CN118695337A

CN118695337A - Method, device, terminal, equipment and medium for determining extended discontinuous reception

Info

Publication number: CN118695337A
Application number: CN202310293680.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王洋洋; 鲍炜; 陈力
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2023-03-22
Filing date: 2023-03-22
Publication date: 2024-09-24

Abstract

The application discloses a method, a device, a terminal, equipment and a medium for determining extended discontinuous reception, which belong to the technical field of communication. The terminal receives a radio resource control release message from first network side equipment in a connection state; the terminal is switched from a connection state to an inactive state according to the radio resource control release message; in a non-activated state, the terminal determines a target extended discontinuous reception period based on the first configuration information and the support capability information of the serving cell for extended discontinuous reception; the terminal listens for the first radio access network paging message based on the target extended discontinuous reception period.

Description

Method, device, terminal, equipment and medium for determining extended discontinuous reception

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of communication, and particularly relates to a method, a device, a terminal, equipment and a medium for determining extended discontinuous reception.

Background

In the Release 17 standard discussion, reduced capability terminals (a UE with reduced capabilities, redCap UE) were studied. One of the directions of research is to study RedCap UE power saving to extend battery life, while extended discontinuous reception (extanded Discontinuous Reception, eDRX) is one way to save power. eDRX refers to extending the original discontinuous reception cycle (DRX cycle).

R17 introduces two extended discontinuous reception periods (eDRX cycles), one of which is an eDRX cycle configured by the radio access network (Radio Access Network, RAN), i.e., T _eDRX,RAN, which is used by only terminals in the radio resource control INACTIVE (Radio Resource Control INACTIVE, rrc_inactive) state for the terminals in the rrc_inactive state to listen to the radio access network paging messages (Radio Access Network paging, RAN PAGING). Because the length of the eDRX cycle (T _eDRX,RAN) of the radio access network configuration of R17 can only be extended to 10.24s at maximum, release 18 will study to extend the length of the eDRX cycle of the radio access network configuration beyond 10.24s.

How the terminal determines which radio access network extends a discontinuous reception cycle (RAN eDRX cycle) to monitor the radio access network paging message to achieve the purpose of power saving has not yet been explicitly proposed.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a method, a device, a terminal, equipment and a medium for determining extension discontinuous reception, so as to determine how the terminal monitors a radio access network paging message based on which extension discontinuous reception period, and achieve the purpose of saving electricity.

In a first aspect, a method for determining extended discontinuous reception is provided, which is performed by a terminal, and includes:

in a connection state, the terminal receives a radio resource control release message from a first network side device, wherein the radio resource control release message carries first configuration information, and the first configuration information comprises configuration information of a first period of discontinuous reception of a first extension or comprises configuration information of the first period of discontinuous reception of the first extension and configuration information of a second period of discontinuous reception of a second extension;

the terminal is converted from the connection state to the non-activation state according to the wireless resource control release message;

the terminal determines a target extension discontinuous reception period based on the first configuration information and the support capability information of the service cell for extension discontinuous reception in the inactive state;

The terminal monitors a first radio access network paging message based on the target extension discontinuous reception period;

Wherein the terminal supports discontinuous reception of the listening radio access network paging message using the first extension and discontinuous reception of the listening radio access network paging message using the second extension.

In a second aspect, a method for determining extended discontinuous reception is provided, which is performed by a network side device, and includes:

the method comprises the steps that a first network side device sends a radio resource control release message to a terminal in a connection state, wherein the radio resource control release message is used for indicating the terminal to switch from the connection state to a non-activation state, the radio resource control release message carries first configuration information, and the first configuration information comprises configuration information of a first period of first expansion discontinuous reception or configuration information of the first period of first expansion discontinuous reception and configuration information of a second period of second expansion discontinuous reception.

In a third aspect, there is provided a determining apparatus for extended discontinuous reception, comprising:

A receiving module, configured to receive, in a connected state, a radio resource control release message from a first network side device, where the radio resource control release message carries first configuration information, where the first configuration information includes configuration information of a first period of discontinuous reception of a first extension, or includes configuration information of the first period of discontinuous reception of the first extension and configuration information of a second period of discontinuous reception of a second extension;

A switching module, configured to switch from the connected state to an inactive state according to the radio resource control release message;

A first determining module, configured to determine, in the inactive state, a target extended discontinuous reception period based on the first configuration information and a supporting capability of a serving cell for extended discontinuous reception;

a monitoring module, configured to monitor a paging message of a first radio access network based on the target extended discontinuous reception period;

Wherein the terminal supports both discontinuous reception of the listening radio access network paging message using the first extension and discontinuous reception of the listening radio access network paging message using the second extension.

In a fourth aspect, there is provided a determining apparatus for extended discontinuous reception, comprising:

a sending module, configured to send a radio resource control release message to a terminal in a connection state, where the radio resource control release message is used to instruct the terminal to switch from the connection state to a non-activation state, and the radio resource control release message carries first configuration information, where the first configuration information includes configuration information of a first period of first extended discontinuous reception, or includes configuration information of the first period of first extended discontinuous reception and configuration information of a second period of second extended discontinuous reception.

In a fifth aspect, there is provided a terminal comprising a processor and a memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the method as described in the first aspect.

In a sixth aspect, a network side device is provided, comprising a processor and a memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the method according to the third aspect.

In a seventh aspect, there is provided a readable storage medium having stored thereon a program or instructions which when executed by a processor, performs the steps of the method according to the first aspect, or performs the steps of the method according to the third aspect.

In an eighth aspect, there is provided a wireless communication system comprising: a terminal operable to perform the steps of the method as described in the first aspect, and a network side device operable to perform the steps of the method as described in the third aspect.

In a ninth aspect, a computer program/program product is provided, stored in a storage medium, the program/program product being executable by at least one processor to perform the steps of the method according to the first aspect, the network side device being operable to perform the steps of the method according to the third aspect.

In the embodiment of the application, if the terminal receives the RRC release message from the first network side equipment in the connection state, the connection state can be switched to the non-activated state, the RRC release message carries first configuration information, the first configuration information comprises configuration information of a first period of first expansion discontinuous reception, or comprises configuration information of the first period of first expansion discontinuous reception and configuration information of a second period of second expansion discontinuous reception, and in the non-activated state, the terminal can determine a target expansion discontinuous reception period based on the first configuration information and supporting capability information of a serving cell for expansion discontinuous reception so as to monitor the paging message of the first radio access network based on the target expansion discontinuous reception period, and it is clear how the terminal determines which expansion discontinuous reception period to monitor the paging message based on, thereby achieving the purpose of saving electricity.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which embodiments of the present application are applicable;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of an embodiment of a method for determining extended discontinuous reception according to the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a terminal in an inactive state moving within RNA according to an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of interaction between network devices in an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 5 is another schematic diagram of interaction between network devices in an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a determining apparatus for extended discontinuous reception corresponding to fig. 2;

FIG. 7 is a flow chart of another method for determining extended discontinuous reception in accordance with an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of a determining apparatus for extended discontinuous reception corresponding to fig. 7;

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

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a network side device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application will be clearly described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which are derived by a person skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the application, fall within the scope of protection of the application.

The terms "first," "second," and the like, herein, are used for distinguishing between similar objects and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the application are capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or otherwise described herein, and that the "first" and "second" distinguishing between objects generally are not limited in number to the extent that the first object may, for example, be one or more. Furthermore, the "or" in the present application means at least one of the connected objects. For example, "a or B" encompasses three schemes, scheme one: including a and excluding B; scheme II: including B and excluding a; scheme III: both a and B. The character "/" generally indicates that the context-dependent object is an "or" relationship.

The term "indication" according to the application may be either a direct indication (or an explicit indication) or an indirect indication (or an implicit indication). The direct indication may be understood that the sender explicitly informs the specific information of the receiver, the operation to be executed, the request result, and other contents in the sent indication; the indirect indication may be understood as that the receiving side determines corresponding information according to the indication sent by the sending side, or determines and determines an operation or a request result to be executed according to a determination result.

It should be noted that the techniques described in the embodiments of the present application are not limited to long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE)/LTE evolution (LTE-Advanced, LTE-a) systems, but may also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as code division multiple access (Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA), time division multiple access (Time Division Multiple Access, TDMA), frequency division multiple access (Frequency Division Multiple Access, FDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiple access (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access, OFDMA), single-carrier frequency division multiple access (Single-carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access, SC-FDMA), or other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in embodiments of the application are often used interchangeably, and the techniques described may be used for both the above-mentioned systems and radio technologies, as well as other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes a New Radio (NR) system for exemplary purposes and NR terminology is used in much of the following description, but the techniques may also be applied to systems other than NR systems, such as the 6 th Generation (6G) communication system.

Fig. 1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which an embodiment of the present application is applicable. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network device 12.

The terminal 11 may be a Mobile phone, a tablet Computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a Laptop (Laptop Computer), a notebook, a Personal digital assistant (Personal DIGITAL ASSISTANT, PDA), a palm Computer, a netbook, an Ultra-Mobile Personal Computer (Ultra-Mobile Personal Computer, UMPC), a Mobile internet appliance (Mobile INTERNET DEVICE, MID), an augmented Reality (Augmented Reality, AR), a Virtual Reality (VR) device, a robot, a wearable device (Wearable Device), an aircraft (FLIGHT VEHICLE), a vehicle-mounted device (Vehicle User Equipment, VUE), a ship-mounted device, a pedestrian terminal (PEDESTRIAN USER EQUIPMENT, PUE), a smart home (home device with a wireless communication function, such as a refrigerator, a television, a washing machine, or furniture), a game machine, a Personal Computer (Personal Computer, PC), a teller machine, or a self-service machine, and other terminal-side devices. The wearable device includes: intelligent wrist-watch, intelligent bracelet, intelligent earphone, intelligent glasses, intelligent ornament (intelligent bracelet, intelligent ring, intelligent necklace, intelligent anklet, intelligent foot chain etc.), intelligent wrist strap, intelligent clothing etc.. The in-vehicle apparatus may also be referred to as an in-vehicle terminal, an in-vehicle controller, an in-vehicle module, an in-vehicle component, an in-vehicle chip, an in-vehicle unit, or the like. It should be noted that the specific type of the terminal 11 is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

Network-side device 12 may include an access network device. The access network device may also be referred to as a radio access network (Radio Access Network, RAN) device, a radio access network function, or a radio access network element. The Access network device may include a base station, a wireless local area network (Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN) Access Point (AS), or a wireless fidelity (WIRELESS FIDELITY, WIFI) node, etc. The base station may be referred to as a Node B (NB, NB), an Evolved Node B (eNB), a next generation Node B (the next generation Node B, gNB), a New air Node B (New Radio Node B, NR Node B), an access point, a relay station (Relay Base Station, RBS), a serving base station (Serving Base Station, SBS), a base transceiver station (Base Transceiver Station, BTS), a Radio base station, a Radio transceiver, a Basic service set (Basic SERVICE SET, BSS), an Extended service set (Extended SERVICE SET, ESS), a Home Node B (HNB), a home Evolved Node B (home Evolved Node B), a transmission and reception point (Transmission Reception Point, TRP), or some other suitable term in the field, so long as the same technical effect is achieved, the base station is not limited to a specific technical vocabulary, and in the embodiment of the present application, the base station in the NR system is described only as an example, and the specific type of the base station is not limited.

For convenience of understanding, related technologies and concepts related to the embodiments of the present application will be described.

1. DRX (discontinuous reception)

The discontinuous reception period (DRX cycle) may have a length of {0.32s,0.64s,1.28s,2.56s }, mainly for a terminal in a radio resource control IDLE (rrc_idle) state and an rrc_inactive state to listen to paging messages (paging) and perform measurements.

Terminals in the rrc_idle state have two DRX cycles. One is a cell default DRX cycle (default PAGING CYCLE) and the other is a terminal-specific DRX cycle configured by higher layers (UE specific DRX cycle configured by upper layer). And when the terminal monitors the paging message in the RRC_IDLE state, the DRX cycle used is the minimum value of the two DRX cycles.

The terminal in rrc_inactive state has three DRX cycles, and there is one DRX cycle specific to the terminal configured by the radio access network (RAN PAGING CYCLE) in addition to the two DRX cycles described above. And when the terminal monitors the paging message in the RRC_INACTIVE state, the DRX cycle used is the minimum value in the three DRX cycles.

2. R17 eDRX

In the R17 standard discussion RedCap UE was studied. One direction of research is to study RedCap UE power conservation to extend battery life, while eDRX is one way to save power. eDRX refers to extending the original DRX cycle.

R17 introduces two eDRX cycles. One is the core network configured eDRX cycle, i.e., T _eDRX,CN, for a terminal in rrc_idle state or rrc_inactive state to monitor core network paging messages (CN paging), and the other is the radio access network configured eDRX cycle, i.e., T _eDRX,RAN, which only terminals in rrc_inactive state will use for terminals in rrc_inactive state to monitor radio access network paging messages (RAN PAGING). Currently, T _eDRX,CN may be 2.56s,5.12s and {1,2, … …,1024}, 10.24s, i.e. may be 10485.76s at maximum, whereas T _eDRX,RAN may only be {2.56s,5.12s,10.24s }.

In addition, in R17, two eDRX related indications, eDRX-AllowedIdle and eDRX-AllowedInactive, are introduced in the system information block (System Information Block, SIB) 1. The eDRX-AllowedIdle is used for indicating whether to allow the terminal in the rrc_idle state or the rrc_inactive state to monitor the core network paging message by using the eDRX cycle (T _eDRX,CN) configured by the core network; eDRX-AllowedInactive is used to indicate whether a terminal in rrc_inactive state is allowed to listen to the radio access network paging message using the eDRX cycle (T _eDRX,RAN) of the radio access network configuration.

3. R18 eDRX

Because the length of eDRX cycle (T _eDRX,RAN) of the radio access network configuration of R17 can only extend to 10.24s at maximum, not allowed to exceed 10.24s, R18 will study to extend the length of eDRX cycle of the radio access network configuration beyond 10.24s.

The related art and concepts related to the embodiments of the present application are described above. In the related art background, if a terminal supports both monitoring of radio access network paging messages using R18 RAN eDRX and monitoring of radio access network paging messages using R17 RAN eDRX, and is configured with R18 RAN eDRX cycle, it can monitor radio access network paging messages using configured R18 RAN eDRX cycle when moving within a radio access network-based notification area (RAN-based Notification Area, RNA) in rrc_inactive state, if its resident serving cell supports radio access network paging using R18 RAN eDRX. But if the resident serving cell does not support radio access network paging by using the R18 RAN eDRX, the terminal cannot monitor the radio access network paging message by using the R18 RAN eDRX cycle, so that the energy saving gain caused by the R18 RAN eDRX cannot be enjoyed.

That is, when a terminal configured with R18 RAN eDRX cycle moves within RNA, if the terminal moves to a cell that does not support radio access network paging using R18 RAN eDRX but supports radio access network paging using R17 RAN eDRX, the RAN eDRX cycle cannot be used, and thus the purpose of power saving cannot be achieved.

Therefore, the embodiment of the application provides a method for determining extended discontinuous reception, so that a terminal can enjoy the power saving gain caused by the RAN eDRX cycle as much as possible.

The method for determining the extended discontinuous reception provided by the embodiment of the application is described in detail below through some embodiments and application scenarios thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 2, a flowchart of an implementation of a method for determining extended discontinuous reception according to an embodiment of the present application may include the following steps:

s210: and the terminal receives the radio resource control release message from the first network side equipment in the connected state.

In the embodiment of the present application, the terminal may be the terminal 11 in fig. 1, and the first network side device may be the network side device 12 in fig. 1. The terminal supports both listening to radio access network paging messages using a first extended discontinuous reception, such as R18 RAN eDRX, and to listen to radio access network paging messages using a second extended discontinuous reception, such as R17 RAN eDRX.

The first network side device may send a radio resource control release message, i.e. an RRC release message, to the terminal in the connected state, where the RRC release message is used to instruct the terminal to switch from the connected state to the inactive state, i.e. release the terminal from the connected state to the inactive state. Here, the CONNECTED state refers to a radio resource control CONNECTED (rrc_connected) state, and the INACTIVE state refers to a radio resource control INACTIVE (rrc_inactive) state.

The radio resource control release message may carry first configuration information, where the first configuration information includes configuration information of a first period of first extended discontinuous reception, or includes configuration information of the first period of first extended discontinuous reception and configuration information of a second period of second extended discontinuous reception.

Wherein the first extended discontinuous reception may be R18 RAN eDRX and the second extended discontinuous reception may be R17RAN eDRX.

Optionally, if the first network side device supports paging of the radio access network by using the first extended discontinuous reception, the configuration information of the first period of the first extended discontinuous reception may be carried in the radio resource control release message sent by the first network side device to the terminal.

Optionally, if the first network side device supports radio access network paging by using the first extended discontinuous reception and also supports radio access network paging by using the second extended discontinuous reception, the radio resource control release message sent by the first network side device to the terminal may carry configuration information of the first period of the first extended discontinuous reception, and optionally, may also carry configuration information of the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception.

And when the terminal receives the radio resource control release message from the first network side equipment in the connected state, the terminal can continue to execute the operation of the subsequent steps.

S220: the terminal switches from the connected state to the inactive state according to the radio resource control release message.

The terminal can switch from the connected state to the inactive state according to the radio resource control release message after receiving the radio resource control release message from the first network side device in the connected state. Meanwhile, the terminal is configured with a first period of the first extended discontinuous reception or the terminal is configured with a first period of the first extended discontinuous reception and a second period of the second extended discontinuous reception.

S230: and in the inactive state, the terminal determines a target extended discontinuous reception period based on the first configuration information and the support capability information of the serving cell for extended discontinuous reception.

The support capability of different cells for extended discontinuous reception may be the same or different. For example, some cells support radio access network paging using only the first extended discontinuous reception, some cells support radio access network paging using only the second extended discontinuous reception, and some cells support radio access network paging using both the first extended discontinuous reception and the second extended discontinuous reception.

For example, for a cell, if the cell supports radio access network paging using R18 RAN eDRX, it means that the cell allows a terminal in an inactive state to monitor for radio access network paging messages using R18 RAN eDRX cycle (T _eDRX,RAN-r18) and radio access network paging time window (PAGING TIME Windows, PTW); if the cell supports radio access network paging using R17 RAN eDRX, it means that the cell allows a terminal in an inactive state to monitor for radio access network paging messages using R17 RAN eDRX cycle (T _eDRX,RAN-r17).

For a terminal, if the terminal supports to monitor the paging message of the radio access network by using the R18 RAN eDRX, namely, the terminal supports to monitor the paging message of the radio access network by using the RAN eDRX cycle with the service period of more than 10.24s in the inactive state; if the terminal supports to monitor the radio access network paging message by using the R17 RAN eDRX, the terminal supports to monitor the radio access network paging message by using the RAN eDRX cycle with the service period less than or equal to 10.24s in the inactive state.

In the inactive state, the terminal may move, for example, from a first cell to a second cell, where the first cell may be a cell associated with the first network side device, and the second cell may be a cell associated with the first network side device, or may be a cell associated with other network side devices, for example, a cell associated with the second network side device and a cell associated with the third network side device. During the moving process, the serving cell of the terminal may not change, for example, the serving cell is always the first cell, and the serving cell of the terminal may also change, for example, the serving cell is changed from the first cell to the second cell. The first cell and the second cell are within the RNA of the terminal, i.e. the terminal in the inactive state moves within the RNA.

Because the first configuration information includes the configuration information of the first period of the first extended discontinuous reception or includes the configuration information of the first period of the first extended discontinuous reception and the configuration information of the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception, the terminal can determine the target extended discontinuous reception period based on the first configuration information and the support capability information of the serving cell for the extended discontinuous reception in the inactive state. The serving cell may be a first cell or other cell such as a second cell. The determined target extended discontinuous reception period may be the first extended discontinuous reception period or the second extended discontinuous reception period.

S240: the terminal listens for the first radio access network paging message based on the target extended discontinuous reception period.

After determining the target discontinuous reception period, the terminal can monitor the paging message of the first radio access network based on the target discontinuous reception period so as to enjoy the power saving gain brought by the extended discontinuous reception as much as possible, thereby achieving the purpose of power saving.

By applying the method provided by the embodiment of the application, the terminal can be switched from the connection state to the non-activated state if the RRC release message is received from the first network side equipment in the connection state, the RRC release message carries first configuration information, the first configuration information comprises the configuration information of a first period of first expansion discontinuous reception or comprises the configuration information of the first period of first expansion discontinuous reception and the configuration information of a second period of second expansion discontinuous reception, and in the non-activated state, the terminal can determine a target expansion discontinuous reception period based on the first configuration information and the supporting capability information of a serving cell for expansion discontinuous reception so as to monitor the paging message of the first radio access network based on the target expansion discontinuous reception period, and the purpose of saving electricity is achieved by determining how to monitor the paging message of the radio access network based on which expansion discontinuous reception period.

In some embodiments of the present application, in a case where the serving cell supports paging of the radio access network using the first extended discontinuous reception, the terminal determines a target extended discontinuous reception period, may include the steps of:

The terminal determines a first period of the first extended discontinuous reception as a target extended discontinuous reception period.

In the embodiment of the present application, the first configuration information includes configuration information of a first period of the first extended discontinuous reception, or the first configuration information includes configuration information of the first period of the first extended discontinuous reception and configuration information of a second period of the second extended discontinuous reception, that is, the terminal in the inactive state is configured with at least the first period of the first extended discontinuous reception. If the serving cell of the terminal in the inactive state supports radio access network paging by using the first extended discontinuous reception, or the serving cell supports radio access network paging by using the first extended discontinuous reception and radio access network paging by using the second extended discontinuous reception, the terminal may determine the first period of the first extended discontinuous reception as a target extended discontinuous reception period, and may monitor the first radio access network paging message based on the target extended discontinuous reception period.

The terminal is configured with a first period of the first extended discontinuous reception, and the serving cell supports radio access network paging by using the first extended discontinuous reception, and the terminal determines the first period as a target extended discontinuous reception period, so that the terminal can be ensured to monitor the paging message of the first radio access network based on the target extended discontinuous reception period.

In some embodiments of the present application, in a case where the first configuration information includes configuration information of a second period of the second extended discontinuous reception and the serving cell does not support radio access network paging using the first extended discontinuous reception but supports radio access network paging using the second extended discontinuous reception, the determining of the target extended discontinuous period by the terminal may include at least one of:

The terminal determines a second period of the second extended discontinuous reception as a target discontinuous reception period;

The terminal determines the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception or the third period of the second extended discontinuous reception as a target extended discontinuous reception period.

In the embodiment of the present application, if the first configuration information includes configuration information of a second period of second extended discontinuous reception, and the serving cell of the terminal in the inactive state does not support using the first extended discontinuous reception for radio access network paging, but supports using the second extended discontinuous reception for radio access network paging, the terminal may determine the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception as a target extended discontinuous reception period, and may further monitor the paging message of the first radio access network based on the target extended discontinuous reception period.

The terminal is configured with a second period of second extended discontinuous reception, and the serving cell only supports radio access network paging by using the second extended discontinuous reception, and the terminal determines the second period as a target extended discontinuous reception period, so that the terminal can ensure that the paging message of the first radio access network can be monitored based on the target extended discontinuous reception period.

Optionally, the terminal may receive the first indication information sent by the first network side device, and determine, based on the first indication information, the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception or the third period of the second extended discontinuous reception as the target extended discontinuous reception period, where the third period of the second extended discontinuous reception is agreed by a protocol, or is broadcast by the serving cell.

The first network side device may send first indication information to the terminal, and after the terminal receives the first indication information, the terminal may determine, based on the first indication information, whether to determine the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception as a target extended discontinuous reception period or determine the third period of the second extended discontinuous reception as a target extended discontinuous reception period.

Optionally, the first indication information may include any one of the following:

1) When the serving cell does not support the paging of the wireless access network by using the first expansion discontinuous reception, and the first network side equipment configures a second period of the second expansion discontinuous reception for the terminal, the terminal determines a target expansion discontinuous reception period based on the second period;

2) When the serving cell does not support the paging of the wireless access network by using the first expansion discontinuous reception and the serving cell broadcasts the period of the second expansion discontinuous reception, the terminal determines a target expansion discontinuous reception period based on the broadcasted period;

3) When the serving cell does not support the paging of the wireless access network by using the first extension discontinuous reception, and the first network side equipment does not configure a second period of the second extension discontinuous reception for the terminal, or the serving cell does not broadcast the period of the second extension discontinuous reception, the terminal determines a target extension discontinuous reception period based on a default period agreed by a protocol.

The terminal can accurately determine the target extension discontinuous reception period according to the first indication information of the first network side device so as to ensure that the paging message of the first radio access network can be monitored based on the target extension discontinuous reception period.

Alternatively, the terminal may determine the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception or the third period of the second extended discontinuous reception as the target extended discontinuous reception period based on a rule agreed by the protocol.

In the case where the first configuration information includes configuration information of a second period of the second extended discontinuous reception and the serving cell does not support radio access network paging using the first extended discontinuous reception but supports radio access network paging using the second extended discontinuous reception, the terminal may determine, based on rules agreed by a protocol, whether to determine the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception as a target extended discontinuous reception period or determine a third period of the second extended discontinuous reception as a target extended discontinuous reception period. For example, the rule agreed by the protocol is that the second period is determined as the target extended discontinuous reception period as long as the terminal is configured with the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception. For another example, the predetermined rule of the protocol is to determine the third period as the target extended discontinuous reception period as long as the third period of the second extended discontinuous reception of the serving cell broadcast can be acquired. For another example, the rule agreed by the protocol is that as long as the terminal is not configured with the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception, a third period of the default second extended discontinuous reception, such as 10.24s, is determined as the target extended discontinuous reception period.

The terminal can accurately determine the target extension discontinuous reception period according to the rule agreed by the protocol so as to ensure that the paging message of the first radio access network can be monitored based on the target extension discontinuous reception period.

In some embodiments of the present application, in a case where the first configuration information does not include configuration information of a second period of the second extended discontinuous reception and the serving cell does not support radio access network paging using the first extended discontinuous reception but supports radio access network paging using the second extended discontinuous reception, the terminal determining the target extended discontinuous reception period may include the steps of:

The terminal determines a fourth period of the second extended discontinuous reception as a target extended discontinuous reception period.

In the embodiment of the present application, the first configuration information does not include configuration information of the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception, that is, the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception is not configured by the terminal. If the serving cell of the terminal in the inactive state does not support radio access network paging using the first extended discontinuous reception but supports radio access network paging using the second extended discontinuous reception, the terminal may determine the fourth period of the second extended discontinuous reception as a target extended discontinuous reception period, and may further monitor the first radio access network paging message based on the target extended discontinuous reception period. The fourth period of the second extended discontinuous reception is agreed by the protocol, or broadcast by the serving cell, or indicated by the first network side device, e.g. the first network side device indicates according to the agreed protocol, or broadcast by the serving cell.

The terminal is not configured with the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception, and the serving cell only supports the paging of the radio access network by using the second extended discontinuous reception, and the terminal determines the fourth period of the second extended discontinuous reception as the target extended discontinuous reception period, so that the terminal can be ensured to monitor the paging message of the first radio access network based on the target extended discontinuous reception period.

In some embodiments of the present application, after the first network side device sends the radio resource control release message to the terminal in the connected state, the method may further include the following steps:

the first network side equipment sends a second radio access network paging message to the second network side equipment, wherein the second radio access network paging message carries configuration information of a first period of first expansion discontinuous reception;

the first network side device and the second network side device are located in a notification area of the terminal based on the wireless access network.

In the embodiment of the present application, if the first configuration information includes configuration information of a first period of the first extended discontinuous reception, or the first configuration information includes configuration information of the first period of the first extended discontinuous reception and configuration information of a second period of the second extended discontinuous reception, the terminal is configured with at least the first period of the first extended discontinuous reception when receiving the radio resource control release message in a connected state.

After the first network side device sends the radio resource control release message to the terminal in the connection state, the first network side device may send a second radio access network paging message to the second network side device, where the second radio access network paging message may carry the configuration information of the first period of the first extended discontinuous reception. In this way, when the second network side device supports the paging of the wireless access network by using the first extended discontinuous reception, the second network side device analyzes the paging message of the second wireless access network, so that the configuration information of the first period of the first extended discontinuous reception carried by the second network side device can be obtained, and the paging of the wireless access network can be performed by using the first period of the first extended discontinuous reception. When the terminal moves to the cell associated with the second network side equipment in the inactive state, because the first period of the first expansion discontinuous reception is configured, the first period of the first expansion discontinuous reception can be determined as a target expansion discontinuous reception period, and further the paging message of the first wireless access network can be monitored based on the first period, so that the purpose of saving electricity is achieved.

The first network side device and the second network side device are located in RNA of the terminal, and the second network side device may be any network side device in RNA of the terminal except the first network side device.

In some embodiments of the present application, the second radio access network paging message further carries second configuration information, where the second configuration information includes configuration information of a second period of second extended discontinuous reception, or configuration information of a fifth period of second extended discontinuous reception; the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception is configured by the first network side device, and the fifth period of the second extended discontinuous reception may be agreed by a protocol or broadcast by a cell associated with the second network side device.

In the embodiment of the present application, if the first configuration information includes the configuration information of the first period of the first extended discontinuous reception, but does not include the configuration information of the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception, which indicates that the terminal is configured with the first period of the first extended discontinuous reception and is not configured with the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception, after the first network side device sends the radio resource control release message to the terminal in the connected state, the second radio access network paging message sent to the second network side device may carry the configuration information of the fifth period of the second extended discontinuous reception in addition to the configuration information of the first period of the first extended discontinuous reception.

If the first configuration information includes configuration information of a second period of the second extended discontinuous reception, which indicates that the terminal is configured with the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception, the first network side device may include the second configuration information in a second radio access network paging message sent to the second network side device after sending a radio resource control release message to the terminal in a connected state, where the second configuration information includes configuration information of the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception, or configuration information of a fifth period of the second extended discontinuous reception.

Optionally, the first network side device may determine whether the second configuration information includes configuration information of the second period or configuration information of the fifth period according to any one of the following rules:

1) The first network side device determines whether the second configuration information includes configuration information of a second period or configuration information of a fifth period based on a rule determined by the first network side device. Meanwhile, the first network side equipment can send the determined rule to the terminal. Optionally, the first network side device may send second indication information to the terminal, where the second indication information is used to instruct the terminal to determine a second period of second extended discontinuous reception or a fifth period of second extended discontinuous reception as a target extended discontinuous reception period;

2) The first network side equipment determines that the second configuration information comprises configuration information of a second period of second expansion discontinuous reception or configuration information of a fifth period of second expansion discontinuous reception based on rules agreed by a protocol.

For example, the rules agreed by the protocol may be: as long as the first network side equipment configures a second period of second extended discontinuous reception for the terminal, the configuration information of the second period is carried in the paging message of the second radio access network. For another example, the rules agreed by the protocol may be: as long as the first network side device can acquire the second extended discontinuous reception period broadcast by the cell associated with the second network side device, that is, the second radio access network paging message carries the configuration information of the broadcast period. For another example, the rules agreed by the protocol may be: as long as the first network side device does not configure the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception for the terminal, the default period of the second extended discontinuous reception is carried in the paging message of the second radio access network, for example, 10.24s.

In this way, the second network side device analyzes the paging message of the second radio access network, at least can obtain the configuration information of the second period or the fifth period of the second discontinuous reception carried by the paging message of the second radio access network, and the paging message of the radio access network can be carried out by using the second period or the fifth period of the second discontinuous reception. When the terminal moves to the cell associated with the second network side device in the inactive state, the second period or the fifth period of the second expansion discontinuous reception can be determined to be the target expansion discontinuous reception period based on the corresponding rule, and further the paging message of the first radio access network can be monitored based on the second period or the fifth period, so that the purpose of saving electricity is achieved.

In some embodiments of the present application, before the first network side device sends the radio resource control release message to the terminal in the connected state, the method may further include the following steps:

Step one: the first network side equipment sends a request message to the third network side equipment, wherein the request message is used for requesting the support capacity information of the cell associated with the third network side equipment for expanding discontinuous reception;

step two: the first network side equipment receives a response message corresponding to the request message from the third network side equipment;

Step three: the first network side equipment sends a third radio access network paging message to the third network side equipment based on the response message;

the first network side device and the third network side device are located in a notification area of the terminal based on the wireless access network.

For convenience of description, the above three steps are described in combination.

In the embodiment of the application, the first network side device may send a request message to the third network side device, where the request message is used to request the supporting capability information of the cell associated with the third network side device for extended discontinuous reception. After receiving the request message, the third network side device may respond based on the request message and send a response message to the first network side device. The first network side device may send a third radio access network paging message to a third network side device based on the response message to align information between different network side devices.

The first network side device and the third network side device are located in RNA of the terminal, and the third network side device may be any network side device except the first network side device in RNA of the terminal.

The first network side equipment firstly acquires the supporting capability information of the cell associated with the third network side equipment for expanding discontinuous reception, and then sends the third radio access network paging message to the third network side equipment based on the corresponding response message, so that the third radio access network paging message has more pertinence, and the third network side equipment can successfully analyze the third radio access network paging message.

In some embodiments of the application, the response message may include at least one of the following information:

The identification information of the cell associated with the third network side device, such as a cell identifier (cell ID), a physical cell identifier (PHYSICAL CELL IDENTIFIER, PCI), a cell index (cell index), and the like;

whether the cell associated with the third network side equipment supports the information of using the first expansion discontinuous reception to carry out the paging of the wireless access network, such as the information that the cell supports the paging of the wireless access network using the first expansion discontinuous reception, or the information that the cell does not support the paging of the wireless access network using the first expansion discontinuous reception;

Whether the cell associated with the third network side equipment supports the information of using the second expansion discontinuous reception to carry out the paging of the wireless access network, such as the information that the cell supports the use of the second expansion discontinuous reception to carry out the paging of the wireless access network, or the information that the cell does not support the use of the second expansion discontinuous reception to carry out the paging of the wireless access network;

The second extension of the cell broadcast associated with the third network side equipment is used for discontinuously receiving the sixth period of information.

The response message includes at least one of the above items, and the first network side device is convenient to send a third radio access network paging message to the third network side device based on the response message.

In some embodiments of the present application, the first network side device sends a third radio access network paging message to the third network side device based on the response message, and may include the following steps:

The first network side equipment sends a third radio access network paging message to the third network side equipment under the condition that the first information is determined according to the response message, wherein the third radio access network paging message carries configuration information of a first period of first extended discontinuous reception;

The first information is used for indicating that a cell associated with the third network side equipment supports radio access network paging by using the first extended discontinuous reception.

In the embodiment of the application, the first network side equipment sends the request message to the third network side equipment and receives the response message corresponding to the request message sent by the third network side equipment. The first network side equipment can determine the supporting capability information of the cell associated with the third network side equipment for expanding discontinuous reception according to the response message. If the cell associated with the third network side equipment is determined to support the radio access network paging by using the first extension discontinuous reception, the configuration information of the first period of the first extension discontinuous reception can be carried in the third radio access network paging message sent by the first network side equipment to the third network side equipment. And the third network side equipment receives and analyzes the third radio access network paging message, so that the configuration information of the first period of the first expansion discontinuous reception carried in the third radio access network paging message can be obtained, and the radio access network paging can be carried out by using the first period.

In this way, if the terminal moves to the cell associated with the third network side device in the inactive state, the first period of the first extended discontinuous reception can be determined as the target extended discontinuous reception period, and then the paging message of the first radio access network is monitored based on the target extended discontinuous reception period. The purpose of saving electricity can be achieved.

The first network side equipment sends a third radio access network paging message to the third network side equipment under the condition that the second information is determined according to the response message, wherein the third radio access network paging message does not carry the configuration information of the first period of the first expansion discontinuous reception;

the second information is used for indicating that the cell associated with the third network side equipment does not support the radio access network paging by using the first extended discontinuous reception, but supports the radio access network paging by using the second extended discontinuous reception.

In the embodiment of the application, the first network side equipment sends the request message to the third network side equipment and receives the response message corresponding to the request message sent by the third network side equipment. The first network side equipment can determine the supporting capability information of the cell associated with the third network side equipment for expanding discontinuous reception according to the response message. If the cell associated with the third network side equipment is determined not to support the radio access network paging by using the first expansion discontinuous reception, but to support the radio access network paging by using the second expansion discontinuous reception, the first network side equipment does not carry the configuration information of the first period of the first expansion discontinuous reception in the third radio access network paging message sent by the first network side equipment to the third network side equipment.

Because the third network side device does not support the use of the first extended discontinuous reception for radio access network paging, if the third radio access network paging message carries the configuration information of the first period of the first extended discontinuous reception, the third network side device cannot correctly parse the third radio access network paging message. In this case, the configuration information of the first period of the first extended discontinuous reception is not carried in the third radio access network paging message, so as to save resources.

In some embodiments of the present application, the third radio access network paging message carries any one of the following information:

the second extension discontinuously receives the configuration information of the second period;

the second extension discontinuously receives the configuration information of the sixth period;

The second extension discontinuously receives configuration information for a seventh period, the seventh period being agreed upon by the protocol.

The first network side device may determine that the third radio access network paging message carries relevant configuration information of the second extended discontinuous reception according to the following rule, that is, may determine that the third radio access network paging message carries configuration information of the second period or the sixth period or the seventh period of the second extended discontinuous reception according to one of the following rules:

1) The first network side equipment determines that the third radio access network paging message carries configuration information of a second period or a sixth period or a seventh period of second extended discontinuous reception based on a rule determined by the first network side equipment. Meanwhile, the first network side device can send the determined rule to the terminal. Optionally, the first network side device may send third indication information to the terminal, where the third indication information is used to instruct the terminal to determine the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception or the sixth period of the second extended discontinuous reception or the seventh period of the second extended discontinuous reception as the target extended discontinuous reception period;

2) The first network side equipment determines that the third radio access network paging message carries a second period of second extended discontinuous reception, a sixth period of second extended discontinuous reception, or a seventh period of second extended discontinuous reception based on rules agreed by the protocol.

For example, the rules agreed by the protocol may be: as long as the first network side equipment configures a second period of second extended discontinuous reception for the terminal, the paging message of the third radio access network carries configuration information of the second period. For another example, the rules agreed by the protocol may be: as long as the first network side device can acquire the second extended discontinuous reception period broadcast by the cell associated with the third network side device, that is, the third radio access network paging message carries the configuration information of the broadcast period. For another example, the rules agreed by the protocol may be: as long as the first network side device does not configure the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception for the terminal, the default period of the second extended discontinuous reception is carried in the paging message of the third radio access network, for example, 10.24s.

The specific case analysis is given below:

in some embodiments of the present application, in a case where the first configuration information includes configuration information of a second period of the second extended discontinuous reception, the second information does not indicate a sixth period of the second extended discontinuous reception, the configuration information of the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception is carried in the third radio access network paging message.

In the embodiment of the application, the first network side equipment sends the request message to the third network side equipment and receives the response message corresponding to the request message sent by the third network side equipment. The first network side device may determine the second information according to the response message. If the determined second information indicates that the cell associated with the third network side equipment does not support the radio access network paging by using the first extended discontinuous reception, but supports the radio access network paging by using the second extended discontinuous reception, and does not include the sixth period of the second extended discontinuous reception, the first network side equipment does not carry the configuration information of the first period of the first extended discontinuous reception in the third radio access network paging message sent by the first network side equipment, and can carry the configuration information of the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception.

Because the third network side device does not support the radio access network paging by using the first extended discontinuous reception, but supports the radio access network paging by using the second extended discontinuous reception, the first network side device can carry configuration information of a second period of the second extended discontinuous reception in the third radio access network paging message, so that the third network side device can correctly analyze the third radio access network paging message, and the radio access network paging is performed by using the second period.

The first network side device carries first configuration information in a radio resource control release message sent to the terminal in a connection state, where the first configuration information may include configuration information of a second period of discontinuous reception of a second extension. In this way, if the terminal moves to the cell associated with the third network side device in the inactive state, the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception can be determined as the target extended discontinuous reception period, and then the paging message of the first radio access network is monitored based on the target extended discontinuous reception period, so as to achieve the purpose of saving electricity.

In some embodiments of the present application, in a case where the first configuration information does not include configuration information of a second period of the second extended discontinuous reception, the second information indicates a sixth period of the second extended discontinuous reception, the configuration information of the sixth period of the second extended discontinuous reception is carried in the third radio access network paging message.

In the embodiment of the application, the first network side equipment sends the request message to the third network side equipment and receives the response message corresponding to the request message sent by the third network side equipment. The first network side device may determine the second information according to the response message. If the determined second information indicates that the cell associated with the third network side equipment does not support the radio access network paging by using the first extended discontinuous reception, but supports the radio access network paging by using the second extended discontinuous reception, and includes a sixth period of the second extended discontinuous reception, the configuration information of the first period of the first extended discontinuous reception is not carried in the third radio access network paging message sent by the first network side equipment to the third network side equipment, and the configuration information of the sixth period of the second extended discontinuous reception can be carried.

Because the third network side device does not support the radio access network paging by using the first extended discontinuous reception, but supports the radio access network paging by using the second extended discontinuous reception, the first network side device may carry configuration information of a sixth period of the second extended discontinuous reception in the third radio access network paging message, so that the third network side device may correctly analyze the third radio access network paging message, and use the sixth period to perform the radio access network paging.

The first network side equipment carries first configuration information in a radio resource control release message sent to the terminal in a connection state, if the first configuration information does not comprise configuration information of a second period of second expansion discontinuous reception, the terminal can determine a sixth period of the second expansion discontinuous reception as a target expansion discontinuous reception period when moving to a cell associated with the third network side equipment in an inactive state, and further monitors a paging message of the first radio access network based on the target expansion discontinuous reception period, so that the purpose of saving electricity is achieved.

In some embodiments of the present application, in a case where the first configuration information does not include configuration information of a second period of the second extended discontinuous reception, the second information does not indicate a sixth period of the second extended discontinuous reception, the third radio access network paging message carries configuration information of a seventh period of the second extended discontinuous reception, and the seventh period is agreed by a protocol.

In the embodiment of the application, the first network side equipment sends the request message to the third network side equipment and receives the response message corresponding to the request message sent by the third network side equipment. The first network side device may determine the second information according to the response message. If the determined second information indicates that the cell associated with the third network side equipment does not support the radio access network paging by using the first extended discontinuous reception, but supports the radio access network paging by using the second extended discontinuous reception, and does not include the sixth period of the second extended discontinuous reception, the configuration information of the first period of the first extended discontinuous reception is not carried in the third radio access network paging message sent by the first network side equipment to the third network side equipment, and the configuration information of the seventh period of the second extended discontinuous reception can be carried. The seventh period may be protocol agreed.

Because the third network side device does not support the radio access network paging by using the first extended discontinuous reception, but supports the radio access network paging by using the second extended discontinuous reception, the first network side device can carry configuration information of a seventh period of the second extended discontinuous reception in the third radio access network paging message, so that the third network side device can correctly analyze the third radio access network paging message, and the radio access network paging is performed by using the seventh period.

The first network side equipment carries first configuration information in a radio resource control release message sent to the terminal in a connection state, if the first configuration information does not comprise configuration information of a second period of second expansion discontinuous reception, the terminal can determine a seventh period of second expansion discontinuous reception agreed by a protocol as a target expansion discontinuous reception period when moving to a cell associated with the third network side equipment in an inactive state, and further monitors a paging message of the first radio access network based on the target expansion discontinuous reception period, so that the purpose of saving electricity is achieved.

In some embodiments of the present application, in a case where the first configuration information includes configuration information of a second period of the second extended discontinuous reception, the second information indicates a sixth period of the second extended discontinuous reception, the third radio access network paging message carries the configuration information of the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception or the configuration information of the sixth period of the second extended discontinuous reception.

In the embodiment of the application, the first network side equipment sends the request message to the third network side equipment and receives the response message corresponding to the request message sent by the third network side equipment. The first network side device may determine the second information according to the response message. If the determined second information indicates that the cell associated with the third network side equipment does not support radio access network paging by using the first extended discontinuous reception, but supports radio access network paging by using the second extended discontinuous reception, and includes a sixth period of the second extended discontinuous reception, the first network side equipment does not carry the configuration information of the first period of the first extended discontinuous reception in the third radio access network paging message sent by the first network side equipment, and may carry the configuration information of the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception or the sixth period of the second extended discontinuous reception.

Because the third network side device does not support the paging of the radio access network by using the first extended discontinuous reception, but supports the paging of the radio access network by using the second extended discontinuous reception, the first network side device can carry configuration information of a second period of the second extended discontinuous reception or configuration information of a sixth period of the second extended discontinuous reception in the paging message of the third radio access network, so that the third network side device can correctly analyze the paging message of the third radio access network, and the paging of the radio access network is performed by using the second period or the sixth period.

The first network side equipment carries first configuration information in a radio resource control release message sent to the terminal in a connection state, if the first configuration information comprises configuration information of a second period of second expansion discontinuous reception, the terminal can determine the second period of the second expansion discontinuous reception or a sixth period of the second expansion discontinuous reception as a target expansion discontinuous reception period when moving to a cell associated with the third network side equipment in a non-activation state, and further monitors the paging message of the first radio access network based on the target expansion discontinuous reception period, so that the purpose of saving electricity is achieved.

The terminal can obtain a sixth period of the second extended discontinuous reception through broadcasting of a cell associated with the third network side device.

In the embodiment of the present application, whether the third radio access network paging message carries the configuration information of the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception or the configuration information of the sixth period of the second extended discontinuous reception is determined by a protocol or by the first network side device. That is, when the first network side device configures the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception for the terminal and the cell associated with the third network side device broadcasts the sixth period of the second extended discontinuous reception, the first network side device may determine, according to a protocol convention, whether the third radio access network paging message sent to the third network side device carries the configuration information of the second period or the configuration information of the sixth period, or the first network side device itself determines whether the third radio access network paging message sent to the third network side device carries the configuration information of the second period or the configuration information of the sixth period.

If the first network side equipment carries configuration information of a sixth period of the second expansion discontinuous reception in the third radio access network paging message, in a non-activated state, when the terminal moves to a cell associated with the third network side equipment, the sixth period of the second expansion discontinuous reception can be determined as a target expansion discontinuous reception period according to the indication information of the first network side equipment or rules agreed by a protocol, so that the first radio access network paging message can be monitored based on the target expansion discontinuous reception period.

the first network side equipment sends a third radio access network paging message to the third network side equipment under the condition that third information is determined according to the response message, wherein the third radio access network paging message does not carry the relevant configuration information of the first expansion discontinuous reception and the relevant configuration information of the second expansion discontinuous reception;

Wherein the third information is used for indicating that the cell associated with the third network side equipment does not support the radio access network paging by using the first extended discontinuous reception or the second extended discontinuous reception.

In the embodiment of the application, the first network side equipment sends the request message to the third network side equipment and receives the response message corresponding to the request message sent by the third network side equipment. The first network side device may determine the third information according to the response message. If the determined third information indicates that the cell associated with the third network side equipment does not support radio access network paging by using the first expansion discontinuous reception or radio access network paging by using the second expansion discontinuous reception, the third radio access network paging message sent by the first network side equipment to the third network side equipment does not carry the relevant configuration information of the first expansion discontinuous reception and the relevant configuration information of the second expansion discontinuous reception.

Because the third network side equipment neither supports the radio access network paging by using the first expansion discontinuous reception nor the second expansion discontinuous reception, if the first network side equipment carries the relevant configuration information of the first expansion discontinuous reception or the relevant configuration information of the second expansion discontinuous reception in the third radio access network paging message, the third network side equipment cannot correctly analyze the third radio access network paging message, so that the relevant configuration information of the first expansion discontinuous reception and the relevant configuration information of the second expansion discontinuous reception are not carried in the third radio access network paging message, and resources can be saved.

For convenience of understanding, taking the scenario shown in fig. 3 as an example, the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present application is described again by way of a specific example.

Example one: enhancement at the terminal side. A cell supporting radio access network paging using R18 RAN eDRX configures R18 RAN eDRX cycle and R17 RAN eDRX cycle for terminals in rrc_inactive state.

Step 1: when the cell 1 releases a terminal from the rrc_connected state to the rrc_inactive state, an R18 RAN eDRX cycle is configured for the terminal, and optionally, an R17 RAN eDRX cycle is configured for the terminal at the same time.

Cell 1 supports radio access network paging using R18 RAN eDRX, i.e. cell 1 allows terminals in rrc_inactive state to use R18 RAN eDRX cycle (T _eDRX,RAN-r18) and RAN PTW listening RAN PAGING; cell 1 also supports radio access network paging using R17 RAN eDRX, i.e., cell 1 allows terminals in rrc_inactive state to listen RAN PAGING using R17 RAN eDRX cycle (T _eDRX,RAN-r17).

The terminal supports to monitor the radio access network paging message by using R18 RANeDRX, namely, the terminal is in RRC_INACTIVE state, and supports the RANeDRX cycle monitoring RAN PAGING with the service period longer than 10.24 s; the terminal also supports the use of R17RAN eDRX to monitor radio access network paging messages, i.e., the terminal is in rrc_inactive state, supporting RAN eDRX cycle monitoring RAN PAGING with a use period of no longer than 10.24 s.

For example, cell 1 introduces configuration information of the R18 RAN eDRX cycle, such as RAN-ExtendedPagingCycle-R18, in the suspension configuration information element (SuspendConfig IE) of the radio resource control Release message (rrc_release), and optionally, when configuring RAN-ExtendedPagingCycle-R18, may be configured simultaneously with RAN-ExtendedPagingCycle-R17.

Step 2: the terminal in rrc_inactive state moves to cell 2, reads SIB1 of cell 2, finds that cell 2 also supports radio access network paging using R18 RAN eDRX, and the terminal determines how to detect RAN PAGING according to the R18 RAN eDRX cycle configured in step 1.

Step 3: the terminal in rrc_inactive state moves to cell 3, reads SIB1 of cell 3, and finds that cell 3 does not support R18 RAN eDRX, but supports R17 RAN eDRX. If the terminal is configured with the R17 RAN eDRX cycle in step 1, the terminal may determine how to listen RAN PAGING according to the R17 RAN eDRX cycle. If the terminal is not configured with the R17 RAN eDRX cycle in step 1, the terminal may determine how to monitor RAN PAGING according to the default R17 RAN eDRX cycle.

Alternatively, the default R17 RAN eDRX cycle may be agreed by a protocol, e.g., 10.24s;

alternatively, the default R17 RAN eDRX cycle may be broadcasted by cell 3, for example, cell 3 broadcasts an R17 RAN eDRX cycle in SIB for indicating that the terminal in rrc_inactive state supporting listening to the radio access network paging message using R17 RAN eDRX listens RAN PAGING in the present cell according to the broadcasted R17 RAN eDRX cycle.

Alternatively, if the terminal is configured with an R17 RAN eDRX cycle, the terminal may ignore the broadcasted R17 RAN eDRX cycle.

Alternatively, the broadcasted R17 RAN eDRX cycle is used even if the terminal is configured with the R17 RAN eDRX cycle.

Alternatively, in case the terminal is configured with one R17 RAN eDRX cycle, the cell 3 also broadcasts one R17 RAN eDRX cycle, it may be determined by the cell 1 which R17 RAN eDRX cycle to use, or agreed by the protocol.

When cell 3 broadcasts an R17 RAN eDRX cycle, cell 1 needs to acquire the R17 RAN eDRX cycle broadcast by cell 3. Alternatively, the network-side device associated with cell 3, such as the NG-RAN 3 node, may send the R17 RAN eDRX cycle broadcast by cell 3 to the network-side device associated with cell 1, such as the NG-RAN 1 node.

Example two: enhancement method 1 of Xn RAN PAGING. When the NG-RAN 1 node sends RAN PAGING to other NG-RAN nodes in the RNA region, the R18 RAN eDRX cycle and the R17 RAN eDRX cycle are carried in RAN PAGING.

Currently, if an R17 RAN eDRX cycle is configured for a terminal, the RAN PAGING between NG-RAN nodes will carry configuration information of the RAN eDRX cycle, as shown in table 1.

TABLE 1

Step 1: step1 of example one.

Step 2: as shown in fig. 4, the NG-RAN 1 node associated with the cell 1 sends a radio access network paging message, that is RAN PAGING, to other NG-RAN nodes, such as NG-RAN 2 nodes, in the RNA area, and carries R18 RAN eDRX cycle related information therein, and the specific content thereof may be as shown in table 2:

TABLE 2

Optionally, if the terminal is configured with the R17 RAN eDRX cycle in step 1, the NG-RAN 1 node includes the configured R17 RAN eDRX cycle in RAN PAGING sent to other NG-RAN nodes.

Optionally, if the R17 RAN eDRX cycle is not configured for the terminal at the same time in step 1, the NG-RAN 1 node includes the default R17 RAN eDRX cycle at the same time in RAN PAGING sent to other NG-RAN nodes. The default R17 RAN eDRX cycle is agreed by the protocol.

Example three: enhancement method 2 of Xn RAN PAGING. The NG-RAN 1 node obtains information of RAN eDRX of other NG-RAN nodes in the RNA region, and determines content of RAN eDRX cycle contained in RAN PAGING sent to the other NG-RAN nodes according to the information.

Step 1: step1 of example one.

Step 2: as shown in fig. 5, the NG-RAN 1 node associated with the cell 1 sends a RAN eDRX capability request message to other NG-RAN nodes in the RNA region of the terminal, such as NG-RAN 3 node, asking for the capability related information of its RAN eDRX; other NG-RAN nodes, such as NG-RAN 3 node, return a RAN eDRX capability response message to NG-RAN 1 node, responding to its RAN eDRX capability related information. The response message includes one or more of the following information:

identification information of cells associated with the NG-RAN 3 node, such as cell ID, PCI, cellindex, etc.;

information whether the cell associated with the NG-RAN 3 node supports radio access network paging using R18 RAN eDRX;

Information whether the cell associated with the NG-RAN 3 node supports radio access network paging using R17 RAN eDRX;

The information of the R17 RAN eDRX cycle broadcast by the cell associated with the NG-RAN 3 node, i.e., the R17 RAN eDRX cycle broadcast in example one.

Step 3a: if the NG-RAN 1 node acquires information of a cell associated with the NG-RAN 3 node and indicates that the cell supports radio access network paging using R18 RAN eDRX, the NG-RAN 1 node only includes R18 RAN eDRX cycle related information in RAN PAGING when sending RAN PAGING to the cell associated with the NG-RAN 3 node (see example two for specific format).

Step 3b: if the NG-RAN 1 node acquires information of a cell associated with the NG-RAN 3 node and indicates that the cell does not support radio access network paging using R18 RAN eDRX, but supports radio access network paging using R17 RAN eDRX, the NG-RAN 1 node does not include R18 RAN eDRX cycle related information, but includes R17 RAN eDRX cycle related information, in RAN PAGING when transmitting RAN PAGING to the cell associated with the NG-RAN 3 node.

Optionally, if the R17 RAN eDRX cycle is configured for the terminal in step 1 and the response message in step 2 does not carry the broadcasted R17 RAN eDRX cycle, then the R17 RAN eDRX cycle contained in RAN PAGING sent by the NG-RAN 1 node to the NG-RAN 3 node is the R17 RAN eDRX cycle configured for the cell 1.

Optionally, if in step 1, the R17 RAN eDRX cycle is not configured for the terminal, and the response message in step 2 carries the broadcasted R17 RAN eDRX cycle, then the R17 RAN eDRX cycle included in RAN PAGING sent by the NG-RAN 1 node to the NG-RAN 3 node is the R17 RAN eDRX cycle broadcasted by the cell associated with the NG-RAN 3 node.

Optionally, if in step 1, the R17 RAN eDRX cycle is not configured for the terminal, and in step 2, the response message does not carry the broadcasted R17 RAN eDRX cycle, then the R17 RAN eDRX cycle contained in RAN PAGING sent by the NG-RAN 1 node to the NG-RAN 3 node is a default R17 RAN eDRX cycle agreed by the protocol.

Optionally, if the R17 RAN eDRX cycle is configured for the terminal in step 1 and the response message in step 2 also carries the broadcasted R17 RAN eDRX cycle, the R17 RAN eDRX cycle included in RAN PAGING sent by the NG-RAN 1 node to the NG-RAN 3 node is the R17 RAN eDRX cycle in step 1 or the R17 RAN eDRX cycle in step 2, which may be agreed by the protocol.

Step 3c: if the NG-RAN 1 node acquires information of a cell associated with the NG-RAN 3 node, and indicates that the cell does not support radio access network paging by using R18 RAN eDRX, nor does it support radio access network paging by using R17 RAN eDRX, or cannot acquire information of a cell associated with the NG-RAN 3 node, when the NG-RAN 1 node sends RAN PAGING to the cell associated with the NG-RAN 3 node, RAN PAGING does not include R18 RAN eDRX cycle related information, nor R17 RAN eDRX cycle related information.

The embodiment of the application clearly determines which extended discontinuous reception period is based on which to monitor the paging message of the wireless access network, so that the terminal which simultaneously supports to monitor the paging message of the wireless access network by using the R18 RAN eDRX and the R17 RAN eDRX can enjoy the power saving gain caused by the RAN eDRX as much as possible, and the purpose of saving power can be achieved.

According to the method for determining the extended discontinuous reception provided by the embodiment of the application, the execution main body can be a device for determining the extended discontinuous reception. In the embodiment of the present application, a method for determining extended discontinuous reception performed by a determining device for extended discontinuous reception is taken as an example, and the determining device for extended discontinuous reception provided in the embodiment of the present application is described.

As shown in fig. 6, the extended discontinuous reception determining device 600 may include the following modules:

A receiving module 610, configured to receive, in a connected state, a radio resource control release message from a first network side device, where the radio resource control release message carries first configuration information, where the first configuration information includes configuration information of a first period of first extended discontinuous reception, or includes configuration information of the first period of first extended discontinuous reception and configuration information of a second period of second extended discontinuous reception;

a switching module 620, configured to switch from the connected state to the inactive state according to the radio resource control release message;

a first determining module 630, configured to determine, in an inactive state, a target extended discontinuous reception period based on the first configuration information and a supporting capability of the serving cell for extended discontinuous reception;

a monitoring module 640, configured to monitor the first radio access network paging message based on the target extended discontinuous reception period;

wherein, the terminal supports not only the discontinuous reception monitoring of the radio access network paging message by using the first extension, but also the discontinuous reception monitoring of the radio access network paging message by using the second extension.

By applying the device provided by the embodiment of the application, in the connected state, if the RRC release message is received from the first network side equipment, the connection state can be switched to the non-activated state, the RRC release message carries first configuration information, the first configuration information comprises the configuration information of a first period of first expansion discontinuous reception, or comprises the configuration information of the first period of first expansion discontinuous reception and the configuration information of a second period of second expansion discontinuous reception, in the non-activated state, the target expansion discontinuous reception period can be determined based on the first configuration information and the supporting capability information of a serving cell for expansion discontinuous reception, so that the first radio access network paging message is monitored based on the target expansion discontinuous reception period, and how the terminal determines which expansion discontinuous reception period to monitor the radio access network paging message based on is clear, thereby achieving the purpose of saving electricity.

In some embodiments of the present application, in the case that the serving cell supports radio access network paging using the first extended discontinuous reception, the first determining module 630 is configured to:

The first period of the first extended discontinuous reception is determined as a target extended discontinuous reception period.

In some embodiments of the present application, in a case where the first configuration information includes configuration information of a second period of the second extended discontinuous reception and the serving cell does not support radio access network paging using the first extended discontinuous reception but supports radio access network paging using the second extended discontinuous reception, the first determining module 630 is configured to perform any one of:

Determining a second period of the second extended discontinuous reception as a target extended discontinuous reception period;

the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception or the third period of the second extended discontinuous reception is determined as the target extended discontinuous reception period.

In some embodiments of the present application, the first determining module 630 is configured to perform any one of the following:

Receiving first indication information sent by first network side equipment, and determining a second period of second expansion discontinuous reception or a third period of second expansion discontinuous reception as a target expansion discontinuous reception period based on the first indication information;

The second period of the second extended discontinuous reception or the third period of the second extended discontinuous reception is determined as the target extended discontinuous reception period based on rules agreed by the protocol.

In some embodiments of the application, the third period of the second extended discontinuous reception is protocol-agreed, or broadcast by the serving cell.

In some embodiments of the present application, in a case where the first configuration information does not include configuration information of a second period of the second extended discontinuous reception and the serving cell does not support radio access network paging using the first extended discontinuous reception but supports radio access network paging using the second extended discontinuous reception, the first determining module 630 is configured to:

a fourth period of the second extended discontinuous reception is determined as a target extended discontinuous reception period.

In some embodiments of the present application, the fourth period of the second extended discontinuous reception is protocol-agreed, either broadcast by the serving cell or indicated by the first network-side device.

The extended discontinuous reception determining device provided by the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the embodiments of the methods shown in fig. 2 to 5, and achieve the same technical effects, and in order to avoid repetition, a detailed description is omitted here.

Corresponding to the above method embodiment, the embodiment of the present application further provides a method for determining extended discontinuous reception, as shown in fig. 7, and the method may include the following steps:

S710: the method comprises the steps that a first network side device sends a radio resource control release message to a terminal in a connection state, wherein the radio resource control release message is used for indicating the terminal to switch from the connection state to an inactive state, and the radio resource control release message carries first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information comprises configuration information of a first period of first expansion discontinuous reception or configuration information of the first period of first expansion discontinuous reception and configuration information of a second period of second expansion discontinuous reception.

By applying the method provided by the embodiment of the application, the first network side equipment sends the RRC release message to the terminal in the connection state, the RRC release message is indicated to switch the terminal from the connection state to the non-activation state, the RRC release message carries first configuration information, the first configuration information comprises the configuration information of a first period of first expansion discontinuous reception, or comprises the configuration information of the first period of first expansion discontinuous reception and the configuration information of a second period of second expansion discontinuous reception, so that the terminal can determine a target expansion discontinuous reception period based on the first configuration information and the supporting capability information of a serving cell for expansion discontinuous reception in the non-activation state, monitor the paging message of the first radio access network based on the target expansion discontinuous reception period, and determine how the terminal monitors the paging message based on which expansion discontinuous reception period, thereby achieving the purpose of saving electricity.

In some embodiments of the present application, after the first network side device sends the radio resource control release message to the terminal in the connected state, the method further includes:

In some embodiments of the present application, the second radio access network paging message further carries second configuration information, where the second configuration information includes configuration information of a second period of the second extended discontinuous reception, or configuration information of a fifth period of the second extended discontinuous reception.

In some embodiments of the application, the method may further comprise any one of:

The first network side equipment sends second indication information to the terminal, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating the terminal to determine a second period of second expansion discontinuous reception or a fifth period of second expansion discontinuous reception as a target expansion discontinuous reception period;

The first network side equipment determines that the second configuration information comprises configuration information of a second period of second expansion discontinuous reception or configuration information of a fifth period of second expansion discontinuous reception based on rules agreed by a protocol.

In some embodiments of the present application, the fifth period of the second extended discontinuous reception is protocol-agreed or broadcast by a cell associated with the second network side device.

In some embodiments of the present application, before the first network side device sends the radio resource control release message to the terminal in the connected state, the method further includes:

The first network side equipment sends a request message to the third network side equipment, wherein the request message is used for requesting the support capacity information of the cell associated with the third network side equipment for expanding discontinuous reception;

the first network side equipment receives a response message corresponding to the request message from the third network side equipment;

The first network side equipment sends a third radio access network paging message to the third network side equipment based on the response message;

In some embodiments of the application, the response message includes at least one of the following information:

the identification information of the cell associated with the third network side equipment;

Whether the cell associated with the third network side equipment supports the information of using the first expansion discontinuous reception to carry out the paging of the wireless access network or not;

Whether the cell associated with the third network side equipment supports the information of using the second expansion discontinuous reception to carry out the paging of the wireless access network or not;

In some embodiments of the present application, the first network side device sends a third radio access network paging message to a third network side device based on the response message, including:

the second extension discontinuously receives the configuration information of the seventh period.

In some embodiments of the application, the seventh period of the second extended discontinuous reception is protocol-agreed.

In some embodiments of the application, the method further comprises any one of:

The first network side equipment sends third indication information to the terminal, wherein the third indication information is used for indicating the terminal to determine a second period of second expansion discontinuous reception, a sixth period of second expansion discontinuous reception, or a seventh period of second expansion discontinuous reception as a target expansion discontinuous reception period;

The first network side equipment determines a second period of second expansion discontinuous reception, a sixth period of second expansion discontinuous reception or a seventh period of second expansion discontinuous reception carried in the third radio access network paging message based on rules agreed by the protocol.

The method for determining the extended discontinuous reception provided by the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the embodiments of the methods shown in fig. 2 to 5, and achieve the same technical effects, and is not repeated here for avoiding repetition.

As shown in fig. 8, the extended discontinuous reception determining device 800 may include the following modules:

The sending module 810 is configured to send a radio resource control release message to the terminal in the connected state, where the radio resource control release message is used to instruct the terminal to switch from the connected state to the inactive state, and the radio resource control release message carries first configuration information, where the first configuration information includes configuration information of a first period of discontinuous reception of a first extension, or includes configuration information of the first period of discontinuous reception of the first extension and configuration information of a second period of discontinuous reception of a second extension.

The device provided by the embodiment of the application is applied to send the RRC release message to the terminal in the connection state, the RRC release message is indicated to switch the terminal from the connection state to the non-activation state, the RRC release message carries first configuration information, the first configuration information comprises the configuration information of a first period of discontinuous reception of a first extension or comprises the configuration information of discontinuous reception of the first extension and the configuration information of a second period of discontinuous reception of a second extension, so that the terminal can determine a target discontinuous reception period based on the first configuration information and the supporting capability information of a service cell for discontinuous reception of the extension in the non-activation state, monitor the paging message of the first radio access network based on the target discontinuous reception period, and determine how the terminal monitors the paging message of the radio access network based on which discontinuous reception period of the extension is determined, thereby achieving the purpose of saving electricity.

In some embodiments of the present application, the sending module 810 is further configured to:

After sending a radio resource control release message to the terminal in a connection state, sending a second radio access network paging message to second network side equipment, wherein the second radio access network paging message carries configuration information of a first period of first extended discontinuous reception;

and sending second indication information to the terminal, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating the terminal to determine a second period of second extended discontinuous reception or a fifth period of second extended discontinuous reception as a target extended discontinuous reception period.

In some embodiments of the present application, the extended discontinuous reception determining apparatus 800 further comprises a second determining module for:

based on the rules agreed by the protocol, the second configuration information is determined to comprise configuration information of a second period of the second extended discontinuous reception or configuration information of a fifth period of the second extended discontinuous reception.

Before sending a radio resource control release message to a terminal in a connection state, sending a request message to third network side equipment, wherein the request message is used for requesting support capability information of a cell associated with the third network side equipment for expanding discontinuous reception;

receiving a response message corresponding to the request message from the third network side equipment;

transmitting a third radio access network paging message to a third network device based on the response message;

In some embodiments of the present application, the sending module 810 is configured to:

under the condition that the first information is determined according to the response message, sending a third radio access network paging message to third network side equipment, wherein the third radio access network paging message carries configuration information of a first period of first expansion discontinuous reception;

Under the condition that the second information is determined according to the response message, sending a third radio access network paging message to third network side equipment, wherein the third radio access network paging message does not carry the configuration information of the first period of the first expansion discontinuous reception;

and sending third indication information to the terminal, wherein the third indication information is used for indicating the terminal to determine the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception, the sixth period of the second extended discontinuous reception or the seventh period of the second extended discontinuous reception as a target extended discontinuous reception period.

In some embodiments of the present application, the extended discontinuous reception determining apparatus 800 further comprises a third determining module for:

Based on the rule agreed by the protocol, the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception, the sixth period of the second extended discontinuous reception, or the seventh period of the second extended discontinuous reception is determined to be carried in the paging message of the third radio access network.

Under the condition that third information is determined according to the response message, sending a third radio access network paging message to third network side equipment, wherein the third radio access network paging message does not carry the relevant configuration information of the first expansion discontinuous reception and the relevant configuration information of the second expansion discontinuous reception;

The extended discontinuous reception determining device provided by the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the embodiments of the methods shown in fig. 3 to 5 and 7, and achieve the same technical effects, and in order to avoid repetition, a detailed description is omitted here.

As shown in fig. 9, the embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device 900, including a processor 901 and a memory 902, where the memory 902 stores a program or instructions that can be executed on the processor 901, for example, when the communication device 900 is a terminal, the program or instructions implement the steps of the method embodiments shown in fig. 2 to 5 when executed by the processor 901, and achieve the same technical effects. When the communication device 900 is a network side device, the program or the instruction, when executed by the processor 901, implements the steps of the method embodiments shown in fig. 3 to 5 and 7, and can achieve the same technical effects, so that repetition is avoided and no further description is given here.

The embodiment of the present application also provides a terminal, as shown in fig. 10, where the terminal 1000 includes, but is not limited to: at least some of the components of the radio frequency unit 1001, the network module 1002, the audio output unit 1003, the input unit 1004, the sensor 1005, the display unit 1006, the user input unit 1007, the interface unit 1008, the memory 1009, and the processor 1010, etc.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that terminal 1000 can also include a power source (e.g., a battery) for powering the various components, which can be logically connected to processor 1010 by a power management system so as to perform functions such as managing charge, discharge, and power consumption by the power management system. The terminal structure shown in fig. 10 does not constitute a limitation of the terminal, and the terminal may include more or less components than shown, or may combine some components, or may be arranged in different components, which will not be described in detail herein.

It should be appreciated that in embodiments of the present application, the input unit 1004 may include a graphics processing unit (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) 10041 and a microphone 10042, where the graphics processor 10041 processes image data of still pictures or video obtained by an image capturing device (e.g., a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The display unit 1006 may include a display panel 10061, and the display panel 10061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 1007 includes at least one of a touch panel 10071 and other input devices 10072. The touch panel 10071 is also referred to as a touch screen. The touch panel 10071 can include two portions, a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 10072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, a joystick, and so forth, which are not described in detail herein.

In the embodiment of the present application, after receiving downlink data from the network side device, the radio frequency unit 1001 may transmit the downlink data to the processor 1010 for processing; in addition, the radio frequency unit 1001 may send uplink data to the network side device. In general, the radio frequency unit 1001 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, an amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like.

The memory 1009 may be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 1009 may mainly include a first memory area storing programs or instructions and a second memory area storing data, wherein the first memory area may store an operating system, application programs or instructions (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.) required for at least one function, and the like. Further, the memory 1009 may include volatile memory or nonvolatile memory. The nonvolatile Memory may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable EPROM (EEPROM), or a flash Memory. The volatile memory may be random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), static random access memory (STATIC RAM, SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DYNAMIC RAM, DRAM), synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM), double data rate Synchronous dynamic random access memory (Double DATA RATE SDRAM, DDRSDRAM), enhanced Synchronous dynamic random access memory (ENHANCED SDRAM, ESDRAM), synchronous link dynamic random access memory (SYNCH LINK DRAM, SLDRAM), and Direct random access memory (DRRAM). Memory 1009 in embodiments of the application includes, but is not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

The processor 1010 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 1010 integrates an application processor that primarily processes operations involving an operating system, user interface, application programs, and the like, and a modem processor that primarily processes wireless communication signals, such as a baseband processor. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into the processor 1010.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a network side device, as shown in fig. 11, where the network side device 1100 includes: an antenna 1101, a radio frequency device 1102, a baseband device 1103, a processor 1104 and a memory 1105. The antenna 1101 is connected to a radio frequency device 1102. In the uplink direction, the radio frequency device 1102 receives information via the antenna 1101, and transmits the received information to the baseband device 1103 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 1103 processes information to be transmitted, and transmits the processed information to the radio frequency device 1102, and the radio frequency device 1102 processes the received information and transmits the processed information through the antenna 1101.

The method performed by the network-side device in the above embodiment may be implemented in the baseband apparatus 1103, where the baseband apparatus 1103 includes a baseband processor.

The baseband apparatus 1103 may, for example, include at least one baseband board, on which a plurality of chips are disposed, where one chip, for example, a baseband processor, is connected to the memory 1105 through a bus interface to call a program in the memory 1105 to perform the network device operation shown in the above method embodiment.

The network-side device may also include a network interface 1106, such as a common public radio interface (Common Public Radio Interface, CPRI).

Specifically, the network side device 1100 of the embodiment of the present invention further includes: instructions or programs stored in the memory 1105 and executable on the processor 1104, the processor 1104 invokes the instructions or programs in the memory 1105 to perform the method performed by the modules shown in fig. 8 and achieve the same technical effects, so repetition is avoided and will not be described here.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a readable storage medium, where a program or an instruction is stored, and when the program or the instruction is executed by a processor, the processes of the embodiments of the methods shown in fig. 2 to fig. 5 and fig. 7 are implemented, and the same technical effects can be achieved, so that repetition is avoided, and no further description is given here.

Wherein the processor is a processor in the terminal described in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium includes computer readable storage medium such as computer readable memory ROM, random access memory RAM, magnetic or optical disk, etc. In some examples, the readable storage medium may be a non-transitory readable storage medium.

The embodiments of the present application further provide a computer program/program product stored in a storage medium, where the computer program/program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the respective processes of the method embodiments shown in fig. 2-5 and 7 and achieve the same technical effects, and are not repeated herein.

The embodiment of the application also provides a communication system, which comprises: the terminal and the network side device may be used to perform the steps of the method embodiments shown in fig. 2 to 5 and the network side device may be used to perform the steps of the method embodiments shown in fig. 3 to 5 and 7.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element. Furthermore, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatus in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing the functions in the order shown or discussed, but may also include performing the functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in an opposite order depending on the functions involved, e.g., the described methods may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. Additionally, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

From the description of the embodiments above, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the above-described example methods may be implemented by means of a computer software product plus a necessary general purpose hardware platform, but may also be implemented by hardware. The computer software product is stored on a storage medium (such as ROM, RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk, etc.) and includes instructions for causing a terminal or network side device to perform the methods according to the embodiments of the present application.

The embodiments of the present application have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which are merely illustrative and not restrictive, and many forms of embodiments may be made by those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit of the application and the scope of the claims, which fall within the protection of the present application.

Claims

1. A method for determining extended discontinuous reception, comprising:

The terminal receives, in a connected state, a radio resource control release message from a first network side device, where the radio resource control release message carries first configuration information, where the first configuration information includes configuration information of a first period of a first extended discontinuous reception, or includes configuration information of a first period of the first extended discontinuous reception and configuration information of a second period of a second extended discontinuous reception;

The terminal switches from the connected state to the inactive state according to the radio resource control release message;

The terminal determines, in the inactive state, a target extended discontinuous reception cycle based on the first configuration information and the supporting capability information of the serving cell for extended discontinuous reception;

The terminal monitors a paging message of a first radio access network based on the target extended discontinuous reception period;

The terminal supports both using the first extended discontinuous reception to monitor the paging message of the wireless access network and using the second extended discontinuous reception to monitor the paging message of the wireless access network.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, when the serving cell supports using the first extended discontinuous reception for radio access network paging, the terminal determines a target extended discontinuous reception cycle, comprising:

The terminal determines, by the first extended discontinuous reception, a first cycle as a target extended discontinuous reception cycle.

3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, when the first configuration information includes configuration information of the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception, and the serving cell does not support the use of the first extended discontinuous reception for radio access network paging but supports the use of the second extended discontinuous reception for radio access network paging, the terminal determines the target extended discontinuous reception period, including any one of the following:

The terminal determines, by the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception, as a target extended discontinuous reception period;

The terminal determines the second cycle of the second extended discontinuous reception or the third cycle of the second extended discontinuous reception as a target extended discontinuous reception cycle.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the terminal determines the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception or the third period of the second extended discontinuous reception as the target extended discontinuous reception period, comprising any one of the following:

The terminal receives first indication information sent by the first network side device, and determines, based on the first indication information, the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception or the third period of the second extended discontinuous reception as a target extended discontinuous reception period;

The terminal determines, based on a rule agreed upon in a protocol, the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception or the third period of the second extended discontinuous reception as a target extended discontinuous reception period.

5. The method according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the third period of the second extended discontinuous reception is agreed upon by a protocol or broadcast by the serving cell.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein, when the first configuration information does not include configuration information of the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception, and the serving cell does not support the use of the first extended discontinuous reception for radio access network paging but supports the use of the second extended discontinuous reception for radio access network paging, the terminal determines a target extended discontinuous reception period, comprising:

The terminal determines a fourth cycle of the second extended discontinuous reception as a target extended discontinuous reception cycle.

7. The method according to claim 6 is characterized in that the fourth period of the second extended discontinuous reception is agreed upon by a protocol, or is broadcast by the serving cell, or is indicated by the first network side device.

8. A method for determining extended discontinuous reception, comprising:

A first network side device sends a wireless resource control release message to a terminal in a connected state, wherein the wireless resource control release message is used to instruct the terminal to switch from the connected state to an inactive state, and the wireless resource control release message carries first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information includes configuration information of a first period of a first extended discontinuous reception, or includes configuration information of the first period of the first extended discontinuous reception and configuration information of a second period of a second extended discontinuous reception.

9. The method according to claim 8, characterized in that after the first network side device sends a radio resource control release message to the terminal in a connected state, the method further comprises:

The first network side device sends a second radio access network paging message to the second network side device, where the second radio access network paging message carries configuration information of a first period of the first extended discontinuous reception;

The first network side device and the second network side device are located within a notification area of the terminal based on a wireless access network.

10. The method according to claim 9 is characterized in that the second radio access network paging message also carries second configuration information, and the second configuration information includes configuration information of a second period of the second extended discontinuous reception, or configuration information of a fifth period of the second extended discontinuous reception.

11. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that the method further comprises any one of the following:

The first network side device sends second indication information to the terminal, where the second indication information is used to instruct the terminal to determine the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception or the fifth period of the second extended discontinuous reception as a target extended discontinuous reception period;

The first network side device determines, based on a rule agreed upon in a protocol, that the second configuration information includes configuration information of a second period of the second extended discontinuous reception or configuration information of a fifth period of the second extended discontinuous reception.

12. The method according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that the fifth period of the second extended discontinuous reception is agreed upon by a protocol, or is broadcast by a cell associated with the second network side device.

13. The method according to claim 8, characterized in that before the first network side device sends a radio resource control release message to the terminal in a connected state, the method further comprises:

The first network side device sends a request message to the third network side device, where the request message is used to request the support capability information of the cell associated with the third network side device for extended discontinuous reception;

The first network side device receives a response message corresponding to the request message from the third network side device;

The first network side device sends a third radio access network paging message to the third network side device based on the response message;

The first network side device and the third network side device are located within a notification area of the terminal based on a wireless access network.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the response message includes at least one of the following information:

identification information of a cell associated with the third network side device;

Information on whether the cell associated with the third network side device supports radio access network paging using the first extended discontinuous reception;

Information on whether the cell associated with the third network side device supports radio access network paging using the second extended discontinuous reception;

The information of the sixth period of the second extended discontinuous reception broadcast by the cell associated with the third network side device.

15. The method according to claim 13 or 14, characterized in that the first network side device sends a third radio access network paging message to the third network side device based on the response message, comprising:

When the first network side device determines the first information according to the response message, the first network side device sends a third radio access network paging message to the third network side device, where the third radio access network paging message carries configuration information of the first period of the first extended discontinuous reception;

The first information is used to indicate that the cell associated with the third network side device supports the use of the first extended discontinuous reception for radio access network paging.

16. The method according to claim 13 or 14, characterized in that the first network side device sends a third radio access network paging message to the third network side device based on the response message, comprising:

When the first network side device determines the second information according to the response message, the first network side device sends a third radio access network paging message to the third network side device, where the third radio access network paging message does not carry the configuration information of the first period of the first extended discontinuous reception;

The second information is used to indicate that the cell associated with the third network side device does not support the use of the first extended discontinuous reception for wireless access network paging, but supports the use of the second extended discontinuous reception for wireless access network paging.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the third radio access network paging message carries any one of the following information:

Configuration information of a second period of the second extended discontinuous reception;

Configuration information of a sixth period of the second extended discontinuous reception;

Configuration information of a seventh period of the second extended discontinuous reception.

18. The method according to claim 17, characterized in that the seventh period of the second extended discontinuous reception is agreed upon by a protocol.

19. The method according to claim 17 or 18, characterized in that the method further comprises any one of the following:

The first network side device sends third indication information to the terminal, where the third indication information is used to instruct the terminal to determine the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception, the sixth period of the second extended discontinuous reception, or the seventh period of the second extended discontinuous reception as a target extended discontinuous reception period;

The first network side device determines, based on a rule agreed upon in a protocol, that the third radio access network paging message carries the second period of the second extended discontinuous reception, the sixth period of the second extended discontinuous reception, or the seventh period of the second extended discontinuous reception.

20. The method according to claim 13 or 14, characterized in that the first network side device sends a third radio access network paging message to the third network side device based on the response message, comprising:

When the first network side device determines the third information according to the response message, the first network side device sends a third radio access network paging message to the third network side device, where the third radio access network paging message does not carry the relevant configuration information of the first extended discontinuous reception and the relevant configuration information of the second extended discontinuous reception;

The third information is used to indicate that the cell associated with the third network side device neither supports the use of the first extended discontinuous reception for radio access network paging nor supports the use of the second extended discontinuous reception for radio access network paging.

21. A device for determining extended discontinuous reception, comprising:

A receiving module, configured to receive, in a connected state, a radio resource control release message from a first network side device, wherein the radio resource control release message carries first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information includes configuration information of a first period of a first extended discontinuous reception, or includes configuration information of a first period of the first extended discontinuous reception and configuration information of a second period of a second extended discontinuous reception;

A conversion module, configured to convert from the connected state to the inactive state according to the radio resource control release message;

A first determining module is used to determine a target extended discontinuous reception period based on the first configuration information and the supporting capability of the serving cell for extended discontinuous reception in the inactive state;

22. A device for determining extended discontinuous reception, comprising:

A sending module is used to send a wireless resource control release message to a terminal in a connected state, wherein the wireless resource control release message is used to instruct the terminal to switch from the connected state to an inactive state, and the wireless resource control release message carries first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information includes configuration information of a first period of a first extended discontinuous reception, or includes configuration information of the first period of the first extended discontinuous reception and configuration information of a second period of a second extended discontinuous reception.

23. A terminal, characterized in that it comprises a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores a program or instruction that can be run on the processor, and when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps of the method for determining extended discontinuous reception as described in any one of claims 1 to 7 are implemented.

24. A network side device, characterized in that it includes a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores a program or instruction that can be executed on the processor, and when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps of the method for determining extended discontinuous reception as described in any one of claims 8 to 20 are implemented.

25. A readable storage medium, characterized in that a program or instruction is stored on the readable storage medium, and when the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the steps of the method for determining extended discontinuous reception as described in any one of claims 1 to 7 are implemented, or the steps of the method for determining extended discontinuous reception as described in any one of claims 8 to 20 are implemented.