# US 2023/0056874 A1 · Cycle configuration method, related device, and storage medium

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- Number: US 2023/0056874 A1
- Document ID: US20230056874A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/981,773
- Filed: 2022-11-07
- Published: 2023-02-23
- Earliest claimed: 2020-11-27
- Assignees: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
- Applicants: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
- Inventors: Yixue LEI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230056874A1

## CPC

- H04W 76/28: Discontinuous transmission [DTX]; Discontinuous reception [DRX]
- H04W 4/40: for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
- H04W 28/0268: {using specific QoS parameters for wireless networks, e.g. QoS class identifier [QCI] or guaranteed bit rate [GBR] (negotiating SLA or negotiating QoS H04W28/24)}
- H04W 52/02: Power saving arrangements
- H04W 76/27: Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states
- Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE

## Abstract

A cycle configuration method includes: obtaining the Quality-of-Service information and service mode information of the V2X service, and the service mode information including the data burst degree information; generating the cycle configuration information of the DRX cycle of V2X service according to the Quality-of-Service information and service mode information. The cycle configuration information includes: any one or more of the DRX cycle duration of the DRX cycle, the activation period duration of the activation period, and the dormancy period duration of the dormancy period.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A cycle configuration method, performed by a computing device, the method comprising:
obtaining Quality-of-Service information and service mode information of a vehicle wireless communication technology V2X service, the service mode information including data burst degree information, and the data burst degree information being obtained according to a data amount of service data of the V2X service;
generating cycle configuration information of a discontinuous reception DRX cycle of the V2X service according to the Quality-of-Service information and the service mode information;
the DRX cycle including an activation period and a dormancy period, and the cycle configuration information including: any one or more of a DRX cycle duration of the DRX cycle, an activation period duration of the activation period, and a dormancy period duration of the dormancy period.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the Quality-of-Service information includes delay tolerance information, and the delay tolerance information is determined according to a transmission waiting duration of service data of the V2X service; and
in response to determining that the cycle configuration information includes the DRX cycle duration, the DRX cycle duration is less than a waiting duration indicated by the delay tolerance information.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method according to claim 2, wherein the transmission waiting duration includes a maximum waiting duration for the service data of the V2X service in a buffer.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the V2X service is a cyclical service, and the service mode information further includes a service data arrival cycle duration of the V2X service; and
in response to determining that the cycle configuration information includes the DRX cycle duration, the DRX cycle duration is less than or equal to the service data arrival cycle duration.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method according to claim 4, wherein the DRX cycle duration is less than a maximum cycle duration of all candidate cycle durations of the service data arrival cycle duration; or
the DRX cycle duration is equal to the service data arrival cycle duration.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the V2X service is a cyclical service, and the service mode information includes a service data arrival cycle duration of the V2X service;
in response to determining that the cycle configuration information includes the DRX cycle duration, the DRX cycle duration is greater than the service data arrival cycle duration.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The method according to claim 6, wherein the DRX cycle duration is equal to N times the service data arrival cycle duration, and N is a positive integer greater than 1.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the V2X service is a cyclical service, and the service mode information further includes a service data arrival cycle duration of the V2X service; and
in response to determining that the cycle configuration information includes the activation period duration, the activation period duration is generated according to a predicted data amount generated by the V2X service within one DRX cycle, and the activation period duration is positively correlated with the predicted data amount; and
the predicted data amount is determined according to the service data arrival cycle duration and data burst degree information.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The method according to claim 8, wherein the Quality-of-Service information includes delay tolerance information, and the delay tolerance information is determined according to a transmission waiting duration of service data of the V2X service, the method further comprising:
adjusting the activation period duration according to a waiting duration indicated by the delay tolerance information, the activation period duration and the waiting duration indicated by the delay tolerance information are negatively correlated.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the V2X service is an acyclic service;
in response to determining that the cycle configuration information includes the activation period duration, the activation period duration is determined according to a statistical data amount of the V2X service; and
the statistical data amount is determined after statistically counting a plurality of historical data amounts generated by the V2X service according to data burst degree information corresponding to the V2X service.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The method according to claim 10, wherein
any historical data amount generated by the V2X service includes: in a statistical cycle, a data amount obtained by statistically counting a data amount indicated by the data burst degree information corresponding to the V2X service;
or, any historical data amount generated by the V2X service comprises: in a statistical cycle, one obtained by statistically counting a data amount buffered by the V2X service in a buffer.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The method according to claim 10, wherein the Quality-of-Service information includes delay tolerance information, the delay tolerance information is determined according to a transmission waiting duration of service data of the V2X service, and one statistical cycle corresponds to one historical data amount;
in response to determining that the waiting duration indicated by the delay tolerance information is less than a first threshold, the statistical data amount is a maximum data amount among a plurality of historical data amounts; and
in response to determining that the waiting duration indicated by the delay tolerance information is greater than a second threshold, the statistical data amount is a target data amount determined by calculation according to the plurality of historical data amounts.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The method according to claim 12, wherein in response to determining that the statistical data amount is a maximum data amount, the activation period duration is equal to a duration obtained by dividing the statistical data amount by a data transmission rate of the V2X service.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, further comprising:
adjusting the activation period duration according to a detected channel busyness degree and/or terminal density, the activation period duration being positively correlated with the channel busyness degree and/or terminal density.

### Claim 15

A cycle configuration method, performed by a smart terminal, the method comprising:
in response to detecting that a vehicle wireless communication technology V2X service is generated, configuring according to cycle configuration information of a discontinuous reception DRX cycle determined for the V2X service, to transmit service data corresponding to the V2X service; wherein
the cycle configuration information is generated according to Quality-of-Service information and service mode information, the service mode information includes data burst degree information, and the data burst degree information is obtained according to a data amount of service data of the V2X service; and
the DRX cycle includes: an activation period and a dormancy period, the cycle configuration information comprising: any one or more of a DRX cycle duration of the DRX cycle, an activation period duration of the activation period, and a dormancy period duration of the dormancy period.

### Claim 16

A cycle configuration device, comprising: a memory storing computer program instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the computer program instructions and perform:
obtaining Quality-of-Service information and service mode information of a vehicle wireless communication technology V2X service, the service mode information including data burst degree information, and the data burst degree information being obtained according to a data amount of service data of the V2X service;
generating cycle configuration information of a discontinuous reception DRX cycle of the V2X service according to the Quality-of-Service information and the service mode information;
the DRX cycle including an activation period and a dormancy period, and the cycle configuration information including: any one or more of a DRX cycle duration of the DRX cycle, an activation period duration of the activation period, and a dormancy period duration of the dormancy period.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The cycle configuration device according to claim 16, wherein the Quality-of-Service information includes delay tolerance information, and the delay tolerance information is determined according to a transmission waiting duration of service data of the V2X service; and
in response to determining that the cycle configuration information includes the DRX cycle duration, the DRX cycle duration is less than a waiting duration indicated by the delay tolerance information.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The cycle configuration device according to claim 17, wherein the transmission waiting duration includes a maximum waiting duration for the service data of the V2X service in a buffer.

### Claim 19 (depends on 16)

The cycle configuration device according to claim 16, wherein the V2X service is a cyclical service, and the service mode information further includes a service data arrival cycle duration of the V2X service; and
in response to determining that the cycle configuration information includes the DRX cycle duration, the DRX cycle duration is less than or equal to the service data arrival cycle duration.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The cycle configuration device according to claim 19, wherein the DRX cycle duration is less than a maximum cycle duration of all candidate cycle durations of the service data arrival cycle duration; or
the DRX cycle duration is equal to the service data arrival cycle duration.
