CN118435649A

CN118435649A - Wireless communication method, terminal equipment and network equipment

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Publication number: CN118435649A
Application number: CN202280068899.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张晋瑜; 胡荣贻; 王淑坤
Original assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Priority date: 2022-01-25
Filing date: 2022-01-25
Publication date: 2024-08-02
Also published as: WO2023141760A1

Abstract

A method of wireless communication, a terminal device and a network device, the method comprising: the terminal device sends first information to the network device, wherein the first information comprises interval information supported by the terminal device under a target cell or a target cell group.

Description

Wireless communication method, terminal equipment and network equipment

Technical Field

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

Background

In some scenarios, a terminal device may report a measurement gap requirement to a network device for indicating whether the terminal device supports non-gap inter-frequency (inter-frequency) measurements. The network-controlled small interval (Network Control Small Gap, NCSG) can be regarded as an enhanced Measurement interval (MG) based on NCSG measurements on the secondary cell corresponding to the deactivated or dormant (dormant) bandwidth portion (Band WIDTH PART, BWP) by using radio frequency or baseband resources allocated to the secondary cell, so that no longer interruption is caused to data transmission by the primary cell (Pcell) and other active secondary cells (scells).

In some scenarios, consider reporting measurement interval requirements introduced NCSG, but NCSG is related to the state of Scell, which can be triggered quickly by dynamic signaling, and can cause additional delay and signaling interaction if the network device frequently requests the terminal device to report measurement interval requirements.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a wireless communication method, terminal equipment and network equipment, which are beneficial to reducing signaling overhead.

In a first aspect, a method of wireless communication is provided, comprising: the terminal device sends first information to the network device, wherein the first information comprises interval information supported by the terminal device under a target cell or a target cell group.

In a second aspect, there is provided a method of wireless communication, comprising: the network equipment sends first configuration information to the terminal equipment, wherein the first configuration information is used for configuring interval information supported by the reporting of the terminal equipment, and the first configuration information is associated with a cell or a cell group.

In a third aspect, a terminal device is provided for performing the method in the first aspect or each implementation manner thereof.

Specifically, the terminal device comprises functional modules for performing the method of the first aspect or its implementation manner.

In a fourth aspect, a network device is provided 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 a fifth aspect, a terminal device is provided 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 and executing the method in the first aspect or various implementation manners thereof.

In a sixth aspect, a network device is provided that includes a processor and a memory. The memory is for storing a computer program and the processor is for calling and running the computer program stored in the memory for performing the method of the second aspect or implementations thereof described above.

A seventh aspect provides a chip for implementing the method of 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 in which the apparatus is installed to perform the method as in any one of the first to second aspects or implementations thereof described above.

In an eighth aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is provided for storing a computer program that causes a computer to perform the method of any one of the above-described first to second aspects or implementations thereof.

A ninth aspect 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, there is provided 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.

Through the technical scheme, the terminal equipment reports the interval information supported by the terminal equipment under the target cell or the target cell group to the network equipment. Thus, when the network device dynamically activates or deactivates one or more cells, or wakes up or sleeps up one or more cells, the network device can determine the interval information supported by the terminal device under the current activated or waked up cell or cell group only by combining the interval information supported by the terminal device under the current activated or waked up cell or cell group according to the current activated or waked up cell or cell group reported by the terminal device, which is beneficial to reducing signaling overhead.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of MG and NCSG in a synchronization scenario provided by the present application.

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

Fig. 4 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application.

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

Fig. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device provided in another embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 7 is a schematic block diagram of a chip provided in an embodiment of the present application.

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

Detailed Description

The following description of the technical solutions according to the embodiments of the present application will be given with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art to which the application pertains without inventive faculty, are intended to fall within the scope of the application.

The technical scheme of the embodiment of the application can be applied to various communication systems, such as: global system for mobile communications (Global System of Mobile communication, GSM), code division multiple access (Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA) system, wideband code division multiple access (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, WCDMA) system, general packet Radio Service (GENERAL PACKET Radio Service, GPRS), long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE) system, long term evolution advanced (Advanced long term evolution, LTE-a) system, new Radio (NR) system, evolution system of NR system, LTE-based access to unlicensed spectrum, LTE-U) system on unlicensed spectrum, NR (NR-based access to unlicensed spectrum, NR-U) system on unlicensed spectrum, non-terrestrial communication network (Non-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS, NTN) system, universal mobile communication system (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System, UMTS), wireless local area network (Wireless Local Area Networks, WLAN), wireless fidelity (WIRELESS FIDELITY, WIFI), fifth Generation communication (5 th-Generation, 5G) system, or other communication system, etc.

Generally, the number of connections supported by the conventional Communication system is limited and easy to implement, however, with the development of Communication technology, the mobile Communication system will support not only conventional Communication but also, for example, device-to-Device (D2D) Communication, machine-to-machine (Machine to Machine, M2M) Communication, machine type Communication (MACHINE TYPE Communication, MTC), inter-vehicle (Vehicle to Vehicle, V2V) Communication, or internet of vehicles (Vehicle to everything, V2X) Communication, etc., and the embodiments of the present application can also be applied to these Communication systems.

Optionally, the communication system in the embodiment of the present application may be applied to a carrier aggregation (Carrier Aggregation, CA) scenario, a dual connectivity (Dual Connectivity, DC) scenario, or an independent (Standalone, SA) networking scenario.

Optionally, the communication system in the embodiment of the present application may be applied to unlicensed spectrum, where unlicensed spectrum may also be considered as shared spectrum; or the communication system in the embodiment of the present application may also be applied to licensed spectrum, where licensed spectrum may also be considered as non-shared spectrum.

Embodiments of the present application are described in connection with a network device and a terminal device, where the terminal device may also be referred to as a User Equipment (UE), an access terminal, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a remote terminal, a mobile device, a User terminal, a wireless communication device, a User agent, a User Equipment, or the like.

The terminal device may be a STATION (ST) in a WLAN, may be a cellular telephone, a cordless telephone, a session initiation protocol (Session Initiation Protocol, SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (Wireless Local Loop, WLL) STATION, a Personal digital assistant (Personal DIGITAL ASSISTANT, PDA) device, a handheld device 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 next generation communication system such as an NR network, or a terminal device in a future evolved public land mobile network (Public Land Mobile Network, PLMN) network, etc.

In the embodiment of the application, the terminal equipment can be deployed on land, including indoor or outdoor, handheld, wearable or vehicle-mounted; can also be deployed on the water surface (such as ships, etc.); but may also be deployed in the air (e.g., on aircraft, balloon, satellite, etc.).

In the embodiment of the present application, the terminal device may be a Mobile Phone (Mobile Phone), a tablet computer (Pad), a computer with a wireless transceiving function, a Virtual Reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented Reality (Augmented Reality, AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control (industrial control), a wireless terminal device in unmanned (SELF DRIVING), a wireless terminal device in remote medical (remote medical), a wireless terminal device in smart grid (SMART GRID), a wireless terminal device in transportation security (transportation safety), a wireless terminal device in smart city (SMART CITY), or a wireless terminal device in smart home (smart home), or the like.

By way of example, and not limitation, in embodiments of the present application, the terminal device may also be a wearable device. The wearable device can also be called as a wearable intelligent device, and is a generic name for intelligently designing daily wear by applying wearable technology and developing wearable devices, such as glasses, gloves, watches, clothes, shoes and the like. The wearable device is a portable device that is worn directly on the body or integrated into the clothing or accessories of the user. The wearable device is not only a hardware device, but also can realize a powerful function through software support, data interaction and cloud interaction. The generalized wearable intelligent device includes full functionality, large size, and may not rely on the smart phone to implement complete or partial functionality, such as: smart watches or smart glasses, etc., and focus on only certain types of application functions, and need to be used in combination with other devices, such as smart phones, for example, various smart bracelets, smart jewelry, etc. for physical sign monitoring.

In the embodiment of the present application, the network device may be a device for communicating with a mobile device, where the network device may be an Access Point (AP) in a WLAN, a base station (Base Transceiver Station, BTS) in GSM or CDMA, a base station (NodeB, NB) in WCDMA, an evolved base station (Evolutional Node B, eNB or eNodeB) in LTE, a relay station or an Access Point, a vehicle device, a wearable device, a network device (gNB) in an NR network, a network device in a PLMN network for future evolution, or a network device in an NTN network, etc.

By way of example, and not limitation, in embodiments of the present application, a network device may have a mobile nature, e.g., the network device may be a mobile device. Alternatively, the network device may be a satellite, a balloon station. For example, the satellite may be a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite, a medium earth Orbit (medium earth Orbit, MEO) satellite, a geosynchronous Orbit (geostationary earth Orbit, GEO) satellite, a high elliptical Orbit (HIGH ELLIPTICAL Orbit, HEO) satellite, or the like. Alternatively, the network device may be a base station disposed on land, in a water area, or the like.

In the embodiment of the present application, a network device may provide services for a cell, where a terminal device communicates with the network device through a transmission resource (e.g., a frequency domain resource, or a spectrum resource) used by the cell, where the cell may be a cell corresponding to the network device (e.g., a base station), and the cell may belong to a macro base station, or may belong to a base station corresponding to a small cell (SMALL CELL), where the small cell may include: urban cells (Metro cells), micro cells (Micro cells), pico cells (Pico cells), femto cells (Femto cells) and the like, and the small cells have the characteristics of small coverage area and low transmitting power and are suitable for providing high-rate data transmission services.

An exemplary communication system 100 to which embodiments of the present application may be applied is shown in fig. 1. The communication system 100 may include a network device 110, and the network device 110 may be a device that communicates with a terminal device 120 (or referred to as a communication terminal, terminal). Network device 110 may provide communication coverage for a particular geographic area and may communicate with terminal devices located within the coverage area.

Fig. 1 illustrates one network device and two terminal devices by way of example, and the communication system 100 may alternatively include multiple network devices and may include other numbers of terminal devices within the coverage area of each network device, as embodiments of the application are not limited in this regard.

Optionally, the communication system 100 may further include a network controller, a mobility management entity, and other network entities, which are not limited by the embodiment of the present application.

It should be understood that a device having a communication function in a network/system according to an embodiment of the present application may be referred to as a communication device. Taking the communication system 100 shown in fig. 1 as an example, the communication device may include a network device 110 and a terminal device 120 with communication functions, where the network device 110 and the terminal device 120 may be specific 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 be understood that the "indication" mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may be a direct indication, an indirect indication, or an indication having an association relationship. For example, a indicates B, which may mean that a indicates B directly, e.g., B may be obtained by a; it may also indicate that a indicates B indirectly, e.g. a indicates C, B may be obtained by C; it may also be indicated that there is an association between a and B.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the term "corresponding" may indicate that there is a direct correspondence or an indirect correspondence between the two, or may indicate that there is an association between the two, or may indicate a relationship between the two and the indicated, configured, etc.

In the embodiment of the present application, the "predefining" may be implemented by pre-storing corresponding codes, tables or other manners that may be used to indicate relevant information in devices (including, for example, terminal devices and network devices), and the present application is not limited to the specific implementation manner thereof. Such as predefined may refer to what is defined in the protocol.

In the embodiment of the present application, the "protocol" may refer to a standard protocol in the communication field, for example, may include an LTE protocol, an NR protocol, and related protocols applied in a future communication system, which is not limited in the present application.

In order to facilitate understanding of the technical solution of the embodiments of the present application, the technical solution of the present application is described in detail below through specific embodiments. The following related technologies may be optionally combined with the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, which all belong to the protection scope of the embodiments of the present application. Embodiments of the present application include at least some of the following.

In some scenarios, the terminal device may report a user capability indication (or, alternatively, a measurement gap requirement, MG requirement) to the network device, for indicating whether the terminal device supports non-gap inter-frequency (inter-frequency) measurements.

For example, the user capability indication may be used to determine whether the terminal device supports non-spaced, inter-frequency synchronization signal block (Synchronization Signal Block, SSB) based measurements.

As an example, the user capability indication is carried by an inter-frequency measurement gap-less (interFrequencyMeas-Nogap-r 16) information element (Element Information, IE).

For example, interFrequencyMeas-Nogap-r16IE structure is shown below:

interFrequencyMeas-Nogap-r16 ENUMERATED{supported}OPTIONAL。

In some scenarios, if the terminal device supports dynamic capability reporting, the network device may request the terminal device to report on which frequency bands (bands) Measurement needs Measurement Gap (MG). For example, the network device indicates the target band for which the terminal device is expected to report MG requirements in a radio resource control (Radio Resource Control, RRC) reconfiguration (RRCReconfiguration) or RRC recovery (RRCResume) message by a required interval configuration (e.g., needForGapsConfigNR-r16 IE).

As an example, needForGapsConfigNR-r16 IE structure is as follows:

Wherein maxBands represents the maximum number of frequency bands, and FreqBandIndicatorNR is used for indicating a target frequency band for which the terminal device is expected to report the MG requirement.

In some scenarios, based on the above request by the network device, the terminal device may indicate, in a corresponding RRC complete message (e.g., RRC reconfiguration complete (RRCReconfigurationComplete) or RRC recovery complete (RRCResumeComplete)), whether the terminal device needs MG on the target band through needForGapsInfoNR-r16 IE.

In some scenarios, the network device may indicate by a parameter in a measurement configuration (MeasConfig) IE whether the terminal device is allowed to measure inter-frequency SSB outside the MG (SSB needs to be included in the activated downstream BWP).

The network-controlled small interval (Network Control Small Gap, NCSG) can be regarded as an enhanced Measurement Gap (MG), and typical application scenarios of NCSG include: measurements on deactivated secondary cells (DEACTIVATED SCELL) or on secondary cells (SCELL WITH dormant BWP) with dormant BWP or measurements with unused radio frequency link (unused RF chain) resources, thereby achieving the goal of reducing measurement interruption time. The measurement on the secondary cell corresponding to the deactivation or dormant BWP is performed by using the radio frequency or baseband resource allocated to the secondary cell, so that the data transmission of the primary cell (Pcell) and other activated scells is not interrupted for a long time.

In some embodiments DEACTIVATED SCELL means that the secondary cell is deactivated, at which point the terminal device does not need to monitor the physical downlink control channel (Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH) of the corresponding secondary cell.

In some embodiments, the secondary cell with dormant BWP is to put the entire carrier into dormant state by switching the BWP of the Scell to pre-configured dormant BWP (dormant BWP on which PDCCH detection is not configured). The network device may switch BWP on the carrier to non-dormant BWP (non-dormant BWP) through downlink control information (Downlink Control Information, DCI), thereby implementing a function of quickly waking up or dormancy of the secondary carrier.

The measurements at dormant Scell include radio resource management (Radio Resource Management, RRM) measurements and channel quality indication (Channel Quantity Indicator, CQI) measurements, where the CQI measurements are based on channel state Information reference signals (CHANNEL STATE Information REFERENCE SIGNAL, CSI-RS) sent by the network device to measure channel quality so that the network device can determine Information such as modulation scheme, code rate, etc. of the downlink data transmission.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of MG and NCSG in a synchronous scenario. As shown, NSCG may include a Measurement Length (ML) and two visible interrupt lengths (Visible Interruption Length, VIL), VIL1 and VIL2. For the same signal to be measured, if MG is adopted, interruption of 6 subframes (subframes i+1 to i+6) is caused, and NCSG is adopted, interruption of 2 subframes (subframes j+1 and subframes j+6) is caused only at the moment of starting and ending measurement (due to RF radio frequency adjustment), and the middle actual measurement time ML (subframes j+2 to j+5) can simultaneously perform data transceiving on a serving cell and neighbor cell measurement.

Whether the terminal device supports measurement with NCSG is a UE capability, and after introducing NCSG, it is considered whether reporting the UE is capable of measurement based on NCSG. And whether the terminal device supports NCSG depends to some extent on the state of the Scell, whether it is active or dormant (e.g. whether dormant BWP is used). But the processes of Scell activation/deactivation, wake-up/dormancy, etc. may be triggered quickly by dynamic signaling (e.g., DCI or medium access control element (MEDIA ACCESS Control Control Element, MAC CE)), which may cause additional delay and signaling interaction if the network device frequently requests the terminal device to report the measurement interval requirement by RRC signaling.

Fig. 3 is a schematic interaction diagram of a method 200 of wireless communication according to an embodiment of the application, as shown in fig. 3, the method 200 comprising:

S210, the terminal device sends first information to the network device, where the first information includes interval information supported by the terminal device under the target cell or under the target cell group.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present application, the interval information supported by the terminal device may also be expressed as interval information required by the terminal device, or measurement interval requirement information of the terminal device. The interval information supported by the terminal device may be understood as a user capability indicating that the terminal device supports or needs to perform measurements based on the interval information.

In some embodiments, the first information is reported by the terminal device via an RRC message. For example, by an RRC complete message. Alternatively, the RRCcomplete message may include, but is not limited to, RRCReconfigurationComplete information and RRCResumeComplete messages.

In some embodiments, the interval information supported by the terminal device includes at least one of:

The measurement interval MG (or gap), the small interval NCSG that the network can control, no interval (no-gap) (or no interval and no interruption no-gap-no-interruption).

For example, the first information is carried over needForGapsInfoNR IE, and the type of interval indicated in needForGapsInfoNR IE may include gap, NCSG, and no-gap-no-interruption. I.e. whether or not the terminal device needs NCSG and whether or not the capability reporting of the gap is needed, can be carried in the same signaling.

In other embodiments, the interval information supported by the terminal device may include NCSG and non-NCSG, or the interval information supported by the terminal device may also refer to: whether the terminal device requires NCSG.

In this case, the terminal device may report to the network device whether the capability information of the gap is needed or not, or whether the measurement of the no-gap is supported, through the second information. That is, whether or not the terminal device needs NCSG and whether or not the capability report of the gap is needed can be carried in different signaling.

For example, the first information is carried by needForNCSGInfoNR IE, needForNCSGInfoNR IE may be used to indicate whether the terminal device needs NCSG. The second information is carried over needForGapsInfoNR IE and the type of interval indicated in needForGapsInfoNR IE may include gap and no-gap.

It should be understood that the above designations of the IEs carrying the first information and the second information are merely examples, and other designations may be adopted in the present application, so long as the designations of the IEs carrying the first information and the second information are differentiated, and the present application is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the target cell comprises at least one cell in an active or awake state, or at least one cell in a deactivated or dormant state.

It should be understood that in the case of a cell determination by the network device for a pre-configuration of the terminal device, the cell indicating at least one active or awake state, i.e. the cell implicitly indicating the inactive or dormant state, and vice versa, the application is not limited to a specific indication mode.

For example, the target cell may include at least one activated secondary cell, at least one secondary cell in an awake state, or at least one deactivated secondary cell, or at least one secondary cell in a dormant state.

In some embodiments, the secondary cells in the awake state may include secondary cells using non-dormant BWP and the secondary cells in the dormant state may refer to secondary cells using dormant BWP.

In some embodiments, the target cell group comprises at least one cell combination in an active or awake state, or at least one cell combination in a deactivated or dormant state. Or may also include at least one cell that is an active cell and at least one cell that is a inactive cell, or may also include a combination of cells that is a cell of at least one awake state and at least one dormant state.

It should be understood that in the case of a cell determination by the network device for a pre-configuration of the terminal device, a cell combination indicating at least one active or awake state corresponds to a cell group implicitly indicating a deactivated or dormant state, and vice versa, the application is not limited to a specific indication mode.

Alternatively, the activated cell combination may be a cell combination made up of a plurality of activated cells, and the cell combination in the awake state may be a cell combination made up of a plurality of cells in the awake state.

Alternatively, the deactivated cell combination may be a cell combination made up of a plurality of deactivated cells, and the cell combination in the dormant state may be a cell combination made up of a plurality of cells in the dormant state.

Therefore, in the embodiment of the application, the terminal equipment reports the interval information supported by the cell or the cell group related terminal equipment to the network equipment. Thus, when the network device dynamically activates or deactivates one or more cells, or wakes up or sleeps one or more cells, the network device may not need to frequently request the terminal device to report interval information supported by the terminal device under the currently activated or waked up cell or cell group, and the network device may determine the interval information supported by the terminal device under the currently activated or waked up cell or cell group only according to the currently activated or waked up cell or cell group and the interval information supported by the terminal device related to the cell or cell group reported by the terminal device.

It should be understood that in some embodiments, the target cell and the target cell combination may be considered equivalent, and that since the cell the network device pre-configures for the terminal device is determined, in case of the active cell being determined, the deactivated cell also determines the interval information supported by the terminal device under the active cell (or cell combination), and may also be understood as the interval information supported by the terminal device under the remaining deactivated cell (or cell combination), or the interval information supported by the terminal device under the deactivated cell (or cell combination), and may also be understood as the interval information supported by the terminal device under the remaining active cell (or cell combination).

In some embodiments, the target cell is configured by the network device.

In other embodiments, the target cell is determined from a cell preconfigured by the network device. In other words, the target cell may be a default cell.

In some embodiments, the target cell group is configured by the network device.

In other embodiments, the target cell combination is determined from cells preconfigured by the network device. In other words, the target cell combination may be a default cell combination.

Example 1: the network device configures the terminal device with one Pcell and 2 scells (Scell 1 and Scell 2, respectively), i.e. the pre-configured cell comprises one Pcell and 2 scells.

The activation or activation state of a cell includes four cases:

Case 1: only Pcell activated, neither SCell 1 nor SCell 2 activated;

Case 2: pcell and Scell 1 activated, scell 2 not activated;

Case 3: pcell and Scell 2 activated, scell 1 not activated;

Case 4: pcell, SCell 1, and SCell 2 are all active.

In some embodiments, the target cell combination may include a cell combination activated and/or a cell combination deactivated in the four cases described above.

For example, for case 1, the target cell combination may include deactivated SCell 1 and SCell 2, and/or activated Pcell.

For example, for case 2, the target cell combination may include an activated Pcell and Scell 1 activation, and/or a deactivated Scell 2.

For example, for case 3, the target cell combination may include an activated Pcell and Scell 2 activation, and/or a deactivated Scell 1.

For example, for case 4, the target cell combination may include active Pcell, SCell 1, and SCell 2.

In some embodiments, the target cell may include an activated cell and/or a deactivated cell in the four cases described above.

For case 1: the target cell may comprise an activated Pcell, implicitly indicating that neither SCell 1 nor SCell 2 is activated. Or the target cell may also include deactivated scells 1 and SCell 2, implicitly indicating that only Pcell is active.

For case 2: the target cell may include an activated Pcell and SCell 1, implicitly indicating that SCell 2 is not activated. Or the target cell may also include deactivated Scell 2, implicitly indicating that Pcell and Scell 1 are active.

For case 3: the target cell may include an activated Pcell and SCell 2, implicitly indicating that SCell 1 is not activated. Or the target cell may also include deactivated Scell 1, implicitly indicating Pcell and Scell 2 activation.

For case 4: the target cell may include an activated Pcell, SCell 1, and SCell 2.

Example 2: the network device configures a Pcell and 4 scells (respectively referred to as scells 1 to 4) for the terminal device, i.e. the preconfigured cell comprises one Pcell and 4 scells.

The activation or activation state of a cell includes 16 cases:

Case 1: only Pcell activated, none of the other scells activated;

Case 2: pcell+Scell 1 is activated, and other Scells are not activated;

Case 3: pcell+Scell 2 is activated, and other Scells are not activated;

Case 4: pcell+Scell 3 is activated, and other Scells are not activated;

case 5: pcell+Scell 4 is activated, and other Scells are not activated;

Case 6: pcell+SCell 1+Scell 2 is activated, and other Scells are not activated;

case 7: pcell+SCell 1+Scell 3 is activated, and other Scells are not activated;

case 8: pcell+SCell 1+Scell 4 is activated, and other Scells are not activated;

Case 9: pcell+scell2+scell 3 activated, other scells not activated;

case 10: pcell+scell2+scell 4 activated, other scells not activated;

Case 11: pcell+scell3+scell 4 activated, other scells not activated;

Case 12: pcell+SCell 1+Scell 2+Scell 3 is activated, scell 4 is not activated;

case 13: pcell+SCell 1+Scell 2+Scell 4 is activated, scell 3 is not activated;

Case 14: pcell+SCell 1+Scell 3+Scell 4 is activated, scell 2 is not activated;

Case 15: pcell+SCell 2+Scell 3+Scell 4 is activated, scell 1 is not activated;

Case 16: pcell+scell 1+Scell 2+Scell 3+Scell4 is active.

In this embodiment 2, the target cell combination may include the cell combinations activated and/or the cell combinations deactivated in the 16 cases described above. The specific implementation refers to the example of embodiment 1, and will not be described here again.

In this embodiment 2, the target cell may include an activated cell and/or a deactivated cell in the case of 16 described above. The specific implementation refers to the example of embodiment 1, and will not be described here again.

Example 3: the network device configures a Pcell and 4 scells (respectively referred to as scells 1 to 4) for the terminal device, i.e. the preconfigured cell comprises one Pcell and 4 scells. Only Scell 1 and Scell 2 are configured dormant BWP, but other scells are not configured dormant BWP, and therefore do not enter a dormant state.

The sleep or awake state of a cell may include four cases:

Case 1: pcell+Scell 3+Scell 4 is activated, and none of the other Scells is activated;

case 2: pcell+Scell 1+Scell 3+Scell 4 is activated, scell-2 is not activated;

case 3: pcell+Scell 2+Scell 3+Scell 4 is activated, scell-1 is not activated;

case 4: pcell+Scell 1+Scell 2+Scell 3+Scell4 is activated.

In this embodiment 4, the target cell combinations may include the cell combinations activated and/or the cell combinations deactivated in the above 4 cases. The specific implementation refers to the example of embodiment 1, and will not be described here again.

In this embodiment 4, the target cell may include an activated cell and/or a deactivated cell in the case of 4 above. The specific implementation refers to the example of embodiment 1, and will not be described here again.

In some embodiments of the present application, the method 200 further comprises:

S201, the terminal equipment receives first configuration information of the network equipment, wherein the first configuration information is used for configuring interval information supported by reporting of the terminal equipment.

In some embodiments, the first configuration information is sent by an RRC message. For example, the RRC information may include, but is not limited to RRCReconfiguration and RRCResume messages.

In some embodiments, the first configuration information is carried over needForGapsConfigNR IE.

In some embodiments, the first configuration information may be used to configure a target band (band) of interval information supported by the terminal device, that is, the terminal device reports interval information required for measurement on the target band, for example, whether MG or NCSG is required or not.

In some embodiments, the first configuration information is carried through needForGapsConfigNR IE, and needForGapsConfigNR IE includes band indication information FreqBandIndicatorNR for indicating a target band of interval information that needs to be reported by the terminal device for supporting.

In some embodiments of the present application, the first configuration information includes first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate whether interval information supported by the terminal device for cell or cell group reporting is required. In other words, whether to report the measurement gap requirements associated with a cell or group of cells.

In some embodiments, the first indication information is terminal equipment (i.e. per UE) granularity, in other words, the first indication information may be applied to all bands in the target band. That is, the terminal device reports supported interval information for all bands in the target band for the cell or cell group, or does not report supported interval information for the cell or cell group.

For example, when the first indication information indicates that the interval information supported by the terminal device for the cell or the cell group is required to be reported, the terminal device reports the interval information supported by the terminal device on each of the target frequency bands under the target cell or the target cell group, or when the first indication information indicates that the interval information supported by the terminal device for the cell or the cell group is not required to be reported, the terminal device may report the interval information supported on each of the target frequency bands, that is, the cell group is not required to be considered.

As an example, the first configuration information is carried by needForGapsConfigNR IE, needForGapsConfigNR IE includes FreqBandIndicatorNR and enableSCellCombination (i.e., first indication information), freqBandIndicatorNR is used to indicate target frequency band information of interval information that the terminal device needs to report to support, enableSCellCombination (e.g., 1 bit) is used to indicate whether the terminal device needs to report interval information that supports for a cell or a cell group on all frequency bands in the target frequency band, i.e., the first indication information is applicable to all frequency bands in FreqBandIndicatorNR.

In other embodiments, the first indication information is Band (i.e., per Band) granularity. For example, the network device may indicate, by means of a bit map (bitmap), whether each of the target frequency bands requires reporting supported interval information for a cell or cell group.

Alternatively, the network device may configure that part of the bands in the target frequency band need to report supported interval information for the target cell or target cell group.

As an example, the first indication information includes M bits, where M is the number of frequency bands included in the target frequency band, each bit in the M bits corresponds to one frequency band, and a value of each bit is used to indicate whether the terminal device needs to report supported interval information for a cell or a cell group on the corresponding frequency band.

For example, when the terminal device needs to report supported interval information for a cell or a cell group on a frequency band, the terminal device may report the interval information supported by the terminal device on the frequency band under a target cell or a target cell group; or if the terminal device does not need to report the supported interval information for the cell or the cell group on one frequency band, the terminal device can report the interval information supported by the terminal device on the frequency band, i.e. the cell group is not considered.

As an example, the first configuration information is carried by needForGapsConfigNR IE, needForGapsConfigNR IE includes target frequency band information for indicating that the terminal device needs to report the supported interval information, specifically, freqBandIndicatorNR is used for indicating M frequency bands. The enableSCellCombination may include M bits, each of the M bits corresponding to one of the M frequency bands, each bit being used to indicate whether or not supported interval information is required for the terminal device to report for the cell or cell group on the corresponding frequency band.

As another example, the first configuration information is carried through needForGapsConfigNR IE, needForGapsConfigNR IE includes FreqBandIndicatorNR, where FreqBandIndicatorNR includes M band information IEs, where each band information IE includes one band information and one enableSCellCombination, and enableSCellCombination is used to indicate whether interval information supported by a terminal device for cell or cell group reporting is required on a band in the corresponding band information IE.

In some embodiments of the present application, the first configuration information includes second indication information, where the second indication information is used to indicate a target cell or a target cell combination for which the terminal device reports the supported interval information.

Alternatively, the target cell or the target cell combination indicated by the second indication information may be regarded as a target cell or a target cell combination desired by the network device.

In some embodiments, the second indication information may be used to indicate at least one secondary cell or at least one secondary cell combination.

For example, the second indication information is used to indicate the secondary cell ID corresponding to the secondary cell 1 or the secondary cell 2, that is, the scell-ID1 or the scell-ID2. Indicating that the network device wants the terminal device to report whether MG or NCSG is needed for making the measurement when secondary cell 1 or secondary cell 2 is deactivated.

For another example, the second indication information may be used to indicate a cell group list (cellCombinationList) including a plurality of cell groups, such as cell group 1 (CellCombination-1) and cell group 2 (CellCombination-2), where cell group 1 is an active cell group: PCell and SCell 1, cell group 2 is an active cell combination: pcell+scell 2. Indicating whether the network device wants the terminal device to report that MG or NCSG is needed for measurement under the corresponding cell group.

In some embodiments of the application, the target cell or the target cell group is terminal device granularity. In other words, the second indication information may be per UE granularity. Alternatively, the target cell or target cell group is suitable for all of the target frequency bands.

In some embodiments, the first configuration information is carried in a fourth IE, where the fourth IE includes target frequency band information of interval information that the terminal device needs to report to support, and information of the target cell or the target cell combination. The target cell or the target cell group is applied to all frequency bands in the target frequency band information.

As an example, the first configuration information is carried by needForGapsConfigNR IE, needForGapsConfigNR IE includes FreqBandIndicatorNR and cellCombinationList, where the cell group indicated by cellCombinationList is suitable for all frequency bands indicated by FreqBandIndicatorNR.

In other embodiments of the present application, the target cell or the target cell group is band-granularity. In other words, the second indication information may be per band granularity.

For example, a corresponding target cell or target cell combination may be configured for each frequency band on the target frequency band, in which case the second indication information includes the target cell or target cell combination associated with each of the target frequency bands.

For another example, when the first indication information is configured for band, only a cell or a cell combination associated with a frequency band for which supported interval information needs to be reported for the cell or the cell combination may be configured. For example, only the first frequency band and the second frequency band in the target frequency band need to report the supported interval information for the cell or the cell group, and the second indication information may include the target cell or the target cell group associated with the first frequency band and the second frequency band.

In some embodiments, the first configuration information is carried in a fifth IE, where the fifth IE includes M frequency band information IEs, each frequency band information IE includes one frequency band information and information of a target cell or a target cell combination associated with the one frequency band information, where M is the number of frequency bands included in the target frequency band. Wherein the target cell or target cell combination in each band information IE is applied only to the band information in that band information IE.

As an example, the first configuration information is carried by needForGapsConfigNR IE, needForGapsConfigNR IE includes FreqBandIndicatorNR, freqBandIndicatorNR M frequency band information IEs, where each frequency band information IE includes one frequency band information and one cellCombinationList, and the cellCombinationList is used to indicate a cell or a cell combination associated with the frequency band information in the corresponding frequency band information IE.

In some embodiments, when the first configuration information does not include the second indication information, the target cell or the target cell group may be determined according to a preconfigured cell, and a specific determination manner refers to a related description of the foregoing embodiment, which is not repeated herein.

In summary, the target cell or target cell group associated with each of the target frequency bands may be the same, e.g., may be configured by the network device or determined from preconfigured cells; or the target cell or target cell group associated with each of the target frequency bands may be different, e.g., the network device may configure the corresponding target cell or target cell group for different frequency bands.

In some embodiments of the present application, the first information may be reported according to the first configuration information, or may also be reported by the terminal device automatically.

In some embodiments, the first information includes interval type information supported by the terminal device on each of the target frequency bands under the target cell or the target cell group. The target cell or the target cell combination may be configured by the network device, or may also be determined according to a preconfigured cell, and detailed description of the foregoing embodiment is referred to, which is not repeated herein.

In some embodiments, all of the target frequency bands are associated with the same target cell or combination of target cells.

For example, the target cell or target cell combination associated with the target frequency band may be indicated by the second indication information, or may be determined according to a preconfigured cell.

In other embodiments, each of the target frequency bands is associated with a respective target cell or combination of target cells.

For example, the target cell or target cell combination associated with each frequency band may be indicated by the second indication information.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present application, the IE format for carrying the first information is not limited, and the IE format for carrying the first information is described below with reference to a specific example, but the present application is not limited thereto.

Mode 1:

The first information is carried in a first IE, the first IE including N sets of interval information IEs, where N is the number of the target cells or the number of the target cell groups, where each set of interval information IEs includes information of an associated cell or cell combination, interval information supported by the terminal device on each frequency band in a common frequency band list under the associated cell or cell combination, and interval information supported by the terminal device on each frequency band in a different frequency band list under the associated cell or cell combination.

Taking the first IE NeedForGapsInfoNR IE as an example, the format of NeedForGapsInfoNR IE is described as follows:

Wherein INTRAFREQ-needForGap represents a common-frequency band list of interval information to be reported and supported, INTERFREQ-needForGap represents a different-frequency band list of interval information to be reported and supported, cellCombination is a cell or a cell combination associated with a frequency band in the frequency band list.

Taking the cell configuration in the foregoing embodiment 1 as an example, the terminal device may report the interval information supported under the four cell groups.

That is, the first IE may include the following IEs:

needForGapsInfoNR-1, associated cell combination 1 (Pcell active only);

needForGapsInfoNR-2, associated cell group 2 (pcell+scell 1 active);

needForGapsInfoNR-3, associated cell group 3 (pcell+scell 2 active);

needForGapsInfoNR-4, associated cell group 4 (pcell+scell 1+scell 2 active): .

Wherein needForGapsInfoNR-1 indicates whether or not a terminal device needs MG or NCSG, needForGapsInfoNR-2 under cell group 1 indicates whether or not a terminal device needs MG or NCSG, needForGapsInfoNR-3 under cell group 2 indicates whether or not a terminal device needs MG or NCSG, needForGapsInfoNR-4 under cell group 3 indicates whether or not a terminal device needs MG or NCSG under cell group 4.

Mode 2:

The first information is carried in a second IE, where the second IE includes interval information IEs corresponding to a common-frequency band list and interval information IEs corresponding to a different-frequency band list, where the interval information IEs corresponding to the common-frequency band list include x×n first interval information IEs, the interval information IEs corresponding to the different-frequency band list include y×n second interval information IEs, X represents a maximum number of frequency bands included in the common-frequency band list, Y represents a maximum number of frequency bands included in the different-frequency band list, and N is a number of the target cells or a number of the target cell groups. That is, each first interval information IE is associated with one common frequency band and one cell or cell combination, and each second interval information IE is associated with one different frequency band and one cell or cell combination. For example, each first interval information IE includes one frequency band information, information of one cell or cell combination, and interval information supported by the terminal device on the frequency band under the cell or cell combination.

For example, each second interval information IE includes one band information, information of one cell or cell combination, and interval information supported by the terminal device on the band under the cell or cell combination. Taking the first IE NeedForGapsInfoNR IE as an example, the format of NeedForGapsInfoNR IE is described as follows:

Wherein, needForGapsIntraFreqlist format is as follows:

NeedForGapsIntraFreqlist::＝SEQUENCE(SIZE(1..maxNrofServingCells))OF NeedForGapsIntraFreq

wherein NeedForGapsIntraFreqlist represents a common frequency band list of interval information that the terminal device needs to report to support, and maxNrofServingCells represents the maximum number of serving cells. NeedForGapsBandlistNR format is as follows:

NeedForGapsBandlistNR::＝SEQUENCE(SIZE(1..maxBands))OF NeedForGapsNR

Wherein NeedForGapsBandlistNR represents a list of different frequency bands of interval information that the terminal device needs to report to support, and maxBands represents the maximum number of the frequency bands.

As one example, needForGapsIntraFreq format is as follows:

Wherein the on-channel frequency band information is determined by a serving cell identity (SERVING CELL ID), cellCombination in this example represents a cell combination, gapIndicationIntra is used to indicate interval information supported by the terminal device on the frequency band indicated by SERVCELLID in the cell combination indicated by cellCombination, i.e. NeedForGapsIntraFreq is used to indicate interval information supported by the terminal device on the on-channel frequency band in a cell combination.

As one example, needForGapsNR format is as follows:

Wherein the inter-frequency band information may be determined by band information, and in this example cellCombination indicates a cell combination, gapIndication is used to indicate interval information supported by the terminal device on the frequency band indicated by bandNR in the cell combination indicated by cellCombination, that is NeedForGapsNR is used to indicate interval information supported by the terminal device on the inter-frequency band in a cell combination.

Mode 3: the first information is carried in a third IE, the third IE comprises interval information IE corresponding to a same-frequency band list and interval information IE corresponding to a different-frequency band list, wherein the interval information IE corresponding to the same-frequency band list comprises X pieces of third interval information IE, the interval information IE corresponding to the different-frequency band list comprises Y pieces of fourth interval information IE, X represents the maximum number of frequency bands included in the same-frequency band list, and Y represents the maximum number of frequency bands included in the different-frequency band list;

Each third interval information IE comprises one frequency band information, N pieces of third interval information and N pieces of information of cells or cell combinations, wherein the N pieces of third interval information are in one-to-one correspondence with the N pieces of information of the cells or the cell combinations, and each piece of third interval information is used for indicating interval information supported by the terminal equipment on a frequency band indicated by the frequency band information under the corresponding cell or cell combination;

Each fourth interval information IE comprises a piece of frequency band information, N pieces of fourth interval information and N pieces of information of cells or cell combinations, wherein the N pieces of fourth interval information are in one-to-one correspondence with the N pieces of information of the cells or the cell combinations, and each piece of fourth interval information is used for indicating interval information supported by the terminal equipment on a frequency band indicated by the frequency band information under the corresponding cell or cell combination.

Following the previous example, in this mode 3, needForGapsIntraFreq format is as follows:

wherein gapIndicationIntra is ENUMERATED { gap, ncsg, no-gap }

Wherein the co-channel frequency band information is determined by serving cell identity, cellCombinationList in this example representing N cell combinations, gapIndicationIntraList being used to indicate interval information supported by the terminal device on the frequency band indicated by SERVCELLID in the N cell combinations indicated by cellCombinationList. I.e. NeedForGapsIntraFreq is used to indicate the interval information supported by the terminal device on the same frequency band for each of the N cell combinations.

Following the previous example, in this mode 3, needForGapsNR format is as follows:

wherein gapIndication is ENUMERATED { gap, ncsg, no-gap }.

Wherein the inter-frequency band information may be determined by band information, and cellCombinationList indicates N cell combinations in this example, gapIndicationList is used to indicate interval information supported by the terminal device on the frequency band indicated by bandNR under the N cell combinations indicated by cellCombinationList, that is NeedForGapsNR is used to indicate interval information supported by the terminal device on the inter-frequency band under each of the N cell combinations.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, if the terminal device and the network device have consistent understanding about the target cell or the target cell group, the cell group cellCombination or the cell group list cellCombinationList is an optional parameter, for example, may be a default cell or a cell combination, or may also be a cell or a cell combination indicated by the network device through the second indication information. For example, the cellCombinationList parameter may be time-out, and the correspondence of gapIndicationList indication to cell group may be determined in the order of cell group indicated by the network device.

For example, the network device indicates the cell group 1, the cell group 2 and the cell group 3 through the aforementioned second indication information, then gapIndicationList may include interval information respectively supported by the terminal devices under the above three cell groups, for example, gapIndicationList includes gapIndication-1, gapping-2 and gapIndication-3, and gapIndication-1 corresponds to the cell group 1, gapping-2 corresponds to the cell group 2, and gapping-3 corresponds to the cell group 3.

It should be noted that, the above only takes the cell or cell group corresponding to the same target frequency band as an example, but the application is not limited thereto, and when the target frequency band corresponds to different cells or cell groups, the number of IEs carrying the interval information supported on different frequency bands need only be adjusted. For example, for the third IEs, when different frequency bands correspond to respective target cells or combinations of target cells, each third interval information IE may include one frequency band information, ni third interval information, and Ni cells or combinations of cells, where Ni is the number of cells or combinations of cells associated with the i-th frequency band in the X same frequency bands, where 1.ltoreq.i.ltoreq.x.

In some implementations, whether the terminal device needs MG and whether NCSG needs to be indicated by separate signaling, in which case, for example, whether NCSG is supported for reporting by needForNCSGInfoNR and whether MG is supported for reporting by needForGapsInfoNR, needForNCSGInfoNR may also be designed using the needForGapsInfoNR format described above, except that gapIndication includes types NCSG and non-NCSG (e.g., ncsg and no-ncsg), or, in other words, whether ncsg is needed.

In summary, the terminal device reports to the network device the interval information supported by the terminal device under the target cell or the target cell group. Thus, when the network device dynamically activates or deactivates one or more cells, or wakes up or sleeps up one or more cells, the network device may not need to frequently request the terminal device to report the interval information supported by the terminal device, but only needs to combine the interval information supported by the terminal device under the target cell or the target cell group reported by the terminal device according to the currently activated or waked up cell or cell combination, so that the interval information supported by the terminal device under the currently activated or waked up cell or cell combination can be determined.

The method embodiment of the present application is described in detail above with reference to fig. 3, and the apparatus embodiment of the present application is described in detail below with reference to fig. 4 to 8, it being understood that the apparatus embodiment corresponds to the method embodiment, and similar descriptions can refer to the method embodiment.

Fig. 4 shows a schematic block diagram of a terminal device 400 according to an embodiment of the application. As shown in fig. 4, the terminal device 400 includes:

A communication unit 410, configured to send first information to a network device, where the first information includes interval information supported by the terminal device under a target cell or a target cell group.

the measurement interval MG, the network controllable small interval NCSG, no interval.

In some embodiments, the target cell comprises at least one cell in an active or awake state, or at least one cell in a deactivated or dormant state;

the target cell group comprises at least one cell group in an active or awake state or at least one cell group in a deactivated or dormant state.

In some embodiments, the target cell is configured by the network device or determined from a cell preconfigured by the network device; or alternatively

The target cell group is configured by the network device or determined from a cell preconfigured by the network device.

In some embodiments, the first information includes interval type information supported by the terminal device on each of the target frequency bands under the target cell or the target cell group.

In some embodiments, all of the target frequency bands are associated with the same target cell or combination of target cells; or alternatively

Each of the target frequency bands is associated with a respective target cell or combination of target cells.

In some embodiments, the first information is carried in a first information element IE, the first IE comprising N sets of interval information IEs, the N being the number of the target cells or the number of the target cell groups, wherein each set of interval information IEs comprises information of an associated cell or cell combination, interval information supported by the terminal device on each frequency band in the common frequency band list under the associated cell or cell combination, and interval information supported by the terminal device on each frequency band in the different frequency band list under the associated cell or cell combination.

In some embodiments, the first information is carried in a second IE, where the second IE includes interval information IEs corresponding to a common-frequency band list and interval information IEs corresponding to a different-frequency band list, where the interval information IEs corresponding to the common-frequency band list include x×n first interval information IEs, the interval information IEs corresponding to the different-frequency band list include y×n second interval information IEs, X represents a maximum number of frequency bands included in the common-frequency band list, Y represents a maximum number of frequency bands included in the different-frequency band list, and N is a number of the target cells or a number of the target cell groups;

each first interval information IE comprises frequency band information, information of a cell or a cell combination and interval information supported by the terminal equipment on a frequency band indicated by the frequency band information under the cell or the cell combination;

each second interval information IE includes one frequency band information, information of one cell or a cell combination, and interval information supported by the terminal device on a frequency band indicated by the frequency band information under the cell or the cell combination.

In some embodiments, the first information is carried in a third IE, where the third IE includes interval information IEs corresponding to the same-frequency band list and interval information IEs corresponding to the different-frequency band list, where the interval information IEs corresponding to the same-frequency band list includes X third interval information IEs, and the interval information IEs corresponding to the different-frequency band list includes Y fourth interval information IEs, where X represents a maximum number of frequency bands included in the same-frequency band list, and Y represents a maximum number of frequency bands included in the different-frequency band list;

each third interval information IE includes one frequency band information, N third interval information and N cells or cell combination information, where N is the number of the target cells or the number of the target cell groups, the N third interval information corresponds to the N cells or cell combination information one to one, and each third interval information is used to indicate interval information supported by the terminal device on a frequency band indicated by the frequency band information under the corresponding cell or cell combination;

Each fourth interval information IE includes one frequency band information, N fourth interval information and N cells or cell combination information, where N is the number of the target cells or the number of the target cell groups, the N fourth interval information corresponds to the N cells or cell combination information one to one, and each fourth interval information is used to indicate interval information supported by the terminal device on a frequency band indicated by the frequency band information under a corresponding cell or cell combination.

In some embodiments, the communication unit 410 is further configured to:

and receiving first configuration information of network equipment, wherein the first configuration information is used for configuring interval information supported by reporting of the terminal equipment.

In some embodiments, the first configuration information includes first indication information for indicating whether the terminal device is required to report supported interval information for a cell or cell group.

In some embodiments, the first indication information is terminal device granularity or the first indication information is frequency band granularity.

In some embodiments, the first indication information includes M bits, where M is the number of frequency bands included in the target frequency band, each bit in the M bits corresponds to one frequency band, and a value of each bit is used to indicate whether the terminal device needs to report supported interval information for a cell or a cell group on the corresponding frequency band.

In some embodiments, the first configuration information includes second indication information, where the second indication information is used to indicate a target cell or a target cell combination for which the terminal device reports the supported interval information.

In some embodiments, the target cell or the target cell group is terminal device granularity.

In some embodiments, the first configuration information is carried in a fourth IE, where the fourth IE includes target frequency band information of interval information that the terminal device needs to report to support, and information of the target cell or the target cell combination.

In some embodiments, the target cell or the target cell group is band-granularity.

In some embodiments, the second indication information includes a target cell or a target cell combination associated with each of the target frequency bands.

In some embodiments, the first configuration information is carried in a fifth IE, where the fifth IE includes M frequency band information IEs, each frequency band information IE includes one frequency band information and information of a target cell or a target cell combination associated with the one frequency band information, where M is the number of frequency bands included in the target frequency band.

Alternatively, in some embodiments, the communication unit may be a communication interface or transceiver, or an input/output interface of a communication chip or a system on a chip. The processing unit may be one or more processors.

It should be understood that the terminal device 400 according to the embodiment of the present application may correspond to the terminal device in the embodiment of the method 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 the corresponding flow of the terminal device in the method 200 shown in fig. 3, and are not described herein for brevity.

Fig. 5 is a schematic block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application. The network device 500 of fig. 5 includes:

And the communication unit 510 is configured to send first configuration information to a terminal device, where the first configuration information is used to configure interval information supported by reporting by the terminal device, and the first configuration information is associated with a cell or a cell group.

In some embodiments, the communication unit 510 is further configured to:

and receiving first information sent by the terminal equipment, wherein the first information comprises interval information supported by the terminal equipment under a target cell or a target cell group.

In some embodiments, the first information is carried in a second IE, the second IE including an interval information IE corresponding to a common frequency band list and an interval information IE corresponding to a different frequency band list, wherein the interval information IE corresponding to the common frequency band list includes

X×n first interval information IEs, where the interval information IEs corresponding to the inter-frequency band list include y×n second interval information IEs, X represents a maximum number of frequency bands included in the same-frequency band list, Y represents a maximum number of frequency bands included in the inter-frequency band list, and N is a number of the target cells or a number of the target cell groups;

Wherein each third interval information IE includes one frequency band information, N third interval information and N cells or cell combination information, where N is the number of the target cells or the number of the target cell groups, the N third interval information corresponds to the N cells or cell combination information one to one, and each third interval information is used to indicate interval information supported by the terminal device on a frequency band indicated by the frequency band information under the corresponding cell or cell combination;

It should be understood that the network device 500 according to the embodiment of the present application may correspond to the network device in the embodiment of the method of the present application, and the above and other operations and/or functions of each unit in the network device 500 are respectively for implementing the corresponding flow of the network device in the method 200 shown in fig. 3, which is not described herein for brevity.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device 600 provided in an embodiment of the present application. The communication device 600 shown in fig. 6 comprises a processor 610, from which the processor 610 may call and run a computer program to implement the method in an embodiment of the application.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 6, the communication device 600 may also include a memory 620. 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.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 6, the communication device 600 may further include a transceiver 630, and 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.

The transceiver 630 may include a transmitter and a receiver, among others. Transceiver 630 may further include antennas, the number of which may be one or more.

Optionally, the communication device 600 may be specifically a network device according to the 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, which is not described herein for brevity.

Optionally, the communication device 600 may be specifically a mobile terminal/terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application, and the communication device 600 may implement corresponding processes implemented by the mobile terminal/terminal device in each method according to the embodiment of the present application, which are not described herein for brevity.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip of an embodiment of the present application. The chip 700 shown in fig. 7 includes a processor 710, and the processor 710 may call and run a computer program from a memory to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 7, chip 700 may also include 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.

Wherein the memory 720 may be a separate device from the processor 710 or may be integrated into the processor 710.

Optionally, the chip 700 may also 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.

Optionally, 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.

Optionally, the chip 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 in the embodiment of the present application, which is not described herein for brevity.

Optionally, the chip may be applied to a mobile terminal/terminal device in the embodiment of the present application, and the chip may implement a corresponding flow implemented by the mobile terminal/terminal device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, which is not described herein for brevity.

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

Fig. 8 is a schematic block diagram of a communication system 900 provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 8, the communication system 900 includes a terminal device 910 and a network device 920.

The terminal device 910 may be configured to implement the corresponding functions implemented by the terminal device in the above method, and the network device 920 may be configured to implement the corresponding functions implemented by the network device in the above method, which are not described herein for brevity.

It should be appreciated that the processor of an embodiment of the present application may be an integrated circuit chip having signal processing capabilities. In implementation, the steps of the above method embodiments may be implemented by integrated logic circuits of hardware in a processor or instructions in software form. The Processor may be a general purpose Processor, a digital signal Processor (DIGITAL SIGNAL Processor, DSP), an Application SPECIFIC INTEGRATED Circuit (ASIC), an off-the-shelf programmable gate array (Field Programmable GATE ARRAY, FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic device, discrete hardware components. The disclosed methods, steps, and logic blocks in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented or performed. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like. 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 electrically 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.

It will be appreciated that the memory in embodiments of the application may be volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or may include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. The nonvolatile Memory may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable EPROM (EEPROM), or a flash Memory. The volatile memory may be random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM) 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 (SYNCHLINK DRAM, SLDRAM), and Direct memory bus RAM (DR RAM). It should be noted that the memory of the systems and methods described herein is intended to comprise, without being limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

It should be appreciated that the above memory is exemplary and not limiting, and for example, the memory in the embodiments of the present application may be 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 connection dynamic random access memory (SYNCH LINK DRAM, SLDRAM), direct Rambus RAM (DR RAM), and the like. That is, the memory in embodiments of the present application is intended to comprise, without being limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

The embodiment of the application also provides a computer readable storage medium for storing a computer program.

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.

The embodiment of the application also provides a computer program product comprising computer program instructions.

Optionally, the computer program product may be applied to a network device in the embodiment of the present application, and the computer program instructions cause a computer to execute corresponding processes implemented by the network device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, which are 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 instructions cause a computer to 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.

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.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative 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 present application.

It will be clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, specific working procedures of the above-described systems, apparatuses and units 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 apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative, e.g., the division of the units is merely a logical function division, and there may be additional divisions when actually implemented, e.g., multiple units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted or not performed. Alternatively, the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed with each other may be an indirect coupling or communication connection via some interfaces, devices or units, which may be in electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate units may or may not be physically separate, and units shown as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

In addition, each functional unit in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units may be integrated in one unit.

The functions, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present application may be embodied essentially or in a part contributing to the prior art or in a part of the technical solution, in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, comprising several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, a network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a random access Memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, or other various media capable of storing program codes.

The foregoing is merely illustrative of the present application, and the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art will readily recognize that variations or substitutions are within the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

A method of wireless communication, comprising:

the terminal device sends first information to the network device, wherein the first information comprises interval information supported by the terminal device under a target cell or a target cell group.
The method of claim 1, wherein the interval information supported by the terminal device comprises at least one of:

the measurement interval MG, the network controllable small interval NCSG, no interval.
The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the target cell comprises at least one cell in an active or awake state or at least one cell in a deactivated or dormant state;

the target cell group comprises at least one cell group in an active or awake state or at least one cell group in a deactivated or dormant state.
A method according to any of claims 1-3, characterized in that the target cell is configured by the network device or is determined from a cell preconfigured by the network device; or alternatively

The target cell group is configured by the network device or determined from a cell preconfigured by the network device.
The method according to any of claims 1-4, wherein the first information comprises interval type information supported by the terminal device on each of the target frequency bands under the target cell or under the target cell group.
The method of claim 5, wherein all of the target frequency bands are associated with the same target cell or combination of target cells; or alternatively

Each of the target frequency bands is associated with a respective target cell or combination of target cells.
The method according to any of claims 1-6, wherein the first information is carried in a first information element, IE, the first IE comprising N sets of interval information IEs, N being the number of the target cells or the number of the target cell combinations, wherein each set of interval information IEs comprises information of an associated cell or cell combination, interval information supported by the terminal device on each frequency band in a co-frequency band list under the associated cell or cell combination, and interval information supported by the terminal device on each frequency band in a inter-frequency band list under the associated cell or cell combination.
The method according to any of claims 1-6, wherein the first information is carried in a second IE, the second IE comprising an interval information IE corresponding to a common frequency band list and an interval information IE corresponding to a different frequency band list, wherein the interval information IE corresponding to the common frequency band list comprises X N first interval information IEs, the interval information IE corresponding to the different frequency band list comprises Y X N second interval information IEs, X represents a maximum number of frequency bands included in the common frequency band list, Y represents a maximum number of frequency bands included in the different frequency band list, and N is the number of the target cells or the number of target cell groups;

each first interval information IE comprises frequency band information, information of a cell or a cell combination and interval information supported by the terminal equipment on a frequency band indicated by the frequency band information under the cell or the cell combination;

each second interval information IE includes one frequency band information, information of one cell or a cell combination, and interval information supported by the terminal device on a frequency band indicated by the frequency band information under the cell or the cell combination.
The method according to any of claims 1-6, wherein the first information is carried in a third IE, the third IE comprising an interval information IE corresponding to a common frequency band list and an interval information IE corresponding to a different frequency band list, wherein the interval information IE corresponding to the common frequency band list comprises X third interval information IEs, the interval information IE corresponding to the different frequency band list comprises Y fourth interval information IEs, wherein X represents a maximum number of frequency bands included in the common frequency band list, and Y represents a maximum number of frequency bands included in the different frequency band list;

Wherein each third interval information IE includes one frequency band information, N third interval information and N cells or cell combination information, where N is the number of the target cells or the number of the target cell groups, the N third interval information corresponds to the N cells or cell combination information one to one, and each third interval information is used to indicate interval information supported by the terminal device on a frequency band indicated by the frequency band information under the corresponding cell or cell combination;

Each fourth interval information IE includes one frequency band information, N fourth interval information and N cells or cell combination information, where N is the number of the target cells or the number of the target cell groups, the N fourth interval information corresponds to the N cells or cell combination information one to one, and each fourth interval information is used to indicate interval information supported by the terminal device on a frequency band indicated by the frequency band information under a corresponding cell or cell combination.
The method according to any one of claims 1-9, further comprising:

The terminal equipment receives first configuration information of the network equipment, wherein the first configuration information is used for configuring interval information supported by the reporting of the terminal equipment.
The method according to claim 10, wherein the first configuration information comprises first indication information indicating whether or not interval information supported by the terminal device for cell or cell group reporting is required.
The method of claim 11, wherein the first indication information is terminal device granularity or the first indication information is band granularity.
The method of claim 12, wherein the first indication information includes M bits, where M is a number of frequency bands included in the target frequency band, each bit in the M bits corresponds to one frequency band, and a value of each bit is used to indicate whether the terminal device needs to report supported interval information for a cell or a cell group on the corresponding frequency band.
The method according to any of claims 10-13, wherein the first configuration information comprises second indication information, the second indication information being used to indicate a target cell or a target cell combination for which the terminal device reports supported interval information.
The method of claim 14, wherein the target cell or the target cell group is terminal device granularity.
The method according to claim 15, wherein the first configuration information is carried in a fourth IE, the fourth IE including target frequency band information of interval information that the terminal device needs to report for support, and information of the target cell or the target cell combination.
The method of claim 14, wherein the target cell or the target cell group is band-granularity.
The method of claim 17, wherein the second indication information comprises a target cell or a target cell combination associated with each of the target frequency bands.
The method of claim 18, wherein the first configuration information is carried in a fifth IE, the fifth IE comprising M band information IEs, each band information IE comprising one band information and information of a target cell or a target cell combination associated with the one band information, wherein M is a number of bands included in the target band.
A method of wireless communication, comprising:

The network equipment sends first configuration information to the terminal equipment, wherein the first configuration information is used for configuring interval information supported by the reporting of the terminal equipment, and the first configuration information is associated with a cell or a cell group.
The method according to claim 20, wherein the first configuration information comprises first indication information indicating whether or not interval information supported by the terminal device for cell or cell group reporting is required.
The method of claim 21, wherein the first indication information is terminal device granularity or the first indication information is band granularity.
The method of claim 22, wherein the first indication information includes M bits, where M is a number of frequency bands included in the target frequency band, each bit in the M bits corresponds to one frequency band, and a value of each bit is used to indicate whether the terminal device needs to report supported interval information for a cell or a cell group on the corresponding frequency band.
The method according to any of claims 20-23, wherein the first configuration information comprises second indication information, the second indication information being used to indicate a target cell or a target cell combination for which the terminal device reports supported interval information.
The method of claim 24, wherein the target cell or the target cell group is terminal device granularity.
The method according to claim 25, wherein the first configuration information is carried in a fourth IE, the fourth IE including target frequency band information of interval information that the terminal device needs to report for support, and information of the target cell or the target cell combination.
The method of claim 24, wherein the target cell or the target cell group is band-granularity.
The method of claim 27, wherein the second indication information comprises a target cell or a target cell combination associated with each of the target frequency bands.
The method of claim 28, wherein the first configuration information is carried in a fifth IE, the fifth IE comprising M band information IEs, each band information IE comprising one band information and information of a target cell or a target cell combination associated with the one band information, wherein M is a number of bands included in the target band.
The method according to any one of claims 20-29, further comprising:

The network device receives first information sent by the terminal device, wherein the first information comprises interval information supported by the terminal device under a target cell or a target cell group.
The method of claim 30, wherein the interval information supported by the terminal device comprises at least one of:

the measurement interval MG, the network controllable small interval NCSG, no interval.
The method according to claim 30 or 31, wherein the target cell comprises at least one cell in an active or awake state or at least one cell in a deactivated or dormant state;

the target cell group comprises at least one cell group in an active or awake state or at least one cell group in a deactivated or dormant state.
The method according to any of claims 30-32, wherein the target cell is configured by the network device or determined from a cell preconfigured by the network device; or alternatively

The target cell group is configured by the network device or determined from a cell preconfigured by the network device.
The method according to any of claims 30-33, wherein the first information comprises interval type information supported by the terminal device on each of the target frequency bands under the target cell or under the target cell group.
The method of claim 34, wherein all of the target frequency bands are associated with the same target cell or combination of target cells; or alternatively

Each of the target frequency bands is associated with a respective target cell or combination of target cells.
The method according to any of claims 30-35, wherein the first information is carried in a first information element, IE, the first IE comprising N sets of interval information IEs, N being the number of the target cells or the number of the target cell combinations, wherein each set of interval information IEs comprises information of an associated cell or cell combination, interval information supported by the terminal device on each frequency band in a co-frequency band list under the associated cell or cell combination, and interval information supported by the terminal device on each frequency band in a inter-frequency band list under the associated cell or cell combination.
The method according to any of claims 30-35, wherein the first information is carried in a second IE, the second IE comprising an interval information IE corresponding to a common frequency band list and an interval information IE corresponding to a different frequency band list, wherein the interval information IE corresponding to the common frequency band list comprises X N first interval information IEs, the interval information IE corresponding to the different frequency band list comprises Y X N second interval information IEs, X represents a maximum number of frequency bands included in the common frequency band list, Y represents a maximum number of frequency bands included in the different frequency band list, and N is the number of the target cells or the number of target cell groups;

each first interval information IE comprises frequency band information, information of a cell or a cell combination and interval information supported by the terminal equipment on a frequency band indicated by the frequency band information under the cell or the cell combination;

each second interval information IE includes one frequency band information, information of one cell or a cell combination, and interval information supported by the terminal device on a frequency band indicated by the frequency band information under the cell or the cell combination.
The method according to any of claims 30-35, wherein the first information is carried in a third IE, the third IE comprising an interval information IE corresponding to a common frequency band list and an interval information IE corresponding to a different frequency band list, wherein the interval information IE corresponding to the common frequency band list comprises X third interval information IEs, the interval information IE corresponding to the different frequency band list comprises Y fourth interval information IEs, wherein X represents a maximum number of frequency bands included in the common frequency band list, and Y represents a maximum number of frequency bands included in the different frequency band list;

Wherein each third interval information IE includes one frequency band information, N third interval information and N cells or cell combination information, where N is the number of the target cells or the number of the target cell groups, the N third interval information corresponds to the N cells or cell combination information one to one, and each third interval information is used to indicate interval information supported by the terminal device on a frequency band indicated by the frequency band information under the corresponding cell or cell combination;

Each fourth interval information IE includes one frequency band information, N fourth interval information and N cells or cell combination information, where N is the number of the target cells or the number of the target cell groups, the N fourth interval information corresponds to the N cells or cell combination information one to one, and each fourth interval information is used to indicate interval information supported by the terminal device on a frequency band indicated by the frequency band information under a corresponding cell or cell combination.
A terminal device, comprising:

And the communication unit is used for sending first information to the network equipment, wherein the first information comprises interval information supported by the terminal equipment under a target cell or a target cell group.
A network device, comprising:

And the communication unit is used for sending first configuration information to the terminal equipment, wherein the first configuration information is used for configuring interval information supported by the reporting of the terminal equipment, and the first configuration information is associated with a cell or a cell group.
A terminal device, comprising: a processor and a memory for storing a computer program, the processor being adapted to invoke and run the computer program stored in the memory, to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 19.
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, performing the method of any of claims 20 to 38.
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 19 or the method of any one of claims 20 to 38.
A computer readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 19 or the method of any one of claims 20 to 38.
A computer program product comprising computer program instructions for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 19 or the method of any one of claims 20 to 38.
A computer program, characterized in that the computer program causes a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 19 or the method of any one of claims 20 to 38.