CN108093495B

CN108093495B - DRX period configuration method, terminal, access network equipment and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN108093495B
Application number: CN201810149637.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘畅
Original assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Priority date: 2018-02-13
Filing date: 2018-02-13
Publication date: 2020-04-17
Anticipated expiration: 2038-02-13
Also published as: CN108093495A

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses a DRX cycle configuration method, a terminal, an access network device and a storage medium, which belong to the field of communication. The method includes: identifying whether a preset application program is running, the preset application program refers to an application program with a low delay attribute; if the preset application program is running, sending DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling to an access network device through a modem , the access network device is used to reconfigure the DRX parameters according to the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling; receive the first reconfiguration message sent by the access network device, and the first reconfiguration message includes the DRX reconfiguration parameters; according to the first reconfiguration message Configure the DRX cycle; wherein, the activation period indicated by the DRX reconfiguration parameter is greater than the activation period indicated by the original DRX parameter. In the embodiment of the present invention, by reconfiguring the DRX cycle, the time for the terminal to monitor the PDCCH is extended, thereby reducing the impact of the terminal sleep period on the low-latency service, and achieving the effect of reducing the latency of the low-latency service.

Description

DRX period configuration method, terminal, access network equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

The embodiment of the invention relates to the field of communication, in particular to a DRX (discontinuous reception) cycle configuration method, a terminal, access network equipment and a storage medium.

Background

In a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, in order to reduce power consumption of a terminal in a connected state (connected), a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) technique is introduced.

In the DRX state, the terminal is configured with one DRX cycle (DRX cycle) consisting of a DRX active period and a DRX dormant period. When the terminal is in a DRX active period, monitoring a subframe sent on a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH); and when the terminal is in the DRX dormant period, the terminal stops monitoring the PDCCH, so that the power consumption of the terminal is reduced.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a DRX period configuration method, a terminal, access network equipment and a storage medium, which can solve the problem that the time delay of low-delay service is larger when the terminal is in a DRX dormant period in a connected state. The technical scheme is as follows:

in a first aspect, a DRX cycle configuration method is provided for a terminal, and the method includes:

identifying whether a preset application program runs or not, wherein the preset application program refers to an application program with a low time delay attribute;

if the preset application program runs, sending a DRX (discontinuous reception) cycle reconfiguration signaling to access network equipment through a baseband chip (modem), wherein the access network equipment is used for reconfiguring DRX parameters according to the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling;

receiving a first reconfiguration message sent by the access network equipment, wherein the first reconfiguration message comprises DRX reconfiguration parameters;

configuring a DRX period according to the first reconfiguration message;

wherein the activation period indicated by the DRX reconfiguration parameter is longer than the activation period indicated by the original DRX parameter.

In a second aspect, a DRX cycle configuration method is provided, where the DRX cycle configuration method is used for an access network device, and the method includes:

receiving DRX period reconfiguration signaling, wherein the DRX period reconfiguration signaling is sent by a terminal running a preset application program through a modem, and the preset application program refers to an application program with a low time delay attribute;

reconfiguring DRX parameters according to the DRX period reconfiguration signaling;

issuing a first reconfiguration message to the terminal, wherein the first reconfiguration message comprises DRX reconfiguration parameters, and the terminal is used for configuring a DRX period according to the first reconfiguration message;

In a third aspect, an apparatus for configuring DRX cycle is provided, where the apparatus includes:

the device comprises an identification module, a processing module and a control module, wherein the identification module is used for identifying whether a preset application program runs, and the preset application program refers to an application program with a low time delay attribute;

a signaling sending module, configured to send, when the preset application runs, a DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling to an access network device through a modem, where the access network device is configured to reconfigure a DRX parameter according to the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling;

a first receiving module, configured to receive a first reconfiguration message sent by the access network device, where the first reconfiguration message includes a DRX reconfiguration parameter;

a first configuration module, configured to configure a DRX cycle according to the first reconfiguration message;

In a fourth aspect, an apparatus for DRX cycle configuration is provided, where the apparatus is used for an access network device, and the apparatus includes:

the system comprises a signaling receiving module, a sending module and a sending module, wherein the signaling receiving module is used for receiving DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling, the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling is sent by a terminal running a preset application program through a modem, and the preset application program refers to an application program with a low time delay attribute;

a reconfiguration module for reconfiguring DRX parameters according to the DRX period reconfiguration signaling;

a first sending module, configured to send a first reconfiguration message to the terminal, where the first reconfiguration message includes a DRX reconfiguration parameter, and the terminal is configured to configure a DRX cycle according to the first reconfiguration message;

In a fifth aspect, a terminal is provided, where the terminal includes a processor, a memory connected to the processor, and program instructions stored in the memory, and the processor executes the program instructions to implement the DRX cycle configuration method according to the first aspect

In a sixth aspect, an access network device is provided, which comprises a processor, a memory connected to the processor, and program instructions stored on the memory, the processor implementing the DRX cycle configuration method according to the second aspect when executing the program instructions.

In a seventh aspect, a computer readable storage medium is provided, on which program instructions are stored, which program instructions, when executed by a processor, implement the DRX cycle configuration method according to the first aspect.

In an eighth aspect, there is provided a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon program instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement the DRX cycle configuration method according to the second aspect.

In a ninth aspect, a mobile communication system is provided, wherein the system comprises a terminal and an access network device, the terminal comprises the terminal according to the fifth aspect, and the access network device comprises the access network device according to the sixth aspect.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention has the beneficial effects that at least:

when an application program with a low delay attribute is operated, the terminal sends a DRX period reconfiguration signaling to the access network equipment through the modem, instructs the access network equipment to reconfigure DRX parameters, and configures the DRX period of the terminal according to the DRX reconfiguration parameters in a reconfiguration message sent by the access network equipment; because the activation period indicated by the DRX reconfiguration parameter is longer than the activation period indicated by the original DRX parameter, the time that the terminal is in the DRX activation period is prolonged after the DRX period reconfiguration is completed, and correspondingly, the time that the terminal monitors the PDCCH is prolonged, so that the influence of the DRX dormant period on the low-delay service is reduced, and the effect of reducing the delay of the low-delay service is achieved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

figure 2 is a schematic diagram of a DRX cycle;

fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a DRX cycle configuration method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a DRX cycle configuration method according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a DRX cycle configuration method according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a DRX cycle configuration apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a DRX cycle configuration apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of a terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of an access network device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Reference herein to "a plurality" means two or more. "and/or" describes the association relationship of the associated objects, meaning that there may be three relationships, e.g., a and/or B, which may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. The character "/" generally indicates that the former and latter associated objects are in an "or" relationship.

For convenience of understanding, terms referred to in the embodiments of the present invention are explained below.

Connection state: also called as a service state, when the terminal finishes residing in a cell, the terminal enters an idle state (idle); and when the terminal completes the random access process subsequently, the terminal enters a connection state.

Baseband chip (modem): also known as a Baseband Processor (BP), is a Processor used to communicate with access network devices. The Application Processor (AP) is a Processor in the terminal for running an operating system and an Application program, and does not include communicating with the access network device. The AP and the modem communicate with each other through a shared memory (share memory). Alternatively, the application processor and the baseband chip may be integrated into a single processor.

Referring to fig. 1, a schematic structural diagram of a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown. The mobile communication system may be an LTE system or a fifth generation mobile communication technology (5G), which is also called a New Radio (NR) system. The mobile communication system includes: access network device 120 and terminal 140.

The access network device 120 may be a base station, which may be configured to convert the received radio frame and IP packet message into each other, and may coordinate attribute management of the air interface. For example, the base station may be an evolved Node B (eNB or e-NodeB) in LTE, or a base station in 5G system that adopts a centralized distributed architecture.

The access network device 120 and the terminal 140 establish a wireless connection over a wireless air interface. Optionally, the wireless air interface is based on an LTE standard; or the wireless air interface is a wireless air interface based on a 5G standard, for example, the wireless air interface is NR; alternatively, the wireless air interface may be a wireless air interface based on a 5G next generation mobile communication network technology standard.

Terminal 140 may refer to a device that provides voice and/or data connectivity to a user. The terminals may communicate with one or more core networks via a Radio Access Network (RAN), and the terminals 140 may be mobile terminals such as mobile phones (or "cellular" phones) and computers with mobile terminals, such as portable, pocket, hand-held, computer-included, or vehicle-mounted mobile devices. For example, a Subscriber Unit (Subscriber Unit), a Subscriber Station (Subscriber Station), a Mobile Station (Mobile), a Remote Station (RemoteStation), an Access Point (Access Point), a Remote Terminal (Remote Terminal), an Access Terminal (Access Terminal), a User Equipment (User Terminal), a User Agent (User Agent), a User Device (User Device), or a User Equipment (User Equipment).

The DRX cycle configuration method provided by the embodiments of the present invention is used in the mobile communication system shown in fig. 1.

As shown in fig. 2, one complete DRX cycle consists of a DRX active period (On Duration) in which the terminal monitors and receives signaling transmitted On the PDCCH, and a DRX dormant period (Opportunity for DRX); and in the DRX dormant period, the terminal stops monitoring the PDCCH, so that the power consumption of the terminal in a connected state is reduced. In an actual application scenario, when a terminal in a connected state receives service data sent by an access network device and needs to perform feedback, the terminal sends an Uplink Scheduling Request (SR) to the access network device through a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) to Request the access network device to allocate Uplink resources for the access network device. After receiving the SR, the access network device allocates uplink resources to the terminal through the PDCCH, so that the terminal sends uplink data.

However, when the terminal is in the DRX sleep period, because the terminal does not monitor the PDCCH any more in the DRX sleep period, the terminal cannot acquire the uplink resource allocated to the terminal by the access network device in time, and the terminal needs to enter the next DRX activation period to acquire the uplink resource allocated to the terminal by the access network device, and then transmits uplink data to the access network device according to the allocated uplink resource, which results in a large time delay in the transmission of the uplink data. For services with higher delay requirements, uplink service transmission delay caused by the DRX sleep period will have a greater impact on the services.

In order to reduce the influence of the DRX sleep period on the uplink service transmission delay, in the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal detects the currently running application program, and when detecting that the application program with the low delay attribute is running, requests the access network device to configure a longer DRX active period by sending a DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling to the access network device, so as to shorten the DRX sleep period and further reduce the influence of the sleep period on the uplink service transmission delay, which is described below with an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to fig. 3, a flowchart of a DRX cycle configuration method according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown, where the DRX cycle configuration method is used in the mobile communication system shown in fig. 1 as an example, and the method may include the following steps.

Step 301, the terminal identifies whether a preset application program runs, wherein the preset application program refers to an application program with a low time delay attribute.

Optionally, when detecting that the application program is started, the terminal detects whether the currently started application program is a preset application program; or, the terminal detects whether the application programs running in the foreground and the background are preset application programs at preset time intervals.

The application with the low latency attribute refers to an application with a high service latency requirement (i.e., a high real-time requirement), for example, an application requiring a service latency of less than 150ms is an application with a low latency attribute.

Optionally, the preset application is an application supporting a low-latency service. For example, the preset application is an application supporting a red envelope grabbing function or a like function, or the preset application is a travel application having an order grabbing function, and the like. The embodiment of the present invention does not limit the specific type of the preset application program.

Step 302, if the preset application program is operated, the terminal sends a DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling to the access network device through the modem.

When a preset application program is operated, in order to avoid the influence of the DRX sleep period on service delay, the terminal directly sends a DRX period reconfiguration signaling to the access network equipment through a modem of the terminal, and requests the access network equipment to reconfigure the duration of the DRX sleep period of the terminal.

Optionally, the modem generates the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling by modifying a reserved signaling field (agreed with the access network device) in the signaling.

Optionally, the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling includes a DRX reconfiguration parameter, where the DRX reconfiguration parameter is used to indicate a relevant parameter of the DRX cycle after reconfiguration. For example, the DRX reconfiguration parameter includes a Long discontinuous reception Cycle length (Long DRXCycle), a Short discontinuous reception Cycle length (Short DRX Cycle), an activation time Timer (On duration Timer), a sleep time Timer (DRX Inactivity Timer), a DRX retransmission Timer (DRX retransmission Timer), and the like.

In other possible implementation manners, the terminal and the access network device agree at least two sets of DRX parameters in advance, wherein the DRX active period indicated by the first DRX parameter is longer than the DRX active period indicated by the second DRX parameter. Normally, the terminal and the access network device use the first DRX parameter by default. When the DRX period needs to be reconfigured, the DRX period reconfiguration signaling sent by the terminal to the access network equipment through the operator server contains a parameter switching instruction so as to instruct the access network equipment to use the second DRX parameter to replace the first DRX parameter.

Step 303, the access network device receives the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling.

Correspondingly, the access network equipment receives DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling sent by the terminal modem.

Optionally, after receiving the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling, the access network device first authenticates the signaling, so as to determine whether the current terminal has an authority to reconfigure the DRX cycle (i.e., whether the terminal is an authorized terminal), and if so, the access network device further performs the following step 304; and if the DRX period reconfiguration signaling is not authorized, ignoring the DRX period reconfiguration signaling.

Step 304, the access network device reconfigures the DRX parameter according to the DRX period reconfiguration signaling.

Optionally, after receiving the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling, the access network device reconfigures its DRX parameters according to the DRX reconfiguration parameters included in the signaling, thereby avoiding the subsequent problem caused by inconsistency between the DRX cycles of the terminal and the access network device.

Step 305, the access network device issues a first reconfiguration message to the terminal, where the first reconfiguration message includes a DRX reconfiguration parameter, and an active period indicated by the DRX reconfiguration parameter is longer than an active period indicated by an original DRX parameter.

In order to instruct the terminal to reconfigure the DRX period, the access network equipment sends a first reconfiguration message containing DRX reconfiguration parameters to the terminal. Optionally, the access network device instructs the terminal to modify the DRX cycle by issuing an RRC connection reconfiguration (RRCConnectionReconfiguration) message.

The active period indicated by the DRX reconfiguration parameter is greater than the active period indicated by the original DRX parameter, namely the dormant period of the reconfigured DRX period is less than the dormant period of the original DRX period. For example, the original DRX parameters indicate an active period of 10ms and a sleep period of 40ms before reconfiguration, and the DRX parameters indicate an active period of 40ms and a sleep period of 10ms after reconfiguration.

Optionally, the access network device issues the reconfiguration signaling of other related resources to the terminal while issuing the first reconfiguration message, which is not limited in this embodiment.

Step 306, the terminal receives a first reconfiguration message sent by the access network device.

Illustratively, the first reconfiguration message received by the terminal is as follows:

and 307, the terminal configures a DRX period according to the first reconfiguration message.

Furthermore, the terminal reconfigures the DRX period of the terminal through the modem according to the DRX reconfiguration parameter in the first reconfiguration message, so that the DRX dormant period is shortened in the operation process of a preset application program, uplink resources allocated by the access network equipment can be received in a longer DRX active period after the SR is sent to the access network equipment, and the time delay of uplink service data is further reduced.

In summary, in this embodiment, when the application with the low delay attribute is running, the terminal sends a DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling to the access network device through the modem, instructs the access network device to reconfigure a DRX parameter, and configures a DRX cycle of the terminal according to the DRX reconfiguration parameter in a reconfiguration message sent by the access network device; because the activation period indicated by the DRX reconfiguration parameter is longer than the activation period indicated by the original DRX parameter, the time that the terminal is in the DRX activation period is prolonged after the DRX period reconfiguration is completed, and correspondingly, the time that the terminal monitors the PDCCH is prolonged, so that the influence of the DRX dormant period on the low-delay service is reduced, and the effect of reducing the delay of the low-delay service is achieved.

In a possible application scenario, when all terminals can request the access network device to reconfigure the DRX cycle, a large amount of reconfiguration signaling may cause excessive processing pressure on the access network device, which affects performance of the communication system. In order to avoid the problem of excessive processing pressure of the access network equipment, an authentication mechanism is introduced into the communication system, namely only the authorized terminal can send legal DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling to the access network equipment. The following description will be made by using exemplary embodiments.

Referring to fig. 4, a flowchart of a DRX cycle configuration method according to another embodiment of the present invention is shown, where the DRX cycle configuration method is used in the mobile communication system shown in fig. 1 as an example, and the method may include the following steps.

Step 401, the terminal identifies whether a preset application program runs, where the preset application program refers to an application program with a low time delay attribute.

In a possible implementation manner, the terminal obtains the application identifier of the application program with the low delay attribute in advance, and obtains a preset application identifier set. When identifying whether the preset application program is currently operated or not, the terminal detects whether the application identifier of the currently operated application program belongs to a preset application identifier set or not; if the application identifier of the currently running application program belongs to the preset application identifier set, determining that the preset application program is running; in contrast, the terminal determines that the preset application is not run.

Optionally, after the application identifiers in the preset application identifier set are reported to the background server by each terminal, the application identifiers are generated by the background server in a summary manner. For example, the preset application identifier set includes: the system comprises an instant messaging application program A, a microblog application program B and a trip application program C.

In another possible implementation manner, the terminal detects whether the currently running application program receives predetermined service data, where the predetermined service data refers to service data of a low-latency service; if the currently running application program receives the preset service data, determining that a preset application program runs; in contrast, the terminal determines that the preset application is not run.

Optionally, the terminal analyzes the service data of the low-latency service in advance to obtain the data characteristics of the low-latency service data, and detects whether the service data is the predetermined service data based on the data characteristics when the service data is received. Wherein the data characteristics include a specific data identification, a characteristic data field, a specific data format, and the like.

In other possible implementations, the terminal may further determine whether the service type of the service supported by the application program is a preset application program according to the service type of the service supported by the application program, or according to the application type of the application program, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

Step 402, if a preset application program runs, the terminal sends a DRX period reconfiguration request to the modem through the AP, wherein the DRX period reconfiguration request comprises DRX reconfiguration parameters; the modem is configured to generate DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling in accordance with the DRX cycle reconfiguration request.

When the preset application program is identified to be operated currently, the terminal calls the AP to initiate a request for reconfiguring the DRX period, and sends the request to the modem through the shared memory. Optionally, the request includes a DRX reconfiguration parameter. And the modem further generates DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling which can be identified by the access network equipment after receiving the request.

Aiming at the mode of generating the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling, in a possible implementation mode, an authorized terminal and access network equipment agree with a signaling format of the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling in advance; in the signaling generation stage, the modem generates a DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling according with the signaling format by setting a reserved signaling field (reserved element) in the signaling, where the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling is a customized signaling between the authorized terminal and the access network device. Optionally, signaling formats of DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling adopted by terminals produced by different terminal manufacturers are the same or different, and all the signaling formats need to be agreed with the access network device in advance.

In step 403, the terminal sends DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling through the modem.

In step 404, the access network device receives DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling.

Step 405, the access network device detects whether the terminal is an authorized terminal according to the reserved signaling field in the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling.

After receiving the DRX period reconfiguration signaling, the access network equipment determines whether the current terminal is an authorized terminal by detecting a reserved signaling field in the signaling. If the reserved signaling field is detected to be a signaling field agreed with the authorized terminal in advance (namely the DRX period reconfiguration signaling conforms to the signaling format), the access network equipment determines that the current terminal is the authorized terminal, and executes the following step 406; if the reserved signaling field is not the signaling field agreed with the authorized terminal in advance, the current terminal is determined not to be authorized and the DRX period reconfiguration service cannot be used.

In other possible embodiments, in order to implement that only a specific application is allowed to use the DRX cycle reconfiguration service, the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling further includes an application identifier of the application, and accordingly, the access network device determines whether the current application is an authorized application according to the application identifier; in order to allow only a specified user to use the DRX cycle reconfiguration service, the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling further includes an application account or a terminal number corresponding to the application program, and accordingly, the access network device determines whether the current user has an authorized account according to the application account or the terminal number. The embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto.

Step 406, if the terminal is an authorized terminal, the access network device reconfigures the DRX parameters according to the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling.

After receiving the DRX period reconfiguration signaling sent by the authorized terminal, the access network equipment reconfigures the DRX parameters according to the DRX reconfiguration parameters contained in the signaling, thereby avoiding the subsequent problem caused by the inconformity of the DRX periods of the terminal and the access network equipment.

Step 407, the access network device issues a first reconfiguration message to the terminal, where the first reconfiguration message includes a DRX reconfiguration parameter, and an active period indicated by the DRX reconfiguration parameter is longer than an active period indicated by an original DRX parameter.

In step 408, the terminal receives a first reconfiguration message sent by the access network device.

And step 409, the terminal configures the DRX period according to the first reconfiguration message.

The implementation of steps 407 to 409 is similar to that of steps 305 to 307, and this embodiment is not repeated herein.

Optionally, after reconfiguring the DRX cycle by the baseband chip, the terminal sends a completion indication to the AP by the baseband chip, and has informed the AP of completing the DRX cycle reconfiguration. If the AP does not receive the completion indication within the predetermined time period, the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling is retransmitted through the above steps 402 and 403.

In the embodiment, the access network equipment only responds to the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling sent by the authorized terminal by introducing the authentication mechanism, so that the problem that the processing pressure of the access network equipment is overlarge because any terminal can randomly reconfigure the DRX cycle is avoided, and the performance and the stability of the communication system are improved.

On the premise of reducing service delay, in order to avoid the problem that the terminal power consumption is increased due to the fact that the terminal is in a DRX active period for a long time, in a possible implementation manner, a DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling further includes a configuration duration, and accordingly, when the configuration duration is reached, the access network device recovers a default DRX cycle, and the effect of reducing the terminal power consumption is achieved. On the basis of fig. 4, as shown in fig. 5, after the step 409, the following steps are further included.

Step 410, when the configuration duration is reached, the access network device sends a second reconfiguration message to the terminal, wherein the second reconfiguration message includes the original DRX parameter.

In a possible implementation manner, the DRX cycle reconfiguration request sent by the terminal AP to the operator server includes a configured duration, which is used to indicate the valid time of the DRX reconfiguration parameter. After the DRX parameter reconfiguration is finished, the access network equipment starts a timer and issues a second reconfiguration message containing the original DRX parameter to the terminal when the timer reaches the configuration time. The manner of issuing the second reconfiguration message by the access network device is similar to the manner of issuing the first reconfiguration message, and this embodiment is not described herein again.

For example, the configuration time is 5 minutes.

Optionally, to avoid that the configuration time set by the terminal is too long, the access network device sets the configuration time in advance, which is not limited in this embodiment.

In step 411, the terminal receives the second reconfiguration message sent by the access network device.

In step 412, the terminal configures a DRX cycle according to the second reconfiguration message.

Similar to the above steps 408 to 409, the terminal resumes the default DRX cycle according to the original DRX parameters in the second reconfiguration message, i.e. resumes the longer DRX sleep period again, thereby achieving the effect of reducing power consumption.

Optionally, after the terminal recovers the default DRX cycle, the terminal re-allocates the DRX parameters at predetermined time intervals through the steps 401 to 409, so as to reduce the delay of the low-delay service on the premise of ensuring power consumption.

In this embodiment, by setting the configuration duration, the access network device can resume the default DRX cycle after reaching the configuration duration, thereby avoiding a problem of power consumption increase of the terminal due to long time DRX activation.

It should be noted that, in each of the foregoing embodiments, the step taking the terminal as an execution subject may be separately implemented as a DRX cycle configuration method on the terminal side, and the step taking the access network device as an execution subject may be separately implemented as a DRX cycle configuration method on the access network device side, which is not described herein again.

Referring to fig. 6, a block diagram of a DRX cycle configuration apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown, which may be implemented by software, hardware, or a combination of the two to be part or all of the terminal 140 shown in fig. 1. The apparatus may include: an identification module 610, a signaling sending module 620, a first receiving module 630 and a first configuration module 640.

The identification module 610 is configured to identify whether a preset application program runs, where the preset application program refers to an application program with a low latency attribute;

a signaling sending module 620, configured to send, when the preset application runs, a DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling to an access network device through a modem, where the access network device is configured to reconfigure a DRX parameter according to the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling;

a first receiving module 630, configured to receive a first reconfiguration message sent by the access network device, where the first reconfiguration message includes a DRX reconfiguration parameter;

a first configuring module 640, configured to configure a DRX cycle according to the first reconfiguration message;

Optionally, the signaling sending module includes:

a request sending unit, configured to send, through an application processor AP, a DRX cycle reconfiguration request to the modem, where the DRX cycle reconfiguration request includes the DRX reconfiguration parameter; the modem is configured to generate the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling according to the DRX cycle reconfiguration request;

a signaling sending unit, configured to send the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling through the modem.

Optionally, the modem is configured to set a reserved signaling field in a signaling according to the DRX reconfiguration parameter, and generate the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling;

the access network equipment is also used for detecting whether the terminal is an authorized terminal or not according to the reserved signaling field in the DRX period reconfiguration signaling, and reconfiguring the DRX parameters when the terminal is the authorized terminal.

Optionally, the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling includes a configuration duration;

the device further comprises:

a second receiving module, configured to receive a second reconfiguration message issued by the access network device, where the second reconfiguration message is issued by the access network device when the configuration time is reached, and the second reconfiguration message includes the original DRX parameter;

a second setting module, configured to configure the DRX cycle according to the second reconfiguration message.

Optionally, the identifying module 610 includes:

the device comprises a first identification unit, a second identification unit and a control unit, wherein the first identification unit is used for detecting whether an application identifier of a currently running application program belongs to a preset application identifier set or not, and the preset application identifier set comprises an application identifier of the preset application program; if the application identifier of the currently running application program belongs to the preset application identifier set, determining that the preset application program is running;

or the like, or, alternatively,

the second identification unit is used for detecting whether the currently running application program receives preset service data, wherein the preset service data refers to the service data of the low-delay service; and if the currently running application program receives the preset service data, determining that the preset application program runs.

In addition, by introducing an authentication mechanism, the access network equipment only responds to the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling sent by the authorized terminal, so that the problem that the processing pressure of the access network equipment is overlarge because any terminal can randomly reconfigure the DRX cycle is avoided, and the performance and the stability of the communication system are improved.

In addition, the configuration duration is set, so that the access network equipment can recover the default DRX period again after the configuration duration is reached, and the problem of power consumption increase of the terminal caused by long-time DRX activation period is avoided.

Referring to fig. 7, a block diagram of a DRX cycle configuration apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention is shown, which may be implemented by software, hardware, or a combination of the two to be part or all of the access network device 120 shown in fig. 1. The apparatus may include: a signaling receiving module 710, a reconfiguration module 720 and a first sending module 730.

A signaling receiving module 710, configured to receive a DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling, where the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling is sent by a terminal running a preset application program through a baseband chip modem, and the preset application program refers to an application program with a low latency attribute;

a reconfiguration module 720, configured to reconfigure the DRX parameters according to the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling;

a first sending module 730, configured to send a first reconfiguration message to the terminal, where the first reconfiguration message includes the DRX reconfiguration parameter, and the terminal is configured to configure a DRX cycle according to the first reconfiguration message;

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

a detection module, configured to detect whether the terminal is an authorized terminal according to a reserved signaling field in the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling;

the reconfiguration module 720 is further configured to execute the step of reconfiguring the DRX parameters according to the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling if the terminal is the authorized terminal.

Optionally, the DRX cycle reconfiguration request includes a configuration duration;

the device further comprises:

and the second issuing module is used for sending a second reconfiguration message to the terminal when the configuration duration is reached, wherein the second reconfiguration message comprises the original DRX parameter, and the terminal is used for configuring the DRX period according to the second reconfiguration message.

It should be noted that: the DRX cycle configuring apparatus provided in the foregoing embodiment is only illustrated by dividing the functional modules when configuring the DRX cycle, and in practical applications, the function allocation may be completed by different functional modules according to needs, that is, the internal structure of the terminal or the access network device is divided into different functional modules, so as to complete all or part of the functions described above. In addition, the DRX cycle configuration apparatus and the DRX cycle configuration method provided in the above embodiments belong to the same concept, and specific implementation processes thereof are described in the method embodiments and are not described herein again.

Referring to fig. 8, a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is shown, where the terminal includes: a processor 801, a receiver 802, a transmitter 803, a memory 804 and a bus 805.

The processor 801 includes one or more processing cores, and the processor 801 executes various functional applications and information processing by running software programs and modules.

The receiver 802 and the transmitter 803 may be implemented as one communication component, which may be a baseband chip.

The memory 804 is coupled to the processor 801 by a bus 805.

The memory 804 may be used for storing at least one program instruction, which the processor 801 is configured to execute, so as to implement the DRX cycle configuration method at the terminal side in the above method embodiments.

Further, the memory 804 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or non-volatile storage devices, including, but not limited to: magnetic or optical disks, electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, programmable read-only memory (PROM).

Referring to fig. 9, it shows a schematic structural diagram of an access network device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, where the access network device includes: a processor 901, a receiver 902, a transmitter 903, a memory 904, and a bus 905.

The processor 901 includes one or more processing cores, and the processor 901 executes various functional applications and information processing by executing software programs and modules.

The receiver 902 and the transmitter 903 may be implemented as one communication component, which may be a communication chip.

The memory 904 is coupled to the processor 901 via a bus 905.

The memory 904 may be configured to store at least one program instruction, and the processor 901 is configured to execute the at least one program instruction to implement the DRX cycle configuration method on the access network device side in the above method embodiments.

Further, the memory 904 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or non-volatile storage devices, including, but not limited to: magnetic or optical disks, electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, programmable read-only memory (PROM).

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which program instructions are stored, and the program instructions, when executed by a processor, implement a DRX cycle configuration method at a terminal side.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which program instructions are stored, and when the program instructions are executed by a processor, the method for configuring the DRX cycle on the access network device side is implemented.

Those skilled in the art will recognize that, in one or more of the examples described above, the functions described in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, the functions may be stored on or transmitted over as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium. Computer-readable media includes both computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one place to another. A storage media may be any available media that can be accessed by a general purpose or special purpose computer.

The above description is only exemplary of the present application and should not be taken as limiting the present application, as any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A DRX cycle configuration method for discontinuous reception, characterized in that, for a terminal, the method comprises:

Identifying whether a preset application program is running, the preset application program refers to an application program with a low latency attribute;

If the preset application program is running, the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling is sent to the access network device through the baseband chip modem, and the modem is used to set the reserved signaling field in the signaling according to the DRX reconfiguration parameter to generate all the The DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling, the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling is customized signaling between the authorized terminal and the access network device, and the access network device is used to the reserved signaling field, detect whether the terminal is the authorized terminal, and when the terminal is the authorized terminal, reconfigure the DRX parameters according to the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling;

receiving a first reconfiguration message sent by the access network device, where the first reconfiguration message includes DRX reconfiguration parameters;

Configure the DRX cycle according to the first reconfiguration message;

Wherein, the activation period indicated by the DRX reconfiguration parameter is greater than the activation period indicated by the original DRX parameter.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the sending DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling to the access network device through the modem comprises:

Send a DRX cycle reconfiguration request to the modem through the application processor AP, where the DRX cycle reconfiguration request includes the DRX reconfiguration parameter; the modem is configured to generate the DRX cycle according to the DRX cycle reconfiguration request reconfiguration signaling;

The DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling is sent through the modem.

3. The method according to any one of claims 1 or 2, wherein the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling includes a configuration duration;

After configuring the DRX cycle according to the first reconfiguration message, the method further includes:

Receive a second reconfiguration message sent by the access network device, the second reconfiguration message is sent by the access network device when the configured duration is reached, and the second reconfiguration message includes the Describe the original DRX parameters;

The DRX cycle is configured according to the second reconfiguration message.

4. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the identifying whether a preset application program is running comprises:

Detecting whether the application identifier of the currently running application belongs to a preset application identifier set, where the preset application identifier set includes the application identifier of the preset application; if the application identifier of the currently running application belongs to the preset If the set of application identifiers is used, it is determined that the preset application program is running;

or,

Detecting whether the currently running application receives predetermined service data, the predetermined service data refers to the service data of the low-latency service; if the currently running application receives the predetermined service data, it is determined that the preset application is running program.

5. A DRX cycle configuration method for discontinuous reception, characterized in that it is used for access network equipment, the method comprising:

receiving DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling, where the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling is sent by a terminal running a preset application program through a baseband chip modem, and the preset application program refers to an application program with a low-latency attribute;

According to the reserved signaling field in the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling, it is detected whether the terminal is an authorized terminal, and the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling is customized signaling between the authorized terminal and the access network device ;

If the terminal is the authorized terminal, reconfigure the DRX parameter according to the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling;

delivering a first reconfiguration message to the terminal, where the first reconfiguration message includes DRX reconfiguration parameters, and the terminal is configured to configure a DRX cycle according to the first reconfiguration message;

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling includes a configuration duration;

After the sending the first reconfiguration message to the terminal, the method further includes:

When the configured duration is reached, send a second reconfiguration message to the terminal, where the second reconfiguration message includes the original DRX parameters, and the terminal is used to configure the DRX cycle.

7. An apparatus for configuring a discontinuous reception DRX cycle, characterized in that it is used for a terminal, the apparatus comprising:

an identification module for identifying whether a preset application program is running, and the preset application program refers to an application program with a low-latency attribute;

The signaling sending module is used to send the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling to the access network device through the baseband chip modem when the preset application program is running, and the modem is used to set the preset in the signaling according to the DRX reconfiguration parameter. Leave the signaling field, and generate the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling, where the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling is customized signaling between the authorized terminal and the access network device, and the access network device is used to generate the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling according to the DRX cycle The reserved signaling field in the periodic reconfiguration signaling detects whether the terminal is the authorized terminal, and when the terminal is the authorized terminal, reconfigures DRX parameters according to the DRX periodic reconfiguration signaling;

a first receiving module, configured to receive a first reconfiguration message sent by the access network device, where the first reconfiguration message includes DRX reconfiguration parameters;

a first configuration module, configured to configure the DRX cycle according to the first reconfiguration message;

8. A discontinuous reception DRX cycle configuration device, characterized in that it is used for access network equipment, the device comprising:

The signaling receiving module is used to receive the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling, the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling is sent by the terminal running the preset application program through the baseband chip modem, and the preset application program refers to the low-latency attribute. application;

The detection module is configured to detect whether the terminal is an authorized terminal according to the reserved signaling field in the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling, and the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling is the relationship between the authorized terminal and the access network device. custom signaling between

a reconfiguration module, configured to reconfigure DRX parameters according to the DRX cycle reconfiguration signaling if the terminal is the authorized terminal;

a first sending module, configured to send a first reconfiguration message to the terminal, where the first reconfiguration message includes DRX reconfiguration parameters, and the terminal is configured to configure a DRX cycle according to the first reconfiguration message ;

9. A terminal, characterized in that the terminal comprises a processor, a memory connected to the processor, and a program instruction stored on the memory, and the processor implements the program instructions as claimed when executing the program instructions. The DRX cycle configuration method for discontinuous reception described in any one of requirements 1 to 4 is required.

10. An access network device, characterized in that the access network device comprises a processor, a memory connected to the processor, and program instructions stored on the memory, and the processor executes the The DRX cycle configuration method for discontinuous reception according to claim 5 or 6 is implemented when the program instruction is used.

11 . A computer-readable storage medium, wherein program instructions are stored thereon, and when the program instructions are executed by a processor, the DRX cycle configuration method for discontinuous reception according to any one of claims 1 to 4 is implemented.

12 . A computer-readable storage medium, wherein program instructions are stored thereon, and when the program instructions are executed by a processor, the DRX cycle configuration method for discontinuous reception according to claim 5 or 6 is implemented. 13 .

13 . A communication system, characterized in that the communication system includes a terminal and an access network device, the terminal includes the terminal according to claim 9 , and the access network device includes the device according to claim 10 . access network equipment.