Electronic device and method used for network control terminal and network node

Abstract

Provided in the present disclosure is an electronic device used for a network control terminal and a method used for the electronic device, and an electronic device used for a network node and a method used for the electronic device. The electronic device used for the network control terminal comprises: a processing circuit, configured to configure, for a relay link between the network node and one or more other network nodes, a SL-DRX for the network node and/or the one or more other network nodes and perform relay transmission between the network node and the one or more other network nodes on the basis of the configuration of the SL-DRX.

1 . A non-transitory computer readable medium including executable instructions, which when executed by a computer for a network control terminal cause the computer to:
 with respect to a sidelink between a relay network node and a remote network node, configure discontinuous reception SL-DRX for the relay network node and/or the remote network node; and   generate a control signaling including configuration of the SL-DRX, to indicate to the relay network node and/or the remote network node.   
     
     
         2 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the computer, further cause the computer to:
 configure the discontinuous reception SL-DRX by determining an active time for the relay network node and/or the remote network node to detect PSCCH and a sleep time for the relay network node and/or the remote network node not to detect the PSCCH.   
     
     
         3 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the computer, further cause the computer to:
 control a transceiving unit to transmit the control signaling to the relay network node and/or the remote network node.   
     
     
         4 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 3 , wherein the transceiving unit is configured to transmit the control signaling including the configuration of the SL-DRX of the relay network node and the remote network node to the relay network node, wherein, the configuration of the SL-DRX of the remote network node is forwarded by the relay network node. 
     
     
         5 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the computer, further cause the computer to:
 allocate resources orthogonal to each other to general downlink transmission from the network control terminal to the relay network node and sidelink transmission from the remote network node to the relay network node; or allocate resources orthogonal to each other to general downlink transmission from the network control terminal to the remote network node and sidelink transmission from the relay network node to the remote network node.   
     
     
         6 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 5 , wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the computer, further cause the computer to:
 set, based on priority levels of the general link and the sidelink, a transmission order of the general link and the sidelink, and update the configuration of the SL-DRX of the relay network node or the remote network node based on the transmission order.   
     
     
         7 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the computer, further cause the computer to:
 schedule, based on a SL-DRX sleep indicator from the relay network node, general downlink transmission from the network control terminal to the relay network node, wherein, the SL-DRX sleep indicator represents that the sidelink of the relay network node enters a sleep state.   
     
     
         8 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the computer, further cause the computer to:
 schedule, based on a SL-DRX remote sleep indicator from the relay network node, general downlink transmission from the network control terminal to the remote network node, wherein, the SL-DRX remote sleep indicator represents that the sidelink of the remote network node enters a sleep state.   
     
     
         9 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the computer, further cause the computer to:
 in a case that discontinuous reception (DRX) is used between the network control terminal and a network node, allocate receiving resources orthogonal to each other to the DRX and the SL-DRX.   
     
     
         10 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 9 , wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the computer, further cause the computer to:
 allocate receiving time windows independent from each other in time domain to the DRX and the SL-DRX.   
     
     
         11 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the computer, further cause the computer to:
 in a case that discontinuous reception DRX is used between the network control terminal and a network node, adjust, based on an adjusting indication from the network node, the configuration of the DRX or SL-DRX of the network node.   
     
     
         12 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the computer, further cause the computer to:
 in a case that discontinuous reception DRX is used between the network control terminal and the remote network node, generate, after the network control terminal finishes data transmission to the remote network node, a UuDRX remote sleep indicator to indicate to the relay network node that the DRX of the remote network node enters a sleep time.   
     
     
         13 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 12 , wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the computer, further cause the computer to:
 update the configuration of the SL-DRX of the remote network node.   
     
     
         14 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 2 , wherein, the configuration of the SL-DRX comprises: a SLDRX-onDurationTimer for indicating the number of continuous PSCCH sub-frames for a network node to detect the PSCCH after the network node wakes up from a sleep state; a SLDRX-InactivityTimer for indicating the maximum number of PSCCH sub-frames for the network node to wait for successful decoding of the PSCCH; a SLDRX-Cycle for indicating the number of subframes included in one SL-DRX cycle; and a SLDRX-StartOffset for indicating a sub-frame position where each SL-DRX cycle starts. 
     
     
         15 . A non-transitory computer readable medium including executable instructions, which when executed by a computer for a network node cause the computer to:
 with respect to a sidelink between the network node and one or more other network nodes, configure discontinuous reception SL-DRX for the network node and/or the one or more other network nodes; and   perform, based on configuration of the SL-DRX, relay transmission between the network node and the one or more other network nodes.   
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 15 , wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the computer, further cause the computer to:
 configure the discontinuous reception SL-DRX by determining an active time for the network node and/or the one or more other network nodes to detect PSCCH and a sleep time for the network node and/or the one or more other network not to detect the PSCCH.   
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 15 , wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the computer, further cause the computer to:
 control a transceiving unit to transmit a control signaling including configuration of the SL-DRX of another network node to the corresponding network node.   
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 17 , wherein the transceiving unit is further configured to transmit control information instructing the other network node to enter a SL-DRX sleep state to the other network node, or receive the control information from the other network node. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 15 , wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the computer, further cause the computer to:
 determine, based on a control signaling from a network control terminal, the configuration of the SL-DRX.   
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 15 , wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the computer, further cause the computer to:
 in a case that discontinuous reception DRX is used between a network control terminal and the network node, generate, in a case that a receiving time window of the DRX and that of the SL-DRX overlap, an adjusting indication for adjusting the configuration of the DRX or the SL-DRX, to instruct the network control terminal or the other network node to adjust the configuration of the DRX or the SL-DRX.