CN115567172A

CN115567172A - Application method and device of gap configuration, terminal and network side equipment

Info

Publication number: CN115567172A
Application number: CN202110746019.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘选兵; 鲍炜
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-07-01
Filing date: 2021-07-01
Publication date: 2023-01-03

Abstract

The application discloses an application method, an application device, a terminal and a network side device of gap configuration, which belong to the technical field of wireless communication, and the application method of the gap configuration of the embodiment of the application comprises the following steps: the terminal receives a Radio Resource Control (RRC) reconfiguration message, wherein the RRC reconfiguration message contains a first configuration of a target gap or a configuration for indicating to release the target gap; based on the RRC reconfiguration message, executing a configuration processing procedure of the target gap, wherein the configuration processing procedure of the target gap comprises the following steps: in the event that a second configuration of the target gap has been configured, ceasing a usage indication process of the target gap based on the second configuration.

Description

Application method and device of gap configuration, terminal and network side equipment

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of wireless communication, and particularly relates to an application method and device of gap configuration, a terminal and network side equipment.

Background

The multi-card terminal can reside in a plurality of networks at the same time, and some multi-card terminals can transmit and receive in the plurality of networks at the same time without mutual influence. While other multi-card terminals may reside in multiple networks simultaneously, they may reside in two networks in a time division manner, that is, a paging (paging) of network a may reside in network a for a while, and a paging of network B may reside in network B for a while. Or the data is transmitted and received on the network A for a period of time, and the paging is received on the network B for a period of time. Or receive data on network a for a period of time and establish a connection to network B or receive transmit and receive data for a period of time. Some multi-card terminals supporting dual-transmission and dual-reception can transmit and receive simultaneously in multiple networks on a specific frequency band without mutual influence. In other frequency bands, time division may be used to transmit and receive data over the two networks.

In the connected state, the UE in the multi-card terminal may provide the network with the assistance information to request the gap, and receive the gap allocated by the network to perform the multi-card task. Based on the prior art, the UE may statically use the network allocated gap. The multi-card terminal may use the gap of the network configuration to perform tasks on other networks. The gap can be classified into a periodic gap and a disposable gap. Configuration parameters of the Gap may optionally include a Gap period (Gap period), a Gap length (Gap length), a Gap Start time (Start time), and the like. In practical applications, the network may assign one or more gaps to the UE.

As an improvement direction, the UE may dynamically use the Gap in the connected state to improve the resource utilization efficiency, including that the UE receives the configuration of the Gap sent by the network, and the UE dynamically initiates a Gap utilization indication process based on the Gap configuration, that is, the UE sends the Gap utilization indication information according to the requirement of the UE task on the Gap. The UE optionally receives a response message sent by the network corresponding to the Gap usage indication information, and performs the multi-card task using the requested Gap. In the process of using Gap by UE, UE receives reconfiguration message, and how to apply Gap configuration indicated in the reconfiguration message, no effective solution has been provided at present.

Disclosure of Invention

Embodiments of the present application provide an application method, an application device, a terminal, and a network side device for gap configuration, which can solve a problem how to apply gap configuration indicated in a reconfiguration message.

In a first aspect, a method for applying a gap configuration is provided, including: a terminal receives a Radio Resource Control (RRC) reconfiguration message, wherein the RRC reconfiguration message contains a first configuration of a target gap or a configuration for indicating to release the target gap; based on the RRC reconfiguration message, executing a configuration processing procedure of the target gap, wherein the configuration processing procedure of the target gap comprises the following steps: in the case where a second configuration of the target gap has been configured, a usage indication process of the target gap based on the second configuration is stopped.

In a second aspect, an apparatus for applying gap configuration is provided, including: a receiving module, configured to receive a radio resource control, RRC, reconfiguration message, where the RRC reconfiguration message includes a first configuration of a target gap or a configuration indicating release of the target gap; a first executing module, configured to execute a configuration processing procedure of the target gap based on the RRC reconfiguration message, where the configuration processing procedure of the target gap includes: in the event that a second configuration of the target gap has been configured, ceasing a usage indication process of the target gap based on the second configuration.

In a third aspect, a method for configuring a gap is provided, including: the method comprises the steps that network side equipment sends RRC reconfiguration information to a terminal, wherein the RRC reconfiguration information comprises first configuration of a target gap or configuration for indicating to release the target gap; ignoring gaps allocated for the terminal before sending the RRC reconfiguration message.

In a fourth aspect, there is provided a gap configuration apparatus, including: a sending module, configured to send an RRC reconfiguration message to a terminal, where the RRC reconfiguration message includes a first configuration of a target gap or a configuration indicating release of the target gap; a second executing module, configured to ignore the gap allocated to the terminal before sending the RRC reconfiguration message.

In a fifth aspect, a terminal is provided, the terminal comprising a processor, a memory and a program or instructions stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the method according to the first aspect.

In a sixth aspect, a terminal is provided, which includes a processor and a communication interface, wherein the processor is configured to execute the steps of the method according to the first aspect, and the communication interface is configured to communicate with a network-side device.

In a seventh aspect, a network side device is provided, which includes a processor, a memory, and a program or an instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor, and when executed by the processor, the program or the instruction implements the steps of the method according to the third aspect.

In an eighth aspect, a network side device is provided, which includes a processor and a communication interface, wherein the processor is configured to execute the steps of the method according to the third aspect, and the communication interface is configured to communicate with a terminal.

In a ninth aspect, there is provided a readable storage medium on which is stored a program or instructions which, when executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the method of the first aspect or the steps of the method of the third aspect.

In a tenth aspect, a chip is provided, the chip comprising a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface being coupled to the processor, the processor being configured to execute a program or instructions to implement the steps of the method according to the first aspect or to implement the steps of the method according to the third aspect.

In an eleventh aspect, there is provided a computer program/program product stored on a non-transitory storage medium, the program/program product being executable by at least one processor to implement the steps of the method according to the first aspect or to implement the steps of the method according to the third aspect.

In this embodiment of the present application, a terminal receives a Radio Resource Control (RRC) reconfiguration message, where the reconfiguration message indicates a first configuration of a target gap or indicates to release a configuration of the target gap, and when the terminal executes a configuration processing procedure of the target gap based on the RRC reconfiguration message, if a second configuration of the target gap is configured, the usage indication procedure of the target gap based on the second configuration is stopped, so as to avoid a problem that gap usage indication information sent by the terminal is inconsistent with a current gap configuration.

Drawings

Fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system to which embodiments of the present application are applicable;

fig. 2 is a schematic flowchart illustrating an application method of gap configuration according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic flowchart illustrating a method for configuring a gap according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart illustrating an application method of another gap configuration provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic flowchart illustrating a method for applying another gap configuration according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic flowchart illustrating a method for applying another gap configuration according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic flowchart illustrating an application method of another gap configuration provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic flowchart illustrating an application method of another gap configuration provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic flowchart illustrating a method for applying another gap configuration according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a method for applying another gap configuration provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a schematic flowchart illustrating an application method of another gap configuration provided in an embodiment of the present application;

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

fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a gap configuration device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 15 is a schematic diagram illustrating a hardware structure of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 16 shows a hardware structure diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below clearly 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 obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments in the present application are within the scope of protection of the present application.

The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims of the present application are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the application are capable of operation in other sequences than those illustrated or otherwise described herein, and that the terms "first" and "second" used herein generally refer to a class and do not limit the number of objects, for example, a first object can be one or more. In addition, "and/or" in the specification and claims means at least one of connected objects, and a character "/" generally means that the former and latter related objects are in an "or" relationship.

It is noted that the techniques described in the embodiments of the present application are not limited to Long Term Evolution (LTE)/LTE Evolution (LTE-Advanced) systems, but may also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), single-carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA), and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" are often used interchangeably in embodiments of the present application, and the described techniques may be used for both the above-mentioned systems and radio technologies, as well as for other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes a New Radio (NR) system for purposes of example, and NR terminology is used in much of the description below, but the techniques may also be applied to NR systemsFor applications other than use, e.g. 6 th generation (6) ^th Generation, 6G) communication system.

Fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system to which embodiments of the present application are applicable. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network-side device 12. Wherein, the terminal 11 may also be called as a terminal Device or a User Equipment (UE), the terminal 11 may be a Mobile phone, a Tablet Personal Computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a Laptop Computer (Laptop Computer) or a notebook Computer, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a palmtop Computer, a netbook, a super-Mobile Personal Computer (UMPC), a Mobile Internet Device (MID), a Wearable Device (Wearable Device) or a vehicle-mounted Device (VUE), a pedestrian terminal (PUE), and other terminal side devices, the Wearable Device includes: smart watches, bracelets, earphones, glasses, and the like. It should be noted that the embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific type of the terminal 11. The network-side device 12 may be a Base Station or a core network, where the Base Station may be referred to as a node B, an enodeb, an access point, a Base Transceiver Station (BTS), a radio Base Station, a radio Transceiver, a Basic Service Set (BSS), an Extended Service Set (ESS), a node B, an evolved node B (eNB), a home node B, a home enodeb, a WLAN access point, a WiFi node, a Transmit Receive Point (TRP), or some other suitable term in the field, as long as the same technical effect is achieved, the Base Station is not limited to a specific technical vocabulary, and it should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, only the Base Station in the NR system is taken as an example, but the specific type of the Base Station is not limited.

The following describes in detail an application scheme of gap configuration provided by the embodiments of the present application through some embodiments and application scenarios thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 2 shows a flowchart of a method for applying gap configuration in this embodiment, where the method 200 may be executed by a terminal. In other words, the method may be performed by software or hardware installed on the terminal. As shown in fig. 2, the method may include the following steps.

S210, the terminal receives a Radio Resource Control (RRC) reconfiguration message, wherein the RRC reconfiguration message comprises a first configuration of a target gap or a configuration indicating release of the target gap.

In this embodiment, the terminal may be one UE in a multi-card terminal, where the multi-card terminal may include multiple UEs. It should be noted that the UE may be considered as a subscription principal. A plurality of subscription principals may be configured on one terminal device. The subscription principal may be distinguished by a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card. One SIM card corresponds to a subscription principal of one network. The SIM card stores an Identifier of the Subscription principal, i.e. an Identifier of the UE, such as a subscriber Identity Identifier (SUPI), an International Mobile Subscription Identity (IMSI), or the like. Therefore, when a plurality of SIM cards are inserted into a terminal or a plurality of pieces of electronic SIM card information are configured, the terminal and different subscription entities may constitute different UEs.

In an embodiment of the present application, the configuration of the target gap (gap) supports the terminal to dynamically use the target gap, which includes, but is not limited to, a gap for Multi-card (Multi-SIM) purposes.

In the embodiment of the present application, the target gap may be used for reporting measurement or other terminal tasks.

In this embodiment of the present application, the RRC reconfiguration message may include the first configuration of the target gap, that is, the RRC reconfiguration message reconfigures the target gap, or the RRC reconfiguration message may also indicate to release the configuration of the target gap. The manner in which the RRC reconfiguration message includes the first configuration of the target gap may be that the RRC reconfiguration message carries values of each configuration parameter corresponding to the first configuration of the target gap. The manner of the RRC reconfiguration message indicating the configuration of the release target gap may be that the RRC reconfiguration message does not carry the configuration information of the target gap, or may also carry the indication information indicating the release target gap in the RRC reconfiguration message.

In this embodiment of the present application, the RRC reconfiguration message may include identification information of the target gap, for example, description information of the target gap (for example, one or more IEs carried in the RRC reconfiguration message). For example, the network side device may configure a plurality of gaps for the terminal, and in order to identify each gap, description information of the gap may be carried in the configuration information to distinguish each gap. For example, the categories of the respective gaps are described: measurement gaps, periodic gaps, aperiodic gaps, and the like. Alternatively, the RRC reconfiguration message may also include an identifier of a target slot, for example, slot 1, slot 2, or slot 3.

S212, based on the RRC reconfiguration message, executing a configuration processing procedure of the target gap, where the configuration processing procedure of the target gap includes: in the event that a second configuration of the target gap has been configured, ceasing a usage indication process of the target gap based on the second configuration.

In this embodiment of the present application, since the RRC reconfiguration message indicates the first configuration of the target gap or indicates to release the target gap, that is, to reconfigure the target gap or release the target gap, in order to avoid that the terminal continues to execute the usage procedure of the target gap based on the configuration information of the previous target gap and causes the target gap configuration used by the terminal and the network side device to be inconsistent, in S212, in the case that the terminal has configured the second configuration of the target gap, the usage indication procedure of the target gap based on the second configuration is stopped.

In a possible implementation manner, when the RRC reconfiguration message includes the first configuration of the target gap, in S212, the terminal applies the received first configuration of the target gap. Optionally, the terminal may configure a bottom layer (e.g., a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer, which may also be referred to as a MAC entity) to perform an operation of applying the first configuration of the target gap. Alternatively, the RRC layer (i.e., the layer receiving the RRC reconfiguration message) may perform an operation of applying the first configuration of the target gap.

In one possible implementation, the operation of applying the first configuration of the target gap may further include: transmitting first usage indication information based on a first configuration of the target gap, wherein the first usage indication information is used for requesting a gap configured using the first configuration. That is, in this possible implementation manner, after receiving the RRC reconfiguration message, the terminal applies the first configuration of the target gap included in the RRC reconfiguration message, and sends the first usage indication information based on the first configuration of the target gap according to the requirement of the terminal on the gap, so as to request the terminal to use the target gap.

In the foregoing possible implementation manner, if it is the configuration bottom layer that performs the operation of applying the first configuration of the target slot, the first usage indication information may be sent through bottom layer signaling, for example, MAC signaling. If it is the RRC layer that performs an operation of applying the first configuration of the target gap, the first usage indication information may be transmitted through RRC signaling.

In one possible implementation, after performing the operation of applying the first configuration of the target gap, the method may further include: and sending an RRC reconfiguration complete message. In this possible implementation manner, before sending the RRC reconfiguration complete message, the terminal may send the first usage indication information according to the gap usage requirement.

In another possible implementation manner, in S212, based on the RRC reconfiguration message, the performing a configuration process of the target slot may further include: transmitting an RRC reconfiguration complete message after stopping the usage indication procedure of the target gap based on the second configuration; transmitting first usage indication information based on a first configuration of the target gap, wherein the first usage indication information is used for requesting a gap configured using the first configuration. That is, in this possible implementation, before sending the RRC reconfiguration complete message, the terminal cannot initiate the gap usage indication based on the first configuration of the target gap, but sends the first usage indication information after sending the RRC reconfiguration complete message, that is, after completing the RRC reconfiguration.

Also, in the above possible implementation manner, if it is the configuration bottom layer that performs the operation of applying the first configuration of the target gap, the first usage indication information may be sent through bottom layer signaling, for example, MAC signaling. If it is the RRC layer that performs the operation of applying the first configuration of the target gap, the first usage indication information may be transmitted through RRC signaling.

In the foregoing possible implementation manner, when the terminal configures a Multi-RAT Dual Connectivity (MR-DC), if the target Gap is configured in a Master Cell Group (MCG), the MAC entity corresponds to an MCG MAC entity. And if the target Gap is configured in the SCG (secondary cell group), the MAC entity corresponds to the SCG MAC entity. Or, if the target Gap is configured between the MCG and the SCG, the MAC entity includes an MCG MAC entity and an SCG MAC entity.

In a possible implementation manner, in a case that the RRC reconfiguration message indicates to release the configuration of the target gap, in S212, based on the RRC reconfiguration message, a configuration processing procedure of the target gap is performed, where the configuration processing procedure includes one of:

(1) In the case that a second configuration of the target gap has been configured, instructing an underlying layer to stop a usage indication process of the target gap based on the second configuration. For example, instructing a MAC layer to stop a usage indication procedure of the target gap based on the second configuration.

(2) In case that a second configuration of the target gap has been configured, the RRC layer stops a usage indication procedure of the target gap based on the second configuration. Namely, the RRC layer stops the usage indication process of the target gap based on the second configuration after receiving the RRC reconfiguration message.

In each possible implementation manner described above, stopping the usage indication process of the target gap based on the second configuration includes at least one of the following (1) to (4).

(1) Ceasing to use the allocated first gap, wherein the allocated first gap comprises: a gap requested based on the second configuration and allocated by the network; namely, the first gap is: and the terminal sends second use indication information to the network side equipment based on the second configuration of the target gap configured before by the network side equipment, and the network side equipment responds to the second use indication information and allocates the gap to the terminal.

(2) And reporting second usage indication information for canceling the trigger, where the second usage indication information is used to request to use the gap configured by the second configuration, that is, the second usage indication information is gap usage indication information sent by the terminal based on the second configuration. Namely, the terminal is cancelled to trigger the sending of the second use indication information based on the second configuration according to the requirement of the terminal on the gap.

(3) Stopping a process of transmitting second usage indication information based on the second configuration. I.e. if the terminal has received the second configuration of the target gap, the terminal stops initiating the gap usage indication procedure based on the existing second configuration.

(4) And ignoring the received gap response message, wherein the gap response message is a response message sent by the network side equipment aiming at the second use indication information. Namely, if the terminal already has the second usage indication information initiated based on the existing second configuration, the response message sent by the network side device for the second usage indication information is ignored.

Through the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, the terminal receives a Radio Resource Control (RRC) reconfiguration message, the reconfiguration message indicates a first configuration of a target gap or indicates to release the configuration of the target gap, and when the terminal executes a configuration processing process of the target gap based on the RRC reconfiguration message, if a second configuration of the target gap is configured, the use indication process of the target gap based on the second configuration is stopped, so that the problem that gap use indication information sent by the terminal is inconsistent with the current gap configuration can be avoided.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for configuring a gap according to an embodiment of the present application, where the method 300 may be executed by a network side device. In other words, the method may be performed by software or hardware installed on the network-side device. As shown in fig. 3, the method may include the following steps.

S310, the network side equipment sends RRC reconfiguration information to the terminal, wherein the RRC reconfiguration information contains the first configuration of the target gap or the configuration indicating the release of the target gap.

In this embodiment, the network side device may determine that the target gap of the terminal needs to be reconfigured according to an actual application situation, and may send the RRC reconfiguration message to reconfigure the configuration of the target gap or release the configuration of the target gap.

The RRC reconfiguration message is the same as the RRC reconfiguration message in the method 200, and specifically, refer to the description in the method 200.

S312, ignoring the gap allocated to the terminal before sending the RRC reconfiguration message.

In this embodiment, after sending the RRC reconfiguration message, the network side device ignores the gap allocated to the terminal before sending the RRC reconfiguration message, that is, does not receive the information sent by the terminal in the gap allocated to the terminal before.

In a possible implementation manner, before the network side device sends the RRC reconfiguration message, the network side device may receive gap usage indication information sent by the terminal based on the previous gap configuration information, and in order to avoid inconsistency between the terminal and the network side device in understanding the gap, the network side device ignores the gap usage indication information sent by the terminal and received before sending the RRC reconfiguration message to the terminal. That is, the network side device does not respond to the received gap usage indication information sent by the terminal before sending the RRC reconfiguration message to the terminal. In this possible implementation, the terminal may apply the configuration included in the RRC reconfiguration message after receiving the RRC reconfiguration message, for example, stop the operation of the Gap usage indication procedure based on the previous Gap configuration.

In another possible implementation, after receiving the RRC reconfiguration message, the terminal may initiate the gap use indication information based on the first configuration included in the RRC reconfiguration message after completing the reconfiguration, and therefore, in this possible implementation, the network side device ignores the gap use indication information from the terminal before receiving the RRC reconfiguration complete message sent by the terminal. Therefore, the inconsistency of the terminal and the network side equipment in understanding the gap can be avoided.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating another application method of gap configuration according to an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 4, the method 400 may include the following steps.

S401, the UE receives the RRC reconfiguration message. Wherein if the reconfiguration message contains the target Gap configuration, the received target Gap configuration is applied.

Optionally, the target Gap configuration received by the application includes at least one of:

(1) The configuration bottom layer performs the operation of applying the target Gap configuration. The operation of configuring the bottom layer comprises: the RRC sends the received target Gap configuration to the MAC.

(2) The RRC performs an operation of applying the received target Gap configuration.

Optionally, the operation of applying the target Gap configuration comprises at least one of:

(1) The use of the allocated Gap is stopped. Wherein the allocated Gap comprises a Gap requested by the UE based on an existing Gap configuration and allocated by the network.

(2) And reporting the triggered Gap use indication information.

(3) And if the Gap configuration is received, stopping the Gap use indication process based on the existing Gap configuration.

(4) The received Gap response message is ignored.

(5) And initiating a Gap usage indication process based on the received target Gap configuration.

The Gap use indication process refers to a process of sending Gap use indication to a network by the UE according to the requirement of the UE on the Gap.

S402, the UE sends a reconfiguration complete message to the network.

And S403, the UE receives the target Gap response information sent by the network and executes the target Gap operation.

After the network side device initiates the reconfiguration process, the Gap allocated before the reconfiguration process is ignored.

In the above step, in case that the UE configures MR-DC, if the target Gap is configured in a Master Cell Group (MCG), the MAC entity corresponds to an MCG MAC entity. And if the target Gap is configured in the SCG (secondary cell group), the MAC entity corresponds to the SCG MAC entity. Or, if the target Gap is configured between the MCG and the SCG, the MAC entity includes an MCG MAC entity and an SCG MAC entity.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an application method of another gap configuration provided in an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 5, the method 500 may include the following steps.

S501, the UE receives the RRC reconfiguration message. And if the reconfiguration message contains the target Gap configuration, applying the received target Gap configuration. If the target Gap configuration has been configured, the Gap usage indication process based on the configured target Gap configuration is stopped.

The stop Gap usage indication procedure comprises one of:

(1) The MAC entity is configured to stop the process of Gap usage indication.

(2) The RRC stops the Gap usage indication procedure.

Wherein stopping the operation of the Gap usage indication process comprises:

(1) The use of the allocated Gap is stopped. The allocated Gap comprises a Gap requested by the UE based on an existing Gap configuration and allocated by the network.

(2) And reporting the triggered Gap use indication information.

(4) The received Gap response message is ignored.

The Gap use indication process is a process in which the UE sends a Gap use indication to the network according to the Gap requirement.

S502, the UE sends a reconfiguration complete message.

And S503, after the reconfiguration completion message is sent, initiating a Gap use indication process.

Wherein, if the target Gap usage indication information is MAC signaling, the operation of initiating the Gap usage indication procedure includes:

a) And sending target Gap configuration to the MAC entity, or initiating an indication of a Gap use indication process to the MAC entity. The UE RRC may also send the target Gap configuration to the MAC in S401, and instruct the MAC to apply the target Gap configuration to initiate a Gap usage indication procedure in S403.

b) And after receiving the target Gap configuration or the indication, the MAC entity initiates a Gap use indication process.

S504, the UE receives the target Gap response information sent by the network and executes the target Gap operation.

After the network initiates the reconfiguration process, ignoring Gap allocated before the reconfiguration process, and/or ignoring Gap use indication information received in the reconfiguration process by the network.

In the above step, in case that the UE configures MR-DC, if the target Gap is configured in a Master Cell Group (MCG), the MAC entity corresponds to an MCG MAC entity. If the target Gap is configured in SCG (secondary cell group), the MAC entity corresponds to SCG MAC entity. Or, if the target Gap is configured between the MCG and the SCG, the MAC entity includes an MCG MAC entity and an SCG MAC entity.

Fig. 6 is a schematic flowchart of a method for applying another gap configuration according to an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 6, the method mainly includes the following steps.

S601, the UE receives the RRC reconfiguration message. If the reconfiguration message contains the target Gap configuration, the received target Gap configuration is applied, and the configuration bottom layer (lower layer) uses or activates the target Gap.

Wherein the configuration bottom layer uses or activates a target gap, comprising: and the RRC sends the received target Gap configuration to the MAC entity.

S602, after receiving the target Gap configuration, gap use indication information, or Gap activation indication information from the higher layer, the MAC entity uses or activates the target Gap. Wherein using or activating the target gap performs at least one of the following operations:

(1) The use of the allocated Gap is stopped. The allocated Gap comprises a Gap requested by the UE based on an existing Gap configuration and allocated by the network. The existing Gap configuration refers to a Gap configuration before the reconfiguration.

(2) And canceling the reporting of the triggered Gap use indication information. And reporting the triggered Gap using the indication information to be contained in the MAC CE.

(3) And if the Gap configuration is received, stopping the Gap use indicating process based on the existing Gap configuration.

(4) The received Gap response message is ignored.

(5) Initiating a Gap usage indication procedure based on the received target Gap configuration. The Gap use indication process is a process that the UE sends the Gap use indication to the network according to the requirement of the UE on the Gap.

S603, the UE sends a reconfiguration complete message to the network.

S604, after the network initiates the reconfiguration process, ignoring the Gap allocated before the reconfiguration process.

Fig. 7 is a schematic flowchart of a method for applying another gap configuration according to an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 7, the method mainly includes the following steps.

S701, the UE receives the RRC reconfiguration message.

Wherein, if the reconfiguration message contains the target Gap configuration, the received target Gap configuration is applied. And configuring the target Gap to the MAC.

If the target Gap configuration has been configured, the Gap usage indication procedure is stopped.

The stop Gap usage indication procedure comprises a procedure to configure a MAC entity to stop Gap usage indication.

S702, the MAC stops the operation of the Gap usage indication procedure.

Wherein the MAC stops operation of the Gap usage indication process, including at least one of:

(2) And canceling the reporting of the triggered Gap use indication information. And reporting the triggered Gap use indication information to be contained in the MAC CE.

(3) If the Gap configuration has been received, the Gap use indication operation based on the existing Gap configuration is stopped.

(4) The received Gap response message is ignored.

S703, after the UE sends the reconfiguration complete message, the UE instructs the MAC to initiate a Gap usage indication process.

The UE RRC may also send the target Gap configuration to the MAC in S701, and the MAC may only apply the target Gap configuration in S703.

S704, after the MAC receives the high-level indication, the MAC initiates a Gap use indication process.

The Gap use indication process is a process of sending Gap use indication to the network according to the requirement of the UE on the Gap based on the received target Gap configuration.

S705, after the network initiates the reconfiguration process, ignoring the Gap allocated before the reconfiguration process, and the network ignoring Gap usage indication information in the reconfiguration process. Namely, after the network receives the reconfiguration complete message, the network continues to process the gap usage indication message of the UE.

Fig. 8 is a schematic flowchart of a method for applying another gap configuration according to an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 8, the method mainly includes the following steps.

S801. The ue receives the RRC reconfiguration message.

If the reconfiguration message does not contain the target Gap configuration or indicates to release the target Gap configuration, the operations include: and if the target Gap configuration is configured, stopping the Gap use indication operation of the MAC.

S802.mac stops Gap usage indication operation.

Wherein the MAC stop Gap usage indication operation comprises at least one of:

(2) And reporting the triggered Gap use indication information. And reporting the triggered Gap using the indication information to be contained in the MAC CE.

(3) The received Gap response message is ignored.

And S803. The UE sends a reconfiguration complete message.

S804, the network ignores the Gap use indication information received in the reconfiguration process.

Fig. 9 is a schematic flowchart of a method for applying another gap configuration according to an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 9, the method mainly includes the following steps.

And S901, the UE receives the RRC reconfiguration message.

And if the reconfiguration message contains the target Gap configuration, applying the received target Gap configuration. Operation comprising at least one of

(2) And reporting the triggered Gap use indication information.

(4) The received Gap response message is ignored.

(5) And initiating a Gap usage indication process based on the received target Gap configuration. The Gap use indication process is a process that UE sends Gap use indication to a network according to the requirement of the UE on the Gap.

And S902, the UE sends a reconfiguration complete message.

And S903, after the network initiates the reconfiguration process, ignoring the Gap distributed before the reconfiguration process.

Fig. 10 is a schematic flowchart of another application method of gap configuration according to an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 10, the method mainly includes the following steps.

And S1001. The UE receives the RRC reconfiguration message.

And if the reconfiguration message contains the target Gap configuration, applying the received target Gap configuration. If the target Gap configuration has been configured, the Gap usage indication procedure is stopped.

And S1002, stopping the operation of the Gap use indication process.

Wherein stopping operation of the Gap usage indication procedure comprises at least one of:

(2) And canceling the reporting of the triggered Gap use indication information.

(3) And if the Gap configuration is received, stopping the Gap use indication operation based on the existing Gap configuration.

(4) The received Gap response message is ignored.

And S1003. After the UE sends the reconfiguration completion message, initiating a Gap use indication process. The Gap use indication process is a process of sending Gap use indication to the network according to the requirement of the UE on the Gap based on the received target Gap configuration. That is, after sending the reconfiguration complete message, the UE sends a Gap usage indication to the network if there is a need for Gap.

And S1004, after the network initiates the reconfiguration process, ignoring the Gap distributed before the reconfiguration process, and ignoring the Gap use indication information received in the reconfiguration process by the network.

Fig. 11 is a schematic flowchart of a method for applying another gap configuration according to an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 11, the method mainly includes the following steps.

And S1101, the UE receives an RRC reconfiguration message.

If the reconfiguration message does not contain the target Gap configuration or release the target Gap configuration, the UE performs operations including: if the target Gap configuration has been configured, the Gap use indication operation is stopped.

And S1102, stopping the Gap use indication operation.

Wherein the stopping of the Gap usage indication operation comprises at least one of:

(2) And reporting the triggered Gap use indication information.

(3) The received Gap response message is ignored.

And S1103. The UE sends a reconfiguration completion message.

And S1104, the network ignores the Gap use indication information received in the reconfiguration process.

By the method provided by the embodiment of the application, the reconfiguration command and the possibly ongoing Gap dynamic use process are processed in the reconfiguration process, and the Gap use indication information sent by the UE to the network is ensured to be consistent with the Gap configuration currently provided by the network.

It should be noted that, in the application method of gap configuration provided in the embodiment of the present application, the execution subject may be an application apparatus of gap configuration, or a control module in the application apparatus of gap configuration, which is used for executing the application method of gap configuration. In the embodiment of the present application, an application method for executing gap configuration by an application device configured in a gap is taken as an example, and an application device configured in a gap provided in the embodiment of the present application is described.

Fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of an application apparatus of gap configuration according to an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 12, the application apparatus mainly includes: a receiving module 1201 and a first executing module 1202.

In this embodiment of the present application, the receiving module 1201 is configured to receive a radio resource control, RRC, reconfiguration message, where the RRC reconfiguration message includes a first configuration of a target gap or a configuration indicating to release the target gap; a first executing module 1202, configured to execute a configuration processing procedure of the target gap based on the RRC reconfiguration message, where the configuration processing procedure of the target gap includes: in the event that a second configuration of the target gap has been configured, ceasing a usage indication process of the target gap based on the second configuration.

In a possible implementation manner, the first executing module 1202 executes a configuration processing procedure of the target gap based on the RRC reconfiguration message, which includes:

the configuration bottom layer executes an operation of applying a first configuration of the target gap; or,

the RRC layer performs an operation of applying the first configuration of the target gap.

In one possible implementation, the operation of the first execution module 1202 applying the first configuration of the target gap further includes:

transmitting first usage indication information based on a first configuration of the target gap, wherein the first usage indication information is used for requesting a gap configured using the first configuration.

In a possible implementation manner, the first performing module 1202 is further configured to send an RRC reconfiguration complete message after stopping the usage indication procedure of the target gap based on the second configuration.

In a possible implementation manner, the first executing module 1202 executes the configuration processing procedure of the target gap based on the RRC reconfiguration message, and further includes:

transmitting an RRC reconfiguration complete message after stopping the usage indication procedure of the target gap based on the second configuration;

In one possible implementation manner, the sending, by the first execution module 1202, the first usage indication information includes:

transmitting the first usage indication information using RRC signaling; or,

and sending the first usage indication information by using bottom layer signaling.

In one possible implementation, the configuration of the RRC reconfiguration message indicating that the target gap is released includes: the RRC reconfiguration message does not carry the configuration information of the target gap, or the RRC reconfiguration message carries indication information indicating to release the configuration of the target gap.

In a possible implementation manner, the first executing module 1202 executes a configuration processing procedure of the target gap based on the RRC reconfiguration message, including:

instructing an underlying layer to stop a use indication process of the target gap based on a second configuration in a case where the second configuration of the target gap has been configured; or,

in case that a second configuration of the target gap has been configured, the RRC layer stops a usage indication procedure of the target gap based on the second configuration.

In one possible implementation, ceasing the usage indication procedure for the target gap based on the second configuration comprises at least one of:

ceasing to use the allocated first gap, wherein the allocated first gap comprises: a gap requested based on the second configuration and allocated by the network;

reporting second use indication information which is canceled to be triggered, wherein the second use indication information is used for requesting to use the gap configured by the second configuration;

stopping a process of transmitting second usage indication information based on the second configuration;

and ignoring the received gap response message, wherein the gap response message is a response message sent by the network side equipment aiming at the second usage indication information.

The application device of the gap configuration in the embodiment of the present application may be a device, and may also be a component, an integrated circuit, or a chip in a terminal. The device can be a mobile terminal or a non-mobile terminal. For example, the mobile terminal may include, but is not limited to, the type of the terminal 11 listed above, and the non-mobile terminal may be a server, a Network Attached Storage (NAS), a Personal Computer (PC), a television (television), a teller machine (teller machine), a self-service machine (kiosk), or the like, and the embodiments of the present application are not limited in particular.

The application device of the gap configuration in the embodiment of the present application may be a device having an operating system. The operating system may be an Android operating system, an ios operating system, or other possible operating systems, which is not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present application.

The application device for gap configuration provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the terminal in the method embodiments of fig. 2 to fig. 11, and achieve the same technical effect, and is not described here again to avoid repetition.

In the gap configuration method provided in the embodiment of the present application, the execution main body may be a gap configuration device, or a control module in the gap configuration device for executing the gap configuration method. In the embodiment of the present application, a gap configuration device performs a gap configuration method as an example, and the gap configuration device provided in the embodiment of the present application is described.

Fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a gap configuration apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 13, the gap configuration apparatus mainly includes: a sending module 1301 and a second executing module 1302.

In this embodiment of the present application, the sending module 1301 is configured to send an RRC reconfiguration message to the terminal, where the RRC reconfiguration message includes a first configuration of a target gap or a configuration indicating that the target gap is released; a second performing module 1302, configured to ignore a gap allocated to the terminal before sending the RRC reconfiguration message.

In one possible implementation manner, the second execution module 1302 is further configured to:

ignoring the gap usage indication information sent by the terminal and received before sending the RRC reconfiguration message.

In one possible implementation, the executing module 1302 is further configured to:

and before receiving the RRC reconfiguration complete message sent by the terminal, ignoring the gap use indication information from the terminal.

The configuration device of the gap in the embodiment of the present application may be a device, and may also be a component, an integrated circuit, or a chip in a network side device. For example, the network-side device may include, but is not limited to, the types of the network-side device 12 listed above, and the embodiment of the present application is not particularly limited.

The configuration device of the gap in the embodiment of the present application may be a device having an operating system. The operating system may be an Android (Android) operating system, an ios operating system, or other possible operating systems, and embodiments of the present application are not limited specifically.

The configuration apparatus for a gap provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by a network side device or a network in the method embodiments of fig. 2 to 11, and achieve the same technical effect, and is not described here again to avoid repetition.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 14, an embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device 1400, which includes a processor 1401, a memory 1402, and a program or an instruction stored in the memory 1402 and executable on the processor 1401, for example, when the communication device 1400 is a terminal, the program or the instruction is executed by the processor 1401 to implement the processes of the application method embodiment of the foregoing gap configuration, and the same technical effect can be achieved. When the communication device 1400 is a network-side device, the program or the instruction is executed by the processor 1401 to implement the processes of the above-described gap configuration method embodiment, and the same technical effect can be achieved, and details are not described here to avoid repetition.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a terminal, which includes a processor and a communication interface, where the processor is configured to implement each process implemented by the terminal in fig. 2 to fig. 11, and the communication interface is configured to communicate with a network-side device. The terminal embodiment corresponds to the terminal-side method embodiment, and all implementation processes and implementation manners of the method embodiment can be applied to the terminal embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect. Specifically, fig. 15 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal for implementing the embodiment of the present application.

The terminal 1500 includes, but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 1501, a network module 1502, an audio output unit 1503, an input unit 1504, a sensor 1505, a display unit 1506, a user input unit 1507, an interface unit 1508, a memory 1509, and a processor 1510.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal 1500 may also include a power supply (e.g., a battery) for powering the various components, which may be logically coupled to the processor 1510 via a power management system to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption management functions via the power management system. The terminal structure shown in fig. 15 does not constitute a limitation of the terminal, and the terminal may include more or less components than those shown, or combine some components, or have a different arrangement of components, and thus will not be described again.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present application, the input Unit 1504 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 15041 and a microphone 15042, and the Graphics processor 15041 processes image data of still pictures or video obtained by an image capturing device (such as a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The display unit 1506 may include a display panel 15061, and the display panel 15061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 1507 includes a touch panel 15071 and other input devices 15072. A touch panel 15071 is also referred to as a touch screen. The touch panel 15071 may include two parts of a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 15072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which will not be described further herein.

In this embodiment, the radio frequency unit 1501 receives downlink data from a network side device and then processes the downlink data in the processor 1510; in addition, the uplink data is sent to the network side equipment. In general, radio frequency unit 1501 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like.

The memory 1509 may be used to store software programs or instructions as well as various data. The memory 1509 may mainly include a stored program or instruction area and a stored data area, wherein the stored program or instruction area may store an operating system, an application program or instruction (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.) required for at least one function, and the like. Further, the memory 1509 may include a high-speed random access memory and may also include a non-transitory memory, wherein the non-transitory memory may be a Read-only memory (ROM), a programmable Read-only memory (PROM), an erasable programmable Read-only memory (erasabprom), an electrically erasable programmable Read-only memory (EEPROM), or a flash memory. Such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other non-transitory solid state storage device.

Processor 1510 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 1510 may integrate an application processor, which primarily handles operating system, user interface, and applications or instructions, etc., and a modem processor, which primarily handles wireless communications, such as a baseband processor. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into the processor 1510.

The radio frequency unit 1501 is configured to receive a radio resource control, RRC, reconfiguration message, where the RRC reconfiguration message includes a first configuration of a target gap or a configuration indicating that the target gap is released;

a processor 1510, configured to perform a configuration processing procedure of the target gap based on the RRC reconfiguration message, where the configuration processing procedure of the target gap includes: in the case where a second configuration of the target gap has been configured, a usage indication process of the target gap based on the second configuration is stopped.

In the embodiment of the application, the terminal processes the reconfiguration command and a possibly ongoing Gap dynamic use process in the reconfiguration process, and ensures that Gap use indication information sent by the UE to the network is consistent with the Gap configuration currently provided by the network.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a network-side device, which includes a processor and a communication interface, where the processor is configured to implement each process implemented by the network-side device or the network in fig. 2 to fig. 11, and the communication interface is configured to communicate with a terminal. The embodiment of the network side device corresponds to the embodiment of the method of the network side device, and all implementation processes and implementation manners of the embodiment of the method can be applied to the embodiment of the network side device and can achieve the same technical effect.

Specifically, the embodiment of the application further provides a network side device. As shown in fig. 16, the network device 1600 includes: an antenna 1601, a radio frequency device 1602, and a baseband device 1603. The antenna 1601 is connected to the radio frequency device 1602. In the uplink direction, the rf device 1602 receives information via the antenna 1601 and transmits the received information to the baseband device 1603 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 1603 processes information to be transmitted and transmits the information to the radio frequency device 1602, and the radio frequency device 1602 processes the received information and transmits the processed information via the antenna 1601.

The above-mentioned band processing apparatus may be located in a baseband apparatus 1603, and the method performed by the network side device in the above embodiment may be implemented in the baseband apparatus 1603, which includes a processor 1604 and a memory 1605.

The baseband device 1603 may include, for example, at least one baseband board on which a plurality of chips are disposed, as shown in fig. 16, where one of the chips, for example, the processor 1604, is connected to the memory 1605 to call up a program in the memory 1605 to perform the network device operation shown in the above method embodiment.

The baseband device 1603 may further include a network interface 1606 for exchanging information with the rf device 1602, such as a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI).

Specifically, the network side device of the embodiment of the present invention further includes: the instructions or programs stored in the memory 1605 and executable on the processor 1604, the processor 1604 calls the instructions or programs in the memory 1605 to execute the method executed by each module shown in fig. 13, and achieve the same technical effect, and are not described herein for avoiding repetition.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a readable storage medium, where a program or an instruction is stored, and when the program or the instruction is executed by a processor, the program or the instruction implements each process of the embodiment of the application method for gap configuration, or implements each process of the embodiment of the method for gap configuration, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

Wherein, the processor is the processor in the terminal described in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium includes a computer readable storage medium, such as a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and so on.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, where the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to execute a program or an instruction to implement each process of the embodiment of the application method for gap configuration or each process of the embodiment of the configuration method for gap configuration, and the same technical effect can be achieved.

It should be understood that the chips mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as a system-on-chip, a system-on-chip or a system-on-chip, etc.

The embodiments of the present application further provide a computer program/program product, where the computer program/program product is stored in a non-transitory storage medium, and the program/program product is executed by at least one processor to implement each process of the embodiment of the application method for gap configuration or each process of the embodiment of the method for gap configuration, and the same technical effects can be achieved, and are not described herein again to avoid repetition.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrases "comprising a component of' 8230; \8230;" does not exclude the presence of another like element in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element. Further, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatus of the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing the functions in the order illustrated or discussed, but may include performing the functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in a reverse order based on the functions involved, e.g., the methods described may be performed in an order different than that described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. In addition, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that the method of the above embodiments can be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better implementation manner. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present application may be embodied in the form of a computer software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes instructions for enabling a terminal (such as a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device) to execute the method according to the embodiments of the present application.

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 applying a gap configuration, comprising:

a terminal receives a Radio Resource Control (RRC) reconfiguration message, wherein the RRC reconfiguration message contains a first configuration of a target gap or a configuration for indicating to release the target gap;

based on the RRC reconfiguration message, executing a configuration processing procedure of the target gap, wherein the configuration processing procedure of the target gap comprises the following steps: in the case where a second configuration of the target gap has been configured, a usage indication process of the target gap based on the second configuration is stopped.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the configuration process of the target gap based on the RRC reconfiguration message further comprises:

the configuration bottom layer executes the operation of applying the first configuration of the target gap; or,

3. The method of claim 2, wherein applying the first configuration of the target gap comprises:

4. The method of claim 2, wherein after stopping the use indication procedure based on the target gap of the second configuration, the method further comprises: and sending an RRC reconfiguration complete message.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the performing the configuration process of the target gap based on the RRC reconfiguration message further comprises:

6. The method of claim 4 or 5, wherein sending the first usage indication information comprises:

transmitting the first usage indication information using RRC signaling; or,

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the RRC reconfiguration message indicating a configuration to release a target gap comprises: the RRC reconfiguration message does not carry the configuration information of the target gap, or the RRC reconfiguration message carries indication information indicating to release the configuration of the target gap.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein performing the configuration process of the target gap based on the RRC reconfiguration message comprises:

instructing an underlying layer to stop a use indication process of the target gap based on a second configuration in case the second configuration of the target gap has been configured; or,

9. The method according to any of claims 1-5, 7-8, wherein stopping the usage indication procedure of the target gap based on the second configuration comprises at least one of:

reporting second use indication information for canceling triggering, wherein the second use indication information is used for requesting to use a gap configured by the second configuration;

stopping a process of transmitting the second usage indication information based on the second configuration;

and ignoring the received gap response message, wherein the gap response message is a response message sent by the network side equipment aiming at the second use indication information.

10. A method of configuring a gap, comprising:

the method comprises the steps that network side equipment sends RRC reconfiguration information to a terminal, wherein the RRC reconfiguration information comprises first configuration of a target gap or configuration for indicating to release the target gap;

ignoring gaps allocated for the terminal before sending the RRC reconfiguration message.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

ignoring gap usage indication information sent by the terminal received before sending the RRC reconfiguration message to the terminal.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein after the network side device sends the RRC reconfiguration message to the terminal, the method further comprises:

and ignoring the gap utilization indication information from the terminal before receiving the RRC reconfiguration completion message sent by the terminal.

13. An apparatus for applying a gap configuration, comprising:

a receiving module, configured to receive a radio resource control, RRC, reconfiguration message, where the RRC reconfiguration message includes a first configuration of a target gap or a configuration indicating to release the target gap;

a first executing module, configured to execute a configuration processing procedure of the target gap based on the RRC reconfiguration message, where the configuration processing procedure of the target gap includes: in the case where a second configuration of the target gap has been configured, a usage indication process of the target gap based on the second configuration is stopped.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the first performing module performs the configuration processing procedure of the target gap based on the RRC reconfiguration message, further comprising:

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the first execution module applies the operation of the first configuration of the target gap comprising:

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the first performing module is further configured to send an RRC reconfiguration complete message after stopping the usage indication procedure for the target gap based on the second configuration.

17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the first performing module performs the configuration procedure of the target gap based on the RRC reconfiguration message, and further comprising:

18. The apparatus according to claim 16 or 17, wherein the first performing module sends the first usage indication information comprises:

transmitting the first usage indication information using RRC signaling; or,

19. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the RRC reconfiguration message indicating a configuration to release a target gap comprises: the RRC reconfiguration message does not carry the configuration information of the target gap, or the RRC reconfiguration message carries indication information indicating to release the configuration of the target gap.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the first performing module performs the configuration processing procedure of the target gap based on the RRC reconfiguration message, and comprises:

21. The apparatus according to any one of claims 13 to 17, 19 to 20, wherein stopping the usage indication procedure of the target gap based on the second configuration comprises at least one of:

22. A gap configuration device, comprising:

a sending module, configured to send an RRC reconfiguration message to a terminal, where the RRC reconfiguration message includes a first configuration of a target gap or a configuration indicating release of the target gap;

a second executing module, configured to ignore the gap allocated to the terminal before sending the RRC reconfiguration message.

23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the second execution module is further configured to:

24. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the second execution module is further configured to:

25. A terminal comprising a processor, a memory and a program or instructions stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the program or instructions when executed by the processor implementing the steps of the method of applying a gap configuration as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9.

26. A network-side device comprising a processor, a memory and a program or instructions stored on the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the method for configuring a gap according to any one of claims 10 to 12.

27. A readable storage medium, characterized in that a program or instructions are stored thereon, which program or instructions, when executed by a processor, carry out the steps of the application method of gap configuration according to any one of claims 1 to 9, or carry out the steps of the configuration method of gaps according to any one of claims 10 to 12.