CN118140515A

CN118140515A - Wireless communication method, terminal device and network device

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Publication number: CN118140515A
Application number: CN202180103546.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张晋瑜; 胡荣贻
Original assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Priority date: 2021-12-31
Filing date: 2021-12-31
Publication date: 2024-06-04
Also published as: WO2023123477A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a wireless communication method, terminal equipment and network equipment, wherein the method comprises the following steps: receiving configuration information sent by network equipment, wherein the configuration information is used for configuring a first measurement object MO corresponding to a plurality of synchronous signals and/or physical broadcast channel block measurement timing configuration SMTC; when the first MO is measured based on a first SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs, it is determined whether to use a measurement interval MG. The method provided by the application can judge whether the MG is required to measure according to one MO corresponding to a plurality of SMTCs, and further can improve the system performance.

Description

Wireless communication method, terminal device and network device

Technical Field

The embodiment of the application relates to the field of communication, and more particularly relates to a wireless communication method, terminal equipment and network equipment.

Background

In a terrestrial cellular network, a Measurement object (Measurement object, MO) corresponds to a synchronization signal and/or physical broadcast channel block Measurement timing configuration (SS/PBCH block Measurement timing configuration, SMTC) and a Measurement Gap (MG). When determining the measurement time required by the MO, if the MO is the MO which needs to be measured by using the MG, determining the measurement time required by measuring the MO based on the period of the SMTC included by the MO and the period of the MG used by the MO; if the MO is an MO that does not require measurement using the MG, the measurement time required for measuring the MO is determined based on the period of SMTC included in the MO.

However, in a Non-terrestrial network (Non-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK, NTN), one MO is allowed to correspond to a plurality of SMTCs and a plurality of MGs, and thus, in determining a measurement time required for measuring the MO, a measurement-related scheme in a terrestrial cellular network is not applicable to NTN. For example, since only one SMTC is considered by one MO in the terrestrial cellular network, it may be directly determined whether to consider the period of the MG based on whether the MO is the MO that needs to be measured using the MG, but since NTN allows one MO to correspond to a plurality of SMTCs and a plurality of MGs, there is no related technical solution in the art for how to determine whether to use the MG for one MO that corresponds to a plurality of SMTCs and a plurality of MGs.

Therefore, there is a need in the art for a solution for NTN determination of whether MG is used.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a wireless communication method, terminal equipment and network equipment, which judge whether measurement is needed by an MG or not according to each of a plurality of SMTC corresponding to one MO, and are further beneficial to calculating the measurement time of the MO and improving the system performance.

In a first aspect, the present application provides a wireless communication method, comprising:

Receiving configuration information sent by network equipment, wherein the configuration information is used for configuring a first measurement object MO corresponding to a plurality of synchronous signals and/or physical broadcast channel block measurement timing configuration SMTC;

When the first MO is measured based on a first SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs, it is determined whether to use a measurement interval MG.

In a second aspect, the present application provides a wireless communication method, comprising:

Transmitting configuration information to a terminal device, wherein the configuration information is used for configuring a first measurement object MO corresponding to a plurality of synchronous signals and/or physical broadcast channel block measurement timing configuration SMTC;

In a third aspect, the present application provides a terminal device for performing the method of the first aspect or each implementation manner thereof. Specifically, the terminal device includes a functional module for executing the method in the first aspect or each implementation manner thereof.

In one implementation, the terminal device may include a processing unit for performing functions related to information processing. For example, the processing unit may be a processor.

In one implementation, the terminal device may include a transmitting unit and/or a receiving unit. The transmitting unit is configured to perform a function related to transmission, and the receiving unit is configured to perform a function related to reception. For example, the transmitting unit may be a transmitter or a transmitter and the receiving unit may be a receiver or a receiver. For another example, the terminal device is a communication chip, the sending unit may be an input circuit or an interface of the communication chip, and the sending unit may be an output circuit or an interface of the communication chip.

In a fourth aspect, the present application provides a network device for performing the method of the second aspect or implementations thereof. In particular, the network device comprises functional modules for performing the method of the second aspect or implementations thereof described above.

In one implementation, the network device may include a processing unit to perform functions related to information processing. For example, the processing unit may be a processor.

In one implementation, the network device may include a transmitting unit and/or a receiving unit. The transmitting unit is configured to perform a function related to transmission, and the receiving unit is configured to perform a function related to reception. For example, the transmitting unit may be a transmitter or a transmitter and the receiving unit may be a receiver or a receiver. For another example, the network device is a communication chip, the receiving unit may be an input circuit or an interface of the communication chip, and the transmitting unit may be an output circuit or an interface of the communication chip.

In a fifth aspect, the present application provides a terminal device comprising a processor and a memory. The memory is configured to store a computer program, and the processor is configured to invoke and execute the computer program stored in the memory, so as to perform the method in the first aspect or each implementation manner thereof.

In one implementation, the processor is one or more and the memory is one or more.

In one implementation, the memory may be integrated with the processor or separate from the processor.

In one implementation, the terminal device further includes a transmitter (transmitter) and a receiver (receiver).

In a sixth aspect, the present application provides a network device comprising a processor and a memory. The memory is used for storing a computer program, and the processor is used for calling and running the computer program stored in the memory to execute the method in the second aspect or various implementation manners thereof.

In one implementation, the network device further includes a transmitter (transmitter) and a receiver (receiver).

In a seventh aspect, the present application provides a chip for implementing the method in any one of the first to second aspects or each implementation thereof. Specifically, the chip includes: a processor for calling and running a computer program from a memory, causing a device on which the chip is mounted to perform the method as in any one of the first to second aspects or implementations thereof described above.

In an eighth aspect, the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of the above first to second aspects or implementations thereof.

In a ninth aspect, the present application provides a computer program product comprising computer program instructions for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of the first to second aspects or implementations thereof.

In a tenth aspect, the present application provides a computer program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of any one of the first to second aspects or implementations thereof.

Based on the above technical solution, when the terminal device measures the first MO based on a first SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs included in the first MO, it is determined whether to use MG, which is equivalent to whether the terminal device refines the granularity of using MG from the first MO to SMTCs included in the first MO, that is, the application can determine whether to measure MG for each SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs corresponding to one MO, thereby being beneficial to calculating the measurement time of the MO and improving the system performance.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is an example of a system framework of an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a plurality of SMTCs provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of a wireless communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 4 is another schematic flow chart of a wireless communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 5 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a network device provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 7 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 8 is a schematic block diagram of a chip provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 1, communication system 100 may include a terminal device 110 and a network device 120. Network device 120 may communicate with terminal device 110 over the air interface. Multi-service transmission is supported between terminal device 110 and network device 120.

It should be understood that embodiments of the present application are illustrated by way of example only with respect to communication system 100, and embodiments of the present application are not limited thereto. That is, the technical solution of the embodiment of the present application may be applied to various communication systems, for example: long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE) system, LTE time division duplex (Time Division Duplex, TDD), universal mobile telecommunications system (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System, UMTS), internet of things (Internet of Things, ioT) system, narrowband internet of things (Narrow Band Internet of Things, NB-IoT) system, enhanced machine type communications (ENHANCED MACHINE-Type Communications, eMTC) system, 5G communication system (also referred to as New Radio (NR) communication system), or future communication system, etc.

In the communication system 100 shown in fig. 1, the network device 120 may be an access network device in communication with the terminal device 110. The access network device may provide communication coverage for a particular geographic area and may communicate with terminal devices 110 (e.g., UEs) located within the coverage area.

The network device 120 may be an evolved base station (Evolutional Node B, eNB or eNodeB) in a long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE) system, or a next generation radio access network (Next Generation Radio Access Network, NG RAN) device, or a base station (gNB) in a NR system, or a radio controller in a cloud radio access network (Cloud Radio Access Network, CRAN), or the network device 120 may be a relay station, an access point, a vehicle device, a wearable device, a hub, a switch, a bridge, a router, or a network device in a future evolved public land mobile network (Public Land Mobile Network, PLMN), etc.

Terminal device 110 may be any terminal device including, but not limited to, a terminal device that employs a wired or wireless connection with network device 120 or other terminal devices.

For example, the terminal device 110 may refer to an access terminal, user Equipment (UE), subscriber unit, subscriber station, mobile station, remote terminal, mobile device, user terminal, wireless communication device, user agent, or User Equipment. An access terminal may be a cellular telephone, a cordless telephone, a session initiation protocol (Session Initiation Protocol, SIP) phone, an IoT device, a satellite handset, a wireless local loop (Wireless Local Loop, WLL) station, a Personal digital assistant (Personal DIGITAL ASSISTANT, PDA), a handset with wireless communication capabilities, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, an in-vehicle device, a wearable device, a terminal device in a 5G network or a terminal device in a future evolution network, etc.

The terminal Device 110 may be used for Device-to-Device (D2D) communication.

The wireless communication system 100 may further comprise a core network device 130 in communication with the base station, which core network device 130 may be a 5G core,5gc device, e.g. an access and mobility management function (ACCESS AND Mobility Management Function, AMF), further e.g. an authentication server function (Authentication Server Function, AUSF), further e.g. a user plane function (User Plane Function, UPF), further e.g. a session management function (Session Management Function, SMF). Optionally, the Core network device 130 may also be a packet Core evolution (Evolved Packet Core, EPC) device of the LTE network, for example, a session management function+a data gateway (Session Management Function +core PACKET GATEWAY, SMF +pgw-C) device of the Core network. It should be appreciated that SMF+PGW-C may perform the functions performed by both SMF and PGW-C. In the network evolution process, the core network device may also call other names, or form new network entities by dividing the functions of the core network, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

Communication may also be achieved by establishing connections between various functional units in the communication system 100 through a next generation Network (NG) interface.

For example, the terminal device establishes an air interface connection with the access network device through an NR interface, and is used for transmitting user plane data and control plane signaling; the terminal equipment can establish control plane signaling connection with AMF through NG interface 1 (N1 for short); an access network device, such as a next generation radio access base station (gNB), can establish a user plane data connection with a UPF through an NG interface 3 (N3 for short); the access network equipment can establish control plane signaling connection with AMF through NG interface 2 (N2 for short); the UPF can establish control plane signaling connection with the SMF through an NG interface 4 (N4 for short); the UPF can interact user plane data with the data network through an NG interface 6 (N6 for short); the AMF may establish a control plane signaling connection with the SMF through NG interface 11 (N11 for short); the SMF may establish a control plane signaling connection with the PCF via NG interface 7 (N7 for short).

Fig. 1 exemplarily illustrates one base station, one core network device, and two terminal devices, alternatively, the wireless communication system 100 may include a plurality of base station devices and each base station may include other number of terminal devices within a coverage area, which is not limited by the embodiment of the present application.

It should be understood that devices having communication functions in the network/system according to the embodiments of the present application may be referred to as communication devices. Taking the communication system 100 shown in fig. 1 as an example, the communication device may include a network device 120 and a terminal device 110 with communication functions, where the network device 120 and the terminal device 110 may be the devices described above, and are not described herein again; the communication device may also include other devices in the communication system 100, such as a network controller, a mobility management entity, and other network entities, which are not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

It should be understood that the terms "system" and "network" are used interchangeably herein. The term "and/or" is herein merely an association relationship describing an associated object, meaning that there may be three relationships, e.g., a and/or B, may represent: a exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the front and rear associated objects are an "or" relationship.

It should also be understood that "corresponding" mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may mean that there is a direct correspondence or an indirect correspondence between the two, may mean that there is an association between the two, and may also be a relationship between an instruction and an indicated, configured, or the like. It should also be understood that "predefined" or "predefined rules" mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented by pre-storing corresponding codes, tables or other manners in which related information may be indicated in devices (including, for example, terminal devices and network devices), and the present application is not limited to the specific implementation thereof. Such as predefined may refer to what is defined in the protocol. It should be further understood that, in the embodiment of the present application, the "protocol" may refer to a standard protocol in the field of communications, and may include, for example, an LTE protocol, an NR protocol, and related protocols applied in a future communication system, which is not limited by the present application.

In a terrestrial cellular network, a Measurement object (Measurement object, MO) determines a Measurement time index according to a synchronization signal and/or physical broadcast channel block Measurement timing configuration (SS/PBCH block Measurement timing configuration, SMTC) and a Measurement Gap (MG). When determining the measurement time required by the MO, if the MO is the MO which needs to be measured by using the MG, determining the measurement time required by measuring the MO based on the period of the SMTC included by the MO and the period of the MG used by the MO; if the MO is an MO that does not require measurement using the MG, the measurement time required for measuring the MO is determined based on the period of SMTC included in the MO.

However, in Non-terrestrial networks (Non-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK, NTN), different satellites are at different orbital heights, locations, etc., resulting in a large difference in propagation time between the terminal device and the satellite. From the point of view of the terminal device, it is likely that the reference signal SSB received from the cell of the other satellite deviates greatly from the SSB timing of the serving cell and cannot be processed through the same SMTC window.

Thus, NTN needs to support configuring multiple SMTCs with different time domain offsets on the same MO.

As shown in fig. 2, SMTC 1 and SMTC 2 are configured on the same MO, SSB of cell 1 may be measured based on SMTC 1, and SSB of cell 2 may be measured based on SMTC 2. Wherein the period of SMTC 1 is 40ms, the offset is 0ms, and the duration is 5ms; SMTC 2 has a period of 40ms, an offset of 10ms, and a duration of 5ms.

To facilitate understanding of the solution provided by the present application, SMTC configured in the NTN network is described below.

One or more SMTC configurations (one or more SMTC configuration(s) associated to one frequency can be configured) associated with one frequency may be configured. SMTC configurations may be associated with a set of cells (e.g., any suitable set of cells )(The SMTC configuration can be associated with a set of cells(e.g.,per satellite or any other suitable set per gNB determination)). determined per satellite or per gNB may enable multiple SMTC configurations by introducing different new offsets in addition to the conventional SMTC configuration) (The multiple SMTC configurations are enabled by introducing different new offsets in addition to the legacy SMTC configuration).

In an MO with the same SSB frequency, the maximum number of SMTC configurations can be 4 (The specific maximum number of SMTC configuration in one measurement object with the same SSB Frequency can be 4).

In NTN, where the UE needs to report assistance information (which may be configured by the NW or may be dependent on the requirements of the NW) to the NW to assist the NW in calculating the SMTC configuration and/or offset of the measurement interval configuration, the NW is supported for the NW based on the solution that the final SMTC and/or measurement interval configuration is generated by the NW in the NTN and provided to the given UE (based on the propagation delay difference )(In NTN,NW-based solution is supported,i.e.the final SMTC/measurement gap configuration is generated and provided by NW in NTN to a given UE(based on the propagation delay difference between at least one target cell and the serving cell of a given UE)). between at least one target cell of the given UE and the serving cell of the given UE further (In NTN,it is necessary of the UE to report assistant information to the NW(which can be configured by NW or upon NW's request)to assist NW calculating the offset for SMTC/GAP configurations).

The UE may configure multiple SMTCs per carrier. But while multiple SMTCs are configured, it is limited to network configurations or UE implementations, only a portion of which can be used at a time. It is further investigated whether the UE can only be used partly or fully in parallel, in which case the further investigation can be implemented based on network configuration or UE (For Further Study,FFS)(FFS if the UE can use only a partial set or all of them in parallel,and in case FFS whether based on network configuration or UE implementation).

A related scheme for radio resource management (Radio Resource Management, RRM) measurement by a terminal device in a radio resource control (Radio Resource Control, RRC) connected state is described below.

RRM measurements include on-frequency measurements and off-frequency measurements, which can be further divided into measurements without MG (without MG) and measurements with MG (with MG), where the measurements without MG mainly take SMTC periods into account; whereas measurements using MG need to take into account synchronization signals and/or physical broadcast channel block measurement timing configurations (SS/PBCH block measurement timing configuration, SMTC) and measurement interval repetition periods (Measurement Gap Repetition Period, MGRP).

It should be understood that the measurement interval to which the present application relates may refer to: the network equipment and the UE agree on a period of time special for measurement, and in the period of time, the network equipment is already agreed to not require the UE to transmit and receive, so the UE can concentrate on measurement and does not need to transmit and receive data; essentially, MG is a mechanism that performs data transmission and reception and mobility measurement time sharing. Since the frequency point to be measured configured at the network equipment side is not necessarily within the current working bandwidth of the UE, the relationship between mobility measurement and data transmission and reception needs to be coordinated in mobility measurement. The methods that the UE may use if it is to perform measurements on frequency points outside the operating bandwidth include the following two: first kind: if the UE does not have an idle Radio Frequency (RF) channel, the UE may perform measurements by adjusting parameters (e.g., center frequency, bandwidth, etc.) of an operating RF channel. And after the measurement is completed, RF CHANNEL is adjusted back to the parameters before the measurement to continue data transmission and reception. Second kind: if the UE currently has an idle radio frequency channel (RF CHANNEL), the UE may use the idle radio frequency channel to make measurements. For the first method, the UE cannot perform the original data transmission and reception during the period from the time of adjusting the radio frequency channel (RF CHANNEL) parameters to the time of measuring and then to the time of adjusting back the original radio frequency channel parameters. For the second method: the software and hardware capabilities of the UE are relied upon because a complete radio frequency channel requires the support of a complete set of resources such as radio frequency, baseband, software protocol stack, etc., and the number of radio frequency channels supported by the UE is very limited for cost reasons.

Furthermore, the frequency ranges of 5 GNRs are defined as different FR: FR1 and FR2. Wherein the FR1 corresponding frequency band range includes 450MHz-6000MHz, also referred to as sub-6GHz frequency band) and the FR2 corresponding frequency band range includes 24250MHz-52600MHz, also referred to as above-6GHz or millimeter wave frequency band).

MO can be classified into the following 4 types based on whether MG is used: the same frequency does not use MG (Intra-frequency without MG), the same frequency uses MG (Intra-frequency with MG), the different frequency uses MG (Inter-frequency with MG), and the different frequency does not use MG (Inter-frequency without MG). The calculation methods of the measurement time of these 4 types of MO will be described below with reference to tables 1 to 4, respectively. Table 1 may refer to standard protocol 38, taking as an example the measurement time of the same-frequency PSS/SSS detection in the FR1 band (i.e. Table 9.2.6.2-1 in protocol 38.133), and may be adaptively modified for other measurement types. Table 1 corresponds to Table 9.2.5.1-1 in protocol 38.133, which indicates that the same frequency of the FR1 band does not use the PSS/SSS detection of MG, table 2 corresponds to Table 9.2.6.2-1 in protocol 38.133, which indicates that the same frequency of the FR1 band uses the PSS/SSS detection of MG, table 3 corresponds to Table 9.3.4-1 in protocol 38.133, which indicates that the different frequency of the FR1 band uses the PSS/SSS detection of MG, and Table 4 corresponds to Table 9.3.9.1-1 in protocol 38.133, which indicates that the different frequency of the FR1 band does not use the PSS/SSS detection of MG. Of course, the application can also be applied to other measurement types, and correspondingly, tables 1 to 4 can be adjusted and then can be used as tables corresponding to other measurement types.

TABLE 1

As shown in table 1, for an MO that does not use MG (Intra-frequency without MG) for the same frequency, a corresponding formula may be selected based on the DRX cycle to determine the measurement period of the MO.

Where K _p is a scaling factor that considers the SMTC and MG time domain overlap cases. Illustratively, when the on-channel SMTC does not overlap the measurement interval at all or when ,K _p＝1(When intra-frequency SMTC is fully non overlapping with measurement gaps or intra-frequency SMTC is fully overlapping with MGs,K _p＝1). on-channel SMTC overlaps the measurement interval at all overlaps the measurement interval at least partially, K _p =1/(1- (period of SMTC/MGRP)), where the SMTC period is less than MGRP(When intra-frequency SMTC is partially overlapping with measurement gaps,K _p＝1/(1-(SMTC period/MGRP)),where SMTC period<MGRP). for the calculation of K _p, if SMTC2 higher layer signaling is configured, the SMTC period corresponds to the value of higher layer parameter SMTC2 for the cell indicated in the pc i-List parameter in SMTC 2; for other cells, the SMTC period corresponds to the value of the higher layer parameter SMTC1 (For calculation of Kp,if the high layer signalling of smtc2 is configured,for cells indicated in the pci-List parameter in smtc2,the SMTC periodicity corresponds to the value of higher layer parameter smtc2;for the other cells,the SMTC periodicity corresponds to the value of higher layer parameter smtc1).

TABLE 2

As shown in table 2, for an MO using MG (Intra-frequency with MG) for the same frequency, a corresponding formula may be selected based on the DRX cycle to determine the measurement period of the MO.

TABLE 3 Table 3

As shown in table 3, for the MO using MG (Inter-frequency with MG) for different frequencies, the measurement period of the MO may be determined based on the DRX cycle selection corresponding formula.

TABLE 4 Table 4

As shown in table 4, for the MO that does not use MG (Inter-frequency without MG) for different frequencies, the measurement period of the MO may be determined based on the DRX cycle selection corresponding formula.

CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter referred to in tables 1 to 4 above are explained below.

The manner of determination of CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter may include a manner of determination inside the MG (witin MG) and a manner of determination outside the MG (outside MG).

For L3RRM measurements, it may be determined which way to determine CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter by the following rules:

For example, for a measurement object (Measurement Object, MO) of the same frequency SSB, which may not require an MG, a determination outside the MG is adopted when the SMTC associated therewith does not coincide at all with the MG timing (occasin); when the related SMTC is partially overlapped with the MG timing, a determination mode outside the MG is adopted; when the SMTC associated with the method is completely coincident with the MG timing, a determination method in the MG is adopted.

For an MO that is SSB at the same frequency and may require an MG, for example, only the determination within the MG can be used, i.e. the SMTC-MG relationship is no longer considered.

Illustratively, for inter-frequency SSB, when the UE supports 16 versions of the non-spaced inter-frequency measurement (interFrequencyMeas-Nogap-r 16) capability and the network device indicates 16 versions of the non-spaced inter-frequency measurement configuration (interFrequencyConfig-NoGap-r 16) parameters, and the inter-frequency SSB is within the active Bandwidth Part (BWP), the UE has the capability of inter-frequency measurement of the frequency SSB outside the MG (outide MG). Further, the manner in which CSSF _inter is determined may be determined based on SMTC versus MG.

For instance, for a MO that is SSB at different frequencies and may not require MG, when the SMTC associated therewith is completely misaligned with MG and satisfies the conditions interFrequencyMeas-NoGap-r16 and interFrequencyConfig-NoGap-r16 described above, a determination is made outside of MG; when the related SMTC is partially overlapped with MG occalation, for the UE supporting CA capability, and the conditions interFrequencyMeas-NoGap-r16 and interFrequencyConfig-NoGap-r16 are met, a determination mode outside the MG is adopted; when the related SMTC is completely overlapped with the MG, a determination mode in the MG is adopted; for different frequency SSBs, and MOs of the MG may be required, only the determination in the MG can be employed.

Illustratively, it may be directly clear in the protocol that the frequency band, combination of frequency bands or MO need MG or not.

Illustratively, the CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter is calculated by counting the number of MOs in the MG. The CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter is calculated from the statistically measured number of carriers in a deterministic manner outside the MG. CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter calculated using a deterministic approach inside the MG is referred to as CSSF _{within_gap,i}, and CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter calculated using a deterministic approach outside the MG is referred to as CSSF _{outside_gap,i}. The calculations of CSSF _{outside_gap,i} and CSSF _{within_gap,i} are illustrated below.

The network may illustratively allocate the ratio of the common frequency to the different frequencies measured within the MG by a parameter MEASGAPSHARINGSCHEME.

If MEASGAPSHARINGSCHEME is equal sharing/average allocation (If measGapSharingScheme is equal sharing),CSSF _{within_gap,i}＝max(ceil(R _i×M _tot,i,j)),where j＝0…(160/MGRP)-1.

If MEASGAPSHARINGSCHEME is not equally shared (IF MEASGAPSHARINGSCHEME IS not equal sharing), the measurement object i is the co-frequency measurement object, CSSF _{within_gap,i} is ceil (R _i×K _intra×M _intra,i,j) with maximum value (measurement object i is an intra-frequency measurement object,CSSF _{within_gap,i} is the maximum among)： in M _inter,i,j +.0 interval in the subsequent multiple MG occasions, where j＝0…(160/MGRP)-1),CSSF _{within_gap,i,j}＝(ceil(R _i×K _intra×M _intra,i,j)in gaps where M _inter,i,j≠0,where j＝0…(160/MGRP)-1); is ceil (R _i×M _intra,i,j) in M _inter,i,j = 0 interval, where j＝0…(160/MGRP)-1),CSSF _{within_gap,i,j}＝(ceil(R _i×M _intra,i,j)in gaps where M _inter,i,j＝0,where j＝0…(160/MGRP)-1). measurement object i is a different frequency or different RAT measurement object or NR PRS measurement on any positioning frequency layer, CSSF _{within_gap,i} is ceil (R _i×K _inter×M _inter,i,j) with maximum value (measurement object i is an inter-frequency or inter-RAT measurement object or NR PRS measurement on any one positioning frequency layer,CSSF _{within_gap,i} is the maximum among)： in M _intra,i,j +.0 interval, where j = 0 … (160/MGRP) -1 (ceil (R _i×K _inter×M _inter,i,j)in gaps where M _intra,i,j +.0, where j = 0 … (160/MGRP) -1), and ceil (R _i×M _inter,i,j) in M _intra,i,j = 0 interval where j = 0 … (160/MGRP) -1).

Wherein R _i is the maximum ratio of the number of measurement intervals in which the measurement object i is a candidate to be measured to the number of measurement intervals in which the measurement object i is a candidate and which are not used for the above-mentioned long-period measurement (Where R _i is the maximal ratio of the number of measurement gap where measurement object i is a candidate to be measured over the number of measurement gap where measurement object i is a candidate and not used for a long-periodicity measurement defined above).

M _intra,i,j: the number of objects is measured at the same frequency.

Illustratively, M _intra,i,j is the number of candidates for CO-frequency measurement in interval occasion j, including SSB, CSI-RS and RSSI/CO based measurements, where measurement object i is also a candidate. Otherwise, M _intra,i,j is equal to 0.(Number of intra-frequency measurement objects,including both SSB,CSI-RS based and RSSI/CO measurements,which are candidates to be measured in gap j where the measurement object i is also a candidate.Otherwise M _intra,i,j equals 0).M _intra,i,j, which represents the number of co-frequency MOs that can be measured in MG opportunity j.

M _inter,i,j number of NR inter-frequency layers.

Illustratively, M _inter,i,j is the number of inter-frequency and inter-system (inter-RAT) measured candidates in the interval occasion j, including at most one positioning frequency layer, RSSI/CO measurement based on SSB and CSI-RS, EUTRA inter-RAT and UTRA inter-RAT frequency layers, where measurement object i is also a candidate, otherwise M _inter,i,j is equal to 0(Number of NR inter-frequency layers including both SSB and CSI-RS based,EUTRA inter-RAT and UTRA inter-RAT frequency layers,up to one positioning frequency layer,RSSI/CO measurements,which are candidates to be measured in gap j where the measurement object i is also a candidate.Otherwise M _inter,i,j equals 0).M _inter,i,j representing the number of inter-frequency MOs that can be measured within MG occasion j.

It should be noted that if the candidate measurement object i is configured with the received signal strength indication measurement timing configuration (RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH Indication measurement timing configuration, RMTC) and SMTC at the same time, and both RMTC and SMTC belong to the candidate measurement objects of the interval timing j, the measurement objects i in M _intra,i,j and M _inter,i,j are counted twice (A measurement object i in M _intra,i,j and in M _inter,i,j is counted twice if the measurement object is configured with both RMTC and SMTC which are candidates to be measured in gap j where the measurement object i is also a candidate)., that is, if one MO is configured with RMTC and SMTC at the same time, statistics of the MOs are required twice.

For example, the manner of calculating CSSF _{outside_gap,i} may include a manner of calculating based on a calculation formula in each scenario. For example, various scenarios include, but are not limited to: a CA scene with only FR1, a CA scene with only FR2 in the same frequency band, a CA scene with only FR2 out of the frequency band, and fr1+fr2ca. Further, CSSF _{outside_gap,i} may be determined by counting the number of measured carriers in each scenario. For example, including the following CSSF _{outside_gap,i}: CSSF _{outside_gap,i}(CSSF _{outside_gap,i} for FR1 PCC), CSSF _{outside_gap,i}(CSSF _{outside_gap,i} for FR2 PCC for FR1SCCCSSF _{outside_gap,i}(CSSF _{outside_gap,i} for FR1 SCC), CSSF _{outside_gap,i}(CSSF _{outside_gap,i} for FR2 SCC where neighbour cell measurement is required for FR2 SCC requiring neighbor cell measurements, CSSF _{outside_gap,i}(CSSF _{outside_gap,i} for FR2 SCC where neighbour cell measurement is not required for FR2 SCC not requiring neighbor cell measurements), CSSF _{outside_gap,i}(CSSF _{outside_gap,i} for inter-frequency MO with no measurement gap for heterogeneous MO without MG.

The manner in which CSSF _{outside_gap,i} is calculated is exemplarily described below in conjunction with table 5.

TABLE 5

As shown in table 5, each carrier may correspond to a different manner for calculating CSSF _{outside_gap,i} in each scenario.

Illustratively, the FR1+FR2 inter-band CA contains Only one FR1 operating band and one FR2 operating band (Only one FR1 operating band and one FR2 operating band are included for FR1+FR2 inter-band CA).

Illustratively, where neighbor cell measurements are required, selection of FR2 SCC follows clause 9.2.3.2 (Selection of FR2 SCC where neighbour cell measurement is required follows clause 9.2.3.2).

Exemplarily, CSSF _{outside_gap,i} =1, if only one SCell is configured and no non-spaced inter-frequency MO is present, and SSB-based L3 measurements are configured on SCC only; CSSF _{outside_gap,i} =2, if only one SCell is configured and no non-spaced inter-frequency MO is present, and SSB-based and CSI-RS-based L3 measurements or CSI-RS-based L3 measurements are configured on SCC only (CSSF _{outside_gap,i}＝1 if only one SCell is configured and no inter-frequency MO without gap and only SSB based L3 measurement is configured on SCC;CSSF _{outside_gap,i}＝2 if only one SCell is configured and no inter-frequency MO without gap and either both SSB and CSI-RS based L3 configured or only CSI-RS based L3 measurement is configured on SCC).

Illustratively, Y is the configured number of different frequency MOs that do not use MGs, and these MOs may be measured outside the MGs by CA-capable UEs; otherwise it is 0(Y is the number of configured inter-frequency MOs without MG that are being measured outside of MG for CA capable UE;otherwise,it is 0).

Illustratively, the FR2 inter-band CA comprises Only two NR FR2 operating bands (Only two NR FR2 operating bands are included for FR inter-band CA).

Illustratively, N _{PCC_CSIRS} = 1, if the PCC is configured with SSB and CSI-RS based L3 or only CSI-RS based L3 measurements; otherwise ,N _{PCC_CSIRS}＝0(N _{PCC_CSIRS}＝1 if PCC is with either both SSB and CSI-RS based L3 configured or only CSI-RS based L3 measurement configured;otherwise,N _{PCC_CSIRS}＝0).

Illustratively, N _{SCC_CSIRS} = number of configured scells, wherein SSB-based and CSI-RS-based L3 measurements or CSI-RS-based L3 measurements only are configured (N _{SCC_CSIRS}＝Number of configured SCell(s)with either both SSB and CSI-RS based L3 measurement configured or only CSI-RS based L3 measurement configured).

Exemplarily, N _{SCC_CSIRS_FR2_NCM} = 1, if FR2 SCC requires neighbor cell measurements, SSB and CSI-RS are configured simultaneously or CSI-RS measurements are configured only; otherwise ,N _{SCC_CSIRS_FR2_NCM}＝0(N _{SCC_CSIRS_FR2_NCM}＝1 if FR2 SCC,where neighbour cell measurement is required,is with either both SSB and CSI-RS configured or only CSI-RS measurement configured;otherwise,N _{SCC_CSIRS_FR2_NCM}＝0).

Illustratively, N _{SCC_SSB} = only the number of configured scells configured based on SSB L3 measurements (N _{SCC_SSB} = Number of configured SCell(s) with only SSB based L3 measurement configured).

Illustratively, N _{PCC_CCA_RSSI/CO} = 1, if PSCC configures the RSSI/CO measurement without MG when RMTC and SMTC overlap; n _{PCC_CCA_RSSI/CO} = 1, when RMTC and SMTC overlap, RSSI/CO measurement is configured without MO number of SCell of MG (N _{PCC_CCA_RSSI/CO}＝1 if PSCC is configured with RSSI/CO measurements without MG when RMTC and SMTC are overlapping;N _{SCC_CCA_RSSI/CO}＝Number of MOs for SCell(s)configured with RSSI/CO measurements without MG when RMTC and SMTC are overlapping.).

In Non-terrestrial networks (Non-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK, NTN), one MO is allowed to correspond to a plurality of SMTCs and a plurality of MGs, and thus measurement-related schemes in terrestrial cellular networks are not applicable to NTN when determining the measurement time required for measuring an MO. For example, since only one SMTC is considered by one MO in the terrestrial cellular network, it may be directly determined whether to consider the period of the MG based on whether the MO is the MO that needs to be measured using the MG, but since NTN allows one MO to correspond to a plurality of SMTCs and a plurality of MGs, there is no related technical solution in the art for how to determine whether to use the MG for one MO that corresponds to a plurality of SMTCs and a plurality of MGs.

In view of this, the embodiments of the present application provide a wireless communication method, a terminal device, and a network device, which determine, for each SMTC of a plurality of SMTCs corresponding to one MO, whether measurement by the MG is required, thereby being beneficial to calculating measurement time of the MO and improving system performance.

Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of a wireless communication method 200 provided by an embodiment of the present application, where the wireless communication method 200 may be performed by a terminal device. The wireless communication method 200 may be performed by a terminal device as shown in fig. 1, for example.

As shown in fig. 3, the method 200 may include some or all of the following:

S210, the terminal equipment receives configuration information sent by the network equipment, wherein the configuration information is used for configuring a first measurement object MO corresponding to a plurality of synchronous signals and/or physical broadcast channel block measurement timing configuration SMTC;

s220, the terminal device determines whether to use a measurement interval MG when measuring the first MO based on a first SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs.

In this embodiment, when the terminal device measures the first MO based on a first SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs included in the first MO, determining whether to use MG is equivalent to that whether the terminal device refines the granularity of using MG from the first MO to SMTCs included in the first MO, that is, determining whether to need MG to measure for each SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs corresponding to one MO, which is further beneficial to calculating the measurement time of the MO and improving the system performance.

In some embodiments, the S220 includes:

When the first MO is an MO which needs to be measured by the MG, determining to use the MG;

And when the first MO is an MO which does not need to be measured by the MG, determining whether to use the MG or not based on whether the first SMTC has an associated measurement interval MG or not.

Illustratively, when the first MO is an MO that requires MG to be measurable, the first SMTC defaults to use MG; and when the first MO is an MO which does not need to be measured by the MG, determining whether the SMTC uses the MG or not based on whether the first SMTC has an associated measurement interval MG or not.

In some embodiments, the first SMTC determines to use or determines to not use an associated MG when no MG is present; when the number of the MG associated with the first SMTC is 1, determining to use the MG or determining not to use the MG; and when the number of the MG associated with the first SMTC is greater than 1, determining to use the MG.

Illustratively, when the first MO is an MO that does not require an MG to be measurable and the first SMTC does not have an associated MG, determining to use the MG or determining to not use the MG; when the first MO is an MO that does not need MG for measurement and the number of MG associated with the first SMTC is 1, determining to use MG or determining not to use MG; and determining to use the MG when the first MO is an MO which does not need the MG to perform measurement and the number of the MG associated with the first SMTC is greater than 1.

Illustratively, when the first SMTC does not have an associated MG, defaulting the first SMTC to use MG or determining not to use MG; when the number of the first SMTC associated MGs is 1, defaulting the first SMTC to use no MG or defaulting the first SMTC to use MG; and when the number of the MG associated with the first SMTC is larger than 1, defaulting the first SMTC to use MG.

It should be noted that in the embodiment of the present application, whether to use MG may be determined for each SMTC included in the first MO, or when it is determined that the first SMTC uses MG, the measurement time required for each SMTC may be further calculated based on a corresponding formula.

In some embodiments, the first SMTC does not have associated MGs or the number of associated MGs is greater than 1; the method 300 further comprises:

And when determining to use the MG, determining a first MG used by the first SMTC in a plurality of MG corresponding to the first SMTC.

Illustratively, since the first SMTC does not have an associated MG or the number of associated MGs is greater than 1, if the first SMTC does not use an MG by default, when calculating the measurement time required for the first SMTC, it is necessary to determine the first MG used by the first SMTC.

In some embodiments, the first MG is determined among the plurality of MGs based on at least one of the following information:

a period of each MG of the plurality of MG, a period of the first SMTC, a time domain position of said each MG, a time domain position of the first SMTC, a measurement task associated with said each MG.

For example, the terminal device may determine the first MG among the plurality of MGs based on the period of each of the plurality of MGs and the period of the first SMTC.

For example, the terminal device may determine the first MG among the plurality of MGs based on a period of each of the plurality of MGs.

For example, the terminal device may determine the first MG among the plurality of MGs based on the time domain position of each MG and the time domain position of the first SMTC.

For example, the terminal device may determine the first MG among the plurality of MGs based on the measurement task associated with each MG.

For example, when the number of the plurality of MGs is smaller than a certain threshold, the terminal device may determine the first MG among the plurality of MGs based on the measurement task associated with each MG.

In some embodiments, the first MG is the MG of the plurality of MGs having the same or closest period to the period of the first SMTC, or the first MG is the MG of the plurality of MGs having the smallest or largest period, or the first MG is the MG of the plurality of MGs having the largest overlapping area in the time domain with the first SMTC, or the first MG is the MG of the plurality of MGs having the smallest measurement task associated therewith.

Of course, in other alternative embodiments, the first MG may also be an MG that satisfies at least one of the following: and the period of the plurality of MG is the same as or closest to the period of the first SMTC, the period of the plurality of MG is the smallest or largest, the area of the plurality of MG overlapped with the first SMTC in the time domain is the largest, and the measurement task associated with the plurality of MG is the smallest. The present application is not particularly limited thereto.

In some embodiments, when the first SMTC does not have an associated MG, the plurality of MGs are preconfigured MGs or the first MO-associated MGs; or when the first SMTC has an associated MG, the plurality of MGs are MGs associated with the first SMTC.

Illustratively, the plurality of MGs are predefined MGs.

Illustratively, the first SMTC presence associated MG is a predefined MG.

The terminal device obtains, by means of an RRC message, that the first SMTC has an associated MG, for example.

In some embodiments, the information used to determine the first MG when the measurement corresponding to the first SMTC is the same or different from the information used to determine the first MG when the measurement corresponding to the first SMTC is the different frequency measurement; and/or the method for determining the first MG when the measurement corresponding to the first SMTC is the same frequency measurement and the method for determining the first MG when the measurement corresponding to the first SMTC is the different frequency measurement are the same or different.

For example, the terminal device may determine a method and/or information for determining the first MG based on whether the measurement corresponding to the first SMTC is an on-frequency measurement or an off-frequency measurement.

In some embodiments, the number of MGs associated with the first SMTC is 1; the method 300 further comprises:

And when determining to use the MG, determining the MG associated with the first SMTC as the first MG used by the first SMTC.

When determining that the first SMTC uses MG, the terminal device determines the MG associated with the first SMTC as the first MG used by the first SMTC.

In some embodiments, the terminal device receives first indication information sent by a network device, where the first indication information is used to indicate whether the first SMTC uses MG; the terminal device determines whether to use MG based on the first indication information.

Illustratively, the network device indicates to the terminal device whether the first SMTC uses MG.

The first indication information may be carried in configuration information for configuring the first MO, for example.

In some embodiments, the first indication information is further used to indicate a first MG used by the first SMTC.

Illustratively, when the network device indicates to the terminal device that the first SMTC uses MG, the network device also indicates to the terminal device that the first SMTC uses the first MG.

In some embodiments, the first indication information is used to indicate that the MG used by the first SMTC is the MG associated with the first SMTC.

Illustratively, when the network device indicates to the terminal device that the first SMTC uses MG, the network device further indicates to the terminal device that the MG used by the first SMTC is the MG associated with the first SMTC.

In some embodiments, the first MO is an MO that requires MG to be measurable, each SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs having an associated MG; or when the first MO is an MO that does not require an MG to be measurable, each SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs is present or absent with an associated MG.

In an exemplary embodiment, when the terminal device determines, based on the first indication information, whether the first SMTC uses MG and/or determines a first MG used by the first SMTC, and when the first SMTC has an associated MG, it determines that the first SMTC uses MG, further, it may determine that the first SMTC has an associated MG as the first MG used by the first SMTC.

Illustratively, when the first SMTC does not use an MG, the first SMTC has no associated MG; when the first SMTC uses MG, the first SMTC is associated with MG. That is, when the network device determines that the first SMTC does not use MG, the first SMTC has no associated MG; and when the network equipment determines that the first SMTC uses the MG, the network equipment can associate the MG used for the first SMTC.

Illustratively, when the first SMTC does not use an MG, the first SMTC has no associated MG or is associated with an MG.

Illustratively, each of the plurality of SMTCs is associated with an MG, or none is associated with an MG; i.e. it is not allowed that only a part of the SMTCs is provided with MGs. In other words, the terminal device does not want to configure SMTC of the associated MG and SMTC of the unassociated MG in the same MO.

In some embodiments, the method 300 further comprises:

Determining a first measurement time required for measuring the first MO based on a measurement time of a SMTC having a largest period among the plurality of SMTCs; or (b)

Determining to measure the first measurement time based on the measurement time of each SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs;

And when the ith SMTC uses the MG, the measurement time of the ith SMTC is determined according to the period of the ith SMTC and the period of the MG used by the ith SMTC.

For example, when determining the measurement time required for the first MO including the plurality of SMTCs, the first measurement time required for the first MO may be determined based on the measurement time required for a certain SMTC, or the first measurement time required for the first MO may be determined in combination with the measurement time required for each of the plurality of SMTCs.

For example, the terminal device may determine, based on the capabilities of the terminal device and the number of the plurality of SMTCs, whether to determine a first measurement time required to measure the first MO based on a measurement time of a SMTC having a largest period among the plurality of SMTCs, or to determine to measure the first measurement time based on a measurement time of each of the plurality of SMTCs.

In some embodiments, the terminal device supports measuring based on the plurality of SMTCs simultaneously or when the number of SMTCs that the terminal device can use simultaneously is greater than or equal to the number of SMTCs, determining a measurement time of a SMTC with a largest period among the plurality of SMTCs as the first measurement time.

The terminal device supports measurement based on the plurality of SMTCs at the same time or when the number of SMTCs that the terminal device can use at the same time is greater than or equal to the number of SMTCs, if MG is used by the SMTC with the largest period among the plurality of SMTCs, the first measurement time is determined based on the period of the SMTC with the largest period among the plurality of SMTCs and the period of MG used by the SMTC with the largest period among the plurality of SMTCs, otherwise, the required measurement time is determined based on the period of each SMTC.

In some embodiments, the terminal device does not support simultaneous measurements based on the plurality of SMTCs or the number of SMTCs that the terminal device is able to use simultaneously is less than the number of the plurality of SMTCs, the first measurement time is determined based on a measurement time of each of the plurality of SMTCs.

The first measurement time is determined based on a measurement time of each SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs when the terminal device does not support measurement based on the plurality of SMTCs at the same time or the number of SMTCs that the terminal device can use at the same time is smaller than the number of SMTCs. For example, when each SMTC uses MG, the measurement time required for each SMTC is determined based on the period of each SMTC and the period of MG used by each SMTC, otherwise, when the measurement time of each SMTC is calculated based on the period of each SMTC.

In some embodiments, SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can only be used in series are divided into N SMTC packets, N > 1; the first measurement time is determined based on the measurement times of the N SMTC packets.

Illustratively, N is a positive integer.

Illustratively, each of the SMTC packets includes a number of SMTCs that is less than or equal to the number of SMTCs that the terminal device supports simultaneous measurements.

Illustratively, N is determined from a ratio of the number of SMTCs to the number of SMTCs supported by the terminal device to be measured simultaneously. For example, N is a ratio of the number of SMTCs to the number of SMTCs supported by the terminal device to be measured simultaneously. For example, assuming that the plurality of SMTCs is 4 SMTCs, but the terminal device can only support measurement using 2 SMTCs at most, the number of SMTC packets that cannot be used in parallel is n=2.

In some embodiments, the measurement times of the N SMTC packets are summed to obtain the first measurement time according to the following formula:

Where T _mo represents the first measurement time, T _i represents the measurement time of the ith SMTC packet of the N SMTC packets, and T _delta represents the time domain offset of the N SMTC packets.

For example, the terminal device may add the measurement times required for a plurality of SMTC packets that cannot be used in parallel (or in series) in a summation manner.

In this embodiment, when the terminal device supports measurement based on the plurality of SMTCs at the same time or the number of SMTCs that can be used by the terminal device at the same time is greater than or equal to the plurality of SMTCs, since SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or can be used in series in the plurality of SMTCs are already divided into N SMTC packets that are used in series, the first measurement time may be obtained by adding the measurement times of the N SMTC packets.

In some embodiments, T _delta＝(N-1)×P _max,P _max represents the period of the largest SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs and/or the period of the MG of the largest MG of the measurement interval repetition period MGRP used by the plurality of SMTCs.

Illustratively, P _max represents the period of the largest SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs when none of the plurality of SMTCs uses MG.

Illustratively, when each of the plurality of SMTCs uses an MG, P _max represents a maximum value of MGRP and SMTC periods in the MG used by the plurality of SMTCs.

In some embodiments, the measurement time of the ith SMTC packet is the measurement time of the largest period SMTC in the ith SMTC packet.

It should be understood that the terminal device may be based on the measurement time of the SMTC with the largest period in the ith SMTC packet according to the corresponding formulas in tables 1 to 4, and will not be described herein again to avoid repetition. For example, in connection with table 1, assuming that the largest SMTC in the ith SMTC packet corresponds to a common frequency and no MG condition is used, if the largest SMTC in the ith SMTC packet does not have a corresponding DRX, a measurement time of the largest SMTC in the ith SMTC packet is determined based on max (600 ms, ceil (5×k _p) ×smtc period) ^{Note 1}×CSSF _intra.

In some embodiments, the largest N SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs are respectively regarded as SMTCs in the N SMTC packets; or dividing M SMTC with overlapping in time domain in different SMTC packets, wherein M is less than or equal to N.

Of course, in other alternative embodiments, M may be greater than N, where some SMTC packets or all SMTC packets of the N packets may include a plurality of SMTCs that overlap in the time domain. In addition, the terminal device may determine the packet based on other constraints, which the present application is not particularly limited to.

In some embodiments, the terminal device determines the measurement time of each SMTC based on a scaling factor of a SMTC level of said each SMTC or a determination of a number of SMTCs of said plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can be used in series; the terminal device determines the first measurement time based on the measurement time of each SMTC.

Illustratively, the terminal device may determine the measurement time of each SMTC based on the value obtained by correcting the period or K _p of each SMTC based on the scaling factor of the SMTC level of each SMTC, and further determine the first measurement time based on the measurement time of each SMTC. That is, the SMTC level scaling factor of each SMTC may be used to adjust or modify the period or K _p of each SMTC.

For example, the terminal device may determine the measurement time of each SMTC based on CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter determined by the number of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or can only be used in series among the plurality of SMTCs, and further determine the first measurement time based on the measurement time of each SMTC. That is, the number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can only be used in series may be used to determine CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter.

In some embodiments, a measurement time of an SMTC having a largest measurement time among the measurement times of the plurality of SMTCs is determined as the first measurement time.

In this embodiment, since the scaling factor of the SMTC level of each SMTC or the number of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or can be used in series among the plurality of SMTCs has been considered in determining the measurement time of each SMTC, the measurement time of the SMTC having the largest measurement time among the measurement times of the plurality of SMTCs may be determined as the first measurement time directly.

In some embodiments, an ith SMTC of said plurality of SMTCs is for on-channel measurements and no MG is used; determining the measurement time of the ith SMTC according to at least one of:

t _SMTCi＝max(T _min,ceil(N _sample×K _p)×P _SMTCi)×CSSF _intra when DRX is not present;

When the period of DRX is less than or equal to 320ms ,T _SMTCi＝max(T _min,ceil(M ₂×N _sample×K _p)×max(P _SMTCi,P _DRX))×CSSF _intra;

T _SMTCi＝ceil(N _sample×K _p)×P _DRX×CSSF _intra when the period of DRX is greater than 320 ms;

Wherein, T _SMTCi represents the measurement time of the ith SMTC, T _min is determined according to the type of the reference signal and/or the measurement purpose, N _sample is determined according to the type of the reference signal and/or the measurement purpose, K _p is determined according to the overlapping condition of the ith SMTC and the MG corresponding to the ith SMTC in the time domain, P _SMTCi is determined according to the period of the ith SMTC, P _DRX represents the period of DRX, M ₂ is determined according to the information configured by the network device, CSSF _intra represents the scaling factor of the carrier level measured in the same frequency, ceil () represents the round-up operation, and max () represents the maximum operation;

Wherein K _p is also determined according to the scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, or P _SMTCi is also determined according to the scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, or CSSF _intra is determined according to the number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can be used in series.

Illustratively, T _min is a threshold value, which may be 0.

Illustratively, N _sample is the number of samples.

Exemplary measurement purposes include, but are not limited to: PSS/SSS detection, detecting SSB index or mobility measurements, etc.

Illustratively, for the same frequency PSS/SSS detection of the FR1 band, T _min is 600ms and N _sample is 5.

Illustratively, when K _p is also determined from the SMTC level scaling factor of the ith SMTC, P _SMTCi is the period of the ith SMTC and CSSF _intra does not consider the number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can only be used in series.

Illustratively, P _SMTCi also determines from the SMTC level of the ith SMTC scaling factor, K _p disregards the SMTC level scaling factor of the ith SMTC and CSSF _intra disregards the number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can only be used in series.

Illustratively, when CSSF _intra determines from the number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can only be used in series, P _SMTCi is the period of the ith SMTC and K _p does not consider the SMTC level scaling factor of the ith SMTC.

Illustratively, P _SMTCi also determines from the SMTC level of the ith SMTC scaling factor, P _SMTCi＝P _{SMTCi_initial}×K _SMTCi; where P _{SMTCi_initial} represents the period of the ith SMTC and K _SMTCi represents the scale factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC.

Illustratively, K _p is also determined from the SMTC level scaling factor of the ith SMTC. For example, for an MO that does not require an MG to be measurable, K _p＝K _SMTCi when the ith SMTC and the MG used by the ith SMTC do not overlap at all or overlap at all in the time domain; and/or, when the ith SMTC and the MG used by the ith SMTC are partially overlapped in the time domain, K _p＝K _SMTCi/(1-(P _{SMTCi_initial}/T _MGRPi)), where K _SMTCi represents a scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, P _{SMTCi_initial} represents a period of the ith SMTC, and T _MGRPi represents a measurement interval repetition period MGRP of the ith SMTC using the MG.

Illustratively, the terminal device may determine the measurement time for the ith SMTC to perform the on-channel PSS/SSS detection of the FR1 band according to the following table 6-1.

TABLE 6-1

Cycle of DRX	T _{PSS/SSS_sync_intra}
Absence of DRX (No DRX)	max(600ms,ceil(5×K _p)×P _SMTCi)×CSSF _intra
DRX period is less than or equal to 320ms	max(600ms,ceil(M ₂×5×K _p)×max(P _SMTCi,P _DRX))×CSSF _intra
Period of DRX >320ms	ceil(5×K _p)×P _DRX×CSSF _intra

As shown in table 6-1, for SMTC that does not use MG (Intra-frequency without MG) for the same frequency, the measurement period of SMTC may be determined based on a DRX cycle selection corresponding equation. Wherein K _p is also determined according to the scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, or P _SMTCi is also determined according to the scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, or CSSF _intra is determined according to the number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can be used in series.

Illustratively, K _p is also determined from the SMTC level scaling factor of the ith SMTC, and may also be understood as: k _p referred to in table 1 above is corrected by the SMTC level scaling factor of the ith SMTC, that is, the terminal device may determine the measurement time for the ith SMTC to perform the same-frequency PSS/SSS detection of the FR1 band according to the following table 6-2.

TABLE 6-2

Cycle of DRX	T _{PSS/SSS_sync_intra}
Absence of DRX (No DRX)	max(600ms,ceil(5×K _p×K _SMTCi)×P _SMTCi)×CSSF _intra
DRX period is less than or equal to 320ms	max(600ms,ceil(M ₂×5×K _p×K _SMTCi)×max(P _SMTCi,P _DRX))×CSSF _intra
Period of DRX >320ms	ceil(5×K _p×K _SMTCi)×P _DRX×CSSF _intra

As shown in table 6-2, for SMTCs that do not use MG (Intra-frequency without MG) for the same frequency, the measurement period of SMTCs may be determined based on a DRX cycle selection corresponding equation. At this time, K _p、P _SMTCi、CSSF _intra in the table may be equal to the periods of K _p and SMTC and CSSF _intra in table 1, respectively, and for avoiding repetition, a description thereof will be omitted.

Illustratively, P _SMTCi is also determined from the SMTC level scaling factor of the ith SMTC, and may also be understood as: the period of the ith SMTC is corrected by the scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, that is, the terminal device may determine the measurement time of the ith SMTC for the same-frequency PSS/SSS detection of the FR1 band according to the following table 6-3.

TABLE 6-3

Cycle of DRX	T _{PSS/SSS_sync_intra}
Absence of DRX (No DRX)	max(600ms,ceil(5×K _p)×P _SMTCi×K _SMTCi)×CSSF _intra
DRX period is less than or equal to 320ms	max(600ms,ceil(M ₂×5×K _p)×max(P _SMTCi×K _SMTCi,P _DRX))×CSSF _intra
Period of DRX >320ms	ceil(5×K _p)×P _DRX×CSSF _intra

As shown in table 6-3, for SMTCs that do not use MG (Intra-frequency without MG) for the same frequency, the measurement period of SMTCs may be determined based on a DRX cycle selection corresponding equation. At this time, K _p、P _SMTCi、CSSF _intra in the table may be equal to the periods of K _p and SMTC and CSSF _intra in table 1, respectively, and for avoiding repetition, a description thereof will be omitted.

Illustratively, CSSF _intra is determined from the number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can only be used in series, and may also be understood as: the CSSF _intra of the ith SMTC is corrected by the scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, that is, the terminal device may determine the measurement time of the ith SMTC for the same-frequency PSS/SSS detection of the FR1 band according to the following table 6-4.

Tables 6 to 4

Cycle of DRX	T _{PSS/SSS_sync_intra}
Absence of DRX (No DRX)	max(600ms,ceil(5×K _p)×P _SMTCi)×CSSF _intra×K _SMTCi
DRX period is less than or equal to 320ms	max(600ms,ceil(M ₂×5×K _p)×max(P _SMTCi,P _DRX))×CSSF _intra×K _SMTCi
Period of DRX >320ms	ceil(5×K _p)×P _DRX×CSSF _intra×K _SMTCi

As shown in tables 6-4, for SMTCs that do not use MG (Intra-frequency without MG) for the same frequency, the measurement period of SMTCs may be determined based on a DRX cycle selection corresponding equation. At this time, K _p、P _SMTCi、CSSF _intra in the table may be equal to the periods of K _p and SMTC and CSSF _intra in table 1, respectively, and for avoiding repetition, a description thereof will be omitted.

In some embodiments, an ith SMTC of said plurality of SMTCs is for co-frequency measurements and uses an MG; the measurement time of PSS/SSS detection by the ith SMTC is determined according to at least one of the following:

T _SMTCi＝max(T _min,N _sample×max(T _MGRPi,P _SMTCi))×CSSF _intra when DRX is not present;

When the period of DRX is less than or equal to 320ms ,T _SMTCi＝max(T _min,ceil(M ₂×N _sample)×max(T _MGRPi,P _SMTCi,P _DRX))×CSSF _intra;

T _SMTCi＝N _sample×max(T _MGRPi,P _DRX)×CSSF _intra when the period of DRX is greater than 320 ms;

Wherein T _SMTCi represents the measurement time of the ith SMTC, T _MGRPi represents the measurement interval repetition period MGRP of the ith SMTC using MG, P _SMTCi is determined according to the period of the ith SMTC, P _DRX represents the period of DRX, M ₂ is determined according to information configured by a network device, CSSF _intra represents a scaling factor of a carrier level measured at the same frequency, ceil () represents an up-rounding operation, and max () represents a maximum operation;

Wherein P _SMTCi is also determined based on a scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, or CSSF _intra is determined based on a number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can be used in series.

Illustratively, T _min is a threshold value, which may be 0.

Illustratively, N _sample is the number of samples.

Illustratively, for PSS/SSS detection, T _min is 600ms and N _sample is 5.

Illustratively, P _SMTCi further determines from the SMTC level of the ith SMTC scaling factor that CSSF _intra does not consider the number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can only be used in series.

Illustratively, when CSSF _intra determines from the number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can only be used in series, P _SMTCi is the period of the ith SMTC.

Illustratively, P _SMTCi is also the P _SMTCi＝P _{SMTCi_initial}×K _SMTCi when determined from the SMTC level of the i-th SMTC scaling factor; where P _{SMTCi_initial} represents the period of the ith SMTC and K _SMTCi represents the scale factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC.

Illustratively, the terminal device may determine the measurement time of the ith SMTC for the same-frequency PSS/SSS detection of the FR1 band according to the following table 7-1.

TABLE 7-1

Cycle of DRX	T _{PSS/SSS_sync_intra}
Absence of DRX (No DRX)	max(600ms,5×max(T _MGRPii,P _SMTCi))×CSSF _intra
DRX period is less than or equal to 320ms	max(600ms,ceil(M ₂×5)×max(T _MGRPi,P _SMTCi,P _DRX))×CSSF _intra
Period of DRX >320ms	5×max(T _MGRPi,P _DRX)×CSSF _intra

As shown in table 7-1, for SMTC using MG (Intra-frequency with MG) for the same frequency, a corresponding formula may be selected based on the DRX cycle to determine the SMTC measurement period. Wherein P _SMTCi is also determined based on a scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, or CSSF _intra is determined based on a number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can be used in series.

Illustratively, P _SMTCi is also determined from the SMTC level scaling factor of the ith SMTC, and may also be understood as: the period of the ith SMTC is corrected by the scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, that is, the terminal device may determine the measurement time of the ith SMTC for the same-frequency PSS/SSS detection of the FR1 band according to the following table 7-2 or table 7-3.

TABLE 7-2

Cycle of DRX	T _{PSS/SSS_sync_intra}
Absence of DRX (No DRX)	max(600ms,5×max(T _MGRPii,P _SMTCi×K _SMTC))×CSSF _intra
DRX period is less than or equal to 320ms	max(600ms,ceil(M ₂×5)×max(T _MGRPi,P _SMTCi×K _SMTCi,P _DRX))×CSSF _intra
Period of DRX >320ms	5×max(T _MGRPi,P _DRX)×CSSF _intra

TABLE 7-3

Cycle of DRX	T _{PSS/SSS_sync_intra}
Absence of DRX (No DRX)	max(600ms,5×max(T _MGRPii,P _SMTCi)×K _SMTC)×CSSF _intra
DRX period is less than or equal to 320ms	max(600ms,ceil(M ₂×5)×max(T _MGRPi,P _SMTCi,P _DRX)×K _SMTC)×CSSF _intra
Period of DRX >320ms	5×max(T _MGRPi,P _DRX)×K _SMTC×CSSF _intra

As shown in table 7-2 or 7-3, for SMTC using MG (Intra-frequency with MG) for the same frequency, a corresponding formula may be selected based on the DRX cycle to determine the SMTC measurement period. At this time, T _MGRPi、P _SMTCi、CSSF _intra in the table may be respectively equal to MGRP, SMTC period and CSSF _intra of MG in table 2, and for avoiding repetition, it is not repeated here.

Illustratively, CSSF _intra is determined from the number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can only be used in series, and may also be understood as: the CSSF _intra of the ith SMTC is corrected by the scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, that is, the terminal device may determine the measurement time of the ith SMTC for the same-frequency PSS/SSS detection of the FR1 band according to the following table 7-4.

TABLE 7-4

As shown in tables 7-4, for SMTCs that do not use MG (Intra-frequency without MG) for the same frequency, the measurement period of SMTCs may be determined based on a DRX cycle selection corresponding equation. At this time, T _MGRPi、P _SMTCi、CSSF _intra in the table may be respectively equal to MGRP, SMTC period and CSSF _intra of MG in table 2, and for avoiding repetition, it is not repeated here.

In some embodiments, an ith SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs is for inter-frequency measurements and uses an MG; the measurement time of PSS/SSS detection by the ith SMTC is determined according to at least one of the following:

t _SMTCi＝max(T _min,N _sample×max(T _MGRPi,P _SMTCi))×CSSF _inter when DRX is not present;

When the period of DRX is less than or equal to 320ms ,T _SMTCi＝max(T _min,Ceil(N _sample×M ₃)×max(T _MGRPi,P _SMTCi,P _DRX))×CSSF _inter;

T _SMTCi＝N _sample×P _DRX×CSSF _inter when the period of DRX is greater than 320 ms;

Wherein T _SMTCi represents the measurement time of the ith SMTC, T _min is determined according to the type of the reference signal and/or the measurement purpose, N _sample is determined according to the type of the reference signal and/or the measurement purpose, T _MGRPi represents the measurement interval repetition period MGRP of the ith SMTC using MG, P _SMTCi is determined according to the period of the ith SMTC, P _DRX represents the period of DRX, M ₃ is determined according to the information configured by the network device, CSSF _inter represents the scaling factor of the carrier level of the different frequency measurement, ceil () represents the rounding up operation, and max () represents the maximum operation;

Wherein P _SMTCi is also determined based on a scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, or CSSF _inter is determined based on a number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can be used in series.

Illustratively, T _min is a threshold value, which may be 0.

Illustratively, N _sample is the number of samples.

Illustratively, for the different frequency PSS/SSS detection of FR1, T _min is 600ms and N _sample is 8.

Illustratively, for the different frequency PSS/SSS detection of FR1, M ₃ is 1 or 1.5.

Illustratively, P _SMTCi further determines from the SMTC level of the ith SMTC scaling factor that CSSF _inter does not consider the number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can only be used in series.

Illustratively, when CSSF _inter determines from the number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can only be used in series, T _MGRPi repeats the period MGRP for the measurement interval of MG used by the ith SMTC.

Illustratively, P _SMTCi is also the P _{SMTCi i}＝P _{SMTCii_initial}×K _SMTCi when determined from the SMTC level of the i-th SMTC scaling factor; where P _{SMTCi_initial} represents the period of the ith SMTC and K _SMTCi represents the scale factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC.

Illustratively, the terminal device may determine the measurement time for the ith SMTC to perform the inter-frequency PSS/SSS detection of the FR1 band according to the following table 8-1.

TABLE 8-1

Cycle of DRX	T _{PSS/SSS_sync_inter}
Absence of DRX (No DRX)	max(600ms,8×max(T _MGRPi,P _SMTCi))×CSSF _inter
DRX period is less than or equal to 320ms	max(600ms,Ceil(8×1.5)×max(T _MGRPi,P _SMTCi,P _DRX))×CSSF _inter
Period of DRX >320ms	8×P _DRX×CSSF _inter

As shown in Table 8-1, for SMTC using MG (Inter-frequency with MG) for different frequencies, the measurement period of the SMTC may be determined based on the DRX period selection corresponding equation. Wherein P _SMTCi is also determined based on a scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, or CSSF _inter is determined based on a number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can be used in series.

Illustratively, P _SMTCi is also determined from the SMTC level scaling factor of the ith SMTC, and may also be understood as: the period of the ith SMTC is corrected by the scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, that is, the terminal device may determine the measurement time of the ith SMTC for the inter-frequency PSS/SSS detection of the FR1 band according to the following table 8-2 or table 8-3.

TABLE 8-2

Cycle of DRX	T _{PSS/SSS_sync_inter}
Absence of DRX (No DRX)	max(600ms,8×max(T _MGRPi,P _SMTCi×K _SMTCi))×CSSF _inter
DRX period is less than or equal to 320ms	max(600ms,Ceil(8×1.5)×max(T _MGRPi,P _SMTCi×K _SMTCi,P _DRX))×CSSF _inter
Period of DRX >320ms	8×P _DRX×CSSF _inter

TABLE 8-3

Cycle of DRX	T _{PSS/SSS_sync_inter}
Absence of DRX (No DRX)	max(600ms,8×max(T _MGRPi,P _SMTCi))×K _SMTCi×CSSF _inter
DRX period is less than or equal to 320ms	max(600ms,Ceil(8×1.5)×max(T _MGRPi,P _SMTCi,P _DRX)×K _SMTCi)×CSSF _inter
Period of DRX >320ms	8×P _DRX×CSSF _inter

As shown in tables 8-2 or 8-3, the SMTC for the different frequencies using MG (Inter-frequency with MG) may determine the SMTC's measurement period based on the DRX period selection corresponding equation. At this time, T _MGRPi、P _SMTCi、CSSF _inter in the table may be respectively equal to MGRP, SMTC period and CSSF _inter of MG in table 2, and for avoiding repetition, it is not repeated here.

Illustratively, CSSF _inter is determined from the number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can only be used in series, and may also be understood as: the CSSF _inter of the ith SMTC is corrected by the scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, that is, the terminal device may determine the measurement time of the ith SMTC for the different-frequency PSS/SSS detection of the FR1 band according to the following table 8-4.

Tables 8 to 4

Cycle of DRX	T _{PSS/SSS_sync_intra}
Absence of DRX (No DRX)	max(600ms,8×max(T _MGRPi,P _SMTCi))×CSSF _inter×K _SMTCi
DRX period is less than or equal to 320ms	max(600ms,Ceil(8×1.5)×max(T _MGRPi,P _SMTCi,P _DRX))×CSSF _inter×K _SMTCi
Period of DRX >320ms	8×P _DRX×CSSF _inter×K _SMTCi

As shown in tables 8-4, for SMTCs that do not use MG (Intra-frequency without MG) for the same frequency, the measurement period of SMTCs may be determined based on a DRX cycle selection corresponding equation. At this time, T _MGRPi、P _SMTCi、CSSF _inter in the table may be respectively equal to the SMTC period, and CSSF _inter in table 2, and for avoiding repetition, a description thereof will be omitted.

In some embodiments, an ith SMTC of said plurality of SMTCs is for inter-frequency measurements and no MG is used; determining the measurement time of the ith SMTC according to at least one of:

t _SMTCi＝max(T _min,ceil(N _sample×Kp)×P _SMTCi)×CSSF _inter when DRX is not present;

when the period of DRX is less than or equal to 320ms ,T _SMTCi＝max(T _min,ceil(M ₃×N _sample×K _p)×max(P _SMTCi,P _DRX))×CSSF _inter;

T _SMTCi＝ceil(N _sample×K _p)×P _DRX×CSSF _inter when the period of DRX is greater than 320 ms;

Wherein, T _SMTCi represents the measurement time of the ith SMTC, T _min is determined according to the type of the reference signal and/or the measurement purpose, N _sample is determined according to the type of the reference signal and/or the measurement purpose, K _p is determined according to the overlapping condition of the ith SMTC and the MG corresponding to the ith SMTC in the time domain, P _SMTCi is determined according to the period of the ith SMTC, P _DRX represents the period of DRX, M ₃ is determined according to the information configured by the network device, CSSF _inter represents the scaling factor of the carrier level of the pilot frequency measurement, ceil () represents the rounding up operation, and max () represents the maximum operation;

Wherein K _p is also determined according to the scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, or P _SMTCi is also determined according to the scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, or CSSF _inter is determined according to the number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can be used in series.

Illustratively, T _min is a threshold value, which may be 0.

Illustratively, N _sample is the number of samples.

Illustratively, for the different-frequency PSS/SSS detection of the FR1 band, T _min is 600ms and N _sample is 5.

Illustratively, when K _p is also determined from the SMTC level scaling factor of the ith SMTC, P _SMTCi is the period of the ith SMTC and CSSF _inter does not consider the number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can only be used in series.

Illustratively, P _SMTCi also determines from the SMTC level of the ith SMTC scaling factor, K _p disregards the SMTC level scaling factor of the ith SMTC and CSSF _inter disregards the number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can only be used in series.

Illustratively, when CSSF _inter determines from the number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can only be used in series, P _SMTCi is the period of the ith SMTC and K _p does not consider the SMTC level scaling factor of the ith SMTC.

Illustratively, K _p is also determined from the SMTC level scaling factor of the ith SMTC. For example, K _p＝K _SMTCi when the ith SMTC and the MG used by the ith SMTC do not overlap at all or overlap at all in the time domain; and/or, when the ith SMTC and the MG used by the ith SMTC are partially overlapped in the time domain, K _p＝K _SMTCi/(1-(P _{SMTCi_initial}/T _MGRPi)), where K _SMTCi represents a scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, P _{SMTCi_initial} represents a period of the ith SMTC, and T _MGRPi represents a measurement interval repetition period MGRP of the ith SMTC using the MG.

Illustratively, the terminal device may determine the measurement time for the ith SMTC to perform the inter-frequency PSS/SSS detection of the FR1 band according to the following table 9-1.

TABLE 9-1

Cycle of DRX	T _{PSS/SSS_sync_inter}
Absence of DRX (No DRX)	max(600ms,ceil(5×Kp)×P _SMTCi)×CSSF _inter
DRX period is less than or equal to 320ms	max(600ms,ceil(1.5×5×K _p)×max(P _SMTCi，P _DRX))×CSSF _inter
Period of DRX >320ms	ceil(5×K _p)×P _DRX×CSSF _inter

As shown in table 9-1, the SMTC for different frequencies without using MG (Inter-frequency without MG) may determine the SMTC measurement period based on the DRX cycle selection corresponding equation. Wherein K _p is also determined according to the scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, or P _SMTCi is also determined according to the scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, or CSSF _intra is determined according to the number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can be used in series.

Illustratively, K _p is also determined from the SMTC level scaling factor of the ith SMTC, and may also be understood as: k _p referred to in table 4 above is corrected by the scaling factor of SMTC level of the ith SMTC, that is, the terminal device may determine the measurement time for the ith SMTC to perform the inter-frequency PSS/SSS detection of the FR1 band according to the following table 9-2.

TABLE 9-2

Cycle of DRX	T _{PSS/SSS_sync_inter}
Absence of DRX (No DRX)	max(600ms,ceil(5×Kp×K _SMTCi)×P _SMTCi)×CSSF _inter
DRX period is less than or equal to 320ms	max(600ms,ceil(1.5×5×K _p×K _SMTCi)×max(P _SMTCi，P _DRX))×CSSF _inter
Period of DRX >320ms	ceil(5×K _p×K _SMTCi)×P _DRX×CSSF _inter

As shown in table 9-2, the SMTC for different frequencies without using MG (Inter-frequency without MG) may determine the SMTC measurement period based on the DRX cycle selection corresponding equation. At this time, K _p、P _SMTCi、CSSF _inter in the table may be equal to the periods of K _p and SMTC and CSSF _inter in table 4, respectively, and for avoiding repetition, a description thereof will be omitted.

Illustratively, P _SMTCi is also determined from the SMTC level scaling factor of the ith SMTC, and may also be understood as: by the period of the ith SMTC, that is, the measurement time of the different-frequency PSS/SSS detection of the FR1 band by the ith SMTC may be determined by the terminal device according to the following table 9-3 or table 9-4.

TABLE 9-3

Cycle of DRX

T _{PSS/SSS_sync_inter}

Absence of DRX (No DRX)	max(600ms,ceil(5×Kp)×P _SMTCi×K _SMTCi)×CSSF _inter
DRX period is less than or equal to 320ms	max(600ms,ceil(1.5×5×K _p)×max(P _SMTCi×K _SMTCi，P _DRX))×CSSF _inter
Period of DRX >320ms	ceil(5×K _p)×P _DRX×CSSF _inter

Tables 9 to 4

Cycle of DRX	T _{PSS/SSS_sync_inter}
Absence of DRX (No DRX)	max(600ms,ceil(5×Kp)×P _SMTCi×K _SMTCi)×CSSF _inter
DRX period is less than or equal to 320ms	max(600ms,ceil(1.5×5×K _p)×max(P _SMTCi，P _DRX)×K _SMTCi)×CSSF _inter
Period of DRX >320ms	ceil(5×K _p)×P _DRX×CSSF _inter

As shown in Table 9-3 or Table 9-4, the SMTC for the different frequencies without using MG (Inter-frequency without MG) may determine the SMTC measurement period based on the DRX period selection corresponding equation. At this time, K _p、P _SMTCi、CSSF _inter in the table may be equal to the periods of K _p and SMTC and CSSF _inter in table 4, respectively, and for avoiding repetition, a description thereof will be omitted.

Illustratively, CSSF _inter is determined from the number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can only be used in series, and may also be understood as: the CSSF _inter of the ith SMTC is corrected by the scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, that is, the terminal device may determine the measurement time of the ith SMTC for the different-frequency PSS/SSS detection of the FR1 band according to the following table 9-5.

Tables 9 to 5

Cycle of DRX	T _{PSS/SSS_sync_inter}
Absence of DRX (No DRX)	max(600ms,ceil(5×Kp)×P _SMTCi)×CSSF _inter×K _SMTCi
DRX period is less than or equal to 320ms	max(600ms,ceil(1.5×5×K _p)×max(P _SMTCi，P _DRX))×CSSF _inter×K _SMTCi
Period of DRX >320ms	ceil(5×K _p)×P _DRX×CSSF _inter×K _SMTCi

As shown in tables 9-5, for SMTCs that do not use MG (Intra-frequency without MG) for the same frequency, the measurement period of SMTCs may be determined based on a DRX cycle selection corresponding equation. At this time, K _p、P _SMTCi、CSSF _inter in the table may be equal to the periods of K _p and SMTC and CSSF _inter in table 4, respectively, and for avoiding repetition, a description thereof will be omitted.

In some embodiments, the method 300 further comprises:

Determining a determining manner of CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter based on an overlap condition of the ith SMTC and the MG associated with the ith SMTC, wherein the determining manner of CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter includes: a first determination of CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter outside the MG or a second determination of CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter inside the MG is used.

Illustratively, when the ith SMTC does not use MG, determining a CSSF _intra or a CSSF _inter based on an overlap condition of the ith SMTC and the MG associated with the ith SMTC.

For example, when the number of MG associated with the ith SMTC is 1, the terminal device determines a determining manner of CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter based on the overlapping situation of the ith SMTC and the MG associated with the ith SMTC.

For example, when the ith SMTC does not have an associated MG, the terminal device may associate one MG for the ith SMTC, and then determine a manner of determining CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter based on an overlapping condition of the ith SMTC and the ith SMTC associated MG.

For example, when the number of MGs associated with the ith SMTC is greater than 1, the terminal device may select one MG from the plurality of MGs associated with the ith SMTC, and then determine a manner of determining CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter based on an overlapping condition of the ith SMTC and the selected MG.

It should be understood that the specific implementation manner of the terminal device for associating the ith SMTC with one MG and selecting, by the terminal device, one MG from the ith SMTC associated with multiple MGs is not limited in the present application. For example, the scheme that the terminal device associates an MG for the ith SMTC may associate an MG for the ith SMTC among a plurality of preset MG. For another example, the terminal device may determine the scheme of the first MG used by the first SMTC with reference to the above-described terminal device when selecting one MG from the ith SMTC associated with the plurality of MGs.

Illustratively, the first determining manner calculates CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter according to the statistically measured number of carriers. The second determination method calculates CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter by counting the number of MOs in the MG. CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter calculated using the first determination is referred to as CSSF _{outside_gap,i}. CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter calculated using the second determination is referred to as CSSF _{within_gap,i}, and the calculations of CSSF _{outside_gap,i} and CSSF _{within_gap,i} are described in the following.

Illustratively, when the ith SMTC does not use MG, the terminal device determines whether CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter of the ith SMTC is CSSF _{outside_gap,i} or CSSF _{within_gap,i} based on an overlap condition of the ith SMTC and the MG associated with the ith SMTC.

In some embodiments, determining to use the first determination when the ith SMTC and the MG associated with the ith SMTC are not coincident at all; determining to use the first determination mode when the ith SMTC and the MG portion associated with the ith SMTC overlap; and when the ith SMTC and the MG associated with the ith SMTC are completely overlapped, determining to use the second determination mode.

Illustratively, the first determination is determined to be used when the ith SMTC uses MG and the ith SMTC and the MG associated with the ith SMTC are not coincident at all; determining to use the first determination mode when the ith SMTC uses MG and the ith SMTC and the MG portion associated with the ith SMTC overlap; and when the ith SMTC uses MG and the ith SMTC and the MG associated with the ith SMTC are completely overlapped, determining to use the second determination mode.

In some embodiments, determining to use the first determination when the ith SMTC and the MG associated with the ith SMTC are not coincident at all; when the ith SMTC and the MG associated with the ith SMTC are partially overlapped and the terminal equipment has the capability of Carrier Aggregation (CA), determining to use the first determination mode; and when the ith SMTC and the MG associated with the ith SMTC are completely overlapped, determining to use the second determination mode.

Illustratively, the first determination is determined to be used when the ith SMTC uses MG and the ith SMTC and the MG associated with the ith SMTC are not coincident at all; the ith SMTC uses MG, the ith SMTC and the MG part associated with the ith SMTC are overlapped, and the terminal equipment has the capability of carrier aggregation CA, the first determination mode is determined to be used; and when the ith SMTC uses MG and the ith SMTC and the MG associated with the ith SMTC are completely overlapped, determining to use the second determination mode.

In some embodiments, the method 300 further comprises:

The determination of CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter is a second determination using CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter within the MG.

Illustratively, when the ith SMTC uses MG, the terminal device determines CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter of the ith SMTC to be CSSF _{within_gap,i}.

In some embodiments, the method 300 further comprises:

counting the number of carriers configured with SSB measurement based on at least one carrier configured for the terminal device when the first determination mode is used;

The at least one carrier includes a first carrier corresponding to the first MO, where the statistical number of the first carrier is determined according to the number of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or can only be used in series in the plurality of SMTCs;

Based on the number of carriers in the at least one carrier configured with SSB-based measurements, CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter of the i-th SMTC is determined.

Illustratively, the first carrier statistics are a number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can only be used in series.

Illustratively, the manner in which CSSF _{outside_gap,i} is calculated is illustratively described below in connection with table 10.

Table 10

As shown in fig. 10, K represents the number of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or can be used in series on each carrier configured with SSB measurement, and N _{SCC_SSB_Multi-SMTC} represents the number of carriers configured with the number of SMTCs that is greater than or equal to the number of SMTCs that can be used simultaneously by the terminal device; at this time, k×n _{SCC_SSB_Multi-SMTC} may be added to a correlation formula in table 5 with the number of carriers counted as SSB measurement-based.

For example, the formula in table 5: n _{SCC_SSB}+Y+2x N _{SCC_CSIRS}+N _{SCC_CCA_RSSI/CO} can be modified as:

CSSF _inter＝N _{SCC_SSB}+K×N _{SCC_SSB_Multi-SMTC}+Y+2×N _{SCC_CSIRS}+N _{SCC_CCA_RSSI/CO}。

Of course, if the value of K on each carrier is different, the calculation is performed by summing, for example, the following formula may be converted:

CSSF _inter＝N _{SCC_SSB}+ΣK _i+Y+2×N _{SCC_CSIRS}+N _{SCC_CCA_RSSI/CO}；

Wherein, the value of K on the ith carrier of K _i.

It should be understood that some of the parameters in table 10 are the same as those in table 5, and accordingly, the meaning and description thereof will be described with reference to the relevant contents in table 5, and the description thereof will not be repeated here.

In some embodiments, the method 300 further comprises:

when the second determining mode is used, counting the number of common-frequency MOs and the number of different-frequency MOs configured for the terminal equipment and in the MG used by the ith SMTC;

wherein the same-frequency MO or the different-frequency MO includes a first MO, and the statistical number of the first MO is determined according to the number of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or can be used in series in the plurality of SMTCs;

Based on the number of co-frequency MOs and the number of inter-frequency MOs, CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter of the ith SMTC is determined.

Illustratively, the first MO counts a number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can only be used in series.

Illustratively, the first MO contains K MGs that cannot be measured simultaneously, and is counted K times when calculating CSSF _{within_gap,i}.

For example, if K SMTCs configured simultaneously for candidate measurement object i are measured in interval j, measurement objects i in M _intra,i,j and M _inter,i,j are counted K times (A measurement object i in M _intra,i,j and in M _inter,i,j is counted K times if the measurement object is configured with K SMTC which are candidates to be measured in gap j where the measurement object i is also a candidate)

In some embodiments, the method 300 further comprises:

K _SMTCi is determined based on the number of the plurality of SMTCs and the number of SMTCs that the terminal device is capable of using simultaneously.

In some embodiments, K _SMTCi is the SMTC level scaling factor shared by the plurality of SMTCs, K _SMTCi =ceil (a/B); wherein a represents the number of SMTCs, B represents the number of SMTCs that the terminal device can use simultaneously, a > B, ceil () represents the rounding up operation.

In some embodiments, K _SMTCi is determined from information of the network device configuration or indication.

In some embodiments, K _SMTCi is determined from an activation pattern of the plurality of SMTCs, the activation pattern including a plurality of bit values, the scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC being determined from a ratio of the number of the plurality of bit values to a first number of the plurality of bit values.

Illustratively, the scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC is a ratio of the number of the plurality of bit values to the number of the first value of the plurality of bit values.

Illustratively, the scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC is a value obtained by rounding a ratio of the number of the plurality of bit values to the number of the first value of the plurality of bit values. For example, the scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC is a value obtained by rounding up or down a ratio of the number of the plurality of bit values to the number of the first value in the plurality of bit values.

Illustratively, the first value may be 0 or 1.

Illustratively, the activation patterns corresponding to different SMTCs in the plurality of SMTCs may be the same or different.

Taking an example that the number of SMTCs includes SMTC1 and SMTC2, and the activation patterns corresponding to SMTC1 and SMTC2 are different, the activation pattern of SMTC1 may be 100; the SMTC2 activation pattern may be 011, with a bit value of 1 indicating SMTC activation and 0 indicating deactivation, then K _SMTC1＝3,K _SMTC2 =3/2=1.5 or K _SMTC2 =ceil (3/2) =2 may be presumed.

For example, the activation patterns of the plurality of SMTCs may be shared. For example, the plurality of bit values are used to indicate whether the plurality of SMTCs are activated, respectively.

Illustratively, K _SMTCi has a value of 1 or more.

In some embodiments, the plurality of SMTCs is associated with a plurality of cells; and/or, the plurality of SMTCs being associated with a plurality of network devices; and/or, the plurality of SMTCs is associated with a plurality of reference signals.

The preferred embodiments of the present application have been described in detail above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the specific details of the above embodiments, and various simple modifications can be made to the technical solution of the present application within the scope of the technical concept of the present application, and all the simple modifications belong to the protection scope of the present application. For example, the specific features described in the above embodiments may be combined in any suitable manner, and in order to avoid unnecessary repetition, various possible combinations are not described further. As another example, any combination of the various embodiments of the present application may be made without departing from the spirit of the present application, which should also be regarded as the disclosure of the present application.

The wireless communication method provided according to the embodiment of the present application is described in detail from the perspective of the terminal device in the above with reference to fig. 3, and the wireless communication method provided according to the embodiment of the present application will be described from the perspective of the network device in the below with reference to fig. 4.

Fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart of a wireless communication method 300 provided by an embodiment of the present application. The method 300 may be performed by a network device, for example, the method 300 may be performed by a network device as shown in fig. 1.

As shown in fig. 4, the method 300 may include:

s310, sending configuration information to the terminal equipment, wherein the configuration information is used for configuring a first measuring object MO corresponding to a plurality of synchronous signals and/or physical broadcast channel block measurement timing configuration SMTC;

s320, determining whether to use a measurement interval MG when the first MO is measured based on a first SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs.

In some embodiments, the S320 may include:

In some embodiments, the method 300 further comprises:

Sending first indication information to terminal equipment; wherein the first indication information is used for indicating whether the first SMTC uses MG.

In some embodiments, the method 300 further comprises:

In some embodiments, the measurement time for each SMTC is determined based on a scaling factor for the SMTC level of said each SMTC or a determination of the number of SMTCs of said plurality that cannot be used in parallel or that can only be used in series; the first measurement time is determined based on the measurement time of each SMTC.

In some embodiments, an ith SMTC of said plurality of SMTCs is for co-frequency measurements and uses an MG; determining the measurement time of the ith SMTC according to at least one of:

In some embodiments, an ith SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs is for inter-frequency measurements and uses an MG; determining the measurement time of the ith SMTC according to at least one of:

wherein, T _SMTCi represents the measurement time of the ith SMTC, T _min is determined according to the type of the reference signal and/or the measurement purpose, N _sample is determined according to the type of the reference signal and/or the measurement purpose, K _p is determined according to the overlapping condition of the ith SMTC and the MG corresponding to the ith SMTC in the time domain, P _SMTCi is determined according to the period of the ith SMTC, P _DRX represents the period of DRX, M ₃ is determined according to the information configured by the network device, CSSF _inter represents the scaling factor of the carrier level of the inter-frequency measurement, ceil () represents the rounding operation, and max () represents the maximum operation;

In some embodiments, P _SMTCi also determines from the SMTC level of the i-th SMTC scaling factor, P _SMTCi＝P _{SMTCi_initial}×K _SMTCi; where P _{SMTCi_initial} represents the period of the ith SMTC and K _SMTCi represents the scale factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC.

In some embodiments, K _p＝K _SMTCi when the ith SMTC and the MG used by the ith SMTC do not overlap at all or overlap at all in the time domain; and/or, when the ith SMTC and the MG used by the ith SMTC are partially overlapped in the time domain, K _p＝K _SMTCi/(1-(P _{SMTCi_initial}/T _MGRPi)), where K _SMTCi represents a scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, P _{SMTCi_initial} represents a period of the ith SMTC, and T _MGRPi represents a measurement interval repetition period MGRP of the ith SMTC using the MG.

In some embodiments, the method 300 further comprises:

It should be understood that the steps in the wireless communication method 300 may refer to corresponding steps in the wireless communication method 200, and are not described herein for brevity.

The method embodiments of the present application are described in detail above with reference to fig. 1 to 4, and the apparatus embodiments of the present application are described in detail below with reference to fig. 5 to 8.

Fig. 5 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device 400 according to an embodiment of the present application.

As shown in fig. 5, the terminal device 400 may include:

A receiving unit 410, configured to receive configuration information sent by a network device, where the configuration information is used to configure a first measurement object MO corresponding to a plurality of synchronization signals and/or a physical broadcast channel block measurement timing configuration SMTC;

A determining unit 420, configured to determine whether to use the measurement interval MG when measuring the first MO based on a first SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs.

In some embodiments, the determining unit 420 is specifically configured to:

Determining to use the MG or determining not to use the MG when the first SMTC does not have the associated MG;

When the number of the MG associated with the first SMTC is 1, determining to use the MG or determining not to use the MG;

And when the number of the MG associated with the first SMTC is greater than 1, determining to use the MG.

In some embodiments, the first SMTC does not have associated MGs or the number of associated MGs is greater than 1; the determining unit 420 is further configured to:

In some embodiments, the determining unit 420 is specifically configured to:

determining the first MG among the plurality of MGs based on at least one of the following information:

In some embodiments, the number of MGs associated with the first SMTC is 1; the determining unit 420 is further configured to:

In some embodiments, the determining unit 420 is specifically configured to:

Receiving first indication information sent by network equipment, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating whether the first SMTC uses an MG or not;

determining whether to use the MG based on the first indication information.

In some embodiments, the determining unit 420 is further configured to:

In some embodiments, the determining unit 420 is specifically configured to:

And the terminal equipment supports simultaneous measurement based on the plurality of SMTC or when the number of the SMTC which can be simultaneously used by the terminal equipment is greater than or equal to the number of the plurality of SMTC, determining the measurement time of the SMTC with the largest period in the plurality of SMTC as the first measurement time.

In some embodiments, the determining unit 420 is specifically configured to:

And when the terminal equipment does not support measurement based on the plurality of SMTCs at the same time or the number of the SMTCs which can be used by the terminal equipment at the same time is smaller than the number of the plurality of SMTCs, determining the first measurement time based on the measurement time of each of the plurality of SMTCs.

In some embodiments, the determining unit 420 is specifically configured to:

Dividing SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can be used in series into N SMTC packets, N > 1;

the first measurement time is determined based on the measurement times of the N SMTC packets.

In some embodiments, the determining unit 420 is specifically configured to:

Adding the measurement time of the N SMTC packets according to the following formula to obtain the first measurement time:

In some embodiments, the determining unit 420 is specifically configured to:

Respectively taking N SMTC with the largest period in the plurality of SMTC as SMTC in the N SMTC packets; or (b)

M SMTC groups which are overlapped in the time domain in the plurality of SMTC groups are divided into different SMTC groups, and M is less than or equal to N.

In some embodiments, the determining unit 420 is specifically configured to:

Determining a measurement time of each SMTC based on a scaling factor of a SMTC level of said each SMTC or a determination of a number of SMTCs of said plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can be used in series;

the first measurement time is determined based on the measurement time of each SMTC.

In some embodiments, the determining unit 420 is specifically configured to:

And determining the measurement time of the SMTC with the largest measurement time among the measurement times of the SMTCs as the first measurement time.

In some embodiments, an ith SMTC of said plurality of SMTCs is for on-channel measurements and no MG is used; the determining unit 420 is specifically configured to:

determining the measurement time of the ith SMTC according to at least one of:

In some embodiments, an ith SMTC of said plurality of SMTCs is for co-frequency measurements and uses an MG; the determining unit 420 is specifically configured to:

determining the measurement time of the ith SMTC according to at least one of:

In some embodiments, an ith SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs is for inter-frequency measurements and uses an MG; the determining unit 420 is specifically configured to:

determining the measurement time of the ith SMTC according to at least one of:

In some embodiments, an ith SMTC of said plurality of SMTCs is for inter-frequency measurements and no MG is used; the determining unit 420 is specifically configured to:

determining the measurement time of the ith SMTC according to at least one of:

In some embodiments, the determining unit 420 is further configured to:

In some embodiments, the measurement signal indicated by the first MO is a common frequency synchronization signal and/or a physical broadcast channel block SSB; the determining unit 420 is specifically configured to:

Determining to use the first determination mode when the ith SMTC and the MG associated with the ith SMTC are not coincident at all;

Determining to use the first determination mode when the ith SMTC and the MG portion associated with the ith SMTC overlap;

And when the ith SMTC and the MG associated with the ith SMTC are completely overlapped, determining to use the second determination mode.

In some embodiments, the measurement signal indicated by the first MO is a different frequency SSB; the determining unit 420 is specifically configured to:

when the ith SMTC and the MG associated with the ith SMTC are partially overlapped and the terminal equipment has the capability of Carrier Aggregation (CA), determining to use the first determination mode;

In some embodiments, the determining unit 420 is further configured to:

It should be understood that apparatus embodiments and method embodiments may correspond with each other and that similar descriptions may refer to the method embodiments. Specifically, the terminal device 400 shown in fig. 5 may correspond to a corresponding main body in the method 200 for executing the embodiment of the present application, and the foregoing and other operations and/or functions of each unit in the terminal device 400 are respectively for implementing corresponding flows in each method provided in the embodiment of the present application, which are not repeated herein for brevity.

Fig. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a network device 500 of an embodiment of the present application.

As shown in fig. 6, the network device 500 may include:

A transmitting unit 510, configured to transmit configuration information to a terminal device, where the configuration information is used to configure a first measurement object MO corresponding to a plurality of synchronization signals and/or a physical broadcast channel block measurement timing configuration SMTC;

a determining unit 520, configured to determine whether to use the measurement interval MG when measuring the first MO based on a first SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs.

In some embodiments, the determining unit 520 is specifically configured to:

In some embodiments, the first SMTC does not have associated MGs or the number of associated MGs is greater than 1; the determining unit 520 is further configured to:

In some embodiments, the determining unit 520 is specifically configured to:

In some embodiments, the number of MGs associated with the first SMTC is 1; the determining unit 520 is further configured to:

In some embodiments, the network device 500 further comprises:

A sending unit, configured to send first indication information to a terminal device; wherein the first indication information is used for indicating whether the first SMTC uses MG.

In some embodiments, the determining unit 520 is further configured to:

In some embodiments, the determining unit 520 is specifically configured to:

In some embodiments, an ith SMTC of said plurality of SMTCs is for on-channel measurements and no MG is used; the determining unit 520 is specifically configured to:

determining the measurement time of the ith SMTC according to at least one of:

In some embodiments, an ith SMTC of said plurality of SMTCs is for co-frequency measurements and uses an MG; the determining unit 520 is specifically configured to:

determining the measurement time of the ith SMTC according to at least one of:

In some embodiments, an ith SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs is for inter-frequency measurements and uses an MG; the determining unit 520 is specifically configured to:

determining the measurement time of the ith SMTC according to at least one of:

In some embodiments, an ith SMTC of said plurality of SMTCs is for inter-frequency measurements and no MG is used; the determining unit 520 is specifically configured to:

determining the measurement time of the ith SMTC according to at least one of:

In some embodiments, the determining unit 520 is further configured to:

In some embodiments, the measurement signal indicated by the first MO is a common frequency synchronization signal and/or a physical broadcast channel block SSB; the determining unit 520 is specifically configured to:

In some embodiments, the measurement signal indicated by the first MO is a different frequency SSB; the determining unit 520 is specifically configured to:

In some embodiments, the determining unit 520 is further configured to:

It should be understood that apparatus embodiments and method embodiments may correspond with each other and that similar descriptions may refer to the method embodiments. Specifically, the network device 500 shown in fig. 6 may correspond to a corresponding main body in the method 300 for executing the embodiment of the present application, and the foregoing and other operations and/or functions of each unit in the network device 500 are respectively for implementing corresponding flows in each method provided in the embodiment of the present application, which are not repeated herein for brevity.

The communication device according to the embodiment of the present application is described above from the perspective of the functional module in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the functional module may be implemented in hardware, or may be implemented by instructions in software, or may be implemented by a combination of hardware and software modules. Specifically, each step of the method embodiment in the embodiment of the present application may be implemented by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in a processor and/or an instruction in a software form, and the steps of the method disclosed in connection with the embodiment of the present application may be directly implemented as a hardware decoding processor or implemented by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor. Alternatively, the software modules may be located in a well-established storage medium in the art such as random access memory, flash memory, read-only memory, programmable read-only memory, electrically erasable programmable memory, registers, and the like. The storage medium is located in a memory, and the processor reads information in the memory, and in combination with hardware, performs the steps in the above method embodiments.

For example, the receiving unit 410 or the transmitting unit 510 referred to above may be implemented by a transceiver, and the processing unit 420 or the processing unit 520 referred to above may be implemented by a processor.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device 600 of an embodiment of the present application.

As shown in fig. 7, the communication device 600 may include a processor 610.

Wherein the processor 610 may call and run a computer program from a memory to implement the methods of embodiments of the present application.

As shown in fig. 7, the communication device 600 may also include a memory 620.

The memory 620 may be used to store instruction information, and may also be used to store code, instructions, etc. for execution by the processor 610. Wherein the processor 610 may call and run a computer program from the memory 620 to implement the method in an embodiment of the application. The memory 620 may be a separate device from the processor 610 or may be integrated into the processor 610.

As shown in fig. 7, the communication device 600 may also include a transceiver 630.

The processor 610 may control the transceiver 630 to communicate with other devices, and in particular, may send information or data to other devices or receive information or data sent by other devices. Transceiver 630 may include a transmitter and a receiver. Transceiver 630 may further include antennas, the number of which may be one or more.

It should be appreciated that the various components in the communication device 600 are connected by a bus system that includes a power bus, a control bus, and a status signal bus in addition to a data bus.

It should also be understood that the communication device 600 may be a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application, and the communication device 600 may implement a corresponding flow implemented by the terminal device in each method according to an embodiment of the present application, that is, the communication device 600 according to an embodiment of the present application may correspond to the terminal device 400 according to an embodiment of the present application, and may correspond to a corresponding main body in performing the method 200 according to an embodiment of the present application, which is not described herein for brevity. Similarly, the communication device 600 may be a network device according to an embodiment of the present application, and the communication device 600 may implement a corresponding flow implemented by the network device in each method according to the embodiment of the present application. That is, the communication device 600 in the embodiment of the present application may correspond to the network device 500 in the embodiment of the present application, and may correspond to a corresponding main body in performing the method 300 in the embodiment of the present application, which is not described herein for brevity.

In addition, the embodiment of the application also provides a chip.

For example, the chip may be an integrated circuit chip having signal processing capabilities, and the methods, steps and logic blocks disclosed in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented or performed. The chip may also be referred to as a system-on-chip, a system-on-chip or a system-on-chip, etc. Alternatively, the chip may be applied to various communication devices so that the communication device mounted with the chip can perform the methods, steps and logic blocks disclosed in the embodiments of the present application.

Fig. 8 is a schematic block diagram of a chip 700 according to an embodiment of the present application.

As shown in fig. 8, the chip 700 includes a processor 710.

Wherein the processor 710 may call and run computer programs from memory to implement the methods of embodiments of the present application.

As shown in fig. 8, the chip 700 may further include a memory 720.

Wherein the processor 710 may call and run a computer program from the memory 720 to implement the method in an embodiment of the application. The memory 720 may be used for storing instruction information, and may also be used for storing code, instructions, etc. for execution by the processor 710. Memory 720 may be a separate device from processor 710 or may be integrated into processor 710.

As shown in fig. 8, the chip 700 may further include an input interface 730.

The processor 710 may control the input interface 730 to communicate with other devices or chips, and in particular, may obtain information or data sent by other devices or chips.

As shown in fig. 8, the chip 700 may further include an output interface 740.

The processor 710 may control the output interface 740 to communicate with other devices or chips, and in particular, may output information or data to other devices or chips.

It should be understood that the chip 700 may be applied to the network device in the embodiment of the present application, and the chip may implement a corresponding flow implemented by the network device in each method of the embodiment of the present application, or may implement a corresponding flow implemented by the terminal device in each method of the embodiment of the present application, which is not described herein for brevity.

It should also be appreciated that the various components in the chip 700 are connected by a bus system that includes a power bus, a control bus, and a status signal bus in addition to a data bus.

The processors referred to above may include, but are not limited to:

A general purpose Processor, digital signal Processor (DIGITAL SIGNAL Processor, DSP), application SPECIFIC INTEGRATED Circuit (ASIC), field programmable gate array (Field Programmable GATE ARRAY, FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic device, discrete hardware components, or the like.

The processor may be configured to implement or perform the methods, steps, and logic blocks disclosed in embodiments of the present application. The steps of the method disclosed in connection with the embodiments of the present application may be embodied directly in the execution of a hardware decoding processor, or in the execution of a combination of hardware and software modules in a decoding processor. The software modules may be located in a random access memory, flash memory, read only memory, programmable read only memory or erasable programmable memory, registers, etc. as well known in the art. The storage medium is located in a memory, and the processor reads the information in the memory and, in combination with its hardware, performs the steps of the above method.

The above references to memory include, but are not limited to:

Volatile memory and/or nonvolatile memory. The nonvolatile Memory may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable EPROM (EEPROM), or a flash Memory. The volatile memory may be random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM) which acts as external cache memory. By way of example, and not limitation, many forms of RAM are available, such as static random access memory (STATIC RAM, SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DYNAMIC RAM, DRAM), synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM), double data rate Synchronous dynamic random access memory (Double DATA RATE SDRAM, DDR SDRAM), enhanced Synchronous dynamic random access memory (ENHANCED SDRAM, ESDRAM), synchronous link dynamic random access memory (SYNCH LINK DRAM, SLDRAM), and Direct memory bus RAM (DR RAM).

It should be noted that the memory described herein is intended to comprise these and any other suitable types of memory.

There is also provided in an embodiment of the present application a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program. The computer readable storage medium stores one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by a portable electronic device comprising a plurality of application programs, enable the portable electronic device to perform the wireless communication method provided by the present application. Optionally, the computer readable storage medium may be applied to a network device in the embodiment of the present application, and the computer program causes a computer to execute a corresponding flow implemented by the network device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, which is not described herein for brevity. Optionally, the computer readable storage medium may be applied to a mobile terminal/terminal device in the embodiment of the present application, and the computer program causes a computer to execute a corresponding procedure implemented by the mobile terminal/terminal device in each method of the embodiment of the present application, which is not described herein for brevity.

A computer program product, including a computer program, is also provided in an embodiment of the present application. Optionally, the computer program product may be applied to a network device in the embodiment of the present application, and the computer program causes a computer to execute a corresponding flow implemented by the network device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, which is not described herein for brevity. Optionally, the computer program product may be applied to a mobile terminal/terminal device in the embodiment of the present application, and the computer program makes a computer execute corresponding processes implemented by the mobile terminal/terminal device in each method of the embodiment of the present application, which are not described herein for brevity.

The embodiment of the application also provides a computer program. The computer program, when executed by a computer, enables the computer to perform the wireless communication method provided by the present application. Optionally, the computer program may be applied to a network device in the embodiment of the present application, and when the computer program runs on a computer, the computer is caused to execute a corresponding flow implemented by the network device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, which is not described herein for brevity. Optionally, the computer program may be applied to a mobile terminal/terminal device in the embodiment of the present application, and when the computer program runs on a computer, the computer is caused to execute corresponding processes implemented by the mobile terminal/terminal device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, which is not described herein for brevity.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a communication system, which may include the above-mentioned terminal device and network device, so as to form a communication system 100 as shown in fig. 1, which is not described herein for brevity. It should be noted that the term "system" and the like herein may also be referred to as "network management architecture" or "network system" and the like.

It is also to be understood that the terminology used in the embodiments of the present application and the appended claims is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only, and is not intended to be limiting of the embodiments of the present application. For example, as used in the embodiments of the application and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," "the," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

Those of skill in the art will appreciate that the elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware, or combinations of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the embodiments of the present application. If implemented as a software functional unit and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored on a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the embodiments of the present application may be embodied in essence or a part contributing to the prior art or a part of the technical solution, in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, including several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the method of the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a U disk, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory, a random access memory, a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

Those skilled in the art will further appreciate that, for convenience and brevity, specific working procedures of the above-described system, apparatus and unit may refer to corresponding procedures in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not repeated herein. In the several embodiments provided by the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices, and methods may be implemented in other manners. For example, the division of units or modules or components in the above-described apparatus embodiments is merely a logic function division, and there may be another division manner in actual implementation, for example, multiple units or modules or components may be combined or may be integrated into another system, or some units or modules or components may be omitted or not performed. As another example, the units/modules/components described above as separate/display components may or may not be physically separate, i.e., may be located in one place, or may be distributed over multiple network elements. Some or all of the units/modules/components may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the objectives of the embodiments of the present application. Finally, it is pointed out that the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection between the various elements shown or discussed above can be an indirect coupling or communication connection via interfaces, devices or elements, which can be in electrical, mechanical or other forms.

The foregoing is merely a specific implementation of the embodiment of the present application, but the protection scope of the embodiment of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think about changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the embodiment of the present application, and the changes or substitutions are covered by the protection scope of the embodiment of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the embodiments of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

A method of wireless communication, the method being applicable to a terminal device, the method comprising:

Receiving configuration information sent by network equipment, wherein the configuration information is used for configuring a first measurement object MO corresponding to a plurality of synchronous signals and/or physical broadcast channel block measurement timing configuration SMTC;

When the first MO is measured based on a first SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs, it is determined whether to use a measurement interval MG.
The method of claim 1, wherein the determining whether to use measurement interval MG when measuring the first MO based on a first SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs comprises:

When the first MO is an MO which needs to be measured by the MG, determining to use the MG;

And when the first MO is an MO which does not need to be measured by the MG, determining whether to use the MG or not based on whether the first SMTC has an associated measurement interval MG or not.
The method of claim 2, wherein the determining whether to use MG based on whether the first SMTC has an associated measurement interval MG comprises:

Determining to use the MG or determining not to use the MG when the first SMTC does not have the associated MG;

When the number of the MG associated with the first SMTC is 1, determining to use the MG or determining not to use the MG;

And when the number of the MG associated with the first SMTC is greater than 1, determining to use the MG.
A method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the first SMTC is absent or the number of associated MGs is greater than 1;

The method further comprises the steps of:

And when determining to use the MG, determining a first MG used by the first SMTC in a plurality of MG corresponding to the first SMTC.
The method of claim 4, wherein the determining, among the plurality of MGs corresponding to the first SMTC, a first MG used by the first SMTC comprises:

determining the first MG among the plurality of MGs based on at least one of the following information:

a period of each MG of the plurality of MG, a period of the first SMTC, a time domain position of said each MG, a time domain position of the first SMTC, a measurement task associated with said each MG.
The method of claim 4 or 5, wherein the first MG is the same or closest to the period of the first SMTC among the plurality of MGs, or the first MG is the least or greatest period among the plurality of MGs, or the first MG is the most overlapping area in the time domain with the first SMTC among the plurality of MGs, or the first MG is the least measurement task associated with the plurality of MGs.
The method of any of claims 4-6, wherein the plurality of MGs are preconfigured MGs or first MO-associated MGs when the first SMTC does not have an associated MG; or when the first SMTC has an associated MG, the plurality of MGs are MGs associated with the first SMTC.
The method according to any one of claims 4 to 7, wherein the information for determining the first MG when the measurement corresponding to the first SMTC is the same or different from the information for determining the first MG when the measurement corresponding to the first SMTC is the different frequency measurement; and/or the method for determining the first MG when the measurement corresponding to the first SMTC is the same frequency measurement and the method for determining the first MG when the measurement corresponding to the first SMTC is the different frequency measurement are the same or different.
The method of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the number of MGs of the first SMTC association is 1;

The method further comprises the steps of:

And when determining to use the MG, determining the MG associated with the first SMTC as the first MG used by the first SMTC.
The method of claim 1, wherein the determining whether to use measurement interval MG when measuring the first MO based on a first SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs comprises:

Receiving first indication information sent by network equipment, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating whether the first SMTC uses an MG or not;

determining whether to use the MG based on the first indication information.
The method of claim 10, wherein the first indication information is further used to indicate a first MG used by the first SMTC.
The method of claim 10 or 11, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate that the MG used by the first SMTC is the MG associated with the first SMTC.
The method of any of claims 10 to 12, wherein the first MO is an MO requiring MG to be measurable, each SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs having an associated MG; or when the first MO is an MO that does not require an MG to be measurable, each SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs is present or absent with an associated MG.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 13, further comprising:

Determining a first measurement time required for measuring the first MO based on a measurement time of a SMTC having a largest period among the plurality of SMTCs; or (b)

Determining to measure the first measurement time based on the measurement time of each SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs;

And when the ith SMTC uses the MG, the measurement time of the ith SMTC is determined according to the period of the ith SMTC and the period of the MG used by the ith SMTC.
The method of claim 14, wherein the determining the first measurement time required to measure the first MO based on the measurement time of the largest SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs comprises:

And the terminal equipment supports simultaneous measurement based on the plurality of SMTC or when the number of the SMTC which can be simultaneously used by the terminal equipment is greater than or equal to the number of the plurality of SMTC, determining the measurement time of the SMTC with the largest period in the plurality of SMTC as the first measurement time.
The method of claim 14 or 15, wherein the determining to measure the first measurement time based on the measurement time of each SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs comprises:

And when the terminal equipment does not support measurement based on the plurality of SMTCs at the same time or the number of the SMTCs which can be used by the terminal equipment at the same time is smaller than the number of the plurality of SMTCs, determining the first measurement time based on the measurement time of each of the plurality of SMTCs.
The method of any of claims 14-16, wherein the determining to measure the first measurement time based on a measurement time of each SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs comprises:

Dividing SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can be used in series into N SMTC packets, N > 1;

the first measurement time is determined based on the measurement times of the N SMTC packets.
The method of claim 17, wherein the determining the first measurement time based on the measurement times of the N SMTC packets comprises:

Adding the measurement time of the N SMTC packets according to the following formula to obtain the first measurement time:

Where T _mo represents the first measurement time, T _i represents the measurement time of the ith SMTC packet of the N SMTC packets, and T _delta represents the time domain offset of the N SMTC packets.
The method of claim 18, wherein T _delta＝(N-1)×P _max,P _max represents a period of a SMTC having a largest period among the plurality of SMTCs and/or a period of an MG having a largest measurement interval repetition period MGRP among MGs used by the plurality of SMTCs.
The method of claim 17 or 19, wherein the measurement time of the ith SMTC packet is the measurement time of the largest-period SMTC of the ith SMTC packet.
The method of any of claims 17-20, wherein the partitioning the SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that are not usable in parallel or that are usable in series into N SMTC packets comprises:

Respectively taking N SMTC with the largest period in the plurality of SMTC as SMTC in the N SMTC packets; or (b)

M SMTC groups which are overlapped in the time domain in the plurality of SMTC groups are divided into different SMTC groups, and M is less than or equal to N.
The method of any of claims 14-16, wherein the determining to measure the first measurement time based on a measurement time of each SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs comprises:

Determining a measurement time of each SMTC based on a scaling factor of a SMTC level of said each SMTC or a determination of a number of SMTCs of said plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can be used in series;

the first measurement time is determined based on the measurement time of each SMTC.
The method of claim 22, wherein the determining the first measurement time based on the measurement time for each SMTC comprises:

And determining the measurement time of the SMTC with the largest measurement time among the measurement times of the SMTCs as the first measurement time.
The method of claim 22 or 23, wherein an ith SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs is for co-channel measurements and no MG is used;

Wherein the determining the measurement time of each SMTC based on the scaling factor of the SMTC level of each SMTC comprises:

determining the measurement time of the ith SMTC according to at least one of:

t _SMTCi＝max(T _min,ceil(N _sample×K _p)×P _SMTCi)×CSSF _intra when DRX is not present;

When the period of DRX is less than or equal to 320ms ,T _SMTCi＝max(T _min,ceil(M ₂×N _sample×K _p)×max(P _SMTCi,P _DRX))×CSSF _intra;

T _SMTCi＝ceil(N _sample×K _p)×P _DRX×CSSF _intra when the period of DRX is greater than 320 ms;

Wherein, T _SMTCi represents the measurement time of the ith SMTC, T _min is determined according to the type of the reference signal and/or the measurement purpose, N _sample is determined according to the type of the reference signal and/or the measurement purpose, K _p is determined according to the overlapping condition of the ith SMTC and the MG corresponding to the ith SMTC in the time domain, P _SMTCi is determined according to the period of the ith SMTC, P _DRX represents the period of DRX, M ₂ is determined according to the information configured by the network device, CSSF _intra represents the scaling factor of the carrier level measured in the same frequency, ceil () represents the round-up operation, and max () represents the maximum operation;

Wherein K _p is also determined according to the scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, or P _SMTCi is also determined according to the scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, or CSSF _intra is determined according to the number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can be used in series.
The method of claim 22 or 23, wherein an ith SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs is for co-channel measurements and uses MG;

Wherein the determining the measurement time of each SMTC based on the scaling factor of the SMTC level of each SMTC comprises:

determining the measurement time of the ith SMTC according to at least one of:

T _SMTCi＝max(T _min,N _sample×max(T _MGRPi,P _SMTCi))×CSSF _intra when DRX is not present;

When the period of DRX is less than or equal to 320ms ,T _SMTCi＝max(T _min,ceil(M ₂×N _sample)×max(T _MGRPi,P _SMTCi,P _DRX))×CSSF _intra;

T _SMTCi＝N _sample×max(T _MGRPi,P _DRX)×CSSF _intra when the period of DRX is greater than 320 ms;

Wherein T _SMTCi represents the measurement time of the ith SMTC, T _MGRPi represents the measurement interval repetition period MGRP of the ith SMTC using MG, P _SMTCi is determined according to the period of the ith SMTC, P _DRX represents the period of DRX, M ₂ is determined according to information configured by a network device, CSSF _intra represents a scaling factor of a carrier level measured at the same frequency, ceil () represents an up-rounding operation, and max () represents a maximum operation;

Wherein P _SMTCi is also determined based on a scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, or CSSF _intra is determined based on a number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can be used in series.
The method of claim 22 or 23, wherein an ith SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs is for inter-frequency measurements and MG is used;

Wherein the determining the measurement time of each SMTC based on the scaling factor of the SMTC level of each SMTC comprises:

determining the measurement time of the ith SMTC according to at least one of:

t _SMTCi＝max(T _min,N _sample×max(T _MGRPi,P _SMTCi))×CSSF _inter when DRX is not present;

When the period of DRX is less than or equal to 320ms ,T _SMTCi＝max(T _min,Ceil(N _sample×M ₃)×max(T _MGRPi,P _SMTCi,P _DRX))×CSSF _inter;

T _SMTCi＝N _sample×P _DRX×CSSF _inter when the period of DRX is greater than 320 ms;

Wherein T _SMTCi represents the measurement time of the ith SMTC, T _min is determined according to the type of the reference signal and/or the measurement purpose, N _sample is determined according to the type of the reference signal and/or the measurement purpose, T _MGRPi represents the measurement interval repetition period MGRP of the ith SMTC using MG, P _SMTCi is determined according to the period of the ith SMTC, P _DRX represents the period of DRX, M ₃ is determined according to the information configured by the network device, CSSF _inter represents the scaling factor of the carrier level of the different frequency measurement, ceil () represents the rounding up operation, and max () represents the maximum operation;

Wherein P _SMTCi is also determined based on a scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, or CSSF _inter is determined based on a number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can be used in series.
The method of claim 22 or 23, wherein an ith SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs is for inter-frequency measurements and no MG is used;

Wherein the determining the measurement time of each SMTC based on the scaling factor of the SMTC level of each SMTC comprises:

determining the measurement time of the ith SMTC according to at least one of:

t _SMTCi＝max(T _min,ceil(N _sample×Kp)×P _SMTCi)×CSSF _inter when DRX is not present;

when the period of DRX is less than or equal to 320ms ,T _SMTCi＝max(T _min,ceil(M ₃×N _sample×K _p)×max(P _SMTCi,P _DRX))×CSSF _inter;

T _SMTCi＝ceil(N _sample×K _p)×P _DRX×CSSF _inter when the period of DRX is greater than 320 ms;

Wherein, T _SMTCi represents the measurement time of the ith SMTC, T _min is determined according to the type of the reference signal and/or the measurement purpose, N _sample is determined according to the type of the reference signal and/or the measurement purpose, K _p is determined according to the overlapping condition of the ith SMTC and the MG corresponding to the ith SMTC in the time domain, P _SMTCi is determined according to the period of the ith SMTC, P _DRX represents the period of DRX, M ₃ is determined according to the information configured by the network device, CSSF _inter represents the scaling factor of the carrier level of the inter-frequency measurement, ceil () represents the rounding operation, and max () represents the maximum operation;

Wherein K _p is also determined according to the scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, or P _SMTCi is also determined according to the scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, or CSSF _inter is determined according to the number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can be used in series.
The method of any one of claims 24 to 27, wherein P _SMTCi is further defined as P _SMTCi＝P _{SMTCi_initial}×K _SMTCi when determined from a SMTC level scaling factor for the i-th SMTC; where P _{SMTCi_initial} represents the period of the ith SMTC and K _SMTCi represents the scale factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC.
The method of claim 24 or 27, wherein K _p＝K _SMTCi when the ith SMTC and MG used by the ith SMTC do not overlap at all or overlap at all in the time domain; and/or, when the ith SMTC and the MG used by the ith SMTC are partially overlapped in the time domain, K _p＝K _SMTCi/(1-(P _{SMTCi_initial}/T _MGRPi)), where K _SMTCi represents a scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, P _{SMTCi_initial} represents a period of the ith SMTC, and T _MGRPi represents a measurement interval repetition period MGRP of the ith SMTC using the MG.
The method according to claim 24 or 27, characterized in that the method further comprises:

Determining a determining manner of CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter based on an overlap condition of the ith SMTC and the MG associated with the ith SMTC, wherein the determining manner of CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter includes: a first determination of CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter outside the MG or a second determination of CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter inside the MG is used.
The method according to claim 30, wherein the measurement signal indicated by the first MO is a common frequency synchronization signal and/or a physical broadcast channel block SSB; wherein the determining a manner of determining CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter based on the overlap condition of the ith SMTC and the MG associated with the ith SMTC includes:

Determining to use the first determination mode when the ith SMTC and the MG associated with the ith SMTC are not coincident at all;

Determining to use the first determination mode when the ith SMTC and the MG portion associated with the ith SMTC overlap;

And when the ith SMTC and the MG associated with the ith SMTC are completely overlapped, determining to use the second determination mode.
The method of claim 30 wherein the measurement signal indicated by the first MO is an inter-frequency SSB; wherein the determining a manner of determining CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter based on the overlap condition of the ith SMTC and the MG associated with the ith SMTC includes:

Determining to use the first determination mode when the ith SMTC and the MG associated with the ith SMTC are not coincident at all;

when the ith SMTC and the MG associated with the ith SMTC are partially overlapped and the terminal equipment has the capability of Carrier Aggregation (CA), determining to use the first determination mode;

And when the ith SMTC and the MG associated with the ith SMTC are completely overlapped, determining to use the second determination mode.
The method according to claim 25 or 26, characterized in that the method further comprises:

The determination of CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter is a second determination using CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter within the MG.
The method according to any one of claims 30 to 32, further comprising:

counting the number of carriers configured with SSB measurement based on at least one carrier configured for the terminal device when the first determination mode is used;

The at least one carrier includes a first carrier corresponding to the first MO, where the statistical number of the first carrier is determined according to the number of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or can only be used in series in the plurality of SMTCs;

Based on the number of carriers in the at least one carrier configured with SSB-based measurements, CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter of the i-th SMTC is determined.
The method according to any one of claims 30 to 33, further comprising:

when the second determining mode is used, counting the number of common-frequency MOs and the number of different-frequency MOs configured for the terminal equipment and in the MG used by the ith SMTC;

wherein the same-frequency MO or the different-frequency MO includes a first MO, and the statistical number of the first MO is determined according to the number of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or can be used in series in the plurality of SMTCs;

Based on the number of co-frequency MOs and the number of inter-frequency MOs, CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter of the ith SMTC is determined.
The method according to any one of claims 24 to 35, further comprising:

K _SMTCi is determined based on the number of the plurality of SMTCs and the number of SMTCs that the terminal device is capable of using simultaneously.
The method of claim 36, wherein K _SMTCi is a SMTC level scaling factor shared by the plurality of SMTCs, K _SMTCi =ceil (a/B); wherein a represents the number of SMTCs, B represents the number of SMTCs that the terminal device can use simultaneously, a > B, ceil () represents the rounding up operation.
The method according to any of claims 24 to 37, wherein K _SMTCi is determined from information of network device configuration or indication.
The method of claim 38, wherein K _SMTCi is determined from an activation pattern of the plurality of SMTCs, the activation pattern comprising a plurality of bit values, a scale factor for an SMTC level of the ith SMTC being determined from a ratio of a number of the plurality of bit values to a number of first values in the plurality of bit values.
The method of any one of claims 1-39, wherein the plurality of SMTCs are associated with a plurality of cells; and/or, the plurality of SMTCs being associated with a plurality of network devices; and/or, the plurality of SMTCs is associated with a plurality of reference signals.
A method of wireless communication, the method being adapted for use with a network device, the method comprising:

Transmitting configuration information to a terminal device, wherein the configuration information is used for configuring a first measurement object MO corresponding to a plurality of synchronous signals and/or physical broadcast channel block measurement timing configuration SMTC;

When the first MO is measured based on a first SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs, it is determined whether to use a measurement interval MG.
The method of claim 41, wherein the determining whether to use measurement interval MG when measuring the first MO based on a first SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs comprises:

When the first MO is an MO which needs to be measured by the MG, determining to use the MG;

And when the first MO is an MO which does not need to be measured by the MG, determining whether to use the MG or not based on whether the first SMTC has an associated measurement interval MG or not.
The method of claim 42, wherein the determining whether to use MG based on whether the first SMTC has an associated measurement interval MG comprises:

Determining to use the MG or determining not to use the MG when the first SMTC does not have the associated MG;

When the number of the MG associated with the first SMTC is 1, determining to use the MG or determining not to use the MG;

And when the number of the MG associated with the first SMTC is greater than 1, determining to use the MG.
The method of any one of claims 41-43, wherein the first SMTC does not have an associated MG or the number of associated MGs is greater than 1;

The method further comprises the steps of:

And when determining to use the MG, determining a first MG used by the first SMTC in a plurality of MG corresponding to the first SMTC.
The method of claim 44, wherein the determining, among the plurality of MGs to which the first SMTC corresponds, a first MG used by the first SMTC comprises:

determining the first MG among the plurality of MGs based on at least one of the following information:

a period of each MG of the plurality of MG, a period of the first SMTC, a time domain position of said each MG, a time domain position of the first SMTC, a measurement task associated with said each MG.
The method of claim 44 or 45, wherein the first MG is the same or closest to the period of the first SMTC among the plurality of MGs, or the first MG is the least or most periodic among the plurality of MGs, or the first MG is the most overlapping area in the time domain with the first SMTC among the plurality of MGs, or the first MG is the least measurement task associated with the plurality of MGs.
The method of any one of claims 44 to 46, wherein when the first SMTC is absent an associated MG, the plurality of MGs are preconfigured MGs or first MO-associated MGs; or when the first SMTC has an associated MG, the plurality of MGs are MGs associated with the first SMTC.
The method of any one of claims 44-47, wherein the information used to determine the first MG when the measurement corresponding to the first SMTC is a common frequency measurement and the information used to determine the first MG when the measurement corresponding to the first SMTC is a different frequency measurement are the same or different; and/or the method for determining the first MG when the measurement corresponding to the first SMTC is the same frequency measurement and the method for determining the first MG when the measurement corresponding to the first SMTC is the different frequency measurement are the same or different.
The method of any one of claims 41-44, wherein the number of MGs of the first SMTC association is 1;

The method further comprises the steps of:

And when determining to use the MG, determining the MG associated with the first SMTC as the first MG used by the first SMTC.
The method of claim 41, further comprising:

Sending first indication information to terminal equipment; wherein the first indication information is used for indicating whether the first SMTC uses MG.
The method of claim 50, wherein the first indication information is further used to indicate a first MG used by the first SMTC.
The method of claim 50 or 51, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate that the MG used by the first SMTC is the MG associated with the first SMTC.
The method of any one of claims 50 to 52 wherein the first MO is an MO requiring MG to be measurable, each SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs having an associated MG; or when the first MO is an MO that does not require an MG to be measurable, each SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs is present or absent with an associated MG.
The method of any one of claims 41 to 53, further comprising:

Determining a first measurement time required for measuring the first MO based on a measurement time of a SMTC having a largest period among the plurality of SMTCs; or (b)

Determining to measure the first measurement time based on the measurement time of each SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs;

And when the ith SMTC uses the MG, the measurement time of the ith SMTC is determined according to the period of the ith SMTC and the period of the MG used by the ith SMTC.
The method of claim 54, wherein the determining the first measurement time required to measure the first MO based on the measurement time of the largest period of the plurality of SMTCs comprises:

And the terminal equipment supports simultaneous measurement based on the plurality of SMTC or when the number of the SMTC which can be simultaneously used by the terminal equipment is greater than or equal to the number of the plurality of SMTC, determining the measurement time of the SMTC with the largest period in the plurality of SMTC as the first measurement time.
The method of claim 54 or 55, wherein the determining to measure the first measurement time based on the measurement time for each SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs comprises:

And when the terminal equipment does not support measurement based on the plurality of SMTCs at the same time or the number of the SMTCs which can be used by the terminal equipment at the same time is smaller than the number of the plurality of SMTCs, determining the first measurement time based on the measurement time of each of the plurality of SMTCs.
The method of any one of claims 54-56, wherein the determining to measure the first measurement time based on a measurement time of each SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs comprises:

Dividing SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can be used in series into N SMTC packets, N > 1;

the first measurement time is determined based on the measurement times of the N SMTC packets.
The method of claim 57, wherein the determining the first measurement time based on the measurement times of the N SMTC packets comprises:

Adding the measurement time of the N SMTC packets according to the following formula to obtain the first measurement time:

Where T _mo represents the first measurement time, T _i represents the measurement time of the ith SMTC packet of the N SMTC packets, and T _delta represents the time domain offset of the N SMTC packets.
The method of claim 58, wherein T _delta＝(N-1)×P _max,P _max represents a period of a largest of the plurality of SMTCs and/or a period of a MG of the plurality of SMTCs that has a largest measurement interval repetition period, MGRP.
The method of claim 57 or 59 wherein the measurement time of the ith SMTC packet is the measurement time of the largest period SMTC of the ith SMTC packet.
The method of any one of claims 57-60, wherein the partitioning the SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that are not usable in parallel or that are usable only in series into N SMTC packets comprises:

Respectively taking N SMTC with the largest period in the plurality of SMTC as SMTC in the N SMTC packets; or (b)

M SMTC groups which are overlapped in the time domain in the plurality of SMTC groups are divided into different SMTC groups, and M is less than or equal to N.
The method of any one of claims 54-56, wherein the determining to measure the first measurement time based on a measurement time of each SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs comprises:

Determining a measurement time of each SMTC based on a scaling factor of a SMTC level of said each SMTC or a determination of a number of SMTCs of said plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can be used in series;

the first measurement time is determined based on the measurement time of each SMTC.
The method of claim 62, wherein the determining the first measurement time based on the measurement time for each SMTC comprises:

And determining the measurement time of the SMTC with the largest measurement time among the measurement times of the SMTCs as the first measurement time.
The method of claim 62 or 63, wherein an ith SMTC of said plurality of SMTCs is for co-channel measurements and no MG is used;

Wherein the determining the measurement time of each SMTC based on the scaling factor of the SMTC level of each SMTC comprises:

determining the measurement time of the ith SMTC according to at least one of:

t _SMTCi＝max(T _min,ceil(N _sample×K _p)×P _SMTCi)×CSSF _intra when DRX is not present;

When the period of DRX is less than or equal to 320ms ,T _SMTCi＝max(T _min,ceil(M ₂×N _sample×K _p)×max(P _SMTCi,P _DRX))×CSSF _intra;

T _SMTCi＝ceil(N _sample×K _p)×P _DRX×CSSF _intra when the period of DRX is greater than 320 ms;

Wherein, T _SMTCi represents the measurement time of the ith SMTC, T _min is determined according to the type of the reference signal and/or the measurement purpose, N _sample is determined according to the type of the reference signal and/or the measurement purpose, K _p is determined according to the overlapping condition of the ith SMTC and the MG corresponding to the ith SMTC in the time domain, P _SMTCi is determined according to the period of the ith SMTC, P _DRX represents the period of DRX, M ₂ is determined according to the information configured by the network device, CSSF _intra represents the scaling factor of the carrier level measured in the same frequency, ceil () represents the round-up operation, and max () represents the maximum operation;

Wherein K _p is also determined according to the scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, or P _SMTCi is also determined according to the scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, or CSSF _intra is determined according to the number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can be used in series.
The method of claim 62 or 63, wherein an ith SMTC of said plurality of SMTCs is for co-channel measurements and uses MG;

Wherein the determining the measurement time of each SMTC based on the scaling factor of the SMTC level of each SMTC comprises:

determining the measurement time of the ith SMTC according to at least one of:

T _SMTCi＝max(T _min,N _sample×max(T _MGRPi,P _SMTCi))×CSSF _intra when DRX is not present;

When the period of DRX is less than or equal to 320ms ,T _SMTCi＝max(T _min,ceil(M ₂×N _sample)×max(T _MGRPi,P _SMTCi,P _DRX))×CSSF _intra;

T _SMTCi＝N _sample×max(T _MGRPi,P _DRX)×CSSF _intra when the period of DRX is greater than 320 ms;

Wherein T _SMTCi represents the measurement time of the ith SMTC, T _MGRPi represents the measurement interval repetition period MGRP of the ith SMTC using MG, P _SMTCi is determined according to the period of the ith SMTC, P _DRX represents the period of DRX, M ₂ is determined according to information configured by a network device, CSSF _intra represents a scaling factor of a carrier level measured at the same frequency, ceil () represents an up-rounding operation, and max () represents a maximum operation;

Wherein P _SMTCi is also determined based on a scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, or CSSF _intra is determined based on a number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can be used in series.
The method of claim 62 or 63, wherein an ith SMTC of said plurality of SMTCs is for inter-frequency measurements and MG is used;

Wherein the determining the measurement time of each SMTC based on the scaling factor of the SMTC level of each SMTC comprises:

determining the measurement time of the ith SMTC according to at least one of:

t _SMTCi＝max(T _min,N _sample×max(T _MGRPi,P _SMTCi))×CSSF _inter when DRX is not present;

When the period of DRX is less than or equal to 320ms ,T _SMTCi＝max(T _min,Ceil(N _sample×M ₃)×max(T _MGRPi,P _SMTCi,P _DRX))×CSSF _inter;

T _SMTCi＝N _sample×P _DRX×CSSF _inter when the period of DRX is greater than 320 ms;

Wherein T _SMTCi represents the measurement time of the ith SMTC, T _min is determined according to the type of the reference signal and/or the measurement purpose, N _sample is determined according to the type of the reference signal and/or the measurement purpose, T _MGRPi represents the measurement interval repetition period MGRP of the ith SMTC using MG, P _SMTCi is determined according to the period of the ith SMTC, P _DRX represents the period of DRX, M ₃ is determined according to the information configured by the network device, CSSF _inter represents the scaling factor of the carrier level of the different frequency measurement, ceil () represents the rounding up operation, and max () represents the maximum operation;

Wherein P _SMTCi is also determined based on a scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, or CSSF _inter is determined based on a number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can be used in series.
The method of claim 62 or 63, wherein an ith SMTC of said plurality of SMTCs is for inter-frequency measurements and no MG is used;

Wherein the determining the measurement time of each SMTC based on the scaling factor of the SMTC level of each SMTC comprises:

determining the measurement time of the ith SMTC according to at least one of:

t _SMTCi＝max(T _min,ceil(N _sample×Kp)×P _SMTCi)×CSSF _inter when DRX is not present;

when the period of DRX is less than or equal to 320ms ,T _SMTCi＝max(T _min,ceil(M ₃×N _sample×K _p)×max(P _SMTCi,P _DRX))×CSSF _inter;

T _SMTCi＝ceil(N _sample×K _p)×P _DRX×CSSF _inter when the period of DRX is greater than 320 ms;

wherein, T _SMTCi represents the measurement time of the ith SMTC, T _min is determined according to the type of the reference signal and/or the measurement purpose, N _sample is determined according to the type of the reference signal and/or the measurement purpose, K _p is determined according to the overlapping condition of the ith SMTC and the MG corresponding to the ith SMTC in the time domain, P _SMTCi is determined according to the period of the ith SMTC, P _DRX represents the period of DRX, M ₃ is determined according to the information configured by the network device, CSSF _inter represents the scaling factor of the carrier level of the inter-frequency measurement, ceil () represents the rounding operation, and max () represents the maximum operation;

Wherein K _p is also determined according to the scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, or P _SMTCi is also determined according to the scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, or CSSF _inter is determined according to the number of SMTCs of the plurality of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or that can be used in series.
The method of any one of claims 64 to 67 wherein P _SMTCi is further defined as P _SMTCi＝P _{SMTCi_initial}×K _SMTCi when determined from a SMTC level scaling factor for the ith SMTC; where P _{SMTCi_initial} represents the period of the ith SMTC and K _SMTCi represents the scale factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC.
The method of claim 64 or 67 wherein K _p＝K _SMTCi when the ith SMTC and MG used by the ith SMTC do not overlap at all or overlap at all in the time domain; and/or, when the ith SMTC and the MG used by the ith SMTC are partially overlapped in the time domain, K _p＝K _SMTCi/(1-(P _{SMTCi_initial}/T _MGRPi)), where K _SMTCi represents a scaling factor of the SMTC level of the ith SMTC, P _{SMTCi_initial} represents a period of the ith SMTC, and T _MGRPi represents a measurement interval repetition period MGRP of the ith SMTC using the MG.
The method of claim 64 or 67, further comprising:

Determining a determining manner of CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter based on an overlap condition of the ith SMTC and the MG associated with the ith SMTC, wherein the determining manner of CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter includes: a first determination of CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter outside the MG or a second determination of CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter inside the MG is used.
The method of claim 70, wherein the measurement signal indicated by the first MO is a common-frequency synchronization signal and/or a physical broadcast channel block SSB; wherein the determining a manner of determining CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter based on the overlap condition of the ith SMTC and the MG associated with the ith SMTC includes:

Determining to use the first determination mode when the ith SMTC and the MG associated with the ith SMTC are not coincident at all;

Determining to use the first determination mode when the ith SMTC and the MG portion associated with the ith SMTC overlap;

And when the ith SMTC and the MG associated with the ith SMTC are completely overlapped, determining to use the second determination mode.
The method of claim 70 wherein the measurement signal indicated by the first MO is an inter-frequency SSB; wherein the determining a manner of determining CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter based on the overlap condition of the ith SMTC and the MG associated with the ith SMTC includes:

Determining to use the first determination mode when the ith SMTC and the MG associated with the ith SMTC are not coincident at all;

when the ith SMTC and the MG associated with the ith SMTC are partially overlapped and the terminal equipment has the capability of Carrier Aggregation (CA), determining to use the first determination mode;

And when the ith SMTC and the MG associated with the ith SMTC are completely overlapped, determining to use the second determination mode.
The method of claim 65 or 66, further comprising:

The determination of CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter is a second determination using CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter within the MG.
The method of any one of claims 70 to 72, further comprising:

counting the number of carriers configured with SSB measurement based on at least one carrier configured for the terminal device when the first determination mode is used;

The at least one carrier includes a first carrier corresponding to the first MO, where the statistical number of the first carrier is determined according to the number of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or can only be used in series in the plurality of SMTCs;

Based on the number of carriers in the at least one carrier configured with SSB-based measurements, CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter of the i-th SMTC is determined.
The method of any one of claims 70 to 73, further comprising:

when the second determining mode is used, counting the number of common-frequency MOs and the number of different-frequency MOs configured for the terminal equipment and in the MG used by the ith SMTC;

wherein the same-frequency MO or the different-frequency MO includes a first MO, and the statistical number of the first MO is determined according to the number of SMTCs that cannot be used in parallel or can be used in series in the plurality of SMTCs;

Based on the number of co-frequency MOs and the number of inter-frequency MOs, CSSF _intra or CSSF _inter of the ith SMTC is determined.
The method of any one of claims 64 to 75, further comprising:

K _SMTCi is determined based on the number of the plurality of SMTCs and the number of SMTCs that the terminal device is capable of using simultaneously.
The method of claim 76, wherein K _SMTCi is an SMTC level scaling factor shared by the plurality of SMTCs, K _SMTCi =ceil (a/B); wherein a represents the number of SMTCs, B represents the number of SMTCs that the terminal device can use simultaneously, a > B, ceil () represents the rounding up operation.
The method of any one of claims 64 to 77, wherein K _SMTCi is determined from information of the network device configuration or indication.
The method of claim 78, wherein K _SMTCi is determined from an activation pattern of the plurality of SMTCs, the activation pattern including a plurality of bit values, the scaling factor for the SMTC level of the ith SMTC being determined from a ratio of the number of the plurality of bit values to a first number of the plurality of bit values.
The method of any one of claims 41-79, wherein the plurality of SMTCs are associated with a plurality of cells; and/or, the plurality of SMTCs being associated with a plurality of network devices; and/or, the plurality of SMTCs is associated with a plurality of reference signals.
A terminal device, comprising:

a receiving unit, configured to receive configuration information sent by a network device, where the configuration information is configured to configure a first measurement object MO corresponding to a plurality of synchronization signals and/or a physical broadcast channel block measurement timing configuration SMTC;

And a determining unit configured to determine whether to use a measurement interval MG when the first MO is measured based on a first SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs.
A network device, comprising:

A transmitting unit, configured to transmit configuration information to a terminal device, where the configuration information is configured to configure a first measurement object MO corresponding to a plurality of synchronization signals and/or a physical broadcast channel block measurement timing configuration SMTC;

And a determining unit configured to determine whether to use a measurement interval MG when the first MO is measured based on a first SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs.
A terminal device, comprising:

A processor and a memory for storing a computer program, the processor being for invoking and running the computer program stored in the memory to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 40.
A network device, comprising:

A processor and a memory for storing a computer program, the processor being for invoking and running the computer program stored in the memory to perform the method of any of claims 41 to 80.
A chip, comprising:

A processor for calling and running a computer program from a memory, causing a device on which the chip is mounted to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 40 or the method of any one of claims 41 to 80.
A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 40 or the method of any one of claims 41 to 80.
A computer program product comprising computer program instructions for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 40 or the method of any one of claims 41 to 80.
A computer program, characterized in that the computer program causes a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 40 or the method of any one of claims 41 to 80.