be noted that the resources activated by the terminal device may be some or all of the resources configured by the terminal device.

For example, when the resources configured by the terminal device are CC1 and CC2 described above, the resources activated by the terminal device may include: bwp2_1 of bwp1_1 and CC2 in CC1 is activated. At this time, the data of the terminal device is carried in bwp1_1 and bwp2_1, and in particular in which resource or resources in bwp1_1 and bwp2_1, the access network device is also required to perform scheduling.

3. Scheduled resources for terminal devices

The access network device may send physical layer signaling carrying scheduling information to the terminal device, where the scheduling information may be used to indicate that the resource scheduled by the terminal device, i.e. the resource scheduled by the terminal device is the resource actually used for data transmission. The data of the terminal device may be transmitted within the scheduled resources, the transmitted data being carried on a data channel, the data channel may include: physical downlink shared channel (physical downlink shared channel, PDSCH), physical uplink shared channel (physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH), physical sidelink shared channel (physical sidelink shared chnnel, PSSCH), and the like.

It should be noted that the scheduled resource of the terminal device may be part or all of the terminal device in the corresponding activated resource, or the scheduled resource of the terminal device may also be part or all of the terminal device in the corresponding configured resource.

For example, when bwp1_2 includes 273 resource blocks and the activated resource of the terminal device is bwp1_2, the access network device may schedule the terminal device PDSCH to transmit M resource blocks of the 273 resource blocks of the bwp1_2, where M is less than or equal to 273. At this time, the data (i.e., PDSCH) transmitted by the terminal device is actually carried on the M resource blocks.

4. Utilization of resources or scheduling ratio of resources

The resource utilization ratio or the resource scheduling ratio may be a ratio of a size of a resource actually used by the terminal device to a size of a resource activated by the terminal device, or a ratio of a size of a resource actually used by the terminal device to a size of a resource configured by the terminal device. The configured resource size or the activated resource size is the current total available (available) resource size of the terminal device. The resources actually used by the terminal device to transmit data may be the resources scheduled by the terminal device, and therefore, the utilization rate of the resources or the resource scheduling ratio may also be expressed as: the ratio of the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device to the size of the activated resource of the terminal device, or the ratio of the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device to the size of the configured resource of the terminal device, or the ratio of the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device to the size of the available resource of the terminal device. Thus, the "resource scheduling ratio" and the "utilization of resources" may be interchanged. In addition, "resource utilization" may be interchanged with "resource utilization".

It should be noted that the difference between the "resources actually used for transmitting data" and the "resources activated by the terminal device" is that: some of the resources activated by the terminal device may not be used for transmitting data. The difference between the "resources actually used for transmitting data" and the "resources configured by the terminal device" is that: some of the resources configured by the terminal device may not be used for transmitting data. The configured resource size or the activated resource size is the current total available resource size of the terminal device. The difference between the "resources where the terminal device is activated" and the "resources where the terminal device is configured" is that: some of the resources configured by the terminal device may be inactive. In addition, it may happen that the configuration and activation are equivalent, for example, the resources configured by the terminal device may also be activated resources.

It will be appreciated that, when transmitting data, the terminal device determines the size of the computing resource (including software and hardware resources, e.g. radio frequency, front end, processor, memory, etc.) used for transmitting and receiving data according to the size of the activated resource or the configured resource of the terminal device, or the available resource of the terminal device, so that the larger the activated or configured resource of the terminal device, the more computing resource the terminal device uses for transmitting and receiving data. The resources that the terminal device is activated or configured can also be understood as the capabilities of the data that the terminal device is currently capable of handling. The higher the duty cycle of the resources that are activated or configured by the terminal device for the actual transmission data of the terminal device, the more fully the resources of the terminal device are utilized, and therefore, when the proportion of the resources that are actually used for transmitting data to the activated or configured resources is larger, the less energy is wasted when the terminal device uses the activated or configured resources to transmit data, and the higher the transmission energy efficiency of the terminal device is.

In general, when an access network device indicates that a specific carrier or a specific BWP is activated, this means that the access network device and the terminal device will perform data transmission on the activated resource, and the terminal device will activate corresponding software and hardware processing resources according to the size of the activated carrier or BWP resource.

For example, when the access network device indicates that bwp1_1 is activated, the size of bwp1_1 is 51RBs, and the subcarrier spacing is 30KHz, which means that the data transmission will be transmitted within a 20MHz bandwidth, the terminal device will activate corresponding processing resources according to the 20MHz bandwidth, for example, open a 20MHz radio frequency channel, and if the maximum data transmission rate corresponding to 20MHz is 460Mbps, the terminal device will prepare to use a processor capable of processing 460Mbps for data transmission.

Or for example, when the network device indicates that bwp1_2 is activated, the size of bwp1_2 is 273RBs, and the subcarrier spacing is 30KHz, which means that the data transmission will be transmitted within a bandwidth of 100MHz, the terminal device will activate corresponding processing resources according to the bandwidth of 100MHz, for example, open a radio frequency channel of 100MHz, and if the maximum data transmission rate corresponding to 100MHz is 2.3Gbps, the terminal device will prepare to use a processor capable of processing 2.3Gbps for data transmission.

If the scheduled resource size of the terminal device is 51RBs and BWP1_1 is used as the active BWP (i.e., the activated resource size is 51 RBs), the resource scheduling ratio under this assumption (referred to as the first assumption) is 100%; in the second scenario, if the terminal device is scheduled with a resource size of 51RBs and uses BWP1_2 as the active BWP (i.e. the active resource size is 273 RBs), the resource scheduling ratio under this assumption (called the second assumption) is about 18.7%. Obviously, the resource scheduling ratio of the first hypothesis is larger than that of the second hypothesis. The determination method of the resource scheduling ratio is as follows: the ratio of the size of the resource that the terminal device is scheduled to the size of the resource that the terminal device is activated.

5、DRX

DRX is an operation mechanism of a terminal device, and may save power consumption of the terminal device. When configuring DRX, the terminal device may operate periodically, and in each cycle, the terminal device may enter a "sleep state," such as turning off the radio and/or baseband processor, without continuously listening to the physical downlink control channel (physical downlink control channel, PDCCH) to save power consumption. The working period of the terminal equipment is a DRX period.

As shown in fig. 1, one DRX cycle may include: an active period (on-duration), an inactivity timer (inactivity-timer), and an inactive period (opportunity for DRX) during which the terminal device may sleep.

In the activation period, the terminal device wakes up and continuously listens to the PDCCH. If the terminal equipment monitors the effective PDCCH in the activation time period, the terminal equipment enters an inactivity timer, otherwise, the terminal equipment enters an inactivity time period. The effective PDCCH here may be: refers to a channel carrying control signaling sent to a terminal device. The control signaling sent to the terminal device may be: dedicated signaling sent to the terminal device and/or broadcast signaling or multicast signaling sent to all or a group of terminal devices.

For example, the control channel carrying dedicated signaling sent to the terminal device may comprise: at least one of a PDCCH scrambled with a cell radio network temporary identity (cell radio network temporary identifier, C-RNTI) of the terminal device, a PDCCH scrambled with a modulation and coding strategy radio network temporary identity MCS-RNTI (modulation and coding scheme radio network temporary identifier, MCS-RNTI) of the terminal device, a PDCCH scrambled with a configuration scheduling radio network temporary identity (configured scheduling radio network temporary identifier, CS-RNTI) of the terminal device, a PDCCH scrambled with a semi-persistent scheduling radio network temporary identity (semi persistence scheduling cell radio network temporary identifier, SPS-C-RNTI) of the terminal device, a PDCCH scrambled with a semi-static channel state information radio network temporary identity (semi-persistent channel state information RNTI, SP-CSI-RNTI) of the terminal device, a PDCCH scrambled with a side link radio network temporary identity (sidelink RNTI, SL-RNTI) of the terminal device, a PDCCH scrambled with a side link configuration scheduling radio network temporary identity (SideLink Configured Scheduling, SL-CS-RNTI) of the terminal device, and a PDCCH scrambled with a side link LTE-V configuration scheduling radio network temporary identity (sidelink LTE-V configured schedul, SL-L-CS-RNTI) of the terminal device.

The control channel carrying broadcast signaling or multicast signaling sent to all or a group of terminal devices may include: a PDCCH scrambled with a system message radio network temporary identity (system information RNTI, SI-RNTI), a PDCCH scrambled with a paging radio network temporary identity (P-RNTI), a PDCCH scrambled with a random access radio network temporary identity (RA-RNTI), a PDCCH scrambled with MsgB-RNTI (message B RNTI), a PDCCH scrambled with a temporary cell radio network temporary identity (TC-RNTI), a PDCCH scrambled with SFI-RNTI (slot format indicator RNTI), a PDCCH scrambled with INT-RNTI (interruption RNTI), a PDCCH scrambled with TPC-PUSCH-RNTI (transmit power control PUSCH RNTI), a PDCCH scrambled with TPC-PUCCH-RNTI (transmit power control PUCCH RNTI), a PDCCH scrambled with TPC-SRS-RNTI (transmit power control-sounding reference symbols-RNTI), a PDCCH CI-RNTI (cancellation indication RNTI), a PDCCH scrambled with AI-RNTI (availability indicator RNTI), a PDCCH scrambled with PS-RNTI (power saving RNTI).

The control channel is described as an example. For a specific type of control channel, reference may be made to corresponding prior art specifications.

At the inactivity timer, the terminal device remains awake for a period of time and waits for a valid PDCCH to be monitored again. If a valid PDCCH is not monitored before the inactivity timer expires, the terminal device returns to the inactive period, otherwise, the terminal device may reenter the inactivity timer.

During the inactive period, the terminal device enters a sleep state. In addition, the terminal device may also transmit an uplink physical shared channel (physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH) during the active period, i.e. a PUSCH period (not shown in the figure) may also be included in the active period.

In one application scenario, the DRX cycle may include a long DRX cycle (LDRX) and a short DRX cycle (SDRX), and the terminal device may operate in both DRX cycles.

An exemplary short cycle DRX flow is shown in fig. 2. The switching mechanism between the short DRX cycle and the long DRX cycle is as follows: if in the short DRX cycle, the terminal device monitors a valid PDCCH before the inactivity timer overflows, and the valid PDCCH is not monitored in the number of times indicated by the continuous DRX short cycle timer (DRX short cycle timer), the terminal device may enter the long DRX cycle after the DRX short cycle timer ends. Otherwise, if the terminal equipment successfully decodes the PDCCH in the long DRX period, the terminal equipment enters the short DRX period after the inactivity timer overflows.

The above description of the operation of DRX is an exemplary description. For a specific DRX mechanism, reference may be made to corresponding prior art specifications.

6. Data transmission

Unless otherwise indicated, data transmission, as described herein, includes transmission and reception of data. For example, for an access network device, downlink data transmission refers to the access network device sending PDSCH, and uplink data transmission refers to the access network device receiving PUSCH. For the terminal equipment, the downlink data transmission means that the terminal equipment receives the PDSCH, and the uplink data transmission means that the terminal equipment sends the PUSCH.

In carrying out the embodiments of the present application, the present inventors found that:

when the terminal equipment transmits data, the resources actually used for transmitting the data often only occupy a part of the allocated resources, namely the allocated resource scheduling ratio of the terminal equipment is not high, so that part of power consumption is wasted when the terminal equipment uses the allocated resources to transmit the data, and the purpose of saving the power consumption of the terminal equipment cannot be achieved.

In particular, the terminal device is not allocated high in resource scheduling ratio, and user service quality (including one or more of packet transmission rate and packet transmission delay) is reduced, so that user experience rate is reduced, packet transmission delay is increased, and power consumption of the terminal device is increased.

In addition, qoS is currently introduced to assess the quality of service experienced by users. Specifically, for different data packet service types, different service classes QoS are determined, and corresponding data packets are transmitted on corresponding air interface resources according to the requirements of parameters corresponding to the QoS, so as to meet the requirements of the service classes.

Currently, qoS parameters may include one or more of the following: a resource allocation type (resource type), such as guaranteed bit rate (guaranteed bit rate, GBR), non-guaranteed bit rate Non-GBR, or urgent guaranteed bit rate (Delay Critical GBR), default priority (default priority level), packet delay margin (packet delay budget), packet error rate (packet error rate), default maximum burst packet size (default maximum data burst volume), default average window (default averaging window).

Illustratively, table 1 is the content contained in 5QI (5G QoS Identifier) in existing 3gpp ts 23.501. Referring to table 1, a value of 5QI (5 QI value) may indicate various QoS parameters satisfied by a service at the time of transmission, including: the resource type, the value of the default priority, the packet delay margin, the packet error rate, the default maximum burst size, and the default average window.

For example, taking the service as a video (buffer stream) based on TCP (transmission control protocol transmission control protocol, TCP), a value of 5QI is 6, indicating that the service satisfies at the time of transmission: the resource type is Non-GBR, the default priority value is 60, the packet delay allowance is 300 milliseconds (ms), and the packet error rate is 10 ^-6 The default maximum burst size is not applicable (N/a), the default averaging window is not applicable.

For another example, taking a service as a control plane (IMS signaling) for managing voice, a value of 5QI is 5, indicating that the service satisfies at the time of transmission: the resource type is Non-GBR, the default priority value is 10, the packet delay allowance is 100 milliseconds, and the packet error rate is 10 ^-6 The default maximum burst size is not applicable and the default averaging window is not applicable.

TABLE 1

However, as can be seen from the existing parameters of the QoS, no parameters can evaluate the resource utilization rate of the air interface transmission data at present, so that no means is available for the current terminal device to send the expected resource utilization rate to the access network device, and the access network device cannot obtain the resource utilization rate of the air interface data transmission expected by each terminal device. Therefore, when the allocated resource utilization rate of the terminal device is not high and the transmission energy efficiency is low, at least part of power consumption is wasted when the terminal device uses the scheduled resource to transmit data, thereby causing the power consumption of the terminal device to be high.

In order to solve the problem that the power consumption of the terminal equipment for transmitting data is wasted, the embodiment of the application provides a communication method and a communication device, which are used for saving the power consumption of the terminal equipment, improving the service quality of users, reducing the packet transmission delay and/or increasing the packet transmission rate. The above-mentioned various drawbacks are the results of the inventors after careful practical studies. Accordingly, the discovery process of the above-described problems and the solutions to the above-described problems set forth below by the embodiments of the present application should be regarded as contributions of the inventors in the implementation of the present application.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The technical solution of the embodiment of the present application may be applied to various communication systems, such as a wireless fidelity (wireless fidelity, wiFi) system, a vehicle-to-object (vehicle to everything, V2X) communication system, an inter-device (D2D) communication system, a vehicle networking communication system, a 4 th generation mobile communication system, such as a long term evolution (long term evolution, LTE) system, a worldwide interoperability for microwave access (worldwide interoperability for microwave access, wiMAX) communication system, a fifth generation mobile communication system, such as a New Radio (NR) system, and a future communication system, such as a sixth generation (6th generation,6G) mobile communication system.

The present application will present various aspects, embodiments, or features about a system that may include a plurality of devices, components, modules, etc. It is to be understood and appreciated that the various systems may include additional devices, components, modules, etc. and/or may not include all of the devices, components, modules etc. discussed in connection with the figures. Furthermore, combinations of these schemes may also be used.

In addition, in the embodiments of the present application, words such as "exemplary," "for example," and the like are used to indicate an example, instance, or illustration. Any embodiment or design described herein as "exemplary" is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, the term use of an example is intended to present concepts in a concrete fashion.

In the embodiment of the present application, "information", "signal", "message", "channel", and "signaling" may be used in combination, and it should be noted that the meaning of the expression is consistent when the distinction is not emphasized. "of", "corresponding" and "corresponding" may be used in combination, and it should be noted that the meaning of the expression is consistent when the distinction is not emphasized.

In the embodiment of the application, the candidate subscript is as W ₁ May be misidentified as a non-subscripted form such as W1, the meaning it is intended to express being consistent when de-emphasizing the distinction.

The network architecture and the service scenario described in the embodiments of the present application are for more clearly describing the technical solution of the embodiments of the present application, and do not constitute a limitation on the technical solution provided by the embodiments of the present application, and those skilled in the art can know that, with the evolution of the network architecture and the appearance of the new service scenario, the technical solution provided by the embodiments of the present application is applicable to similar technical problems.

To facilitate understanding of the embodiments of the present application, a communication system suitable for use in the embodiments of the present application will be described in detail with reference to the communication system shown in fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a communication system to which the communication method according to the embodiment of the present application is applicable.

As shown in fig. 3, the communication system includes one or more terminal devices and one or more access network devices. Optionally, the communication system may further comprise one or more core network devices, which may comprise a plurality of functional modules or devices, such as user plane function (user plane function, UPF) devices, access and mobility management function (access and mobility management function, AMF) devices, policy control function (policy control function, PCF) devices, session management function (session management function, SMF) devices, mobility management entity (mobility management entity, MME), wherein the core network devices may also be referred to as core network elements.

The access network device is a device located at the network side of the communication system and having a wireless receiving and transmitting function, or a chip system arranged in the device. The access network device includes, but is not limited to: AN Access Network (AN) such as a base station, AN Access Point (AP) in a wireless fidelity (wireless fidelity, wiFi) system, such as a home gateway, a router, a server, a switch, a bridge, etc., AN evolved Node B (eNB), a radio network controller (radio network controller, RNC), a Node B (Node B, NB), a base station controller (base station controller, BSC), a base transceiver station (base transceiver station, BTS), a home base station (e.g., home evolved NodeB, or home Node B, HNB), a baseband unit (base band unit, BBU), a wireless relay Node, a wireless backhaul Node, a transmission point (transmission and reception point, TRP or transmission point, TP), etc., may also be 5G, such as a gNB in a new air interface (NR) system, or a transmission point (TRP or TP), one or a set of base stations (including a plurality of antenna panels) in the 5G system, or may also be a base station constituting a gcb or a transmission point (base band unit), such as a distributed network unit (base station unit, a distributed unit (base band unit), a service unit (RSU), etc.

The terminal equipment is a terminal which is accessed into the communication system and has a wireless receiving and transmitting function or a chip system which can be arranged on the terminal. The terminal device may also be referred to as a user equipment, access terminal, subscriber unit, subscriber station, mobile station, remote terminal, mobile device, user terminal, wireless communication device, user agent, or user equipment. The terminal device in the embodiment of the present application may be a mobile phone (mobile phone), a tablet computer (Pad), a computer with a wireless transceiving function, a Virtual Reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal in industrial control (industrial control), a wireless terminal in unmanned driving (self driving), a wireless terminal in remote medical (remote medical), a wireless terminal in smart grid (smart grid), a wireless terminal in transportation security (transportation safety), a wireless terminal in smart city (smart city), a wireless terminal in smart home (smart home), a vehicle-mounted terminal, an RSU with a terminal function, or the like. The terminal device of the present application may be a vehicle-mounted module, a vehicle-mounted component, a vehicle-mounted chip, or a vehicle-mounted unit that is built in a vehicle as one or more components or units, and the vehicle may implement the communication method provided by the present application through the built-in vehicle-mounted module, vehicle-mounted component, vehicle-mounted chip, or vehicle-mounted unit.

It should be noted that, the communication method provided by the embodiment of the present application may be applicable to the communication between the terminal device, the access network device and the core network device shown in fig. 3.

It should be appreciated that fig. 3 is a simplified schematic diagram that is merely illustrative for ease of understanding, and that other network devices, and/or other terminal devices, may also be included in the communication system, and are not shown in fig. 3.

First, a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application is briefly described, where the method includes: and acquiring transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal equipment, wherein the transmission energy efficiency information can be used for determining the allocated resources of the terminal equipment. And sending scheduling information to the terminal equipment, wherein the scheduling information can be used for indicating the resources. In this way, the access network device may send the scheduling information to the terminal device according to the transmission energy efficiency information provided by the terminal device, so that the terminal device may request the access network device to determine the allocated resource of the terminal device according to the transmission energy efficiency information required by the terminal device. For example, the transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal device may instruct the access network device to increase the proportion of the scheduled resource of the terminal device to the activated resource of the terminal device, thereby increasing the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device, saving the power consumption of the terminal device, improving the service quality of the user, including reducing the packet transmission delay and/or increasing the packet transmission rate.

The communication method provided by the embodiment of the application will be specifically described with reference to fig. 4 to 6.

Fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application. The communication method may be applied to the communication between the terminal device and the access network device shown in fig. 3.

As shown in fig. 4, the communication method may include the steps of:

s401, the access network equipment acquires the transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal equipment.

The above-mentioned transmission energy efficiency information may be used to determine the resources allocated to the terminal device.

In some possible embodiments, the above-mentioned transmission energy efficiency information may include one or more of the following: the desired resource scheduling ratio, the size of the resource that the terminal device desires to be scheduled, the size of the resource that the terminal device desires to be activated, the size of the resource that the terminal device desires to be configured, the desired transmission energy efficiency level of the terminal device, the desired service level of the terminal device, or the desired transmission energy efficiency adjustment amount of the terminal device. Wherein the desired resource scheduling ratio may be used to determine: the ratio of the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device to the size of the activated resource of the terminal device, or the ratio of the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device to the size of the configured resource of the terminal device.

The various types of transmission energy efficiency information described above are described below in connection with specific application scenarios.

One possible terminal device resource utilization is shown in table 2. Wherein the terminal device is configured with 2 carriers, including CC1 and CC2. Suppose CC1 configures 4 BWP's including: bwp1_1, bwp1_2, bwp1_3 and bwp1_4, and cc2 is configured with 2 BWPs, including: bwp2_1 and bwp2_2.

As can be seen from table 2, the resource size currently configured by the terminal device is 2 carriers (i.e., 273+133=406 RBs). Both carrier CC1 and carrier CC2 are activated, wherein BWP for carrier CC1 is BWP1_1 and BWP for carrier CC2 is BWP2_2, totaling 2 BWP for the activated resource size (i.e. 273+51=324 RBs). When the resource size of bwp1_1 to be scheduled is 51 RBs, the resource scheduling ratio of bwp1_1 is 18.6% (51/273), the resource scheduling ratio of bwp2_2 is 100% (51/51), and the total resource scheduling ratio of two carriers is 31.1% ((51+51)/(273+51)). The determination method of the resource scheduling ratio is as follows: the ratio of the size of the resource that the terminal device is scheduled to the size of the resource that the terminal device is activated.

TABLE 2

If the resource scheduling ratio expected by the terminal device is increased to 100%, the contents of the above various transmission energy efficiency information may be as follows:

The desired resource scheduling ratio may be: 100%;

the size of the resources that the terminal device expects to be scheduled may be: bwp1_1 is scheduled with a resource size of 273 RBs or the total resource size of scheduled is 324RBs;

the size of the resources that the terminal device expects to be activated may be: the size of the activated resource of CC1 is 51RB, or the activated BWP of CC1 is bwp1_4, or the total size of the activated resources is 102RBs;

the size of the resources that the terminal device expects to be configured may be: the configured resource size of CC1 is 51RB, or the configured total resource size is 102RBs;

the desired transmission energy efficiency level of the terminal device may be: a first stage;

the transmission energy efficiency adjustment amount expected by the terminal device may be: the transmission energy efficiency adjustment amount of CC1 is increased by 81.4%.

In this case, since the activated resource of the terminal device may be part or all of the resources configured by the terminal device, that is, the activated resource size is smaller than or equal to the configured resource size, in the above example, if the terminal device desires the configured resource size to be: the resource size of CC1 configured is 51RBs, the access network device may deactivate bwp1_1, bwp1_2, bwp1_3 of the terminal device such that only bwp1_4 (51 RBs) remains for the configured resources in CC1, or reconfigure the sizes of bwp1_1, bwp1_2, bwp1_3, and bwp1_4 of the terminal device such that the total configured resource size of bwp1_1, bwp1_2, bwp1_3, and bwp1_4 is less than or equal to 51RBs.

It can be appreciated that the specific form of the above-mentioned transmission energy efficiency information may be various, and the terminal device may request the access network device to change the allocated resources through the transmission energy efficiency information, so as to implement the change of the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device. Such changes may include: an increase in the resource scheduling ratio, or a decrease in the resource scheduling ratio, or a maintenance of the resource scheduling ratio.

Alternatively, the desired transmission energy efficiency level of the terminal device may correspond to a desired resource scheduling ratio.

Illustratively, referring to table 3 below, it is assumed that the transmission energy efficiency level includes three levels in total, namely, one level (high energy efficiency), two levels (medium energy efficiency), and three levels (low energy efficiency). Wherein, the expected resource scheduling ratio is greater than or equal to 0% (in this case, the terminal device can also be considered as having no suggested value for the transmission energy efficiency), and the corresponding transmission energy efficiency level is three levels; when the expected resource scheduling ratio is more than 50%, the corresponding transmission energy efficiency level is two levels; the expected resource scheduling ratio is greater than or equal to 80%, and the corresponding transmission energy efficiency level is one level.

TABLE 3 Table 3

It can be appreciated that from three levels to one level, the lower limit of the desired resource scheduling ratio increases stepwise, which means that the requirements of the terminal device on the resource scheduling ratio also increases stepwise. The three stages show that the terminal equipment has no requirement on the resource scheduling ratio, and the one stage shows that the requirement of the terminal equipment on the resource scheduling ratio is more than 80%.

The expected resource scheduling ratio corresponding to the low-level transmission energy efficiency level may be greater than or equal to the expected resource scheduling ratio corresponding to the high-level transmission energy efficiency level.

In addition, the high-level transmission energy efficiency level may be expressed in terms of guaranteed energy efficiency (guaranteed energy, GE), and the low-level transmission energy efficiency level may be expressed in terms of Non-guaranteed energy efficiency (Non-GE). For example, referring to table 3, the three-level transmission energy efficiency level may be expressed as a non-energy efficiency guarantee, and the one-level transmission energy efficiency level may be expressed as an energy efficiency guarantee.

Alternatively, the service level desired by the terminal device may correspond to a desired resource scheduling ratio.

For example, referring to table 4, the desired service level of the terminal device may correspond to different desired resource scheduling ratios. Wherein the service class is classified into two stages, a general user and a platinum user. The expected resource scheduling ratio corresponding to the common user is more than 0%, and the expected resource scheduling ratio corresponding to the platinum user is more than or equal to 80%.

TABLE 4 Table 4

Illustratively, referring to table 5 below, assume that the current resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device is 25%. If the expected resource scheduling ratio is 30%, the corresponding transmission energy efficiency adjustment amount is 20% (change rate) or 5% (change amount); if the expected resource scheduling ratio is 50%, the corresponding transmission energy efficiency adjustment amount is 100% (change rate) or 25% (change amount); if the expected resource scheduling ratio is 75%, the corresponding transmission energy efficiency adjustment amount is 200% (change rate) or 50% (change amount).

TABLE 5

In this way, by sending the resource scheduling ratio to the access network device, the terminal device may request the access network device to change the allocated resources, so that the access network device may modify the allocated resources of the terminal device according to the request of the terminal device, thereby improving the resource scheduling ratio. And, in addition to the resource scheduling ratio being able to be sent to the access network device, the allocated resources that the terminal device requests the access network device to change may further include: the method comprises the steps of scheduling resources, activating resources and configuring resources, so that a plurality of modes of requesting access network equipment by terminal equipment to determine the allocated resources according to the transmission energy efficiency information can be provided, the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal equipment is improved more flexibly, the power consumption of the terminal equipment is saved, the service quality of users is improved, the packet transmission delay is reduced, and/or the packet transmission rate is increased.

It should be noted that the above-described "desired (or reference or expected)" may be replaced with "target" or "Recommended". The above-described "resource size" may be replaced with "resource size", or with "number of resources", or with "resource length", or with "bandwidth". For example, taking the representation of resources in the long term evolution and new air interface of the third generation partnership project as an example, for frequency domain resources, the "resource size" may be represented as "the number of RBs", the transmission resources allocated to the terminal device may be represented as "the total number of RBs", the resources, e.g. the size of the bandwidth part, of the terminal device being activated may also be represented as "the size of active BWP".

It will be appreciated that the above desired resource scheduling ratio refers to the utilization of the resources that the terminal device desires to be allocated. Since the "resource scheduling ratio" and the "utilization of the allocated resources" can be replaced with each other, the above-described desired resource scheduling ratio can also be interpreted as the utilization of the desired allocated resources.

It will be appreciated that the above-described desired transmission energy efficiency level of the terminal device may be used to indicate the ratio of the data resources actually used by the terminal device to the allocated resources. For example, the ratio of the size of the resources scheduled by the terminal device to the size of the resources activated by the terminal device, or the ratio of the size of the resources scheduled by the terminal device to the size of the resources configured by the terminal device. The transmission energy efficiency level desired by the terminal device may also be expressed as a service level desired by the terminal device or a resource scheduling level desired by the terminal device. I.e. resource scheduling level, service level and transmission energy efficiency level, may be interchanged.

It will also be appreciated that, in connection with the simple introduction of the technical term "resource scheduling ratio" above, it is known that: if the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device is adjusted, the size of the resources actually used for transmitting data (scheduled resources) and/or the size of the activated resources and/or the size of the configured resources may be adjusted. For example, when it is desired to increase the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device, the scheduled resource size may be increased, and/or the activated resource size may be decreased, and/or the configured resource size may be decreased.

The access network device may determine the resources allocated to the terminal device according to the acquired transmission energy efficiency information, in other words, the access network device may determine the resources allocated to the terminal device according to the acquired transmission energy efficiency information. Alternatively, this may be achieved by:

in mode 1, when the transmission energy efficiency information is a desired resource scheduling ratio, the access network device may determine, according to the information, a size of one or more of a resource scheduled by the terminal device, an activated resource, and a configured resource, so that an actual resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device coincides with the desired resource scheduling ratio. Wherein, the coincidence herein can be understood as: the actual resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device may be greater than or equal to (or greater than) the desired resource scheduling ratio, or the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device may differ from the desired resource scheduling ratio by no more than a preset value (e.g., 5%), which is not limited by the embodiment of the present application.

In one aspect, the access network device may determine, according to the desired resource scheduling ratio, that a ratio of a scheduled resource size of the terminal device to an activated resource size of the terminal device is greater than or equal to (or greater than) the desired resource scheduling ratio.

Continuing with the example of table 2 above, in the application scenario shown in table 2, the current activated resource size of the terminal device is 324 RBs, the current scheduled resource size of the terminal device is 101 RBs, and the expected resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device is 100%. In order to achieve the above object, the access network device may increase the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device, or decrease the size of the activated resource of the terminal device, or both increase the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device and decrease the size of the activated resource of the terminal device, so that the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device is 100%.

For example, the access network device may determine: the terminal device bwp1_1 is scheduled with 273 RBs in size, in other words, the access network device may determine that the resource bwp1_1 scheduled to the terminal device has 273 RBs in size, so that the ratio of the scheduled resource size to the activated resource size is 100%. Alternatively, it may be determined that the terminal device is activated to have a resource size of 51 RBs, for example, bwp1_4 is activated.

For another example, when the technical scheme of the present application is not implemented, one possible resource utilization situation of the terminal device is shown in table 6. Wherein the terminal device is configured with 2 carriers, CC1 and CC2. Suppose CC1 configures 4 BWP's including: bwp1_1, bwp1_2, bwp1_3 and bwp1_4, and cc2 is configured with 2 BWPs, including: bwp2_1 and bwp2_2. Carrier CC1 of the terminal device is activated, carrier CC2 is not activated, BWP of carrier CC1 is BWP1_2, and the scheduled resource size of BWP1_2 is 30RBs. At this time, the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal is 30/96=31.2%. The determination method of the resource scheduling ratio is as follows: the ratio of the size of the resource that the terminal device is scheduled to the size of the resource that the terminal device is activated.

TABLE 6

If the expected resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device is greater than or equal to 50%, in order to achieve the above object in one aspect, the access network device may increase the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device, or decrease the size of the activated resource of the terminal device, or both increase the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device and decrease the size of the activated resource of the terminal device, so that the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device is greater than or equal to 50%.

Referring to table 6, for example, the access network device may determine: the terminal device may be scheduled with a resource size of greater than or equal to 48RBs at bwp1_1, or in other words, the access network device may determine that the size of the resource bwp1_1 scheduled to the terminal device is 48RBs such that the ratio of the scheduled resource size to the activated resource size is greater than or equal to 50%. Alternatively, BWP1_3 is activated and BWP1_3 has a size of 48RBs and the scheduled resource has a size of 30RBs, so that the resource scheduling ratio is greater than or equal to 50%. Alternatively, both bwp1_3 is activated such that the size of the resources activated by the terminal device is reduced to 48RBs, and the size of the resources scheduled by the terminal device is determined to be 40RBs such that the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device is greater than or equal to 50%.

On the other hand, the access network device may also determine, according to the desired resource scheduling ratio, that a ratio of a scheduled resource size of the terminal device to a configured resource size of the terminal device may be greater than or equal to the desired resource scheduling ratio.

For example, assume that the current resource of the terminal device is configured as shown in table 6, and the size of the scheduled resource is 30 RBs, at this time, the current resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device is 30/96=31.2% (the ratio of the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device to the size of the configured resource of the terminal device). If the expected resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device is 50%, in order to achieve the above object of another aspect, the access network device may increase the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device, or decrease the size of the configured resource of the terminal device, or both increase the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device and decrease the size of the configured resource of the terminal device, so that the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device is greater than or equal to 50%.

For example, the access network device may determine: the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal equipment is more than or equal to 48 RBs, so that the ratio of the size of the scheduled resource to the size of the configured resource is more than or equal to 50 percent. Correspondingly, the resource size of the terminal equipment configured is not more than 96 RBs or the resource size of the terminal equipment scheduled is not less than 48 RBs and the resource size of the terminal equipment configured is not more than 96 RBs can be determined.

If the resource configured by the terminal device is reduced to less than or equal to 96 RBs, the access network device may configure the bandwidth of CC1 to be less than or equal to 96 RBs, or configure the bandwidth of all BWP of CC1 to be less than 96 RBs, for example, adjust the size of bwop1_2 to be 95 RBs.

In mode 2, when the transmission energy efficiency information is the size of the resource that the terminal device desires to be scheduled, the access network device may determine the resource that the terminal device is scheduled according to the information. For example, the difference between the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device and the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device may be not more than a preset value (e.g. 4 RBs), or the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device is greater than or equal to (or greater than) the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

Specifically, the access network device may determine, according to the size of the resource that the terminal device desires to be scheduled, that the size of the resource that the terminal device is scheduled may be greater than or equal to (or greater than) the size of the resource that the terminal device desires to be scheduled.

Illustratively, if the terminal device desires to have a scheduled resource size of 24 RBs, the access network device may determine that the terminal device has a scheduled resource size of 24 RBs or, in other words, the access network device may determine that the resource size scheduled to the terminal device is 24 RBs or more.

Mode 3, when the transmission energy efficiency information is the size of the resource that the terminal device desires to be activated, the access network device may determine the resource that the terminal device is activated according to the information. For example, the size of the activated resource of the terminal device may differ from the size of the resource that the terminal device desires to be activated by not more than a preset value (e.g., 8 RBs), or the size of the activated resource of the terminal device may be less than or equal to (or less than) the size of the resource that the terminal device desires to be activated.

Specifically, the access network device may determine, according to the size of the resource that the terminal device desires to be activated, that the size of the resource that the terminal device is activated may be less than or equal to (or less than) the size of the resource that the terminal device desires to be activated.

For example, if the terminal device desires to have the activated resource size of 24 RBs, the access network device may determine that the terminal device has the activated resource size of 24 RBs or less, or in other words, the access network device may determine that the resource size activated to the terminal device is 24 RBs or less, e.g., the bandwidth of the activated carrier is 24 RBs or less, or the bandwidth of the activated BWP is 24 RBs or less.

In mode 4, when the transmission energy efficiency information is the size of the resource that the terminal device desires to be configured, the access network device may determine the resource that the terminal device is configured according to the information. For example, the resource size configured by the terminal device may differ from the resource size desired to be configured by the terminal device by not more than a preset value (such as 16 RBs), or the resource size configured by the terminal device may be less than or equal to (or less than) the resource size desired to be configured by the terminal device, which is not limited by the embodiment of the present application.

Specifically, the access network device may determine, according to the resource size that the terminal device desires to be configured, that the resource size that the terminal device is configured may be less than or equal to (or less than) the resource size that the terminal device desires to be configured.

Illustratively, if the terminal device desires to have a configured resource size of 24 RBs, the access network device may determine that the terminal device has a configured resource size of less than or equal to 24 RBs, or in other words, the access network device may determine that the resource size configured to the terminal device is less than or equal to 24 RBs.

It should be noted that, as time, service, operation environment (such as channel environment) and the like change, the size of the resources actually used for transmitting data required by the terminal device may also change, so that in the above modes 1 to 4, the terminal device may request the access network device to change the allocated resources, so that the allocated resources of the terminal device conform to the requirements of the terminal device, thereby increasing the proportion of the resources actually used for transmitting data to the allocated resources, increasing the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device, saving the power consumption of the terminal device, improving the service quality of the user, including reducing the packet transmission delay and/or increasing the packet transmission rate.

It should be understood that, as can be seen from the above modes 1 to 4, the access network device can determine the allocated resources of the terminal device within an optional range according to the transmission energy efficiency information. That is, the access network device may flexibly adjust the allocated resources of the terminal device in the optional range according to the current allocated resource situation of the terminal device and the remaining unallocated resource situation. Thus, the access network device can more flexibly adjust the allocated resources of the terminal device, thereby more flexibly improving the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device, saving the power consumption of the terminal device, improving the service quality of users, including reducing the packet transmission delay and/or increasing the packet transmission rate.

According to the above modes 1 to 4, it should be understood that the resources allocated to the terminal device determined by the above transmission energy efficiency information may include one or more of the following: the resources scheduled by the terminal device, the resources activated by the terminal device, or the resources configured by the terminal device.

In addition, as can be seen from the foregoing modes 1 to 4, the embodiment of the present application does not limit the types of resources, and thus, in some possible implementations, the resources may include one or more of the following: frequency domain resources, time domain resources, space domain resources, or code domain resources.

That is, the transmission energy efficiency information may be used to determine one or more of frequency domain resources, time domain resources, space domain resources, or code domain resources to which the terminal device is allocated. In other words, the access network device may determine, based on the transmission energy efficiency information, a plurality of allocated resources of the terminal device. Thus, various ways of the terminal equipment requesting the access network equipment to change the allocated resources can be provided, so that the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal equipment is improved more flexibly, the power consumption of the terminal equipment is saved, the service quality of the user is improved, and the packet transmission delay is reduced and/or the packet transmission rate is increased.

The frequency domain resource size may be represented by resource blocks, which are: frequency domain resource size count units in resource allocation. For example, one resource block may include a Resource Element (RE) of one subcarrier, or a resource block including a resource element of a plurality of (e.g., 12) subcarriers, or a resource block group (resource block group, RBG) including a plurality of resource blocks, or a physical RB pair. In addition, the frequency domain resource size may also be expressed in hertz, e.g., the frequency domain resource size may be L MHz (L is greater than 0), e.g., the activated resource size may be 50MHz, the scheduled resource size may be 20MHz, etc.

Further, when the access network device transmits energy efficiency information, the terminal device activates the number of resource blocks in the partial bandwidth. The size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device may be: the number of resource blocks in the portion of the bandwidth that the terminal device is activated or configured to use for transmitting the terminal device data channel. The resource size configured by the terminal device may be: the number of resource blocks in the partial bandwidth the terminal device is configured with.

It can be appreciated that, based on the specific definition of the respective resource sizes of the terminal device, the access network device may determine the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device according to the following formula:

R1＝N _scheduledRB /N _actRB ；

alternatively, the access network device may determine the resource scheduling ratio of the allocated frequency domain of the terminal device according to the following formula:

R1＝N _scheduledRB /N _configRB ；

wherein R1 is the resource scheduling ratio of the allocated frequency domain of the terminal equipment, N _scheduledRB N is the number of resource blocks used for transmitting the terminal device data channel in the activated or configured part of the bandwidth of the terminal device _actRB N is the number of resource blocks in the part of the bandwidth where the terminal device is activated _configRB In part of the bandwidth configured for a terminal deviceIs allocated to the number of resource blocks. Accordingly, the terminal device may also be based on the formula when generating the desired resource scheduling ratio.

In the carrier aggregation (carrier aggregation, CA) scenario, the activated resource size of the terminal device may be: the sum of the number of resource blocks in the portion of bandwidth that is activated in each aggregate activation carrier. The size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device may be: the sum of the number of resource blocks used for transmitting the terminal device data channel in the activated or configured portion of the bandwidth in each aggregated active carrier.

Further, when the access network device determines, according to the transmission energy efficiency information, the frequency domain resource and the spatial domain resource allocated to the terminal device, where the size of the activated resource of the terminal device may be a product of the number of activated resource blocks with partial bandwidth and the number of MIMO layers with partial bandwidth, that is: n (N) _actRB *N _actMIMO . Wherein N is _actRB May be the number of resource blocks in the activated partial bandwidth of the terminal device, i.e. the bandwidth value of the activated partial bandwidth, N _actMIMO The number of layers of the airspace corresponding to the partial bandwidth activated by the terminal device can be set. The number of layers of the airspace corresponding to the activated partial bandwidth of the terminal device may be: the maximum MIMO layer number where the partial bandwidth of the terminal device is activated or the maximum MIMO layer number where the partial bandwidth of the terminal device is configured.

The size of the resources configured by the terminal device may be a product of the number of resource blocks of the configured partial bandwidth and the number of MIMO layers of the configured partial bandwidth, that is: n (N) _configRB *N _configMIMO . Wherein N is _configRB The number of resource blocks in the partial bandwidth that can be configured for the terminal device, i.e. the bandwidth value of the partial bandwidth that is configured, N _configMIMO The number of layers of the airspace corresponding to the partial bandwidth configured for the terminal device may be the same. The number of layers of the airspace corresponding to the partial bandwidth configured by the terminal device may be: the maximum MIMO layer number for which the partial bandwidth of the terminal device is configured.

The size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device may be a product of the number of scheduled resource blocks and the number of scheduled MIMO layers, that is: n (N) _scheduledRB *N _{scheduledMIMO} . Wherein N is _scheduledRB The number, N, of resource blocks in the portion of the bandwidth that may be active for the terminal device to be used for transmitting the terminal device data channel _{scheduledMIMO} The number of layers of the airspace corresponding to the resource block used for transmitting the data channel of the terminal equipment in the activated part of the bandwidth of the terminal equipment, namely the number of MIMO layers adopted when the data channel of the terminal equipment is scheduled to be transmitted, can be used. When one data channel carries multiple transport blocks, N _{scheduledMIMO} May be the maximum of the MIMO layers corresponding to the multiple transport blocks on the data channel.

It can be appreciated that, based on the specific definition of the respective resource sizes of the terminal device, the access network device may determine the resource scheduling ratio of the allocated frequency domain resource and the space domain of the terminal device according to the following formula:

R2＝(N _scheduledRB *N _{scheduledMIMO} )/(N _actRB *N _actMIMO )；

alternatively, the access network device may determine the resource scheduling ratio of the frequency domain resource and the space domain allocated to the terminal device according to the following formula:

R2＝(N _scheduledRB *N _{scheduledMIMO} )/(N _configRB *N _configMIMO )；

wherein, R2 is the resource scheduling ratio of the allocated frequency domain resource and the space domain of the terminal equipment. Accordingly, the terminal device may also be based on the formula when generating the desired resource scheduling ratio.

If the concept of partial bandwidth is not introduced in the communication system, only the concept of carrier is introduced. The partial bandwidth may be replaced with a carrier. Namely: n (N) _scheduledRB N is the number of resource blocks used for transmitting terminal equipment data channels in the carriers in which the terminal equipment is activated or configured _actRB Carrier activated for terminal equipmentNumber of resource blocks in a wave, N _configRB The number of resource blocks in the carrier configured for the terminal device.

Further, when the access network device determines, according to the transmission energy efficiency information, the time domain resource allocated to the terminal device, the size of the activated resource of the terminal device may be: the duration of the data channel open in the DRX cycle of the terminal device. Illustratively, referring to fig. 2, the duration of the data channel opening in the drx cycle is the duration of the active period and the total duration of the inactivity timer.

The size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device may be: a transmission duration for data transmission in the DRX cycle of the terminal device. For example, referring to fig. 2, the transmission duration for data transmission in the drx cycle is a total duration during transmission of the PDSCH and/or during transmission of the PUSCH, and a duration of the PDCCH corresponding to the PDSCH and/or the PUSCH.

R3＝t2/t1；

wherein, R3 is the resource scheduling ratio of the allocated time domain of the terminal device, t1 is the duration of the open data channel in the DRX cycle of the terminal device, and t2 is the transmission duration for data transmission in the DRX cycle of the terminal device. Accordingly, the terminal device may also be based on the formula when generating the desired resource scheduling ratio.

It will be appreciated that the resource scheduling ratio may be determined based on a time to determine the size of the resources that the terminal device is activated and the size of the resources that are scheduled. For example, the duration for data transmission in the DRX cycle of the terminal device may be: the sum of the duration of the data transmission in one or more DRX cycles of the terminal device. The open duration of the data transmission channel in the DRX cycle of the terminal device may be: the sum of the durations of the open data channels configured in one or more DRX cycles of the terminal device. The certain time may be predetermined in advance by a certain rule, for example, a period of several seconds or several DRX cycles may be predetermined in advance, or may be determined by the access network device, or the terminal device, or the core network device, and then sent to other devices, so as to increase flexibility.

Further, when the access network device determines, according to the transmission energy efficiency information, the resource allocated to the terminal device, the size of the resource activated by the terminal device may also be: total amount of control channel monitoring period in DRX cycle of terminal device. Illustratively, referring to fig. 2, the total amount of monitoring periods is the total number of PDCCH monitoring periods within an active period. Here, the monitoring period may be a monitoring time for the terminal device to monitor a control channel (e.g., PDCCH) to obtain control signaling.

The size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device may also be: the number of monitoring periods of the effective control channel is detected in the DRX cycle of the terminal device. Illustratively, referring to fig. 2, the number of monitoring periods in which an active control channel is detected may be: the total number of monitoring periods of valid PDCCH is detected. Wherein, the control channel may be: physical downlink control channel. The effective control channel may be: and carrying a channel of control signaling sent to the terminal equipment. The control signaling sent to the terminal device may be: dedicated signaling sent to the above-mentioned terminal devices, and/or broadcast signaling or multicast signaling sent to all groups of terminal devices.

R4＝N _MO1 /N _MO2 ；

wherein R4 is the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal equipment, N _MO1 For detecting the number of monitoring periods of an effective control channel in a DRX period of a terminal device, N _MO2 The total amount of control channel monitoring period in the DRX cycle of the terminal device. Accordingly, the terminal device may also be based on the formula when generating the desired resource scheduling ratio.

It will be appreciated that the resource scheduling ratio may be determined based on a time to determine the size of the resources that the terminal device is activated and the size of the resources that are scheduled. For example, the total amount of control channel monitoring periods in the DRX cycle of the terminal device may be: the total amount of control channel monitoring period for data transmission in one or more DRX cycles of the terminal device. The number of monitoring periods in which an effective control channel is detected in the DRX cycle of the terminal device may be: the number of monitoring periods of the active control channel is detected in one or more DRX cycles of the terminal device. The certain time may be predetermined in advance by a certain rule, for example, a period of several seconds or several DRX cycles may be predetermined in advance, or may be determined by the access network device, or the terminal device, or the core network device, and then sent to other devices, so as to increase flexibility.

In addition, since the number of monitoring periods in which the effective control channel is not detected in the DRX cycle of the terminal device is: the total amount of control channel monitoring periods in the discontinuous reception period of the terminal device minus the number of monitoring periods in which an effective control channel is detected, and therefore, the activated resource size of the terminal device may also be: the number of monitoring periods of the active control channel is not detected in the DRX cycle of the terminal device. Illustratively, referring to fig. 2, the number of monitoring periods in which no active control channel is detected is: the terminal device does not monitor the total number of monitoring periods of the valid PDCCH.

Here, the valid PDCCH may refer to a channel carrying control signaling transmitted to a terminal device. The control signaling sent to the terminal device may be: dedicated signaling sent to the terminal device, and/or broadcast signaling or multicast signaling sent to all or a group of terminal devices. If the effective PDCCH includes a PDCCH carrying dedicated signaling sent to the terminal device, the influence of receiving broadcast or multicast messages on the scheduling of the terminal device may not be considered, so that R4 can more accurately reflect the unique resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device. If the effective PDCCH includes a PDCCH carrying dedicated signaling sent to the terminal device and a PDCCH carrying multicast/broadcast signaling sent to the terminal device, R4 may reflect the overall resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device. In practical application, the effective PDCCH can be flexibly selected as a channel for bearing which control signaling according to practical conditions.

The monitoring period may be a monitoring period of the terminal device in a private search space, and does not include a monitoring period of a public search space. In some application scenarios, the monitoring period described above may also include a monitoring period of a common search space. In practical application, whether the monitoring period comprises the monitoring period of the public search space can be flexibly determined according to practical situations.

If the valid PDCCH includes a PDCCH carrying dedicated signalling to the terminal device, then preferably the monitoring period does not include a monitoring period of the common search space. If the effective PDCCH includes a PDCCH carrying dedicated signaling to the terminal device and a PDCCH carrying multicast/broadcast signaling to the terminal device, then preferably, the monitoring period includes a monitoring period of a dedicated search space and a monitoring period of a common search space. In this way, R4 can more accurately characterize the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device.

Further, when the access network device determines, according to the transmission energy efficiency information, the resource allocated to the terminal device, the size of the resource activated by the terminal device may be: and the opening time of the data channel in the connection state of the terminal equipment. The size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device may be: and the transmission duration for data transmission in the connection state of the terminal equipment.

R5＝t3/t4；

wherein, R5 is a resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device, t4 is a time length of opening a data channel in a connection state of the terminal device, and t3 is a transmission time length for data transmission in the connection state of the terminal device. Accordingly, the terminal device may also be based on the formula when generating the desired resource scheduling ratio.

Further, when the access network device determines, according to the transmission energy efficiency information, the resource allocated to the terminal device, the size of the resource activated by the terminal device may be: the total amount of control channel monitoring periods in the connection state of the terminal device, or the number of monitoring periods in which no effective control channel is detected in the connection state of the terminal device. The size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device may be: the number of monitoring periods of the active control channel is detected in the connection state of the terminal device.

R6＝N _MO3 /N _MO4 ；

wherein R6 is the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal equipment, N _MO4 The method comprises the following steps: the total amount of control channel monitoring periods in the connection state of the terminal device, or the number of monitoring periods in which no effective control channel is detected in the connection state of the terminal device. N (N) _MO3 The method comprises the following steps: the number of monitoring periods of the active control channel is detected in the connection state of the terminal device. Accordingly, the terminal device may also be based on the formula when generating the desired resource scheduling ratio.

Further, when the access network device determines, according to the transmission energy efficiency information, the resource allocated to the terminal device, the size of the resource activated by the terminal device may also be: the sum of the number of time-frequency resources activated by the terminal device during the first time period. Wherein the sum of the number of time-frequency resources activated by the terminal device in the first time period isn is the number of changes of the activated frequency domain resource in the first time period, T _ai Activation time for frequency domain resource activated after ith change, N _actRB,i The frequency domain resource size that is activated after the ith change.

In addition, if the size of the activated BWP is not changed in the first period, the number of activated time-frequency resources may be: the product of the size of the activated frequency domain resource and the length of the activated time domain resource. The size of the activated frequency domain resource is: the size of the activated BWP of the terminal device, and the length of the activated time domain resource is: the DRX period of the terminal equipment is configured as the open time length of the data channel.

The size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device may also be: the sum of the number of time-frequency resources scheduled by the terminal device in the first time period. Wherein the sum of the number of time-frequency resources scheduled by the terminal device in the first time period isn is the number of changes of the scheduled frequency domain resource in the first time period, T _si For the activation time of the scheduled frequency domain resource after the ith change, N _{scheduledRB,i} The size of the frequency domain resource scheduled after the ith change.

In addition, if the size of the scheduled frequency domain resource is unchanged in the first period, the number of scheduled time-frequency resources may be: the size of the scheduled frequency domain resource is the product of the length of the time domain resource corresponding to the scheduled frequency domain resource. The size of the scheduled frequency domain resource is: the number of the scheduled RBs of the terminal equipment, and the length of the scheduled time domain resources is as follows: the transmission duration for data transmission in the DRX cycle of the terminal device.

The time-frequency resource may refer to a time-frequency resource of any size, for example, 1 symbol in the time domain, or one subcarrier in the frequency domain, or one resource element RE of one symbol in the time domain, or 1 slot in the time domain, or one resource block RB of 12 subcarriers in the frequency domain, or 1 slot in the time domain, or a physical resource block of 12 subcarriers in the frequency domain.

R7＝k1/k2；

wherein, R7 is the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal equipment, and k2 is: the number of time-frequency resources that the terminal device is activated in the first time period. k1 is: the number of time-frequency resources scheduled by the terminal device in the first time period. Accordingly, the terminal device may also be based on the formula when generating the desired resource scheduling ratio.

It should be noted that, the first period of time may be agreed in advance by a certain rule, for example, a period of several seconds or several DRX cycles may be agreed in advance, or may be determined by the access network device, or the terminal device, or the core network device, and then sent to other devices, so as to increase flexibility.

Further, when the access network device determines, according to the transmission energy efficiency information, the resource allocated to the terminal device, the size of the resource activated by the terminal device may also be: the number of time-frequency space resources activated by the terminal device during the second time period. The number of activated time-frequency space resources may be: the number of activated time-frequency resources is the product of the number of MIMO layers corresponding to the activated time-frequency resources.

The size of the scheduled resource of the terminal device may also be: the number of time-frequency space resources scheduled by the terminal device in the second time period. The number of scheduled time-frequency space resources may be: the number of scheduled time-frequency resources is the product of the number of MIMO layers corresponding to the scheduled time-frequency resources.

R8＝k3/k4；

wherein, R8 is the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal equipment, and k4 is: the number of time-frequency space resources activated by the terminal device during the second time period. K3 is: the number of time-frequency space resources scheduled by the terminal device in the second time period. Accordingly, the terminal device may also be based on the formula when generating the desired resource scheduling ratio.

Similarly, the second period of time may be predefined by a certain rule, for example, a few seconds or a few DRX cycles are predefined, or may be determined by the access network device, the terminal device, or the core network device and then sent to other devices, so as to increase flexibility.

In some possible embodiments, the above transmission energy efficiency information may further include an expected power consumption data amount ratio, and the power consumption corresponding to the expected power consumption data amount ratio may be less than or equal to the power consumption corresponding to the resource currently allocated by the terminal device. The expected power consumption data volume ratio is the ratio of the data transmission consumption power consumption of the terminal equipment to the data transmission volume.

For example, referring to table 7, assume that a plurality of correspondence relationships between power consumption data volume ratios and configuration sets are preset in the access network device. The configuration set is the configuration condition of the resources allocated to the terminal equipment, and the power consumption of the terminal equipment corresponding to the configuration set is smaller than or equal to the power consumption data volume ratio corresponding to the configuration set. For example, if the expected power consumption data size ratio obtained by the access network device is 5 joule per bit (J/b), the access network device may determine, according to the corresponding configuration set C1, the allocated resource of the terminal device.

TABLE 7

Power consumption data volume ratio (unit: J/b)	Configuration set
5	C1
2.5	C2
1.5	C3

It should be understood that the terminal device may also send the desired power consumption data volume ratio to the access network device, and the access network device may allocate resources to the terminal device according to the information, so that the power consumption corresponding to the allocated resources of the terminal device matches the desired power consumption data volume ratio. In this way, a manner in which the terminal device requests the access network device to change the allocated resources may be further provided, so that the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device is more flexibly improved, the power consumption of the terminal device is saved, the service quality of the user is improved, including reducing the packet transmission delay and/or increasing the packet transmission rate.

Note that, the above table 7 is only an example, and the preset correspondence relationship in the access network device in practical application is not limited to the case of the above table 7.

Alternatively, the desired transmission energy efficiency level of the terminal device may correspond to a desired power consumption data volume ratio.

Illustratively, referring to table 8 below, it is assumed that the transmission energy efficiency level includes three levels, namely, one level, two levels, and three levels. Wherein, when the expected power consumption data volume ratio is more than 1J/b and less than or equal to 2J/b, the corresponding transmission energy efficiency level is one level; when the expected power consumption data volume ratio is more than 2J/b and less than or equal to 4J/b, the corresponding transmission energy efficiency level is two-level; when the expected power consumption data amount ratio is greater than 4J/b and less than or equal to 5J/b, the corresponding transmission energy efficiency level is three-level.

TABLE 8

Desired power consumption data volume ratio (Y, unit: J/b)	Transmission energy efficiency adjustment
1＜Y≤2	First level
2＜Y≤4	Second-level
4＜Y≤5	Three stages

Alternatively, the transmission energy efficiency adjustment amount expected by the terminal device may be: the rate of change or amount of change of the desired power consumption data amount ratio relative to the current power consumption data amount ratio of the terminal device.

Illustratively, referring to Table 9 below, assume that the terminal device current power consumption data amount ratio is 2J/b. If the expected power consumption data volume ratio is 2.5J/b, the corresponding transmission energy efficiency adjustment volume is 10% (change rate) or 0.5 (change volume); if the expected power consumption data volume ratio is 3J/b, the corresponding transmission energy efficiency adjustment volume is 50% (change rate) or 1 (change volume); if the expected power consumption data amount ratio is 4J/b, the corresponding transmission energy efficiency adjustment amount is 100% (change rate) or 2 (change amount).

TABLE 9

In some possible embodiments, the above-mentioned transmission energy efficiency information may include one or more of the following: the method comprises the steps of transmitting energy efficiency information of uplink data, transmitting energy efficiency information of downlink data, transmitting energy efficiency information of service, transmitting energy efficiency information of carrier waves, transmitting energy efficiency information of frequency bands, transmitting energy efficiency information of frequency band combination, transmitting energy efficiency information of Frequency Range (FR), transmitting energy efficiency information of terminal equipment type, transmitting energy efficiency information of application, transmitting energy efficiency information of access network, transmitting energy efficiency information of users, or transmitting energy efficiency information of appointed time periods and transmitting energy efficiency information of appointed states.

The transmission energy efficiency information of the uplink data may include transmission energy efficiency information of a PUSCH channel.

The transmission energy efficiency information of the downlink data may include one or more of the following: transmission energy efficiency information of PDSCH, transmission energy efficiency information of dedicated downlink shared channel (e.g., transmission energy efficiency information of C-RNTI-scrambled PDSCH, transmission energy efficiency information of CS-RNTI-scrambled PDSCH, transmission energy efficiency information of MCS-C-RNTI-scrambled PDSCH).

The traffic transmission energy efficiency information may include one or more of the following: the method comprises the steps of transmitting energy efficiency information of voice service, transmitting energy efficiency information of video, transmitting energy efficiency of game service, transmitting energy efficiency information of webpage data and the like. That is, different services may correspond to different transmission energy efficiency information (or referred to as service class), for example, on the basis of table 1, transmission energy efficiency information (energy type) may be added to 5QI adopted by 5G, so as to indicate transmission energy efficiency information corresponding to different services. Assuming that the transmission energy efficiency information includes two levels, respectively: the guaranteed energy efficiency and the non-guaranteed energy efficiency are corrected to 5QI as shown in table 10. Wherein, the guaranteed energy efficiency corresponds to high energy efficiency, and the non-guaranteed energy efficiency corresponds to no transmission energy efficiency requirement (i.e. low energy efficiency).

Referring to table 10, taking service as real-time voice as an example, the value of 5QI is 1, indicating that the service satisfies at the time of transmission: the resource type is GBR, the default priority value is 20, the packet delay allowance is 100ms, the packet error rate is 10-2, the default maximum burst packet size is not applicable, the default average window is 2000ms, and the transmission energy efficiency information is GE. The transmission energy efficiency information of the application may include one or more of the following: transmission energy efficiency information for video applications (e.g., tremble), transmission energy efficiency information for communication chat applications (e.g., wechat), or transmission energy efficiency information for navigation applications (e.g., goldmap), etc.

Table 10

The transmission energy efficiency information of the carrier wave may include: transmission energy efficiency information (per carrier) of each carrier, such as transmission energy efficiency information of carrier 1 and transmission energy efficiency information of carrier 2.

The transmission energy efficiency information of the frequency band may include: transmission energy efficiency information (per band) of each band, such as transmission energy efficiency information of band (band) 1 or transmission energy efficiency information of band 40.

The transmission energy efficiency information of the Frequency Range (FR) may include: transmission energy efficiency information (per FR) of each frequency range, such as transmission energy efficiency information of FR1, transmission energy efficiency information of FR2, or transmission energy efficiency information of FR 3.

The transmission energy efficiency information of the band combination may include: transmission energy efficiency information for each band combination (per band combination), or transmission energy efficiency information for each band of each band combination (per band per band combination). Such as the transmission energy efficiency information of the band combination 1, or the transmission energy efficiency information of the band combination 2, or the transmission energy efficiency of the band 1 of the band combination 1, or the transmission energy efficiency of the band 2 of the band combination 1.

The transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal device type may include one or more of the following: transmission energy efficiency information of a wireless broadband access terminal (mobile broad band, MBB), transmission energy efficiency information of a low-latency high-reliability (ultra reliable low latency communication, URLLC) terminal, transmission energy efficiency information of a mass internet of things terminal, transmission energy efficiency information of a vehicle-mounted terminal, transmission energy efficiency information of an AR/VR type terminal, or transmission energy efficiency information of a low-capability terminal (REDuced CAPability, REDCAP), and the like.

The transmission energy efficiency information of the access network may include one or more of the following: transmission energy efficiency information of the 2G system, transmission energy efficiency information of the 3G system, transmission energy efficiency information of the LTE system, transmission energy efficiency information of the NR system, transmission energy efficiency of the 6G system, and the like.

The user's transmission energy efficiency information may include one or more of the following: the transmission energy efficiency information of the high-end user, or the transmission energy efficiency information of the medium-end user, or the transmission energy efficiency information of the low-end user.

The transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal device may be energy efficiency information (per UE) applicable to all cases of the terminal device.

The transmission energy efficiency information specifying the status may include one or more of the following: the terminal is in the transmission energy efficiency information of overheat state or the transmission energy efficiency information when the terminal electric quantity is low, the terminal is in the transmission energy efficiency of IDLE (IDLE) state, the terminal is in the transmission energy efficiency of INACTIVE (INACTIVE) state, and the terminal is in the transmission energy efficiency of CONNECTED (CONNECTED) state.

When the terminal device sends the transmission energy efficiency information of the uplink data to the access network device, the access network device may allocate resources for the uplink data of the terminal device according to the uplink data transmission energy efficiency. It will be appreciated that other types of transmission energy efficiency information may be correspondingly referred to the description and will not be repeated herein.

It should be understood that, when the access network device receives the above various transmission energy efficiency information, the allocated resources may be determined for uplink data, downlink data, services, carriers, frequency bands, frequency band combinations, frequency ranges, applications, terminal types, access networks, or specified time periods of the terminal device, respectively. And, the access network device may also allocate resources for different types of terminal devices. Thus, various ways of the terminal equipment requesting the access network equipment to change the allocated resources can be provided, so that the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal equipment is improved more flexibly, the power consumption of the terminal equipment is saved, the service quality of the user is improved, and the packet transmission delay is reduced and/or the packet transmission rate is increased.

It should be noted that the above description of various types of transmission energy efficiency information is only a possible example, and the specific types of transmission energy efficiency information in practical applications are not limited to the above description.

In some possible embodiments, the above-mentioned transmission energy efficiency information may be included in one or more of the following: qoS parameter information, PDU Session (PDU Session) related signaling, terminal assistance information, non-access stratum signaling, user subscription information, UE capability information, RRC layer information, media access layer information, or physical layer signaling.

For example, as shown in table 10, the above-described transmission energy efficiency requirement may be included in the parameter corresponding to 5QI or QCI (QoS class identifier) indicating QoS parameter information.

Note that the terminal device may execute S501 described below in accordance with circumstances. For example, in the PDU Session establishment procedure, the terminal device may perform S501 described below, and the transmission energy efficiency information may be transmitted to the access network device and/or the core network device along with the 5QI value in the PDU Session establishment information. Thus, when the access network allocates the resources for the terminal equipment, the access network can allocate the resources for the terminal equipment according to the energy efficiency information, and the service quality of the terminal equipment is ensured. For another example, the terminal device may execute S501 when overheating occurs, where the terminal device sends the transmission energy efficiency information through the terminal auxiliary information, and requests the access network device to increase the resource scheduling ratio, thereby reducing the energy consumption of the terminal device.

The "resources allocated to the terminal device" described above may be replaced with "resources allocated to the terminal device". In other words, the above-described transmission energy efficiency information may also be used to determine the resources allocated to the terminal device.

In some possible embodiments, the method for acquiring the transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal device may include: and acquiring the transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal equipment from the terminal equipment or the core network equipment. The manner in which the transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal device is acquired from the terminal device or the core network device may refer to S501 and S601 described below, which are not described herein.

It should be understood that, by acquiring the transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal device from the terminal device or the core network device, even if the access network device does not parse the information but forwards the information to the core network device when receiving the transmission energy efficiency information from the terminal device, or if the access network device does not receive the transmission energy efficiency information from the terminal device, the information can be resent to the access network device by the core network device, so that the access network device can effectively acquire the transmission energy efficiency information.

S402, the access network equipment sends scheduling information to the terminal equipment, and the terminal equipment receives the scheduling information from the access network equipment.

The access network device can send the scheduling information to the terminal device through an air interface between the access network device and the terminal device, and it can be understood that the interaction mode between the access network device and the terminal device is not limited.

It may be appreciated that the access network device may also determine the scheduling information according to the transmission energy efficiency information before sending the scheduling information to the terminal device. The method for determining the scheduling information according to the transmission energy efficiency information may refer to S502, which is not described herein.

Based on the method shown in fig. 4, the access network device may send scheduling information to the terminal device according to the transmission energy efficiency information provided by the terminal device. In this way, the terminal device may request the access network device to determine the allocated resources according to the transmission energy efficiency information, so as to increase the proportion of the resources actually used for transmitting data to the allocated resources, thereby increasing the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device, saving the power consumption of the terminal device, improving the service quality of the user, including reducing the packet transmission delay and/or increasing the packet transmission rate.

The method shown in fig. 4 above introduces that the access network device may send scheduling information to the terminal device according to the transmission energy efficiency information provided by the terminal device. The specific implementation manner of the access network device to acquire the transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal device is described in detail below with reference to fig. 5 and 6.

Fig. 5 is a second schematic flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application. The communication method may be applied to the communication between the terminal device and the access network device shown in fig. 3. As shown in fig. 5, the communication method may include the steps of:

s501, the terminal equipment sends the transmission energy efficiency information to the access network equipment, and the access network equipment receives the transmission energy efficiency information from the terminal equipment.

For example, the access network device may receive the transmission energy efficiency information from the terminal device through an air interface transmission with the terminal device.

Wherein the transmission energy efficiency information may be contained in one or more of: qoS parameter information, PDU Session (PDU Session) related signaling, terminal assistance information, non-access stratum signaling, user subscription information, UE capability information, RRC layer information, media access layer information, or physical layer signaling.

In this way, the access network device may obtain the transmission energy efficiency information from one or more of: qoS parameter information, signaling included in a PDU session, terminal assistance information, non-access stratum signaling, user subscription information, UE capability information, RRC layer information, media access layer information, or physical layer signaling.

For example, as shown in table 10, the QoS parameters of the terminal device include transmission energy efficiency information, the QoS parameters are indexed by 5QI or QCI, and the terminal device indicates the transmission energy efficiency information by 5QI or QCI when the PDU session is established. For another example, the terminal device sends the transmission energy efficiency information in the UE capability information when accessing the network. For another example, the terminal device may transmit the transmission energy efficiency information in the UE auxiliary information when power saving is required, for example, when the terminal device is in an overheated state. For another example, when the terminal device needs to save power, the energy efficiency information is transmitted through the physical layer signaling so that the transmission energy efficiency information can be quickly acquired by the access network device, and thus the energy efficiency information can be quickly validated.

It can be understood that the data transmission modes between the access network device and the terminal device, and between the access network device and the core network device are not limited.

In some possible embodiments, the terminal device may also determine the transmission energy efficiency information before sending the transmission energy efficiency information to the access network device.

The method for determining the energy efficiency information by the terminal equipment can include: the transmission energy efficiency information is determined according to one or more of a type of the terminal device, an operation state of the terminal device, user subscription information of the terminal device, a service of the terminal device, an access network type, a service applicable to the terminal user, a carrier of transmission, a frequency band combination of transmission, a frequency range of transmission, and a link type of transmission (including downlink, uplink or side link).

The types of the terminal devices may include one or more of the following: wireless broadband access terminals, low latency high reliability terminals, mass internet of things terminals, vehicle terminals, or low capability terminals, etc. For example, when the terminal device is a mass internet of things terminal or a low-capability terminal, determining that the transmission energy efficiency level expected by the terminal device is one level; when the terminal equipment is a vehicle-mounted terminal and a low-delay high-reliability terminal, determining that the expected transmission energy efficiency level of the terminal equipment is three-level.

The operation state of the terminal device may include one or more of the following: residual charge, battery temperature, or power status (e.g., whether external power source, whether battery powered). For example, if the remaining power of the terminal device is less than 20%, determining that the desired transmission energy efficiency level of the terminal device is one level; if the residual electric quantity of the terminal equipment is greater than 80%, determining that the expected transmission energy efficiency level of the terminal equipment is three-level. Or if the battery temperature of the terminal equipment is higher than 60 ℃, determining that the expected transmission energy efficiency level of the terminal equipment is one level; and if the battery temperature of the terminal equipment is less than 30 ℃, determining that the expected transmission energy efficiency level of the terminal equipment is three-level. Or if the power supply state of the terminal equipment is an external power supply, determining that the expected transmission energy efficiency level of the terminal equipment is three-level; if the power supply state of the terminal equipment is battery power supply, determining that the expected transmission energy efficiency level of the terminal equipment is one level.

The operation state of the terminal device may further include one or more of the following: idle state, inactive state, connected state. For example, if the terminal device is in a connected state, it is determined that the transmission energy efficiency level desired by the terminal device is energy efficient (i.e., the transmission energy efficiency is energy efficient). If the terminal device is in an inactive state, determining that the transmission energy efficiency level expected by the terminal device is low energy efficiency (i.e. the transmission energy efficiency is not limited).

The user subscription information of the terminal device may be a package used by the user. Illustratively, referring to Table 11 below, assume that the packages used by the user include a total of three packages, A, B and C, respectively. When the package used by the user is A, the terminal equipment determines that the expected resource scheduling ratio can be any value; when the package used by the user is B, the terminal equipment determines that the expected resource scheduling ratio is greater than or equal to 50%; when the package used by the user is C, the terminal device determines that the desired resource scheduling ratio is 75% or more.

TABLE 11

Package for user	Desired resource scheduling ratio
A	Is not limited by

B	Greater than or equal to 50%
C	Greater than or equal to 75%

The service of the terminal device may include one or more of the following: voice traffic, video traffic, or game traffic, etc., the traffic type may be indicated with 5QI (applicable to 5G systems) or QCI (applicable to 4G systems), where traffic with the same 5QI or QCI may be categorized as one type of traffic. The terminal device may determine the transmission energy efficiency information according to the service of the terminal device. For example, the terminal device may determine that the service with the higher priority has a higher transmission energy efficiency, and that the service with the lower priority has a lower transmission energy efficiency. For another example, the terminal device may determine that the voice service has a higher transmission energy efficiency and determine that the game service has a lower transmission energy efficiency. The terminal device may also determine the transmission energy efficiency information according to the PDU session established, for example, the services of the same PDU session have the same transmission energy efficiency information.

The access network types may include one or more of the following: a 3G network, a 4G network, a 5G network, or a 6G network. Illustratively, when the access network type is a 3G network, then the desired scheduling ratio is determined to be 50%; when the access network type is a 4G network, determining that the expected scheduling ratio is 80%; when the access network type is a 5G network, then the desired scheduling ratio is determined to be 90%.

The services applicable to the end user may include one or more of the following: navigation applications, weChat applications, or video applications, etc. Illustratively, when the service applicable to the end user is a navigation application, determining that the transmission energy efficiency level desired by the end device is energy efficient (i.e., the transmission energy efficiency is energy efficient); the desired transmission energy efficiency level of the terminal device is determined to be energy inefficient (i.e., the transmission energy efficiency is not limited).

The terminal device may also determine the transmission energy efficiency information based on one or more of the currently configured carriers, frequency bands, frequency band combinations, frequency ranges. For example, if the currently configured carrier is a single carrier, it is determined that the transmission energy efficiency level expected by the terminal device is low energy efficiency (i.e., the transmission energy efficiency is not limited), and if the currently configured carrier is a multi-carrier, it is determined that the transmission energy efficiency level expected by the terminal device is high energy efficiency (i.e., the transmission energy efficiency is high energy efficiency). For another example, it is determined that the transmission energy efficiency level expected by the terminal device corresponding to the carrier in the frequency range 1 is low energy efficiency, or it is determined that the transmission energy efficiency level expected by the terminal device corresponding to the frequency range 2 is high energy efficiency.

The terminal device may also determine the transmission energy efficiency based on the type of transmission link. For example, the expected resource scheduling ratio of the downlink is determined to be 100%, or the expected resource scheduling ratio of the uplink is determined to be 50%.

Further, the terminal device may also determine the desired scheduling ratio according to the current resource scheduling ratio. For example, the terminal device may count a first average value of the activated resource sizes and a second average value of the scheduled resource sizes within 5 minutes, then determine a ratio of the first average value to the second average value as a current resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device, and finally determine the desired resource scheduling ratio based on the current resource scheduling ratio and reference information (type of the terminal device, operation state of the terminal device, user subscription information of the terminal device, service of the terminal device, etc.). That is, the terminal device may determine the desired resource scheduling ratio by counting an average value of the allocated resource sizes within the period of time when generating the transmission energy efficiency information.

Accordingly, the above-mentioned statistical time period may be determined by a predefined rule or by a negotiation manner between the terminal device, the access network device and the core network device.

S502, the access network equipment determines scheduling information according to the transmission energy efficiency information.

Wherein the scheduling information may be used to indicate resources allocated to the terminal device. Including one or more of scheduled resources, activated resources, and configured resources. The resources include one or more of frequency domain resources, time domain resources, space domain resources, or code domain resources. The transmission energy efficiency information may be used to determine one or more of frequency domain resources, time domain resources, space domain resources, or code domain resources to which the terminal device is allocated. In other words, the access network device may determine, based on the transmission energy efficiency information, a plurality of allocated resources of the terminal device. Thus, various ways of the terminal equipment requesting the access network equipment to change the allocated resources can be provided, so that the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal equipment is improved more flexibly, the power consumption of the terminal equipment is saved, the service quality of the user is improved, and the packet transmission delay is reduced and/or the packet transmission rate is increased.

The scheduling information may be various signaling by the access network device in allocating resources to the terminal device and may be used to indicate the resources determined by the transmission energy efficiency information. Such as downlink control signaling or uplink control signaling carried in the PDCCH.

The access network equipment determines scheduling information according to the transmission energy efficiency information, wherein one specific implementation method comprises the following steps: the access network device determines at least one of a scheduled resource size, an activated resource size and a configured resource size of the terminal device according to the transmission energy efficiency information. For a specific implementation method, reference may be made to various methods included in "determining resources allocated to the terminal device according to the transmission energy efficiency information" in S401.

For example, with continued reference to table 6, taking the resource as the frequency domain resource as an example, if the expected resource scheduling ratio is 50% and the current resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device is 31%, in order to make the resource scheduling ratio of the terminal device be equal to or greater than the expected resource scheduling ratio, the access network device may determine that the resource size of the terminal device to be scheduled is 48 RBs, and generate corresponding scheduling information, where the scheduling information is the frequency domain resource size of the data channel. As another example, the resource is a space domain resource, and the transmission energy efficiency information is a resource size that is expected to be activated. If the size of the resource desired to be activated is 2 (i.e., the number of MIMO layers desired to be activated is 2), and the size of the resource currently activated by the terminal device is 4 (i.e., the number of MIMO layers currently activated is 4), the access network device may determine that the size of the resource to be activated is 2, i.e., the number of layers of the current BWP is 2, and generate corresponding scheduling information, which is the number of MIMO layers configured to the BWP.

As another example, the resource is a time domain resource. If the expected resource scheduling ratio is 50%, that is, the expected time domain resource scheduling ratio is 50%, and the current time domain resource scheduling ratio of the resource is 25%, the access network device may adjust the DRX parameter according to the above formula r3=t2/t 1, for example, reduce the duration of on duration Timer, reduce the duration of the Inactivity Timer, and increase the DRX cycle length, thereby implementing that the time domain resource scheduling ratio is greater than or equal to 50%, and generating corresponding scheduling information, where the scheduling information is a configuration parameter of DRX.

S503, the access network device sends the scheduling information to the terminal device, and the terminal device receives the scheduling information from the access network device.

In some possible embodiments, the access network device may also obtain the transmission energy efficiency information through the core network device. Specifically, please refer to fig. 6. The communication method may be applied to the communication between the terminal device, the access network device and the core network device shown in fig. 3. As shown in fig. 6, the communication may include the steps of:

s601, the terminal equipment sends the transmission energy efficiency information to the core network equipment, and the core network equipment receives the transmission energy efficiency information from the terminal equipment.

For example, in the process of establishing the PDU Session, the terminal device may send the transmission energy efficiency information to the core network device through the corresponding interface between the terminal device and the core network device through the QoS parameter indication 5QI or QCI.

In addition, the terminal device may also send subscription information of the user to the core network device.

S602, the core network equipment determines transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal equipment.

Optionally, the determining, by the core network device, the transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal device may include one or more of the following embodiments:

mode 1, a transmission energy efficiency information is received from a terminal device.

Mode 2, determining transmission energy efficiency information according to subscription information of the terminal device. For example, the transmission energy efficiency information may be determined with reference to the correspondence relationship between the subscription information and the desired resource scheduling ratio shown in table 11. The specific embodiments may refer to the descriptions of table 11, and are not described herein.

Note that, the above embodiment 1 may be performed before the embodiment 2, or may be performed after the embodiment 2, or may be performed separately, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

Optionally, the core network device may also directly obtain the transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal device from its own subscription information base, without going through S601.

S603, the core network device sends the transmission energy efficiency information to the access network device, and the access network device receives the transmission energy efficiency information from the core network device.

It may be understood that, as known from the above S601 and S603, the access network device may receive the transmission energy efficiency information from the terminal device, or may receive the transmission energy efficiency information from the core network device, in other words, the access network device may acquire the transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal device. Thus, in some possible embodiments, the acquiring the transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal device may include: and acquiring the transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal equipment from the terminal equipment or the core network equipment.

It should be understood that, in S602 mode 1, when the core network receives the transmission energy efficiency from the terminal device, since the transmission energy efficiency information may be carried in the non-access layer signaling, the access network device cannot directly obtain the transmission energy efficiency set by the terminal from the non-access layer signaling. Therefore, through S603 described above, a situation in which the access network device cannot acquire the transmission energy efficiency information can be avoided. In addition, the core network device may further determine the transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal device according to the subscription information of the terminal device, that is, the mode 2 of S602, and send the transmission energy efficiency information to the access network device to determine the allocated resource of the terminal device.

S604, the access network equipment determines scheduling information according to the transmission energy efficiency information.

It is understood that S604 may refer to S502 described above, and will not be described herein.

S605, the access network equipment sends scheduling information to the terminal equipment, and the terminal equipment receives the scheduling information from the access network equipment.

It is to be understood that S605 may refer to S503 described above, and will not be described herein.

In some possible embodiments, after receiving the scheduling information from the access network device, the terminal device may use the resources indicated by the scheduling information according to the scheduling information, so as to achieve the purpose that the terminal device may request the access network device to determine, according to the transmission energy efficiency information, the resources allocated to the terminal device, so as to increase the proportion of the resources actually used for transmitting data to the allocated resources.

Based on the method shown in fig. 6, even if the access network device does not parse the information but forwards the information to the core network device when receiving the transmission energy efficiency information from the terminal device, or the access network device does not receive the transmission energy efficiency information from the terminal device, the information can be resent to the access network device by the core network device, so that the access network device can effectively acquire the transmission energy efficiency information.

The communication method provided by the embodiment of the application is described in detail above with reference to fig. 4 to 6. A communication apparatus for performing the communication method provided by the embodiment of the present application is described in detail below with reference to fig. 7 to 9.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 7, the communication apparatus 700 includes: a receiving module 701 and a transmitting module 702. For ease of illustration, fig. 7 shows only the main components of the communication device.

In some embodiments, the communication apparatus 700 may be adapted to perform the functions of a terminal device in the communication methods shown in fig. 4-6 in the communication system shown in fig. 3.

Specifically, the receiving module 701 is configured to implement a receiving function of the terminal device, for example, performing S402, S503, S605, and the like described above. A sending module 702, configured to implement a sending function of the terminal device, e.g. executing the above S501, S601, etc.

In other embodiments, the communication apparatus 700 may be adapted to perform the functions of the access network device in the communication methods shown in fig. 4-6 in the communication system shown in fig. 3.

Specifically, the receiving module 701 is configured to implement a receiving function of the access network device, for example, perform the above S401, S501, S603, and so on. The sending module 702 is configured to implement a sending function of the access network device, for example, perform the above S402, S503, S605, etc.

For specific implementation manners of the receiving module 701 and the sending module 702, reference may be made to relevant content in the method embodiments shown in any one of the foregoing fig. 4 to fig. 6, which are not repeated herein.

Alternatively, the receiving module 701 and the transmitting module 702 may be integrated into one module, such as a transceiver module (not shown in fig. 7). The transceiver module is configured to implement a transmitting function and a receiving function of the communication device 700.

Optionally, the communication device 700 may further comprise a processing module 703 (shown in dashed box in fig. 7). The processing module 703 is configured to implement a processing function of the communication device 700. Such as the processing module 703, may be configured to support the access network device to process the transmission energy efficiency information, and perform S502 and S604 described above.

Optionally, the communication device 700 may further comprise a storage module (not shown in fig. 7) storing programs or instructions. The program or instructions, when executed by the receiving module 701, enable the communications apparatus 700 to perform the functions of a terminal device or an access network device in the communications method illustrated in any one of fig. 4-6.

It is to be appreciated that the processing module 703 involved in the communication device 700 may be implemented by a processor or processor-related circuit component, which may be a processor or processing unit; the transceiver module may be implemented by a transceiver or transceiver related circuit components, and may be a transceiver or a transceiver unit.

The communication apparatus 700 may be a terminal device or an access network device, may be a chip (system) or other components or assemblies that may be provided in the terminal device or the access network device, or may be an apparatus including the terminal device or the access network device, which is not limited in the present application.

In addition, the technical effects of the communication apparatus 700 may refer to the technical effects of the communication method shown in any one of fig. 4 to 6, and will not be described herein.

Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a second configuration of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 8, the communication apparatus 800 includes: a processing module 801 and a transceiver module 802. For convenience of explanation, fig. 8 shows only major components of the communication apparatus.

In some embodiments, the communication apparatus 800 may be adapted to perform the functions of the core network device in the communication method shown in fig. 6 in the communication system shown in fig. 3.

Specifically, the transceiver module 802 is configured to implement a transceiver function of the core network device, for example, perform the above S601, S603, and so on.

The processing module 801 may be configured to process data related to the transmission energy efficiency information, for example, performing S602 described above. For specific implementations of the processing module 801 and the transceiver module 802, reference may be made to the relevant content in the method embodiment shown in any one of the foregoing fig. 6, which is not repeated here.

Alternatively, the transceiver module 802 may include a receiving module and a transmitting module (not shown in fig. 8). The transmitting module is configured to implement a transmitting function of the communication device 800, and the receiving module is configured to implement a receiving function of the communication device 800.

Optionally, the communication device 800 may further comprise a storage module (not shown in fig. 8) storing programs or instructions. The processing module 801, when executing the program or instructions, enables the communication apparatus 800 to perform the functions of the core network device in the communication method shown in any one of claims 7.

It is to be appreciated that the processing module 801 involved in the communication apparatus 800 may be implemented by a processor or processor-related circuit components, which may be a processor or processing unit; transceiver module 802 may be implemented by a transceiver or transceiver-related circuit component, which may be a transceiver or a transceiver unit.

The communication apparatus 800 may be a core network device, a chip (system) or other components or assemblies that may be provided in the core network device, or an apparatus including the core network device, which is not limited in the present application.

In addition, the technical effects of the communication apparatus 800 may refer to the technical effects of the communication method shown in any one of fig. 6, and will not be described herein.

Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application. The communication device may be a terminal device, an access network device, or a core network device, or may be a chip (system) or other part or component that may be provided in the terminal device, the access network device, or the core network device. As shown in fig. 9, the communication device 900 may include a processor 901. Optionally, the communication device 900 may also include a memory 902 and/or a transceiver 903. Wherein the processor 901 is coupled to the memory 902 and the transceiver 903, such as may be connected by a communication bus.

The following describes the respective constituent elements of the communication apparatus 900 in detail with reference to fig. 9:

the processor 901 is a control center of the communication device 900, and may be one processor or a collective term of a plurality of processing elements. For example, processor 901 is one or more central processing units (central processing unit, CPU), but may also be an integrated circuit (application specific integrated circuit, ASIC), or one or more integrated circuits configured to implement embodiments of the present application, such as: one or more microprocessors (digital signal processor, DSPs), or one or more field programmable gate arrays (field programmable gate array, FPGAs).

Alternatively, the processor 901 may perform various functions of the communication device 900 by running or executing software programs stored in the memory 902 and invoking data stored in the memory 902.

In a particular implementation, processor 901 may include one or more CPUs, such as CPU0 and CPU1 shown in fig. 9, as one embodiment.

In a specific implementation, as an embodiment, the communication apparatus 900 may also include a plurality of processors, such as the processor 1101 and the processor 1104 shown in fig. 9. Each of these processors may be a single-core processor (single-CPU) or a multi-core processor (multi-CPU). A processor herein may refer to one or more devices, circuits, and/or processing cores for processing data (e.g., computer program instructions).

The memory 1102 is configured to store a software program for executing the solution of the present application, and is controlled to execute by the processor 1101, and the specific implementation may refer to the above method embodiment, which is not described herein again.

Alternatively, memory 902 may be, but is not limited to, read-only memory (ROM) or other type of static storage device that can store static information and instructions, random access memory (random access memory, RAM) or other type of dynamic storage device that can store information and instructions, but may also be electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (electrically erasable programmable read-only memory, EEPROM), compact disc read-only memory (compact disc read-only memory) or other optical disk storage, optical disk storage (including compact disc, laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc, blu-ray disc, etc.), magnetic disk storage media or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer. The memory 902 may be integrated with the processor 901 or may exist separately and be coupled to the processor 901 through an interface circuit (not shown in fig. 9) of the communication device 900, which is not specifically limited by the embodiment of the present application.

A transceiver 903 for communication with other communication devices. For example, the communication apparatus 900 is a terminal device, and the transceiver 903 may be used to communicate with a network device or another terminal device. As another example, the communication apparatus 900 is an access network device, and the transceiver 903 may be configured to communicate with a terminal device, or with another access network device, or a core network device.

Alternatively, the transceiver 903 may include a receiver and a transmitter (not separately shown in fig. 9). The receiver is used for realizing the receiving function, and the transmitter is used for realizing the transmitting function.

Alternatively, transceiver 903 may be integrated with processor 901 or may exist separately and be coupled to processor 901 via interface circuitry (not shown in fig. 9) of communication device 900, as embodiments of the present application are not specifically limited in this regard.

It should be noted that the configuration of the communication device 900 shown in fig. 9 is not limited to the communication device, and an actual communication device may include more or fewer components than shown, or may combine some components, or may be different in arrangement of components.

In addition, the technical effects of the communication device 900 may refer to the technical effects of the communication method described in the above method embodiments, which are not described herein.

The embodiment of the application also provides a chip system, which comprises: a processor coupled to a memory for storing programs or instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the system-on-a-chip to implement the method of any of the method embodiments described above.

Alternatively, the processor in the system-on-chip may be one or more. The processor may be implemented in hardware or in software. When implemented in hardware, the processor may be a logic circuit, an integrated circuit, or the like. When implemented in software, the processor may be a general purpose processor, implemented by reading software code stored in a memory.

Alternatively, the memory in the system-on-chip may be one or more. The memory may be integral with the processor or separate from the processor, and the application is not limited. The memory may be a non-transitory processor, such as a ROM, which may be integrated on the same chip as the processor, or may be separately provided on different chips, and the type of memory and the manner of providing the memory and the processor are not particularly limited in the present application.

The system-on-chip may be, for example, a field programmable gate array (field programmable gate array, FPGA), an application specific integrated chip (application specific integrated circuit, ASIC), a system on chip (SoC), a central processing unit (central processor unit, CPU), a network processor (network processor, NP), a digital signal processing circuit (digital signal processor, DSP), a microcontroller (micro controller unit, MCU), a programmable controller (programmable logic device, PLD) or other integrated chip.

The embodiment of the application provides a communication system. The communication system includes one or more terminal devices, and one or more network devices.

Optionally, the communication system may further include: one or more core network devices.

It should be appreciated that the processor in embodiments of the application may be a central processing unit (central processing unit, CPU), which may also be other general purpose processors, digital signal processors (digital signal processor, DSP), application specific integrated circuits (application specific integrated circuit, ASIC), off-the-shelf programmable gate arrays (field programmable gate array, FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, or the like. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like.

It should also be appreciated that the memory in embodiments of the present application may be either volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or may include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. The nonvolatile memory may be a read-only memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an electrically Erasable EPROM (EEPROM), or a flash memory. The volatile memory may be random access memory (random access memory, RAM) which acts as an external cache. By way of example but not limitation, many forms of random access memory (random access memory, RAM) are available, such as Static RAM (SRAM), dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR SDRAM), enhanced Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (ESDRAM), synchronous Link DRAM (SLDRAM), and direct memory bus RAM (DR RAM).

The above embodiments may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware (e.g., circuitry), firmware, or any other combination. When implemented in software, the above-described embodiments may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product comprises one or more computer instructions or computer programs. When the computer instructions or computer program are loaded or executed on a computer, the processes or functions described in accordance with embodiments of the present application are produced in whole or in part. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable apparatus. The computer instructions may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium, for example, the computer instructions may be transmitted from one website site, computer, server, or data center to another website site, computer, server, or data center by wired (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). The computer readable storage medium may be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device such as a server, data center, etc. that contains one or more sets of available media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., floppy disk, hard disk, magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., DVD), or a semiconductor medium. The semiconductor medium may be a solid state disk.

It should be understood that the term "and/or" is merely an association relationship describing the associated object, and means that three relationships may exist, for example, a and/or B may mean: there are three cases, a alone, a and B together, and B alone, wherein a, B may be singular or plural. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the associated object is an "or" relationship, but may also indicate an "and/or" relationship, and may be understood by referring to the context.

In the present application, "at least one" means one or more, and "a plurality" means two or more. "at least one of" or the like means any combination of these items, including any combination of single item(s) or plural items(s). For example, at least one (one) of a, b, or c may represent: a, b, c, a-b, a-c, b-c, or a-b-c, wherein a, b, c may be single or plural.

It should be understood that, in various embodiments of the present application, the sequence numbers of the foregoing processes do not mean the order of execution, and the order of execution of the processes should be determined by the functions and internal logic thereof, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.

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 solution. 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 will be clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, specific working procedures of the above-described systems, apparatuses and units may refer to corresponding procedures in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not repeated herein.

In the several embodiments provided by the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices, and methods may be implemented in other manners. For example, the apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative, e.g., the division of the units is merely a logical function division, and there may be additional divisions when actually implemented, e.g., multiple units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted or not performed. Alternatively, the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed with each other may be an indirect coupling or communication connection via some interfaces, devices or units, which may be in electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate units may or may not be physically separate, and units shown 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 may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

In addition, each functional unit in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units may be integrated in 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. In light of this understanding, the technical solution of the present application may be embodied essentially or in a part contributing to the prior art or in a part of the technical solution, in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, comprising several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, a network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (random access memory, RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, or other various media capable of storing program codes.

The foregoing is merely illustrative of the present application, and the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art will readily recognize that variations or substitutions are within 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 communication, the method comprising:

acquiring transmission energy efficiency information of terminal equipment, wherein the transmission energy efficiency information is used for determining resources allocated to the terminal equipment;

and sending scheduling information to the terminal equipment, wherein the scheduling information is used for indicating the resources.
The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission energy efficiency information comprises one or more of: a desired resource scheduling ratio, a size of a resource that the terminal device desires to be scheduled, a size of a resource that the terminal device desires to be activated, a size of a resource that the terminal device desires to be configured, a desired transmission energy efficiency level of the terminal device, a desired service level of the terminal device, or a desired transmission energy efficiency adjustment amount of the terminal device;

Wherein the desired resource scheduling ratio is used to determine: the ratio of the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal equipment to the size of the activated resource of the terminal equipment, or the ratio of the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal equipment to the size of the configured resource of the terminal equipment.
The method of claim 2, wherein the resources allocated by the terminal device include one or more of: the resources scheduled by the terminal device, the resources activated by the terminal device, or the resources configured by the terminal device.
A method according to claim 3, characterized in that the ratio of the size of the resources scheduled by the terminal device to the size of the resources activated by the terminal device is greater than or equal to the desired resource scheduling ratio; or,

the ratio of the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal equipment to the size of the configured resource of the terminal equipment is greater than or equal to the expected resource scheduling ratio; or,

the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal equipment is larger than or equal to the size of the resource expected to be scheduled by the terminal equipment; or,

the activated resource size of the terminal equipment is smaller than or equal to the expected activated resource size of the terminal equipment; or,

The configured resource size of the terminal device is less than or equal to the resource size that the terminal device expects to be configured.
A method according to claim 3, characterized in that the terminal device is activated with a resource size of: the number of resource blocks in the portion of bandwidth where the terminal device is activated;

the resource size configured by the terminal equipment is as follows: the number of resource blocks in the partial bandwidth configured by the terminal device;

the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal equipment is as follows: the number of resource blocks in the portion of the bandwidth that the terminal device is activated or configured to use for transmitting the terminal device data channel.
A method according to claim 3, characterized in that the terminal device is activated with a resource size of: the number of activated partial bandwidth resource blocks is the product of the number of activated partial bandwidth spatial layers;

the resource size configured by the terminal equipment is as follows: the product of the number of the resource blocks of the configured partial bandwidth and the airspace layer number corresponding to the configured partial bandwidth;

the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal equipment is as follows: the number of resource blocks scheduled and the number of spatial layers scheduled.
The method of any one of claims 1-6, wherein the resources comprise one or more of: frequency domain resources, time domain resources, space domain resources, or code domain resources.
The method according to any one of claims 1-7, wherein the acquiring the transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal device comprises: and acquiring the transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal equipment from the terminal equipment or the core network equipment.
The method according to any one of claims 1-8, wherein the transmission energy efficiency information is contained in one or more of the following: quality of service QoS parameter information, signaling comprised by a protocol data unit PDU session, terminal assistance information, non-access stratum signaling, user subscription information, terminal equipment UE capability information, radio resource control RRC layer information, media access layer information, or physical layer signaling.
A method of communication, comprising:

transmitting transmission energy efficiency information to access network equipment or core network equipment, wherein the transmission energy efficiency information is used for determining resources allocated to terminal equipment;

and receiving scheduling information from the access network equipment, wherein the scheduling information is used for indicating the resources.
The method of claim 10, wherein the transmission energy efficiency information comprises one or more of: a desired resource scheduling ratio, a size of a resource that the terminal device desires to be scheduled, a size of a resource that the terminal device desires to be activated, a size of a resource that the terminal device desires to be configured, a desired transmission energy efficiency level of the terminal device, a desired service level of the terminal device, or a desired transmission energy efficiency adjustment amount of the terminal device;

wherein the desired resource scheduling ratio is used to determine: the ratio of the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal equipment to the size of the activated resource of the terminal equipment, or the ratio of the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal equipment to the size of the configured resource of the terminal equipment.
The method of claim 11, wherein the resources allocated by the terminal device include one or more of: the resources scheduled by the terminal device, the resources activated by the terminal device, or the resources configured by the terminal device.
The method according to claim 12, wherein the ratio of the size of the resources scheduled by the terminal device to the size of the resources activated by the terminal device is greater than or equal to the desired resource scheduling ratio; or,

The ratio of the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal equipment to the size of the configured resource of the terminal equipment is greater than or equal to the expected resource scheduling ratio; or,

the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal equipment is larger than or equal to the size of the resource expected to be scheduled by the terminal equipment; or,

the activated resource size of the terminal equipment is smaller than or equal to the expected activated resource size of the terminal equipment; or,

the configured resource size of the terminal device is less than or equal to the resource size that the terminal device expects to be configured.
The method of claim 12, wherein the activated resource size of the terminal device is: the number of resource blocks in the portion of bandwidth where the terminal device is activated;

the resource size configured by the terminal equipment is as follows: the number of resource blocks in the partial bandwidth configured by the terminal device;

the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal equipment is as follows: the number of resource blocks in the portion of the bandwidth that the terminal device is activated or configured to use for transmitting the terminal device data channel.
The method of claim 12, wherein the activated resource size of the terminal device is: the number of activated partial bandwidth resource blocks is the product of the number of activated partial bandwidth spatial layers;

The resource size configured by the terminal equipment is as follows: the product of the number of the resource blocks of the configured partial bandwidth and the airspace layer number corresponding to the configured partial bandwidth;

the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal equipment is as follows: the number of resource blocks scheduled and the number of spatial layers scheduled.
The method of any one of claims 10-15, wherein the resources comprise one or more of: frequency domain resources, time domain resources, space domain resources, or code domain resources.
The method according to any one of claims 10-16, further comprising:

and determining the transmission energy efficiency information according to one or more of the type of the terminal equipment, the running state of the terminal equipment, the user subscription information of the terminal equipment, the service of the terminal equipment, the access network type, the service applicable to the terminal user, the transmitted carrier wave, the transmitted frequency band combination, the transmitted frequency range and the transmitted link type.
The method of any of claims 10-17, wherein the transmission energy efficiency information comprises one or more of: the method comprises the steps of transmitting energy efficiency information of uplink data, transmitting energy efficiency information of downlink data, transmitting energy efficiency information of service, transmitting energy efficiency information of carrier waves, transmitting energy efficiency information of frequency bands, transmitting energy efficiency information of frequency band combination, transmitting energy efficiency information of frequency ranges, transmitting energy efficiency information of terminal equipment types, transmitting energy efficiency information of applications, transmitting energy efficiency information of specified time periods, transmitting energy efficiency information of specified states or transmitting energy efficiency information of specified networks.
The method according to any one of claims 10-18, wherein the transmission energy efficiency information is contained in one or more of the following: qoS parameter information, signaling included in a PDU session, terminal assistance information, non-access stratum signaling, user subscription information, UE capability information, RRC layer information, media access layer information, or physical layer signaling.
A method of communication, comprising:

determining transmission energy efficiency information of terminal equipment, wherein the transmission energy efficiency information is used for determining resources allocated to the terminal equipment;

and sending the transmission energy efficiency information to access network equipment.
The method of claim 20, wherein determining the transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal device comprises,

receiving transmission energy efficiency information from the terminal equipment; or,

and determining the transmission energy efficiency information according to the subscription information of the terminal equipment.
A communication device, comprising: a transmitting module and a receiving module; wherein,

the receiving module is used for acquiring transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal equipment, wherein the transmission energy efficiency information is used for determining allocated resources of the terminal equipment;

the sending module is configured to send scheduling information to the terminal device, where the scheduling information is used to indicate the resource.
The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the transmission energy efficiency information comprises one or more of: a desired resource scheduling ratio, a size of a resource that the terminal device desires to be scheduled, a size of a resource that the terminal device desires to be activated, a size of a resource that the terminal device desires to be configured, a desired transmission energy efficiency level of the terminal device, a desired service level of the terminal device, or a desired transmission energy efficiency adjustment amount of the terminal device;

wherein the desired resource scheduling ratio is used to determine: the ratio of the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal equipment to the size of the activated resource of the terminal equipment, or the ratio of the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal equipment to the size of the configured resource of the terminal equipment.
The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the resources allocated by the terminal device include one or more of: the resources scheduled by the terminal device, the resources activated by the terminal device, or the resources configured by the terminal device.
The apparatus of claim 24, wherein a ratio of a size of resources scheduled by the terminal device to a size of resources activated by the terminal device is greater than or equal to the desired resource scheduling ratio; or,

The ratio of the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal equipment to the size of the configured resource of the terminal equipment is greater than or equal to the expected resource scheduling ratio; or,

the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal equipment is larger than or equal to the size of the resource expected to be scheduled by the terminal equipment; or,

the activated resource size of the terminal equipment is smaller than or equal to the expected activated resource size of the terminal equipment; or,

the configured resource size of the terminal device is less than or equal to the resource size that the terminal device expects to be configured.
The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the activated resource size of the terminal device is: the number of resource blocks in the portion of bandwidth where the terminal device is activated;

the resource size configured by the terminal equipment is as follows: the number of resource blocks in the partial bandwidth configured by the terminal device;

the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal equipment is as follows: the number of resource blocks in the portion of the bandwidth that the terminal device is activated or configured to use for transmitting the terminal device data channel.
The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the activated resource size of the terminal device is: the number of activated partial bandwidth resource blocks is the product of the number of activated partial bandwidth spatial layers;

The resource size configured by the terminal equipment is as follows: the product of the number of the resource blocks of the configured partial bandwidth and the airspace layer number corresponding to the configured partial bandwidth;

the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal equipment is as follows: the number of resource blocks scheduled and the number of spatial layers scheduled.
The apparatus of any one of claims 22-27, wherein the resources comprise one or more of: frequency domain resources, time domain resources, space domain resources, or code domain resources.
The apparatus according to any one of claims 22-28, wherein the obtaining transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal device comprises: and acquiring the transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal equipment from the terminal equipment or the core network equipment.
The apparatus of any of claims 22-29, wherein the transmission energy efficiency information is contained in one or more of: qoS parameter information, signaling included in a PDU session, terminal assistance information, non-access stratum signaling, user subscription information, UE capability information, RRC layer information, media access layer information, or physical layer signaling.
A communication device, comprising: a transmitting module and a receiving module; wherein,

The sending module is used for sending transmission energy efficiency information to the access network equipment or the core network equipment, wherein the transmission energy efficiency information is used for determining the allocated resources of the terminal equipment;

the receiving module is configured to receive scheduling information from the access network device, where the scheduling information is used to indicate the resource.
The apparatus of claim 31, wherein the transmission energy efficiency information comprises one or more of: a desired resource scheduling ratio, a size of a resource that the terminal device desires to be scheduled, a size of a resource that the terminal device desires to be activated, a size of a resource that the terminal device desires to be configured, a desired transmission energy efficiency level of the terminal device, a desired service level of the terminal device, or a desired transmission energy efficiency adjustment amount of the terminal device;

wherein the desired resource scheduling ratio is used to determine: the ratio of the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal equipment to the size of the activated resource of the terminal equipment, or the ratio of the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal equipment to the size of the configured resource of the terminal equipment.
The apparatus of claim 32, wherein the resources allocated by the terminal device include one or more of: the resources scheduled by the terminal device, the resources activated by the terminal device, or the resources configured by the terminal device.
The apparatus of claim 33, wherein a ratio of a size of resources scheduled by the terminal device to a size of resources activated by the terminal device is greater than or equal to the desired resource scheduling ratio; or,

the ratio of the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal equipment to the size of the configured resource of the terminal equipment is greater than or equal to the expected resource scheduling ratio; or,

the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal equipment is larger than or equal to the size of the resource expected to be scheduled by the terminal equipment; or,

the activated resource size of the terminal equipment is smaller than or equal to the expected activated resource size of the terminal equipment; or,

the configured resource size of the terminal device is less than or equal to the resource size that the terminal device expects to be configured.
The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the activated resource size of the terminal device is: the number of resource blocks in the portion of bandwidth where the terminal device is activated;

the resource size configured by the terminal equipment is as follows: the number of resource blocks in the partial bandwidth configured by the terminal device;

the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal equipment is as follows: the number of resource blocks in the portion of the bandwidth that the terminal device is activated or configured to use for transmitting the terminal device data channel.
The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the activated resource size of the terminal device is: the number of activated partial bandwidth resource blocks is the product of the number of activated partial bandwidth spatial layers;

the resource size configured by the terminal equipment is as follows: the product of the number of the resource blocks of the configured partial bandwidth and the airspace layer number corresponding to the configured partial bandwidth;

the size of the scheduled resource of the terminal equipment is as follows: the number of resource blocks scheduled and the number of spatial layers scheduled.
The apparatus of any one of claims 31-36, wherein the resources comprise one or more of: frequency domain resources, time domain resources, space domain resources, or code domain resources.
The apparatus according to any one of claims 31-37, further comprising a processing module configured to determine the transmission energy efficiency information according to one or more of a type of the terminal device, an operation state of the terminal device, user subscription information of the terminal device, a service of the terminal device, an access network type, a service applicable by a terminal user, a transmission carrier, a transmission frequency band combination, a transmission frequency range, a transmission link type.
The apparatus of any of claims 31-38, wherein the transmission energy efficiency information comprises one or more of: the method comprises the steps of transmitting energy efficiency information of uplink data, transmitting energy efficiency information of downlink data, transmitting energy efficiency information of service, transmitting energy efficiency information of carrier waves, transmitting energy efficiency information of frequency bands, transmitting energy efficiency information of frequency band combination, transmitting energy efficiency information of frequency ranges, transmitting energy efficiency information of terminal equipment types, transmitting energy efficiency information of applications, transmitting energy efficiency information of specified time periods, transmitting energy efficiency information of specified states or transmitting energy efficiency information of specified networks.
The apparatus of any one of claims 31-39, wherein the transmission energy efficiency information is contained in one or more of: qoS parameter information, signaling included in a PDU session, terminal assistance information, non-access stratum signaling, user subscription information, UE capability information, RRC layer information, media access layer information, or physical layer signaling.
A communication device, comprising: a processing module and a receiving-transmitting module; wherein,

the processing module is used for determining transmission energy efficiency information of the terminal equipment, wherein the transmission energy efficiency information is used for determining allocated resources of the terminal equipment;

And the receiving and transmitting module is used for sending the transmission energy efficiency information to the access network equipment.
The apparatus of claim 41, wherein the transceiver module is further configured to receive transmission energy efficiency information from the terminal device; or,

the processing module is further configured to determine the transmission energy efficiency information according to subscription information of the terminal device.
A communication device for performing the communication method according to any of claims 1-21.
A communication device, the communication device comprising: a processor; wherein,

the processor configured to perform the communication method of any one of claims 1-21.
A communication device, comprising: a processor coupled to the memory;

the processor configured to execute a computer program stored in the memory, to cause the communication apparatus to perform the communication method according to any one of claims 1-21.
A communication device, comprising: a processor and interface circuit; wherein,

the interface circuit is used for receiving code instructions and transmitting the code instructions to the processor;

The processor is configured to execute the code instructions to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 21.
A communication device comprising a processor and a transceiver for information interaction between the communication device and other communication devices, the processor executing program instructions for performing the communication method of any of claims 1-21.
A processor, comprising: the processor is configured to perform the communication method of any of claims 1-21.
A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that the computer-readable storage medium comprises a computer program or instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the communication method according to any one of claims 1-21.
A computer program product, the computer program product comprising: computer program or instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the communication method according to any one of claims 1-21.