CN115699858A

CN115699858A - Measurement method, terminal equipment and network equipment

Info

Publication number: CN115699858A
Application number: CN202080102187.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 胡荣贻
Original assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Priority date: 2020-07-27
Filing date: 2020-07-27
Publication date: 2023-02-03
Also published as: WO2022021035A1

Abstract

The application relates to a measuring method, a terminal device and a network device, wherein the method comprises the following steps: the terminal device performs measurement based on a burst interval pattern, where the burst interval pattern includes a first burst and a second burst, the first burst includes a plurality of first-type measurement intervals MG, and the second burst includes a plurality of second-type measurement intervals MG, where any one or a combination of the following situations exists: the lengths of the plurality of first-type MGs are the same as or different from the lengths of the plurality of second-type MGs; the period of the plurality of first-type MGs may be the same as or different from the period of the plurality of second-type MGs.

Description

Measurement method, terminal equipment and network equipment

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a measurement method, a terminal device, and a network device.

Background

In order to better implement mobility switching by the terminal device, the network may configure the terminal device to measure the reference signals of the target neighboring cells of the same frequency, different frequency, or different network in a specific time window. Here, the specific time window may be referred to as a Measurement interval (MG, which may be referred to as a Gap), a duration of the Gap needs to be reserved in a normal data transceiving process of the terminal, the terminal does not send or receive data during the duration, but tunes the receiver to a target cell frequency point for Measurement, and switches to the current serving cell for continuing data transceiving when the MG time of the Measurement interval ends. The network may configure a measurement interval pattern MG pattern, which may also be referred to as a gap pattern for the terminal, and the terminal performs measurement according to the configured MG pattern. In a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, a burst gap pattern is introduced for reducing the time-to-time ratio of some measurements and realizing low duty cycle measurements (low duty cycle measurements).

In a new 5G air interface NR system for fifth generation mobile communication, a millimeter wave frequency band of more than 6GHz is introduced into an operating frequency range of a terminal, and a measurement interval MG may be set according to whether the terminal supports frequency ranges FR1 and FR2, for example, the measurement interval MG for the terminal (per UE) and for the frequency range (per FR) is defined. The measurement scenarios in the NR system are more, and the number of MG patterns is also more, in this case, how the burst gap pattern in the NR system should be set needs to be further clarified.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, embodiments of the present application provide a measurement method, a terminal device, and a network device. Can be used to optimize the reference signal measurements for the terminal.

The embodiment of the application provides a method, which is applied to terminal equipment and comprises the following steps:

the terminal equipment carries out measurement based on a burst interval pattern, wherein the burst interval pattern comprises a first burst and a second burst, the first burst comprises a plurality of first-type measurement intervals MG, the second burst comprises a plurality of second-type measurement intervals MG, and any one or combination of the following conditions exist: the lengths of the plurality of first-type MGs are the same as or different from the lengths of the plurality of second-type MGs; the period of the plurality of first-type MGs may be the same as or different from the period of the plurality of second-type MGs.

The embodiment of the application provides a method, which is applied to network equipment and comprises the following steps:

the method comprises the steps that a network device configures a burst interval pattern (burst gap pattern) for a terminal device, wherein the burst interval pattern comprises a first burst and a second burst, the first burst comprises a plurality of first-type measurement intervals (MG), the second burst comprises a plurality of second-type measurement intervals (MG), and any one or combination of the following conditions exist: the lengths of the plurality of first-type MGs are the same as or different from the lengths of the plurality of second-type MGs; the period of the plurality of first-type MGs may be the same as or different from the period of the plurality of second-type MGs.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a terminal device, including:

a measurement module, configured to perform measurement based on a burst interval pattern, where the burst interval pattern includes a first burst and a second burst, the first burst includes multiple first-type measurement intervals MG, and the second burst includes multiple second-type measurement intervals MG, where any one or a combination of the following multiple cases exists: the lengths of the plurality of first-type MGs are the same as or different from the lengths of the plurality of second-type MGs; the period of the plurality of first-type MGs may be the same as or different from the period of the plurality of second-type MGs.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a network device, including:

a configuration module, configured to configure a burst interval pattern, which includes a first burst and a second burst, for a terminal device, where the first burst includes a plurality of first-type measurement intervals MG, and the second burst includes a plurality of second-type measurement intervals MG, where any one or a combination of the following situations exists: the lengths of the plurality of first-type MGs are the same as or different from the lengths of the plurality of second-type MGs; the period of the plurality of first-type MGs may be the same as or different from the period of the plurality of second-type MGs.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a terminal device, including: a processor and a memory for storing a computer program, the processor calling and executing the computer program stored in the memory to perform the method as described above.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a network device, including: a processor and a memory for storing a computer program, the processor calling and executing the computer program stored in the memory to perform the method as described above.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, including: a processor for calling and running the computer program from the memory so that the device on which the chip is installed performs the method as described above.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program, where the computer program causes a computer to execute the method described above.

Embodiments of the present application further provide a computer program product, which includes computer program instructions, where the computer program instructions cause a computer to execute the method described above.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a computer program, which enables a computer to execute the method described above.

By utilizing the embodiment of the application, the MG in different bursts in the burst gap pattern can be flexibly configured, so that low duty ratio measurement is realized, the measurement performance can be improved, and the energy consumption can be saved for terminal equipment.

Drawings

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

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a burst interval pattern.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present application on the terminal device side.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present application on the network device side.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural block diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 7 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 8 is a schematic block diagram of a chip of an embodiment of the application.

Fig. 9 is a schematic block diagram of a communication system of an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application.

The technical scheme of the embodiment of the application can be applied to various communication systems, for example: global System for Mobile communications (GSM) System, code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) System, wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) System, general Packet Radio Service (GPRS), long Term Evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE) System, LTE-a System, new Radio (NR) System, evolution System of NR System, LTE-based Access to unlicensed spectrum, LTE-U) System, NR-based to unlicensed spectrum (NR-U) System, non-Terrestrial communication network (NTN) System, universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), wireless Fidelity (WiFi), 5th-Generation (5G) System, or other communication systems.

Generally, the conventional Communication system supports a limited number of connections and is easy to implement, however, with the development of Communication technology, the mobile Communication system will support not only conventional Communication but also, for example, device to Device (D2D) Communication, machine to Machine (M2M) Communication, machine Type Communication (MTC), vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) Communication, or Vehicle to internet (V2X) Communication, and the embodiments of the present application can also be applied to these Communication systems.

Optionally, the communication system in the embodiment of the present application may be applied to a Carrier Aggregation (CA) scenario, may also be applied to a Dual Connectivity (DC) scenario, and may also be applied to an independent (SA) networking scenario.

Various embodiments are described in connection with a network device and a terminal device, where the terminal device may also be referred to as a User Equipment (UE), an access terminal, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a remote terminal, a mobile device, a User 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 capability, a computing device or other processing device connected to a Wireless modem, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a terminal device in a next generation communication system such as an NR Network, or a terminal device in a future evolved Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) Network, and so on.

In the embodiment of the application, the terminal equipment can be deployed on land, including indoor or outdoor, handheld, wearable or vehicle-mounted; can also be deployed on the water surface (such as a ship and the like); and may also be deployed in the air (e.g., airplanes, balloons, satellites, etc.).

In this embodiment, the terminal device may be a Mobile Phone (Mobile Phone), a tablet computer (Pad), a computer with a wireless transceiving function, a Virtual Reality (VR) terminal device, an Augmented Reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control (industrial control), a wireless terminal device in self driving (self driving), a wireless terminal device in remote medical (remote medical), a wireless terminal device in smart grid (smart grid), a wireless terminal device in transportation safety (transportation safety), a wireless terminal device in city (smart city), a wireless terminal device in smart home (smart home), or the like.

By way of example and not limitation, in the embodiments of the present application, the terminal device may also be a wearable device. Wearable equipment can also be called wearable intelligent equipment, is the general term of applying wearable technique to carry out intelligent design, develop the equipment that can dress to daily wearing, like glasses, gloves, wrist-watch, dress and shoes etc.. A wearable device is a portable device that is worn directly on the body or integrated into the clothing or accessories of the user. The wearable device is not only a hardware device, but also realizes powerful functions through software support, data interaction and cloud interaction. The generalized wearable smart device includes full functionality, large size, and can implement full or partial functionality without relying on a smart phone, such as: smart watches or smart glasses and the like, and only focus on a certain type of application functions, and need to be used in cooperation with other devices such as smart phones, such as various smart bracelets for physical sign monitoring, smart jewelry and the like.

In this embodiment of the present application, the network device may be a device for communicating with a mobile device, and the network device may be an Access Point (AP) in a WLAN, a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in GSM or CDMA, a Base Station (NodeB, NB) in WCDMA, an evolved Node B (eNB or eNodeB) in LTE, a relay Station or an Access Point, or a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, and a network device (gNB) in an NR network or a network device in a PLMN network that is evolved in the future.

By way of example and not limitation, in embodiments of the present application, a network device may have a mobile nature, e.g., the network device may be a mobile device. Alternatively, the network device may be a satellite, balloon station. For example, the satellite may be a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite, a Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite, a geosynchronous Orbit (GEO) satellite, a High Elliptic Orbit (HEO) satellite, and the like. Alternatively, the network device may be a base station installed on land, water, or the like.

In this embodiment of the present application, a network device may provide a service for a cell, and a terminal device communicates with the network device through a transmission resource (e.g., a frequency domain resource or a spectrum resource) used by the cell, where the cell may be a cell corresponding to the network device (e.g., a base station), and the cell may belong to a macro base station or a base station corresponding to a Small cell (Small cell), where the Small cell may include: urban cells (Metro cells), micro cells (Micro cells), pico cells (Pico cells), femto cells (Femto cells), and the like, and the small cells have the characteristics of small coverage area and low transmission power, and are suitable for providing high-rate data transmission services.

Fig. 1 schematically illustrates a network device 1100 and two terminal devices 1200, and optionally, the wireless communication system 1000 may include a plurality of network devices 1100, and each network device 1100 may include other number of terminal devices within the coverage area, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application. Optionally, the wireless communication system 1000 shown in fig. 1 may further include other network entities such as a Mobility Management Entity (MME), an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF), and the like, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

It should be understood that the terms "system" and "network" are often used interchangeably herein. The term "and/or" is used herein to describe the association relationship of the associated objects, for example, it means that there may be three relationships between the associated objects before and after, for example, a and/or B may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. The character "/" herein generally indicates a relationship in which the former and latter associated objects are "or".

In order to clearly illustrate the idea of the embodiment of the present application, first, the configuration of the measurement interval and the like are briefly described. Regarding the Measurement interval pattern MG pattern, the network may configure the terminal with a length of a Measurement interval (MGL), for example, may configure the terminal with 1.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 5.5, or 6, and the unit is millisecond; meanwhile, a Measurement Gap Repetition Period (MGRP) of the Measurement interval may also be configured, for example, to 20, 40, 80, or 160 in milliseconds. Table 1 shows 24 configuration modes supported at present, corresponding to 24 measurement interval patterns MG pattern, referring to table 1, MG pattern id #0-23 respectively correspond to 24 combination modes of MGL and MGRP.

TABLE 1

With respect to the burst interval pattern burst gap pattern, referring to fig. 2, the burst interval pattern includes a plurality of burst periods, one burst period includes one burst, N measurement intervals MG can be repeated in one burst, and a distance between two adjacent MGs is a measurement interval repetition period MGRP. Therefore, it can be considered that measurement is performed according to the configured measurement interval pattern MG pattern in each burst period, and the MG patterns in the burst periods are consistent.

At present, due to the increase of NR measurement scenarios, the above configuration manner for burst gap pattern cannot meet the practical application requirements.

To this end, an embodiment of the present application provides a measurement method, which is applied to a terminal device, and with reference to fig. 3, the method includes:

s101, a terminal device measures based on a burst interval pattern, wherein the burst interval pattern comprises a first burst and a second burst, the first burst comprises a plurality of first-type measurement intervals MG, the second burst comprises a plurality of second-type measurement intervals MG, and any one or combination of the following conditions exist:

the lengths of the plurality of first-type MGs are the same as or different from the lengths of the plurality of second-type MGs;

the period of the plurality of first-type MGs may be the same as or different from the period of the plurality of second-type MGs.

The terminal device in the embodiment of the present application performs measurement based on a burst interval pattern, and the embodiment of the present application provides a more detailed specification for the configuration of the burst gap pattern, where the burst gap pattern includes a plurality of bursts (one burst includes a plurality of measurement intervals MG), any two of the bursts are described as a first burst and a second burst, for convenience of distinguishing, a measurement interval in the first burst is referred to as a first type MG, and a measurement interval in the second burst is referred to as a second type MG.

In embodiments of the present application, there may be any one of, or a combination of, the following:

(3) the length of a first type MG in the first burst is the same as that of a second type MG in the second burst;

(4) the length of a first type MG in the first burst is different from that of a second type MG in the second burst;

(5) the period of the first type MG in the first burst is the same as that of the second type MG in the second burst;

(6) the period of the first type MG in the first burst is different from the period of the second type MG in the second burst.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present application, the number of the plurality of first type MGs is different from the number of the plurality of second type MGs.

Optionally, in other embodiments of the present application, the number of the plurality of first type MGs is the same as the number of the plurality of second type MGs.

The number of the first-type MGs in the first burst in the same burst gap pattern may be denoted as N1, the number of the second-type MGs in the second burst may be denoted as N2, N1 and N2 are integers greater than 1, and N1 and N2 may be different or the same.

For example, the number N of MGs in the first burst and the second burst may be set to be different, and the length and the period of the MGs are the same; or the lengths of the MGs in the two bursts are set to be the same, and the number and the period of the MG are different; or the number, the length and the period of the MG in the two bursts are the same or different, and the like.

Correspondingly, referring to fig. 4, the measurement method applied to the network device in the embodiment of the present application includes: the network device configures a burst interval pattern (burst gap pattern) for the terminal device, wherein a first burst in the burst interval pattern comprises N1 first-type measurement intervals (MG), a second burst in the burst interval pattern comprises N2 second-type measurement intervals (MG), and any one or combination of the following conditions exist: n1 and N2 are the same or different; the length of the first type MG in the first burst is the same as or different from the length of the second type MG in the second burst; the period of the first type MG in the first burst is the same as or different from the period of the second type MG in the second burst.

By utilizing the embodiment of the application, the MG in different bursts in the burst gap pattern can be flexibly configured, the purpose of low duty ratio measurement is realized, the measurement performance can be improved, and the energy consumption can be saved for the terminal equipment.

Further, optionally, the length of the multiple MGs in each burst in the embodiment of the present application may be flexibly configured by adopting any one or a combination of the following manners:

(1) the lengths of all the MGs in the N1 first-type MGs in the first burst are the same;

(2) each of the N2 second-type MGs in the second burst has the same length;

(3) at least two MG in the N1 first-type MG in the first burst have different lengths;

(4) at least two of the N2 second-type MGs in the second burst are different in length.

For example, for the first burst, all MGs are the same, or there are at least two MGs with different lengths, i.e. some MGs may have the same length and the rest MGs have different lengths. This may be so for each MG in other bursts, e.g., the second burst, in the burst gap pattern.

Similarly, for the period of multiple MGs in each burst, flexible configuration can also be performed by combining any one or more of the following ways:

(1) the period of each MG in the N1 first-type MGs in the first burst is the same;

(2) the period of each MG in the N2 second-type MGs in the second burst is the same;

(3) the period of at least two MG in the N1 first-type MG in the first burst is different;

(4) the N2 MGs of the second class in the second burst have at least two different periods.

According to the embodiment of the present application, if a network and a terminal support configuration and can support multiple measurement interval patterns MG patterns in one measurement period, in a burst gap pattern in at least one embodiment of the present application, an MG pattern ID (or MGRP or MGL) in each burst may be configured as a fixed value, may also support configuration and configuration of different MG pattern IDs (or MGRP or MGL) in different bursts, and further support configuration and configuration of multiple MG pattern IDs (or MGRP or MGL) in the same burst.

Therefore, based on the requirement of gap measurement, the embodiments of the present application consider the segmentations with different granularities for a longer time period (the burst period is the second level), so that different measurement interval MG combinations can be configured in different burst or the same burst time period, the configuration mode is flexible, and the method is particularly suitable for the low duty ratio measurement or the beam management scenario, and can improve the throughput of the system during the low duty ratio measurement.

By adopting at least one of the above embodiments, the terminal device may perform neighbor cell measurement according to the configured burst gap pattern, and optionally, in the embodiments of the present application, in order to implement the measurement requirement of low duty cycle, assuming that the duty cycle of the total length of N1 first-type MGs in the first burst is a first duty cycle, and the duty cycle of the total length of N2 second-type MGs in the second burst is a second duty cycle, both the first duty cycle and the second duty cycle are smaller than a duty cycle threshold. Where the duty cycle is the ratio of the total length of the MGs (derived from the length and number of MGs) to the length of the burst gap pattern. That is to say, the duty cycles of the MGs in different bursts in the same burst gap pattern in the embodiment of the present application may all be smaller than a duty cycle threshold, for example, the value of the maximum duty cycle supported by the terminal, so as to meet the requirement of low duty cycle measurement.

As an example, the length MGL1 of the first type MG in the first burst is larger than the length MGL2 of the second type MG in the second burst, i.e. MGL1> MGL2; meanwhile, the number N1 of the first type MG in the first burst is smaller than N2 of the second type MG in the second burst, namely N1 is smaller than N2; the first duty cycle is MGL1 XN 1/burst gap pattern length and the second duty cycle is MGL2 XN 2/burst gap pattern length. By configuring the MGL1, MGL2, N1, and N2 as appropriate, the first duty cycle and the second duty cycle may be controlled to be smaller than the duty cycle threshold, and the first duty cycle and the second duty cycle may be equal or unequal.

In an embodiment of the present application, optionally, the terminal device determines the burst gap pattern according to at least one set of burst interval pattern configuration information in the following multiple sets of burst interval pattern configuration information:

the first burst interval pattern configuration information includes a burst period and a burst length, and further includes at least one of the following information: identification information of a measurement interval pattern MG pattern, a measurement interval length MGL and a measurement interval repetition period MGRP;

the second burst interval pattern configuration information includes a burst period, a burst length, and the number of measurement intervals in each burst, and further includes at least one of the following information: measuring identification information of an interval pattern MG pattern, a measurement interval length MGL and a measurement interval repetition period MGRP;

the third burst interval pattern configuration information includes a burst period, a burst length, a duty ratio of a total measurement interval length in each burst, and a measurement interval length MGL and/or a measurement interval repetition period MGRP;

and the fourth burst interval pattern configuration information comprises a burst period and a burst length, or comprises a duty ratio of the total length of the measurement interval in each burst.

Optionally, the multiple sets of burst interval pattern configuration information may be configured by the network device for the terminal device, or may be preset by the system. According to any one of the sets of burst interval pattern configuration information, the terminal device can determine the measured burst interval pattern burst gap pattern.

In an embodiment of the present application, optionally, the terminal device further sends capability indication information to the network device, where the capability indication information is used to indicate at least one of the following pieces of information:

(1) The terminal equipment supports or does not support measurement based on burst gap pattern;

(2) A set of ID of burst gap pattern configuration information supported by the terminal equipment;

(3) Duty cycle information supported by the terminal device.

Correspondingly, for (1), the network device may send the configuration information of the burst gap pattern for the terminal supporting the measurement based on the burst gap pattern, and for the terminal not supporting the measurement based on the burst gap pattern, the network does not configure the burst gap pattern for the terminal.

For (2), the ID of the burst gap pattern configuration information corresponds to the first to fourth burst interval pattern configuration information, for example, the configuration information supported by the terminal is the first burst interval pattern configuration information and the third burst interval pattern configuration information, and then the corresponding ID, for example {2,3}, is reported to the network, and the network configures the corresponding burst interval pattern configuration information for the corresponding ID.

For (3), the terminal sends supported duty ratio information, for example, a supported maximum duty ratio, to the network, and when the network configures the burst interval pattern configuration information, each burst duty ratio should be less than or equal to the maximum duty ratio.

Further, in an embodiment of the present application, optionally, the network device further sends first indication information to the terminal device; the terminal equipment determines at least one of the following information in the burst interval pattern according to the first indication information: the number of measurement intervals MG in each burst, the duty cycle of the total length of the measurement intervals in each burst.

In an embodiment of the present application, optionally, the first indication information may be determined by the network according to a service type, a criterion condition of power saving, and/or a capability of the terminal. For example, the service types may include Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB), massive internet of things MIoT, and the like; the Power saving criterion conditions may include ultra-low Power consumption (ultra Power saving), low Power consumption (Power saving), and the like, and the capability of the UE may include a terminal supporting "redcap", such as a terminal supporting low capability, or a watch bracelet, and the like, a normal terminal normal UE, and the like.

Illustratively, several possible burst gap patterns are applicable as well as the corresponding network configuration or UE capability as follows:

application range 1: gap applicable to some MG patterns or some MGRP cycles.

Application range 2: the method is suitable for all MG patterns and MGRPs, and the configurable scene of each burst gap pattern is determined according to the duty cycle supported by the network configuration or the reporting capability of the UE.

Application range 3: the method is applicable to all gap patterns and MGRPs, if the UE does not report the duty cycle support capability, the network configures the corresponding burst gap pattern according to the service type and the criterion condition of power saving, for example:

a.duty cycle (0, 30%) is applicable to power saving scene 1,

b.duty cycle (30%, 60%) is applicable to power saving scenario 2,

the power saving scene 1 and the power saving scene 2 can be judged or obtained according to the power saving criterion condition configured on the network side.

In an embodiment of the present application, taking the first burst interval pattern configuration information as an example, after at least one of the burst period, the burst length, and the MG pattern ID, the MGL, and the MGRP has been configured, if necessary, the network may further configure the number N of MGs in each burst, or the ratio of the total length of MGs in each burst to the burst, that is, the duty cycle, according to the service type, the criterion condition of power saving, the capability of the UE, and the like.

In an embodiment of the application, taking the second burst interval pattern configuration information as an example, MG patterns (relative positions and densities) in each burst are consistent, and the network and the terminal can obtain the number N and the duty ratio of the MGs in a single burst through the configured burst gap patterns. For example, the optional burst period is {1.28,2.56,5.12,10.24}, the optional burst length of each burst is {1.28,2.56,5.12,10.24}, the network configures the burst gap pattern for the UE, the measurement interval in each burst is MGRP at 40ms, the corresponding MG pattern ID can be #0, 2, or 7 in table 1, and N =6 MGs are repeated in each burst.

In an embodiment of the present application, taking the third burst interval pattern configuration information as an example, the MG patterns in each burst in the configurable burst gap pattern may be the same, that is, each burst is the same duty cycle, and the numbers N of MGs are the same. Or, the total length of the MGs in each burst may be configured not to exceed the duty cycle supported by the UE, and the number N of the MGs in each burst may be different.

In an embodiment of the present application, taking the fourth burst interval pattern configuration information as an example, only the duty cycle that the total length of the MGs in each burst does not exceed the duty cycle supported by the UE may be configured, and the number N of the MGs in each burst is not required to be the same. Alternatively, the period or length of the MG in each burst may be configured to be the same or different.

For example, specifically, when the MG pattern configured by the network to the UE is unchanged during a measurement period, the period and length of the MG in each burst are also unchanged; however, if the MG pattern configured by the network to the UE changes during the measurement, the embodiment of the present application allows the configuration of the MG in different bursts to be different among multiple bursts of the burst gap pattern, for example, any one or more of the following situations: in different bursts, the MG patterns, the number of the MG, the length and the period of the MG are different.

In the embodiment of the present application, optionally, a protocol pre-configured manner may be adopted to determine the burst gap pattern, and no additional signaling indication is required by the network and the terminal. In the embodiment of the present application, optionally, the network may be configured in at least two ways:

mode 1: the network may only configure burst gap pattern for UEs that support burst gap burst based capability at measurement intervals, where the UE may report a capability indication to the network.

Mode 2: the burst gap pattern configured by the network for the UE may only apply to gaps with certain gap patterns or certain MGRP periods.

In an embodiment of the present application, the MG patterns applicable in different bursts of the burst gap pattern may be various known, unknown or under-study patterns of the gap pattern, such as any one or combination of the following:

ID 0-23 MG patterns in Table 1;

gap pattern for short gap measurement;

gap pattern, etc. (MGL or MGRP may be different) for positioning measurements.

Regarding the requirement of the measurement time, in the embodiment of the present application, optionally, for the configured first DRX for discontinuous transmission, if the burst period is smaller than the first DRX, the unit of calculation of the measurement time is the first DRX, or the unit of calculation of the measurement time is the maximum value of the measurement interval repetition period, the synchronization signal block based radio resource management measurement timing configuration period SMTC period, and the first DRX.

In the embodiment of the present application, optionally, for the configured second DRX, if the burst period is greater than the second DRX, the unit of calculation of the measurement time is the burst period, or the unit of calculation of the measurement time is the maximum value of the measurement interval repetition period, the SMTC period, and the burst period.

In the case where DRX is not configured, the unit of calculation of the measurement time is a burst period.

Based on embodiments of the present application, several ways of determining the measurement time are provided below, as examples:

mode 1: when DRX is configured and the period of gap burst is shorter than DRX, the calculation unit of the measurement time adopts DRX period or max (MGRP, SMTC period, DRX), where max () represents the maximum value operation.

Mode 2: when DRX is configured and the period of the gap burst is longer than DRX, the calculation unit of the measurement time adopts the period of the gap burst or max (MGRP, SMTC period, gap burst period); wherein, the burst period gap burst period is usually longer.

Mode 3: if DRX is not configured, since the length of 1 burst is usually long enough, 1measurement (e.g., 200 ms) can be completed within 1 burst (e.g., 1.28 s), and therefore, the measurement can be performed according to the normal measurement time requirement.

Mode 4: if DRX is not configured, if the length of 1 burst is short enough, the terminal may perform measurement based on the terminal implementation without considering the measurement time requirement in this case.

Regarding reporting of the measurement result, in the embodiment of the present application, optionally, the terminal device may send the measurement result to the network device by using the burst cycle as a time unit; optionally, the terminal device may further send the measurement result to the network device in units of time of the measurement period.

That is, the measurement result may be reported in at least one of the following ways:

mode 1: and the UE executes measurement in the measurement interval gap in each burst according to the configured burst gap pattern, combines and filters the measurement result according to all the gaps in each burst as a time unit, and reports the combined and filtered measurement result to the network.

Mode 2: and the UE executes measurement in the measurement interval gap in each burst according to the configured burst gap pattern, and the measurement result is reported to the network by taking the measurement period of each common measurement period as a time unit.

According to at least one embodiment of the application, the network device may configure the rich burst gap patterns for the terminal device through different burst gap pattern configuration information (first to fourth burst interval pattern configuration information) for performing, for example, radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement, the design of multiple burst gap patterns may be applicable to measurement in different service types or different power saving scenarios, and may be flexibly set according to application requirements, the terminal device may improve measurement performance by using a suitable burst gap pattern, thereby reducing network overload, improving throughput of a system during low duty ratio measurement, and improving measurement performance to save power consumption for the terminal.

The specific arrangement and implementation of the embodiments of the present application are described above from different perspectives by way of a plurality of embodiments. Corresponding to the processing method of at least one of the above embodiments, the present embodiment further provides a terminal device 100, referring to fig. 5, which includes:

a measurement module 110, configured to perform measurement based on a burst interval pattern, where the burst interval pattern includes a first burst and a second burst, the first burst includes multiple first-type measurement intervals MG, and the second burst includes multiple second-type measurement intervals MG, where there is any one or a combination of multiple cases: the lengths of the plurality of first-type MGs are the same as or different from the lengths of the plurality of second-type MGs; the period of the plurality of first-type MGs may be the same as or different from the period of the plurality of second-type MGs.

Corresponding to the processing method of at least one embodiment described above, the embodiment of the present application further provides a network device 200, referring to fig. 6, which includes:

a configuration module 210, configured to configure a burst interval pattern, which includes a first burst and a second burst, for a terminal device, where the first burst includes a plurality of first-type measurement intervals MG, and the second burst includes a plurality of second-type measurement intervals MG, where any one or a combination of the following situations exists: the lengths of the plurality of first-type MGs are the same as or different from the lengths of the plurality of second-type MGs; the period of the plurality of first-type MGs may be the same as or different from the period of the plurality of second-type MGs.

The terminal device 100 and the network device 200 in the embodiment of the present application can implement the corresponding functions of the terminal device in the foregoing method embodiments, and the corresponding processes, functions, implementation manners, and beneficial effects of the modules (sub-modules, units, or components, etc.) in the terminal device 100 and the network device 200 may refer to the corresponding descriptions in the foregoing method embodiments, which are not described herein again.

It should be noted that, the functions described in each module (sub-module, unit, or component, etc.) in the terminal device 100 and the network device 200 in the embodiment of the present application may be implemented by different modules (sub-module, unit, or component, etc.), or may be implemented by the same module (sub-module, unit, or component, etc.), for example, the first sending module and the second sending module may be different modules, or may be the same module, and both can implement the corresponding functions of the terminal device in the embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 7 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device 600 according to an embodiment of the present application, where the communication device 600 includes a processor 610, and the processor 610 may call and execute a computer program from a memory to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

Optionally, the communication device 600 may also include a memory 620. From the memory 620, the processor 610 may call and run a computer program to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

The memory 620 may be a separate device from the processor 610, or may be integrated into the processor 610.

Optionally, the communication device 600 may further include a transceiver 630, and the processor 610 may control the transceiver 630 to communicate with other devices, and specifically, may transmit information or data to the other devices or receive information or data transmitted by the other devices.

The transceiver 630 may include a transmitter and a receiver, among others. The transceiver 630 may further include antennas, and the number of antennas may be one or more.

Optionally, the communication device 600 may be a network device according to this embodiment, and the communication device 600 may implement a corresponding process implemented by the network device in each method according to this embodiment, which is not described herein again for brevity.

Optionally, the communication device 600 may be a terminal device in this embodiment, and the communication device 600 may implement a corresponding process implemented by the terminal device in each method in this embodiment, which is not described herein again for brevity.

Fig. 8 is a schematic block diagram of a chip 700 according to an embodiment of the present application, where the chip 700 includes a processor 710, and the processor 710 can call and run a computer program from a memory to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

Optionally, chip 700 may also include memory 720. From the memory 720, the processor 710 can call and run a computer program to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

The memory 720 may be a separate device from the processor 710, or may be integrated into the processor 710.

Optionally, the chip 700 may further include an input interface 730. The processor 710 may control the input interface 730 to communicate with other devices or chips, and in particular, may obtain information or data transmitted by other devices or chips.

Optionally, the chip 700 may further include an output interface 740. The processor 710 may control the output interface 740 to communicate with other devices or chips, and in particular, may output information or data to the other devices or chips.

Optionally, the chip may be applied to the network device in the embodiment of the present application, and the chip may implement the corresponding process implemented by the network device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, and for brevity, details are not described here again.

Optionally, the chip may be applied to the terminal device in the embodiment of fig. 7 in the present application, and the chip may implement the corresponding process implemented by the terminal device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, and for brevity, details are not repeated here.

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 aforementioned processors may be general purpose processors, digital Signal Processors (DSPs), field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), or other programmable logic devices, transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, etc. The general purpose processor mentioned above may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor etc.

The above-mentioned memories may be volatile or nonvolatile memories or may include both volatile and nonvolatile memories. The non-volatile memory may be a read-only memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable PROM (EEPROM), or a flash memory. Volatile memory can be Random Access Memory (RAM).

It should be understood that the above memories are exemplary but not limiting, for example, the memories in the embodiments of the present application may also be static random access memory (static RAM, SRAM), dynamic random access memory (dynamic RAM, DRAM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (synchronous DRAM, SDRAM), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR SDRAM), enhanced synchronous SDRAM (ESDRAM), synchronous Link DRAM (SLDRAM), direct Rambus RAM (DR RAM), and the like. That is, the memory in the embodiments of the present application is intended to comprise, without being limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

Fig. 9 is a schematic block diagram of a communication system 800 according to an embodiment of the application, the communication system 800 comprising a terminal device 810 and a network device 820.

The terminal device 810 may be configured to implement the corresponding functions implemented by the terminal device in the methods of the embodiments of the present application, and the network device 820 may be configured to implement the corresponding functions implemented by the network device in the methods of the embodiments of the present application. For brevity, no further description is provided herein.

In the above embodiments, the implementation may be wholly or partially realized by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, it 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 accordance with the embodiments of the application are all or partially generated when the computer program instructions are loaded and executed on a computer. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a network of computers, or other programmable device. The computer instructions may be stored on a computer readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer readable storage medium to another, for example, from one website, computer, server, or data center to another website, computer, server, or data center via wire (e.g., coaxial cable, fiber optic, digital Subscriber Line (DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device, such as a server, a data center, etc., that includes one or more of the available media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., floppy Disk, hard Disk, magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., DVD), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., solid State Disk (SSD)), among others.

It should be understood that, in the various embodiments of the present application, the sequence numbers of the above-mentioned processes do not mean the execution sequence, and the execution sequence of each process should be determined by its function and inherent logic, and should not constitute any limitation to the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.

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

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and shall be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

A measurement method is applied to terminal equipment, and the method comprises the following steps:

the terminal device performs measurement based on a burst interval pattern, where the burst interval pattern includes a first burst and a second burst, the first burst includes a plurality of first-type measurement intervals MG, and the second burst includes a plurality of second-type measurement intervals MG, where any one or a combination of the following situations exists:

the lengths of the plurality of first-type MGs are the same as or different from the lengths of the plurality of second-type MGs;

the period of the plurality of first-type MGs may be the same as or different from the period of the plurality of second-type MGs.
The method of claim 1, wherein a number of the plurality of first type MGs is different from a number of the plurality of second type MGs.
The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein there is any one or a combination of the following:

the lengths of the MGs in the first type of MG are the same;

each of the plurality of second type MGs is the same in length;

at least two of the plurality of first type MGs are different in length;

there are at least two MGs of the second plurality of MGs that differ in length.
The method of any one of claims 1-3, wherein there is any one or a combination of the following:

the period of each MG in the plurality of first type MGs is the same;

the period of each MG in the plurality of second type MGs is the same;

the periods of at least two MG in the first type of MG are different;

the plurality of second-type MGs have different periods of at least two MGs.
The method of any one of claims 1-4,

the duty ratio of the total length of the plurality of the first type MGs is a first duty ratio,

the duty ratio of the total length of the plurality of second-type MGs is a second duty ratio,

the first duty cycle and the second duty cycle are both less than a duty cycle threshold.
The method of any one of claims 1-5,

the terminal equipment determines the burst interval pattern according to at least one set of burst interval pattern configuration information in the following sets of burst interval pattern configuration information:

the first burst interval pattern configuration information includes a burst period and a burst length, and further includes at least one of the following information: identification information of a measurement interval pattern MG pattern, a measurement interval length MGL and a measurement interval repetition period MGRP;

the second burst interval pattern configuration information includes a burst period, a burst length, and the number of measurement intervals in each burst, and further includes at least one of the following information: identification information of a measurement interval pattern MG pattern, a measurement interval length MGL and a measurement interval repetition period MGRP;

the third burst interval pattern configuration information includes a burst period, a burst length, a duty ratio of a total measurement interval length in each burst, and a measurement interval length MGL and/or a measurement interval repetition period MGRP;

and the fourth burst interval pattern configuration information comprises a burst period and a burst length, or comprises a duty ratio of the total length of the measurement interval in each burst.
The method of any of claims 1-6, further comprising:

the terminal equipment sends capability indication information to network equipment, wherein the capability indication information is used for indicating at least one of the following information:

the terminal equipment supports or does not support measurement based on burst gap pattern;

a set of identification information of burst interval pattern configuration information supported by the terminal device;

duty cycle information supported by the terminal device.
The method of any of claims 1-7, further comprising:

the terminal equipment receives first indication information sent by network equipment;

the terminal equipment determines at least one of the following information in the burst interval pattern according to the first indication information: the number of measurement intervals in each burst, the duty cycle of the total length of the measurement intervals in each burst.
The method of any one of claims 6-8,

the first burst interval pattern configuration information, the second burst interval pattern configuration information, the third burst interval pattern configuration information, and/or the fourth burst interval pattern configuration information is configured by a network device;

or,

the first burst interval pattern configuration information, the second burst interval pattern configuration information, the third burst interval pattern configuration information, and/or the fourth burst interval pattern configuration information are configured by pre-configuration information.
The method of any one of claims 1-9,

for the configured first discontinuous transmission DRX, if the burst period is smaller than the first DRX, the unit of measurement time is the first DRX, or the unit of measurement time is the maximum value of the measurement interval repetition period, the synchronization signal block-based radio resource management measurement timing configuration period SMTC period and the first DRX.
The method of any one of claims 1-10,

for the configured second DRX, if the burst period is larger than the second DRX, the unit of calculation of the measurement time is the burst period, or the unit of calculation of the measurement time is the maximum value of the measurement interval repetition period, the SMTC period and the burst period.
The method of any one of claims 1-11,

in the case where DRX is not configured, the unit of calculation of the measurement time is a burst period.
The method of any one of claims 1-12,

the terminal equipment sends a measurement result to the network equipment by taking a burst period as a time unit;

or,

and the terminal equipment sends the measurement result to the network equipment by taking the measurement period as a time unit.
A measurement method is applied to network equipment, and the method comprises the following steps:

the network device configures a burst interval pattern (burst gap pattern) for a terminal device, where the burst interval pattern includes a first burst and a second burst, the first burst includes multiple first-type measurement intervals (MG), the second burst includes multiple second-type measurement intervals (MG), and there is any one or combination of multiple situations among the following situations:

the lengths of the plurality of first-type MGs are the same as or different from the lengths of the plurality of second-type MGs;

the period of the plurality of first-type MGs may be the same as or different from the period of the plurality of second-type MGs.
The method of claim 14, wherein a number of the plurality of first type MGs is different from a number of the plurality of second type MGs.
The method of claim 14 or 15, wherein there is any one or a combination of the following:

the lengths of the MGs in the first type are the same;

the lengths of the MGs in the second type are the same;

at least two of the plurality of first type MGs are different in length;

there are at least two MGs of the second plurality of MGs that differ in length.
The method of any one of claims 14-16, wherein there is any one or a combination of the following:

the period of each MG in the plurality of first type MGs is the same;

the period of each MG in the plurality of second type MGs is the same;

the periods of at least two MG in the first type of MG are different;

the plurality of second-type MGs have different periods of at least two MGs.
The method of any one of claims 14-17,

the duty ratio of the total length of the plurality of the first type MGs is a first duty ratio,

the duty ratio of the total length of the plurality of second-type MGs is a second duty ratio,

the first duty cycle and the second duty cycle are both less than a duty cycle threshold.
The method of any one of claims 14-18,

the network device configures burst interval pattern configuration information for the terminal device, so that the terminal device determines the burst interval pattern according to the burst interval pattern configuration information, wherein the burst interval pattern configuration information includes at least one set of following burst interval pattern configuration information:

the first burst interval pattern configuration information includes a burst period and a burst length, and further includes at least one of the following information: identification information of a measurement interval pattern MG pattern, a measurement interval length MGL and a measurement interval repetition period MGRP;

the second burst interval pattern configuration information includes a burst period, a burst length, and the number of measurement intervals in each burst, and also includes at least one of the following information: identification information of a measurement interval pattern MG pattern, a measurement interval length MGL and a measurement interval repetition period MGRP;

the third burst interval pattern configuration information includes a burst period, a burst length, a duty ratio of a total measurement interval length in each burst, and a measurement interval length MGL and/or a measurement interval repetition period MGRP;

and the fourth burst interval pattern configuration information comprises a burst period and a burst length, or comprises a duty ratio of the total length of the measurement interval in each burst.
The method according to any one of claims 14-19, further comprising:

the network equipment receives capability indication information sent by the terminal equipment, wherein the capability indication information is used for indicating at least one of the following information:

the terminal equipment supports or does not support measurement based on burst gap pattern;

the capability indication information is used for indicating a set of identification information of burst interval pattern configuration information supported by the terminal equipment;

the capability indication information is used for indicating duty ratio information supported by the terminal equipment.
The method according to any one of claims 14-20, further comprising:

the network equipment sends first indication information to the terminal equipment; the first indication information is used for the terminal device to determine at least one of the following information in the burst interval pattern according to the first indication information: the number of measurement intervals in each burst, the duty cycle of the total length of the measurement intervals in each burst.
The method of any one of claims 19-21,

the first burst interval pattern configuration information, the second burst interval pattern configuration information, the third burst interval pattern configuration information, and/or the fourth burst interval pattern configuration information is configured by a network device;

or,

the first burst interval pattern configuration information, the second burst interval pattern configuration information, the third burst interval pattern configuration information, and/or the fourth burst interval pattern configuration information are configured by pre-configuration information.
The method of any one of claims 14-22,

for the configured first discontinuous transmission DRX, if the burst period is less than the first DRX, the calculation unit of the measurement time is the first DRX, or the calculation unit of the measurement time is the maximum value of the measurement interval repetition period, the radio resource management measurement timing configuration period SMTC period based on the synchronization signal block and the first DRX.
The method of any one of claims 14-23,

for the configured second DRX, if the burst period is larger than the second DRX, the calculation unit of the measurement time is the burst period, or the calculation unit of the measurement time is the maximum value of the measurement interval repetition period, the SMTC period and the burst period.
The method of any one of claims 14-24,

in the case where DRX is not configured, the unit of calculation of the measurement time is a burst period.
The method according to any one of claims 14-25, further comprising:

the network equipment receives the measurement result sent by the terminal equipment by taking the burst period as a time unit,

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

and the network equipment receives the measurement result sent by the terminal equipment by taking the measurement period as a time unit.
A terminal device, comprising:

a measurement module, configured to perform measurement based on a burst interval pattern, where the burst interval pattern includes a first burst and a second burst, the first burst includes a plurality of first-type measurement intervals MG, and the second burst includes a plurality of second-type measurement intervals MG, where any one or a combination of multiple cases includes:

the lengths of the plurality of first-type MGs are the same as or different from the lengths of the plurality of second-type MGs;

the period of the plurality of first-type MGs may be the same as or different from the period of the plurality of second-type MGs.
The terminal device of claim 27, wherein a number of the plurality of first type MGs is different from a number of the plurality of second type MGs.
A terminal device according to claim 27 or 28, wherein any one or combination of the following conditions exist:

the lengths of the MGs in the first type of MG are the same;

each of the plurality of second type MGs is the same in length;

at least two of the plurality of first type MGs are different in length;

there are at least two MGs of the second plurality of MGs that differ in length.
A terminal device according to any of claims 27 to 29, wherein there is any one or combination of the following:

the period of each MG in the plurality of first type MGs is the same;

the period of each MG in the plurality of second type MGs is the same;

the periods of at least two of the plurality of first-type MGs are different;

the plurality of second-type MGs have different periods of at least two MGs.
The terminal device of any of claims 27-30,

the duty ratio of the total length of the plurality of the first type MGs is a first duty ratio,

the duty ratio of the total length of the plurality of second-type MGs is a second duty ratio,

the first duty cycle and the second duty cycle are both less than a duty cycle threshold.
The terminal device of any of claims 27-31,

a first determining module, configured to determine the burst interval pattern according to at least one set of burst interval pattern configuration information in the following multiple sets of burst interval pattern configuration information:

the first burst interval pattern configuration information includes a burst period and a burst length, and further includes at least one of the following information: identification information of a measurement interval pattern MG pattern, a measurement interval length MGL and a measurement interval repetition period MGRP;

the second burst interval pattern configuration information includes a burst period, a burst length, and the number of measurement intervals in each burst, and further includes at least one of the following information: identification information of a measurement interval pattern MG pattern, a measurement interval length MGL and a measurement interval repetition period MGRP;

the third burst interval pattern configuration information includes a burst period, a burst length, a duty ratio of a total measurement interval length in each burst, and a measurement interval length MGL and/or a measurement interval repetition period MGRP;

and fourth burst interval pattern configuration information including a burst period and a burst length, or a duty ratio including a total length of a measurement interval in each burst.
The terminal device of any of claims 27-32, further comprising:

a first sending module, configured to send capability indication information to a network device, where the capability indication information is used to indicate at least one of the following information:

the terminal equipment supports or does not support measurement based on burst gap pattern;

a set of identification information of burst interval pattern configuration information supported by the terminal device;

and the duty ratio information supported by the terminal equipment.
The terminal device of any of claims 27-33, further comprising:

the receiving module is used for receiving first indication information sent by network equipment;

a second determining module, configured to determine at least one of the following information in the burst interval pattern according to the first indication information: the number of measurement intervals in each burst, the duty cycle of the total length of the measurement intervals in each burst.
The terminal device of any of claims 32-34,

the first burst interval pattern configuration information, the second burst interval pattern configuration information, the third burst interval pattern configuration information, and/or the fourth burst interval pattern configuration information is configured by a network device;

or,

the first burst interval pattern configuration information, the second burst interval pattern configuration information, the third burst interval pattern configuration information, and/or the fourth burst interval pattern configuration information are configured by pre-configuration information.
The terminal device of any of claims 27-35,

for the configured first discontinuous transmission DRX, if the burst period is less than the first DRX, the calculation unit of the measurement time is the first DRX, or the calculation unit of the measurement time is the maximum value of the measurement interval repetition period, the radio resource management measurement timing configuration period SMTC period based on the synchronization signal block and the first DRX.
The terminal device of any of claims 27-36,

for the configured second DRX, if the burst period is larger than the second DRX, the calculation unit of the measurement time is the burst period, or the calculation unit of the measurement time is the maximum value of the measurement interval repetition period, the SMTC period and the burst period.
The terminal device of any of claims 27-37,

in the case where DRX is not configured, the unit of calculation of the measurement time is a burst period.
The terminal device of any of claims 27-38, further comprising:

the second sending module is used for sending the measurement result to the network equipment by taking the burst period as a time unit;

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

and the third sending module is used for sending the measurement result to the network equipment by taking the measurement period as a time unit.
A network device, comprising:

a configuration module, configured to configure a burst interval pattern, which includes a first burst and a second burst, for a terminal device, where the first burst includes a plurality of first-type measurement intervals MG, and the second burst includes a plurality of second-type measurement intervals MG, where any one or a combination of the following situations exists:

the lengths of the plurality of first-type MGs are the same as or different from the lengths of the plurality of second-type MGs;

the period of the plurality of first-type MGs may be the same as or different from the period of the plurality of second-type MGs.
The network device of claim 40, wherein a number of the plurality of first type MGs is different from a number of the plurality of second type MGs.
A network device as claimed in claim 40 or 41, wherein any one or combination of the following is present:

the lengths of the MGs in the first type are the same;

each of the plurality of second type MGs is the same in length;

at least two of the plurality of first type MGs are different in length;

there are at least two MGs of the second plurality of MGs that differ in length.
The network device of any of claims 40-42, wherein any one or combination of the following conditions exist:

the period of each MG in the plurality of first type MGs is the same;

the period of each MG in the second type of MG is the same;

the periods of at least two of the plurality of first-type MGs are different;

the plurality of second-type MGs have different periods of at least two MGs.
The network device of any of claims 40-43,

the duty ratio of the total length of the plurality of the first type MGs is a first duty ratio,

the duty ratio of the total length of the plurality of second-type MGs is a second duty ratio,

the first duty cycle and the second duty cycle are both less than a duty cycle threshold.
The network device of any of claims 40-44,

a first sending module, configured to send burst interval pattern configuration information to the terminal device, where the burst interval pattern configuration information is used by the terminal device to determine the burst interval pattern according to the burst interval pattern configuration information, and the burst interval pattern configuration information includes at least one set of burst interval pattern configuration information:

the first burst interval pattern configuration information includes a burst period and a burst length, and further includes at least one of the following information: identification information of a measurement interval pattern MG pattern, a measurement interval length MGL and a measurement interval repetition period MGRP;

the second burst interval pattern configuration information includes a burst period, a burst length, and the number of measurement intervals in each burst, and further includes at least one of the following information: identification information of a measurement interval pattern MG pattern, a measurement interval length MGL and a measurement interval repetition period MGRP;

the third burst interval pattern configuration information includes a burst period, a burst length, a duty ratio of a total measurement interval length in each burst, and a measurement interval length MGL and/or a measurement interval repetition period MGRP;

and the fourth burst interval pattern configuration information comprises a burst period and a burst length, or comprises a duty ratio of the total length of the measurement interval in each burst.
The network device of any of claims 40-45, further comprising:

a first receiving module, configured to receive capability indication information sent by the terminal device, where the capability indication information is used to indicate at least one of the following information:

the terminal equipment supports or does not support measurement based on burst gap pattern;

a set of identification information of burst interval pattern configuration information supported by the terminal device;

duty cycle information supported by the terminal device.
The network device of any of claims 40-46, further comprising:

the second sending module is used for sending the first indication information to the terminal equipment; the first indication information is used for the terminal device to determine at least one of the following information in the burst interval pattern according to the first indication information: the number of measurement intervals in each burst, the duty cycle of the total length of the measurement intervals in each burst.
The network device of any of claims 45-47,

the first burst interval pattern configuration information, the second burst interval pattern configuration information, the third burst interval pattern configuration information, and/or the fourth burst interval pattern configuration information is configured by a network device;

or,

the first burst interval pattern configuration information, the second burst interval pattern configuration information, the third burst interval pattern configuration information, and/or the fourth burst interval pattern configuration information are configured by pre-configuration information.
The network device of any of claims 40-48,

for the configured first discontinuous transmission DRX, if the burst period is less than the first DRX, the calculation unit of the measurement time is the first DRX, or the calculation unit of the measurement time is the maximum value of the measurement interval repetition period, the radio resource management measurement timing configuration period SMTC period based on the synchronization signal block and the first DRX.
The network device of any of claims 40-49,

for the configured second DRX, if the burst period is larger than the second DRX, the calculation unit of the measurement time is the burst period, or the calculation unit of the measurement time is the maximum value of the measurement interval repetition period, the SMTC period and the burst period.
The network device of any of claims 40-50,

in the case where DRX is not configured, the unit of calculation of the measurement time is a burst period.
The network device of any of claims 40-51, further comprising:

a second receiving module, configured to receive a measurement result sent by the terminal device in a time unit of a burst period, and/or,

and the third receiving module is used for receiving the measurement result sent by the terminal equipment by taking the measurement period as a time unit.
A terminal device, comprising: a processor and a memory for storing a computer program, the processor calling and executing the computer program stored in the memory to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 13.
A network device, comprising: a processor and a memory for storing a computer program, the processor calling and running the computer program stored in the memory, performing the method of any of claims 14 to 26.
A chip, comprising:

a processor for calling and running a computer program from a memory so that a device on which the chip is installed performs the method of any one of claims 1 to 26.
A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, wherein,

the computer program causes a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 26.
A computer program product comprising computer program instructions, wherein,

the computer program instructions cause a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 26.
A computer program for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 26.