WO2022017467A1

WO2022017467A1 - Method and apparatus for configuring discontinuous reception parameters, and communication device

Info

Publication number: WO2022017467A1
Application number: PCT/CN2021/107873
Authority: WO
Inventors: 王文; 谢振华; 郑倩; 潘学明
Original assignee: 维沃移动通信有限公司
Priority date: 2020-07-23
Filing date: 2021-07-22
Publication date: 2022-01-27
Also published as: CN113973318A

Abstract

Disclosed are a discontinuous reception (DRX) parameter configuration method and apparatus, and a communication device, belonging to the field of communication technology. When being applied to a first network element, the DRX parameter configuration method comprises: sending a first subscription request to at least one second network element; and acquiring feature parameters which are sent by the at least one second network element in response to the first subscription request and are associated with DRX configuration analysis.

Description

Discontinuous reception parameter configuration method, device and communication device

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202010718723.0 filed in China on Jul. 23, 2020, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

technical field

The present application belongs to the field of communication technologies, and in particular relates to a method, an apparatus, and a communication device for configuring DRX parameters.

Background technique

In order to realize the energy saving of PUE, Sidelink Discontinuous Reception (Sidelink DRX) is considered to be an effective energy saving mechanism at present. However, currently only a single factor is usually considered for the configuration of DRX, resulting in a poor energy saving effect of the DRX configuration parameters.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The purpose of the embodiments of the present application is to provide a DRX parameter configuration method, apparatus, and communication device, which can solve the problem that the energy saving effect of DRX configuration parameters is relatively poor in the related art.

In order to solve the above technical problems, this application is implemented as follows:

A first aspect provides a method for configuring DRX parameters, which is applied to a first network element, and the method includes:

sending a first subscription request to at least one second network element;

Acquire characteristic parameters associated with DRX configuration analysis sent by the at least one second network element in response to the first subscription request.

In a second aspect, a method for configuring DRX parameters is provided, which is applied to a second network element, and the method includes:

receiving the first subscription request sent by the first network element;

In response to the first subscription request, the characteristic parameter associated with the DRX configuration analysis is sent to the first network element.

In a third aspect, an apparatus for configuring DRX parameters is provided, which is applied to the first network element, and the apparatus includes:

a first sending module, configured to send a first subscription request to at least one second network element;

An obtaining module, configured to obtain the characteristic parameter associated with the DRX configuration analysis sent by the at least one second network element in response to the first subscription request.

In a fourth aspect, an apparatus for configuring DRX parameters is provided, which is applied to a second network element, and the apparatus includes:

a receiving module, configured to receive the first subscription request sent by the first network element;

The second sending module is configured to send, in response to the first subscription request, the characteristic parameter associated with the DRX configuration analysis to the first network element.

In a fifth aspect, a communication device is provided, comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the program or instruction being implemented when executed by the processor The steps of the method according to the first aspect; or, when the program or instructions are executed by the processor, the steps of the method according to the second aspect are implemented.

In a sixth aspect, a readable storage medium is provided, on which a program or an instruction is stored, and when the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the steps of the method described in the first aspect are implemented, or the steps as described in the first aspect are implemented. The steps of the method of the second aspect.

In a seventh aspect, a chip is provided, the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to run a network-side device program or instruction, implementing the method as described in the first aspect. the method described, or implement the method described in the second aspect.

In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a computer program product stored in a readable storage medium, where the computer program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the method as described in the first aspect, or implement the method as described in the first aspect. The method described in the second aspect.

In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device, wherein the communication device is configured to execute the method described in the first aspect, or implement the method described in the second aspect.

In this embodiment of the present application, a first network element sends a first subscription request to at least one second network element, and obtains a DRX configuration analysis message sent by the at least one second network element in response to the first subscription request. characteristic parameters, and then the first network element can obtain the characteristic parameters fed back by different second network elements, and analyze the obtained characteristic parameters to feed back the analysis results to the target network element, which is the final generated DRX configured to the terminal. The parameters provide analysis suggestions and guidance, which is beneficial for the final generated DRX parameters to be more reasonable and reliable, and also improves the efficiency of DRX parameter configuration, which is beneficial to the energy saving and consumption reduction of the communication system.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which an embodiment of the present application can be applied;

2 is a flowchart of a method for configuring DRX parameters provided by an embodiment of the present application;

3 is a flowchart of another method for configuring DRX parameters provided by an embodiment of the present application;

4 is a structural diagram of an apparatus for configuring DRX parameters provided by an embodiment of the present application;

5 is a structural diagram of another device for configuring DRX parameters provided by an embodiment of the present application;

6 is a structural diagram of a communication device provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a structural diagram of a network side device provided by an embodiment of the present application.

detailed description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present application, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative work fall within the protection scope of the present application.

The terms "first", "second" and the like in the description and claims of the present application are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not used to describe a specific order or sequence. It is to be understood that the data so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances so that the embodiments of the present application can be practiced in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein, and "first", "second" distinguishes Usually it is a class, and the number of objects is not limited. For example, the first object may be one or multiple. In addition, "and/or" in the description and claims indicates at least one of the connected objects, and the character "/" generally indicates that the associated objects are in an "or" relationship.

It is worth noting that the technologies described in the embodiments of this application are not limited to Long Term Evolution (LTE)/LTE-Advanced (LTE-Advanced, LTE-A) systems, and can also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as code Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access, OFDMA), Single-carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in the embodiments of the present application are often used interchangeably, and the described technology can be used not only for the above-mentioned systems and radio technologies, but also for other systems and radio technologies. However, the following description describes a New Radio (NR) system for example purposes, and NR terminology is used in most of the description below, although these techniques are also applicable to applications other than NR system applications, such as 6th generation ( 6 ^th Generation, 6G) communication system.

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which the embodiments of the present application can be applied. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network-side device 12 . Wherein, the terminal 11 may also be called a terminal device or a user terminal (User Equipment, UE), and the terminal 11 may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a laptop computer (Laptop Computer) or a notebook computer, a personal digital computer Assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), handheld computer, netbook, ultra-mobile personal computer (ultra-mobile personal computer, UMPC), mobile Internet device (Mobile Internet Device, MID), wearable device (Wearable Device) or vehicle-mounted device (VUE), pedestrian terminal (PUE) and other terminal-side devices, and wearable devices include: bracelets, headphones, glasses, etc. It should be noted that, the embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific type of the terminal 11 . The network side device 12 may be a base station or a core network, wherein the base station may be referred to as a Node B, an evolved Node B, an access point, a Base Transceiver Station (BTS), a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a basic service Set (Basic Service Set, BSS), Extended Service Set (Extended Service Set, ESS), Node B, Evolved Node B (eNB), Home Node B, Home Evolved Node B, WLAN Access Point, WiFi Node, Send Transmitting Receiving Point (TRP) or some other suitable term in the field, as long as the same technical effect is achieved, the base station is not limited to specific technical terms. The base station in the NR system is taken as an example, but the specific type of the base station is not limited.

The following describes the method for configuring DRX parameters provided by the embodiments of the present application in detail through specific embodiments and application scenarios with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Please refer to FIG. 2 , which is a flowchart of a method for configuring DRX parameters provided by an embodiment of the present application, where the method for configuring DRX parameters is applied to a first network element. As shown in Figure 2, the configuration method of the DRX parameters includes the following steps:

Step 201: Send a first subscription request to at least one second network element.

The first subscription request is used to request or instruct the second network element to send the characteristic parameter associated with the DRX configuration analysis to the first network element. The characteristic parameters associated with the DRX configuration analysis may refer to relevant data for analyzing the DRX configuration, such as data related to service types, data related to an area of interest, and the like.

Optionally, the first subscription request may include at least one of the following:

target interface;

target area;

Target business type or application ID.

The target interface may refer to a connection interface of a target service, such as a PC5 interface, a Uu interface, etc.; the target service may refer to a service that requires a second network element to provide characteristic parameters associated with the service and DRX analysis. The target area may refer to a certain area requiring a second network element to provide characteristic parameters associated with the DRX analysis of the area; in some implementation scenarios, the target area may also be referred to as an area of interest (area of interest).

Understandably, if the first subscription request includes a target interface, it means that the first network element requests the second network element to send characteristic parameters associated with the DRX configuration analysis of the target interface; if the first subscription request includes a target area, Indicates that the first network element requests the second network element to send characteristic parameters associated with the DRX configuration analysis of the target area; if the first subscription request includes the target service type or application identifier, it indicates that the first network element requests the second network element to send the Feature parameters associated with service DRX configuration analysis. In this way, the second network element can also send corresponding characteristic parameters based on the content included in the first subscription request.

Step 202: Acquire characteristic parameters associated with DRX configuration analysis sent by the at least one second network element in response to the first subscription request.

It can be understood that after the first network element sends the first subscription request to the at least one second network element, the at least one second network element sends a DRX message to the first network element in response to the first subscription request. Configure the characteristic parameters associated with the analysis, so that the first network element can obtain the characteristic parameters fed back by different second network elements, and then the first network element can perform DRX parameter configuration analysis on the acquired characteristic parameters, and determine the DRX that needs to be configured through the analysis. parameters to generate DRX parameter configuration analysis information.

It should be noted that the characteristic parameters fed back by different second network elements may be different, or the characteristic parameters fed back by different second network elements may belong to the same parameter type, but the parameter contents may be different. For example, the characteristic parameter associated with the DRX analysis may include at least one of the following:

Characteristic parameters associated with the target interface DRX configuration analysis;

Characteristic parameters associated with the DRX configuration analysis of the target service;

Characteristic parameters associated with the DRX configuration analysis of the target area;

Characteristic parameters associated with the target frequency DRX configuration analysis.

The target frequency (or frequency band) may refer to a certain frequency that requires the second network element to provide characteristic parameters associated with the frequency and DRX analysis. Optionally, the characteristic parameters associated with the DRX analysis provided by each second network element may include the above four types of characteristic parameters, but the characteristic parameters provided by different second network elements may be different.

In this embodiment of the present application, a first network element sends a first subscription request to at least one second network element, and acquires a feature associated with DRX configuration analysis sent by the at least one second network element in response to the first subscription request parameters, and then the first network element can obtain different characteristic parameters fed back by the second network element, and analyze the obtained characteristic parameters to feed back the analysis results to the target network element, which are the final generated DRX parameters configured for the terminal. Providing analysis suggestions and guidance is conducive to making the finally generated DRX parameters more reasonable and reliable, and also improves the efficiency of DRX parameter configuration, which is conducive to the energy saving and consumption reduction of the communication system.

In this embodiment of the present application, the step 201 may include:

receiving a second subscription request sent by the target network element; the second subscription request is used to request the first network element to send the DRX parameter configuration analysis information;

In response to the second subscription request, the first subscription request is sent to the at least one second network element.

It should be noted that the target network element is one of the at least one second network element. That is, the first network element sends the first subscription request to the at least one second network element based on the response to the second subscription request sent by the target network element, so as to request or instruct the at least one second network element to The network element sends characteristic parameters associated with the DRX configuration analysis.

Optionally, the second subscription request includes at least one of the following:

target area;

Target terminal (User Equipment, UE);

target group;

target business.

For example, if the second subscription request includes the target area, that is, the DRX parameter configuration analysis information that the target network element requests the first network element to send is generated based on characteristic parameters associated with the target area and DRX configuration analysis. If the second subscription request includes the target terminal, that is, the DRX parameter configuration analysis information that the target network element requests the first network element to send is generated based on characteristic parameters associated with the target terminal and DRX configuration analysis. The second subscription request includes the situation of the target group and/or the target service, which can also be referred to the above description, which will not be repeated here. It should be noted that the target group may refer to a terminal group including multiple target terminals.

In this embodiment of the present application, the second subscription request is used to request the first network element to send the DRX parameter configuration analysis information, the second subscription request is sent by the target network element, and the first network element generates or obtains the DRX parameter configuration and analysis information. After the DRX parameter configuration analysis information, it will be fed back to the target network element accordingly, so that the target network element can generate target DRX parameters based on the DRX parameter configuration analysis information.

Optionally, after step 202, it further includes:

Generate DRX parameter configuration analysis information according to the characteristic parameters;

sending the DRX parameter configuration analysis information to the target network element;

The DRX parameter configuration analysis information is used to instruct the target network element to generate target DRX parameters. In this embodiment of the present application, after acquiring the characteristic parameters associated with the DRX configuration analysis sent by at least one second network element, the first network element analyzes and evaluates the acquired characteristic parameters, generates DRX parameter configuration analysis information, and Send the DRX parameter configuration analysis information to the target network element.

It should be noted that the DRX parameter configuration analysis information can be considered as the analysis result after the first network element analyzes and evaluates the characteristic parameters. After receiving the analysis result, the target network element can Learn what DRX parameters should be configured. For example, if the second subscription request includes the target area, the first network element will also obtain the characteristic parameters associated with the DRX configuration analysis of the target area, and after analyzing and evaluating the characteristic parameters, the first network element generates a DRX Parameter configuration analysis information, the DRX parameter configuration analysis information also includes analysis information for the DRX parameter configuration of the target area, so that the target DRX parameters generated by the target network element take into account the relevant information of the target area.

In this embodiment of the present application, after the first network element sends the DRX parameter configuration analysis information to the target network element, the target network element can generate target DRX parameters based on the DRX parameter configuration analysis information, and send the target DRX parameters To the terminal, complete the DRX parameter configuration for the terminal. The DRX parameter configuration analysis information may be sent in the form of an analysis report, and the DRX parameter configuration analysis information may be a configuration used to indicate DRX parameters.

Optionally, the DRX parameter configuration analysis information may also be the DRX parameters obtained by the first network element after analyzing and evaluating the characteristic parameters. In this case, the target network element may directly use the DRX parameters as the target DRX. The parameters are sent to the terminal, or the target DRX parameters may be generated based on the received DRX parameters and then sent to the terminal.

In the embodiment of the present application, the first network element is a network data analysis function entity (Network Data Analytics Function, NWDAF), and the second network element includes at least one of the following:

Application function entity (Application Function, AF);

Policy Control Function (PCF);

Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF);

Radio Access Network entity (Radio Access Network, RAN);

Operation and maintenance management system (Operation Administration and Maintenance, OAM);

Unified Data Manager (UDM).

Understandably, the second network element includes at least one of the above items, and the target network element is any one of the above items. It should be noted that, for different second network elements, the first subscription request sent by the first network element is different, and the characteristic parameters associated with the DRX configuration analysis fed back by different second network elements may also be different.

Optionally, if the second network element is an AF, the characteristic parameter includes at least one of the following:

the traffic pattern of the target service on the target interface;

Quality of Service (QoS) requirements of the target service on the target interface;

the number of terminals in the target area;

The mobility of the terminal within the target area;

The mobility of the target terminal.

In this embodiment, if the second network element is an AF, or the at least one second network element includes an AF, the first network element sends a first subscription request to the AF, and the first subscription request may be used to request The AF sends characteristic parameters such as the traffic pattern of the target service on the target interface, the QoS requirements of the target service on the target interface, and the number of terminals in the target area. It should be noted that the characteristic parameters may correspond to the first subscription request, that is to say, which parameters are requested by the first subscription request, the characteristic parameters correspond to which parameters.

Optionally, the second network element is a PCF, and the characteristic parameter includes at least one of the following:

the communication strategy configuration of the target service and/or the target terminal on the target interface;

the communication parameter configuration of the target service and/or the target terminal on the target interface;

QoS parameter configuration of the target service and/or the target terminal on the target interface;

The communication area corresponding to the target interface.

Local policy for the target region.

In this embodiment, if the second network element is a PCF, or the at least one second network element includes a PCF, the first network element sends a first subscription request to the PCF, where the first subscription request may be used to request The PCF sends the target service and/or the communication policy configuration, communication parameter configuration, QoS parameter configuration and other characteristic parameters of the target terminal on the target interface. It should be noted that the characteristic parameters may correspond to the first subscription request, that is to say, which parameters are requested by the first subscription request, the PCF also corresponds to which characteristic parameters are sent, and the specific characteristic parameters are as described above. .

Optionally, the second network element is an AMF, and the characteristic parameter includes at least one of the following:

The number of terminals served by the AMF;

the number of terminals served by the AMF in the target area;

the number of terminals corresponding to the target interface;

The mobility of the terminal corresponding to the target interface;

The number of terminals registered in the preset area during the historical time period;

The mobility of the target terminal;

Mobility of the terminal within the target area.

In this embodiment, if the second network element is an AMF, or the at least one second network element includes an AMF, the first network element sends a first subscription request to the AMF, where the first subscription request may be a request for The AMF sends characteristic parameters such as the number of terminals served by the AMF, the number of terminals corresponding to the target interface, and the mobility of the target terminal. It should be noted that the characteristic parameters may correspond to the first subscription request, that is to say, which parameters are requested by the first subscription request, then the AMF also corresponds to which characteristic parameters are sent. The specific characteristic parameters are as described above. , and will not be repeated here.

Optionally, the second network element is a RAN, and the characteristic parameter includes at least one of the following:

the number of terminals served by the RAN;

the number of terminals served by the RAN in the target area;

the number of terminals corresponding to the target interface;

The mobility of the terminal corresponding to the target interface;

The communication frequency at which the terminal communicates through the target interface;

The mobility of the target terminal;

Mobility of the terminal within the target area.

In this embodiment, if the second network element is the RAN, or the at least one second network element includes the RAN, the first network element sends a first subscription request to the RAN, and the first subscription request may be used to request The RAN sends characteristic parameters such as the number of terminals served by the RAN, the number of terminals corresponding to the target interface, the mobility of the terminals corresponding to the target interface, and the mobility of the terminals in the target area. It should be noted that the characteristic parameters may correspond to the first subscription request, that is to say, which parameters are requested by the first subscription request, the RAN also corresponds to which characteristic parameters are sent. The specific characteristic parameters are as described above. , and will not be repeated here.

In this embodiment of the present application, a first network element sends a first subscription request to at least one second network element, and acquires a feature associated with DRX configuration analysis sent by the at least one second network element in response to the first subscription request parameters, and then the first network element can analyze and evaluate the DRX parameter configuration on the acquired characteristic parameters fed back by different second network elements, and can feed back the analysis and evaluation results to the corresponding network elements to generate appropriate DRX parameter. In this way, the configuration of the DRX parameters also considers multiple characteristic parameters, which is beneficial for the finally generated DRX parameters to be more reasonable and reliable, and is more conducive to the energy saving and consumption reduction of the communication system.

Please refer to FIG. 3 . FIG. 3 is a flowchart of another DRX parameter configuration method provided by an embodiment of the present application, where the DRX parameter configuration method is applied to a second network element. As shown in Figure 3, the configuration method of the DRX parameters includes the following steps:

Step 301: Receive a first subscription request sent by a first network element.

target interface;

target area;

Target business type or application ID.

Wherein, if the first subscription request includes a target interface, it means that the first network element requests the second network element to send characteristic parameters associated with the DRX configuration analysis of the target interface; if the first subscription request includes a target area, it means that the first A network element requests the second network element to send characteristic parameters associated with the DRX configuration analysis of the target area; if the first subscription request includes the target service type or application identifier, it means that the first network element requests the second network element to send the DRX associated with the target service Configure the characteristic parameters associated with the analysis. In this way, the second network element can also send corresponding characteristic parameters based on the content included in the first subscription request.

Step 302: In response to the first subscription request, send the characteristic parameter associated with the DRX configuration analysis to the first network element.

It can be understood that, after receiving the first subscription request sent by the first network element, the second network element may, based on the request content included in the first subscription request, send the corresponding DRX configuration analysis to the first network element. Characteristic Parameters. Optionally, the characteristic parameter associated with the DRX analysis may include at least one of the following:

For example, if the first subscription request includes a target interface, the characteristic parameters sent by the second network element also include characteristic parameters associated with the DRX configuration analysis of the target interface; if the first subscription request includes a target area , the characteristic parameter sent by the second network element also includes the characteristic parameter associated with the DRX configuration analysis of the target area; and so on. That is, the characteristic parameter sent by the second network element corresponds to the first subscription request.

Optionally, in the case that the second network element is the target network element, before the step 301, the method further includes:

Send a second subscription request to the first network element, where the second subscription request is used to request the first network element to send the DRX parameter configuration analysis information.

In the embodiment of the present application, the target network element first sends the second subscription request to the first network element, and the first network element sends the first subscription request to at least one second network element in response to the second subscription request. Optionally, the second subscription request includes at least one of the following:

target area;

Target terminal (User Equipment, UE);

target group;

target business.

For example, if the second subscription request includes the target area, that is, the DRX parameter configuration analysis information that the target network element requests the first network element to send is generated based on characteristic parameters associated with the target area and DRX configuration analysis. If the second subscription request includes the target terminal, that is, the DRX parameter configuration analysis information that the target network element requests the first network element to send is generated based on characteristic parameters associated with the target terminal and DRX configuration analysis. The second subscription request includes the situation of the target group and/or the target service, which can also be referred to the above description, which will not be repeated here.

Optionally, after step 302, it further includes:

receiving DRX parameter configuration analysis information sent by the first network element, where the DRX parameter configuration analysis information is used to instruct the target network element to generate DRX parameters;

Generate target DRX parameters based on the DRX parameter configuration analysis information, and send the target DRX parameters to the terminal.

In this embodiment of the present application, after acquiring the characteristic parameters associated with the DRX configuration analysis sent by at least one second network element, the first network element analyzes and evaluates the acquired characteristic parameters, generates DRX parameter configuration analysis information, and generates DRX parameter configuration analysis information. Send the DRX parameter configuration analysis information to the target network element, and the target network element can derive and generate reasonable target DRX parameters based on the DRX parameter configuration analysis information, and send the target DRX parameters to the terminal to complete the analysis of the terminal. DRX parameter configuration.

Optionally, the sending the target DRX parameter to the terminal includes:

It is configured to the terminal through a NAS message or an RRC message.

In this embodiment of the present application, after generating the target DRX parameters, the target network element may pass the target DRX parameters through a non-access stratum (Non-Access Stratum, NAS) message or a radio resource control (Radio Resource Control, RRS) message Sent to the terminal to complete the DRX parameter configuration for the terminal.

Application function entity (Application Function, AF);

Policy Control Function (PCF);

Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF);

Radio Access Network entity (Radio Access Network, RAN);

Unified Data Manager (UDM).

Optionally, the second network element is an AF, and the characteristic parameter includes at least one of the following:

the traffic pattern of the target service on the target interface;

QoS requirements of the target service on the target interface;

the number of terminals in the target area;

The mobility of the terminal within the target area;

The mobility of the target terminal.

The communication area corresponding to the target interface;

Local policy for the target region.

The number of terminals served by the AMF;

the number of terminals served by the AMF in the target area;

the number of terminals corresponding to the target interface;

The mobility of the terminal corresponding to the target interface;

The mobility of the target terminal;

Mobility of the terminal within the target area.

the number of terminals served by the RAN;

the number of terminals served by the RAN in the target area;

the number of terminals corresponding to the target interface;

The mobility of the terminal corresponding to the target interface;

The mobility of the target terminal;

Mobility of the terminal within the target area.

It should be noted that, the specific form of the above-mentioned second network element and the implementation manner in the embodiment of the present application may be the specific description in the method embodiment with reference to FIG. 2 , and details are not repeated in this embodiment.

In the embodiment of the present application, the second network element receives the first subscription request sent by the first network element, and then sends the characteristic parameter associated with the DRX configuration analysis to the first network element, and the first network element can further analyze the acquired The characteristic parameter analyzes and evaluates the DRX parameter configuration, and can feed back the analysis and evaluation results to the second network element, and the second network element derives and generates reasonable target DRX parameters based on the analysis and evaluation results. In this way, the configuration of DRX parameters also considers multiple characteristic parameters, which is conducive to the more reasonable and reliable finally generated DRX parameters, improves the efficiency of DRX parameter configuration, and is conducive to energy saving and consumption reduction of the communication system.

It should be noted that, in the DRX parameter configuration method provided by the embodiments of the present application, the execution subject may be a DRX parameter configuration device, or a control module in the DRX parameter configuration device for executing the DRX parameter configuration method. In the embodiment of the present application, the device for configuring the DRX parameter provided by the embodiment of the present application is described by taking the method for configuring the DRX parameter performed by the device for configuring the DRX parameter as an example.

Please refer to FIG. 4. FIG. 4 is a device for configuring DRX parameters provided by an embodiment of the present application. The device for configuring DRX parameters is applied to the first network element. As shown in FIG. 4, the device 400 for configuring DRX parameters includes:

a first sending module 401, configured to send a first subscription request to at least one second network element;

The obtaining module 402 is configured to obtain the characteristic parameter associated with the DRX configuration analysis sent by the at least one second network element in response to the first subscription request.

Optionally, the device further includes:

A generation module is used to generate DRX parameter configuration analysis information according to the characteristic parameter;

The first sending module is further configured to: send the DRX parameter configuration analysis information to the target network element;

The DRX parameter configuration analysis information is used to instruct the target network element to generate target DRX parameters, and the target network element is one of the at least one second network element.

Optionally, the first sending module 401 is further configured to:

target area;

target terminal UE;

target group;

target business.

Optionally, the first network element is a network data analysis function entity NWDAF, and the second network element includes at least one of the following:

Application functional entity AF;

Policy Control Function Entity PCF;

Access and mobility functional entity AMF;

The radio access network entity RAN;

Operation and maintenance management system OAM;

Unified Data Management Entity UDM.

the traffic pattern of the target service on the target interface;

QoS requirements of the target service on the target interface;

the number of terminals in the target area;

The mobility of the terminal within the target area;

The mobility of the target terminal.

The communication area corresponding to the target interface.

Local policy for the target region.

The number of terminals served by the AMF;

the number of terminals served by the AMF in the target area;

the number of terminals corresponding to the target interface;

The mobility of the terminal corresponding to the target interface;

The mobility of the target terminal;

Mobility of the terminal within the target area.

the number of terminals served by the RAN;

the number of terminals served by the RAN in the target area;

the number of terminals corresponding to the target interface;

The mobility of the terminal corresponding to the target interface;

The mobility of the target terminal;

Mobility of the terminal within the target area.

In this embodiment of the present application, the apparatus 400 for configuring DRX parameters sends a first subscription request to at least one second network element, and obtains a DRX configuration analysis association sent by the at least one second network element in response to the first subscription request characteristic parameters, and then the DRX parameter configuration device 400 can obtain the characteristic parameters fed back by different second network elements, and analyze the obtained characteristic parameters, so as to feed back the analysis results to the target network element, which is the final configuration for the generated network element. The DRX parameters of the terminal provide analysis suggestions and guidance, which is beneficial for the finally generated DRX parameters to be more reasonable and reliable, and also improves the efficiency of DRX parameter configuration, which is beneficial to the energy saving and consumption reduction of the communication system.

The apparatus 400 for configuring DRX parameters provided in this embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the method embodiment shown in FIG. 2 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, details are not described here.

Please refer to FIG. 5 . FIG. 5 is another device for configuring DRX parameters provided by an embodiment of the present application. The device for configuring DRX parameters is applied to a second network element. As shown in FIG. 5 , the device 500 for configuring DRX parameters includes: :

A receiving module 501, configured to receive a first subscription request sent by a first network element;

The second sending module 502 is configured to send the characteristic parameter associated with the DRX configuration analysis to the first network element in response to the first subscription request.

Optionally, the second network element is a target network element,

The receiving module 501 is further configured to: receive DRX parameter configuration analysis information sent by the first network element, where the DRX parameter configuration analysis information is used to instruct the target network element to generate DRX parameters;

The second sending module 502 is further configured to: generate target DRX parameters based on the DRX parameter configuration analysis information, and send the target DRX parameters to the terminal.

Optionally, the second sending module 502 is further configured to:

It is configured to the terminal through a non-access stratum NAS message or a radio resource control RRC message.

Optionally, the second sending module 502 is further configured to:

target area;

target terminal;

target group;

target business.

Application functional entity AF;

Policy Control Function Entity PCF;

Access and mobility functional entity AMF;

The radio access network entity RAN;

Operation and maintenance management system OAM;

Unified Data Management Entity UDM.

the traffic pattern of the target service on the target interface;

QoS requirements of the target service on the target interface;

the number of terminals in the target area;

The mobility of the terminal within the target area;

The mobility of the target terminal.

The communication area corresponding to the target interface.

Local policy for the target region.

The number of terminals served by the AMF;

the number of terminals served by the AMF in the target area;

the number of terminals corresponding to the target interface;

The mobility of the terminal corresponding to the target interface;

The mobility of the target terminal;

Mobility of the terminal within the target area.

the number of terminals served by the RAN;

the number of terminals served by the RAN in the target area;

the number of terminals corresponding to the target interface;

The mobility of the terminal corresponding to the target interface;

The mobility of the target terminal;

Mobility of the terminal within the target area.

In the embodiment of the present application, the device 500 for configuring DRX parameters receives the first subscription request sent by the first network element, and then sends the characteristic parameters associated with the DRX configuration analysis to the first network element, so that the first network element can obtain the The obtained characteristic parameters are analyzed and evaluated for the DRX parameter configuration, and the analysis and evaluation results can be fed back to the DRX parameter configuration device 500, and the DRX parameter configuration device 500 derives and generates reasonable target DRX parameters based on the analysis and evaluation results, and The final configuration is given to the terminal. In this way, the configuration of DRX parameters also considers multiple characteristic parameters, which is conducive to the more reasonable and reliable finally generated DRX parameters, improves the efficiency of DRX parameter configuration, and is conducive to energy saving and consumption reduction of the communication system.

The apparatus 500 for configuring DRX parameters provided in this embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the method embodiment shown in FIG. 3 , and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, details are not described here.

Optionally, as shown in FIG. 6 , an embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device 600, including a processor 601, a memory 602, a program or instruction stored in the memory 602 and executable on the processor 601, For example, when the communication device 600 is the first network element, when the program or instruction is executed by the processor 601, each process of the method embodiment described in FIG. 2 is implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved. When the communication device 600 is the second network element, when the program or instruction is executed by the processor 601, each process of the method embodiment shown in FIG. 3 is implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, details are not repeated here. .

Specifically, an embodiment of the present application further provides a network side device. As shown in FIG. 7 , the network device 700 includes: an antenna 71 , a radio frequency device 72 , and a baseband device 73 . The antenna 71 is connected to the radio frequency device 72 . In the uplink direction, the radio frequency device 72 receives information through the antenna 71, and sends the received information to the baseband device 73 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 73 processes the information to be sent and sends it to the radio frequency device 72 , and the radio frequency device 72 processes the received information and sends it out through the antenna 71 .

The above-mentioned frequency band processing apparatus may be located in the baseband apparatus 73 , and the method performed by the first network element or the second network element in the above embodiments may be implemented in the baseband apparatus 73 . The baseband apparatus 73 includes a processor 74 and a memory 75 .

The baseband device 73 may include, for example, at least one baseband board on which a plurality of chips are arranged. As shown in FIG. 7 , one of the chips is, for example, the processor 74 , which is connected to the memory 75 to call the program in the memory 75 and execute it. The operations of the first network element or the second network element shown in the above method embodiments.

The baseband device 73 may further include a network interface 76 for exchanging information with the radio frequency device 72, and the interface is, for example, a common public radio interface (CPRI).

Specifically, the network-side device in the embodiment of the present invention further includes: instructions or programs that are stored on the memory 75 and run on the processor 74, and the processor 74 invokes the instructions or programs in the memory 75 to execute the modules shown in FIG. 4 . The method to be executed, or the method executed by each module shown in FIG. 5 is executed, and the same technical effect is achieved. To avoid repetition, it is not repeated here.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a readable storage medium, where a program or an instruction is stored on the readable storage medium, and when the program or instruction is executed by a processor, each process of the method embodiment described in FIG. 2 is implemented, or, When the program or instruction is executed by the processor, each process of the method embodiment shown in FIG. 3 is implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, details are not described here.

Wherein, the processor is the processor in the terminal described in the foregoing embodiment. The readable storage medium includes a computer-readable storage medium, such as a computer read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), a random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and the like.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, where the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run a network-side device program or instruction to implement the above-mentioned FIG. 2 Each process of the method embodiment described above, or to implement each process of the method embodiment described in FIG. 3 above, can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as a system-on-chip, a system-on-chip, a system-on-chip, or a system-on-a-chip, or the like.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a computer program product, which is stored in a readable storage medium, where the computer program product is executed by at least one processor to implement each process of the method embodiment shown in FIG. 3. Each process of the method embodiment can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device, wherein the communication device is configured to execute each process of the method embodiment shown in FIG. 2 or execute each process of the method embodiment described in FIG. 3 , and can achieve The same technical effect, in order to avoid repetition, will not be repeated here.

It will be appreciated that the embodiments described in this disclosure may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, middleware, microcode, or a combination thereof. For hardware implementation, modules, units, sub-modules, sub-units, etc. can be implemented in one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC), Digital Signal Processing (DSP), digital signal processing equipment ( DSP Device, DSPD), Programmable Logic Device (Programmable Logic Device, PLD), Field-Programmable Gate Array (Field-Programmable Gate Array, FPGA), general-purpose processor, controller, microcontroller, microprocessor, for in other electronic units or combinations thereof that perform the functions described herein.

It should be noted that, herein, the terms "comprising", "comprising" or any other variation thereof are intended to encompass non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article or device comprising a series of elements includes not only those elements, It also includes other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such a process, method, article or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element qualified by the phrase "comprising a..." does not preclude the presence of additional identical elements in a process, method, article or apparatus that includes the element. Furthermore, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatus in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing the functions in the order shown or discussed, but may also include performing the functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in the reverse order depending on the functions involved. To perform functions, for example, the described methods may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may also be added, omitted, or combined. Additionally, features described with reference to some examples may be combined in other examples.

From the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the methods of the above embodiments can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course hardware can also be used, but in many cases the former is better implementation. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present application can be embodied in the form of a software product in essence or in a part that contributes to the prior art, and the computer software product is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, CD-ROM), including several instructions to make a terminal (which may be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device, etc.) execute the methods described in the various embodiments of this application.

The embodiments of the present application have been described above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-mentioned specific embodiments, which are merely illustrative rather than restrictive. Under the inspiration of this application, without departing from the scope of protection of the purpose of this application and the claims, many forms can be made, which all fall within the protection of this application.

Claims

A configuration method for discontinuous reception of DRX parameters, applied to a first network element, includes:

sending a first subscription request to at least one second network element;

Acquire characteristic parameters associated with DRX configuration analysis sent by the at least one second network element in response to the first subscription request.
The method of claim 1, further comprising:

Generate DRX parameter configuration analysis information according to the characteristic parameters;

sending the DRX parameter configuration analysis information to the target network element;

The DRX parameter configuration analysis information is used to instruct the target network element to generate target DRX parameters, and the target network element is one of the at least one second network element.
The method according to claim 2, wherein the sending the first subscription request to the at least one second network element comprises:

receiving a second subscription request sent by the target network element; the second subscription request is used to request the first network element to send the DRX parameter configuration analysis information;

In response to the second subscription request, the first subscription request is sent to the at least one second network element.
The method according to claim 3, wherein the second subscription request includes at least one of the following:

target area;

target terminal UE;

target group;

target business.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the first network element is a network data analysis function entity NWDAF, and the second network element includes at least one of the following:

Application functional entity AF;

Policy Control Function Entity PCF;

Access and mobility functional entity AMF;

The radio access network entity RAN;

Operation and maintenance management system OAM;

Unified Data Management Entity UDM.
The method according to claim 5, wherein the second network element is an AF, and the characteristic parameter includes at least one of the following:

the traffic pattern of the target service on the target interface;

QoS requirements of the target service on the target interface;

the number of terminals in the target area;

The mobility of the terminal within the target area;

The mobility of the target terminal.
The method according to claim 5, wherein the second network element is a PCF, and the characteristic parameter includes at least one of the following:

the communication strategy configuration of the target service and/or the target terminal on the target interface;

the communication parameter configuration of the target service and/or the target terminal on the target interface;

QoS parameter configuration of the target service and/or the target terminal on the target interface;

The communication area corresponding to the target interface.

Local policy for the target region.
The method according to claim 5, wherein the second network element is an AMF, and the characteristic parameter includes at least one of the following:

The number of terminals served by the AMF;

the number of terminals served by the AMF in the target area;

the number of terminals corresponding to the target interface;

The mobility of the terminal corresponding to the target interface;

The number of terminals registered in the preset area during the historical time period;

The mobility of the target terminal;

Mobility of the terminal within the target area.
The method according to claim 5, wherein the second network element is a RAN, and the characteristic parameter includes at least one of the following:

the number of terminals served by the RAN;

the number of terminals served by the RAN in the target area;

the number of terminals corresponding to the target interface;

The mobility of the terminal corresponding to the target interface;

The number of terminals registered in the preset area during the historical time period;

The communication frequency at which the terminal communicates through the target interface;

The mobility of the target terminal;

Mobility of the terminal within the target area.
A configuration method for discontinuous reception of DRX parameters, applied to a second network element, includes:

receiving the first subscription request sent by the first network element;

In response to the first subscription request, the characteristic parameter associated with the DRX configuration analysis is sent to the first network element.
The method according to claim 10, wherein the second network element is a target network element, and the method further comprises:

receiving DRX parameter configuration analysis information sent by the first network element, where the DRX parameter configuration analysis information is used to instruct the target network element to generate DRX parameters;

Generate target DRX parameters based on the DRX parameter configuration analysis information, and send the target DRX parameters to the terminal.
The method according to claim 11, wherein the sending the target DRX parameter to the terminal comprises:

It is configured to the terminal through a non-access stratum NAS message or a radio resource control RRC message.
The method according to claim 11, wherein before the receiving the first subscription request sent by the first network element, the method further comprises:

Send a second subscription request to the first network element, where the second subscription request is used to request the first network element to send the DRX parameter configuration analysis information.
The method of claim 13, wherein the second subscription request includes at least one of the following:

target area;

target terminal;

target group;

target business.
The method according to claim 10, wherein the first network element is a network data analysis function entity NWDAF, and the second network element includes at least one of the following:

Application functional entity AF;

Policy Control Function Entity PCF;

Access and mobility functional entity AMF;

The radio access network entity RAN;

Operation and maintenance management system OAM;

Unified Data Management Entity UDM.
The method according to claim 15, wherein the second network element is an AF, and the characteristic parameter includes at least one of the following:

the traffic pattern of the target service on the target interface;

QoS requirements of the target service on the target interface;

the number of terminals in the target area;

The mobility of the terminal within the target area;

The mobility of the target terminal.
The method according to claim 15, wherein the second network element is a PCF, and the characteristic parameter includes at least one of the following:

the communication strategy configuration of the target service and/or the target terminal on the target interface;

the communication parameter configuration of the target service and/or the target terminal on the target interface;

QoS parameter configuration of the target service and/or the target terminal on the target interface;

The communication area corresponding to the target interface;

Local policy for the target region.
The method according to claim 15, wherein the second network element is an AMF, and the characteristic parameter includes at least one of the following:

The number of terminals served by the AMF;

the number of terminals served by the AMF in the target area;

the number of terminals corresponding to the target interface;

The mobility of the terminal corresponding to the target interface;

The number of terminals registered in the preset area during the historical time period;

The mobility of the target terminal;

Mobility of the terminal within the target area.
The method according to claim 15, wherein the second network element is a RAN, and the characteristic parameter includes at least one of the following:

the number of terminals served by the RAN;

the number of terminals served by the RAN in the target area;

the number of terminals corresponding to the target interface;

The mobility of the terminal corresponding to the target interface;

The number of terminals registered in the preset area during the historical time period;

The communication frequency at which the terminal communicates through the target interface;

The mobility of the target terminal;

Mobility of the terminal within the target area.
A configuration device for discontinuously receiving DRX parameters, applied to a first network element, comprising:

a first sending module, configured to send a first subscription request to at least one second network element;

An obtaining module, configured to obtain the characteristic parameter associated with the DRX configuration analysis sent by the at least one second network element in response to the first subscription request.
The apparatus of claim 20, further comprising:

A generation module is used to generate DRX parameter configuration analysis information according to the characteristic parameter;

The first sending module is further configured to: send the DRX parameter configuration analysis information to the target network element;

The DRX parameter configuration analysis information is used to instruct the target network element to generate target DRX parameters, and the target network element is one of the at least one second network element.
The apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the first sending module is further configured to:

receiving a second subscription request sent by the target network element; the second subscription request is used to request the first network element to send the DRX parameter configuration analysis information;

In response to the second subscription request, the first subscription request is sent to the at least one second network element.
The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the second subscription request includes at least one of the following:

target area;

target terminal UE;

target group;

target business.
The apparatus according to claim 20, wherein the first network element is a network data analysis function entity NWDAF, and the second network element includes at least one of the following:

Application functional entity AF;

Policy Control Function Entity PCF;

Access and mobility functional entity AMF;

The radio access network entity RAN;

Operation and maintenance management system OAM;

Unified Data Management Entity UDM.
The apparatus according to claim 24, wherein the second network element is an AF, and the characteristic parameter includes at least one of the following:

the traffic pattern of the target service on the target interface;

QoS requirements of the target service on the target interface;

the number of terminals in the target area;

The mobility of the terminal within the target area;

The mobility of the target terminal.
The apparatus according to claim 24, wherein the second network element is a PCF, and the characteristic parameter includes at least one of the following:

the communication strategy configuration of the target service and/or the target terminal on the target interface;

the communication parameter configuration of the target service and/or the target terminal on the target interface;

QoS parameter configuration of the target service and/or the target terminal on the target interface;

The communication area corresponding to the target interface.

Local policy for the target region.
The apparatus according to claim 24, wherein the second network element is an AMF, and the characteristic parameter includes at least one of the following:

The number of terminals served by the AMF;

the number of terminals served by the AMF in the target area;

the number of terminals corresponding to the target interface;

The mobility of the terminal corresponding to the target interface;

The number of terminals registered in the preset area during the historical time period;

The mobility of the target terminal;

Mobility of the terminal within the target area.
The apparatus according to claim 24, wherein the second network element is a RAN, and the characteristic parameter includes at least one of the following:

the number of terminals served by the RAN;

the number of terminals served by the RAN in the target area;

the number of terminals corresponding to the target interface;

The mobility of the terminal corresponding to the target interface;

The number of terminals registered in the preset area during the historical time period;

The communication frequency at which the terminal communicates through the target interface;

The mobility of the target terminal;

Mobility of the terminal within the target area.
A configuration device for discontinuously receiving DRX parameters, applied to a second network element, comprising:

a receiving module, configured to receive the first subscription request sent by the first network element;

The second sending module is configured to send, in response to the first subscription request, the characteristic parameter associated with the DRX configuration analysis to the first network element.
The apparatus according to claim 29, wherein the second network element is a target network element,

The receiving module is further configured to: receive DRX parameter configuration analysis information sent by the first network element, wherein the DRX parameter configuration analysis information is used to instruct the target network element to generate DRX parameters;

The second sending module is further configured to: generate target DRX parameters based on the DRX parameter configuration analysis information, and send the target DRX parameters to the terminal.
The apparatus according to claim 30, wherein the second sending module is further configured to:

It is configured to the terminal through a non-access stratum NAS message or a radio resource control RRC message.
The apparatus according to claim 30, wherein the second sending module is further configured to:

Send a second subscription request to the first network element, where the second subscription request is used to request the first network element to send the DRX parameter configuration analysis information.
The apparatus of claim 32, wherein the second subscription request includes at least one of the following:

target area;

target terminal;

target group;

target business.
The apparatus according to claim 29, wherein the first network element is a network data analysis function entity NWDAF, and the second network element includes at least one of the following:

Application functional entity AF;

Policy Control Function Entity PCF;

Access and mobility functional entity AMF;

The radio access network entity RAN;

Operation and maintenance management system OAM;

Unified Data Management Entity UDM.
A communication device, comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the program or instruction being executed by the processor to achieve as claimed in claims 1 to 9 The steps of the method according to any one of claims 10; or, when the program or instructions are executed by the processor, the steps of the method according to any one of claims 10 to 19 are implemented.
A readable storage medium, wherein a program or an instruction is stored on the readable storage medium, and when the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 9 are implemented; or , the program or instruction implements the steps of the method according to any one of claims 10 to 19 when executed by the processor.
A chip, comprising a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled with the processor, and the processor is used for running a program or an instruction to implement the method according to any one of claims 1 to 9; or, A method as claimed in any one of claims 10 to 19 is carried out.
A computer program product, stored in a readable storage medium, the computer program product being executed by at least one processor to implement the method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9; or, to implement the method as claimed in claim 10 to The method of any one of 19.
A communication device, wherein the communication device is configured to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 9; or, to perform the method of any one of claims 10 to 19.