Reducing the power consumption of communication devices

A signal sending method, applied to a network side device, comprising:

• configuring target information, wherein the target information includes first information, or first information and second information;
• sending wake-up information through the target information, wherein the wake-up information sent through the first information includes at least one of area-level wake-up information, cell-level wake-up information, or node group-level wake-up information, wake-up information sent through the second information includes at least one of the node group-level wake-up information or node-level wake-up information;
• wherein when the first information includes first sequence information and the second information includes second sequence information, the first sequence information and the second sequence information are configured to indicate the wake-up information;
• wherein the area-level wake-up information is used to indicate at least one of the following:
• whether area-level information exists;
• whether to wake up all nodes in a target area to receive the area-level information;
• waking up all nodes in the target area to receive the area-level information;
• a type of information to be received including the area-level information;
• a type of a short message;
• a type of a system message to be updated;
• or
• whether to update the system message;
• wherein the cell-level wake-up information is used to indicate at least one of the following:
• whether cell-level information exists;
• whether to wake up all nodes in a target area to receive the cell-level information;
• waking up all nodes in the target area to receive the cell-level information;
• a type of a short message;
• a type of a system message to be updated;
• or
• whether to update the system message;
• wherein the node group-level wake-up information is used to indicate at least one of the following:
• whether node group-level information exists;
• whether to wake up all nodes in a target node group to receive the node group-level information;
• waking up all nodes in the target node group to receive the node group-level information;
• a type of information to be received including the node group-level information;
• a serial number of a node group to be woken up;
• or
• whether to wake up at least one node group;
• wherein the node-level wake-up information is used to indicate at least one of the following:
• whether node-level information exists;
• whether to wake up a target node to receive the node-level information;
• waking up the target node to receive the node-level information;
• a type of information to be received including the node-level information;
• a serial number of a node to be woken up;
• or
• whether to wake up at least one node;
• wherein the first information and the second information in the target information are arranged alternately or sequentially;
• wherein when both the first information and the second information in the target information are time domain resource information, and the first information and the second information are arranged alternately, a time domain resource indicated by the first information and a time domain resource indicated by the second information are alternately arranged;
• when both the first information and the second information in the target information are time domain resource information, and the first information and the second information are arranged sequentially, all time domain resources indicated by the first information are arranged before or after the time domain resource indicated by the second information;
• when both the first information and the second information in the target information are frequency domain resource information, and the first information and the second information are arranged alternately, a frequency domain resource indicated by the first information and a frequency domain resource indicated by the second information are arranged alternately;
• when both the first information and the second information in the target information are frequency domain resource information, and the first information and the second information are arranged sequentially, frequencies of all frequency domain resources indicated by the first information are greater than or less than frequency domain resources indicated by the second information;
• when both the first information and the second information in the target information are spatial domain resource information, and the first information and the second information are arranged alternately, a spatial domain resource indicated by the first information and a spatial domain resource indicated by the second information are arranged alternately in terms of a serial number;
• when both the first information and the second information in the target information are spatial domain resource information, and the first information and the second information are arranged sequentially, serial numbers of all spatial domain resources indicated by the first information are before or after a serial number of the spatial domain resource indicated by the second information;
• when both the first information and the second information in the target information are bit information, and the first information and the second information are arranged alternately, a bit indicated by the first information and a bit indicated by the second information are arranged alternately;
• when both the first information and the second information in the target information are bit information, and the first information and the second information are arranged sequentially, all bits indicated by the first information are before or after the bit indicated by the second information.

A node, comprising:

• a transceiver, a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored on the memory and executed by the processor, wherein the processor executes the computer program to implement the following steps:
• obtaining target information, wherein the target information includes first information, or first information and second information;
• obtaining wake-up information according to the target information, wherein the wake-up information obtained according to the first information includes at least one of area-level wake-up information, cell-level wake-up information, or node group-level wake-up information, wake-up information obtained according to the second information includes at least one of the node group-level wake-up information and node-level wake-up information;
• performing waking up or continuing to sleep according to indication of the wake-up information;
• wherein when the first information includes first sequence information and the second information includes second sequence information, the first sequence information and the second sequence information are configured to indicate the wake-up information;
• wherein the area-level wake-up information is used to indicate at least one of the following:
• whether area-level information exists;
• whether to wake up all nodes in a target area to receive the area-level information;
• waking up all nodes in the target area to receive the area-level information;
• a type of information to be received including the area-level information;
• a type of a short message;
• a type of a system message to be updated;
• or
• whether to update the system message;
• wherein the cell-level wake-up information is used to indicate at least one of the following:
• whether cell-level information exists;
• whether to wake up all nodes in a target area to receive the cell-level information;
• waking up all nodes in the target area to receive the cell-level information;
• a type of a short message;
• a type of a system message to be updated;
• or
• whether to update the system message;
• wherein the node group-level wake-up information is used to indicate at least one of the following:
• whether node group-level information exists;
• whether to wake up all nodes in a target node group to receive the node group-level information;
• waking up all nodes in the target node group to receive the node group-level information;
• a type of information to be received including the node group-level information;
• a serial number of a node group to be woken up;
• or
• whether to wake up at least one node group;
• wherein the node-level wake-up information is used to indicate at least one of the following:
• whether node-level information exists;
• whether to wake up a target node to receive the node-level information;
• waking up the target node to receive the node-level information;
• a type of information to be received including the node-level information;
• a serial number of a node to be woken up;
• or
• whether to wake up at least one node;
• wherein the first information and the second information in the target information are arranged alternately or sequentially;
• wherein when both the first information and the second information in the target information are time domain resource information, and the first information and the second information are arranged alternately, a time domain resource indicated by the first information and a time domain resource indicated by the second information are alternately arranged;
• when both the first information and the second information in the target information are time domain resource information, and the first information and the second information are arranged sequentially, all time domain resources indicated by the first information are arranged before or after the time domain resource indicated by the second information;
• when both the first information and the second information in the target information are frequency domain resource information, and the first information and the second information are arranged alternately, a frequency domain resource indicated by the first information and a frequency domain resource indicated by the second information are arranged alternately;
• when both the first information and the second information in the target information are frequency domain resource information, and the first information and the second information are arranged sequentially, frequencies of all frequency domain resources indicated by the first information are greater than or less than frequency domain resources indicated by the second information;
• when both the first information and the second information in the target information are spatial domain resource information, and the first information and the second information are arranged alternately, a spatial domain resource indicated by the first information and a spatial domain resource indicated by the second information are arranged alternately in terms of a serial number;
• when both the first information and the second information in the target information are spatial domain resource information, and the first information and the second information are arranged sequentially, serial numbers of all spatial domain resources indicated by the first information are before or after a serial number of the spatial domain resource indicated by the second information;
• when both the first information and the second information in the target information are bit information, and the first information and the second information are arranged alternately, a bit indicated by the first information and a bit indicated by the second information are arranged alternately;
• when both the first information and the second information in the target information are bit information, and the first information and the second information are arranged sequentially, all bits indicated by the first information are before or after the bit indicated by the second information.