Communication method and device

• US 10,681,768 B2
• Filed: 06/29/2018
• Issued: 06/09/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Chang, Junren, Feng, Shulan
• Primary Examiner(s): Abelson, Ronald B
• Application Number:
  US16/023,333
• Publication Number:
  US 20180317275A1
• Time in Patent Office: 711 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 11/0083 Multi-mode cell search, i.e. where several modes or systems can be used, e.g. backwards compatible, dual mode or flexible systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 11/0086 Search parameters, e.g. search strategy, accumulation length, range of search, thresholds code acquisition in DSSS H04B1/7075
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 11/0089 Search hardware arrangements, e.g. sharing of correlators to reduce complexity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/08 Key distribution or management, e.g. generation, sharing or updating, of cryptographic keys or passwords network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting key management in a packet data network H04L63/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/302 due to low signal strength
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/27 Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a communication method and a device. Second user equipment executes some tasks required for communication between first user equipment and a network device, and the first user equipment properly communicates with the second user equipment. In this way, energy consumption of the first user equipment required for communication with the network device can be reduced, thereby prolonging a standby time and improving user experience.

Claims

1. A user equipment, wherein the user equipment is a first user equipment and comprises:

a processor, configured to obtain a first result by causing a first task to be executed by a second user equipment, wherein the first task comprises cell paging message listening or cell paging message reception, wherein the first result is used for communication with a network device, wherein the first result comprises paging information; and

a receiver, configured to receive the first result from the second user equipment, wherein the first result comprises a paging message received from the second user equipment, wherein a paging object of the paging message is the first user equipment;

wherein the processor is further configured to;

communicate with the network device based on the first result; and

determine to release a group of user equipments in response to determining that a preset condition is met.

2. The user equipment according to claim 1, wherein the first task further comprises one or more of the following tasks:

cell search, cell measurement, cell selection, cell reselection, cell system information listening, determining uplink transmit power information or uplink transmit power adjustment information used in a serving cell, determining uplink timing advance information or uplink advance adjustment information used in a serving cell, determining a tracking area, or determining to update a tracking area.

3. The user equipment according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute a second task, wherein the second task comprises one or more tasks other than the first task from the following tasks:

cell search, cell measurement, cell selection, cell reselection, cell system information change listening, cell system information reception, cell paging message listening, cell paging message reception, determining uplink transmit power information or uplink transmit power adjustment information used in a serving cell, determining uplink timing advance information or uplink advance adjustment information used in a serving cell, determining a tracking area, and determining to update a tracking area.

4. The user equipment according to claim 1, wherein the receiver is further configured to:

receive a service notification message sent by the second user equipment, wherein the service notification message is determined by the second user equipment according to a received paging message sent by the network device.

5. The user equipment according to claim 1, wherein determining that the preset condition is met comprises:

determining a quality of a signal or a distance between the first user equipment and the second user equipment reaches a threshold;

or

determining the first user equipment receives group release indication information sent by the second user equipment or the network device;

or

determining the first user equipment receives group release indication information by using a man-machine interface or from an application layer.

6. A user equipment, wherein the user equipment is second user equipment and comprises:

a processor, configured to execute a first task to obtain a first result for communication with a network device, wherein the first result comprises at least one of the following information;

paging information, information about a cell to be camped on or a serving cell, a serving cell measurement result, a neighboring cell measurement result, system information or updated system information of a cell to be camped on or a serving cell, information about a cell to be camped on or a serving cell that is obtained after cell selection or cell reselection, uplink transmit power information or uplink transmit power adjustment information of a serving cell, or uplink timing advance information or uplink advance adjustment information of a serving cell; and

a transmitter, configured to send the first result to a first user equipment, so that the first user equipment communicates with the network device based on the first result;

wherein the processor is further configured to establish a group between the first user equipment and the second user equipment, wherein the group indicates that the first user equipment and the second user equipment share at least one piece of information used for communication with the network device;

wherein the transmitter is further configured to send a group establishment acknowledgment message to the first user equipment, to indicate that the group is established between the first user equipment and the second user equipment;

wherein the processor is further configured to release, by the second user equipment, the group in response to determining that a preset condition is met, wherein determining that the preset condition is met comprises;

determining the second user equipment receives group release indication information sent by the first user equipment or the network device, or determining the second user equipment receives group release indication information by using a man-machine interface or from an application layer;

wherein the transmitter is further configured to send group release indication information to the network device, wherein the group release indication information is used to instruct to release the group between the first user equipment and the second user equipment;

wherein the processor is further configured to perform a process of randomly accessing the network device or a location update process; and

wherein the transmitter is further configured to send the group release indication information to the network device in the random access process or the location update process.

7. The user equipment according to claim 6,

wherein the processor is further configured to perform at least one of the following:

performing cell measurement, and obtaining one or more of a serving cell measurement result and a neighboring cell measurement result;

or

performing cell selection or cell reselection, and determining information about a selected or reselected cell;

or

listening to system information of a cell to be camped on or a serving cell, and determining changed system information of the cell to be camped on or the serving cell when the system information of the cell to be camped on or the serving cell changes;

or

listening to a paging message, and determining that a paging message whose paging object is the first user equipment is obtained by means of listening;

and

wherein the transmitter is further configured to send a fourth request message to the network device, wherein the fourth request message is used to obtain parameter information used for a service provided by the network device;

and

wherein the user equipment further comprises;

a receiver, configured to receive a first response message sent by the network device, wherein the first response message comprises the parameter information, the parameter information comprises at least one of;

uplink transmit power information or uplink transmit power adjustment information, uplink timing advance information or uplink advance adjustment information, or a configuration parameter, and the configuration parameter comprises at least one of the following parameters;

a physical layer configuration parameter, a media access control (MAC) layer configuration parameter, a radio link control (RLC) layer configuration parameter, a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer configuration parameter, or a radio resource control (RRC) configuration parameter.

8. The user equipment according to claim 6, further comprising:

a receiver, configured to receive a first request message sent by the first user equipment, wherein the first request message is used to request the first result.

9. The user equipment according to claim 7, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive a paging message sent by the network device,

wherein the paging message comprises at least one of:

the group information of the group,

the identifier of the first user equipment,

the identifier of the first user equipment and an indication indicating whether to perform a group operation,

the identifier of the first user equipment and an indication indicating whether to forward the paging message to the first user equipment, or

the identifier of the first user equipment and the identifier of the second user equipment.

10. The user equipment according to claim 7, wherein the transmitter is further configured to:

forward the paging message to the first user equipment, or

send a part or all of content of the paging message to the first user equipment, or

send a service notification message to the first user equipment, wherein the service notification message is determined by the second user equipment according to the received paging message sent by the network device.

11. A user equipment, wherein the user equipment is first user equipment and comprises:

a transmitter; and

a processor, configured to;

establish a connection to a network device; and

cause a second user equipment to execute a third task, wherein the third task is a task used for communication between the first user equipment and the network device, and the third task comprises at least one of the following;

performing measurement according to measurement configuration information, sending a measurement result to the network device, or being handed over to a target cell or a target base station in a random access manner;

wherein the processor is further configured to execute a fourth task, wherein executing the fourth task comprises at least one of the following;

directly sending scheduling request signaling to the network device,

directly receiving secure activation-related signaling from the network device,

directly sending secure activation-related signaling to the network device, or

directly feeding back channel state indication information (CSI) measurement result information to the network device;

wherein the processor is further configured to execute the fourth task to obtain a second result, wherein the second result comprises that the first user equipment determines that processing of the downlink control signaling or processing of the secure activation-related signaling is correctly completed; and

wherein the transmitter is further configured to directly feed back, to the network device, feedback information indicating whether processing of the downlink control signaling is completed.

12. The user equipment according to claim 11, further comprising:

a receiver configured to receive handover information sent by the second user equipment, wherein the handover information comprises one or more of;

information about the target cell, uplink timing advance information or uplink advance adjustment information used in the target cell, and/or uplink transmit power information or uplink transmit power adjustment information used in the target cell;

wherein the processor is further configured to communicate with the network device by using the handover information.

13. The user equipment according to claim 11, wherein:

the processor is further configured to execute the fourth task to obtain a second result, wherein the second result comprises HARQ information obtained by the first user equipment by decoding the downlink data or the downlink control signaling, and the HARQ information is information indicating whether the downlink data is correctly decoded; and

the transmitter is further configured to directly feed back the HARQ information to the network device.