CN117999755A

CN117999755A - Information reporting method and device, terminal equipment, base station, storage medium and chip

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Publication number: CN117999755A
Application number: CN202280002590.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 郭胜祥
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-07-08
Filing date: 2022-07-08
Publication date: 2024-05-07
Also published as: WO2024007332A1

Abstract

An information reporting method, an information reporting device, a terminal device, a base station, a storage medium and a chip, wherein the method comprises the following steps: uplink handover capability information is acquired and the uplink handover capability information is sent to the base station, wherein the uplink handover capability information comprises a plurality of identification bits corresponding to a plurality of frequency band combinations supported by the terminal equipment, and the value of the identification bits is used for indicating that the corresponding frequency band combinations support uplink handover capability or do not support uplink handover capability. By the method, the reporting efficiency of the uplink switching capability is improved.

Description

Information reporting method and device, terminal equipment, base station, storage medium and chip

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular, to an information reporting method, an information reporting device, a terminal device, a base station, a storage medium and a chip.

Background

In 5G communication technology, an uplink switching function (Uplink Tx Switching) is introduced from R16, which is used to improve uplink transmission performance of the uplink frequency band (band) combination and SUL (Supplementary Uplink, supplemental uplink, also referred to as super uplink). In which the SUL technology can provide a supplementary uplink (generally in a low frequency band), and the uplink switching function can switch the uplink of the terminal device between a high frequency and a low frequency, by which the uplink coverage of the UE can be ensured.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to overcome the problems in the related art, the present disclosure provides an information reporting method, an information reporting device, a terminal device, a base station, a computer readable storage medium, and a chip.

According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an information reporting method, applied to a terminal device, the method including:

acquiring uplink switching capability information, wherein the uplink switching capability information comprises a plurality of identification bits corresponding to a plurality of frequency band combinations supported by the terminal equipment, and the values of the identification bits are used for indicating that the corresponding frequency band combinations support uplink switching capability or do not support uplink switching capability;

and sending the uplink switching capability information to a base station.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an information reporting method, applied to a base station, the method including:

And receiving uplink switching capability information sent by the terminal equipment, wherein the uplink switching capability information comprises a plurality of identification bits corresponding to a plurality of frequency band combinations supported by the terminal equipment, and the value of the identification bits is used for indicating that the corresponding frequency band combinations support uplink switching capability or do not support uplink switching capability.

According to a third aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an information reporting apparatus, applied to a terminal device, the apparatus including:

And a communication module configured to send uplink handover capability information to the base station, wherein the uplink handover capability information comprises a plurality of identification bits corresponding to a plurality of frequency band combinations supported by the terminal equipment, and the value of the identification bits is used for indicating that the corresponding frequency band combinations support uplink handover capability or do not support uplink handover capability.

According to a fourth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an information reporting apparatus, applied to a base station, the apparatus including:

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

A processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to: and executing the executable instructions to implement the steps of the information reporting method provided in any one of the first aspects.

According to a sixth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a base station, comprising:

A processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

Wherein the processor is configured to: the steps of the information reporting method provided in any one of the second aspects are implemented when the executable instructions are executed.

According to a seventh aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer program instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the information reporting method provided in any one of the first aspects, or which, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the information reporting method provided in the second aspect.

According to an eighth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a chip comprising a processor and an interface; the processor is configured to read instructions to perform the steps of the information reporting method provided in any one of the first aspects, or the processor is configured to read instructions to perform the steps of the information reporting method provided in the second aspect.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can comprise the following beneficial effects:

In the above technical solution, uplink handover capability information is acquired and the uplink handover capability information is sent to the base station, where the uplink handover capability information includes a plurality of identification bits corresponding to a plurality of frequency band combinations supported by the terminal device, and a value of the identification bits is used to indicate that the corresponding frequency band combination supports uplink handover capability or does not support uplink handover capability. Through the technical scheme, the terminal equipment can report whether the uplink switching capability is supported by various frequency band combinations to the base station through a plurality of identification bits in one reporting process, and the reporting efficiency of the uplink switching capability can be improved.

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

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

FIG. 1 is a flow chart illustrating a method of reporting information according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart illustrating another information reporting method according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating another information reporting method according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating another information reporting method according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating another information reporting method according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating another information reporting method according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating another information reporting method according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of an information reporting device, according to an example embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of another information reporting apparatus, shown according to an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 10 is a block diagram of a terminal device according to an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 11 is a block diagram of a base station, according to an example embodiment.

Detailed Description

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

It is understood that the term "plurality" in this disclosure means two or more, and other adjectives are similar thereto. "and/or", describes an association relationship of an association object, and indicates that there may be three relationships, for example, a and/or B, and may indicate: a exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone. The character "/" generally indicates that the context-dependent object is an "or" relationship. The singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

It is further understood that the terms "first," "second," and the like are used to describe various information, but such information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another and do not denote a particular order or importance. Indeed, the expressions "first", "second", etc. may be used entirely interchangeably. For example, a first bitmap may also be referred to as a second bitmap, and similarly, a second bitmap may also be referred to as a first bitmap, without departing from the scope of the present disclosure.

It will be further understood that although operations are depicted in the drawings in a particular order, this should not be understood as requiring that such operations be performed in the particular order shown or in sequential order, or that all illustrated operations be performed, to achieve desirable results. In certain circumstances, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous.

It should be noted that, all actions of acquiring signals, information or data in the present application are performed under the condition of conforming to the corresponding data protection rule policy of the country of the location and obtaining the authorization given by the owner of the corresponding device.

Before introducing the information reporting method provided by the present disclosure, first, a scenario involved in the method is described. Various embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to fifth generation mobile communication technology (5 th Generation Mobile Communication Technology, abbreviated as 5G communication technology) and to other communication technologies that may support uplink handover functionality, such as evolution technology subsequent to the 5G communication technology.

In conventional communication technologies, a Cell generally includes an uplink carrier (uplink carrier) and a downlink carrier (downlink carrier), where the uplink carrier and the downlink carrier are in the same frequency band (frequency band). In the 5G communication technology, frequency points of the frequency band are relatively high, such as millimeter waves, and the higher the frequency band is, the larger the signal transmission loss is, so the transmission power of the terminal device is usually limited, which may cause uplink coverage of the terminal device to be limited. Accordingly, SUL technology has been proposed from R16 (Release 16), which is used to improve uplink transmission performance of SUL and uplink band combinations such as EN-DC (E-UTRA/NR Dual connectivity), UL CA (Uplink Carrier Aggregation ), where E-UTRA is evolved UMTS terrestrial Radio Access (Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access), NR is New air interface (New Radio), and UMTS is universal mobile telecommunication system (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System). SUL technology can be through providing a supplementary uplink, generally be in the low frequency band as the low frequency carrier, the frequency point of low frequency carrier is lower, and signal loss is less, can guarantee terminal equipment's uplink coverage. The uplink switching function can switch the uplink of the terminal device between a high frequency carrier and a low frequency carrier, for example: when the uplink coverage of the high-frequency carrier is insufficient, switching to the low-frequency carrier to improve the coverage capability; when coverage is sufficient, high-rate is achieved with high-frequency carrier large bandwidth and Multiple-In Multiple-Out (Multiple-In Multiple-Out). The terminal device may be a UE (User Equipment), including but not limited to supporting the above 5G communication technology: cell phone, tablet computer, smart wearable device, smart television, etc.

In the related art, a terminal device supporting an uplink switching function generally reports which two frequency bands support the uplink switching function to a base station, but in the current standard, only two frequency bands are supported at a time, and the reporting efficiency of the reporting mode is lower for a terminal device supporting uplink switching on a plurality of frequency bands. In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present disclosure provides an information reporting method, and the information reporting method provided by the present disclosure is described below.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart of an information reporting method according to an exemplary embodiment, and as shown in fig. 1, the information reporting method is used in a terminal device, and includes the following steps.

In step S11, uplink handover capability information is acquired, where the uplink handover capability information includes a plurality of identification bits corresponding to a plurality of frequency band combinations supported by the terminal device, and a value of the identification bits is used to indicate that the corresponding frequency band combination supports uplink handover capability or does not support uplink handover capability.

For example, the uplink handover capability information may include a first bitmap including a plurality of identification bits corresponding to the plurality of frequency band combinations. Wherein:

The method comprises the steps that under the condition that the value of the identification bit is a first numerical value, the identification bit is used for indicating that the frequency band combination corresponding to the identification bit supports uplink switching capability; and when the value of the identification bit is a second value, the identification bit is used for indicating that the frequency band combination corresponding to the identification bit does not support uplink switching capability.

For example, the bitmap is a bitmap, the identification bits in the bitmap may be bit (bits) bits, and the bit value may be 1 or 0, so the first value may be 1, and the second value may be 0. If the uplink frequency band supported by the terminal equipment comprises m frequency bands, the size of the bitmap (the identification bit number) can be determined byTo determine. For example, the uplink frequency band supported by the terminal device includes: 0 band, 1 band, 2 band, 3 band, 4 band, then m equals 5, according toIt may be determined that there are 10 frequency band combinations in total, and the first bitmap may correspondingly set 10 identification bits, where values of the 10 identification bits respectively correspond to the 10 frequency band combinations, and assume that the frequency band combinations corresponding to the 10 identification bits are as follows:

Bit 0 indicates: 0,1 frequency band; bit 1 indicates: 0,2 frequency band; bit 2 indicates: 0,3 frequency bands; bit 3 indicates: 0,4 frequency band; bit 4 indicates: 1,2 frequency bands; bit 5 indicates: 1,3 frequency bands; bit 6 indicates: 1,4 frequency bands; bit 7 indicates: 2,3 frequency bands; bit 8 indicates: 2,4 frequency bands; bit 9 indicates: the 3,4 frequency band, wherein 0-4 represents the frequency band identification, which may be a frequency band index (or referred to as a frequency band index number), for example, "0,1 frequency band" represents a frequency band combination of a frequency band with a frequency band index of 0 and a frequency band with a frequency band index of 1, and "0,2 frequency band" represents a frequency band combination of a frequency band with a frequency band index of 0 and a frequency band with a frequency band index of 2, and other frequency band combinations are legal.

Assume that the first bitmap is represented as: bitmap 1= (1,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0), according to the value of Bitmap1 at bits 0, 3 and 6 being 1, the Bitmap1 may indicate three frequency bands, namely 0,1 frequency band, 0,4 frequency band, and 1,4 frequency band, to combine uplink switching capability.

In step S12, the uplink switching capability information is transmitted to the base station.

After receiving the uplink switching capability information sent by the terminal equipment, the base station can determine which frequency band combinations of the terminal equipment support the uplink switching capability according to the indication of the plurality of identification bits.

In the above technical solution, the terminal device sends uplink handover capability information to the base station, where the uplink handover capability information includes a plurality of identification bits corresponding to a plurality of frequency band combinations supported by the terminal device, and a value of the identification bit is used to indicate that the corresponding frequency band combination supports uplink handover capability or does not support uplink handover capability. Through the technical scheme, the terminal equipment can report whether the uplink switching capability is supported by various frequency band combinations to the base station through a plurality of identification bits in one reporting process, and the reporting efficiency of the uplink switching capability can be improved.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart of another information reporting method according to an exemplary embodiment, and as shown in fig. 2, the information reporting method is used in a terminal device, and includes the following steps.

In step S21, uplink handover capability information including a plurality of identification bits corresponding to a plurality of frequency band combinations supported by the terminal device and handover period information is acquired.

The value of the identification bit is used to indicate that the corresponding frequency band combination supports uplink switching capability or does not support uplink switching capability, and according to the method that the multiple identification bits indicate which of multiple frequency band combinations supported by the terminal device supports uplink switching capability, the content in step S21 may be referred to, and will not be repeated. It may be understood that when the terminal device reports the frequency band combination supporting the uplink switching capability to the base station, the terminal device may also report switching period information, where the switching period information is used to indicate a switching period of a target frequency band combination in the multiple frequency band combinations, and the target frequency band combination is a frequency band combination supporting the uplink switching capability.

Optionally, in an embodiment, the switching period information includes a plurality of switching periods corresponding to a plurality of target frequency band combinations, and the ordering of the plurality of switching periods in the switching period information corresponds to the order of the bits of the identification bits corresponding to the plurality of frequency band combinations in the plurality of identification bits. Taking n frequency band combinations supporting uplink switching capability as an example, n periods are correspondingly reported by the first bitmap, the sequence of the reported n periods is consistent with the indication sequence of the first bitmap, namely the bit order of the identification bit with the value of 1 in the first bitmap, and the identification bit corresponds to the frequency band combinations one by one, so that the sequence of the n periods can be determined.

Illustratively, the first bitmap is expressed as: as an example, bitmap 1= (1,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0), since the values of bits 0,3 and 6 of Bitmap1 are 1, the Bitmap1 can indicate 0,1 band, 0,4 band, and three band combinations of 1,4 band, which have uplink switching capability. Assuming that T1 represents a switching period on the 0,1 frequency band, T2 represents a switching period on the 0,4 frequency band, and T3 represents a switching period on the 1,4 frequency band, in this case, the switching period information includes three switching periods corresponding to three frequency band combinations of 0,2 frequency band, 0,4 frequency band, and 1,4 frequency band, and the order of the three switching periods in the switching period information corresponds to the order of the bits of the identification bits corresponding to the three frequency band combinations in Bitmap1, the switching period information can be expressed as: (T1, T2, T3).

In step S22, the uplink switching capability information is transmitted to the base station.

After the terminal device reports the switching period information to the base station, the base station can determine the uplink switching capability of the combination of the 0,2 frequency band, 0,4 frequency band and 1,4 frequency band in the terminal device according to the switching period sequence in (T1, T2 and T3) and Bitmap1, and the switching periods are respectively T1, T2 and T3.

Or in another possible implementation, a combination identifier may be set for a frequency band combination with uplink switching capability, and for example, the combination identifier may be set in order of bits of an identification bit corresponding to the frequency band combination. For example, the 1 st, 3rd and 6 th bit values of Bitmap1 are 1, by which Bitmap1 can indicate that three frequency band combinations of 0,2 frequency band, 0,4 frequency band and 1,4 frequency band have uplink switching capability, then the three frequency band combinations of 0,2 frequency band, 0,4 frequency band and 1,4 frequency band are respectively numbered as frequency band combination 1, frequency band combination 3 and frequency band combination 6, so that the period of the frequency band combination having uplink switching capability can be reported to the base station together with the number of the frequency band combination.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating another information reporting method according to an exemplary embodiment, and as shown in fig. 3, the information reporting method is used in a terminal device, and includes the following steps.

In step S31, uplink switching capability information including a plurality of identification bits corresponding to a plurality of frequency band combinations supported by the terminal device, and downlink interruption instruction information is acquired.

The value of the identification bit is used to indicate that the corresponding frequency band combination supports uplink switching capability or does not support uplink switching capability, and according to the method that the multiple identification bits indicate which of multiple frequency band combinations supported by the terminal device supports uplink switching capability, the content in step S21 may be referred to, and will not be repeated. It can be understood that when the terminal device reports the frequency band combination supporting the uplink switching capability to the base station, it may also report downlink interruption indication information, where the downlink interruption indication information is used to indicate a frequency band where a downlink interruption is located in a target frequency band combination in the multiple frequency band combinations, where the target frequency band combination is a frequency band combination supporting the uplink switching capability.

Optionally, in an embodiment, the downlink outage indication information includes a plurality of frequency band indexes corresponding to a plurality of target frequency band combinations, and the order of the plurality of frequency band indexes in the outage indication information corresponds to the order of the identification bits corresponding to the plurality of frequency band combinations in the plurality of identification bits. Taking n frequency band combinations supporting uplink switching capability as an example, n frequency band indexes are correspondingly reported by the first bitmap, the reported sequence of the n frequency band indexes is consistent with the indication sequence of the first bitmap, namely the bit order of the identification bit with the value of 1 in the first bitmap, and the identification bit corresponds to the frequency band combinations one by one, so that the sequence of the n frequency band indexes can be determined.

Illustratively, the first bitmap is expressed as: as an example, bitmap 1= (1,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0), since the values of bits 0, 3 and 6 of Bitmap1 are 1, the Bitmap1 can indicate 0,1 band, 0,4 band, and three band combinations of 1,4 band, which have uplink switching capability. The frequency band where the downlink interruption of the 0,1 frequency band is located is assumed to be 0 frequency band, the frequency band where the downlink interruption of the 0,4 frequency band is located is 4 frequency band, and the frequency band where the downlink interruption of the 1,4 frequency band is located is 1 frequency band. According to the indication sequence of the combination of the three frequency bands of 0,1 frequency band, 0,4 frequency band and 1,4 frequency band in the Bitmap1, the downlink interruption indication information can be expressed as: band index (0,4,1), band index is 0,4,1, and is sequentially used to indicate that the frequency band where the downlink interrupt of the 0,1 frequency band is located is 0 frequency band (the band index of the frequency band where the downlink interrupt is located can be understood as 0), the frequency band where the downlink interrupt of the 0,4 frequency band is located is 4 frequency band, and the frequency band where the downlink interrupt of the 1,4 frequency band is located is 1 frequency band.

Optionally, in another embodiment, the downlink outage indication information includes a second bitmap, where the second bitmap includes a plurality of identification bits corresponding to the plurality of target frequency band combinations; wherein:

The method comprises the steps that under the condition that the value of an identification bit is a first numerical value, the identification bit is used for indicating a frequency band with a larger frequency band index in two frequency bands of a frequency band combination corresponding to the identification bit, and the frequency band is a frequency band where downlink interruption is located; and under the condition that the value of the identification bit is a second numerical value, the identification bit is used for indicating the frequency band with smaller frequency band index in the two frequency bands of the frequency band combination corresponding to the identification bit as the frequency band where the downlink interrupt is positioned. The frequency band where the downlink is interrupted can be understood as a frequency band combination including two frequency bands, and when the two frequency bands are switched.

It will be appreciated that if the first bitmap reports n frequency band combinations supporting uplink handover capability, the second bitmap may correspondingly include n identification bits, where the n identification bits of the second bitmap are in one-to-one correspondence with the n frequency band combinations supporting uplink handover capability. The first value may be 1, the second value may be 0, and the frequency band where the downlink is interrupted.

Illustratively, the first bitmap is expressed as: as an example of Bitmap 1= (1,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0), from the values of bits 0, 3 and 6 of Bitmap1 being 1, bitmap1 indicates the 0,1 band, 0,4 band, and three band combinations of 1,4 band have uplink switching capability. Accordingly, the second bitmap may be represented as: bitmap 2= (0, 1, 0), wherein 0,1,0 in Bitmap2 corresponds to 0,1 frequency band, 0,4 frequency band and 1,4 frequency band respectively in sequence, and the first bit in Bitmap2 is equal to 0 to indicate the frequency band with smaller band index in 0,1 frequency band, namely, the 0 frequency band is the frequency band where the downlink interrupt is located (when the 0 frequency band and the 1 frequency band are switched); the second bit in Bitmap2 being equal to 1 indicates a band index larger frequency band in 0,4 frequency bands, i.e. 4 frequency bands are frequency bands where downlink interruption is located (when switching between 0 frequency band and 4 frequency band); the third bit in Bitmap2 is equal to 0, which indicates the frequency band with smaller band index in the 1,4 frequency bands, that is, the 1 frequency band is the frequency band where the downlink interrupt is located (when the 1 frequency band and the 4 frequency band are switched).

In step S32, the uplink switching capability information is transmitted to the base station.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating another information reporting method according to an exemplary embodiment, and as shown in fig. 4, the information reporting method is used in a terminal device, and includes the following steps.

In step S41, uplink switching capability information including a plurality of identification bits corresponding to a plurality of frequency band combinations supported by the terminal device, switching period information, and downlink interruption instruction information is acquired.

The plurality of identification bits may be in the form of a bitmap, and according to the method of indicating which of the plurality of frequency band combinations supported by the terminal device supports the uplink switching capability by the plurality of identification bits of the bitmap, the content described in step S21 may be referred to, the switching period information may be referred to step S31, and the downlink interruption indication information may be referred to step S41, which is not repeated.

In step S42, the uplink switching capability information is transmitted to the base station.

After the terminal equipment reports the switching period information to the base station, the base station can determine which frequency band combinations of the terminal equipment support uplink switching according to the uplink switching capability information, and determine the switching period of the frequency band combinations and the frequency band where the downlink interruption is located when each frequency band combination in the frequency band combinations is switched.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart of another information reporting method according to an exemplary embodiment, and as shown in fig. 5, the information reporting method is used in a terminal device, and includes the following steps.

In step S51, the plurality of frequency band combinations are configured.

Wherein the band combination comprises two bands.

In step S52, frequency band combination configuration information is generated according to the plurality of frequency band combinations, where the frequency band combination configuration information carries the uplink switching capability information.

The uplink switching capability information may include a plurality of identification bits corresponding to a plurality of frequency band combinations supported by the terminal device, switching period information and downlink interruption indication information. The plurality of identification bits may be in the form of a bitmap, and according to the method of indicating which of the plurality of frequency band combinations supported by the terminal device supports the uplink switching capability by the plurality of identification bits of the bitmap, the content described in step S21 may be referred to, the switching period information may be referred to step S31, and the downlink interruption indication information may be referred to step S41, which is not repeated.

In step S53, the band combination configuration information carrying the uplink switching capability information is transmitted to the base station.

It can be understood that, after the terminal device completes the configuration of multiple frequency band combinations, the uplink switching capability information is carried by the frequency band combination configuration information, so that the uplink switching capability information is reported to the base station while the frequency band combination configuration information is reported to the base station.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating another information reporting method according to an exemplary embodiment, which is used in a base station, as shown in fig. 6, and includes the following steps.

In step S61, uplink switching capability information sent by the terminal device is received, where the uplink switching capability information includes a plurality of identification bits corresponding to a plurality of frequency band combinations supported by the terminal device, and a value of the identification bit is used to indicate that the corresponding frequency band combination supports uplink switching capability or does not support uplink switching capability.

The uplink switching capability information sent by the terminal device may refer to the content described in step S11, which is not described herein. After receiving the uplink switching capability information sent by the terminal equipment, the base station can determine which frequency band combinations of the terminal equipment support the uplink switching capability according to the indication of the plurality of identification bits.

Optionally, the uplink switching capability information includes a first bitmap, where the first bitmap includes a plurality of identification bits corresponding to a plurality of frequency band combinations;

The method comprises the steps that under the condition that the value of the identification bit is a first numerical value, the identification bit is used for indicating that the frequency band combination corresponding to the identification bit supports uplink switching capability;

And when the value of the identification bit is a second value, the identification bit is used for indicating that the frequency band combination corresponding to the identification bit does not support uplink switching capability.

Optionally, the uplink handover capability information further includes: switching period information;

The switching period information is used for indicating a switching period of a target frequency band combination in the plurality of frequency band combinations, wherein the target frequency band combination is a frequency band combination supporting uplink switching capability.

Optionally, the switching period information includes a plurality of switching periods corresponding to a plurality of target frequency band combinations, and the sequence of the plurality of switching periods in the switching period information corresponds to the order of the identification bits corresponding to the plurality of frequency band combinations in the plurality of identification bits.

Optionally, the uplink handover capability information further includes: downlink interrupt indication information;

The downlink interruption indication information is used for indicating a frequency band where a downlink interruption is located in a target frequency band combination in the plurality of frequency band combinations, wherein the target frequency band combination is a frequency band combination supporting uplink switching capability.

Optionally, the downlink outage indication information includes a plurality of frequency band indexes corresponding to a plurality of target frequency band combinations, and the order of the plurality of frequency band indexes in the outage indication information corresponds to the order of the identification bits corresponding to the plurality of frequency band combinations in the plurality of identification bits.

Optionally, the downlink interruption indication information includes a second bitmap, where the second bitmap includes a plurality of identification bits corresponding to the plurality of target frequency band combinations;

The method comprises the steps that under the condition that the value of the identification bit is a first numerical value, the identification bit is used for indicating a frequency band with a larger frequency band index in two frequency bands of a frequency band combination corresponding to the identification bit, and the frequency band is a frequency band where downlink interruption is located;

And under the condition that the value of the identification bit is a second numerical value, the identification bit is used for indicating the frequency band with smaller frequency band index in the two frequency bands of the frequency band combination corresponding to the identification bit as the frequency band where the downlink interrupt is positioned.

Optionally, the uplink switching capability information sent by the receiving terminal device in step S61 may include: and receiving the frequency band combination configuration information carrying the uplink switching capability information, which is sent by the terminal equipment, wherein the frequency band combination configuration information is generated after the terminal equipment configures the plurality of frequency band combinations.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating another information reporting method according to an exemplary embodiment, which is used in a base station, as shown in fig. 7, and includes the following steps.

In step S71, the terminal device configures the plurality of frequency band combinations.

Wherein the band combination comprises two bands.

In step S72, the terminal device generates frequency band combination configuration information according to the multiple frequency band combinations, where the frequency band combination configuration information carries the uplink switching capability information.

The uplink switching capability information comprises a plurality of identification bits corresponding to a plurality of frequency band combinations supported by the terminal equipment, switching period information and downlink interruption indication information.

In step S73, the terminal device transmits the band combination configuration information carrying the uplink switching capability information to the base station.

The steps S71 to S73 may refer to the steps S51 to S53 described above, and will not be described again.

In step S74, the base station receives uplink switching capability information transmitted by the terminal device.

The information reporting method described in any of the above fig. 1 to 7 is applicable to CA (carrier aggregation), DC (double link), EN-DC (E-UTRA/NR DC), MR-DC (Multiple Radio DC, multiple wireless double link), and the like.

Fig. 8 is a block diagram illustrating an information reporting apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment. Referring to fig. 8, the information reporting apparatus 800 is applied to a terminal device, and the information reporting apparatus 800 includes a processing module 801 and a transmitting module 802.

A processing module 801 configured to obtain uplink handover capability information, where the uplink handover capability information includes a plurality of identification bits corresponding to a plurality of frequency band combinations supported by the terminal device, and a value of the identification bits is used to indicate that the corresponding frequency band combination supports uplink handover capability or does not support uplink handover capability;

A sending module 802, configured to send uplink handover capability information to a base station, where the uplink handover capability information includes a plurality of identification bits corresponding to a plurality of frequency band combinations supported by the terminal device, where a value of the identification bits is used to indicate that the corresponding frequency band combination supports uplink handover capability or does not support uplink handover capability.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

A configuration module configured to configure the plurality of frequency band combinations, the frequency band combinations including two frequency bands;

And the generating module is configured to generate frequency band combination configuration information according to the plurality of frequency band combinations, wherein the frequency band combination configuration information carries the uplink switching capability information.

Optionally, the sending module is configured to:

and sending the frequency band combination configuration information carrying the uplink switching capability information to the base station.

Fig. 9 is a block diagram illustrating another information reporting apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment. Referring to fig. 9, the information reporting apparatus 900 is applied to a base station, and the information reporting apparatus 900 may include a receiving module 901.

A receiving module 901, configured to receive uplink handover capability information sent by a terminal device, where the uplink handover capability information includes a plurality of identification bits corresponding to a plurality of frequency band combinations supported by the terminal device, where a value of the identification bit is used to indicate that the corresponding frequency band combination supports uplink handover capability or does not support uplink handover capability.

Optionally, the receiving module 901 is configured to:

And receiving the frequency band combination configuration information carrying the uplink switching capability information, which is sent by the terminal equipment, wherein the frequency band combination configuration information is generated after the terminal equipment configures the plurality of frequency band combinations.

The specific manner in which the various modules perform the operations in the apparatus of the above embodiments have been described in detail in connection with the embodiments of the method, and will not be described in detail herein.

The present disclosure also provides a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer program instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the information reporting method provided by the present disclosure.

Fig. 10 is a block diagram of a terminal device according to an exemplary embodiment. For example, terminal device 1000 can be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, an exercise device, a personal digital assistant, a wearable device, and the like.

Referring to fig. 10, the terminal device 1000 can include one or more of the following components: a first processing component 1010, a first memory 1020, and a first communication component 1030.

The first processing component 1010 generally controls overall operation of the terminal device 1000, such as operations associated with display, telephone call, data communication, camera operation, and recording operation. The first processing component 1010 may include one or more processors 1011 to execute instructions to perform all or part of the steps of the information reporting methods described above. Further, the first processing component 1010 may include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between the first processing component 1010 and other components.

The first memory 1020 is configured to store various types of data to support operations at the terminal device 1000. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on terminal device 1000, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, video, and the like. The first memory 1020 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or non-volatile memory devices such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disk.

The first communication component 1030 is configured to facilitate communication between the terminal device 1000 and other devices, either wired or wireless. Terminal device 1000 can access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi,2G, 3G, 4G, or 5G, or a combination thereof. In one exemplary embodiment, the first communication component 1030 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the first communication component 1030 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, terminal device 1000 can be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), digital Signal Processors (DSPs), digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, or other electronic elements for executing the information reporting methods described above.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium is also provided, such as a first memory 1020, comprising instructions executable by the processor 1011 of the terminal device 1000 to perform the above information reporting method. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be ROM, random Access Memory (RAM), CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, etc.

The apparatus may be a stand-alone electronic device or may be part of a stand-alone electronic device, for example, in one embodiment, the apparatus may be an integrated circuit (INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, IC) or a chip, where the integrated circuit may be an IC or may be a collection of ICs; the chip may include, but is not limited to, the following: GPU (Graphics Processing Unit, graphics Processor), CPU (Central Processing Unit ), FPGA (Field Programmable GATE ARRAY, programmable logic array), DSP (DIGITAL SIGNAL Processor ), ASIC (Application SPECIFIC INTEGRATED Circuit), SOC (System on Chip, SOC, system on Chip or System on Chip), and the like. The integrated circuit or the chip may be configured to execute executable instructions (or codes) to implement the information reporting method described above. The executable instructions may be stored on the integrated circuit or chip or may be retrieved from another device or apparatus, such as the integrated circuit or chip including a processor, memory, and interface for communicating with other devices. The executable instructions may be stored in the memory, which when executed by the processor implement the information reporting method described above; or the integrated circuit or the chip can receive the executable instruction through the interface and transmit the executable instruction to the processor for execution so as to realize the information reporting method.

In another exemplary embodiment, a computer program product is also provided, comprising a computer program executable by a programmable apparatus, the computer program having code portions for performing the above-described information reporting method when executed by the programmable apparatus.

Fig. 11 is a block diagram of a base station, according to an example embodiment. Referring to fig. 11, a base station 1100 includes a second processing component 1110 that further includes one or more processors and memory resources represented by a second memory 1120 for storing instructions, such as applications, executable by the second processing component 1110. The application program stored in the second memory 1120 may include one or more modules each corresponding to a set of instructions. In addition, the second processing component 1110 is configured to execute instructions to perform the information reporting method described above.

The base station 1100 may also include a second communication component 1130, the second communication component 1130 being configured to access the base station 1100 to a network based on a communication standard. Optionally, the base station 1100 may also include an input/output interface 1140.

It should be noted that, the Base station 1100 may be a Base station applied to a 5G communication technology, and illustratively, the Base station may use a BBU (Base Band Unit) plus AAU (ACTIVE ANTENNA Unit )/RRU (Remote Radio Unit, remote radio Unit) architecture, or may use a CU (central Unit control Unit) and DU (Distributed Unit distribution Unit) plus AAU/RRU architecture. The CU and the DU are baseband equipment and are used for processing all functions of the 5G baseband protocol, and the BBU integrates all baseband processing functions of the CU and the DU. The AAU/RRU is mainly used for converting between a baseband digital signal and a radio frequency analog signal and receiving and transmitting the radio frequency signal. It should be noted that the structure of the base station 1100 is exemplary, and the base station 1100 may include fewer or more modules according to actual needs.

The present disclosure also provides a communication system including a base station, and one or more terminal devices; in one implementation manner, the terminal device may include the information reporting apparatus 800, and the base station may include the information reporting apparatus 900; or the terminal device may be the terminal device 1000 described above and the base station may be the base station 1100 described above.

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

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

Claims

An information reporting method, which is characterized by being applied to a terminal device, comprises the following steps:

acquiring uplink switching capability information, wherein the uplink switching capability information comprises a plurality of identification bits corresponding to a plurality of frequency band combinations supported by the terminal equipment, and the values of the identification bits are used for indicating that the corresponding frequency band combinations support uplink switching capability or do not support uplink switching capability;

and sending the uplink switching capability information to a base station.
The method of claim 1, wherein the uplink handover capability information includes a first bitmap, and the first bitmap includes a plurality of identification bits corresponding to a plurality of frequency band combinations;

The method comprises the steps that under the condition that the value of the identification bit is a first numerical value, the identification bit is used for indicating that the frequency band combination corresponding to the identification bit supports uplink switching capability;

And under the condition that the value of the identification bit is a second numerical value, the identification bit is used for indicating that the frequency band combination corresponding to the identification bit does not support uplink switching capability.
The method of claim 1, wherein the uplink handover capability information further comprises: switching period information;

The switching period information is used for indicating a switching period of a target frequency band combination in the plurality of frequency band combinations, wherein the target frequency band combination is a frequency band combination supporting uplink switching capability.
The method of claim 3, wherein the switching period information includes a plurality of switching periods corresponding to a plurality of target frequency band combinations, and wherein an ordering of the plurality of switching periods in the switching period information corresponds to a rank order of identification bits corresponding to the plurality of frequency band combinations among the plurality of identification bits.
The method of claim 1, wherein the uplink handover capability information further comprises: downlink interrupt indication information;

The downlink interruption indication information is used for indicating a frequency band where downlink interruption is located in a target frequency band combination in the multiple frequency band combinations, wherein the target frequency band combination is a frequency band combination supporting uplink switching capability.
The method of claim 5, wherein the downlink outage indication information includes a plurality of frequency band indexes corresponding to a plurality of target frequency band combinations, and wherein the ordering of the plurality of frequency band indexes in the outage indication information corresponds to a rank order of identification bits corresponding to the plurality of frequency band combinations in the plurality of identification bits.
The method of claim 5, wherein the downlink outage indication information comprises a second bitmap comprising a plurality of identification bits corresponding to the plurality of target frequency band combinations;

The method comprises the steps that under the condition that the value of the identification bit is a first numerical value, the identification bit is used for indicating a frequency band with a larger frequency band index in two frequency bands of a frequency band combination corresponding to the identification bit, and the frequency band is a frequency band where downlink interruption is located;

And under the condition that the value of the identification bit is a second numerical value, the identification bit is used for indicating the frequency band with smaller frequency band index in the two frequency bands of the frequency band combination corresponding to the identification bit as the frequency band where the downlink interrupt is positioned.
The method according to any one of claims 1-7, further comprising:

Configuring the plurality of frequency band combinations, wherein the frequency band combinations comprise two frequency bands;

Generating frequency band combination configuration information according to the plurality of frequency band combinations, wherein the frequency band combination configuration information carries the uplink switching capability information.
The method of claim 8, wherein the sending the uplink handover capability information to the base station comprises:

and sending the frequency band combination configuration information carrying the uplink switching capability information to the base station.
An information reporting method, which is characterized by being applied to a base station, comprises the following steps:

And receiving uplink switching capability information sent by the terminal equipment, wherein the uplink switching capability information comprises a plurality of identification bits corresponding to a plurality of frequency band combinations supported by the terminal equipment, and the value of the identification bits is used for indicating that the corresponding frequency band combinations support uplink switching capability or do not support uplink switching capability.
The method of claim 10, wherein the uplink handover capability information includes a first bitmap, and the first bitmap includes a plurality of identification bits corresponding to a plurality of frequency band combinations;

The method comprises the steps that under the condition that the value of the identification bit is a first numerical value, the identification bit is used for indicating that the frequency band combination corresponding to the identification bit supports uplink switching capability;

And under the condition that the value of the identification bit is a second numerical value, the identification bit is used for indicating that the frequency band combination corresponding to the identification bit does not support uplink switching capability.
The method of claim 10, wherein the uplink handover capability information further comprises: switching period information;

The switching period information is used for indicating a switching period of a target frequency band combination in the plurality of frequency band combinations, wherein the target frequency band combination is a frequency band combination supporting uplink switching capability.
The method of claim 12, wherein the switching period information includes a plurality of switching periods corresponding to a plurality of target frequency band combinations, and wherein the ordering of the plurality of switching periods in the switching period information corresponds to a rank order of identification bits corresponding to the plurality of frequency band combinations among the plurality of identification bits.
The method of claim 10, wherein the uplink handover capability information further comprises: downlink interrupt indication information;

The downlink interruption indication information is used for indicating a frequency band where downlink interruption is located in a target frequency band combination in the multiple frequency band combinations, wherein the target frequency band combination is a frequency band combination supporting uplink switching capability.
The method of claim 14, wherein the downlink outage indication information includes a plurality of frequency band indexes corresponding to a plurality of target frequency band combinations, and wherein the ordering of the plurality of frequency band indexes in the outage indication information corresponds to a rank order of identification bits corresponding to the plurality of frequency band combinations in the plurality of identification bits.
The method of claim 14, wherein the downlink outage indication information comprises a second bitmap comprising a plurality of identification bits corresponding to the plurality of target frequency band combinations;

The method comprises the steps that under the condition that the value of the identification bit is a first numerical value, the identification bit is used for indicating a frequency band with a larger frequency band index in two frequency bands of a frequency band combination corresponding to the identification bit, and the frequency band is a frequency band where downlink interruption is located;

And under the condition that the value of the identification bit is a second numerical value, the identification bit is used for indicating the frequency band with smaller frequency band index in the two frequency bands of the frequency band combination corresponding to the identification bit as the frequency band where the downlink interrupt is positioned.
The method according to any of claims 10-16, wherein the receiving uplink handover capability information sent by the terminal device comprises:

And receiving frequency band combination configuration information carrying the uplink switching capability information, which is sent by the terminal equipment, wherein the frequency band combination configuration information is generated after the terminal equipment configures the plurality of frequency band combinations.
An information reporting apparatus, applied to a terminal device, the apparatus comprising:

A processing module configured to acquire uplink handover capability information, where the uplink handover capability information includes a plurality of identification bits corresponding to a plurality of frequency band combinations supported by the terminal device, and a value of the identification bits is used to indicate that the corresponding frequency band combination supports uplink handover capability or does not support uplink handover capability;

And a transmitting module configured to transmit uplink handover capability information to the base station, wherein the uplink handover capability information includes a plurality of identification bits corresponding to a plurality of frequency band combinations supported by the terminal device, and a value of the identification bits is used for indicating that the corresponding frequency band combination supports uplink handover capability or does not support uplink handover capability.
An information reporting apparatus, applied to a base station, comprising:

And the receiving module is configured to receive uplink switching capability information sent by the terminal equipment, wherein the uplink switching capability information comprises a plurality of identification bits corresponding to a plurality of frequency band combinations supported by the terminal equipment, and the value of the identification bits is used for indicating that the corresponding frequency band combinations support uplink switching capability or do not support uplink switching capability.
A terminal device, comprising:

A processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to: the steps of the method of any one of claims 1 to 9 are carried out when said executable instructions are executed.
A base station, comprising:

A processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

Wherein the processor is configured to: the executable instructions, when executed, implement the steps of the method of any one of claims 10-17.
A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer program instructions, which when executed by a processor perform the steps of the method according to any of claims 1 to 9 or which when executed by a processor perform the steps of the method according to any of claims 10 to 17.
A chip, comprising a processor and an interface; the processor being adapted to read instructions to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 9 or the processor being adapted to read instructions to perform the method of any of claims 10 to 17.