CN116830641A

CN116830641A - Information processing method and device, communication equipment and storage medium

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Publication number: CN116830641A
Application number: CN202380008981.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 付婷
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2023-04-06
Filing date: 2023-04-06
Publication date: 2023-09-29

Abstract

The embodiment of the disclosure provides an information processing method and device, a communication device and a storage medium. The method performed by the communication device comprises: determining a Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) period of the first cell; and determining a measurement duration for a terminal to perform Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement on the reference signal of the first cell according to the DTX period of the first cell.

Description

Information processing method and device, communication equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of wireless communication technology, and in particular, to an information processing method and apparatus, a communication device, and a storage medium.

Background

Network power saving (Network energy saving), one possible power saving approach is discontinuous transmission (Discontinuous Transmission, DTX) of the cell base station.

Radio resource management (Radio Resource Management, RRM) measurements, also known as L3 (Layer 3) measurements, are mainly used to support cell selection or reselection functions for terminals in idle or inactive states, or mobility management in connected states. The base station may configure a cell to be measured and a reference signal to be measured (also referred to as a pilot signal) for the terminal, and the terminal performs RRM measurement based on the reference signal sent by the base station.

There is no implementation yet for how to determine the measurement duration (Measurement Period, which may also be referred to as "measurement period") of the RRM measured reference signal when the reference signal to be measured is transmitted by the base station in DTX mode.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the disclosure provides an information processing method and device, a communication device and a storage medium.

According to a first aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing method performed by a communication device, the method including:

determining a DTX period of the first cell;

and determining the measurement duration of the RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal according to the DTX period of the first cell.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing apparatus applied to a communication device, the apparatus including:

a first determining module configured to determine a DTX period of the first cell;

and the second determining module is configured to determine a measurement duration of the RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell according to the DTX period of the first cell.

According to a third aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a communication apparatus comprising:

One or more processors;

wherein the processor is configured to invoke instructions to cause the communication device to execute the information processing method provided in the foregoing first aspect.

According to a fourth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer storage medium storing instructions that, when executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform the information processing method provided in the foregoing first aspect.

According to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, the measurement duration of the RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell is determined by determining the DTX period of the first cell according to the DTX period of the first cell. Since the measurement duration of the RRM measurement is determined according to the DTX period of the first cell, a decrease in the measurable period due to the first cell being in the DTX sleep state may be suppressed, and it is ensured that each RRM measurement duration can support the terminal to measure a sufficient number of measurement samples, thereby improving the reliability of the RRM measurement result of the terminal in the case where the first cell starts the DTX mode.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of embodiments of the disclosure.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the invention and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the embodiments of the invention.

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

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a method of information processing according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a method of information processing according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of a method of information processing according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of a method of information processing according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a flow chart of a method of information processing according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a flow chart of a method of information processing according to an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of an information processing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of a UE according to an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of a communication device according to an exemplary embodiment.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, the same numbers in different drawings refer to the same or similar elements, unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all implementations consistent with the embodiments of the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with aspects of embodiments of the present disclosure.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the embodiments of the disclosure. As used in this disclosure, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein refers to and encompasses any or all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used in embodiments of the present disclosure to describe various information, these information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another. For example, the first information may also be referred to as second information, and similarly, the second information may also be referred to as first information, without departing from the scope of embodiments of the present disclosure. The word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at … …" or "at … …" or "responsive to a determination", depending on the context.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of a wireless communication system according to an exemplary embodiment. To facilitate understanding of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a wireless communication system suitable for use in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail first with reference to the wireless communication system shown in fig. 1 as an example. It should be noted that the solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure may also be applied to other wireless communication systems, and the corresponding names may also be replaced by names of corresponding functions in other wireless communication systems.

As shown in fig. 1, the wireless communication system is a communication system based on a cellular mobile communication technology, and may include: a number of user devices 11, a number of access network devices 12 and a network management device 13.

Wherein the user device 11 may be a device providing voice and/or data connectivity to a user. The user equipment 11 may communicate with one or more core networks via a radio access network (Radio Access Network, RAN), and the user equipment 11 may be internet of things user equipment such as sensor devices, mobile phones (or "cellular" phones) and computers with internet of things user equipment, for example, stationary, portable, pocket, hand-held, computer-built-in or vehicle-mounted devices. Such as a Station (STA), subscriber unit (subscriber unit), subscriber Station (subscriber Station), mobile Station (mobile), remote Station (remote Station), access point, remote user equipment (remote terminal), access user equipment (access terminal), user device (user terminal), user agent (user agent), user device (user device), or user equipment (user request). Alternatively, the user device 11 may be a wearable device, a Virtual Reality (VR) device, an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR) device, or a VR/AR hybrid headset. Alternatively, the user equipment 11 may be an unmanned aerial vehicle device. Alternatively, the user device 11 may be a vehicle-mounted device, for example, a laptop with a wireless communication function, or a wireless user device externally connected to the laptop. Alternatively, the user equipment 11 may be a roadside device, for example, a street lamp, a signal lamp, or other roadside devices having a wireless communication function.

Access network device 12 may be a network-side device in a wireless communication system. Wherein the wireless communication system may be a fourth generation mobile communication technology (the 4th generation mobile communication,4G) system, also known as a long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE) system; alternatively, the wireless communication system may be a 5G system, also called a New air interface system or a 5G New air interface (NR) system. Alternatively, the wireless communication system may be a next generation system of the 5G system. Among them, the access network in the 5G system may be called a New Generation radio access network (NG-RAN).

Wherein access network device 12 may be an evolved base station (eNB) employed in a 4G system. Alternatively, access network device 12 may be a base station (gNB) in a 5G system employing a centralized and distributed architecture. When access network device 12 employs a centralized and distributed architecture, it typically includes a Centralized Unit (CU) and at least two Distributed Units (DUs). A protocol stack of a packet data convergence protocol (Packet Data Convergence Protocol, PDCP) layer, a radio link layer control protocol (Radio Link Control, RLC) layer, and a medium access control (Medium Access Control, MAC) layer is provided in the centralized unit; a Physical (PHY) layer protocol stack is provided in the distribution unit, and the specific implementation of the access network device 12 is not limited by the embodiments of the present disclosure.

A wireless connection may be established between access network device 12 and user device 11 over a wireless air interface. In various embodiments, the wireless air interface is a fourth generation mobile communication network technology (4G) standard-based wireless air interface; or, the wireless air interface is a wireless air interface based on a fifth generation mobile communication network technology (5G) standard, for example, the wireless air interface is a new air interface; alternatively, the wireless air interface may be a wireless air interface based on a 5G-based technology standard of a next generation mobile communication network.

Access network device 12 may be located in a communication system that is integrated with a satellite communication system and is capable of providing connectivity services for satellites that may be accessed into a core network. For example, the access network device 12 may be an access network device having a satellite Gateway function in a communication system, such as a Gateway (Gateway) device, a ground station device, a Non-terrestrial network Gateway/satellite Gateway (Non-terrestrial networks Gateway, NTN-Gateway), or the like.

In some examples, an E2E (End to End) or D2D (device to device, terminal to terminal) connection may also be established between the user equipments 11. Such as V2V (vehicle to vehicle, vehicle-to-vehicle) communications, V2I (vehicle to Infrastructure, vehicle-to-road side equipment) communications, and V2P (vehicle to pedestrian, vehicle-to-person) communications among internet of vehicles communications (vehicle to everything, V2X).

In one embodiment, the above wireless communication system may further include a network management device 13. Several access network devices 12 are connected to a network management device 13, respectively.

In one embodiment, the network management device 13 may be a core network device in a wireless communication system, for example, the network management device 13 may be a mobility management entity (Mobility Management Entity, MME) in an evolved data packet core network (Evolved Packet Core, EPC). Alternatively, the core network device may be a Serving GateWay (SGW), a public data network GateWay (Public Data Network Gate Way, PGW), a policy and charging rules function (Policy and Charging Rules Function, PCRF) or a home subscriber server (Home Subscriber Server, HSS), etc. The present disclosure is not limited to the implementation form of the core network device 13.

In one embodiment, the network management device 13 may be an access and mobility management function (AMF, access and Mobility Management Function), unified data management (Unified Data Management, UDM), session management function (SMF, session Management Function), user plane function (UPF, user Plane Function), or the like. The embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited to the implementation form of the network management device 13.

In order to save network energy consumption and increase resource utilization, one possible energy saving approach is Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) of the cell base station. DTX may have an impact on signal reception and transmission by the terminal. For example, during DTX validation, some base stations periodically transmit signals, such as reference signals, that are no longer transmitted. For a cell configured with a cell (cell) DTX functionality, the state in which the cell transmits a downlink signal may be denoted as DTX awake state (e.g. DTX-on, also referred to as DTX active state), in other words, when the cell is in the DTX awake state, the cell normally transmits a downlink signal to the terminal. Conversely, a state in which the cell does not transmit a downlink signal (e.g., does not transmit some periodic reference signal) is referred to as a DTX sleep state (e.g., DTX-off, which may also be referred to as a DTX inactive state or DTX sleep state). The base station may configure a periodic cell DTX mode (e.g., cell DTX on-off pattern). The configuration information of the periodic cell DTX mode includes: at least one parameter of a time domain period, a time domain offset, a wake-up (on duration) duration, and a sleep (off duration) duration.

For RRM measurement, the base station may configure a cell to be measured (a cell to be measured, a neighbor cell of the terminal, or a neighbor cell and a serving cell) and a pilot signal to be measured for the terminal. The pilot signals to be measured in the neighbor cells comprise synchronization signal blocks (Synchronization Signal Block, SSB) and/or channel state information reference signals (Channel State Information Reference Signal, CSI-RS).

For SSB/CSI-RS based RRM measurements, the requirements of the measurement period (measurement period) are defined in the relevant standards.

In some examples, for each result reported to the higher layer of the terminal, the corresponding measurement period is determined according to the difference of specific measurement scenario (e.g., intra-frequency (intra-frequency) configured or not configured measurement gap (gap), inter-frequency (inter-frequency) configured or not configured measurement gap) and other configuration (e.g., whether high speed identification is configured, whether DRX is configured, etc.). The terminal needs to sample and measure the transmission of the pilot frequency in the measurement period, and synthesizes the sampling result in the measurement period to obtain the measurement result to be reported. Taking the example that the measured reference signal is CSI-RS, for a Frequency Range of FR1 (Frequency Range 1), the terminal determines the measurement duration according to the method in table 1 below. Wherein K is _{p_CSI-RS} Is a constant related to measurement gap configuration, CSSF _intra Is a constant related to the carrier, and the CSI-RS period represents the period of the CSI-RS.

Table 1: measurement duration (FR 1) of CSI-RS in frequency based on gapless

During the DTX-off period of the cell, the base station does not transmit various downlink channels, such as reference signals for RRM measurements. If the base station turns on the cell DTX function, it is necessary to determine the measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurements.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of information processing according to an exemplary embodiment. The information processing method is performed by a communication device, and as shown in fig. 2, the information processing method may include:

step 201: determining a DTX period of the first cell;

step 202: and determining the measurement duration of the RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal according to the DTX period of the first cell.

The information processing method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure is executed by a communication device, and the communication device may be a terminal or a network device.

In some examples, the terminal may be various mobile terminals or fixed terminals. For example, the terminal may be, but is not limited to being, a cell phone, a computer, a server, a wearable device, an internet of things device, a game control platform, a multimedia device, or various sensors, etc.

In some examples, the network device may be a network device to which a serving cell of the terminal belongs. For example, the network device is a base station. The base station may be a gNB or an eNB.

The cell side may configure a periodic DTX mode. The configuration information of the periodic DTX mode of the cell includes: at least one parameter of a time domain period, a time domain offset, a wake-up duration, and a sleep duration.

A single DTX period includes both a DTX awake period (or referred to as a DTX awake period) and a DTX sleep period (or referred to as a DTX sleep period). The time length of one DTX period is equal to the sum of the DTX awake duration and the DTX sleep duration.

In a DTX wake-up time of a single DTX period of a cell, a reference signal sent by the cell can be used for RRM measurement by a terminal; the cell does not transmit a reference signal during a DTX sleep period of a single DTX period of the cell.

In some examples, the first cell may be a serving cell or a neighbor cell of the terminal. When the neighbor cell supports the DTX mode, the serving cell may receive configuration information of the periodic DTX mode of the neighbor cell from the neighbor cell, the configuration information being used to determine a DTX period of the neighbor cell.

In some examples, the neighbor cell and the serving cell may belong to the same base station cell or different base station cells.

The serving cell, which may also be referred to as a source cell or a home cell, is the cell in which the terminal is currently camping or is providing data transmission for the terminal. The serving cell may be a cell to which the terminal initially accesses, or may be a cell to which the terminal accesses in the last cell reselection process.

The neighbor cell is the neighbor cell of the current serving cell of the terminal.

In some examples, the measurement duration of the RRM measurement is used to characterize a time window (i.e., measurement period) in which the terminal performs the RRM measurement. The terminal performs the RRM measurement within the measurement time period of the RRM measurement, and does not perform the RRM measurement beyond the measurement time period.

In some examples, the RRM measurements are used for cell selection or cell reselection or cell handover of the terminal.

In some examples, the RRM measurement may be a same frequency measurement or an inter-frequency measurement.

In some examples, the reference signal may include at least one of an SSB and a CSI-RS.

For example, a terminal in an idle state or inactive state may perform RRM measurements based on SSBs. The terminal in the connected state may perform RRM measurement based on SSB or CSI-RS.

For example, terminals in a connected state may support RRM measurements using CSI-RS or using SSB-RS and CSI-RS in combination.

The RRM based on the CSI-RS supports the measurement of the periodically transmitted CSI-RS. The period of the CSI-RS may be, for example, 4ms,5ms,10ms,20ms or 40ms. The terminal performs RRM measurement based on CSI-RS, which requires measurement at the time-frequency location where CSI-RS are transmitted.

In some examples, the CSI-RS may be: NZP-CSI-RS (Non-Zero Power CSI-RS, non-Zero Power channel state information reference signal), or ZP-CSI-RS (Zero Power CSI-RS, zero Power channel state information reference signal).

In some examples, the communication device is a network device to which a serving cell of the terminal belongs, and the first cell is a serving cell or a neighboring cell of the terminal.

For example, when the communication device is a network device to which a serving cell of the terminal belongs, the network device may determine a DTX period of the serving cell, and determine a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on a reference signal of the serving cell according to the DTX period of the serving cell.

For another example, when the serving cell and the neighbor cell belong to cells of different network devices, the network device to which the serving cell belongs may receive the DTX period of the neighbor cell from the network device to which the neighbor cell belongs, and determine a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the neighbor cell according to the DTX period of the neighbor cell.

For example, after determining the measurement duration of the RRM measurement, the network device to which the serving cell of the terminal belongs may send the measurement duration of the RRM measurement to the terminal for the terminal to perform the RRM measurement.

For example, the network device transmits a measurement time length for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on a reference signal of a serving cell to the terminal, and/or the network device transmits a measurement time length for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on a reference signal of a neighbor cell to the terminal.

As an example, the measurement duration of the RRM measurement may be included in configuration information sent by the network device to the terminal, which may be, for example, RRM measurement configuration information.

In some examples, when the communication device is a terminal, the terminal may receive a DTX period of a first cell sent by a network device to which a serving cell of the terminal belongs; and determining the measurement duration of the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal according to the DTX period of the first cell.

Illustratively, when the first cell is a serving cell of the terminal, the terminal receives a DTX period of the serving cell sent by a network device to which the serving cell belongs. Or when the first cell is a neighboring cell of the terminal, the terminal receives a DTX period of the neighboring cell sent by the network equipment to which a second cell belongs, wherein the second cell is a serving cell of the terminal.

In some examples, the terminal may determine the sum of the DTX wake-up time period and the DTX sleep time period as the DTX period of the first cell from the received DTX wake-up time period and DTX sleep time period of the first cell, in which case the DTX period of the first cell may not be provided to the terminal.

In some examples, in step 202 above, the measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell may be determined according to at least one of the period of the reference signal and the DRX (Discontinuous Reception ) period of the terminal and the DTX period of the first cell.

For example, a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell is determined according to a maximum value of the period of the reference signal, the DRX period of the terminal, and the DTX period of the first cell.

In other examples, in step 202 above, when the DTX period of the first cell is less than or equal to a first predetermined value (e.g., the first preset value is 320 ms), the second predetermined value may be determined as a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurements on the reference signal of the first cell. The second predetermined value may relate to a frequency range (e.g., 200ms for a frequency range FR 1; 400ms for a frequency range FR 2); alternatively, when the DTX period is greater than the first predetermined value, N times the DTX period of the first cell may be determined as a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell, where the value of N is greater than or equal to 1.

As an example, the value of N may be positively correlated with the number of samples that require measurement.

In some examples, the longer the DTX period of the first cell, the longer the measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurements on the reference signal of the first cell configuring the DTX mode. That is, the measurement time period for the terminal to perform RRM measurement increases in proportion to the DTX period of the first cell.

The embodiment of the disclosure provides an information processing method, which is used for determining a measurement duration of a terminal for performing RRM measurement on a reference signal of a first cell by determining a DTX period of the first cell according to the DTX period of the first cell. Since the measurement duration of the RRM measurement is determined according to the DTX period of the first cell, a decrease in the measurable period due to the first cell being in the DTX sleep state may be suppressed, and it is ensured that each RRM measurement duration can support the terminal to measure a sufficient number of measurement samples, thereby improving the reliability of the RRM measurement result of the terminal in the case where the first cell starts the DTX mode.

In some embodiments, in the step 202, determining, according to the DTX period of the first cell, a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell may include one of:

Determining a measurement duration of RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by a terminal according to the DTX period of the first cell and the period of the reference signal;

and determining the measurement duration of the RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal according to the DTX period of the first cell and the DRX (Discontinuous Reception ) period of the terminal.

In this embodiment, the terminal may be configured with DRX, so that the terminal periodically enters a sleep state, does not monitor the reference signal, and wakes up from the sleep state when listening to the opportunity, thereby achieving the purpose of saving power.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of information processing according to an exemplary embodiment. The information processing method is performed by a communication device, and as shown in fig. 3, the information processing method may include:

step 301: determining a DTX period of the first cell;

step 302: and determining the measurement duration of RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal according to the DTX period of the first cell and the period of the reference signal.

In this embodiment, the implementation manner of step 301 may refer to the implementation manner of step 201 in fig. 2, and other relevant parts in the embodiment related to fig. 2, which are not described herein.

In some examples, in the step 302, a measurement duration of RRM measurement performed by the terminal on the reference signal of the first cell may be determined according to a maximum value of the DTX period of the first cell and the period of the reference signal.

The time length of the period of the reference signal of the first cell may be greater than the time length of the DTX period of the first cell, and the measurement duration of the terminal performing the RRM measurement with respect to the reference signal of the first cell is determined according to the period of the reference signal. Alternatively, the time length of the DTX period of the first cell may be greater than the time length of the period of the reference signal, and the measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement for the reference signal of the first cell is determined according to the DTX period of the first cell.

For example, the reference signal is CSI-RS and the frequency range is FR1, and the reference signal may be calculated according to a maximum value max1 of the DTX period of the first cell and the period of the reference signal, according to a calculation formula max (200 ms, ceil (1.5 x 5)]x K _{p_CSI-RS} )x max1)x CSSF _intra And calculating to obtain the measurement duration of the RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal. Wherein K is _{p_CSI-RS} Is a constant related to measurement gap configuration, CSSF _intra Is a constant associated with the carrier.

In this embodiment, the measurement duration of the terminal for performing RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell is determined according to the DTX period of the first cell and the period of the reference signal, and since the measurement duration of RRM measurement is determined jointly according to the DTX period of the first cell and the period of the reference signal, the decrease of the measurable period due to the first cell being in the DTX sleep state can be effectively suppressed, and it can be effectively ensured that each RRM measurement duration can support the terminal to measure a sufficient number of measurement samples, thereby improving the reliability of the RRM measurement result of the terminal in the case that the first cell is in the DTX mode.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of information processing according to an exemplary embodiment. The information processing method is performed by a communication device, and as shown in fig. 4, the information processing method may include:

step 401: determining a DTX period of the first cell;

step 402: and determining the measurement duration of RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal according to the DTX period of the first cell and the DRX period of the terminal.

In this embodiment, the implementation manner of step 401 may refer to the implementation manner of step 201 in fig. 2, and other relevant parts in the embodiment related to fig. 2, which are not described herein.

In some examples, in the step 402, a measurement duration of RRM measurement performed by the terminal on the reference signal of the first cell may be determined according to a maximum value of the DTX period of the first cell and the DRX period of the terminal.

The time length of the DRX cycle of the terminal may be greater than the time length of the DTX cycle of the first cell, and then a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement for the reference signal of the first cell is determined according to the DRX cycle of the terminal. Alternatively, the time length of the DTX period of the first cell may be greater than the time length of the DRX period of the terminal, and the measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement for the reference signal of the first cell is determined according to the DTX period of the first cell.

For example, the reference signal is CSI-RS, the frequency range is FR1, the terminal is configured with a DRX mode, and the reference signal can be calculated according to a maximum value max2 of the DTX period of the first cell and the DRX period of the terminal, according to a calculation formula max (200 ms, ceil (1.5 x 5)]x K _{p_CSI-RS} )x max2)x CSSF _intra And calculating to obtain the measurement duration of the RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal. Wherein K is _{p_CSI-RS} Is a constant related to measurement gap configuration, CSSF _intra Is a constant associated with the carrier.

In some examples, in step 402, a measurement duration of RRM measurement performed by a terminal on the reference signal of the first cell may be determined according to a maximum value of the DTX period of the first cell and the DRX period of the terminal, where at least one of the DTX period of the first cell and the DRX period of the terminal is greater than a first threshold.

As one example, the first threshold may be 320ms or 640ms, etc.

When the time length of the DTX period of the first cell is greater than the first threshold, or the time length of the DRX period of the terminal is greater than the first threshold, or both the time length of the DTX period of the first cell and the time length of the DRX period of the terminal are greater than the first threshold, the measurement duration of RRM measurement performed by the terminal on the reference signal of the first cell may be determined according to the maximum value of the DTX period of the first cell and the DRX period of the terminal.

For example, the reference signal is CSI-RS, the frequency range is FR1, the terminal is configured with a DRX mode, and in case at least one of the DTX period of the first cell and the DRX period of the terminal is greater than a first threshold, the reference signal may be determined according to a calculation formula max (200 ms, ceil (1.5 x 5)]x K _{p_CSI-RS} )x max2)x CSSF _intra And calculating to obtain the measurement duration of the RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal. Wherein K is _{p_CSI-RS} Is a constant related to measurement gap configuration, CSSF _intra Is a constant associated with the carrier.

In this embodiment, the measurement duration of the terminal for performing RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell is determined according to the DTX period of the first cell and the DRX period of the terminal, and since the measurement duration of RRM measurement is determined jointly according to the DTX period of the first cell and the DRX period of the terminal, it is possible to effectively suppress the decrease of the measurable period due to the first cell being in the DTX sleep state, and effectively ensure that each RRM measurement duration can support the terminal to measure a sufficient number of measurement samples, and at the same time, it is also possible to enable the terminal to reduce the terminal power consumption due to entering the DRX periodic cycle.

In some embodiments, in the step 402, determining, according to the DTX period of the first cell and the DRX period of the terminal, a measurement duration of RRM measurement performed by the terminal on the reference signal of the first cell may include:

And determining the measurement duration of RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal according to the DTX period of the first cell, the DRX period of the terminal and the period of the reference signal.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of information processing according to an exemplary embodiment. The information processing method is performed by a communication device, and as shown in fig. 5, the information processing method may include:

step 501: determining a DTX period of the first cell;

step 502: and determining the measurement duration of RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal according to the DTX period of the first cell, the DRX period of the terminal and the period of the reference signal.

In this embodiment, the implementation manner of step 501 may refer to the implementation manner of step 201 in fig. 2, and other relevant parts in the embodiment related to fig. 2, which are not described herein.

In some examples, in the step 502, a measurement duration of RRM measurement performed by a terminal on the reference signal of the first cell may be determined according to a maximum value of the DTX period of the first cell, the DRX period of the terminal, and the period of the reference signal when both the DTX period of the first cell and the DRX period of the terminal are less than or equal to a second threshold.

As one example, the second threshold is the same as the first threshold described previously. For example, the second threshold is 320ms or 640ms, etc.

For example, the reference signal is CSI-RS, the frequency range is FR1, the terminal is configured with a DRX mode, and in the case where both the DTX period of the first cell and the DRX period of the terminal are greater than or equal to the first threshold, the reference signal may be calculated according to a calculation formula ceil ([ 5 ]]x K _{p_CSI-RS} )x max3 x CSSF _intra And calculating to obtain the measurement duration of the RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal. Wherein the method comprises the steps of，K _{p_CSI-RS} Is a constant related to measurement gap configuration, CSSF _intra Is a constant associated with the carrier.

In this embodiment, the measurement duration of the terminal for performing RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell is determined according to the DTX period of the first cell, the DRX period of the terminal, and the period of the reference signal, and since the measurement duration of RRM measurement is determined jointly according to the DTX period of the first cell, the DRX period of the terminal, and the period of the reference signal, it is possible to more effectively suppress the decrease of the measurable period due to the first cell being in the DTX sleep state, and to more effectively ensure that each RRM measurement duration can support the terminal to measure a sufficient number of measurement samples, and at the same time, it is also possible to enable the terminal to decrease the power consumption of the terminal due to entering the DRX periodic cycle.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of information processing according to an exemplary embodiment. The information processing method is performed by a terminal, and as shown in fig. 6, the information processing method includes the steps of:

step 601: receiving a DTX period of a first cell sent by network equipment;

step 602: and determining the measurement duration of the RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal according to the DTX period of the first cell.

Here, the network device is a network device to which a serving cell of the terminal belongs.

In this embodiment, the definition of the DTX period, the reference signal, the RRM measurement, the measurement duration, and the like may refer to relevant portions of the embodiment related to fig. 2, and will not be described herein.

In some examples, in step 601 above, the terminal may receive a DTX period of the first cell transmitted by the network device through RRC signaling, MAC-CE, or DCI.

The first cell may be a serving cell or a neighbor cell of the terminal.

In some examples, where both the serving cell and the neighbor cell configure DTX mode, the terminal may receive the DTX period of the serving cell and the DTX period of the neighbor cell transmitted by the network device.

In some examples, in step 602, when the first cell is a serving cell of the terminal, the terminal determines, according to the DTX period of the first cell, a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on a reference signal of the serving cell; or when the first cell is a neighbor cell of the terminal, the terminal determines the measurement duration of the RRM measurement of the reference signal of the neighbor cell according to the DTX period of the first cell.

In this embodiment, the terminal receives the DTX period of the first cell, and determines the measurement duration of the terminal for performing RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell according to the DTX period of the first cell, so that the decrease of the measurable period due to the first cell being in the DTX sleep state can be suppressed, it is ensured that each RRM measurement duration can support the terminal to measure a sufficient number of measurement samples, and thus the reliability of the RRM measurement result of the terminal in the case where the first cell starts the DTX mode is improved.

In some embodiments, the method may further comprise:

and filtering out the RRM measured value which is smaller than a preset threshold value in the measured time length of the RRM measurement.

In some examples, the RRM measurement may include at least one of: RSRP, RSRQ, SINR.

Here, the RRM measurement value is an RRM measurement value of a measurement sample. And the terminal performs RRM measurement on a plurality of measurement samples sampled according to a preset sampling period in the measurement duration of the RRM measurement to obtain RRM measurement values of the plurality of measurement samples, and filters the RRM measurement values smaller than a preset threshold from the plurality of RRM values. And the terminal averages the RRM measured values obtained after filtering the RRM measured values which are smaller than a preset threshold value in the measurement time of the RRM measurement to obtain an RRM measurement result.

Note that, the DTX awake duration and the DTX sleep duration in a single DTX period of the serving cell may be transmitted to the terminal by the network device. The DTX wake-up duration and DTX sleep duration in a single DTX period of a neighbor cell may be unknown to the terminal. In this embodiment, a measurement sample corresponding to an RRM measurement value less than a preset threshold in a measurement duration of the RRM measurement may be used to determine a DTX sleep state in which a first cell (e.g., a neighboring cell) is located.

In this embodiment, the terminal may learn, by determining the RRM measurement value within the measurement duration of the RRM measurement that is less than the preset threshold, that the first cell (for example, the neighboring cell) is in a DTX sleep state; the terminal can further improve the reliability of the RRM measurement result by filtering the RRM measurement value which is smaller than the preset threshold value in the measurement time of the RRM measurement.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of information processing according to an exemplary embodiment. The information processing method is performed by a network device to which a serving cell of a terminal belongs, and as shown in fig. 7, the information processing method includes the steps of:

step 701: transmitting a DTX period of the first cell to the terminal; the DTX period of the first cell is used for determining a measurement duration of the terminal for performing RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell.

In some examples, the RRM measurement of the reference signal may include at least one of: RSRP, RSRQ, SINR.

In some examples, in step 701 described above, the network device may send the DTX period of the first cell to the terminal through RRC signaling, MAC-CE, or DCI.

The first cell may be a serving cell or a neighbor cell of the terminal.

In some examples, where both the serving cell and the neighbor cell configure DTX mode, the network device may send the DTX period of the serving cell and the DTX period of the neighbor cell to the terminal.

In some examples, in step 702, when the first cell is a serving cell of the terminal, the DTX period of the first cell is used to determine a measurement duration for the terminal to perform RRM measurement on a reference signal of the serving cell; or when the first cell is a neighbor cell of the terminal, determining a measurement duration of the terminal for performing RRM measurement on a reference signal of the neighbor cell by using the DTX period of the first cell.

In this embodiment, the network device sends the DTX period of the first cell to the terminal, so that the terminal may determine, according to the DTX period of the first cell, a measurement duration of the terminal for performing RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell, so that reduction of a measurable period due to the fact that the first cell is in a DTX sleep state may be suppressed, it is ensured that each RRM measurement duration can support the terminal to measure a sufficient number of measurement samples, and reliability of RRM measurement results of the terminal in a scenario in which the first cell starts the DTX mode is improved.

In some embodiments, when the first cell is a neighbor cell that belongs to a different network device than the serving cell, the method may further include:

and receiving the DTX period of the first cell sent by the network equipment to which the first cell belongs.

It should be noted that, when the first cell is a neighbor cell belonging to a different network device from the serving cell, the DTX wake-up duration and the DTX sleep duration in a single DTX period of the neighbor cell may be unknown to the terminal. In this case, a measurement sample corresponding to the RRM measurement value less than the preset threshold in the measurement duration of the RRM measurement may be used to determine the DTX sleep state in which the first cell (e.g., the neighboring cell) is located.

In other embodiments, when the first cell is a neighbor cell with the serving cell belonging to the network device, the DTX period of the first cell may be directly transmitted to the terminal by the network device.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is performed by a communication device, the method including the steps of:

for a second cell configuring a DTX mode, determining a reference signal for a terminal to perform RRM measurement as a first reference signal continuously transmitted by the second cell.

Here, the second cell may be a serving cell or a neighbor cell.

Here, the second cell configuring the DTX mode can continuously transmit the first reference signal (e.g., the periodic reference signal), i.e., the first reference signal can be normally transmitted to the terminal by the second cell during the DTX sleep period of the second cell.

For a second cell configured with a DTX mode, the first reference signal used for the terminal to perform RRM measurements is a reference signal that is not affected by the DTX mode (or DTX mechanism).

In some examples, the first reference signal is SSB.

The first reference signal is different from the second reference signal, which is a reference signal for discontinuous transmission of a second cell configuring a DTX mode. For example, the second reference signal is a CSI-RS.

And in the DTX sleep time of the second cell, the second cell does not send the CSI-RS. That is, the cell DTX mode may affect the CSI-RS based RRM measurements.

In this embodiment, it may be specified in the protocol that, for a cell configured with a cell DTX mode, the first reference signal used for RRM measurement by the cell is a reference signal not affected by the DTX mode DTX mechanism, so that there is no need to change the measurement duration of the first reference signal used for performing RRM measurement in the related protocol.

In order to further explain any embodiments of the disclosure, several specific embodiments are provided below.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which may include:

the base station is configured with a cell DTX mode, and a measurement duration (measurement period) for the terminal to perform RRM measurements on a reference signal of the base station may be determined by a T value; where T is the period of the cell DTX mode.

In this embodiment, the neighboring cell needs to notify the own cell, and whether the neighboring cell is configured with cell DTX. In the case that the cell is configured with cell DTX, a measurement duration of the RRM measurement needs to be determined according to the DTX period of the cell.

The measurement duration needs to be considered as being affected by the decrease in the measurable period caused by the cell DTX sleep state.

During the measurement, the sampling values with sampling results lower than the threshold value are removed (the terminal considers that the cell is in a sleep state at the sampling points).

In some examples, the reference signal includes an SSB and/or a CSI-RS.

In some examples, the measurement duration is determined from a combination of the period of the reference signal and T, e.g., from max (period of reference signal, T).

In some examples, the measured duration is determined from T and t_drx (DRX cycle of the terminal) together if the terminal is configured with C-DRX, i.e. discontinuous reception in connected state (Connected Discontinuous Reception).

As one example, the measurement duration is determined according to max (t_drx, T).

As another example, if the value of T-DRX is less than or equal to a certain threshold, the measurement duration is determined according to max (period of reference signal, t_drx, T).

Illustratively, the measurement duration is determined according to max (t_drx, T) when the value of t_drx is greater than a certain threshold.

In some examples, the base station needs to inform the neighboring cells of the cell DTX information of the own cell configuration.

In this way, when the terminal of the neighboring cell measures the reference signal for RRM measurement of the cell, the measurement duration of RRM measurement can be determined according to the scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure.

In some examples, for reference signals used for RRM measurements in a cell configured with cell DTX, if the sampling result of the terminal for the reference signal listening occasion is below a threshold value, the sampling value will be ignored.

Unlike the previous embodiments, it may be defined in the protocol that for a cell configured with cell DTX, its reference signal for RRM measurement is a reference signal that is not affected by the cell DTX mechanism, i.e. its reference signal for RRM measurement is SSB, not CSI-RS. Thus, the measurement time length of the existing protocol does not need to be changed.

Fig. 8 is a block diagram of an information processing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in fig. 8, the information processing apparatus is applied to a communication device, and the information processing apparatus 100 may include:

A first determining module 110 configured to determine a DTX period of the first cell;

a second determining module 120 is configured to determine a measurement duration for a terminal to perform Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurements on reference signals of the first cell according to a DTX period of the first cell.

In some embodiments, the second determination module 120 is configured to perform one of:

and determining the measurement duration of RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal according to the DTX period of the first cell and the DRX period of the terminal.

In some embodiments, the second determination module 120 is configured to:

and determining the measurement duration of RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal according to the maximum value of the DTX period of the first cell and the period of the reference signal.

In some embodiments, the second determination module 120 is configured to:

and determining the measurement duration of RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal according to the maximum value of the DTX period of the first cell and the DRX period of the terminal.

In some embodiments, the second determination module 120 is configured to:

and under the condition that at least one of the DTX period of the first cell and the DRX period of the terminal is larger than a first threshold value, determining the measurement duration of RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal according to the DTX period of the first cell and the DRX period of the terminal.

In some embodiments, the second determination module 120 is configured to:

and under the condition that the DTX period of the first cell and the DRX period of the terminal are smaller than or equal to a second threshold value, determining the measurement duration of RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal according to the maximum value of the DTX period of the first cell, the DRX period of the terminal and the period of the reference signal.

In some embodiments, the reference signal comprises: a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) and/or a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

In some embodiments, the communication device is the terminal, and the first determining module 110 is configured to:

receiving DTX period of the first cell sent by network equipment of a serving cell of the terminal; the first cell is a serving cell or a neighboring cell of the terminal.

In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises:

and the processing module is used for filtering the RRM measured value smaller than a third threshold value in the measured duration.

In some embodiments, the communication device is a network device to which a serving cell of the terminal belongs, and the first cell is a serving cell or a neighboring cell of the terminal.

It should be noted that, as will be understood by those skilled in the art, the information processing apparatus provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be executed alone or together with some apparatuses in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some apparatuses in the related art.

With respect to the information processing apparatus in the above-described embodiments, the specific manner in which the respective modules perform operations has been described in detail in the embodiments concerning the method, and will not be described in detail here.

The disclosed embodiments provide a communication system including:

A network device configured to transmit a DTX period of a first cell to a terminal;

and the terminal is configured to determine the measurement duration of the RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell according to the DTX period of the first cell.

In some embodiments, the terminal is configured to one of:

In some embodiments, the terminal is configured to:

and filtering RRM measured values smaller than a third threshold value in the measured time period.

In some embodiments, the first cell is a serving cell or a neighbor cell of the terminal.

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a communication device, comprising:

one or more processors;

the processor is configured to invoke instructions to cause the communication device to execute the information processing method provided in any of the foregoing embodiments.

The processor may include various types of storage medium, which are non-transitory computer storage media, capable of continuing to memorize information stored thereon after a power down of the communication device.

Here, the communication apparatus includes: a terminal or a network device.

The processor may be connected to the memory via a bus or the like for reading an executable program stored on the memory, for example, at least one of the information processing methods shown in fig. 2 to 7.

Fig. 9 is a block diagram of a UE800, according to an example embodiment. For example, the UE800 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast user equipment, a messaging device, a game console, an internet of things device, a tablet device, a medical device, an exercise device, a personal digital assistant, and the like.

Referring to fig. 9, ue800 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 802, a memory 804, a power component 806, a multimedia component 808, an audio component 810, an input/output (I/O) interface 812, a sensor component 814, and a communication component 816.

The processing component 802 generally controls overall operation of the UE800, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing component 802 may include one or more processors 820 to execute instructions to generate all or part of the steps of the methods described above. Further, the processing component 802 can include one or more modules that facilitate interactions between the processing component 802 and other components. For example, the processing component 802 can include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 808 and the processing component 802.

The memory 804 is configured to store various types of data to support operations at the UE 800. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the UE800, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and the like. The memory 804 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or nonvolatile memory devices such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disk.

The power supply component 806 provides power to the various components of the UE 800. The power components 806 may include a power management system, one or more power sources, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the UE 800.

The multimedia component 808 includes a screen between the UE800 and the user that provides an output interface. In some embodiments, the screen may include a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and a Touch Panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive input signals from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touches, swipes, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may sense not only the boundary of a touch or slide action, but also the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 808 includes a front camera and/or a rear camera. The front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data when the UE800 is in an operation mode, such as a photographing mode or a video mode. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have focal length and optical zoom capabilities.

The audio component 810 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 810 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when the UE800 is in an operational mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signals may be further stored in the memory 804 or transmitted via the communication component 816. In some embodiments, audio component 810 further includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 812 provides an interface between the processing component 802 and peripheral interface modules, which may be a keyboard, click wheel, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: homepage button, volume button, start button, and lock button.

The sensor component 814 includes one or more sensors that provide status assessment of various aspects for the UE 800. For example, the sensor component 814 may detect an on/off state of the device 800, a relative positioning of components, such as a display and keypad of the UE800, the sensor component 814 may also detect a change in position of the UE800 or a component of the UE800, the presence or absence of user contact with the UE800, an orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the UE800, and a change in temperature of the UE 800. The sensor assembly 814 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 814 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 814 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscopic sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 816 is configured to facilitate communication between the UE800 and other devices, either wired or wireless. The UE800 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi,4G or 5G, or a combination thereof. In one exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 receives broadcast signals or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In one exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the UE800 may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), digital Signal Processors (DSPs), digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, or other electronic elements for executing the methods described above.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is also provided, such as memory 804 including instructions executable by processor 820 of UE800 to generate the above-described method. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be ROM, random Access Memory (RAM), CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, etc.

As shown in fig. 10, an embodiment of the present disclosure shows a structure of a communication device. For example, the communication device 900 may be provided as a network-side device. The communication device may be a network device as described above.

Referring to fig. 10, communication device 900 includes a processing component 922 that further includes one or more processors and memory resources represented by memory 932 for storing instructions, such as application programs, executable by processing component 922. The application programs stored in memory 932 may include one or more modules that each correspond to a set of instructions. Further, processing component 922 is configured to execute instructions to perform any of the methods previously described as being applied to a communication device, e.g., as shown in any of fig. 2-7.

The communication device 900 may also include a power supply component 926 configured to perform power management of the communication device 900, a wired or wireless network interface 950 configured to connect the communication device 900 to a network, and an input output (I/O) interface 958. The communication device 900 may operate based on an operating system stored in memory 932, such as Windows Server TM, mac OS XTM, unixTM, linuxTM, freeBSDTM, or the like.

Each step in a certain implementation manner or embodiment may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the steps may be arbitrarily combined, for example, a scheme after removing part of the steps in a certain implementation manner or embodiment may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the order of the steps in a certain implementation manner or embodiment may be arbitrarily exchanged, and further, an optional manner or optional embodiment in a certain implementation manner or embodiment may be arbitrarily combined; furthermore, various embodiments or examples may be arbitrarily combined, for example, some or all steps of different embodiments or examples may be arbitrarily combined, and a certain embodiment or example may be arbitrarily combined with alternative modes or alternative examples of other embodiments or examples.

Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. This disclosure is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention following, in general, the principles of the invention and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangements and instrumentalities shown in the drawings, which have been described above, and that various modifications and changes may be effected without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the invention is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. An information processing method, wherein the method is performed by a communication device, the method comprising:

determining a Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) period of a first cell;

and determining the measurement duration of the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal according to the DTX period of the first cell.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining a measurement duration for a terminal to perform radio resource management, RRM, measurements on reference signals of the first cell according to a DTX period of the first cell comprises one of:

and determining the measurement duration of RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal according to the DTX period of the first cell and the discontinuous reception DRX period of the terminal.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining a measurement duration for RRM measurements of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal based on the DTX period of the first cell and the period of the reference signal comprises:

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining a measurement duration for RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal according to the DTX period of the first cell and the discontinuous reception DRX period of the terminal comprises:

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the determining a measurement duration for RRM measurements of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal based on the maximum of the DTX period of the first cell and the DRX period of the terminal comprises:

And under the condition that at least one of the DTX period of the first cell and the DRX period of the terminal is larger than a first threshold value, determining the measurement duration of RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal according to the maximum value of the DTX period of the first cell and the DRX period of the terminal.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining a measurement duration for RRM measurement of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal according to the DTX period of the first cell and the discontinuous reception DRX period of the terminal comprises:

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the determining a measurement duration for RRM measurements of the reference signal of the first cell by the terminal based on the DTX period of the first cell, the DRX period of the terminal, and the period of the reference signal comprises:

8. The method of any of claims 1 to 7, wherein the reference signal comprises: the synchronization signal block SSB and/or the channel state information reference signal CSI-RS.

9. The method according to any of claims 1 to 8, wherein the communication device is the terminal, and the determining the discontinuous transmission, DTX, period of the first cell comprises:

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

11. The method according to any of claims 1 to 8, wherein the communication device is a network device to which a serving cell of the terminal belongs, and the first cell is a serving cell or a neighbor cell of the terminal.

12. An information processing apparatus, wherein the apparatus is applied to a communication device, the apparatus comprising:

a first determining module configured to determine a discontinuous transmission, DTX, period of a first cell;

and a second determining module configured to determine a measurement duration for the terminal to perform radio resource management RRM measurement on the reference signal of the first cell according to the DTX period of the first cell.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the second determination module is configured to perform one of:

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the second determination module is configured to:

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the second determination module is configured to:

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the second determination module is configured to:

17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the second determination module is configured to:

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the second determination module is configured to:

19. The apparatus of any of claims 12 to 18, wherein the reference signal comprises: the synchronization signal block SSB and/or the channel state information reference signal CSI-RS.

20. The apparatus of any of claims 12 to 19, wherein the communication device is the terminal, the first determination module is configured to:

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

22. The apparatus according to any one of claims 12 to 19, wherein the communication device is a network device to which a serving cell of the terminal belongs, and the first cell is a serving cell or a neighboring cell of the terminal.

23. A communication device, wherein the communication device comprises:

one or more processors;

wherein the processor is configured to invoke instructions to cause the communication device to perform the information processing method of any of claims 1 to 11.

24. A computer storage medium storing instructions which, when executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform the information processing method of any one of claims 1 to 11.