CN114222282A

CN114222282A - Method and terminal for reporting capability information

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Publication number: CN114222282A
Application number: CN202111393467.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 邝奕如; 薛祎凡; 王键; 徐海博
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-08-09
Filing date: 2019-08-09
Publication date: 2022-03-22
Anticipated expiration: 2039-08-09
Also published as: WO2021027387A1; CN112351418A; CN114222282B; CN112351418B

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a reporting method and a terminal of capability information, wherein the method comprises the following steps: the terminal sends first capability information to the network device, wherein the first capability information can be used for indicating one or more first capabilities supported by the terminal. And the terminal sends second capability information to the network equipment, wherein the second capability information can be used for indicating one or more second capabilities supported by the terminal, and at least one of the one or more first capabilities is different from at least one of the one or more second capabilities. And the terminal may further transmit time information to the network device for indicating the alternating use of the one or more first capabilities and the one or more second capabilities. Therefore, a complete and flexible reporting mode of the capability information is provided.

Description

Method and terminal for reporting capability information

The application is a divisional application of Chinese applications with application numbers of 201910736082.9, application dates of 09.08.2019 and inventing a name of 'capability information reporting method and terminal'.

Technical Field

The embodiment of the application relates to the field of communication, in particular to a method and a terminal for reporting capability information.

Background

A User Equipment (UE), or terminal, needs to attach to a network when the network is to be used. In the process of attaching to the network, when receiving a UE Capability request (UE Capability request) message sent by a base station in the network, the UE sends UE Capability information (UE Capability information) to the base station.

And then, the UE reports the capability information, so that the base station can comprehensively plan the transmission resources based on the capability information reported by the UE, and an optimal resource scheduling scheme is achieved as much as possible. However, a perfect and effective capability information reporting method for improving the resource utilization rate is not proposed at present.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a complete and flexible reporting method of capability information and a corresponding terminal.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for reporting capability information, where the method may include: the terminal sends first capability information to the network device, wherein the first capability information can be used for indicating one or more first capabilities supported by the terminal. And the terminal sends second capability information to the network equipment, wherein the second capability information can be used for indicating one or more second capabilities supported by the terminal, and at least one of the one or more first capabilities is different from at least one of the one or more second capabilities. And the terminal may further transmit time information to the network device for indicating the alternating use of the one or more first capabilities and the one or more second capabilities. And the sending time of the first capability information, the second capability information and the time information is the same or different.

Optionally, the network device may be a base station. Optionally, the sending times of the first capability information, the second capability information, and the time information may be the same or different, that is, the first capability information, the second capability information, and the time information may be sent to the base station at the same time or may be sent to the base station in a sequence. The specific transmission method will be described in detail in the specific embodiment.

Through the above manner, the present application provides a complete and flexible reporting method for capability information, which enables a terminal to select between a manner of using one capability (e.g., one or more first capabilities) alone and a manner of using multiple capabilities (e.g., using one or more first capabilities and one or more second capabilities) alternately according to requirements.

In a possible implementation, the time information is further used to indicate allocation of one or more time domain resources of the first capability and one or more time domain resources of the second capability.

By the method, the terminal can alternately use the one or more first capabilities and the one or more second capabilities according to the time domain resource allocation condition indicated by the time information.

In a possible implementation manner, the first capability information, the second capability information, and the time information are carried in the first message; the method may further comprise: the terminal sends a second message to the network device, the second message containing indication information for indicating that the terminal desires to alternate the one or more first capabilities with the one or more second capabilities.

By the method, the diversity of the reporting modes of the capability information is realized, and the terminal can select different reporting modes according to different scenes, so that the flexibility of reporting the capability information is improved.

In a possible implementation manner, the first capability information is carried in the first message, and the second capability information and the time information are carried in the second message.

In a possible implementation manner, the first capability information and the second capability information are carried in a first message; the time information is carried in the second message.

In a possible implementation, the second message is further used to indicate that the terminal desires to alternate the one or more first capabilities with the one or more second capabilities.

In one possible implementation manner, the second message is sent when one or more first capabilities supported by the terminal are updated to one or more second capabilities.

In one possible implementation, the number of the one or more second capabilities is different from the number of the one or more first capabilities; and/or the capability values of the one or more second capabilities are different from the capability values of the one or more first capabilities.

Through the above manner, the updating of the capability information is realized, that is, in the application, the updating of the number of the capabilities can be realized, the updating of the capability value of the capabilities can also be realized, the setting can be specifically carried out according to the actual requirement, and the application is not limited.

In one possible implementation, the first capability information includes one or more first capability parameters, the one or more first capability parameters indicating one or more first capabilities; the second capability information includes one or more second capability parameters; wherein the one or more second capability parameters are used to indicate one or more second capabilities; or, the one or more second capability parameters are used to indicate one or more target second capabilities different from the one or more first capabilities, and correspondingly, the second capability information is also used to indicate that the terminal supports other first capabilities of the one or more first capabilities except for the first capabilities corresponding to the one or more target second capabilities.

By the method, the specific reporting mode of the terminal for reporting the expected use capability is realized. In the application, the terminal can inform the opposite terminal (network equipment) of the capability corresponding to the expected use parameter by reporting the parameter corresponding to the expected use capability. Optionally, the reporting of the second capability information may be as follows: and reporting all parameters corresponding to the second capability. Optionally, the manner of reporting the second capability information may also be to report a parameter of the second capability corresponding to the updated first capability, so as to reduce the network and device pressure.

In a possible implementation manner, the one or more second capability parameters are one or more second capability parameters in one or more frequency band combinations, the one or more frequency band combinations are all frequency band combinations supported by the terminal, or the one or more frequency band combinations are frequency band combinations with changed capability, or the one or more frequency band combinations are frequency band combinations currently used by the terminal; correspondingly, the method further comprises the following steps: the terminal sends band combination information to the network device indicating one or more band combinations.

By the method, the terminal can report the supported frequency band combination and the capability under the frequency band combination in different modes.

In one possible implementation, the method further includes: the terminal receives confirmation indication information sent by the network equipment, wherein the confirmation indication information is used for confirming that the terminal performs alternate use of the first capability and the second capability; the terminal performs the alternating use of the first capability and the second capability.

By the method, the terminal can start a mode of alternately using one or more first capabilities and one or more second capabilities after receiving the confirmation indication information.

In one possible implementation, the method may further include: the terminal sends recovery indication information to the network equipment, wherein the recovery indication information is used for indicating that the capability supported by the terminal is recovered to one or more first capabilities.

By the method, the terminal can flexibly select between using the first capability set or alternatively using the first capability set and the second capability set.

In a possible implementation manner, the one or more first capabilities and the one or more second capabilities are uplink capabilities supported by the terminal; or, the one or more first capabilities and the one or more second capabilities are downlink capabilities supported by the terminal.

By the method, the terminal can flexibly select the required capability information reporting mode when sending the uplink data and/or receiving the downlink data.

In one possible implementation, the first capability information or the second capability information includes at least one of: the method comprises the steps of grouping data convergence protocol parameters of the terminal, wireless link layer control parameters of the terminal, medium access control parameters of the terminal, physical layer parameters of the terminal, radio frequency parameters of the terminal and measurement parameters of the terminal.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for reporting capability information, where the method may be applied to a terminal, where the terminal includes a first SIM card and a second SIM card, and the method may include: the first SIM card using one or more first capabilities when the first SIM card is communicating; the first SIM card alternates use of one or more first capabilities with one or more second capabilities when the first SIM card communicates with the second SIM card simultaneously, wherein at least one of the one or more first capabilities is different from at least one of the one or more second capabilities.

In one possible implementation, the first SIM alternating one or more first capabilities with one or more second capabilities includes: the first SIM card uses one or more first capabilities for a first time period and the terminal uses one or more second capabilities for a second time period, the first time period alternating with the second time period.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a terminal, where the terminal may include: the memory is coupled with the processor; the memory stores program instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the terminal to perform the steps of: sending first capability information to the network device, wherein the first capability information is used for indicating one or more first capabilities supported by the terminal; sending second capability information to the network device, wherein the second capability information is used for indicating one or more second capabilities supported by the terminal, and at least one of the one or more first capabilities is different from at least one of the one or more second capabilities; and sending time information to the network equipment for indicating that one or more first capabilities and one or more second capabilities are used alternately, wherein the sending time of the first capability information, the second capability information and the time information is the same or different.

In a possible implementation manner, the first capability information, the second capability information, and the time information are carried in the first message; the program instructions may also cause the terminal to perform the steps of: and sending a second message to the network equipment, wherein the second message contains indication information for indicating that the terminal desires to use the one or more first capabilities and the one or more second capabilities alternately.

In a possible implementation manner, the one or more second capability parameters are one or more second capability parameters in one or more frequency band combinations, the one or more frequency band combinations are all frequency band combinations supported by the terminal, or the one or more frequency band combinations are frequency band combinations with changed capability, or the one or more frequency band combinations are frequency band combinations currently used by the terminal; accordingly, the program instructions are further operable to enable the terminal to perform the steps of: the method further includes transmitting band combination information to the network device indicating one or more band combinations.

In one possible implementation, the program instructions are further configured to enable the terminal to perform the following steps: receiving confirmation indication information sent by the network equipment, wherein the confirmation indication information is used for confirming that the terminal performs alternate use of the first capability and the second capability; alternating the first capability with the second capability is performed.

In one possible implementation, the program instructions are further configured to enable the terminal to perform the following steps: and sending recovery indication information to the network equipment, wherein the recovery indication information is used for indicating that the capability supported by the terminal is recovered to one or more first capabilities.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a terminal, where the terminal may include a first SIM card and a second SIM card; wherein the first SIM card uses one or more first capabilities when the first SIM card is communicating; the first SIM card alternates use of one or more first capabilities with one or more second capabilities when the first SIM card communicates with the second SIM card simultaneously, wherein at least one of the one or more first capabilities is different from at least one of the one or more second capabilities.

In one possible implementation, the first SIM card uses one or more first capabilities for a first time period and the terminal uses one or more second capabilities for a second time period, the first time period alternating with the second time period.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for reporting capability information, where the method may include: the terminal sends first capability information to the network equipment, wherein the first capability information comprises one or more first capability parameters, and the first capability information is used for indicating that the terminal desires to use one or more first capabilities; the terminal sends second capability information to the network equipment, wherein the second capability information comprises one or more second capability parameters, and the second capability information is used for indicating that the terminal desires to use one or more second capabilities; wherein at least one of the one or more first capabilities is different from at least one of the one or more second capabilities.

In one possible implementation, the one or more second capability parameters are used to indicate the one or more second capabilities.

In a possible implementation manner, the one or more second capability parameters are used to indicate one or more target second capabilities different from the one or more first capabilities, and correspondingly, the second capability information is further used to indicate that the terminal supports other first capabilities of the one or more first capabilities except for the first capabilities corresponding to the one or more target second capabilities.

In a possible implementation manner, the one or more second capability parameters are one or more second capability parameters in one or more frequency band combinations, the one or more frequency band combinations are all frequency band combinations supported by the terminal, or the one or more frequency band combinations are frequency band combinations with changed capability, or the one or more frequency band combinations are frequency band combinations currently used by the terminal; correspondingly, the method further comprises the following steps: the terminal sends band combination information to the network device for indicating the one or more band combinations.

In a possible implementation manner, the second capability information is sent when one or more first capabilities that the terminal desires to use are updated to one or more second capabilities.

In a sixth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer-readable medium for storing a computer program comprising instructions for performing the method of the first aspect or any possible implementation manner of the first aspect.

In a seventh aspect, the present application provides a computer-readable medium for storing a computer program including instructions for executing the second aspect or the method in any possible implementation manner of the second aspect.

In an eighth aspect, the present application provides a computer-readable medium for storing a computer program including instructions for executing the method of the fifth aspect or any possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect.

In a ninth aspect, the present application provides a computer program including instructions for executing the method of the first aspect or any possible implementation manner of the first aspect.

In a tenth aspect, the present application provides a computer program including instructions for executing the method of the second aspect or any possible implementation manner of the second aspect.

In an eleventh aspect, the present application provides a computer program including instructions for executing the method in the third aspect or any possible implementation manner of the third aspect.

In a twelfth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip, where the chip includes a processing circuit and a transceiver pin. Wherein the transceiver pin and the processing circuit are in communication with each other via an internal connection path, and the processing circuit is configured to perform the method of the first aspect or any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect to control the receiving pin to receive signals and to control the sending pin to send signals.

In a thirteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip, which includes a processing circuit and a transceiver pin. Wherein the transceiver pin and the processing circuit are in communication with each other via an internal connection path, and the processing circuit performs the method of the second aspect or any possible implementation manner of the second aspect to control the receiving pin to receive signals and to control the sending pin to send signals.

In a fourteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip, where the chip includes a processing circuit and a transceiver pin. Wherein the transceiver pin and the processing circuit are in communication with each other via an internal connection path, and the processor is configured to perform the method of the fifth aspect or any possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect to control the receiving pin to receive signals and to control the sending pin to send signals.

In a fifteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication system, which includes the terminal and the network device related to the first aspect and the second aspect.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for reporting capability information according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4a is one of the schematic diagrams of capability sets provided by embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 4b is one of the schematic diagrams of capability sets provided by embodiments of the present application;

fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for reporting capability information according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for reporting capability information according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for reporting capability information according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a method for reporting capability information according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a method for reporting capability information according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a method for reporting capability information according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a method for reporting capability information according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

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 some, but not all, embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

The term "and/or" herein is merely an association describing an associated object, meaning that three relationships may exist, e.g., a and/or B, may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone.

The terms "first" and "second," and the like, in the description and in the claims of the embodiments of the present application are used for distinguishing between different objects and not for describing a particular order of the objects. For example, the first target object and the second target object, etc. are specific sequences for distinguishing different target objects, rather than describing target objects.

In the embodiments of the present application, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used to mean serving as an example, instance, or illustration. Any embodiment or design described herein as "exemplary" or "e.g.," is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, use of the word "exemplary" or "such as" is intended to present concepts related in a concrete fashion.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the meaning of "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified. For example, the plurality of first capabilities refers to two or more first capabilities.

Before describing the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, a communication system according to the embodiments of the present application will be described with reference to the drawings. Referring to fig. 1, a communication system according to an embodiment of the present application is schematically illustrated. The communication system comprises a base station and a terminal. It should be noted that, in practical applications, the number of the base stations and the number of the terminals may be one or more, and the number of the base stations and the number of the terminals in the communication system shown in fig. 1 are only adaptive examples, which is not limited in this application.

The communication system may be configured to support a fourth generation (4G) access technology, such as a Long Term Evolution (LTE) access technology; alternatively, the communication system may also support a fifth generation (5G) access technology, such as a New Radio (NR) access technology; alternatively, the communication system may also be used to support third generation (3G) access technologies, such as Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) access technologies; or the communication system may also be used to support second generation (2G) access technologies, such as global system for mobile communications (GSM) access technologies; alternatively, the communication system may also be used for a communication system supporting a plurality of wireless technologies, for example, supporting the LTE technology and the NR technology. In addition, the communication system may also be applied to narrowband Band-Internet of Things (NB-IoT), Enhanced Data rate for GSM Evolution (EDGE), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA 2000), Time Division-synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA), Long Term Evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE), and future-oriented communication technologies.

And, the network device described in this application may be a base station in fig. 1. The base station may be used to support terminal access, and for example, may be a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) and a Base Station Controller (BSC) in a 2G access technology communication system, a node b (node b) and a Radio Network Controller (RNC) in a 3G access technology communication system, an evolved node b (eNB) in a 4G access technology communication system, a next generation base station (neighbor node b) in a 5G access technology communication system, a Transmission Reception Point (TRP), a relay node (relay node), an Access Point (AP), and the like. For convenience of description, in all embodiments of the present application, apparatuses providing a terminal with a wireless communication function are collectively referred to as a network device or a base station.

The terminal Equipment in fig. 1 may also be referred to as User Equipment (UE), an access terminal, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a remote terminal, a mobile device, a terminal, a wireless communication device, a User agent, or a User Equipment. The terminal device may be a Station (ST) in a WLAN, and may be a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) device, a handheld device with Wireless communication function, a computing device or other processing device connected to a Wireless modem, an in-vehicle device, a wearable device, and a next generation communication system, for example, a terminal device in a 5G Network or a terminal device in a future evolved Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) Network, and the like.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal. In fig. 2:

the terminal comprises at least one processor 101, at least one transceiver 102 and at least one memory 103. The processor 101, the memory 103 and the transceiver 102 are connected. Optionally, the terminal may also include an output device 104, an input device 105, and one or more antennas 106. The antenna 106 is connected to the transceiver 102 and the output device 104 and the input device 105 are connected to the processor 101.

The processor 101 may be a baseband processor or a CPU, and the baseband processor and the CPU may be integrated together or separated.

The processor 101 may be used to implement various functions for the terminal, such as processing communication protocols and communication data, or controlling the entire terminal device, executing software programs, processing data of the software programs; or to assist in completing computational processing tasks, such as processing of graphical images or audio, etc.; or the processor 101 may be configured to implement one or more of the functions described above.

The memory in the embodiments of the application, such as the memory 102, may include at least one of the following types: read-only memory (ROM) or other types of static memory devices that may store static information and instructions, Random Access Memory (RAM) or other types of dynamic memory devices that may store information and instructions, and Electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM). In some scenarios, the memory may also be, but is not limited to, a compact disk-read-only memory (CD-ROM) or other optical disk storage, optical disk storage (including compact disk, laser disk, optical disk, digital versatile disk, blu-ray disk, etc.), magnetic disk storage media or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer.

The memory 102 may be separate and coupled to the processor 101. Alternatively, the memory 102 may be integrated with the processor 101, for example, in one chip. The memory 102 can store program codes for executing the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, and is controlled by the processor 101 to execute, and various executed computer program codes can also be regarded as drivers of the processor 101. For example, the processor 101 is configured to execute the computer program code stored in the memory 102, so as to implement the technical solution in the embodiment of the present application. Optionally, the memory 102 may be off-chip and interface with the processor 101.

The transceiver 103 may be used to support the reception or transmission of radio frequency signals between the access network equipment and the terminal, and the transceiver 103 may be connected to the antenna 105. The transceiver 103 includes a transmitter Tx and a receiver Rx. In particular, one or more antennas 105 may receive a radio frequency signal, and the receiver Rx of the transceiver 103 is configured to receive the radio frequency signal from the antenna, convert the radio frequency signal into a digital baseband signal or a digital intermediate frequency signal, and provide the digital baseband signal or the digital intermediate frequency signal to the processor 101, so that the processor 101 performs further processing on the digital baseband signal or the digital intermediate frequency signal, such as demodulation processing and decoding processing. In addition, the transmitter Tx in the transceiver 103 is also used to receive a modulated digital baseband signal or a digital intermediate frequency signal from the processor 101, convert the modulated digital baseband signal or the digital intermediate frequency signal into a radio frequency signal, and transmit the radio frequency signal through the one or more antennas 105. Specifically, the receiver Rx may selectively perform one or more stages of down-mixing and analog-to-digital conversion processes on the rf signal to obtain a digital baseband signal or a digital intermediate frequency signal, wherein the order of the down-mixing and analog-to-digital conversion processes is adjustable. The transmitter Tx may selectively perform one or more stages of up-mixing and digital-to-analog conversion processes on the modulated digital baseband signal or the modulated digital intermediate frequency signal to obtain the rf signal, where the order of the up-mixing and the digital-to-analog conversion processes is adjustable. The digital baseband signal and the digital intermediate frequency signal may be collectively referred to as a digital signal.

The output device 104 is in communication with the processor 101 and may display information in a variety of ways. For example, the output device 104 may be a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), a Light Emitting Diode (LED) Display device, a Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Display device, a projector (projector), or the like. The input device 105 is in communication with the processor 101 and can accept user input in a variety of ways. For example, the input device 105 may be a keyboard, a touch screen device, or a sensing device, among others.

The memory 103 may be separate and coupled to the processor 101. Optionally, the memory 103 may also be integrated with the processor 101, for example, within one chip. The memory 103 can store program codes for executing the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, and is controlled by the processor 101 to execute, and various executed computer program codes can also be regarded as drivers of the processor 101. For example, the processor 101 is configured to execute the computer program code stored in the memory 103, so as to implement the technical solution in the embodiment of the present application.

In connection with the communication system shown in fig. 1, a specific embodiment of the present application is described below: specifically, the terminal 200 may transmit first capability information to the base station 100, where the first capability information may be used to indicate one or more first capabilities supported by the terminal. That is, the terminal may report, to the base station, a set of capabilities that the terminal supports, or that the terminal desires to use, by sending the first capability information, where the set includes one or more first capabilities. The terminal 200 may also transmit second capability information to the base station 100, the second capability information being usable to indicate one or more second capabilities supported by the terminal, wherein the one or more second capabilities are different from the one or more first capabilities. Optionally, the one or more second capabilities may be different in number from the one or more first capabilities and/or the one or more second capabilities may be different in capability value from the one or more first capabilities. The terminal 200 may also send time information to the base station 100 indicating that the terminal will alternate between using the one or more first capabilities and the one or more second capabilities for a period of time. Based on the reporting mode of the capability information, the terminal 200 can selectively use one or more first capabilities, or use a mode of alternating one or more first capabilities and one or more second capabilities, thereby providing a perfect capability information reporting method, enabling the terminal to flexibly select the capabilities used by the terminal, and effectively improving the utilization rate of resources. Optionally, in this application, the one or more first capabilities and the one or more second capabilities are uplink capabilities supported by the terminal; or, the one or more first capabilities and the one or more second capabilities are downlink capabilities supported by the terminal.

In order to clarify the embodiments disclosed in the present application, the embodiments of the present application are described in detail below by way of examples.

In the application, the terminal may send the first capability information to the base station, and send the second capability information and the time information after the preset condition is triggered. Optionally, the second capability information and the first capability information may be sent simultaneously, and the time information may be sent after being triggered by a preset condition, and a specific embodiment may refer to scenario two. Optionally, the terminal may send the first capability information, the second capability information, and the time information to the base station at the same time, and the specific embodiment may refer to scenario three. In the following embodiments, the terminal side is described by taking a dual-card device, that is, the device includes a first SIM card and a second SIM card as an example. Either the first SIM card or the second SIM card may be considered as one terminal. Optionally, the terminal side may also be a one-card or multi-card device, for example, a three-card or more device, which may use the technical solution of the present application, and the present application does not limit the number of cards.

Before explaining the respective scenarios, the concept of "capability" and "parameter" referred to in the present application will be described first.

The capability information (including the first capability information and the second capability information) reported by the terminal is used for indicating one or more capabilities currently supported by the terminal or expected to be used by the terminal.

Alternatively, one or more capabilities may be described with corresponding parameters. For example, the antenna parameter supported by the terminal is 8, which means that the antenna capability supported by the terminal is 8 antenna ports (antenna ports).

To better illustrate the relationship between the various parameters, the various capability parameters supported by the terminal are described below in a collective manner.

Optionally, the set of capability parameters configured by the terminal includes, but is not limited to: packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) parameters of the terminal, Radio Link Control (RLC) parameters of the terminal, Medium Access Control (MAC) parameters of the terminal, Physical layer (PHY) parameters of the terminal, Radio Frequency (RF) parameters of the terminal, and Radio Measurement Management (RRM) parameters of the terminal.

It is understood that the set of capabilities supported by the terminal includes, but is not limited to: PDCP capabilities, RLC capabilities, MAC capabilities, physical layer capabilities, radio frequency capabilities, measurement capabilities, and the like. It should be noted that a certain capability described in this application refers to a capability supported by a terminal, and is referred to as an X capability in this application, for example, the radio frequency capability described above.

Optionally, the physical layer parameters may further include tuning to coding parameters. Also included among the physical layer capabilities supported by the corresponding terminal are, but not limited to, tuning to coding capabilities. Optionally, the radio frequency parameters may further include a band combination parameter, a carrier aggregation bandwidth level, and the like. The radio frequency capabilities supported by the terminal may include a combination of frequency bands supported by the terminal and a level of carrier aggregation bandwidth supported by the terminal.

It should be noted that the parameters (or capabilities) and the number referred to in the present application are only exemplary, and the present application is not limited thereto.

Scene one

With reference to fig. 1, as shown in fig. 3, a schematic flow chart of a method for reporting capability information in the embodiment of the present application is shown, where in fig. 3:

step 101, a terminal sends a first message to a base station, where the first message includes first capability information.

Optionally, the terminal may report the first capability information (or may be referred to as initial capability information) to the base station during a registration phase or after the registration is completed. The steps of the registration stage may refer to the prior art, and are not described in detail herein. It should be noted that the terminal that reports the capability information (the first capability information and/or the second capability information) in this application may refer to a terminal having one SIM card, or may refer to one of the SIM cards in the terminal-side device.

In particular, the first capability information is used to indicate one or more first capabilities that the terminal supports, or can be understood as one or more first capabilities that the terminal desires to use after accessing the network. Optionally, the first capability information may be carried in a first message and sent to the base station.

Optionally, the first capability information may comprise one or more first capability parameters for indicating one or more first capabilities. For example: the antenna parameter is used to indicate the antenna capability supported by the terminal, and if the antenna parameter is 8, the number of antenna ports supported by the terminal is 8.

Alternatively, the one or more first capabilities indicated in the first capability information may be all capabilities supported by the terminal. Optionally, the one or more first capabilities may also be part of the capabilities of the terminal. Wherein, all the capabilities refer to: the number of the one or more first capabilities is equal to the number of all the capabilities that the terminal can support, and the capability value of the one or more first capabilities can reach a maximum value that the terminal can support. Partial capacity means: the number and/or capability value of the one or more first capabilities is not exactly the same as the number and capability value of all capabilities that the terminal is capable of supporting.

In one example, the number of the one or more first capabilities indicated in the first capability information may be equal to the number of all the capabilities supported by the terminal, and the capability value of each first capability reaches a maximum value that can be supported by the terminal, that is, the terminal may use all the capabilities supported by the terminal after accessing, and each capability may reach the maximum value that can be supported by the terminal.

For example, the following steps are carried out: all the capabilities supported by the terminal include capability a, capability B, capability C, and capability D, where the capabilities a-D may be any one of the capability sets shown in fig. 2. The first capability information reported by the terminal may include capability parameters corresponding to the capabilities a to D to indicate that the terminal expects to use the capabilities a to D, and the capability parameter corresponding to each capability is the maximum value that can be reached. Specific parameters are taken as examples: if the capability a is the antenna capability supported by the terminal, the maximum number of antenna ports that can be supported by the terminal is 8, and correspondingly, the antenna parameter included in the first capability information is 8, so as to indicate that the terminal expects to use 8 antenna ports after accessing the network. It should be noted that, in this application, only the number of antenna ports is taken as an example for illustration, and actually, the antenna capability supported by the terminal may include, but is not limited to, the number of antenna ports supported by the terminal.

As described above, the one or more first capabilities supported in the first capability information may also be part of the capabilities supported by the terminal. It should be noted that, the partial capabilities include a set of capabilities (hereinafter referred to as a necessary capability set) for supporting the terminal to communicate with other terminals or the core network. For example, the following steps are carried out: assuming that the terminal communicates with the core network, the standard requires that it must report the supported antenna capabilities, i.e. the antenna capabilities belong to the necessary set of capabilities. Optionally, the partial capability may include at least one other capability besides the necessary capability set, which is not limited in this application.

In one example, the partial capability supported by the terminal for the one or more first capabilities may be: the number of the first capabilities is equal to the number of the capabilities that the terminal can support, wherein at least one of the capabilities of the first capabilities does not reach the maximum capability value that the terminal can support. For example, the following steps are carried out: all the capabilities supported by the terminal include a capability a, a capability B, a capability C, and a capability D, and the capability indicated by the first capability information includes the capability a, the capability B, the capability C, and the capability D, the number of which is equal to the number of the capabilities supported by the terminal. Wherein, the ability value of the ability A can not reach the maximum value supported by the terminal. And the capacity values of the capacity B to the capacity D all reach the maximum value of the capacity supported by the terminal.

In another example, the one or more first capabilities may be part of the capabilities supported by the terminal: the number of the first capabilities is different from the number of the capabilities that the terminal can support, wherein the capability value of each first capability can reach a maximum value. For example, the following steps are carried out: all the capabilities supported by the terminal include a capability a, a capability B, a capability C and a capability D, and the capability indicated by the first capability information includes the capability a, the capability B and the capability C, which are not equal to the number of the capabilities supported by the terminal. And the capacity values of the capacity A to the capacity D all reach the maximum value of the capacity supported by the terminal.

In yet another example: the partial capability supported by the terminal for the one or more first capabilities may be: the number of first capabilities is unequal to a number of capabilities that can be supported by the terminal, wherein a capability value of at least one of the first capabilities fails to reach a maximum capability value that can be supported by the terminal. For example, the following steps are carried out: all the capabilities supported by the terminal include a capability a, a capability B, a capability C and a capability D, and the capability indicated by the first capability information includes the capability a, the capability B and the capability C, which are not equal to the number of the capabilities supported by the terminal. Wherein, the ability value of the ability A can not reach the maximum value supported by the terminal. And the capacity values of the capacity B to the capacity D all reach the maximum value of the capacity supported by the terminal.

Optionally, after receiving the first message, the base station determines whether to accept one or more first capabilities indicated by the first capability information. After determining acceptance, performing relevant configuration, and returning an acknowledgement message to the terminal to indicate that the terminal can use the one or more first capabilities reported by the terminal. The terminal uses the one or more first capabilities upon receiving the acknowledgement message. The steps of judgment, configuration and the like of the base station side can refer to the prior art, and are not described in detail in the application.

Step 102, the terminal sends a second message to the base station, where the second message includes second capability information and time information.

Specifically, the terminal may send the second capability information (which may be referred to as temporary capability information, or capability update information, etc.) and the time information to the base station after the preset condition is triggered. Alternatively, the preset condition may be a preset time point. Optionally, the preset condition may also be that the terminal detects that the capability is updated. For example, if the terminal detects that the first capability set is updated, the updating includes: a quantity update and/or a capability value update. The preset condition triggers that the terminal may send a second message to report the updated capability, or may be referred to as a second capability.

In this application, the second capability information is used to indicate one or more second capabilities that the terminal desires to use. Optionally, the number and/or capacity value of the one or more second capacities is different from the one or more first capacities.

In one example, the number of the one or more second capabilities is the same as the number of the one or more first capabilities, wherein the capability value of at least one second capability is different from the capability value of the corresponding first capability. For example, the following steps are carried out: the first capability set includes capability A, capability B, capability C, and capability D. The second capability set comprises a capability A ', a capability B', a capability C 'and a capability D', wherein the capabilities A '-D' correspond to the capabilities A-D one by one. That is, the first capability set and the second capability set include equal amounts of capabilities. Wherein, the ability A is different from the ability A ', the ability B is the same as the ability B ', and the ability C is the same as the ability C '. It should be noted that the difference of the ability values referred to in the present application may be that the ability value of the second ability is larger than the ability value of the first ability, or may refer to that the ability value of the second ability is smaller than the ability value of the first ability. The specific values can be set according to actual requirements, and the method is not limited in the application.

In another example, the number of one or more second capabilities and the number of one or more first capabilities are not the same, but the capability values of the overlapping capabilities may be the same. For example, the following steps are carried out: the first capability set includes capability A, capability B, capability C and capability D, and the second capability set includes capability A ', capability B ' and capability C '. That is, the number of capabilities in the second capability set is less than the number of capabilities in the first capability set. Wherein, the capability A ' is equal to the capability value of the capability A, the capability B ' is equal to the capability value of the capability B, and the capability C ' is equal to the capability value of the capability C. It should be noted that, the number of capabilities involved in the present application is not equal, which may mean that the number of the second capabilities in the second capability set is greater than the number of the first capability set in the first capability set, or that the number of the second capabilities in the second capability set is less than the number of the first capability set in the first capability set, and the number of the capabilities included in the sets may be set based on actual requirements, which is not limited in the present application.

In yet another embodiment, the number of the one or more second capabilities and the number of the one or more first capabilities are different, and the capability values of at least one of the overlapping capabilities are different. For example, the following steps are carried out: the first capability set includes capability A, capability B, capability C and capability D, and the second capability set includes capability A ', capability B ' and capability C '. That is, the number of capabilities in the second capability set is less than the number of capabilities in the first capability set. Wherein, the capability A ' is not equal to the capability value of the capability A, the capability B ' is equal to the capability value of the capability B, and the capability C ' is equal to the capability value of the capability C.

Still referring to fig. 3, in the present application, the time information may be used to indicate that one or more first capabilities are to be used interchangeably with one or more second capabilities. Optionally, the time information may also be carried in the second message. In the present application, the time information and the second capability information are carried in the second message, and are used to indicate that the terminal desires to start initiating a manner of alternately using the plurality of capabilities.

Optionally, the time information may be used to indicate a time division multiplexing mode, that is, the first capability and the second capability are alternately used in the time division multiplexing mode. Further, the time information may be used to indicate a time domain resource allocation situation when the one or more first capabilities are alternately used with the one or more second capabilities in the time division multiplexing mode.

In one example, the time information may indicate that the terminal desires to use one or more first capabilities for a first time period and indicate that the terminal desires to use one or more second capabilities for a second time period, wherein the first time period alternates with the second time period. For example, the following steps are carried out: the time information may be used to indicate periods T, where one period P in each period T uses one or more first capabilities and the remaining time (T-P) in the period T uses one or more second capabilities. Alternatively, the time information may also be a bitmap (bitmap), i.e. a sequence of bits indicating 0/1, e.g. a time position with bit 0 using one or more first capabilities and a time position with bit 1 using one or more second capabilities. The specific indication mode of the time information and the time domain resource allocation mode may be set according to actual requirements, and the above embodiments are only illustrative examples, and the present application is not limited thereto.

With reference to fig. 3, in the present application, the base station receives a second message, wherein if the base station receives one or more second capabilities indicated in the second message and a time domain resource allocation condition indicated by the time information, the base station feeds back a confirmation indication message to the terminal. After receiving the confirmation indication message, the terminal may perform a manner of alternately using the one or more first capabilities and the one or more second capabilities according to the indication of the time information. Optionally, if the base station rejects the information indicated in the second message, the base station feeds back a negative indication message to the terminal. After receiving the negative indication message, the terminal still uses the one or more first capabilities indicated in the first capability information.

Optionally, in this application, the second capability information reported by the terminal may include one or more second capability parameters indicating one or more second capabilities. Optionally, the second capability information reported by the terminal may include one or more second capability parameters, where the one or more second capability parameters are used to indicate the updated first capability, and the second capability information is also used to indicate that the terminal desires to use the updated first capability and desires to use other first capabilities besides the updated first capability.

In one example, the second capability set desired to be used by the terminal includes capability a ', capability B', capability C 'and capability D'. Accordingly, the second capability information includes: capability parameter A ', capability parameter B', capability parameter C 'and capability parameter D'. Wherein, the capability parameter a ' is used for indicating the capability a ', the capability parameter B is used for indicating the capability B ', the capability parameter C ' is used for indicating the capability C ', and the capability parameter D ' is used for indicating the capability D '.

In another example, the second capability set that the terminal desires to use includes capability a ', capability B', capability C 'and capability D', and the first capability set that the terminal has reported includes capability a, capability B, capability C and capability D. Wherein the ability value of the ability A 'in the second ability set is not equal to the ability value of the ability A in the first ability set, that is, the ability A in the first ability set is updated to the ability A'. The capability values of the other capabilities in the first capability set (including capability B and capability C) are not updated. Accordingly, the second capability information may include a capability parameter a 'indicating the capability a'. Note that, compared to the previous example, the capability parameter B 'and the capability parameter C' are not included in the second capability information. The second capability may be used to indicate that the other first capabilities (including capability B, capability C, and capability D) are still in effect, except for capability a in the first capabilities, which is updated as indicated by capability parameter a'. It can be understood that: the second capability is used to indicate that the terminal desires to use capability a' and capability B, capability C and capability D in the first capability set.

In order to make those skilled in the art better understand the reporting manner of the temporary capability information, the following detailed description is made with specific embodiments.

The terminal reports first capability information, and the first capability information indicates that the terminal expects to use a frequency band combination 1, a frequency band combination 2 and a frequency band combination 3. Accordingly, the first capability information includes a band combination parameter 1, a band combination parameter 2, and a band combination parameter 3. The Band combination parameter 1 is used to indicate terminal support, or the terminal desires to use the Band combination 1 (for example, the Band combination 1 may be a Band (Band)1 and a Band2), the Band combination parameter 2 is used to indicate terminal support, or the terminal desires to use the Band combination 2 (for example, the Band combination 2 may be a Band3 and a Band4), and the Band combination parameter 3 is used to indicate terminal support, or the terminal desires to use the Band combination 3 (for example, the Band combination 3 may be a Band7 and a Band 43). And the first capability information can also be used for indicating the antenna capability 1 and the bandwidth capability 1 in the band group 1; antenna capability 2 and bandwidth capability 2 under the frequency band combination 2; antenna capability 3, bandwidth capability 3 at band combination 3. Correspondingly, the first capability information further includes: antenna capability parameter 1, antenna capability parameter 2, antenna capability parameter 3, and bandwidth capability parameter 1, bandwidth capability parameter 2, and bandwidth capability parameter 3. The set of band combination capabilities indicated by the first capability information may refer to fig. 4a, and it should be noted that the number and names of the capabilities shown in fig. 4a are only illustrative examples, and the present application is not limited thereto.

In this embodiment, in the implementation process of the terminal, the frequency band combination used by the terminal is the frequency band combination 1, and it should be noted that the frequency band combination used is the frequency band combination configured for the terminal by the current network. And the terminal detects that the antenna capability 1 in the frequency band combination 1 is updated to the antenna capability 1 ', and the antenna capability 2 in the frequency band combination 2 is updated to the antenna capability 2'. Note that the "update" refers to updating of the ability value, for example: antenna capability 1 may support 8 antenna ports for the terminal and antenna capability 1' may support 4 antenna ports for the terminal.

Other capabilities under band combination 1, for example, bandwidth capabilities under band combination 1, and capabilities under other band combinations are not updated, and the updated set of band combination capabilities may refer to fig. 4 b. It should be noted that the terminal may support multiple frequency band combinations, where the terminal may use one or more of the multiple frequency band combinations, and specific details may refer to the prior art, which is not described herein again.

In one example, the terminal may report to the base station all of the band combinations supported by the terminal, as well as the capabilities at each band combination. That is to say, the second capability information reported by the terminal includes, but is not limited to, the band combination parameters corresponding to all the band combinations supported by the terminal, and the capability parameter corresponding to the capability under each band combination. For example, the capabilities indicated by the second capability information may be as shown in fig. 4 b. Specifically, the second capability information includes, but is not limited to: a frequency band combination parameter 1, an antenna capability parameter 1' and a bandwidth capability parameter 1; a frequency band combination parameter 2, an antenna capability parameter 2' and a bandwidth capability parameter 2; band combination parameter 3, antenna capability parameter 3, bandwidth capability parameter 3. The second capability information is used to indicate that the terminal desires to use a second capability set as shown in fig. 4b, that is, the second capability information is used to indicate that the terminal supports, or desires to use, a frequency band combination 1, and further is used to indicate that the terminal desires to use an antenna capability 1' and a bandwidth capability 1 in the frequency band combination 1; and the second capability information is also used to indicate that the terminal supports or desires to use the frequency band combination 2, and further desires to use the antenna capability 2' and the bandwidth capability 2 under the frequency band combination 2; and the second capability information is also used for indicating that the terminal supports or desires to use the band combination 3, and further desires to use the antenna capability 3 and the bandwidth capability 3 under the band combination 3.

In another example, the terminal may report only the combinations of frequency bands that have the capability to be updated and their corresponding capabilities. That is, the second capability information reported by the terminal includes, but is not limited to, a band combination parameter corresponding to a band combination with updated capability and a capability parameter corresponding to the capability under the updated band combination. For example, still referring to fig. 4b, the second capability information includes, but is not limited to: a frequency band combination parameter 1 and an antenna capability parameter 1'; band combination parameter 2, antenna capability parameter 2'. Accordingly, the second capability information is used to indicate that the antenna capability in band combination 1 is updated to antenna capability 1 ', and the second capability information is used to indicate that the antenna capability in band combination 2 is updated to antenna capability 2'. And, the second capability information is also used to indicate that, in addition to the above updated capabilities, other capabilities (including bandwidth capability 1 in band combination 1, bandwidth capability 2 in band combination 2, antenna capability 3 in band combination 3, and bandwidth capability 3) are still configured as indicated by the first capability information.

In another example, the terminal may report all capabilities of the currently used frequency band combination, or the terminal may report updated capabilities of the currently used frequency band combination. For example, the second capability information may include, but is not limited to: a frequency band combination parameter 1, an antenna capability parameter 1 ', a bandwidth capability parameter 1, which is used to indicate that the terminal currently occupies the frequency band combination 1, and the frequency band is also used to indicate that the terminal desires to use the antenna capability 1' and the bandwidth capability 1 under the frequency band combination 1. The other related configurations of the reported frequency band combinations in the first capability information can still be configured according to the indication of the first capability information. For another example, the second capability information may include, but is not limited to: a band combination parameter 1, an antenna capability parameter 1 'for indicating that the terminal currently occupies the band combination 1, and the band is also used for indicating that the terminal desires to use the antenna capability 1' in the band combination 1, and also for indicating that other capabilities (e.g., bandwidth capabilities) in the band combination 1 are still configured according to the indication in the first capability information.

Optionally, after the terminal uses the one or more first capabilities and the one or more second capabilities alternately, the terminal may further send third capability information to the base station, where the third capability information is used to indicate one or more third capabilities supported by the terminal. Optionally, the third capability information may be an update to the first capability information, that is, one or more of the first capabilities are updated to one or more of the third capabilities, and then the terminal may use the one or more of the third capabilities, or alternatively use the one or more of the third capabilities and the one or more of the second capabilities, and the specific details are similar to those in the foregoing embodiment and are not described herein again. Optionally, the third capability information may also be an update of the second capability information, that is, the terminal may use one or more first capabilities, or alternatively use one or more first capabilities and one or more third capabilities, and the specific details are similar to those in the foregoing embodiment and are not described herein again.

Optionally, after the terminal uses the one or more first capabilities and the one or more second capabilities in an alternating manner, the terminal may further send third capability information and fourth capability information to the base station, where the third capability information is used to indicate that the one or more first capabilities are updated to the one or more third capabilities, the fourth capability information is used to indicate that the one or more second capabilities are updated to the one or more fourth capabilities, and accordingly, the terminal may use the one or more third capabilities, or use the one or more third capabilities and the one or more fourth capabilities in an alternating manner.

Optionally, after the terminal uses the one or more first capabilities and the one or more second capabilities alternately, the terminal may further send time information (to distinguish the time information, hereinafter referred to as time update information) to the base station, for updating the time information sent last time. Correspondingly, the terminal alternately uses the corresponding capacity according to the time domain resource allocation condition indicated by the time updating information.

Optionally, the capability information (the first capability information and/or the second capability information) and the time update information may be updated simultaneously, that is, carried in the same message and sent to the base station, or carried in different messages and sent to the base station. The method can be specifically set according to actual requirements, and is not limited in the application.

Optionally, in this application, the terminal may further send recovery indication information to the base station, where the recovery indication information is used to indicate that the capabilities supported by the terminal are recovered to one or more first capabilities, and may be understood as: the terminal desires to use one or more first capabilities.

In summary, by the capability information reporting method in the present application, the terminal can selectively use one or more first capabilities or alternatively use one or more first capabilities and one or more second capabilities, thereby providing a dynamic and flexible capability

On the basis of the embodiment shown in fig. 3, as shown in fig. 5, a flowchart of a reporting method for a capability message is exemplarily shown, where in fig. 5:

specifically, the terminal may include a first SIM card (hereinafter, referred to as card 1) and a second SIM card (hereinafter, referred to as card 2), where the card 1 is in a connected state and the card 2 is in an idle state.

Step 201, the card 1 sends the first capability information 1 to the base station, and the card 2 sends the first capability information 2 to the base station.

Optionally, the card 1 and the card 2 register with the core network, and send respective first capability information during the registration process or after the registration is completed. Wherein the first capability information 1 is used to indicate one or more first capabilities included in a first capability set 1 that the card 1 desires to use in the connected state, and the first capability information 2 is used to indicate one or more first capabilities included in a first capability set 2 that the card 2 desires to use in the connected state. The number and/or the capability value of one or more first capabilities included in the first capability 1 may be the same as or different from one or more first capabilities included in the first capability set 2, and may be set according to actual requirements, which is not limited in this application.

In this embodiment, the detailed description will be given by taking an example that the one or more first capabilities indicated by the first capability information 1 are the same as the one or more first capabilities of the first capability information 2, and are all used for indicating all the capabilities supported by the terminal.

In step 202, the base station performs configuration based on the first capability information 1 of the card 1 and returns a response message.

Alternatively, the base station may determine whether the cards 1 and2 are in the connected state through the link states between the cards 1 and2 and the base station. The specific determination method can refer to the prior art, and the application is not limited. Optionally, if the base station recognizes that the SIM card is in the connected state, the base station may perform configuration based on the capability information reported by the SIM card, and return a response message to indicate that the base station is successfully configured, and the SIM card may use the reported capability information. It should be noted that the base station cannot identify the SIM card that is not accessed to the network, i.e. in an idle state.

Specifically, still referring to fig. 5, the base station recognizes that the card 1 is in the connected state, and the base station may configure based on the first capability information reported by the card 1 and feed back a response message. For the card 2, since it is in an idle state, the base station cannot identify the card 2, and therefore, the first capability information 2 reported by the card 2 is only stored in the core network.

Optionally, the response message may be a Radio Resource control reconfiguration (Radio Resource control reconfiguration) message, which is used to indicate that the base station has configured the terminal (card 1). It should be noted that, for the base station, the card 1 or the card 2 can be regarded as one terminal.

At step 203, card 1 uses the first set of capabilities 1 and card 2 does not use any capabilities.

Specifically, after receiving the response message fed back by the base station, the card 1 may use the first capability set 1 for communication. And, card 2 does not use any capabilities in the idle state and without any data reception.

At step 204, the capabilities of card 1 are updated.

In one example, when the card 2 is in the idle state, communication is still required, for example: the card 2 can still receive the paging message sent by the base station when in the idle state. Wherein the paging message may be periodic. Accordingly, the card 2 wakes up periodically and receives paging messages. That is, the card 2 may periodically occupy the resources of the terminal, or it may be understood that the card 2 will use the capabilities supported by the terminal to receive paging messages. In this case, a change in the capabilities used by the card 2 will result in a change in the capabilities of the card 1. It should be noted that card 2 changes from using no capability to using partial capability, which may also be understood as capability update of card 2, but since card 2 is in an idle state, the base station does not recognize the SIM card in the idle state, and therefore card 2 does not need to notify the base station that its capability is updated.

In particular, card 1 may interact with card 2 to determine one or more second capabilities included in a second set of capabilities usable by each of card 2 and card 1. For example: the maximum capability value of the antenna capability that the terminal can support is 8 antenna ports, at least 4 antenna ports are needed for the card 2 to receive the paging message, and the antenna capability that the card 1 can use can be 4 antennas. Card 1 may update its capabilities based on the needs of card 2, i.e., a first set of capabilities 1 used by card 1 may be updated to a second set of capabilities 1. The zero capability set currently used by card 2 (i.e. not using any capabilities) is updated to the second capability set 2.

Optionally, card 1 may also interact with card 2 to determine the allocation of time domain resources. For example: the card 1 and the card 2 may determine, according to the time when the card 2 wakes up, that the card 1 uses the time domain resource allocation of the first capability set 1 and the second capability set 2 alternately, and that the card 2 uses the time domain resource allocation of the second capability set 2 alternately, or may be understood that the card 2 uses the time domain resource allocation of the second capability set 2 and an empty capability set (indicating that no capability is used) alternately. For example, in this embodiment, the card 2 wakes up every 4ms, and the wake-up duration is 2 ms. Then, cards 1 and2 may determine that the alternation period is 6ms, wherein card 2 uses the second capability set 2 for the first 2ms within 6ms of each alternation period, and does not use any capability for the remaining 4ms of each period. Accordingly, the card 1 expects to use the second capability set 1 for the first 2ms within 6ms of each alternate cycle and the first capability set 1 for the remaining 4ms of each cycle. That is, when the card 2 needs to receive the paging message, the card 1 and the card 2 may use a part of the capabilities supported by the terminal, respectively. While card 1 may use the full capabilities supported by the terminal when card 2 does not need to receive paging messages.

In step 205, the card 1 reports the second capability information and the time information.

Optionally, the second capability information is used to indicate that the card 1 desires to use one or more second capabilities included in the second set of capabilities 1. And, the time information is used to indicate that the card 1 desires to use the second capability set 1 for the first 2ms within 6ms of each alternate cycle and use the first capability set 1 for the remaining 4ms of each cycle.

It should be noted that, for the card 2, since it is in an idle state, that is, the card 2 is not connected to the base station, and the base station cannot sense the card 2, the card 2 only needs to wake up and use the required capability (for example, the second capability set 2) according to the result after the interaction to receive the data, that is, in a period in which the card 1 uses the first capability set 1 and the second capability set 1 alternately according to the indication of the time information, the card 2 uses the zero capability set and the second capability set 2 alternately according to the indication of the time information. The specific alternative situation may be as described in the example in step 204, which is not described herein again.

In step 206, the base station feeds back an acknowledgement response message.

Optionally, the base station may determine whether to accept the manner that the terminal uses the one or more first capabilities and the one or more second capabilities alternately according to the indication of the time information based on the second capability information and the time information reported by the card 1. And if the base station judges that the data is acceptable, feeding back a confirmation response message to the card 1. On the contrary, if the base station does not accept the capability reported by the card 1 or the alternative mode, the base station may not feed back any message or feed back a negative message to inform the card 1 to still continue using one or more capabilities indicated by the capability information reported last time.

In step 207, the card 1 uses the second capability set 1 and the first capability set 1 alternately according to the indication of the time information.

Specifically, the card 1 alternately uses one or more second capabilities included in the second capability set 1 and one or more first capabilities included in the first capability set 1 as indicated by the time information. The card 2 alternates between partial capabilities (e.g. one or more second capabilities included in the second set of capabilities 2) and zero capabilities (i.e. not using any capabilities) as indicated by the time information. That is, in the alternate use phase: the card 2 may use a part of the terminal's capabilities and the card 1 may use another part of the capabilities during the wake-up and receive paging message periods. The card 2 does not use any capability when it does not receive messages, and the card 1 can use the full capabilities of the terminal.

In summary, in the present application, when the card 1 is in the communication state and the card 2 is not in the communication state, the card 1 may use all the capabilities of the terminal, and the card 2 may not use any capabilities. When the card 2 enters the communication state, the card 1 and the card 2 can use part of the capabilities, respectively.

On the basis of the embodiment shown in fig. 3, as shown in fig. 6, a flowchart of a reporting method for a capability message is exemplarily shown, where in fig. 6:

step 301, card 1 sends first capability information 1 to the base station, and card 2 sends first capability information 2 to the base station.

For details, reference may be made to step 201, which is not described herein.

Step 302, the base station performs configuration based on the first capability information 1 reported by the card 1, and returns a response message.

For details, reference may be made to step 202, which is not described herein.

In step 303, card 1 uses the first set of capabilities 1 and card 2 does not use any capabilities.

For details, reference may be made to step 203, which is not described herein.

At step 304, the capabilities of card 1 and card 2 are updated.

Alternatively, for example, when the card 1 and the card 2 are in the connected state at the same time, that is, the card 2 is updated from the idle state to the connected state, the capability of the card 2 changes, and accordingly, the capability of the card 1 is updated accordingly. Optionally, the card 1 and the card 2 may interact to determine the allocation of the capabilities and/or the allocation of the time domain resources.

In one example, the allocation of the capabilities and the allocation of the time domain resources may still be the same as indicated in step 204. That is, card 1 may still alternately use the full capability (i.e., first capability set 1) and partial capability (i.e., second capability set 1) supported by the terminal, while card 2 may alternately use the zero capability set and partial capability (i.e., second capability set 2) supported by the terminal.

In another example, card 1 may desire to alternate between second capability set 1 and second capability set 3, and card 2 may desire to alternate between second capability set 2 and second capability set 4, thereby improving the fairness of the allocation of capabilities of card 1 and card 2. For example, taking the antenna capability as an example, the allocation of the capability and the time domain resource may be as follows: the alternation period is 6ms, the card 1 may use 2 antenna ports in the first 3ms of each alternation period and 6 antenna ports in the remaining 3ms, and the card 2 may use 6 antenna ports in the first 3ms of the alternation period and2 antenna ports in the remaining 3 ms.

Step 305, the card 1 reports the second capability information 1 and the time information 1, and the card 2 reports the second capability information 2 and the time information 2.

Optionally, corresponding to the second capability allocation manner in step 304, the second capability information 1 may be used to indicate that the card 1 desires to use the second capability set 1 and the second capability set 3, and the time information 1 is used to indicate that the card 1 desires to use the second capability set 1 and the second capability set 3 alternately according to the indication of the time information 1. The second capability information 2 may be used to indicate that the card 2 desires to use the second capability set 2 and the second capability set 4, and the time information 2 is used to indicate that the card 2 desires to use the second capability set 2 and the second capability set 4 alternately as indicated by the time information 2.

Step 306, the base station feeds back the acknowledgement response message.

In step 307, the card 1 executes the capability alternation mode indicated by the second capability information 1 and the time information 1, and the card 2 executes the capability alternation mode indicated by the second capability information 2 and the time information 2.

Scene two

With reference to fig. 1, as shown in fig. 7, a schematic flow chart of a method for reporting capability information in the embodiment of the present application is shown, where in fig. 7:

step 401, a terminal sends a first message to a base station, where the first message includes first capability information and second capability information.

Alternatively, in the present application, the terminal may report one or more first capabilities desired to be used in the connected state and one or more second capabilities desired to be used in a later alternate process to the base station in advance.

Alternatively, the terminal may transmit first capability validation information to the base station for indicating that one or more first capabilities are validated. The first capability validation information may be carried in the first message, or may be separately sent to the base station.

Optionally, whether the one or more first capabilities are valid or not may also be confirmed in a default manner with the base station. Alternatively, the terminal and the base station may agree in advance on the positions of the first capability information and the second capability information in a message or signaling. In one example, in the same message (or signaling), the capability information whose position is in front (position refers to the position in the frame structure of the message or signaling) defaults to the first capability information, i.e., the capability that the terminal desires to use immediately. On the contrary, the capability information whose position is behind defaults to the second capability information. In another example, the capability information carried in the original field defaults to the first capability information, i.e., the capability that the terminal desires to use immediately. And otherwise, default to the second capability information is the capability information carried in the newly added cell. Accordingly, the base station can determine which capability information indicates that the capability needs to be configured by identifying in which information element in the message the capability information is carried, and which capability information indicates that the capability needs to be saved.

Optionally, the reporting manner of the second capability information may refer to the reporting manner in scenario one, that is, one or more second capability parameters included in the second capability information may correspond to one or more second capabilities, or may correspond to the updated first capability.

For specific details, reference may be made to scenario one, which is not described herein again.

Step 402, the terminal sends a second message to the base station, wherein the second message comprises time information.

Optionally, in this application, the terminal may send, to the base station, time information, where the time information is used to indicate a time domain resource allocation situation of the one or more first capabilities and the one or more second capabilities, and is further used to indicate that the terminal alternately uses the one or more first capabilities and the one or more second capabilities according to the time domain resource allocation situation.

On the basis of the embodiment shown in fig. 7, as shown in fig. 8, a flowchart of a reporting method for a capability message is exemplarily shown, where in fig. 8:

Step 501, the card 1 sends the first capability information 1 and the second capability information 1 to the base station, and the card 2 sends the first capability information 2 to the base station.

Optionally, the card 1 sends first capability information 1 to the base station for indicating that the card 1 desires to use one or more first capabilities of the first set of capabilities 1 after accessing the network. The card 1 may also send second capability information 1 to the base station, where the second capability information 1 is used to indicate that the card 1 expects to use the first capability set 1 indicated by the first capability information 1 and the second capability set 1 indicated by the second capability information 1 alternately according to an indication of time information reported subsequently under a certain capability update condition. Optionally, the first capability information 1 and the second capability information 1 may be carried in the initial capability message 1.

Optionally, the card 2 sends the first capability information 2 to the base station for indicating that the card 2 desires to use one or more first capabilities of the first set of capabilities 2 after accessing the network. Optionally, the card 2 may further send second capability information 2 to the base station, where the second capability information 2 is used to indicate that the card 2 desires to use the first capability set 2 and the second capability set 2 indicated by the second capability information 2 alternately or use the second capability set 2 and the capability set reported again alternately according to the indication of the reported time information under the condition of updating some capability. The specific implementation mode also needs to refer to the indication of the information reported subsequently.

Alternatively, the card 1 may indicate that the first capability information 1 is valid and the second capability information 1 is not valid in a preset manner (for a specific manner, refer to the above). And, since the card 2 is in the idle state, the base station only stores (may be stored by the base station, or may be stored by the core network) the first capability information 2 and the second capability information 2 when recognizing that the card 2 is in the idle state.

For other details, refer to

steps

201 and 301, which are not described herein.

And 502, the base station performs configuration based on the capability message reported by the card 1 and returns a response message.

At step 503, card 1 uses the first set of capabilities 1 and card 2 does not use any capabilities.

At step 504, the capabilities of card 1 and card 2 are updated.

Step 505, the card 1 reports time information.

Alternatively, if the card 1 is in the connected state and the card 2 is in the idle state, the steps may still be similar to steps 205 and 305, that is, the card 1 may report the time information to the base station in the connected state, so as to indicate that the card 1 desires to alternately use the first capability set 1 and the second capability set 1 according to the time domain resource allocation manner of the time information. Correspondingly, the card 2 is in an idle state, and only the zero capability set and the second capability set 2 need to be alternately used according to the interactive result without reporting the capability information.

Step 506, the base station feeds back the acknowledgement response message.

In step 507, the card 1 uses the second capability set 1 and the first capability set 1 alternately according to the indication of the time information.

Optionally, the card 1 may use the first capability set 1 and the second capability set 1 alternately according to the indication of the time information 1 after receiving the acknowledgement response message returned by the base station in the connected state. The card 2 is in an idle state, and the base station cannot sense the card 2, so the card 2 can wake up and use the required capability at the designated time according to the result after the interaction to receive data.

Optionally, if the card 2 enters the connected state, in an example, the card 1 reports time information 1, which is used to indicate that the card 1 desires to alternately use the first capability set 1 and the second capability set 1 according to the time domain resource allocation manner of the time information 1. The card 2 reports time information 2, which is used to indicate that the card 2 expects to use the null set and the reported second capability set 2 alternately according to the time domain resource allocation mode of the time information 2. Optionally, if the card 2 does not report the second capability set 2 in the registration stage, the card 2 may also report the second capability information 2 in this stage, so as to indicate that it is desired to use the second capability set 2 and the zero capability set alternately. It should be noted that the resource allocation situations indicated by the time information 1 and the time information 2 are different, for example, the time information 1 of the card 1 indicates that the cycle period is 6ms, the first 2ms of each cycle uses the first capability set 1, the last 4ms of each cycle uses the second capability set 1, the time information 2 of the card 2 indicates that the cycle period is 6ms, the first 2ms of each cycle uses the second capability set 2, and the last 4ms of each cycle uses the second capability set 2. That is, the indicated period and time period are the same, but the allocation of the capacity using the corresponding resource is different.

In another example, the card 1 may report the second capability set 1 and the second capability set 3, and the card 2 may report the second capability set 2 and the second capability set 4. Accordingly, card 1 may alternately use one or more second capabilities indicated by second capability set 1 and one or more second capabilities indicated by second capability set 3, and card 2 may alternately use one or more second capabilities indicated by capability set 2 and one or more second capabilities indicated by second capability set 4.

Scene three

With reference to fig. 1, as shown in fig. 9, a schematic flow chart of a reporting method of capability information in the embodiment of the present application is shown, where in fig. 9:

step 601, the terminal sends a first message to the base station, where the first message includes first capability information, second capability information, and time information.

Optionally, in this application, the terminal may report, to the base station, one or more first capabilities desired to be used and one or more second capabilities desired to be used, and an allocation condition of the time domain resource in advance, and activate, through the indication information, a manner of using the one or more first capabilities and the one or more second capabilities alternately.

For specific details, reference may be made to scene one and scene two, which are not described herein again.

In step 602, the terminal sends indication information to the base station, for indicating that it is desired to use the first capability information and the second capability information alternately.

Optionally, in this application, the terminal may send indication information to the base station, where the indication information may be carried in the second message, and is used to indicate that the terminal desires to alternately use the one or more first capabilities and the one or more second capabilities according to the time domain resource allocation condition indicated by the time information.

Optionally, the terminal may further send a second message, that is, an empty message, which does not include the indication information, and after receiving the message, the base station may default that the terminal desires to use the one or more first capabilities and the one or more second capabilities alternately according to the time domain resource allocation condition indicated by the time information.

For other details, reference may be made to scenario one, which is not described herein.

On the basis of the embodiment shown in fig. 9, as shown in fig. 10, a flowchart of a reporting method for a capability message is exemplarily shown, where in fig. 10:

Step 701, the card 1 sends first capability information 1, second capability information 1 and time information 1 to the base station, and the card 2 sends first capability information 2 to the base station.

Optionally, the card 1 sends the first capability information 1, the second capability information 1 and the time information 1 to the base station, where the first capability information 1 is used to indicate that the card 1 desires to use the first capability information 1 after accessing the network. The time information 1 is used to indicate that the card 1 desires to alternately use the first capability set 1 indicated by the first capability information 1 and the second capability set 1 indicated by the second capability information 1 according to the indication of the time information 1 after the capability update. Optionally, the first capability information 1, the second capability information 1 and the time information 1 may be carried in the initial capability message 1.

Optionally, the card 2 sends the first capability information 2 to the base station, for indicating that the card 2 desires to use one or more first capabilities in the first capability set 2 indicated by the first capability information 2 after accessing the network and the card 1 is not in a communication state. Optionally, the card 2 may also report the time information 2 and the second capability information 2, so as to indicate that the card 2 desires to alternate between using the first capability set 2 indicated by the first capability information 2 and the second capability set 2 indicated by the second capability information 2, or to alternate between using the zero capability set and the second capability set 2, according to the indication of the time information 2. Optionally, the first capability information 2, the second capability information 2 and the time information 2 may be carried in the initial capability message 2.

Step 702, the base station configures based on the first capability message 1 reported by the card 1, and returns a response message.

In step 703, card 1 uses the first set of capabilities 1 and card 2 does not use any capabilities.

In step 704, the capabilities of card 1 and card 2 are updated.

Step 705, the card 1 sends indication information.

Alternatively, the indication information may be used to indicate that the card 1 desires to initiate a manner of alternating the first set of capabilities 1 with the second set of capabilities 1.

Step 706, the base station feeds back the acknowledgement response message.

In step 707, the card 1 uses the second capability set 1 and the first capability set 1 alternately according to the indication of the time information 1.

The above steps can refer to the related steps shown in fig. 5, fig. 6 or fig. 8, and are not described herein again.

Optionally, if the card 2 enters the connected state, in an example, the card 1 indicates information 1, which is used to indicate that the card 1 desires to alternately use the first capability set 1 and the second capability set 1 according to the time domain resource allocation manner of the time information 1. The card 2 reports the indication information 2, which is used to indicate that the card 2 expects to use the null set and the reported second capability set 2 alternately according to the time domain resource allocation mode of the time information 2. Optionally, if the card 2 does not report the second capability set 2 and/or the time information 2 in the registration stage, the card 2 may also report the second capability information and/or the time information 2 in this stage, so as to indicate that it is desired to use the second capability set 2 and the zero capability set alternately.

As shown in fig. 11, a flowchart of a reporting method for a capability message is exemplarily shown, where in fig. 11:

specifically, the terminal may include a first SIM card (hereinafter, referred to as card 1) and a second SIM card (hereinafter, referred to as card 2), where the card 1 is in a connected state and the card 2 is in a connected state, and in the following embodiments, the card 1 is taken as an example for detailed description.

Specifically, in this application, when the card 1 and the card 2 are both in the connected state, because the time for the card 1 and the card 2 to transmit the uplink data or receive the downlink data is uncertain, the present embodiment provides a method for reporting capability information, which can improve the data receiving capability of the card 2 on the premise of ensuring the success rate of data reception of the main card (card 1).

Specifically, in the case where the card 1 has data reception and the card 2 has no data reception, step 801 is executed.

In step 801, the card 1 sends first capability information to the base station.

Specifically, when the card 1 needs to upload data or receive data, the card 1 may transmit first capability information to the base station to indicate that the card 1 desires to use one or more first capability information. Alternatively, the card 1 may use all the upstream or downstream capabilities supported by the terminal. Accordingly, the card 2 does not use any capability.

If the card 2 has data interaction, for example, receives downlink data, step 802 is executed.

In step 802, the card 1 sends the second capability information to the base station.

Specifically, in the case where both the card 1 and the card 2 need to receive data, the card 1 and the card 2 may respectively occupy a part of the capabilities supported by the terminal. For example: taking the antenna capability as an example, when the card 1 performs communication and the card 2 is not in a communication state, the card 1 may use all antennas (e.g., 8 antenna ports) supported by the terminal. When the card 2 enters the communication state, the card 1 may occupy 4 antenna ports, and the card 2 may occupy 4 antenna ports. The setting of specific physical ability value can be according to actual demand, and this application does not do the restriction.

Alternatively, the card 1 may transmit the second capability information 1 to the base station to indicate one or more second capabilities that the card 1 desires to use as indicated by the second capability information. And, the card 2 may send second capability information 2 to the base station to indicate that the card 2 desires to use one or more second capabilities (wherein the steps of the card 2 are not shown in the figure).

Optionally, in this scenario, when the card 1 reports the second capability information 1, a manner of reporting the second capability information described in scenario one may be adopted. That is, one or more second capability parameters included in the second capability information, the one or more second capability parameters may correspond to the one or more second capabilities. Alternatively, the one or more second capability parameters may also correspond to one or more updated capabilities.

The above-mentioned scheme provided by the embodiment of the present application is introduced mainly from the perspective of interaction between network elements. It is understood that the terminal includes corresponding hardware structures and/or software modules for performing the respective functions in order to implement the above-described functions. Those of skill in the art will readily appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as hardware or combinations of hardware and computer software. Whether a function is performed as hardware or computer software drives hardware depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present application.

In the embodiment of the present application, the terminal may be divided into the functional modules according to the method example, for example, each functional module may be divided corresponding to each function, or two or more functions may be integrated into one processing module. The integrated module can be realized in a hardware mode, and can also be realized in a software functional module mode. It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the division of the module is schematic, and is only one logic function division, and there may be another division manner in actual implementation.

In the case of dividing each functional module by corresponding functions, fig. 12 shows a possible structural schematic diagram of the terminal 200 according to the foregoing embodiment, as shown in fig. 12, the terminal may include: a sending module 201. The sending module 201 may be configured to "send, to a network device, first capability information for indicating one or more first capabilities supported by the terminal," send, to the network device, second capability information for indicating one or more second capabilities supported by the terminal, where the one or more first capabilities are different from the one or more second capabilities, "and" send, to the network device, time information for indicating a step of using the one or more first capabilities and the one or more second capabilities alternately, "for example, the module may be configured to support the terminal to perform

steps

101, 102, 201, 205, 301, 305, 401, 402, 501, 505, 601, 602, 701, 705, 801, and 802 in the foregoing method embodiments.

An apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present application is described below. As shown in fig. 13:

the apparatus comprises a processing module 301 and a communication module 302. Optionally, the apparatus further comprises a storage module 303. The processing module 301, the communication module 302 and the storage module 303 are connected by a communication bus.

The communication module 302 may be a device with transceiving function for communicating with other network devices or a communication network.

The storage module 303 may include one or more memories, which may be one or more devices, circuits, or other devices for storing programs or data.

The memory module 303 may be separate and connected to the processing module 301 via a communication bus. The memory module may also be integrated with the processing module 301.

The apparatus 300 may be used in a network device, circuit, hardware component, or chip.

The apparatus 300 may be a terminal in the embodiments of the present application, such as the terminal 300. A schematic diagram of a terminal may be as shown in fig. 2. Optionally, the communication module 302 of the apparatus 300 may include an antenna and a transceiver of a terminal, such as the antenna 106 and the transceiver 102 in fig. 2. Optionally, the communication module 302 may also include output devices and input devices, such as the output device 104 and the input device 105 in fig. 2.

The apparatus 300 may be a chip in a terminal in an embodiment of the present application. The communication module 302 may be an input or output interface, pin or circuit, or the like. Alternatively, the storage module may store computer-executable instructions of the terminal-side method to cause the processing module 301 to perform the terminal-side method in the above-described embodiments. The storage module 303 may be a register, a cache, or a RAM, etc., and the storage module 303 may be integrated with the processing module 301; the memory module 303 may be a ROM or other type of static storage device that may store static information and instructions, and the memory module 303 may be separate from the processing module 301. Alternatively, as wireless communication technology evolves, transceivers may be integrated on the device 300.

When the apparatus 300 is a terminal or a chip in the terminal in the embodiment of the present application, the apparatus 300 may implement the method executed by the terminal in the above embodiment, and details are not described herein again.

The embodiment of the application also provides a computer readable storage medium. The methods described in the above embodiments may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented in software, the functions may be stored on or transmitted over as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium. Computer-readable media may include computer storage media and communication media, and may include any medium that can communicate a computer program from one place to another. A storage media may be any available media that can be accessed by a computer.

As an alternative design, a computer-readable medium may include RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer. Also, any connection is properly termed a computer-readable medium. For example, if the software is transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source using a coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave, then the coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL, or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave are included in the definition of medium. Disk and disc, as used herein, includes Compact Disc (CD), laser disc, optical disc, Digital Versatile Disc (DVD), floppy disk and blu-ray disc where disks usually reproduce data magnetically, while discs reproduce data optically with lasers. Combinations of the above should also be included within the scope of computer-readable media.

The embodiment of the application also provides a computer program product. The methods described in the above embodiments may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. If 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. The procedures or functions described in the above method embodiments are generated in whole or in part when the above computer program instructions are loaded and executed on a computer. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a computer network, a network appliance, a user device, or other programmable apparatus.

Those skilled in the art will recognize that, in one or more of the examples described above, the functions described in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, the functions may be stored on or transmitted over as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium. Computer-readable media includes both computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one place to another. A storage media may be any available media that can be accessed by a general purpose or special purpose computer.

While the present embodiments have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise embodiments described above, which are meant to be illustrative and not restrictive, and that various changes may be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method for reporting capability information is characterized by comprising the following steps:

the terminal sends first capability information to network equipment, wherein the first capability information is used for indicating one or more first capabilities supported by the terminal;

the terminal sends second capability information to the network equipment, wherein the second capability information is used for indicating one or more second capabilities supported by the terminal, and at least one of the one or more first capabilities is different from at least one of the one or more second capabilities;

and the terminal sends time information to the network equipment, wherein the time information is used for indicating that the one or more first capabilities and the one or more second capabilities are used alternately, and the sending time of the first capability information, the sending time of the second capability information and the sending time of the time information are the same or different.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the time information is further used for indicating allocation of the one or more first-capable time domain resources and the one or more second-capable time domain resources.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first capability information, the second capability information and the time information are carried in a first message;

the method further comprises the following steps:

sending a second message to the network device, the second message containing indication information for indicating that the terminal desires to alternate the one or more first capabilities with the one or more second capabilities.

4. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the first capability information is carried in a first message, and wherein the second capability information and the time information are carried in a second message.

5. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first capability information and the second capability information are carried in a first message; the time information is carried in a second message.

6. The method according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the second message is further used for indicating that the terminal desires to alternate the one or more first capabilities with the one or more second capabilities.

7. The method according to any of claims 3 to 6, wherein the second message is sent when one or more first capabilities supported by the terminal are updated to the one or more second capabilities.

8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein,

the number of the one or more second capabilities is different from the number of the one or more first capabilities;

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

the capability values of the one or more second capabilities are different from the capability values of the one or more first capabilities.

9. The method according to any of claims 1 to 8, wherein the first capability information comprises one or more first capability parameters, the one or more first capability parameters being used to indicate the one or more first capabilities; the second capability information comprises one or more second capability parameters;

wherein the one or more second capability parameters are to indicate the one or more second capabilities;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the one or more second capability parameters are used to indicate one or more target second capabilities different from the one or more first capabilities, and correspondingly, the second capability information is also used to indicate that the terminal supports other first capabilities of the one or more first capabilities except for the first capabilities corresponding to the one or more target second capabilities.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the one or more second capability parameters are one or more second capability parameters under one or more frequency band combinations, and the one or more frequency band combinations are all frequency band combinations supported by the terminal, or the one or more frequency band combinations are frequency band combinations with changed capability, or the one or more frequency band combinations are frequency band combinations currently used by the terminal;

correspondingly, the method further comprises the following steps:

the terminal sends band combination information to the network device for indicating the one or more band combinations.

11. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 10, further comprising:

and the terminal sends recovery indication information to the network equipment, wherein the recovery indication information is used for indicating that the capabilities supported by the terminal are recovered to the one or more first capabilities.

12. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, further comprising:

the terminal receives confirmation indication information sent by the network equipment, wherein the confirmation indication information is used for confirming that the terminal performs alternate use of the first capability and the second capability;

the terminal performs alternating use of the first capability and the second capability.

13. The method according to any of claims 1 to 12, wherein the one or more first capabilities and the one or more second capabilities are uplink capabilities supported by the terminal;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the one or more first capabilities and the one or more second capabilities are downlink capabilities supported by the terminal.

14. The method according to any of claims 1 to 13, wherein the first capability information or the second capability information comprises at least one of:

the terminal comprises a packet data convergence protocol parameter of the terminal, a wireless link layer control parameter of the terminal, a medium access control parameter of the terminal, a physical layer parameter of the terminal, a radio frequency parameter of the terminal and a measurement parameter of the terminal.

15. A terminal, comprising:

a memory and a processor, the memory coupled with the processor;

the memory stores program instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the terminal to perform the steps of:

sending first capability information to a network device, wherein the first capability information is used for indicating one or more first capabilities supported by the terminal;

sending second capability information to the network device, wherein the second capability information is used for indicating one or more second capabilities supported by the terminal, and at least one of the one or more first capabilities is different from at least one of the one or more second capabilities;

sending time information to the network device, wherein the time information is used for indicating that the one or more first capabilities and the one or more second capabilities are used alternately, and the sending time of the first capability information, the second capability information and the time information is the same or different.

16. The terminal of claim 15, wherein the time information is further used for indicating allocation of the one or more first-capable time domain resources and the one or more second-capable time domain resources.

17. The terminal according to claim 15 or 16, wherein the first capability information, the second capability information and the time information are carried in a first message;

the program instructions are further for enabling the terminal to perform the steps of:

18. The terminal of claim 15 or 16, wherein the first capability information is carried in a first message, and wherein the second capability information and the time information are carried in a second message.

19. The terminal according to claim 15 or 16, wherein the first capability information and the second capability information are carried in a first message; the time information is carried in a second message.

20. The terminal according to claim 18 or 19, wherein the second message is further used to indicate that the terminal desires to alternate the one or more first capabilities with the one or more second capabilities.

21. The terminal according to any of claims 17 to 20, wherein the second message is sent when one or more first capabilities supported by the terminal are updated to the one or more second capabilities.

22. The terminal according to any of claims 15 to 21, wherein,

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

23. The terminal according to any of claims 15 to 22, wherein the first capability information comprises one or more first capability parameters, the one or more first capability parameters being used to indicate the one or more first capabilities; the second capability information comprises one or more second capability parameters;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

24. The terminal of claim 23, wherein the one or more second capability parameters are one or more second capability parameters under one or more frequency band combinations, and wherein the one or more frequency band combinations are all frequency band combinations supported by the terminal, or wherein the one or more frequency band combinations are frequency band combinations with changed capability, or wherein the one or more frequency band combinations are frequency band combinations currently used by the terminal;

correspondingly, the program instructions are further configured to support the terminal to perform the following steps:

transmitting band combination information to the network device indicating the one or more band combinations.

25. A terminal according to any of claims 15 to 24, wherein the program instructions are further operable to enable the terminal to perform the steps of:

and sending recovery indication information to the network equipment, wherein the recovery indication information is used for indicating that the capabilities supported by the terminal are recovered to the one or more first capabilities.

26. A terminal according to any of claims 15 to 25, wherein the program instructions are further operable to enable the terminal to perform the steps of:

receiving acknowledgement indication information sent by the network device, where the acknowledgement indication information is used to confirm that the terminal performs the alternate use of the first capability and the second capability;

performing alternating use of the first capability and the second capability.

27. The terminal according to any of claims 15 to 26, wherein the one or more first capabilities and the one or more second capabilities are uplink capabilities supported by the terminal;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

28. The terminal according to any of claims 15 to 27, wherein the first capability information or the second capability information comprises at least one of:

29. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program comprising at least one code section executable by a terminal for controlling the terminal to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 14.

30. A chip, the chip includes processing circuitry, transceiver pins; wherein the transceiver pins and the processing circuitry are in communication with each other via an internal connection path, the processing circuitry being configured to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 14.