CN115706635A

CN115706635A - Method for determining measurement gap repetition period, terminal and network side equipment

Info

Publication number: CN115706635A
Application number: CN202110898798.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 魏旭昇
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-08-05
Filing date: 2021-08-05
Publication date: 2023-02-17

Abstract

The application discloses a method, a terminal and a network side device for determining a measurement gap repetition period, which belong to the technical field of wireless communication, and the method for determining the measurement gap repetition period comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps that a terminal obtains target configuration information configured by network side equipment, wherein the target configuration information comprises configuration information attribute parameters of a plurality of target measurement gap modes, and the attribute parameter configuration information comprises: measuring a gap repetition period MGRP; the terminal determines a plurality of target MGRPs in the target measurement gap mode according to the MGRPs in each target measurement gap mode, wherein the target MGRP is used for determining a target performance index in the measurement process of the service cell.

Description

Method for determining measurement gap repetition period, terminal and network side equipment

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of wireless communication, and particularly relates to a method, a terminal and a network side device for determining a measurement gap repetition period.

Background

In the related art, a mechanism for configuring multiple measurement gap patterns (gap patterns) for one terminal (UE) may be introduced. In this mechanism, a network side device configures a plurality of Measurement Gap modes for one UE, and each Measurement Gap mode in the configured plurality of Measurement Gap modes has respective attribute parameters, for example, a Measurement Gap Length (MGL), a Measurement Gap Repetition Period (MGRP), and the like. Wherein the property parameters of the respective measurement gap patterns may be different or the same.

Under the condition of the single measurement gap mode, the measurement procedure for the serving cell, such as a Radio Link Monitor (RLM), a Link recovery procedure (Link recovery procedure), a layer 1 (Lay 1) Reference Signal Received Power (Reference Signal Received Power) measurement procedure, an L1 Signal-to-noise and interference plus noise ratio (SINR) measurement procedure, etc., is performed. In characterizing performance indicators, when the effect of measurement gaps (measurement gaps) or other factors needs to be considered, a scaling factor is typically used to control the effect of these factors on the performance indicators. When defining the scaling factor, for the case of measuring the gap, parameters such as MGRP corresponding to the gap pattern need to be considered. In the case of configuring multiple measurement gap modes, especially when MGRPs of the measurement gap modes are different, how to determine MGRPs affecting performance indicators has not been provided yet.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a method, a terminal and a network side device for determining a measurement gap repetition period, which can solve the problem of determining an MGRP (media gateway protocol) which affects performance indexes in a plurality of measurement gap modes.

In a first aspect, a method for determining a repetition period of a measurement gap is provided, including: the method comprises the steps that a terminal obtains target configuration information configured by network side equipment, wherein the target configuration information comprises attribute parameters of a plurality of target measurement gap modes, and the attribute parameters comprise: measuring a gap repetition period MGRP; the terminal determines a plurality of target MGRPs in the target measurement gap mode according to the MGRPs in each target measurement gap mode, wherein the target MGRP is used for determining a target performance index in the measurement process of the service cell.

In a second aspect, there is provided a device for determining a repetition period of a measurement gap, comprising: an obtaining module, configured to obtain target configuration information configured by a network side device, where the target configuration information includes attribute parameters of a plurality of target measurement gap patterns, and the attribute parameters include: measuring a gap repetition period MGRP; a first determining module, configured to determine a plurality of target MGRPs in a target measurement gap mode according to an MGRP of each target measurement gap mode, where the target MGRP is used to determine a target performance index in a serving cell measurement process.

In a third aspect, a method for determining a repetition period of a measurement gap is provided, including: the method comprises the following steps that network side equipment configures target configuration information for a terminal, wherein the target configuration information comprises attribute parameters of a plurality of target measurement gap modes, and the attribute parameters comprise: measuring a gap repetition period MGRP; the network side equipment determines a plurality of target MGRPs in the target measurement gap mode according to the MGRPs in each target measurement gap mode, wherein the target MGRP is used for determining a target performance index in a service cell measurement process.

In a fourth aspect, there is provided a device for determining a repetition period of a measurement gap, comprising: a configuration module, configured to configure target configuration information for a terminal, where the target configuration information includes attribute parameters of a plurality of target measurement gap patterns, and the attribute parameters include: measuring a gap repetition period MGRP; and a second determining module, configured to determine, according to the MGRP in each target measurement gap mode, a plurality of target MGRPs in the target measurement gap mode, where the target MGRPs are used to determine a target performance index in a serving cell measurement process.

In a fifth aspect, there is provided a terminal comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored on the memory and executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, performs 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, where the processor is configured to implement 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, where the processor is configured to implement 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 obtains target configuration information configured by a network-side device, where the target configuration information includes attribute parameters of a plurality of target measurement gap patterns, and the attribute parameters include: and the MGRP determines a plurality of target MGRPs in the target measurement gap mode according to the MGRP of each target measurement gap mode, wherein the target MGRP is used for determining a target performance index in the measurement process of the service cell, thereby solving the problem of determining the MGRPs influencing the performance indexes in the plurality of measurement gap modes.

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 a method for determining a repetition period of a measurement gap according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3a is a schematic diagram illustrating a plurality of target measurement gap patterns in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3b is a schematic diagram of another multiple target measurement gap pattern in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3c is a schematic diagram of another multiple target measurement gap pattern in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic flowchart of another method for determining a repetition period of a measurement gap provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a device for determining a repetition period of a measurement gap provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of another device for determining a repetition period of a measurement gap provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating a hardware structure of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 9 shows a hardware structure diagram of a network-side 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 that can be derived from the embodiments given herein by a person of ordinary skill in the art are intended to be within the scope of the present disclosure.

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" are generally used herein in a generic sense to distinguish one element from another, and not necessarily from another element, such as a first element which may be one or more than one. In addition, "and/or" in the specification and the claims means at least one of connected objects, and a character "/" generally means that a preceding and succeeding related objects are in an "or" relationship.

It is worth pointing outThe techniques described in the embodiments of the present application are not limited to the Long Term Evolution (LTE)/LTE Evolution (LTE-Advanced) system, 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), frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA), and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in the embodiments of the present application are often used interchangeably, and the described techniques can 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 applications other than NR system applications, such as generation 6 (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 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 evolved node B, 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 evolved node B, 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 a specific type of the Base Station is not limited.

The following describes in detail a determination scheme of a measurement gap repetition period provided by embodiments of the present application with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 2 shows a flowchart of a method for determining a repetition period of a measurement gap in an embodiment of the present application, and 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, a terminal acquires target configuration information configured by network side equipment, wherein the target configuration information comprises attribute parameters of a plurality of target measurement gap modes, and the attribute parameters comprise: and (3) MGRP.

In the NR Rel-15/16 release, similar to LTE, only one measurement gap pattern can be configured for one terminal, e.g. only one measurement gap pattern can be configured for each (per) UE; the UE of each (per) Frequency Range (FR) can only configure one measurement gap pattern per FR. For NR, the complexity of the measurement object properties is much higher than for LTE, such as positioning information, CSI-RS, etc. The increase in complexity in the time domain is manifested by an increase in aperiodic measurement objects, or by different periods and offsets (offsets) for a plurality of Measurement Occasions (MOs), and in the frequency domain by a large increase in the possible positions of the central frequency point of the measurement objects. Currently, in order to ensure more efficient measurement based on measurement gap, it is desirable to align multiple MOs (e.g. multiple SSBs) as much as possible in the time domain, which reduces the flexibility of network configuration. In order to make network configuration more flexible and reduce overhead of measurement gap, R17 plans to introduce a mechanism for configuring multiple measurement gap patterns for one UE, that is, a network side device may configure multiple target measurement gap patterns for a terminal, and configure attribute parameters of each target measurement gap pattern, for example, MGRP, in configuration information of each target measurement gap pattern.

In the embodiment of the present application, optionally, the plurality of target measurement gap patterns include one of:

(1) A plurality of measurement gap patterns configured over a same Frequency Range (FR); i.e., multiple measurement gap patterns configured for per FR UEs.

(2) A plurality of measurement gap patterns configured for the same terminal; i.e. a plurality of measurement gap patterns configured for per UE.

(3) A set of multiple measurement gap patterns configured for the same Frequency Range (FR) and multiple measurement gap patterns configured for the same terminal. I.e., a set of measurement gap patterns configured for per UE and configured for per FR UE. For example, the measurement gap patterns GP1 and GP2 configured for a certain UE, and the measurement gap patterns configured for the FR in which the UE is located are GP3 and GP4, then the multiple target measurement gap patterns are GP1, GP2, GP3, and GP4.

S212, the terminal determines a plurality of target MGRPs in the target measurement gap mode according to the MGRPs in each target measurement gap mode, wherein the target MGRP is used for determining a target performance index in the measurement process of the service cell.

Under the condition of a single measurement gap mode, for the measurement process of a serving cell, such as an RLM, a link recovery process, an L1-RSRP measurement process, an L1-SINR measurement process, and the like, when the influence of a measurement gap (measurement gap) or other factors needs to be considered, a scaling factor P in a performance index generally leads to correlation with an MGRP in the measurement gap mode, and the performance index is determined according to the scaling factor. However, in the case of multiple measurement gap patterns, since each measurement gap pattern is configured with one MGRP, and the MGRPs of different measurement gap patterns may also be different, for example, in fig. 3a, 2 target measurement gap patterns GP1 and GP2 are configured, where MGRP1 of GP1 is different from MGRP2 of GP 2. From the perspective of a measurement object using gap patterns for measurement, the measurement object may be associated with only one or a few of all configured gap patterns, and the other gap patterns do not affect the measurement of the object. From the perspective of the measurement process for the serving cell, all the measurement gaps of the gap pattern (except the measurement gaps cancelled according to the priority principle or the dynamic indication or the specific sharing rule) have an influence on the measurement of the serving cell, and at this time, a plurality of configured gap patterns may be regarded as a composite gap pattern (or may also be referred to as a virtual gap pattern). Specifically, the components in the composite gap mode: for FR1, only all gap patterns configured on FR1 are considered, or all gap patterns and all per UE gap patterns configured on FR1 are considered; for FR2, only all gap patterns configured on FR2 are considered, or all gap patterns and all per UE gap patterns configured on FR2 are considered. The scaling factor for the performance indicator may be determined by the MGRP of the composite gap pattern. Therefore, in the embodiment of the present application, the target MGRP, i.e., the MGRP for calculating the scaling factor P, i.e., the MGRP for the above-described composite gap mode, is determined according to the MGRP for each target measurement gap mode.

In one possible implementation manner, the determining, by the terminal, a plurality of target MGRPs in the target measurement gap mode according to the MGRP in each target measurement gap mode includes: determining the target MGRP to be a candidate MGRP or a quotient of the candidate MGRP and n, wherein n is the number of the target measurement gap patterns. The candidate MGRP may be one of:

(1) An average value of MGRPs of a plurality of the target measurement gap patterns; for example, assume there are n gap pattern P ₁ 8230pn and corresponding MGRP of M ₁ 8230Hn, candidate MGRP = (M) ₁ +M ₂ …+Mn)/n。

(2) A maximum value of MGRPs of the plurality of target measurement gap patterns; i.e. candidate MGRP = max (M) ₁ …Mn)。

(3) A minimum value of MGRPs of the plurality of target measurement gap patterns; i.e. candidate MGRP = min (M) ₁ …M _n )

(4) A plurality ofAny one of the MGRPs of the target measurement gap pattern; i.e. candidate MGRP = M _i Wherein M is _i Can be M ₁ To Mn.

(5) One predetermined MGRP of the MGRPs of the plurality of target measurement gap patterns. I.e. candidate MGRP = M _j Wherein, M is _j Can be M ₁ To the MGRP specified by the network side device in Mn, or a pre-agreed MGRP.

For example, for the multiple target measurement gap patterns shown in fig. 3a, since the measurement gaps of each target measurement gap pattern do not overlap at all (fully non-overlapped overlapped), since there is no collision in the measurement gaps between the multiple gap patterns, there is no case where (M-1) measurement gaps among the M measurement gaps of the collision will be cancelled, and thus the last composite gap pattern is similar to a result of mutual interpolation of the multiple gap patterns. Suppose there are n gap patterns P ₁ 8230p Pn, corresponding MGRP is M ₁ 823000 part of Mn; the MGRP of the composite gap pattern (i.e., the target MGRP mentioned above, which may be denoted as com _ MGRP) may have the following values:

(1) The MGRP of the composite gap pattern is the average of MRGP (configured gap pattern MRGP) of all configured gap patterns, i.e., com _ MGRP = (M) ₁ +M ₂ …+Mn)/n；

(2) The MGRP of the composite gap pattern is the minimum value of all configured gap pattern MRGP, i.e. com _ MGRP = min (M) ₁ …Mn)；

(3) MGRP of the composite gap pattern is the maximum value of all configured gap pattern MRGP, i.e. com _ MGRP = max (M) ₁ …Mn)；

(4) MGRP of composite gap pattern is any one M of MRGP of all configured gap patterns _i Or system-specified M _i I.e. com _ MGRP = M _i ；

(5) MGRP of composite gap pattern is any one M of MRGP of all configured gap patterns _i Or system-specified M _i ；

(6) MGRP of composite gap pattern is in MRGP of all configured gap patternsAny M _i Or system-specific M _i Or the largest MGPR (M) of all configured gap pattern MRGPs _max ) Or the smallest MGPR (M) of all configured gap pattern MRGPs _min ) Divided by the number of gap patterns configured, i.e., com _ MGRP = M _i N; or com _ MGRP = M _max N; or com _ MGRP = M _min And/n. Of course, the average value of all configured gap patterns MRGP may be divided by the number of configured gap patterns, i.e. com _ MGRP = (M) ₁ +M ₂ …+Mn)/(n*n)。

In one possible implementation, the candidate MGRP is specified by the network side device. That is, the network side device may determine that the candidate MGRP is one of the above average value, maximum value, minimum value, any value, or specified value, and then indicate to the terminal, and the terminal determines the candidate MGRP according to the indication of the network side device.

In one possible embodiment, determining the target MGRP as a candidate MGRP or a quotient of the candidate MGRP and n comprises:

determining a target MGRP as a quotient of the candidate MGRPs and n if an MGRP of a first target measurement gap pattern, which is a target measurement gap pattern with a largest MGRP among the plurality of target measurement gap patterns, is greater than or equal to 2 times an MGRP of a second target measurement gap pattern, which is a target measurement gap pattern with a smallest MGRP among the plurality of target measurement gap patterns.

For example, when max (M) ₁ …Mn)≤2*min(M ₁ 8230mn), where two consecutive measurement gaps of any one gap pattern may be inserted into measurement gaps of other gap patterns, the upper part of fig. 3a shows a corresponding example under 2 gap patterns; at this time, the MGRP of the composite gap pattern may be approximated as: m is a group of _i N, wherein M _i MGRP of a certain gap pattern of the n gap patterns; the gap pattern may be designated by the system (i.e. the network side device) and sent to the terminal, or may directly specify which MGRP of the gap pattern is used, e.g. directly specify the maximum or minimum of all the gap patterns usedAnd (3) MGRP. In addition, since the MGRP of each gap pattern is known, the network side device may also directly specify the MGRP of the associated composite gap pattern.

For example, the network side device may add the following configuration information in the signaling configuring multiple gap patterns:

MeasMultiGapConfig::＝SEQUENCE{

…,

com_MGRP ENUMERATED{ms20,ms40,ms80,ms160}

}

in another possible implementation manner, the determining, by the terminal, a plurality of target MGRPs in the target measurement gap mode according to the MGRP in each target measurement gap mode includes: determining a target MGRP to be the MGRP of a fourth target measurement gap mode if the MGRP of the third target measurement gap mode is greater than m times the MGRP of the fourth target measurement gap mode, where m is an integer greater than or equal to 2, the third and fourth target measurement gap modes being one of the plurality of target measurement gap modes.

In the foregoing possible implementation manner, determining that the target MGRP is the MGRP of the fourth target measurement gap pattern includes: determining that the target MGRP is the MGRP of the fourth target measurement gap pattern when there is no measurement gap of another target measurement gap pattern among any k or more consecutive measurement gaps of the fourth target measurement gap pattern, where k is an integer greater than or equal to m, and the another target measurement gap pattern is a target measurement gap pattern other than the fourth target measurement gap pattern among the plurality of target measurement gap patterns.

For example, for

M _j ∈{M ₁ 8230Mn }, if M is present _i >2*M _j In the case that the distance between any two consecutive measurement gaps is greatly different, the MGRP of the composite gap pattern may be approximated by the following method:

for 1 gap pattern M _i If there are no other gap pattern measuring gaps among any three or more than 3 continuous measuring gaps, the MGRP of the composite gap pattern is the MGRP of the gap pattern.

In this case, the terminal may obtain the MGRP of the composite gap pattern according to all the gap patterns configured in the network, and may not need the network side device indication. The above-described manner of indicating the corresponding MGRP by the network may of course be used.

In a possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present application, the determining, by the terminal, a plurality of target MGRPs in the target measurement gap mode according to the MGRP in each target measurement gap mode includes: determining the target MGRP to be the minimum value of the MGRPs of the target measurement gap patterns when the measurement gaps of the different target measurement gap patterns are overlapped.

In the foregoing possible implementation manner, the existence of the coincidence between the measurement gaps of the different target measurement gap patterns includes: the measurement gaps of different target measurement gap patterns are completely or partially overlapped. For example, the method may include a manner in which the partial measurement gaps shown in fig. 3b completely overlap, or may include a manner in which the partial measurement gaps shown in fig. 3c partially overlap.

In one possible implementation, after S212, the method may further include:

the terminal determines a target scaling factor based on the target MGRP;

determining the target performance indicator in a serving cell measurement process based on the target scaling factor.

Through the possible implementation manner, the terminal can determine the target scaling factor based on the target MGRP and then determine the target performance index in the measurement process of the serving cell based on the target scaling factor, thereby determining the performance index in the measurement process of the serving cell in the mode of configuring multiple measurement intervals.

Fig. 4 shows another flowchart of a method for determining a repetition period of a measurement gap in this embodiment, where the method 400 may be performed 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. 4, the method may include the following steps.

S412, the network side device configures target configuration information for the terminal, where the target configuration information includes attribute parameters of a plurality of target measurement gap modes, and the attribute parameters include: and (3) MGRP.

The multiple target measurement gap modes configured by the network side device are the same as the multiple target measurement gap modes obtained by the terminal in the method 200, which may specifically refer to the description in the method 200, and are not described herein again.

Wherein the plurality of target measurement gap patterns may include one of: a set of a plurality of measurement gap patterns configured on the same FR, a plurality of measurement gap patterns configured for the same terminal, a plurality of measurement gap patterns configured for the same FR, and a plurality of measurement gap patterns configured for the same terminal.

S412, the network side device determines a plurality of target MGRPs in the target measurement gap mode according to the MGRPs in each target measurement gap mode, wherein the target MGRPs are used for determining a target performance index in a service cell measurement process.

In one possible implementation manner, similar to the method 200, the determining, by the network side device, a target MGRP of a composite measurement gap pattern in multiple target measurement gap patterns according to the MGRPs of the target measurement gap patterns may include:

determining the target MGRP as a candidate MGRP or a quotient of the candidate MGRP and n, wherein n is the number of the target measurement gap patterns;

the candidate MGRP is one of:

an average value of MGRPs of a plurality of the target measurement gap patterns;

a maximum value of MGRPs of the plurality of target measurement gap patterns;

a minimum value of MGRPs of the plurality of target measurement gap patterns;

any one of the plurality of target measurement gap-mode MGRPs;

one predetermined MGRP of the MGRPs of the plurality of target measurement gap patterns.

In the foregoing possible implementation manner, after the network side device configures configuration information of a plurality of target measurement gap patterns for the terminal, the method further includes: and the network side equipment indicates the candidate MGRP to the terminal. That is, the network side device indicates the value of the terminal candidate MGRP after determining the candidate MGRP, so that the terminal can directly know the candidate MGRP consistent with the network side device.

In the foregoing possible implementation manner, after the network side device configures configuration information of a plurality of target measurement gap patterns for the terminal, the method further includes: the network side device indicates the predetermined MGRP to the terminal.

In one possible implementation, determining the target MGRP as a candidate MGRP or a quotient of the candidate MGRP and n includes:

determining the target MGRP to be the quotient of the candidate MGRP and n when the MGRP of a first target measurement gap mode is greater than or equal to 2 times the MGRP of a second target measurement gap mode, wherein the first target measurement gap mode is the target measurement gap mode with the largest MGRP in the plurality of target measurement gap modes, and the second target measurement gap mode is the target measurement gap mode with the smallest MGRP in the plurality of target measurement gap modes.

In a possible implementation manner, the determining, by the network side device, target MGRPs in a plurality of target measurement gap modes according to an MGRP in each target measurement gap mode includes:

determining a target MGRP to be the MGRP of a fourth target measurement gap mode if the MGRP of the third target measurement gap mode is greater than m times the MGRP of the fourth target measurement gap mode, where m is an integer greater than or equal to 2, the third and fourth target measurement gap modes being one of the plurality of target measurement gap modes.

In one possible implementation manner, determining that the target MGRP is the MGRP of the fourth target measurement gap pattern includes:

determining that the target MGRP is the MGRP of the fourth target measurement gap pattern when there is no measurement gap of another target measurement gap pattern among any k or more consecutive measurement gaps of the fourth target measurement gap pattern, wherein k is an integer greater than or equal to m, and the another target measurement gap pattern is a target measurement gap pattern other than the fourth target measurement gap pattern among the plurality of target measurement gap patterns.

determining the target MGRP to be the minimum value of the MGRPs of the target measurement gap patterns when the measurement gaps of the different target measurement gap patterns are overlapped.

In one possible implementation, the presence of coincidence between measurement gaps of different target measurement gap patterns includes: the measurement gaps of different target measurement gap patterns are completely or partially overlapped.

In one possible implementation, after determining a plurality of target MGRPs in the target measurement gap mode, the method further includes:

the network side equipment determines a target scaling factor of the terminal based on the target MGRP;

and determining the target performance index based on the target scaling factor, wherein the target performance index is a performance index in a measurement process of a service cell of the terminal.

It should be noted that the method 400 is a method of a network side device corresponding to the method 200, the process thereof corresponds to the method 200, in order to avoid repeated description, only part of the method 400 is described, and for other matters, reference may be made to the related description in the method 200.

It should be noted that, in the method for determining a repetition period of a measurement gap provided in the embodiment of the present application, the execution subject may be a device for determining a repetition period of a measurement gap, or a control module in the device for determining a repetition period of a measurement gap, for executing the method for determining a repetition period of a measurement gap. In the embodiment of the present application, a method for determining a repetition period of a measurement gap performed by a determination device of a repetition period of a measurement gap is taken as an example, and the determination device of a repetition period of a measurement gap provided in the embodiment of the present application is described.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a device for determining a repetition period of a measurement gap according to an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 5, the device 500 may include: an acquisition module 501 and a first determination module 502.

In this embodiment of the present application, the obtaining module 501 is configured to obtain target configuration information configured by a network side device, where the target configuration information includes attribute parameters of a plurality of target measurement gap patterns, and the attribute parameters include: MGRP; a first determining module 502, configured to determine, according to an MGRP of each target measurement gap mode, target MGRPs in a plurality of target measurement gap modes, where the target MGRPs are used to determine a target performance indicator in a serving cell measurement process.

In one possible implementation manner, the determining module 502 determines, according to the MGRP of each target measurement gap mode, target MGRPs in a plurality of target measurement gap modes, including:

determining the target MGRP to be a candidate MGRP or a quotient of the candidate MGRP and n, wherein n is the number of the target measurement gap patterns;

the candidate MGRP is one of:

a maximum value of MGRPs of the plurality of target measurement gap patterns;

a minimum value of MGRPs of the plurality of target measurement gap patterns;

any one of the plurality of target measurement gap-mode MGRPs;

In one possible implementation, the candidate MGRP is specified by a network side device.

In a possible implementation manner, the predetermined MGRP is an MGRP specified by a network side device, or the predetermined MGRP is an agreed MGRP.

determining that the target MGRP is the MGRP of the fourth target measurement gap pattern when there is no measurement gap of another target measurement gap pattern among any k or more consecutive measurement gaps of the fourth target measurement gap pattern, where k is an integer greater than or equal to m, and the another target measurement gap pattern is a target measurement gap pattern other than the fourth target measurement gap pattern among the plurality of target measurement gap patterns.

In one possible implementation, the plurality of target measurement gap patterns comprises one of: a set of a plurality of measurement gap patterns configured on the same frequency range FR, a plurality of measurement gap patterns configured for the same terminal, a plurality of measurement gap patterns configured for the same frequency range FR, and a plurality of measurement gap patterns configured for the same terminal.

In one possible implementation manner, the first determining module 502 is further configured to:

after determining a target MGRP in a plurality of the target measurement gap modes, determining a target scaling factor based on the target MGRP;

The determining device for measuring the gap repetition period 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 determination device for measuring the repetition period 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 device for determining the repetition period of the measurement gap 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. 4, and achieve the same technical effect, and is not described here again to avoid repetition.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of another apparatus for determining a repetition period of a measurement gap according to an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 6, the apparatus 600 mainly includes: a configuration module 601 and a second determination module 602.

In this embodiment, the configuration module 601 is configured to configure target configuration information for a terminal, where the target configuration information includes attribute parameters of a plurality of target measurement gap patterns, and the attribute parameters include: MGRP; a second determining module 602, configured to determine, according to an MGRP of each target measurement gap mode, a plurality of target MGRPs in the target measurement gap mode, where the target MGRPs are used to determine a target performance indicator in a serving cell measurement process.

In one possible implementation manner, the determining module 602 determines, according to the MGRP of each target measurement gap mode, target MGRPs in a plurality of target measurement gap modes, including:

the candidate MGRP is one of:

a maximum value of MGRPs of the plurality of target measurement gap patterns;

a minimum value of MGRPs of the plurality of target measurement gap patterns;

any one of the plurality of target measurement gap-mode MGRPs;

In one possible implementation, the apparatus further includes:

a first indicating module, configured to indicate the candidate MGRP to the terminal.

In one possible implementation, the apparatus further includes:

and a second indicating module, configured to indicate the predetermined MGRP to the terminal.

In a possible implementation manner, the determining, by the second determining module 602, target MGRPs in a plurality of target measurement gap modes according to an MGRP in each target measurement gap mode includes:

In one possible implementation, the plurality of target measurement gap patterns includes one of: a set of a plurality of measurement gap patterns configured on the same frequency range FR, a plurality of measurement gap patterns configured for the same terminal, a plurality of measurement gap patterns configured for the same frequency range FR, and a plurality of measurement gap patterns configured for the same terminal.

In one possible implementation manner, the second determining module 602 is further configured to:

after determining a target MGRP in a plurality of target measurement gap modes, determining a target scaling factor of the terminal based on the target MGRP;

The determining device for measuring the gap repetition period in the embodiment of the present application may be a device, or may be a component, an integrated circuit, or a chip in a network side device. By way of example, the network-side device may include, but is not limited to, the type of the network-side device 12 listed above, and the embodiment of the present application is not particularly limited.

The apparatus for determining a repetition period of a measurement gap provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by a network device in the method embodiments of fig. 2 to fig. 4, and achieve the same technical effect, and is not described herein again to avoid repetition.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 7, an embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device 700, which includes a processor 701, a memory 702, and a program or an instruction stored on the memory 702 and executable on the processor 701, for example, when the communication device 700 is a terminal, the program or the instruction is executed by the processor 701 to implement the processes of the embodiment of the method 200 for determining a repetition period of a measurement gap, and the same technical effect can be achieved. When the communication device 700 is a network-side device, the program or the instructions are executed by the processor 701 to implement the processes of the embodiment of the method 400 for determining a repetition period of a measurement gap, and the same technical effect can be achieved.

The 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 of the foregoing method 200 for determining a repetition period of a measurement gap, 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 modes of the method embodiment can be applied to the terminal embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect. Specifically, fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal for implementing the embodiment of the present application.

The terminal 800 includes, but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 801, a network module 802, an audio output unit 803, an input unit 804, a sensor 805, a display unit 806, a user input unit 807, an interface unit 808, a memory 809, and a processor 810.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal 800 may further include a power supply (e.g., a battery) for supplying power to various components, and the power supply may be logically connected to the processor 810 through a power management system, so as to implement functions of managing charging, discharging, and power consumption through the power management system. The terminal structure shown in fig. 8 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 804 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 8041 and a microphone 8042, and the Graphics Processing Unit 8041 processes image data of still pictures or videos obtained by an image capturing device (such as a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The display unit 806 may include a display panel 8061, and the display panel 8061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 807 includes a touch panel 8071 and other input devices 8072. A touch panel 8071, also referred to as a touch screen. The touch panel 8071 may include two portions of a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 8072 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 are not described in detail herein.

In this embodiment, the radio frequency unit 801 receives downlink data from a network side device, and then processes the downlink data to the processor 810; in addition, the uplink data is sent to the network side equipment. In general, radio frequency unit 801 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.

Memory 809 may be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 809 may mainly include a storage program or instruction area and a storage data area, wherein the storage 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 809 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, EPROM), 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 810 may include one or more processing units; alternatively, the processor 810 may integrate an application processor, which primarily handles operating systems, user interfaces, 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 processor 810.

Wherein, the processor 810 is configured to:

acquiring target configuration information configured by network side equipment, wherein the target configuration information comprises attribute parameters of a plurality of target measurement gap modes, and the attribute parameters comprise: MGRP;

and determining a plurality of target MGRPs under the target measurement gap mode according to the MGRPs of each target measurement gap mode, wherein the target MGRP is used for determining a target performance index in the measurement process of the service cell.

Through the terminal, the target MGRP for calculating the scaling factor in the measurement process of the serving cell can be defined under the condition of configuring a plurality of gap patterns.

Optionally, determining a plurality of target MGRPs of a composite measurement gap mode in the target measurement gap mode according to the MGRPs of each target measurement gap mode, including:

determining the target MGRP as a candidate MGRP or a quotient of the candidate MGRP and n, wherein n is the number of the target measurement gap modes;

the candidate MGRP is one of:

a maximum value of MGRPs of the plurality of target measurement gap patterns;

a minimum value of MGRPs of the plurality of target measurement gap patterns;

any one of the plurality of target measurement gap-mode MGRPs;

The 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 in the embodiment of the method 400 for determining a repetition period of a measurement gap, and the communication interface is used for a terminal to perform communication. 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 modes 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. 9, the network device 900 includes: antenna 901, radio frequency device 902, baseband device 903. The antenna 901 is connected to a radio frequency device 902. In the uplink direction, rf device 902 receives information via antenna 901 and sends the received information to baseband device 903 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 903 processes information to be transmitted and transmits the processed information to the radio frequency device 902, and the radio frequency device 902 processes the received information and transmits the processed information through the antenna 901.

The above-mentioned frequency band processing apparatus may be located in the baseband apparatus 903, and the method performed by the network side device in the above embodiments may be implemented in the baseband apparatus 903, where the baseband apparatus 903 includes a processor 904 and a memory 905.

The baseband apparatus 903 may include, for example, at least one baseband board, on which a plurality of chips are disposed, as shown in fig. 9, where one of the chips is, for example, a processor 904, and is connected to a memory 905 to call up a program in the memory 905 to execute the network device operations shown in the above method embodiments.

The baseband device 903 may further include a network interface 906 for exchanging information with the radio frequency device 902, for example, a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI).

Specifically, the network side device according to the embodiment of the present invention further includes: the instructions or programs stored in the memory 905 and capable of being executed on the processor 904, and the processor 904 calls the instructions or programs in the memory 905 to execute the method executed by each module shown in fig. 6, and achieve the same technical effect, which is not described herein in detail to avoid repetition.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a readable storage medium, where a program or an instruction is stored on the readable storage medium, and when the program or the instruction is executed by a processor, the program or the instruction implements each process of each process method embodiment of the above-mentioned method for determining a measurement gap repetition period 200 embodiment, or implements each process of each process method embodiment of the above-mentioned method for determining a measurement gap repetition period 400 embodiment, 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 each process method embodiment of the above method for determining a repetition period of a measurement gap 200, or to implement each process of each process method embodiment of the above method for determining a repetition period of a measurement gap 400, and the same technical effect can be achieved, and details are not repeated here to avoid repetition.

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 embodiment of the present application further provides 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 method for determining a repetition period of a measurement gap 200, or to implement each process of the embodiment of the method for determining a repetition period of a measurement gap 400, 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 phrase "comprising one of 8230, and" comprising 8230does not exclude the presence of additional like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus comprising 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. Additionally, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

Through the description of the foregoing embodiments, it is clear to those skilled in the art that the method of the foregoing embodiments may be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly may also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better implementation. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present application or portions thereof that contribute to the prior art 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 (which may be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device, etc.) 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 determining a repetition period of a measurement gap, comprising:

the method comprises the steps that a terminal obtains target configuration information configured by network side equipment, wherein the target configuration information comprises attribute parameters of a plurality of target measurement gap modes, and the attribute parameters comprise: measuring a gap repetition period MGRP;

the terminal determines a plurality of target MGRPs in the target measurement gap mode according to the MGRP of each target measurement gap mode, wherein the target MGRP is used for determining a target performance index in the measurement process of the service cell.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the terminal determines the target MGRP in a plurality of target measurement gap modes according to the MGRP in each target measurement gap mode, including:

the candidate MGRP is one of:

a maximum value of MGRPs of the plurality of target measurement gap patterns;

a minimum value of MGRPs of the plurality of target measurement gap patterns;

any one of the plurality of target measurement gap-mode MGRPs;

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the candidate MGRP is specified by a network side device.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein determining the target MGRP as a candidate MGRP or a quotient of the candidate MGRP and n comprises:

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the determining, by the terminal, the target MGRP in the plurality of target measurement gap modes according to the MGRP in each target measurement gap mode comprises:

6. The method of claim 5, wherein determining the target MGRP to be the MGRP for the fourth target measurement gap-mode comprises:

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the terminal determines the target MGRP in a plurality of target measurement gap modes according to the MGRP in each target measurement gap mode, including:

8. The method of any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the plurality of target measurement gap patterns comprises one of: a set of a plurality of measurement gap patterns configured on the same frequency range FR, a plurality of measurement gap patterns configured for the same terminal, a plurality of measurement gap patterns configured for the same frequency range FR, and a plurality of measurement gap patterns configured for the same terminal.

9. The method according to any of claims 1 to 7, wherein after determining a plurality of target MGRPs in the target measurement gap mode, the method further comprises: the terminal determines a target scaling factor based on the target MGRP;

10. A method for determining a repetition period of a measurement gap, comprising:

network side equipment configures target configuration information for a terminal, wherein the target configuration information comprises attribute parameters of a plurality of target measurement gap modes, and the attribute parameters comprise: measuring a gap repetition period MGRP;

the network side equipment determines a plurality of target MGRPs in the target measurement gap mode according to the MGRP of each target measurement gap mode, wherein the target MGRP is used for determining a target performance index in a service cell measurement process.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the network side device determines a plurality of target MGRPs in the target measurement gap mode according to the MGRP in each target measurement gap mode, including:

the candidate MGRP is one of:

a maximum value of MGRPs of the plurality of target measurement gap patterns;

a minimum value of MGRPs of the plurality of target measurement gap patterns;

any one of the plurality of target measurement gap-mode MGRPs;

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein after the network side device configures configuration information of a plurality of target measurement gap patterns for the terminal, the method further comprises:

the network side equipment indicates the candidate MGRP to the terminal; or,

the network side device indicates the predetermined MGRP to the terminal.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein determining the target MGRP as a candidate MGRP or a quotient of the candidate MGRP and n comprises:

14. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the determining, by the network side device, the target MGRP in the plurality of target measurement gap modes according to the MGRP in each target measurement gap mode includes:

15. The method of claim 14, wherein determining the target MGRP to be the MGRP for the fourth target measurement gap pattern comprises:

16. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the network side device determines a plurality of target MGRPs in the target measurement gap mode according to the MGRP in each target measurement gap mode, including:

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the existence of coincidence between measurement gaps of different target measurement gap patterns comprises: the measurement gaps of different target measurement gap patterns are completely or partially overlapped.

18. The method of any one of claims 10 to 17, wherein the plurality of target measurement gap patterns comprises one of: a set of a plurality of measurement gap patterns configured on the same frequency range FR, a plurality of measurement gap patterns configured for the same terminal, a plurality of measurement gap patterns configured for the same frequency range FR, and a plurality of measurement gap patterns configured for the same terminal.

19. The method according to any of claims 10-17, wherein after determining the target MGRP in a plurality of the target measurement gap modes, the method further comprises:

20. A device for determining a repetition period of a measurement gap, comprising:

an obtaining module, configured to obtain target configuration information configured by a network side device, where the target configuration information includes attribute parameters of a plurality of target measurement gap patterns, and the attribute parameters include: measuring a gap repetition period MGRP;

a first determining module, configured to determine, according to an MGRP in each target measurement gap mode, a plurality of target MGRPs in the target measurement gap mode, where the target MGRPs are used to determine a target performance index in a serving cell measurement process.

21. The apparatus as claimed in claim 20, wherein the first determining module determines the target MGRP in a plurality of target measurement gap modes according to the MGRP of each target measurement gap mode, including:

the candidate MGRP is one of:

a maximum value of MGRPs of the plurality of target measurement gap patterns;

a minimum value of MGRPs of the plurality of target measurement gap patterns;

any one of the plurality of target measurement gap-mode MGRPs;

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein determining the target MGRP as a candidate MGRP or a quotient of the candidate MGRP and n comprises:

23. The apparatus as claimed in claim 20, wherein the first determining module determines the target MGRP in a plurality of target measurement gap modes according to the MGRP of each target measurement gap mode, including:

determining a third target measurement gap pattern to be an MGRP of a fourth target measurement gap pattern if the MGRP of the third target measurement gap pattern is greater than m times the MGRP of the fourth target measurement gap pattern, where m is an integer greater than or equal to 2, the third and fourth target measurement gap patterns being one of the plurality of target measurement gap patterns.

24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein determining the target MGRP to be the MGRP for the fourth target measurement gap-mode comprises:

25. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the first determining module determines the target MGRP in a plurality of target measurement gap modes according to the MGRP of each target measurement gap mode, comprising:

26. The apparatus of any one of claims 20 to 25, wherein the first determining module is further configured to:

27. A device for determining a repetition period of a measurement gap, comprising:

a configuration module, configured to configure target configuration information for a terminal, where the target configuration information includes attribute parameters of a plurality of target measurement gap patterns, and the attribute parameters include: measuring a gap repetition period MGRP;

and a second determining module, configured to determine, according to the MGRP in each target measurement gap mode, a plurality of target MGRPs in the target measurement gap mode, where the target MGRPs are used to determine a target performance index in a serving cell measurement process.

28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the second determining module determines the target MGRP in the plurality of target measurement gap modes according to the MGRP in each target measurement gap mode, comprising:

the candidate MGRP is one of:

a maximum value of MGRPs of the plurality of target measurement gap patterns;

a minimum value of MGRPs of the plurality of target measurement gap patterns;

any one of the plurality of target measurement gap-mode MGRPs;

29. The apparatus of claim 28, further comprising:

a first indicating module, configured to indicate the candidate MGRP to the terminal; or,

30. The apparatus as claimed in claim 28, wherein determining the target MGRP as a candidate MGRP or a quotient of the candidate MGRP and n comprises:

31. The apparatus as claimed in claim 27, wherein the second determining module determines the target MGRP in a plurality of target measurement gap modes according to the MGRP of each target measurement gap mode, comprising:

32. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein determining the target MGRP to be the MGRP for the fourth target measurement gap-mode comprises:

33. The apparatus as claimed in claim 27, wherein the second determining module determines the target MGRP in a plurality of target measurement gap modes according to the MGRP of each target measurement gap mode, comprising:

34. The apparatus of any of claims 27 to 33, wherein the second determining module is further configured to:

35. 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 determining a measurement gap repetition period according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

36. 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 determining a repetition period of a measurement gap according to any one of claims 10 to 19.

37. A readable storage medium, on which a program or instructions are stored, which when executed by a processor implement the steps of the method of determining a measurement gap repetition period according to any one of claims 1 to 9, or the steps of the method of determining a measurement gap repetition period according to any one of claims 10 to 19.