Information transmission method and apparatus, and communication device and storage medium

1 . An information transmission method, comprising:

sending, by a base station, first paging early indication (PEI) configuration information, wherein the first PEI configuration information indicates whether a reference signal is used to indicate a PEI, wherein sending the first PEI configuration information comprises:

sending signal configuration information carrying the first PEI configuration information, wherein the signal configuration information at least indicates a transmission resource of the reference signal,

wherein the method further comprises at least one of:

in response to a determination that the reference signal associated with the signal configuration information is used to indicate the PEI, sending, by the base station, the reference signal through a first physical resource, wherein the reference signal sent through the first physical resource indicates a first state of the PEI, and the first state of the PEI indicates a user equipment (UE) to receive paging related information at a predetermined paging occasion (PO); or,

in response to a determination that the reference signal associated with the signal configuration information is used to indicate the PEI, sending, by the base station, the reference signal through a second physical resource, wherein the reference signal sent through the second physical resource indicates a second state of the PEI, the second state of the PEI indicates the UE refrains from receiving the paging related information at the predetermined PO, and the first physical resource is different from the second physical resource.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the reference signal comprises at least one of:

a tracking reference signal (TRS) or a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first PEI configuration information indicates at least one of:

in response to activation of the signal configuration information, the reference signal associated with the signal configuration information is used to indicate the PEI; or

in response to deactivation of the signal configuration information, the reference signal associated with the signal configuration information is not used to indicate the PEI.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

sending, by the base station, the reference signal through different physical resources for UEs belonging to different predetermined groups.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

in response to the base station configuring the first PEI configuration information and second PEI configuration information, configuring, by the base station, priorities respectively corresponding to the first PEI configuration information and the second PEI configuration information,

wherein the first PEI configuration information indicates using the reference signal to indicate the PEI, the second PEI configuration information indicates using predetermined information to indicate the PEI, the predetermined information is different from the reference signal,

wherein the priorities corresponding to the first PEI configuration information and the second PEI configuration information are used by a user equipment (UE) to determine the PEI based on the first PEI configuration information or the second PEI configuration information.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the second PEI configuration information indicates using a Downlink Control Information (DCI) message to indicate the PEI.

7 . An information transmission method, comprising:

receiving, by a user equipment (UE), first paging early indication (PEI) configuration information; and

determining, by the UE, whether a reference signal is used to indicate a PEI based on the first PEI configuration information,

wherein receiving the first PEI configuration information comprises:

receiving signal configuration information carrying the first PEI configuration information, wherein the signal configuration information at least indicates a transmission resource of the reference signal,

wherein the method further comprising at least one of:

in response to determining that the reference signal associated with the signal configuration information is used to indicate the PEI and receiving the reference signal through a first physical resource, determining, by the UE, that the PEI is in a first state, wherein the first state of the PEI indicates the UE to receive paging related information at a predetermined paging occasion (PO); or

in response to determining that the reference signal associated with the signal configuration information is used to indicate the PEI and receiving the reference signal through a second physical resource, determining, by the UE, that the PEI is in a second state, wherein the second state of the PEI indicates the UE refrains from receiving the paging related information at the predetermined paging occasion PO, and the first physical resource is different from the second physical resource.

8 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the reference signal comprises at least one of:

a tracking reference signal (TRS) or a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

9 . The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:

in response to a base station configuring the first PEI configuration information and second PEI configuration information, determining, by the UE, the PEI based on the first PEI configuration information or the second PEI configuration information according to priorities respectively corresponding to the first PEI configuration information and the second PEI configuration information,

wherein the first PEI configuration information indicates using the reference signal to indicate the PEI, the second PEI configuration information indicates using predetermined information to indicate the PEI, and the predetermined information is different from the reference signal.

10 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the priorities corresponding to the first PEI configuration information and the second PEI configuration information are used by a user equipment (UE) to determine the PEI based on the first PEI configuration information or the second PEI configuration information.

11 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the second PEI configuration information indicates using a Downlink Control Information (DCI) message to indicate the PEI.

12 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein determining whether the reference signal is used to indicate the PEI based on the first PEI configuration information comprises at least one of:

determining that the reference signal associated with the signal configuration information is used to indicate the PEI in response to activation of the signal configuration information based on the first PEI configuration information; or

determining that the reference signal associated with the signal configuration information is disabled for indicating the PEI in response to deactivation of the signal configuration information, based on the first PEI configuration information.

13 . The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:

receiving, by the UE, the reference signal through a physical resource corresponding to a predetermined group to which the UE belongs, wherein different physical resources used for receiving the reference signal correspond to different predetermined groups.

14 . An information transmission apparatus, applied to user equipment (UE), comprising:

a processor; and

a memory configured to store an executable program, wherein the executable program, when executed by the processor, enables the processor to perform steps of:

receiving first paging early indication (PEI) configuration information;

determining whether a reference signal is used to indicate a PEI based on the first PEI configuration information,

wherein receiving the first PEI configuration information comprises:

receiving signal configuration information carrying the first PEI configuration information, wherein the signal configuration information at least indicates a transmission resource of the reference signal,

wherein the executable program, when executed by the processor, enables the processor to further perform at least one of:

in response to determining that the reference signal associated with the signal configuration information is used to indicate the PEI and receiving the reference signal through a first physical resource, determining that the PEI is in a first state, wherein the first state of the PEI indicates the UE to receive paging related information at a predetermined paging occasion (PO); or

in response to determining that the reference signal associated with the signal configuration information is used to indicate the PEI and receiving the reference signal through a second physical resource, determining that the PEI is in a second state, wherein the second state of the PEI indicates the UE refrains from receiving the paging related information at the predetermined paging occasion PO, and the first physical resource is different from the second physical resource.

15 . The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein determining whether the reference signal is used to indicate the PEI based on the first PEI configuration information, comprises at least one of:

determining that the reference signal associated with the signal configuration information is used to indicate the PEI in response to activation of the signal configuration information, based on the first PEI configuration information; or

determining that the reference signal associated with the signal configuration information is disabled for indicating the PEI in response to deactivation of the signal configuration information, based on the first PEI configuration information.

16 . The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the executable program, when executed by the processor, enables the processor to further perform:

receiving the reference signal through a physical resource corresponding to a predetermined group to which the UE belongs, wherein different physical resources used for receiving the reference signal correspond to different predetermined groups.

17 . The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the executable program, when executed by the processor, enables the processor to further perform:

in response to a base station configuring the first PEI configuration information and second PEI configuration information, determining the PEI based on the first PEI configuration information or the second PEI configuration information according to priorities respectively corresponding to the first PEI configuration information and the second PEI configuration information

wherein the first PEI configuration information indicates using the reference signal to indicate the PEI, the second PEI configuration information indicates using predetermined information to indicate the PEI, and the predetermined information is different from the reference signal.

18 . The apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein the priorities corresponding to the first PEI configuration information and the second PEI configuration information are used by a user equipment (UE) to determine the PEI based on the first PEI configuration information or the second PEI configuration information.

19 . The apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein the second PEI configuration information indicates using a Downlink Control Information (DCI) message to indicate the PEI.

20 . The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the reference signal comprises at least one of:

a tracking reference signal (TRS) or a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).