CN116170121A

CN116170121A - Method for determining activation state of preconfigured Gap, terminal and network side equipment

Info

Publication number: CN116170121A
Application number: CN202111407230.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘选兵; 杨晓东
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-11-24
Filing date: 2021-11-24
Publication date: 2023-05-26
Also published as: WO2023093716A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the application discloses a method, a terminal and network side equipment for determining the activation state of a pre-configured Gap, which belong to the technical field of communication and comprise the following steps: the terminal receives configuration information; wherein the configuration information includes configuration of pre-configured Gap related to BWP combination, CC combination or cell group; and the terminal determines the activation state of the pre-configuration Gap according to the configuration information.

Description

Method for determining activation state of preconfigured Gap, terminal and network side equipment

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of communication, and particularly relates to a method for determining an activation state of a preconfigured Gap, a terminal and network side equipment.

Background

In radio resource management (Radio Resource Management, RRM) measurements (SSB measurements, for example), if the target synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel signal block/synchronization signal block (Synchronization Signal and PBCH block, SSB) is not contained in the currently active BandWidth Part (BWP), measurements based on SSB will require measurement Gap (referred to simply as Gap). However, for the preconfigured Gap, how to determine the activation state of the preconfigured Gap is a technical problem to be solved in multi-carrier (such as carrier aggregation) or multi-connection (such as MR-DC).

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a method for determining the activation state of a pre-configured Gap, a terminal and network side equipment, which can solve the problem that communication transmission is affected because the terminal cannot determine the activation state of the pre-configured Gap in multi-carrier or multi-connection.

In a first aspect, a method for determining an activation state of a preconfigured Gap is provided, including: the terminal receives configuration information; wherein the configuration information includes configuration of pre-configured Gap related to BWP combination, CC combination or cell group; and the terminal determines the activation state of the pre-configuration Gap according to the configuration information.

In a second aspect, a method for determining an activation state of a preconfigured Gap is provided, including: the network side equipment sends configuration information; wherein the configuration information includes configuration of pre-configured Gap related to BWP combination, CC combination or cell group; the configuration information is used for determining the activation state of the pre-configuration Gap by the terminal.

In a third aspect, an activation state determining apparatus for a preconfigured Gap is provided, including: the receiving module is used for receiving the configuration information; wherein the configuration information includes configuration of pre-configured Gap related to BWP combination, CC combination or cell group; and the processing module is used for determining the activation state of the pre-configuration Gap according to the configuration information.

In a fourth aspect, there is provided an activation state determining apparatus of a preconfigured Gap, including: the sending module is used for sending the configuration information; wherein the configuration information includes configuration of pre-configured Gap related to BWP combination, CC combination or cell group; the configuration information is used for determining the activation state of the pre-configuration Gap by the terminal.

In a fifth aspect, there is provided a terminal comprising a processor and a memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the method as described in the first aspect.

In a sixth aspect, a terminal is provided, including a processor and a communication interface, where the processor is configured to determine an activation state of a preconfigured Gap according to configuration information, and the communication interface is configured to receive the configuration information; wherein the configuration information includes configuration of pre-configured Gap related to BWP combination, CC combination or cell group.

In a seventh aspect, a network side device is provided, comprising a processor and a memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the method as described in the second aspect.

An eighth aspect provides a network side device, including a processor and a communication interface, where the communication interface is configured to send configuration information; wherein the configuration information includes configuration of pre-configured Gap related to BWP combination, CC combination or cell group; the configuration information is used for determining the activation state of the pre-configuration Gap by the terminal.

In a ninth aspect, there is provided an activation state determining system of a preconfigured Gap, comprising: a terminal operable to perform the steps of the method as described in the first aspect, and a network side device operable to perform the steps of the method as described in the second aspect.

In a tenth aspect, there is provided a readable storage medium having stored thereon a program or instructions which when executed by a processor, performs the steps of the method according to the first aspect or performs the steps of the method according to the second aspect.

In an eleventh aspect, there is provided a chip comprising a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface and the processor being coupled, the processor being for running a program or instructions, implementing the steps of the method as described in the first aspect, or implementing the steps of the method as described in the second aspect.

In a twelfth aspect, there is provided a computer program/program product stored in a storage medium, the computer program/program product being executed by at least one processor to implement the steps of the method as described in the first aspect or to implement the steps of the method as described in the second aspect.

In this embodiment of the present application, a terminal receives configuration information, where the configuration information includes configuration of a preconfigured Gap related to BWP combination, CC combination or cell group, and the terminal determines an activation state of the preconfigured Gap according to the configuration information. The embodiment of the application solves the problem that the communication transmission is affected because the terminal cannot determine the activation state of the preconfigured Gap when in multi-carrier or multi-connection, and is convenient for improving the communication performance; while facilitating the saving of signaling overhead.

Drawings

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

FIG. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a method of determining activation state of a preconfigured Gap according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic flow chart of a method of determining activation state of a preconfigured Gap according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of an activation state determining apparatus of a preconfigured Gap according to an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of an activation state determining apparatus of a preconfigured Gap according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a network-side device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

Technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments in the present application are within the scope of the protection of the present application.

The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims, are used for distinguishing between similar objects and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the application are capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or otherwise described herein, and that the terms "first" and "second" are generally intended to be used in a generic sense and not to limit the number of objects, for example, the first object may be one or more. Furthermore, in the description and claims, "and/or" means at least one of the connected objects, and the character "/" generally means a relationship in which the associated object is an "or" before and after.

It is noted that the techniques described in embodiments of the present application are not limited to long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE)/LTE evolution (LTE-Advanced, LTE-a) systems, but may also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as code division multiple access (Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA), time division multiple access (Time Division Multiple Access, TDMA), frequency division multiple access (Frequency Division Multiple Access, FDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiple access (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access, OFDMA), single carrier frequency division multiple access (Single-carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access, SC-FDMA), and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in embodiments of the present application are often used interchangeably, and the techniques described may be used for both the above-mentioned systems and radio technologies, as well as other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes a New air interface (NR) system for purposes of example and uses NR terminology in much of the description that follows, but these techniques are also applicable to applications other than NR system applications, such as generation 6 (6) ^th Generation, 6G) communication system.

Fig. 1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which embodiments of the present application are applicable. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network device 12. The terminal 11 may be a mobile phone, a tablet (Tablet Personal Computer), a Laptop (Laptop Computer) or a terminal-side Device called a notebook, a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), a palm top, a netbook, an ultra-mobile personal Computer (ultra-mobile personal Computer, UMPC), a mobile internet appliance (Mobile Internet Device, MID), an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR)/Virtual Reality (VR) Device, a robot, a Wearable Device (weather Device), a vehicle-mounted Device (VUE), a pedestrian terminal (PUE), a smart home (home Device with a wireless communication function, such as a refrigerator, a television, a washing machine, or a furniture), a game machine, a personal Computer (personal Computer, PC), a teller machine, or a self-service machine, and the Wearable Device includes: intelligent wrist-watch, intelligent bracelet, intelligent earphone, intelligent glasses, intelligent ornament (intelligent bracelet, intelligent ring, intelligent necklace, intelligent anklet, intelligent foot chain etc.), intelligent wrist strap, intelligent clothing etc.. Note that, the specific type of the terminal 11 is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. The network-side device 12 may comprise an access network device or core network device, wherein the access network device may also be referred to as a radio access network device, a radio access network (Radio Access Network, RAN), a radio access network function or a radio access network element. The access network device may include a base station, a WLAN access point, a WiFi node, or the like, where the base station may be referred to as a node B, an evolved node B (eNB), an access point, a base transceiver station (Base Transceiver Station, BTS), a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a basic service set (Basic Service Set, BSS), an extended service set (Extended Service Set, ESS), a home node B, a home evolved node B, a transmission receiving point (Transmitting Receiving Point, TRP), or some other suitable terminology in the field, and the base station is not limited to a specific technical vocabulary so long as the same technical effect is achieved, and it should be noted that in the embodiment of the present application, only the base station in the NR system is described by way of example, and the specific type of the base station is not limited.

The method for determining the activation state of the preconfigured Gap provided by the embodiment of the application is described in detail below through some embodiments and application scenes thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 2, the embodiment of the present application provides a method 200 for determining an activation state of a preconfigured Gap, which may be performed by a terminal, in other words, by software or hardware installed in the terminal, and includes the following steps.

S202: the terminal receives configuration information; wherein the configuration information includes configuration of pre-configured Gap associated with BWP combinations, carrier element (Component Carrier, CC) combinations or cell groups.

In this embodiment, the terminal may receive a radio resource control (Radio Resource Control, RRC) message including configuration information of the preconfigured Gap. Alternatively, the RRC message may be an RRC reconfiguration message.

The BWP combination may include a plurality of BWP, which may belong to different cells, for example, BWP1 and BWP2 are included in the BWP combination, BWP1 belongs to cell 1, and BWP2 belongs to cell 2. Multiple CCs may be included in the above-described CC combinations, which may be equivalent to secondary cells in some examples. The cell group may include a plurality of cells. The BWP combinations, CC combinations or cell groups described above may be collectively referred to as multi-carriers.

Optionally, the configuration information may include at least one of: 1) The activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to one or more secondary cells may belong to a cell group. For example, the configuration information may include an activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each secondary cell in the one or more secondary cells; 2) The activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponds to one or more BWP, which may belong to one BWP combination. For example, the configuration information may include an activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each BWP in the one or more BWP.

The embodiment can flexibly provide configuration information of the preconfigured Gap according to the capability information of the terminal, for example, the capability of the terminal for supporting the CC receiving can be configured for the terminal, and the configuration information can include the configuration information 1 above); for another example, if the terminal supports the capability of receiving in BWP, the configuration information configured for the terminal may include 1) above; it is also possible to include 1) and 2) above.

Optionally, the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the one or more secondary cells mentioned in 1) above includes at least one of the following: a) The identity of the one or more secondary cells; b) An activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to at least one BWP in the one or more secondary cells; wherein each secondary cell may include one or more BWP; c) The activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to all BWP in the one or more secondary cells; wherein each secondary cell may include one or more BWP.

S204: and the terminal determines the activation state of the pre-configuration Gap according to the configuration information.

The active state of the preconfigured Gap may include an active state or a non-active state (or a deactivated state).

In one example, the preconfigured Gap is related to a BWP combination, and in this step, the terminal determines an activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each BWP in the BWP combination according to the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the BWP in the BWP combination; the configuration information includes an activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each BWP in the BWP combination.

In one example, the preconfigured Gap is related to a CC combination, and in this step, the terminal determines an activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each CC in the CC combination according to the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each CC in the CC combination; the configuration information includes an activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each CC in the CC combination.

In one example, the preconfigured Gap is related to a cell group, and in this step, the terminal determines an activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each cell in the cell group according to the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each cell in the cell group; the configuration information includes an activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each cell in the cell group.

According to the method for determining the activation state of the pre-configured Gap, the terminal receives configuration information, wherein the configuration information comprises configuration of the pre-configured Gap related to BWP combination, CC combination or cell group, and the terminal determines the activation state of the pre-configured Gap according to the configuration information. The embodiment of the application solves the problem that when multiple carriers or multiple connections (when the number of the cell groups is multiple, the multiple connections can be adopted), the terminal cannot determine the activation state of the pre-configuration Gap, so that the communication transmission is influenced, and the communication performance is convenient to improve; while facilitating the saving of signaling overhead.

The embodiment of the application solves the problem of how to provide the configuration of the pre-configuration Gap, and the configuration of the pre-configuration Gap can be flexibly provided in various modes.

For the above mentioned improvement of communication performance, for example, the terminal may determine the activation state of the preconfigured Gap and ignore the preconfigured Gap, thereby avoiding resource waste and data loss caused by the Gap, and being beneficial to improving the data throughput of the terminal and the network side device; for another example, the terminal may determine an activation state of the preconfigured Gap and use the preconfigured Gap, and the terminal measures according to the preconfigured Gap to improve communication performance.

For the above-mentioned advantages of saving signaling overhead, for example, if the network side device configures the activation state of the preconfigured Gap according to cell groups, CC combinations or BWP combinations, the number of CC combinations is greater and the number of BWP combinations is also greater due to the greater number of cell groups, the signaling overhead is too great. In the embodiment of the present application, the terminal may determine the activation state of the preconfigured Gap according to the configuration information of the preconfigured Gap, for example, the terminal may determine the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the BWP combination according to the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each BWP; the terminal can determine the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the CC combination according to the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each CC; the terminal may determine the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the cell group according to the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each secondary cell. With this design, the size of the signaling message is greatly reduced compared to indicating the activation state of the preconfigured Gap according to each BWP combination.

For the above mentioned benefits in saving signaling overhead, for example, assuming that the secondary cell 1 comprises 4 BWP and the secondary cell 2 comprises 4 BWP, these 8 BWP may constitute 16 BWP combinations, 16 bits may be needed if the active state of the preconfigured Gap is configured per BWP combination; this embodiment may configure the activation state of the preconfigured Gap per BWP, only 8 bits are needed, which is advantageous for saving signaling overhead.

Embodiment 200 mainly describes that the terminal determines the activation state of the preconfigured Gap according to the configuration information during multi-carrier or multi-connection, and the configuration information of the preconfigured Gap will be described in detail in a plurality of embodiments.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the configuration information includes status information related to one or more secondary cells; wherein the preconfigured Gap is active on the one or more secondary cells; or, the preconfigured Gap is in an active state on one or more BWP in the one or more secondary cells; or, the state information related to each secondary cell includes identification information of one or more BWP, and the preconfigured Gap is in an active state on the one or more BWP. The BWP identification information may be a BWP identification or 1 bit (bit) of a corresponding BWP identification in a Bitmap (Bitmap).

In this embodiment, only when the preconfigured Gap is in an active state, the configuration information includes the configuration of the preconfigured Gap, so that the information amount of the configuration information can be reduced, and signaling overhead can be saved.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the configuration information includes status information related to one or more secondary cells; wherein the preconfigured Gap is inactive on the one or more secondary cells; alternatively, the preconfigured Gap is inactive on one or more BWP in the one or more secondary cells; or, the state information related to each secondary cell includes identification information of one or more BWP, and the preconfigured Gap is inactive on the one or more BWP.

In this embodiment, only when the preconfigured Gap is in the inactive state, the configuration information includes the configuration of the preconfigured Gap, so that the information amount of the configuration information can be reduced, and signaling overhead can be saved.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the configuration information includes activation state information of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to one or more BWP combinations, and the activation state information of the preconfigured Gap includes at least one of the following: 1) An identification of the one or more BWP combinations; 2) The activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the one or more BWP combinations;

3) The one or more BWP combinations comprise an identification of the BWP; 4) And the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each BWP in the one or more BWP combinations.

This embodiment is advantageous in saving signaling overhead, for example, if the network side device configures the activation state of the preconfigured Gap in BWP combinations, the signaling overhead is excessive due to the large number of BWP combinations. According to the embodiment of the invention, the terminal can determine the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the BWP combination according to the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each BWP, and through the design, compared with the case that the activation state of the pre-configured Gap is indicated according to each BWP combination, the size of the signaling message is greatly reduced.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the configuration information is BWP configuration information, where the BWP configuration information includes information related to the preconfiguration Gap, and the information related to the preconfiguration Gap is at least one of the following: the activation state of the pre-configured Gap; and the mark of the Gap is preconfigured.

The embodiment can configure the activation state of the pre-configured Gap in the BWP configuration information, and the configuration mode is flexible.

In this embodiment, the active state of the preconfigured Gap may be an active state; when the activation state of the preconfigured Gap is an activation state, the BWP configuration information includes related information of the preconfigured Gap; alternatively, the activation state of the preconfigured Gap may be an inactive state; and when the activated state of the preconfigured Gap is the inactive state, the BWP configuration information comprises relevant information of the preconfigured Gap.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the configuration information is secondary cell configuration information, and the secondary cell configuration information includes: and the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each BWP.

The embodiment can configure the activation state of the pre-configured Gap in the configuration information of the secondary cell, and the configuration mode is flexible.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the configuration information is cell group configuration information, and the cell group configuration information includes at least one of: 1) The embodiment can flexibly provide configuration information of the pre-configured Gap according to capability information of the terminal, for example, the terminal supports the capability of receiving according to the CC, and the configuration information comprises the activation state information of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each secondary cell; 2) The embodiment can flexibly provide configuration information of the pre-configured Gap according to capability information of the terminal, for example, the terminal supports the capability of receiving according to BWP, and the configuration information comprises the activation state information of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each BWP; 3) And the activation state configuration of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each BWP combination comprises activation state information of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to one or more BWP combinations.

The embodiment can configure the activation state of the pre-configured Gap in the cell group configuration information, and the configuration mode is flexible. In this embodiment, the activation state information of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the one or more BWP combinations includes at least one of the following: 1) An identification of the one or more BWP combinations; 2) The activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the one or more BWP combinations; 3) The one or more BWP combinations comprise an identification of the BWP; 4) And the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each BWP in the one or more BWP combinations.

The foregoing embodiments describe configuration information of the preconfigured Gap in detail, and the following describes how the terminal determines the activation state of the preconfigured Gap according to the configuration information according to the embodiments. It will be appreciated that the various embodiments described below may be freely combined with the various embodiments previously described.

In one example, the pre-configuration Gap is related to BWP combination, and the determining, by the terminal, the activation state of the pre-configuration Gap according to the configuration information includes: the terminal determines the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the BWP combination according to the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each BWP in the BWP combination; the configuration information includes an activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each BWP in the BWP combination.

Specifically, the terminal determines, according to the activation states of the preconfigured gaps corresponding to the BWP in the BWP combination, the activation states of the preconfigured gaps corresponding to the BWP combination including at least one of the following: 1) When the activated state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to at least one BWP in the BWP combination is a non-activated state, the activated state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the BWP combination is a non-activated state; 2) When the activated states of all the pre-configured gaps corresponding to the BWP in the BWP combination are activated states, the activated states of the pre-configured gaps corresponding to the BWP combination are activated states.

In one example, the pre-configured Gap is related to CC combination, and the determining, by the terminal, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap according to the configuration information includes: the terminal determines the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each CC in the CC combination according to the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each CC in the CC combination; the configuration information includes an activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each CC in the CC combination.

Specifically, the terminal determines, according to the activation states of the preconfigured gaps corresponding to the CCs in the CC combination, the activation states of the preconfigured gaps corresponding to the CC combination including at least one of the following: 1) When the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to at least one CC in the CC combination is an inactive state, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the CC combination is an inactive state; 2) When the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to all the CCs in the CC combination is an activation state, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the CC combination is an activation state.

The above-mentioned that the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the at least one CC is an inactive state includes: the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to at least one CC is configured as an inactive state, or the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to at least one BWP on at least one CC is configured as an inactive state.

The above mentioned that the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to all CCs is an activation state includes: the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each CC is configured as an activation state, or the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to all BWP on each CC is an activation state.

On the basis of the foregoing embodiments, the method further includes: and when in multi-connection, the terminal determines the activation state of the pre-configured Gap when in multi-connection according to the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the Cell Group (CG). The multiple connections include, for example, multiple radio access technology dual connections (Multi-Rat-Dual Connectivity, MR-DC).

The terminal determines the activation state of the preconfigured Gap in the multi-connection according to the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the CG, wherein the activation state of the preconfigured Gap comprises at least one of the following steps: 1) In the multi-connection process, when the activation state of the pre-configuration Gap corresponding to at least one CG is an inactive state, the activation state of the pre-configuration Gap is an inactive state; 2) In the multi-connection, when the activation states of all the preconfigured gaps corresponding to the CG are activation states, the activation states of the preconfigured gaps are activation states.

On the basis of the foregoing embodiments, the method further includes: the terminal sends the capability information related to the preconfigured Gap, wherein the capability information comprises at least one of the following components: 1) Explicit pre-configuration Gap state capability, i.e. the capability of the terminal to support explicit pre-configuration Gap; 2) The capability of pre-configuration Gap when carrier aggregation or multi-carrier units, i.e. the capability of pre-configuration Gap when a terminal supports multi-carrier units (multi-CCs); 3) Preconfiguring Gap capability per CG, e.g., in MR-DC, MCG and/or SCG support the capability of preconfiguring Gap; 4) The pre-configuration Gap capability in single CC, namely the capability of the terminal to support the pre-configuration Gap in single carrier unit (multi-CC); 5) The pre-configured Gap capability of the BWP combination, i.e., the capability of the terminal to support the pre-configured Gap of the BWP combination; 6) Capacity for reception in BWP; 7) Capability per CC reception; 8) The ability to share preconfigured Gap between CG, namely: if the capability of sharing the pre-configuration Gap between the CG is supported, when the active state of the pre-configuration Gap corresponding to at least one CG is inactive, the active state of the pre-configuration Gap is inactive.

Optionally, the capability information is used for the network side device to determine or send the configuration information.

In order to describe the method for determining the activation state of the preconfigured Gap in detail, the following description will be made with reference to several specific embodiments.

Example 1

In this embodiment, the configuration information of the preconfigured Gap indicates the activation state of each CC and/or each BWP (of the corresponding preconfigured Gap).

1. In this embodiment, the UE receives an RRC reconfiguration message containing one or more activation states of the preconfigured Gap per (per) CC and/or per BWP. The CC corresponds to a secondary cell (SCell) in a cell group and the BWP corresponds to one or more downlink BWP on the secondary cell SCell. The active state includes an activated state (activated) and a deactivated state (deactivated).

This embodiment may express the activation state of Per CC, per BWP by various methods.

2. Method 1.1 active state configuration of preconfigured Gap of Per CC.

The configuration information contains the activation state information of the pre-configuration Gap of one or more secondary cells. The activation state information of the pre-configured Gap of the secondary cell comprises at least one of the following:

a) Secondary cell sequence number (SCell Index).

b) And the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each BWP in the secondary cell. For example, 1bit to the active state; bwp1= { Activated, deactivated }; bwp2= { Activated, deactivated }; bwp3= { Activated, deactivated }; BWP 4= { Activated, deactivated }.

c) And the activation states of the pre-configuration Gap corresponding to all BWPs in the secondary cell. For example, represented by a bitmap (bitmap), 1 bit (bit) corresponds to the active state of one BWP; for example, a 4bit bitmap corresponds to the activation state of a pre-configured gap of 4 BWP on the secondary cell.

E.g. gapstatus perbwp=0110, indicating: gap Status of BWP1 = Deactivated; gap Status of BWP2 = Activated; gap Status of BWP3 = Activated; gap Status of BWP4 =deactivated.

A code of a specific embodiment (comprising items a, c above):

the above code portions are explained as follows: gapstatus perccperbwp: the activation state configuration of the pre-configured Gap of Per CC; gapStatusperSCell: the activation state information of the pre-configured Gap of one or more secondary cells; sCellIndex: a secondary cell sequence number; gapStatus PerBWP: a bit (bit) in the bitmap corresponds to the activation state of the pre-configured gap for each BWP on the secondary cell.

3. Based on 2, further, method 1.2: the active state configuration of the pre-configured Gap of the Per CC only includes secondary cells and/or BWP with the Gap state being active.

The configuration information includes one or more secondary cells and/or BWP. The activation state of the pre-configured Gap of the secondary cell and/or BWP is an activation state.

The preconfigured measurement Gap configuration comprises at least one of the following:

a) One or more secondary cell status information. Pre-configuring measurement Gap to be in an active state on the secondary cell; alternatively, the pre-configured measurement Gap is active on one or more BWP of the secondary cell. An implementation method, the secondary cell may be represented by a secondary cell sequence number (SCell Index);

b) Each secondary cell status information contains one or more BWP. The preconfigured measurement Gap is active on the BWP. An implementation method, the BWP may be represented by BWP ID.

The code of one embodiment is as follows (including items a, b):

4. based on 2, further, the active state configuration of the pre-configured Gap of the Per CC only includes secondary cells and/or BWP with the Gap state inactive (Deactivated). The specific method is similar to 3.

5. Method 1.3 active state configuration of pre-configured Gap for Per BWP combination.

The configuration information includes activation state information of one or more BWP combined preconfigured gaps. The activation state information of the pre-configured Gap of the BWP combination includes at least one of the following: 1) BWP combined sequence number; 2) The BWP combines the activation states of the corresponding preconfigured Gap; 3) BWP combinations comprise BWP; 4) And the activation state of the pre-configuration Gap corresponding to each BWP in the BWP combination.

Example two

This embodiment mainly describes the activation state of the indication pre-configured Gap in the Carrier Aggregation (CA) configuration.

1. The UE receives an RRC reconfiguration message, wherein the RRC reconfiguration message comprises activation state information of a pre-configured Gap corresponding to one or more secondary cells and/or BWPs.

This embodiment may provide the activation state information of the preconfigured Gap of the Per CC Per BWP through a variety of different configurations: cell group configuration, or secondary cell configuration, or BWP configuration.

2. Method 2.1: the activation state of the preconfigured Gap is explicitly indicated in each downstream BWP.

The BWP configuration includes at least one of the following: pre-configuring the activation state of Gap; pre-configuring a Gap serial number; configuration information of Gap is preconfigured.

The code for implementing the method is as follows:

3. further, based on method 2.1, pre-configured Gap information is optionally included in the bwp configuration. When the active state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the BWP is active, the BWP configuration includes pre-configured Gap information, for example, a serial number of the pre-configured Gap.

or ,

based on method 2.1, when the active state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the BWP is inactive, the BWP configuration includes pre-configured Gap information, for example, a serial number of the pre-configured Gap.

4. Method 2.2: the secondary cell configuration includes activation state information of the preconfigured Gap, and includes at least one of the following a) and b):

a) The active state information of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each downlink BWP includes an active state (activated), an inactive state (deactivated)).

Further, the activation state information may be included only when the Gap activation state corresponding to the BWP is an activation state. Or conversely, only when the state is inactive.

b) The bitmap is used to indicate the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each BWP.

Further, the activation state information is included only when the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to one or more BWP is the activation state. Or conversely, only when the state is inactive.

5. Method 2.3: the cell group configuration includes activation state information of the preconfigured Gap, including at least one of the following a) to c):

a) And the activation state information of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each secondary cell.

Further, the activation state information may be included only when the Gap activation state corresponding to the secondary cell is active, or when there is an activation state in the Gap activation state corresponding to the BWP on the secondary cell.

Or conversely, only when the state is inactive.

b) The activation state information of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the downlink BWP of each secondary cell includes an activated state (activated), a deactivated state (deactivated)).

c) The active state configuration of the pre-configured Gap of the Per BWP combination includes the active state information of the pre-configured Gap of one or more BWP combinations. The activation state information of the pre-configured Gap of the BWP combination includes at least one of the following: BWP combined sequence number; the BWP combines the activation states of the corresponding preconfigured Gap; BWP combinations comprise BWP; and the activation state of the pre-configuration Gap corresponding to each BWP in the BWP combination.

Example III

This embodiment mainly describes that the UE determines the activation state of the preconfigured Gap in carrier aggregation based on each BWP configuration information.

2. The UE operates at a plurality of BWP, i.e. at BWP combination, or carrier aggregation, or a plurality of secondary cells. (hereinafter, collectively referred to as BWP combination) without loss of generality. The UE determines an activation state of a preconfigured Gap corresponding to the BWP combination, including one or more of the following methods:

the UE checks the activation states of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the plurality of BWP in the activated BWP combination.

1) When the activated state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to at least one BWP in the BWP combination is the inactive state, the activated state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the BWP combination is the inactive state;

2) When the activated state of all the preconfigured gaps corresponding to all the BWP in the BWP combination is the activated state, the activated state of the preconfigured gaps corresponding to the BWP combination is the activated state.

Example IV

The embodiment mainly introduces that the UE determines the activation state of the preconfigured Gap in carrier aggregation based on the configuration information of each CC.

2. The UE operates on a plurality of CCs, i.e., on a CC combination or carrier aggregation CA (hereinafter, collectively referred to as CC combination) without loss of generality. The UE determines the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the CC combination, which comprises one or more of the following methods:

The UE checks the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the multiple CCs in the CC combination.

1) When the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to at least one CC in the CC combination is an inactive state, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the CC combination is an inactive state. Otherwise, the active state is set.

The activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the CC is a non-activation state, and the activation state of the pre-configured Gap comprising the per CC is a non-activation state, or the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to at least one BWP on the CC is a non-activation state.

2) When the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to all CCs in the CC combination is an activation state, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the CC combination is an activation state; otherwise, the device is in an inactive state.

The activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the CC is an activation state, and the activation state of the pre-configured Gap comprising the per CC is an activation state, or the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to all BWPs on the CC is a non-activation state.

Example five

This embodiment mainly describes the determination of the activation state of the preconfigured Gap in carrier aggregation in MR-DC.

1. The UE establishes an MR-DC connection.

2. The UE receives an RRC reconfiguration message, wherein the RRC reconfiguration message comprises activation state information of a pre-configured Gap corresponding to one or more secondary cells and/or BWPs.

3. The UE operates on a plurality of CCs, i.e., on a CC combination or carrier aggregation CA (hereinafter, collectively referred to as CC combination) without loss of generality. The UE determines the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the CC combination (see embodiment four), and determines the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each CG.

4. The UE determines the activation state of the preconfigured Gap of the multiple connections according to the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the CG (CellGroup). The method comprises at least one of the following steps:

1) When the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to at least one CG is the inactive state, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap is the inactive state. Otherwise, the active state is set.

2) When the activation state of the pre-configuration Gap corresponding to all the CG is the activation state, the activation state of the pre-configuration Gap is the activation state; otherwise, the device is in an inactive state.

Example six

This embodiment mainly introduces UE capability reporting of preconfigured Gap in carrier aggregation or MR-DC.

1. The UE reports the UE capability related to the preconfigured Gap. The preconfigured Gap-related UE capabilities include at least one of:

1) Explicit preconfigured Gap state capability is the capability of the UE to support the displayed preconfigured Gap.

2) Preconfigured Gap capability at Carrier Aggregation (CA) or multi-carrier element (multi-CC). I.e. the capability of the UE to support preconfigured Gap when multi-carrier elements (multi-CCs).

3) Preconfigured Gap capability Per cell group (Per CG). For example, in MR-DC, MCG and/or SCG support the ability to preconfigure Gap.

4) Pre-configured Gap capability at single carrier element (single CC). I.e. the capability of the UE to support pre-configured Gap when single carrier units (multi-CCs).

5) Pre-configured Gap for BWP combining. I.e. the UE's capability to support pre-configured Gap for BWP combining.

6) Per BWP reception capability, or BWP-based adjustment of RF reception capability

7) The capability of Per CC reception, or the capability of Per carrier unit reception.

8) The ability to pre-configure Gap is shared among groups of cells (cellgroups).

2. Optionally, the network configures the activation state information of the preconfigured Gap according to the UE capability related to the preconfigured Gap. For example, if the UE has the capability of perBWP reception, the configuration is as in embodiment three. If the UE has UE capability of Per CC reception, the fourth embodiment is configured.

3. The UE receives an RRC reconfiguration message, wherein the RRC reconfiguration message comprises activation state information of a pre-configured Gap corresponding to one or more secondary cells and/or BWP or CG.

The activation state determination method of the preconfigured Gap according to the embodiment of the present application is described in detail above in connection with fig. 2. The activation state determination method of the preconfigured Gap according to another embodiment of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to fig. 3. It will be appreciated that the interaction of the network side device with the terminal described from the network side device is the same as or corresponds to the description of the terminal side in the method shown in fig. 2, and the relevant description is omitted as appropriate to avoid repetition.

Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of an implementation of the method for determining the activation state of the preconfigured Gap in the embodiment of the application, which can be applied to a network side device. As shown in fig. 3, the method 300 includes the following steps.

S302: the network side equipment sends configuration information; wherein the configuration information includes configuration of pre-configured Gap related to BWP combination, CC combination or cell group; the configuration information is used for determining the activation state of the pre-configuration Gap by the terminal.

According to the method for determining the activation state of the pre-configured Gap, the network side equipment sends configuration information, wherein the configuration information comprises configuration of the pre-configured Gap related to BWP combination, CC combination or cell group, and therefore the terminal can determine the activation state of the pre-configured Gap according to the configuration information. The embodiment of the application solves the problem that the communication transmission is affected because the terminal cannot determine the activation state of the preconfigured Gap when in multi-carrier or multi-connection, and is convenient for improving the communication performance; while facilitating the saving of signaling overhead.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the configuration information includes at least one of: 1) The activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to one or more secondary cells; 2) And the activation state of the pre-configuration Gap corresponding to one or more BWPs.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the one or more secondary cells includes at least one of: 1) The identity of the one or more secondary cells; 2) An activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to at least one BWP in the one or more secondary cells; 3) And the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to all BWPs in the one or more secondary cells.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the configuration information includes status information related to one or more secondary cells; wherein the preconfigured Gap is active on the one or more secondary cells; or, the preconfigured Gap is in an active state on one or more BWP in the one or more secondary cells; or, the state information related to each secondary cell includes identification information of one or more BWP, and the preconfigured Gap is in an active state on the one or more BWP.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the configuration information includes activation state information of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to one or more BWP combinations, and the activation state information of the preconfigured Gap includes at least one of the following: 1) An identification of the one or more BWP combinations; 2) The activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the one or more BWP combinations; 3) The one or more BWP combinations comprise an identification of the BWP; 4) And the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each BWP in the one or more BWP combinations.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the configuration information is BWP configuration information, where the BWP configuration information includes information related to the preconfiguration Gap, and the information related to the preconfiguration Gap is at least one of the following: 1) The activation state of the pre-configured Gap; 2) And the mark of the Gap is preconfigured.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the active state of the preconfigured Gap is an active state; when the activation state of the preconfigured Gap is an activation state, the BWP configuration information includes related information of the preconfigured Gap; or the activation state of the pre-configuration Gap is a non-activation state; and when the activated state of the preconfigured Gap is the inactive state, the BWP configuration information comprises relevant information of the preconfigured Gap.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the configuration information is cell group configuration information, and the cell group configuration information includes at least one of: 1) The activation state information of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each auxiliary cell; 2) The activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the BWP in each secondary cell; 3) And the activation state configuration of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each BWP combination comprises activation state information of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to one or more BWP combinations.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the activation state information of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the one or more BWP combinations includes at least one of the following: 1) An identification of the one or more BWP combinations; 2) The activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the one or more BWP combinations; 3) The one or more BWP combinations comprise an identification of the BWP; 4) And the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each BWP in the one or more BWP combinations.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the method further includes: the network side equipment receives the capability information related to the preconfigured Gap, wherein the capability information comprises at least one of the following components: 1) Explicit pre-configured Gap state capability; 2) Pre-configured Gap capability at carrier aggregation or multi-carrier unit; 3) Pre-configuring Gap capability according to CG; 4) Pre-configured Gap capability at single CC; 5) Pre-configured Gap capability of BWP combinations; 6) Capacity for reception in BWP; 7) Capability per CC reception; 8) The ability to share preconfigured Gap between CGs.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the sending, by the network side device, configuration information of the preconfigured Gap includes: and the network side equipment sends configuration information of the pre-configuration Gap according to the capability information.

According to the method for determining the activation state of the preconfigured Gap, the execution body can be the device for determining the activation state of the preconfigured Gap. In the embodiment of the present application, an example of a method for determining an activation state of a preconfigured Gap by using an activation state determining device of the preconfigured Gap is described.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an activation state determining apparatus of a preconfigured Gap according to an embodiment of the present application, which may correspond to a terminal in other embodiments. As shown in fig. 4, the apparatus 400 includes the following modules.

A receiving module 402, configured to receive configuration information; wherein the configuration information includes configuration of pre-configured Gap related to BWP combination, CC combination or cell group.

And a processing module 404, configured to determine an activation state of the preconfigured Gap according to the configuration information.

According to the device for determining the activation state of the pre-configured Gap, the receiving module receives configuration information, the configuration information comprises configuration of the pre-configured Gap related to BWP combination, CC combination or cell group, and the processing module determines the activation state of the pre-configured Gap according to the configuration information. The embodiment of the application solves the problem that the communication transmission is affected because the terminal cannot determine the activation state of the preconfigured Gap when in multi-carrier or multi-connection, and is convenient for improving the communication performance; while facilitating the saving of signaling overhead.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the preconfigured Gap is related to BWP combination, and the processing module 404 may be configured to: determining the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the BWP combination according to the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each BWP in the BWP combination; the configuration information includes an activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each BWP in the BWP combination.

Alternatively, as an embodiment, the processing module 404 may be configured to at least one of: 1) When the activated state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to at least one BWP in the BWP combination is a non-activated state, the activated state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the BWP combination is a non-activated state; 2) When the activated states of all the pre-configured gaps corresponding to the BWP in the BWP combination are activated states, the activated states of the pre-configured gaps corresponding to the BWP combination are activated states.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the preconfigured Gap is related to a CC combination, and the processing module 404 may be configured to determine an activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each CC in the CC combination according to an activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each CC in the CC combination; the configuration information includes an activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each CC in the CC combination.

Alternatively, as an embodiment, the processing module 404 may be configured to at least one of: 1) When the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to at least one CC in the CC combination is an inactive state, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the CC combination is an inactive state; 2) When the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to all the CCs in the CC combination is an activation state, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the CC combination is an activation state.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the activating state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the at least one CC is an inactive state, including: the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to at least one CC is configured to be a non-activation state, or the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to at least one BWP on at least one CC is a non-activation state, and/or the activation states of the preconfigured gaps corresponding to all CCs are activation states including: the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each CC is configured as an activation state, or the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to all BWP on each CC is an activation state.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the processing module 404 may be further configured to determine an activation state of the preconfigured Gap in multiple connections according to an activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the CG.

Alternatively, as an embodiment, the processing module 404 may be configured to at least one of: 1) In the multi-connection process, when the activation state of the pre-configuration Gap corresponding to at least one CG is an inactive state, the activation state of the pre-configuration Gap is an inactive state; 2) In the multi-connection, when the activation states of all the preconfigured gaps corresponding to the CG are activation states, the activation states of the preconfigured gaps are activation states.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the apparatus further includes a sending module, configured to send capability information related to the preconfigured Gap, where the capability information includes at least one of: 1) Explicit pre-configured Gap state capability; 2) Pre-configured Gap capability at carrier aggregation or multi-carrier unit; 3) Pre-configuring Gap capability according to CG; 4) Pre-configured Gap capability at single CC; 5) Pre-configured Gap capability of BWP combinations; 6) Capacity for reception in BWP; 7) Capability per CC reception; 8) The ability to share preconfigured Gap between CGs.

The apparatus 400 according to the embodiment of the present application may refer to the flow of the method 200 corresponding to the embodiment of the present application, and each unit/module in the apparatus 400 and the other operations and/or functions described above are respectively for implementing the corresponding flow in the method 200, and may achieve the same or equivalent technical effects, which are not described herein for brevity.

The activation state determining device of the preconfigured Gap in the embodiment of the application may be an electronic device, for example, an electronic device with an operating system, or may be a component in the electronic device, for example, an integrated circuit or a chip. The electronic device may be a terminal, or may be other devices than a terminal. By way of example, terminals may include, but are not limited to, the types of terminals 11 listed above, other devices may be servers, network attached storage (Network Attached Storage, NAS), etc., and embodiments of the application are not specifically limited.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an activation state determining apparatus of a preconfigured Gap according to an embodiment of the present application, which may correspond to a network side device in other embodiments. As shown in fig. 5, the apparatus 500 includes the following modules.

A sending module 502, configured to send configuration information; wherein the configuration information includes configuration of pre-configured Gap related to BWP combination, CC combination or cell group; the configuration information is used for determining the activation state of the pre-configuration Gap by the terminal.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises a processing module.

According to the device for determining the activation state of the pre-configured Gap, the sending module sends configuration information, wherein the configuration information comprises configuration of the pre-configured Gap related to BWP combination, CC combination or cell group, and therefore the terminal can determine the activation state of the pre-configured Gap according to the configuration information. The embodiment of the application solves the problem that the communication transmission is affected because the terminal cannot determine the activation state of the preconfigured Gap when in multi-carrier or multi-connection, and is convenient for improving the communication performance; while facilitating the saving of signaling overhead.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the apparatus further includes a receiving module, configured to receive capability information related to the preconfigured Gap, where the capability information includes at least one of: 1) Explicit pre-configured Gap state capability; 2) Pre-configured Gap capability at carrier aggregation or multi-carrier unit; 3) Pre-configuring Gap capability according to CG; 4) Pre-configured Gap capability at single CC; 5) Pre-configured Gap capability of BWP combinations; 6) Capacity for reception in BWP; 7) Capability per CC reception; 8) The ability to share preconfigured Gap between CGs.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the sending module 502 is configured to send configuration information of the pre-configured Gap according to the capability information.

The apparatus 500 according to the embodiment of the present application may refer to the flow of the method 300 corresponding to the embodiment of the present application, and each unit/module in the apparatus 500 and the other operations and/or functions described above are respectively for implementing the corresponding flow in the method 300, and may achieve the same or equivalent technical effects, which are not described herein for brevity.

The activation state determining device for preconfigured Gap provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the embodiments of the methods of fig. 2 to 3, and achieve the same technical effects, so that repetition is avoided, and no further description is given here.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 6, the embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device 600, including a processor 601 and a memory 602, where the memory 602 stores a program or an instruction that can be executed on the processor 601, for example, when the communication device 600 is a terminal, the program or the instruction implements the steps of the above-mentioned method embodiment for determining an activation state of a preconfigured Gap when executed by the processor 601, and the same technical effects can be achieved. When the communication device 600 is a network side device, the program or the instruction implements the steps of the above embodiment of the method for determining the activation state of the preconfigured Gap when executed by the processor 601, and the same technical effects can be achieved, so that repetition is avoided, and no further description is given here.

The embodiment of the application also provides a terminal, which comprises a processor and a communication interface, wherein the processor is used for determining the activation state of the pre-configuration Gap according to the configuration information, and the communication interface is used for receiving the configuration information; wherein the configuration information includes configuration of pre-configured Gap related to BWP combination, CC combination or cell group. The terminal embodiment corresponds to the terminal-side method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation manner of the method embodiment can be applied to the terminal embodiment, and the same technical effects can be achieved. Specifically, fig. 7 is a schematic hardware structure of a terminal for implementing an embodiment of the present application.

The terminal 700 includes, but is not limited to: at least some of the components of the radio frequency unit 701, the network module 702, the audio output unit 703, the input unit 704, the sensor 705, the display unit 706, the user input unit 707, the interface unit 708, the memory 709, and the processor 710.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal 700 may further include a power source (e.g., a battery) for powering the various components, and that the power source may be logically coupled to the processor 710 via a power management system so as to perform functions such as managing charging, discharging, and power consumption via the power management system. The terminal structure shown in fig. 7 does not constitute a limitation of the terminal, and the terminal may include more or less components than shown, or may combine certain components, or may be arranged in different components, which will not be described in detail herein.

It should be appreciated that in embodiments of the present application, the input unit 704 may include a graphics processing unit (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) 7041 and a microphone 7042, with the graphics processor 7041 processing image data of still pictures or video obtained by an image capturing device (e.g., a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The display unit 706 may include a display panel 7061, and the display panel 7061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 707 includes at least one of a touch panel 7071 and other input devices 7072. The touch panel 7071 is also referred to as a touch screen. The touch panel 7071 may include two parts, a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 7072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, a joystick, and so forth, which are not described in detail herein.

In this embodiment, after receiving downlink data from the network side device, the radio frequency unit 701 may transmit the downlink data to the processor 710 for processing; in addition, the radio frequency unit 701 may send uplink data to the network side device. Typically, the radio unit 701 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, an amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like.

The memory 709 may be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 709 may mainly include a first storage area storing programs or instructions and a second storage area storing data, wherein the first storage area may store an operating system, application programs or instructions (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.) required for at least one function, and the like. Further, the memory 709 may include volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or the memory 709 may include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. The nonvolatile Memory may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable EPROM (EEPROM), or a flash Memory. The volatile memory may be random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), static RAM (SRAM), dynamic RAM (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double Data Rate SDRAM (ddr SDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (Enhanced SDRAM), synchronous DRAM (SLDRAM), and Direct RAM (DRRAM). Memory 709 in embodiments of the present application includes, but is not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

Processor 710 may include one or more processing units; optionally, processor 710 integrates an application processor that primarily processes operations involving an operating system, user interface, application programs, and the like, and a modem processor that primarily processes wireless communication signals, such as a baseband processor. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into the processor 710.

The radio frequency unit 701 may be configured to receive configuration information; wherein the configuration information includes configuration of pre-configured Gap related to BWP combination, CC combination or cell group; the processor 710 may be configured to determine an activation state of the preconfigured Gap according to the configuration information.

The terminal provided by the embodiment of the application receives configuration information, wherein the configuration information comprises configuration of a pre-configured Gap related to BWP combination, CC combination or cell group, and the terminal determines an activation state of the pre-configured Gap according to the configuration information. The embodiment of the application solves the problem that the communication transmission is affected because the terminal cannot determine the activation state of the preconfigured Gap when in multi-carrier or multi-connection, and is convenient for improving the communication performance; while facilitating the saving of signaling overhead.

The terminal 700 provided in this embodiment of the present application may further implement each process of the above embodiment of the method for determining an activation state of a preconfigured Gap, and may achieve the same technical effects, so that repetition is avoided, and details are not repeated here.

The embodiment of the application also provides network side equipment, which comprises a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is used for sending configuration information; wherein the configuration information includes configuration of pre-configured Gap related to BWP combination, CC combination or cell group; the configuration information is used for determining the activation state of the pre-configuration Gap by the terminal. The network side device embodiment corresponds to the network side device method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation manner of the method embodiment can be applied to the network side device embodiment, and the same technical effects can be achieved.

Specifically, the embodiment of the application also provides network side equipment. As shown in fig. 8, the network side device 800 includes: an antenna 81, a radio frequency device 82, a baseband device 83, a processor 84 and a memory 85. The antenna 81 is connected to a radio frequency device 82. In the uplink direction, the radio frequency device 82 receives information via the antenna 81, and transmits the received information to the baseband device 83 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 83 processes information to be transmitted, and transmits the processed information to the radio frequency device 82, and the radio frequency device 82 processes the received information and transmits the processed information through the antenna 81.

The method performed by the network side device in the above embodiment may be implemented in the baseband apparatus 83, and the baseband apparatus 83 includes a baseband processor.

The baseband device 83 may, for example, include at least one baseband board, where a plurality of chips are disposed, as shown in fig. 8, where one chip, for example, a baseband processor, is connected to the memory 85 through a bus interface, so as to call a program in the memory 85 to perform the network device operation shown in the above method embodiment.

The network-side device may also include a network interface 86, such as a common public radio interface (common public radio interface, CPRI).

Specifically, the network side device 800 of the embodiment of the present invention further includes: instructions or programs stored in the memory 85 and executable on the processor 84, the processor 84 invokes the instructions or programs in the memory 85 to perform the method performed by the modules shown in fig. 5, and achieve the same technical effects, and are not repeated here.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a readable storage medium, where a program or an instruction is stored, where the program or the instruction implements each process of the above embodiment of the method for determining an activation state of a preconfigured Gap when executed by a processor, and the same technical effects can be achieved, so that repetition is avoided, and no redundant description is given here.

Wherein the processor is a processor in the terminal described in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium includes computer readable storage medium such as computer readable memory ROM, random access memory RAM, magnetic or optical disk, etc.

The embodiment of the application further provides a chip, the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled with the processor, the processor is configured to run a program or an instruction, implement each process of the above embodiment of the method for determining the activation state of the preconfigured Gap, and achieve the same technical effect, so that repetition is avoided, and no further description is provided here.

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

The embodiments of the present application further provide a computer program/program product, where the computer program/program product is stored in a storage medium, and the computer program/program product is executed by at least one processor to implement each process of the above-mentioned embodiment of the method for determining an activation state of a preconfigured Gap, and the same technical effect can be achieved, so that repetition is avoided, and details are not repeated here.

The embodiment of the application also provides a system for determining the activation state of the preconfigured Gap, which comprises the following steps: the terminal can be used for executing the steps of the method for determining the activation state of the pre-configured Gap, and the network side device can be used for executing the steps of the method for determining the activation state of the pre-configured Gap.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element. Furthermore, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatus in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing the functions in the order shown or discussed, but may also include performing the functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in an opposite order depending on the functions involved, e.g., the described methods may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may also be added, omitted, or combined. Additionally, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

From the above description of the embodiments, it will be clear to those skilled in the art that the above-described embodiment method may be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, but of course may also be implemented by means of hardware, but in many cases the former is a preferred embodiment. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present application may be embodied essentially or in a part contributing to the prior art in the form of a computer software product stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk), comprising several instructions for causing a terminal (which may be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device, etc.) to perform the method described in the embodiments of the present application.

The embodiments of the present application have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which are merely illustrative and not restrictive, and many forms may be made by those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit of the present application and the scope of the claims, which are also within the protection of the present application.

Claims

1. A method for determining an activation state of a preconfigured interval Gap, comprising:

the terminal receives configuration information; wherein, the configuration information comprises configuration of pre-configuration Gap related to bandwidth BWP combination, carrier unit CC combination or cell group;

and the terminal determines the activation state of the pre-configuration Gap according to the configuration information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration information comprises at least one of:

the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to one or more secondary cells;

and the activation state of the pre-configuration Gap corresponding to one or more BWPs.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the one or more secondary cells comprises at least one of:

the identity of the one or more secondary cells;

an activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to at least one BWP in the one or more secondary cells;

and the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to all BWPs in the one or more secondary cells.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration information comprises status information associated with one or more secondary cells; wherein,

The preconfigured Gap is in an active state on the one or more auxiliary cells; or alternatively, the process may be performed,

the preconfigured Gap is in an active state on one or more BWP in the one or more secondary cells; or alternatively, the process may be performed,

each secondary cell related status information contains identification information of one or more BWP on which the preconfigured Gap is active.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration information comprises status information associated with one or more secondary cells; wherein,

the pre-configured Gap is inactive on the one or more secondary cells; or alternatively, the process may be performed,

the preconfigured Gap is inactive on one or more BWP in the one or more secondary cells; or alternatively, the process may be performed,

each secondary cell related status information contains identification information of one or more BWP on which the preconfigured Gap is inactive.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration information includes activation state information of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to one or more BWP combinations, the activation state information of the pre-configured Gap including at least one of:

An identification of the one or more BWP combinations;

the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the one or more BWP combinations;

the one or more BWP combinations comprise an identification of the BWP;

and the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each BWP in the one or more BWP combinations.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration information is BWP configuration information, the BWP configuration information including information related to the preconfigured Gap, the information related to the preconfigured Gap being at least one of:

the activation state of the pre-configured Gap;

and the mark of the Gap is preconfigured.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of determining the position of the probe is performed,

the activation state of the pre-configured Gap is an activation state; when the activation state of the preconfigured Gap is an activation state, the BWP configuration information includes related information of the preconfigured Gap; or alternatively, the process may be performed,

the activation state of the pre-configured Gap is an inactive state; and when the activated state of the preconfigured Gap is the inactive state, the BWP configuration information comprises relevant information of the preconfigured Gap.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration information is secondary cell configuration information, the secondary cell configuration information comprising: and the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each BWP.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration information is cell group configuration information, the cell group configuration information comprising at least one of:

the activation state information of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each auxiliary cell;

the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the BWP in each secondary cell;

and the activation state configuration of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each BWP combination comprises activation state information of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to one or more BWP combinations.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the activation state information of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the one or more BWP combinations comprises at least one of:

an identification of the one or more BWP combinations;

the one or more BWP combinations comprise an identification of the BWP;

12. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the pre-configured Gap is associated with a BWP combination, and wherein the determining, by the terminal, an activation state of the pre-configured Gap according to the configuration information comprises:

The terminal determines the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the BWP combination according to the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each BWP in the BWP combination;

the configuration information includes an activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each BWP in the BWP combination.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the determining, by the terminal, the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the BWP combination according to the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each BWP in the BWP combination comprises at least one of:

when the activated state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to at least one BWP in the BWP combination is a non-activated state, the activated state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the BWP combination is a non-activated state;

when the activated states of all the pre-configured gaps corresponding to the BWP in the BWP combination are activated states, the activated states of the pre-configured gaps corresponding to the BWP combination are activated states.

14. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the pre-configured Gap is associated with a CC combination, and the determining, by the terminal, an activation state of the pre-configured Gap according to the configuration information includes:

The terminal determines the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each CC in the CC combination according to the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each CC in the CC combination;

the configuration information includes an activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each CC in the CC combination.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the determining, by the terminal, the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the CC combination according to the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each CC in the CC combination includes at least one of:

when the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to at least one CC in the CC combination is an inactive state, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the CC combination is an inactive state;

when the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to all the CCs in the CC combination is an activation state, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the CC combination is an activation state.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the step of determining the position of the probe is performed,

the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the at least one CC is an inactive state, including: the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to at least one CC is configured to be an inactive state, or the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to at least one BWP on at least one CC is configured to be an inactive state; and/or

The activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to all CCs is an activation state, which includes: the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each CC is configured as an activation state, or the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to all BWP on each CC is an activation state.

17. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 16, further comprising:

and the terminal determines the activation state of the preconfigured Gap during multiple connections according to the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the cell group CG.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the determining, by the terminal, the activation state of the preconfigured Gap at the time of multiple connections according to the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the cell group CG includes at least one of:

in the multi-connection process, when the activation state of the pre-configuration Gap corresponding to at least one CG is an inactive state, the activation state of the pre-configuration Gap is an inactive state;

in the multi-connection, when the activation states of all the preconfigured gaps corresponding to the CG are activation states, the activation states of the preconfigured gaps are activation states.

19. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 18, further comprising: the terminal sends the capability information related to the preconfigured Gap, wherein the capability information comprises at least one of the following components:

Explicit pre-configured Gap state capability;

pre-configured Gap capability at carrier aggregation or multi-carrier unit;

pre-configuring Gap capability according to CG;

pre-configured Gap capability at single CC;

pre-configured Gap capability of BWP combinations;

capacity for reception in BWP;

capability per CC reception;

the ability to share preconfigured Gap between CGs.

20. A method for determining an activation state of a preconfigured Gap, comprising:

the network side equipment sends configuration information; wherein the configuration information includes configuration of pre-configured Gap related to BWP combination, CC combination or cell group; the configuration information is used for determining the activation state of the pre-configuration Gap by the terminal.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the configuration information comprises at least one of:

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the activation state of the preconfigured Gap for the one or more secondary cells comprises at least one of:

the identity of the one or more secondary cells;

23. The method of claim 20, wherein the configuration information comprises status information associated with one or more secondary cells; wherein,

24. The method of claim 20, wherein the configuration information comprises status information associated with one or more secondary cells; wherein,

25. The method of claim 20, wherein the configuration information includes activation state information for the pre-configured Gap corresponding to one or more BWP combinations, the activation state information for the pre-configured Gap including at least one of:

an identification of the one or more BWP combinations;

the one or more BWP combinations comprise an identification of the BWP;

26. The method of claim 20, wherein the configuration information is BWP configuration information, the BWP configuration information comprising information related to the preconfigured Gap, the information related to the preconfigured Gap being at least one of:

the activation state of the pre-configured Gap;

and the mark of the Gap is preconfigured.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the step of determining the position of the probe is performed,

28. The method of claim 20, wherein the configuration information is secondary cell configuration information, the secondary cell configuration information comprising: and the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each BWP.

29. The method of claim 20, wherein the configuration information is cell group configuration information, the cell group configuration information comprising at least one of:

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the activation state information of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the one or more BWP combinations comprises at least one of:

an identification of the one or more BWP combinations;

the one or more BWP combinations comprise an identification of the BWP;

31. The method according to any one of claims 20 to 30, further comprising: the network side equipment receives the capability information related to the preconfigured Gap, wherein the capability information comprises at least one of the following components:

explicit pre-configured Gap state capability;

pre-configured Gap capability at carrier aggregation or multi-carrier unit;

pre-configuring Gap capability according to CG;

pre-configured Gap capability at single CC;

pre-configured Gap capability of BWP combinations;

capacity for reception in BWP;

capability per CC reception;

the ability to share preconfigured Gap between CGs.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein the network side device sending configuration information of a pre-configured Gap comprises:

and the network side equipment sends configuration information of the pre-configuration Gap according to the capability information.

33. An activation state determining apparatus of a preconfigured Gap, comprising:

the receiving module is used for receiving the configuration information; wherein the configuration information includes configuration of pre-configured Gap related to BWP combination, CC combination or cell group;

and the processing module is used for determining the activation state of the pre-configuration Gap according to the configuration information.

34. An activation state determining apparatus of a preconfigured Gap, comprising:

The sending module is used for sending the configuration information; wherein the configuration information includes configuration of pre-configured Gap related to BWP combination, CC combination or cell group; the configuration information is used for determining the activation state of the pre-configuration Gap by the terminal.

35. A terminal comprising a processor and a memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the method of pre-configured Gap activation state determination of any one of claims 1 to 19.

36. A network side device comprising a processor and a memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the pre-configured Gap activation state determination method of any one of claims 20 to 32.

37. A readable storage medium, wherein a program or instructions is stored on the readable storage medium, which when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the method for determining an activation state of a preconfigured Gap according to any one of claims 1 to 19, or the steps of the method for determining an activation state of a preconfigured Gap according to any one of claims 20 to 32.