IP Library Granted Patent US 12696190
Granted Patent B2
US 12696190 · App. 17/921,847 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Information processing method, communication device and storage medium

Inventor: Yanhua Li (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
H04W52/0219H04W52/0216H04W76/28
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Patent No.
US 12696190
App. No.
17/921,847
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing method, including: reporting auxiliary information for at least two discontinuous reception (DRX) groups, where the auxiliary information is configured for a network to determine DRX configurations for the at least two DRX groups.

Claims (56)

1 . A method for information processing, performed by a user equipment (UE) and comprising:

reporting auxiliary information for at least two discontinuous reception (DRX) groups, wherein the auxiliary information is configured for a network to determine DRX configurations for the at least two DRX groups;

wherein the auxiliary information comprises at least one of:

first information configured to indicate that at least one of the DRX groups does not need to be configured with a short cycle;

second information configured to indicate that at least one of the DRX groups does not need to be configured with a wake-up signal; or

third information configured to indicate whether at least two of the DRX groups share a wake-up bit carried by the wake-up signal, wherein the wake-up bit is configured to indicate whether the wake-up signal acts on the DRX group corresponding to the wake-up bit;

wherein the method further comprises: determining, according to timing of a prohibit timer, a reporting moment for reporting the auxiliary information;

wherein reporting the auxiliary information for the at least two DRX groups comprises: reporting the auxiliary information for the at least two DRX groups at the reporting moment; and

wherein determining, according to the timing of the prohibit timer, the reporting moment for reporting the auxiliary information comprises: determining, in response to the at least two DRX groups sharing one prohibit timer, the reporting moment according to a DRX configuration updating requirement of the DRX groups and the timing of the prohibit timer shared by the at least two DRX groups.

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

receiving an effectiveness indication issued for the auxiliary information, wherein the effectiveness indication is configured to indicate whether the DRX configurations determined from the auxiliary information go into effect.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining, in response to the at least two DRX groups sharing the one prohibit timer, the reporting moment according to the DRX configuration updating requirement of the DRX groups and the timing of the prohibit timer shared by the at least two DRX groups comprises;

in response to the at least two DRX groups sharing the one prohibit timer and at least one of the DRX groups having a requirement for updating the DRX configuration under a condition that the prohibit timer is not timed out, determining a moment when there is the DRX configuration updating requirement as the reporting moment for reporting the auxiliary information for the DRX group having the DRX configuration updating requirement; and

in response to there being no DRX group having the DRX configuration updating requirement under the condition that the prohibit timer is not timed out, determining a timeout moment of the prohibit timer as the reporting moment for reporting the auxiliary information for the DRX group having no DRX configuration updating requirement under the condition that the prohibit timer is not timed out.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining, in response to the at least two DRX groups sharing the one prohibit timer, the reporting moment according to the DRX configuration updating requirement of the DRX groups and the timing of the prohibit timer shared by the at least two DRX groups comprises:

in response to the at least two DRX groups sharing the one prohibit timer and each DRX group having the DRX configuration updating requirement under a condition that the prohibit timer is not timed out, determining a moment when each DRX group has the DRX configuration updating requirement as the reporting moment for the auxiliary information corresponding to each DRX group.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein reporting the auxiliary information for the at least two DRX groups comprises:

reporting, in response to at least two of the DRX groups sharing the one prohibit timer, the auxiliary information for each DRX group having the DRX configuration updating requirement via the same message.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining, according to the timing of the prohibit timer, the reporting moment of the DRX group needing to report the auxiliary information, comprises:

determining, in response to different DRX groups using different prohibit timers, timeout moments of corresponding prohibit timers as the reporting moments of corresponding DRX groups.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein reporting the auxiliary information for the at least two DRX groups comprises:

reporting, in response to different DRX groups using different prohibit timers, the auxiliary information for each DRX group via different messages.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary information is carried in an information element (IE) of the DRX auxiliary information.

9 . A method for information processing, performed by a base station and comprising:

receiving auxiliary information for at least two discontinuous reception (DRX) groups reported by a user equipment (UE), wherein the auxiliary information is configured for a network to determine DRX configurations for the at least two DRX groups, and wherein receiving the auxiliary information for the at least two DRX groups comprises receiving the auxiliary information for the at least two DRX groups at a reporting moment for reporting the auxiliary information by the UE,

wherein the reporting moment for reporting the auxiliary information is determined by the UE according to timing of a prohibit timer;

wherein the reporting moment for reporting the auxiliary information is further determined by the UE, in response to the at least two DRX groups sharing one prohibit timer, according to a DRX configuration updating requirement of the DRX groups and the timing of the prohibit timer shared by the at least two DRX groups,

wherein the auxiliary information comprises at least one of:

first information configured to indicate that at least one of the DRX groups does not need to be configured with a short cycle;

second information configured to indicate that at least one of the DRX groups does not need to be configured with a wake-up signal; or

third information configured to indicate whether at least two of the DRX groups share a wake-up bit carried by the wake-up signal, wherein the wake-up bit is configured to indicate whether the wake-up signal acts on the DRX group corresponding to the wake-up bit.

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

issuing an effectiveness indication according to the auxiliary information, wherein the effectiveness indication is configured to indicate whether the DRX configurations determined from the auxiliary information go into effect.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the effectiveness indication comprises:

a first indication configured to indicate that at least one of the DRX groups is not configured with the short cycle;

a second indication configured to indicate that at least one of the DRX groups is not configured with the wake-up signal; and

a third indication configured to indicate whether at least two of the DRX groups share the wake-up bit of the wake-up signal, wherein the wake-up bit is configured to indicate whether the wake-up signal acts on the DRX group corresponding to the wake-up bit.

12 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the auxiliary information is carried in an information element (IE) of the DRX auxiliary information.

13 . A communication device, comprising:

a transceiver;

a memory; and

a processor, where the processor is connected to the transceiver and the memory respectively, and the processor is configured to control the transceiver to transceive a wireless signal and to report auxiliary information for at least two discontinuous reception (DRX) groups, wherein the auxiliary information is configured for a network to determine DRX configurations for the at least two DRX groups;

wherein the processor is further configured to determine, according to timing of a prohibit timer, a reporting moment for reporting the auxiliary information;

wherein reporting the auxiliary information for the at least two DRX groups comprises: reporting the auxiliary information for the at least two DRX groups at the reporting moment;

wherein determining, according to the timing of the prohibit timer, the reporting moment for reporting the auxiliary information comprises: determining, in response to the at least two DRX groups sharing one prohibit timer, the reporting moment according to a DRX configuration updating requirement of the DRX groups and the timing of the prohibit timer shared by the at least two DRX groups;

wherein the auxiliary information comprises at least one of:

first information configured to indicate that at least one of the DRX groups does not need to be configured with a short cycle;

second information configured to indicate that at least one of the DRX groups does not need to be configured with a wake-up signal; or

third information configured to indicate whether at least two of the DRX groups share a wake-up bit carried by the wake-up signal, wherein the wake-up bit is configured to indicate whether the wake-up signal acts on the DRX group corresponding to the wake-up bit.

14 . A non-transitory computer storage medium storing computer-executable instructions, the computer-executable instructions when executed by a processor cause the processor to execute the method according to claim 1 .

15 . A communication device, comprising:

a transceiver;

a memory that stores computer executable instructions; and

a processor connected to the transceiver and the memory respectively, and

wherein the computer executable instructions when executed by the processor, cause the communication device to act as the base station and perform the method according to claim 9 .

16 . A non-transitory computer storage medium storing computer-executable instructions, the computer-executable instructions when executed by a processor of the base station cause the base station to perform the method according to claim 9 .