WO2023088112A1 - 通信方法和通信装置 - Google Patents

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WO2023088112A1
WO2023088112A1 PCT/CN2022/130045 CN2022130045W WO2023088112A1 WO 2023088112 A1 WO2023088112 A1 WO 2023088112A1 CN 2022130045 W CN2022130045 W CN 2022130045W WO 2023088112 A1 WO2023088112 A1 WO 2023088112A1
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邝奕如
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  • the present application relates to the communication field, and more specifically, to a communication method and a communication device.
  • the energy available for this type of terminal device includes light energy, kinetic energy, thermal energy, and radio frequency energy. Since the above-mentioned energy available for this type of terminal equipment cannot be obtained anytime and anywhere, for this type of terminal equipment, it cannot be guaranteed that the stored energy is always sufficient. When the energy stored by the terminal equipment is insufficient At this time, the terminal device needs to interrupt the current communication, and then perform energy collection. After the energy is stored to a certain extent, the terminal device resumes communication. Therefore, it can be seen that the data transmission of this type of terminal device is often characterized by intermittent Continuously.
  • the present application provides a communication method and a communication device.
  • a terminal device communicates with other devices by collecting energy from the outside, the method can improve the probability of normal communication between the terminal device and other devices.
  • a communication method including: a terminal device (also a module in the terminal device, such as a chip) receives second configuration information from a network device, and the second configuration information indicates the first timer of the first timer.
  • the first value and the second value, the first timer is used to control the length of time required for the terminal device to successfully access the network.
  • the first timer may be used to control the time required for establishing or reestablishing or recovering the radio resource control RRC connection between the terminal device and the network device.
  • the network device configures the first value and the second value for the first timer for the first type of terminal device, so that the first type of terminal device establishes or reestablishes an RRC connection with the network device or
  • a more suitable value can be selected from the first value and the second value as the value of the first timer, for example, the larger one of the first value and the second value
  • the first value is greater than the second value
  • the second value is configured by the network device for the second type of terminal device.
  • the network device configures the first value for the first timer for the terminal device of the first type, thereby distinguishing it from the second value corresponding to the terminal device of the second type, so that the terminal device of the first type
  • a more appropriate first value can be used as the value of the first timer, thereby reducing the time when the terminal device is establishing or re-establishing or recovering the RRC connection. Energy harvesting during the process leads to the probability of RRC connection establishment or re-establishment or recovery failure.
  • the method further includes: when the terminal device is performing energy collection, suspending or suspending or stopping the operation of the first timer, or, when the terminal device is performing energy collection, increasing the first timer The remaining running time of the server.
  • the terminal device when the terminal device needs to perform energy collection during the establishment, re-establishment or recovery of the RRC connection with the network device, the terminal device, when performing energy collection, pauses or suspends or stops the operation of the first timer run, resume the operation of the first timer at the end of energy collection, or increase the duration of the remaining operation of the first timer, thereby reducing the energy collection when the terminal device is in the process of establishing or reestablishing or restoring the RRC connection Probability of causing RRC connection establishment or re-establishment or recovery failure.
  • the method further includes: the terminal device sending second indication information to the network device, the second indication information indicating that the terminal device is a first type of terminal device or that the data transmission of the terminal device is characterized by intermittent Continuously.
  • the network equipment can determine that the terminal equipment is the first type of terminal equipment or that the data transmission of the terminal equipment is characterized by intermittent Continuous, in this case, in the process of establishing an RRC connection with the network device, if the network device determines that a message related to the establishment of the RRC connection has not been successfully received by the terminal device, the network device may consider that it has not been received by the terminal device.
  • the reason for the successful reception of the device is that the terminal device is currently collecting energy.
  • the network device will not resend the message to the terminal device immediately, but wait for a period of time before resending the message to the terminal device.
  • the terminal device has already completed energy collection, thereby increasing the possibility that the terminal device successfully receives the message, thereby increasing the possibility that the RRC connection is successfully established.
  • a communication method including: a network device (also a module in the network device, such as a chip) sends second configuration information to the terminal device, and the second configuration information indicates the first timer of the first timer. value and the second value, the first timer is used to control the length of time required for the terminal device to successfully access the network.
  • a network device also a module in the network device, such as a chip
  • the first timer may be used to control the time required for establishing or reestablishing or recovering the radio resource control RRC connection between the terminal device and the network device.
  • the network device configures the first value and the second value for the first timer for the first type of terminal device, so that the first type of terminal device establishes or reestablishes an RRC connection with the network device or
  • a more suitable value can be selected from the first value and the second value as the value of the first timer, for example, the larger one of the first value and the second value
  • the first value is greater than the second value
  • the second value is configured by the network device for the second type of terminal device.
  • the network device configures the first value for the first timer for the terminal device of the first type, thereby distinguishing it from the second value corresponding to the terminal device of the second type, so that the terminal device of the first type
  • a more appropriate first value can be used as the value of the first timer, thereby reducing the time when the terminal device is establishing or re-establishing or recovering the RRC connection. Energy harvesting during the process leads to the probability of RRC connection establishment or re-establishment or recovery failure.
  • the method further includes: the network device receiving second indication information from the terminal device, the second indication information indicating that the terminal device is a terminal device of the first type or that the data transmission characteristic of the terminal device is intermittently.
  • the network equipment can determine that the terminal equipment is the first type of terminal equipment or that the characteristic of the data transmission of the terminal equipment is the timing according to the second indication information from the terminal equipment. Intermittent, in this case, in the process of establishing an RRC connection with the network device, if the network device determines that a message related to the establishment of the RRC connection has not been successfully received by the terminal device, the network device can be considered as not received.
  • the reason for the successful reception of the terminal device is that the terminal device is currently collecting energy.
  • the network device will not immediately resend the message to the terminal device, but wait for a period of time before resending the message to the terminal device, in order to When the message is resent, the terminal device has already completed energy collection, thereby increasing the possibility that the terminal device successfully receives the message, thereby increasing the possibility that the RRC connection is successfully established.
  • a communication method including: a terminal device (which may also be a module in the terminal device, such as a chip) sends first indication information to the network device, the first indication information indicates the first communication mode, and the first The communication mode is used to determine the first time length and the second time length, the first time length is the time length that the terminal device expects to perform data transmission, and the second time length is the time length that the terminal device expects to interrupt data transmission; then, the terminal device receives The first configuration information from the network device, the first configuration information indicates the second communication mode, the second communication mode is used to determine the third time length and the fourth time length, the third time length is the data configured by the network device for the terminal device The time length of the transmission, the fourth time length is the time length configured by the network device for the terminal device to interrupt data transmission.
  • the network device may determine that the terminal device is the first type of terminal device or that the data transmission characteristic of the terminal device is intermittent according to the first indication information from the terminal device. Further, the network device Generate first configuration information according to the first indication information.
  • the network device may determine that the terminal device is the first type of terminal device or that the data transmission characteristic of the terminal device is intermittent according to the second indication information from the terminal device. Further, the network The device generates first configuration information according to the first indication information. In this case, the method further includes: before sending the first indication information to the network device, the terminal device sends second indication information to the network device, and the second indication information indicates The terminal device is a terminal device of the first type or the data transmission of the terminal device is intermittent.
  • the terminal device and the network device can only perform data transmission within the time length of data transmission. Transmission, interrupt data transmission within the length of time for energy collection, thereby reducing the inconsistency between the network device and the terminal device due to the inconsistency between the judgment of the time length of data transmission and the length of time for interrupting data transmission by the network device to the terminal device and the actual situation. The probability of data loss during transmission.
  • the method further includes: if the terminal device determines that the currently supported time length for data transmission is less than the third time length, the terminal The device sends third indication information to the network device, where the third indication information indicates the remaining time length of the time length actually supported by the terminal device for data transmission, or indicates the time length actually supported by the terminal device for data transmission.
  • the length of time is less than the third length of time.
  • the terminal device determines that the currently supported time length for data transmission is less than the third time length, by notifying the network device of this situation, the current actual time length of the terminal device can be reached between the network device and the terminal device.
  • Data transmission is interrupted before the supported time length for data transmission ends, thereby reducing the network device sending downlink data to the terminal device after the time length actually supported by the terminal device for data transmission ends. Probability of loss of data transmitted by the device.
  • the method further includes: the terminal device sends fourth indication information to the network device, where the fourth indication information indicates the number of uplink transmissions supported by the terminal device within the first time period and/or the number of downlink transmissions The number of times, the first configuration information also indicates the number of uplink transmissions and/or the number of downlink transmissions supported by the terminal device configured by the network device within the third time period.
  • the terminal device and the network device agree on the length of time for data transmission and energy collection by the terminal device, and the number of uplink transmissions supported by the terminal device within the time length for data transmission And/or the number of downlink transmissions is agreed, so that the terminal device and the network device only perform the corresponding number of data transmissions supported by the terminal device within the time length of data transmission, and interrupt the data transmission during the time length of energy collection , thereby further reducing the probability of loss of data transmitted between the network device and the terminal device.
  • the first communication mode is also used to determine that the first time length and the second time length occur periodically, and the second communication mode is also used to determine whether the third time length and the fourth time length are appear periodically.
  • a communication method including: a network device (which may also be a module in the network device, such as a chip) receives first indication information from a terminal device, where the first indication information indicates a first communication mode, and the first indication information indicates a first communication mode.
  • a communication mode is used to determine a first time length and a second time length, the first time length is the time length during which the terminal device expects to perform data transmission, and the second time length is the time length during which the terminal device expects to interrupt data transmission; then, the network device Send the first configuration information to the terminal device, the first configuration information indicates the second communication mode, the second communication mode is used to determine the third time length and the fourth time length, the third time length is the data configured by the network device for the terminal device The time length of the transmission, the fourth time length is the time length configured by the network device for the terminal device to interrupt data transmission.
  • the network device may determine that the terminal device is the first type of terminal device or that the data transmission characteristic of the terminal device is intermittent according to the first indication information from the terminal device. Further, the network device Generate first configuration information according to the first indication information.
  • the network device may determine that the terminal device is the first type of terminal device or that the data transmission characteristic of the terminal device is intermittent according to the second indication information from the terminal device. Further, the network The device generates first configuration information according to the first indication information. In this case, the method further includes: before receiving the first indication information from the terminal device, receiving second indication information from the terminal device, the second indication information indicating The terminal device is a terminal device of the first type or the data transmission of the terminal device is intermittent.
  • the terminal device and the network device can only perform data transmission within the time length of data transmission. Transmission, interrupt data transmission within the length of time for energy collection, thereby reducing the inconsistency between the network device and the terminal device due to the inconsistency between the judgment of the time length of data transmission and the length of time for interrupting data transmission by the network device to the terminal device and the actual situation. The probability of data loss during transmission.
  • the method further includes: the network device receives third indication information from the terminal device, the third indication information indicating that the terminal device currently supports the The remaining time length in the time length of data transmission, or, indicates that the time length actually supported by the terminal device for data transmission is less than the third time length.
  • the terminal device determines that the currently supported time length for data transmission is less than the third time length, by notifying the network device of this situation, the current actual time length of the terminal device can be reached between the network device and the terminal device.
  • Data transmission is interrupted before the supported time length for data transmission ends, thereby reducing the network device sending downlink data to the terminal device after the time length actually supported by the terminal device for data transmission ends. Probability of loss of data transmitted by the device.
  • the method further includes: the network device receives fourth indication information from the terminal device, where the fourth indication information indicates the number of uplink transmissions and/or downlink transmissions supported by the terminal device within the first time period
  • the first configuration information also indicates the number of uplink transmissions and/or the number of downlink transmissions supported by the terminal device configured by the network device within the third time period.
  • the terminal device and the network device agree on the length of time for data transmission and energy collection by the terminal device, and the number of uplink transmissions supported by the terminal device within the time length for data transmission And/or the number of downlink transmissions is agreed, so that the terminal device and the network device only perform the corresponding number of data transmissions supported by the terminal device within the time length of data transmission, and interrupt the data transmission during the time length of energy collection , thereby further reducing the probability of loss of data transmitted between the network device and the terminal device.
  • the first communication mode is also used to determine that the first time length and the second time length occur periodically, and the second communication mode is also used to determine whether the third time length and the fourth time length are appear periodically.
  • a communication method including: a terminal device (which may also be a module in the terminal device, such as a chip) sends second indication information to the network device, and the second indication information indicates that the terminal device is a first type of The characteristics of the terminal device or the data transmission of the terminal device are intermittent, wherein, the terminal device is currently in the RRC idle state or the RRC inactive state; then, the terminal device receives a paging message from the network device, and the paging message corresponds to The number of retransmissions is greater than the number of retransmissions corresponding to the paging message used for paging the second type of terminal equipment, and/or, the retransmission interval corresponding to the paging message is greater than the paging interval used for paging the second type of terminal equipment The retransmission interval corresponding to the message.
  • the terminal device by making the terminal device indicate to the network device that the terminal device is the first type of terminal device or that the data transmission characteristics of the terminal device are intermittent when registering with the network, and making the network device According to the type or data transmission characteristics of the terminal device, the number of retransmissions and the retransmission interval of the paging message used to page the terminal device are increased, thereby increasing the probability of paging the terminal device.
  • the network device is a core network device, and the second indication information is carried in a registration message of the non-access stratum.
  • the network device is an access network device
  • the second indication information is carried in the terminal device capability information message of the non-access layer or the terminal device auxiliary information message middle.
  • a communication method including: a network device (or a module in the network device, such as a chip) receives second indication information from a terminal device, and the second indication information indicates that the terminal device is of the first type
  • the characteristics of the terminal equipment or the data transmission of the terminal equipment are intermittent, and the terminal equipment is currently in the RRC idle state or the RRC inactive state; then, the network equipment sends a paging message, and the number of retransmissions corresponding to the paging message is greater than that of the user.
  • the number of retransmissions corresponding to the paging message for paging the second type of terminal equipment, and/or, the retransmission interval corresponding to the paging message is greater than the retransmission corresponding to the paging message for paging the second type of terminal equipment interval.
  • the terminal device by making the terminal device indicate to the network device that the terminal device is the first type of terminal device or that the data transmission characteristics of the terminal device are intermittent when registering with the network, and making the network device According to the type or data transmission characteristics of the terminal device, the number of retransmissions and the retransmission interval of the paging message used to page the terminal device are increased, thereby increasing the probability of paging the terminal device.
  • the network device is a core network device, and the second indication information is carried in a registration message of the non-access stratum.
  • the network device is an access network device
  • the second indication information is carried in the terminal device capability information message of the non-access layer or the terminal device auxiliary information message middle.
  • a communication method including: a terminal device (which may also be a module in the terminal device, such as a chip) sends fifth indication information to the network device, where the fifth indication information indicates that the terminal device needs to interrupt data transmission; The network device then interrupts data transmission to and from the network device for the length of time that the data transmission was interrupted.
  • a terminal device which may also be a module in the terminal device, such as a chip
  • the terminal device when the terminal device needs to interrupt the data transmission with the network device, the terminal device dynamically reports to the network device that the terminal device needs to interrupt the data transmission, so that the network device can interrupt the communication with the network device within the length of time when the data transmission is interrupted.
  • the fifth indication information is carried in at least one of a medium access control control element (medium access control control element, MAC CE), a physical uplink control channel PUCCH, and terminal equipment auxiliary information .
  • a medium access control control element medium access control control element, MAC CE
  • PUCCH physical uplink control channel
  • terminal equipment auxiliary information terminal equipment auxiliary information
  • the fifth indication information also indicates a time length for interrupting data transmission.
  • the fifth indication information is carried in MAC CE or terminal equipment auxiliary information.
  • the fifth indication information is sent together with the uplink data sent by the terminal device or sent separately.
  • the method further includes: the terminal device receives second configuration information from the network device, where the second configuration information indicates a time length for the terminal device to suspend data transmission.
  • the method before receiving the third configuration information from the network device, the method further includes: the terminal device sends sixth indication information to the network device, where the sixth indication information indicates that the terminal device expects to interrupt data transmission. length of time.
  • a communication method including: a network device (which may also be a module in the network device, such as a chip) receives fifth indication information from a terminal device, and the fifth indication information indicates that the terminal device needs to interrupt data transmission ; Then, the network device interrupts the data transmission with the terminal device for the length of time that the data transmission is interrupted.
  • a network device (which may also be a module in the network device, such as a chip) receives fifth indication information from a terminal device, and the fifth indication information indicates that the terminal device needs to interrupt data transmission ; Then, the network device interrupts the data transmission with the terminal device for the length of time that the data transmission is interrupted.
  • the terminal device when the terminal device needs to interrupt the data transmission with the network device, the terminal device dynamically reports to the network device that the terminal device needs to interrupt the data transmission, so that the network device can interrupt the communication with the network device within the length of time when the data transmission is interrupted.
  • the fifth indication information is carried in at least one of MAC CE, PUCCH, and terminal equipment auxiliary information.
  • the fifth indication information also indicates a time length for interrupting data transmission.
  • the fifth indication information is carried in MAC CE or terminal equipment auxiliary information.
  • the fifth indication information is sent together with the uplink data sent by the terminal device or sent separately.
  • the method further includes: the network device sending third configuration information to the terminal device, where the third configuration information indicates a time length for the terminal device to suspend data transmission.
  • the method before sending the third configuration information to the terminal device, the method further includes: the network device receives sixth indication information from the terminal device, where the sixth indication information indicates that the terminal device expects to interrupt data transmission. length of time.
  • a communication device is provided, and the communication device may be the terminal device in the above method, or a chip applied to the terminal device.
  • the communication device includes: a processor, coupled with a memory, and can be used to execute instructions in the memory, so as to implement the method performed by the terminal device in the above first aspect and any possible implementation thereof, or to implement the above third aspect
  • the method performed by the terminal device in the aspect and any possible implementation thereof, or to implement the method performed by the terminal device in the fifth aspect and any possible implementation thereof, or to implement the seventh aspect above aspects and methods performed by terminal devices in any possible implementation manners thereof.
  • the communication device further includes a memory.
  • the communication device further includes a communication interface, and the processor is coupled to the communication interface.
  • the communication interface may be a transceiver, or an input/output interface.
  • the communication interface may be an input/output interface.
  • the transceiver may be a transceiver circuit.
  • the input/output interface may be an input/output circuit.
  • a communication device is provided, and the communication device may be the network device in the above method, or a chip applied to the network device.
  • the communication device includes: a processor, coupled with a memory, and can be used to execute instructions in the memory, so as to implement the method performed by the network device in the above second aspect and any possible implementation thereof, or to implement the above fourth aspect
  • the method performed by the network device in the aspect and any possible implementation thereof, or to implement the method performed by the network device in the sixth aspect and any possible implementation thereof, or to implement the eighth aspect above Aspects and methods performed by network devices in any possible implementation manners thereof.
  • the communication device further includes a memory.
  • the communication device further includes a communication interface, and the processor is coupled to the communication interface.
  • the communication interface may be a transceiver, or an input/output interface.
  • the communication interface may be an input/output interface.
  • the transceiver may be a transceiver circuit.
  • the input/output interface may be an input/output circuit.
  • a program When executed by a communication device, the program is used to execute any method in the first aspect and its possible implementations, or to execute the second aspect and its possible implementations.
  • any method in the manner, or to implement any method in the third aspect and possible implementations thereof, or to implement any method in the fourth aspect and possible implementations thereof, or to implement any method in the fourth aspect and possible implementations thereof, or to implement any method in the third aspect and its possible implementations Any method in the fifth aspect and its possible implementations, or any method in the sixth aspect and its possible implementations, or any of the seventh aspect and its possible implementations method, or for performing any method in the eighth aspect and its possible implementation manners.
  • a program product includes: program code, when the program code is run by the communication device, the communication device executes any one of the above-mentioned first aspect and its possible implementation manners method, or for carrying out any method in the second aspect and its possible implementations, or for carrying out any method in the third aspect and its possible implementations, or for carrying out the fourth aspect and its possible implementations any method in any of the embodiments, or for performing any method in the fifth aspect and its possible implementations, or for performing any method in the sixth aspect and its possible implementations, or for performing any method in the sixth aspect and its possible implementations, or for Execute any method in the seventh aspect and possible implementations thereof, or be used to implement any method in the eighth aspect and possible implementations thereof.
  • a computer-readable storage medium stores a program.
  • the communication device executes any of the above-mentioned first aspect and its possible implementation manners.
  • a method, or for implementing any method in the second aspect and its possible implementations, or for implementing any method in the third aspect and its possible implementations, or for implementing the fourth aspect and its possible implementations Any method in the possible implementation manners, or for performing any method in the fifth aspect and its possible implementation manners, or for performing any method in the sixth aspect and its possible implementation manners, or using For performing any method in the seventh aspect and possible implementations thereof, or for performing any method in the eighth aspect and possible implementations thereof.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile communication system applicable to an embodiment of the present application
  • Fig. 2 is a schematic interactive flowchart of an example of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of an example of the distribution of the first time length and the second time length provided by the embodiment of the present application;
  • Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of another example of the distribution of the first time length and the second time length provided by the embodiment of the present application;
  • Fig. 5 is a schematic interactive flowchart of another communication method provided by the embodiment of the present application.
  • Fig. 6 is a schematic interactive flow chart of another communication method provided by the embodiment of the present application.
  • Fig. 7 is a schematic interactive flow chart of another communication method provided by the embodiment of the present application.
  • Fig. 8 is a schematic interactive flow chart of still another communication method provided by the embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 9 is a schematic interaction flowchart of another example of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • Fig. 10 is a schematic interactive flow chart of still another communication method provided by the embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 11 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 12 is a schematic block diagram of another communication device provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • a terminal device communicates with other devices by collecting energy from the outside, the data transmission of the terminal device is often intermittent, which is not conducive to the communication between this type of terminal device and other devices.
  • other devices are network devices. If the network device sends downlink data to the terminal device when this type of terminal device is currently interrupting data transmission and performing energy collection, the downlink data will obviously not be received by the terminal device. received, thereby affecting the normal communication between the terminal device and the network device.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a communication method, so as to enable normal communication between the above-mentioned type of terminal device and other devices.
  • LTE Long Term Evolution
  • FDD Frequency Division Duplex
  • Time Division Duplex Time Division Duplex
  • TDD Time Division Duplex
  • New Radio, NR new radio in the fifth generation (5th Generation, 5G) mobile communication system
  • device to device device to device
  • D2D device to device
  • future mobile communication system etc.
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile communication system applicable to the embodiment of the present application.
  • the mobile communication system includes a core network device 110, a radio access network device 120, and at least one terminal device (such as the terminal device 130 and the terminal device 140 in FIG. 1).
  • the terminal device is connected to the wireless access network device in a wireless manner
  • the wireless access network device is connected to the core network device in a wireless or wired manner.
  • the core network equipment and the wireless access network equipment can be independent and different physical equipment, or the functions of the core network equipment and the logical functions of the wireless access network equipment can be integrated on the same physical equipment, or it can be a physical equipment It integrates some functions of core network equipment and some functions of radio access network equipment.
  • Terminal equipment can be fixed or mobile.
  • FIG. 1 is only a schematic diagram.
  • the communication system may also include other network devices, such as wireless relay devices and wireless backhaul devices, which are not shown in FIG. 1 .
  • the embodiments of the present application do not limit the number of core network equipment, radio access network equipment, and terminal equipment included in the mobile communication system.
  • the wireless access network device is the access device for the terminal device to access the mobile communication system through wireless means, which can be a base station NodeB, an evolved base station (evolved NodeB, eNodeB), a transmission reception point (transmission reception point, TRP),
  • the next generation base station (next generation NodeB, gNB) in the 5G mobile communication system, the base station in the future mobile communication system or the access node in the WiFi system can also be a cloud radio access network (Cloud Radio Access Network, CRAN) scenario
  • the wireless controller under the network can also be a relay station, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, and a network device in a PLMN network that will evolve in the future.
  • the embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific technology and specific equipment form adopted by the radio access network equipment.
  • wireless access network equipment is referred to as network equipment for short. Unless otherwise specified, in this application, network equipment refers to wireless access network equipment.
  • the terminal equipment may also be called a terminal terminal, a terminal equipment (user equipment, UE), a mobile station (mobile station, MS), a mobile terminal (mobile terminal, MT) and so on.
  • Terminal equipment can be mobile phone, tablet computer (Pad), computer with wireless transceiver function, virtual reality (Virtual Reality, VR) terminal equipment, augmented reality (Augmented Reality, AR) terminal equipment, industrial control (industrial control) ), wireless terminals in self driving, wireless terminals in remote medical surgery, wireless terminals in smart grid, wireless terminals in transportation safety Terminals, wireless terminals in smart cities, wireless terminals in smart homes, etc.
  • the embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific technology and specific device form adopted by the terminal device.
  • Network equipment and terminal equipment can be deployed on land, including indoors or outdoors, hand-held or vehicle-mounted; they can also be deployed on water; they can also be deployed on aircraft, balloons and artificial satellites in the air.
  • the embodiments of the present application do not limit the application scenarios of the network device and the terminal device.
  • Network devices and terminal devices can communicate through licensed spectrum, unlicensed spectrum, or both licensed spectrum and unlicensed spectrum. Communication between the network device and the terminal device may be performed through a frequency spectrum below 6 gigahertz (GHz), or may be performed through a frequency spectrum above 6 GHz, or may be performed using a frequency spectrum below 6 GHz and a frequency spectrum above 6 GHz at the same time.
  • GHz gigahertz
  • the embodiments of the present application do not limit the frequency spectrum resources used between the network device and the terminal device.
  • the physical downlink control channel (physical uplink control channel, PUCCH) is only used as an example of the downlink control channel, and in different systems and different scenarios, the control channel may have different name, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.
  • terminal devices and the first type of terminal devices appearing below refer to terminal devices that rely on energy collected from the outside to achieve communication with other devices
  • the second type of terminal devices appearing below A type of terminal device refers to other terminal devices except the first type of terminal device, wherein the first type of terminal device may also be referred to as an energy harvesting (energy harvesting) type terminal device, and the second type of terminal device may also be Referred to as non-energy harvesting type end devices.
  • FIG. 2 shows an exemplary flow chart of a communication method from the perspective of device interaction.
  • the method 200 includes at least the following steps.
  • Step 202 the terminal device sends the first instruction information to the network device, the first instruction information indicates the first communication mode (pattern), the first communication mode is used to determine the first time length and the second time length, the first time length is the terminal The time length that the device expects (or prefers) to perform data transmission, and the second time length is the time length that the terminal device expects to interrupt data transmission.
  • the network device receives the first indication information from the terminal device.
  • the terminal device can perform data transmission with the network device.
  • the judgment of the length of time for data transmission by the terminal device and the length of time for interrupting data transmission is inconsistent with the actual situation, resulting in the probability of loss of data transmitted between the network device and the terminal device.
  • the terminal device can communicate with the network device for the terminal device. and the length of time for energy harvesting to be agreed upon. It is worth mentioning that the terminal device will interrupt data transmission during the energy collection period, or that the terminal device will perform energy collection during the interruption of data transmission. In other words, in the embodiment of this application, the length of time for interrupting data transmission can be Considered to be the length of time that energy harvesting takes place.
  • the terminal device may send first indication information to the network device,
  • the first indication information indicates the first communication mode
  • the network device may determine the time length for which the terminal device expects to perform data transmission according to the first communication mode, that is, the first time length, and determine the time length for which the terminal device expects to interrupt data transmission, that is, , the second duration.
  • the first communication mode may include a period of time during which the network device and the terminal device are in an RRC connected state (connected) and a period of time during which the terminal device expects to perform data transmission, and the network device may calculate the expected interruption of the terminal device accordingly.
  • the length of data transmission for example, the network device can determine the length of time that the network device and the terminal device are in the RRC connection state, except for the time length that the terminal device expects to perform data transmission, as the length of time that the terminal device expects Length of time to interrupt data transfer.
  • the first communication mode may include a period of time during which the network device and the terminal device are in the RRC connection state and a time period during which the terminal device expects to interrupt data transmission, and the network device may calculate the time period during which the terminal device expects to perform data transmission.
  • the length of time for example, the network device can determine the length of time during which the network device and the terminal device are in the RRC connection state, except for the time length during which the terminal device expects to interrupt data transmission, as the length of time that the terminal device expects to perform data transmission length of time.
  • the first communication mode may include a time length expected by the terminal device to perform data transmission and a time length expected by the terminal device to suspend data transmission.
  • FIG. 3 shows the distribution of the first time length and the second time length within a period of time when the network device and the terminal device are in the RRC connection state. It is worth mentioning that, the proportions of the first time length and the second time length shown in FIG. 3 within the above-mentioned time length are only for illustrative purposes, and do not constitute a limitation to the embodiment of the present application.
  • the first communication mode may also be used to determine that the first time length and the second time length occur periodically.
  • the first communication mode may include a first time length and a period in which the first time length occurs, and the network device may calculate the time length for the terminal device to interrupt data transmission, that is, the second time length, for example, for each One cycle, the network device determines a time length other than the first time length in the time length corresponding to the cycle as the second time length.
  • the first communication mode may include a second time length and a period in which the second time length occurs, and the network device may calculate the time length during which the terminal device expects to perform data transmission, that is, the first time length, for example, for each One cycle, the network device determines the time length corresponding to the cycle except the second time length as the first time length.
  • the first communication mode may include a first time length and a second time length, and indicate that the first time length and the second time length appear alternately.
  • FIG. 4 shows the distribution of the first time length and the second time length. It can be seen from FIG. 4 that the first time length and the second time length appear alternately.
  • the first indication information may be carried in a non-access stratum (access stratum, AS) terminal equipment capability information (user equipment capability information) message or a terminal equipment assistance information (user equipment assistance information) ) message.
  • access stratum access stratum, AS
  • terminal equipment capability information user equipment capability information
  • terminal equipment assistance information user equipment assistance information
  • Step 203 the network device sends the first configuration information to the terminal device, the first configuration information indicates the second communication mode, the second communication mode is used to determine the third time length and the fourth time length, the third time length is when the network device is a terminal The time length configured by the device for data transmission, the fourth time length is the time length configured by the network device for the terminal device to interrupt data transmission.
  • the terminal device receives the first configuration information from the network device.
  • the network device may determine the expected length of time for the terminal device to perform data transmission and the expected length of time for interrupting data transmission according to the first indication information.
  • the length of time further, the network device can determine that the terminal device is the first type of terminal device or the characteristics of data transmission of the terminal device are intermittent, after that, the network device can send the first configuration information to the terminal device, in other words
  • the first configuration information is determined based on the first indication information
  • the first configuration information indicates the second communication mode
  • the terminal device can determine the time length for data transmission configured by the network device for the terminal device according to the second communication mode, that is, , the third time length, and determine the time length configured by the network device for the terminal device to interrupt data transmission, that is, the fourth time length.
  • the second communication mode may include a period of time during which the network device and the terminal device are in the RRC connection state and a period of time for data transmission configured by the network device for the terminal device, and the terminal device may calculate that the network device is a terminal device The configured length of time to interrupt data transfers.
  • the method for the terminal device to determine the length of time the network device configures for the terminal device to interrupt data transmission please refer to the above method for the network device to determine the length of time the terminal device expects to interrupt data transmission. For the sake of brevity, details are not repeated here.
  • the second communication mode may include a period of time during which the network device and the terminal device are in the RRC connection state and a period of time for the network device to interrupt data transmission configured for the terminal device, and the terminal device may calculate based on this that the network device is a terminal The length of time configured by the device for data transmission.
  • the method for the terminal device to determine the time length for data transmission configured by the network device for the terminal device please refer to the above method for the network device to determine the time length for data transmission expected by the terminal device. For the sake of brevity, details are not repeated here.
  • the second communication mode may include the time length configured by the network device for the terminal device to perform data transmission and the time length configured by the network device for the terminal device to suspend data transmission.
  • data transmission is performed between the terminal device and the network device within a third time period, and data transmission between the terminal device and the network device is interrupted within a fourth time period, and the terminal device can perform energy collection within the fourth time period.
  • the terminal device and the network device reach an agreement on the length of time for data transmission and the length of time for energy collection by the terminal device.
  • the second communication mode may also be used to determine that the third time length and the fourth time length occur periodically.
  • the second communication mode may include a third time length and a period in which the third time length occurs, and the terminal device may calculate the time length for interrupting data transmission configured by the network device for the terminal device, that is, the fourth time length.
  • the method for the terminal device to determine the fourth time length please refer to the above-mentioned method for the network device to determine the time length for which the terminal device expects to interrupt data transmission. For the sake of brevity, details are not repeated here.
  • the second communication mode may include a fourth time period and a period in which the fourth time period occurs, and the terminal device may calculate the time period configured by the network device for the terminal device for data transmission, that is, the third time period.
  • the method for the terminal device to determine the third time length please refer to the above-mentioned method for the network device to determine the expected data transmission time length of the terminal device. For the sake of brevity, details are not repeated here.
  • the second communication mode may include a third time length and a fourth time length configured by the network device for the terminal device, and indicate that the third time length and the fourth time length appear alternately.
  • the terminal device can collect energy and stop data transmission with the terminal device.
  • the foregoing third time length and fourth time length may be configured by the network device for the terminal device according to actual conditions of the current network.
  • the network device may determine, based on the number of terminal devices currently serving, that it cannot support the expected length of time for data transmission of the terminal device.
  • the length of time that the terminal device expects to perform data transmission is different, that is, the third time length is different from the first time length, or, the time length that the network device configures for the terminal device to interrupt data transmission may be different from the time that the terminal device expects to interrupt data transmission
  • the lengths are different, that is, the fourth time length is different from the second time length.
  • the third time length may be the same as the first time length, in other words, the time length for data transmission configured by the network device for the terminal device is the same as the time length for data transmission expected by the terminal device same.
  • the second time length may be the same as the fourth time length.
  • the time length for interrupting data transmission configured by the network device for the terminal device is the same as the time length for interrupting data transmission expected by the terminal device. same.
  • the network device may not need to send the first configuration information to the terminal device, A confirmation message is sent to the terminal device, and the confirmation message represents that the network device agrees with the first time length and the second time length expected by the terminal device. After that, data transmission is performed between the terminal device and the network device within the first time length. Data transmission is interrupted for a length of time.
  • the first configuration information may be carried in an RRC reconfiguration message sent by the network device to the terminal device.
  • the terminal device may report to the network device that it is the first type of terminal device, or report to the network device that its own data transmission characteristics are intermittent, in this case
  • the method 200 may further include step 201: the terminal device sends second indication information to the network device, the second indication information indicating that the terminal device is a first type of terminal device or that the data transmission of the terminal device is intermittent.
  • the network device receives the second indication information from the terminal device.
  • the network device determines that the terminal device is the first type of terminal device according to the second indication information, or determines that the characteristics of the data transmission of the terminal device are intermittent, and then the network device receives the first indication from the terminal device After receiving the information, configure the third time length and the fourth time length for the terminal device through the first configuration information.
  • the second indication information may be carried in a terminal device capability information message or a terminal device assistance information message of the non-access stratum.
  • the second indication information and the first indication information may be carried in a same message (or signaling) and sent to the network device together.
  • the second indication information and the first indication information may also be carried in different messages and sent to the network device respectively.
  • the terminal device when the terminal device performs data transmission with the network device within the third time period, if the terminal device finds that the currently actually supported time length for data transmission is less than the third time length, The terminal device may report to the network device the remaining time length in the time length actually supported by the terminal device for data transmission, or report to the network device that the time length actually supported for data transmission is less than the third time length.
  • the method 200 may further include step 204: the terminal device sends third indication information to the network device, where the third indication information indicates the remaining time length in the time length actually supported by the terminal device for data transmission, or, The time length actually supported by the terminal device for data transmission is less than the third time length.
  • the terminal device can pass the third indication information Report to the network device the remaining time length in the currently supported time length for data transmission, or, the terminal device may report to the network device through the third indication information that the currently actually supported time length for data transmission is less than the third time length.
  • the third time length is 10 milliseconds, assuming that when the data transmission between the terminal device and the network device reaches the 4th millisecond, the terminal device finds that the remaining time available for data transmission is 4 milliseconds, it can be seen that the terminal The time length actually supported by the device for data transmission is 8 milliseconds, which is less than the third time length of 10 milliseconds.
  • the terminal device can report the currently supported data transmission time to the network device through the third indication information.
  • the remaining time length in the time length that is, 4 milliseconds, or, the terminal device may report to the network device that the currently supported time length for data transmission is less than the third time length through the third indication information.
  • the terminal device stops sending uplink data to the network device before the length of time actually supported by the terminal device for data transmission ends.
  • the network device uses the time length actually supported by the terminal device for data transmission. The sending of downlink data to the terminal device is suspended before the time length of data transmission ends.
  • the time length actually supported by the terminal device for data transmission is less than the third time length
  • the currently actually supported time length for data transmission is reduced relative to the third time length
  • the time length can be predefined by the protocol or pre-configured by the network device.
  • the time length of the time length actually supported by the terminal device for data transmission is reduced relative to the third time length can be understood as: the difference between the third time length and the time length actually supported by the terminal device for data transmission value, for example, the third time length is 12 milliseconds, and the current actual supported time length for data transmission is 8 milliseconds, then the current actually supported time length for data transmission of the terminal device is reduced relative to the third time length
  • the duration is 4 milliseconds.
  • the terminal device may also report to the network device the number of uplink transmissions that the terminal device expects to support within the first time length and/or or the number of downlink transmissions, in this case, the method 200 may also include step 205: the terminal device sends fourth indication information to the network device, and the fourth indication information indicates the number of uplink transmissions that the terminal equipment expects to support within the first time length and/or the number of downlink transmissions.
  • the network device may send to the terminal device the number of uplink transmissions and/or the number of downlink transmissions supported by the terminal device within the third time period configured by the network device, for example, The network device may send the first configuration information to the terminal device again, so as to indicate to the terminal device the number of uplink transmissions and/or the number of downlink transmissions supported by the terminal device configured by the network device within the third time period.
  • the information used to indicate the first communication mode may be combined with the number of uplink transmissions and/or downlink transmissions supported by the terminal device configured by the network device within the third time period. The information of the times of transmission is called the first configuration information.
  • the network device configures the terminal device to support 8 uplink transmissions and 6 downlink transmissions within the third time period through the first configuration information sent again, then the subsequent terminal device can perform 8 uplink transmissions within the third time period. Stop sending uplink data to the network device after the 8 uplink transmissions are completed, and the network device can perform 6 downlink transmissions within the third time period, and stop sending downlink data to the terminal device after the 6 downlink transmissions are completed.
  • the terminal device may report both the third indication information and the fourth indication information to the network device.
  • the third time length configured by the network device through the first configuration information is 10 milliseconds, and after receiving the fourth indication information, configure the terminal device to support 7 uplinks within the third time length through the first configuration information sent again transmission and 5 downlink transmissions.
  • the currently supported time length for data transmission is 8 seconds.
  • the terminal device can pass The third indication information reports to the network device the remaining time length in the currently supported time length for data transmission, or, the terminal device may report the currently actually supported time length for data transmission to the network device through the third indication information less than the third length of time.
  • the terminal device and the network device can interrupt the data transmission before the end of the time length actually supported by the terminal device for data transmission. Transmission, in other words, in this case, the number of data transmissions actually completed between the terminal device and the network device is less than 12.
  • the above two first configuration information may be carried in the same message or carried in different messages, for example, in one implementation, the network device may receive the After the first indication information, send a message to the terminal device to indicate the first configuration information of the first communication mode, and after receiving the fourth indication information from the terminal device, send another message to the terminal device to indicate The first configuration information of the number of uplink transmissions and/or the number of downlink transmissions supported by the terminal device configured by the network device within the third time period; in another implementation, the network device may receive the first configuration information from the terminal device After the first indication information and the fourth indication information, the two pieces of first configuration information are sent to the terminal device through a message, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.
  • the third indication information and the fourth indication information may be carried in the same message, for example, the third indication information and the fourth indication information may be carried in the terminal device capability information message of the non-access stratum or terminal equipment auxiliary information message. Alternatively, the third indication information and the fourth indication information may be carried in different messages and sent to the network device respectively.
  • This application sends the third indication information and the fourth indication information to the terminal equipment in order, that is, step 204 and step 205. The sequence is not limited.
  • the number of uplink transmissions and/or the number of downlink transmissions supported by the terminal device within the third time period configured by the network device is the same as the number of uplink transmissions that the terminal device expects to support within the first time period.
  • the number of times and/or the number of downlink transmissions may be the same.
  • the network device may send confirmation information to the terminal device without sending the first configuration information to the terminal device.
  • the confirmation information represents that the network device agrees with the first configuration information expected by the terminal device.
  • the number of uplink transmissions and/or the number of downlink transmissions supported within the first time length is the same as the number of uplink transmissions that the terminal device expects to support within the first time period.
  • the number of times and/or the number of downlink transmissions may be the same.
  • the network device may send confirmation information to the terminal device without sending the first configuration information to the terminal device.
  • the confirmation information represents that the network device agrees with the first configuration information expected by the terminal device.
  • the network device can send two confirmation messages to the terminal device.
  • One of the two confirmation messages represents that the network device agrees with the first time length and the second time length expected by the terminal device, and the other represents that the terminal device agrees with the expected time length.
  • the two confirmation information may be carried in the same message or in different messages; or, the network device may Sending a confirmation message to the terminal device, the confirmation message represents that the network device not only agrees with the first time length and the second time length expected by the terminal device, but also agrees with the expected number of uplink transmissions supported by the terminal device within the first time length and /or the number of downlink transmissions.
  • the terminal device and the network device Based on the above technical solution, by making the terminal device and the network device agree on the length of time for data transmission and the time length of energy collection for the terminal device, the terminal device and the network device only perform data transmission within the length of time for data transmission , the data transmission is interrupted within the length of time for energy collection, thereby reducing the inconsistency between the network device and the terminal device due to the inconsistency between the network device and the terminal device's judgment of the time length of data transmission and the time length of interrupted data transmission and the actual situation. The probability of loss of transmitted data.
  • the above only takes the RRC connection state between the terminal device and the network device as an example, and introduces the method 200, which does not constitute a limitation to the embodiment of the present application. In specific implementation, the method 200 can also be applied In small packet transmission scenarios.
  • the first configuration information can be carried in the RRC release message, for example, if the terminal device establishes an RRC connection with the network device If there is no data transmission for a period of time, the network device can release the terminal device to the RRC inactive state through the RRC release message.
  • the first configuration information can be carried in the RRC release message and sent to the terminal device so that when the terminal device transmits small packets in the RRC inactive state, it can perform data transmission with the network device within the third time period.
  • the above-mentioned first communication mode may also include the length of time during which the network device and the terminal device are in the process of small packet transmission and the length of time the terminal device expects to perform data transmission, and the network device can calculate accordingly
  • the length of time that the terminal device expects to interrupt data transmission for example, the network device can include the period of time during which the network device and the terminal device are in the process of transmitting small packets, except for the length of time that the terminal device expects to perform data transmission , determined as the length of time that the terminal device expects to interrupt data transmission, or, the first communication mode may also include a period of time during which the network device and the terminal device are in the process of transmitting small packets and a time length that the terminal device expects to interrupt data transmission, Based on this, the network device can calculate the length of time that the terminal device expects to transmit data.
  • the network device can calculate the period of time during which the network device and the terminal device are in the process of transmitting small packets, excluding the expected interruption of data transmission by the terminal device.
  • the length of time other than the length of time is determined as the length of time that the terminal device expects to perform data transmission, or the first communication mode may also include the length of time that the terminal device expects to perform data transmission during the small packet transmission process and the expected interruption of data transmission. length of time.
  • the first communication mode may also be used to determine that the expected length of time for the terminal device to perform data transmission and the expected length of time to interrupt data transmission occur periodically during the small packet transmission process.
  • the second communication mode may also include the length of time during which the network device and the terminal device are in the process of small packet transmission and the time length of data transmission configured by the network device for the terminal device, and the terminal device can calculate accordingly Check out the length of time that the network device configures for the terminal device to interrupt data transmission.
  • the terminal device can save the period of time during which the network device and the terminal device are in the process of transmitting small packets, except for the data transmission that the network device configures for the terminal device.
  • the length of time other than the length of time is determined as the length of time that the network device configures for the terminal device to interrupt data transmission, or the second communication mode may also include a period of time during which the network device and the terminal device are in the process of transmitting small packets and The length of time that the network device configures for the terminal device to interrupt data transmission, for example, the terminal device can set a period of time during which the network device and the terminal device are in the process of transmitting small packets, excluding the length of time that the network device configures for the terminal device to interrupt data transmission.
  • the length of time other than the length of time is determined as the length of time for data transmission configured by the network device for the terminal device, or the second communication mode may also include the length of time for data transmission configured by the network device for the terminal device during the packet transmission process The length of time that the network device configures for the end device to interrupt data transmission.
  • the second communication mode may also be used to determine that the time length for data transmission and the time length for interrupting data transmission configured by the network device for the terminal device during small packet transmission occur periodically.
  • Fig. 5 shows an exemplary flow chart of another communication method from the perspective of device interaction, and the method 500 includes at least the following steps.
  • Step 501 the network device sends fourth configuration information to the terminal device, the fourth configuration information indicates the third communication mode, the third communication mode is used to determine the fifth time length and the sixth time length, the fifth time length is when the network device is a terminal The time length for data transmission configured by the device, and the sixth time length is the time length for interrupting data transmission configured by the network device for the terminal device.
  • the terminal device receives fourth configuration information from the network device.
  • the network device when the network device does not establish an RRC connection with the terminal device, in order to avoid subsequent establishment of the RRC connection with the terminal device, due to the length of time for the network device to transmit data to the terminal device, the judgment of the length of time for interrupting data transmission is inconsistent with the actual situation, resulting in the loss of the message transmitted between the terminal device and the network device during the RRC connection establishment process, which in turn leads to the failure of the RRC connection establishment, and the network device and the terminal device can target the terminal The amount of time the device spends data transmission and the amount of time it spends energy harvesting agrees.
  • the network device may send fourth configuration information to the terminal device, and the fourth configuration information indicates After the third communication mode is selected, the terminal device can determine the time length for data transmission configured by the network device for the terminal device according to the third communication mode, that is, the fifth time length, and determine the time for interrupting data transmission configured by the network device for the terminal device length, that is, the sixth time length.
  • the third communication mode may include a period of time for establishing an RRC connection between the terminal device and the network device and a time period for data transmission configured by the network device for the terminal device, that is, a fifth time period.
  • the terminal device can use the length of time for establishing an RRC connection between the terminal device and the network device, except for the fifth time length. , to determine the length of time that the network device is configured to interrupt data transmission for the end device.
  • the third communication mode may include a period of time for establishing an RRC connection between the terminal device and the network device and a time period for interrupting data transmission configured by the network device for the terminal device, that is, the sixth time period, the terminal device may Based on this, calculate the time length for data transmission configured by the network device for the terminal device.
  • the terminal device can use the period of time for establishing an RRC connection between the terminal device and the network device to exclude the time other than the sixth time length Length, which is determined as the time length for data transmission configured by the network device for the terminal device.
  • the third communication mode may include the time length configured by the network device for the terminal device to perform data transmission and the time length configured by the network device for the terminal device to suspend data transmission.
  • the third communication mode may also be used to determine that the fifth time length and the sixth time length occur periodically.
  • the network device may carry the fourth configuration information in a broadcast message, and send the broadcast message carrying the fourth configuration information.
  • the terminal device sends second indication information to the network device, where the second indication information indicates that the terminal device is the first type of terminal device or that the data transmission of the terminal device is intermittent.
  • the network device receives the second indication information from the terminal device.
  • the terminal device after the terminal device receives the broadcast message from the network device, it can start to establish an RRC connection with the network device, and during the process of establishing the RRC connection with the network device, the terminal device can send an Send the above second indication information.
  • the process of establishing the RRC connection between the terminal device and the network device may be an RRC connection establishment process, an RRC connection reestablishment process, or an RRC connection recovery process.
  • the terminal device may indicate the second indication information through message 1 (message 1, msg1) in the random access process, for example, through message 1
  • message 1 messages 1, msg1
  • preamble preamble
  • PRACH physical random access channel
  • the terminal device may indicate the second indication information through a message 3 (message 3, msg3) in the random access process, for example, the terminal device may Carry the second indication information in the message 3, and send the message 3 carrying the second indication information.
  • a message 3 messages 3, msg3
  • the terminal device may Carry the second indication information in the message 3, and send the message 3 carrying the second indication information.
  • the network device determines, according to the received second indication information, that the terminal device is the first type of terminal device or that the data transmission characteristics of the terminal device are intermittent, and then the network device During the establishment of the RRC connection with the terminal device, use the third communication mode for communication, that is, the network device performs signaling interaction with the terminal device within the fifth time period, and suspends the communication with the terminal device within the sixth time period Interacting with signaling messages, correspondingly, after determining that the network device has received the second indication information, the terminal device interacts with the network device for signaling messages within a fifth time period during the establishment of an RRC connection with the network device , suspend the interaction of signaling messages with the network device within the sixth time length, in other words, the terminal device and the network device agree on the time for data transmission and energy collection for the terminal device.
  • the network device configures the time length for data transmission and the time length for energy collection for the terminal device through the fourth configuration information, and enables the terminal device to pass during the establishment of the RRC connection.
  • the second indication information indicates to the network device that the type of the terminal device or the characteristics of the data transmission of the terminal device are intermittent, so that the terminal device and the network device avoid interrupting data transmission in the process of establishing the RRC connection between the terminal device and the network device Interaction of signaling messages is performed within a length of time to avoid RRC connection establishment failure due to loss of signaling messages.
  • Fig. 6 shows an exemplary flow chart of another communication method from the perspective of device interaction, and the method 600 includes at least the following steps.
  • step 601 the network device sends second configuration information to the terminal device, and the second configuration information carries the first value and the second value of the first timer.
  • the terminal device receives the second configuration information from the network device.
  • the network device when the network device has not established an RRC connection with the terminal device, in order to avoid the terminal device performing energy collection during the establishment of the RRC connection and causing the RRC connection to fail, the network device can pass the second configuration
  • the information configures two values for the first timer, which are respectively recorded as the first value and the second value, wherein the first timer is used to control the length of time required to complete the establishment of the RRC connection between the terminal device and the network device Regarding the length of time required for the first timer to control the establishment of the RRC connection between the terminal device and the network device, it can be understood that: when the first timer expires, the establishment of the RRC connection between the terminal device and the network device fails .
  • the first value is configured by the network device for the first timer corresponding to the first type of terminal device
  • the second value is configured by the network device for the first timer corresponding to the second type of terminal device, The first value is greater than the second value.
  • the network device may carry the second configuration information in a broadcast message, and send the broadcast message carrying the second configuration information.
  • the terminal device after receiving the broadcast message from the network device, the terminal device can start to establish an RRC connection with the network device, and during the process of establishing the RRC connection with the network device, the first value The larger one of the second value and the second value is used as the value of the first timer; or, during the process of establishing an RRC connection with the network device, the terminal device can use the first value or the second value as the first timing If the terminal device needs to perform energy collection during the process of establishing an RRC connection with the network device, the terminal device can suspend or suspend or stop the operation of the first timer; or, the terminal device establishes an RRC connection with the network device In the process, the first value or the second value can be used as the value of the first timer. If the terminal device needs to perform energy collection during the process of establishing an RRC connection with the network device, the terminal device can increase the first timer The remaining running time of the server.
  • the terminal device may also report the second indication information to the network device.
  • the method 600 further includes step 602: the terminal device sends the second indication information to the network device, and the second indication The information indicates that the terminal device is a terminal device of the first type or that the data transmission of the terminal device is intermittent.
  • the network device receives the second indication information from the terminal device.
  • the terminal device may send the foregoing second indication information to the network device during the process of establishing the RRC connection with the network device.
  • the terminal device may indicate the second indication information through message 1 in the random access process, for example, through a specific preamble of message 1 ( preamble) or a specific PRACH resource indicates the second indication information.
  • the terminal device may indicate the second indication information through message 3 in the random access process, for example, the terminal device may carry the second indication information in message 3 Two indication information, and send a message 3 carrying the second indication information.
  • the network device may determine, according to the second indication information from the terminal device, that the terminal device is the first type of terminal device or that the characteristics of the data transmission of the terminal device are intermittent. In this case, when establishing the RRC with the network device During the connection process, if the network device determines that a certain message related to the RRC connection establishment process has not been successfully received by the terminal device, the network device may consider that the reason for the failure to be successfully received by the terminal device is that the terminal device is currently collecting energy.
  • the network device may not resend the message to the terminal device immediately, but wait for a period of time before resending the message to the terminal device, so that when the message is resent, the terminal device has completed energy collection, thereby The possibility that the terminal device successfully receives the message is increased, thereby increasing the possibility that the RRC connection is successfully established.
  • the above only takes the configuration of two values for the first timer as an example to describe the method 600, but this does not constitute a limitation to the embodiment of the present application.
  • it can be configured for the first timer A value, and the relationship between this value and another value, for example, the relationship between this value and another value may include the multiple of another value relative to this value, another value At least one of the relational expressions between the amount of change relative to the value and the two values.
  • the above only takes the configuration of two values for the first timer as an example to describe the method 600, but this does not constitute a limitation to the embodiment of the present application.
  • the device configures a value, which is the value configured by the network device for the first timer corresponding to the first type and the second type of terminal equipment.
  • the terminal equipment can set the The value is used as the value of the first timer. If the terminal device needs to perform energy collection during the process of establishing an RRC connection with the network device, the terminal device can suspend or suspend or stop the operation of the first timer; or, the terminal device can Increase the duration of the remaining run of the first timer.
  • the method 600 is described above only by taking the establishment process of the RRC connection between the terminal device and the network device as an example.
  • the first timer may be a timer T300 for Control the length of time required to complete the establishment of the RRC connection between the terminal device and the network device.
  • the above method is also applicable to the scenario of reestablishing the RRC connection between the terminal device and the network device.
  • the first The timer may be timer T301, which is used to control the length of time required to complete the re-establishment of the RRC connection between the terminal device and the network device.
  • the above method is also applicable to the scene where the RRC connection is completed between the terminal device and the network device.
  • the first timer may be a timer T319, which is used to control the length of time required for the recovery of the RRC connection between the terminal device and the network device. It is worth mentioning that the establishment, re-establishment or recovery of the RRC connection between the terminal device and the network device can be understood as the successful access of the terminal device to the network.
  • the network device configures the first value and the second value for the first timer for the first type of terminal device, so that the first type of terminal device establishes or reestablishes an RRC connection with the network device or
  • a more suitable value can be selected from the first value and the second value as the value of the first timer, for example, the larger one of the first value and the second value
  • Fig. 7 shows an exemplary flow chart of another communication method from the perspective of device interaction, and the method 700 includes at least the following steps.
  • Step 701 the terminal device sends second indication information to the network device, and the second indication information indicates that the terminal device is a first type of terminal device or that the data transmission characteristic of the terminal device is intermittent.
  • the network device receives the second indication information from the terminal device.
  • the terminal device when an RRC connection has been established between the terminal device and the network device, in order to prevent the terminal device from performing energy collection during data transmission and causing the wireless link to fail, the terminal device can use the second The indication information indicates to the network device that the terminal device is the first type of terminal device or that the data transmission of the terminal device is intermittent.
  • the second indication information may be carried in a terminal device capability information message or a terminal device assistance information message of the non-access stratum.
  • Step 702 the network device sends fifth configuration information to the terminal device, the fifth configuration information carries the value of the second timer, and the second timer is used to control the detection of a wireless link failure between the terminal device and the network device (radio link failure).
  • the terminal device receives fifth configuration information from the network device.
  • the second timer is used to control the time required to detect the failure of the wireless link between the terminal device and the network device, which can be understood as: when the second timer expires, the wireless link between the terminal device and the network device fail.
  • the network device may use the fifth configuration information for the second timer Configure a corresponding value, the value may be greater than the value configured by the second timer corresponding to the second type of terminal device on the network device, or the value may be equal to the second timer corresponding to the second type of terminal device on the network device
  • the value of the timer configuration for example, the second timer may be a timer T310.
  • the fifth configuration information may be carried in an RRC message corresponding to the terminal device.
  • the terminal device determines the value of the second timer configured by the network device for the terminal device according to the fifth configuration information, and if the terminal device needs to perform energy collection when performing data transmission with the network device, The terminal device may suspend or suspend or stop the running of the second timer when performing energy collection, or the terminal device may increase the remaining running duration of the second timer.
  • the network device configure the value of the second timer for the terminal device to be greater than the value configured by the network device for the second timer corresponding to the second type of terminal device, thereby reducing the time when the terminal device is transmitting data. The probability that the energy harvesting in the process will cause the wireless link to fail.
  • Fig. 8 shows an exemplary flow chart of another communication method from the perspective of device interaction, and the method 800 includes at least the following steps.
  • step 801 the terminal device sends second indication information to the network device, where the second indication information indicates that the terminal device is a first type of terminal device or that the data transmission of the terminal device is intermittent.
  • the network device receives the second indication information from the terminal device.
  • the terminal device in order to prevent the terminal device from performing energy collection in the process of small packet transmission in the RRC inactive state and causing the small packet transmission to fail, the terminal device can pass The second indication information indicates to the network device that the terminal device is the first type of terminal device or that the data transmission of the terminal device is intermittent.
  • the second indication information may be carried in a terminal device capability information message or a terminal device assistance information message of the non-access stratum.
  • Step 802 the network device sends sixth configuration information to the terminal device, the sixth configuration information carries the value of the third timer, and the third timer is used to control the duration of packet transmission between the terminal device and the network device.
  • the terminal device receives sixth configuration information from the network device.
  • the third timer is used to control the duration of small packet transmission between the terminal device and the network device, which can be understood as: when the third timer expires, the terminal device cannot perform small packet transmission with the network device.
  • the third timer may also be referred to as a small packet transmission failure timer.
  • the network device may use the sixth configuration information for the third timer Configure a corresponding value, which is greater than the value configured by the third timer corresponding to the second type of terminal equipment on the network device, or the value may be equal to the third timer corresponding to the second type of terminal equipment on the network device The value of the device configuration.
  • the network device may send an RRC release message carrying the sixth configuration information to the terminal device when releasing the terminal device to the RRC inactive state.
  • the terminal device determines the value of the third timer configured by the network device for the terminal device according to the sixth configuration information. If the terminal device needs to perform energy collection when transmitting small packets with the network device, The terminal device may suspend or suspend or stop the operation of the third timer when performing energy collection, or the terminal device may increase the remaining operation duration of the third timer.
  • the value configured by the network device for the third timer for the terminal device is greater than the value configured by the network device for the third timer corresponding to the second type of terminal device, thereby reducing the time when the terminal device is in RRC The probability of failure of small packet transmission due to energy harvesting during the process of small packet transmission in the active state.
  • the first timer in method 600 does not represent a certain timer, but represents a timer of the same type or with the same function.
  • the second timer in method 700 does not represent a certain timer
  • the third timer in method 800 does not represent a certain timer, but represents a timer of the same type or with the same function.
  • Fig. 9 shows an exemplary flow chart of still another communication method from the perspective of device interaction, and the method 900 includes at least the following steps.
  • step 901 the terminal device sends second indication information to the network device, where the second indication information indicates that the terminal device is a terminal device of the first type or that the data transmission of the terminal device is intermittent.
  • the network device receives the second indication information from the terminal device.
  • the terminal device may send the second indication information to the network device when registering with the network, so that the network device knows that the terminal device is the first type of terminal device or that the data transmission characteristic of the terminal device is On and off.
  • Step 902 the terminal device receives a paging message from the network device, and the number of retransmissions corresponding to the terminal device of the paging message is greater than the number of retransmissions corresponding to the paging message used to page the second type of terminal device, and/or, The retransmission interval corresponding to the terminal device of the paging message is greater than the retransmission interval corresponding to the paging message used to page the second type of terminal device.
  • the number of retransmissions corresponding to the paging message used by the network device may be greater than the number of retransmissions corresponding to the paging message used to page the second type of terminal device.
  • the number of retransmissions, the second type of terminal device may be a terminal device other than the first type of terminal device, and the second type of terminal device may also be called a non-energy harvesting type of terminal device.
  • the paging message used to page the second type of terminal equipment is retransmitted 5 times
  • the network device pages the first type of terminal equipment
  • the corresponding paging message is retransmitted more than 5 times Second-rate.
  • the retransmission interval corresponding to the paging message adopted by the network device may be greater than that corresponding to the paging message used to page the second type of terminal device. retransmission interval.
  • the retransmission interval of the paging message used to page the second type of terminal equipment is 4 milliseconds
  • the retransmission interval of the corresponding paging message is greater than 4 milliseconds. millisecond.
  • the number of retransmissions corresponding to the paging message used by the network device may be greater than the number of retransmissions corresponding to the paging message used to page the second type of terminal device.
  • the number of retransmission times, and the retransmission interval corresponding to the paging message used by the network device may be greater than the retransmission interval corresponding to the paging message used to page the second type of terminal device.
  • the paging message for paging the second type of terminal equipment is retransmitted 4 times, and the retransmission interval of the paging message is 6 milliseconds
  • the number of retransmissions of the corresponding paging message is greater than 4 times, and the retransmission interval of the corresponding paging message is greater than 6 milliseconds.
  • the second indication information may be carried on a non-access stratum (non-access stratum) , NAS) registration (registration) message.
  • the second indication information may be carried in a non-access stratum (access stratum, AS) In the terminal equipment capability information (UE capability information) message or terminal equipment assistance information (UE assistance information) message.
  • AS access stratum
  • the terminal device by making the terminal device indicate to the network device that the terminal device is the first type of terminal device or that the data transmission characteristics of the terminal device are intermittent when registering with the network, and making the network device According to the type or data transmission characteristics of the terminal device, the number of retransmissions and the retransmission interval of the paging message used to page the terminal device are increased, thereby increasing the probability of paging the terminal device.
  • Fig. 10 shows an exemplary flow chart of still another communication method from the perspective of device interaction, and the method 1000 includes at least the following steps.
  • Step 1003 the terminal device sends fifth indication information to the network device, where the fifth indication information indicates that the terminal device needs to interrupt data transmission.
  • the network device receives fifth indication information from the terminal device.
  • the terminal device may send fifth indication information to the network device when energy collection is required, so that the network device knows that the terminal device will perform energy collection within a certain period of time in the future, in other words, the network device learns that the terminal device will Data transmission between interrupts and network devices within the length.
  • the length of time for the terminal device to interrupt data transmission may be predefined by the protocol.
  • the length of time for the terminal device to interrupt data transmission may be dynamically indicated to the network device by the terminal device.
  • the length of time for the terminal device to interrupt data transmission is carried in the fifth indication information and sent to Internet equipment.
  • the length of time for the terminal device to interrupt data transmission may be indicated by the network device to the terminal device.
  • the method 1000 further includes step 1002: the network device sends the third configuration to the terminal device Information, the third configuration information indicates the length of time for the terminal device to interrupt data transmission.
  • the terminal device receives the third configuration information from the network device.
  • the network device indicates to the terminal device the length of time for the terminal device to interrupt data transmission through the third configuration information, and then, when the terminal device needs to interrupt data transmission for energy collection, the terminal device can send fifth indication information to the network device to inform Network device: the terminal device will perform energy collection next, and after receiving the fifth indication information, the network device will stop data transmission with the terminal device within the length of time for interrupting data transmission indicated by the third configuration information.
  • the terminal device may inform the network device of the expected length of time for interrupting data transmission before the network device sends the third configuration information.
  • the method 1000 may also include step 1001 : The terminal device sends sixth indication information to the network device, where the sixth indication information indicates the expected length of time for the terminal device to interrupt data transmission.
  • the fifth indication information may be carried in at least one of a medium access control control element MAC CE, a physical uplink control channel PUCCH, and terminal equipment auxiliary information.
  • the fifth indication information may be indicated by a scheduling request (scheduling request, SR).
  • SR scheduling request
  • the configuration of the existing SR may be reused, but the meaning of the SR is redefined.
  • the SR The meaning of is redefined as: it is used to indicate that the terminal equipment needs to interrupt the data transmission.
  • the terminal device may send the fifth indication information together with the uplink data to the network device, or send the fifth indication information and the uplink data to the network device separately.
  • Step 1004 the terminal device suspends the data transmission with the network device within the time period during which the data transmission is interrupted.
  • the network device suspends the data transmission with the terminal device within the length of time during which the data transmission is interrupted.
  • the terminal device and the network device determine that the terminal device needs to interrupt data transmission and the length of time for which the data transmission is interrupted, the terminal device interrupts the data transmission with the network device within the length of time that the data transmission is interrupted, in other words, the terminal device
  • the data transmission between the network device and the network device is performed within the length of time that the data transmission is not interrupted. Data transmission to and from an end device during the length of time that the data transmission is uninterrupted.
  • the terminal device when the terminal device needs to interrupt the data transmission with the network device, the terminal device dynamically reports to the network device that the terminal device needs to interrupt the data transmission, so that the network device can interrupt the communication with the network device within the length of time when the data transmission is interrupted.
  • first terminal device is a first type of terminal device
  • second terminal device is a second type of terminal device.
  • the first terminal device may indicate to the second terminal device that it is a terminal device of the first type or that its own data transmission is intermittent, and the second terminal device receives After the instruction from the first terminal device, determine with the first terminal device the length of time for the first terminal device to perform data transmission and the length of time for the interruption of data transmission, and then the length of time for the first terminal device and the second terminal device to perform data transmission respectively
  • the data transmission is carried out within the time period of the respective interrupt data transmission, and the data transmission is interrupted.
  • the second terminal device may also determine with the first terminal device the number of data transmissions supported by the first terminal device within the above-mentioned time length for data transmission, and then the first terminal device Complete the above-mentioned number of data transmissions with the second terminal device within the length of time for data transmission with the first terminal device.
  • the first terminal device may indicate to the second terminal device the remaining time length in the currently supported time length for data transmission, or the first terminal device may indicate to the second terminal device
  • the second terminal device indicates that the currently supported time length for data transmission is shorter than the above-mentioned time length for the first terminal device to perform data transmission determined by the first terminal device and the second terminal device.
  • the time length that is currently actually supported for data transmission relative to the time length for data transmission between the first terminal device and the second terminal device determined by the first terminal device may be reduced by It is predefined by the protocol and pre-configured by the network equipment.
  • the first terminal device may indicate to the second terminal device that the first terminal device needs to interrupt data transmission and the length of time for which the data transmission needs to be interrupted when energy harvesting is required, for example, the first terminal device
  • the first terminal device When the energy is not enough to support the next data transmission, it may indicate to the second terminal device that the data transmission needs to be interrupted and the length of time for which the data transmission needs to be interrupted, so that the second terminal device and the first terminal device can communicate with each other in the time length for which the data transmission is interrupted.
  • the data transmission is interrupted, in other words, the data transmission between the second terminal device and the first terminal device is performed for a length of time during which the data transmission is not interrupted.
  • the above solution is also applicable to the scenario where the first terminal device and the second terminal device are both the first type of terminal device. Please refer to the relevant description above for the solution, and for the sake of brevity, details are not repeated here.
  • FIG. 11 and FIG. 12 are schematic structural diagrams of possible communication devices provided by the embodiments of the present application. These communication apparatuses may be used to realize the functions of the terminal device or the network device in the foregoing method embodiments, and thus also realize the beneficial effects of the foregoing method embodiments.
  • the communication device may be the terminal device 130 or the terminal device 140 as shown in FIG. 1, or the wireless access network device 120 as shown in FIG. 1, or it may be a Or a module (such as a chip) of a network device.
  • the communication device 300 includes a processing unit 310 and a transceiver unit 320 .
  • the communication device 300 is configured to implement the functions of the terminal device or the network device in the method embodiments shown in FIG. 2 , FIG. 5 , FIG. 6 , FIG. 7 , FIG. 8 , FIG. 9 , and FIG. 10 .
  • the processing unit 310 is used to generate the first indication information, the first indication information indicates the first communication mode, and the first communication mode is used to determine The first time length and the second time length, the first time length is the time length that the terminal device expects to perform data transmission, and the second time length is the time length that the terminal device expects to interrupt data transmission;
  • the transceiver unit 320 is used to send the first time length to the network device One indication information;
  • the transceiver unit 320 is also used to receive the first configuration information from the network device, the first configuration information indicates the second communication mode, the second communication mode is used to determine the third time length and the fourth time length, the third time The length is the time length configured by the network device for the terminal device to perform data transmission, and the fourth time length is the time length configured by the network device for the terminal device to interrupt data transmission.
  • the transceiver unit 320 is further configured to: before sending the first indication information to the network equipment, send second indication information to the network equipment, the second indication information indicating that the terminal equipment is a terminal equipment of the first type or data of the terminal equipment. Transmissions are intermittent in nature.
  • the transceiver unit 320 is further configured to: after receiving the first configuration information from the network device, if the terminal device determines that the currently supported time length for data transmission is less than the third time length, send the first configuration information to the network device Three indication information, the third indication information indicates the remaining time length in the time length actually supported by the terminal device for data transmission, or indicates that the time length actually supported by the terminal device for data transmission is less than the third time length.
  • the transceiver unit 320 is further configured to: send fourth indication information to the network device, the fourth indication information indicates the number of uplink transmissions and/or the number of downlink transmissions supported by the terminal device within the first time length, the first configuration The information also indicates the number of uplink transmissions and/or the number of downlink transmissions supported by the terminal device configured by the network device within the third time period.
  • the first communication mode is further used to determine that the first time length and the second time length occur periodically, and the second communication mode is further used to determine that the third time length and the fourth time length occur periodically.
  • the mode is used to determine a first time length and a second time length, the first time length is the time length that the terminal device expects to perform data transmission, and the second time length is the time length that the terminal device expects to interrupt data transmission;
  • the processing unit 310 is used to generate The first configuration information, the first configuration information indicates the second communication mode, the second communication mode is used to determine the third time length and the fourth time length, the third time length is the time length for data transmission configured by the network device for the terminal device , the fourth time length is the time length for interrupting data transmission configured by the network device for the terminal device;
  • the transceiver unit 320 is further configured to send the first configuration information to the terminal device.
  • the transceiving unit 320 is further configured to: before receiving the first indication information from the terminal device, receive second indication information from the terminal device, the second indication information indicating that the terminal device is a terminal device of the first type or a terminal device
  • the data transmission is characterized by intermittent.
  • the transceiver unit 320 is further configured to: after sending the first configuration information to the terminal device, receive third indication information from the terminal device, where the third indication information indicates the time length for data transmission currently actually supported by the terminal device The remaining time length in , or, indicates that the time length actually supported by the terminal device for data transmission is less than the third time length.
  • the transceiver unit 320 is further configured to: receive fourth indication information from the terminal device, where the fourth indication information indicates the number of uplink transmissions and/or the number of downlink transmissions supported by the terminal device within the first time period, the first The configuration information also indicates the number of uplink transmissions and/or the number of downlink transmissions supported by the terminal device configured by the network device within the third time period.
  • the first communication mode is further used to determine that the first time length and the second time length occur periodically, and the second communication mode is further used to determine that the third time length and the fourth time length occur periodically.
  • processing unit 310 and the transceiver unit 320 can be directly obtained by referring to the related descriptions in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 2 , and will not be repeated here.
  • the processing unit 310 is used to generate the second indication information, and the second indication information indicates that the terminal device is the first type of terminal equipment or terminal equipment The characteristic of the data transmission is intermittent; the transceiver unit 320 is configured to send the second indication information to the network device.
  • the processing unit 310 is used to generate fourth configuration information, the fourth configuration information indicates the third communication mode, and the third communication mode is used to determine The fifth time length and the sixth time length, the fifth time length is the time length for data transmission configured by the network device for the terminal device, and the sixth time length is the time length for interrupting data transmission configured by the network device for the terminal device; the transceiver unit 320 is configured to send fourth configuration information to the terminal device.
  • processing unit 310 and the transceiver unit 320 can be directly obtained by referring to the relevant descriptions in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 5 , and details are not repeated here.
  • the transceiver unit 320 is used to receive the second configuration information from the network device.
  • the first value is greater than the second value
  • the second value is configured by the network device for the first timer corresponding to the second type of terminal device.
  • the processing unit 310 is further configured to: when the terminal device performs energy collection, suspend or suspend or stop the running of the first timer, or increase the remaining running duration of the first timer.
  • the first timer is used to control the time required to complete the establishment or re-establishment or recovery of the RRC connection between the terminal device and the network device.
  • the transceiver unit 320 is further configured to: send second indication information to the network device, where the second indication information indicates that the terminal device is the first type of terminal device or that the data transmission of the terminal device is intermittent.
  • the processing unit 310 is used to generate the second configuration information, and the second configuration information carries the first value and the second Two takes a value; the transceiver unit 320 is configured to send the second configuration information to the terminal device.
  • the first value is greater than the second value
  • the second value is configured by the network device for the first timer corresponding to the second type of terminal device.
  • the first timer is used to control the time required to complete the establishment or re-establishment or recovery of the RRC connection between the terminal device and the network device.
  • the transceiver unit 320 is further configured to: receive second indication information from the network device, the second indication information indicating that the terminal device is the first type of terminal device or that the data transmission of the terminal device is intermittent.
  • processing unit 310 and the transceiver unit 320 can be directly obtained by referring to the related descriptions in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 6 , and will not be repeated here.
  • the processing unit 310 is used to generate the second indication information, and the second indication information indicates that the terminal device is the first type of terminal equipment or terminal equipment
  • the characteristic of the data transmission is intermittent
  • the transceiver unit 320 is configured to send the second indication information to the network device.
  • the processing unit 310 is used to generate fifth configuration information, the fifth configuration information carries the value of the second timer, and the second timing The device is used to control the time required to detect the failure of the wireless link between the terminal device and the network device; the transceiver unit 320 is used to send the fifth configuration information to the terminal device.
  • processing unit 310 and the transceiver unit 320 can be directly obtained by referring to related descriptions in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 7 , and details are not repeated here.
  • the processing unit 310 is used to generate second indication information, and the second indication information indicates that the terminal device is a first type of terminal device or a terminal device The characteristic of the data transmission is intermittent; the transceiver unit 320 is configured to send the second indication information to the network device.
  • the processing unit 310 is used to generate sixth configuration information, the sixth configuration information carries the value of the third timer, and the third timing The device is used to control the duration of packet transmission between the terminal device and the network device; the transceiver unit 320 is used to send the sixth configuration information to the terminal device.
  • processing unit 310 and the transceiver unit 320 can be directly obtained by referring to the relevant description in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 8 , and details are not repeated here.
  • the processing unit 310 is used to generate the second indication information, and the second indication information indicates that the terminal device is a first type of terminal device or a terminal device
  • the characteristics of the data transmission are intermittent
  • the transceiver unit 320 is used to send the second indication information to the network equipment
  • the transceiver unit 320 is also used to receive the paging message from the network equipment, and the corresponding retransmission times of the paging message is greater than The number of retransmissions corresponding to the paging message used to page the second type of terminal device, and/or, the retransmission interval corresponding to the paging message is greater than the retransmission interval corresponding to the paging message used to page the second type of terminal device transmission interval.
  • the network device is a core network device, and the second indication information is carried in a registration message of the non-access stratum.
  • the network device is an access network device
  • the second indication information is carried in the terminal device capability information message of the non-access layer or in the terminal device auxiliary information message.
  • the transceiver unit 320 is used to receive the second indication information from the terminal device, and the second indication information indicates that the terminal device is a terminal of the first type The characteristics of the data transmission of the device or the terminal device are intermittent, and the terminal device is currently in the RRC idle state or the RRC inactive state; the processing unit 310 is used to generate a paging message, and the number of retransmissions corresponding to the paging message is greater than that used for The number of retransmissions corresponding to the paging message for paging the second type of terminal equipment, and/or, the retransmission interval corresponding to the paging message is greater than the retransmission interval corresponding to the paging message for paging the second type of terminal equipment ;
  • the transceiver unit 320 is also used to send a paging message to the terminal device.
  • the network device is a core network device, and the second indication information is carried in a registration message of the non-access stratum.
  • the network device is an access network device
  • the second indication information is carried in the terminal device capability information message of the non-access layer or in the terminal device auxiliary information message.
  • processing unit 310 and the transceiver unit 320 can be directly obtained by referring to the relevant descriptions in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 9 , and will not be repeated here.
  • the processing unit 310 is used to generate fifth indication information, and the fifth indication information indicates that the terminal device needs to interrupt data transmission; the transceiver unit 320 is used to Send the fifth indication information to the network device.
  • the fifth indication information is carried in at least one of a medium access control element MAC CE, a physical uplink control channel PUCCH, and terminal equipment assistance information.
  • the fifth indication information also indicates the length of time for interrupting data transmission.
  • the fifth indication information is carried in MAC CE or terminal equipment auxiliary information.
  • the fifth indication information is sent together with the uplink data sent by the terminal device or sent separately.
  • the transceiving unit 320 is further configured to receive second configuration information from the network device, where the second configuration information indicates the length of time for the terminal device to interrupt data transmission.
  • the transceiving unit 320 is further configured to send sixth indication information to the network equipment before receiving the third configuration information from the network equipment, the sixth indication information indicating that the terminal equipment expects Length of time to interrupt data transfer.
  • the transceiver unit 320 is used to receive fifth indication information from the terminal device.
  • the fifth indication information is carried in at least one of MAC CE, PUCCH and terminal equipment auxiliary information.
  • the fifth indication information also indicates the length of time for interrupting data transmission.
  • the fifth indication information is carried in MAC CE or terminal equipment auxiliary information.
  • the fifth indication information is sent together with the uplink data sent by the terminal device or sent separately.
  • the transceiver unit 320 is further configured to send third configuration information to the terminal device, where the third configuration information indicates a time length for the terminal device to suspend data transmission.
  • the transceiver unit 320 is further configured to receive sixth indication information from the terminal device before sending the third configuration information to the terminal device, the sixth indication information indicating the interrupt data expected by the terminal device The length of time for the transfer.
  • processing unit 310 and the transceiver unit 320 can be directly obtained by referring to the relevant descriptions in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 10 , and details are not repeated here.
  • the communication device 400 includes a processor 410 and an interface circuit 420 .
  • the processor 410 and the interface circuit 420 are coupled to each other.
  • the interface circuit 420 may be a transceiver or an input-output interface.
  • the communication device 400 may further include a memory 430 for storing instructions executed by the processor 410 or storing input data required by the processor 410 to execute the instructions or storing data generated after the processor 410 executes the instructions.
  • the processor 410 is used to execute the functions of the above-mentioned processing unit 310
  • the interface circuit 420 is used to execute the functions of the above-mentioned transceiver unit 320 .
  • the processor 410 is used to execute the functions of the above-mentioned processing unit 310
  • the interface circuit 420 is used to execute the functions of the above-mentioned transceiver unit 320 .
  • the processor 410 is used to execute the functions of the above-mentioned processing unit 310
  • the interface circuit 420 is used to execute the functions of the above-mentioned transceiver unit 320 .
  • the processor 410 is used to execute the functions of the above-mentioned processing unit 310
  • the interface circuit 420 is used to execute the functions of the above-mentioned transceiver unit 320 .
  • the processor 410 is used to execute the functions of the processing unit 310
  • the interface circuit 420 is used to execute the functions of the transceiver unit 320 .
  • the processor 410 is used to perform the functions of the processing unit 310 described above, and the interface circuit 420 is used to perform the functions of the transceiver unit 320 described above.
  • the processor 410 is used to perform the functions of the processing unit 310 described above, and the interface circuit 420 is used to perform the functions of the transceiver unit 320 described above.
  • the terminal device chip implements the functions of the terminal device in the above method embodiment.
  • the terminal device chip receives information from other modules in the terminal device (such as radio frequency modules or antennas), and the information is sent to the terminal device by the network device; or, the terminal device chip sends information to other modules in the terminal device (such as radio frequency modules or antenna) to send information, which is sent by the terminal device to the network device.
  • the network equipment chip implements the functions of the network equipment in the above method embodiments.
  • the network device chip receives information from other modules in the network device (such as radio frequency modules or antennas), and the information is sent to the network device by the terminal device; or, the network device chip sends information to other modules in the network device (such as radio frequency modules or antenna) to send information, which is sent by the network device to the terminal device.
  • the processor in the embodiments of the present application can be a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), and can also be other general-purpose processors, digital signal processors (Digital Signal Processor, DSP), application-specific integrated circuits (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), Field Programmable Gate Array (Field Programmable Gate Array, FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, transistor logic devices, hardware components or any combination thereof.
  • a general-purpose processor can be a microprocessor, or any conventional processor.
  • the method steps in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented by means of hardware, or may be implemented by means of a processor executing software instructions.
  • Software instructions can be composed of corresponding software modules, and software modules can be stored in random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), flash memory, read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), programmable read-only memory (Programmable ROM) , PROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (Erasable PROM, EPROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (Electrically EPROM, EEPROM), register, hard disk, mobile hard disk, CD-ROM or well-known in the art any other form of storage medium.
  • RAM Random Access Memory
  • ROM read-only memory
  • PROM programmable read-only memory
  • PROM erasable programmable read-only memory
  • Erasable PROM Erasable PROM
  • EPROM electrically erasable programmable read-only memory
  • register hard disk, mobile hard disk
  • An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor such the processor can read information from, and write information to, the storage medium.
  • the storage medium may also be a component of the processor.
  • the processor and storage medium can be located in the ASIC.
  • the ASIC can be located in a network device or a terminal device.
  • the processor and the storage medium may also exist in the network device or the terminal device as discrete components.
  • all or part of them may be implemented by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof.
  • software When implemented using software, it 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 programs or instructions. When the computer program or instructions are loaded and executed on the computer, the processes or functions described in the embodiments of the present application are executed in whole or in part.
  • the computer can be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable devices.
  • the computer program or instructions may be stored in or transmitted via a computer-readable storage medium.
  • 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 integrating one or more available media.
  • the available medium may be a magnetic medium, such as a floppy disk, a hard disk, or a magnetic tape; it may also be an optical medium, such as a DVD; it may also be a semiconductor medium, such as a solid state disk (solid state disk, SSD).
  • a magnetic medium such as a floppy disk, a hard disk, or a magnetic tape
  • an optical medium such as a DVD
  • it may also be a semiconductor medium such as a solid state disk (solid state disk, SSD).
  • “at least one” means one or more, and “multiple” means two or more.
  • “And/or” describes the association relationship of associated objects, indicating that there can be three types of relationships, for example, A and/or B, which can mean: A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone, where A, B can be singular or plural.
  • the character “/” generally indicates that the contextual objects are an “or” relationship; in the formulas of this application, the character “/” indicates that the contextual objects are a "division” Relationship.

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本申请提供了一种通信方法和通信装置,网络设备通过为第一类型的终端设备针对第一定时器配置第一取值、第二取值,使得第一类型的终端设备在与网络设备进行RRC连接的建立或重建或恢复的过程中,可以从第一取值、第二取值中选择更为合适的取值作为第一定时器的取值,例如,将第一取值、第二取值中较大的一个作为第一定时器的取值,从而为降低当终端设备在RRC连接的建立或重建或恢复的过程中进行能量收集导致RRC连接的建立或重建或恢复失败的概率提供了一种解决方案。

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通信方法和通信装置
本申请要求于2021年11月16日提交国家知识产权局、申请号为202111357875.3、申请名称为“一种能量收集场景中UE辅助的数据传输方法”的中国专利申请的优先权,并且要求于2021年12月30日提交国家知识产权局、申请号为202111681150.X、申请名称为“通信方法和通信装置”的中国专利申请的优先权,其全部内容通过引用结合在本申请中。
技术领域
本申请涉及通信领域,并且更具体而言,涉及一种通信方法和通信装置。
背景技术
目前,存在一种终端设备,可以通过从外界收集能量,从而实现与其他设备之间的通信,可供这种类型的终端设备利用的能量包括光能、动能、热能、射频能等。由于上述的可供这种类型的终端设备利用的能量并不能随时随地获取到,因此,对于这种类型的终端设备,并不能保证其存储的能量始终是充足的,当终端设备存储的能量不足时,终端设备需要中断当前的通信,然后进行能量收集,在能量存储到一定程度后,终端设备再恢复通信,因此,可以看出,这种类型的终端设备的数据传输的特征往往是时断时续的。
发明内容
本申请提供了一种通信方法和通信装置,当终端设备通过从外界收集能量,从而实现与其他设备之间的通信时,该方法能够提高终端设备与其他设备之间能够正常通信的概率。
第一方面,提供了一种通信方法,包括:终端设备(也可以是终端设备中的模块,比如,芯片)接收来自网络设备的第二配置信息,第二配置信息指示第一定时器的第一取值与第二取值,第一定时器用于控制终端设备成功接入网络所需的时间长度。
示例性的,第一定时器可以用于控制终端设备与网络设备之间完成无线资源控制RRC连接的建立或重建或恢复所需的时长。
基于上述技术方案,网络设备通过为第一类型的终端设备针对第一定时器配置第一取值、第二取值,使得第一类型的终端设备在与网络设备进行RRC连接的建立或重建或恢复的过程中,可以从第一取值、第二取值中选择更为合适的取值作为第一定时器的取值,例如,将第一取值、第二取值中较大的一个作为第一定时器的取值,从而降低当终端设备在RRC连接的建立或重建或恢复的过程中进行能量收集导致RRC连接的建立或重建或恢复失败的概率。
在一种可能的实现方式中,第一取值大于第二取值,第二取值是网络设备为第二类型的终端设备配置的。
基于上述技术方案,网络设备通过为第一类型的终端设备针对第一定时器配置第一取值,从而区别于第二类型的终端设备对应的第二取值,使得第一类型的终端设备在与网络设备进行RRC连接的建立或重建或恢复的过程中,可以使用更为合适的第一取值作为第一定时器的取值,从而降低当终端设备在RRC连接的建立或重建或恢复的过程中进行能量收集导致RRC连接的建立或重建或恢复失败的概率。
在一种可能的实现方式中,该方法还包括:终端设备在进行能量收集时,暂停或挂起或停止第一定时器的运行,或者,终端设备在进行能量收集时,增大第一定时器的剩余运行的时长。
基于上述技术方案,当终端设备在与网络设备进行RRC连接的建立或重建或恢复的过程中需要进行能量收集时,终端设备在进行能量收集时,通过暂停或挂起或停止第一定时器的运行,在能量收集结束时再恢复第一定时器的运行,或者,增大第一定时器的剩余运行的时长,从而降低当终端设备在RRC连接的建立或重建或恢复的过程中进行能量收集导致RRC连接的建立或重建或恢复失败的概率。
在一种可能的实现方式中,该方法还包括:终端设备向网络设备发送第二指示信息,第二指示信息指示终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的。
基于上述技术方案,通过向网络设备发送第二指示信息,使得网络设备可以根据来自终端设备的第二指示信息,确定终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的,在这种情况下,在与网络设备建立RRC连接的过程中,如果网络设备确定与RRC连接的建立过程相关的某条消息未被终端设备成功接收,网络设备可以认为未被终端设备成功接收的原因是终端设备当前正在进行能量收集,此时,网络设备不会立即向终端设备重新发送该条消息,而是等待一段时间长度后再向终端设备重新发送该条消息,以期在重新发送该条消息时,终端设备已经完成了能量收集,从而提高终端设备成功接收到该条消息的可能性,进而提高成功建立RRC连接的可能性。
第二方面,提供了一种通信方法,包括:网络设备(也可以是网络设备中的模块,比如,芯片)向终端设备发送第二配置信息,第二配置信息指示第一定时器的第一取值与第二取值,第一定时器用于控制终端设备成功接入网络所需的时间长度。
示例性的,第一定时器可以用于控制终端设备与网络设备之间完成无线资源控制RRC连接的建立或重建或恢复所需的时长。
基于上述技术方案,网络设备通过为第一类型的终端设备针对第一定时器配置第一取值、第二取值,使得第一类型的终端设备在与网络设备进行RRC连接的建立或重建或恢复的过程中,可以从第一取值、第二取值中选择更为合适的取值作为第一定时器的取值,例如,将第一取值、第二取值中较大的一个作为第一定时器的取值,从而降低当终端设备在RRC连接的建立或重建或恢复的过程中进行能量收集导致RRC连接的建立或重建或恢复失败的概率。
在一种可能的实现方式中,第一取值大于第二取值,第二取值是网络设备为第二类型的终端设备配置的。
基于上述技术方案,网络设备通过为第一类型的终端设备针对第一定时器配置第一取值,从而区别于第二类型的终端设备对应的第二取值,使得第一类型的终端设备在与网络设备进行RRC连接的建立或重建或恢复的过程中,可以使用更为合适的第一取值作为第一定时器的取值,从而降低当终端设备在RRC连接的建立或重建或恢复的过程中进行能量收集导致RRC连接的建立或重建或恢复失败的概率。
在一种可能的实现方式中,该方法还包括:网络设备接收来自终端设备的第二指示信息,第二指示信息指示终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时 断时续的。
基于上述技术方案,通过接收来自终端设备的第二指示信息,使得网络设备可以根据来自终端设备的第二指示信息,确定终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的,在这种情况下,在与网络设备建立RRC连接的过程中,如果网络设备确定与RRC连接的建立过程相关的某条消息未被终端设备成功接收,网络设备可以认为未被终端设备成功接收的原因是终端设备当前正在进行能量收集,此时,网络设备不会立即向终端设备重新发送该条消息,而是等待一段时间长度后再向终端设备重新发送该条消息,以期在重新发送该条消息时,终端设备已经完成了能量收集,从而提高终端设备成功接收到该条消息的可能性,进而提高成功建立RRC连接的可能性。
第三方面,提供了一种通信方法,包括:终端设备(也可以是终端设备中的模块,比如,芯片)向网络设备发送第一指示信息,第一指示信息指示第一通信模式,第一通信模式用于确定第一时间长度与第二时间长度,第一时间长度为终端设备期望进行数据传输的时间长度,第二时间长度为终端设备期望中断数据传输的时间长度;然后,终端设备接收来自网络设备的第一配置信息,第一配置信息指示第二通信模式,第二通信模式用于确定第三时间长度与第四时间长度,第三时间长度为网络设备为终端设备配置的进行数据传输的时间长度,第四时间长度为网络设备为终端设备配置的中断数据传输的时间长度。
在一种实现方式中,网络设备可以根据来自终端设备的第一指示信息,确定终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的,进一步地,网络设备根据第一指示信息生成第一配置信息。
在另一种实现方式中,网络设备可以根据来自终端设备的第二指示信息,确定终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的,进一步地,网络设备根据第一指示信息生成第一配置信息,在这种情况下,该方法还包括:在向网络设备发送第一指示信息之前,终端设备向网络设备发送第二指示信息,第二指示信息指示终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的。
基于上述技术方案,通过使终端设备与网络设备针对终端设备进行数据传输的时间长度以及进行能量收集的时间长度达成一致,使终端设备与网络设备之间仅在进行数据传输的时间长度内进行数据传输,在进行能量收集的时间长度内中断进行数据传输,从而降低由于网络设备对终端设备进行数据传输的时间长度、中断数据传输的时间长度的判断与实际情况不一致,导致网络设备与终端设备之间传输的数据丢失的概率。
在一种可能的实现方式中,在接收到来自网络设备的第一配置信息之后,该方法还包括:如果终端设备确定当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度小于第三时间长度,则终端设备向网络设备发送第三指示信息,第三指示信息指示所述终端设备当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度中的剩余时间长度,或,指示终端设备当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度小于第三时间长度。
基于上述技术方案,当终端设备确定当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度小于第三时间长度时,通过将这一情况告知网络设备,使得网络设备与终端设备之间可以在终端设备当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度结束之前中断进行数据传输,从而降低由于网络设备在终端设备当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度结束后仍然向终端设备发送下行数据,导致网络设备向终端设备传输的数据丢失的概率。
在一种可能的实现方式中,该方法还包括:终端设备向网络设备发送第四指示信息,第四指示信息指示终端设备在第一时间长度内支持的上行传输的次数和/或下行传输的次数,第一配置信息还指示网络设备配置的终端设备在第三时间长度内支持的上行传输的次数和/或下行传输的次数。
基于上述技术方案,通过使终端设备与网络设备既针对终端设备进行数据传输的时间长度以及进行能量收集的时间长度达成一致,又针对终端设备在进行数据传输的时间长度内支持的上行传输的次数和/或下行传输的次数达成一致,使终端设备与网络设备之间仅在进行数据传输的时间长度内进行终端设备支持的相应次数的数据传输,在进行能量收集的时间长度内中断进行数据传输,从而进一步地降低致网络设备与终端设备之间传输的数据丢失的概率。
在一种可能的实现方式中,第一通信模式还用于确定第一时间长度与第二时间长度是周期性出现的,第二通信模式还用于确定第三时间长度与第四时间长度是周期性出现的。
第四方面,提供了一种通信方法,包括:网络设备(也可以是网络设备中的模块,比如,芯片)接收来自终端设备的第一指示信息,第一指示信息指示第一通信模式,第一通信模式用于确定第一时间长度与第二时间长度,第一时间长度为终端设备期望进行数据传输的时间长度,第二时间长度为终端设备期望中断数据传输的时间长度;然后,网络设备向终端设备发送第一配置信息,第一配置信息指示第二通信模式,第二通信模式用于确定第三时间长度与第四时间长度,第三时间长度为网络设备为终端设备配置的进行数据传输的时间长度,第四时间长度为网络设备为终端设备配置的中断数据传输的时间长度。
在一种实现方式中,网络设备可以根据来自终端设备的第一指示信息,确定终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的,进一步地,网络设备根据第一指示信息生成第一配置信息。
在另一种实现方式中,网络设备可以根据来自终端设备的第二指示信息,确定终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的,进一步地,网络设备根据第一指示信息生成第一配置信息,在这种情况下,该方法还包括:在接收来自终端设备的第一指示信息之前,接收来自终端设备的第二指示信息,第二指示信息指示终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的。
基于上述技术方案,通过使终端设备与网络设备针对终端设备进行数据传输的时间长度以及进行能量收集的时间长度达成一致,使终端设备与网络设备之间仅在进行数据传输的时间长度内进行数据传输,在进行能量收集的时间长度内中断进行数据传输,从而降低由于网络设备对终端设备进行数据传输的时间长度、中断数据传输的时间长度的判断与实际情况不一致,导致网络设备与终端设备之间传输的数据丢失的概率。
在一种可能的实现方式中,在向终端设备发送第一配置信息之后,该方法还包括:网络设备接收来自终端设备的第三指示信息,第三指示信息指示终端设备当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度中的剩余时间长度,或,指示终端设备当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度小于第三时间长度。
基于上述技术方案,当终端设备确定当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度小于第三时间长度时,通过将这一情况告知网络设备,使得网络设备与终端设备之间可以在终端设备当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度结束之前中断进行数据传输,从而降低由于 网络设备在终端设备当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度结束后仍然向终端设备发送下行数据,导致网络设备向终端设备传输的数据丢失的概率。
在一种可能的实现方式中,该方法还包括:网络设备接收来自终端设备的第四指示信息,第四指示信息指示终端设备在第一时间长度内支持的上行传输的次数和/或下行传输的次数,第一配置信息还指示网络设备配置的终端设备在第三时间长度内支持的上行传输的次数和/或下行传输的次数。
基于上述技术方案,通过使终端设备与网络设备既针对终端设备进行数据传输的时间长度以及进行能量收集的时间长度达成一致,又针对终端设备在进行数据传输的时间长度内支持的上行传输的次数和/或下行传输的次数达成一致,使终端设备与网络设备之间仅在进行数据传输的时间长度内进行终端设备支持的相应次数的数据传输,在进行能量收集的时间长度内中断进行数据传输,从而进一步地降低致网络设备与终端设备之间传输的数据丢失的概率。
在一种可能的实现方式中,第一通信模式还用于确定第一时间长度与第二时间长度是周期性出现的,第二通信模式还用于确定第三时间长度与第四时间长度是周期性出现的。
第五方面,提供了一种通信方法,包括:终端设备(也可以是终端设备中的模块,比如,芯片)向网络设备发送第二指示信息,第二指示信息指示终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的,其中,终端设备当前处于RRC空闲态或RRC非活跃态;然后,终端设备接收来自网络设备的寻呼消息,寻呼消息对应的重传次数大于用于寻呼第二类型的终端设备的寻呼消息对应的重传次数,和/或,寻呼消息对应的重传间隔大于用于寻呼第二类型的终端设备的寻呼消息对应的重传间隔。
基于上述技术方案,通过使终端设备在注册到网络时向网络设备指示终端设备是第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的,并且使网络设备根据终端设备的类型或终端设备的数据传输特征,增大用于寻呼该终端设备的寻呼消息的重传次数与重传间隔,从而增大寻呼到该终端设备的概率。
在一种可能的实现方式中,终端设备当前处于RRC空闲态时,网络设备为核心网设备,第二指示信息承载在非接入层的注册消息中。
在一种可能的实现方式中,终端设备当前处于RRC非活跃态时,网络设备为接入网设备,第二指示信息承载在非接入层的终端设备能力信息消息中或终端设备辅助信息消息中。
第六方面,提供了一种通信方法,包括:网络设备(也可以是网络设备中的模块,比如,芯片)接收来自终端设备的第二指示信息,第二指示信息指示终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的,终端设备当前处于RRC空闲态或RRC非活跃态;然后,网络设备发送寻呼消息,寻呼消息对应的重传次数大于用于寻呼第二类型的终端设备的寻呼消息对应的重传次数,和/或,寻呼消息对应的重传间隔大于用于寻呼第二类型的终端设备的寻呼消息对应的重传间隔。
基于上述技术方案,通过使终端设备在注册到网络时向网络设备指示终端设备是第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的,并且使网络设备根据终端设备的类型或终端设备的数据传输特征,增大用于寻呼该终端设备的寻呼消息的重传次数与重传间隔,从而增大寻呼到该终端设备的概率。
在一种可能的实现方式中,终端设备当前处于RRC空闲态时,网络设备为核心网设备,第二指示信息承载在非接入层的注册消息中。
在一种可能的实现方式中,终端设备当前处于RRC非活跃态时,网络设备为接入网设备,第二指示信息承载在非接入层的终端设备能力信息消息中或终端设备辅助信息消息中。
第七方面,提供了一种通信方法,包括:终端设备(也可以是终端设备中的模块,比如,芯片)向网络设备发送第五指示信息,第五指示信息指示终端设备需要中断数据传输;然后,网络设备在数据传输被中断的时间长度上中断与网络设备之间进行数据传输。
基于上述技术方案,在终端设备需要中断与网络设备之间的数据传输时,终端设备动态地向网络设备上报终端设备需要中断数据传输,使得网络设备可以在数据传输被中断的时间长度内中断与终端设备之间进行数据传输,在数据传输未被中断的时间长度内与网络设备之间进行数据传输,从而降低由于网络设备对终端设备进行数据传输的时间长度、中断数据传输的时间长度的判断与实际情况不一致,导致网络设备与终端设备之间传输的数据丢失的概率。
在一种可能的实现方式中,第五指示信息承载在媒体接入控制控制单元(medium access control control element,MAC CE)、物理上行链路控制信道PUCCH与终端设备辅助信息中的至少一种中。
在一种可能的实现方式中,第五指示信息还指示中断数据传输的时间长度。
在一种可能的实现方式中,第五指示信息承载在MAC CE或终端设备辅助信息中。
在一种可能的实现方式中,第五指示信息与终端设备发送的上行数据一起发送或者单独发送。
在一种可能的实现方式中,该方法还包括:终端设备接收来自网络设备的第二配置信息,第二配置信息指示终端设备中断数据传输的时间长度。
在一种可能的实现方式中,在接收来自网络设备的第三配置信息之前,该方法还包括:终端设备向网络设备发送第六指示信息,第六指示信息指示终端设备期望的中断数据传输的时间长度。
第八方面,提供了一种通信方法,包括:网络设备(也可以是网络设备中的模块,比如,芯片)接收来自终端设备的第五指示信息,第五指示信息指示终端设备需要中断数据传输;然后,网络设备在数据传输被中断的时间长度上中断与终端设备之间进行数据传输。
基于上述技术方案,在终端设备需要中断与网络设备之间的数据传输时,终端设备动态地向网络设备上报终端设备需要中断数据传输,使得网络设备可以在数据传输被中断的时间长度内中断与终端设备之间进行数据传输,在数据传输未被中断的时间长度内与网络设备之间进行数据传输,从而降低由于网络设备对终端设备进行数据传输的时间长度、中断数据传输的时间长度的判断与实际情况不一致,导致网络设备与终端设备之间传输的数据丢失的概率。
在一种可能的实现方式中,第五指示信息承载在MAC CE、PUCCH与终端设备辅助信息中的至少一种中。
在一种可能的实现方式中,第五指示信息还指示中断数据传输的时间长度。
在一种可能的实现方式中,第五指示信息承载在MAC CE或终端设备辅助信息中。
在一种可能的实现方式中,第五指示信息与终端设备发送的上行数据一起发送或者单独发送。
在一种可能的实现方式中,该方法还包括:网络设备向终端设备发送第三配置信息,第三配置信息指示终端设备中断数据传输的时间长度。
在一种可能的实现方式中,在向终端设备发送第三配置信息之前,该方法还包括:网络设备接收来自终端设备的第六指示信息,第六指示信息指示终端设备期望的中断数据传输的时间长度。
第九方面,提供一种通信装置,该通信装置可以为上述方法中的终端设备,或者,为应用于终端设备中的芯片。该通信装置包括:处理器,与存储器耦合,可用于执行存储器中的指令,以实现上述第一方面及其任意一种可能的实现方式中终端设备所执行的方法,或者,以实现上述第三方面及其任意一种可能的实现方式中终端设备所执行的方法,或者,以实现上述第五方面及其任意一种可能的实现方式中终端设备所执行的方法,或者,以实现上述第七方面及其任意一种可能的实现方式中终端设备所执行的方法。可选地,该通信装置还包括存储器。可选地,该通信装置还包括通信接口,处理器与通信接口耦合。
当该通信装置为终端设备时,该通信接口可以是收发器,或,输入/输出接口。
当该通信装置为应用于终端设备中的芯片时,该通信接口可以是输入/输出接口。
可选地,该收发器可以为收发电路。可选地,该输入/输出接口可以为输入/输出电路。
第十方面,提供一种通信装置,该通信装置可以为上述方法中的网络设备,或者,为应用于网络设备中的芯片。该通信装置包括:处理器,与存储器耦合,可用于执行存储器中的指令,以实现上述第二方面及其任意一种可能的实现方式中网络设备所执行的方法,或者,以实现上述第四方面及其任意一种可能的实现方式中网络设备所执行的方法,或者,以实现上述第六方面及其任意一种可能的实现方式中网络设备所执行的方法,或者,以实现上述第八方面及其任意一种可能的实现方式中网络设备所执行的方法。可选地,该通信装置还包括存储器。可选地,该通信装置还包括通信接口,处理器与通信接口耦合。
当该通信装置为网络设备时,该通信接口可以是收发器,或,输入/输出接口。
当该通信装置为应用于网络设备中的芯片时,该通信接口可以是输入/输出接口。
可选地,该收发器可以为收发电路。可选地,该输入/输出接口可以为输入/输出电路。
第十一方面,提供了一种程序,该程序在被通信装置执行时,用于执行第一方面及其可能的实施方式中的任一方法,或者用于执行第二方面及其可能的实施方式中的任一方法,或者用于执行第三方面及其可能的实施方式中的任一方法,或者用于执行第四方面及其可能的实施方式中的任一方法,或者用于执行第五方面及其可能的实施方式中的任一方法,或者用于执行第六方面及其可能的实施方式中的任一方法,或者用于执行第七方面及其可能的实施方式中的任一方法,或者用于执行第八方面及其可能的实施方式中的任一方法。
第十二方面,提供了一种程序产品,所述程序产品包括:程序代码,当所述程序代码被通信装置运行时,使得通信装置执行上述第一方面及其可能的实施方式中的任一方法,或者用于执行第二方面及其可能的实施方式中的任一方法,或者用于执行第三方面及其可能的实施方式中的任一方法,或者用于执行第四方面及其可能的实施方式中的任一方法,或者用于执行第五方面及其可能的实施方式中的任一方法,或者用于执行第六方面及其可 能的实施方式中的任一方法,或者用于执行第七方面及其可能的实施方式中的任一方法,或者用于执行第八方面及其可能的实施方式中的任一方法。
第十三方面,提供了一种计算机可读存储介质,所述计算机可读存储介质存储有程序,所述程序被执行时,使得通信装置执行上述第一方面及其可能的实施方式中的任一方法,或者用于执行第二方面及其可能的实施方式中的任一方法,或者用于执行第三方面及其可能的实施方式中的任一方法,或者用于执行第四方面及其可能的实施方式中的任一方法,或者用于执行第五方面及其可能的实施方式中的任一方法,或者用于执行第六方面及其可能的实施方式中的任一方法,或者用于执行第七方面及其可能的实施方式中的任一方法,或者用于执行第八方面及其可能的实施方式中的任一方法。
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下面将结合附图,对本申请中的技术方案进行描述。当终端设备通过从外界收集能量,从而实现与其他设备之间的通信时,终端设备的数据传输的特征往往是时断时续的,这不利于这种类型的终端设备与其他设备之间的正常通信,例如,其他设备为网络设备,如果网络设备在这种类型的终端设备当前处于中断数据传输,进行能量收集的状态下向该终端设备发送下行数据,该下行数据显然不会被终端设备接收到,进而影响到终端设备与网络设备之间的正常通信。
有鉴于此,本申请实施例提供一种通信方法,以期使得上述类型的终端设备与其他设备之间能够正常通信。
本申请实施例的技术方案可以应用于各种通信***,例如:长期演进(Long Term Evolution,LTE)***、LTE频分双工(Frequency Division Duplex,FDD)***、LTE时分双工(Time Division Duplex,TDD)、第五代(5th Generation,5G)移动通信***中的新无线(New Radio,NR)、设备到设备(device to device,D2D)通信***以及未来的移动通信***等。
图1是适用于本申请实施例的移动通信***的架构示意图。如图1所示,该移动通信***包括核心网设备110、无线接入网设备120和至少一个终端设备(如图1中的终端设 备130和终端设备140)。终端设备通过无线的方式与无线接入网设备相连,无线接入网设备通过无线或有线方式与核心网设备连接。核心网设备与无线接入网设备可以是独立的不同的物理设备,也可以是将核心网设备的功能与无线接入网设备的逻辑功能集成在同一个物理设备上,还可以是一个物理设备上集成了部分核心网设备的功能和部分的无线接入网设备的功能。终端设备可以是固定位置的,也可以是可移动的。图1只是示意图,该通信***中还可以包括其它网络设备,如还可以包括无线中继设备和无线回传设备,在图1中未画出。本申请的实施例对该移动通信***中包括的核心网设备、无线接入网设备和终端设备的数量不做限定。
无线接入网设备是终端设备通过无线方式接入到该移动通信***中的接入设备,可以是基站NodeB、演进型基站(evolved NodeB,eNodeB)、发送接收点(transmission reception point,TRP)、5G移动通信***中的下一代基站(next generation NodeB,gNB)、未来移动通信***中的基站或WiFi***中的接入节点,还可以是云无线接入网络(Cloud Radio Access Network,CRAN)场景下的无线控制器,还可以是中继站、车载设备、可穿戴设备以及未来演进的PLMN网络中的网络设备等。本申请的实施例对无线接入网设备所采用的具体技术和具体设备形态不做限定。在本申请中,无线接入网设备简称网络设备,如果无特殊说明,在本申请中,网络设备均指无线接入网设备。
终端设备也可以称为终端Terminal、终端设备(user equipment,UE)、移动台(mobile station,MS)、移动终端(mobile terminal,MT)等。终端设备可以是手机(mobile phone)、平板电脑(Pad)、带无线收发功能的电脑、虚拟现实(Virtual Reality,VR)终端设备、增强现实(Augmented Reality,AR)终端设备、工业控制(industrial control)中的无线终端、无人驾驶(self driving)中的无线终端、远程手术(remote medical surgery)中的无线终端、智能电网(smart grid)中的无线终端、运输安全(transportation safety)中的无线终端、智慧城市(smart city)中的无线终端、智慧家庭(smart home)中的无线终端等等。本申请的实施例对终端设备所采用的具体技术和具体设备形态不做限定。
网络设备和终端设备可以部署在陆地上,包括室内或室外、手持或车载;也可以部署在水面上;还可以部署在空中的飞机、气球和人造卫星上。本申请的实施例对网络设备和终端设备的应用场景不做限定。
网络设备和终端设备之间可以通过授权频谱(licensed spectrum)进行通信,也可以通过免授权频谱(unlicensed spectrum)进行通信,也可以同时通过授权频谱和免授权频谱进行通信。网络设备和终端设备之间可以通过6千兆赫(gigahertz,GHz)以下的频谱进行通信,也可以通过6GHz以上的频谱进行通信,还可以同时使用6GHz以下的频谱和6GHz以上的频谱进行通信。本申请的实施例对网络设备和终端设备之间所使用的频谱资源不做限定。
可以理解的是,本申请的实施例中,物理下行控制信道(physical uplink control channel,PUCCH)只是作为下行控制信道的一种举例,在不同的***和不同的场景中,控制信道可能有不同的名称,本申请的实施例对此并不做限定。
值得一提的是,如果没有特别说明,下文中出现的终端设备、第一类型的终端设备均指依靠从外界收集的能量实现与其他设备之间的通信的终端设备,下文中出现的第二类型的终端设备是指除第一类型的终端设备以外的其他终端设备,其中,第一类型的终端设备 也可以称为能量收集(energy harvesting)类型的终端设备,第二类型的终端设备也可以称为非能量收集类型的终端设备。
下面结合图1示出的移动通信***对本申请实施例提供的通信方法进行介绍,图2从设备交互的角度示出了一例通信方法的示例性流程图,该方法200至少包括以下步骤。
步骤202,终端设备向网络设备发送第一指示信息,第一指示信息指示第一通信模式(pattern),第一通信模式用于确定第一时间长度与第二时间长度,第一时间长度为终端设备期望(或偏向)进行数据传输的时间长度,第二时间长度为终端设备期望中断数据传输的时间长度。相应地,网络设备接收来自终端设备的第一指示信息。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,在终端设备与网络设备之间建立了无线资源控制(radio resource control,RRC)连接后,终端设备可以与网络设备之间进行数据传输,为了降低由于网络设备对终端设备进行数据传输的时间长度、中断数据传输的时间长度的判断与实际情况不一致,导致网络设备与终端设备之间传输的数据丢失的概率,终端设备可以与网络设备针对终端设备进行数据传输的时间长度以及进行能量收集的时间长度达成一致。值得一提的是,终端设备在能量收集期间会中断数据传输,或称,终端设备在中断数据传输期间会进行能量收集,换句话说,在本申请实施例中,中断数据传输的时间长度可以认为是进行能量收集的时间长度。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,为了使网络设备与终端设备之间针对终端设备进行数据传输的时间长度以及进行能量收集的时间长度达成一致,终端设备可以向网络设备发送第一指示信息,第一指示信息指示第一通信模式,网络设备可以根据第一通信模式,确定终端设备期望进行数据传输的时间长度,即,第一时间长度,并确定终端设备期望中断数据传输的时间长度,即,第二时间长度。
例如,第一通信模式可以包括网络设备与终端设备之间处于RRC连接态(connected)的一段时间长度以及终端设备期望的进行数据传输的时间长度,网络设备可以据此计算出终端设备期望的中断数据传输的时间长度,例如,网络设备可以将网络设备与终端设备之间处于RRC连接态的一段时间长度中、除去终端设备期望进行数据传输的时间长度以外的时间长度,确定为终端设备期望的中断数据传输的时间长度。
类似的,第一通信模式可以包括网络设备与终端设备之间处于RRC连接态的一段时间长度以及终端设备期望的中断数据传输的时间长度,网络设备可以据此计算出终端设备期望进行数据传输的时间长度,例如,网络设备可以将网络设备与终端设备之间处于RRC连接态的一段时间长度中、除去终端设备期望的中断数据传输的时间长度以外的时间长度,确定为终端设备期望进行数据传输的时间长度。
再例如,第一通信模式可以包括终端设备期望的进行数据传输的时间长度与终端设备期望的中断数据传输的时间长度。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,图3示出了第一时间长度与第二时间长度在网络设备与终端设备之间处于RRC连接态的一段时间长度内的分布情况。值得一提的是,图3中示出的第一时间长度与第二时间长度在上述一段时间长度内占据的比例仅作为示例性说明,并不构成对本申请实施例的限定。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,第一通信模式还可以用于确定第一时间长度与第二时间长度是周期性出现的。
例如,第一通信模式可以包括第一时间长度以及第一时间长度出现的周期,网络设备可以据此计算出终端设备期望的中断数据传输的时间长度,即,第二时间长度,例如,对于每一个周期,网络设备将该周期对应的时间长度中除第一时间长度以外的时间长度确定为第二时间长度。
类似的,第一通信模式可以包括第二时间长度以及第二时间长度出现的周期,网络设备可以据此计算出终端设备期望进行数据传输的时间长度,即,第一时间长度,例如,对于每一个周期,网络设备将该周期对应的时间长度中除第二时间长度以外的时间长度确定为第一时间长度。
再例如,第一通信模式可以包括第一时间长度与第二时间长度,并指示第一时间长度、第二时间长度是交替出现的。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,图4示出了第一时间长度与第二时间长度的分布情况。从图4中可以看出,第一时间长度与第二时间长度是交替出现的。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,第一指示信息可以承载在非接入层(access stratum,AS)的终端设备能力信息(user equipment capability information)消息中或终端设备辅助信息(user equipment assistance information)消息中。
步骤203,网络设备向终端设备发送第一配置信息,第一配置信息指示第二通信模式,第二通信模式用于确定第三时间长度与第四时间长度,第三时间长度为网络设备为终端设备配置的进行数据传输的时间长度,第四时间长度为网络设备为终端设备配置的中断数据传输的时间长度。相应地,终端设备接收来自网络设备的第一配置信息。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,网络设备在接收到来自终端设备的第一指示信息后,可以根据第一指示信息,确定终端设备期望的进行数据传输的时间长度与期望的中断数据传输的时间长度,进一步地,网络设备可以确定终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的,之后,网络设备可以向终端设备发送第一配置信息,换句话说,第一配置信息是基于第一指示信息确定的,第一配置信息指示了第二通信模式,终端设备可以根据第二通信模式确定网络设备为终端设备配置的进行数据传输的时间长度,即,第三时间长度,并且确定网络设备为终端设备配置的中断数据传输的时间长度,即,第四时间长度。
例如,第二通信模式可以包括网络设备与终端设备之间处于RRC连接态的一段时间长度与网络设备为终端设备配置的进行数据传输的时间长度,终端设备可以据此计算出网络设备为终端设备配置的中断数据传输的时间长度。关于终端设备确定网络设备为终端设备配置的中断数据传输的时间长度的方法,请参考上述网络设备确定终端设备期望的中断数据传输的时间长度的方法,为了简洁,此处不再赘述。
类似地,第二通信模式可以包括网络设备与终端设备之间处于RRC连接态的一段时间长度以及网络设备为终端设备配置的中断数据传输的时间长度,终端设备可以据此计算出网络设备为终端设备配置的进行数据传输的时间长度。关于终端设备确定网络设备为终端设备配置的进行数据传输的时间长度的方法,请参考上述网络设备确定终端设备期望的进行数据传输的时间长度的方法,为了简洁,此处不再赘述。
再例如,第二通信模式可以包括网络设备为终端设备配置的进行数据传输的时间长度与网络设备为终端设备配置的中断数据传输的时间长度。
之后,终端设备与网络设备之间在第三时间长度内进行数据传输,终端设备与网络设备之间在第四时间长度内中断数据传输,终端设备可以在第四时间长度内进行能量收集,换句话说,终端设备与网络设备之间针对终端设备进行数据传输的时间长度以及进行能量收集的时间长度达成了一致。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,第二通信模式还可以用于确定第三时间长度与第四时间长度是周期性出现的。
例如,第二通信模式可以包括第三时间长度以及第三时间长度出现的周期,终端设备可以据此计算出网络设备为终端设备配置的中断数据传输的时间长度,即,第四时间长度。关于终端设备确定第四时间长度的方法,请参考上述网络设备确定终端设备期望的中断数据传输的时间长度的方法,为了简洁,此处不再赘述。
类似的,第二通信模式可以包括第四时间长度以及第四时间长度出现的周期,终端设备可以据此计算出网络设备为终端设备配置的进行数据传输的时间长度,即,第三时间长度。关于终端设备确定第三时间长度的方法,请参考上述网络设备确定终端设备期望的进行数据传输的时间长度的方法,为了简洁,此处不再赘述。
再例如,第二通信模式可以包括网络设备为终端设备配置的第三时间长度与第四时间长度,并指示第三时间长度、第四时间长度是交替出现的。
当第三时间长度与第四时间长度周期性出现时,则对于每一个周期中的第三时间长度,终端设备与网络设备之间可以进行数据传输,此外,对于每一个周期中的第四时间长度,终端设备可以进行能量收集,中止与终端设备之间进行数据传输。
可选地,作为一种实现方式,上述第三时间长度与第四时间长度可以是网络设备根据当前网络的实际情况为终端设备配置的。
例如,网络设备可以根据当前服务的终端设备的数量,确定自己无法支持终端设备期望的进行数据传输的时间长度,在这种情况下,网络设备为终端设备配置的进行数据传输的时间长度可以与终端设备期望的进行数据传输的时间长度不同,即第三时间长度与第一时间长度不同,或者,网络设备为终端设备配置的中断数据传输的时间长度可以与终端设备期望的中断数据传输的时间长度不同,即第四时间长度与第二时间长度不同。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,第三时间长度与第一时间长度可以相同,换句话说,网络设备为终端设备配置的进行数据传输的时间长度与终端设备期望的进行数据传输的时间长度相同。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,第二时间长度与第四时间长度可以相同,换句话说,网络设备为终端设备配置的中断数据传输的时间长度与终端设备期望的中断数据传输的时间长度相同。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,在第三时间长度与第一时间长度相同,且第二时间长度与第四时间长度相同的情况下,网络设备可以无需向终端设备发送第一配置信息,而向终端设备发送确认信息,确认信息代表网络设备同意终端设备期望的第一时间长度与第二时间长度,之后,终端设备与网络设备之间在第一时间长度内进行数据传输,在第二时间长度内中断进行数据传输。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,第一配置信息可以承载在网络设备向终端设备发送的RRC重配消息中。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,终端设备可以向网络设备上报自己是第一类型的终端设备,或者,向网络设备上报自己的数据传输的特征是时断时续的,在这种情况下,方法200还可以包括步骤201:终端设备向网络设备发送第二指示信息,第二指示信息指示终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的。相应地,网络设备接收来自终端设备的第二指示信息。
网络设备根据第二指示信息,确定终端设备为第一类型的终端设备,或者,确定终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的,之后,网络设备在接收到来自终端设备的第一指示信息后,通过第一配置信息为终端设备配置第三时间长度与第四时间长度。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,第二指示信息可以承载在非接入层的终端设备能力信息消息中或终端设备辅助信息消息中。
可选的,第二指示信息与第一指示信息可以承载在同一消息(或信令)中,一起发送给网络设备。或者,第二指示信息与第一指示信息也可以承载在不同消息中,分别发送给网络设备。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,当终端设备在第三时间长度内与网络设备之间进行数据传输时,如果终端设备发现当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度小于第三时间长度,终端设备可以向网络设备上报终端设备当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度中的剩余时间长度,或者,向网络设备上报当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度小于第三时间长度,在这种情况下,方法200还可以包括步骤204:终端设备向网络设备发送第三指示信息,第三指示信息指示终端设备当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度中的剩余时间长度,或者,终端设备当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度小于第三时间长度。
例如,假设终端设备在与网络设备之间进行数据传输的过程中,发现当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度小于第三时间长度,在这种情况下,终端设备可以通过第三指示信息向网络设备上报当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度中的剩余时间长度,或者,终端设备可以通过第三指示信息向网络设备上报当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度小于第三时间长度。
例如,第三时间长度为10毫秒,假设终端设备与网络设备之间的数据传输进行到第4毫秒的时候,终端设备发现剩余的可用于数据传输的时间长度为4毫秒,可以看出,终端设备当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度为8毫秒,小于第三时间长度10毫秒,在这种情况下,终端设备可以通过第三指示信息向网络设备上报当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度中的剩余时间长度,即,4毫秒,或者,终端设备可以通过第三指示信息向网络设备上报当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度小于第三时间长度。
之后,终端设备在自己当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度结束之前中止向网络设备发送上行数据,此外,网络设备根据来自终端设备的第三指示信息,在终端设备当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度结束之前中止向终端设备发送下行数据。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,当终端设备当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度小于第三时间长度时,当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度相对于第三时间长度所减少的时间长度可以是协议预定义的或者是网络设备预先配置的。
终端设备当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度相对于第三时间长度所减少的时间长度可以理解为:第三时间长度与终端设备当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度之 间的差值,例如,第三时间长度为12毫秒,当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度为8毫秒,则终端设备当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度相对于第三时间长度所减少的时间长度为4毫秒。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,终端设备除了向网络设备上报第一时间长度与第二时间长度,还可以向网络设备上报终端设备期望在第一时间长度内支持的上行传输的次数和/或下行传输的次数,在这种情况下,方法200还可以包括步骤205:终端设备向网络设备发送第四指示信息,第四指示信息指示终端设备期望在第一时间长度内支持的上行传输的次数和/或下行传输的次数。值得一提的是,网络设备在接收到第四指示信息后,可以向终端设备发送网络设备配置的终端设备在第三时间长度内支持的上行传输的次数和/或下行传输的次数,例如,网络设备可以向终端设备再次发送第一配置信息,以向终端设备指示网络设备配置的终端设备在第三时间长度内支持的上行传输的次数和/或下行传输的次数。值得一提的是,在本申请实施例中,可以将用于指示第一通信模式的信息与用于指示网络设备配置的终端设备在第三时间长度内支持的上行传输的次数和/或下行传输的次数的信息都称为第一配置信息。
例如,网络设备通过再次发送的第一配置信息配置终端设备在第三时间长度内支持8次上行传输与6次下行传输,则后续终端设备可以在第三时间长度内进行8次上行传输,在8次上行传输完成后中止向网络设备发送上行数据,并且网络设备可以在第三时间长度内可以进行6次下行传输,在6次下行传输完成后中止向终端设备发送下行数据。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,终端设备可以既向网络设备上报第三指示信息,又上报第四指示信息。
例如,网络设备通过第一配置信息配置的第三时间长度为10毫秒,并且在接收到第四指示信息后,通过再次发送的第一配置信息配置终端设备在第三时间长度内支持7次上行传输与5次下行传输,然而,终端设备在与网络设备之间进行数据传输的过程中,发现当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度为8秒,在这种情况下,终端设备可以通过第三指示信息向网络设备上报当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度中的剩余时间长度,或者,终端设备可以通过第三指示信息向网络设备上报当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度小于第三时间长度。
假设完成上述7次上行传输与5次下行传输共需要9毫秒,在这种情况下,终端设备与网络设备之间可以在终端设备当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度结束之前中断进行数据传输,换句话说,在这种情况下,终端设备与网络设备之间实际完成的数据传输的次数小于12。
值得一提的是,在具体实现时,上述两个第一配置信息可以承载在同一消息中或承载在不同消息中,例如,在一种实现方式中,网络设备可以在接收到来自终端设备的第一指示信息后,通过一条消息向终端设备发送用于指示第一通信模式的第一配置信息,在接收到来自终端设备的第四指示信息后,通过另一条消息向终端设备发送用于指示网络设备配置的终端设备在第三时间长度内支持的上行传输的次数和/或下行传输的次数的第一配置信息;在另一种实现方式中,网络设备可以在接收到来自终端设备的第一指示信息与第四指示信息后,通过一条消息向终端设备发送上述两个第一配置信息,本申请实施例对此不作限定。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,第三指示信息与第四指示信息可以承载在同一消息中,例如,第三指示信息与第四指示信息可以承载在非接入层的终端设备能力信息消息中或终端设备辅助信息消息中。或者,第三指示信息与第四指示信息可以承载在不同消息中,分别发送给网络设备,本申请对终端设备发送第三指示信息和第四指示信息的先后顺序,即步骤204和步骤205的先后顺序不做限制。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,网络设备配置的终端设备在第三时间长度内支持的上行传输的次数和/或下行传输的次数与终端设备期望在第一时间长度内支持的上行传输的次数和/或下行传输的次数可以相同,在这种情况下,网络设备可以无需向终端设备发送第一配置信息,而向终端设备发送确认信息,确认信息代表网络设备同意终端设备期望的第在第一时间长度内支持的上行传输的次数和/或下行传输的次数。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,如果网络设备既同意终端设备期望的第一时间长度与第二时间长度,又同意终端设备期望的在第一时间长度内支持的上行传输的次数和/或下行传输的次数,网络设备可以向终端设备发送两个确认信息,这两个确认信息中的一个代表网络设备同意终端设备期望的第一时间长度与第二时间长度,另一个代表同意终端设备期望的在第一时间长度内支持的上行传输的次数和/或下行传输的次数,可选的,这两个确认信息可以携带在同一消息中,也可以携带在不同消息中;或者,网络设备可以向终端设备发送一个确认信息,该确认信息代表网络设备既同意终端设备期望的第一时间长度与第二时间长度,又同意终端设备期望的第在第一时间长度内支持的上行传输的次数和/或下行传输的次数。
基于上述技术方案,通过使终端设备与网络设备针对终端设备进行数据传输的时间长度以及进行能量收集的时间长度达成一致,终端设备与网络设备之间仅在进行数据传输的时间长度内进行数据传输,在进行能量收集的时间长度内中断进行数据传输,从而降低由于网络设备对终端设备进行数据传输的时间长度、中断数据传输的时间长度的判断与实际情况不一致,导致网络设备与终端设备之间传输的数据丢失的概率。
需要说明的是,上述仅以终端设备与网络设备之间处于RRC连接态为例,对方法200作了介绍,这并不构成对本申请实施例的限定,在具体实现时,方法200还可以应用在小包传输场景中。
与终端设备与网络设备之间处于RRC连接态不同的是:在小包传输场景中,第一配置信息可以承载在RRC释放消息中,例如,如果终端设备在与网络设备之间建立了RRC连接后的一段时间内没有进行数据传输,网络设备可以通过RRC释放消息将终端设备释放到RRC非活跃(inactive)态,在这种情况下,第一配置信息可以携带在RRC释放消息中发送至终端设备,以使当终端设备在RRC非活跃态下进行小包传输时,可以在第三时间长度内与网络设备之间进行数据传输。
此外,在小包传输场景中,上述的第一通信模式还可以包括网络设备与终端设备之间处于小包传输过程中的一段时间长度以及终端设备期望进行数据传输的时间长度,网络设备可以据此计算出终端设备期望的中断数据传输的时间长度,例如,网络设备可以将网络设备与终端设备之间处于小包传输过程中的一段时间长度中,除去终端设备期望进行数据传输的时间长度以外的时间长度,确定为终端设备期望的中断数据传输的时间长度,或者,第一通信模式还可以包括网络设备与终端设备之间处于小包传输过程中的一段时间长度 以及终端设备期望中断数据传输的时间长度,网络设备可以据此计算出终端设备期望进行数据传输的时间长度,例如,网络设备可以将网络设备与终端设备之间处于小包传输过程中的一段时间长度中,除去终端设备期望的中断数据传输的时间长度以外的时间长度,确定为终端设备期望进行数据传输的时间长度,或者,第一通信模式还可以包括终端设备在小包传输过程中期望的进行数据传输的时间长度以及期望的中断数据传输的时间长度。
进一步地,在小包传输场景中,第一通信模式还可以用于确定终端设备在小包传输过程中期望的进行数据传输的时间长度以及期望的中断数据传输的时间长度是周期性出现的。
在小包传输场景中,第二通信模式还可以包括网络设备与终端设备之间处于小包传输过程中的一段时间长度与网络设备为终端设备配置的进行数据传输的时间长度,终端设备可以据此计算出网络设备为终端设备配置的中断数据传输的时间长度,例如,终端设备可以将网络设备与终端设备之间处于小包传输过程中的一段时间长度中,除去网络设备为终端设备配置的进行数据传输的时间长度以外的时间长度,确定为网络设备为终端设备配置的中断数据传输的时间长度,或者,第二通信模式还可以包括网络设备与终端设备之间处于小包传输过程中的一段时间长度以及网络设备为终端设备配置的中断数据传输的时间长度,例如,终端设备可以将网络设备与终端设备之间处于小包传输过程中的一段时间长度中,除去网络设备为终端设备配置的中断数据传输的时间长度以外的时间长度,确定为网络设备为终端设备配置的进行数据传输的时间长度,或者,第二通信模式还可以包括网络设备在小包传输过程中为终端设备配置的进行数据传输的时间长度与网络设备为终端设备配置的中断数据传输的时间长度。
进一步地,在小包传输场景中,第二通信模式还可以用于确定网络设备在小包传输过程中为终端设备配置的进行数据传输的时间长度以及中断数据传输的时间长度是周期性出现的。
图5从设备交互的角度示出了另一例通信方法的示例性流程图,该方法500至少包括以下步骤。
步骤501,网络设备向终端设备发送第四配置信息,第四配置信息指示第三通信模式,第三通信模式用于确定第五时间长度与第六时间长度,第五时间长度为网络设备为终端设备配置的进行数据传输的时间长度,第六时间长度为网络设备为终端设备配置的中断数据传输的时间长度。相应地,终端设备接收来自网络设备的第四配置信息。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,当网络设备未与终端设备之间建立RRC连接时,为了避免后续在与终端设备建立RRC连接过程中,由于网络设备对终端设备进行数据传输的时间长度、中断数据传输的时间长度的判断与实际情况不一致,导致在RRC连接建立过程中终端设备与网络设备之间的传输的消息丢失,进而导致RRC连接建立失败,网络设备与终端设备之间可以针对终端设备进行数据传输的时间长度以及进行能量收集的时间长度达成一致。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,为了与终端设备针对终端设备进行数据传输的时间长度以及进行能量收集的时间长度达成一致,网络设备可以向终端设备发送第四配置信息,第四配置信息指示了第三通信模式,终端设备可以根据第三通信模式确定网络设备为终端设备配置的进行数据传输的时间长度,即,第五时间长度,并且确定网络设备为终端设备配 置的中断数据传输的时间长度,即,第六时间长度。
例如,第三通信模式可以包括用于终端设备与网络设备之间建立RRC连接的一段时间长度以及网络设备为终端设备配置的进行数据传输的时间长度,即,第五时间长度,终端设备可以据此计算出网络设备为终端设备配置的中断数据传输的时间长度,例如,终端设备可以将用于终端设备与网络设备之间建立RRC连接的一段时间长度中,除去第五时间长度以外的时间长度,确定为网络设备为终端设备配置的中断数据传输的时间长度。
类似的,第三通信模式可以包括用于终端设备与网络设备之间建立RRC连接的一段时间长度以及网络设备为终端设备配置的中断数据传输的时间长度,即,第六时间长度,终端设备可以据此计算出网络设备为终端设备配置的进行数据传输的时间长度,例如,终端设备可以将用于终端设备与网络设备之间建立RRC连接的一段时间长度中,除去第六时间长度以外的时间长度,确定为网络设备为终端设备配置的进行数据传输的时间长度。
例如,第三通信模式可以包括网络设备为终端设备配置的进行数据传输的时间长度与网络设备为终端设备配置的中断数据传输的时间长度。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,第三通信模式还可以用于确定第五时间长度与第六时间长度是周期性出现的。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,网络设备可以将第四配置信息承载在广播消息中,并发送承载有第四配置信息的广播消息。
步骤502,终端设备向网络设备发送第二指示信息,第二指示信息指示终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的。相应地,网络设备接收来自终端设备的第二指示信息。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,终端设备接收到来自网络设备的广播消息后,可以开始与网络设备之间建立RRC连接,在与网络设备建立RRC连接的过程中,终端设备可以向网络设备发送上述第二指示信息。需要说明的是,终端设备与网络设备建立RRC连接的过程可以为RRC连接的建立过程、RRC连接的重建过程、或RRC连接的恢复过程。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,在与网络设备建立RRC连接的过程中,终端设备可以通过随机接入过程中的消息1(message 1,msg1)指示第二指示信息,例如,通过消息1的特定的前导码(preamble)或特定的物理随机接入信道(physical random access channel,PRACH)资源指示第二指示信息。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,在与网络设备建立RRC连接的过程中,终端设备可以通过随机接入过程中的消息3(message 3,msg3)指示第二指示信息,例如,终端设备可以在消息3中承载第二指示信息、并发送承载有第二指示信息的消息3。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,网络设备根据接收到的第二指示信息,确定终端设备是第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的,之后,网络设备在与终端设备建立RRC连接期间,使用第三通信模式进行通信,即,网络设备在第五时间长度内与终端设备之间进行信令的交互,在第六时间长度内中止与终端设备之间进行信令消息的交互,相应的,终端设备在确定网络设备接收到第二指示信息后,在与网络设备建立RRC连接期间,在第五时间长度内与网络设备之间进行信令消息的交互,在第六时间长度内中止与网络设备之间进行信令消息的交互,换句话说,终端设备与网络设备针对终端设备进行数据传输时间以及进行能量收集的时间达成了一致。
基于上述技术方案,在建立RRC连接之前,通过使网络设备通过第四配置信息为终端设备配置进行数据传输的时间长度以及进行能量收集的时间长度,并且使终端设备在建立RRC连接的过程中通过第二指示信息向网络设备指示终端设备的类型或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的,从而使得终端设备与网络设备在建立RRC连接的过程中,避免在终端设备进行中断数据传输的时间长度内进行信令消息的交互,避免由于信令消息的丢失导致RRC连接建立失败。
图6从设备交互的角度示出了再一例通信方法的示例性流程图,该方法600至少包括以下步骤。
步骤601,网络设备向终端设备发送第二配置信息,第二配置信息携带有第一定时器的第一取值与第二取值。相应地,终端设备接收来自网络设备的第二配置信息。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,当网络设备未与终端设备之间建立RRC连接时,为了避免终端设备在建立RRC连接的过程中进行能量收集导致RRC连接失败,网络设备可以通过第二配置信息为第一定时器配置两个取值,分别记为第一取值与第二取值,其中,第一定时器用于控制终端设备与网络设备之间完成RRC连接的建立所需的时间长度,关于第一定时器用于控制终端设备与网络设备之间完成RRC连接的建立所需的时间长度,可以理解为:当第一定时器超时后,终端设备与网络设备之间的RRC连接建立失败。
可选的,第一取值是网络设备为第一类型的终端设备对应的第一定时器配置的,第二取值是网络设备为第二类型的终端设备对应的第一定时器配置的,第一取值大于第二取值。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,网络设备可以将第二配置信息承载在广播消息中,并发送承载有第二配置信息的广播消息。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,终端设备接收到来自网络设备的广播消息后,可以开始与网络设备之间建立RRC连接,在与网络设备建立RRC连接的过程中,可以将第一取值与第二取值中的较大的一个作为第一定时器的取值;或者,终端设备在与网络设备建立RRC连接的过程中,可以将第一取值或第二取值作为第一定时器的取值,如果终端设备在与网络设备建立RRC连接的过程中需要进行能量收集,终端设备可以暂停或挂起或停止第一定时器的运行;或者,终端设备在与网络设备建立RRC连接的过程中,可以将第一取值或第二取值作为第一定时器的取值,如果终端设备在与网络设备建立RRC连接的过程中需要进行能量收集,终端设备可以增大第一定时器的剩余运行的时长。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,终端设备还可以向网络设备上报第二指示信息,在这种情况下,方法600还包括步骤602:终端设备向网络设备发送第二指示信息,第二指示信息指示终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的。相应地,网络设备接收来自终端设备的第二指示信息。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,终端设备可以在与网络设备建立RRC连接的过程中,向网络设备发送上述第二指示信息。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,在与网络设备建立RRC连接的过程中,终端设备可以通过随机接入过程中的消息1指示第二指示信息,例如,通过消息1的特定的前导码(preamble)或特定的PRACH资源指示第二指示信息。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,在与网络设备建立RRC连接的过程中,终端设备可以 通过随机接入过程中的消息3指示第二指示信息,例如,终端设备可以在消息3中承载第二指示信息、并发送承载有第二指示信息的消息3。
网络设备可以根据来自终端设备的第二指示信息,确定终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的,在这种情况下,在与网络设备建立RRC连接的过程中,如果网络设备确定与RRC连接的建立过程相关的某条消息未被终端设备成功接收,网络设备可以认为未被终端设备成功接收的原因是终端设备当前正在进行能量收集,此时,网络设备可以不立即向终端设备重新发送该条消息,而是等待一段时间长度后再向终端设备重新发送该条消息,以期在重新发送该条消息时,终端设备已经完成了能量收集,从而提高终端设备成功接收到该条消息的可能性,进而提高成功建立RRC连接的可能性。
需要说明的是,上述仅以为第一定时器配置两个取值为例,对方法600进行说明,但这并不构成对本申请实施例的限定,在具体实现时,可以为第一定时器配置一个取值,以及该取值与另外一个取值之间的关系,例如,该取值与另外一个取值之间的关系可以包括另外一个取值相对于该取值的倍数、另外一个取值相对于该取值的变化量与两个取值之间的关系式中的至少一种。
还需要说明的是,上述仅以为第一定时器配置两个取值为例,对方法600进行说明,但这并不构成对本申请实施例的限定,在具体实现时,可以仅为第一定时器配置一个取值,该取值是网络设备为第一类型和第二类型的终端设备对应的第一定时器配置的取值,终端设备在与网络设备建立RRC连接的过程中,可以将该取值作为第一定时器的取值,如果终端设备在与网络设备建立RRC连接的过程中需要进行能量收集,终端设备可以暂停或挂起或停止第一定时器的运行;或者,终端设备可以增大第一定时器的剩余运行的时长。
还需要说明的是,上述仅以终端设备与网络设备之间的RRC连接的建立过程为例,对方法600进行了说明,在这种情况下,第一定时器可以为定时器T300,用于控制终端设备与网络设备之间完成RRC连接的建立所需的时间长度,此外,上述方法同样适用于终端设备与网络设备之间的RRC连接的重建的场景中,在这种情况下,第一定时器可以为定时器T301,用于控制终端设备与网络设备之间完成RRC连接的重建所需的时间长度,此外,上述方法同样适用于终端设备与网络设备之间完成RRC连接的恢复的场景中,在这种情况下,第一定时器可以为定时器T319,用于控制终端设备与网络设备之间完成RRC连接的恢复所需的时间长度。值得一提的是,终端设备与网络设备之间完成RRC连接的建立或重建或恢复可以理解为终端设备成功接入网络。
基于上述技术方案,网络设备通过为第一类型的终端设备针对第一定时器配置第一取值、第二取值,使得第一类型的终端设备在与网络设备进行RRC连接的建立或重建或恢复的过程中,可以从第一取值、第二取值中选择更为合适的取值作为第一定时器的取值,例如,将第一取值、第二取值中较大的一个作为第一定时器的取值,从而降低当终端设备在RRC连接的建立或重建或恢复的过程中进行能量收集导致RRC连接的建立或重建或恢复失败的概率。
图7从设备交互的角度示出了再一例通信方法的示例性流程图,该方法700至少包括以下步骤。
步骤701,终端设备向网络设备发送第二指示信息,第二指示信息指示终端设备为第 一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的。相应地,网络设备接收来自终端设备的第二指示信息。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,当终端设备与网络设备之间已经建立了RRC连接后,为了避免终端设备在数据传输的过程中进行能量收集导致无线链路失败,终端设备可以通过第二指示信息向网络设备指示终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,第二指示信息可以承载在非接入层的终端设备能力信息消息中或终端设备辅助信息消息中。
步骤702,网络设备向终端设备发送第五配置信息,第五配置信息携带有第二定时器的取值,第二定时器用于控制检测到终端设备与网络设备之间的无线链路失败(radio link failure)所需的时长。相应地,终端设备接收来自网络设备的第五配置信息。其中,第二定时器用于控制检测到终端设备与网络设备之间的无线链路失败所需的时长,可以理解为:当第二定时器超时后,终端设备与网络设备之间的无线链路失败。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,网络设备在确定终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的之后,可以通过第五配置信息针对第二定时器配置相应取值,该取值可以大于网络设备为第二类型的终端设备对应的第二定时器配置的取值,或者,该取值可以等于网络设备为第二类型的终端设备对应的第二定时器配置的取值,例如,第二定时器可以为定时器T310。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,第五配置信息可以承载在终端设备对应的RRC消息中。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,终端设备根据第五配置信息,确定网络设备为终端设备配置的第二定时器的取值,如果终端设备在与网络设备进行数据传输时需要进行能量收集,终端设备可以在进行能量收集时暂停或挂起或停止第二定时器的运行,或者,终端设备可以增大第二定时器的剩余运行的时长。
基于上述技术方案,通过使网络设备为终端设备针对第二定时器配置的取值大于网络设备为第二类型的终端设备对应的第二定时器配置的取值,从而降低当终端设备在数据传输的过程中进行能量收集导致无线链路失败的概率。
图8从设备交互的角度示出了再一例通信方法的示例性流程图,该方法800至少包括以下步骤。
步骤801,终端设备向网络设备发送第二指示信息,第二指示信息指示终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的。相应地,网络设备接收来自终端设备的第二指示信息。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,为了避免终端设备在RRC非活跃态下的小包传输的过程中进行能量收集导致小包传输失败,终端设备可以在被网络设备释放到RRC非活跃态之前,通过第二指示信息向网络设备指示终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,第二指示信息可以承载在非接入层的终端设备能力信息消息中或终端设备辅助信息消息中。
步骤802,网络设备向终端设备发送第六配置信息,第六配置信息携带有第三定时器的取值,第三定时器用于控制终端设备与网络设备之间能够进行小包传输的时长。相应地, 终端设备接收来自网络设备的第六配置信息。其中,第三定时器用于控制终端设备与网络设备之间能够进行小包传输的时长,可以理解为:当第三定时器超时后,终端设备不能与网络设备之间进行小包传输。在本申请实施例中,第三定时器也可以称为小包传输失败定时器。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,网络设备在确定终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的之后,可以通过第六配置信息针对第三定时器配置相应取值,该取值大于网络设备为第二类型的终端设备对应的第三定时器配置的取值,或者,该取值可以等于网络设备为第二类型的终端设备对应的第三定时器配置的取值。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,网络设备可以在将终端设备释放到RRC非活跃态时,向终端设备发送承载有第六配置信息RRC释放消息。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,终端设备根据第六配置信息,确定网络设备为终端设备配置的第三定时器的取值,如果终端设备在与网络设备进行小包传输时需要进行能量收集,终端设备可以在进行能量收集时暂停或挂起或停止第三定时器的运行,或者,终端设备可以增大第三定时器的剩余运行的时长。
基于上述技术方案,通过使网络设备为终端设备针对第三定时器配置的取值大于网络设备为第二类型的终端设备对应的第三定时器配置的取值,从而降低当终端设备在RRC非活跃态下进行小包传输的过程中进行能量收集导致小包传输失败的概率。
值得一提的是,方法600中的第一定时器不代表某个定时器,而是代表同一类型或者具备相同功能的定时器,相应的,方法700中的第二定时器不代表某个定时器,而是代表同一类型或者具备相同功能的定时器,方法800中的第三定时器不代表某个定时器,而是代表同一类型或者具备相同功能的定时器。
图9从设备交互的角度示出了再一例通信方法的示例性流程图,该方法900至少包括以下步骤。
步骤901,终端设备向网络设备发送第二指示信息,第二指示信息指示终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的。相应地,网络设备接收来自终端设备的第二指示信息。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,终端设备可以在注册到网络时向网络设备发送第二指示信息,以使网络设备获知终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或者终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的。
步骤902,终端设备接收来自网络设备的寻呼消息,寻呼消息该终端设备对应的重传次数大于用于寻呼第二类型的终端设备的寻呼消息对应的重传次数,和/或,寻呼消息该终端设备对应的重传间隔大于用于寻呼第二类型的终端设备的寻呼消息对应的重传间隔。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,当网络设备需要寻呼该终端设备时,网络设备采用的寻呼消息对应的重传次数可以大于用于寻呼第二类型的终端设备的寻呼消息对应的重传次数,第二类型的终端设备可以是除第一类型的终端设备以外的终端设备,第二类型的终端设备也可以称为非能量收集类型的终端设备。
例如,假设用于寻呼第二类型的终端设备的寻呼消息被重传了5次,则当网络设备寻呼第一类型的终端设备时,对应的寻呼消息被重传的次数大于5次。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,当网络设备需要寻呼该终端设备时,网络设备采用的寻 呼消息对应的重传间隔可以大于用于寻呼第二类型的终端设备的寻呼消息对应的重传间隔。
例如,假设用于寻呼第二类型的终端设备的寻呼消息的重传间隔为4毫秒,则当网络设备寻呼第一类型的终端设备时,对应的寻呼消息的重传间隔大于4毫秒。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,当网络设备需要寻呼该终端设备时,网络设备采用的寻呼消息对应的重传次数可以大于用于寻呼第二类型的终端设备的寻呼消息对应的重传次数,且网络设备采用的寻呼消息对应的重传间隔可以大于用于寻呼第二类型的终端设备的寻呼消息对应的重传间隔。
例如,假设用于寻呼第二类型的终端设备的寻呼消息被重传了4次,并且该寻呼消息的重传间隔为6毫秒,则当网络设备寻呼第一类型的终端设备时,对应的寻呼消息被重传的次数大于4次,并且对应的寻呼消息的重传间隔大于6毫秒。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,如果终端设备在注册到网络时处于RRC空闲(idle)态,上述网络设备为核心网设备,第二指示信息可以承载在非接入层(non-access stratum,NAS)的注册(registration)消息中。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,如果终端设备在注册到网络时处于RRC非活跃态,上述网络设备为核心网设备,第二指示信息可以承载在非接入层(access stratum,AS)的终端设备能力信息(UE capability information)消息或终端设备辅助信息(UE assistance information)消息中。
基于上述技术方案,通过使终端设备在注册到网络时向网络设备指示终端设备是第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的,并且使网络设备根据终端设备的类型或终端设备的数据传输特征,增大用于寻呼该终端设备的寻呼消息的重传次数与重传间隔,从而增大寻呼到该终端设备的概率。
图10从设备交互的角度示出了再一例通信方法的示例性流程图,该方法1000至少包括以下步骤。
步骤1003,终端设备向网络设备发送第五指示信息,第五指示信息指示终端设备需要中断数据传输。相应地,网络设备接收来自终端设备的第五指示信息。
终端设备可以在需要进行能量收集时向网络设备发送第五指示信息,以使网络设备获知终端设备会在之后一段时间长度内进行能量收集,换句话说,网络设备获知终端设备会在之后一段时间长度内中断与网络设备之间进行数据传输。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,终端设备中断数据传输的时间长度可以是协议预定义的。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,终端设备中断数据传输的时间长度可以是终端设备动态地向网络设备指示的,例如,终端设备中断数据传输的时间长度被携带在第五指示信息中发送至网络设备。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,终端设备中断数据传输的时间长度可以是网络设备向终端设备指示的,在这种情况下,方法1000还包括步骤1002:网络设备向终端设备发送第三配置信息,第三配置信息指示终端设备中断数据传输的时间长度。相应地,终端设备接收来自网络设备的第三配置信息。
例如,网络设备通过第三配置信息向终端设备指示终端设备中断数据传输的时间长度,之后,当终端设备需要中断数据传输进行能量收集时,终端设备可以向网络设备发送 第五指示信息,以告知网络设备:终端设备接下来会进行能量收集,网络设备在接收到第五指示信息后,在第三配置信息所指示的中断数据传输的时间长度上中断与终端设备之间进行数据传输。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,终端设备可以在网络设备发送第三配置信息之前将自己所期望的中断数据传输的时间长度告知网络设备,在这种情况下,方法1000还可以包括步骤1001:终端设备向网络设备发送第六指示信息,第六指示信息指示终端设备期望的中断数据传输的时间长度。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,第五指示信息可以承载在媒体接入控制控制单元MAC CE、物理上行链路控制信道PUCCH与终端设备辅助信息中的至少一种中。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,第五指示信息可以通过调度请求(scheduling request,SR)指示,例如,可以复用现有的SR的配置,但是对SR的含义重新定义,例如,将SR的含义重新定义为:用于指示终端设备需要中断数据传输。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,终端设备可以将第五指示信息与上行数据一起发送至网络设备,或者,将第五指示信息与上行数据分别发送至网络设备。
步骤1004,终端设备在数据传输被中断的时间长度内中断与网络设备之间进行数据传输。相应地,网络设备在数据传输被中断的时间长度内中断与终端设备之间进行数据传输。
当终端设备与网络设备确定了终端设备需要中断数据传输以及中断数据传输的时间长度后,终端设备在数据传输被中断的时间长度内中断与网络设备之间进行数据传输,换句话说,终端设备在数据传输未被中断的时间长度内与网络设备之间进行数据传输,相应地,网络设备在数据传输被中断的时间长度内中断与终端设备之间进行数据传输,换句话说,网络设备在数据传输未被中断的时间长度内与终端设备之间进行数据传输。
基于上述技术方案,在终端设备需要中断与网络设备之间的数据传输时,终端设备动态地向网络设备上报终端设备需要中断数据传输,使得网络设备可以在数据传输被中断的时间长度内中断与终端设备之间进行数据传输,在数据传输未被中断的时间长度内与网络设备之间进行数据传输,从而降低由于网络设备对终端设备进行数据传输的时间长度、中断数据传输的时间长度的判断与实际情况不一致,导致网络设备与终端设备之间传输的数据丢失的概率。
上述以图1所示的***为例,结合图2至图10对本申请实施例提供的通信方法作了介绍,但本申请实施例并不限定于此,本申请实施例提供的通信方法还可以应用于设备到设备(device to device,D2D)通信***中的侧行链路(sidelink,SL)场景中。
以SL中的两个终端设备为例,为了便于描述,将这两个终端设备分别记为第一终端设备与第二终端设备,示例性的,第一终端设备为第一类型的终端设备,第二终端设备为第二类型的终端设备。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,第一终端设备可以向第二终端设备指示自己是第一类型的终端设备或自己的数据传输的特征是时断时续的,第二终端设备在接收到第一终端设备的指示之后,与第一终端设备确定第一终端设备进行数据传输的时间长度与中断数据传输的时间长度,之后第一终端设备与第二终端设备在各自进行数据传输的时间长度内进行数据传输,在各自中断数据传输的时间长度内中断数据传输。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,进一步地,第二终端设备还可以与第一终端设备确定第一终端设备在上述进行数据传输的时间长度内支持的数据传输的次数,之后第一终端设备与第二终端设备在第一终端设备进行数据传输的时间长度内完成上述次数的数据传输。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,如果第一终端设备在与第二终端设备进行数据传输的过程中,发现当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度小于第一终端设备当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度,在这种情况下,第一终端设备可以向第二终端设备指示当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度中的剩余时间长度,或者,第一终端设备可以向第二终端设备指示当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度小于上述的第一终端设备与第二终端设备确定的第一终端设备进行数据传输的时间长度。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度相对于第一终端设备与第二终端设备确定的第一终端设备进行数据传输的时间长度所减少的时间长度可以是协议预定义的、网络设备预先配置。
可选的,作为一种实现方式,第一终端设备可以在需要进行能量收集时向第二终端设备指示第一终端设备需要中断数据传输以及需要中断数据传输的时间长度,例如,第一终端设备可以在能量不足以支持下一次数据传输时向第二终端设备指示需要中断数据传输以及需要中断数据传输的时间长度,以使第二终端设备与第一终端设备在数据传输被中断的时间长度上中断进行数据传输,换句话说,以使第二终端设备与第一终端设备在数据传输未被中断的时间长度上进行数据传输。
值得一提的是,上述方案同样适用于第一终端设备与第二终端设备均为第一类型的终端设备的场景,关于第一终端设备与第二终端设备均为第一类型的终端设备的方案请参考上述相关描述,为了简洁,此处不再赘述。
图11和图12为本申请的实施例提供的可能的通信装置的结构示意图。这些通信装置可以用于实现上述方法实施例中终端设备或网络设备的功能,因此也能实现上述方法实施例所具备的有益效果。在本申请的实施例中,该通信装置可以是如图1所示的终端设备130或终端设备140,也可以是如图1所示的无线接入网设备120,还可以是应用于终端设备或网络设备的模块(如芯片)。
如图11所示,通信装置300包括处理单元310和收发单元320。通信装置300用于实现上述图2、图5、图6、图7、图8、图9、图10中所示的方法实施例中终端设备或网络设备的功能。
当通信装置300用于实现图2所示的方法实施例中终端设备的功能时:处理单元310用于生成第一指示信息,第一指示信息指示第一通信模式,第一通信模式用于确定第一时间长度与第二时间长度,第一时间长度为终端设备期望进行数据传输的时间长度,第二时间长度为终端设备期望中断数据传输的时间长度;收发单元320用于向网络设备发送第一指示信息;收发单元320还用于接收来自网络设备的第一配置信息,第一配置信息指示第二通信模式,第二通信模式用于确定第三时间长度与第四时间长度,第三时间长度为网络设备为终端设备配置的进行数据传输的时间长度,第四时间长度为网络设备为终端设备配置的中断数据传输的时间长度。
可选的,收发单元320还用于:在向网络设备发送第一指示信息之前,向网络设备发送第二指示信息,第二指示信息指示终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传 输的特征是时断时续的。
可选的,收发单元320还用于:在接收到来自网络设备的第一配置信息之后,如果终端设备确定当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度小于第三时间长度,向网络设备发送第三指示信息,第三指示信息指示终端设备当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度中的剩余时间长度,或,指示终端设备当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度小于第三时间长度。
可选的,收发单元320还用于:向网络设备发送第四指示信息,第四指示信息指示终端设备在第一时间长度内支持的上行传输的次数和/或下行传输的次数,第一配置信息还指示网络设备配置的终端设备在第三时间长度内支持的上行传输的次数和/或下行传输的次数。
可选的,第一通信模式还用于确定第一时间长度与第二时间长度是周期性出现的,第二通信模式还用于确定第三时间长度与第四时间长度是周期性出现的。
当通信装置300用于实现图2所示的方法实施例中网络设备的功能时:收发单元320用于接收来自终端设备的第一指示信息,第一指示信息指示第一通信模式,第一通信模式用于确定第一时间长度与第二时间长度,第一时间长度为终端设备期望进行数据传输的时间长度,第二时间长度为终端设备期望中断数据传输的时间长度;处理单元310用于生成第一配置信息,第一配置信息指示第二通信模式,第二通信模式用于确定第三时间长度与第四时间长度,第三时间长度为网络设备为终端设备配置的进行数据传输的时间长度,第四时间长度为网络设备为终端设备配置的中断数据传输的时间长度;收发单元320还用于向终端设备发送第一配置信息。
可选的,收发单元320还用于:在接收来自终端设备的第一指示信息之前,接收来自终端设备的第二指示信息,第二指示信息指示终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的。
可选的,收发单元320还用于:在向终端设备发送第一配置信息之后,接收来自终端设备的第三指示信息,第三指示信息指示终端设备当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度中的剩余时间长度,或,指示终端设备当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度小于第三时间长度。
可选的,收发单元320还用于:接收来自终端设备的第四指示信息,第四指示信息指示终端设备在第一时间长度内支持的上行传输的次数和/或下行传输的次数,第一配置信息还指示网络设备配置的终端设备在第三时间长度内支持的上行传输的次数和/或下行传输的次数。
可选的,第一通信模式还用于确定第一时间长度与第二时间长度是周期性出现的,第二通信模式还用于确定第三时间长度与第四时间长度是周期性出现的。
有关上述处理单元310和收发单元320更详细的描述可以直接参考图2所示的方法实施例中相关描述直接得到,这里不加赘述。
当通信装置300用于实现图5所示的方法实施例中终端设备的功能时:处理单元310用于生成第二指示信息,第二指示信息指示终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的;收发单元320用于向网络设备发送第二指示信息。
当通信装置300用于实现图5所示的方法实施例中网络设备的功能时:处理单元310 用于生成第四配置信息,第四配置信息指示第三通信模式,第三通信模式用于确定第五时间长度与第六时间长度,第五时间长度为网络设备为终端设备配置的进行数据传输的时间长度,第六时间长度为网络设备为终端设备配置的中断数据传输的时间长度;收发单元320用于向终端设备发送第四配置信息。
有关上述处理单元310和收发单元320更详细的描述可以直接参考图5所示的方法实施例中相关描述直接得到,这里不加赘述。
当通信装置300用于实现图6所示的方法实施例中终端设备的功能时:收发单元320用于接收来自网络设备的第二配置信息。
可选的,第一取值大于第二取值,第二取值是网络设备为第二类型的终端设备对应的第一定时器配置的。
可选的,处理单元310还用于:在终端设备进行能量收集时,暂停或挂起或停止第一定时器的运行,或者,增大第一定时器的剩余运行的时长。
可选的,第一定时器用于控制终端设备与网络设备之间完成无线资源控制RRC连接的建立或重建或恢复所需的时长。
可选的,收发单元320还用于:向网络设备发送第二指示信息,第二指示信息指示终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的。
当通信装置300用于实现图6所示的方法实施例中网络设备的功能时:处理单元310用于生成第二配置信息,第二配置信息携带有第一定时器的第一取值与第二取值;收发单元320用于向终端设备发送第二配置信息。
可选的,第一取值大于第二取值,第二取值是网络设备为第二类型的终端设备对应的第一定时器配置的。
可选的,第一定时器用于控制终端设备与网络设备之间完成无线资源控制RRC连接的建立或重建或恢复所需的时长。
可选的,收发单元320还用于:接收来自网络设备的第二指示信息,第二指示信息指示终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的。
有关上述处理单元310和收发单元320更详细的描述可以直接参考图6所示的方法实施例中相关描述直接得到,这里不加赘述。
当通信装置300用于实现图7所示的方法实施例中终端设备的功能时:处理单元310用于生成第二指示信息,第二指示信息指示终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的;收发单元320用于向网络设备发送第二指示信息。
当通信装置300用于实现图7所示的方法实施例中网络设备的功能时:处理单元310用于生成第五配置信息,第五配置信息携带有第二定时器的取值,第二定时器用于控制检测到终端设备与网络设备之间的无线链路失败所需的时长;收发单元320用于向终端设备发送第五配置信息。
有关上述处理单元310和收发单元320更详细的描述可以直接参考图7所示的方法实施例中相关描述直接得到,这里不加赘述。
当通信装置300用于实现图8所示的方法实施例中终端设备的功能时:处理单元310用于生成第二指示信息,第二指示信息指示终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的;收发单元320用于向网络设备发送第二指示信息。
当通信装置300用于实现图8所示的方法实施例中网络设备的功能时:处理单元310用于生成第六配置信息,第六配置信息携带有第三定时器的取值,第三定时器用于控制终端设备与网络设备之间能够进行小包传输的时长;收发单元320用于向终端设备发送第六配置信息。
有关上述处理单元310和收发单元320更详细的描述可以直接参考图8所示的方法实施例中相关描述直接得到,这里不加赘述。
当通信装置300用于实现图9所示的方法实施例中终端设备的功能时:处理单元310用于生成第二指示信息,第二指示信息指示终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的;收发单元320用于向网络设备发送第二指示信息;收发单元320还用于接收来自网络设备的寻呼消息,寻呼消息对应的重传次数大于用于寻呼第二类型的终端设备的寻呼消息对应的重传次数,和/或,寻呼消息对应的重传间隔大于用于寻呼第二类型的终端设备的寻呼消息对应的重传间隔。
可选的,终端设备当前处于RRC空闲态时,网络设备为核心网设备,第二指示信息承载在非接入层的注册消息中。
可选的,终端设备当前处于RRC非活跃态时,网络设备为接入网设备,第二指示信息承载在非接入层的终端设备能力信息消息中或终端设备辅助信息消息中。
当通信装置300用于实现图9所示的方法实施例中网络设备的功能时:收发单元320用于接收来自终端设备的第二指示信息,第二指示信息指示终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的,终端设备当前处于RRC空闲态或RRC非活跃态;处理单元310用于生成寻呼消息,寻呼消息对应的重传次数大于用于寻呼第二类型的终端设备的寻呼消息对应的重传次数,和/或,寻呼消息对应的重传间隔大于用于寻呼第二类型的终端设备的寻呼消息对应的重传间隔;收发单元320还用于向终端设备发送寻呼消息。
可选的,终端设备当前处于RRC空闲态时,网络设备为核心网设备,第二指示信息承载在非接入层的注册消息中。
可选的,终端设备当前处于RRC非活跃态时,网络设备为接入网设备,第二指示信息承载在非接入层的终端设备能力信息消息中或终端设备辅助信息消息中。
有关上述处理单元310和收发单元320更详细的描述可以直接参考图9所示的方法实施例中相关描述直接得到,这里不加赘述。
当通信装置300用于实现图10所示的方法实施例中终端设备的功能时:处理单元310用于生成第五指示信息,第五指示信息指示终端设备需要中断数据传输;收发单元320用于向网络设备发送第五指示信息。
可选的,所述第五指示信息承载在媒体接入控制控制单元MAC CE、物理上行链路控制信道PUCCH与终端设备辅助信息中的至少一种中。
可选的,所述第五指示信息还指示中断数据传输的时间长度。
可选的,所述第五指示信息承载在MAC CE或终端设备辅助信息中。
可选的,所述第五指示信息与所述终端设备发送的上行数据一起发送或者单独发送。
可选的,收发单元320还用于接收来自所述网络设备的第二配置信息,所述第二配置信息指示所述终端设备中断数据传输的时间长度。
可选的,收发单元320还用于在所述接收来自所述网络设备的第三配置信息之前,向所述网络设备发送第六指示信息,所述第六指示信息指示所述终端设备期望的中断数据传输的时间长度。
当通信装置300用于实现图10所示的方法实施例中网络设备的功能时:收发单元320用于接收来自终端设备的第五指示信息。
可选的,所述第五指示信息承载在MAC CE、PUCCH与终端设备辅助信息中的至少一种中。
可选的,所述第五指示信息还指示中断数据传输的时间长度。
可选的,所述第五指示信息承载在MAC CE或终端设备辅助信息中。
可选的,所述第五指示信息与所述终端设备发送的上行数据一起发送或者单独发送。
可选的,收发单元320还用于向所述终端设备发送第三配置信息,所述第三配置信息指示所述终端设备中断数据传输的时间长度。
可选的,收发单元320还用于在向所述终端设备发送第三配置信息之前,接收来自所述终端设备的第六指示信息,所述第六指示信息指示所述终端设备期望的中断数据传输的时间长度。
有关上述处理单元310和收发单元320更详细的描述可以直接参考图10所示的方法实施例中相关描述直接得到,这里不加赘述。
如图12所示,通信装置400包括处理器410和接口电路420。处理器410和接口电路420之间相互耦合。可以理解的是,接口电路420可以为收发器或输入输出接口。可选的,通信装置400还可以包括存储器430,用于存储处理器410执行的指令或存储处理器410运行指令所需要的输入数据或存储处理器410运行指令后产生的数据。
当通信装置400用于实现图2所示的方法时,处理器410用于执行上述处理单元310的功能,接口电路420用于执行上述收发单元320的功能。
当通信装置400用于实现图5所示的方法时,处理器410用于执行上述处理单元310的功能,接口电路420用于执行上述收发单元320的功能。
当通信装置400用于实现图6所示的方法时,处理器410用于执行上述处理单元310的功能,接口电路420用于执行上述收发单元320的功能。
当通信装置400用于实现图7所示的方法时,处理器410用于执行上述处理单元310的功能,接口电路420用于执行上述收发单元320的功能。
当通信装置400用于实现图8所示的方法时,处理器410用于执行上述处理单元310的功能,接口电路420用于执行上述收发单元320的功能。
当通信装置400用于实现图9所示的方法时,处理器410用于执行上述处理单元310的功能,接口电路420用于执行上述收发单元320的功能。
当通信装置400用于实现图10所示的方法时,处理器410用于执行上述处理单元310的功能,接口电路420用于执行上述收发单元320的功能。
当上述通信装置为应用于终端设备的芯片时,该终端设备芯片实现上述方法实施例中终端设备的功能。该终端设备芯片从终端设备中的其它模块(如射频模块或天线)接收信息,该信息是网络设备发送给终端设备的;或者,该终端设备芯片向终端设备中的其它模块(如射频模块或天线)发送信息,该信息是终端设备发送给网络设备的。
当上述通信装置为应用于网络设备的芯片时,该网络设备芯片实现上述方法实施例中网络设备的功能。该网络设备芯片从网络设备中的其它模块(如射频模块或天线)接收信息,该信息是终端设备发送给网络设备的;或者,该网络设备芯片向网络设备中的其它模块(如射频模块或天线)发送信息,该信息是网络设备发送给终端设备的。
可以理解的是,本申请的实施例中的处理器可以是中央处理单元(Central Processing Unit,CPU),还可以是其它通用处理器、数字信号处理器(Digital Signal Processor,DSP)、专用集成电路(Application Specific Integrated Circuit,ASIC)、现场可编程门阵列(Field Programmable Gate Array,FPGA)或者其它可编程逻辑器件、晶体管逻辑器件,硬件部件或者其任意组合。通用处理器可以是微处理器,也可以是任何常规的处理器。
本申请的实施例中的方法步骤可以通过硬件的方式来实现,也可以由处理器执行软件指令的方式来实现。软件指令可以由相应的软件模块组成,软件模块可以被存放于随机存取存储器(Random Access Memory,RAM)、闪存、只读存储器(Read-Only Memory,ROM)、可编程只读存储器(Programmable ROM,PROM)、可擦除可编程只读存储器(Erasable PROM,EPROM)、电可擦除可编程只读存储器(Electrically EPROM,EEPROM)、寄存器、硬盘、移动硬盘、CD-ROM或者本领域熟知的任何其它形式的存储介质中。一种示例性的存储介质耦合至处理器,从而使处理器能够从该存储介质读取信息,且可向该存储介质写入信息。当然,存储介质也可以是处理器的组成部分。处理器和存储介质可以位于ASIC中。另外,该ASIC可以位于网络设备或终端设备中。当然,处理器和存储介质也可以作为分立组件存在于网络设备或终端设备中。
在上述实施例中,可以全部或部分地通过软件、硬件、固件或者其任意组合来实现。当使用软件实现时,可以全部或部分地以计算机程序产品的形式实现。所述计算机程序产品包括一个或多个计算机程序或指令。在计算机上加载和执行所述计算机程序或指令时,全部或部分地执行本申请实施例所述的流程或功能。所述计算机可以是通用计算机、专用计算机、计算机网络、或者其它可编程装置。所述计算机程序或指令可以存储在计算机可读存储介质中,或者通过所述计算机可读存储介质进行传输。所述计算机可读存储介质可以是计算机能够存取的任何可用介质或者是集成一个或多个可用介质的服务器等数据存储设备。所述可用介质可以是磁性介质,例如,软盘、硬盘、磁带;也可以是光介质,例如,DVD;还可以是半导体介质,例如,固态硬盘(solid state disk,SSD)。
在本申请的各个实施例中,如果没有特殊说明以及逻辑冲突,不同的实施例之间的术语和/或描述具有一致性、且可以相互引用,不同的实施例中的技术特征根据其内在的逻辑关系可以组合形成新的实施例。
本申请中,“至少一个”是指一个或者多个,“多个”是指两个或两个以上。“和/或”,描述关联对象的关联关系,表示可以存在三种关系,例如,A和/或B,可以表示:单独存在A,同时存在A和B,单独存在B的情况,其中A,B可以是单数或者复数。在本申请的文字描述中,字符“/”,一般表示前后关联对象是一种“或”的关系;在本申请的公式中,字符“/”,表示前后关联对象是一种“相除”的关系。
可以理解的是,在本申请的实施例中涉及的各种数字编号仅为描述方便进行的区分,并不用来限制本申请的实施例的范围。上述各过程的序号的大小并不意味着执行顺序的先后,各过程的执行顺序应以其功能和内在逻辑确定。

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  1. 一种通信方法,其特征在于,所述方法由终端设备执行,包括:
    接收来自网络设备的第二配置信息,所述第二配置信息指示第一定时器的第一取值与第二取值,所述第一定时器用于控制所述终端设备成功接入网络所需的时间长度。
  2. 根据权利要求1所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一取值大于所述第二取值,所述第二取值是所述网络设备为第二类型的终端设备对应的第一定时器配置的。
  3. 根据权利要求1或2所述的方法,其特征在于,所述方法还包括:
    在所述终端设备进行能量收集时,暂停或挂起或停止所述第一定时器的运行,或者,增大所述第一定时器的剩余运行的时长。
  4. 根据权利要求1至3中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一定时器用于控制所述终端设备与所述网络设备之间完成无线资源控制RRC连接的建立或重建或恢复所需的时长。
  5. 根据权利要求1至4中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述方法还包括:向所述网络设备发送第二指示信息,所述第二指示信息指示所述终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或所述终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的。
  6. 一种通信方法,其特征在于,所述方法由网络设备执行,包括:
    向终端设备发送第二配置信息,所述第二配置信息指示第一定时器的第一取值与第二取值,所述第一定时器用于控制所述终端设备成功接入网络所需的时间长度。
  7. 根据权利要求6所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一取值大于所述第二取值,所述第二取值是所述网络设备为第二类型的终端设备对应的第一定时器配置的。
  8. 根据权利要求6或7所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一定时器用于控制所述终端设备与所述网络设备之间完成RRC连接的建立或重建或恢复所需的时长。
  9. 根据权利要求6至8中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述方法还包括:接收来自所述终端设备的第二指示信息,所述第二指示信息指示所述终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或所述终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的。
  10. 一种通信方法,其特征在于,所述方法由终端设备执行,包括:
    向网络设备发送第一指示信息,所述第一指示信息指示第一通信模式,所述第一通信模式用于确定第一时间长度与第二时间长度,所述第一时间长度为所述终端设备期望进行数据传输的时间长度,所述第二时间长度为所述终端设备期望中断数据传输的时间长度;
    接收来自所述网络设备的第一配置信息,所述第一配置信息指示第二通信模式,所述第二通信模式用于确定第三时间长度与第四时间长度,所述第三时间长度为所述网络设备为所述终端设备配置的进行数据传输的时间长度,所述第四时间长度为所述网络设备为所述终端设备配置的中断数据传输的时间长度。
  11. 根据权利要求10所述的方法,其特征在于,在向网络设备发送第一指示信息之前,所述方法还包括:
    向所述网络设备发送第二指示信息,所述第二指示信息指示所述终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或所述终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的。
  12. 根据权利要求10或11所述的方法,其特征在于,在接收到来自所述网络设备的 第一配置信息之后,所述方法还包括:
    如果所述终端设备确定当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度小于所述第三时间长度,向所述网络设备发送第三指示信息,所述第三指示信息指示所述终端设备当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度中的剩余时间长度,或,指示所述终端设备当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度小于所述第三时间长度。
  13. 根据权利要求10或11所述的方法,其特征在于,所述方法还包括:
    向所述网络设备发送第四指示信息,所述第四指示信息指示所述终端设备在所述第一时间长度内支持的上行传输的次数和/或下行传输的次数,所述第一配置信息还指示所述网络设备配置的所述终端设备在所述第三时间长度内支持的上行传输的次数和/或下行传输的次数。
  14. 根据权利要求10至13中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一通信模式还用于确定所述第一时间长度与所述第二时间长度是周期性出现的,所述第二通信模式还用于确定所述第三时间长度与所述第四时间长度是周期性出现的。
  15. 一种通信方法,其特征在于,所述方法由网络设备执行,包括:
    接收来自终端设备的第一指示信息,所述第一指示信息指示第一通信模式,所述第一通信模式用于确定第一时间长度与第二时间长度,所述第一时间长度为所述终端设备期望进行数据传输的时间长度,所述第二时间长度为所述终端设备期望中断数据传输的时间长度;
    向所述终端设备发送第一配置信息,所述第一配置信息指示第二通信模式,所述第二通信模式用于确定第三时间长度与第四时间长度,所述第三时间长度为所述网络设备为所述终端设备配置的进行数据传输的时间长度,所述第四时间长度为所述网络设备为所述终端设备配置的中断数据传输的时间长度。
  16. 根据权利要求15所述的方法,其特征在于,在接收来自所述终端设备的第一指示信息之前,所述方法还包括:
    接收来自所述终端设备的第二指示信息,所述第二指示信息指示所述终端设备为第一类型的终端设备或所述终端设备的数据传输的特征是时断时续的。
  17. 根据权利要求15或16所述的方法,其特征在于,在向所述终端设备发送第一配置信息之后,所述方法还包括:
    接收来自所述终端设备的第三指示信息,所述第三指示信息指示所述终端设备当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度中的剩余时间长度,或,指示所述终端设备当前实际支持的用于数据传输的时间长度小于所述第三时间长度。
  18. 根据权利要求15或16所述的方法,其特征在于,所述方法还包括:
    接收来自所述终端设备的第四指示信息,所述第四指示信息指示所述终端设备在所述第一时间长度内支持的上行传输的次数和/或下行传输的次数,所述第一配置信息还指示所述网络设备配置的所述终端设备在所述第三时间长度内支持的上行传输的次数和/或下行传输的次数。
  19. 根据权利要求15至18中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一通信模式还用于确定所述第一时间长度与所述第二时间长度是周期性出现的,所述第二通信模式还用于确定所述第三时间长度与所述第四时间长度是周期性出现的。
  20. 一种通信装置,其特征在于,包括用于执行如权利要求1至5中任一项所述方法的模块或权利要求10至14中任一项所述方法的模块。
  21. 一种通信装置,其特征在于,包括用于执行如权利要求6至9中任一项所述方法的模块或权利要求15至19中任一项所述方法的模块。
  22. 一种通信装置,其特征在于,包括处理器和接口电路,所述接口电路用于接收来自所述通信装置之外的其它通信装置的信号并传输至所述处理器或将来自所述处理器的信号发送给所述通信装置之外的其它通信装置,所述处理器通过逻辑电路或执行代码指令用于实现如权利要求1至5中任一项所述的方法或权利要求10至14中任一项所述的方法。
  23. 一种通信装置,其特征在于,包括处理器和接口电路,所述接口电路用于接收来自所述通信装置之外的其它通信装置的信号并传输至所述处理器或将来自所述处理器的信号发送给所述通信装置之外的其它通信装置,所述处理器通过逻辑电路或执行代码指令用于实现如权利要求6至9中任一项所述的方法或权利要求15至19中任一项所述的方法。
  24. 一种计算机可读存储介质,其特征在于,所述存储介质中存储有计算机程序或指令,当所述计算机程序或指令被通信装置执行时,实现如权利要求1至5中任一项所述的方法或权利要求10至14中任一项所述的方法。
  25. 一种计算机可读存储介质,其特征在于,所述存储介质中存储有计算机程序或指令,当所述计算机程序或指令被通信装置执行时,实现如权利要求6至9中任一项所述的方法或权利要求15至19中任一项所述的方法。
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