WO2024108446A1

WO2024108446A1 - Sleep control method, apparatus, device and readable storage medium

Info

Publication number: WO2024108446A1
Application number: PCT/CN2022/133834
Authority: WO
Inventors: 付婷
Original assignee: 北京小米移动软件有限公司
Priority date: 2022-11-23
Filing date: 2022-11-23
Publication date: 2024-05-30
Also published as: CN118383062A

Abstract

Provided in the present disclosure are a sleep control method, an apparatus, a device and a readable storage medium, which are applied to the technical field of wireless communications. The method comprises: determining at a first moment that a sleep is needed; and, when receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduled by a scheduling instruction is not completed at the first moment, executing the sleep after a second moment, the second moment being the time-domain end position of the PDSCH.

Description

A method, device, equipment and readable storage medium for controlling sleep

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of wireless communication technology, and in particular to a method, device, equipment and readable storage medium for controlling sleep.

Background technique

With the continuous increase of hardware processing power and the continuous improvement of software functions in user equipment (UE), the power consumption of UE has increased accordingly. How to improve the battery life of UE has always been a topic that needs to be studied.

One of the ways is to allow the user equipment to sleep during a set period of time to save power, but it is necessary to consider whether the sleep of the user equipment will affect the downlink data normally received by the user equipment.

Summary of the invention

The present disclosure provides a method, apparatus, device and readable storage medium for controlling sleep.

In a first aspect, a method for controlling sleep is provided, which is performed by a user equipment, and the method includes:

Determine the need for hibernation at the first moment;

In the case that the physical downlink shared channel PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction is not completely received at the first time, the sleep operation starts after the second time, and the second time is the time domain end position of the PDSCH.

In some possible implementations, the determining that sleep is required includes: receiving a first instruction sent by a network device, where the first instruction is used to instruct to skip physical downlink control channel PDCCH monitoring.

In some possible implementations, the determining that sleep is required includes: receiving a second instruction sent by a network device, where the second instruction is used to instruct the user equipment to sleep.

In some possible implementations, the determining that sleep is required includes: a set timer in the user equipment meets a set condition to trigger the sleep of the user equipment.

In some possible implementations, the scheduling instruction is downlink control information DCI, and the PDSCH is a PDSCH scheduled by the DCI.

In some possible implementations, the scheduling instruction is a downlink control information DCI, and the PDSCH is a plurality of PDSCHs scheduled by the DCI.

In some possible implementations, the time domain end position of the PDSCH is the time domain end position of the last PDSCH among the multiple PDSCHs scheduled by the DCI.

In some possible implementations, starting to perform sleep after the second moment includes: starting to perform sleep in a time slot next to the time slot where the second moment is located.

In some possible implementations, the method further includes:

A physical downlink control channel PDCCH is monitored between the first time point and the second time point.

In some possible implementations, the method further includes:

Downlink control information DCI for scheduling uplink data or downlink data is not monitored between the first time point and the second time point.

In some possible implementations, the method further includes:

Monitor at least one of DCI 2-0, DCI 2-1, DCI 2-2, DCI 2-3, DCI 2-4, and DCI2-5 between the first moment and the second moment.

In a second aspect, a device for controlling sleep is provided, which is configured in a user equipment, and the device includes:

The processing module is configured to determine the need for sleep at a first moment; and is also configured to start sleep after a second moment if the physical downlink shared channel PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction has not been received at the first moment, and the second moment is the time domain end position of the PDSCH.

In some possible implementations, the device further includes:

The transceiver module is configured to receive a first instruction sent by a network device, wherein the first instruction is used to instruct to skip physical downlink control channel PDCCH monitoring, or is configured to receive a second instruction sent by the network device, wherein the second instruction is used to instruct the user equipment to sleep.

In a third aspect, an electronic device is provided, including a processor and a memory, wherein:

The memory is used to store computer programs;

The processor is used to execute the computer program to implement the first aspect or any possible design of the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, wherein instructions are stored in the computer-readable storage medium. When the instructions are called and executed on a computer, the computer executes the above-mentioned first aspect or any possible design of the first aspect.

In the present disclosure, whether the user equipment has received the PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction when it is in sleep mode is taken into consideration. When the user equipment needs to sleep, if the PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction has not been received, the sleep mode is performed after the PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction is received. This ensures that energy saving of the user equipment has no impact on data transmission, and data can be received normally while saving energy, thereby improving the processing performance of the user equipment.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The drawings described herein are used to provide a further understanding of the embodiments of the present disclosure and constitute a part of this application. The illustrative embodiments of the embodiments of the present disclosure and their descriptions are used to explain the embodiments of the present disclosure and do not constitute an improper limitation on the embodiments of the present disclosure. In the drawings:

The accompanying drawings herein are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the embodiments of the present disclosure, and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system architecture provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG2 is a schematic diagram of a method for controlling sleep provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG3 is a schematic diagram of another method for controlling sleep provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG4 is a schematic diagram of another method for controlling sleep provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG5 is a schematic diagram of another method for controlling sleep provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG6 is a structural diagram of a device for controlling sleep provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a structural diagram of another apparatus for controlling sleep provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed ways

The embodiments of the present disclosure are now further described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific implementation methods.

Exemplary embodiments will be described in detail herein, examples of which are shown in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the drawings, unless otherwise indicated, the same numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements. The implementations described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all implementations consistent with the embodiments of the present disclosure. Instead, they are merely examples of devices and methods consistent with some aspects of the present disclosure as detailed in the appended claims.

The terms used in the disclosed embodiments are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the disclosed embodiments. The singular forms of "a" and "the" used in the disclosed embodiments and the appended claims are also intended to include plural forms unless the context clearly indicates other meanings. It should also be understood that the term "and/or" used herein refers to and includes any or all possible combinations of one or more associated listed items.

It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used to describe various information in the disclosed embodiments, such information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish the same type of information from each other. For example, without departing from the scope of the disclosed embodiments, the first information may also be referred to as the second information, and similarly, the second information may also be referred to as the first information. Depending on the context, the words "if" and "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at the time of" or "when" or "in response to determining".

Embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below, examples of which are shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein the same or similar reference numerals throughout represent the same or similar elements. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are exemplary and are intended to be used to explain the present disclosure, and should not be construed as limiting the present disclosure.

As shown in Fig. 1, the method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure may be applied to a wireless communication system 100, which may include a user equipment 101 and a network device 102. The user equipment 101 is configured to support carrier aggregation and may be connected to multiple carrier components of the network device 102, including a primary carrier component and one or more secondary carrier components.

It should be understood that the above wireless communication system 100 can be applied to both low-frequency scenarios and high-frequency scenarios. The application scenarios of the wireless communication system 100 include, but are not limited to, long-term evolution (LTE) system, LTE frequency division duplex (FDD) system, LTE time division duplex (TDD) system, worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) communication system, cloud radio access network (CRAN) system, future fifth-generation (5G) system, new radio (NR) communication system or future evolved public land mobile network (PLMN) system, etc.

The user equipment 101 shown above may be a user equipment (terminal), an access user equipment, a user equipment unit, a user equipment station, a mobile station (MS), a remote station, a remote user equipment, a mobile user equipment (mobile terminal), a wireless communication device, a user equipment agent or a user equipment, etc. The user equipment 101 may have a wireless transceiver function, and it can communicate with one or more network devices of one or more communication systems (such as wireless communication) and receive network services provided by the network devices, and the network devices here include but are not limited to the network device 103 shown in the figure.

Among them, the user equipment 101 can be a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a session initiation protocol (SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a personal digital assistant (PDA) device, a handheld device with wireless communication function, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a user device in a future 5G network, or a user device in a future evolved PLMN network, etc.

The network device 102 may be an access network device (or access network point). Among them, the access network device refers to a device that provides network access functions, such as a radio access network (RAN) base station, etc. The network device 103 may specifically include a base station (BS), or a base station and a wireless resource management device for controlling the base station, etc. The network device 102 may also include a relay station (relay device), an access point, a base station in a future 5G network, a base station in a future evolved PLMN network, or an NR base station, etc. The network device 102 may be a wearable device or a vehicle-mounted device. The network device 102 may also be a communication chip with a communication module.

For example, the network device 102 includes, but is not limited to, a next-generation base station (gnodeB, gNB) in 5G, an evolved node B (evolved node B, eNB) in an LTE system, a radio network controller (radio network controller, RNC), a node B (node B, NB) in a WCDMA system, a wireless controller under a CRAN system, a base station controller (basestation controller, BSC), a base transceiver station (base transceiver station, BTS) in a GSM system or a CDMA system, a home base station (for example, home evolved nodeB, or home node B, HNB), a baseband unit (baseband unit, BBU), a transmitting point (transmitting and receiving point, TRP), a transmitting point (transmitting point, TP) or a mobile switching center, etc.

Considering that the user equipment needs to receive the scheduling instruction sent by the network equipment, this scheduling instruction is used to schedule the Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), which is used to carry data from the transmission channel (Downlink Shared Channel, DSCH). When scheduling PDSCH, the scheduling delay k0 will be indicated, that is, the scheduling instruction is sent in time slot n1, and the scheduled PDSCH is located in time slot n1+k0.

Therefore, it is necessary to consider whether the user equipment has received all the PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction when it is in sleep mode. If the user equipment performs sleep mode before receiving all the PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction, it will affect the normal reception of downlink data by the user equipment. Therefore, when the user equipment needs to sleep mode, if it has not received all the PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction, it needs to perform sleep mode after receiving all the PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction.

The user equipment in the present disclosure may be a user equipment having a processor, and the user equipment hibernation refers to the processor hibernation in the user equipment.

The user equipment in the present disclosure may also include a first processor and a low-power second processor for receiving a wake-up signal, and the user equipment hibernation refers to the first processor in the user equipment hibernation.

The present disclosure provides a method for controlling sleep. FIG2 is a flow chart of a method for controlling sleep according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG2 , the method includes steps S201 to S202. Specifically:

S201: The user equipment determines at the first moment that it needs to go into sleep mode.

In some possible implementations, the user equipment determines that it needs to sleep by receiving a sleep instruction sent by a network device, that is, the user equipment receives a sleep instruction sent by a network device at a first moment, and then determines that it needs to sleep at the first moment.

In some possible implementations, the user device determines that it needs to sleep in the following manner: a set timer in the user device satisfies a set condition and triggers the user device to sleep, that is, if the set timer in the user device satisfies the set condition at the first moment and triggers the user device to sleep, then it is determined that sleep is required at the first moment.

S202: When the user equipment has not received all the PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction at the first moment, the user equipment starts to sleep after the second moment, where the second moment is the time domain end position of the PDSCH.

The time domain end position of the PDSCH is the time domain end position of the time domain resources of the PDSCH.

In some possible implementations, the scheduling instruction is downlink control information (Downlink Control Information, DCI), and the PDSCH is a PDSCH scheduled by the DCI. The second moment is the time domain end position of the PDSCH.

In some possible implementations, the scheduling instruction is a DCI, and the PDSCH is a plurality of PDSCHs scheduled by the DCI. The second moment is a time domain end position of a last PDSCH among the plurality of PDSCHs.

In one example, the scheduling instruction in S202 refers to: a DCI closest to the first moment before the first moment. In S202, the user equipment has not received all the PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction at the first moment, which means that the user equipment has not received all the PDSCH scheduled by the DCI at the first moment after receiving the DCI.

In another example, the scheduling instruction scheduling in S202 refers to: the X DCIs closest to the first moment before the first moment. Wherein, X is 2, 3, 4 or other integer values. In S202, the user equipment has not received all the PDSCHs scheduled by the scheduling instruction at the first moment, which means that after the user equipment receives X DCIs in sequence and reaches the first moment, it has not received all the PDSCHs scheduled by one or more DCIs in the X DCIs.

In some possible implementations, starting to perform sleep after the second moment includes: starting to perform sleep in the Nth time slot after the time slot where the second moment is located. The value of N may be 2, or 3, or other values. The value of N is agreed upon by the protocol or configured by the network device.

In some possible implementations, between S201 and S202, it also includes: monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) between the first moment and the second moment, so that between the first moment and the second moment, if the network device has a sudden emergency service that needs to be sent to the user device, it can still continue to schedule downlink data transmission without having to wait until the user device ends sleep before scheduling downlink data.

In some possible implementations, between S201 and S202, it also includes: not monitoring the DCI for scheduling uplink data or downlink data between the first moment and the second moment. For example, the DCI for scheduling uplink data or downlink data is DCI0-0, DCI0-1, DCI0-2, DCI1-0, DCI1-1 or DCI1-2. Since the user equipment has determined that it needs to sleep, it means that it will no longer receive downlink transmission or send uplink transmission in a subsequent period of time, so there is no need to monitor the DCI for downlink scheduling or uplink scheduling in the corresponding search space, which can save energy consumption of the user equipment and is beneficial to power saving of the user equipment.

In some possible implementations, the step between S201 and S202 further includes: monitoring multicast DCI between the first moment and the second moment. For example, monitoring at least one of DCI 2-0, DCI 2-1, DCI 2-2, DCI 2-3, DCI 2-4, and DCI 2-5 between the first moment and the second moment.

The above DCIs are all DCIs of non-scheduled data. Receiving these DCIs can be used to assist the transmission of scheduled PDSCH/PUSCH. For example, DCI 2-0 indicates SFI (slot format indicator), so that the user equipment can accurately determine what can be used for uplink/downlink transmission. For another example, DCI 2-1 indicates PI (Preemption indication), which can be used to indicate to the user equipment which time-frequency position data cannot be used for demodulation, thereby optimizing the user equipment's demodulation effect on PDSCH. DCI 2-2/2-3 is used to indicate the power control information of the data to be transmitted. DCI 2-4 is used to instruct the UE to terminate certain uplink transmissions to avoid affecting the transmission of emergency services of other user equipment. DCI 2-5 is used to indicate the computing resources available to the user equipment.

In one example, the terminal monitors DCI 2-1 between a first moment and a second moment, and DCI 2-1 carries a pre-emption indication (PI) to assist the user equipment in demodulating PDSCH.

In the disclosed embodiment, the first moment and the second moment refer to time domain positions, which may be represented by time slots or OFDM symbols. For example, the first moment refers to the jth time slot in the i-th subframe, and another example is the first moment refers to the nth symbol in the m-th time slot.

In the disclosed embodiment, it is taken into consideration whether the user equipment has received the PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction when it needs to sleep. When the user equipment needs to sleep, if it has not received the PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction, it will perform sleep after receiving the PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction. This can ensure that energy saving of the user equipment has no impact on data transmission, and data can be received normally while saving energy, thereby improving the processing performance of the user equipment.

The present disclosure provides a method for controlling sleep. FIG3 is a flow chart of a method for controlling sleep according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG3 , the method includes steps S301 to S304. Specifically:

S301: A network device sends a first instruction to a user equipment.

The first instruction is used to instruct to skip PDCCH monitoring.

S302: The user equipment receives a first instruction at a first moment, and determines that sleep is required at the first moment.

S303: The user equipment determines that the PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction has not been completely received at the first moment.

S304: The user equipment starts to sleep after the second moment.

The second moment is the time domain end position of the PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction.

In some possible implementations, the scheduling instruction is a DCI, and the PDSCH is a PDSCH scheduled by the DCI. The second moment is a time domain end position of the PDSCH.

In some possible implementations, between S302 and S304, it also includes: monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) between the first moment and the second moment.

In some possible implementations, the step between S302 and S304 further includes: not monitoring the DCI for scheduling uplink data or downlink data between the first moment and the second moment. For example, the DCI for scheduling uplink data or downlink data is DCI0-0, DCI0-1, DCI0-2, DCI1-0, DCI1-1, or DCI1-2.

In some possible implementations, between S302 and S304, the following further includes: monitoring multicast DCI between the first moment and the second moment. For example, monitoring at least one of DCI 2-0, DCI 2-1, DCI 2-2, DCI 2-3, DCI 2-4, and DCI 2-5 between the first moment and the second moment. For example, the terminal monitors DCI 2-1 between the first moment and the second moment, and DCI 2-1 carries a preemption indication (PI) for assisting the user equipment in demodulating the PDSCH.

In the disclosed embodiment, taking into account whether the user equipment has completely received the PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction when receiving the first instruction, when the user equipment receives the first instruction, if the PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction has not been completely received, then the sleep mode is executed after the PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction is completely received, that is: the first instruction is made effective after the second moment, or the first instruction is not made effective before the second moment, thereby ensuring that the energy saving of the user equipment has no impact on data transmission, and data can be received normally while saving energy, thereby improving the processing performance of the user equipment.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for controlling sleep. FIG4 is a flow chart of a method for controlling sleep according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG4 , the method includes steps S401 to S404, specifically:

S401: The network device sends a second instruction to the user equipment.

The second instruction is used to instruct the user equipment to sleep.

S402: The user equipment receives a second instruction at a first moment, and determines that sleep is required at the first moment.

S403: The user equipment determines that the physical downlink shared channel PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction has not been completely received at the first moment.

S404: The user equipment starts to sleep after the second moment.

In the disclosed embodiment, taking into account whether the user equipment has completely received the PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction when receiving the second instruction, when the user equipment receives the second instruction, if the PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction has not been completely received, then the sleep mode is executed after the PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction is completely received, that is: the second instruction is made effective after the second moment, or the second instruction is not made effective before the second moment, thereby ensuring that the energy saving of the user equipment has no impact on data transmission, and data can be received normally while saving energy, thereby improving the processing performance of the user equipment.

Energy saving has no impact on data transmission. Data can be received normally while saving energy, thus improving the processing performance of user equipment.

The present disclosure provides a method for controlling sleep. FIG5 is a flow chart of a method for controlling sleep according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG5 , the method includes steps S501 to S503. Specifically:

S501: A set timer in a user equipment satisfies a set condition at a first moment to trigger the user equipment to sleep.

In some possible implementations, the timer is set to be a processor activation timer in the user equipment, and the set condition is that the processor activation timer times out.

S502: The user equipment determines that the physical downlink shared channel PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction has not been completely received at the first moment.

S503: The user equipment starts to sleep after a second time, wherein the second time is the time domain end position of the PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction.

In some possible implementations, between S502 and S503, it also includes: monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) between the first moment and the second moment.

In some possible implementations, the step between S502 and S503 further includes: not monitoring the DCI for scheduling uplink data or downlink data between the first moment and the second moment. For example, the DCI for scheduling uplink data or downlink data is DCI0-0, DCI0-1, DCI0-2, DCI1-0, DCI1-1, or DCI1-2.

In some possible implementations, between S502 and S503, the following further includes: monitoring multicast DCI between the first moment and the second moment. For example, monitoring at least one of DCI 2-0, DCI 2-1, DCI 2-2, DCI 2-3, DCI 2-4, and DCI 2-5 between the first moment and the second moment. For example, the terminal monitors DCI 2-1 between the first moment and the second moment, and DCI 2-1 carries a preemption indication (PI) for assisting the user equipment in demodulating the PDSCH.

In the disclosed embodiment, taking into account whether the user equipment has received the PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction when the timer triggers the sleep mode, if the user equipment has not received the PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction when the timer triggers the sleep mode, the user equipment will perform sleep mode after receiving the PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction, thereby ensuring that the energy saving of the user equipment has no impact on data transmission, and data can be received normally while saving energy, thereby improving the processing performance of the user equipment.

Based on the same concept as the above method embodiment, the embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a communication device, which may have the function of the user equipment in the above method embodiment, and is used to execute the steps performed by the user equipment provided in the above embodiment. The function can be implemented by hardware, or by software or hardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the above functions.

In a possible implementation, the communication device 600 shown in FIG. 6 may serve as the user equipment involved in the above method embodiment, and execute the steps executed by the user equipment in the above method embodiment.

The communication device 600 includes a transceiver module 601 and a processing module 602 .

The processing module 602 is configured to determine the need for sleep at a first moment; and is also configured to start sleep after a second moment if the physical downlink shared channel PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction has not been received at the first moment, and the second moment is the time domain end position of the PDSCH.

In some possible implementations, the transceiver module 601 is configured to receive a first instruction sent by a network device, where the first instruction is used to instruct to skip physical downlink control channel PDCCH monitoring.

In some possible implementations, the transceiver module 601 is configured to receive a second instruction sent by a network device, where the second instruction is used to instruct the user equipment to sleep.

When the communication device is a user equipment, its structure may also be as shown in FIG. 7 .

Fig. 7 is a block diagram of an apparatus 700 according to an exemplary embodiment. For example, the apparatus 700 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, a fitness device, a personal digital assistant, etc.

7 , the device 700 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 702 , a memory 704 , a power component 706 , a multimedia component 708 , an audio component 710 , an input/output (I/O) interface 712 , a sensor component 714 , and a communication component 716 .

The processing component 702 generally controls the overall operation of the device 700, such as operations associated with display, phone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing component 702 may include one or more processors 720 to execute instructions to perform all or part of the steps of the above-described method. In addition, the processing component 702 may include one or more modules to facilitate interaction between the processing component 702 and other components. For example, the processing component 702 may include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 708 and the processing component 702.

The memory 704 is configured to store various types of data to support operations on the device 700. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the device 700, contact data, phone book data, messages, pictures, videos, etc. The memory 704 can be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device or a combination thereof, such as static random access memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic disk or optical disk.

The power component 706 provides power to the various components of the device 700. The power component 706 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the device 700.

The multimedia component 708 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the device 700 and the user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive input signals from the user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundaries of the touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 708 includes a front camera and/or a rear camera. When the device 700 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode, the front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

The audio component 710 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 710 includes a microphone (MIC), and when the device 700 is in an operating mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a speech recognition mode, the microphone is configured to receive an external audio signal. The received audio signal can be further stored in the memory 704 or sent via the communication component 716. In some embodiments, the audio component 710 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

I/O interface 712 provides an interface between processing component 702 and peripheral interface modules, such as keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include but are not limited to: home button, volume button, start button, and lock button.

The sensor assembly 714 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of status assessment for the device 700. For example, the sensor assembly 714 can detect the open/closed state of the device 700, the relative positioning of components, such as the display and keypad of the device 700, and the sensor assembly 714 can also detect the position change of the device 700 or a component of the device 700, the presence or absence of user contact with the device 700, the orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the device 700, and the temperature change of the device 700. The sensor assembly 714 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 714 may also include an optical sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 714 may also include an accelerometer, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 716 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between the device 700 and other devices. The device 700 can access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 4G or 5G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 716 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 716 also includes a near field communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communication. For example, the NFC module can be implemented based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus 700 may be implemented by one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors or other electronic components to perform the above methods.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions is also provided, such as a memory 704 including instructions, and the instructions can be executed by a processor 720 of the device 700 to perform the above method. For example, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium can be a ROM, a random access memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, etc.

Those skilled in the art will readily appreciate other implementations of the disclosed embodiments after considering the specification and practicing the invention disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosed embodiments, which follow the general principles of the disclosed embodiments and include common knowledge or customary techniques in the art that are not disclosed in the present disclosure. The specification and examples are to be considered merely exemplary, and the true scope and spirit of the disclosed embodiments are indicated by the following claims.

It should be understood that the embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited to the precise structures described above and shown in the drawings, and various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the embodiments of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Industrial Applicability

Taking into account whether the user equipment has received the PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction when it needs to sleep, when the user equipment needs to sleep, if it has not received the PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction, it will perform sleep after receiving the PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction, thereby ensuring that the energy saving of the user equipment has no impact on data transmission, and data can be received normally while saving energy, thereby improving the processing performance of the user equipment.

Claims

A method for controlling sleep, performed by a user equipment, the method comprising:

Determine the need for hibernation at the first moment;

In the case that the physical downlink shared channel PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction is not completely received at the first time, the sleep operation starts after the second time, and the second time is the time domain end position of the PDSCH.
The method of claim 1, wherein the determining that hibernation is required comprises:

A first instruction sent by a network device is received, where the first instruction is used to instruct to skip physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring.
The method of claim 1, wherein the determining that hibernation is required comprises:

A second instruction sent by a network device is received, where the second instruction is used to instruct the user equipment to sleep.
The method of claim 1, wherein the determining that hibernation is required comprises:

A set timer in the user equipment meets a set condition and triggers the user equipment to sleep.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the scheduling instruction is a downlink control information DCI, and the PDSCH is a PDSCH scheduled by the DCI.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the scheduling instruction is a downlink control information DCI, and the PDSCH is a plurality of PDSCHs scheduled by the DCI.
The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the time domain end position of the PDSCH is the time domain end position of the last PDSCH among the multiple PDSCHs scheduled by the DCI.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein starting to perform sleep after the second moment comprises: starting to perform sleep in a time slot next to the time slot where the second moment is located.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the method further comprises:

A physical downlink control channel PDCCH is monitored between the first time point and the second time point.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the method further comprises:

Downlink control information DCI for scheduling uplink data or downlink data is not monitored between the first time point and the second time point.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the method further comprises:

Monitor at least one of DCI 2-0, DCI 2-1, DCI 2-2, DCI 2-3, DCI2-4, and DCI2-5 between the first moment and the second moment.
A device for controlling sleep, configured in a user equipment, comprising:

The processing module is configured to determine the need for sleep at a first moment; and is also configured to start sleep after a second moment if the physical downlink shared channel PDSCH scheduled by the scheduling instruction has not been received at the first moment, and the second moment is the time domain end position of the PDSCH.
The device for controlling sleep as claimed in claim 12, wherein the device further comprises:

The transceiver module is configured to receive a first instruction sent by a network device, wherein the first instruction is used to instruct to skip physical downlink control channel PDCCH monitoring, or is configured to receive a second instruction sent by the network device, wherein the second instruction is used to instruct the user equipment to sleep.
An electronic device includes a processor and a memory, wherein:

The memory is used to store computer programs;

The processor is configured to execute the computer program to implement the method according to any one of claims 1 to 11.
An electronic device includes a processor and a memory, wherein:

The memory is used to store computer programs;

The processor is configured to execute the computer program to implement the method according to any one of claims 12 to 13.
A computer-readable storage medium stores instructions, and when the instructions are called and executed on a computer, the computer executes the method according to any one of claims 1 to 11.
A computer-readable storage medium stores instructions, and when the instructions are called and executed on a computer, the computer executes the method according to any one of claims 12 to 13.