CN117242816A

CN117242816A - Measurement method, apparatus, and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN117242816A
Application number: CN202380009803.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陶旭华
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2023-06-26
Filing date: 2023-06-26
Publication date: 2023-12-15

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a measurement method, apparatus, and storage medium. The method comprises the following steps: the first information is received, and the first measuring GAP is activated or deactivated according to the first information. Therefore, the activation or deactivation of the measurement GAP can be flexibly controlled, and the flexibility and reliability of the measurement control of the terminal are improved, so that the control requirements of different scenes or functions on the measurement GAP can be met.

Description

Measurement method, apparatus, and storage medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a measurement method, apparatus, and storage medium.

Background

In a wireless communication system, there are various functions that need to perform signal measurement based on measurement GAPs, but as the functions that need to perform measurement based on measurement GAPs are more and more, a terminal device cannot flexibly control the plurality of measurement GAPs, and the communication reliability of the terminal device is affected.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a measurement method, measurement equipment and a storage medium.

According to a first aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a measurement method is presented, the method comprising:

receiving first information, wherein the first information is used for indicating terminal equipment to activate or deactivate a first measurement interval GAP;

The first measurement GAP is activated or deactivated according to the first information.

According to a second aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a measurement method, the method comprising:

and sending first information, wherein the first information is used for indicating the terminal equipment to activate or deactivate the first measurement GAP.

According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a terminal device, including:

a transceiver module configured to receive the first information; the first information is used for indicating the terminal equipment to activate or deactivate the first measurement interval GAP;

a processing module configured to activate or deactivate the first measurement GAP according to the first information.

According to a fourth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a network device, comprising:

and a transceiver module configured to transmit first information, wherein the first information is used for instructing the terminal equipment to activate or deactivate the first measurement interval GAP.

According to a fifth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a terminal device, which may include: one or more processors; wherein the terminal device may be adapted to perform the alternative implementation manner of the first aspect.

According to a sixth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a network device is presented, which may comprise: one or more processors; wherein the network device may be adapted to perform the alternative implementation of the second aspect.

According to a seventh aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a communication system, which may include: a terminal device and a network device; wherein the terminal device is configured to perform the method as described in the alternative implementation of the first aspect and the network device is configured to perform the method as described in the alternative implementation of the second aspect.

According to an eighth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a storage medium is presented, which stores instructions that, when run on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform a method as described in the alternative implementation of the first or second aspect.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can comprise the following beneficial effects: the first information is received, and the first measuring GAP is activated or deactivated according to the first information. Therefore, the activation or deactivation of the measurement GAP can be flexibly controlled, and the flexibility and reliability of the measurement control of the terminal are improved, so that the control requirements of different scenes or functions on the measurement GAP can be met.

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 the disclosure.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the following description of the embodiments refers to the accompanying drawings, which are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, and do not limit the protection scope of the present disclosure in any way.

Fig. 1 is a schematic architecture diagram of a communication system shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 2 is a flow diagram illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 3A is a flow diagram illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 3B is a flow chart illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 3C is a flow chart illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 3D is a flow diagram illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 4A is a flow diagram illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 4B is a flow chart illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 4C is a flow chart illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 4D is a flow chart illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 4E is a flow diagram illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 5 is a flow diagram illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 6 is a flow diagram illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 7A is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 7B is a schematic diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Fig. 8A is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 8B is a schematic structural diagram of a chip according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Detailed Description

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a measurement method, the method comprising:

In the above embodiment, the first information is received, and the first measurement GAP is activated or deactivated according to the first information. Therefore, the activation or deactivation of the measurement GAP can be flexibly controlled, and the flexibility and reliability of the measurement control of the terminal are improved, so that the control requirements of different scenes or functions on the measurement GAP can be met.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first information includes at least one of:

a first field for instructing the terminal device to activate or deactivate a first measurement GAP;

and the first identifier is an identifier corresponding to the first measuring GAP.

In the above embodiment, the terminal device may activate or deactivate the first measurement GAP through at least one of the first field and the first identifier, so that flexibility of terminal measurement control may be improved.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first information is carried by at least one of:

a media access control unit (MAC CE);

downlink control information DCI.

In the above embodiment, the timeliness and reliability of measurement control may be improved by carrying the first information through at least one of the MAC CE and the DCI.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

transmitting third information to the network device; the third information includes at least one of:

a first parameter, wherein the first parameter is the number of measurement GAPs which are supported to be activated by the terminal equipment in a frequency range FR;

And a second parameter, wherein the second parameter is the number of measurement GAPs which are supported to be activated by the terminal equipment in the terminal equipment.

In the above embodiment, the terminal device may report the third information to the network device, that is, report the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device supports to be activated or the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device supports to be activated in one FR, so that the network device controls activation or deactivation of the measurement GAPs according to the capability of the terminal device, thereby avoiding measurement failure caused by the limitation of the terminal capability, and improving measurement reliability.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the activating or deactivating the first measurement GAP according to the first information includes at least one of:

the first information is used for activating the first measuring GAP, and measuring is carried out on a first measuring object according to the first measuring GAP; the first measurement object is a measurement object corresponding to the first measurement GAP;

the first information is used to deactivate the first measurement GAP, according to which no measurement is performed on the first measurement object.

In the above embodiment, the first measurement GAP may be activated and the measurement may be performed on the first measurement object according to the first information, or the first measurement GAP may be deactivated and the measurement may not be performed on the first measurement object, thereby improving flexibility of measurement GAP control.

transmitting second information to the network device; the second information is used to request activation or deactivation of a second measurement GAP.

In the above embodiment, the terminal device may actively activate or deactivate the second measurement GAP and report to the network device, so as to further improve flexibility and reliability of control of the measurement GAP.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the second information includes at least one of:

a second field for requesting activation or deactivation of the second measurement GAP

And the second identifier is an identifier corresponding to the second measuring GAP.

In the above embodiment, the terminal device may report activation or deactivation of the second measurement GAP to the network device through at least one of the second field and the second identifier, so that flexibility and reliability of control of the measurement GAP may be improved.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the second information is carried by at least one of:

a media access control unit (MAC CE);

uplink control information UCI.

In the above embodiment, the timeliness and reliability of measurement control may be improved by carrying the second information through at least one of the MAC CE and UCI.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further comprises at least one of:

determining that the first number is greater than the second number, activating the second measurement GAP; wherein the first number is the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device supports to activate, and the second number is the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device has activated;

determining that the third number is greater than the fourth number, activating the second measurement GAP; wherein the third number is the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device supports for activation in the first FR, and the fourth number is the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device has activated in the first FR.

In the above embodiment, the activation of the second measurement GAP may be controlled according to the capability of the terminal device (the measurement GAP that supports activation) and the current state (the measurement GAP that has been activated), so as to avoid measurement failure due to the limitation of the terminal capability, thereby improving measurement reliability.

And receiving configuration information, wherein the configuration information is used for configuring the first measurement GAP.

In the above embodiment, the terminal device may configure the first measurement GAP according to the configuration information received from the network device, and may perform configuration and activation of the measurement GAP separately, thereby improving flexibility of measurement GAP control.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the configuration information is carried by a radio resource control, RRC, message.

In the above embodiment, the configuration information may be carried through RRC messages, so that the second information for configuring the measurement GAP and the first information for activating the measurement GAP may be carried through different messages or signaling, thereby further improving flexibility of measurement GAP control.

In a second aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a measurement method, the method including:

transmitting first information; the first information is used to instruct the terminal device to activate or deactivate the first measurement GAP.

In the above embodiment, the first information is transmitted, by which the terminal device may be instructed to activate or deactivate the first measurement GAP. Therefore, the activation or deactivation of the measurement GAP can be flexibly controlled, and the flexibility and reliability of the measurement control of the terminal are improved, so that the control requirements of different scenes or functions on the measurement GAP can be met.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first information includes at least one of:

a first field for instructing the terminal device to activate or deactivate a first measurement GAP

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first information is carried by at least one of:

a media access control unit (MAC CE);

downlink control information DCI.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

receiving third information; the third information includes at least one of:

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the sending the first information to the terminal device includes at least one of:

determining that the first quantity is larger than the second quantity, and sending the first information to the terminal equipment; the first information is used for indicating the terminal equipment to activate a first measurement GAP, the first quantity is the quantity of measurement GAPs which the terminal equipment supports to activate, and the second quantity is the quantity of measurement GAPs which the terminal equipment has activated;

Determining that the third number is larger than the fourth number, and sending the first information to the terminal equipment; the first information is used for indicating the terminal equipment to activate a first measurement GAP, the third number is the number of measurement GAPs which the terminal equipment supports to activate in a first FR, and the fourth number is the number of measurement GAPs which the terminal equipment has activated in the first FR.

In the above embodiment, the network may control the activation of the first measurement GAP according to the capability of the terminal device (supporting the activated measurement GAP) and the current state (already activated measurement GAP) through the first information, so as to avoid measurement failure due to the limitation of the terminal capability, thereby improving measurement reliability.

second information is received requesting activation or deactivation of the second measurement GAP.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the second information includes at least one of:

and a second field, where the second field is used to instruct the terminal device to activate or deactivate the second measurement GAP.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the second information is carried by at least one of:

a media access control unit (MAC CE);

uplink control information UCI.

and sending configuration information, wherein the configuration information is used for configuring the first measurement GAP.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the configuration information is carried by a radio resource control, RRC, message.

In a third aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a measurement method, the method including:

the network equipment sends first information to the terminal equipment; the first information is used for indicating the terminal equipment to activate or deactivate a first measurement interval GAP;

the terminal equipment activates or deactivates the first measurement GAP according to the first information.

In the above embodiment, the network device sends the first information to the terminal device, and the terminal device activates or deactivates the first measurement GAP according to the first information. Therefore, the activation or deactivation of the measurement GAP can be flexibly controlled, and the flexibility and reliability of the measurement control of the terminal are improved, so that the control requirements of different scenes or functions on the measurement GAP can be met.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a terminal device, which may include at least one of a transceiver module and a processing module; wherein the terminal device may be adapted to perform the alternative implementation manner of the first aspect.

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a network device that may include at least one of a transceiver module, a processing module; wherein the network device may be adapted to perform the alternative implementation of the second aspect.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a terminal device, which may include: one or more processors; wherein the terminal device may be adapted to perform the alternative implementation manner of the first aspect.

In a seventh aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a network device, which may include: one or more processors; wherein the network device may be adapted to perform the alternative implementation of the second aspect.

In an eighth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication system, which may include: a terminal device and a network device; wherein the terminal device is configured to perform the method as described in the alternative implementation of the first aspect and the network device is configured to perform the method as described in the alternative implementation of the second aspect.

In a ninth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a storage medium storing instructions that, when executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform a method as described in the alternative implementation of the first or second aspect.

In a tenth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure propose a program product which, when executed by a communication device, causes the communication device to perform a method as described in the alternative implementation of the first or second aspect.

In an eleventh aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure propose a computer program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to carry out the method as described in the alternative implementation of the first or second aspect.

In a twelfth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a chip or chip system. The chip or chip system comprises a processing circuit configured to perform the method as described in the alternative implementation of the first or second aspect.

It will be appreciated that the above-described terminal device, network device, communication system, storage medium, program product, computer program, chip or chip system may be used to perform the methods set forth in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Therefore, the advantages achieved by the method can be referred to as the advantages of the corresponding method, and will not be described herein.

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a measurement method, measurement equipment and a storage medium. In some embodiments, the terms measurement method and information processing method, communication method, etc. may be interchanged; the terms of the measuring device and the information processing device, the communication equipment and the like can be replaced with each other; the terms information handling system, communication system, etc. may be interchangeable.

The embodiments of the present disclosure are not intended to be exhaustive, but rather are exemplary of some embodiments and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure. In the case of no contradiction, each step in a certain embodiment may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the steps may be arbitrarily combined, for example, a scheme in which part of the steps are removed in a certain embodiment may also be implemented as an independent embodiment, the order of the steps in a certain embodiment may be arbitrarily exchanged, and further, alternative implementations in a certain embodiment may be arbitrarily combined; furthermore, various embodiments may be arbitrarily combined, for example, some or all steps of different embodiments may be arbitrarily combined, and an embodiment may be arbitrarily combined with alternative implementations of other embodiments.

In the various embodiments of the disclosure, terms and/or descriptions of the various embodiments are consistent throughout the various embodiments and may be referenced to each other in the absence of any particular explanation or logic conflict, and features from different embodiments may be combined to form new embodiments in accordance with their inherent logic relationships.

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 disclosure.

In the presently disclosed embodiments, elements that are referred to in the singular, such as "a," "an," "the," "said," etc., may mean "one and only one," or "one or more," "at least one," etc., unless otherwise indicated. For example, where an article (article) is used in translation, such as "a," "an," "the," etc., in english, a noun following the article may be understood as a singular expression or as a plural expression.

In the presently disclosed embodiments, "plurality" refers to two or more.

In some embodiments, terms such as "at least one of", "one or more of", "multiple of" and the like may be substituted for each other.

In some embodiments, "A, B at least one of", "a and/or B", "in one case a, in another case B", "in response to one case a", "in response to another case B", and the like, may include the following technical solutions according to circumstances: in some embodiments a (a is performed independently of B); b (B is performed independently of a) in some embodiments; in some embodiments, execution is selected from a and B (a and B are selectively executed); in some embodiments a and B (both a and B are performed). Similar to that described above when there are more branches such as A, B, C.

In some embodiments, the description modes such as "a or B" may include the following technical schemes according to circumstances: in some embodiments a (a is performed independently of B); b (B is performed independently of a) in some embodiments; in some embodiments execution is selected from a and B (a and B are selectively executed). Similar to that described above when there are more branches such as A, B, C.

The prefix words "first", "second", etc. in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for distinguishing different description objects, and do not limit the location, order, priority, number, content, etc. of the description objects, and the statement of the description object refers to the claims or the description of the embodiment context, and should not constitute unnecessary limitations due to the use of the prefix words. For example, if the description object is a "field", the ordinal words before the "field" in the "first field" and the "second field" do not limit the position or the order between the "fields", and the "first" and the "second" do not limit whether the "fields" modified by the "first" and the "second" are in the same message or not. For another example, describing an object as "level", ordinal words preceding "level" in "first level" and "second level" do not limit priority between "levels". As another example, the number of descriptive objects is not limited by ordinal words, and may be one or more, taking "first device" as an example, where the number of "devices" may be one or more. Furthermore, objects modified by different prefix words may be the same or different, e.g., the description object is "a device", then "a first device" and "a second device" may be the same device or different devices, and the types may be the same or different; for another example, the description object is "information", and the "first information" and the "second information" may be the same information or different information, and the contents thereof may be the same or different.

In some embodiments, "comprising a", "containing a", "for indicating a", "carrying a", may be interpreted as carrying a directly, or as indicating a indirectly.

In some embodiments, terms "responsive to … …", "responsive to determination … …", "in the case of … …", "at … …", "when … …", "if … …", "if … …", and the like may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, terms "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "not less than", "more than or equal to", "not less than", "above" and the like may be interchanged, and terms "less than", "less than or equal to", "not greater than", "less than or equal to", "not more than", "below", "lower than or equal to", "no higher than", "below" and the like may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, the apparatuses and devices may be interpreted as entities, or may be interpreted as virtual, and the names thereof are not limited to those described in the embodiments, and may also be interpreted as "device (apparatus)", "device)", "circuit", "network element", "node", "function", "unit", "component (section)", "system", "network", "chip system", "entity", "body", and the like in some cases.

In some embodiments, a "network" may be interpreted as an apparatus comprised in the network, e.g. an access network device, a core network device, etc.

In some embodiments, the "Access network Device (Access Network Device, AN Device)" may also be referred to as a "radio Access network Device (Radio Access Network Device, RAN Device)", "Base Station (BS)", "radio Base Station (Radio Base Station)", "Fixed Station (Fixed Station)", and in some embodiments may also be referred to as a "Node)", "Access Point (Access Point)", "Transmission Point (Transmission Point, TP)", "Reception Point (RP)", "Transmission and/or Reception Point (Transmission/Reception Point), TRP)", "Panel", "Antenna Array", "Cell", "Macro Cell", "Small Cell", "Femto Cell", "Pico Cell", "Sector", "Cell Group", "serving Cell", "Carrier", "component Carrier (Component Carrier)", bandwidth Part (BWP) ", etc.

In some embodiments, a "Terminal" or "Terminal Device" may be referred to as a "User Equipment" (UE), a "User Terminal" (UE), a "Mobile Station (Ms), a" Mobile Terminal (Mt), a Subscriber Station (Subscriber Station), a Mobile Unit (Mobile Unit), a Subscriber Unit (subscore Unit), a Wireless Unit (Wireless Unit), a Remote Unit (Remote Unit), a Mobile Device (Mobile Device), a Wireless Device (Wireless Device), a Wireless communication Device (Wireless Communication Device), a Remote Device (Remote Device), a Mobile Subscriber Station (Mobile Subscriber Station), an Access Terminal (Access Terminal), a Mobile Terminal (Mobile Terminal), a Wireless Terminal (Wireless Terminal), a Remote Terminal (Mobile Terminal), a handheld Device (handheld Device), a User Agent (User Agent), a Client (Client), and the like.

In some embodiments, the acquisition of data, information, etc. may comply with laws and regulations of the country of locale.

In some embodiments, data, information, etc. may be obtained after user consent is obtained.

Furthermore, each element, each row, or each column in the tables of the embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented as a separate embodiment, and any combination of elements, any rows, or any columns may also be implemented as a separate embodiment.

Fig. 1 is a schematic architecture diagram of a communication system shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 1, the communication system 100 may include a Terminal Device (Terminal Device) 101 and a network Device 102.

In some embodiments, the terminal device 101 may include at least one of a mobile phone (mobile phone), a wearable device, an internet of things device, a communication-enabled car, a smart car, a tablet (Pad), a computer with wireless transceiving function, a Virtual Reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control (industrial control), a wireless terminal device in unmanned (self-driving), a wireless terminal device in teleoperation (remote medical surgery), a wireless terminal device in smart grid (smart grid), a wireless terminal device in transportation security (transportation safety), a wireless terminal device in smart city (smart city), a wireless terminal device in smart home (smart home), but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the network device 102 may comprise at least one of an access network device, a core network device.

In some embodiments, the access network device may be a node or device that accesses a terminal to a wireless network, and the access network device may include at least one of an evolved NodeB (eNB), a next generation evolved NodeB (next generation eNB, ng-eNB), a next generation NodeB (next generation NodeB, gNB), a NodeB (node B, NB), a Home NodeB (HNB), a home NodeB (home evolved nodeB, heNB), a wireless backhaul device, a radio network controller (radio network controller, RNC), a base station controller (base station controller, BSC), a base transceiver station (base transceiver station, BTS), a baseband unit (BBU), a mobile switching center, a base station in a 6G communication system, an Open base station (Open RAN), a Cloud base station (Cloud RAN), a base station in other communication systems, an access node in a Wi-Fi system, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the technical solutions of the present disclosure may be applied to an Open RAN architecture, where an access network device or an interface in an access network device according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may become an internal interface of the Open RAN, and flow and information interaction between these internal interfaces may be implemented by using software or a program.

In some embodiments, the access network device may be composed of a Central Unit (CU) and a Distributed Unit (DU), where the CU may also be referred to as a control unit (control unit), and the structure of the CU-DU may be used to split the protocol layers of the access network device, where functions of part of the protocol layers are centrally controlled by the CU, and functions of the rest of all the protocol layers are distributed in the DU, and the DU is centrally controlled by the CU, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the core network device may be one device, or may be multiple devices or groups of devices. The core network may include at least one of an evolved packet core (Evolved Packet Core, EPC), a 5G core network (5G Core Network,5GCN), a next generation core (Next Generation Core, NGC).

It may be understood that, the communication system described in the embodiments of the present disclosure is for more clearly describing the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and is not limited to the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, and those skilled in the art can know that, with the evolution of the system architecture and the appearance of new service scenarios, the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure are applicable to similar technical problems.

The embodiments of the present disclosure described below may be applied to the communication system 100 shown in fig. 1, or a part of the main body, but are not limited thereto. The respective bodies shown in fig. 1 are examples, and the communication system may include all or part of the bodies in fig. 1, or may include other bodies than fig. 1, and the number and form of the respective bodies may be arbitrary, and the respective bodies may be physical or virtual, and the connection relationship between the respective bodies is examples, and the respective bodies may not be connected or may be connected, and the connection may be arbitrary, direct connection or indirect connection, or wired connection or wireless connection.

Embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-a), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, fourth generation mobile communication system (4th generation mobile communication system,4G)), fifth generation mobile communication system (5th generation mobile communication system,5G), 5G New air interface (New Radio, NR), future Radio access (Future Radio Access, FRA), new Radio access technology (New-Radio Access Technology, RAT), new Radio (New Radio, NR), new Radio access (New Radio access, NX), future generation Radio access (Future generation Radio access, FX), global System for Mobile communications (GSM (registered trademark)), CDMA2000, ultra mobile broadband (Ultra Mobile Broadband, UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, ultra-WideBand (UWB), bluetooth (registered trademark)), land public mobile network (Public Land Mobile Network, PLMN) network, device-to-Device (D2D) system, machine-to-machine (Machine to Machine, M2M) system, internet of things (Internet of Things, ioT) system, vehicle-to-eventing (V2X), system utilizing other communication methods, next generation system extended based on them, and the like. In addition, a plurality of system combinations (e.g., LTE or a combination of LTE-a and 5G, etc.) may be applied.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, different types of measurement intervals GAPs may be configured in the above communication system, for example, a preconfigured GAP (Pre-MG), a contention GAP (concurrent GAP), a network control small GAP (Network Controlled Small Gap, NCSG), etc., and in addition, the terminal device or the network device may support at least one of various functions or features (features), for example, a Multi-universal subscriber identity module (Multi-Universal Subscriber Identity Module, MUSIM) function, a Non-terrestrial network (Non-Terrestrial Network, NTN) function, a positioning (positioning or ePOS) function, etc. The terminal device also needs to configure different measurement GAPs, such as MUSIM GAP, NTN GAP and positioning GAP, during the measurement of these functions, but due to throughput problems and UE capability problems, the terminal device may not be able to activate all the measurement GAPs at the same time, so a method capable of dynamically activating and deactivating the measurement GAPs is needed.

In some embodiments, the terms "GAP", and the like may be interchanged.

Fig. 2 is a flow diagram illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method may be performed by the communication system described above. As shown in fig. 2, the method may include:

Step S2101, the terminal device transmits third information to the network device.

In some embodiments, the network device may receive the third information. For example, the network device may receive third information sent by the terminal device. For another example, the network device may also receive third information sent by other entities.

In some embodiments, this third information may be used to indicate the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device supports for activation.

In some embodiments, this third information may be used to indicate the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device supports to be activated simultaneously.

In some embodiments, this third information may be used to indicate the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device can support for activation.

In some embodiments, this third information may be used to indicate the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device can support to be activated simultaneously.

In some embodiments, this third information may be used to indicate the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device supports to be active and the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device supports to be active simultaneously.

In some embodiments, the third information may be used to indicate the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device can support for activation and the number of measurement GAPs that can support for simultaneous activation.

In some embodiments, the third information may include at least one of the first parameter, the second parameter. Wherein:

The first parameter may be the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device supports for activation in one frequency range FR (Frequency Range), or the first parameter may be the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device can support for activation in the per FR.

The second parameter may be the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device supports for activation within the terminal device, or the second parameter may be the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device can support for activation within the per UE.

The name of the third information is not limited, and the third information may be referred to as "capability indication information", "UE capability indication information", "measurement GAP capability indication information", or the like, for example. Likewise, the names of the first parameter and the second parameter are not limited. For example, the first parameter may be referred to as "first capability", "first capability parameter", "first capability indication parameter", etc., and the second parameter may be referred to as "second capability", "second capability parameter", "second capability indication parameter", etc.

In some embodiments, the terminal device may carry the GAP energy information through a first information element (Information Element, IE). The first information element may be an IE for which the protocol is already in place, or a newly added IE.

In one implementation, the first information element may be measAndMobParameters or

The measandmobparametermrdc, the first information element may include the following parameters:

maxNumberActivatedMeasGap-perFR ENUMERATED{n1,n2,n3,n4} OPTIONAL

maxNumberActivatedMeasGap-perUE ENUMERATED{n1,n2,n3,n4} OPTIONAL

the maxnumberractivated measgap-perFR may be the first parameter, which may be an enumerated parameter, for example, the enumerated value n1 indicates that the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device supports activation in one FR is 1; the enumerated value n2 indicates that the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device supports for activation in one FR is 2, and so on.

The maxnumberractivated measgap-perUE may be the second parameter described above, which may also be of the enumerated type.

The first parameter may be an optional field, and the second parameter may be an optional field.

In some embodiments, the measurement GAP that the terminal device indicates through the third information that supports activation may include measurement GAPs that are required for a first function (which may also be referred to as a first feature) of the terminal device, which may be one or more. For example, the first function may be all functions supported or being performed by the terminal device; as another example, the first function may be a part of a function supported or being performed by the terminal device. Illustratively, the first function may include at least one of a Pre-configured gap (Pre-MG), a contention gap (concurrent gap), a network control small gap (Network Controlled Small Gap, NCSG), a multiple universal subscriber identity module (Multi-Universal Subscriber Identity Module, MUSIM), a Non-terrestrial network (Non-Terrestrial Network, NTN), a positioning (or ePOS), and the like.

In one implementation, the third information may include a first parameter and a second parameter.

The first parameter may be, for example, the number X of measurement GAPs that the terminal device can support for activation within the per FR; the second parameter may be the number Y of measurement GAPs that the terminal device can support for activation in the per UE. Wherein Y may be greater than or equal to X.

Alternatively, Y may be less than Z, which may be the total number of FR supported activated measurement GAPs supported by the terminal device. For example, the terminal device supports FR1 and FR2 together, and according to this first parameter, the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal supports for activation in FR1 and FR2 is X, then Z is equal to x×2, and Y is smaller than Z, that is, Y is smaller than x×2.

In this way, the maximum number of measurement GAPs that can be activated by the terminal device in different scenarios can be determined together by the first parameter and the second parameter, so that the measurement GAPs can be activated or deactivated more flexibly.

In another implementation, the third information may include the first parameter but not the second parameter.

For example, the number X of measurement GAPs supporting activation within one FR may be determined according to the first parameter.

Alternatively, the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device can support for activation may be a preset value, or a value agreed by a protocol, or a value determined according to the first energy parameter. For example, the number of measurement GAPs supporting activation in multiple FR may be added to obtain the number X of measurement GAPs that the terminal device can support activation.

In another implementation, the third information may include the second parameter but not the first parameter.

For example, the number Y of measurement GAPs that the terminal device supports for activation may be determined from the second parameter.

Alternatively, the number of measurement GAPs supported by the terminal device in an FR may be a preset value, or a value agreed by the protocol, or a value determined according to the second parameter. For example, the number of measurement GAPs supported for activation within each FR may be less than or equal to the number Y of measurement GAPs supported for activation within the terminal device indicated by the second parameter; for another example, the number Y of measurement GAPs supported for activation in the terminal device may be divided by the number of FR supported by the terminal device to obtain the number of measurement GAPs supported for activation in each FR.

Thus, through the third information, the terminal device can report the number of the measurement GAPs supported by the terminal device to the network device, and the network device can also acquire the maximum number of the measurement GAPs which can be supported by the terminal device, so that the measurement GAPs can be activated or deactivated more flexibly.

In some embodiments, the network device may receive the third information.

For example, the network device may receive the third information sent by the terminal device, and determine, according to the third information, the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device supports activation.

Optionally, after determining the number of measurement GAPs supported by the terminal device for activation, the network device may flexibly activate or deactivate the measurement GAPs according to the number, so that the number of measurement GAPs activated by the terminal device is not greater than the number supported, and the reliability of GAP measurement is improved.

Step S2102, the network device sends configuration information to the terminal device.

In some embodiments, the terminal device may receive the configuration information. For example, the terminal device may receive configuration information sent by the network device. For another example, the terminal device may also receive configuration information sent by other entities.

In some embodiments, this configuration information may be used to configure the first measurement GAP.

In some embodiments, this configuration information may be used to configure one or more measurement GAPs.

It should be noted that the name of the first measurement GAP is not limited, and for example, the first measurement GAP may also be referred to as a first measurement GAP pattern or a first measurement GAP combination. Also, the name of the configuration information is not limited, and for example, the configuration information may be information that the network device sends to the terminal device to configure the measurement GAP related parameters.

In some embodiments, the configuration information may be carried by a first message.

The first message may be a radio resource control RRC (Radio Resource Control) message or other message sent by the network device to the terminal device. For example, the network device may send configuration information to the terminal device through an RRC message, where the configuration information may be used to configure the first measurement GAP corresponding to the first function. The first function may include at least one of Pre-MG, current gap, NCSG, MUSIM, NTN, positioning, or ePOS functions.

In one implementation, the configuration information may include a first identification of the first measurement GAP and measurement parameters (e.g., parameters of a measurement object, GAP pattern, GAP measurement period, etc.) for performing GAP measurements. The configuration information may include one or more first measurement GAPs, where measurement parameters corresponding to the plurality of first measurement GAPs may be the same or different.

In some embodiments, the terminal device may receive configuration information sent by the network device.

In one implementation, after receiving the configuration information, the terminal device may configure the first measurement GAP, but temporarily not activate the first measurement GAP, i.e., not perform GAP measurements.

In another implementation, the terminal device may also configure and activate the first measured GAP, i.e. directly perform GAP measurements.

Step S2103, the network device transmits the first information to the terminal device.

In some embodiments, the terminal device may receive the first information. For example, the terminal device may receive the first information sent by the network device. For another example, the terminal device may also receive the first information sent by the other entity.

In some embodiments, the first information may be used to instruct the terminal device to activate or deactivate the first measurement GAP.

In some embodiments, the first measured GAP may be a measured GAP configured by the network device to the terminal device.

In some embodiments, the first measurement GAP may be a measurement GAP actively configured by the terminal device.

In some embodiments, the first measured GAP may be a measured GAP determined by the terminal device according to a protocol.

In some embodiments, the name of the first information is not limited, and for example, the first information may also be referred to as "first command", "first instruction", "activation or deactivation instruction information", "activation or deactivation command", "activation or deactivation instruction", or the like.

The first measurement GAP may also be, for example, all or part of the measurement GAP configured by the network device to the terminal device. The first measurement GAP may be one or more.

In some embodiments, the first information may be carried by a medium access control element MAC CE (Medium Access Control Control Element).

In other embodiments, the first information may be carried by the downlink control information DCI (Downlink Control Information).

In other embodiments, the first information may also be carried by the MAC CE and DCI. For example, the first information for activating the measurement GAP is carried by DCI and the first information for deactivating the measurement GAP is carried by MAC CE; for another example, the first information for activating the measurement GAP is carried by the MAC CE and the first information for deactivating the measurement GAP is carried by the DCI.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the network device may determine whether to transmit the first information according to the third information.

For example, the network device may determine, according to the capability information, that the terminal device is capable of activating the first measurement GAP, and send first information to the terminal device, where the first information is used to instruct the terminal device to activate the first measurement GAP. The manner in which the terminal device is determined to be able to activate the first measurement GAP may be to determine that the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device is able to support to activate is greater than the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device is currently activating, i.e., in the case that the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device is able to support to activate is greater than the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device is currently activating, it may be determined that the terminal device is able to activate the first measurement GAP.

In one implementation, the network device may determine that the first number is greater than the second number and send the first information to the terminal device. The first information may be used to instruct the terminal device to activate a first number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device supports to be activated and a second number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device has been activated. It should be noted that this second number may also be referred to as the number of measurement GAPs currently activated by the terminal device.

Alternatively, the network device may send the first information to the terminal device if it is determined that the first number is greater than the second number. Optionally, in response to determining that the first number is greater than the second number, the network device may send the first information to the terminal device. Alternatively, the network device may send the first information to the terminal device when it is determined that the first number is greater than the second number. Alternatively, if it is determined that the first number is greater than the second number, the network device may send the first information to the terminal device.

Alternatively, the first number may be a number determined according to the second energy parameter in the third information. The exemplary network device may determine the first number according to the second parameter in the third information, for example, the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device can support for activation may be taken as the first number.

In this way, the network device can flexibly determine whether to activate the first measurement GAP according to the first number and the second number, so as to avoid failure of activation of the first measurement GAP and improve communication reliability.

In another implementation, the network device may determine that the third number is greater than the fourth number and send the first information to the terminal device. The first information is used to instruct the terminal device to activate the first measurement GAP, the third number is the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device supports to be activated in the first FR, and the fourth number is the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device has been activated in the first FR. The first FR may be the FR corresponding to the first measurement GAP that the terminal device needs to activate. It should also be noted that this fourth number may also be referred to as the number of measurement GAPs currently activated by the terminal device in the first FR.

Alternatively, the network device may send the first information to the terminal device if it is determined that the third number is greater than the fourth number. Optionally, in response to determining that the third number is greater than the fourth number, the network device may send the first information to the terminal device. Alternatively, the network device may send the first information to the terminal device when it is determined that the third number is greater than the fourth number. Alternatively, if it is determined that the third number is greater than the fourth number, the network device may send the first information to the terminal device.

Alternatively, the third quantity may be a quantity determined from the first energy parameter in the third information described above. The network device may determine the third number according to the first parameter in the third information, for example, the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device supports for activation in the first FR may be taken as the third number.

In another implementation, the network device may determine that the first number is greater than the second number and the third number is greater than the fourth number, and send the first information to the terminal device.

Alternatively, the network device may send the first information to the terminal device in case it is determined that the first number is larger than the second number and the third number is larger than the fourth number. Optionally, in response to determining that the first number is greater than the second number and the third number is greater than the fourth number, the network device may send the first information to the terminal device. Alternatively, the network device may send the first information to the terminal device when it is determined that the first number is greater than the second number and the third number is greater than the fourth number. Alternatively, if it is determined that the first number is greater than the second number and the third number is greater than the fourth number, the network device may send the first information to the terminal device.

In this way, the network device can flexibly determine whether to transmit the first information for activating the first measurement GAP according to the third information.

In some embodiments, the terminal device may receive the first information. For example, the terminal device may receive the first information through at least one of MAC CE, DCI.

Step S2104, the terminal device activates or deactivates the first measurement GAP.

For example, the terminal device may receive the first information sent by the network device, and activate or deactivate the first measurement GAP according to the first information.

In some embodiments, the first measurement GAP may be a measurement GAP determined from the first information described above.

In other embodiments, the first measurement GAP may also be a measurement GAP determined according to the configuration information described above.

In other embodiments, the first measurement GAP may be a measurement GAP determined in accordance with the configuration information and the first information described above.

In some embodiments, the first information may be used to instruct the terminal device to activate the first measurement GAP.

For example, the first measurement GAP may include all or part of the measurement GAP configured by the network device to the terminal device, which may activate all or part of the measurement GAP.

As another example, the first measurement GAP may also include all or part of the measurement GAP that the network device configures to the terminal device but is not activated, and the terminal device may activate all or part of the measurement GAP that is configured but is not activated.

In this way, the terminal device can activate the first measurement GAP according to the first information, so that a flexible and reliable measurement GAP management can be achieved.

In other embodiments, the first information may be used to instruct the terminal device to deactivate the first measurement GAP.

For example, the first measurement GAP may include all or part of the measurement GAP configured by the network device to the terminal device, which may deactivate all or part of the measurement GAP.

As another example, the first measurement GAP may also include all or part of the measurement GAP that the network device configures and activates to the terminal device, which may deactivate all or part of the measurement GAP that has been configured and activated.

In this way, the terminal device can deactivate the first measurement GAP according to the first information, so that a flexible and reliable measurement GAP management can be achieved.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first information may include at least one of a first field and a first identification. Wherein:

in some embodiments, the first field may be used to instruct the terminal device to activate or deactivate the first measurement GAP.

In some embodiments, the name of the first field is not limited, and may be referred to as "first indication field", "activation or deactivation indication information", "activation or deactivation indication field", "activation or deactivation indication parameter", or the like, for example.

For example, the value of the first field is a first value (or not a second value), which may be used to instruct the terminal device to activate the first measurement GAP, and the terminal device may activate the first measurement GAP if the value of the first field is the first value (or not the second value).

For another example, the value of the first field is a second value (or not a first value), which may be used to instruct the terminal device to deactivate the first measurement GAP, and the terminal device may deactivate the first measurement GAP if the value of the first field is a second value (or not a first value).

The first value and the second value may be any preset value or data agreed by a protocol. For example, the first value is 1 and the second value is 0; or vice versa, the first value is 0 and the second value is 1.

In some embodiments, the first identifier may be an identifier corresponding to the first measurement GAP. For example, the first identifier may be an identifier allocated when the network device configures the measurement GAP for the terminal device.

In some embodiments, the name of the first identifier is not limited, and may be referred to as "first GAP identifier", "first measurement GAP identifier", "measurement GAP ID", "measurement GAP identifier", and the like, for example.

In one implementation, the first information may include a first field and a first identification.

The first field may be used to instruct the terminal device to activate or deactivate the first measurement GAP corresponding to the first identity, for example.

In another implementation, the first information may include a first field that does not include the first identification.

For example, the first field may be used to instruct the terminal device to activate all measurement GAPs that have been configured (i.e., the first measurement GAP is all measurement GAPs that the network device configured for the terminal device); alternatively, the first field may be used to instruct the terminal device to activate all measurement GAPs that have been configured and not activated (i.e., the first measurement GAP is all measurement GAPs that the network device configures for the terminal device and not activated); alternatively, the first field may be used to instruct the terminal device to deactivate all measurement GAPs that have been activated (i.e., the first measurement GAP is all measurement GAPs that the terminal device has activated).

In another implementation, the first information may include the first identification without the first field.

The network device may instruct the terminal device to change the state of the first measured GAP corresponding to the first identity through the first information, for example. Similarly, the terminal device may also change the state of the first measurement GAP corresponding to the first identifier according to the first information. For example, if the first measurement GAP corresponding to the first identifier is in a deactivated state or is not activated, the terminal device may activate the first measurement GAP; for another example, if the first measurement GAP corresponding to the first identifier is in an activated state or has been activated, the terminal device may deactivate the first measurement GAP.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal device may activate or deactivate the first measurement GAP according to the first information in various manners, by way of example:

in one implementation, the first information is used to activate a first measurement GAP, according to which the terminal device can perform measurements on the first measurement object; the first measurement object may be a measurement object corresponding to the first measurement GAP.

For example, if the first information is used to activate a first measurement GAP, the terminal device may perform a measurement on the first measurement object according to the first measurement GAP. Alternatively, in case the first information is used to activate the first measurement GAP, the terminal device may perform a measurement on the first measurement object according to the first measurement GAP.

In another implementation, the first information is used to deactivate the first measurement GAP, according to which the terminal device may not perform measurements on the first measurement object; likewise, the first measurement object may be a measurement object corresponding to the first measurement GAP.

For example, if the first information is used to deactivate the first measurement GAP, the terminal device may not perform a measurement on the first measurement object according to the first measurement GAP. Alternatively, in case the first information is used to deactivate the first measurement GAP, the terminal device may not perform measurements on the first measurement object according to the first measurement GAP.

In another implementation, the first information is used to deactivate the first measurement GAP, according to which the terminal device may stop performing measurements on the first measurement object.

In another implementation, the first information is used to activate a first measurement GAP, according to which the terminal device may perform measurements on the first measurement object; the first information is used to deactivate the first measurement GAP, according to which the terminal device may not perform measurements on the first measurement object.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, if the terminal device supports a first function (e.g., at least one of a MUSIM function, an NTN function, and a positioning function), and the measurement GAP needs to be configured to perform a corresponding measurement, the network device may configure the terminal device with a first measurement GAP (e.g., at least one of a MUSIM GAP, an NTN GAP, and a positioning GAP) for the corresponding measurement through configuration information (which may be carried through an RRC message). Taking the first function as an NTN function as an example, if the terminal device enters into an NTN network coverage area and mobility measurement needs to be performed, and the mobility measurement needs to be performed by using a first measurement GAP, the network device may send first information (may be carried by a MAC CE or DCI) to the terminal device, and activate the first measurement GAP corresponding to the first function through the first information. If the terminal device completes the measurement or is not in the coverage area of the NTN network, the network device may deactivate the first measurement GAP corresponding to the first function through the first information. The first measurement GAP may also be referred to as a first measurement GAP pattern or a first measurement GAP combination.

Thus, for measurements or operations requiring measurement GAPs, such as MUSIM measurements or positioning measurements (positioning measurement), the terminal device performs measurements on associated measurement objects (Measurement Object, MO) only if the measurement GAP is in an active state, and does not perform measurements on these associated measurement objects if the measurement GAP is in a deactivated state.

Step S2105, the terminal device sends the second information to the network device.

In some embodiments, the network device may receive the second information. For example, the network device may receive the second information sent by the terminal device. For another example, the network device may also receive the second information sent by the other entity.

In some embodiments, the second information may be used to request activation or deactivation of a second measurement GAP, which may include all or part of the measurement GAP configured by the network device to the terminal device. The second measurement GAP may also be one or more.

For example, the terminal device may request that the network device allow the terminal device to activate or deactivate the second measurement GAP by sending a second message to the network device. Optionally, after receiving the second information, the network device may allow the terminal device to activate or deactivate the second measurement GAP according to the second information. For example, after receiving the second information, the network device may send a response message to the terminal device. The network device may carry the second measured GAP indicated by the terminal device in the second information through the response message, so that the terminal device may be instructed to activate or deactivate the second measured GAP after receiving the response message. It should be noted that, the response message of the network device to the second information may be a specific response message, or may be the first information.

Alternatively, the terminal device may send the second information to the network device in case it is desired to activate or deactivate the second measurement GAP. Conversely, if the terminal device does not desire to activate or deactivate the second measurement GAP, the second information may not be sent to the network device.

In some embodiments, this second information may be used to indicate activation or deactivation of the second measurement GAP.

For example, the terminal device may desire to activate or deactivate the second measurement GAP, may actively activate the second measurement GAP, and send second information to the network device, by which the activation or deactivation of the second measurement GAP is indicated. Optionally, after receiving the second information, the network device may control scheduling of the terminal device according to the second information, for example, may not schedule the terminal device during the GAP activation period according to the measurement parameter of the second measurement GAP, or may not send downlink data or signaling to the terminal device.

Alternatively, the terminal device may send the second information to the network device with the second measurement GAP actively activated or deactivated. Otherwise, if the terminal device does not actively activate or deactivate the second measurement GAP, the second information may not be sent to the network device. It should be noted that, the two steps of activating or deactivating the second measurement GAP by the terminal device and sending the second information to the network device may be serial or parallel, for example, the terminal device may send the second information to the network device after activating or deactivating the second measurement GAP; the second measurement GAP may also be activated or deactivated after sending the second information to the network device; it is also possible to both activate or deactivate the second measurement GAP and send second information to the network device.

In some embodiments, the name of the second information is not limited, and for example, the second information may also be referred to as "second request information", "second instruction information", "second notification information", "second command information", "activation or deactivation request information", "activation or deactivation notification information", "activation or deactivation instruction information", "activation or deactivation command", "activation or deactivation instruction", or the like.

In some embodiments, terms such as "request", "indication", "notification", "report", "configuration", "instruction", "command", and the like may be used interchangeably.

The second information may be the same as or different from the first information.

In some embodiments, the second information may be carried by the MAC CE.

In other embodiments, the first information may be carried by the uplink control information UCI (Uplink Control Information).

In other embodiments, the first information may also be carried over MAC CEs and UCI. For example, the second information for activating the measurement GAP is carried by UCI, and the second information for deactivating the measurement GAP is carried by MAC CE; for another example, the second information for activating the measurement GAP is carried by the MAC CE and the second information for deactivating the measurement GAP is carried by the UCI.

In some embodiments, the network device may receive the second information. For example, the network device may receive the second information through at least one of the MAC CE, UCI.

Optionally, after receiving the second information, the network device may send a response message to the terminal device. The response message of the network device for the second information may be a specific response message or may be the first information sent by the network device. For example, the network device may carry the second measured GAP indicated by the terminal device in the second information through the first information, so that the terminal device may be instructed to activate or deactivate the second measured GAP after receiving the response message.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the second information may include at least one of a second field and a second identification, wherein:

in some embodiments, this second field may be used to indicate that the second measurement GAP is activated or deactivated.

In some embodiments, the name of the second field is not limited, and may be referred to as "second indication field", "activation or deactivation indication information", "activation or deactivation indication field", "activation or deactivation indication parameter", or the like, for example.

For example, the value of the second field is a first value (or not a second value), which may be used to instruct the terminal device to activate the second measurement GAP, and the terminal device may activate the second measurement GAP if the value of the second field is the first value (or not the second value).

For another example, the value of the second field is a second value (or not a first value), which may be used to instruct the terminal device to deactivate the second measurement GAP, and the terminal device may deactivate the second measurement GAP if the value of the second field is a second value (or not a first value).

In some embodiments, the second identifier may be an identifier corresponding to the second measurement GAP. For example, the second identifier may be an identifier assigned by the network device when the terminal device is configured to measure GAPs.

In some embodiments, the name of the second identifier is not limited, and may be referred to as "second GAP identifier", "second measurement GAP identifier", "measurement GAP ID", "measurement GAP identifier", and the like, for example.

In one implementation, the second information may include a second field and a second identification.

The second field may be used to instruct the terminal device to activate or deactivate a second measurement GAP corresponding to the second identity, for example.

In another implementation, the second information may include a second field that does not include the second identification.

Illustratively, the second field may be used to indicate at least one of:

for example, the second field may be used to instruct the terminal device to activate all of the measurement GAPs that have been configured (i.e., the second measurement GAP is all measurement GAPs that the network device configured for the terminal device).

For another example, the second field may be used to instruct the terminal device to activate all measurement GAPs that have been configured and not activated (i.e., the second measurement GAP is all measurement GAPs that the network device configures for the terminal device and not activated).

For another example, the second field may be used to instruct the terminal device to deactivate all measurement GAPs that have been activated (i.e., the second measurement GAP is all measurement GAPs that the terminal device has activated).

In another implementation, the second information may include a second identification, excluding the second field.

The terminal device may instruct the terminal device to change the state of the second measured GAP corresponding to the second identity through the second information, for example. For example, if the second measurement GAP corresponding to the second identifier is in a deactivated state or is not activated, the terminal device may be instructed to activate the second measurement GAP; for another example, if the second measurement GAP corresponding to the second identifier is in an activated state or has been activated, the terminal device may be instructed to deactivate the second measurement GAP.

In some embodiments, the second field described above may be used to request activation or deactivation of the second measurement GAP.

For example, the value of the second field is a first value (or not a second value), and may be used to request activation of the second measurement GAP, and the terminal device may activate the second measurement GAP if the value of the second field is the first value (or not the second value).

For another example, the value of the second field is a second value (or not a first value), and may be used to request to deactivate the second measurement GAP, and the terminal device may deactivate the second measurement GAP if the value of the second field is a second value (or not a first value).

In one implementation, the second information may include a second field and a second identifier.

The second field may be used, for example, to request activation or deactivation of a second measurement GAP corresponding to the second identity.

Illustratively, the second field may be used to request at least one of:

for example, the second field may be used to request activation of all measurement GAPs that have been configured (i.e., all measurement GAPs that the second measurement GAP configures for the network device for the terminal device).

As another example, the second field may be used to request that all measurement GAPs that have been configured and not activated be activated (i.e., all measurement GAPs that a second measurement GAP configures for a terminal device for a network device and not activated).

As another example, the second field may be used to request that all measurement GAPs that have been activated be deactivated (i.e., that the second measurement GAP be all measurement GAPs that the terminal device has activated).

The terminal device may request, for example, a change of the state of the second measured GAP corresponding to the second identity via the second information. For example, if the second measurement GAP corresponding to the second identifier is in a deactivated state or is not activated, the second measurement GAP may be requested to be activated; for another example, if the second measurement GAP corresponding to the second identity is in an active state or has been activated, then deactivation of the second measurement GAP may be requested.

Step S2106, the terminal device activates or deactivates the second measurement GAP.

The step S2105 and the step S2106 may be performed in parallel or may be performed in series in any order. Illustratively:

in some embodiments, the terminal device may actively activate or deactivate the second measurement GAP and send the second information to the network device.

In other embodiments, the terminal device may send a second message to the network device indicating that the second measurement GAP is activated or deactivated, and determine that the second message was sent successfully, and activate or deactivate the second measurement GAP. For example, the terminal device may activate or deactivate the second measurement GAP after determining that the second information transmission was successful.

In some other embodiments, the terminal device may send second information to the network device indicating to activate or deactivate the second measurement GAP, receive a response message from the network device for the second information, and activate or deactivate the second measurement GAP. For example, the terminal device may activate or deactivate the second measurement GAP after receiving a response message of the network device for the second information.

The response message of the network device for the second information may be a specific response message or may be the first information sent by the network device. For example, the network device may carry the second measurement GAP indicated by the terminal device in the second information via the first information, so that the terminal device may activate or deactivate the second measurement GAP after receiving the second information.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, if the terminal device supports a first function (e.g., at least one of a MUSIM function, an NTN function, and a positioning function), and the configuration of the measurement GAP is required to perform the corresponding measurement, the network device may configure the terminal device with a second measurement GAP (e.g., at least one of a MUSIM GAP, an NTN GAP, and a positioning GAP) for the corresponding measurement through configuration information (which may be carried through RRC messages). If the terminal device needs to perform measurement or operation corresponding to the first function, the terminal device may indicate to the network device that the associated second measurement GAP is activated through the second information (may be carried through MAC CE or UCI) if the measurement GAP is required. If the terminal device completes the measurement or operation corresponding to the first function, the terminal device may indicate to the network device through the second information to deactivate the associated second measurement GAP.

Wherein the measurement or operation corresponding to the first function may include: performing positioning measurement when receiving a positioning measurement request; alternatively, MUSIM related operations (operations) need to be performed, which may include acquiring paging (paging) of a second network, which may be a different network from the network in which the terminal device currently resides, system messages (e.g., SIB messages), co-frequency/inter-frequency measurements, signaling, or transceiving of data (e.g., reception and transmission of PDCCH/PDSCH and PUCCH/PUSCH).

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal device may determine whether to activate the second measurement GAP according to the third information described above.

In one implementation, the terminal device may determine that the first number is greater than the second number and activate the second measurement GAP. The first number is the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device supports for activation, and the second number is the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device has activated. It should be noted that this second number may also be referred to as the number of measurement GAPs currently activated by the terminal device.

Alternatively, the terminal device may activate the second measurement GAP if it is determined that the first number is greater than the second number. Optionally, in response to determining that the first number is greater than the second number, the second measurement GAP is activated. Optionally, when the first number is determined to be greater than the second number, the second measurement GAP is activated. Optionally, if the first number is determined to be greater than the second number, a second measurement GAP is activated.

For example, the terminal device may activate the second measurement GAP if it is determined that the first number is greater than the second number; alternatively, if the first number is greater than the second number, the second measurement GAP is activated.

Alternatively, the first number may be a number determined according to the second energy parameter in the third information. The terminal device may also determine the first number according to the terminal capability and determine the second energy parameter in the third information according to the first number.

In another implementation, the terminal device may determine that the third number is greater than the fourth number and activate the second measurement GAP. The first information is used to instruct the terminal device to activate the first measurement GAP, the third number is the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device supports to be activated in the first FR, and the fourth number is the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device has been activated in the first FR. The first FR may be the FR corresponding to the first measurement GAP that the terminal device needs to activate. It should also be noted that this fourth number may also be referred to as the number of measurement GAPs currently activated by the terminal device in the first FR.

Alternatively, the terminal device may activate the second measurement GAP if it is determined that the third number is greater than the fourth number. Optionally, in response to determining that the third number is greater than the fourth number, the second measurement GAP is activated. Optionally, when the third number is determined to be greater than the fourth number, the second measurement GAP is activated. Optionally, if the third number is determined to be greater than the fourth number, the second measurement GAP is activated.

Alternatively, the third quantity may be a quantity determined from the first energy parameter in the third information described above. The terminal device may also determine a third number according to the terminal capability, and determine the first energy parameter in the third information according to the third number.

In another implementation, the terminal device may determine that the first number is greater than the second number and the third number is greater than the fourth number, activate the second measurement GAP.

Alternatively, the terminal device may activate the second measurement GAP if it is determined that the first number is greater than the second number and the third number is greater than the fourth number. Optionally, in response to determining that the first number is greater than the second number and the third number is greater than the fourth number, the second measurement GAP is activated. Optionally, when the first number is determined to be greater than the second number and the third number is determined to be greater than the fourth number, the second measurement GAP is activated. Optionally, if the first number is determined to be greater than the second number and the third number is greater than the fourth number, the second measurement GAP is activated.

In this way, the terminal device can flexibly determine whether to activate the second measurement GAP based on the third information.

By adopting the method, the activation or deactivation of the measurement GAP can be flexibly controlled, and the flexibility and reliability of the measurement control of the terminal are improved, so that the control requirements of different scenes or functions on the measurement GAP can be met.

In some embodiments, the names of information and the like are not limited to the names described in the embodiments, and terms such as "information", "message", "signal", "signaling", "report", "configuration", "instruction", "command", "channel", "parameter", "field", "symbol", "codebook", "code word", "code point", "bit", "data", "program", "chip", and the like may be replaced with each other.

In some embodiments, terms such as "downlink control information (downlink control information, DCI)", "Downlink (DL) assignment", "DL DCI", "Uplink (UL) grant", "UL DCI", and the like may be replaced with each other.

In some embodiments, terms such as "send," "transmit," "report," "send," "transmit," "bi-directional," "send and/or receive," and the like may be used interchangeably.

The method according to the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of the above steps S2101 to S2106. For example, step S2103 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, step S2105 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, step S2101 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, step S2103+s2104 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, step S2105+s2106 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, step S2102+s2103+s2104 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, step S2101+s2103+s2104 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, and step S2101+s2105+s2106 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, steps S2101 to S2106 described above may all be performed in the exchange order or simultaneously. For example, steps S2101, S2102 may be performed in exchange for the order or simultaneously, steps S2105, S2106 may be performed in exchange for the order or simultaneously, and steps S2103, S2105 may be performed in exchange for the order or simultaneously.

In some embodiments, steps S2101-S2106 are optional steps. For example, steps S2101, S2102, S2104, S2105, S2106 are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments. As another example, steps S2101, S2102, S2103, S2104 are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

In some embodiments, reference may be made to alternative implementations described before or after the description corresponding to fig. 2.

Fig. 3A is a flow diagram illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 3A, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a measurement method, which may be performed by a terminal device. The method may include:

step S3101, third information is transmitted.

Alternative implementations of step S3101 may refer to alternative implementations of step S2101 of fig. 2, and other relevant parts of the embodiment related to fig. 2, which are not described herein.

In some embodiments, the terminal device may send the third information to the network device, but is not limited thereto, and the terminal device may also send the third information to other bodies.

In some embodiments, the terminal device may obtain the third information according to the terminal hardware capability or the configuration parameter, and send the third information.

Step S3102, acquire configuration information.

Alternative implementations of step S3102 may refer to alternative implementations of step S2102 in fig. 2, and other relevant parts in the embodiment related to fig. 2, which are not described herein.

In some embodiments, the terminal device may receive configuration information transmitted by the network device, but is not limited thereto, and may also receive configuration information transmitted by other bodies.

In some embodiments, the terminal device may obtain configuration information specified by the protocol.

In some embodiments, the terminal device may obtain configuration information from an upper layer(s).

In some embodiments, the terminal device may process to obtain configuration information.

In some embodiments, step S3102 may be omitted, and the terminal device may autonomously implement the function indicated by the configuration information, or the above-mentioned function may be a default or default.

Step S3103, acquire first information.

Alternative implementations of step S3103 may refer to alternative implementations of step S2103 of fig. 2, and other relevant parts of the embodiment related to fig. 2, which are not described herein.

In some embodiments, the terminal device may receive the first information transmitted by the network device, but is not limited thereto, and may also receive the first information transmitted by other bodies.

In some embodiments, the terminal device may obtain the first information specified by the protocol.

In some embodiments, the terminal device may acquire the first information from an upper layer(s).

In some embodiments, the terminal device may process to obtain the first information.

In some embodiments, step S3103 may be omitted, and the terminal device may autonomously implement the function indicated by the first information, or the above-mentioned function is default or default.

Step S3104, activate or deactivate the first measurement GAP.

Alternative implementations of step S3104 may refer to alternative implementations of step S2104 of fig. 2, and other relevant parts of the embodiment related to fig. 2, which are not described herein.

In some embodiments, the terminal device may activate or deactivate the first measurement GAP based on the first information, or the terminal device may activate or deactivate the first measurement GAP in response to receiving the first information.

In other embodiments, the terminal device may autonomously determine to activate or deactivate the first measured GAP.

Step S3105, transmitting the second information.

Alternative implementations of step S3105 may refer to alternative implementations of step S2105 of fig. 2, and other relevant parts of the embodiment related to fig. 2, which are not described herein.

In some embodiments, the terminal device may send the second information to the network device, but is not limited thereto, and may also send the second information to other subjects.

Step S3106, activate or deactivate the second measurement GAP.

Alternative implementations of step S3106 may refer to alternative implementations of step S2106 of fig. 2, and other relevant parts of the embodiment related to fig. 2, which are not described herein.

In some embodiments, the first measured GAP may be a measured GAP determined from the second information described above.

In some embodiments, the first measurement GAP may also be a measurement GAP determined from the configuration information described above.

In some embodiments, the terminal device may autonomously determine to activate or deactivate the first measured GAP.

Methods according to embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of the above-described steps S3101 to S3106. For example, step S3101 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, step S3103 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, step S3105 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, step S3103+s3104 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, step S3105+s3106 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, step S3102+s3103 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, and step S3101+s3103+s3104 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, steps S3101 to S3106 may be performed in an exchange order or simultaneously. For example, steps S3105, S3106 may be performed in exchange for the order or simultaneously, and steps S3103, S3105 may be performed in exchange for the order or simultaneously.

In some embodiments, steps S3101 to S3106 are optional steps. For example, steps S3101, S3102, S3105, S3106 are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments. As another example, steps S3101, S3102, S3103, S3104 are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

In some embodiments, reference may be made to alternative implementations described before or after the description corresponding to fig. 3A.

Fig. 3B is a flow diagram illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 3B, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a measurement method, which may be performed by a terminal device. The method may include:

step S3201, acquiring first information.

Alternative implementations of this step S3201 may refer to step S2103 of fig. 2, alternative implementations of step S3103 of fig. 3A, and other relevant parts in the embodiments related to fig. 2 and 3A, which are not described herein.

In some embodiments, the first information may be used to instruct the terminal device to activate or deactivate the first measurement GAP;

in some embodiments, the first information includes at least one of:

In some embodiments, the first information is carried by at least one of:

a media access control unit (MAC CE);

downlink control information DCI.

Step S3202, activate or deactivate the first measurement GAP.

Alternative implementations of this step S3202 may refer to step S2104 of fig. 2, alternative implementations of step S3104 of fig. 3A, and other relevant parts in the embodiments related to fig. 2 and 3A, which are not described herein.

In some embodiments, the above steps are optional steps.

In some embodiments, the embodiment shown in fig. 3B may also be combined with step S3102 in the embodiment shown in fig. 3A as a new embodiment.

In some embodiments, the terminal device may activate or deactivate the first measurement GAP according to the first information, illustratively:

In some embodiments, the terminal device may further send third information to the network device; the third information includes at least one of:

In some embodiments, the terminal device may also send second information to the network device; the second information is used to request activation or deactivation of a second measurement GAP.

In some embodiments, the second information includes at least one of:

In the above embodiments, the terminal device may report the second measurement to the network device via at least one of the second field and the second identifier, and in some embodiments, the second information is carried via at least one of:

a media access control unit (MAC CE);

uplink control information UCI.

In some embodiments, the terminal device may determine that the first number is greater than the second number, activate the second measurement GAP; wherein the first number is the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device supports to activate, and the second number is the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device has activated;

in some embodiments, the terminal device may determine that the third number is greater than the fourth number, activate the second measurement GAP; wherein the third number is the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device supports for activation in the first FR, and the fourth number is the number of measurement GAPs that the terminal device has activated in the first FR.

In some embodiments, the terminal device may also receive configuration information for configuring the first measurement GAP.

In some embodiments, the configuration information is carried over a radio resource control, RRC, message.

Fig. 3C is a flow diagram illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 3C, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a measurement method, which may be performed by a terminal device. The method may include:

step S3301, send the second information.

Alternative implementations of this step S3301 may refer to step S2105 of fig. 2, alternative implementations of step S3105 of fig. 3A, and other relevant parts in the embodiments related to fig. 2 and 3A, which are not described herein.

Step S3302, activate or deactivate the second measurement GAP.

Alternative implementations of this step S3302 may refer to step S2106 of fig. 2, alternative implementations of step S3106 of fig. 3A, and other relevant parts in the embodiments related to fig. 2 and 3A, which are not described herein.

In some embodiments, the above steps are optional steps.

In some embodiments, both steps S3301 and S3302 described above may be performed in exchange order or simultaneously.

Fig. 3D is a flow diagram illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 3D, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a measurement method, which may be performed by a terminal device. The method may include:

step S3401, third information is sent.

Alternative implementations of this step S3401 may refer to step S2101 of fig. 2, alternative implementations of step S3101 of fig. 3A, and other relevant parts in the embodiments related to fig. 2 and 3A, which are not described herein.

In some embodiments, the embodiment shown in fig. 3D may be combined with the embodiment shown in fig. 3B, and the embodiment shown in fig. 3D may also be combined with the embodiment shown in fig. 3C.

Fig. 4A is a flow diagram illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 4A, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a measurement method, which may be performed by a network device, which may include:

step S4101, obtaining third information.

An alternative implementation of this step S4101 may be referred to as an alternative implementation of step S2101 in fig. 2, and other relevant parts in the embodiment related to fig. 2, which are not described here again.

In some embodiments, the network device may receive the third information transmitted by the network device, but is not limited thereto, and may also receive the third information transmitted by other bodies.

In some embodiments, the network device may obtain third information specified by the protocol.

In some embodiments, the network device may obtain the third information from an upper layer(s).

In some embodiments, the network device may process to obtain the third information.

Step S4102, transmitting configuration information.

Alternative implementations of step S4102 may refer to alternative implementations of step S2102 in fig. 2, and other relevant parts in the embodiment related to fig. 2, which are not described herein.

In some embodiments, the network device may send the configuration information to the terminal device, but is not limited thereto, and may also send the configuration information to other principals.

Step S4103, transmitting the first information.

An alternative implementation of this step S4103 may be referred to as an alternative implementation of step S2103 in fig. 2, and other relevant parts in the embodiment related to fig. 2, which are not described here again.

In some embodiments, the network device may send the first information to the terminal device, but is not limited thereto, and may also send the first information to other subjects.

Step S4104, obtaining second information.

An alternative implementation of this step S4104 may be referred to as an alternative implementation of step S2105 in fig. 2, and other relevant parts in the embodiment related to fig. 2, which are not described here again.

In some embodiments, the network device may receive the second information transmitted by the network device, but is not limited thereto, and may also receive the second information transmitted by other bodies.

In some embodiments, the network device may obtain second information specified by the protocol.

In some embodiments, the network device may obtain the second information from an upper layer(s).

In some embodiments, the network device may process to obtain the second information.

The method according to the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of the above steps S4101 to S4104. For example, step S4101 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, step S4103 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, step S4104 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, step S4102+s4103 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, step S4102+s4104 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, step S4101+s4102+s4103 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, and step S4101+s4102+s4104 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, steps S4101 through S4104 can all be performed in an exchange order or simultaneously. For example, steps S4103, S4104 may be performed in exchange order or simultaneously.

In some embodiments, steps S4101 to S4104 are all optional steps. For example, steps S4101, S4104 are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or substituted in different embodiments. As another example, steps S4101, S4102, S4103 are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

In some embodiments, reference may be made to alternative implementations described before or after the description corresponding to fig. 4A.

Fig. 4B is a flow diagram illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 4B, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a measurement method, which may be performed by a network device, which may include:

step S4201, transmitting the first information.

Alternative implementations of this step S4201 may refer to step S2103 of fig. 2, alternative implementations of step S4103 of fig. 4A, and other relevant parts of the embodiments related to fig. 2 and 4A, which are not described here again.

In some embodiments, the first information includes at least one of:

In some embodiments, the first information is carried by at least one of:

a media access control unit (MAC CE);

downlink control information DCI.

In some embodiments, the network device may also receive third information; the third information includes at least one of:

In some embodiments, the network device may determine that the first number is greater than the second number, send the first information to the terminal device; the first information is used for indicating the terminal equipment to activate a first measurement GAP, the first quantity is the quantity of measurement GAPs which the terminal equipment supports to activate, and the second quantity is the quantity of measurement GAPs which the terminal equipment has activated;

In some embodiments, the network device may determine that the third number is greater than the fourth number, send the first information to the terminal device; the first information is used for indicating the terminal equipment to activate a first measurement GAP, the third number is the number of measurement GAPs which the terminal equipment supports to activate in a first FR, and the fourth number is the number of measurement GAPs which the terminal equipment has activated in the first FR.

In some embodiments, the network device may receive the second information; the second information is used to request activation or deactivation of a second measurement GAP.

In some embodiments, the second information includes at least one of:

a second field; the second field is used for indicating the terminal equipment to activate or deactivate the second measurement GAP

A second identifier; the second identifier is an identifier corresponding to the second measurement GAP.

In some embodiments, the second information is carried by at least one of:

a media access control unit (MAC CE);

uplink control information UCI.

In some embodiments, the network device may send configuration information for configuring the first measurement GAP.

Fig. 4C is a flow diagram illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 4C, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a measurement method, which may be performed by a network device, which may include:

step S4301, transmitting configuration information.

Alternative implementations of step S4301 may refer to step S2102 of fig. 2, alternative implementations of step S4102 of fig. 4A, and other relevant parts in the embodiments related to fig. 2 and 4A, which are not described herein.

Step S4302, the first information is transmitted.

Alternative implementations of step S4302 may refer to step S2103 of fig. 2, alternative implementations of step S4103 of fig. 4A, and other relevant parts of the embodiments related to fig. 2 and 4A, which are not described herein.

In some embodiments, step S4301 and step S4302 described above may be performed in exchange order or simultaneously.

In some embodiments, both step S4301 and step S4302 are optional steps.

Fig. 4D is a flow diagram illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 4D, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a measurement method, which may be performed by a network device, which may include:

Step S4401, acquiring second information.

Alternative implementations of step S4401 may refer to step S2105 of fig. 2, alternative implementations of step S4104 of fig. 4A, and other relevant parts in the embodiments related to fig. 2 and 4A, which are not described herein.

Fig. 4E is a flow diagram illustrating a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 4E, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a measurement method, which may be performed by a network device, which may include:

step S4501, third information is acquired.

Alternative implementations of this step S4501 may refer to step S2101 of fig. 2, alternative implementations of step S4101 of fig. 4A, and other relevant parts in the embodiments related to fig. 2 and 4A, which are not described herein.

Fig. 5 is a flow diagram of a measurement method shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 5, an embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a measurement method, the method including:

in step S5101, the network device transmits first information to the terminal device.

Alternative implementations of this step S5101 may refer to step S2103 of fig. 2, step S3103 of fig. 3A, alternative implementations of step S4103 of fig. 4A, and other relevant parts of the embodiments related to fig. 2, 3A or 4A, which are not described here again.

In some embodiments, the first information may be used to instruct the terminal device to activate or deactivate a first measurement GAP, which may be a measurement GAP configured by the network device to the terminal device;

step S5102, the terminal device activates or deactivates the first measurement GAP.

For example, the terminal device may activate or deactivate the first measured GAP according to the first information.

Alternative implementations of this step S5102 may refer to step S2104 of fig. 2, step S3104 of fig. 3A, and other relevant parts in the embodiments related to fig. 2 and 3A, which are not described herein.

In some embodiments, the method may include the method described in the embodiments of the communication system, the terminal device, the network device, and so on, which are not described herein.

Fig. 6 is a flow diagram of a measurement method shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 6, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a measurement method, which may be performed by a communication system, which may include:

step S6101, the terminal device sends third information.

Wherein the third information may also be referred to as capability indication information or UE capability indication information, the third information may include at least one of the following parameters:

First parameter (UE capability 1): the UE can support the number X of activated measurement gaps in the per FR;

second parameter (UE capability 2): the UE can support the activated measurement gap number Y in the per UE;

wherein Y is equal to or greater than X.

In some embodiments, the terminal device may pass through IE MeasAndMobParameters or IE

Measandmobparametermrdc indicates the above third information, for example, in the following manner:

maxNumberActivatedMeasGap-perFR ENUMERATED{n1,n2,n3,n4} OPTIONAL

maxNumberActivatedMeasGap-perUE ENUMERATED{n1,n2,n3,n4} OPTIONAL

the measurement gap herein includes measurement gaps required in all feature processes, for example, pre-MG, concurrent MG, NCSG, NTN gap, MUSIM gap, ePO gap.

Step S6102, the network device activates or deactivates the measurement GAP of the terminal device.

In some embodiments, the network device may activate or deactivate the measurement GAP of the terminal device according to the third information reported by the terminal device.

For example, the network device may activate or deactivate a measurement GAP (or measurement GAP pattern) by at least one of:

mode 1: a MAC CE command;

mode 2: DCI signaling.

Wherein the activation or deactivation command may include at least the following information:

activating or deactivating the indication information;

the gap ID is measured.

In some embodiments, if the terminal device supports the MUSIM function, the NTN function and the positioning function, and needs to configure the measurement gap to perform corresponding measurements, the network device may configure the MUSIM gap, the NTN gap and the positioning gap for corresponding measurements through RRC signaling, if the terminal device enters into the NTN network coverage area and needs to perform mobility measurements, if these measurements need to measure the gap, the network device may activate the associated measurement gap through MAC CE signaling or DCI signaling. If the terminal merges and completes the measurement or is not in the coverage area of the NTN network, the network equipment can deactivate the associated measurement gap through MAC CE signaling or DCI signaling.

Step S6103, the terminal device sends the second information.

The second information may be measurement gap activation/deactivation indication information, and the terminal device may request activation or deactivation of a certain measurement gap pattern from the network device by, for example:

mode 1: a MAC CE command;

mode 2: UCI signaling

Wherein the activation or deactivation command should include at least the following information:

activating or deactivating the indication information;

the gap ID is measured.

In some embodiments, if the terminal device supports the MUSIM function, the NTN function and the positioning function, and when the measurement gap needs to be configured to perform corresponding measurements, the network device may configure the MUSIM gap, the NTN gap and the positioning gap for corresponding measurements through RRC signaling, if the UE receives a positioning measurement request or needs to perform MUSIM related operations (acquiring a paging of network B, SIB message, co-frequency/inter-frequency measurement, PDCCH/PDSCH and PUCCH/PUSCH reception and transmission), and if these measurements need to measure the gap, the UE may indicate to the network that the associated measurement gap is activated through MAC CE signaling or DCI signaling. If the UE completes the measurement or operation, the UE may indicate to the network to deactivate the associated measurement gap through MAC CE signaling or DCI signaling.

Step S6104, the terminal device activates or deactivates the measurement GAP.

For example, for measurements requiring measurement of Gap, e.g., MUSIM measurement, positioning measurement, the terminal device may perform measurements on associated measurement objects (MO: measurement Object) only when the Gap is in an active state, and not on these associated measurement objects MO if the Gap is in a deactivated state.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication system is provided, which may include a terminal device and a network device, wherein the terminal device may perform the measurement method performed by the terminal device in the foregoing embodiments of the present disclosure; the network device may perform the measurement method performed by the network device in the foregoing embodiments of the present disclosure.

The embodiments of the present disclosure also provide an apparatus for implementing any of the above methods, for example, an apparatus is provided, where the apparatus includes a unit or a module configured to implement each step performed by the terminal device in any of the above methods. For another example, another apparatus is also proposed, which includes a unit or module configured to implement steps performed by a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network function node, a core network device, etc.) in any of the above methods.

It should be understood that the division of each unit or module in the above apparatus is merely a division of a logic function, and may be fully or partially integrated into one physical entity or may be physically separated when actually implemented. Furthermore, units or modules in the apparatus may be implemented in the form of processor-invoked software: the device comprises, for example, a processor, the processor being connected to a memory, the memory having instructions stored therein, the processor invoking the instructions stored in the memory to perform any of the methods or to perform the functions of the units or modules of the device, wherein the processor is, for example, a general purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU) or microprocessor, and the memory is internal to the device or external to the device. Alternatively, the units or modules in the apparatus may be implemented in the form of hardware circuits, and part or all of the functions of the units or modules may be implemented by designing hardware circuits, which may be understood as one or more processors; for example, in one implementation, the hardware circuit is an Application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and the functions of some or all of the units or modules are implemented by designing a logic relationship of elements in the circuit; for another example, in another implementation, the above hardware circuit may be implemented by a programmable logic device (Programmable Logic Device, PLD), for example, a field programmable gate array (Field Programmable Gate Array, FPGA), which may include a large number of logic gates, and the connection relationship between the logic gates is configured by a configuration file, so as to implement the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. All units or modules of the above device may be realized in the form of invoking software by a processor, or in the form of hardware circuits, or in part in the form of invoking software by a processor, and in the rest in the form of hardware circuits.

In the disclosed embodiments, the processor is a circuit with signal processing capabilities, and in one implementation, the processor may be a circuit with instruction reading and running capabilities, such as a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), microprocessor, graphics processor (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) (which may be understood as a microprocessor), or digital signal processor (Digital Signal Processor, DSP), etc.; in another implementation, the processor may implement a function through a logic relationship of hardware circuitry that is fixed or reconfigurable, e.g., a hardware circuit implemented as an Application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a programmable logic device (Programmable Logic Device, PLD), such as an FPGA. In the reconfigurable hardware circuit, the processor loads the configuration document, and the process of implementing the configuration of the hardware circuit may be understood as a process of loading instructions by the processor to implement the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. Furthermore, hardware circuits designed for artificial intelligence may be used, which may be understood as ASICs, such as neural network processing units (Neural Network Processing Unit, NPU), tensor processing units (Tensor Processing Unit, TPU), deep learning processing units (Deep learning Processing Unit, DPU), etc.

Fig. 7A is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 7A, the terminal device 101 may include: at least one of the transceiver module 8101, the processing module 8102, and the like. In some embodiments, the transceiver module 8101 may be configured to receive first information, where the first information is used to instruct the terminal device to activate or deactivate the first measurement GAP; the processing module 8102 may be configured to activate or deactivate the first measurement GAP according to the first information; the first measurement GAP is a measurement GAP configured by the network device for the terminal device.

Optionally, the transceiver module 8101 may be configured to perform at least one of the communication steps (e.g., step S2101, step S2102, step S2103, step S2105, but not limited thereto) performed by the terminal device 101 in any of the above methods, which is not described herein. Optionally, the processing module 8102 may be configured to perform at least one of the other steps (e.g., step S2104, step S2106, but not limited thereto) performed by the terminal device 101 in any of the above methods, which is not described herein.

Fig. 7B is a schematic structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 7B, the network device 102 may include: at least one of a transceiver module 8201, a processing module 8202, and the like. In some embodiments, the transceiver module 8201 is configured to transmit a first message; the first information is used for indicating the terminal equipment to activate or deactivate a first measurement GAP, wherein the first measurement GAP is configured by the network equipment for the terminal equipment. Optionally, the transceiver module 8201 may be configured to perform at least one of the communication steps (e.g., step S2101, step S2102, step S2103, step S2105, but not limited thereto) performed by the network device 102 in any of the above methods, which is not described herein. Optionally, the processing module 8202 may be configured to perform at least one of the other steps performed by the network device 102 in any of the above methods, which is not described herein.

In some embodiments, the transceiver module may include a transmitting module and/or a receiving module, which may be separate or integrated. Alternatively, the transceiver module may be interchangeable with a transceiver.

In some embodiments, the processing module may be a single module or may include multiple sub-modules. Optionally, the plurality of sub-modules perform all or part of the steps required to be performed by the processing module, respectively. Alternatively, the processing module may be interchanged with the processor.

Fig. 8A is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device 9100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication device 9100 may be a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network device, etc.), a terminal device (e.g., a user device, etc.), a chip system, a processor, etc. that supports the network device to implement any of the above methods, or a chip, a chip system, a processor, etc. that supports the terminal device to implement any of the above methods. The communication device 9100 may be used to implement the methods described in the above method embodiments, and specific reference may be made to the description in the above method embodiments.

As shown in fig. 8A, the communication device 9100 includes one or more processors 9101. The processor 9101 may be a general-purpose processor or a special-purpose processor, and may be, for example, a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor may be used to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processor may be used to control communication devices (e.g., base stations, baseband chips, terminal devices, terminal device chips, DUs or CUs, etc.), execute programs, and process data for the programs. The communication device 9100 is configured to perform any of the above methods.

In some embodiments, communication device 9100 also includes one or more memories 9102 for storing instructions. Alternatively, all or part of the memory 9102 may be external to the communication device 9100.

In some embodiments, the communication device 9100 further comprises one or more transceivers 9103. When the communication device 9100 includes one or more transceivers 9103, the transceivers 9103 perform at least one of the communication steps (e.g., but not limited to, step S2101, step S2102, step S2103, step S2105) of the above-described method, and the transceiver 9101 performs at least one of the other steps (e.g., but not limited to, step S2104, step S2106).

In some embodiments, the transceiver may include a receiver and/or a transmitter, which may be separate or integrated. Alternatively, terms such as transceiver, transceiver unit, transceiver circuit, etc. may be replaced with each other, terms such as transmitter, transmitter circuit, etc. may be replaced with each other, and terms such as receiver, receiving unit, receiver, receiving circuit, etc. may be replaced with each other.

In some embodiments, the communication device 9100 can include one or more interface circuits. Optionally, interface circuitry is coupled to memory 9102, which may be used to receive signals from memory 9102 or other devices, and may be used to transmit signals to memory 9102 or other devices. For example, the interface circuit may read instructions stored in the memory 9102 and send the instructions to the processor 9101.

The communication device 9100 in the above embodiment description may be a network device or a terminal device, but the scope of the communication device 9100 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device 9100 may not be limited by fig. 8A. The communication device may be a stand-alone device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be: 1) A stand-alone integrated circuit IC, or chip, or a system-on-a-chip or subsystem; (2) A set of one or more ICs, optionally including storage means for storing data, programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a Modem (Modem); (4) modules that may be embedded within other devices; (5) A receiver, a terminal device, an intelligent terminal device, a cellular phone, a wireless device, a handset, a mobile unit, a vehicle-mounted device, a network device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligent device, and the like; (6) others, and so on.

Fig. 8B is a schematic structural diagram of a chip 9200 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. For the case where the communication device 9100 may be a chip or a chip system, a schematic structural diagram of the chip 9200 shown in fig. 8B may be referred to, but is not limited thereto.

The chip 9200 includes one or more processors 9201, the chip 9200 being configured to perform any of the methods described above.

In some embodiments, the chip 9200 further includes one or more interface circuits 9203. Optionally, an interface circuit 9203 is connected to the memory 9202, the interface circuit 9203 may be used to receive signals from the memory 9202 or other devices, and the interface circuit 9203 may be used to transmit signals to the memory 9202 or other devices. For example, the interface circuit 9203 may read an instruction stored in the memory 9202 and transmit the instruction to the processor 9201.

In some embodiments, the interface circuit 9203 performs at least one of the communication steps (e.g., but not limited to, step S2101, step S2102, step S2103, step S2105) of the above method, and the processor 9201 performs at least one of the other steps (e.g., but not limited to, step S2104, step S2106).

In some embodiments, the terms interface circuit, interface, transceiver pin, transceiver, etc. may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, the chip 9200 further includes one or more memories 9202 for storing instructions. Alternatively, all or part of the memory 9202 may be external to the chip 9200.

The disclosed embodiments also provide a storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed on the communication device 9100, cause the communication device 9100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the storage medium is an electronic storage medium. Alternatively, the storage medium described above is a computer-readable storage medium, but is not limited thereto, and it may be a storage medium readable by other devices. Alternatively, the above-described storage medium may be a non-transitory (non-transitory) storage medium, but is not limited thereto, and it may also be a transitory storage medium.

The disclosed embodiments also propose a program product which, when executed by the communication device 9100, causes the communication device 9100 to perform any of the above methods. Alternatively, the program product may be a computer program product.

The disclosed embodiments also propose computer programs, which when run on a computer, cause the computer to carry out any of the above methods.

Claims

1. A method of measurement, the method comprising:

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

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first information is carried by at least one of:

a media access control unit (MAC CE);

downlink control information DCI.

4. A method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising:

Transmitting third information; the third information includes at least one of:

5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein said activating or deactivating a first measured GAP according to said first information comprises at least one of:

6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising:

and sending second information, wherein the second information is used for requesting to activate or deactivate the second measurement GAP.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the second information comprises at least one of:

8. The method according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the second information is carried by at least one of:

a media access control unit (MAC CE);

uplink control information UCI.

9. The method according to any one of claims 6 to 8, further comprising at least one of:

10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, further comprising:

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the configuration information is carried via a radio resource control, RRC, message.

12. A method of measurement, the method comprising:

and sending first information, wherein the first information is used for indicating the terminal equipment to activate or deactivate the first measuring interval GAP.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the first information comprises at least one of:

14. The method according to claim 12 or 13, wherein the first information is carried by at least one of:

a media access control unit (MAC CE);

downlink control information DCI.

15. The method according to any one of claims 12 to 14, further comprising:

receiving third information, the third information comprising at least one of:

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the sending the first information to the terminal device comprises at least one of:

17. The method according to any one of claims 12 to 16, further comprising:

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the second information comprises at least one of:

19. The method according to claim 17 or 18, wherein the second information is carried by at least one of:

a media access control unit (MAC CE);

uplink control information UCI.

20. The method according to any one of claims 17 to 19, further comprising:

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the configuration information is carried via a radio resource control, RRC, message.

22. A method of measurement, the method comprising:

23. A terminal device, comprising:

a transceiver module configured to receive first information, the first information being used to instruct a terminal device to activate or deactivate a first measurement GAP;

24. A network device, comprising:

25. A terminal device, comprising:

one or more processors;

wherein the terminal device is adapted to perform the measurement method of any one of claims 1 to 11.

26. A network device, comprising:

one or more processors;

wherein the network device is adapted to perform the measurement method of any one of claims 12 to 21.

27. A communication system, characterized in that the communication system comprises a terminal device configured to implement the measurement method of any of claims 1 to 11 and a network device configured to implement the measurement method of any of claims 12 to 21.

28. A storage medium storing instructions that, when executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform the measurement method of any one of claims 1 to 11 or 12 to 21.