WO2023093716A1

WO2023093716A1 - Method for determining activation state of preconfigured gap, terminal, and network-side device

Info

Publication number: WO2023093716A1
Application number: PCT/CN2022/133478
Authority: WO
Inventors: 刘选兵; 杨晓东
Original assignee: 维沃移动通信有限公司
Priority date: 2021-11-24
Filing date: 2022-11-22
Publication date: 2023-06-01
Also published as: CN116170121A

Abstract

Embodiments of the present application relate to the technical field of communications. Disclosed are a method for determining an activation state of a preconfigured Gap, a terminal, and a network-side device. The method for determining the activation state of the preconfigured Gap in the embodiments of the present application comprises: the terminal receives configuration information, the configuration information comprising a configuration of a preconfigured Gap associated with a BWP combination, a CC combination, or a cell group; the terminal determines an activation state of the preconfigured Gap according to the configuration information.

Description

Method for determining activation state of pre-configured Gap, terminal and network side equipment

Cross References to Related Applications

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202111407230.6 filed on November 24, 2021, the entire content of which is hereby incorporated by reference.

technical field

The present application belongs to the technical field of communication, and in particular relates to a method for determining the activation state of a pre-configured Gap, a terminal and a network side device.

Background technique

In radio resource management (Radio Resource Management, RRM) measurement (taking SSB measurement as an example), if the currently active bandwidth part (Band Width Part, BWP) does not contain the target synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel signal block/synchronization signal block (Synchronization Signal and PBCHblock, SSB), the measurement based on SSB will require a measurement interval (Gap). However, for the pre-configured Gap, how to determine the activation state of the pre-configured Gap is a technical problem that needs to be solved when there are multiple carriers (such as carrier aggregation) or multiple connections (such as MR-DC).

Contents of the invention

Embodiments of the present application provide a method for determining the activation state of a pre-configured Gap, a terminal, and a network-side device, which can solve the problem of affecting communication transmission due to the inability of the terminal to determine the activation state of the pre-configured Gap when there are multiple carriers or multiple connections.

In the first aspect, a method for determining the activation state of a pre-configured Gap is provided, including: a terminal receives configuration information; wherein, the configuration information includes information related to a BWP combination, a carrier component (Component Carrier, CC) combination or a cell group Configuration of the pre-configured Gap; the terminal determines the activation status of the pre-configured Gap according to the configuration information.

In the second aspect, a method for determining the activation state of a pre-configured Gap is provided, including: a network side device sends configuration information; wherein, the configuration information includes a configuration of a pre-configured Gap related to a BWP combination, a CC combination or a cell group ; The configuration information is used by the terminal to determine the activation state of the pre-configured Gap.

In the third aspect, an apparatus for determining the activation state of a pre-configured Gap is provided, including: a receiving module for receiving configuration information; wherein, the configuration information includes a pre-configured Gap related to a BWP combination, a CC combination or a cell group configuration; a processing module configured to determine the activation state of the pre-configured Gap according to the configuration information.

In a fourth aspect, an apparatus for determining an activation state of a pre-configured Gap is provided, including: a sending module for sending configuration information; wherein, the configuration information includes a pre-configured Gap related to a BWP combination, a CC combination or a cell group configuration; the configuration information is used by the terminal to determine the activation status of the pre-configured Gap.

In a fifth aspect, a terminal is provided, the terminal includes a processor and a memory, the memory stores programs or instructions that can run on the processor, and when the programs or instructions are executed by the processor, the following The steps of the method in one aspect.

In a sixth aspect, a terminal is provided, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the processor is used to determine the activation state of a pre-configured Gap according to configuration information, and the communication interface is used to receive configuration information; wherein the The configuration information includes the configuration of the pre-configured Gap related to the BWP combination, CC combination or cell group.

In a seventh aspect, a network-side device is provided, the network-side device includes a processor and a memory, the memory stores programs or instructions that can run on the processor, and the programs or instructions are executed by the processor When realizing the steps of the method as described in the second aspect.

In an eighth aspect, a network side device is provided, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is used to send configuration information; wherein the configuration information includes information related to BWP combination, CC combination or cell group The configuration of the pre-configured Gap; the configuration information is used by the terminal to determine the activation state of the pre-configured Gap.

In the ninth aspect, there is provided a system for determining the activation state of a pre-configured Gap, including: a terminal and a network-side device, the terminal can be used to perform the steps of the method described in the first aspect, and the network-side device can be used to perform The steps of the method as described in the second aspect.

In a tenth aspect, a readable storage medium is provided, and a program or an instruction is stored on the readable storage medium, and when the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the steps of the method described in the first aspect are implemented, or the steps of the method as described in the first aspect are implemented, or the The steps of the method described in the second aspect.

In an eleventh aspect, a chip is provided, the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run a program or an instruction to implement the method described in the first aspect. The steps of the method, or the steps of implementing the method as described in the second aspect.

In a twelfth aspect, a computer program/program product is provided, the computer program/program product is stored in a storage medium, and the computer program/program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the The steps of the method, or realize the steps of the method as described in the second aspect.

In this embodiment of the present application, the terminal receives configuration information, the configuration information includes the configuration of the pre-configured Gap related to the BWP combination, CC combination or cell group, and the terminal determines the pre-configured Gap according to the configuration information. activation status. The embodiment of the present application solves the problem that the communication transmission is affected because the terminal cannot determine the activation state of the pre-configured Gap when there are multiple carriers or multiple connections, so as to improve communication performance and save signaling overhead.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a method for determining an activation state of a preconfigured Gap according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a method for determining the activation state of a preconfigured Gap according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for determining an activation state of a pre-configured Gap according to an embodiment of the present application;

5 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for determining an activation state of a pre-configured Gap according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a network side device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed ways

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present application, but not all of them. All other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments in this application belong to the protection scope of this application.

The terms "first", "second" and the like in the specification and claims of the present application are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not used to describe a specific sequence or sequence. It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the application are capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein and that "first" and "second" distinguish objects. It is usually one category, and the number of objects is not limited. For example, there may be one or more first objects. In addition, "and/or" in the description and claims means at least one of the connected objects, and the character "/" generally means that the related objects are an "or" relationship.

It is worth pointing out that the technology described in the embodiment of this application is not limited to the Long Term Evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE)/LTE-Advanced (LTE-Advanced, LTE-A) system, and can also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as code Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access, OFDMA), Single-carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (Single-carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access, SC-FDMA) and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in the embodiments of the present application are often used interchangeably, and the described technology can be used for the above-mentioned system and radio technology, and can also be used for other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes the New Radio (NR) system for illustrative purposes, and uses NR terminology in most of the following descriptions, but these techniques can also be applied to applications other than NR system applications, such as the 6th generation (6 ^th Generation, 6G) communication system.

Fig. 1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which the embodiment of the present application is applicable. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network side device 12 . Wherein, the terminal 11 can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a laptop computer (Laptop Computer) or a notebook computer, a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), a palmtop computer, a netbook, a super mobile personal computer (ultra-mobile personal computer, UMPC), mobile Internet device (Mobile Internet Device, MID), augmented reality (augmented reality, AR) / virtual reality (virtual reality, VR) equipment, robot, wearable device (Wearable Device) , vehicle equipment (VUE), pedestrian terminal (PUE), smart home (home equipment with wireless communication functions, such as refrigerators, TVs, washing machines or furniture, etc.), game consoles, personal computers (personal computers, PCs), teller machines or self-service Wearable devices include: smart watches, smart bracelets, smart headphones, smart glasses, smart jewelry (smart bracelets, smart bracelets, smart rings, smart necklaces, smart anklets, smart anklets, etc.), Smart wristbands, smart clothing, etc. It should be noted that, the embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific type of the terminal 11 . The network side device 12 may include an access network device or a core network device, wherein the access network device may also be called a radio access network device, a radio access network (Radio Access Network, RAN), a radio access network function, or a wireless access network unit. The access network equipment may include a base station, a WLAN access point, or a WiFi node, etc. The base station may be called a Node B, an evolved Node B (eNB), an access point, a Base Transceiver Station (BTS), a radio base station , radio transceiver, Basic Service Set (Basic Service Set, BSS), Extended Service Set (Extended Service Set, ESS), Home Node B, Home Evolved Node B, Transmitting Receiving Point (Transmitting Receiving Point, TRP) or the Any other suitable term in the field, as long as the same technical effect is achieved, the base station is not limited to a specific technical vocabulary. Specific types of base stations are defined.

The method for determining the activation state of a pre-configured Gap provided by the embodiment of the present application will be described in detail below through some embodiments and application scenarios with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 2 , this embodiment of the present application provides a method 200 for determining the activation state of a pre-configured Gap. This method can be executed by a terminal. In other words, this method can be executed by software or hardware installed on the terminal. The method includes the following step.

S202: The terminal receives configuration information; wherein, the configuration information includes a configuration of a pre-configured Gap related to a BWP combination, a carrier component (Component Carrier, CC) combination or a cell group.

In this embodiment, the terminal may receive a radio resource control (Radio Resource Control, RRC) message, and the RRC message includes configuration information of a pre-configured Gap. Optionally, the above RRC message may be an RRC reconfiguration message.

There may be multiple BWPs in the above BWP combination, and the multiple BWPs may belong to different cells. For example, the BWP combination includes BWP1 and BWP2, BWP1 belongs to cell 1, and BWP2 belongs to cell 2. The above CC combination may include multiple CCs, and in some examples, a CC may be equivalent to a secondary cell. The foregoing cell group may include multiple cells. The above BWP combinations, CC combinations or cell groups may be collectively referred to as multi-carriers.

Optionally, the above configuration information may include at least one of the following: 1) The activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to one or more secondary cells, and the one or more secondary cells may belong to a cell group. In this example, for example, the configuration information may include the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each of the one or more secondary cells; 2) the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to one or more BWPs , the one or more BWPs may belong to a BWP combination. In this example, for example, the configuration information may include the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each BWP among the one or more BWPs.

This embodiment can flexibly provide the configuration information of the pre-configured Gap according to the capability information of the terminal. For example, if the terminal supports the ability to receive by CC, the configuration information configured for the terminal may include the above 1); The BWP receiving capability may include the above 1) in the configuration information configured for the terminal; it may also include the above 1) and 2).

Optionally, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the one or more secondary cells mentioned in 1) above includes at least one of the following: a) the identity of the one or more secondary cells; b) The activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to at least one BWP in the one or more secondary cells; wherein, each secondary cell may include one or more BWPs; c) the one or more secondary cells The activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to all BWPs; wherein, each secondary cell may include one or more BWPs.

S204: The terminal determines the activation state of the pre-configured Gap according to the configuration information.

The activation state of the pre-configured Gap may include an active state or an inactive state (or deactivated state).

In an example, the pre-configured Gap is related to a BWP combination. In this step, the terminal determines the An activation state of a pre-configured Gap; wherein, the configuration information includes an activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each BWP in the BWP combination.

In an example, the preconfigured Gap is related to a CC combination, and in this step, the terminal determines the CC combination corresponding to the CC combination according to the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each CC in the CC combination An activation state of a pre-configured Gap; wherein, the configuration information includes an activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each CC in the CC combination.

In an example, the pre-configured Gap is related to a cell group. In this step, the terminal determines the An activation state of a pre-configured Gap; wherein, the configuration information includes an activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each cell in the cell group.

In the method for determining the activation state of a pre-configured Gap provided in the embodiment of the present application, the terminal receives configuration information, and the configuration information includes the configuration of the pre-configured Gap related to the BWP combination, CC combination or cell group, and the terminal receives the configuration information according to the configuration information to determine the activation status of the pre-configured Gap. The embodiment of the present application solves the problem that communication transmission is affected because the terminal cannot determine the activation state of the pre-configured Gap when there are multiple carriers or multiple connections (multiple connections can be used when there are multiple cell groups), so as to improve communication performance; at the same time It is beneficial to save signaling overhead.

The embodiment of the present application also solves the problem of how to provide the configuration of the pre-configured Gap, and the configuration of the pre-configured Gap can be flexibly provided in various ways.

For the improvement of communication performance mentioned above, for example, the terminal can determine the activation status of the pre-configured Gap and ignore the pre-configured Gap, avoiding resource waste and data loss caused by the Gap, which is conducive to improving the data throughput of the terminal and network-side devices For another example, the terminal may determine the activation state of the pre-configured Gap and use the pre-configured Gap, and the terminal performs measurement according to the pre-configured Gap to improve communication performance.

As mentioned above, it is beneficial to save signaling overhead. For example, if the network side device configures the activation status of the pre-configured Gap according to the cell group, CC combination or BWP combination, since there are many cell groups and CC combinations, the BWP If the number of combinations is large, the signaling overhead is too large. In the embodiment of the present application, the terminal can determine the activation state of the pre-configured Gap according to the configuration information of the pre-configured Gap. For example, the terminal can determine the activation of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the BWP combination according to the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each BWP State: The terminal can determine the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the CC combination according to the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each CC; the terminal can determine the cell group according to the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each secondary cell The activation state of the corresponding pre-configured gap. Through this design, compared with indicating the activation state of the pre-configured Gap according to each BWP combination, the size of the signaling message is greatly reduced.

For the above-mentioned saving of signaling overhead, for example, assuming that the secondary cell 1 includes 4 BWPs, and the secondary cell 2 includes 4 BWPs, these 8 BWPs may form 16 BWP combinations, if each BWP combination Configuring the activation state of the pre-configured Gap may require 16 bits; in this embodiment, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap can be configured according to each BWP, and only 8 bits are needed, which is beneficial to save signaling overhead.

Embodiment 200 mainly introduces that the terminal determines the activation state of the pre-configured Gap according to the configuration information when there are multiple carriers or multiple connections. The configuration information of the pre-configured Gap will be described in detail below in multiple embodiments.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the configuration information includes status information related to one or more secondary cells; wherein, the pre-configured Gap is in an active state on the one or more secondary cells; or, the The preconfigured Gap is active on one or more BWPs in the one or more secondary cells; or, the state information related to each secondary cell includes identification information of one or more BWPs, and the preconfigured Gap is active on the one or more BWPs. The identification information of the BWP may be a BWP identification or 1 bit (bit) corresponding to the BWP identification in a bitmap (Bitmap).

In this embodiment, only when the pre-configured Gap is in an active state, the configuration information includes the configuration of the pre-configured Gap, which can reduce the amount of information in the configuration information and save signaling overhead.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the configuration information includes status information related to one or more secondary cells; wherein, the pre-configured Gap is in an inactive state on the one or more secondary cells; or, the The pre-configured Gap is in an inactive state on one or more BWPs in the one or more secondary cells; or, the state information related to each secondary cell includes identification information of one or more BWPs, and the The pre-configured Gap is in an inactive state on the one or more BWPs.

In this embodiment, only when the pre-configured Gap is in an inactive state, the configuration information includes the configuration of the pre-configured Gap, which can reduce the amount of information in the configuration information and save signaling overhead.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the configuration information includes activation status information of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to one or more BWP combinations, and the activation status information of the pre-configured Gap includes at least one of the following: 1) the 2) the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the one or more BWP combinations; 3) the identification of the BWP contained in the one or more BWP combinations; 4) the The activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each BWP in the one or more BWP combinations.

This embodiment helps to save signaling overhead. For example, if the network side device configures the activation state of the pre-configured Gap according to BWP combinations, the signaling overhead is too large due to the large number of BWP combinations. In the embodiment of the present application, the terminal can determine the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the BWP combination according to the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each BWP. Through this design, the activation of the pre-configured Gap is indicated according to each BWP combination. state, greatly reducing the size of signaling messages.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the configuration information is BWP configuration information, the BWP configuration information includes information about the pre-configured Gap, and the information about the pre-configured Gap is at least one of the following: the pre-configured The activation state of the Gap; the identifier of the pre-configured Gap.

In this embodiment, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap can be configured in the BWP configuration information, and the configuration mode is flexible.

In this embodiment, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap may be an active state; wherein, when the activation state of the pre-configured Gap is an active state, the BWP configuration information includes information related to the pre-configured Gap; or, The activation state of the pre-configured Gap may be an inactive state; wherein, when the activation state of the pre-configured Gap is an inactive state, the BWP configuration information includes information about the pre-configured Gap.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the configuration information is secondary cell configuration information, and the secondary cell configuration information includes: an activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each BWP.

In this embodiment, the activation status of the pre-configured Gap can be configured in the configuration information of the secondary cell, and the configuration mode is flexible.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the configuration information is cell group configuration information, and the cell group configuration information includes at least one of the following: 1) Activation status information of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each secondary cell, the The embodiment can flexibly provide the configuration information of the pre-configured Gap according to the capability information of the terminal. For example, if the terminal supports the ability to receive by CC, the configuration information includes the activation state information of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each secondary cell; 2) The activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the BWP in each secondary cell. This embodiment can flexibly provide the configuration information of the pre-configured Gap according to the capability information of the terminal, for example, the terminal supports the ability to receive according to the BWP, Then the configuration information includes the activation state information of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each BWP; 3) the activation state configuration of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each BWP combination, and the activation state configuration of the pre-configured Gap includes one or Activation state information of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to multiple BWP combinations.

In this embodiment, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap can be configured in the configuration information of the cell group, and the configuration mode is flexible. In this embodiment, the activation state information of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the one or more BWP combinations includes at least one of the following: 1) the identification of the one or more BWP combinations; 2) the one or more The activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the BWP combination; 3) the identification of the BWP contained in the one or more BWP combinations; 4) the preconfiguration corresponding to each BWP in the one or more BWP combinations The activation state of the gap.

The configuration information of the pre-configured Gap is introduced in detail in the foregoing multiple embodiments, and how the terminal determines the activation state of the pre-configured Gap according to the configuration information will be introduced below in multiple embodiments. It can be understood that the multiple embodiments described below can be freely combined with the foregoing multiple embodiments.

In an example, the pre-configured Gap is related to a BWP combination, and the terminal determining the activation state of the pre-configured Gap according to the configuration information includes: the terminal according to the BWP corresponding to each BWP in the BWP combination Pre-configuring the activation state of the Gap, determining the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the BWP combination; wherein the configuration information includes the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each BWP in the BWP combination .

Specifically, according to the activation status of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each BWP in the BWP combination, the terminal determines that the activation status of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the BWP combination includes at least one of the following: 1) when the When the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to at least one BWP in the BWP combination is inactive, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the BWP combination is inactive; 2) when the BWP combination When the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to all BWPs is the active state, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the BWP combination is the active state.

In an example, the pre-configured Gap is related to a CC combination, and the terminal determining the activation state of the pre-configured Gap according to the configuration information includes: the terminal according to the CC corresponding to each CC in the CC combination Pre-configuring the activation state of the Gap, determining the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the CC combination; wherein the configuration information includes the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each CC in the CC combination .

Specifically, according to the activation status of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each CC in the CC combination, the terminal determines that the activation status of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the CC combination includes at least one of the following: 1) when the When the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to at least one CC in the CC combination is inactive, the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the CC combination is inactive; 2) when the CC combination When the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to all CCs is the active state, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the CC combination is the active state.

The above-mentioned activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the at least one CC being inactive includes: the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to at least one CC is configured as an inactive state, or at least one CC The activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to at least one BWP is inactive.

The activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to all CCs mentioned above is the active state includes: the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each CC is configured as the active state, or on each CC, all BWPs corresponding to The activation state of the pre-configured Gap is an active state.

On the basis of the foregoing embodiments, the method further includes: during multi-connection, the terminal determines, according to the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the cell group (CG), the pre-configured Gap during multi-connection active state. The multi-connectivity includes, for example, multi-radio access technology dual connectivity (Multi Rat-Dual Connectivity, MR-DC).

According to the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the CG, the terminal determines that the activation state of the pre-configured Gap during multi-connection includes at least one of the following: 1) during multi-connection, when at least one of the CGs corresponds to the When the activation state of the pre-configured Gap is inactive, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap is inactive; 2) In multi-connection, when the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to all the CGs is active In the active state, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap is the active state.

On the basis of the foregoing embodiments, the method further includes: the terminal sending capability information related to the pre-configured Gap, where the capability information includes at least one of the following: 1) explicit pre-configured Gap state capability, That is, the ability of the terminal to support explicit pre-configured Gap; 2) the pre-configured Gap capability of carrier aggregation or multi-carrier components, that is, the capability of pre-configured Gap when the terminal supports multi-carrier units (multi-CC); 3) according to the CG Preconfigured Gap capability, for example, in MR-DC, MCG and/or SCG supports preconfigured Gap capability; 4) Preconfigured Gap capability in single CC, that is, preconfigured Gap capability when the terminal supports single carrier unit (multi-CC) 5) Pre-configured Gap capability of BWP combination, that is, the ability of the terminal to support the pre-configured Gap of BWP combination; 6) The ability to receive by BWP; 7) The ability to receive by CC; 8) Share the pre-configured Gap between CGs capability, that is, if the ability to share pre-configured Gaps between CGs is supported, then when the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to at least one of the CGs is inactive, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap is inactive active state.

Optionally, the above capability information is used by the network side device to determine or send the configuration information.

In order to describe in detail the method for determining the activation state of a pre-configured Gap provided by the embodiment of the present application, the following will describe in conjunction with several specific embodiments.

Embodiment one

In this embodiment, the configuration information of the pre-configured Gap indicates the activation state of each CC and/or each BWP (corresponding to the pre-configured Gap).

1. In this embodiment, the UE receives an RRC reconfiguration message, which includes one or more activation states of pre-configured Gaps per (per)CC and/or per BWP. The CC corresponds to a secondary cell (SCell) in the cell group, and the BWP corresponds to one or more downlink BWPs on the SCell. The activation state includes an activated state (activated) and a deactivated state (deactivated).

In this embodiment, the activation states of Per CC and per BWP can be expressed through various methods.

2. Method 1.1: The activation state configuration of the pre-configured Gap of Per CC.

The configuration information includes activation state information of one or more pre-configured Gaps of the secondary cell. The activation state information of the pre-configured Gap of the secondary cell includes at least one of the following:

a) Secondary cell serial number (SCell Index).

b) The activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each BWP in the secondary cell. For example, 1 bit is the activation state; BWP1={Activated, Deactivated}; BWP2={Activated, Deactivated}; BWP3={Activated, Deactivated}; BWP4={Activated, Deactivated}.

c) Activation states of pre-configured Gaps corresponding to all BWPs in the secondary cell. For example, represented by a bitmap (bitmap), 1 bit (bit) corresponds to the activation state of one BWP; for example, 4bitbitmap corresponds to the activation state of pre-configured gaps of 4 BWPs on the secondary cell.

For example, GapStatusPerBWP=0110 means: Gap Status of BWP1=Deactivated; Gap Status of BWP2=Activated; Gap Status of BWP3=Activated; Gap Status of BWP4=Deactivated.

A code of a specific implementation (including items a and c above):

The explanation of the above code part is as follows: gapStatusPerCCperBWP: the activation state configuration of the pre-configured Gap of Per CC; gapStatusperSCell: the activation status information of one or more pre-configured Gaps of the secondary cell; sCellIndex: the serial number of the secondary cell; The bit (bit) corresponds to the activation state of the pre-configured gap of each BWP on the secondary cell.

3. Based on 2, further, method 1.2: the activation state configuration of the pre-configured Gap of the Per CC only includes the secondary cell and/or BWP whose Gap state is activated (Activated).

The configuration information includes one or more secondary cells and/or BWPs. The activation state of the pre-configured Gap of the secondary cell and/or BWP is an active state.

The preconfigured measurement Gap configuration includes at least one of the following:

a) Status information of one or more secondary cells. The preconfigured measurement Gap is in an active state on the secondary cell; or, the preconfigured measurement Gap is in an active state on one or more BWPs of the secondary cell. An implementation method, the secondary cell can be represented by a secondary cell sequence number (SCell Index);

b) Each secondary cell state information includes one or more BWPs. The pre-configured measurement Gap is active on the BWP. An implementation method, the BWP can be represented by a BWP ID.

The code of one implementation mode is as follows (including items a and b):

4. Based on 2, further, the activation status configuration of the pre-configured Gap of the Per CC only includes secondary cells and/or BWPs whose Gap status is deactivated (Deactivated). The specific method is similar to 3.

5. Method 1.3, the activation state configuration of the pre-configured Gap of the Per BWP combination.

The configuration information includes the activation state information of the pre-configured Gap combined with one or more BWPs. The activation status information of the pre-configured Gap of the BWP combination includes at least one of the following: 1) BWP combination serial number; 2) the activation status of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the BWP combination; 3) the BWP included in the BWP combination; 4) the BWP combination The activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each BWP in the above BWP combination.

Embodiment two

This embodiment mainly introduces the activation state of indicating the pre-configured Gap in the carrier aggregation (CA) configuration.

1. The UE receives an RRC reconfiguration message, and the RRC reconfiguration message includes activation status information of one or more secondary cells and/or preconfigured Gaps corresponding to the BWP.

In this embodiment, the activation state information of the pre-configured Gap of Per CC per BWP can be provided through various configurations: cell group configuration, secondary cell configuration, or BWP configuration.

2. Method 2.1: explicitly indicate the activation state of the pre-configured Gap in each downlink BWP.

The BWP configuration includes at least one of the following items: the activation state of the preconfigured Gap; the serial number of the preconfigured Gap; and the configuration information of the preconfigured Gap.

The code for one implementation method is as follows:

3. Further, based on method 2.1, the BWP configuration optionally includes pre-configured Gap information. When the activation state of the preconfigured gap corresponding to the BWP is activated, the BWP configuration includes the preconfigured gap information, for example, the serial number of the preconfigured gap.

or,

Based on method 2.1, when the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the BWP is inactive, the BWP configuration includes the pre-configured Gap information, for example, the serial number of the pre-configured Gap.

4. Method 2.2: The secondary cell configuration includes the activation status information of the pre-configured Gap, including at least one of the following a) and b):

a) Activation state information of a pre-configured Gap corresponding to each downlink BWP, including activated state (activated) and deactivated state (deactivated)).

Further, the activation state information may be included only when the activation state of the Gap corresponding to the BWP is an active state. Or conversely, the state information is included only when the state is inactive.

b) Bitmap is used to indicate the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each BWP.

Further, the activation state information is included only when the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to one or more BWPs is the active state. Or conversely, the state information is included only when the state is inactive.

5. Method 2.3: The cell group configuration includes the activation status information of the pre-configured Gap, including at least one of the following a) to c):

a) Activation state information of a pre-configured Gap corresponding to each secondary cell.

Further, the activation state information may be included only when the activation state of the Gap corresponding to the secondary cell is the active state, or when there is an activation state in the activation state of the Gap corresponding to the BWP on the secondary cell.

Or conversely, the state information is included only when the state is inactive.

b) Activation state information of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the downlink BWP of each secondary cell, including activated state (activated) and deactivated state (deactivated).

Further, the activation state information may be included only when the activation state of the Gap corresponding to the BWP is the active state. Or conversely, the state information is included only when the state is inactive.

c) The activation status configuration of the pre-configured Gap per BWP combination, including the activation status information of the pre-configured Gap of one or more BWP combinations. The activation status information of the preconfigured Gap of the BWP combination includes at least one of the following: BWP combination serial number; the activation status of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the BWP combination; the BWP included in the BWP combination; each BWP in the BWP combination The activation state of the corresponding pre-configured gap.

Embodiment three

This embodiment mainly introduces that the UE determines the activation state of the pre-configured Gap in carrier aggregation based on each BWP configuration information.

2. When the UE works in multiple BWPs, it works in BWP combination, carrier aggregation, or multiple secondary cells. (Without loss of generality, hereinafter collectively referred to as BWP combinations). The UE determines the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the BWP combination, including one or more of the following methods:

The UE checks the activation status of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to multiple BWPs in the activated BWP combination.

1) When the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to at least one BWP in the BWP combination is inactive, and the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the BWP combination is inactive;

2) When the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to all BWPs in the BWP combination is the active state, and the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the BWP combination is the active state.

Embodiment four

This embodiment mainly introduces that the UE determines the activation state of the pre-configured Gap in carrier aggregation based on the configuration information of each CC.

2. When the UE works in multiple CCs, it works in CC combination or carrier aggregation CA (without loss of generality, hereinafter collectively referred to as CC combination). The UE determines the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the CC combination, including one or more of the following methods:

The UE checks the activation status of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to multiple CCs in the CC combination.

1) When the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to at least one CC in the CC combination is inactive, the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the CC combination is inactive. Otherwise, it is active.

The activation state of the preconfigured gap corresponding to the CC is inactive, including the activation state of the preconfigured gap per CC is inactive, or the activation state of the preconfigured gap corresponding to at least one BWP on the CC is inactive.

2) When the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to all CCs in the CC combination is the active state, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the CC combination is the active state; otherwise, it is the inactive state.

Among them, the activation state of the pre-configured gap corresponding to the CC is the active state, including the activation state of the pre-configured gap of the per CC is the active state, or the activation state of the pre-configured gap corresponding to all BWPs on the CC is the inactive state.

Embodiment five

This embodiment mainly introduces how to determine the activation state of a pre-configured Gap in carrier aggregation in MR-DC.

1. The UE establishes an MR-DC connection.

2. The UE receives an RRC reconfiguration message, and the RRC reconfiguration message includes activation state information of one or more secondary cells and/or preconfigured Gaps corresponding to the BWP.

3. When the UE works in multiple CCs, that is, it works in CC combination or carrier aggregation CA (without loss of generality, it is collectively referred to as CC combination hereinafter). The UE determines the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the CC combination (see Embodiment 4), and determines the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each CG.

4. The UE determines the activation state of the multi-connection pre-configured Gap according to the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the CG (CellGroup). The method includes at least one of the following:

1) When the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to at least one CG is inactive, the activation state of the preconfigured Gap is inactive. Otherwise, it is active.

2) When the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to all CGs is the active state, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap is the active state; otherwise, it is the inactive state.

Embodiment six

This embodiment mainly introduces UE capability reporting of carrier aggregation or pre-configured Gap in MR-DC.

1. The UE reports UE capabilities related to the pre-configured Gap. The pre-configured Gap-related UE capabilities include at least one of the following:

1) The explicit pre-configured Gap state capability refers to the capability of the UE to support the displayed pre-configured Gap.

2) Pre-configured Gap capability during carrier aggregation (CA) or multi-carrier unit (multi-CC). That is, the capability of pre-configuring the Gap when the UE supports multiple carrier components (multiple CCs).

3) Gap capability is pre-configured per cell group (Per CG). For example, in the MR-DC, the MCG and/or the SCG support the capability of pre-configuring the Gap.

4) Pre-configured Gap capability for single carrier unit (single CC). That is, the capability of pre-configuring the Gap when the UE supports a single carrier component (multiple CCs).

5) Preconfigured Gap for BWP combination. That is, the capability of the UE to support the pre-configured Gap of the BWP combination.

6) The ability to receive Per BWP, or the ability to adjust RF reception according to BWP

7) The ability to receive per CC, or the ability to receive by carrier unit.

8) Ability to share pre-configured Gap among cell groups (CellGroup).

2. Optionally, the network configures the activation state information of the preconfigured Gap according to the UE capability related to the preconfigured Gap. For example, if the UE has the capability of receiving perBWP, configure according to Embodiment 3. If the UE has the UE capability of Per CC reception, it is configured according to Embodiment 4.

3. The UE receives an RRC reconfiguration message, and the RRC reconfiguration message includes activation status information of one or more secondary cells and/or preconfigured Gaps corresponding to the BWP or CG.

The method for determining the activation state of a pre-configured Gap according to the embodiment of the present application is described in detail above with reference to FIG. 2 . A method for determining an activation state of a pre-configured Gap according to another embodiment of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. 3 . It can be understood that the interaction between the network-side device and the terminal described from the network-side device is the same as or corresponds to the description of the terminal side in the method shown in FIG. 2 , and related descriptions are appropriately omitted to avoid repetition.

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of an implementation of a method for determining the activation state of a preconfigured Gap according to an embodiment of the present application, which can be applied to a network side device. As shown in FIG. 3 , the method 300 includes the following steps.

S302: The network side device sends configuration information; wherein, the configuration information includes the configuration of the pre-configured Gap related to the BWP combination, CC combination or cell group; the configuration information is used for the terminal to determine the activation state of the pre-configured Gap .

In the method for determining the activation state of a pre-configured Gap provided in the embodiment of the present application, the network side device sends configuration information, and the configuration information includes the configuration of the pre-configured Gap related to the BWP combination, CC combination or cell group. In this way, the terminal can Determine the activation state of the pre-configured Gap according to the configuration information. The embodiment of the present application solves the problem that the communication transmission is affected because the terminal cannot determine the activation state of the pre-configured Gap when there are multiple carriers or multiple connections, so as to improve communication performance and save signaling overhead.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the configuration information includes at least one of the following: 1) the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to one or more secondary cells; 2) the pre-configured Gap corresponding to one or more BWPs. Configure the activation state of the Gap.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the activation status of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the one or more secondary cells includes at least one of the following: 1) identities of the one or more secondary cells; 2) the The activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to at least one BWP in one or more secondary cells; 3) the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to all BWPs in the one or more secondary cells.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the configuration information includes status information related to one or more secondary cells; wherein, the pre-configured Gap is in an active state on the one or more secondary cells; or, the The preconfigured Gap is active on one or more BWPs in the one or more secondary cells; or, the state information related to each secondary cell includes identification information of one or more BWPs, and the preconfigured Gap is active on the one or more BWPs.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the configuration information is BWP configuration information, and the BWP configuration information includes information about the pre-configured Gap, and the information about the pre-configured Gap is at least one of the following: 1) The activation status of the preconfigured Gap; 2) the identifier of the preconfigured Gap.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap is an active state; wherein, when the activation state of the pre-configured Gap is an active state, the BWP configuration information includes the relevant information; or, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap is an inactive state; wherein, when the activation state of the pre-configured Gap is an inactive state, the BWP configuration information includes relevant information of the pre-configured Gap.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the configuration information is cell group configuration information, and the cell group configuration information includes at least one of the following: 1) activation state information of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each secondary cell; 2 ) the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the BWP in each secondary cell; 3) the activation state configuration of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each BWP combination, and the activation state configuration of the pre-configured Gap includes one or more The activation state information of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each BWP combination.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the activation state information of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the one or more BWP combinations includes at least one of the following: 1) an identifier of the one or more BWP combinations; 2) the The activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the one or more BWP combinations; 3) the identification of the BWP contained in the one or more BWP combinations; 4) the corresponding to each BWP in the one or more BWP combinations The activation state of the pre-configured Gap.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the method further includes: the network side device receiving capability information related to the preconfigured Gap, where the capability information includes at least one of the following: 1) explicit preconfigured Gap status Capability; 2) Pre-configured Gap capability in carrier aggregation or multi-carrier unit; 3) Pre-configured Gap capability in CG; 4) Pre-configured Gap capability in single CC; 5) Pre-configured Gap capability in BWP combination; 6) The ability to receive by BWP; 7) The ability to receive by CC; 8) The ability to share pre-configured Gap between CGs.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the sending the configuration information of the pre-configured Gap by the network-side device includes: sending, by the network-side device, the configuration information of the pre-configured Gap according to the capability information.

In the method for determining the activation state of a pre-configured Gap provided in the embodiment of the present application, the execution subject may be an apparatus for determining the activation state of a pre-configured Gap. In this embodiment of the present application, the method for determining the activation state of a preconfigured Gap performed by the device for determining the activation state of a preconfigured Gap is taken as an example to describe the device for determining the activation state of a preconfigured Gap provided in the embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for determining an activation state of a preconfigured Gap according to an embodiment of the present application, and the apparatus may correspond to a terminal in other embodiments. As shown in FIG. 4 , the device 400 includes the following modules.

The receiving module 402 may be configured to receive configuration information; wherein, the configuration information includes a configuration of a pre-configured Gap related to a BWP combination, a CC combination or a cell group.

The processing module 404 may be configured to determine an activation state of the pre-configured Gap according to the configuration information.

In the device for determining the activation state of a pre-configured Gap provided in the embodiment of the present application, the receiving module receives configuration information, the configuration information includes the configuration of the pre-configured Gap related to the BWP combination, CC combination or cell group, and the processing module according to the configuration information to determine the activation status of the pre-configured Gap. The embodiment of the present application solves the problem that the communication transmission is affected because the terminal cannot determine the activation state of the pre-configured Gap when there are multiple carriers or multiple connections, so as to improve communication performance and save signaling overhead.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the activation status of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the one or more secondary cells includes at least one of the following: 1) identities of the one or more secondary cells; 2) the The activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to at least one BWP in the one or more secondary cells; 3) the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to all BWPs in the one or more secondary cells.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the preconfigured Gap is related to a BWP combination, and the processing module 404 may be configured to: determine the preconfigured Gap according to the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each BWP in the BWP combination. The activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the BWP combination; wherein, the configuration information includes the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each BWP in the BWP combination.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the processing module 404 may be used for at least one of the following: 1) When the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to at least one BWP in the BWP combination is inactive, The activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the BWP combination is an inactive state; 2) when the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to all BWPs in the BWP combination is an active state, the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the BWP combination The active state of the Gap is the active state.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the preconfigured Gap is related to a CC combination, and the processing module 404 may be configured to determine the The activation status of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the CC combination; wherein, the configuration information includes the activation status of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each CC in the CC combination.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the processing module 404 may be configured to at least one of the following: 1) When the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to at least one CC in the CC combination is inactive, The activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the CC combination is inactive; 2) when the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to all CCs in the CC combination is active, the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the CC combination The active state of the Gap is the active state.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the at least one CC being an inactive state includes: configuring the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to at least one CC to be an inactive state, Or the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to at least one BWP on at least one CC is inactive, and/or, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to all CCs is active, including: each CC corresponds to The activation state of the pre-configured Gap is configured as the active state, or the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to all BWPs on each CC is the active state.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the processing module 404 may also be configured to determine the activation state of the preconfigured Gap during multi-connection according to the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the CG.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the processing module 404 may be used for at least one of the following: 1) During multi-connection, when the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to at least one of the CGs is an inactive state , the activation state of the pre-configured Gap is an inactive state; 2) during multi-connection, when the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to all the CGs is an active state, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap for the active state.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the device further includes a sending module, configured to send capability information related to the preconfigured Gap, where the capability information includes at least one of the following: 1) explicit preconfigured Gap state capability ;2) Pre-configured Gap capability when carrier aggregation or multi-carrier unit; 3) Pre-configured Gap capability by CG; 4) Pre-configured Gap capability when single CC; 5) Pre-configured Gap capability by BWP combination; The ability to receive by BWP; 7) The ability to receive by CC; 8) The ability to share pre-configured Gap between CGs.

The device 400 according to the embodiment of the present application can refer to the process of the method 200 corresponding to the embodiment of the present application, and each unit/module in the device 400 and the above-mentioned other operations and/or functions are respectively in order to realize the corresponding process in the method 200, And can achieve the same or equivalent technical effect, for the sake of brevity, no more details are given here.

The device for determining the activation state of a pre-configured Gap in the embodiment of the present application may be an electronic device, such as an electronic device with an operating system, or a component in the electronic device, such as an integrated circuit or a chip. The electronic device may be a terminal, or other devices other than the terminal. Exemplarily, the terminal may include, but not limited to, the types of terminal 11 listed above, and other devices may be servers, Network Attached Storage (NAS), etc., which are not specifically limited in this embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for determining an activation state of a pre-configured Gap according to an embodiment of the present application, and the apparatus may correspond to the network-side device in other embodiments. As shown in FIG. 5 , the device 500 includes the following modules.

The sending module 502 may be configured to send configuration information; wherein, the configuration information includes a configuration of a pre-configured Gap related to a BWP combination, a CC combination or a cell group; the configuration information is used for the terminal to determine the configuration of the pre-configured Gap active state.

Optionally, the device further includes a processing module.

In the device for determining the activation state of a pre-configured Gap provided in the embodiment of the present application, the sending module sends configuration information, and the configuration information includes the configuration of a pre-configured Gap related to a BWP combination, a CC combination or a cell group, so that the terminal can be configured according to The configuration information determines the activation state of the pre-configured Gap. The embodiment of the present application solves the problem that the communication transmission is affected because the terminal cannot determine the activation state of the pre-configured Gap when there are multiple carriers or multiple connections, so as to improve communication performance and save signaling overhead.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the one or more secondary cells includes at least one of the following: 1) identities of the one or more secondary cells; 2) the The activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to at least one BWP in one or more secondary cells; 3) the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to all BWPs in the one or more secondary cells.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the device further includes a receiving module configured to receive capability information related to the preconfigured Gap, where the capability information includes at least one of the following: 1) explicit preconfigured Gap state capability ;2) Pre-configured Gap capability when carrier aggregation or multi-carrier unit; 3) Pre-configured Gap capability by CG; 4) Pre-configured Gap capability when single CC; 5) Pre-configured Gap capability by BWP combination; The ability to receive by BWP; 7) The ability to receive by CC; 8) The ability to share pre-configured Gap between CGs.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the sending module 502 is configured to send configuration information of a pre-configured Gap according to the capability information.

The device 500 according to the embodiment of the present application can refer to the process of the method 300 corresponding to the embodiment of the present application, and each unit/module in the device 500 and the above-mentioned other operations and/or functions are respectively in order to realize the corresponding process in the method 300, And can achieve the same or equivalent technical effect, for the sake of brevity, no more details are given here.

The device for determining the activation state of a pre-configured Gap provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement the various processes implemented by the method embodiments in FIG. 2 to FIG. 3 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

Optionally, as shown in FIG. 6 , this embodiment of the present application also provides a communication device 600, including a processor 601 and a memory 602, and the memory 602 stores programs or instructions that can run on the processor 601, such as , when the communication device 600 is a terminal, when the program or instruction is executed by the processor 601, each step of the above embodiment of the method for determining the activation state of the pre-configured Gap can be implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved. When the communication device 600 is a network-side device, when the program or instruction is executed by the processor 601, the steps in the above embodiment of the method for determining the activation state of the pre-configured Gap can be achieved, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, it is not repeated here Let me repeat.

The embodiment of the present application also provides a terminal, including a processor and a communication interface, the processor is used to determine the activation state of the pre-configured Gap according to the configuration information, and the communication interface is used to receive the configuration information; wherein the configuration information includes the BWP Combination, CC combination or cell group-related pre-configured Gap configuration. This terminal embodiment corresponds to the above-mentioned terminal-side method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation mode of the above-mentioned method embodiment can be applied to this terminal embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. Specifically, FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal implementing an embodiment of the present application.

The terminal 700 includes, but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 701, a network module 702, an audio output unit 703, an input unit 704, a sensor 705, a display unit 706, a user input unit 707, an interface unit 708, a memory 709, and a processor 710. At least some parts.

Those skilled in the art can understand that the terminal 700 may also include a power supply (such as a battery) for supplying power to various components, and the power supply may be logically connected to the processor 710 through the power management system, so as to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption through the power management system. Management and other functions. The terminal structure shown in FIG. 7 does not constitute a limitation on the terminal, and the terminal may include more or fewer components than shown in the figure, or combine some components, or arrange different components, which will not be repeated here.

It should be understood that, in this embodiment of the present application, the input unit 704 may include a graphics processing unit (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) 7041 and a microphone 7042, and the graphics processor 7041 is used by the image capture device ( Such as the image data of the still picture or video obtained by the camera) for processing. The display unit 706 may include a display panel 7061, and the display panel 7061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 707 includes at least one of a touch panel 7071 and other input devices 7072 . The touch panel 7071 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 7071 may include two parts, a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 7072 may include, but are not limited to, physical keyboards, function keys (such as volume control buttons, switch buttons, etc.), trackballs, mice, and joysticks, which will not be described in detail here.

In the embodiment of the present application, the radio frequency unit 701 may transmit the downlink data from the network side device to the processor 710 for processing after receiving the downlink data; in addition, the radio frequency unit 701 may send uplink data to the network side device. Generally, the radio frequency unit 701 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, an amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like.

The memory 709 can be used to store software programs or instructions as well as various data. The memory 709 may mainly include a first storage area for storing programs or instructions and a second storage area for storing data, wherein the first storage area may store an operating system, an application program or instructions required by at least one function (such as a sound playing function, image playback function, etc.), etc. Furthermore, memory 709 may include volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or, memory 709 may include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. Among them, the non-volatile memory can be read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), programmable read-only memory (Programmable ROM, PROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (Erasable PROM, EPROM), electronically programmable Erase Programmable Read-Only Memory (Electrically EPROM, EEPROM) or Flash. Volatile memory can be random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), static random access memory (Static RAM, SRAM), dynamic random access memory (Dynamic RAM, DRAM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (Synchronous DRAM, SDRAM), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (Double Data Rate SDRAM, DDRSDRAM), enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (Enhanced SDRAM, ESDRAM), synchronous connection dynamic random access memory (Synch link DRAM , SLDRAM) and Direct Memory Bus Random Access Memory (Direct Rambus RAM, DRRAM). The memory 709 in the embodiment of the present application includes, but is not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

The processor 710 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 710 integrates an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly processes operations related to the operating system, user interface, and application programs, etc., Modem processors mainly process wireless communication signals, such as baseband processors. It can be understood that the foregoing modem processor may not be integrated into the processor 710 .

Wherein, the radio frequency unit 701 can be used to receive configuration information; where the configuration information includes the configuration of the pre-configured Gap related to the BWP combination, CC combination or cell group; the processor 710 can be used to receive configuration information according to the configuration information , to determine the activation status of the pre-configured Gap.

In the terminal provided by the embodiment of the present application, the terminal receives the configuration information, the configuration information includes the configuration of the pre-configured Gap related to the BWP combination, the CC combination or the cell group, and the terminal determines the pre-configured Gap according to the configuration information. The activation state of the gap. The embodiment of the present application solves the problem that the communication transmission is affected because the terminal cannot determine the activation state of the pre-configured Gap when there are multiple carriers or multiple connections, so as to improve communication performance and save signaling overhead.

The terminal 700 provided in this embodiment of the present application can also implement each process of the above embodiment of the method for determining the activation state of a pre-configured Gap, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

The embodiment of the present application also provides a network side device, including a processor and a communication interface, and the communication interface is used to send configuration information; wherein, the configuration information includes the pre-configured Gap related to the BWP combination, CC combination or cell group Configuration: the configuration information is used by the terminal to determine the activation state of the pre-configured Gap. The network-side device embodiment corresponds to the above-mentioned network-side device method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation mode of the above-mentioned method embodiment can be applied to this network-side device embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect.

Specifically, the embodiment of the present application also provides a network side device. As shown in FIG. 8 , the network side device 800 includes: an antenna 81 , a radio frequency device 82 , a baseband device 83 , a processor 84 and a memory 85 . The antenna 81 is connected to a radio frequency device 82 . In the uplink direction, the radio frequency device 82 receives information through the antenna 81, and sends the received information to the baseband device 83 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 83 processes the information to be sent and sends it to the radio frequency device 82 , and the radio frequency device 82 processes the received information and sends it out through the antenna 81 .

The method performed by the network side device in the above embodiments may be implemented in the baseband device 83, where the baseband device 83 includes a baseband processor.

The baseband device 83 can include at least one baseband board, for example, a plurality of chips are arranged on the baseband board, as shown in FIG. The program executes the network device operations shown in the above method embodiments.

The network side device may also include a network interface 86, such as a common public radio interface (common public radio interface, CPRI).

Specifically, the network-side device 800 in the embodiment of the present application further includes: instructions or programs stored in the memory 85 and operable on the processor 84, and the processor 84 calls the instructions or programs in the memory 85 to execute the various programs shown in FIG. The method of module execution achieves the same technical effect, so in order to avoid repetition, it is not repeated here.

The embodiment of the present application also provides a readable storage medium, on which a program or instruction is stored, and when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, each process of the above embodiment of the method for determining the activation state of the pre-configured Gap is implemented , and can achieve the same technical effect, in order to avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

Wherein, the processor is the processor in the terminal described in the foregoing embodiments. The readable storage medium includes a computer-readable storage medium, such as a computer read-only memory ROM, a random access memory RAM, a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and the like.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run programs or instructions to realize the activation state of the above-mentioned pre-configured Gap Each process of the method embodiment is determined, and can achieve the same technical effect, so in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiment of the present application may also be called a system-on-chip, a system-on-chip, a system-on-a-chip, or a system-on-a-chip.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a computer program/program product, the computer program/program product is stored in a storage medium, and the computer program/program product is executed by at least one processor to realize the above-mentioned activation of the pre-configured Gap Each process of the embodiment of the state determination method can achieve the same technical effect, so in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

The embodiment of the present application also provides a system for determining the activation state of a pre-configured Gap, including: a terminal and a network-side device, the terminal can be used to perform the steps of the method for determining the activation state of a pre-configured Gap as described above, and the network The side device can be used to execute the steps of the method for determining the activation state of the pre-configured Gap as described above.

It should be noted that, in this document, the term "comprising", "comprising" or any other variation thereof is intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion such that a process, method, article or apparatus comprising a set of elements includes not only those elements, It also includes other elements not expressly listed, or elements inherent in the process, method, article, or device. Without further limitations, an element defined by the phrase "comprising a ..." does not preclude the presence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus comprising that element. In addition, it should be pointed out that the scope of the methods and devices in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing functions in the order shown or discussed, and may also include performing functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in reverse order according to the functions involved. Functions are performed, for example, the described methods may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may also be added, omitted, or combined. Additionally, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the methods of the above embodiments can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general-purpose hardware platform, and of course also by hardware, but in many cases the former is better implementation. Based on such an understanding, the technical solution of the present application can be embodied in the form of computer software products, which are stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, etc.) , CD-ROM), including several instructions to make a terminal (which may be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device, etc.) execute the methods described in the various embodiments of the present application.

The embodiments of the present application have been described above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-mentioned specific implementations. The above-mentioned specific implementations are only illustrative and not restrictive. Those of ordinary skill in the art will Under the inspiration of this application, without departing from the purpose of this application and the scope of protection of the claims, many forms can also be made, all of which belong to the protection of this application.

Claims

A method for determining the activation state of a preconfigured interval Gap, comprising:

The terminal receives the configuration information; wherein, the configuration information includes the configuration of the pre-configured Gap related to the bandwidth part BWP combination, the carrier component CC combination or the cell group;

The terminal determines the activation state of the pre-configured Gap according to the configuration information.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the configuration information includes at least one of the following:

The activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to one or more secondary cells;

The activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to one or more BWPs.
The method according to claim 2, wherein the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the one or more secondary cells includes at least one of the following:

identities of the one or more secondary cells;

The activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to at least one BWP in the one or more secondary cells;

The activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to all BWPs in the one or more secondary cells.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the configuration information includes status information related to one or more secondary cells; wherein,

The preconfigured Gap is active on the one or more secondary cells; or,

The preconfigured Gap is active on one or more BWPs in the one or more secondary cells; or,

The status information related to each secondary cell includes identification information of one or more BWPs, and the preconfigured Gap is in an active state on the one or more BWPs.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the configuration information includes status information related to one or more secondary cells; wherein,

The preconfigured Gap is in an inactive state on the one or more secondary cells; or,

The preconfigured Gap is in an inactive state on one or more BWPs in the one or more secondary cells; or,

The status information related to each secondary cell includes identification information of one or more BWPs, and the pre-configured Gap is in an inactive state on the one or more BWPs.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the configuration information includes activation status information of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to one or more BWP combinations, and the activation status information of the pre-configured Gap includes at least one of the following:

an identification of the one or more BWP combinations;

The activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the one or more BWP combinations;

The identification of the BWP included in the one or more BWP combinations;

The activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each BWP in the one or more BWP combinations.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the configuration information is BWP configuration information, the BWP configuration information includes information about the pre-configured Gap, and the information about the pre-configured Gap is at least one of the following:

The activation state of the pre-configured Gap;

The identifier of the pre-configured Gap.
The method according to claim 7, wherein,

The activation state of the pre-configured Gap is an active state; wherein, when the activation state of the pre-configured Gap is an active state, the BWP configuration information includes information about the pre-configured Gap; or,

The activation state of the pre-configured Gap is an inactive state; wherein, when the activation state of the pre-configured Gap is an inactive state, the BWP configuration information includes information about the pre-configured Gap.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the configuration information is secondary cell configuration information, and the secondary cell configuration information includes: the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each BWP.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the configuration information is cell group configuration information, and the cell group configuration information includes at least one of the following:

Activation state information of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each secondary cell;

The activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the BWP in each secondary cell;

The activation state configuration of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each BWP combination, the activation state configuration of the preconfigured Gap includes the activation state information of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to one or more BWP combinations.
The method according to claim 10, wherein the activation status information of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the one or more BWP combinations includes at least one of the following:

an identification of the one or more BWP combinations;

The activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the one or more BWP combinations;

The identification of the BWP included in the one or more BWP combinations;

The activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each BWP in the one or more BWP combinations.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the pre-configured Gap is related to a BWP combination, and determining the activation state of the pre-configured Gap by the terminal according to the configuration information includes:

The terminal determines the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the BWP combination according to the activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each BWP in the BWP combination;

Wherein, the configuration information includes the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each BWP in the BWP combination.
The method according to claim 12, wherein, according to the activation status of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each BWP in the BWP combination, the terminal determines the activation status of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the BWP combination as follows at least one of:

When the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to at least one BWP in the BWP combination is an inactive state, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the BWP combination is an inactive state;

When the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to all the BWPs in the BWP combination is the active state, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the BWP combination is the active state.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the pre-configured Gap is related to a CC combination, and determining the activation status of the pre-configured Gap by the terminal according to the configuration information includes:

The terminal determines the activation status of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the CC combination according to the activation status of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each CC in the CC combination;

Wherein, the configuration information includes the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each CC in the CC combination.
The method according to claim 14, wherein, according to the activation status of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each CC in the CC combination, the terminal determines the activation status of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to the CC combination as follows at least one of:

When the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to at least one CC in the CC combination is an inactive state, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the CC combination is an inactive state;

When the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to all the CCs in the CC combination is the active state, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the CC combination is the active state.
The method of claim 15, wherein,

The activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the at least one CC being an inactive state includes: the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to at least one CC is configured as an inactive state, or at least one BWP on at least one CC The activation state of the corresponding pre-configured Gap is an inactive state; and/or

The activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to all CCs being the active state includes: the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each CC is configured as the active state, or on each CC, the pre-configured Gap corresponding to all BWPs The active state of the Gap is the active state.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 16, wherein the method further comprises:

The terminal determines the activation state of the pre-configured Gap during multi-connection according to the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the cell group CG.
The method according to claim 17, wherein, according to the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the cell group CG, the terminal determines that the activation state of the pre-configured Gap during multi-connection includes at least one of the following:

In multi-connection, when the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to at least one of the CGs is an inactive state, the activation state of the pre-configured Gap is an inactive state;

During multiple connections, when the activation states of the pre-configured Gaps corresponding to all the CGs are in the active state, the activation states of the pre-configured Gaps are in the active state.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 18, wherein the method further comprises: the terminal sending capability information related to the pre-configured Gap, the capability information including at least one of the following:

Explicitly preconfigured Gap state capability;

Pre-configured Gap capability during carrier aggregation or multi-carrier unit;

According to the pre-configured Gap capability of CG;

Pre-configured Gap capability for single CC;

Pre-configured Gap capability of BWP combination;

Ability to receive by BWP;

Ability to receive by CC;

CGs share the ability to preconfigure gaps.
A method for determining the activation state of a preconfigured Gap, comprising:

The network side device sends configuration information; wherein, the configuration information includes the configuration of the pre-configured Gap related to the BWP combination, CC combination or cell group; the configuration information is used by the terminal to determine the activation status of the pre-configured Gap.
The method according to claim 20, wherein the configuration information includes at least one of the following:

The activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to one or more secondary cells;

The activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to one or more BWPs.
The method according to claim 21, wherein the activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the one or more secondary cells includes at least one of the following:

identities of the one or more secondary cells;

The activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to at least one BWP in the one or more secondary cells;

The activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to all BWPs in the one or more secondary cells.
The method according to claim 20, wherein the configuration information includes state information related to one or more secondary cells; wherein,

The preconfigured Gap is active on the one or more secondary cells; or,

The preconfigured Gap is active on one or more BWPs in the one or more secondary cells; or,

The status information related to each secondary cell includes identification information of one or more BWPs, and the pre-configured Gap is in an active state on the one or more BWPs.
The method according to claim 20, wherein the configuration information includes state information related to one or more secondary cells; wherein,

The preconfigured Gap is in an inactive state on the one or more secondary cells; or,

The preconfigured Gap is in an inactive state on one or more BWPs in the one or more secondary cells; or,

The status information related to each secondary cell includes identification information of one or more BWPs, and the pre-configured Gap is in an inactive state on the one or more BWPs.
The method according to claim 20, wherein the configuration information includes activation status information of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to one or more BWP combinations, and the activation status information of the pre-configured Gap includes at least one of the following:

an identification of the one or more BWP combinations;

The activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the one or more BWP combinations;

The identification of the BWP included in the one or more BWP combinations;

The activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each BWP in the one or more BWP combinations.
The method according to claim 20, wherein the configuration information is BWP configuration information, the BWP configuration information includes information about the pre-configured Gap, and the information about the pre-configured Gap is at least one of the following:

The activation state of the pre-configured Gap;

The identifier of the pre-configured Gap.
The method of claim 26, wherein,

The activation state of the pre-configured Gap is an active state; wherein, when the activation state of the pre-configured Gap is an active state, the BWP configuration information includes information about the pre-configured Gap; or,

The activation state of the pre-configured Gap is an inactive state; wherein, when the activation state of the pre-configured Gap is an inactive state, the BWP configuration information includes information about the pre-configured Gap.
The method according to claim 20, wherein the configuration information is secondary cell configuration information, and the secondary cell configuration information includes: the activation status of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each BWP.
The method according to claim 20, wherein the configuration information is cell group configuration information, and the cell group configuration information includes at least one of the following:

Activation state information of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to each secondary cell;

The activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the BWP in each secondary cell;

The activation state configuration of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each BWP combination, the activation state configuration of the preconfigured Gap includes the activation state information of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to one or more BWP combinations.
The method according to claim 29, wherein the activation state information of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the one or more BWP combinations includes at least one of the following:

an identification of the one or more BWP combinations;

The activation state of the pre-configured Gap corresponding to the one or more BWP combinations;

The identification of the BWP included in the one or more BWP combinations;

The activation state of the preconfigured Gap corresponding to each BWP in the one or more BWP combinations.
The method according to any one of claims 20 to 30, wherein the method further comprises: the network side device receiving capability information related to the pre-configured Gap, the capability information including at least one of the following:

Explicitly preconfigured Gap state capability;

Pre-configured Gap capability during carrier aggregation or multi-carrier unit;

According to the pre-configured Gap capability of CG;

Pre-configured Gap capability for single CC;

Pre-configured Gap capability of BWP combination;

Ability to receive by BWP;

Ability to receive by CC;

CGs share the ability to preconfigure gaps.
The method according to claim 31, wherein the sending of the configuration information of the pre-configured Gap by the network side device comprises:

The network side device sends configuration information of a pre-configured Gap according to the capability information.
A device for determining the activation state of a preconfigured Gap, comprising:

A receiving module, configured to receive configuration information; wherein, the configuration information includes a configuration of a pre-configured Gap related to a BWP combination, a CC combination or a cell group;

A processing module, configured to determine an activation state of the pre-configured Gap according to the configuration information.
A device for determining the activation state of a preconfigured Gap, comprising:

A sending module, configured to send configuration information; wherein, the configuration information includes a configuration of a pre-configured Gap related to a BWP combination, a CC combination or a cell group; the configuration information is used for the terminal to determine the activation state of the pre-configured Gap .
A terminal, including a processor and a memory, the memory stores programs or instructions that can be run on the processor, and when the programs or instructions are executed by the processor, the process described in any one of claims 1 to 19 is implemented. Steps in the method for determining the activation state of the pre-configured Gap described above.
A network side device, comprising a processor and a memory, the memory stores programs or instructions that can run on the processor, and when the programs or instructions are executed by the processor, any one of claims 20 to 32 can be implemented. The steps of the method for determining the activation state of the pre-configured Gap described in the item.
A readable storage medium, on which a program or an instruction is stored, and when the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the method for determining the activation state of a pre-configured Gap according to any one of claims 1 to 19 is implemented or implementing the steps of the method for determining the activation state of a pre-configured Gap according to any one of claims 20 to 32.