Communication method and apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium

A communication apparatus, comprising:

• at least one processor configured to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, from a network device, configuration information indicating at least one search space set for a terminal device;
• determining, in the at least one search space set, one or more monitoring occasions for sending a wake-up signal (WUS);
• determining a time window for monitoring the WUS;
• and
• in response to determining that the one or more monitoring occasion for sending the WUS are outside of the time window, detecting a physical downlink control channel within an on duration time period of a discontinuous reception (DRX) state, wherein the time window is prior to the on duration time period, and wherein the WUS indicates the terminal device to monitor the physical downlink control channel within the on duration time period.

A communication method, wherein the method comprises:

• sending, to a terminal device, configuration information of at least one search space set for the terminal device;
• determining, in the at least one search space set, one or more monitoring occasions for the terminal device to send a wake-up signal (WUS);
• determining a time window for monitoring the WUS;
• and
• in response to determining that the one or more monitoring occasions are outside of the time window, sending a physical downlink control channel within an on duration time period of a discontinuous reception (DRX) state, wherein the time window is prior to the on duration time period, and wherein the WUS indicates the terminal device to monitor the physical downlink control channel within the on duration time period.

A communication apparatus, comprising:

• at least one processor configured to perform operations comprising:
• sending, to a terminal device, configuration information of at least one search space set for the terminal device;
• determining, in the at least one search space set, one or more monitoring occasions for the terminal device to send a wake-up signal (WUS);
• determining a time window for monitoring the WUS;
• and
• in response to determining that the one or more monitoring occasions are outside of the time window, sending a physical downlink control channel within an on duration time period of a discontinuous reception (DRX) state, wherein the time window is prior to the on duration time period, and wherein the WUS indicates the terminal device to monitor the physical downlink control channel within the on duration time period.