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EP-4738939-A1 - COMMUNICATION PROCESSING METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK DEVICE

EP4738939A1EP 4738939 A1EP4738939 A1EP 4738939A1EP-4738939-A1

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a communication processing method, a terminal, and a network device. The method comprises: a network device sending a low-power wake-up signal (LPWUS) configuration to a terminal; the terminal acquiring the LPWUS configuration; the network device sending an LPWUS to the terminal; and according to the LPWUS configuration, the terminal controlling a low-power wake-up receiver (LPWUR) to receive at least one LPWUS, and adjusting the operation state of main radio (MR) according to the LPWUS. An LPWUS configuration is configured for a terminal, and the terminal receives an LPWUS, thereby effectively reducing energy consumption.

Inventors

  • GUO, SHENGXIANG
  • FU, TING
  • LI, YANHUA
  • HU, Ziquan

Assignees

  • Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.

Dates

Publication Date
20260506
Application Date
20230630

Claims (20)

  1. A communication processing method, performed by a terminal, comprising: acquiring a low-power wake-up signal (LP WUS) configuration; controlling a low-power wake-up receiver (LP WUR) of the terminal to receive at least one LP WUS based on the LP WUS configuration, and determining an operation state of main radio (MR) of the terminal based on the at least one LP WUS.
  2. The method according to claim 1, wherein acquiring the LP WUS configuration comprises: receiving a configuration signal sent from a network device, and determining the LP WUS configuration based on the configuration signal; or acquiring a part or all of LP WUS configurations configured by a network device.
  3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the configuration signal comprises at least one of: a radio resource control (RRC) signaling; a media-access-control control element (MAC CE); or a dynamic indication signaling.
  4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the LP WUS configuration comprises at least one of: an LP WUS period; an LP WUS period offset, wherein the LP WUS period offset is one or more of: a radio frame offset of an LP WUS period, a slot offset of an LP WUS period, or a time domain symbol offset of an LP WUS period; an LP WUS period length, wherein the LP WUS period length is a time domain length of an LP WUS period; a numerical count of LP WUS sending/monitoring occasions within an LP WUS period; a maximum numerical count and/or a minimum numerical count of LP WUS sending/monitoring occasions within an LP WUS period; a gap between adjacent LP WUS sending/monitoring occasions within an LP WUS period, wherein the gap between adjacent LP WUS sending/monitoring occasions comprises a time domain gap and/or a frequency domain gap; an LP WUS sending/monitoring occasion; an LP WUS sending/monitoring occasion length; an LP WUS sending/monitoring occasion offset; a gap between adjacent LP WUSs within an LP WUS sending/monitoring occasion, wherein the gap between adjacent LP WUSs comprises a time domain gap and/or a frequency domain gap; a numerical count of LP WUSs in an LP WUS sending/monitoring occasion; a maximum numerical count of LP WUSs in an LP WUS sending/monitoring occasion; a minimum numerical count of LP WUSs in an LP WUS sending/monitoring occasion; a sending buffer size; a cycle buffer size; an LP WUS sending length; a numerical count of LP WUSs consecutively sent; a maximum numerical count of LP WUSs consecutively sent; a minimum numerical count of LP WUSs consecutively sent; a LP WUR on-timer length; a LP WUR off-timer length; an offset length between time information of sending an LP WUS and time information of a discontinuous reception (DRX) period; an offset length between time information of sending an LP WUS and time information of a DRX activation duration; an offset length between time information of sending an LP WUS and time information of a DRX inactivation duration; an offset length between time information of sending an LP WUS and time information of a first signal; an offset length between time information of an LP WUS sending/monitoring occasion and time information of a DRX period; an offset length between time information of an LP WUS sending/monitoring occasion and time information of a DRX activation duration; an offset length between time information of an LP WUS sending/monitoring occasion and time information of a DRX inactivation duration; an offset length between time information of an LP WUS sending/monitoring occasion and time information of a first signal; an offset length between time information of an LP WUS period and time information of a DRX period; an offset length between time information of an LP WUS period and time information of a DRX activation duration; an offset length between time information of an LP WUS period and time information of a DRX inactivation duration; or an offset length between time information of an LP WUS period and time information of a first signal.
  5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the first signal comprises at least one of: downlink control information (DCI) with cyclic redundancy check (CRC) scrambled by power saving-radio network temporary identity (PS-RNTI) (DCP), a paging early indication (PEI); or a WUS.
  6. The method according to claim 4, wherein the time information comprises at least one of: a starting point, an ending point, a starting point at m/2n, or an ending point at m/2n, wherein m and n are positive integers, the starting point comprises a first time domain symbol, a first slot, a first radio frame or a first sub-radio frame of a time domain resource corresponding to a channel/signal, and the ending point comprises a last time domain symbol, a last slot, a last radio frame or a last sub-radio frame of the time domain resource corresponding to the channel/signal.
  7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein controlling the LP WUR of the terminal to receive the at least one LP WUS based on the LP WUS configuration comprises at least one of: turning on the LP WUR at an LP WUS sending/monitoring occasion; determining a start time of the LP WUR based on a sending buffer size, an LP WUS sending/ monitoring occasion and the sending buffer size; determining a start time of the LP WUR based on an LP WUS sending/ monitoring occasion and a sending buffer size; determining a start time of the LP WUR based on a sending buffer size and an LP WUS sending/ monitoring occasion; turning on the LP WUR during a LP WUR on-timer length; or turning off the LP WUR during a LP WUR off-timer length.
  8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein adjusting the operation state of the MR based on the at least one LP WUS comprises at least one of: in a case where the at least one LP WUS does not indicate to wake up, turning off the MR in a subsequent DRX on duration; in a case where the at least one LP WUS does not indicate to wake up, turning off the MR in a subsequent duration; in a case where the at least one LP WUS indicates to wake up, turning on the MR; or in a case where the at least one LP WUS does not indicate to wake up, not monitoring a first signal.
  9. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising at least one of: in a case where the at least one LP WUS is not received, not turning on the MR in a subsequent DRX on duration; in a case where the at least one LP WUS is not received, turning off the MR in a subsequent duration; or in a case where the at least one LP WUS is not received, not monitoring a first signal.
  10. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: reporting a terminal capability to a network device.
  11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the terminal capability comprises a minimum value or a maximum value of a first offset.
  12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the first offset comprises at least one of: an LP WUS period offset; an LP WUS sending/monitoring occasion offset; an offset between time information of sending an LP WUS and time information of a DRX period; an offset between time information of sending an LP WUS and time information of a DRX activation duration; an offset between time information of sending an LP WUS and time information of a DRX inactivation duration; an offset between time information of sending an LP WUS and time information of a first signal; an offset between time information of an LP WUS sending/monitoring occasion and time information of a DRX period; an offset between time information of an LP WUS sending/monitoring occasion and time information of a DRX activation duration; an offset between time information of an LP WUS sending/monitoring occasion and time information of a DRX inactivation duration; an offset between time information of an LP WUS sending/monitoring occasion and time information of a first signal; an offset between time information of an LP WUS period and time information of a DRX period; an offset between time information of an LP WUS period and time information of a DRX activation duration; an offset between time information of an LP WUS period and time information of a DRX inactivation duration; or an offset between time information of an LP WUS period and time information of a first signal.
  13. A communication processing method, performed by a network device, comprising: sending a low-power wake-up signal (LP WUS) configuration to a terminal; and sending an LP WUS to the terminal.
  14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the LP WUS configuration comprises: sending a configuration signal to the terminal, wherein the configuration signal comprises the LP WUS configuration.
  15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the configuration signal comprises at least one of: a radio resource control (RRC) signaling; a media-access-control control element (MAC CE); or a dynamic indication signaling.
  16. The method according to any one of claims 13 to 15, wherein the LP WUS configuration comprises at least one of: an LP WUS period; an LP WUS period offset, wherein the LP WUS period offset is one or more of: a radio frame offset of an LP WUS period, a slot offset of an LP WUS period, or a time domain symbol offset of an LP WUS period; an LP WUS period length, wherein the LP WUS period length is a time domain length of an LP WUS period; a numerical count of LP WUS sending/monitoring occasions within an LP WUS period; a maximum numerical count and/or a minimum numerical count of LP WUS sending/monitoring occasions within an LP WUS period; a gap between adjacent LP WUS sending/monitoring occasions within an LP WUS period, wherein the gap between adjacent LP WUS sending/monitoring occasions comprises a time domain gap and/or a frequency domain gap; an LP WUS sending/monitoring occasion; an LP WUS sending/monitoring occasion length; an LP WUS sending/monitoring occasion offset; a gap between adjacent LP WUSs within an LP WUS sending /monitoring occasion, wherein the gap between adjacent LP WUSs comprises a time domain gap and/or a frequency domain gap; a numerical count of LP WUSs in an LP WUS sending/monitoring occasion; a maximum numerical count of LP WUSs in an LP WUS sending/monitoring occasion; a minimum numerical count of LP WUSs in an LP WUS sending/monitoring occasion; a sending buffer size; a cycle buffer size; an LP WUS sending length; a numerical count of LP WUSs consecutively sent; a maximum numerical count of LP WUSs consecutively sent; a minimum numerical count of LP WUSs consecutively sent; a LP WUR on-timer length; a LP WUR off-timer length; an offset length between time information of sending an LP WUS and time information of a discontinuous reception (DRX) period; an offset length between time information of sending an LP WUS and time information of a DRX activation duration; an offset length between time information of sending an LP WUS and time information of a DRX inactivation duration; an offset length between time information of sending an LP WUS and time information of a first signal; an offset length between time information of an LP WUS sending/monitoring occasion and time information of a DRX period; an offset length between time information of an LP WUS sending/monitoring occasion and time information of a DRX activation duration; an offset length between time information of an LP WUS sending/monitoring occasion and time information of a DRX inactivation duration; an offset length between time information of an LP WUS sending/monitoring occasion and time information of a first signal; an offset length between time information of an LP WUS period and time information of a DRX period; an offset length between time information of an LP WUS period and time information of a DRX activation duration; an offset length between time information of an LP WUS period and time information of a DRX inactivation duration; or an offset length between time information of an LP WUS period and time information of a first signal.
  17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the first signal comprises at least one of: downlink control information (DCI) with cyclic redundancy check (CRC) scrambled by power saving-radio network temporary identity (PS-RNTI) (DCP), a paging early indication (PEI); or a WUS.
  18. The method according to claim 16, wherein the time information comprises at least one of: a starting point, an ending point, a starting point at m/2n, or an ending point at m/2n; wherein m and n are positive integers, the starting point comprises a first time domain symbol, a first slot, a first radio frame or a first sub-radio frame of a time domain resource corresponding to a channel/signal, and the ending point comprises a last time domain symbol, a last slot, a last radio frame or a last sub-radio frame of the time domain resource corresponding to the channel/signal.
  19. The method according to claim 13, further comprising: receiving a terminal capability reported by the terminal; determining the LP WUS configuration according to the terminal capability.
  20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the terminal capability comprises a minimum value or a maximum value of a first offset.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The disclosure relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular to a communication processing method, a terminal, and a network device. BACKGROUND In wireless communication, a terminal may receive signals via main radio (MR). The MR consumes power at different rates in different states. SUMMARY Embodiments of the disclosure provide a communication processing method, a terminal, and a network device, capable of reducing consumption during a communication procedure. According to embodiments of a first aspect of the disclosure, a communication processing method is provided. The method includes: acquiring a low-power wake-up signal (LP WUS) configuration; controlling a low-power wake-up receiver (LP WUR) of a terminal to receive at least one LP WUS based on the LP WUS configuration, and determining an operation state of main radio (MR) of the terminal based on the at least one LP WUS. In embodiments of the present disclosure, with receiving the LP WUS configuration, reception of the LP WUS may be achieved, and energy consumption of the terminal may be effectively reduced. According to embodiments of a second aspect of the disclosure, a communication processing method is provided. The method includes: sending an LP WUS configuration to a terminal; and sending an LP WUS to the terminal. According to embodiments of a third aspect of the disclosure, a communication processing method is provided. The method includes: sending, by a network device, an LP WUS configuration to a terminal; acquiring, by the terminal, the LP WUS configuration; and sending, by the network device, at least one LP WUS to the terminal; controlling, by the terminal, a LP WUR to receive the at least one LP WUS based on the LP WUS configuration, and adjusting, by the terminal, an operation state of MR of the terminal based on the at least one LP WUS. According to embodiments of a fourth aspect of the disclosure, a terminal is provided. The terminal includes: a transceiver module, configured to acquire an LP WUS configuration; and a processing module, configured to control a LP WUR of the terminal to receive at least one LP WUS based on the LP WUS configuration, and determine an operation state of MR based on the at least one LP WUS. According to embodiments of a fifth aspect of the disclosure, an access network device is provided. The access network device includes: a transceiver module, configured to send an LP WUS configuration to a terminal; and a processing module, configured to send an LP WUS to the terminal. According to embodiments of a sixth aspect of the disclosure, a terminal is provided. The terminal includes: one or more processors, in which the terminal is configured to implement any one of the methods described in the first aspect. According to embodiments of a seventh aspect of the disclosure, a network device is provided. The network device includes: one or more processors, in which the network device is configured to implement any one of the methods described in the second aspect. According to embodiments of a ninth aspect of the disclosure, a communication system is provided. The communication system includes: a terminal and a network device, in which the terminal is configured to perform any one of the methods described in the first aspect, and the network device is configured to perform any one of the methods described in the second aspect. According to embodiments of a tenth aspect of the disclosure, a storage medium is provided. The storage medium stores instructions that, when running on a communication device, cause the communication device to implement the method described in any of the second aspect or the second aspect. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In order to more clearly illustrate technical solutions in embodiments of the disclosure, the accompanying drawings required for describing the embodiments are introduced below. The following accompanying drawings are merely some embodiments of the disclosure and do not specifically limit the scope of protection of the disclosure. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure.FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an interaction of a communication processing method according to an embodiment of the disclosure.FIG. 3A is a flowchart illustrating a communication processing method according to an embodiment of the disclosure.FIG. 3B is a flowchart illustrating a communication processing method according to an embodiment of the disclosure.FIG. 3C is a flowchart illustrating a communication processing method according to an embodiment of the disclosure.FIG. 4A is a flowchart illustrating a communication processing method according to an embodiment of the disclosure.FIG. 4B is a flowchart illustrating a communication processing method according to an embodiment of the disclosure.FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a communication processing metho