CN116614869B

CN116614869B - DTX mode configuration method, DTX mode receiving device and processor

Info

Publication number: CN116614869B
Application number: CN202310869712.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 于江
Original assignee: Shanghai Xingsi Semiconductor Co ltd
Current assignee: Shanghai Xingsi Semiconductor Co ltd
Priority date: 2023-07-17
Filing date: 2023-07-17
Publication date: 2023-10-27
Anticipated expiration: 2043-07-17
Also published as: CN116614869A

Abstract

The application provides a DTX mode configuration method, a DTX mode receiving device and a processor. The DTX mode configuration method comprises the following steps: when the current configuration period arrives, acquiring DRX mode configuration parameters corresponding to all UE connected with the current cell; and determining DTX mode configuration parameters corresponding to a current configuration period based on the DRX mode configuration parameters corresponding to all the UE and the data quantity to be transmitted in the buffer zone, wherein all the UE does not monitor a PDCCH when the current cell is in an inactive state under the DTX mode based on the DTX mode configuration parameters. On the basis of the DTX configuration method provided by the application, on one hand, the inactive state of the cell under the DTX is aligned with the inactive state of all the UE under the DRX mode, so that the power consumption of a network side is saved, and on the other hand, the influence on data transmission can be reduced.

Description

DTX mode configuration method, DTX mode receiving device and processor

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a method, a device, and a processor for configuring a DTX mode.

Background

Network energy conservation is critical for environmental sustainability, reduced environmental impact (greenhouse gas emissions), and operational cost savings. With the popularity of 5G in various industries and geographical areas, service demands are increasing, networks are becoming denser, and more antennas, more bandwidth, and more frequency bands are required. On the one hand the impact of the 5G base station on the environment needs to be controlled and on the other hand the energy consumption has become a critical part of the operator's operational expenditure, according to GSMA (Global System for Mobile communications Association ) related reports, the energy cost of the mobile network is about 23% of the total cost of the operator, most of the energy consumption coming from the radio access network. Based on this, 3GPP R18 introduces a network energy saving feature, and configures DTX (Discontinuous Transmission ) mode and DRX (Discontinuous Reception, discontinuous reception) mode for a base station, so that the base station is in an inactive state when the traffic is low, and power supply of a part of transmitting circuit or receiving circuit is turned off, thereby saving power consumption of the base station, and reducing influence on environment and cost of operators.

Before R18, in order to reduce power consumption of UE (User Equipment), a DRX mode is introduced for the UE, and when the UE is in an inactive state (or a sleep state), the UE does not monitor a PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel ) channel, and turns off a power supply of a part of its circuits, so as to achieve the purpose of saving power consumption.

For the R18 version, how to reasonably configure parameters of a cell DTX mode based on DRX mode configuration parameters of the UE, so that inactive state periods of the cell in the DTX mode fall into inactive state periods of all the UE (especially Legacy UE of the version before R18) corresponding to the DRX mode, and no corresponding technical scheme exists at present.

Disclosure of Invention

The application mainly aims to provide a DTX mode configuration method, a DTX mode receiving device and a DTX mode processor, so as to solve the technical problem of how to reasonably configure parameters of a cell DTX mode based on DRX mode configuration parameters of UE in the prior art.

According to an aspect of an embodiment of the present application, there is provided a method for configuring a DTX mode, including: when the current configuration period arrives, acquiring DRX mode configuration parameters corresponding to all UE connected with a current cell, wherein the DRX mode configuration parameters are used for indicating an active state time period and/or an inactive state time period of the corresponding UE in the DRX mode; determining a DTX mode configuration parameter corresponding to a current configuration period based on the DRX mode configuration parameters corresponding to all the UEs and the data quantity to be transmitted in a buffer zone, wherein when a current cell is in a non-active state in a DTX mode based on the DTX mode configuration parameters, all the UEs do not monitor a PDCCH (physical downlink control channel), the DTX mode configuration parameter is used for indicating one or more groups of active state time periods and/or non-active state time periods in the DTX mode of the current cell, and the data quantity to be transmitted in the buffer zone is used for indicating the data quantity in the buffer zone of the network side when the last group of non-active state time periods corresponding to the last configuration period is ended.

Optionally, when the DTX mode configuration parameter is used to indicate multiple sets of active state time periods and/or inactive state time periods, the DTX mode configuration parameter includes a first flag bit, where the first flag bit is used to indicate that, in a last inactive state time period of a current configuration period, the current cell is in an inactive state or an active state in a DTX mode, and when the first flag bit indicates that the current cell is in an active state in the DTX mode, the network side sends a PDCCH channel and a PDSCH channel corresponding to the PDCCH channel according to a data amount to be sent in the buffer area; and/or when the DTX mode configuration parameters are used to indicate multiple sets of active time periods and/or inactive time periods, the multiple sets of corresponding configurations are the same or partially the same.

Optionally, the determining, based on the DRX mode configuration parameters corresponding to all UEs and the amount of data to be sent in the buffer, the DTX mode configuration parameters corresponding to the current configuration period includes: determining all continuous time periods when all the UE are in a non-activated state in a DRX mode based on the DRX mode configuration parameters corresponding to all the UE; taking a continuous time period with the length larger than a preset time threshold in all the continuous time periods as an alternative time period corresponding to a non-activated state of a current cell in a DTX mode; and selecting one or more than one inactive state time period which is used as the DTX mode corresponding to the current configuration period from the alternative time periods based on the data quantity to be transmitted in the buffer area, and determining DTX mode configuration parameters corresponding to the current configuration period based on the inactive state time period.

Optionally, the selecting, based on the amount of data to be sent in the buffer, one or more periods corresponding to the inactive state in the DTX mode corresponding to the current configuration period from the alternative periods includes: the UE, of the all the UEs, of which the corresponding data volume to be sent in the buffer area is larger than a preset first data volume threshold is used as a target UE; configuring a plurality of alternative time periods from a 1 st alternative time period to an i st alternative time period as active state time periods of the target UE in a DRX mode, wherein the 1 st alternative time period to the i st alternative time period are valid in each DRX period corresponding to the target UE or are valid only in one or more DRX periods corresponding to the target UE, and the DRX period is the duration between two adjacent active state time periods in the DRX mode; when the total number of the candidate periods n >1, all or part of the i+1th to n-th candidate periods are selected as inactive state periods in the DTX mode, 1< = i < n.

Optionally, when the target UE is plural, the configuring the 1 st alternative period to the i st alternative period as the active period of the target UE in the DRX mode includes: selecting all the alternative time periods from the 1 st alternative time period to the i th alternative time period as active state time periods of each target UE in the DRX mode; or selecting a plurality of alternative time periods with a front time sequence from the 1 st alternative time period to the i th alternative time period, wherein the target UE serving as high-priority service is in an active state time period in a DRX mode, and the high-priority service target UE refers to the service type of the corresponding data of the target UE in the buffer area belonging to the high-priority service.

Optionally, the selecting, based on the amount of data to be sent in the buffer, one or more inactive time periods in the DTX mode corresponding to the current configuration period from the candidate time periods includes: when the data quantity to be sent in the buffer area exceeds a preset second data quantity threshold, the number of the UE corresponding to the data quantity to be sent in the buffer area is larger than a preset first number threshold, and the selection proportion parameter is larger than the preset first proportion threshold, the selection proportion parameter value is reduced based on a preset step length; selecting part or all of the 1 st alternative time period to the n th alternative time period as inactive time periods in a DTX mode based on the selection proportion parameter, wherein n is the total number of the alternative time periods; and/or when the data volume to be sent in the buffer area is lower than a preset third data volume threshold and the selection proportion parameter is lower than a second proportion threshold, increasing the selection proportion parameter value based on a preset step length; the selection proportion parameter is the proportion of the alternative time period which is the inactive state time period in the DTX mode from the 1 st alternative time period to the n th alternative time period, the preset step length is the maximum value of each configuration period for adjusting the selection proportion parameter.

Optionally, the DTX mode configuration parameters are sent to all UEs by a system message, RRC signaling, or MAC layer CE.

Optionally, the DTX mode configuration parameters include: the second flag bit, the number of groups, the accumulated subframe number corresponding to the starting time and the accumulated subframe number corresponding to the ending time, wherein: the second flag bit is used for indicating that the DTX mode configuration parameter is an active state time period and/or an inactive state time period in a DTX mode; the group number is used for indicating the group number of the active state time period and/or the inactive state time period; the accumulated subframe number corresponding to the starting time is used for indicating the subframe number corresponding to the starting time of the activated state time period and/or the non-activated state time period; and the accumulated subframe number corresponding to the ending time is used for indicating the subframe number corresponding to the ending time of the activated state time period and/or the non-activated state time period.

According to another aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for receiving a DTX mode, including: receiving DTX mode configuration parameters sent by a network side, wherein the DTX mode configuration parameters are used for indicating one or more groups of active state time periods and/or inactive state time periods in a DTX mode corresponding to a current configuration period; and when judging that the current cell is in the inactive state in the DTX mode based on the DTX mode configuration parameters, not monitoring the PDCCH.

Optionally, when the DTX mode configuration parameter is used to indicate multiple sets of active periods and/or inactive periods, the DTX mode configuration parameter includes a first flag bit, where the first flag bit is used to indicate that, in a last set of inactive periods of a current configuration period, the current cell is in an inactive state or an active state in the DTX mode; and when the first flag bit indicates that the current cell is in an active state in a DTX mode, monitoring a PDCCH channel, and indicating to receive or not receive a corresponding PDSCH channel based on DCI of the monitored PDCCH channel.

Optionally, during the last set of inactive state periods of the current configuration period, the current UE is in an active state or inactive state in the DRX mode.

According to still another aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a configuration apparatus for a DTX mode, including an acquisition unit and a determination unit, where the acquisition unit is configured to acquire DRX mode configuration parameters corresponding to all UEs connected to a current cell when a current configuration period arrives, where the DRX mode configuration mode parameters are used to indicate an active period and/or an inactive period during which the corresponding UE is in a DRX mode; and the determining unit is configured to determine a DTX mode configuration parameter corresponding to a current configuration period based on the DRX mode configuration parameters corresponding to all UEs and an amount of data to be transmitted in a buffer, where when the current cell is in an inactive state under a DTX mode based on the DTX mode configuration parameters, all UEs do not monitor a PDCCH channel, where the DTX mode configuration parameter is used to indicate one or more groups of active time periods and/or inactive time periods in the DTX mode of the current cell, and the amount of data to be transmitted in the buffer is used to indicate how much data is in the buffer at the network side when the last group of inactive time periods corresponding to the previous configuration period ends.

According to still another aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a DTX mode receiving apparatus, including a receiving unit and a processing unit, where the receiving unit is configured to receive a DTX mode configuration parameter sent by a network side, where the DTX mode configuration parameter is used to indicate one or more sets of active periods and/or inactive periods in a DTX mode corresponding to a current configuration period; the processing unit is configured to not monitor a PDCCH channel when it is determined that the current cell is in an inactive state in DTX mode based on the DTX mode configuration parameter.

According to still another aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, there is further provided a processor, configured to execute a program, where the program executes any one of the DTX mode configuration method and the DTX mode receiving method described above when running.

According to still another aspect of an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a communication system including: the processor and the plurality of UEs, wherein the processor executes the DTX mode configuration method and the DTX mode reception method described in any one of the above.

The DTX mode configuration parameter is only used for indicating the active state time period or the inactive state time period of the current cell in the DTX mode, and the active state time period and the inactive state time period are not required to be indicated at the same time, so that signaling overhead can be saved, and the transmission efficiency of the network can be improved.

The last group of inactive state time periods of the current configuration period is specially defined, and the last group of inactive state time periods can be indicated, wherein the current cell is in an active state in a DTX mode, and the network side can send the PDCCH channel and the corresponding PDSCH channel according to the data quantity to be sent in the buffer zone, so that the data quantity in the buffer zone is reduced, the transmission delay of service data is reduced, and the service quality is improved.

The continuous time period with the length larger than the preset time threshold is selected as the alternative time period corresponding to the inactive state of the current cell in the DTX mode, so that frequent switching of a transceiver at the network side can be avoided.

When the buffer data amount corresponding to the single UE is more, the DRX mode configuration parameter of the UE is modified, and the length of the inactive state time period in the cell DTX mode is reduced, so that the data in the buffer region can be sent in time, and the time delay of data transmission is reduced.

The selection proportion parameter is dynamically adjusted based on the data quantity to be transmitted in the buffer zone, so that dynamic balance can be realized between service transmission delay and energy consumption saving of the network side, and power consumption of the network side is saved on the premise that the service transmission delay is not influenced as much as possible.

And determining DTX mode configuration parameters corresponding to the current cell based on the DRX mode configuration parameters corresponding to all the UE and the data quantity to be transmitted in the buffer area, so that when the current cell is in a non-active state in the DTX mode, all the UE is in the non-active state in the DRX mode, on one hand, the non-active state of the cell in the DTX mode and the non-active state of all the UE in the DRX mode can be aligned in time, the power consumption of a network side is saved, and on the other hand, the influence on data transmission can be reduced.

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The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the application and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the application and together with the description serve to explain the application. In the drawings:

fig. 1 shows a flow chart of an embodiment of a method of configuring a DTX mode in accordance with the present application;

fig. 2 shows a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a period of inactivity corresponding to a DTX mode in accordance with the present application;

fig. 3 shows a schematic diagram of an embodiment of DTX mode configuration parameters according to the present application;

fig. 4 shows a flow chart of an embodiment of a method of receiving a DTX mode in accordance with the present application;

fig. 5 shows a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a configuration device for DTX mode in accordance with the present application;

fig. 6 shows a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a receiving device in DTX mode according to the present application.

Detailed Description

It should be noted that, without conflict, the embodiments of the present application and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other. The application will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings in connection with embodiments.

In order that those skilled in the art will better understand the present application, a technical solution in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in which it is apparent that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present application, not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present application without making any inventive effort, shall fall within the scope of the present application.

It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and the claims of the present application and the above figures 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 data so used may be interchanged where appropriate in order to describe the embodiments of the application herein. Furthermore, the terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

As described in the background art, for the R18 version, how to reasonably configure parameters of a cell DTX mode based on DRX mode configuration parameters of a UE, so that inactive periods of the cell in the DTX mode fall within inactive periods of the DRX mode corresponding to all UEs (especially Legacy UEs of the version before R18), and no corresponding technical scheme exists at present. In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in an exemplary embodiment of the present application, a method, a device, and a processor for configuring a DTX mode are provided.

According to the embodiment of the application, a DTX mode configuration method and a DTX mode receiving method are provided.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart of a method for configuring a DTX mode according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 1, the method comprises the steps of:

s101, when a current configuration period arrives, acquiring DRX mode configuration parameters corresponding to all UE connected with a current cell, wherein the DRX mode configuration mode parameters are used for indicating an active state time period and/or an inactive state time period of the corresponding UE in the DRX mode;

s102, determining DTX mode configuration parameters corresponding to a current configuration period based on DRX mode configuration parameters corresponding to all the UEs and data quantity to be transmitted in a buffer zone, wherein when a current cell is in a non-active state in a DTX mode based on the DTX mode configuration parameters, all the UEs do not monitor a PDCCH (physical downlink control channel), the DTX mode configuration parameters are used for indicating one or more groups of active state time periods and/or non-active state time periods in the DTX mode of the current cell, and the data quantity to be transmitted in the buffer zone is used for indicating the data quantity in the buffer zone of the network side when the last group of non-active state time periods corresponding to the last configuration period is ended.

In an implementation, the DRX mode configuration parameters of the UE include: DRX cycle, active state time (i.e. On duration time), wherein DRX cycle refers to that UE repeatedly performs active state and inactive state switching in a certain cycle. In each DRX cycle, the UE is in an active state in a time corresponding to the On duration, receives a PDCCH channel, and receives or does not receive a PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel ) channel based On the content carried by the PDCCH channel, and in the same DRX cycle, other times except for the On duration are inactive states.

It should be specifically noted that the active state and the inactive state described in the present invention are merely used to distinguish different network state behaviors, and the naming manner is not unique, for example, the active state described herein may also be referred to as an awake state, and the inactive state described herein may also be referred to as a sleep state, which falls within the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be specifically noted that, the inactive period in the DRX mode of the UE referred to herein refers to an inactive period determined based on the DRX mode configuration parameter of the UE, and the influence of DRX Inactivity Timer (i.e., the DRX inactivity timer) on the UE behavior in the inactive period is not considered. DRX Inactivity Timer is used to indicate the duration of the UE that it needs to continuously monitor the PDCCH channel after the active state time (i.e. On duration) has arrived. For example, when the UE receives the PDCCH in the active state period in the DRX mode and determines that data of the PDSCH channel needs to be received based On the content carried by the PDCCH, DRX Inactivity Timer and DRX Inactivity Timer are started to indicate the duration of continuous monitoring of the PDCCH channel after the active state time (i.e. On duration) arrives, that is, the duration of continuous monitoring of the PDCCH channel needs to be further performed by the UE after the UE determines that the UE has entered the inactive state period according to the configuration parameters of DRX.

In a specific implementation, all UEs connected to the current cell refer to all UEs in RRC connected state corresponding to the current cell, or all UEs that need to monitor a PDCCH channel corresponding to the current cell.

In an implementation, the network side may be a base station device, or may be other devices that perform a network management function, which is not limited by the present invention.

In a specific implementation, since the DRX cycles of each UE are inconsistent, if the DTX parameters of the configured periodic mode are considered for the DTX mode of the cell, that is, the active period and the inactive period are repeatedly switched according to a certain period, the least common multiple of the DRX cycles corresponding to all UEs needs to be obtained, which causes relatively large calculation overhead, and also causes that the cycle of DTX is very long and the control is not flexible enough, a method for configuring the DTX mode parameters of the cell in real time is introduced herein, that is, in each configuration period, the DTX mode configuration parameters corresponding to the current configuration period are calculated in real time and sent to the UE, which can avoid excessively complicated calculation overhead and control is more flexible.

In a specific implementation, only the configuration period and the corresponding active state period or inactive state period parameter may be sent to the UE, and the UE may calculate and acquire the inactive state period or the active state period based on the configuration period and the active state period or the inactive state period parameter.

The DTX mode configuration parameter is only used for indicating the active state time period or the inactive state time period of the current cell in the DTX mode, and signaling overhead can be saved without simultaneously indicating the active state time period and the inactive state time period, so that the transmission efficiency of the network is improved.

In a specific implementation, in each configuration period, DTX mode configuration parameters corresponding to the current configuration period are determined based on DRX mode configuration parameters corresponding to all UEs and the amount of data to be transmitted in the buffer, and since the amount of data to be transmitted in the buffer corresponding to each configuration period may be different, active periods and inactive periods in the DRX mode corresponding to all UEs may also be different, so that the determined DTX mode configuration parameters may also be different.

In an embodiment of the present application, when the DTX mode configuration parameter is used to indicate multiple sets of active periods and/or inactive periods, the multiple sets of corresponding configurations are the same or partially the same.

Fig. 2 shows a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a period of inactivity corresponding to a DTX mode according to the present application.

As shown in fig. 2, there are three UEs UE1, UE2 and UE3 in the cell, and the DRX configuration of each UE is respectively: the DRX configuration 1, the DRX configuration 2 and the DRX configuration 3 are in a periodic mode, that is, the switching between the active state period (time corresponding to the On duration time frame) and the inactive state period (other periods except the On duration time frame) is repeated in a certain period, and the DRX periods corresponding to each UE are respectively: DRX cycle 1, DRX cycle 2, and DRX cycle 3.

When determining the inactivity time period in the DTX mode based on the DRX mode configuration parameters corresponding to all UEs, selecting the time period set 1 corresponding to the inactivity state of UE1, UE2 and UE3 as a first group of DTX inactivity time periods, and selecting the time period set 2 corresponding to the inactivity state of UE1, UE2 and UE3 as a second group of DTX inactivity time periods.

In a specific implementation, the Inactivity period determined based on the DRX mode configuration parameter of the UE, without considering the influence of DRX Inactivity Timer (i.e., the DRX Inactivity timer) on the UE behavior in the Inactivity period, may cause that corresponding data in the effective duration of the DRX Inactivity timer cannot be transmitted because the cell is in the Inactivity state in the DTX mode, so that the UE can only wait until the next active state in the DRX mode to receive the data. When the DRX cycle corresponding to the UE is too long, the portion of data may wait for a long time to be transmitted, and introduce excessive delay. Therefore, in order to reduce the delay of data transmission, when the DTX mode configuration parameter is used to indicate multiple sets of active time periods and/or inactive time periods, special definition may be performed for the last set of inactive time periods, so that the network side is allowed to transmit the PDCCH channel and the corresponding PDSCH channel thereof according to the data to be transmitted in the buffer area, that is, the network side selects the data in the buffer area according to a certain criterion based on a scheduling algorithm, and then transmits the PDCCH channel to indicate the corresponding UE thereof, so that the corresponding UE receives the data transmitted by the network side (that is, the data in the buffer area selected by the network side according to the certain criterion) based on the PDSCH channel based on the information carried by the PDCCH channel.

In an embodiment of the present invention, when the DTX mode configuration parameter is used to indicate multiple sets of active state periods and/or inactive state periods, the DTX mode configuration parameter includes a first flag bit, where the first flag bit is used to indicate that, in a last set of inactive state periods of a current configuration period, the current cell is in an inactive state or an active state in a DTX mode, and when the first flag bit indicates that the current cell is in an active state in a DTX mode, the network side sends a PDCCH channel and a PDSCH channel corresponding to the PDCCH channel according to an amount of data to be sent in the buffer.

In a specific implementation, determining the DTX mode configuration parameter corresponding to the current configuration period based on the DRX mode configuration parameters corresponding to all UEs and the amount of data to be transmitted in the buffer zone includes: determining all continuous time periods when all the UE are in a non-activated state in a DRX mode based on the DRX mode configuration parameters corresponding to all the UE; taking a continuous time period with the length larger than a preset time threshold in all the continuous time periods as an alternative time period corresponding to a non-activated state of a current cell in a DTX mode; and selecting one or more than one inactive state time period which is used as the DTX mode corresponding to the current configuration period from the alternative time periods based on the data quantity to be transmitted in the buffer area, and determining DTX mode configuration parameters corresponding to the current configuration period based on the inactive state time period.

In a specific implementation, since the cell is in the inactive state of DTX in the last configuration period, the network side may buffer more data, when the data buffered in the network side exceeds a certain threshold, the configuration of the inactive period may be reduced in the next configuration period, and for a single UE whose buffered data exceeds a certain threshold, the DRX mode configuration parameters corresponding to the UEs are reconfigured according to the requirement, so that the active period of the UE in the DRX mode is newly increased, so that the data in the buffer can be timely sent, and the influence on data transmission is reduced.

In a specific implementation, the data amount buffered at the network side exceeding a certain threshold may refer to that the buffered data amount corresponding to a single UE exceeds a certain threshold, or may refer to that the total buffered data amount corresponding to a plurality of UEs exceeds a certain threshold.

In a specific implementation, when the DRX mode configuration parameter corresponding to the UE is reconfigured, it may be defined that the newly added active period is valid only for one DRX cycle, or it may be defined that the newly added active period is valid for a plurality of or all DRX cycles, which falls into the protection scope of the present invention.

In an embodiment of the present invention, selecting, based on the amount of data to be transmitted in the buffer, one or more periods corresponding to inactive states in a DTX mode corresponding to a current configuration period from the candidate periods includes: the UE, of the all the UEs, of which the corresponding data volume to be sent in the buffer area is larger than a preset first data volume threshold is used as a target UE; configuring a plurality of alternative time periods from a 1 st alternative time period to an i st alternative time period as active state time periods of the target UE in a DRX mode, wherein the 1 st alternative time period to the i st alternative time period are valid in each DRX period corresponding to the target UE or are valid only in one or more DRX periods corresponding to the target UE, and the DRX period is the duration between two adjacent active state time periods in the DRX mode; when the total number of the candidate periods n >1, all or part of the i+1th to n-th candidate periods are selected as inactive state periods in the DTX mode, 1< = i < n.

In a specific implementation, when there are multiple target UEs, the same one or multiple alternative time periods may be selected as a newly added active time period of each UE in the DRX mode, or the target UE with the priority based on the service priority corresponding to the buffered data may be configured with the alternative time period with the front timing. For example, when there are three target UEs, the three target UEs are respectively from high to low according to the service priority: UE1> UE2> UE3, where the time corresponding to the first alternative time period is earlier than the second alternative time period, and the time corresponding to the second alternative time period is earlier than the third alternative time period, the first alternative time period may be selected as a newly added active state time period in which UE1 is in the DRX mode, the second alternative time period may be selected as a newly added active state time period in which UE2 is in the DRX mode, and the third alternative time period may be selected as a newly added active state time period in which UE3 is in the DRX mode.

In an embodiment of the present invention, when the target UE is plural, the configuring the 1 st alternative period to the i st alternative period as the active period in the DRX mode of the target UE includes: selecting all the alternative time periods from the 1 st alternative time period to the i th alternative time period as active state time periods of each target UE in the DRX mode; or selecting a plurality of alternative time periods with a front time sequence from the 1 st alternative time period to the i th alternative time period, wherein the target UE serving as high-priority service is in an active state time period in a DRX mode, and the high-priority service target UE refers to the service type of the corresponding data of the target UE in the buffer area belonging to the high-priority service.

It should be specifically noted that, the service priority referred to herein refers to a service priority determined based on QoS (Quality of Service ) defined by the 3GPP protocol, and may be flexibly defined based on product implementation, which is not limited by the present invention.

In a specific implementation, in order to reduce the influence of the cell in the DTX mode on the data transmission, the proportion of the alternative time period, which is the inactive time period in the DTX mode, may be dynamically adjusted each time from the alternative time periods based on the amount of data in the buffer.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the selecting, based on the amount of data to be transmitted in the buffer, one or more inactive time periods in the DTX mode corresponding to the current configuration period from the candidate time periods includes: when the data quantity to be sent in the buffer area exceeds a preset second data quantity threshold, the number of the UE corresponding to the data quantity to be sent in the buffer area is larger than a preset first number threshold, and the selection proportion parameter is larger than the preset first proportion threshold, the selection proportion parameter value is reduced based on a preset step length; selecting part or all of the 1 st alternative time period to the n th alternative time period as inactive time periods in a DTX mode based on the selection proportion parameter, wherein n is the total number of the alternative time periods; and/or when the data volume to be sent in the buffer area is lower than a preset third data volume threshold and the selection proportion parameter is lower than a second proportion threshold, increasing the selection proportion parameter value based on a preset step length; the selection proportion parameter is the proportion of the alternative time period which is the inactive state time period in the DTX mode from the 1 st alternative time period to the n th alternative time period, the preset step length is the maximum value of each configuration period for adjusting the selection proportion parameter.

In an implementation, the network side may send DTX mode configuration parameters to all UEs within the cell through a system message, RRC signaling, or MAC layer CE.

It should be noted that, the configuration period corresponding to the DTX mode configuration parameter and the DTX mode configuration parameter may be sent to all UEs in the cell by different messages and/or at different times. For example, the configuration period may be broadcast to UEs based on SIB1 (System Information Block Type, system message block 1), and DTX mode configuration parameters may be sent to all UEs within a cell through a MAC layer CE or other system message block, where SIB1 and other system message block definitions refer to existing 3GPP protocols, and the present invention is not repeated.

In implementations, the DTX mode configuration parameters may be indicated based on flag bits, the number of groups, and the accumulated subframe number.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the DTX mode configuration parameters include: the second flag bit, the number of groups, the accumulated subframe number corresponding to the starting time and the accumulated subframe number corresponding to the ending time, wherein: the second flag bit is used for indicating that the DTX mode configuration parameter is an active state time period and/or an inactive state time period in a DTX mode; the group number is used for indicating the group number of the active state time period and/or the inactive state time period; the accumulated subframe number corresponding to the starting time is used for indicating the subframe number corresponding to the starting time of the activated state time period and/or the non-activated state time period; and the accumulated subframe number corresponding to the ending time is used for indicating the subframe number corresponding to the ending time of the activated state time period and/or the non-activated state time period.

In a specific implementation, when the configuration parameter is an active state period in a DTX mode, the other periods in the current configuration period are inactive state periods in the DTX mode; or when the configuration parameter is the inactive state time period in the DTX mode, the other time periods of the current configuration period are the active state time periods in the DTX mode.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a DTX mode configuration parameter according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 3, the dtx mode configuration parameters include n sets of active periods or inactive periods, wherein: a second Flag bit (Flag) of 1 bit, for indicating whether the n-group active state period or the n-group inactive state period is indicated; the number of groups (Num) is 3 bits, indicating a specific value of n; the start frame number is used for indicating the accumulated frame number based on the joint calculation of the frame number and the subframe number, and the calculation formula is as follows:

SFN x 10 + subframe number (1)

Wherein SFN (System Frame Number) is a system frame number, SFN and subframe number please refer to the definition of the 3GPP standard, and the description of the present invention is omitted. The end frame number is used for indicating the accumulated frame number based on the joint calculation of the frame number and the subframe number, and the calculation formula is the same as (1). The i-th group start frame number and the i-th group end frame number correspond to an i-th group active state period or an i-th group inactive state period indicated by a flag bit, wherein 1< = i < = n.

It should be noted that the steps illustrated in the flowcharts of the figures may be performed in a computer system such as a set of computer executable instructions, and that although a logical order is illustrated in the flowcharts, in some cases the steps illustrated or described may be performed in an order other than that illustrated herein.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart of a reception method of a DRX mode according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 4, the method comprises the steps of:

s401, receiving DTX mode configuration parameters sent by a network side, wherein the DTX mode configuration parameters are used for indicating one or more groups of active state time periods and/or inactive state time periods in a DTX mode corresponding to a current configuration period;

And S402, when the current cell is judged to be in the inactive state in the DTX mode based on the DTX mode configuration parameters, the PDCCH is not monitored.

In a specific implementation, since the DRX cycles of each UE are inconsistent, for the DTX mode of the cell level, if the DTX parameters of the configured periodic mode are considered, that is, the active period and the inactive period are repeatedly switched according to a certain period, a least common multiple corresponding to the DRX cycles of all UEs needs to be obtained, which causes relatively large calculation overhead, and also causes that the cycle period of DTX is very long and control is not flexible enough, so the network side may use a method for configuring the DTX mode parameters of the cell in real time, that is, in each configuration period, calculate the DTX mode configuration parameters corresponding to the current configuration period in real time and send the DTX mode configuration parameters to the UE, so that the UE may receive the DTX mode configuration parameters sent by the network side, where the DTX mode configuration parameters are used to indicate one or more groups of active periods and/or inactive periods in the DTX mode corresponding to the current configuration period.

In a specific implementation, the current UE may only receive the configuration period and the corresponding active state period or inactive state period parameter, and then calculate to obtain the inactive state period or the active state period based on the configuration period and the active state period or the inactive state period parameter. For example, in the current configuration period, only the configuration period and the corresponding active state period are received, and in the current configuration period, the other periods except the active state period are inactive state periods.

In a specific implementation, the Inactivity period determined based on the DRX mode configuration parameter of the UE does not consider the influence of DRX Inactivity Timer (i.e., the DRX Inactivity timer) on the UE behavior in the Inactivity period, which may cause that the corresponding data in the valid duration of the DRX Inactivity timer cannot be transmitted because the cell is in the Inactivity state in the DTX mode, so that the UE can only wait until the next DRX mode active state to receive the data. When the DRX cycle corresponding to the UE is too long, the portion of data may have to wait for a longer period to be transmitted, and introduce excessive delay. Therefore, in order to reduce the delay of data transmission, when the DTX mode configuration parameter is used to indicate multiple sets of active time periods and/or inactive time periods, special definition may be performed for the last set of inactive time periods, so that the network side is allowed to transmit the PDCCH channel and the corresponding PDSCH channel thereof according to the data to be transmitted in the buffer area, that is, the network side selects the data in the buffer area according to a certain criterion based on a scheduling algorithm, and then transmits the PDCCH channel to indicate the corresponding UE thereof, so that the corresponding UE receives the data transmitted by the network side (that is, the data in the buffer area selected by the network side according to the certain criterion) based on the PDSCH channel based on the information carried by the PDCCH channel.

It should be noted that, in the last set of inactive state periods, when the network side is allowed to transmit the PDCCH and its corresponding PDSCH channel according to the data to be transmitted in the buffer, whether the current UE is in the active state in the DRX mode or in the inactive state in the DRX mode, the PDCCP channel needs to be monitored, and based on the DCI (Downlink Control Information ) of the monitored PDCCH channel, the network side indicates to receive or not receive its corresponding PDSCH channel.

In an embodiment of the present invention, when the DTX mode configuration parameter is used to indicate a plurality of sets of active periods and/or inactive periods, the DTX mode configuration parameter includes a first flag bit, where the first flag bit is used to indicate that, in a last set of inactive periods of a current configuration period, the current cell is in an inactive state or an active state in the DTX mode; and when the first flag bit indicates that the current cell is in an active state in a DTX mode, monitoring a PDCCH channel, and indicating to receive or not receive a corresponding PDSCH channel based on DCI of the monitored PDCCH channel.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the current UE is in an active state or an inactive state in the DRX mode during the last set of inactive state periods of the current configuration period.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a configuration apparatus for a DTX mode according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 5, the apparatus 50 includes: an acquisition unit 51 and a determination unit 52, wherein:

the obtaining unit 51 is configured to obtain DRX mode configuration parameters corresponding to all UEs connected to the current cell when the current configuration period arrives, where the DRX mode configuration parameters are used to indicate an active state period and/or an inactive state period in which the corresponding UEs are in a DRX mode;

And a determining unit 52, configured to determine, based on the DRX mode configuration parameters corresponding to all UEs and the amount of data to be sent in the buffer, a DTX mode configuration parameter corresponding to a current configuration period, where when the current cell is in an inactive state in a DTX mode based on the DTX mode configuration parameters, all UEs do not monitor the PDCCH channel, where the DTX mode configuration parameter is used to indicate one or more groups of active time periods and/or inactive time periods in the DTX mode of the current cell, and the amount of data to be sent in the buffer is used to indicate how much data is in the buffer at the network side when the last group of inactive time periods corresponding to the previous configuration period ends.

In an implementation, the DRX mode configuration parameters of the UE include: DRX cycle, active state time (i.e. On duration time), wherein DRX cycle refers to that UE repeatedly performs active state and inactive state switching in a certain cycle. In each DRX period, the UE is in an active state in the time corresponding to the On duration, receives the PDCCH channel, receives or does not receive the PDSCH channel based On the content carried by the PDCCH channel, and is in an inactive state in the same DRX period except for the On duration.

It should be specifically noted that, the inactive period in the DRX mode of the UE referred to herein refers to an inactive period determined based on the DRX mode configuration parameter of the UE, and the influence of DRX Inactivity Timer (i.e., the DRX inactivity timer) on the UE behavior in the inactive period is not considered. DRX Inactivity Timer is used to indicate the duration of the UE that it needs to continuously monitor the PDCCH channel after the active state time (i.e. On duration) has arrived. For example, when the UE receives the PDCCH in the active state period in the DRX mode and determines that data of the PDSCH channel needs to be received based On the content carried by the PDCCH, the UE may start DRX Inactivity Timer, DRX Inactivity Timer to indicate the duration of continuous monitoring of the PDCCH channel after the active state time (i.e. On duration) arrives, that is, determine that the UE has entered the inactive state period according to the configuration parameters of DRX, but because there is data transmission, the UE needs to continuously monitor the duration of the PDCCH channel.

In an implementation, the apparatus 50 further includes: the sending unit 53 is configured to send only the configuration period and the corresponding active state period or inactive state period parameter to the UE, so that the UE may calculate and acquire the inactive state period or the active state period based on the configuration period and the active state period or the inactive state period parameter.

In a specific implementation, the determining unit 52 is configured to determine, based on the DRX mode configuration parameters corresponding to the all UEs, all continuous time periods when the all UEs are in an inactive state in the DRX mode; taking a continuous time period with the length larger than a preset time threshold in all the continuous time periods as an alternative time period corresponding to a non-activated state of a current cell in a DTX mode; and selecting one or more than one inactive state time period which is used as the DTX mode corresponding to the current configuration period from the alternative time periods based on the data quantity to be transmitted in the buffer area, and determining DTX mode configuration parameters corresponding to the current configuration period based on the inactive state time period.

It should be specifically noted that, the service priority referred to herein refers to a service priority determined based on QoS defined by the 3GPP protocol, and may be flexibly defined based on product implementation, which is not limited by the present invention.

In a specific implementation, the sending unit 53 is configured to send DTX mode configuration parameters to all UEs in a cell through a system message, RRC signaling, or MAC layer CE.

It should be noted that, the configuration period corresponding to the DTX mode configuration parameter and the DTX mode configuration parameter may be sent to all UEs in the cell by different messages and/or at different times. For example, the configuration period may be broadcast to UEs based on SIB1, and DTX mode configuration parameters may be sent to all UEs within the cell through a MAC layer CE or other system message block, wherein the definition of SIB1 and other system message blocks refers to the existing 3GPP protocol, and the present invention is not repeated.

Referring to fig. 3, the dtx mode configuration parameters include n sets of active periods or inactive periods, wherein: a second Flag bit (Flag) of 1 bit, for indicating whether the n-group active state period or the n-group inactive state period is indicated; the number of groups (Num) is 3 bits, indicating a specific value of n; the start frame number is used for indicating the accumulated frame number based on the joint calculation of the frame number and the subframe number, the calculation formula is the same as (1), and the end frame number is used for indicating the accumulated frame number based on the joint calculation of the frame number and the subframe number, and the calculation formula is the same as (1). The i-th group start frame number and the i-th group end frame number correspond to an i-th group active state period or an i-th group inactive state period indicated by a flag bit, wherein 1< = i < = n.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart of a receiving apparatus of a DTX mode according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 6, the apparatus 60 includes: a receiving unit 61 and a processing unit 62, wherein:

the receiving unit 61 is configured to receive a DTX mode configuration parameter sent by a network side, where the DTX mode configuration parameter is used to indicate one or more active periods and/or inactive periods in a DTX mode corresponding to a current configuration period;

the processing unit 62 is configured to not monitor the PDCCH channel when it is determined that the current cell is in an inactive state in DTX mode based on the DTX mode configuration parameters.

In a specific implementation, the receiving unit 61 is configured to receive only the configuration period and the corresponding active state period or inactive state period parameter, and calculate and obtain the inactive state period or the active state period based on the configuration period and the active state period or the inactive state period parameter. For example, in the current configuration period, only the configuration period and the corresponding active state period are received, and in the current configuration period, the other periods except the active state period are inactive state periods.

It should be noted that, in the last set of inactive state periods, when the network side is allowed to transmit the PDCCH and its corresponding PDSCH channel according to the data to be transmitted in the buffer, whether the current UE is in the active state in the DRX mode or in the inactive state in the DRX mode, it is necessary to monitor the PDCCP channel, and based on the monitored DCI indication of the PDCCH channel, receive or not receive its corresponding PDSCH channel.

In an embodiment of the present invention, when the DTX mode configuration parameter is used to indicate a plurality of sets of active periods and/or inactive periods, the DTX mode configuration parameter includes a first flag bit, where the first flag bit is used to indicate that, in a last set of inactive periods of a current configuration period, the current cell is in an inactive state or an active state in the DTX mode; when the first flag bit indicates that the current cell is in an active state in a DTX mode, the processing unit 62 is configured to monitor a PDCCH channel, and based on the monitored DCI of the PDCCH channel, indicate to receive or not receive its corresponding PDSCH channel.

The configuration device 50 for DTX mode and the receiving device 60 for DTX mode include a processor and a memory, and the acquisition unit 51, the determination unit 52, the transmission unit 53, the receiving unit 61, the processing unit 62, and the like are stored in the memory as program units, and the processor executes the program units stored in the memory to realize the corresponding functions.

The processor includes a kernel, and the kernel fetches the corresponding program unit from the memory. The kernel may set one or more, and the target UE is determined by adjusting the kernel parameters.

The memory may include volatile memory, random Access Memory (RAM), and/or nonvolatile memory, such as Read Only Memory (ROM) or flash memory (flash RAM), among other forms in computer readable media, the memory including at least one memory chip.

The embodiment of the application provides a processor, which is used for running a program, wherein the program runs to execute the configuration method of a DTX mode or the receiving method of the DTX mode.

According to still another aspect of an embodiment of the present application, there is provided a communication system including: a processor and a plurality of UEs, wherein the processor executes the DTX mode configuration method or the DTX mode reception method described in any one of the above.

In the foregoing embodiments of the present application, the descriptions of the embodiments are emphasized, and for a portion of this disclosure that is not described in detail in this embodiment, reference is made to the related descriptions of other embodiments.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed technology may be implemented in other manners. The above-described embodiments of the apparatus are merely exemplary, and the division of the units may be a logic function division, and there may be another division manner when actually implemented, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or may be integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted or not performed. Alternatively, the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed with each other may be through some interfaces, units or modules, or may be in electrical or other forms.

The units described above as separate components may or may not be physically separate, and components shown as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed over a plurality of units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

In addition, each functional unit in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units may be integrated in one unit. The integrated units may be implemented in hardware or in software functional units.

The integrated units described above, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as stand-alone products, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention may be embodied in essence or a part contributing to the prior art or all or part of the technical solution in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, comprising several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server or a network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the above-mentioned method of the various embodiments of the present invention. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a random access Memory (RAM, random Access Memory), a removable hard disk, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, or other various media capable of storing program codes.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present application, and is not intended to limit the present application, but various modifications and variations can be made to the present application by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A method for configuring a DTX mode, comprising:

when the current configuration period arrives, acquiring DRX mode configuration parameters corresponding to all UE connected with a current cell, wherein the DRX mode configuration parameters are used for indicating an active state time period and/or an inactive state time period of the corresponding UE in the DRX mode;

determining a DTX mode configuration parameter corresponding to a current configuration period based on the DRX mode configuration parameters corresponding to all the UEs and the data quantity to be transmitted in a buffer zone, wherein when a current cell is in a non-active state in a DTX mode based on the DTX mode configuration parameters, all the UEs do not monitor a PDCCH (physical downlink control channel), the DTX mode configuration parameter is used for indicating one or more groups of active state time periods and/or non-active state time periods in the DTX mode of the current cell, and the data quantity to be transmitted in the buffer zone is used for indicating the data quantity in the buffer zone of the network side when the last group of non-active state time periods corresponding to the last configuration period is ended.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the DTX mode configuration parameter is used to indicate a plurality of sets of active state periods and/or inactive state periods, the DTX mode configuration parameter includes a first flag bit, where the first flag bit is used to indicate that the current cell is in an inactive state or an active state in the DTX mode in a last set of inactive state periods of a current configuration period, and when the first flag bit indicates that the current cell is in an active state in the DTX mode, the network side transmits a PDCCH channel and a PDSCH channel corresponding to the PDCCH channel according to an amount of data to be transmitted in the buffer;

and/or the number of the groups of groups,

when the DTX mode configuration parameters are used to indicate multiple sets of active time periods and/or inactive time periods, the multiple sets of corresponding configurations are the same or partially the same.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the DTX mode configuration parameter corresponding to the current configuration period based on the DRX mode configuration parameters corresponding to the all UEs and the amount of data to be transmitted in the buffer comprises:

determining all continuous time periods when all the UE are in a non-activated state in a DRX mode based on the DRX mode configuration parameters corresponding to all the UE;

Taking a continuous time period with the length larger than a preset time threshold in all the continuous time periods as an alternative time period corresponding to a non-activated state of a current cell in a DTX mode;

and selecting one or more than one inactive state time period which is used as the DTX mode corresponding to the current configuration period from the alternative time periods based on the data quantity to be transmitted in the buffer area, and determining DTX mode configuration parameters corresponding to the current configuration period based on the inactive state time period.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the selecting one or more periods of time corresponding to inactivity in the DTX mode corresponding to the current configuration period from the alternative periods of time based on the amount of data to be transmitted in the buffer comprises:

the UE, of the all the UEs, of which the corresponding data volume to be sent in the buffer area is larger than a preset first data volume threshold is used as a target UE;

configuring a plurality of alternative time periods from a 1 st alternative time period to an i st alternative time period as active state time periods of the target UE in a DRX mode, wherein the 1 st alternative time period to the i st alternative time period are valid in each DRX period corresponding to the target UE or are valid only in one or more DRX periods corresponding to the target UE, and the DRX period is the duration between two adjacent active state time periods in the DRX mode;

When the total number of the candidate periods n >1, all or part of the i+1th to n-th candidate periods are selected as inactive state periods in the DTX mode, 1< = i < n.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein when the target UE is plural, the configuring the 1 st to i th alternative periods as the active period in which the target UE is in the DRX mode comprises:

selecting all the alternative time periods from the 1 st alternative time period to the i th alternative time period as active state time periods of each target UE in the DRX mode;

or alternatively, the first and second heat exchangers may be,

and selecting a plurality of alternative time periods with a front time sequence from the 1 st alternative time period to the i th alternative time period, wherein the plurality of alternative time periods are used as active time periods when target UE of high-priority service is in a DRX mode, and the target UE of the high-priority service refers to the service type of corresponding data of the target UE in the buffer area belonging to the high-priority service.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the selecting one or more inactive time periods in DTX mode corresponding to the current configuration period from the candidate time periods based on the amount of data to be transmitted in the buffer comprises:

When the data quantity to be sent in the buffer area exceeds a preset second data quantity threshold, the number of the UE corresponding to the data quantity to be sent in the buffer area is larger than a preset first number threshold, and the selection proportion parameter is larger than the preset first proportion threshold, the selection proportion parameter value is reduced based on a preset step length;

selecting part or all of the 1 st alternative time period to the n th alternative time period as inactive time periods in a DTX mode based on the selection proportion parameter, wherein n is the total number of the alternative time periods;

and/or the number of the groups of groups,

when the data volume to be sent in the buffer area is lower than a preset third data volume threshold and the selection proportion parameter is lower than a second proportion threshold, increasing the selection proportion parameter value based on a preset step length;

the selection proportion parameter is the proportion of the alternative time period which is the inactive state time period in the DTX mode from the 1 st alternative time period to the n th alternative time period, the preset step length is the maximum value of each configuration period for adjusting the selection proportion parameter.

7. The method according to any of claims 1 to 6, wherein the DTX mode configuration parameters are sent to the all UEs by means of system messages, RRC signaling or MAC layer CE.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the DTX mode configuration parameters comprise: the second flag bit, the number of groups, the accumulated subframe number corresponding to the starting time and the accumulated subframe number corresponding to the ending time, wherein:

the second flag bit is used for indicating that the DTX mode configuration parameter is an active state time period and/or an inactive state time period in a DTX mode; the group number is used for indicating the group number of the active state time period and/or the inactive state time period; the accumulated subframe number corresponding to the starting time is used for indicating the subframe number corresponding to the starting time of the activated state time period and/or the non-activated state time period; and the accumulated subframe number corresponding to the ending time is used for indicating the subframe number corresponding to the ending time of the activated state time period and/or the non-activated state time period.

9. A DTX mode receiving method is characterized in that,

receiving DTX mode configuration parameters sent by a network side, wherein the DTX mode configuration parameters are used for indicating one or more groups of active state time periods and/or inactive state time periods in a DTX mode corresponding to a current configuration period, the DTX mode configuration parameters are determined according to DRX mode configuration parameters corresponding to all UE (user equipment) connected with a current cell and data quantity to be sent in a buffer zone, and the data quantity to be sent in the buffer zone is used for indicating the quantity of data in the buffer zone of the network side when the last group of inactive state time periods corresponding to a last configuration period is ended;

And when judging that the current cell is in the inactive state in the DTX mode based on the DTX mode configuration parameters, not monitoring the PDCCH.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of determining the position of the substrate comprises,

when the DTX mode configuration parameters are used to indicate multiple sets of active state time periods and/or inactive state time periods, the DTX mode configuration parameters include a first flag bit, where the first flag bit is used to indicate that the current cell is in an inactive state or an active state in the DTX mode in a last set of inactive state time periods of a current configuration period;

and when the first flag bit indicates that the current cell is in an active state in a DTX mode, monitoring a PDCCH channel, and indicating to receive or not receive a corresponding PDSCH channel based on DCI of the monitored PDCCH channel.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the current UE is in an active or inactive state in the DRX mode during a last set of inactive state periods of the current configuration period.

12. A configuration apparatus for DTX mode, comprising an acquisition unit and a determination unit, wherein:

the acquisition unit is used for acquiring DRX mode configuration parameters corresponding to all the UE connected with the current cell when the current configuration period arrives, wherein the DRX mode configuration parameters are used for indicating an active state time period and/or an inactive state time period of the corresponding UE in the DRX mode;

And the determining unit is configured to determine a DTX mode configuration parameter corresponding to a current configuration period based on the DRX mode configuration parameters corresponding to all UEs and an amount of data to be transmitted in a buffer, where when the current cell is in an inactive state under a DTX mode based on the DTX mode configuration parameters, all UEs do not monitor a PDCCH channel, where the DTX mode configuration parameter is used to indicate one or more groups of active time periods and/or inactive time periods in the DTX mode of the current cell, and the amount of data to be transmitted in the buffer is used to indicate how much data is in the buffer at the network side when the last group of inactive time periods corresponding to the previous configuration period ends.

13. A reception apparatus in DTX mode, comprising a reception unit and a processing unit, wherein:

the receiving unit is configured to receive a DTX mode configuration parameter sent by a network side, where the DTX mode configuration parameter is configured to indicate one or more groups of active time periods and/or inactive time periods in a DTX mode corresponding to a current configuration period, the DTX mode configuration parameter is determined according to DRX mode configuration parameters corresponding to all UEs connected to a current cell and a data amount to be sent in a buffer area, and the data amount to be sent in the buffer area is configured to indicate how much data is in the buffer area of the network side when a last group of inactive time periods corresponding to a previous configuration period ends;

The processing unit is configured to not monitor a PDCCH channel when it is determined that the current cell is in an inactive state in DTX mode based on the DTX mode configuration parameter.

14. A processor for running a program, wherein the program when run performs the method of any one of claims 1 to 8 or the method of any one of claims 9 to 11.