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US 12713491 · App. 18/175,771 · Granted Aug 18, 2026

Working state switching method and apparatus, terminal, and read storage medium

Inventors: Dajie Jiang (Guangdong, CN); Kun Yang (Guangdong, CN); Fei Qin (Guangdong, CN)

Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.

H04W76/27

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Patent No.: US 12713491
App. No.: 18/175,771
Granted: Aug 18, 2026
Kind: B2

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Abstract

This application discloses a working state switching method and apparatus, a terminal, and a readable storage medium. The method includes: when a trigger condition is met, switching, by a terminal, from a first working state to a second working state, where the first working state means that the terminal is in a first state on a first downlink, and the second working state means that the terminal is in a second state on a second downlink; and the first downlink or the second downlink includes at least one of the following: a downlink A, a downlink B, and a downlink C.

Claims (90)

1 . A working state switching method, comprising:

when a trigger condition is met, switching, by a terminal, from a first working state to a second working state; and

executing, by the terminal, a receiving behavior in the second working state, wherein

the first working state means that the terminal is in a first state on a downlink A, and the second working state means that the terminal is in a second state on a downlink B or a downlink C; or, the first working state means that the terminal is in the first state on either the downlink B or the downlink C, and the second working state means that the terminal is in the second state on the downlink A, or on the other one of the downlink B and the downlink C, and the second working state is different from the first working state;

each of the first state and the second state comprises at least one of: an idle state, an inactive state, and a connected state;

wherein the downlink A is a link on which a network side device sends information to the terminal;

the downlink B is a link on which a large intelligent surface (LIS) or a relay device sends information to the terminal by changing a signal feature of the downlink A, wherein the LIS is a passive LIS or an active LIS, and the relay device is a passive relay device or an active relay device;

the downlink C is a link on which the LIS or the relay device directly sends information to the terminal, wherein the LIS is the active LIS, and the relay device is the activate device; and

the trigger condition comprises at least one of the following: target signaling is received; and a target timer in the first working state expires.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the first working state is that the terminal is in the idle state or the inactive state on the downlink A, the switching, by a terminal, from working in the first working state to working in the second working state comprises:

monitoring, by the terminal, first signaling on the downlink A; and

switching, by the terminal, from working in the first working state to working in the second working state according to the first signaling, wherein the second working state is that the terminal is in the connected state on the downlink B;

wherein configuration information of the second working state is notified by using a system message or the first signaling, wherein the system message is a system message in the first working state.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the first working state is that the terminal is in the connected state on the downlink B, the switching, by a terminal, from working in the first working state to working in the second working state comprises:

monitoring, by the terminal, second signaling on the downlink B; and

switching, by the terminal, from working in the first working state to working in the second working state according to the second signaling, wherein the second working state is that the terminal is in the idle state or the inactive state on the downlink A, or the second working state is that the terminal is in the connected state on the downlink A;

wherein data transmission in the first working state is implemented by changing a phase, an amplitude, or a frequency of a dedicated signal on the downlink A or by changing a phase, an amplitude, or a frequency of a non-dedicated signal on the downlink A.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the first working state is that the terminal is in the connected state on the downlink B, the switching, by a terminal, from working in the first working state to working in the second working state comprises:

when a first timer in the first working state expires, switching, by the terminal, from working in the first working state to working in the second working state, wherein the second working state is that the terminal is in the idle state or the inactive state on the downlink A, or the second working state is that the terminal is in the connected state on the downlink A.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the first working state is that the terminal is in the connected state on the downlink A, the switching, by a terminal, from working in the first working state to working in the second working state comprises:

monitoring, by the terminal, third signaling on the downlink A; and

switching, by the terminal, from working in the first working state to working in the second working state according to the third signaling, wherein the second working state is that the terminal is in the connected state on the downlink B.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the first working state is that the terminal is in the connected state on the downlink A, the switching, by a terminal, from working in the first working state to working in the second working state comprises:

when a second timer in the first working state expires, switching, by the terminal, from working in the first working state to working in the second working state, wherein the second working state is that the terminal is in the connected state on the downlink B.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the LIS is the passive LIS, and the relay device is the passive relay device, and

the method further comprises:

sending, by the terminal, information by using at least one of the following uplinks:

a link on which the terminal indirectly sends information to the LIS or the relay device, wherein the network side device receives the information sent by the terminal and forwards the information to the LIS or the relay device; and

a link on which the terminal directly sends information to the network side device.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the first working state is that the terminal is in the idle state or the inactive state on the downlink A, the switching, by a terminal, from working in the first working state to working in the second working state comprises:

monitoring, by the terminal, fourth signaling on the downlink A; and

switching, by the terminal, from working in the first working state to working in the second working state according to the fourth signaling, wherein the second working state is that the terminal is in the connected state on the downlink C;

wherein configuration information of the second working state is notified by using a system message or first signaling, wherein the system message is a system message in the first working state.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:

sending, by the terminal, information by using at least one of the following uplinks:

a link on which the terminal directly sends information to the LIS or the relay device, wherein the LIS or the relay device comprises an active receiving module or an active transceiver module;

a link on which the terminal directly sends information to the network side device; and

a link on which the terminal indirectly sends information to the network side device, wherein the LIS or the relay device receives the information sent by the terminal and forwards the information to the network side device.

10 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the first working state is that the terminal is in the connected state on the downlink C, the switching, by a terminal, from working in the first working state to working in the second working state comprises:

monitoring, by the terminal, fifth signaling on the downlink A; and

switching, by the terminal, from working in the first working state to working in the second working state according to the fifth signaling, wherein the second working state is that the terminal is in the idle state or the inactive state on the downlink A, or the second working state is that the terminal is in the connected state on the downlink A;

wherein when the first working state is that the terminal is in the connected state on the downlink C, the switching, by a terminal, from working in the first working state to working in the second working state comprises:

when a third timer in the first working state expires, switching, by the terminal, from working in the first working state to working in the second working state, wherein the second working state is that the terminal is in the idle state or the inactive state on the downlink A, or the second working state is that the terminal is in the connected state on the downlink A.

11 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the first working state is that the terminal is in the connected state on the downlink A, the switching, by a terminal, from working in the first working state to working in the second working state comprises:

monitoring, by the terminal, sixth signaling on the downlink A; and

switching, by the terminal, from working in the first working state to working in the second working state according to the sixth signaling, the second working state is that the terminal is in the connected state on the downlink C; and

the method further comprises:

when a fourth timer in the first working state expires, switching, by the terminal, from working in the first working state to working in the second working state.

12 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the first working state is that the terminal is in the idle state or the inactive state on the downlink A, the switching, by a terminal, from working in the first working state to working in the second working state comprises:

monitoring, by the terminal, seventh signaling on the downlink A; and

switching, by the terminal, from working in the first working state to working in the second working state according to the seventh signaling, wherein the second working state is that the terminal enters a target downlink and is in the connected state, and the target downlink is at least one of the following links: the downlink B, and the downlink C;

wherein when the first working state is that the terminal is in the idle state or the inactive state on the downlink A, the switching, by a terminal, from working in the first working state to working in the second working state comprises:

when a fifth timer in the first working state expires, switching, by the terminal, from working in the first working state to working in the second working state, wherein the second working state is that the terminal enters the target downlink and is in the connected state, and the target downlink is at least one of the following links: the downlink B, and the downlink C.

13 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the first working state is that the terminal is in the idle state or the inactive state on the downlink C, the switching, by a terminal, from working in the first working state to working in the second working state comprises:

monitoring, by the terminal, eighth signaling on the downlink A; and

switching, by the terminal, from working in the first working state to working in the second working state according to the eighth signaling, wherein the second working state is that the terminal enters a target downlink and is in the connected state.

14 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein the terminal sends information by using at least one of the following uplinks:

a link on which the terminal directly sends information to the LIS or the relay device, wherein the LIS or the relay device comprises an active receiving module or an active transceiver module;

a link on which the terminal directly sends information to the network side device; and

15 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the first working state is that the terminal enters a target downlink and is in the connected state, the switching, by a terminal, from working in the first working state to working in the second working state comprises:

monitoring, by the terminal, ninth signaling on the target link; and

switching, by the terminal, from working in the first working state to working in the second working state according to the ninth signaling, wherein the second working state is that the terminal is in the idle state or the inactive state on the downlink C, or the second working state is that the terminal is in the idle state or the inactive state on the downlink A or the downlink C; and

the method further comprises:

when a sixth timer in the first working state expires, switching, by the terminal, from working in the first working state to working in the second working state, wherein the second working state is that the terminal is in the idle state or the inactive state on the downlink C, or the second working state is that the terminal is in the idle state or the inactive state on the downlink A or the downlink C.

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

in a case of switching from the first working state to the second working state, determining, by the terminal, target information in the second working state according to target information in the first working state and a first mapping table, wherein

the target information comprises at least one of the following: beam information, a synchronization signal block (SSB), a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), and quasi co-location (QCL) information; and

the first mapping table is used to indicate a mapping relationship between the target information in the first working state and the target information in the second working state.

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

determining, by the terminal, target information of the second uplink according to target information of the first uplink and a second mapping table, and switching from the first uplink to the second uplink, wherein

the target information comprises at least one of the following: beam information and QCL information;

the first uplink or the second uplink comprises at least one of the following:

a link on which the terminal directly sends information to the LIS or the relay device, wherein the LIS or the relay device comprises an active receiving module or an active transceiver module;

a link on which the terminal directly sends information to the network side device; and

the second mapping table is used to indicate a mapping relationship between target information in the first working state and target information in the second working state.

18 . A terminal, comprising a processor, a memory, and an instruction that is stored in the memory and that can be run on the processor, wherein the instruction, when being executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform:

when a trigger condition is met, switching, by a terminal, from a first working state to a second working state; and

executing, by the terminal, a receiving behavior in the second working state, wherein

each of the first state and the second state comprises at least one of: an idle state, an inactive state, and a connected state;

wherein the downlink A is a link on which a network side device sends information to the terminal;

the downlink C is a link on which the LIS or the relay device directly sends information to the terminal, wherein the LIS is the active LIS, and the relay device is the activate device; and

the trigger condition comprises at least one of the following: target signaling is received; and a target timer in the first working state expires.

19 . A non-transitory readable storage medium, wherein the non-transitory readable storage medium stores an instruction, and the instruction, when being executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform: when a trigger condition is met, switching, by a terminal, from a first working state to a second working state; and executing, by the terminal, a receiving behavior in the second working state, wherein the first working state means that the terminal is in a first state on a downlink A, and the second working state means that the terminal is in a second state on a downlink B or a downlink C; or, the first working state means that the terminal is in the first state on either the downlink B or the downlink C, and the second working state means that the terminal is in the second state on the downlink A, or on the other one of the downlink B and the downlink C, and the second working state is different from the first working state; each of the first state and the second state comprises at least one of: an idle state, an inactive state, and a connected state; wherein the downlink A is a link on which a network side device sends information to the terminal; the downlink B is a link on which a large intelligent surface (LIS) or a relay device sends information to the terminal by changing a signal feature of the downlink A, wherein the LIS is a passive LIS or an active LIS, and the relay device is a passive relay device or an active relay device; the downlink C is a link on which the LIS or the relay device directly sends information to the terminal, wherein the LIS is the active LIS, and the relay device is the activate device; and the trigger condition comprises at least one of the following: target signaling is received; and a target timer in the first working state expires.