CN110557815A

CN110557815A - energy-saving signal transmission method, terminal and network side equipment

Info

Publication number: CN110557815A
Application number: CN201811181963.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王加庆; 郑方政; 缪德山; 张荻
Original assignee: Telecommunications Science and Technology Research Institute Co Ltd
Current assignee: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-06-04
Filing date: 2018-09-28
Publication date: 2019-12-10
Anticipated expiration: 2038-09-28
Also published as: CN110557815B; TW202005320A; WO2019233195A1; TWI730320B

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides a transmission method of an energy-saving signal, a terminal and network side equipment, wherein the method comprises the following steps: the network side equipment determines the transmission resource of the energy-saving signal; and the network side equipment sends the energy-saving signal through the transmission resource, wherein the energy-saving signal comprises a plurality of sequences. The embodiment of the invention can improve the communication performance of the communication system.

Description

Energy-saving signal transmission method, terminal and network side equipment

Technical Field

the present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a transmission method of an energy saving signal, a terminal, and a network side device.

background

In a 5G New Radio (NR) system, the working state of a terminal may include an IDLE state (RRC _ IDLE), an Inactive state (RRC _ Inactive), and a Connected state (RRC _ Connected). In addition, the concept of energy-saving signal is newly introduced in a NarrowBand Internet of Things (NB-IoT) system, for example: wake-up Signal (WUS). However, the relevant content of the energy saving signal is not yet clear, for example: how the transmission is made is not yet clear. Therefore, the communication system at present cannot achieve the improvement of the communication performance of the communication system by the power saving signal. It can be seen that the communication performance of the current communication system is still relatively poor.

Disclosure of Invention

the embodiment of the invention provides a transmission method of an energy-saving signal, a terminal and network side equipment, which aim to solve the problem that the communication performance of a communication system is still poor.

In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for transmitting an energy saving signal, including:

The network side equipment determines the transmission resource of the energy-saving signal;

And the network side equipment sends the energy-saving signal through the transmission resource, wherein the energy-saving signal comprises a plurality of sequences.

Optionally, the power saving signal includes three or more sequences.

optionally, the determining, by the network side device, the transmission resource of the energy saving signal includes:

And the network side equipment groups the terminals needing to monitor the energy-saving signals and determines the transmission resources of the energy-saving signals for each terminal group.

optionally, the power saving signal includes one or more signal subsets;

At least one signal subset of terminals in the same terminal group adopts the same transmission resource, and the transmission resource comprises a time domain resource and a frequency domain resource; or

at least one signal subset of terminals in the same terminal group adopts different transmission resources, and the transmission resources comprise time domain resources and frequency domain resources; or

At least one signal subset of terminals in the same terminal group adopts the same time domain resource, and at least one signal subset of different terminals in the same terminal group adopts different frequency domain resources; or

At least one signal subset of terminals within the same terminal group uses the same frequency domain resources, and at least one signal subset of different terminals within the same terminal group uses different time domain resources.

The network side equipment is a terminal or a terminal group, and determines the frequency domain resource of the energy-saving signal which is mapped relative to the terminal identification; and/or

And the network side equipment determines the time domain resource of the energy-saving signal of the terminal according to the terminal identification.

optionally, the determining, by the network side device, a frequency domain resource of an energy saving signal mapped opposite to the terminal identifier for the terminal or the terminal group includes:

The network side equipment determines the frequency domain resource of the energy-saving signal which is mapped relative to the terminal identification for the terminal or the terminal group in a static or semi-static mode; and/or

the network side equipment determines the time domain resource of the energy-saving signal of the terminal according to the terminal identification, and the method comprises the following steps:

And the network side equipment determines the time domain resource of the energy-saving signal of the terminal according to the terminal identification and the Discontinuous Reception (DRX) period.

Optionally, the determining, by the network side device, the frequency domain resource of the energy saving signal mapped to the terminal identifier for the terminal or the terminal group in a static or semi-static manner includes:

The network side equipment determines the frequency domain Resource of the energy-saving signal which is mapped relative to the terminal identification for the terminal or the terminal group through Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling semi-static; or

and the network side equipment determines the frequency domain resource of the energy-saving signal which is mapped relative to the terminal identifier for the terminal or the terminal group in a predetermined or system information indication mode.

Optionally, for the unlicensed frequency band, the frequency domain resource of the energy-saving signal of one or more terminals is an interlace (interlace) structure occupying a full bandwidth; and/or

For the authorized frequency band, the frequency domain resource of the energy-saving signal of one or more terminals is an interlace structure occupying part or all of the bandwidth.

Optionally, the interlace structure includes multiple resource sets, and a resource with the same index in the multiple resource sets is used as an interlace.

Optionally, the power saving signal includes a plurality of signal subsets, wherein a partial signal subset precedes another partial signal subset.

Optionally, the determining, by the network side device, the time domain resource of the energy saving signal of the terminal according to the terminal identifier and the DRX cycle includes:

And the network side equipment determines that the time domain resources of the partial signal subset of the terminal are before or in the DRX period according to the terminal identification, wherein the other partial signal subset is dynamically transmitted on the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing OFDM symbol.

Optionally, the time domain resources of the partial signal subset are determined by a predetermined algorithm; and/or

And the time domain resources of the partial signal subsets are configured semi-statically by the network side equipment.

Optionally, if the time domain resources of the partial signal subset are determined by the algorithm, the positions of the time domain resources of the partial signal subset are a function of the terminal identifier and the DRX cycle; and/or

And if the time domain resources of the partial signal subsets are configured by the network side equipment in a semi-static manner, notifying the time domain resources of the partial signal subsets through dedicated RRC signaling of a terminal.

Optionally, the power saving signal includes an m-signal subset, where the signal subset i includes n _i sequences, where m > is 1, 0 ═ n _i ═ n, i is 1,2,. m, and n ₁ + n ₂ +, … + n _m ═ n, and n is the number of sequences included in the power saving signal.

Optionally, the power saving signal includes at least one of the following sequences:

Pseudo noise PN sequence, ZC sequence, orthogonal sequence, Costa sequence, Kasumi sequence, primary synchronization signal PSS sequence, secondary synchronization signal SSS sequence, synchronization sequence with equivalent function and sequence combination.

Optionally, the power saving signal is used to indicate at least one of:

the system comprises an awakening area identifier, a cell identifier, a terminal identifier, carrier information, system information update, distance information and data end, wherein the distance information represents the distance between the energy-saving signal and a control channel.

Optionally, the same sequence in the energy saving signal indicates one or more of the wake-up area identifier, the cell identifier, the terminal identifier, the carrier information, the system information update, the distance information, and the data end.

Optionally, the power saving signal indicates a wake-up area identifier through at least one sequence; and/or

The energy-saving signal indicates the cell identity through at least one sequence; and/or

The energy-saving signal indicates the terminal identification through at least one sequence; and/or

The power saving signal indicates the carrier information through at least one sequence; and/or

The power save signal indicates the system information update by at least one sequence; and/or

The power saving signal indicates the distance information through at least one sequence; and/or

the power save signal indicates the end of the data by at least one sequence.

optionally, the power saving signal includes a plurality of sequences occupying one or more OFDM symbols.

Optionally, among the plurality of sequences included in the power saving signal, a part of the sequences is used for connected terminals, and the whole sequences are used for unconnected terminals.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a transmission method of the energy-saving signal, which comprises the following steps:

The terminal receives an energy-saving signal at a transmission resource, wherein the energy-saving signal comprises a plurality of sequences, and the transmission resource is the transmission resource of the energy-saving signal determined by a network side device.

Optionally, the power saving signal includes three or more sequences.

Optionally, the transmission resource is a transmission resource of the energy saving signal determined by the network side device for grouping terminals that need to monitor the energy saving signal and for each terminal group.

optionally, the power saving signal includes one or more signal subsets;

Optionally, the transmission resource includes:

The network side equipment determines the frequency domain resource of the energy-saving signal corresponding to the terminal identification for the terminal or the terminal group where the terminal is located; and/or

Optionally, the frequency domain resources include:

the network side equipment determines the frequency domain resources of the energy-saving signals corresponding to the terminal identification for the terminal or the terminal group where the terminal is located in a static or semi-static mode; and/or

the time domain resource comprises:

and the network side equipment determines the time domain resource of the energy-saving signal of the terminal according to the terminal identification and the DRX period.

Optionally, the frequency domain resources include:

The network side equipment determines the frequency domain resource of the energy-saving signal corresponding to the terminal identification for the terminal or the terminal group where the terminal is located through RRC signaling semi-static state; or

and the network side equipment determines the frequency domain resources of the energy-saving signals corresponding to the terminal identification for the terminal or the terminal group where the terminal is located by means of pre-agreement or system information indication.

optionally, for the unlicensed frequency band, the frequency domain resource of the energy-saving signal of one or more terminals is an interlace structure occupying a full bandwidth; and/or

optionally, the interlace structure includes multiple resource sets, and a resource with the same index in the multiple resource sets is used as an interlace;

If the energy-saving signal of one terminal occupies all interlaces in the interlace structure, the energy-saving signal comprises an orthogonal sequence.

optionally, the power saving signal includes a plurality of signal subsets;

the time domain resources of a part of signal subsets of the power saving signal of the terminal are before or within the DRX period, wherein another part of signal subsets are dynamically transmitted on OFDM symbols.

optionally, the power saving signal includes an m-signal subset, where the signal subset i includes n _i sequences, where m > is 1, 0 ═ n _i ═ n, i ═ 1,2,. m, and n ₁ + n ₂ +, … + n _m ═ n, and n is the number of sequences included in the power saving signal.

PN sequence, ZC sequence, orthogonal sequence, Costa sequence, Kasumi sequence, PSS sequence, SSS sequence, synchronous sequence with equivalent function and sequence combination.

Optionally, the power saving signal is used to indicate at least one of:

optionally, the power saving signal indicates the wake-up area identifier through at least one sequence; and/or

the power save signal indicates the end of the data by at least one sequence.

optionally, the power saving signal includes a first subset of signals and a second subset of signals, where the first subset of signals precedes the second subset of signals, and the method further includes:

If the terminal receives the first signal subset, the terminal starts power climbing;

And if the terminal receives the second signal subset, the terminal blindly detects the control channel.

optionally, the power saving signal further includes a third subset of signals, where the third subset of signals is located after the second subset of signals, and the method further includes:

And if the terminal receives the third signal subset, the terminal enters a sleep state.

optionally, in a plurality of sequences included in the power saving signal, a part of the sequences is used for a connected terminal, and the whole sequences are used for a non-connected terminal, where the terminal receives the power saving signal at a transmission resource, and the method includes:

if the terminal is in a connected state, the terminal receives the partial sequence in the energy-saving signal;

and if the terminal is in a non-connection state, the terminal receives all sequences in the energy-saving signal.

Optionally, if the terminal receives the energy saving signal, a timer is started, and if the timer is overtime and the control channel of the terminal is not detected, the terminal enters a sleep state.

an embodiment of the present invention further provides a network side device, including:

A determining module, configured to determine a transmission resource of the energy saving signal;

A sending module, configured to send the energy-saving signal through the transmission resource, where the energy-saving signal includes multiple sequences.

Optionally, the determining module is configured to group terminals that need to monitor the energy saving signal, and determine a transmission resource of the energy saving signal for each terminal group.

optionally, the power saving signal is used to indicate at least one of:

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal, including:

A receiving module, configured to receive an energy saving signal at a transmission resource, where the energy saving signal includes multiple sequences, and the transmission resource is the transmission resource of the energy saving signal determined by a terminal.

optionally, the transmission resource is a transmission resource of the energy saving signal determined by the terminal group and used for grouping terminals that need to monitor the energy saving signal.

optionally, the power saving signal is used to indicate at least one of:

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a network side device, including: a transceiver, a memory, a processor, and a program stored on the memory and executable on the processor,

the processor is used for reading the program in the memory and executing the following processes:

determining transmission resources of the energy-saving signal;

the transceiver is configured to transmit the power-saving signal via the transmission resource, wherein the power-saving signal comprises a plurality of sequences;

Or,

the transceiver is used for determining transmission resources of the energy-saving signal;

transmitting the power save signal over the transmission resource, wherein the power save signal comprises a plurality of sequences.

Optionally, the power saving signal includes three or more sequences.

optionally, the determining the transmission resource of the energy saving signal includes:

And grouping the terminals which need to monitor the energy-saving signal, and determining the transmission resource of the energy-saving signal for each terminal group.

Determining the frequency domain resource of the energy-saving signal which is mapped relative to the terminal identification for the terminal or the terminal group; and/or

And determining the time domain resource of the energy-saving signal of the terminal according to the terminal identifier.

optionally, the determining, for the terminal or the terminal group, the frequency domain resource of the energy saving signal mapped opposite to the terminal identifier includes:

Determining the frequency domain resource of the energy-saving signal which is mapped relative to the terminal identifier for the terminal or the terminal group in a static or semi-static mode; and/or

The determining the time domain resource of the energy-saving signal of the terminal according to the terminal identifier includes:

And determining the time domain resource of the energy-saving signal of the terminal according to the terminal identifier and the discontinuous reception DRX period.

Optionally, for the unlicensed frequency band, the frequency domain resource of the energy-saving signals of one or more terminals is an interlace structure occupying a full bandwidth; and/or

Optionally, the power saving signal is used to indicate at least one of:

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal, including: a transceiver, a memory, a processor, and a program stored on the memory and executable on the processor,

The transceiver is configured to receive an energy saving signal at a transmission resource, where the energy saving signal includes a plurality of sequences, and the transmission resource is the transmission resource of the energy saving signal determined by a network side device.

Optionally, the power saving signal includes three or more sequences.

Optionally, the transmission resource includes:

Optionally, the frequency domain resources include:

The time domain resource comprises:

optionally, the power saving signal includes a plurality of signal subsets;

optionally, the power saving signal is used to indicate at least one of:

Optionally, the power saving signal includes a first subset of signals and a second subset of signals, where the first subset of signals precedes the second subset of signals, and the transceiver is further configured to:

if the terminal receives the first signal subset, starting power climbing;

And if the terminal receives the second signal subset, blind-detecting a control channel.

Optionally, the power saving signal further includes a third subset of signals, where the third subset of signals is located after the second subset of signals, and the transceiver is further configured to:

And if the terminal receives the third signal subset, entering a sleep state.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, where the computer program is executed by a processor to implement the steps in the method for transmitting an energy saving signal on a network side device side provided in the embodiment of the present invention, or the computer program is executed by the processor to implement the steps in the method for transmitting an energy saving signal on a terminal side provided in the embodiment of the present invention.

In the embodiment of the invention, network side equipment determines the transmission resource of the energy-saving signal; and the network side equipment sends the energy-saving signal through the transmission resource, wherein the energy-saving signal comprises a plurality of sequences. Therefore, the energy-saving signal comprising a plurality of sequences can be transmitted, and the communication performance of the communication system can be improved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture to which embodiments of the present invention are applicable;

Fig. 2 is a flowchart of a method for transmitting an energy-saving signal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of frequency domain resource allocation provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a power saving signal provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of another power saving signal provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is a flowchart of another power saving signal transmission method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 7 is a structural diagram of a network side device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 9 is a block diagram of another terminal provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a block diagram of another terminal provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a structural diagram of another network-side device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 12 is a block diagram of another terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the following detailed description is given with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network structure to which the embodiment of the present invention is applicable, and as shown in fig. 1, the network structure includes a terminal 11 and a network side device 12, where the terminal 11 may be a User Equipment (UE) or other terminal devices, for example: a terminal side Device such as a Mobile phone, a Tablet Personal Computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a Laptop Computer (Laptop Computer), a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a Mobile Internet Device (MID), or a Wearable Device (Wearable Device), it should be noted that a specific type of the terminal is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention. The network side device 12 may be a base station, for example: macro station, LTE eNB, 5G NRNB, etc.; the network side device may also be a small station, such as a Low Power Node (LPN), pico, femto, or an Access Point (AP); the base station may also be a network node that is composed of a Central Unit (CU) and a plurality of Transmission Reception Points (TRPs) whose management is and controls. It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the specific type of the network-side device is not limited.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a flowchart of a method for transmitting an energy saving signal according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, including the following steps:

201. The network side equipment determines the transmission resource of the energy-saving signal;

202. and the network side equipment sends the energy-saving signal through the transmission resource, wherein the energy-saving signal comprises a plurality of sequences.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the power saving signal may be a signal for waking up, or activating (or triggering) a detection control channel, or enabling the terminal to start selling detection related to decoding of the control channel. For example: the energy saving Signal may be a Wake Up Signal (WUS), but is not limited thereto, and for example: the energy-saving signal may also be another signal defined in the protocol, or another signal pre-agreed by the network side device and the terminal.

The transmission resource of the energy-saving signal may refer to a transmission resource for transmitting the energy-saving signal. The determining of the transmission resource of the energy saving signal may be performed according to a terminal or a terminal group, for example: the transmission resource of the power saving signal of each terminal may be determined according to the terminal, or the transmission resource of the power saving signal of the terminal in the terminal group may be determined according to the terminal group.

In addition, in the embodiments of the present invention, the same sequence indication may indicate one or more functions, for example: a certain sequence may indicate one or more of Wake up area identification (Wake up area ID), Cell identification (Cell ID), terminal identification, carrier information, system information update, distance information, end of data, and the like. The terminal receives the energy-saving signal and then analyzes the indication of the functions to execute corresponding behaviors. For example: wake up, detect control channels, detect data channels, obtain system information, enter a sleep state, and so on. In this way, a plurality of functions can be indicated by the plurality of sequences, and thus the communication performance of the communication system can be improved.

In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, the power saving signal may be applied to a Connected (RRC _ Connected) terminal or a non-Connected terminal, such as an IDLE (RRC _ IDLE) terminal or an Inactive (RRC _ Inactive) terminal. In some embodiments, the same energy-saving signal can be applied to both the connected-state terminal and the unconnected-state terminal, so that the energy-saving signal has a nested characteristic, and transmission resources are saved.

it should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the Control Channel may be a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), but is not limited thereto, and in the embodiment of the present invention, the Control Channel may refer to various existing and future possible defined Control channels, for example: an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (ePDCCH) or a machine type communication Physical Downlink Control Channel (MPDCCH), and the like. In addition, the embodiment of the invention can support an authorized frequency band and also can support an unlicensed frequency band. The embodiment of the invention can be suitable for NR technology and other communication systems, such as LTE.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the energy saving signal includes three or more sequences. Thus, the energy-saving signal can realize more functions through three or more sequences, thereby further improving the communication performance of the communication system. Of course, in the embodiment of the present invention, the energy saving signal may also include two sequences, which is not limited herein.

As an optional implementation manner, the determining, by the network side device, transmission resources of the energy saving signal includes:

the grouping of the terminals may be performed according to a terminal identification (UEID) of the terminal, for example: the terminals in the same terminal group have the same UE ID, or the UE IDs of the terminals in the same terminal group are different but satisfy a certain relationship, for example, the UE IDs of the terminals in the same terminal group in the group have the same value after modulo a certain value. In addition, the ue id in the embodiment of the present invention may be a user identifier, and is not limited to a Radio Network Temporary Identity (RNTI), for example: the ID information of the terminal in the Wake up area (Wake up area) or the paging area (paging area) may be used, or may be a function of the global unique identifier of the terminal, such as modulo operation of the global unique identifier of the terminal.

In this embodiment, the transmission resource of the energy-saving signal is determined according to the terminal group, so that the network side device can be effectively prevented from sending the wake-up signals of all the terminals on the same resource, thereby reducing the interference of the terminal in detecting the wake-up signals and reducing the difficulty in designing the wake-up signals.

optionally, the power saving signal includes one or more signal subsets;

In embodiments of the present invention, a subset of signals may be one or more symbols, and one and the same subset of signals may include one or more sequences. It should be noted that, the one or more signal subsets may be referred to as one or more subsets of one energy saving signal, and may also be referred to as one or more different energy saving signals. In addition, the transmission resources for different subsets of signals may be different, for example: different subsets of signals are transmitted on different time domain resources.

the above-mentioned at least one signal subset of terminals in the same terminal group using the same transmission resource may mean that all signal subsets of terminals in the same terminal group use the same time domain resource and frequency domain resource; or, a part of signal subsets of terminals in the same terminal group use the same time domain resource and frequency domain resource, while another part of signal subsets use the same time domain resource but use different frequency domain resources, or another part of signal subsets use the same frequency domain resource but use different time domain resources. That is, multiple resource allocation schemes may be used in combination, for example, when the energy saving signal includes multiple signal subsets to be transmitted, it may be considered that each signal subset is mapped to a different resource allocation scheme.

In this embodiment, at least one signal subset of terminals in the same terminal group uses the same time domain resource and frequency domain resource, so that transmission resources for transmitting energy-saving signals in the communication system can be saved.

The above-mentioned at least one signal subset of terminals in the same terminal group using different transmission resources may be that all or part of signal subsets of terminals in the same terminal group use different time domain resources and frequency domain resources.

In this embodiment, since at least one signal subset of terminals in the same terminal group uses different transmission resources, flexible configuration can be performed according to the requirements of different terminals, thereby improving the flexibility of energy-saving signal transmission and increasing the communication performance of the communication system.

The above-mentioned at least one signal subset of terminals in the same terminal group uses the same time domain resource, and at least one signal subset of different terminals in the same terminal group uses different frequency domain resources, which may mean that all signal subsets in the same terminal group use the same time domain resource, and different signal subsets use different frequency domain resources, or may mean that some signal subsets in the same terminal group use the same time domain resource, and different signal subsets in the same signal subset use different frequency domain resources. Therefore, different energy-saving signals can be sent to a plurality of terminals in the same time domain resource, and the time domain resource of the terminal can be saved.

The above-mentioned at least one signal subset of terminals in the same terminal group uses the same frequency domain resource, and at least one signal subset of different terminals in the same terminal group uses different time domain resources may refer to that all signal subsets in the same terminal group use the same frequency domain resource, and different signal subsets use different time domain resources, or may refer to that a part of signal subsets in the same terminal group use the same frequency domain resource, and different signal subsets in the part of signal subsets use different time domain resources. Therefore, different energy-saving signals can be sent to a plurality of terminals in the same frequency domain resource, and the frequency domain resource of the terminals can be saved.

it should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the unit of the time domain resource may refer to different Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols or time slots or other time domain resource units, which is not limited herein. The unit of the frequency domain resource may be a Physical Resource Block (PRB), or may be a subcarrier, or may also be a frequency domain resource unit, which is not limited.

the terminals in the terminal group have the same UE ID, or the UE IDs of the terminals in the terminal group are different but satisfy a certain relationship, for example, the UE IDs of the terminals in the same terminal group in the group have the same value after modulo a certain value.

The frequency domain resource for determining the energy saving signal mapped with the terminal identifier may be that the frequency domain resource determined for the terminal is mapped with the terminal identifier of the terminal, or that the frequency domain resource determined for the terminal group is mapped with the terminal identifier in the terminal group.

Due to the fact that the determined frequency domain resources and the time domain resources are mapped relative to the terminal identification, extra information does not need to be added when the frequency domain resources and the time domain resources are determined, and complexity of implementation is reduced.

The determining, by the network side device, the frequency domain resource of the energy saving signal mapped to the terminal identifier for the terminal or the terminal group in a static or semi-static manner may include:

in this embodiment, the frequency domain resource of the energy saving signal mapped to the terminal identifier is determined for the terminal or the terminal group in a static or semi-static manner, so that the transmission resource of the dynamic signaling can be reduced to save the transmission resource.

as an alternative embodiment, the power saving signal comprises a plurality of signal subsets, wherein a partial signal subset precedes another partial signal subset.

Wherein, the time domain resources of the another part of signal subsets may be dynamically configured, for example: the energy-saving signal comprises a signal subset 1 and a signal subset 2, wherein the signal subset 1 precedes the signal subset 2, and the time domain resource of the signal subset 2 is related to the transmission starting point of the data reality, for example: the time domain resource of the signal subset 2 is 0 related to the interval of the transmission start point of the data, or the interval is within a preset range, and so on. And the time domain resources of the partial signal subsets may be statically or semi-statically configured.

in this embodiment, the present invention is not limited to be applied to the DRX scenario, and for example: in a non-DRX scenario, the power saving signal may also include a plurality of signal subsets, wherein a portion of the signal subsets precedes another portion of the signal subsets.

Wherein, the time domain resource of the partial signal subset for the DRX scenario may be according to the terminal identity and the DRX cycle. When the energy-saving signal includes a plurality of signal subsets, the determining, by the network side device, the time domain resource of the energy-saving signal of the terminal according to the terminal identifier and the DRX cycle may include:

and the network side equipment determines that the time domain resources of a partial signal subset of the energy-saving signal of the terminal are before or in the DRX period according to the terminal identification, wherein the other partial signal subset is dynamically transmitted on the OFDM symbol.

In this embodiment, it may be achieved that the time domain resource of the partial signal subset is determined before the DRX cycle or within the DRX cycle, and another partial signal subset is dynamically transmitted, so that the flexibility of energy saving signal transmission may be improved, and the function of the terminal may also be reduced. For example: the signal subsets can be dynamically transmitted by OFDM symbols in front of the PDCCH, so that the terminal reduces the time for the terminal to blindly detect the PDCCH, and the purpose of energy saving is achieved.

of course, in this embodiment of the present invention, the network side device may determine the time domain resource of the energy saving signal of the terminal according to the terminal identifier and the DRX cycle, or determine that the time domain resources of all signal subsets of the energy saving signal of the terminal are all before the DRX cycle or in the DRX cycle according to the terminal identifier and the DRX cycle, which is not limited to this, for example: for non-DRX scenarios, time domain resources corresponding to the terminal identity may also be determined.

In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, the determining of the time domain resource of the energy saving signal of the terminal according to the terminal identifier may be determined according to a predetermined algorithm of the terminal identifier, or according to a semi-static configuration of the terminal identifier, which is not limited to this. In addition, some of the parameters in the above algorithm may be semi-statically configured.

In this way, the time domain resources of the partial signal subsets may be configured by a predetermined algorithm and/or semi-statically. For example: the semi-statically configured parameters such as DRX cycle may be included in the above algorithm.

The algorithm may be pre-agreed between the network side device and the terminal, or pre-defined in a protocol, so that the time domain resource is determined by the pre-agreed algorithm, thereby reducing the transmission overhead before the network side device and the terminal, and in addition, the time domain resource is determined by the algorithm, thereby enabling the time domain resource allocation to be more flexible

For example: if the time domain resources of the partial signal subset are determined by the algorithm, the position of the time domain resources of the partial signal subset is a function of the terminal identifier and the DRX cycle; and/or

The function may be pre-agreed between the network side device and the terminal, or pre-defined in a protocol, and specific contents of the function are not limited, for example: the function may include operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, or modulo.

the semi-static configuration is not limited to the RRC signaling dedicated to the terminal, and may be other high layer signaling or system information indication, and the like.

as an optional implementation manner, for the unlicensed frequency band, the frequency domain resources of the energy-saving signals of one or more terminals are in an interlace (interlace) structure occupying a full bandwidth; and/or

The unlicensed frequency band may include an unlicensed frequency band, and of course, may also refer to an unlicensed frequency band other than the unlicensed frequency band. The above-mentioned interlace structure occupying the full bandwidth may be an interlace structure occupying the entire transmission bandwidth of the terminal.

Optionally, the interlace structure includes multiple resource sets, where a resource with the same index in the multiple resource sets serves as an interlace;

That is, the interlace structure may include a plurality of interlaces, wherein each interlace includes resources of the same index in different resource sets, respectively.

For example: with resource aggregation as a group (group) of multiple consecutive PRBs, as shown in fig. 3, the full bandwidth is first divided into multiple groups by one group every 10 consecutive PRBs, assuming that a total of N groups are obtained; each of the N groups takes one PRB to form an interlace, that is, a PRB set with the same index (index) in the N groups in fig. 3, where the index is 0. Of course, in the embodiment of the present invention, the resource set combination is not limited to a group formed by multiple consecutive PRBs, for example: the set of resources may be a set of subcarriers. That is, the granularity of the frequency domain resource may be PRB or an integer multiple of the number of subcarriers, but is not a multiple of PRB.

In addition, when the network side device needs to allocate all terminals of the energy saving signal or the energy saving signal of one terminal occupies all interlaces in the interlace structure, the energy saving signal includes an orthogonal sequence.

For the authorized frequency band, the frequency domain resource of the energy-saving signal of one or more terminals may be an interlace structure occupying part or all of the bandwidth, where the interlace structure may occupy part or all of the transmission bandwidth when the terminal is in the authorized frequency band, the network side device sends the energy-saving signal on the interlace allocated to a certain terminal, and the number of interlaces allocated to the terminal by the network side device and the interlace thereof are semi-statically configured or agreed in advance. As shown in fig. 3, different terminals use different interlaces, and preferably, when the number of users is large, different terminals may allocate the same interlaces, which is the case where the energy saving signals of the terminals in the terminal group use the same frequency domain resource as described in the foregoing embodiment.

In this embodiment, the frequency domain basic unit for energy-saving signal transmission can be interlace, so that frequency domain resources can be fully utilized to improve resource utilization rate. And the interlace structure is adopted, so that only the interlace index needs to be indicated when the resources are allocated, and the signaling overhead is saved.

As an alternative embodiment, the power saving signal includes an m-signal subset, wherein the signal subset i includes n _i sequences, where m > is 1, 0 < n _i < ═ n, i is 1,2,. m, and n ₁ + n ₂ +, … + n _m ═ n, n being the number of sequences included in the power saving signal.

In this embodiment, it can be realized that the power saving signal includes one or more signal subsets, and the number of sequences included in different signal subsets may be the same or different, for example: some subset of signals may include 0 sequences, while other subsets of signals may include one or more sequences. Therefore, the flexibility of the energy-saving signal can be improved to adapt to different scenes, services or terminal requirements.

Pseudo-Noise (PN) sequences, ZC sequences, orthogonal sequences, Costa sequences, Kasumi sequences, Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS) sequences, Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS) sequences, functionally equivalent Synchronization sequences, and sequence combinations.

the Costa sequence may be a Costa sequence defined in a protocol, or may be a time domain sequence determined by the following formula:

Wherein s _CS (n) represents the Costa sequence described above, the length of the Costa sequence is LM. wherein vl is a sequence of integers, L and M are constants, n is a constant, p (n) is defined as follows,

For example, a Costas sequence with a length of 256 is generated, L ═ M ═ 16 can be set, and ν _l can use the following sequence:

{ν_l}＝{5 2 8 9 12 4 14 10 15 13 7 6 3 11 1 5}

in addition, a 256-point frequency domain sequence can be obtained by a 256-point discrete Fourier transform (FFT).

It should be noted that the above formula is only an example of the Costa sequence, and is not limited to this, for example: but also Costa sequences generated by other formulas.

And the above Kasami sequence may be generated as follows:

an m-sequence a with a period of 2 ⁿ -1(n is an even number) is selected, and the sequence a is sampled every 2 ^n/2 +1 times to obtain a sequence with the length of 2 ^n/2 -1, the sequence is proved to be an m-sequence, the sequence is repeated for 2 ^n/2 +1 times to obtain a sequence a 'which is as long as the a-sequence, the a-sequence and the a' sequence are added bit by bit modulo 2 to obtain a Kasami sequence.

It should be noted that the above description is only an example, and the m-sequence a is not necessarily periodic, and the length thereof is not necessarily 2 ⁿ -1(n is an even number), and so on.

The sequence included in the energy-saving signal can be flexibly configured according to actual requirements. In this embodiment, the energy-saving signal can include a plurality of sequences, so that the energy-saving signal has a stronger function, and the communication performance of the communication system is further improved.

Optionally, the power saving signal is used to indicate at least one of:

wake-up area identification (Wakeup area ID), Cell identification (Cell ID), terminal identification (UEID), carrier information, system information update, distance information and data end, wherein the distance information represents the distance between the energy-saving signal and the control channel.

Since the power saving signal may indicate at least one of the above items, the function of the power saving signal may be improved to further improve the communication performance of the communication system.

In this embodiment, one sequence may indicate one or more of the above items, one sequence may indicate one of the above items, or a plurality of sequences may jointly indicate one item, and the like, which is not limited thereto.

for example: the same sequence in the energy-saving signal indicates one or more of the wake-up area identifier, the cell identifier, the terminal identifier, the carrier information, the system information update, the distance information and the data end. This saves the overhead of power saving signals since one sequence may indicate one or more items.

Another example is: the energy-saving signal indicates a wake-up area identifier through at least one sequence; and/or

The power save signal indicates the end of the data by at least one sequence.

This allows different functions to be indicated by different sequences to increase the flexibility of the power saving signal.

In this embodiment, it may be implemented that multiple sequences occupy the same OFDM symbol, or multiple sequences occupy multiple OFDM symbols, for example: different sequences occupy different OFDM symbols or some sequences occupy the same OFDM symbol and some occupy different OFDM symbols to increase the flexibility of the power saving signal.

The following is illustrated by taking the power saving signal as the wake-up signal according to different indications:

for Wake up area ID indication, the Wake up signal carries multiple information fields, each information field carries a subsequence, and Wake up area ID maps one of the subsequences, for example:

Wherein, the multi-level sequence of the Wake-up signal occupies one or more OFDM symbols in the time domain, sequence 1 represents the mapping Wake up area ID information, preferably sequence 1 is a function of the Wake up area ID, e.g. the Wake up area ID is the root index of the ZC sequence. The terminal firstly detects the sequence 1 at the mapped WUS sending position, if the Wakeup area ID of the sequence identification is found to be the identification of the Wake up area to which the terminal belongs, the terminal can continue to detect the latter sequence, otherwise, the terminal stops detecting the latter multilevel sequence and continues to enter a sleep state, thus being very beneficial to saving power consumption of the terminal.

For Cell ID indication, the wake-up signal carries multiple information fields, each information field carries one subsequence, and the Cell ID maps 1-2 subsequences therein, for example:

The multi-stage sequences of the wake-up signal respectively occupy one or more OFDM symbols in a time domain, PSS/SSS can be reused by the sequences 2 and 3 for time-frequency coarse synchronization operation, the CellID can be identified after the terminal successfully detects the PSS/SSS of the synchronization sequence, and PSS/SSS design sequences can be reused by the better sequences 2 and 3. The terminal can complete coarse synchronization after solving the Cell ID, and can use the Cell ID to assist a subsequent decoding Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH), for example, directly detect PSS/SSS in the SSB according to the sequence ID and the previous synchronization information or directly detect the PBCH by removing the PSS/SSS detection step, thereby implementing fast Cell search for the terminal of the RRC-connected mode.

for UE ID indication, the UE ID maps to one or more subsequences of the wake-up signal, e.g.:

Sequence 4 may be used for ue id indication, for example, a PN sequence may be generated as sequence 4 using ue id as initial information, and the sequence may occupy one or more OFDM symbols in time domain. And after detecting that the former multi-stage sequence belongs to the sequence of the UE, the UE starts to detect the sequence of the UE ID mapping, for example, through the peak value judgment of sliding correlation detection, if the terminal finds that the UE identified by the sequence is the UE, the subsequent sequence is continuously detected, and otherwise, the WUS detection is stopped, and the UE continues to enter a sleep state.

For carrier information indication, the carrier information maps to a subsequence of the wake-up signal, such as:

for example, the sequence 5 may be used for carrier information indication, for example, indicating that the base station supports 4 carriers for the terminal, the base station uses 4 bits [ b0b1b2b3] as an index of the activated carrier, and may set the bit of the activated carrier mapping to 1 in a bit mapping (bit mapping) manner, set the bit of the inactivated carrier mapping to 0, and then use the decimal value of the bit mapping vector mapping as the input of the PN sequence, or obtain the sequence of carrier information mapping from the root index of the ZC sequence. The terminal can prepare for subsequent power ramp on the carrier after detecting the sequence mapped by the carrier information, and the method effectively avoids the need of detecting the WUS in a plurality of radio frequency channels and continues to enter a sleep state on the carrier which is not activated, thereby obviously reducing the power consumption of the terminal.

For the system information update indication, the system information update indication maps to a subsequence of the wake-up signal, such as:

If sequence 6 can be used for system information update indication, the sequence only needs to distinguish whether the system information needs to be updated or not, so only two cases (cases) are mapped, for example, two orthogonal sequences can be constructed, where sequence 0 indicates that the system information is not updated, and sequence 1 indicates that the system information needs to be updated. The terminal only needs to detect the mapping sequence at the mapping position, and the indication of the system information can be obtained. If the wake-up signal sequence carries the system information updating mark, the terminal will detect new information at the later system information updating time. If the wake-up signal has no system Information update flag, the terminal considers that Downlink data arrives, and the terminal in RRC _ IDLE and RRC _ Inactive mode will detect Downlink Control Information (DCI) of paging (page), and then detect PDSCH for data reception.

Distance information for wake-up signal and mapped PDCCH

As shown in fig. 4, the WUS may be divided into a plurality of subsets, for example, WUS subset 1 is used to indicate that the terminal is about to have data to arrive in the present DRX cycle, and the terminal starts to start power ramp-up after correctly identifying WUS subset 1, and prepares for normal receiving and measuring operations. However, the terminal receives the position of the WUS subset 1 and may have a longer distance from the data arrival, in order to avoid the terminal from blindly detecting the PDCCH after waking up, a sequence is introduced to indicate the distance from the WUS subset 1 to the PDSCH, optionally the WUS subset 2 is introduced before the PDCCH or the PDSCH, and the distance indicated by the sequence may also be the distance between the WUS subset 1 and the subset 2. The distance may be expressed in terms of the number of OFDM symbols, which need only be input as a sequence, i.e. a sequence that is a function of the distance. The distance may be accurate to OFDM symbols but also to an estimate, e.g. to a subframe or slot. The terminal finds that the WUS subset 1 starts to start power climbing, necessary cell searching and wireless channel measuring processes are carried out, but PDCCH blind detection is not carried out, and the PDCCH blind detection operation is not started until the WUS subset 2 arrives and detection is successful. Since the complexity of the WUS subset 2 indicating the arrival of the PDCCH is low, the terminal can start detecting the WUS subset 2 after the WUS subset 1 receives the PDCCH, and the distance indication between the WUS and the PDCCH is used as further verification, and either of the two signals can be solved to perform blind detection on the PDCCH, and of course, only one of the two indication information can be reserved, for example, only the WUS subset 2, or only the distance indication information between the WUS and the PDCCH.

for the end of data indication, the power save signal is as shown in the following table:

After the terminal detects and successfully decodes the data belonging to the subset, the terminal does not know whether the base station continues to transmit the data to the terminal, so that the terminal cannot enter a sleep state after being activated by the WUS even if the data is finished. In a specific method, a sequence may be designed, such as similar to indicating whether system information is changed, for indicating whether data is over, as shown in fig. 5. The WUS subset (set)1 is used for indicating data arrival, the terminal starts power ramp-up, the WUS set2 is used for activating PDCCH detection, the WUS set3 is used for detecting whether data is finished, and the terminal enters a sleep state if the WUS set3 is successfully detected. For ease of detection in fig. 5, WUS set3 is placed at the last symbol of DRX on, but does not exclude its more power-saving benefit, as WUS set3 is located after the PDSCH at the agreed OFDM symbol number from the PDSCH.

As an alternative implementation, the power saving signal includes a plurality of sequences, a part of the sequences is used for connected terminals, and the whole sequences are used for unconnected terminals.

The operation state of the terminal in the NR may include: RRC _ IDLE, RRC _ Inactive, and RRC _ Connected, and the terminal has two operating states RRC _ IDLE and RRC _ Connected in LTE. A terminal in RRC _ IDLE mode may need more time to wake up after being woken up by the WUS than a terminal in RRC _ Connected, and may need to perform more operations than RRC _ IDLE, and the WUS may support more functions. For example: as shown in the following table, the power saving signals in different states preferably have a nested relationship, where sequences 1 to n 'are used in RRC _ Connected mode and 1 to n are used in RRC _ IDLE mode, and if the terminal is in RRC _ Connected mode, only sequences 1 to n' need to be detected, thereby reducing the detection complexity.

In this embodiment, since part of the sequence is used for the connected terminal and the whole sequence is used for the unconnected terminal, different energy-saving signals do not need to be sent to the network side devices of the terminals in different states, thereby reducing the transmission overhead.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the various optional implementation manners provided above may be implemented independently, or may be implemented in combination with each other, and the implementation is not limited thereto.

the energy saving signal is illustrated below by a number of embodiments:

example 1

in order to effectively avoid the base station from sending the WUSs of all users on the same resource, thereby reducing the interference of UE detecting the wake-up signal and reducing the difficulty of wake-up signal design, the following design scheme can be adopted.

Firstly, the network divides the UE needing to monitor the WUS into a plurality of groups according to the UE ID information, and each group of UE sends a wake-up signal on the same resource. The UE ID is only a user identity, and is not limited to RNTI, and may be ID information of the UE in Wakeup area/paging area, or a function of the globally unique identity of the UE, such as modulo operation of the globally unique identity of the UE.

And secondly, the network divides the UE needing to monitor the WUS into a plurality of groups according to the UE ID information, and each group of UE sends the wake-up signal on the same frequency domain resource and different time domain resources. The different time domain resources may refer to different OFDM symbols or time slots, for example.

and thirdly, the network divides the UE needing to monitor the WUS into a plurality of groups according to the UE ID information, and each group of UE sends the wake-up signal on the same time domain resource and different frequency domain resources, for example, the wake-up signal can be sent on different PRB resources calculated according to the UE ID.

And fourthly, the network divides the UE needing to monitor the WUS into a plurality of groups according to the ID information of the UE, and the UE in the groups respectively sends the wake-up signals on different time domain resources. The number of users in the group is 1, which is a special case of the above scheme, and when the number of users in the group is greater than 1, the mode one to the mode three and the mode four has smaller resource overhead. The above four schemes may be combined if necessary, for example, when the wake-up signal includes a plurality of subsets to be transmitted, it may be considered that each WUS subset is mapped to a different resource allocation scheme.

Example 2

In all of the three schemes described in embodiment 1, resources for transmitting a wake-up signal need to be configured, and unlike a transmission resource for transmitting a paging signal (paging signal) which is indicated by a PDCCH, a base station needs to determine time-frequency resources for WUS transmission in advance before blind detection of the PDCCH.

the method for the configuration of the WUS frequency domain transmission resource comprises the following steps:

The base station configures the WUS frequency domain transmission resources for the UE or the UE group in a static or semi-static mode, and the frequency domain resources are mapped with the UE ID. The UE group is determined according to a determined rule, for example, the UEs in the group have the same UE ID identifier, or the UE IDs in the group are different but satisfy a certain relationship, for example, the UE IDs in the group have the same value after modulo a certain value.

Optionally, the base station may also configure resource information sent by the WUS related to the UE ID or the UE group in a semi-static manner through RRC signaling;

Optionally, the base station indicates, to the UE, resource information sent by the WUS as a resource configuration supplementing method according to a predetermined or system information indication manner, which cannot be excluded, for example, the WUS is divided into a plurality of subsets, and a certain subset sending resource is configured by the method; the aforementioned transmission resource information generally refers to time-frequency resources, and sometimes includes Beam-related information, such as Beam ID.

For an example of the unlicensed band, if each WUS occupies a part of the transmission Bandwidth, it may cause that the wake-up signal may not satisfy the rule (regulation) of occupying the Channel Bandwidth (OCB), so it may be preferable to adopt an interlace structure occupying the full Bandwidth for the WUS, as shown in fig. 3. In fig. 3, the full bandwidth is first divided into multiple groups by one group per 10 consecutive PRBs, assuming that a total of N groups results; in the foregoing N groups, each group takes one PRB to form an interlace (i.e. the PRB set with the same index in the N groups in fig. 3, for example, the index is 0). The frequency domain basic unit for WUS transmission is interlace. The interlace is only an example, and in each group, the granularity of the frequency domain resource allocated to each UE may be PRB, or may be an integer multiple of the number of subcarriers, but is not a multiple of PRB. The above-mentioned interlace structure is full bandwidth in the unlicensed band, and the interlace may occupy part or all of the transmission bandwidth in the licensed band. The base station sends the WUS on the interlaces allocated to a certain UE, and the number of the interlaces allocated to the UE by the base station and the interlace index thereof are semi-statically configured or agreed in advance. In the example shown in fig. 3, different UEs use different interlaces, and preferably, when the number of users is large, different UEs can allocate the same interlaces, which corresponds to the case where the users in the group occupy the same resource in embodiment 1. The invention does not of course exclude the special case that one UE occupies all interlaces, when in fact each UE occupies the full bandwidth, and the WUS signal is an orthogonal sequence.

The method for configuring the WUS time domain transmission resource comprises the following steps:

the base station determines the possible sending period of the UE specific wake-up signal according to the UE ID and the DRX period, and sends the wake-up signal in the WUS sending period before data transmission. The WUS may be made up of multiple subsets, with the base station needing to send some subsets of the wake-up signals before each DRX cycle or at certain locations within DRX, based on the UE ID information, dynamically sending other parts of the WUS on some OFDM symbols, as shown in fig. 4. The subset 1 of WUS is sent in a subframe M, and a base station and a terminal which send better positions make the base station and the terminal transparent to the positions through an agreed algorithm or semi-static configuration of the base station, when the algorithm is adopted for calculation, the positions are functions of UEID and DRX period, and when the semi-static configuration is adopted, the UE is preferably informed through dedicated RRC signaling of UE; the WUS subset 2, if present, transmits after the WUS subset 1, the position of transmitting the subset is related to the real transmission starting point of the data, the position is dynamic and can not be determined before the WUS subset 1 transmits, and the position has a determined mapping relation with the subset of the transmitting WUS subset 1; fig. 4 depicts only two subsets of WUS and does not preclude the presence of WUS for still other subsets. If the terminal detects the WUS, the terminal starts a timer, the timer has a threshold value configured by the base station, and if the timer is overtime but does not detect the PDCCH belonging to the terminal, the terminal can enter the sleep state again.

It should be noted that embodiments 1 and 2 correspond to the implementation of transmission resource allocation in the embodiment shown in fig. 2, and in addition, embodiments 1 and 2 may not limit the case where the energy saving signal includes multiple sequences, that is, the energy saving signal may include one sequence in the technical solutions corresponding to embodiments 1 and 2.

Example 3

The base station transmits a wake-up signal consisting of a multilevel sequence. The wake-up signal comprises n sequences, preferably n sequences may be divided into m, m > 1 subsets, each subset comprising 0 < ni < n, i 1,2,. m sequences make up the WUS subset i, and n1+ n2+, … + nm < n. The WUS subset may be transmitted on mapped resources according to the methods of embodiments 1 and 2. The n sequences can be one or more of PN sequences (such as m sequences and gold sequences), ZC sequences, orthogonal sequences, Costa sequences, Kasumi sequences and the like; the m subsets of n sequences are used to transmit the wake-up signal in order to support part or a combination of the following functions:

Indicating Wakeup area ID, Cell ID, ue ID, carrier information, system information update, distance information indicating wake-up signal and mapped PDCCH, and indication of end of data.

For the energy saving signal, the sequence included therein, and the like, reference may be made to the corresponding description of the embodiment shown in fig. 2, which is not described herein again.

Example 4:

In the embodiment of the present invention, the described multi-level wake-up signal or multi-level energy saving signal may be composed of different single-level signals, and the base station may notify the single-level energy saving signals used by the terminal through signaling, such as semi-static signaling, and more specifically, through RRC signaling, that is, the number of the single-level signals in the multi-level energy saving signals is variable, so that the function of the multi-level energy saving signals is also variable, and certainly, the system overhead is also variable. For example: the multi-stage energy saving signal or the wake-up signal at most comprises Nmax single-stage energy saving signals, the base station indicates the multi-stage energy saving signal or the wake-up signal through signaling, for example, through a bit mapping (bit mapping) method, that is, the indication information comprises Nmax binary bits, which respectively correspond to the preset identifiers of the multi-stage energy saving signals, and when the multi-stage energy saving signal is adopted, the corresponding bit is 1. Of course, less bits of signaling may be used, such as defining several candidates (candidates) for multilevel sequence combinations, and different sequence combinations may be signaled. The scheme can reduce the overhead of the multi-level wake-up signal or the multi-level energy-saving signal and provide more flexibility for the network. The notification signaling is preferably semi-static signaling as described above, but does not exclude other signaling, such as dynamic signaling.

Example 5:

In an embodiment of the present invention, the described energy saving signal is used to indicate at least one of the following:

The power saving signal is not exclusive of other signals, except that it may be a multi-stage power saving signal. If a PDCCH signal is sent as a power-saving signal before the DRX cycle for waking up the UE, the DCI of the PDCCH indicates at least one of:

The information of the area to be woken up, the cell to be woken up, the terminal to be woken up, the carrier information to be woken up, the system information update, the location information of the data start (such as relative distance information: the distance can be the distance between the energy saving signal and the control channel, the distance between the time when the data/PDCCH really arrives in the DRX on cycle and the DRX start, or the absolute location information such as the distance between the data end location and the DRX on cycle start or the distance between the energy saving signal and the data end location or the specific information of the data end location such as the specific identification of the radio frame, the sub-frame, the time slot or the OFDM symbol).

Referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 is a flowchart of another energy saving signal transmission method according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 6, including the following steps:

Step 601, a terminal receives an energy-saving signal at a transmission resource, where the energy-saving signal includes multiple sequences, and the transmission resource is the transmission resource of the energy-saving signal determined by a network side device.

Optionally, the power saving signal includes three or more sequences.

Optionally, the power saving signal includes one or more signal subsets;

Optionally, the transmission resource includes:

Optionally, the frequency domain resources include:

The time domain resource comprises:

optionally, the frequency domain resources include:

Optionally, the power saving signal includes a plurality of signal subsets;

Optionally, the power saving signal is used to indicate at least one of:

The power save signal indicates the end of the data by at least one sequence.

in this embodiment, power consumption of the terminal can be saved.

In this embodiment, the power consumption of the terminal can be further saved.

It should be noted that, this embodiment is used as an implementation of the terminal corresponding to the embodiment shown in fig. 2, and specific implementations thereof may refer to relevant descriptions of the embodiment shown in fig. 2, so that, in order to avoid repeated descriptions, the embodiment is not described again, and the same beneficial effects may also be achieved.

Referring to fig. 7, fig. 7 is a structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 7, a network side device 700 includes:

a determining module 701, configured to determine a transmission resource of the energy saving signal;

a sending module 702, configured to send the energy-saving signal through the transmission resource, where the energy-saving signal includes multiple sequences.

Optionally, the power saving signal includes three or more sequences.

Optionally, the determining module 701 is configured to group terminals that need to monitor the energy saving signal, and determine a transmission resource of the energy saving signal for each terminal group.

optionally, the power saving signal includes one or more signal subsets;

Optionally, the determining module 701 is configured to determine, for the terminal or the terminal group, a frequency domain resource of the energy saving signal mapped opposite to the terminal identifier; and/or

the determining module 701 is configured to determine a time domain resource of an energy saving signal of a terminal according to a terminal identifier.

Optionally, the determining module 701 is configured to determine, in a static or semi-static manner, a frequency domain resource of an energy saving signal mapped relative to the terminal identifier for the terminal or the terminal group; and/or

the determining module 701 is configured to determine a time domain resource of an energy saving signal of a terminal according to a terminal identifier and a non-continuous reception DRX cycle.

Optionally, the determining module 701 is configured to determine, for the terminal or the terminal group, a frequency domain resource of the energy saving signal mapped opposite to the terminal identifier through the radio resource control RRC signaling semi-static state; or

Optionally, the determining module 701 is configured to determine, by means of a predetermined agreement or a system information indication, a frequency domain resource of the energy saving signal mapped corresponding to the terminal identifier for the terminal or the terminal group.

optionally, the determining module 701 is configured to determine, according to the terminal identifier, that the time domain resource of the partial signal subset of the terminal is before or within the DRX cycle, where the other partial signal subset is dynamically transmitted on the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing OFDM symbol.

optionally, the power saving signal is used to indicate at least one of:

The power save signal indicates the end of the data by at least one sequence.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the network-side device 700 may be a network-side device according to any implementation manner in the method embodiment of the present invention, and any implementation manner of the terminal in the method embodiment of the present invention may be implemented by the network-side device 700 in this embodiment, and the same beneficial effects are achieved, and details are not described here.

Referring to fig. 8, fig. 8 is a structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 8, a terminal 800 includes:

A receiving module 801, configured to receive an energy saving signal at a transmission resource, where the energy saving signal includes multiple sequences, and the transmission resource is the transmission resource of the energy saving signal determined by a network side device.

optionally, the power saving signal includes three or more sequences.

optionally, the power saving signal includes one or more signal subsets;

optionally, the transmission resource includes:

Optionally, the frequency domain resources include:

the time domain resource comprises:

Optionally, the frequency domain resources include:

Optionally, the power saving signal includes a plurality of signal subsets;

optionally, the power saving signal is used to indicate at least one of:

The power save signal indicates the end of the data by at least one sequence.

optionally, the power saving signal includes a first subset of signals and a second subset of signals, where the first subset of signals is located before the second subset of signals, as shown in fig. 9, the terminal 800 further includes:

A starting module 802, configured to start power ramp if the terminal receives the first subset of signals;

A blind detection module 803, configured to blind detect a control channel if the terminal receives the second subset of signals.

optionally, the power saving signal further includes a third subset of signals, where the third subset of signals is located after the second subset of signals, as shown in fig. 10, the terminal 800 further includes:

A sleep module 804, configured to enter a sleep state if the terminal receives the third subset of signals.

Optionally, in a plurality of sequences included in the power saving signal, a partial sequence is used for a connected terminal, and the entire sequence is used for a non-connected terminal, and the receiving module 801 is configured to receive the partial sequence in the power saving signal if the terminal is in a connected state;

The receiving module 801 is configured to receive all sequences in the energy saving signal if the terminal is in a non-connected state.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the terminal 800 may be any implementation manner of the method embodiment in the present invention, and any implementation manner of the terminal in the method embodiment in the present invention may be implemented by the terminal 800 in this embodiment, and achieve the same beneficial effects, and details are not described here again.

referring to fig. 11, fig. 11 is a structural diagram of another network-side device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 11, the network-side device includes: a transceiver 1110, a memory 1120, a processor 1100, and a program stored on the memory 1120 and executable on the processor, wherein:

the processor 1100 is used for reading the program in the memory 1120 and executing the following processes:

Determining transmission resources of the energy-saving signal;

The transceiver 1110 is configured to transmit the power-saving signal via the transmission resource, wherein the power-saving signal comprises a plurality of sequences;

Or,

The transceiver 1110 is configured to determine a transmission resource of an energy saving signal;

The transceiver 1110 may be used for receiving and transmitting data, among other things, under the control of the processor 1100.

In FIG. 11, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, with one or more processors, represented by processor 1100, and various circuits of memory, represented by memory 1120, being linked together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 1110 may be a number of elements including a transmitter and a receiver that provide a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium.

The processor 1100 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 1120 may store data used by the processor 1100 in performing operations.

It should be noted that the memory 1120 is not limited to be on a network-side device, and the memory 1120 and the processor 1100 may be separated in different geographical locations.

Optionally, the power saving signal includes three or more sequences.

optionally, the power saving signal includes one or more signal subsets;

Optionally, the determining, in a static or semi-static manner, a frequency domain resource of an energy saving signal mapped opposite to the terminal identifier for the terminal or the terminal group includes:

determining the frequency domain resource of the energy-saving signal which is mapped relative to the terminal identifier for the terminal or the terminal group through the RRC signaling semi-static state; or

And determining the frequency domain resource of the energy-saving signal corresponding to the terminal identifier for the terminal or the terminal group by means of pre-agreement or system information indication.

optionally, the determining, according to the terminal identifier and the DRX cycle, a time domain resource of the energy saving signal of the terminal includes:

and determining that the time domain resources of the partial signal subset of the terminal are before or within a DRX period according to the terminal identification, wherein the other partial signal subset is dynamically transmitted on the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing OFDM symbol.

Optionally, the power saving signal is used to indicate at least one of:

the power save signal indicates the end of the data by at least one sequence.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the network-side device may be a network-side device in any implementation manner in the method embodiment of the present invention, and any implementation manner of the network-side device in the method embodiment of the present invention may be implemented by the network-side device in this embodiment, so as to achieve the same beneficial effects, and details are not described here.

referring to fig. 12, fig. 12 is a structural diagram of another terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 12, the terminal includes: a transceiver 1210, a memory 1220, a processor 1200, and a program stored on the memory 1220 and executable on the processor 1200, wherein:

The transceiver 1210 is configured to receive an energy saving signal at a transmission resource, where the energy saving signal includes a plurality of sequences, and the transmission resource is the transmission resource of the energy saving signal determined by a network side device.

The transceiver 1210 may be used for receiving and transmitting data under the control of the processor 1200.

In fig. 12, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, with various circuits being linked together, particularly one or more processors represented by processor 1200 and memory represented by memory 1220. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 1210 may be a number of elements including a transmitter and a receiver that provide a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium.

The processor 1200 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 1220 may store data used by the processor 1200 in performing operations.

It should be noted that the memory 1220 is not limited to be on the terminal, and the memory 1220 and the processor 1200 may be separated in different geographical locations.

Optionally, the power saving signal includes three or more sequences.

Optionally, the power saving signal includes one or more signal subsets;

Optionally, the transmission resource includes:

optionally, the frequency domain resources include:

the time domain resource comprises:

Optionally, the frequency domain resources include:

Optionally, the power saving signal includes a plurality of signal subsets;

optionally, the power saving signal is used to indicate at least one of:

The power save signal indicates the end of the data by at least one sequence.

Optionally, the power saving signal includes a first subset of signals and a second subset of signals, where the first subset of signals precedes the second subset of signals, and the transceiver 1210 is further configured to:

If the terminal receives the first signal subset, starting power climbing;

Optionally, the power saving signal further includes a third subset of signals, wherein the third subset of signals is located after the second subset of signals, and the transceiver 1210 is further configured to:

optionally, in the multiple sequences included in the power saving signal, a part of the sequences is used for a connected terminal, and the whole sequences are used for a non-connected terminal, where the receiving the power saving signal at the transmission resource includes:

If the terminal is in a connected state, receiving the partial sequence in the energy-saving signal;

and if the terminal is in a non-connection state, receiving all sequences in the energy-saving signal.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the terminal may be a terminal in any implementation manner in the method embodiment of the present invention, and any implementation manner of the terminal in the method embodiment of the present invention may be implemented by the terminal in this embodiment, so as to achieve the same beneficial effects, and details are not described here again.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed method and apparatus may be implemented in other ways. For example, the above-described apparatus embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the units is only one logical division, and other divisions may be realized in practice, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may be physically included alone, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit. The integrated unit can be realized in a form of hardware, or in a form of hardware plus a software functional unit.

The integrated unit implemented in the form of a software functional unit may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. The software functional unit is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions to enable a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to execute some steps of the processing method of the information data block according to various embodiments of the present invention. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a usb disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

while the foregoing is directed to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting a power saving signal, comprising:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the power save signal comprises a sequence of three or more.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the network side device determining transmission resources for power save signals comprises:

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the power save signal comprises one or more subsets of signals;

5. the method of claim 1, wherein the network side device determining transmission resources for power save signals comprises:

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the determining, by the network-side device, the frequency domain resource of the power saving signal mapped opposite to the terminal identifier for the terminal or the terminal group includes:

And the network side equipment determines the time domain resource of the energy-saving signal of the terminal according to the terminal identification and the discontinuous reception DRX period.

7. the method of claim 6, wherein the determining, by the network side device, the frequency domain resource of the energy saving signal mapped opposite to the terminal identifier for the terminal or the terminal group in a static or semi-static manner includes:

The network side equipment determines the frequency domain resource of the energy-saving signal which is mapped relative to the terminal identification for the terminal or the terminal group through the semi-static state of the radio resource control RRC signaling; or

8. The method of any of claims 1 to 7, wherein for an unlicensed band, the frequency domain resources of the power saving signals of one or more terminals are an interleaved structure occupying the full bandwidth; and/or

9. the method of claim 8, wherein the interlace structure comprises a plurality of resource sets, and a resource having the same index in the plurality of resource sets is regarded as an interlace.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the power save signal comprises a plurality of signal subsets, wherein a partial signal subset precedes another partial signal subset.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the determining, by the network side device, the time domain resource of the power saving signal of the terminal according to the terminal identifier and the DRX cycle comprises:

12. the method of claim 11, wherein the time domain resources of the partial signal subset are determined by a pre-agreed algorithm; and/or

13. the method of claim 12, wherein the location of the time domain resources of the subset of partial signals is a function of the terminal identity and the DRX cycle if the time domain resources of the subset of partial signals are determined by the algorithm; and/or

14. The method of claim 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, or 13, wherein the power saving signal comprises an m-signal subset, wherein a signal subset i comprises n _i sequences, wherein m > is 1, 0 ═ n _i ═ n, i ═ 1,2,. m, and n ₁ + n ₂ +, … + n _m ═ n, n being the number of sequences the power saving signal comprises.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the power save signal comprises at least one of the following sequences:

16. The method of claim 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, or 13, wherein the power save signal is used to indicate at least one of:

17. The method of claim 16, wherein a same sequence in the power saving signal indicates one or more of the wake-up area identity, cell identity, terminal identity, carrier information, system information update, distance information, and end of data.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the power save signal indicates a wake-up area identification by at least one sequence; and/or

The power save signal indicates the end of the data by at least one sequence.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the power save signal comprises a plurality of sequences occupying one or more OFDM symbols.

20. The method of claim 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12 or 13, wherein the power save signal comprises a plurality of sequences, a partial sequence for a connected state terminal and a full sequence for a non-connected state terminal.

21. A method for transmitting a power saving signal, comprising:

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the power save signal comprises a sequence of three or more.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the transmission resource is a transmission resource of the power saving signal determined by the network side device for grouping terminals that need to listen to the power saving signal and for each terminal group.

24. the method of claim 23, wherein the power save signal comprises one or more subsets of signals;

25. The method of claim 21, wherein the transmission resources comprise:

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the frequency domain resources comprise:

the time domain resource comprises:

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the frequency domain resources comprise:

28. A method according to any one of claims 21 to 27, wherein for an unlicensed band, the frequency domain resources of the power saving signals of one or more terminals are interlace structures occupying the full bandwidth; and/or

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the interlace structure comprises a plurality of resource sets, wherein a resource with the same index in the plurality of resource sets is an interlace;

30. The method of claim 26, wherein the power save signal comprises a plurality of signal subsets, wherein a partial signal subset precedes another partial signal subset.

31. the method of claim 30, wherein the power save signal comprises a plurality of signal subsets;

32. the method of claim 31, wherein the time domain resources of the partial signal subset are determined by a pre-agreed algorithm; and/or

33. The method of claim 32, wherein the location of the time domain resources of the subset of partial signals is a function of a terminal identity and a DRX cycle if the time domain resources of the subset of partial signals are determined by the algorithm; and/or

34. The method of claim 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32, or 33, wherein the power saving signal comprises an m-signal subset, wherein a signal subset i comprises n _i sequences, wherein m > is 1, 0 n _i n, i 1,2,.. m, and n ₁ + n ₂ +, … + n _m n, n being the number of sequences the power saving signal comprises.

35. The method of claim 34, wherein the power save signal comprises at least one of the following sequences:

36. The method of claim 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32, or 33, wherein the power save signal is used to indicate at least one of:

37. the method of claim 36, wherein a same sequence in the power saving signal indicates one or more of the wake-up area identity, cell identity, terminal identity, carrier information, system information update, distance information, and end of data.

38. the method of claim 36, wherein the power save signal indicates a wake-up area identification by at least one sequence; and/or

The power save signal indicates the end of the data by at least one sequence.

39. The method of claim 36, wherein the power save signal comprises a plurality of sequences occupying one or more OFDM symbols.

40. The method of claim 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32, or 33, wherein the power save signal comprises a first subset of signals and a second subset of signals, wherein the first subset of signals precedes the second subset of signals, the method further comprising:

41. the method of claim 40, wherein the power save signal further comprises a third subset of signals, wherein the third subset of signals is located after the second subset of signals, the method further comprising:

42. The method of claim 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32 or 33, wherein the power save signal comprises a plurality of sequences, a partial sequence for a connected terminal and a full sequence for a non-connected terminal, the terminal receiving the power save signal on a transmission resource, comprising:

43. the method of claim 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32 or 33, wherein if the terminal receives the power save signal, a timer is started, and if the timer times out and a control channel of the terminal is not detected, a sleep state is entered.

44. A network-side device, comprising:

45. The network-side device of claim 44, wherein the determining module is configured to group terminals that need to listen to the power saving signal, and determine the transmission resource of the power saving signal for each terminal group.

46. The network-side device of claim 44 or 45, wherein the power saving signal comprises an m-signal subset, wherein a signal subset i comprises n _i sequences, wherein m > is 1, 0 < n _i < ═ n, i is 1,2,. m, and n ₁ + n ₂ +, … + n _m ═ n, n being the number of sequences the power saving signal comprises.

47. The network-side device of claim 44 or 45, wherein the power-saving signal is used to indicate at least one of:

48. a terminal, comprising:

49. the terminal of claim 48, wherein the transmission resources are transmission resources for the terminal to group terminals that need to listen for the power save signal and to determine the power save signal for each terminal group.

50. the terminal of claim 48 or 49, wherein the power saving signal comprises an m-signal subset, wherein a signal subset i comprises n _i sequences, wherein m > is 1, 0 < n _i < ═ n, i is 1,2,. m, and n ₁ + n ₂ +, … + n _m ═ n, n being the number of sequences the power saving signal comprises.

51. the terminal of claim 48 or 49, wherein the power saving signal is used to indicate at least one of:

52. A network-side device, comprising: a transceiver, a memory, a processor, and a program stored on the memory and executable on the processor,

Determining transmission resources of the energy-saving signal;

Or,

53. the network-side device of claim 52, wherein the power-save signal comprises a sequence of three or more.

54. The network-side device of claim 52, wherein the determining transmission resources for the power-saving signal comprises:

55. The network-side device of claim 52, wherein the determining transmission resources for the power-saving signal comprises:

56. the network-side device of claim 55, wherein the determining the frequency domain resource of the power saving signal mapped opposite to the terminal identifier for the terminal or the terminal group comprises:

57. the network side device according to any of claims 52 to 56, wherein for the unlicensed frequency band, the frequency domain resources of the energy saving signals of one or more terminals are an interleaved structure occupying the full bandwidth; and/or

58. The network-side device of claim 56, wherein the power-save signal comprises a plurality of signal subsets, wherein a partial signal subset precedes another partial signal subset.

59. The network-side device of claim 58, wherein the determining, by the network-side device, the time domain resource of the power saving signal of the terminal according to the terminal identifier and the DRX cycle comprises:

60. The network-side device of claim 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58 or 59, wherein the power-saving signal comprises an m-signal subset, wherein a signal subset i comprises n _i sequences, wherein m > 1, 0 ═ n _i < ═ n, i ═ 1,2,. m, and n ₁ + n ₂ +, … + n _m ═ n, n being the number of sequences the power-saving signal comprises.

61. The network-side device of claim 60, wherein the power-saving signal comprises at least one of the following sequences:

62. the network-side device of claim 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, or 59, wherein the power-save signal is configured to indicate at least one of:

63. The network-side device of claim 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58 or 59, wherein the power-saving signal comprises a plurality of sequences, a partial sequence being used for connected terminals and a full sequence being used for unconnected terminals.

64. a terminal, comprising: a transceiver, a memory, a processor, and a program stored on the memory and executable on the processor,

65. the terminal of claim 64, wherein the power save signal comprises three or more sequences.

66. the terminal of claim 64, wherein the transmission resource is a transmission resource of the energy saving signal determined by the network side device for grouping terminals that need to listen to the energy saving signal and for each terminal group.

67. The terminal of claim 64, wherein the transmission resources comprise:

68. the terminal of claim 67, wherein the frequency domain resources comprise:

The time domain resource comprises:

69. The terminal of any of claims 64 to 68, wherein for an unlicensed band, the frequency domain resources of the power save signals for one or more terminals are interlaces occupying the full bandwidth; and/or

70. The terminal of claim 68, wherein the power save signal comprises a plurality of signal subsets, wherein a partial signal subset precedes another partial signal subset.

71. the terminal of claim 70, wherein the power save signal comprises a plurality of signal subsets;

72. The terminal of claim 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70 or 71 wherein the power saving signal comprises an m-signal subset, wherein signal subset i comprises n _i sequences, wherein m > 1, 0 n _i n, i 1,2, m, and n ₁ + n ₂ +, … + n _m n, n being the number of sequences the power saving signal comprises.

73. The terminal of claim 72, wherein the power save signal comprises at least one of the following sequences:

74. the terminal of claim 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70 or 71, wherein the power save signal is to indicate at least one of:

75. The terminal of claim 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70 or 71, wherein the power save signal comprises a first subset of signals and a second subset of signals, wherein the first subset of signals precedes the second subset of signals, and wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

If the terminal receives the first signal subset, starting power climbing;

76. the terminal of claim 75, wherein the power save signal further comprises a third subset of signals, wherein the third subset of signals is subsequent to the second subset of signals, and wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

and if the terminal receives the third signal subset, entering a sleep state.

77. the terminal of claim 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70 or 71, wherein the power save signal comprises a plurality of sequences, a partial sequence for a connected terminal and a full sequence for a non-connected terminal, the terminal receiving the power save signal on a transmission resource, comprising:

78. The terminal of claim 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70 or 71, wherein a timer is started if the terminal receives the power save signal, and a sleep state is entered if the timer times out and a control channel of the terminal is not detected.

79. a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps in the method for transmission of an energy saving signal as claimed in one of claims 1 to 20, or which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps in the method for transmission of an energy saving signal as claimed in one of claims 21 to 43.