CN110392386A

CN110392386A - A kind of signal measurement method and relevant device

Info

Publication number: CN110392386A
Application number: CN201810362460.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王俊伟; 黎超
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-04-20
Filing date: 2018-04-20
Publication date: 2019-10-29
Anticipated expiration: 2038-04-20
Also published as: CN110392386B; WO2019200968A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the present application discloses a kind of signal measurement method, for reducing the use of measurement GAP, avoids the multiple interrupting service of terminal device, promotes communication experiences.The described method includes: terminal device determines the additional time period other than measuring GAP, the measurement GAP includes: the period for measuring to measuring signal of the network equipments configuration；The terminal device receives the measuring signal in the additional time period, and measures to obtain the first measurement result to the measuring signal；The terminal device reports objective measurement to the network equipment, and the objective measurement is corresponding with first measurement result.

Description

Signal measurement method and related equipment

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a signal measurement method and a related device.

Background

The measurement of the terminal device is divided into intra-frequency measurement (intra-frequency measurement) and inter-frequency measurement (inter-frequency measurement), and the so-called intra-frequency measurement refers to that a serving cell where a User Equipment (UE) is currently located and a target cell to be measured are located on the same carrier frequency point (central frequency point). The pilot frequency measurement means that the cell where the UE is currently located and the target cell are not on one carrier frequency point. If the UE needs to perform different-frequency measurement (including different-mode measurement), a simple method is to install two radio frequency receivers in the UE to measure the frequency point of the local cell and the frequency point of the target cell respectively, but this may cause a problem of cost increase and mutual interference between different frequency points.

Therefore, the third Generation Partnership Project (3 GPP) proposes a measurement interval (measurement GAP) manner, that is, a part of time (i.e., measurement GAP time) is reserved, during which the UE does not send and receive any data, and tunes the receiver to a target cell frequency point to perform inter-frequency measurement, and then switches to the current cell after the GAP time is over. In the prior art, a measurement GAP is configured and informed to a UE by a base station, the UE can only execute a measurement task in the measurement GAP configured by the base station, and report a measurement result to the base station at a reporting time specified by the base station after the measurement is finished.

The target cell to be measured is generally a cell adjacent to the current serving cell of the UE, and when the number of adjacent cells is large, the system allocates more measurement GAPs to allow the UE to perform measurement, and the UE interrupts the current service for many times, which affects the communication experience of the user.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a signal measurement method, which is used for reducing the use of GAP measurement, avoiding multiple service interruption of terminal equipment and improving communication experience.

In view of the above, a first aspect of the present application provides a signal measurement method, including: the terminal equipment determines an additional time period except for measuring the GAP, receives the measuring signal in the additional time period, measures the received measuring signal to obtain a first measuring result, and finally reports a target measuring result corresponding to the first measuring result to the network equipment.

It should be understood that, in this implementation manner, the measurement GAP refers to a time period configured by the network device for measuring the measurement signal, and the target measurement result refers to a measurement result obtained when the measurement of the measurement signal by the terminal device reaches a measurement amount configured by the network device.

In this implementation, the terminal device can measure the measurement signal in other time periods except for the measurement GAP, so that the use of the measurement GAP can be reduced, multiple service interruption of the terminal device is avoided, and the communication experience is improved.

With reference to the first aspect of the present application, in a first implementation manner of the first aspect of the present application, the additional time period determined by the terminal device includes: the time period for which the terminal device does not need to monitor the control channel, e.g., time slot 1 and time slot 2 in fig. 3A.

The implementation mode provides a specific mode for determining the additional time period, and the realizability of the scheme is improved.

With reference to the first aspect of the present application, in a second implementation manner of the first aspect of the present application, if the terminal device does not detect downlink control information in the first N OFDM symbols of a time period in which a control channel needs to be monitored, an additional time period determined by the terminal device includes: the OFDM symbols other than the first N OFDM symbols in which DCI is not detected in the time period in which the control channel needs to be monitored, for example, the 6 th to 14 th (5-13) OFDM symbols in fig. 3B.

It should be understood that in this implementation, N is a preset value, and the preset value is greater than or equal to 1.

The implementation mode provides another specific mode for determining the additional time period, and the flexibility of the scheme is improved.

With reference to the first aspect of the present application, in a third implementation manner of the first aspect of the present application, if the terminal device does not detect DCI in M time slots before the start time slot of the measurement GAP, the additional time period determined by the terminal device includes: the time periods corresponding to the 1 st to M-1 st slots before the start slot of the GAP, for example, slots 5-6 in fig. 3C, are measured.

With reference to the first aspect of the present application, in a fourth implementation manner of the first aspect of the present application, the additional time period determined by the terminal device includes: the scheduled time slots, e.g., time slots 5-6 in fig. 3D, during which the terminal device does not need to monitor the control channel before measuring the start time slot of the GAP.

With reference to the first aspect of the present application, in a fifth implementation manner of the first aspect of the present application, before reporting, to a network device, a target measurement result, a terminal device includes: the terminal equipment receives the measurement signal in the measurement GAP, and measures the received measurement signal to obtain a second measurement result, wherein the target measurement result comprises a first measurement result and a second measurement result.

This implementation mode terminal equipment except can receive measuring signal in additional time quantum and measure, also can receive measuring signal in measuring GAP and measure, all receives measuring signal in two types of time quantum and measures, can accelerate to accomplish the measurement task, promotes measurement of efficiency, perhaps can repeat and measure measuring signal, promotes measurement accuracy.

With reference to the first aspect of the present application, any one implementation manner of the first to fourth implementation manners of the first aspect, in a sixth implementation manner of the first aspect of the present application, after the terminal device measures the measurement signal to obtain the first measurement result, the terminal device may perform the following steps: the terminal equipment informs the network equipment to cancel the measurement GAP.

It should be understood that in this implementation manner, what the terminal device notifies the network device to cancel is the measurement GAP that the terminal device does not need to use, specifically, the terminal device may complete measurement of all measurement signals within an additional time period, and then the terminal device may notify the network device to cancel the configured measurement GAP; the terminal device may also complete measurement of a part of the measurement signal in an additional time period, complete measurement of another part of the measurement signal in the measurement GAP, and if the terminal device completes measurement of another part of the measurement signal and then other time remains in the measurement GAP, the terminal device may notify the network device to cancel the measurement GAP.

In the implementation mode, the network equipment can cancel the measurement GAP which is not needed by the terminal equipment, thereby reducing the times of the service terminal and improving the communication experience.

With reference to the first aspect of the present application, and any one implementation manner of the first to fourth implementation manners of the first aspect, in a seventh implementation manner of the first aspect of the present application, after the terminal device measures the measurement signal to obtain the first measurement result, the terminal device may perform the following steps: the terminal equipment is in a dormant state in the measurement GAP.

In the implementation mode, the terminal equipment can be in a dormant state in the measurement GAP which is not required to be used, so that the consumption of the terminal equipment is reduced, and resources are saved.

With reference to the first aspect of the present application, and any one implementation manner of the first to fourth implementation manners of the first aspect, in an eighth implementation manner of the first aspect of the present application, after the terminal device measures the measurement signal to obtain the first measurement result, the terminal device may perform the following steps: the terminal device measures signals other than the measurement signal in the measurement GAP, for example, the measurement of the inter-system signal, and the like.

In the embodiment, the terminal equipment can measure other signals in the measurement GAP which is not required to be used, so that the time is reasonably utilized, and the measurement efficiency is improved.

With reference to the first aspect of the present application, and any one of the first to eighth implementation manners of the first aspect, in a ninth implementation manner of the first aspect of the present application, before the terminal device receives the measurement signal within the additional time period, the terminal device may perform the following steps:

the terminal equipment judges whether the central frequency point of a target cell corresponding to the measuring signal and the central frequency point of a service cell where the terminal equipment is currently located are in the same frequency band, if so, the terminal equipment judges whether the bandwidth of a radio frequency receiving signal corresponding to the terminal equipment contains the bandwidth of the measuring signal, if not, the terminal equipment adjusts the radio frequency receiving frequency point of the terminal equipment to the central frequency point of the target cell in an additional time period and then executes the step of receiving the measuring signal, and if so, the terminal equipment does not need to adjust the radio frequency receiving frequency point of the terminal equipment and directly executes the step of receiving the measuring signal.

In this implementation manner, when the bandwidth of the radio frequency receiving signal corresponding to the terminal device includes the bandwidth of the measurement signal, the terminal device may not perform the frequency modulation operation, perform the reception of the measurement signal, and improve the measurement efficiency.

With reference to the first aspect of the present application, and any one implementation manner of the first to ninth implementation manners of the first aspect, in a tenth implementation manner of the first aspect of the present application, the terminal device may specifically report the target measurement result before the reporting time configured by the network device.

In the implementation mode, the terminal equipment can report the measurement result in advance, and the communication efficiency of the system is improved.

A second aspect of the present application provides a signal measurement method, including: the network equipment sends measurement information to the terminal equipment, wherein the measurement information comprises: and measuring configuration information and reporting time of the GAP, wherein the measurement GAP refers to a time period configured by the network equipment and used for measuring the measurement signal, and the reporting time refers to time configured by the network equipment and used for reporting a measurement result corresponding to the measurement signal. And the network equipment receives the target measurement result sent by the terminal equipment before the reporting time.

In this implementation, the terminal device can receive the measurement signal and perform measurement in an additional time period, so that the measurement of the measurement signal can reach the measurement amount configured by the network device in advance, the terminal device can report the measurement result in advance, and the network device can acquire the reported measurement result in advance, thereby improving the communication efficiency of the system.

With reference to the second aspect of the present application, in a first implementation manner of the second aspect of the present application, after the terminal device receives the measurement signal and performs measurement within the determined additional time period, the terminal device may notify the network device that the measurement GAP that is not needed to be used is cancelled, and then the network device further performs the following steps after sending the measurement information to the terminal device: the network equipment receives indication information sent by the terminal equipment, the indication information is used for indicating the network equipment to cancel some measurement GAPs, and the network equipment cancels the indicated measurement GAPs according to the indication information.

In the implementation mode, the network equipment can cancel the measurement GAP according to the indication information sent by the terminal equipment, thereby reducing the times of the service terminal and improving the communication experience.

A third aspect of the present application provides a terminal device, including:

a determination module to determine an additional time period other than a measurement GAP, the measurement GAP comprising: a time period configured by the network device for measuring the measurement signal;

a first receiving module for receiving a measurement signal during an additional time period;

the first measurement module is used for measuring the measurement signal received by the first receiving module to obtain a first measurement result;

and the reporting module is used for reporting the target measurement result to the network equipment, and the target measurement result corresponds to the first measurement result.

With reference to the third aspect of the present application, in a first implementation manner of the third aspect of the present application, the additional time period includes: the terminal device does not need a time period for monitoring the control channel.

With reference to the third aspect of the present application, in a second implementation manner of the third aspect of the present application, a terminal device does not detect downlink control information DCI in first N OFDM symbols of a time period in which a control channel needs to be monitored, where an additional time period includes: and other OFDM symbols except the first N OFDM symbols in the time period needing to monitor the control channel, wherein N is greater than or equal to 1.

With reference to the third aspect of the present application, in a third implementation manner of the third aspect of the present application, the terminal device does not detect DCI in M slots before the starting slot of the measurement GAP, where the additional time period includes: and measuring time periods corresponding to 1 st to M-1 st time slots before the initial time slot of the GAP.

With reference to the third aspect of the present application, in a fourth implementation manner of the third aspect of the present application, the additional time period includes: and scheduling time slots in which the terminal equipment does not need to monitor the control channel before measuring the starting time slot of the GAP.

With reference to the third aspect of the present application, and any one implementation manner of the first to fourth implementation manners of the third aspect, in a fifth implementation manner of the third aspect of the present application, the terminal device further includes:

the second receiving module is used for receiving the measuring signal in the measuring GAP;

the second measurement module is used for measuring the measurement signal received by the second receiving module to obtain a second measurement result;

the target measurement result includes a first measurement result and a second measurement result.

With reference to the third aspect of the present application, an implementation manner of any one of the first to fourth implementation manners of the third aspect, in a sixth implementation manner of the third aspect of the present application, the terminal device further includes: and the notification module is used for notifying the network equipment to cancel the measurement GAP.

With reference to the third aspect of the present application, and any one implementation manner of the first to fourth implementation manners of the third aspect, in a seventh implementation manner of the third aspect of the present application, the terminal device further includes: and the dormancy module is used for enabling the terminal equipment to enter a dormant state in the measurement GAP.

With reference to the third aspect of the present application, an implementation manner of any one of the first to fourth implementation manners of the third aspect, in an eighth implementation manner of the third aspect of the present application, the terminal device further includes: and the third measurement module is used for measuring other signals except the measurement signal in the measurement GAP.

With reference to the third aspect of the present application, and any one implementation manner of the first to eighth implementation manners of the third aspect, in a ninth implementation manner of the third aspect of the present application, the terminal device further includes: the judging module is used for judging whether the bandwidth of the radio frequency receiving signal of the terminal equipment comprises the bandwidth of the measuring signal or not when the central frequency band of the target cell corresponding to the measuring signal and the central frequency band of the service cell where the terminal equipment is currently located are in the same frequency band;

the triggering module is used for triggering the first receiving module when the judging module determines that the bandwidth of the radio frequency receiving signal comprises the bandwidth of the measuring signal;

and the frequency modulation module is used for adjusting the frequency point corresponding to the terminal equipment to be the central frequency point of the target cell in the additional time period and triggering the first receiving module when the judging module determines that the bandwidth of the radio frequency receiving signal does not contain the bandwidth of the measuring signal.

With reference to the third aspect of the present application, in a tenth implementation of the third aspect of the present application, the reporting module is specifically configured to report the target measurement result to the network device before the reporting time, where the reporting time is a time configured by the network device to report the target measurement result.

A fourth aspect of the present application provides a network device, including:

a sending module, configured to send measurement information to a terminal device, where the measurement information includes: measuring configuration information and reporting time of the GAP, wherein the GAP measuring comprises the following steps: the network device configures a time period for measuring the measurement signal, and the reporting time includes: the time for reporting the target measurement result corresponding to the measurement signal is configured by the network equipment;

the first receiving module is used for receiving the target measurement result sent by the terminal equipment before the time of reporting.

With reference to the fourth aspect of the present application, in a first implementation manner of the fourth aspect of the present application, the network device further includes:

the second receiving module is used for receiving the indication information sent by the terminal equipment;

and the cancellation module is used for canceling the measurement GAP according to the indication information.

A fifth aspect of the present application provides a communication apparatus comprising: a processing unit and a communication unit;

a processing unit for determining an additional time period other than a measurement GAP, the measurement GAP comprising: a time period configured by the network device for measuring the measurement signal;

a processing unit for controlling the communication unit to receive the measurement signal during an additional time period;

and the processing unit is used for controlling the communication unit to send a target measurement result, and the target measurement result corresponds to the first measurement result.

With reference to the fifth aspect of the present application, in a first implementation manner of the fifth aspect of the present application, the additional time period includes: the communication device does not require a time period for monitoring the control channel.

With reference to the fifth aspect of the present application, in a second implementation manner of the fifth aspect of the present application, the communication apparatus does not detect the downlink control information DCI in the first N OFDM symbols of a time period in which the control channel needs to be monitored, where the additional time period includes: and other OFDM symbols except the first N OFDM symbols in the time period needing to monitor the control channel, wherein N is greater than or equal to 1.

With reference to the fifth aspect of the present application, in a third implementation manner of the fifth aspect of the present application, the terminal device does not detect DCI in M time slots before the start time slot of the measurement GAP, where the additional time slot includes: and measuring time periods corresponding to 1 st to M-1 st time slots before the initial time slot of the GAP.

With reference to the fifth aspect of the present application, in a fourth implementation manner of the fifth aspect of the present application, the additional time period includes: and scheduling time slots in which the terminal equipment does not need to monitor the control channel before measuring the starting time slot of the GAP.

With reference to the fifth aspect of the present application, in a fifth implementation manner of the fifth aspect of the present application, the processing unit is further configured to control the communication unit to receive the measurement signal in the measurement GAP; the processing unit is further used for measuring the measurement signal received in the measurement GAP to obtain a second measurement result; the target measurement result includes a first measurement result and a second measurement result.

With reference to the fifth aspect of the present application, in a sixth implementation manner of the fifth aspect of the present application, the processing unit is further configured to control the communication unit to send indication information to the network device, where the indication information is used to notify the network device to cancel measuring the GAP.

With reference to the fifth aspect of the present application, in a seventh implementation manner of the fifth aspect of the present application, the processing unit is further configured to control the communication unit to be in a dormant state in the measurement GAP.

With reference to the fifth aspect of the present application, in an eighth implementation manner of the fifth aspect of the present application, the processing unit is further configured to measure, in the measurement GAP, signals other than the measurement signal.

With reference to the fifth aspect of the present application, or any one implementation manner of the first to eighth implementation manners of the fifth aspect, in a ninth implementation manner of the fifth aspect of the present application, the processing unit is further configured to determine whether a bandwidth of a radio frequency receiving signal of the terminal device includes a bandwidth of the measurement signal when a central frequency band of a target cell corresponding to the measurement signal and a central frequency band of a serving cell where the terminal device is currently located are in the same frequency band; controlling the communication unit to receive the measurement signal for an additional period of time when it is determined that the bandwidth of the radio frequency reception signal comprises the bandwidth of the measurement signal; and when the bandwidth of the radio frequency receiving signal does not contain the bandwidth of the measuring signal, adjusting the frequency point corresponding to the terminal equipment to be the central frequency point of the target cell in the additional time period, and controlling the communication unit to receive the measuring signal.

With reference to the fifth aspect of the present application, in a tenth implementation manner of the fifth aspect of the present application, the processing unit is further configured to control the communication unit to send the target measurement result before the reporting time, where the reporting time is time for reporting the target measurement result configured by the network device.

With reference to the fifth aspect of the present application, in an eleventh implementation manner of the fifth aspect of the present application, the communication apparatus is a terminal device, the processing unit includes one or more processors, and the communication unit includes a transceiver.

With reference to the fifth aspect of the present application, in any one of the first to tenth implementation manners of the fifth aspect, in a twelfth implementation manner of the fifth aspect of the present application, the communication apparatus is an integrated circuit, the processing unit includes one or more processors, and the communication unit includes at least one of: input/output pins, input/output circuits, input/output interfaces.

A sixth aspect of the present application provides a communication apparatus comprising: a processing unit and a communication unit;

a processing unit, configured to control the communication unit to send measurement information to the terminal device, where the measurement information includes: measuring configuration information and reporting time of the GAP, wherein the GAP measuring comprises the following steps: the network device configures a time period for measuring the measurement signal, and the reporting time includes: the time for reporting the target measurement result corresponding to the measurement signal is configured by the network equipment;

and the processing unit is used for controlling the communication unit to receive the target measurement result from the terminal equipment before the reporting time.

It should be noted that in this implementation, the processing unit may specifically include one or more processors, and the communication unit may include at least one of the following: input/output interface, input/output pin, input/output circuit, transceiver.

With reference to the sixth aspect of the present application, in a first implementation manner of the sixth aspect of the present application, the communication unit is further configured to receive indication information sent by the network device; the processing unit is further configured to cancel measuring the GAP according to the indication information.

With reference to the sixth aspect or the first implementation manner of the sixth aspect, in a second implementation manner of the sixth aspect of the present application, the communication apparatus is a terminal device, the processing unit includes one or more processors, and the communication unit includes a transceiver.

With reference to the sixth aspect or the first implementation manner of the sixth aspect, in a third implementation manner of the sixth aspect of the present application, the communication device is an integrated circuit, the processing unit includes one or more processors, and the communication unit includes at least one of: input/output pins, input/output circuits, input/output interfaces.

A seventh aspect of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions, which, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of the first aspect and the respective implementation manners of the first aspect.

An eighth aspect of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions, which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of the second aspect described above and the respective implementation manner of the second aspect.

A ninth aspect of the present application provides a computer program product comprising instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method according to the first aspect and the various implementations of the first aspect.

A ninth aspect of the present application provides a computer program product comprising instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method according to the second aspect and the respective implementation manner of the second aspect.

According to the technical scheme, the embodiment of the application has the following advantages:

in the embodiment of the application, the terminal device determines an additional time period except for the measurement GAP, measures the measurement signal in the additional time period to obtain a first measurement result, and reports a target measurement result corresponding to the first measurement result to the network device.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is apparent that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application.

Fig. 1A is a schematic view of an SSB coverage scenario of a cell in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 1B is a schematic view of an SSB coverage scenario of a cell in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 1C is a schematic diagram of SSB transmission of a cell in the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 1D is a schematic view of an MGL configuration for measuring GAP in the present embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of an embodiment of a signal measurement method in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3A is a schematic illustration of additional time periods in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3B is a schematic illustration of additional time periods in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3C is a schematic illustration of additional time periods in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3D is a schematic illustration of additional time periods in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3E is a schematic illustration of additional time periods in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3F is a schematic diagram of a frequency modulation scenario in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of another embodiment of a signal measurement method in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of another embodiment of a signal measurement method in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6A is a schematic view of an application scenario of a signal measurement method in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6B is a schematic view of an application scenario of the signal measurement method in the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a flow chart of another embodiment of a signal measurement method in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8A is a schematic view of an application scenario of a signal measurement method in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8B is a schematic view of an application scenario of the signal measurement method in the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a terminal device in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the terminal device in the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a diagram of an embodiment of a network device in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a communication device in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 13 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of a communication device in the embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments.

The terms "first," "second," "third," "fourth," and the like in the description and in the claims of the present application and in the above-described drawings (if any) are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used is interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the application described herein are, for example, capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or otherwise described herein. Furthermore, the terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed, but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

The embodiment of the application provides a signal measurement method, which is used for reducing measurement GAP, avoiding multiple service interruption of UE and improving communication experience.

It should be understood that the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application can be applied to various communication systems, for example: a global system for mobile communications (GSM) system, a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system, a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) system, a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), a long term evolution (long term evolution, LTE) system, an LTE Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) system, an LTE Time Division Duplex (TDD) system, a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), a Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) communication system, a fifth generation mobile communication technology (5-G) system, or another new type of radio access system, which are not specifically described in the present application.

It should be understood that the terminal device in the embodiment of the present application includes, but is not limited to, a Mobile Station (MS), a User Equipment (UE), a mobile terminal (mobile terminal), a mobile phone (mobile phone), a handset (handset), a portable device (portable equipment), and the like, and the terminal device may communicate with one or more core networks through a Radio Access Network (RAN), for example, the terminal device may be a mobile phone (or referred to as a "cellular" phone), a computer with a wireless communication function, and the terminal device may also be a portable, pocket, hand-held, computer-embedded, or vehicle-mounted mobile apparatus.

It should be understood that the network device in this embodiment of the present application is an entity used by a network side to send or receive a signal, and specifically may be a base station or other devices, where the base station may be a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in GSM or CDMA, a base station (nodeB) in WCDMA, an evolved node B (eNB or e-nodeB) in LTE, or a base station in a 5G/NR and subsequent evolved communication system, and this embodiment of the present application is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

In order to facilitate understanding of the embodiments of the present application, the following takes the 5G/NR system as an example, and a description is provided for an application scenario of the signal measurement method and the related apparatus in the present application.

In the 5G/NR system, a technology similar to LTE is adopted in the multiple access mode, and Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) is used in the downlink, and single-carrier frequency-division multiple access (SC-FDMA) and OFDMA are used in the uplink; in terms of frequency band use, the NR system can be deployed on frequency bands below 3 gigahertz (GHz), and can also be deployed on a network on frequency bands of 3GHz-6GHz and 20G-40 GHz.

In order to solve the demand of fast path loss caused by high frequency and simultaneously achieve the purpose of improving the spectrum utilization rate, a cell in a 5G/NR system has two modes of multi-beam (multi-beam) and single-beam (single-beam). The multi-beam is that a coverage area of one cell/sector is divided into a plurality of sub-coverage areas by using a multi-antenna beam forming technology, each sub-area is covered by a synchronization signal and a broadcast signal, an information block carrying the synchronization signal and the broadcast signal is called a synchronization signal information block (SSB) on NR, and one sub-area corresponds to one SSB; the coverage mode of a single beam, that is, a cell/sector, is omni-directional coverage, that is, only one beam covers one cell/sector, which corresponds to one SSB.

For a deployment scenario lower than 6GHz (sub-6G), at most 8 SSBs can be used for coverage, as shown in fig. 1A, a schematic diagram of coverage ranges of 4 SSBs in the sub-6G scenario; for the millimeter wave (higher than 6GHz) scene, at most 64 SSBs are covered, as shown in fig. 1B, which is a schematic diagram of 8 SSBs coverage in the millimeter wave scene. It should be noted that, because sidelobes are generated during multi-antenna beamforming, and the terminal device needs to effectively cover signals at the edges of two beams, the coverage area of the terminal device often has a certain overlapping area.

The above mentioned signal coverage of the SSB is to cover a certain area of a cell, and is sent in a time division manner, that is, different SSBs occupy different time slots or occupy different OFDM symbols in the same time slot. Whether the number and location of SSBs it sends are the same for neighboring cells depends on the deployment of the network. The number and location of SSBs actually transmitted in each cell can be obtained by reading broadcast messages in a Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH). As shown in fig. 1C, it is a schematic diagram of SSB transmission corresponding to the cell covered by 4 SSBs shown in fig. 1A and the cell covered by 8 SSBs shown in fig. 1B.

In the 5G/NR system, there are several scenarios that require network devices to allocate measurement GAPs:

1. the inter-frequency measurement of the SSB and/or channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) in Sub-6G or high frequency scenarios specifically includes: (1) the frequency bands of the current cell and a target cell needing signal measurement are different; (2) the frequency band of the current cell is the same as that of the current cell, but the position of the central frequency point of the measurement signal of the current cell is different from that of the measurement signal of the target cell.

2. In a high-frequency scenario, the UE needs to adjust the measurement of the beam receiving direction, which specifically includes: (1) measuring signals of different sub-areas in the same cell; (2) signal measurements of different sub-areas within different cells.

It should be understood that the signal measurement method and the related device of the present application are applicable to all scenarios requiring network devices to allocate measurement GAPs for signal measurement, and are not limited to the above-listed scenarios. The signals measured by the signal measurement method and the related device include, but are not limited to, SSB and CSI-RS.

For measuring the length of GAP (MGL), the parameters determined by the current standard are as follows:

1. MGL for Sub-6G scene 6ms,4ms and 3 ms.

2. High frequency MGL configuration: 6ms,4ms and 3 ms.

3. High frequency MGL configuration: x +1ms, x +2.25ms, x +5ms, where x is the total Radio Frequency (RF) reset time, equal to 500us, or some other value. Wherein, the radio frequency retuning is referred to as frequency modulation in the application.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present application, the value of the length of the measurement GAP is not limited to the above-mentioned several configurations.

Specifically, the length and the period of the measurement GAP configured by the network device are related to the number and the period of transmission of the measurement signal, and generally, each MGL configured by the network device includes all signals of the measurement signal in one period, and in order to reduce the length of the measurement GAP, the MGL configured by the network device includes only part of the signals of the measurement signal in one period, as shown in fig. 1D below, in the figure, MGL configuration 1 is a normal configuration, each MGL includes all SSBs in one period, MGL configuration 2 is an optimized configuration, and each MGL includes part of the SSBs in one period.

Based on the above scenario, the following first introduces a signal measurement method in the present application, and referring to fig. 2, an embodiment of the signal measurement method in the present application includes:

201. the terminal device determines additional time periods in addition to measuring the GAP.

In this embodiment, the measurement GAP includes a time period configured by the network device and used for measuring the measurement signal. It should be noted that the type of the measurement signal may be that the network device indicates the terminal device through a high-level signaling, may also be that the network device indicates the terminal device in a delivered measurement task, and may also be determined by the terminal device through other manners, which is not limited herein. The measurement quantity of the measurement signal is generally dynamically indicated by the network device in the issued measurement task, but in some embodiments, the network device may indicate the terminal device through a high-level signaling or other information, or the terminal device may determine the measurement quantity through other manners, which is not limited herein.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the measurement quantity is used to indicate an index that the terminal device needs to measure, and specifically may include at least one of the following: a cell to be measured (e.g., a local cell, a neighboring cell, etc.), a Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP), and a Reference Signal Receiving Quality (RSRQ). The measurement quantity may also include other indicators, and the application is not limited in particular.

As an alternative, the measurement signal may be an SSB, CSI-RS or other signal of a neighboring cell or a neighboring sub-region. When signals of adjacent cells or adjacent sub-areas are measured, the terminal device cannot normally communicate with the network device of the current cell or sub-area, so that the network device allocates a measurement GAP for the terminal device, and the terminal device does not receive or send any data in the measurement GAP.

In this embodiment, in addition to measuring the CAP, the terminal device may determine, by some means, a time period (i.e., an additional time period) in which no data transmission is performed on the terminal device by another network device, to measure the measurement signal, and specifically, the additional time period may include at least one of the following:

and (I) the terminal equipment does not need to monitor the control channel.

Specifically, the terminal device determines a first time period in which the control channel does not need to be monitored according to the configuration information, and the terminal device determines that the first time period is an additional time period.

Specifically, the terminal device determines a monitoring period of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) through control resource set (Coreset) configuration information of the PDCCH, and according to the monitoring period, it can know which time slots need to be monitored and which time slots do not need to be monitored.

Taking fig. 3A as an example, 1 subframe in the frame structure of the system configuration includes 4 slots, and 1 slot includes 14 OFDM symbols. The terminal equipment determines that the control channel needs to be monitored in the time slot 0 and the time slot 3 of the subframe according to the Coreset configuration information of the PDCCH, the terminal equipment determines that the network equipment cannot be scheduled in the time slot 1 and the time slot 2 of the subframe, and the time slot corresponding to the time slot 1 and the time slot 2 is determined as an additional time slot.

It should be understood that the terminal device generally obtains the Corset configuration information of the PDCCH through a high-layer signaling, and in this embodiment, the terminal device may also obtain the configuration information through other manners, which is not limited in this application. In addition to the Corset configuration information of the PDCCH, the terminal device may also determine the first time period in which the control channel is not required to be detected through other configuration information, and the application is not limited in this application.

And (II) other OFDM symbols except the first N OFDM symbols in the time period in which the terminal equipment needs to monitor the control channel, wherein the terminal equipment does not monitor the DCI in the first N OFDM symbols.

The terminal device detects Downlink Control Information (DCI) in a second time period in which a control channel needs to be detected, and if DCI is not detected in the first N time slots of the second time period, the terminal device determines that a time period corresponding to other time slots except the first N time slots in the second time period is an additional time period.

Specifically, the terminal device determines a monitoring period of the control channel through Coreset configuration information or other information of the PDCCH, and blindly detects DCI in the monitoring period, and for any monitoring period, if the terminal device does not detect DCI in the first N OFDM of the period, that is, it is considered that the network device does not carry DCI in the monitoring period, and the network device does not schedule the terminal device in the monitoring period, the terminal device determines a time period corresponding to other OFDM except the first N detected OFDM in the monitoring period to be an additional time period.

As shown in fig. 3B, 1 slot in the frame structure of the system configuration includes 14 OFDM symbols, and after determining that the control channel needs to be monitored in a certain slot according to Coreset configuration information of the PDCCH, the network device starts to detect DCI in the 1 st OFDM symbol (symbol 0) on the slot, and if the terminal device does not detect DCI in the 5th OFDM symbol (symbol 4), that is, if DCI is not detected in the first 5 OFDM symbols (N ═ 5), the network device does not schedule the terminal device in the slot, and the terminal device determines a time period corresponding to the 6 th to 14 th OFDM symbols (symbols 5 to 13) of the slot as an additional time period.

It should be noted that N ═ 5 in the above example indicates an example, in this embodiment, N may be an integer greater than or equal to 1, and may specifically be determined according to a system configuration or an empirical value, and the present application is not limited in particular.

In the above-mentioned manner (a) and manner (b), after the terminal device obtains the Corset configuration information and determines the monitoring period, the additional time period may be determined, specifically, before the terminal device determines the measurement GAP, or after the terminal device determines the measurement GAP.

And (III) measuring a time period corresponding to the 1 st to M-1 st time slots before the initial time slot of the GAP, wherein the terminal equipment does not detect the DCI in the M time slots before the initial time slot of the GAP.

The terminal equipment determines a measurement GAP, and for any measurement GAP, if the terminal equipment does not detect DCI in M time slots before the time slot of the measurement GAP, the terminal equipment determines that the time period corresponding to the 1 st time slot to the M-1 st time slot before the initial time slot of the measurement GAP is an additional time period.

After the network device configures the measurement GAP for the terminal device, the network device sends measurement information to the terminal device to indicate the position of the measurement GAP, where the measurement information includes a measurement GAP period and a measurement GAP length. In this embodiment, after the terminal device determines the position of the measurement GAP, for the measurement GAP at any position, before the measurement GAP arrives, the terminal device may determine whether the measurement GAP may be entered in advance, that is, determine whether the network device schedules the terminal device before the measurement GAP arrives, specifically, for the measurement GAP at any position, if the terminal device does not detect DCI in M time slots before the start time slot of the measurement GAP, the terminal device determines that a time period corresponding to the 1 st to M-1 st time slots before the start time slot of the measurement GAP is an additional time period. Where M is an integer greater than or equal to 1, which may be specifically inferred by a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback timing, for example, if a duration that a HARQ process needs to occupy is 2 slots, the network device needs to issue DCI at least 2 slots in advance if it needs to schedule the terminal device, and therefore, if the terminal device does not detect DCI in a 3rd slot (M ═ 3) before the measurement GAP arrives, it may be considered that the network device does not schedule the terminal device before the measurement GAP arrives, and the terminal device may enter the measurement GAP in advance in this period.

As shown in fig. 3C, the terminal device determines, according to the measurement information, that the period of the measurement GAP is 9 slots, and one measurement GAP occupies 2 slots, and then the terminal device determines that the slots 7 to 8 are one measurement GAP (first measurement GAP) and 16 to 17 are another measurement GAP (second measurement GAP). In addition, the terminal device determines that the time slots 0 to 6 need to monitor the PDCCH according to the Coreset configuration information of the PDCCH, and then the terminal device starts to detect the DCI for the blind from the time slot 0, and for the first measurement GAP, if the terminal device does not detect the DCI in the 3rd time slot (i.e. time slot 4) before the starting time slot (i.e. time slot 7) of the measurement GAP, the terminal device determines that the 1 st to 2 nd time slots (i.e. time slots 5 and 6) before the time slot when the GAP is measured are additional time slots.

And (IV) a scheduling time slot which does not need to be monitored by the terminal equipment before the starting time slot of the GAP is measured.

The terminal equipment determines the measurement GAP, and for any measurement GAP, if the terminal equipment does not need to monitor the control channel in the scheduling time slot before the initial time slot corresponding to the measurement GAP, the terminal equipment determines the time slot corresponding to the scheduling time slots as an additional time slot.

After the terminal device determines the position of the measurement GAP, for the measurement GAP at any position, before the measurement GAP arrives, the terminal device may determine whether the measurement GAP can be entered in advance in the manner described in the above-mentioned manner (iii), and may also determine in the following manner: for any measurement GAP at any position, the terminal equipment determines whether the scheduling time slot before the measurement GAP needs to monitor the control channel, and if not, the terminal determines that the time slot corresponding to the scheduling time slot which does not need to monitor the control channel is an additional time slot. Specifically, the terminal device may determine a monitoring period according to Coreset configuration information of the PDCCH, that is, determine which time slots need to be blind-detected, and for any measurement GAP, if the measurement GAP does not need to be blind-monitored for L time slots before reaching the measurement GAP, the network device may not schedule the terminal device in the time slot, and the terminal device determines that the L time slots are additional time slots.

As shown in fig. 3D, the terminal device determines, according to the measurement information, that the period of the measurement GAP is 9 slots, and one measurement GAP occupies 2 slots, and then the terminal device determines that the slots 7 to 8 are one measurement GAP (first measurement GAP) and 16 to 17 are another measurement GAP (second measurement GAP). The terminal equipment determines that the time slots 0-4 need to be monitored and the time slots 5-6 do not need to be monitored according to the Coreset configuration information of the PDCCH, namely 2 scheduling time slots before the first measurement GAP do not need to be monitored by a control channel, and the terminal equipment determines that the two scheduling time slots (namely the time slots 5-6) are additional time slots.

It should be understood that the terminal device may also determine the additional time period in combination with the above-mentioned manners, for example, in combination with the manner (a) and the manner (b), that is, the terminal device may determine the first time period in which the monitoring of the control channel is not required and the second time period in which the monitoring of the control channel is required according to the configuration information, and the terminal device may set a part of the time in the first time period and the second time period as the additional time period.

As shown in fig. 3E, 1 subframe in the frame structure of the system configuration includes 4 slots, and 1 slot includes 14 OFDM symbols. The terminal equipment determines that the control channel needs to be monitored in the time slot 0 and the time slot 3 of the subframe according to the Coreset configuration information of the PDCCH, the terminal equipment determines that the network equipment cannot be scheduled in the time slot 1 and the time slot 2 of the subframe, and the time slot corresponding to the time slot 1 and the time slot 2 is determined as an additional time slot. Meanwhile, the terminal device detects the DCI in the time slot 0 and the time slot 3, and the terminal device does not detect the DCI in the first 5 OFDM symbols of the time slot 0, and then determines the time slot corresponding to the 6 th to 14 th OFDM symbols of the time slot as the additional time slot.

The terminal device may determine the additional time period in some ways, but may also determine the additional time period in other ways, which is not limited herein.

202. The terminal equipment receives the measuring signal in the additional time period and measures the measuring signal to obtain a first measuring result.

After the terminal device determines the additional time period, the terminal device may receive the measurement signal in the additional time period, and measure the received measurement signal to obtain a first measurement result. Specifically, after completing receiving the measurement signal in the additional time period, the terminal device may measure the received measurement signal in the additional time period to obtain a first measurement result, and then return to a communication process with the network device, that is, the terminal device normally receives and transmits data; after the reception of the measurement signal in the additional time period is completed, the communication process with the network device may be returned to, and data may be normally received and transmitted, and the received measurement signal may be measured in the background to obtain the first measurement result, which is not limited herein.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the additional time period determined by the terminal device may be before the measurement GAP configured by the network device in the time domain, or after the measurement GAP configured by the network device, and the terminal device may receive the measurement signal and perform measurement in sequence according to the sequence of the additional time period and the measurement GAP until the measurement quantity configured by the network device is completed.

As an optional manner, before the terminal device receives the measurement signal, the terminal device may acquire the signal transmission information sent by the network device, specifically, before the terminal device determines the additional time period, or after determining the additional time period. After the terminal device receives the signal transmission information sent by the network device, the terminal device may determine the corresponding time domain position and frequency domain position of the measurement signal in the additional time period and/or the measurement GAP according to the signal transmission information, and receive the measurement signal at the corresponding time domain position and frequency domain position.

The signal transmission information at least includes: and time domain position information and frequency domain position information of the measurement signal, wherein the time domain position information refers to information for determining the time domain position of the measurement signal, and the frequency domain position information refers to information for determining the frequency domain position of the measurement signal. As an alternative, the time domain location information may include at least one of: measuring the sending period of the signal, the position of a wireless frame where the signal is located, the position of a subframe where the signal is located and the position of an OFDM symbol where the signal is located; the frequency domain location information includes at least one of: subcarrier spacing, Resource Element (RE) occupied by the measurement signal.

The terminal device may obtain the signaling information sent by the network device by: the terminal device obtains synchronization with the cell or the sub-region according to the synchronization signal sent by the network device, and after synchronization, the terminal device can read the sending information of the measurement signal of the cell (including one or more sub-regions) and the adjacent cell (including one or more sub-regions). The terminal device may also obtain the signal transmission information sent by the network device through other manners, and the application is not limited in particular.

As an alternative, if the terminal device does not determine the measurement amount of the measurement signal and the measurement GAP before the additional time period arrives, the terminal device performs measurement on all receivable measurement signals during the additional time period to obtain the first measurement result. After the terminal device determines the measurement quantity and measures the GAP, if the measurement of the measurement quantity is finished, the first measurement result comprises a target measurement result corresponding to a measurement task indicated by the network device; if the measurement of the measurement quantity is not completed, the terminal equipment continues to receive the measurement signal in an additional time period after the additional time period and/or in the measurement GAP, and measures the received measurement signal until the measurement of the measurement quantity is completed.

As an alternative, the terminal device determines the measurement quantity of the measurement signal and the measurement GAP before the determined additional time period is reached, and then the terminal device receives the measurement signal in the additional time period and/or the measurement GAP and measures the received measurement signal until the measurement of the measurement quantity is completed.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, a measurement result obtained by measuring the measurement signal received in the additional time period is referred to as a first measurement result, a result obtained by measuring the measurement signal received in the measurement GAP is referred to as a second measurement result, and when the terminal device completes measurement of the measurement quantity (that is, the measurement completed in the accumulation mode reaches the reporting requirement), the terminal device reports the final measurement result (that is, the result obtained by performing comprehensive processing on the measurement result of each time) to the network device.

It should be noted that the measurement quantity of the measurement signal and the measurement GAP mentioned in the above several implementation manners may be specifically determined by the terminal device according to measurement information received from the network device, where the measurement information includes configuration information of the measurement task and the measurement GAP, where the configuration information includes: measuring the GAP length and measuring the GAP period, the measurement task including measuring the amount of signal. In some embodiments, the measurement task may further include at least one of: the measurement signal to be measured (i.e. the type of the measurement signal), and the reporting time (i.e. the time for the terminal device to report the target measurement result corresponding to the measurement signal).

It should be further noted that, based on the above-described several ways of completing measurement of the measurement signal, in this embodiment, the terminal device may complete reception of all measurement signals in an additional time period, or complete reception of part of the measurement signal in the additional time period, and complete reception of the remaining part of the measurement signal in the measurement GAP, which is not limited in this application.

As an alternative, the terminal device can complete the reception of all measurement signals in the additional time period, and the terminal device may perform at least one of the following operations after determining the additional time period:

1. the terminal equipment informs the network equipment to cancel the measurement GAP.

In this embodiment, the network device may cancel the measurement GAP, and the terminal device may complete the measurement task without interrupting the service, thereby improving the communication experience.

2. The terminal device puts itself in a sleep state in the measurement GAP.

In this embodiment, the terminal device is in a dormant state in the measurement GAP, which can reduce the consumption of the terminal device and save resources.

3. The terminal device repeatedly measures the measurement signal in the measurement GAP.

In this embodiment, the terminal device verifies the target measurement result in the measurement GAP, so as to improve the measurement accuracy.

4. The terminal device performs measurement of signals other than the measurement signal in the measurement GAP.

In this embodiment, the terminal device measures other signals in the GAP measurement, such as measurement of different systems, and the measurement efficiency of the system is improved.

As an alternative, the terminal device may not complete reception of all measurement signals in the additional time period, and the rest of the measurement signals need to be completed in a part of the time period (target measurement GAP) in the measurement GAP allocated by the network device, and then the terminal device may perform at least one of the following operations after determining the additional time period:

1. the terminal equipment informs the network equipment of canceling the measurement GAPs except the target measurement GAP.

In this embodiment, the network device may cancel the unused measurement GAP, reduce the interruption service, and improve the communication experience.

2. The terminal device puts itself in a dormant state in the measurement GAPs except for the target measurement GAP.

In this embodiment, the terminal device is in a dormant state in the unused measurement GAP, which can reduce the consumption of the terminal device and save resources.

3. The terminal device repeatedly measures the measurement signal in the measurement GAPs except for the target measurement GAP.

In this embodiment, the terminal device verifies the target measurement result in part of the measurement GAPs, so as to improve the measurement accuracy.

4. The terminal device performs measurement of signals other than the measurement signal at the measurement GAP other than the target measurement GAP.

In this embodiment, the terminal device measures other signals in part of the measurement GAPs, such as measurement of different systems, and the measurement efficiency of the system is improved.

Optionally, before the terminal device receives the measurement signal in any of the above manners, the terminal device may first determine whether the central frequency point of the target cell corresponding to the measurement signal and the central frequency point of the cell where the terminal device is located are in the same frequency band, and if the central frequency points are not in the same frequency band, the terminal device adjusts the corresponding frequency points to the central frequency point of the target cell and then receives the measurement signal; if the frequency points are located in the same frequency band, the terminal device determines whether the bandwidth of the radio frequency receiving signal of the terminal device includes the bandwidth of the measurement signal (or determines whether the bandwidth of the serving cell includes the bandwidth of the target cell), if so, the terminal device does not need to adjust the frequency point corresponding to the terminal device, and can directly start receiving the measurement signal, and if not, the terminal device adjusts the corresponding frequency point to be the central frequency point of the target cell and then receives the measurement signal, as shown in fig. 3F. It should be understood that the frequency point corresponding to the terminal device refers to a frequency point set by the terminal device for receiving the radio frequency signal of the cell where the terminal device is located, and the bandwidth of the radio frequency receiving signal of the terminal device refers to the bandwidth of the radio frequency signal that can be received by the terminal device.

Optionally, before the terminal device receives the measurement signal in any of the above manners, the terminal device may further determine whether a beam direction corresponding to the measurement signal and a beam receiving direction corresponding to the terminal device are within an error range, if not, the terminal device adjusts the corresponding beam receiving direction to be within the error range corresponding to the beam direction corresponding to the measurement signal, and then receives the measurement signal.

203. And the terminal equipment reports the target measurement result to the network equipment.

After the terminal device completes the measurement of all the measurement signals, that is, after the measurement signals reach the measurement quantity, the terminal device reports the final result obtained by the measurement, that is, the target measurement result to the network device.

It should be understood that, if the terminal device can complete receiving all the measurement signals in the additional time period, the first measurement result obtained by the terminal device measuring the measurement signals received in the additional time period includes the target measurement result, and the terminal device may directly report the first measurement result as the target measurement result to the network device, or report the first measurement result to the network device after screening and filtering the first measurement result.

If the terminal device completes reception of a part of the measurement signals in the additional time period and completes reception of the remaining part of the measurement signals in a part of the time period (target measurement GAP) of the measurement GAP, the terminal device may process a first measurement result (a measurement result obtained by measuring the measurement signals received in the additional time period) and a second measurement result (a measurement result obtained by measuring the measurement signals received in the target measurement GAP) to obtain target measurement results, and report the target measurement results to the network device, or report the first measurement result and the second measurement result to the network device, and the network device processes the target measurement results to obtain the target measurement results.

As an optional manner, since the terminal device measures the measurement signal by using the time of the additional time period, the terminal device may obtain the target measurement result before the GAP measurement is completed, so that the terminal device may feed back the target measurement result to the network device in advance, that is, the terminal device may report the target measurement result to the network device before the reporting time indicated by the network device.

Secondly, the embodiment of the application provides a plurality of modes for determining the additional time period by the terminal equipment, and the flexibility of the scheme is improved.

In the embodiment of the application, the terminal device can execute various operations by using the unused measurement GAP to realize different effects, and the utilization rate of resources is improved.

The signal measurement method in the present application is described above from the perspective of a terminal device, and the signal measurement method in the present application is described below from the perspective of a network device, please refer to fig. 4, where another embodiment of the signal measurement method in the embodiment of the present application includes:

401. and the network equipment sends the measurement information to the terminal equipment.

After the network device determines a measurement signal to be measured by the terminal device and a measurement quantity of the measurement signal, the network device configures a measurement GAP and a reporting time for the measurement signal, where the measurement GAP is used for the terminal device to measure the measurement signal, and the reporting time is a time for the terminal device to report a target measurement result corresponding to the measurement signal. After the network device has configured the measurement GAP and reported the time, it sends the measurement information to the terminal device, and the measurement information at least includes: and measuring the configuration information and the reporting time of the GAP.

Specifically, the measurement information may include: measuring GAP length and GAP period, wherein the measurement information comprises: the measurement signal to be measured (i.e. the type of measurement signal), the reporting volume (i.e. the measurement volume of the measurement signal) and the reporting time.

And after receiving the measurement information, the terminal device may determine the measurement GAP, the type of the measurement signal, and the measurement quantity according to the measurement information. The terminal device may determine, before receiving the information or after receiving the measurement information, an additional time period in which the network device does not transmit information to the terminal device except for the measurement GAP, and then receive the measurement signal in the additional time period and/or the measurement GAP, and complete measurement of the measurement quantity to obtain the target measurement result. The process of determining the additional time period by the terminal device is similar to the process described in step 201 in the embodiment corresponding to fig. 2, and is not described herein again. The process of receiving and measuring the measurement signal by the terminal device may be the type of the process described in step 203 in the embodiment corresponding to fig. 2, and is not described herein again.

402. And the network equipment receives the measurement result sent by the terminal equipment before the reporting time.

When the terminal device measures the measurement signal to reach the measurement quantity and obtains the target measurement result, the terminal device sends the target measurement result in advance, namely the target measurement result is sent before the reporting time, and the network device receives the target measurement result sent by the terminal device before the reporting time.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, since the terminal device measures the measurement signal by using the time of the additional time period, so as to reduce the usage of the measurement GAP, for an unused measurement GAP, after receiving the measurement information sent by the network device and determining the measurement GAP, the terminal device sends indication information to the network device, where the indication information is used to indicate the network device to cancel the unused measurement GAP.

As an optional mode, no measurement GAP terminal device configured for the network device is used, the indication information is used to indicate the network device to cancel the configured measurement GAP, and the network device cancels the measurement GAP configured for the terminal device according to the indication information.

As an optional manner, for a measurement GAP configured by a network device, the terminal device uses a part of a time period (target measurement GAP) to receive a measurement signal, the indication information is used to indicate the network device to cancel other measurement GAPs except the target measurement GAP in the measurement GAP, and the network device cancels a part of the measurement GAP according to the indication information, that is, cancels all other measurement GAPs except the target measurement GAP that the terminal device needs to use in the measurement GAP.

In the embodiment of the application, the terminal device may measure the measurement signal by using the time when the network device does not transmit information to the terminal device except for the measurement GAP, so that the terminal device may complete measurement of the measurement signal before the measurement GAP is completed, and therefore, the terminal device may feed back a target measurement result to the network device in advance, that is, the network device may receive the target measurement result before the specified reporting time, thereby improving the measurement efficiency.

Secondly, in the embodiment of the application, for the unused measurement GAPs, the terminal device instructs the network device to cancel the measurement GAPs, so that the terminal device does not interrupt the service for many times, and the communication efficiency is effectively improved.

In order to facilitate understanding of the signal measurement method in the embodiments of the present application, several examples are listed below to describe the signal measurement method in the present application in detail.

First, as shown in fig. 5, an embodiment of the signal measurement method in the present embodiment includes:

501. and the terminal equipment acquires and records the signal transmission information sent by the network equipment.

The terminal equipment receives the SSB information sent by the network equipment, synchronizes with the current region according to the SSB information, then reads the corresponding broadcast message, and obtains the sending time (including sending period, sending frame/subframe/time slot/OFDM symbol position, etc.) and frequency domain information (including occupied RE resources, subcarrier spacing, etc.) of the SSB (or CSI-RS) of the local cell and the adjacent cell.

502. The network device transmits the measurement information.

The network equipment configures a measurement GAP and a measurement task for the terminal equipment, then sends measurement information to the terminal equipment, and the terminal equipment receives the measurement information and determines the measurement GAP and the measurement task, wherein the measurement information comprises the period of measuring the GAP, the length of measuring the GAP and the measurement task.

503. The terminal device determines a time window in which the network device does not schedule the terminal device other than measuring the GAP.

And the terminal equipment determines a scheduling period (1 or more time slots/micro time slots) needing to monitor the control channel and the data channel and a scheduling period not needing to monitor the control channel and the data channel according to the Coreset configuration information of the PDCCH. For the scheduling period which does not need to be monitored, the terminal device considers that the scheduling period is a non-scheduling time window, for the scheduling period which needs to be monitored, the terminal device blindly detects DCI, and if the scheduling information (including physical downlink shared channel authorization, common information receiving and the like) of the terminal device does not exist in the scheduling period, the terminal device considers that the scheduling period is the non-scheduling time window.

504. The terminal device calculates a measurable measurement signal within a time window in which the terminal device is not scheduled.

And calculating reference signals capable of being measured by using the saved transmission time and frequency domain information of the SSB (or CSI-RS), wherein the SSB (or CSI-RS) which can be received and measured can be measured in a time window without scheduling the terminal equipment.

505. And the terminal equipment completes the measurement in the non-scheduling time window and stores the related measurement result.

And generating a measurement task between the internal modules of the terminal equipment, triggering the related components to measure the measurable measurement signals calculated in the step 504 in a non-scheduling time window, and storing related measurement results.

506. The terminal equipment judges whether the measurement result meets the reporting requirement, if so, the step 508 is executed, and if not, the step 507 is executed.

The terminal device determines whether the measurement result obtained in step 505 meets the reporting requirement, if the terminal device has completed all measurements indicated by the measurement task, the measurement result is considered to meet the reporting requirement, step 508 is executed, if the terminal device has not completed all measurements indicated by the measurement task, that is, there are still remaining signals to be measured, the measurement result is considered not to meet the reporting requirement, and step 507 is executed.

507. The terminal device measures the remaining measurement signals and performs step 508.

The terminal device uses the measurement GAP measurement to complete the remaining measurement, i.e. to measure the remaining signal in the measurement GAP.

508. And the terminal equipment reports the measurement result to the network equipment.

After all measurements are completed, the terminal equipment reports the measurement results to the network equipment.

To facilitate understanding of the embodiment corresponding to fig. 5, two specific application scenarios are specifically listed below.

In the application scenario one, the base station informs the UE of the transmission period and number (L ═ 4) of SSBs, and the base station configures two measurement GAPs for the UE, which are GAP1 and GAP2, respectively, and each measurement GAP includes all SSBs in one period, as shown in fig. 6A. The UE needs two sets of SSBs for measurement. GAP1 arrives first, and the UE receives the SB period T in the GAP1₁All SSBs in the set, and measures the received SSBs to obtain a corresponding measurement result (second measurement result). In addition, the UE determines that the base station is at t through the blind detection PDCCH₁And t₂Scheduling of UE is not performed within t₃Without monitoring the control channel, i.e. the base station at t₃Nor does it schedule the UE (i.e., t)₁，t₂And t₃For additional time period), UE is at t₁Upper receive SSB period T₂Internal SSB1, at t₂Upper receive SSB period T₃Internal SSB2, at t₃Upper receive SSB period T₄Inner SSB3 and SSB4, UE to t₁，t₂And t₃The received SSBs 1-SSBs 4 perform the measurement to obtain the corresponding measurement result (first measurement result), so that the UE completes the measurement of the two sets of SSBs and the UE does not need to use the GAP 2. UE measures the GAP1 and the measured result at t₁，t₂And t₃And after the measurement result obtained by measurement is processed to obtain a final measurement result, reporting the final measurement result to the base station, and simultaneously informing the base station to cancel the unused GAP 2.

In the application scenario (two), the base station informs the UE of the transmission period and number (L ═ 4) of the SSBs, and the base station configures two measurement GAPs for the UE, which are GAP1 and GAP2, respectively, and each measurement GAP includes all SSBs in one period, as shown in fig. 6B. The UE needs two sets of SSBs for measurement. GAP1 arrives first, and the UE receives the SB period T in the GAP1₁All SSBs in the set, and measures the received SSBs to obtain a corresponding measurement result (second measurement result). In addition, the UE determines that the base station is at t through the blind detection PDCCH₁And t₂Without scheduling the UE (i.e., t)₁And t₂For additional time period), UE is at t₁Upper receive SSB period T₂The SSB2 in the inner portion performs a measurement to obtain a corresponding measurement result (first measurement result), and the corresponding measurement result is measured at t₂Upper receive SSB period T₃The SSB4 in the inner set performs the measurement to obtain a corresponding measurement (first measurement). The UE does not find a time period before the GAP2 arrives during which the base station will not schedule the UE, while the UE does not complete the measurements of the two sets of SSBs before the GAP2 arrives, the remaining two SSBs (SSB1 and SSB3) need to be measured, and the base station is at t of the GAP2₃Receiving SSB1 to obtain a corresponding measurement result (second measurement result) at t of GAP2₄The SSB3 is received in the target measurement GAP to measure to obtain a corresponding measurement result (a second measurement result), so that the UE completes the measurement of two groups of SSBs, the UE processes the measurement result obtained by each measurement to obtain a final measurement result, and the final measurement result is reported to the base station.

Example two, as shown in fig. 7, an embodiment of the signal measurement method in the present embodiment includes:

701. and the terminal equipment acquires and records the signal transmission information sent by the network equipment.

702. And the terminal equipment receives the measurement information issued by the network equipment.

The network equipment configures a measurement GAP and a measurement task for the terminal equipment, then sends measurement information to the terminal equipment, and the terminal equipment receives the measurement information and determines the measurement GAP and the measurement task, wherein the measurement information comprises the period of measuring the GAP, the length of measuring the GAP and the measurement task. It should be noted that the measurement GAP in this embodiment includes time for the terminal device to perform frequency modulation.

703. The terminal device determines the amount of advance time that the measurement GAP can be entered before it arrives.

The terminal equipment carries out DCI blind detection on the monitoring time machine indicated in the Coreset configuration information, if DCI sent to the UE is not blindly detected in the Mth time slot before the starting time of the measurement GAP, the UE considers that no service scheduling exists before the arrival of the measurement GAP, and the period of time without service scheduling is the amount of time ahead of the entry of the measurement GAP. In addition, if the PDCCH is not required to be monitored in the scheduling time slot before the measurement GAP arrives, it is also considered that the measurement GAP can be entered in advance, and the time during which the PDCCH is not required to be monitored, i.e. the amount of time in advance for entering the measurement GAP.

704. The terminal equipment enters into the measurement GAP according to the amount of the advance time.

For a measurement GAP that can be entered in advance, the terminal device enters the measurement GAP in advance according to the amount of advance time determined in step 703. The measurement GAP advanced entry here means that a new measurement GAP is obtained by combining an advanced time amount with a measurement GAP configured by a network device on the terminal device side, the entry of the advanced time amount is considered as the entry of the measurement GAP, and the terminal device enters the measurement GAP in advance relative to the measurement GAP allocated by the network device.

705. The terminal equipment judges whether frequency modulation is needed or not, if so, 706 is executed, and if not, 707 is executed.

Specifically, whether frequency modulation is needed or not can be judged by the following two ways:

1. the frequency point of the target cell and the frequency point of the service cell belong to different bandwidths (for example, 3.5G when 1 cell is measured, and the other is 1.8G), and the terminal equipment directly executes the frequency modulation process

2. The frequency point of the measurement target cell and the frequency point of the service cell belong to the same bandwidth, and only the positions of the central frequency points are different, whether the measurement signal bandwidth can be covered or not is judged under the condition that the UE does not perform frequency modulation, if the measurement signal bandwidth can be covered, the frequency modulation can not be performed, and the related difference is compensated and corrected in the measurement calculation process; if the measurement signal bandwidth cannot be covered, a frequency modulation process is performed, and the relevant diagram is as shown in fig. 3F.

706. The terminal device performs the frequency modulation process and then performs step 707.

And performing a frequency modulation process in a new measurement GAP obtained by combining the previous time quantum of the terminal equipment and the measurement GAP configured by the network equipment, namely, adjusting the radio frequency signal receiving frequency point to the bandwidth of the service cell by the terminal equipment.

707. The terminal device performs the measurement.

After the terminal equipment executes the frequency modulation processing, the terminal equipment continues to execute the receiving and the measurement of the measurement signal in the new measurement GAP to obtain a related measurement result.

708. And the terminal equipment reports the measurement result.

In the application scenario (iii), the base station informs the UE of the transmission period and number (L ═ 4) of SSBs, and the base station configures two measurement GAPs for the UE, which are GAP1 and GAP2, respectively, and each measurement GAP includes 2 SSBs in one period, as shown in fig. 8A. The UE needs a set of SSBs for measurement. After the UE determines the positions of the measurement GAP1 and the measurement GAP2 and the measurement tasks, the UE determines that the UE can enter the GAP1 in advance by blind detection of DCI, and the time advance is t₁The UE enters the measurement GAP in advance according to the time advance to measure the SSB, and particularly, the SSB is measured at t₁And the SSB1 and the SSB2 are internally received and measured, and the SSB3 and the SSB4 are received and measured in the GAP1 allocated by the base station, so that the UE completes measurement of a group of SSBs, processes the measurement result obtained by each measurement to obtain a final measurement result, reports the final measurement result to the base station, and simultaneously informs the base station to cancel the unused GAP 2.

In the application scenario (iv), the base station informs the UE of the transmission period and number (L ═ 4) of SSBs, and the base station configures two measurement GAPs for the UE, which are GAP1 and GAP2, respectively, and each measurement GAP includes 2 SSBs in one period, as shown in fig. 8B. After the UE determines the positions of the measurement GAP1 and the measurement GAP2, the UE determines that the UE can enter the GAP1 in advance by blind detection of DCI, and the time advance is t₁The UE enters into the measurement GAP in advance according to the time advance for SSB measurement, specifically, at t₁2 SSBs of the neighboring cell are received and measured, so that the base station can configure a narrower GAP width when subsequently measuring the SSBs of the neighboring cell.

With reference to fig. 9, a terminal device in the present application is described below, and an embodiment of the terminal device in the present application includes:

a determining module 901, configured to determine an additional time period other than the measurement GAP, where the measurement GAP includes: a time period configured by the network device for measuring the measurement signal;

a first receiving module 902 for receiving a measurement signal for an additional time period;

a first measurement module 903, configured to measure the measurement signal received by the first receiving module 902 to obtain a first measurement result;

a reporting module 904, configured to report a target measurement result to the network device, where the target measurement result corresponds to the first measurement result.

It should be understood that the flow executed between modules of the terminal device in the embodiment corresponding to fig. 9 is similar to the flow in the embodiment corresponding to fig. 2, and details are not repeated here.

In this embodiment, the determining module 901 may determine an additional time period other than the GAP measurement, and the first receiving module 902 and the first measuring module 903 measure the measurement signal in the additional time period to obtain a first measurement result, and then report a target measurement result corresponding to the first measurement result to the network device.

For ease of understanding, the following describes the terminal device in the present application in detail, and with reference to fig. 10, an embodiment of the terminal device in the present application includes:

a determining module 1001 configured to determine an additional time period other than a measurement GAP, where the measurement GAP includes: a time period configured by the network device for measuring the measurement signal;

a first receiving module 1002 for receiving a measurement signal for an additional time period;

a first measurement module 1003, configured to measure the measurement signal received by the first receiving module 1002 to obtain a first measurement result;

a reporting module 1004, configured to report a target measurement result to the network device, where the target measurement result corresponds to the first measurement result;

specifically, in this embodiment, the additional time period may include at least one of the following:

1. the terminal device does not need a time period for monitoring the control channel.

2. And other OFDM symbols except the first N OFDM symbols in the time period that the terminal equipment needs to monitor the control channel.

3. And measuring a time period corresponding to 1 st to M-1 st time slots before the initial time slot of the GAP, wherein the terminal equipment does not detect the DCI in M time slots before the initial time slot of the GAP.

4. And scheduling time slots in which the terminal equipment does not need to monitor the control channel before measuring the starting time slot of the GAP.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the terminal device may further include:

a second receiving module 1005, configured to receive a measurement signal in the measurement GAP;

a second measurement module 1006, configured to measure the measurement signal received by the second receiving module to obtain a second measurement result;

correspondingly, in this embodiment, the target measurement result includes a first measurement result and a second measurement result.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the terminal device may further include:

a notifying module 1007, configured to notify the network device to cancel measuring the GAP.

Or,

a sleep module 1008, configured to enter into a sleep state in measuring the GAP.

Or,

a third measurement module 1009 is configured to measure signals other than the measurement signal in the measurement GAP.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the terminal device may further include:

a determining module 1010, configured to determine whether a bandwidth of a radio frequency receiving signal of a terminal device includes a bandwidth of a measurement signal when a central frequency band of a target cell corresponding to the measurement signal and a central frequency band of a serving cell where the terminal device is currently located are in the same frequency band;

a triggering module 1011, configured to trigger the first receiving module when the determining module 1010 determines that the bandwidth of the radio frequency receiving signal includes the bandwidth of the measurement signal;

a frequency modulation module 1012, configured to adjust a frequency point corresponding to the terminal device to a central frequency point of the target cell in an additional time period and trigger the first receiving module when the determining module 1010 determines that the bandwidth of the radio frequency receiving signal does not include the bandwidth of the measurement signal.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the reporting module 1004 is configured to report the target measurement result to the network device before the reporting time, where the reporting time is a time configured by the network device to report the target measurement result.

It should be understood that the flow executed among the modules of the terminal device in the embodiment corresponding to fig. 10 is similar to the flow in the method embodiments corresponding to fig. 2, fig. 5, and fig. 7, and details thereof are not repeated here.

In this embodiment, the determining module 1001 may determine an additional time period other than the GAP measurement, and the first receiving module 1002 and the first measuring module 1003 measure the measurement signal in the additional time period to obtain a first measurement result, and then report a target measurement result corresponding to the first measurement result to the network device.

Secondly, the embodiment of the application provides a plurality of ways for determining the additional time period, and the flexibility of the scheme is improved.

Referring to fig. 11, a network device in the present application is introduced, where an embodiment of the network device in the present application includes:

a sending module 1101, configured to send measurement information to a terminal device, where the measurement information includes: measuring configuration information and reporting time of the GAP, wherein the GAP measuring comprises the following steps: the network device configures a time period for measuring the measurement signal, and the reporting time includes: the time for reporting the target measurement result corresponding to the measurement signal is configured by the network equipment;

a first receiving module 1102, configured to receive a target measurement result sent by a terminal device before a reporting time.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the network device may further include:

a second receiving module 1103, configured to receive indication information sent by a terminal device;

and a cancellation module 1104, configured to cancel the measurement GAP according to the indication information.

It should be understood that the flow executed among the modules of the terminal device in the embodiment corresponding to fig. 11 is similar to the flow in the method embodiments corresponding to fig. 4, fig. 5, and fig. 7, and details thereof are not repeated here.

In this embodiment of the present application, the terminal device may receive the measurement signal and perform measurement in an additional time period, so that the measurement on the measurement signal may reach the measurement amount configured by the network device in advance, the terminal device may report the measurement result in advance, and the first receiving module 1102 may obtain the reported measurement result in advance, thereby improving the communication efficiency of the system.

In this embodiment, the cancellation module 1104 may cancel the measurement GAP according to the indication information sent by the terminal device, so as to reduce the number of times of the service terminal and improve the communication experience.

The application provides a communication device, which comprises: the communication device includes: a processing unit 1201 and a communication unit 1202;

a processing unit 1201 for determining an additional time period other than a measurement GAP, the measurement GAP comprising: a time period configured by the network device for measuring the measurement signal;

a processing unit 1201 for controlling the communication unit to receive the measurement signal for an additional period of time;

a processing unit 1201, configured to control the communication unit 1202 to send a target measurement result, where the target measurement result corresponds to the first measurement result.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the additional time period may include at least one of the following:

Optionally, in this embodiment, the processing unit 1201 is further configured to control the communication unit to receive the measurement signal in the measurement GAP; the processing unit 1201 is further configured to measure the measurement signal received in the measurement GAP to obtain a second measurement result; the target measurement result includes a first measurement result and a second measurement result.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the processing unit 1201 is further configured to control the communication unit to send indication information to the network device, where the indication information is used to notify the network device to cancel measuring the GAP; alternatively, the communication unit 1202 is controlled to be in the sleep state in the measurement GAP; alternatively, signals other than the measurement signal are measured in the measurement GAP.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the processing unit 1201 is further configured to, when the central frequency band of the target cell corresponding to the measurement signal and the central frequency band of the serving cell where the terminal device is currently located are in the same frequency band, determine whether the bandwidth of the radio frequency receiving signal of the terminal device includes the bandwidth of the measurement signal; controlling the communication unit to receive the measurement signal for an additional period of time when it is determined that the bandwidth of the radio frequency reception signal comprises the bandwidth of the measurement signal; and when the bandwidth of the radio frequency receiving signal does not contain the bandwidth of the measuring signal, adjusting the frequency point corresponding to the terminal equipment to be the central frequency point of the target cell in the additional time period, and controlling the communication unit to receive the measuring signal.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the processing unit 1301 is further configured to control the communication unit 1302 to send the target measurement result before the reporting time, where the reporting time is time for reporting the target measurement result configured by the network device.

The application provides a communication device, which comprises: the communication device includes: a processing unit 1301 and a communication unit 1302;

a processing unit 1301, configured to control the communication unit 1302 to send measurement information to the terminal device, where the measurement information includes: measuring configuration information and reporting time of the GAP, wherein the GAP measuring comprises the following steps: the network device configures a time period for measuring the measurement signal, and the reporting time includes: the time for reporting the target measurement result corresponding to the measurement signal is configured by the network equipment;

a processing unit 1301, configured to control the communication unit 1302 to receive the target measurement result from the terminal device before the time is reported.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the communication unit 1302 is further configured to receive indication information sent by the network device; the processing unit 1301 is further configured to cancel measuring the GAP according to the indication information.

It should be understood that the signal measurement method of the present application may be performed by a communication device. On the network side, the communication device may be a base station or a chip in the base station, that is, the base station or the chip in the base station may execute the signal measurement method of the present application, and for a specific implementation method, reference may be made to the method embodiments corresponding to fig. 4, fig. 5, and fig. 7, which are not described herein again; on the terminal side, the communication device may be a terminal or a chip in the terminal, that is, the terminal or the chip in the terminal may execute the signal measurement method of the present application, and for a specific implementation method, reference may be made to the method embodiments corresponding to fig. 2, fig. 5, and fig. 7, which are not described herein again.

In one possible design, when the communication device is a terminal, the communication device includes: a processing unit, which may be for example a processor, and a communication unit, which may be for example a transceiver comprising radio frequency circuitry, optionally the terminal further comprising a storage unit, which may be for example a memory. When the terminal comprises a storage unit, the storage unit is used for storing computer-executable instructions, the processing unit is connected with the storage unit, and the processing unit executes the computer-executable instructions stored in the storage unit, so that the terminal executes the signal measurement method of any one of the first aspect.

In another possible design, when the device is a chip within a terminal, the chip includes: a processing unit, which may be for example a processor, and a communication unit, which may be for example an input/output interface, a pin or a circuit, etc. The processing unit may execute computer-executable instructions stored by the storage unit to cause a chip within the terminal to perform the signal measurement method of any one of the above first aspects. Optionally, the storage unit is a storage unit in the chip, such as a register, a cache, and the like, and the storage unit may also be a storage unit located outside the chip in the terminal, such as a read-only memory (ROM) or another type of static storage device that can store static information and instructions, a Random Access Memory (RAM), and the like.

The processor mentioned in any of the above may be a general purpose Central Processing Unit (CPU), a microprocessor, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or one or more integrated circuits for controlling the execution of the program of the signal measuring method of the first aspect.

In the above embodiments, the implementation may be wholly or partially realized by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product.

The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When loaded and executed on a computer, cause the processes or functions described in accordance with the embodiments of the invention to occur, in whole or in part. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a network of computers, or other programmable device. The computer instructions may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium, the computer readable storage medium can be any available medium that a computer can store or a data storage device including one or more available media integrated servers, data centers, etc. the available medium can be a magnetic medium (e.g., floppy Disk, hard Disk, magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., DVD), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., Solid State Disk (SSD)), etc.

It is clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the above-described systems, apparatuses and units may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not described herein again.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed system, apparatus and method may be implemented in other manners. For example, the above-described apparatus embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the units is only one logical division, and other divisions may be realized in practice, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit. The integrated unit can be realized in a form of hardware, and can also be realized in a form of a software functional unit.

The integrated unit, if implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application may be substantially implemented or contributed to by the prior art, or all or part of the technical solution may be embodied in a software product, which is stored in a storage medium and includes instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to execute all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and other various media capable of storing program codes.

The above embodiments are only used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present application, and not for limiting the same; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. A signal measurement method, comprising:

the terminal device determines an additional time period other than a measurement GAP, the measurement GAP comprising: a time period configured by the network device for measuring a measurement signal;

the terminal equipment receives the measuring signal in the additional time period and measures the measuring signal to obtain a first measuring result;

and the terminal equipment reports a target measurement result to the network equipment, wherein the target measurement result corresponds to the first measurement result.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the additional time period comprises: the terminal device does not need a time period for monitoring the control channel.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the terminal device does not detect the downlink control information DCI in the first N OFDM symbols of the time period in which the control channel needs to be monitored, and wherein the additional time period comprises: and the other OFDM symbols except the first N OFDM symbols in the time period needing to monitor the control channel are more than or equal to 1.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the terminal device does not detect DCI in M slots before a starting slot for measuring GAPs, and wherein the additional time period comprises: and measuring the time period corresponding to the 1 st to M-1 st time slots before the initial time slot of the GAP.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the additional time period comprises: and scheduling time slots in which the terminal equipment does not need to monitor the control channel before measuring the starting time slot of the GAP.

6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5,

before the terminal device reports the target measurement result to the network device, the method comprises the following steps:

and the terminal equipment receives the measurement signal in the measurement GAP and measures the measurement signal to obtain a second measurement result, wherein the target measurement result comprises the first measurement result and the second measurement result.

7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the terminal device, after measuring the measurement signal to obtain a first measurement result, comprises:

and the terminal equipment informs the network equipment to cancel the measurement GAP.

8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the terminal device, after measuring the measurement signal to obtain a first measurement result, comprises:

and the terminal equipment enters a dormant state in the measurement GAP.

9. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the terminal device, after measuring the measurement signal to obtain a first measurement result, comprises:

and the terminal equipment measures other signals except the measurement signal in the measurement GAP.

10. The method according to any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the terminal device comprises, before receiving the measurement signal for the additional time period:

if the central frequency band of the target cell corresponding to the measurement signal and the central frequency band of the serving cell where the terminal device is currently located are in the same frequency band, the terminal device judges whether the bandwidth of the radio frequency receiving signal of the terminal device contains the bandwidth of the measurement signal;

if yes, the terminal equipment executes the step that the terminal equipment receives the measuring signal in the additional time period;

if not, the terminal equipment adjusts the frequency point corresponding to the terminal equipment to be the central frequency point of the target cell in the additional time period, and executes the step that the terminal equipment receives the measuring signal in the additional time period.

11. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the reporting, by the terminal device, the target measurement result to the network device comprises:

the terminal device reports the target measurement result to the network device before reporting time, wherein the reporting time is the time configured by the network device for reporting the target measurement result.

12. A communications apparatus, comprising: a processing unit and a communication unit;

the processing unit is configured to determine an additional time period other than a measurement GAP, where the measurement GAP includes: a time period configured by the network device for measuring a measurement signal;

the processing unit is used for controlling the communication unit to receive the measurement signal in the additional time period;

the processing unit is configured to control the communication unit to send a target measurement result, where the target measurement result corresponds to the first measurement result.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the additional time period comprises: the terminal device does not need a time period for monitoring the control channel.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the terminal device does not detect the downlink control information DCI in the first N OFDM symbols of the time period in which the control channel needs to be monitored, and wherein the additional time period comprises: and the other OFDM symbols except the first N OFDM symbols in the time period needing to monitor the control channel are more than or equal to 1.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the terminal device does not detect DCI in M slots before a starting slot for measuring GAPs, and wherein the additional time period comprises: and measuring the time period corresponding to the 1 st to M-1 st time slots before the initial time slot of the GAP.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the additional time period comprises: and scheduling time slots in which the terminal equipment does not need to monitor the control channel before measuring the starting time slot of the GAP.

17. The apparatus of any one of claims 12 to 16,

the processing unit is further configured to control the communication unit to receive the measurement signal in the measurement GAP;

the processing unit is further configured to measure the measurement signal to obtain a second measurement result, where the target measurement result includes the first measurement result and the second measurement result.

18. The apparatus of any one of claims 12 to 16,

the processing unit is further configured to control the communication unit to send indication information to the network device, where the indication information is used to notify the network device to cancel the measurement GAP.

19. The apparatus of any one of claims 12 to 16,

the processing unit is further configured to control the communication unit to be in a sleep state in the measurement GAP.

20. The apparatus of any one of claims 12 to 16,

the processing unit is further configured to measure other signals except the measurement signal in the measurement GAP.

21. The apparatus of any one of claims 12 to 16,

the processing unit is further configured to determine whether a bandwidth of a radio frequency receiving signal of the terminal device includes a bandwidth of the measurement signal when a central frequency band of a target cell corresponding to the measurement signal and a central frequency band of a serving cell where the terminal device is currently located are in the same frequency band;

the processing unit is further configured to perform the step of receiving the measurement signal for the additional time period when it is determined that the bandwidth of the radio frequency reception signal includes the bandwidth of the measurement signal;

and the processing unit is further configured to, when it is determined that the bandwidth of the radio frequency receiving signal does not include the bandwidth of the measurement signal, adjust the frequency point corresponding to the terminal device to the central frequency point of the target cell in the additional time period, and execute the step of receiving the measurement signal in the additional time period.

22. The apparatus of any one of claims 12 to 16,

the processing unit is further configured to control the communication unit to send a target measurement result before a reporting time, where the reporting time is a time configured by the network device to report the target measurement result.

23. The apparatus according to any one of claims 12 to 22, wherein the apparatus is a terminal device, wherein the processing unit comprises one or more processors, and wherein the communication unit comprises a transceiver.

24. The apparatus according to any of claims 12 to 22, wherein the apparatus is an integrated circuit, wherein the processing unit comprises one or more processors, wherein the communication unit comprises at least one of: input/output pins, input/output circuits, input/output interfaces.