CN115915195A

CN115915195A - Configuration method, measurement method, device and equipment of measurement interval mode

Info

Publication number: CN115915195A
Application number: CN202110997722.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 郭秋格
Original assignee: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co Ltd
Current assignee: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-08-27
Filing date: 2021-08-27
Publication date: 2023-04-04
Also published as: WO2023024817A1

Abstract

The invention provides a configuration method, a measurement method, a device and equipment of a measurement interval mode. The method comprises the following steps: after configuring measurement resources for a terminal, a network device sends pre-configuration information to the terminal, wherein the pre-configuration information comprises: configuration information associated with at least two measurement interval patterns, and first information indicating initial states of the at least two measurement interval patterns; if the measurement resource reconfiguration or the BWP handover occurs, the network device sends second information to the terminal, where the second information is used to indicate states of the at least two measurement interval modes after the measurement resource reconfiguration or the BWP handover occurs. The network device of the application pre-configures a plurality of measurement interval modes for the terminal, indicates the initial state of the measurement interval modes, and activates or deactivates the corresponding measurement interval modes when measurement resource reconfiguration or BWP switching occurs, so that the reduction of measurement performance caused by measurement gap requirement change due to BWP switching can be avoided.

Description

Configuration method, measurement method, device and equipment of measurement interval mode

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a configuration method, a measurement device, and a measurement interval mode.

Background

In the prior art, radio Resource Management (RRM) measures whether a measurement gap (gap) is required, and relates to a reference signal configuration and an active Bandwidth Part (BWP) configuration, therefore, a new measurement target or a BWP handover may cause a change in the gap measurement requirement.

Currently, the gap configuration mode of a New Radio (NR) can only adopt Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling configuration, so if BWP handover causes a change in gap requirement, a network device needs to configure or de-configure a measurement gap through RRC signaling, but BWP handover is relatively frequent, and a time delay of RRC signaling is longer than a time delay of BWP handover, which may cause unnecessary gap configuration to cause loss of terminal throughput or miss a part of measurement signals due to too long configuration time, resulting in degradation of measurement performance of the terminal.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a configuration method, a measurement method, a device and equipment of a measurement interval mode, which solve the problem of measurement performance reduction caused by RRC signaling configuration delay when gap requirement change caused by BWP switching occurs in the prior art.

The embodiment of the invention provides a configuration method of a measurement interval mode, which comprises the following steps:

after configuring measurement resources for a terminal, a network device sends pre-configuration information to the terminal, where the pre-configuration information includes: configuration information associated with at least two measurement interval modes, and first information indicating initial states of the at least two measurement interval modes;

if measurement resource reconfiguration or bandwidth part BWP switching occurs, the network device sends second information to the terminal, wherein the second information is used for indicating the states of the at least two measurement interval modes after the measurement resource reconfiguration or BWP switching occurs.

Optionally, the first information includes: and in the at least two measurement interval modes, the initial state is the index of the measurement interval mode in the activated state.

Optionally, the first information further includes: an index of each of the at least two measurement interval patterns;

wherein a maximum value of the index is a number of the measurement interval patterns that are preconfigured.

Optionally, the second information includes: among the at least two measurement interval patterns, an index of the measurement interval pattern of which the state is changed is required.

Optionally, the first information includes: an initial state of each of the at least two measurement interval patterns;

the initial state includes an activated state or a deactivated state.

Optionally, the method further comprises: configuring an initial state of each of the at least two measurement interval modes.

Optionally, if the terminal supports multiple concurrent and independent interval modes, the number of the measurement interval modes with an initial state being an active state is greater than or equal to 0;

if the terminal does not support multiple concurrent and independent interval modes, the number of the measurement interval modes with the initial state of the active state is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1.

Optionally, the second information includes: a state of each of the measurement interval patterns after occurrence of a measurement resource reconfiguration or BWP handover.

Optionally, the first information includes: each of the measurement interval patterns is associated with BWP.

Optionally, if each BWP is associated with a measurement interval mode, the first information indicates that the initial state of the measurement interval mode associated with the currently operating BWP is the active state;

if each BWP is associated with at least two measurement interval patterns, the first information further includes: the initial state is an index of the measurement interval pattern of the active state in the measurement interval pattern associated with the currently operating BWP, or the initial state of each of the measurement interval patterns associated with the currently operating BWP.

Optionally, if each BWP is associated with one measurement interval mode, the second information indicates that the measurement interval mode associated with the switched BWP is in an active state;

if each BWP is associated with at least two measurement interval patterns, the second information includes: in the measurement interval pattern associated with the switched BWP, the index of the measurement interval pattern of the state needs to be changed, or the state of each measurement interval pattern associated with the switched BWP.

Optionally, the first information includes: each of the measurement interval patterns is associated with an initial BWP.

Optionally, if the currently operating BWP is the initial BWP, the first information indicates that the initial state of the measurement interval mode associated with the currently operating BWP is the active state;

if the currently operating BWP is not the initial BWP, the first information further includes: the initial state of the at least two measurement interval patterns is an index of a measurement interval pattern of an active state, or the initial state of each of the at least two measurement interval patterns.

Optionally, if BWP handover occurs and the BWP handover is based on RRC or based on Downlink Control Information (DCI), the second Information includes: an index of a measurement interval pattern for which a state needs to be changed, or a state of each of the measurement interval patterns;

the second information indicates that a measurement interval mode of the initial BWP association is in an active state if BWP handover occurs and the BWP handover is timer-based BWP handover.

Optionally, the second information is RRC signaling or DCI signaling.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a measurement method, including:

the method comprises the steps that a terminal obtains pre-configuration information sent by network equipment, wherein the pre-configuration information comprises: configuration information associated with at least two measurement interval patterns, and first information indicating initial states of the at least two measurement interval patterns;

if measurement resource reconfiguration or BWP switching occurs, the terminal acquires second information sent by the network device, wherein the second information is used for indicating the states of the at least two measurement interval modes after the measurement resource reconfiguration or BWP switching occurs;

and the terminal applies or releases the measurement interval mode according to the second information.

Optionally, the terminal performs application of a measurement interval mode according to the second information, including:

and according to the second information, measuring in an activated measuring interval mode.

Optionally, the terminal releases the measurement interval mode according to the second information, including:

and releasing the measurement interval mode resource in the deactivated state according to the second information.

Optionally, the first information further includes:

an index of each of the at least two measurement interval patterns;

wherein a maximum value of the index is a number of the pre-configured measurement interval patterns.

Optionally, the second information includes: of the at least two measurement interval patterns, an index of the measurement interval pattern of which the state is changed is required.

the initial state includes an activated state or a deactivated state.

Optionally, the first information includes: and associating each measurement interval pattern with BWP.

Optionally, if each BWP is associated with a measurement interval mode, the second information indicates that the measurement interval mode associated with the switched BWP is in an active state;

Optionally, the applying the measurement interval mode according to the second information includes:

if each BWP is associated with a measurement interval mode, the measurement interval mode associated with the switched BWP is used for measurement;

and if each BWP is associated with at least two measurement interval modes, judging the state of the measurement interval mode associated with the switched BWP according to the second information, and measuring through the measurement interval mode in the activated state.

Optionally, if BWP handover occurs and the BWP handover is RRC-based or DCI-based BWP handover, the second information includes: an index of a measurement interval pattern for which a state needs to be changed, or a state of each of the measurement interval patterns;

if BWP switching occurs and the BWP switching is based on RRC or DCI, judging the state of the measurement interval mode after BWP switching according to the second information and measuring by using the measurement interval mode in an activated state;

if a BWP switch occurs and the BWP switch is a timer-based BWP switch, then a measurement is performed using the measurement interval pattern associated with the initial BWP.

Optionally, the second information is RRC signaling or DCI signaling.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a network device, which includes a processor, a memory, and a program or an instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor, where the program or the instruction is executed by the processor to implement the steps of the configuration method of the measurement interval mode.

The network device provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises: memory, transceiver, processor:

a memory for storing a computer program; a processor for reading the computer program in the memory; a transceiver for transceiving data under control of the processor and performing the following operations:

after configuring measurement resources for a terminal, sending preconfigured information to the terminal, where the preconfigured information includes: configuration information associated with at least two measurement interval patterns, and first information indicating initial states of the at least two measurement interval patterns;

and if the measurement resource reconfiguration or the bandwidth part BWP switching occurs, sending second information to the terminal, wherein the second information is used for indicating the states of the at least two measurement interval modes after the measurement resource reconfiguration or the BWP switching occurs.

Optionally, the first information further includes:

an index of each of the at least two measurement interval patterns;

the initial state includes an activated state or a deactivated state.

Optionally, the processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

configuring an initial state of each of the at least two measurement interval patterns.

Optionally, the first information includes:

each of the measurement interval patterns is associated with BWP.

if each BWP is associated with at least two measurement interval patterns, the first information further includes: the initial state is an index of the measurement interval pattern of the active state in the measurement interval patterns associated with the currently operating BWP, or the initial state of each of the measurement interval patterns associated with the currently operating BWP.

Optionally, the first information includes:

each of the measurement interval patterns is associated with an initial BWP.

the second information indicates that the measurement interval mode associated with the initial BWP is active if BWP handover occurs and the BWP handover is timer-based.

Optionally, the second information is RRC signaling or DCI signaling.

Embodiments of the present invention also provide a terminal, including a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored on the memory and executable on the processor, where the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the measurement method described above.

The terminal provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises: memory, transceiver, processor:

a memory for storing a computer program; a processor for reading the computer program in the memory; a transceiver for transceiving data and performing the following operations under control of the processor:

acquiring pre-configuration information sent by network equipment, wherein the pre-configuration information comprises: configuration information associated with at least two measurement interval patterns, and first information indicating initial states of the at least two measurement interval patterns;

if measurement resource reconfiguration or BWP switching occurs, acquiring second information sent by the network device, wherein the second information is used for indicating the states of the at least two measurement interval modes after the measurement resource reconfiguration or BWP switching occurs;

the processor is configured to: and according to the second information, applying or releasing the measurement interval mode.

and according to the second information, measuring through the measurement interval mode in the activated state.

Optionally, the first information further includes:

an index of each of the at least two measurement interval patterns;

the initial state includes an activated state or a deactivated state.

Optionally, the first information includes:

and associating each measurement interval pattern with BWP.

Optionally, the first information includes:

each of the measurement interval patterns is associated with an initial BWP.

if the BWP switching occurs and the BWP switching is based on RRC or DCI, judging the state of the measurement interval mode after the BWP switching according to the second information, and measuring by using the measurement interval mode in an activated state;

Optionally, the second information is RRC signaling or DCI signaling.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a device for configuring a measurement interval mode, including:

a first sending unit, configured to send preconfigured information to a terminal after configuring measurement resources for the terminal, where the preconfigured information includes: configuration information associated with at least two measurement interval patterns, and first information indicating initial states of the at least two measurement interval patterns;

a second sending unit, configured to send, to the terminal, second information if measurement resource reconfiguration or bandwidth portion BWP handover occurs, where the second information is used to indicate states of the at least two measurement interval modes after the measurement resource reconfiguration or BWP handover occurs.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a measurement apparatus, including:

a first obtaining unit, configured to obtain preconfigured information sent by a network device, where the preconfigured information includes: configuration information associated with at least two measurement interval patterns, and first information indicating initial states of the at least two measurement interval patterns;

a second obtaining unit, configured to obtain second information sent by the network device if measurement resource reconfiguration or BWP handover occurs, where the second information is used to indicate states of the at least two measurement interval modes after the measurement resource reconfiguration or BWP handover occurs;

and the processing unit is used for applying or releasing the measurement interval mode according to the second information.

Embodiments of the present invention also provide a processor-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the above-mentioned steps of the method for configuring a measurement interval pattern, or carries out the above-mentioned steps of the measurement method.

The technical scheme of the invention has the beneficial effects that:

according to the embodiment of the application, after the network equipment configures the measurement resources, the network equipment pre-configures a plurality of measurement interval modes for the terminal and indicates the initial state of the measurement interval modes. When measurement resource reconfiguration occurs or BWP handover occurs, the network device may activate or deactivate the corresponding measurement interval mode according to a change in measurement requirements. The method can avoid the reduction of the measurement performance caused by the fact that the RRC signaling configuration delay is larger than the BWP switching delay when the measurement gap requirement caused by the BWP switching changes.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a method for configuring a measurement interval pattern according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an application of a network device to pre-configure a measurement gap pattern for a terminal according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a second flowchart of a method for configuring a measurement gap pattern according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for configuring a measurement interval pattern according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing the structure of a measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the following detailed description is given with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments. In the following description, specific details such as specific configurations and components are provided only to help the full understanding of the embodiments of the present invention. Thus, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made to the embodiments described herein without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. In addition, descriptions of well-known functions and constructions are omitted for clarity and conciseness.

It should be appreciated that reference throughout this specification to "one embodiment" or "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present invention. Thus, the appearances of the phrases "in one embodiment" or "in an embodiment" in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments.

In various embodiments of the present invention, it should be understood that the sequence numbers of the following processes do not mean the execution sequence, and the execution sequence of each process should be determined by the function and the inherent logic of the process, and should not constitute any limitation to the implementation process of the embodiments of the present invention.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the term "and/or" describes an association relationship of an associated object, and indicates that three relationships may exist, for example, a and/or B, and may indicate: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. The character "/" generally indicates that the former and latter associated objects are in an "or" relationship.

In the embodiments of the present application, the term "plurality" means two or more, and other terms are similar thereto.

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

In making the description of the embodiments of the present invention, some concepts used in the following description will first be explained.

Specifically, an embodiment of the present invention provides a configuration method for a measurement gap mode, which solves the problem in the prior art that measurement performance is degraded due to RRC signaling configuration delay when a gap requirement changes due to BWP handover.

As shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for configuring a measurement interval mode, which is applied to a network device, and specifically includes the following steps:

step 11: after configuring measurement resources for a terminal, a network device sends pre-configuration information to the terminal, where the pre-configuration information includes: configuration information associated with at least two measurement interval patterns, and first information indicating initial states of the at least two measurement interval patterns.

In this embodiment, when the network device and the terminal are in an RRC connected state, the network device may configure a measurement resource for the terminal through an RRC signaling, where the measurement resource may include a measurement target and a resource to be measured; and the terminal reads the measurement target and the resource to be measured by analyzing the RRC signaling. Optionally, the network device may further indicate to the terminal which frequencies need to measure the gap according to the serving cell configuration and the resource configuration to be measured, that is, send a gap measurement requirement indication to the terminal, and the terminal determines which frequencies need to measure the gap by analyzing the RRC signaling. Optionally, the network device may further configure a measurement gap parameter and a measurement gap sharing criterion to the terminal through an RRC signaling, and the terminal reads the parameter configuration of the measurement gap and the measurement gap sharing criterion through analyzing the RRC signaling.

After the network device configures measurement resources for the terminal, a plurality of measurement interval patterns (gap patterns) are preconfigured for the terminal, and an initial state of the measurement interval patterns is configured. Specifically, the network device may send preconfigured information to the terminal, where the preconfigured information includes configuration information related to a plurality of measurement interval modes and further includes first information indicating an initial state of the measurement interval mode. Wherein the network device may indicate, by the first information, whether the terminal activates one or more measurement gap patterns therein according to a measurement target and activation (active) BWP.

It should be noted that the first information may indicate an initial state of one or more of the at least two measurement interval modes, for example: indicating an initial state of each of the at least two measurement interval patterns; alternatively, an initial state of a part of the at least two measurement interval patterns is indicated, such as a measurement interval pattern indicating only an active state. Optionally, the first information may indicate an initial state of the measurement interval mode explicitly or implicitly, for example: when the first information indicates only an initial state of a part of the at least two measurement interval patterns, initial states of remaining measurement interval patterns may be determined according to a default rule.

After the terminal acquires the pre-configuration information, it may acquire configuration parameters of a plurality of measurement gap patterns, and may also determine the initial state of each measurement gap pattern according to the first information, so as to use the measurement gap pattern in an activated state to perform measurement.

Step 12: if measurement resource reconfiguration or bandwidth part BWP switching occurs, the network device sends second information to the terminal, wherein the second information is used for indicating the states of the at least two measurement interval modes after the measurement resource reconfiguration or BWP switching occurs.

The BWP handover may include: one of RRC (RRC based) BWP switching, DCI (DCI based) BWP switching, timer based BWP switching. When the terminal is reconfigured with measurement resources or BWP is switched, the network device may activate or deactivate the corresponding measurement gap pattern(s) according to the change of the measurement requirement. Specifically, the network device may send second information to the terminal, where the second information is used to indicate states of the at least two measurement interval modes after the measurement resource reconfiguration or BWP handover occurs. Fig. 2 shows an application diagram of the network device pre-configuring the measurement gap pattern for the terminal.

It should be noted that the second information may indicate a state of one or more measurement interval modes of the at least two measurement interval modes after the measurement resource reconfiguration or BWP handover occurs, for example: indicating only the status of the measurement interval pattern in which the status needs to be changed; alternatively, the status of each of the measurement interval patterns is indicated. Optionally, the second information may indicate the status of the measurement interval mode explicitly or implicitly, for example: when the second information indicates only the states of a part of the at least two measurement interval patterns, the states of the remaining part of the measurement interval patterns may be determined according to a default rule.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the measurement interval pattern (measurement gap pattern) is one or more parameters describing a measurement interval (measurement gap), and the parameters may include a gap length, a duration, and the like. The Gap Pattern Configurations (Gap Pattern Configurations) may include a Gap Pattern identification (Gap Pattern ID), a Measurement Gap Length (Measurement Gap Length), a Measurement Gap Repetition Period (Measurement Gap Repetition Period), and the like, as shown in table 1 below.

Table 1: gap Pattern Configurations

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the second information is RRC signaling or DCI signaling. Wherein, if measurement resource reconfiguration or RRC-based BWP handover occurs, the second information may be RRC signaling; the second information may be DCI signaling if the DCI-based BWP handover or the timer-based BWP handover occurs.

Specifically, since various measurement gap patterns are preconfigured, the network device needs to indicate the activated or deactivated measurement gap patterns(s) to the UE, and various schemes may be included for the provisioning and indicating procedures thereof, which are specifically described below by embodiments.

As an alternative embodiment, the first information includes: and in the at least two measurement interval modes, the initial state is the index of the measurement interval mode in the activated state. The second information may include: among the at least two measurement interval patterns, an index (index) of a measurement interval pattern of which a state is changed is required.

The first information may further include: an index of each of the at least two measurement interval patterns; wherein a maximum value of the index is a number of the measurement interval patterns that are preconfigured.

In this embodiment, the network device may pre-configure multiple measurement gap patterns through RRC signaling, configure an index for each measurement gap pattern (the maximum value of the index is the number of the pre-configured measurement gap patterns), indicate the index of the measurement gap pattern whose initial state is the active state in the pre-configuration information if the UE needs to measure the gap at this time, and default the initial states of all the pre-configured measurement gap patterns to be the inactive state otherwise.

When the BWP handover or new gap base measurement of the RRC base, the DCI base, and the timer base occurs and the state of the measurement gap pattern needs to be changed (i.e. one or more measurement gap patterns are activated or deactivated), the index of the measurement gap pattern that needs to be changed is indicated to the UE through RRC signaling (for the RRC based BWP handover or new gap base measurement) or DCI signaling (for the DCI base or timer based BWP handover). And the UE judges whether to activate or deactivate the related measurement gap pattern(s) according to the indication of the network equipment.

If the terminal supports multiple concurrent and independent interval modes, the number of the measurement interval modes with the initial state of the active state is greater than or equal to 0; if the terminal does not support multiple concurrent and independent interval modes, the number of the measurement interval modes with the initial state of the active state is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1.

In this embodiment, the number of bits of the newly added signaling (e.g., RRC signaling, DCI signaling) required by the network device when sending the second information to the terminal is related to the maximum number of measurement gap patterns that can be preconfigured and the maximum number of allowed concurrent and independent gap patterns (concurrent and independent gap patterns), where the "maximum allowed concurrent and independent gap pattern" is suitable for supporting multiple concurrent and independent gap patterns (multiple concurrent and independent gap patterns) network devices and UEs. For example:

1): for a network which does not support multiple current and index gap patterns, if the network can pre-configure 4 measurement gap patterns for the UE at most, 2 bits are needed for index indication;

2): for a network supporting multiple current and independent gap patterns, if a network device can pre-configure 4 measurement gap patterns for a UE at most, and the network device supports two current and independent gap patterns at most, 4 bits (2*2) are required for index indication, and one measurement gap pattern index is indicated every 2 bits.

The following describes an implementation procedure of the configuration method of the measurement interval mode according to a specific embodiment.

The first embodiment is as follows: the network device pre-configures a plurality of gap patterns through RRC signaling, and configures an index for each measurement gap pattern, where the maximum value of the index is the number of the pre-configured measurement gap patterns; the network device indicates an index of the measurement interval mode in which the initial state is the active state in the pre-configuration information. Wherein, the steps that the network equipment carries out include:

step 1): the network device configures measurement resources. The network device may configure the measurement target or the resource to be measured to the UE through the measurement configuration parameter.

Step 2): the network device configures a measurement gap requirement indication. The network equipment may indicate the frequency at which the gap needs to be measured to the UE through gap indication signaling.

Step 3): the network device configures a measurement gap sharing criteria indication. The network device may inform the UE of the measurement gap sharing criteria through a measurement gap sharing configuration (MeasGapSharingConfig).

And step 4): the network device pre-configures a plurality of measurement gap pattern parameters, including an index of the initially activated measurement gap pattern. The network device may pre-configure various measurement gap patterns to the UE through one or more measurement gap configuration signaling, and indicate an index of the measurement gap pattern in an active state.

Wherein, a): if the UE needs gap for measurement at the moment, the index (es) of the activated measurement gap pattern(s) is indicated in the configuration information, otherwise, all the preconfigured measurement gap patterns are in a deactivation state by default.

b) The method comprises the following steps For a network that does not support multiple parallel and independent gap patterns (multiple concurrent and independent gap patterns), only one index of a pre-configured measurement gap pattern can be indicated;

c) The method comprises the following steps For networks that support multiple coherent and independent gap patterns, the index of multiple pre-configured measurement gap patterns may be indicated.

Step 5): the network device activates one or more pre-configured measurement gap patterns. When resource reconfiguration or RRC based, DCI based and timer based BWP switching occurs, if the measurement gap requirement is unchanged, the measurement gap pattern index indicates that the signaling is null; if the requirement for measuring the gap is changed, the network device may activate the corresponding measurement gap pattern through RRC signaling, DCI signaling, or MAC signaling, that is, indicate the index of the measurement gap pattern that needs to change state. For example:

a) The method comprises the following steps For a network that does not support multiple current and independent gap patterns, when BWP handover occurs, a measurement gap pattern index indicated by a network device through signaling is X, where:

i: if no gap is measured in the current network, activating gap pattern with index of X after BWP switching;

ii: if the measurement gap pattern with the index of Y exists in the current network (Y ≠ X), deactivating the measurement gap pattern with the index of Y after BWP switching, and activating the measurement gap pattern with the index of X;

iii: and if the measurement gap pattern with the index of X exists in the current system, deactivating the measurement gap pattern with the index of X after the BWP switching.

b) The method comprises the following steps For a network supporting multiple current and independent gap patterns, when BWP handover occurs, the measurement gap pattern index indicated by the network device through signaling is X. Wherein:

i: if no measurement gap exists in the current network or a measurement gap pattern with index Y (Y ≠ X) exists, after BWP switching, activating the measurement gap pattern with index X (the network equipment needs to ensure that the number of the measurement gap patterns existing in the system at the same time does not exceed the maximum current and index gap pattern number supported by the regulation);

ii: and if the current system has the measurement gap pattern with the index of X, deactivating the measurement gap pattern with the index of X after the BWP handover.

c) The method comprises the following steps For a network device supporting multiple current and independent gap patterns, when BWP handover occurs, the measurement gap pattern index indicated by the network device through signaling is X and Y, where:

i: if the current network does not have the measurement gap pattern with the index of X or Y, after BWP switching, activating two measurement gap patterns with the index of X and Y (the network equipment needs to ensure that the number of the measurement gap patterns simultaneously existing in the system does not exceed the maximum current and index gap pattern number supported by the specification);

ii: if the current system has the measurement gap pattern with index of X or Y, after BWP switching, deactivating the measurement gap pattern with index of X or Y existing in the system, and activating the measurement gap pattern with index of X or Y not existing in the system.

The steps executed by the terminal include:

step 1): the terminal obtains the measurement resource allocation. The UE may obtain the parameter configuration of the measurement target or the resource to be measured by reading the measurement configuration.

Step 2): the terminal acquires the measurement gap requirement. The UE may acquire frequency information of the gap to be measured by reading the measurement gap indication signaling.

And step 3): the terminal obtains a measurement gap sharing criterion. The UE may obtain the measurement gap sharing criteria by reading MeasGapSharingConfig.

Step 4): the terminal obtains a plurality of pre-configured measurement gap pattern parameters. The UE may obtain configuration parameters of various measurement gap patterns and measurement gap pattern information in an active state by reading the measurement gap configuration signaling. Wherein: and the index of the measurement gap pattern indicating that the initial state is the activated state in the measurement gap configuration signaling. Wherein:

a) The method comprises the following steps If the pre-configuration information has the indication of the measurement gap pattern index (es), the corresponding measurement gap pattern(s) is used for measurement, and if no index indicates, the gap measurement is not used.

b) The method comprises the following steps For a UE which does not support multiple current and independent gap patterns, only one index of a pre-configured measurement gap pattern can be received;

c) The method comprises the following steps For a UE supporting multiple concurrent and independent gap patterns, multiple indices of pre-configured measurement gap patterns may be received.

Step 5): the terminal acquires the index of the activated pre-configured measurement gap pattern. When the RRC based or DCI based or timer based BWP handover occurs, the UE judges the activation or deactivation state of the gap by reading the signaling indicating the preconfigured measurement gap pattern index. For example:

a) The method comprises the following steps For a UE that does not support multiple current and independent gap patterns, when BWP handover occurs, the measurement gap pattern index received from the signaling indication of the network device is X, where:

i: if no gap exists in the current network, after BWP switching, measuring by using a measurement gap pattern with index of X;

ii: if the current network has the measurement gap pattern with the index of Y (Y ≠ X), after BWP switching, releasing the measurement gap pattern parameter with the index of Y, and using the measurement gap pattern with the index of X to perform measurement;

iii: if the current system has the measurement gap pattern with the index X, after BWP switching, releasing the measurement gap pattern parameter with the index X, and measuring without using the gap.

b) The method comprises the following steps For a UE supporting multiple current and independent gap patterns, when BWP handover occurs, a measurement gap pattern index received by a signaling indication of a network device is X, where:

i: if there is no gap in the current network or there is a measurement gap pattern with index of Y (Y ≠ X), then after BWP handover, using measurement gap patterns with index of X and Y to perform measurement (the network device needs to ensure that the number of measurement gap patterns existing in the system at the same time does not exceed the maximum current and index gap pattern number supported by the specification);

ii: if the current system has the measurement gap pattern with the index of X, after the BWP switching, releasing the measurement gap pattern parameter with the index of X, and using the residual gap or not using the gap for measurement.

c) The method comprises the following steps For a UE supporting multiple current and independent gap patterns, when BWP handover occurs, measurement gap pattern indexes indicated by signaling received from a network device are X and Y, where:

i: if there is no measurement gap pattern with index of X or Y in the current network, after BWP handover, using two measurement gap patterns with index of X and Y to perform measurement (the network device needs to ensure that the number of measurement gap patterns existing in the system at the same time does not exceed the maximum current and index gap pattern number supported by the specification);

ii: and if the current system has the measurement gap pattern with index of X or Y, releasing the deactivated measurement gap pattern parameter after BWP switching, and using the newly activated measurement gap pattern to measure.

Step 6): the terminal activates/deactivates the pre-configured measurement gap pattern application. And the UE applies or releases the gap configuration parameters according to the judgment of the step 5).

A specific implementation process of configuring, by the network device, the measurement interval mode for the terminal in different scenarios in this embodiment is described below by using a specific example.

Example one: the network equipment is assumed not to support multiple current and independent gap patterns configuration;

RRM measurements in the system include SSB-based L3 measurements and Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) based L3 measurements, where the Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) -based RRM Measurement Timing Configuration (SMTC) period is 20ms, CSI-RS is 40ms, and bandwidth is 132 Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs) based on the RRM Measurement Timing Configuration of the Synchronization Signal Block (SSB);

the configurable measurement gap pattern includes two types: the gap1 period is 20ms, and the length is 6ms; gap2 period is 40ms, length is 6ms;

before BWP switching, the SSB and the CSI-RS are both outside active BWP; after BWP handover, SSB is located inside active BWP and CSI-RS is located outside active BWP.

The network device performs the steps of:

(1) The network equipment configures SSB and CSI-RS resources needing to be measured to the UE through 'MeasConfig'.

(2) The network equipment indicates that the frequencies of the UE SSB and the CSI-RS need to be measured by gap through 'NeedForGapsConfigNR' and 'NeedForGapsInfoNR'.

(3) The network device informs the UE of the gap sharing criteria through "MeasGapSharingConfig".

(4) The network device pre-configures gap1 (index indicated as 1) and gap2 (index indicated as 2) to the UE through two updated signaling "measgapcfonfig" (increment index parameter), and indicates in the configuration information that the index of the activated measurement gap pattern is 1.

(5) After the DCI based or timer based BWP handover occurs, since the SSB is located in the active BWP and does not need to measure the gap, 40ms of measurement gap period for the CSI-RS is enough, and the network device indicates that the activated gap index is 2 through DCI or Media Access Control (MAC) signaling.

The terminal executes the following steps:

(1) The UE reads the parameter configuration of the SSB and the CSI-RS through the MeasConfig.

(2) The UE acquires the frequency information of the gap to be measured through the 'NeedForGapsConfigNR' and the 'NeedForGapsInfoNR'.

(3) The UE acquires the gap sharing criteria through "measgapshashall config".

(4) The UE reads that the currently active gap pattern is gap1 through the updated signaling "measgapcfonfig" (increment index parameter), and performs RRM measurement using gap 1.

(5) When the DCI based or the timer based BWP is switched, the UE judges that the activated measurement gap pattern is the gap2 by reading a signaling indicating a preconfigured measurement gap pattern index, and releases a gap1 configuration parameter and applies the gap2 parameter for measurement because the network does not support multiple current and independent gap patterns configuration.

Example two: the network is supposed not to support multiple current and independent gap patterns configuration;

RRM measurement in the system comprises SSB based L3 measurement and CSI-RS based L3 measurement, wherein the SMTC period is 20ms, the CSI-RS period is 40ms, and the bandwidth is 132 PRBs;

there are two types of configurable measurement gap patterns: the gap1 period is 20ms, and the length is 6ms; gap2 period 40ms, length 6ms;

before BWP switching, the SSB and the CSI-RS are both outside the active BWP, and after BWP switching, the SSB and the CSI-RS are both positioned inside the active BWP (namely, gap does not need to be measured).

The network device performs the following steps:

(2) The network equipment indicates that the frequencies of the UE SSB and the CSI-RS need to be measured by gap through the 'NeedForGapsConfigNR' and the 'NeedForGapsInfoNR'.

(3) The network device informs the UE of the gap sharing criteria through "measgapshashall config".

(5) After the DCI based or timer based BWP switching occurs, the network indicates that the deactivated gap index is 1 through DCI or MAC signaling because both SSB and CSI-RS are located in active BWP and do not need gap for measurement.

The terminal executes the following steps:

(1) The UE reads the parameter configuration of the SSB and the CSI-RS through 'MeasConfig'.

(3) The UE acquires the gap sharing criteria through "measgapshashall config".

(4) The UE reads the currently active measurement gap pattern to be gap1 through the updated signaling "measgapcfig" (increment index parameter), and performs RRM measurement using gap 1.

(5) When DCI based or timer based BWP switching occurs, the UE reads the index of 1 through signaling indicating the preconfigured measurement gap pattern index, and since the gap used before the BWP switching is gap1, the UE judges that the gap1 needs to be deactivated, the UE releases the gap1 configuration parameters, and executes the measurement without using the measurement gap.

Example three: the network is assumed to support multiple current and independent gap patterns configuration;

RRM measurement in the system comprises SSB based L3 measurement and CSI-RS based L3 measurement, wherein the SMTC period is 40ms, the offset is 0, the CSI-RS is 40ms, and the offset is 20ms;

there are two types of configurable measurement gap patterns: the gap1 period is 40ms, the length is 6ms, and the gap offset is 0; the gap2 period is 40ms, the length is 3ms, and the gap offset is 20ms;

before BWP switching, the SSB and the CSI-RS are both in active BWP, and after BWP switching, the SSB and the CSI-RS are both outside the active BWP.

The network device performs the following steps:

(2) The network equipment indicates that the frequency of the UE SSB and the CSI-RS does not need to be measured by gap through the 'needleForGapsConfigNR' and the 'needleForGapsInfoNR'.

(4) The network device pre-configures gap1 (index indicated as 1) and gap2 (index indicated as 2) to the UE through two updated signaling "measgapcfonfig" (adding index parameter), and the signaling indicating the index in the pre-configuration information is null (i.e. both gap1 and gap2 are in a deactivated state).

(5) After the DCI based or timer based BWP handover occurs, since the SSB and the CSI-RS are both located outside the active BWP, the UE needs to measure the gap, and the network supports multiple current and independent gap signatures configuration, and the network device indicates to activate gap1 and gap2 through DCI or MAC signaling.

The terminal executes the following steps:

(1) And the UE reads the parameter configuration of the SSB and the CSI-RS through the MeasConfig.

(2) The UE acquires the frequency information of the gap to be measured through the NeedForGapsConfigNR and the NeedForGapsInfoNR.

(3) The UE acquires the gap sharing criteria via MeasGapSharingConfig.

(4) The UE reads the preconfigured information of gap1 and gap2 through the updated signaling measgapcfig (increment index parameter), and both of the preconfigured gaps are currently in a deactivated state, so the UE performs measurement without using the gap.

(5) When the DCI based or timer based BWP handover occurs, the UE determines that both gap1 and gap2 are activated after BWP handover by indicating that the indexes read by the signaling of the preconfigured measurement gap pattern index are 1 and 2, and performs measurement using gap1 and gap2 because the UE supports multiple current and independent gap patterns configuration.

As an optional embodiment, the first information comprises: an initial state of each of the at least two measurement interval patterns; the initial state includes an activated state or a deactivated state.

The second information includes: a state of each of the measurement interval patterns after occurrence of a measurement resource reconfiguration or BWP handover.

The method further comprises the following steps: configuring an initial state of each of the at least two measurement interval patterns.

In this embodiment, the network device may pre-configure a plurality of measurement gap patterns through RRC signaling, configure a 1-bit signaling for each measurement gap pattern to indicate whether an initial state of the measurement gap pattern is an activated state or a deactivated state, the UE may obtain the pre-configured measurement gap pattern(s) from the pre-configuration information, where the state of the pre-configured measurement gap pattern(s) is the activated or deactivated state, when BWP handover or new gap base measurement occurs on an RRC base, a DCI base, or a timer base, indicate the 1-bit signaling of each pre-configured measurement gap pattern to the UE through RRC bwsignaling (for RRC base p handover or new gap base measurement) or DCI signaling (for DCI base or timer base BWP handover), and the UE determines a state change (activation or deactivation) of each measurement gap pattern according to the signaling.

In this embodiment, the number of new signaling bits required for the network device to send the second information to the terminal may be equal to the number of pre-configured measurement gap patterns.

Optionally, if the terminal supports multiple concurrent and independent interval modes, the number of the measurement interval modes in which the initial state is the active state is greater than or equal to 0; if the terminal does not support the multiple concurrent and independent interval modes, the number of the measurement interval modes with the initial state of the active state is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1. Namely: for a network which does not support multiple current and independent gap patterns, only one pre-configured measurement gap pattern is in an activated state at most; for networks that support multiple concurrent and independent gap patterns, there may be multiple pre-configured measurement gap patterns in the active state.

The following describes an implementation procedure of the configuration method of the measurement interval pattern according to this embodiment by using a specific embodiment.

Example two: the network device pre-configures a plurality of measurement gap patterns through RRC signaling, and configures 1bit signaling for each measurement gap pattern to indicate whether the measurement gap pattern is in an activated or deactivated state. Wherein, the step that the network equipment carries out includes:

Step 2): the network device embryo measures the gap requirement indication. The network equipment may indicate the frequency at which the gap needs to be measured to the UE through gap indication signaling.

And step 3): the network device configures a measurement gap sharing criteria indication. The network device may inform the UE of the gap sharing criteria by "MeasGapSharingConfig".

Step 4): the network device pre-configures a plurality of measurement gap patterns and configures an initial activation state of each measurement gap pattern. The network device may pre-configure various measurement gap patterns to the UE through one or more measurement gap configuration signaling, and set a default state (active state or deactivated state) of each measurement gap pattern. Wherein:

a) The method comprises the following steps For a network which does not support multiple current and independent gap patterns, only one pre-configured measurement gap pattern is in an activated state at most;

b) The method comprises the following steps For networks that support multiple concurrent and independent gap patterns, there may be multiple pre-configured measurement gap patterns that are active.

Step 5): the network device activates one or more pre-configured measurement gap patterns. When RRC based, DCI based, or timer based BWP handover occurs, the network device may indicate the status of each preconfigured measurement gap pattern to the UE through RRC signaling, DCI signaling, or MAC signaling indication. Wherein:

a) The method comprises the following steps For a network which does not support multiple current and independent gap patterns, the network device can only indicate one preset gap pattern in an activated state at most;

b) The method comprises the following steps For a network that supports multiple coherent and independent gap patterns, the network device may indicate a number of pre-configured measurement gap patterns that are active.

The steps executed by the terminal include:

Step 3): the terminal obtains a measurement gap sharing criterion. The UE may obtain the gap sharing criteria by reading measgapshashall config.

Step 4): the terminal acquires a plurality of pre-configured measurement gap pattern parameters, including the initial state of each measurement gap pattern. The UE may obtain configuration parameters of various measurement gap patterns and information of activation or deactivation states of the measurement gap patterns by reading the measurement gap configuration signaling. Wherein:

a) The method comprises the following steps For the UE which does not support multiple current and independent gap patterns, only one preset measurement gap pattern in an activated state can be received at most;

b) The method comprises the following steps For a UE supporting multiple concurrent and independent gap patterns, multiple pre-configured measurement gap patterns in an active state may be received.

Step 5): the terminal obtains an activated/deactivated pre-configured measurement gap pattern indication. When RRC based, DCI based, or timer based BWP handover occurs, the UE may obtain the activation or deactivation state of each preconfigured measurement gap pattern by reading RRC signaling, DCI signaling, or MAC signaling indication. Wherein:

a) The method comprises the following steps For a UE which does not support multiple current and independent gap patterns, only one measurement gap pattern indication in an activated state can be received at most;

b) The method comprises the following steps For a UE that supports multiple coherent and independent gap patterns, multiple pre-configured measurement gap pattern indications in an active state may be received.

Step 6): the terminal activates/deactivates the pre-configured measurement gap pattern application. Wherein, the UE may apply or release the gap configuration parameter according to the determination in step 5), and use the gap in the activated state for measurement.

A specific implementation process of configuring, by the network device, the measurement interval mode for the terminal in different scenarios in the second embodiment is described below by using a specific example.

Example four: the network does not support multiple current and independent gap patterns configuration;

before BWP switching, the SSB and the CSI-RS are both outside active BWP, and after BWP switching, the SSB is positioned inside the active BWP and the CSI-RS is positioned outside the active BWP.

The network device performs steps comprising:

(1) And the network equipment configures the SSB and CSI-RS resources to be measured to the UE through the MeasConfig.

(4) The network device pre-configures gap1 (signaling indication of 1) and gap2 (signaling indication of 0) to the UE by two updated signaling "MeasGapConfig" (adding 1bit activation or deactivation signaling indication).

(5) After the DCI based or timer based BWP handover occurs, since the SSB is located in the active BWP and does not need to measure the gap, 40ms of the measurement gap period for the CSI-RS is sufficient, and the network device indicates that the states of gap1 and gap2 are the deactivated and activated states, respectively, through DCI or MAC signaling 01.

The steps executed by the terminal include:

(3) The UE acquires the gap sharing criteria through "MeasGapSharingConfig".

(4) The UE reads through the updated signaling "MeasGapConfig" (adding a 1bit activation or deactivation signaling indication) that the currently activated measurement gap pattern is gap1, and performs RRM measurement using gap 1.

(5) When DCI based or timer based BWP switching occurs, the UE judges that the gap1 is in a deactivated state and the gap2 is activated by reading signaling 01 indicating a preconfigured measurement gap pattern state, and releases related configuration parameters of the gap1 and applies the gap2 parameters for measurement because the network does not support multiple current and independent gap patterns configuration.

Example five: the network is supposed not to support multiple current and independent gap patterns configuration;

RRM measurement in the system comprises SSB based L3 measurement and CSI-RS based L3 measurement, wherein the SMTC period is 40ms, the offset is 0, the CSI-RS period is 40ms, and the offset is 20ms;

there are two types of configurable gap patterns: gap1 period is 40ms, length is 6ms, and gap offset is 0; the gap2 period is 40ms, the length is 3ms, and the gap offset is 20ms;

The network device performs steps comprising:

(4) The network equipment pre-configures gap1 (signaling indication 0) and gap2 (signaling indication 0) to the UE through two updated signaling "MeasGapConfig" (adding 1bit activation or deactivation signaling indication).

(5) After the DCI based or timer based BWP handover occurs, since the SSB and the CSI-RS are both located outside the active BWP, the UE needs to measure the gap, and the network supports multiple current and independent gap patterns configuration, and the network device instructs to activate the gap1 and the gap2 through DCI or MAC signaling 11.

The steps executed by the terminal include:

(2) The UE acquires frequency information required to measure the gap through the 'NeedForGapsConfigNR' and the 'NeedForGapsInfo NR'.

(3) The UE acquires the gap sharing criteria through "MeasGapSharingConfig".

(4) The UE reads the preconfigured information of gap1 and gap2 through the updated signaling "measgapcfig" (adding 1bit activation or deactivation signaling indication), and both gap1 and gap2 are currently in the deactivated state, and the UE performs the measurement without gap.

(5) When the DCI based or timer based BWP switching occurs, the UE determines that both gap1 and gap2 are activated by reading the indication signaling 11 indicating the preconfigured measurement gap pattern state, and since the UE supports multiple current and independent gap patterns configuration, the UE uses the gap1 and gap2 parameters for measurement.

As an optional embodiment, the first information comprises: each of the measurement interval patterns is associated with BWP. Wherein, if each BWP is associated with a measurement interval mode, the first information indicates that the initial state of the measurement interval mode associated with the currently operating BWP is the active state; if each BWP is associated with at least two measurement interval patterns, the first information further includes: the initial state is an index of the measurement interval pattern of the active state in the measurement interval pattern associated with the currently operating BWP, or the initial state of each of the measurement interval patterns associated with the currently operating BWP.

In this embodiment, if each BWP is associated with one measurement interval mode, the second information indicates that the measurement interval mode associated with the switched BWP is in an active state; if each BWP is associated with at least two measurement interval patterns, the second information includes: in the measurement interval pattern associated with the switched BWP, the index of the measurement interval pattern of the state needs to be changed, or the state of each measurement interval pattern associated with the switched BWP.

This embodiment may be BWP handover for RRC based, DCI based or timer based. The network device may pre-configure various measurement gap patterns through RRC signaling, and associate a BWP Identity (ID) for each measurement gap pattern. If each BWP is only associated with one measurement gap pattern, after the network device sends first information to the terminal, the terminal learns that the initial state of the measurement interval mode associated with the currently working BWP is an activated state according to the first information; if each BWP is associated with multiple measurement gap patterns, the first information sent by the network device may further include: the initial state is an index of the measurement interval pattern in the active state in the measurement interval pattern associated with the currently operating BWP (similar to the embodiment), or the initial state of each measurement interval pattern in the measurement interval pattern associated with the currently operating BWP (similar to the embodiment two).

When a BWP handover occurs, the associated measurement gap pattern is activated according to the BWP ID after the handover. If each BWP is only associated with one measurement gap pattern, the measurement gap pattern corresponding to the switched BWP may be activated according to the second information after the BWP switching occurs, or the measurement gap pattern corresponding to the default BWP after the switching is activated may not need to be indicated by a signaling. If each BWP can associate multiple measurement gap patterns, the measurement gap patterns in each BWP can be indicated according to the scheme in the first embodiment or the second embodiment.

Example three: the network device pre-configures a plurality of measurement gap patterns through RRC signaling, and associates a BWP ID for each measurement gap pattern. Wherein, the steps that the network equipment carries out include:

Step 4): the network device may pre-configure various associations of measurement gap patterns with BWP. The network device may pre-configure various measurement gap patterns to the UE through one or more measurement gap configuration signalings, and configure a BWP ID associated with each measurement gap pattern. Wherein:

a) If each BWP is associated with only one type of measurement gap pattern, the measurement gap pattern associated with the currently active BWP is activated.

b) If each BWP is associated with multiple measurement gap patterns, the initial state of the measurement gap patterns preconfigured in the current working BWP is indicated in the manner of step 4) of the first embodiment or step 4) of the second embodiment.

Step 5): the network device may activate one or more pre-configured measurement gap patterns. When RRC based or DCI based or timer based BWP handover occurs:

a) And if each BWP is only associated with one measurement gap pattern, activating the measurement gap pattern associated with the switched BWP.

b) If each BWP is associated with multiple measurement gap patterns, the activation or deactivation status of the measurement gap patterns preconfigured in the switched BWPs is indicated according to the step 5) of the first embodiment or the step 5) of the second embodiment.

The steps executed by the terminal include:

step 1): the terminal obtains the measurement resource configuration. The UE may read the parameter configuration of the measurement target through "MeasConfig".

Step 2): the terminal acquires the measurement gap requirement. The UE can acquire the frequency information of the gap to be measured through the "needleforgapsconfirr" and the "needleforgapsinfornr".

Step 3): the terminal obtains a measurement gap sharing criterion. The UE may obtain the gap sharing criteria through "MeasGapSharingConfig".

Step 4): the terminal obtains the association relation between various pre-configured measurement gap patterns and BWP. The UE may read configuration information of a plurality of measurement gap patterns, association relationship between the plurality of measurement gap patterns and the BWP, and activation or deactivation status information of the measurement gap patterns preconfigured in the currently operating BWP through a plurality of updated signaling "measgapconfiguration" (incremental association BWP ID parameter) or newly added gap parameter indication signaling.

Step 5): the terminal obtains an activated/deactivated pre-configured measurement gap pattern indication. When RRC based or DCI based or timer based BWP handover occurs:

a) If each BWP is only associated with one measurement gap pattern, the measurement gap pattern associated with the switched BWP is used for measurement.

b) If each BWP is associated with multiple measurement gap patterns, the signaling may be read in step 5) of the first embodiment or step 5) of the second embodiment, and the activation or deactivation state of the measurement gap patterns in the switched BWP is determined.

Step 6): a pre-configured gap pattern application that the terminal activates/deactivates. And the UE applies or releases the gap configuration parameters according to the judgment of the step 5).

A specific implementation process of configuring, by the network device, the measurement interval mode for the terminal in different scenarios in the third embodiment is described below by using a specific example.

Example six: assuming that only one measurement gap pattern is associated with each BWP;

before BWP handover, the UE works at initial (initial) BWP;

the network does not support multiple current and independent gap patterns configuration;

the configurable measurement gap pattern includes 4 types: (1) gap1 period is 40ms, length is 6ms, and gap offset is 0; (2) the gap2 period is 40ms, the length is 3ms, and the gap offset is 20ms; (3) the gap3 period is 160ms, the length is 6ms, and the gap offset is 0; (4) gap4 period 160ms, length 3ms, gap offset 80ms.

The network device performs the steps of:

(1) And the network equipment configures the SSB and CSI-RS resources needing to be measured to the UE through the MeasConfig.

(4) The network device pre-configures 4 measurement gap patterns to the UE through a plurality of updated signaling "MeasGapConfig" (incremental association BWP ID parameter) or newly added gap parameter indication signaling. Wherein: gap1, gap2, gap3, and gap4 are associated with BWP1, BWP2, BWP3, and BWP4, respectively, where BWP1 is initial BWP.

(5) The network device instructs the UE to switch to BWP3 through DCI and activates gap3.

The terminal executes the following steps:

(3) The UE acquires the gap sharing criteria through "measgapshashall config".

(4) The UE reads the configuration parameters of the 4 measurement gap patterns and the association relationship between the 4 measurement gap patterns and the 4 BWPs through a plurality of updated signaling "measgapconfiguration" (incremental association BWP ID parameter) or newly added gap parameter indication signaling. Since the UE is currently operating in initial BWP, the UE uses gap1 for measurements.

(5) And the UE switches to BWP3 according to the DCI instruction, and acquires the activated gap pattern as gap3 according to the association relation.

(6) And (5) the UE uses gap3 to measure according to the judgment of the step (5).

Example seven: assuming that each BWP is associated with multiple measurement gap patterns;

the measurement gap pattern indication within each BWP may be based on embodiment two;

before BWP switching, the UE works in initial BWP;

there are 4 types of configurable gap patterns: (1) gap1 period is 40ms, length is 6ms, and gap offset is 0; (2) the gap2 period is 40ms, the length is 3ms, and the gap offset is 20ms; (3) the gap3 period is 160ms, the length is 6ms, and the gap offset is 0; (4) gap4 period is 160ms, length is 3ms, and gap offset is 80ms.

The network device performs the steps of:

(1) And the network equipment configures the SSB and CSI-RS resources needing to be measured to the UE through 'MeasConfig'.

(4) The network device pre-configures 4 measurement gap patterns to the UE through a plurality of updated signaling "MeasGapConfig" (add associated BWP ID parameter and 1bit activation deactivation indication) or add gap parameter indication signaling. Wherein: gap1, gap2 are associated with BWP1 and signaling indicates 10 (i.e., gap1 active), gap3 and gap4 are associated with BWP2, where BWP1 is initial BWP.

(5) The network device instructs the UE to switch to BWP2 through DCI and activates gap4 using signaling indication 01.

The terminal executes the following steps:

(3) The UE acquires the gap sharing criteria through "MeasGapSharingConfig".

(4) The UE reads the configuration parameters of 4 measurement gap patterns through a plurality of updated signaling "MeasGapConfig" (increment associated BWP ID parameter and 1bit activation/deactivation indication) or a newly added gap parameter indication signaling, and the association relationship between the 4 measurement gap patterns and two BWPs and the initial activation state indication. Since the UE is currently operating in initial BWP and the gap signaling indicates 10, the UE uses gap1 for measurements.

(5) The UE switches to BWP2 following the DCI indication and acquires that the activated gap pattern is gap4 according to the signaling indication 01.

(6) And (5) the UE uses gap4 to measure according to the judgment of the step (5).

As an optional embodiment, the first information comprises: each of the measurement interval patterns is associated with an initial BWP. Wherein, if the currently working BWP is the initial BWP, the first information indicates that the initial state of the measurement interval mode associated with the currently working BWP is the active state; if the currently operating BWP is not the initial BWP, the first information further includes: the initial state of the at least two measurement interval patterns is an index of a measurement interval pattern of an active state, or the initial state of each of the at least two measurement interval patterns.

In this embodiment, if BWP handover occurs and the BWP handover is RRC-based or DCI-based BWP handover, the second information includes: an index of a measurement interval pattern for which a state needs to be changed, or a state of each of the measurement interval patterns; the second information indicates that a measurement interval mode of the initial BWP association is in an active state if BWP handover occurs and the BWP handover is timer-based BWP handover.

In this embodiment, the network device may pre-configure various measurement gap patterns through RRC signaling and associate one or more of them to the initial BWP. If the currently working BWP is the initial BWP, the first information is used to indicate that the initial state of the measurement interval mode associated with the initial BWP is the active state; if the currently operating BWP is not the initial BWP, the first information may further include: the initial state of the at least two measurement interval patterns is an index of the measurement interval pattern in the active state (similar to the embodiment), or the initial state of each of the at least two measurement interval patterns (similar to the embodiment two).

When RRC-based or DCI-based BWP handover occurs, the activated/deactivated measurement gap pattern may be indicated in the manner of the first embodiment or the second embodiment, and when timer-based BWP handover occurs, that is, after the BWP deactivation "timer BWP-inactivity timer" times out, the measurement gap pattern associated with the initial BWP is activated by default.

Example four: the network device pre-configures various measurement gap patterns through RRC signaling and associates one or more of them to the initial BWP. Wherein, the steps that the network equipment carries out include:

step 1): the network device configures measurement resources. The network device may configure the target to be measured to the UE through "MeasConfig".

Step 2): the network device configures a measurement gap requirement indication. The network indicates to the UE which frequencies need to be measured with gap through the needlefogapsconfirr and needlefogapsinnfnr.

Step 3): the network device configures a measurement gap sharing criteria indication. The network device may inform the UE of the gap sharing criteria by "MeasGapSharingConfig".

Step 4): the network device pre-configures the association relationship between various measurement gap patterns and the initial BWP. The network device may pre-configure multiple measurement gap patterns to the UE through multiple updated signaling "MeasGapConfig" (increasing association with initial BWP) or new gap parameter indication signaling. Wherein:

a) If the current working BWP is the initial BWP, then the measurement gap pattern associated therewith is activated.

b) If the current operating BWP is not an initial BWP, the initial state of the preconfigured measurement gap pattern may be indicated in step 4) of embodiment one or step 4) of embodiment two.

Step 5): the network device activates one or more pre-configured measurement gap patterns.

a) When RRC based or DCI based BWP handover occurs, the activation or deactivation status of the preconfigured measurement gap pattern may be indicated in the manner of step 5) of the first embodiment or step 5) of the second embodiment.

b) When RRC based or DCI based BWP handover occurs, the activation or deactivation status of the preconfigured measurement gap pattern may be indicated in the manner of step 5) of the first embodiment or step 5) of the second embodiment.

The steps executed by the terminal include:

step 1): the terminal obtains the measurement resource allocation. The UE may read the parameter configuration of the measurement target through "MeasConfig".

And step 4): the terminal obtains the association relationship between various pre-configured measurement gap patterns and initial BWP. The UE may read the configuration parameters of the multiple measurement gap patterns, the association relationship between the multiple measurement gap patterns and the initial BWP, and the activation or deactivation status information of the preconfigured measurement gap patterns through multiple updated signaling "measgapconfiguration" (increasing the association relationship with the initial BWP) or newly added gap parameter indication signaling.

Step 5): the terminal obtains an activated/deactivated pre-configured measurement gap pattern indication. Wherein:

a) When the RRC based or DCI based BWP handover occurs, the signaling may be read according to step 5) of the first embodiment or step 5) of the second embodiment, and the activation or deactivation state of the measurement gap pattern after BWP handover is determined.

b) When the timer based BWP switching occurs, namely the BWP deactivation timer bwP-InactivetyTimer is overtime, the UE switches to the initial BWP and uses the measurement gap pattern associated with the initial BWP to measure.

Step 6): the terminal activates/deactivates the pre-configured measurement gap pattern application. The UE can apply or release the gap configuration parameters according to the judgment of the step 5).

A specific implementation process of configuring, by the network device, the measurement interval mode for the terminal in the fourth embodiment is described below by using a specific example.

Example eight: suppose that each BWP except the initial BWP is associated with multiple measurement gap patterns;

the measurement gap pattern indication within each BWP may be based on the approach of embodiment two;

before BWP switching, the UE works in initial BWP;

there are 4 types of configurable gap patterns: (1) gap1 period is 40ms, length is 6ms, and gap offset is 0; (2) the gap2 period is 40ms, the length is 3ms, and the gap offset is 20ms; (3) the gap3 period is 160ms, the length is 6ms, and the gap offset is 0; (4) gap4 period 160ms, length 3ms, gap offset 80ms.

The network device performs the steps of:

(4) The network device pre-configures 4 measurement gap pattern to the UE through a plurality of updated signaling 'MeasGapConfig' (increasing associated BWP ID parameter and 1bit activation deactivation indication) or newly added gap parameter indication signaling. Wherein gap1 is associated with BWP 1; gap2, gap3, and gap4 are associated with BWP2, and BWP1 is initial BWP.

(5) The network device instructs the UE to switch to BWP2 via DCI and activates gap4 using signaling indication 001.

(6) After time T, timer BWP-inactivity timer times out and gap1 associated with initial BWP is activated.

The terminal executes the following steps:

(3) The UE acquires the gap sharing criteria through "MeasGapSharingConfig".

(4) The UE reads the configuration parameters of 4 measurement gap patterns, the association relation between the 4 measurement gap patterns and two BWPs and the initial activation state indication through a plurality of updated signaling MeasGapConfig (increasing associated BWP ID parameters and 1bit activation deactivation indication) or newly added gap parameter indication signaling. Since the UE is currently operating in initial BWP, the UE uses gap1 for measurements.

(5) The UE switches to BWP2 following the DCI indication and acquires that the activated gap pattern is gap4 according to the signaling indication 001.

(6) The UE performs measurement using the gap4 according to the judgment of the step (5).

(7) After time T, the UE falls back to initial BWP due to the timeout of timer BWP-inactivity timer, so gap1 associated with BWP1 is activated and the UE uses gap1 for measurement.

The implementation processes of the configuration method of the measurement interval mode in the present application are described by four embodiments, and for the four implementation schemes, a basic implementation process of a network device configuring a measurement interval mode for a terminal is shown in fig. 3, and includes:

step 0) the terminal and the network device are in an RRC connected state.

A network device:

step 1) configuring measurement resources.

And step 2) configuring a measurement gap requirement indication to indicate the measurement gap requirement.

And step 3) configuring a measurement gap sharing criterion indication to indicate the measurement gap sharing criterion.

And 4) pre-configuring a plurality of measurement gap patterns.

Step 5) BWP handover occurs, activating/deactivating one or more pre-configured measurement gap patterns.

A terminal:

step 1) obtaining measurement resource allocation.

And step 2) acquiring the measurement gap requirement.

And 3) acquiring a measurement gap sharing criterion.

Step 4) obtaining a plurality of pre-configured measurement gap pattern parameters;

after the measurement gap pattern parameter is obtained, the measurement gap pattern with the initial state being the activated state is used for measuring the resource to be measured.

And step 5) BWP switching occurs, and an activated/deactivated pre-configured measurement gap pattern indication is obtained.

Step 6) activating/deactivating the pre-configured measurement gap pattern application. And the terminal measures the resource to be measured by using the measurement gap pattern in the activated state.

In the embodiment of the application, after configuring measurement resources, the network device pre-configures a plurality of measurement interval modes for the terminal and indicates the initial state of the measurement interval modes for the gap demand increase or the measurement gap pattern change caused by BWP handover or newly added gap based measurement. When measurement resource reconfiguration occurs or BWP handover occurs, the network device may activate or deactivate the corresponding measurement interval mode according to a change in measurement requirements. The following problems caused by the fact that the RRC signaling configuration delay is far longer than the BWP handover delay when the gap requirement changes due to BWP handover are avoided, namely the problem one: BWP handover causes a new gap requirement, and the network device needs to configure the new gap through RRC, which may cause the UE to miss some reference signal resources due to RRC configuration signaling delay, resulting in a decrease in measurement performance. The second problem is that: when the gap needs to be measured before handover but is not needed after handover, the gap is not released in time due to RRC configuration delay, resulting in loss of terminal throughput.

In addition, the embodiment of the application avoids the following problems caused by only pre-configuring one measurement gap pattern, namely: before and after BWP switching, gap is needed, but the gap pattern needed to be measured is different, UE continues to use the current gap, if the current gap period is smaller than the needed gap period, the gap moment is too much, so that the terminal throughput is lost, and if the current gap period is larger than the expected gap period, the measurement time is prolonged; the second problem is that: gap is needed before and after BWP switching, but the gap pattern to be measured is different, and the network equipment reconfigures the gap parameter through RRC signaling.

As shown in fig. 4, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a measurement method, which is applied to a terminal, and specifically includes the following steps:

step 41, the terminal acquires preconfigured information sent by the network device, where the preconfigured information includes: configuration information associated with at least two measurement interval patterns, and first information indicating initial states of the at least two measurement interval patterns.

In this embodiment, when the terminal and the network device are in an RRC connected state, the network device may configure a measurement resource for the terminal through an RRC signaling, and the terminal reads a measurement target and a resource to be measured by analyzing the RRC signaling. Optionally, the network device may further indicate, to the terminal, which frequencies need to measure the gap according to the serving cell configuration and the resource configuration to be measured, that is, send a gap measurement requirement indication to the terminal, and the terminal determines, by analyzing the RRC signaling, which frequencies need to measure the gap. Optionally, the network device may further configure a measurement gap parameter and a measurement gap sharing criterion to the terminal through an RRC signaling, and the terminal reads the parameter configuration of the measurement gap and the measurement gap sharing criterion through analyzing the RRC signaling.

After the network device configures measurement resources for the terminal, a plurality of measurement gap patterns are preconfigured for the terminal, and an initial state of the measurement interval pattern is configured. Specifically, the network device may send preconfigured information to the terminal, where the preconfigured information includes configuration information related to a plurality of measurement interval modes and further includes first information indicating an initial state of the measurement interval mode.

After the terminal obtains the pre-configuration information configured by the network device, it may obtain configuration parameters of multiple measurement gap patterns, and may also determine the initial state of each measurement gap pattern according to the first information, so as to use the measurement gap pattern in the activated state to perform measurement.

Step 42, if measurement resource reconfiguration or BWP handover occurs, the terminal acquires second information sent by the network device, where the second information is used to indicate states of the at least two measurement interval modes after the measurement resource reconfiguration or BWP handover occurs.

And 43, the terminal applies or releases the measurement interval mode according to the second information.

The BWP handover may include: one of the BWP handover of RRC based, the BWP handover of DCI based, and the BWP handover of timer based. And the terminal acquires second information sent by the network device after the measurement resource reconfiguration or the BWP switching occurs, wherein the second information is used for indicating the states of the at least two measurement interval modes after the measurement resource reconfiguration or the BWP switching occurs.

Optionally, the terminal performs application of a measurement interval mode according to the second information, including: and according to the second information, measuring through the measurement interval mode in the activated state.

The terminal may release the measurement interval mode according to the second information, and the releasing may include: and releasing the measurement interval mode resources in the deactivated state according to the second information.

After the terminal acquires the second information, according to the preconfigured measurement gap pattern application activated/deactivated by the second information, measurement may be performed using an activated measurement gap pattern, where the measurement includes RRM measurement or Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) measurement.

According to the embodiment of the application, the terminal obtains configuration information which is pre-configured by the network equipment and comprises a plurality of measurement interval modes, and first information which indicates the initial state of the measurement interval modes. When the measurement resource reconfiguration occurs or the BWP switching occurs, the terminal acquires second information configured by the network equipment, and activates or deactivates the preconfigured measurement gap pattern according to the second information. The degradation of measurement performance caused by the fact that the RRC signaling configuration delay is longer than the BWP switching delay when the BWP switching-caused measurement gap requirement changes can be avoided.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the second information is RRC signaling or DCI signaling. Wherein, if measurement resource reconfiguration or RRC-based BWP handover occurs, the second information may be RRC signaling; the second information may be DCI signaling if a DCI-based BWP handover or a timer-based BWP handover occurs.

Specifically, since various measurement gap patterns are preconfigured, the terminal needs to obtain an activated or deactivated measurement gap pattern indication sent by the network device, and the provisioning and indication process may include various schemes, which are specifically described below by embodiments.

As an alternative embodiment, the first information includes: and in the at least two measurement interval modes, the initial state is the index of the measurement interval mode in the activated state. The second information may include: among the at least two measurement interval patterns, an index of the measurement interval pattern of which the state is changed is required.

Optionally, the first information may further include: an index of each of the at least two measurement interval patterns; wherein a maximum value of the index is a number of the pre-configured measurement interval patterns.

In this embodiment, the network device may pre-configure multiple measurement gap patterns through RRC signaling, and configure an index for each measurement gap pattern, indicate an index of the measurement gap pattern whose initial state is an activated state in the pre-configuration information if the UE needs to measure the gap at this time, otherwise, default that the initial states of all the pre-configured measurement gap patterns are deactivated states.

When BWP switching of RRC (radio resource control) based, DCI (downlink control information) based and timer based or newly added gap based measurement occurs and the state of the measured gap pattern needs to be changed, the network equipment indicates the index of the measured gap pattern needing to be changed to the UE through RRC signaling or DCI signaling. And the UE judges whether to activate or deactivate the related measurement gap pattern according to the indication of the network equipment.

In this embodiment, the number of newly added signaling bits when the terminal acquires the second information sent by the network device is related to the maximum measurement gap pattern number that can be preconfigured and the maximum allowed current and independent gap pattern number, for example:

1): for a UE which does not support multiple current and independent gap patterns, only one index of a pre-configured measurement gap pattern can be received;

2): for a UE supporting multiple concurrent and independent gap patterns, multiple indices of pre-configured measurement gap patterns may be received.

And after the terminal acquires the second information, activating or deactivating the corresponding measurement gap pattern according to the second information. Specifically, the terminal may apply or release the measurement gap pattern according to the second information, and perform RRM or PRS measurement using the measurement gap pattern in the activated state, or release the measurement gap pattern resource in the deactivated state.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, a specific implementation process of the terminal performing measurement is the same as that of the first embodiment in the method embodiment applied to the network device, and details are not described here.

As an alternative embodiment, the first information includes: an initial state of each of the at least two measurement interval patterns; the initial state includes an activated state or a deactivated state. Optionally, the second information includes: a state of each of the measurement interval patterns after occurrence of a measurement resource reconfiguration or BWP handover.

In this embodiment, the network device may pre-configure a plurality of measurement gap patterns through RRC signaling, and configure a 1-bit signaling for each measurement gap pattern to indicate whether an initial state of the measurement gap pattern is an activated state or a deactivated state, the UE may obtain the pre-configured measurement gap pattern(s) from the pre-configuration information, where the state is the activated or deactivated state, when BWP handover or new gap base measurement occurs in an RRC base, a DCI base, or a timer base, the network device indicates the 1-bit signaling of each pre-configured measurement gap pattern to the UE through RRC signaling (for RRC based BWP handover or new gap base measurement) or timer based signaling (for DCI based or timer based BWP handover), and the UE may determine a state change (activated or deactivated) of each measurement gap pattern according to the indication of the network device.

Optionally, if the terminal supports multiple concurrent and independent interval modes, the number of the measurement interval modes with an initial state being an active state is greater than or equal to 0; if the terminal does not support multiple concurrent and independent interval modes, the number of the measurement interval modes with the initial state of the active state is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1. Namely: for the UE which does not support multiple current and independent gap patterns, at most one preset measurement gap pattern in an activated state can be received; for a UE supporting multiple concurrent and independent gap patterns, multiple pre-configured measurement gap patterns in an active state may be received.

And after the terminal acquires the second information, activating or deactivating the corresponding measurement gap pattern according to the second information. Specifically, the terminal may apply or release the measurement interval pattern according to the second information, and perform RRM or PRS measurement using the measurement interval pattern in the active state.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, a specific implementation process of the terminal performing the measurement is the same as that in the second embodiment of the method embodiment applied to the network device, and details are not described herein.

As an alternative embodiment, the first information includes: each of the measurement interval patterns is associated with BWP. Wherein, if each BWP is associated with a measurement interval mode, the first information indicates that the initial state of the measurement interval mode associated with the currently operating BWP is the active state; if each BWP is associated with at least two measurement interval patterns, the first information further includes: the initial state is an index of the measurement interval pattern of the active state in the measurement interval pattern associated with the currently operating BWP, or the initial state of each of the measurement interval patterns associated with the currently operating BWP.

This embodiment may be BWP handover for RRC based, DCI based or timer based. The network device may pre-configure various measurement gap patterns through RRC signaling, and associate a BWP ID for each measurement gap pattern. If each BWP is only associated with one measurement gap pattern, after the network device sends first information to the terminal, the terminal learns that the initial state of the measurement interval mode associated with the currently working BWP is an activated state according to the first information; if each BWP is associated with multiple measurement gap patterns, the first information may further include: the initial state is an index of the measurement interval pattern of the active state in the measurement interval patterns associated with the currently operating BWP, or the initial state of each of the measurement interval patterns associated with the currently operating BWP.

When a BWP handover occurs, the associated measurement gap pattern is activated according to the BWP ID after the handover. If each BWP is only associated with one measurement gap pattern, the terminal may activate the measurement gap pattern corresponding to the BWP after the BWP handover according to the second information, or may not indicate the default measurement gap pattern corresponding to the BWP after the BWP handover is activated. If each BWP can associate multiple measurement gap patterns, the measurement gap patterns in each BWP can be indicated according to the schemes in the two embodiments described above.

And after the terminal acquires the second information, activating or deactivating the corresponding measurement gap pattern according to the second information. Specifically, the applying the measurement interval mode according to the second information may include: if each BWP is associated with a measurement interval mode, performing RRM or PRS measurement by using the measurement interval mode associated with the switched BWP; and if each BWP is associated with at least two measurement interval modes, judging the state of the measurement interval mode associated with the switched BWP according to the second information, and measuring through the measurement interval mode in the activated state.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, a specific implementation process of the terminal performing measurement is the same as that of the third embodiment in the method embodiment applied to the network device, and details are not described here.

As an alternative embodiment, the first information includes: each of the measurement interval patterns is associated with an initial BWP. Wherein, if the currently working BWP is the initial BWP, the first information indicates that the initial state of the measurement interval mode associated with the currently working BWP is the active state; if the currently operating BWP is not the initial BWP, the first information further includes: the initial state of the at least two measurement interval patterns is an index of a measurement interval pattern of an active state, or the initial state of each of the at least two measurement interval patterns.

Optionally, if BWP handover occurs and the BWP handover is RRC-based or DCI-based BWP handover, the second information includes: an index of a measurement interval pattern for which a state needs to be changed, or a state of each of the measurement interval patterns; the second information indicates that the measurement interval mode associated with the initial BWP is active if BWP handover occurs and the BWP handover is timer-based.

In this embodiment, the network device may pre-configure various measurement gap patterns through RRC signaling and associate one or more of them to the initial BWP. If the currently working BWP is the initial BWP, the first information is used to indicate that the initial state of the measurement interval mode associated with the initial BWP is the active state; if the currently operating BWP is not the initial BWP, the first information may further include: the initial state of the at least two measurement interval patterns is an index of a measurement interval pattern of an active state, or the initial state of each of the at least two measurement interval patterns.

When RRC-based or DCI-based BWP handover occurs, the activated/deactivated measurement gap pattern may be indicated according to the implementation manner of the above embodiment, and when timer-based BWP handover occurs, that is, after the timeout of BWP deactivation "timer BWP-inactivity timer", the measurement gap pattern associated with the initial BWP is activated by default.

And after the terminal acquires the second information, activating or deactivating the corresponding measurement gap pattern according to the second information. Specifically, the applying the measurement interval mode according to the second information may include: if the BWP switching occurs and the BWP switching is based on RRC or DCI, judging the state of the measurement interval mode after the BWP switching according to the second information, and measuring by using the measurement interval mode in an activated state; if a BWP switch occurs and the BWP switch is a timer-based BWP switch, then a measurement is performed using the measurement interval pattern associated with the initial BWP.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, a specific implementation process of the terminal performing the measurement is the same as the process of the fourth embodiment in the method embodiment applied to the network device, and details are not described herein.

According to the embodiment of the application, the terminal obtains configuration information which is pre-configured by the network equipment and comprises a plurality of measurement interval modes, and first information which indicates the initial state of the measurement interval modes. When the measurement resource reconfiguration occurs or the BWP switching occurs, the terminal acquires second information configured by the network equipment, and activates or deactivates the preconfigured measurement gap pattern according to the second information. The method can avoid the reduction of the measurement performance caused by the fact that the RRC signaling configuration delay is larger than the BWP switching delay when the measurement gap requirement caused by the BWP switching changes.

It should be noted that all embodiments related to the terminal in the method embodiments applied to the network device are applicable to the method embodiment applied to the terminal, and the same technical effect can be achieved, which is not described herein again.

The above embodiments are described with respect to the positioning method of the present invention, and the embodiments will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 5, the apparatus 500 for configuring measurement interval mode according to the embodiment of the present invention, applied to a network device, includes:

a first sending unit 510, configured to send preconfigured information to the terminal after configuring measurement resources for the terminal, where the preconfigured information includes: configuration information associated with at least two measurement interval patterns, and first information indicating initial states of the at least two measurement interval patterns;

a second sending unit 520, configured to send second information to the terminal if measurement resource reconfiguration or BWP handover occurs, where the second information is used to indicate states of the at least two measurement interval modes after the measurement resource reconfiguration or BWP handover occurs.

Optionally, the first information further includes:

an index of each of the at least two measurement interval patterns;

the initial state includes an activated state or a deactivated state.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises: a first configuration unit, configured to configure an initial state of each of the at least two measurement interval modes.

Optionally, the second information is RRC signaling or DCI signaling.

According to the embodiment of the application, after the network equipment configures the measurement resources, the network equipment pre-configures a plurality of measurement interval modes for the terminal and indicates the initial state of the measurement interval modes. When measurement resource reconfiguration occurs or BWP handover occurs, the network device may activate or deactivate the corresponding measurement interval mode according to the change in measurement requirements. The method can avoid the reduction of the measurement performance caused by the fact that the RRC signaling configuration delay is larger than the BWP switching delay when the measurement gap requirement caused by the BWP switching changes.

It should be noted that, the apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present invention can implement all the method steps implemented in the method embodiment applied to the network device, and can achieve the same technical effect, and details of the same parts and beneficial effects as those of the method embodiment in this embodiment are not described herein again.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 6, a measurement apparatus 600 according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied to a terminal, and includes:

a first obtaining unit 610, configured to obtain preconfigured information sent by a network device, where the preconfigured information includes: configuration information associated with at least two measurement interval patterns, and first information indicating initial states of the at least two measurement interval patterns;

a second obtaining unit 620, configured to obtain second information sent by the network device if measurement resource reconfiguration or BWP handover occurs, where the second information is used to indicate states of the at least two measurement interval modes after the measurement resource reconfiguration or BWP handover occurs;

a processing unit 630, configured to apply or release the measurement interval mode according to the second information.

Optionally, the processing unit is specifically configured to: and according to the second information, measuring in an activated measuring interval mode.

Optionally, the processing unit is specifically configured to: and releasing the measurement interval mode resources in the deactivated state according to the second information.

Optionally, the first information further includes:

an index of each of the at least two measurement interval patterns;

the initial state includes an activated state or a deactivated state.

Optionally, if the terminal supports multiple concurrent and independent interval modes, the number of the measurement interval modes in which the initial state is the active state is greater than or equal to 0;

Optionally, the processing unit is specifically configured to:

Optionally, the second information is RRC signaling or DCI signaling.

It should be noted that, the apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present invention can implement all the method steps implemented by the method embodiment applied to the terminal, and can achieve the same technical effect, and details of the same parts and beneficial effects as those of the method embodiment in this embodiment are not described herein again.

It should be noted that the division of the unit in the embodiment of the present application is schematic, and is only a logic function division, and there may be another division manner in actual implementation. In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit. The integrated unit can be realized in a form of hardware, and can also be realized in a form of a software functional unit.

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

As shown in fig. 7, a network device provided in an embodiment of the present invention includes: memory 720, transceiver 700, processor 710; a memory 720 for storing a computer program; a processor 710 for reading the computer program in the memory; a transceiver 700 for transceiving data and performing the following operations under the control of the processor 710:

after configuring measurement resources for a terminal, sending preconfigured information to the terminal, where the preconfigured information includes: configuration information associated with at least two measurement interval modes, and first information indicating initial states of the at least two measurement interval modes;

Optionally, the first information further includes:

an index of each of the at least two measurement interval patterns;

the initial state includes an activated state or a deactivated state.

Optionally, the second information is RRC signaling or DCI signaling.

Wherein in fig. 7, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, with one or more processors, represented by processor 710, and various circuits, represented by memory 720, being linked together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 700 may be a plurality of elements, including a transmitter and a transceiver, providing a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. The processor 710 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 720 may store data used by the processor 710 in performing operations.

The processor 710 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), or a Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD), and may also have a multi-core architecture.

It should be noted that, the network device provided in the embodiment of the present invention can implement all the method steps implemented by the method embodiment applied to the network device, and can achieve the same technical effect, and details of the same parts and beneficial effects as those of the method embodiment in this embodiment are not described herein again.

Embodiments of the present invention also provide a terminal, including a processor, a memory, and a program or an instruction stored on the memory and executable on the processor, where the program or the instruction implements the steps of the measurement method when executed by the processor.

As shown in fig. 8, a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: memory 820, transceiver 800, processor 810; a memory 820 for storing a computer program; a transceiver 800 for transceiving data and performing the following operations under the control of the processor 810:

acquiring preconfigured information sent by a network device, wherein the preconfigured information comprises: configuration information associated with at least two measurement interval patterns, and first information indicating initial states of the at least two measurement interval patterns;

if measurement resource reconfiguration or BWP switching occurs, second information sent by the network device is acquired, and the second information is used for indicating the states of the at least two measurement interval modes after the measurement resource reconfiguration or BWP switching occurs;

the processor 810 is configured to: and according to the second information, applying or releasing the measurement interval mode.

Optionally, the first information further includes:

an index of each of the at least two measurement interval patterns;

the initial state includes an activated state or a deactivated state.

Optionally, the second information includes: a state of each of the measurement interval patterns after a measurement resource reconfiguration or BWP handover occurs.

Optionally, the second information is RRC signaling or DCI signaling.

It should be noted that in FIG. 8, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, with one or more processors represented by processor 810 and various circuits of memory represented by memory 820 being linked together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 800 may be a number of elements, including a transmitter and a transceiver, providing a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. The user interface 830 may also be an interface capable of interfacing with a desired device for different user devices, including but not limited to a keypad, a display, a speaker, a microphone, a joystick, etc. The processor 810 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 820 may store data used by the processor 810 in performing operations.

Alternatively, the processor 810 may be a CPU (central processing unit), an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), or a CPLD (Complex Programmable Logic Device), and the processor may also adopt a multi-core architecture.

The processor is used for executing any method provided by the embodiment of the application according to the obtained executable instructions by calling the computer program stored in the memory. The processor and memory may also be physically separated.

It should be noted that, the terminal provided in the embodiment of the present invention can implement all the method steps implemented in the method embodiment applied to the terminal, and can achieve the same technical effects, and detailed descriptions of the same parts and beneficial effects as those in the method embodiment in this embodiment are not repeated herein.

In addition, the embodiments of the present invention further provide a processor-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, wherein the program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the configuration method of the measurement interval pattern or implements the steps of the measurement method. And the same technical effect can be achieved, and in order to avoid repetition, the description is omitted. The readable storage medium can be any available medium or data storage device that can be accessed by a processor, including but not limited to magnetic memory (e.g., floppy disks, hard disks, magnetic tapes, magneto-optical disks (MOs), etc.), optical memory (e.g., CDs, DVDs, BDs, HVDs, etc.), and semiconductor memory (e.g., ROMs, EPROMs, EEPROMs, non-volatile memory (NAND FLASH), solid State Disks (SSDs)), etc.

As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, embodiments of the present application may be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present application may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the present application may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, optical storage, and the like) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.

The present application is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the application. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer-executable instructions. These computer-executable instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These processor-executable instructions may also be stored in a processor-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the processor-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These processor-executable instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made in the present application without departing from the spirit and scope of the application. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the present application fall within the scope of the claims of the present application and their equivalents, the present application is intended to include such modifications and variations as well.

Claims

1. A method for configuring a measurement interval pattern, comprising:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first information comprises: and in the at least two measurement interval modes, the initial state is the index of the measurement interval mode in the activated state.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first information further comprises:

an index of each of the at least two measurement interval patterns;

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the second information comprises: of the at least two measurement interval patterns, an index of the measurement interval pattern of which the state is changed is required.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first information comprises: an initial state of each of the at least two measurement interval patterns;

the initial state includes an activated state or a deactivated state.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

7. The method according to claim 2 or 5, wherein if the terminal supports multiple concurrent and independent interval modes, the number of the measurement interval modes with an initial state of active state is greater than or equal to 0;

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the second information comprises: a state of each of the measurement interval patterns after occurrence of a measurement resource reconfiguration or BWP handover.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first information comprises:

each of the measurement interval patterns is associated with BWP.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein if each BWP is associated with one measurement interval mode, the first information indicates that the initial state of the measurement interval mode associated with the currently operating BWP is the active state;

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein if each BWP is associated with one measurement interval mode, the second information indicates that the measurement interval mode of the BWP association after the handover is active;

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the first information comprises:

each of the measurement interval patterns is associated with an initial BWP.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the first information indicates that the initial state of the measurement interval mode associated with the currently operating BWP is an active state if the currently operating BWP is the initial BWP;

14. The method of claim 12, wherein if BWP handover occurs and the BWP handover is RRC-based or DCI-based BWP handover, the second information comprises: an index of a measurement interval pattern for which a state needs to be changed, or a state of each of the measurement interval patterns;

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the second information is RRC signaling or DCI signaling.

16. A method of measurement, comprising:

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the terminal performs the application of the measurement interval mode according to the second information, comprising:

18. The method according to claim 16, wherein the terminal performs the release of the measurement gap pattern according to the second information, comprising:

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the first information comprises: and in the at least two measurement interval modes, the initial state is the index of the measurement interval mode in the activated state.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the first information further comprises:

an index of each of the at least two measurement interval patterns;

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the second information comprises: of the at least two measurement interval patterns, an index of the measurement interval pattern of which the state is changed is required.

22. The method of claim 16, wherein the first information comprises: an initial state of each of the at least two measurement interval patterns;

the initial state includes an activated state or a deactivated state.

23. The method according to claim 19 or 22, wherein if the terminal supports multiple concurrent and independent interval modes, the number of the measurement interval modes with an initial state of active state is greater than or equal to 0;

24. The method of claim 22, wherein the second information comprises: a state of each of the measurement interval patterns after occurrence of a measurement resource reconfiguration or BWP handover.

25. The method of claim 16, wherein the first information comprises:

and associating each measurement interval pattern with BWP.

26. The method according to claim 25, wherein if each BWP is associated with one measurement interval mode, the first information indicates that the initial state of the measurement interval mode associated with the currently operating BWP is the active state;

27. The method according to claim 25, wherein if each BWP is associated with one measurement gap pattern, the second information indicates that the measurement gap pattern of the BWP association after the handover is active;

28. The method according to claim 27, wherein the terminal performs the application of the measurement interval mode according to the second information, comprising:

29. The method of claim 16, wherein the first information comprises:

each of the measurement interval patterns is associated with an initial BWP.

30. The method according to claim 29, wherein the first information indicates that the initial state of the measurement interval mode associated with the currently operating BWP is an active state if the currently operating BWP is the initial BWP;

31. The method of claim 29, wherein if a BWP handover occurs and the BWP handover is RRC-based or DCI-based BWP handover, the second information comprises: an index of a measurement interval pattern for which a state needs to be changed, or a state of each of the measurement interval patterns;

32. The method according to claim 31, wherein the terminal performs the application of the measurement interval mode according to the second information, comprising:

33. The method of claim 16, wherein the second information is RRC or DCI signaling.

34. A network device 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 configuring a measurement interval pattern according to any one of claims 1 to 15.

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 measurement method according to any one of claims 16 to 33.

36. An apparatus for configuring a measurement interval pattern, comprising:

a second sending unit, configured to send, to the terminal, second information if measurement resource reconfiguration or BWP handover occurs, where the second information is used to indicate states of the at least two measurement interval modes after the measurement resource reconfiguration or BWP handover occurs.

37. A measuring device, comprising:

38. A processor-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the method for configuring a measurement interval pattern according to any one of claims 1 to 15 or the steps of the method for measuring according to any one of claims 16 to 33.