Communication method and device and computer readable storage medium

Abstract

The invention provides a communication method and device and a computer readable storage medium, and the method comprises the steps: receiving gap configuration which comprises a period and a duration; and sending first indication information, wherein the first indication information indicates to use a part of periods in the gap configuration and / or a part of time domain resources in the periods. According to the technical scheme, a scheme for optimizing gap measurement is provided, unnecessary communication interruption is avoided, and the communication experience is improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a communication method and device, and a computer-readable storage medium. Background Art

[0002] Terminal devices in wireless communications need to measure cells of the same frequency, different frequencies, or different systems in order to meet mobility requirements. Usually, measuring the same-frequency neighboring cells does not require measurement gaps (GAP), but measuring different-frequency or different-system neighboring cells requires GAP. Whether a terminal device needs GAP to measure neighboring cells depends on the capabilities of the terminal device. The network side can request the terminal device to report whether GAP is needed when measuring neighboring cells of different frequency bands through Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling (indicated by the field NeedForGapsInfoNR). Based on the current configuration, the terminal device can indicate to the network which frequency bands require GAP and which frequency bands do not require GAP.

[0003] Once the network configures a GAP, the terminal device does not communicate with the serving cell during the GAP. During the GAP, the terminal device tunes its RF frequency to the frequency to be measured to perform the measurement task. At the end of the GAP, the terminal device tunes its RF frequency to the serving frequency and then communicates with the serving cell. Usually for a connected terminal device, the network configures a GAP to measure all hetero-frequency or hetero-system neighboring cells. Later, multiple coexisting GAPs were introduced. For example, when the network configures a GAP with a smaller period for a terminal device, the terminal device will stop communicating with the serving cell in each GAP to measure hetero-frequency / heterogeneous systems.

[0004] However, once GAP is configured, the terminal device needs to apply GAP and stop communicating with the serving cell at each GAP to measure heterogeneous frequencies / systems. When the number of measurements exceeds the actual measurement requirements of the terminal device, frequent stoppage of communication with the serving cell will lead to unnecessary communication interruptions. Summary of the invention

[0005] The present application provides a communication method and device, and provides a solution for optimizing gap measurement to avoid unnecessary communication interruptions and improve communication experience.

[0006] In order to achieve the above objectives, this application provides the following technical solutions:

[0007] In a first aspect, a communication method is provided, the communication method comprising: receiving a gap configuration, the gap configuration comprising a period and a duration; sending first indication information, the first indication information indicating the use of part of the period in the gap configuration and / or part of the time domain resources within the period.

[0008] Optionally, the first indication information includes a first position of the used partial cycle and / or a second position of the unused remaining cycle.

[0009] Optionally, the first indication information includes a bit map, each bit in the bit map corresponds to a period, and the value of each bit indicates whether the corresponding period is used or not used.

[0010] Optionally, the first indication information includes a first position of the used partial period, a third position of the partial time domain resources used in the partial period, and / or a fourth position of the unused partial time domain resources in the partial period.

[0011] Optionally, the length of the partial time domain resources is smaller than the duration, and the granularity of the partial time domain resources is selected from milliseconds, time slots, symbols, and subframes.

[0012] Optionally, the communication method further includes: using the partial period and / or partial duration to perform hetero-frequency / hetero-system measurement, or to perform positioning measurement; and using the remaining period and / or partial duration to perform data transmission.

[0013] Optionally, the sending the first indication information includes: sending high-layer signaling, wherein the high-layer signaling includes the first indication information.

[0014] In a second aspect, the present application also discloses a communication method, which includes: sending a gap configuration, wherein the gap configuration includes a period and a duration; receiving first indication information, wherein the first indication information indicates the use of part of the period in the gap configuration and / or part of the time domain resources within the period.

[0015] Optionally, the first indication information includes a first position of the used partial cycle and / or a second position of the unused remaining cycle.

[0016] Optionally, the first indication information includes a bit map, each bit in the bit map corresponds to a period, and the value of each bit indicates whether the corresponding period is used or not used.

[0017] Optionally, the first indication information includes a first position of the used partial period, a third position of the partial time domain resources used in the partial period, and / or a fourth position of the unused partial time domain resources in the partial period.

[0018] In the third aspect, the present application also discloses a communication device, which includes: a communication module for receiving a gap configuration, wherein the gap configuration includes a period and a duration; the communication module is also used to send a first indication information, wherein the first indication information indicates the use of part of the period in the gap configuration and / or part of the time domain resources within the period.

[0019] In a fourth aspect, the present application also discloses a communication device, which includes: a communication module for sending a gap configuration, wherein the gap configuration includes a period and a duration; the communication module is also used to receive first indication information, wherein the first indication information indicates the use of part of the period in the gap configuration and / or part of the time domain resources within the period.

[0020] In a fifth aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, on which a computer program is stored, and the computer program is executed by a processor to execute any one of the methods provided in the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0021] In a sixth aspect, a communication device is provided, comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the memory stores a computer program executable on the processor, and the processor executes the computer program to execute any one of the methods provided in the first aspect.

[0022] In a seventh aspect, a communication device is provided, comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the memory stores a computer program executable on the processor, and the processor executes the computer program to execute any one of the methods provided in the second aspect.

[0023] In an eighth aspect, a computer program product is provided, on which a computer program is stored, and the computer program is executed by a processor to execute any one of the methods provided in the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0024] In a ninth aspect, a communication system is provided, comprising the above-mentioned terminal device and the above-mentioned network device.

[0025] In the tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a chip (or a data transmission device) on which a computer program is stored, and when the computer program is executed by the chip, the steps of the above method are implemented.

[0026] In the eleventh aspect, an embodiment of the present application also provides a system chip, which is applied to a terminal, and the chip system includes at least one processor and an interface circuit, the interface circuit and the at least one processor are interconnected through lines, and the at least one processor is used to execute instructions to execute any one of the methods provided in the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0027] Compared with the prior art, the technical solution of this application has the following beneficial effects:

[0028] In the technical solution of the present application, the terminal device receives a gap configuration, the gap configuration includes a period and a duration; and sends a first indication message, the first indication message indicating the use of part of the period in the gap configuration and / or part of the time domain resources within the period. In the technical solution of the present application, the terminal device sends a first indication message to the network side to indicate that only part of the period in the gap configuration and / or part of the time domain resources within the period are used for measurement, so that the terminal device and the network device can transmit data on unused periods and / or time domain resources, thereby avoiding unnecessary measurements and unnecessary communication interruptions, ensuring the continuity of communication, and improving the communication experience. In addition, the combination of the gap configuration and the first indication message can also make the application and configuration of the gap more flexible.

[0029] Furthermore, the first indication information may also include a third position of some time domain resources used in a partial period, and / or a fourth position of some time domain resources not used in a partial period. In the technical solution of the present application, the terminal device accurately indicates the specific time domain position to the network side, so that data can be transmitted between the network side and the terminal device at a finer resource granularity, further avoiding unnecessary measurements and unnecessary communication interruptions, and further improving the communication experience. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0030] Figure 1 It is an interactive flow chart of a communication method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0031] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of a specific application scenario provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0032] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of another specific application scenario provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0033] Figure 4 is an interactive flow chart of another communication method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0034] Figure 5 is a structural diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0035] Figure 6 It is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0036] The communication systems to which the embodiments of the present application are applicable include, but are not limited to, Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems, fifth-generation (5G) systems, new wireless (NR) systems, and future evolution systems or multiple communication fusion systems. Among them, the 5G system can be a non-standalone (NSA) 5G system or a standalone (SA) 5G system. The technical solution of the present application is also applicable to different network architectures, including but not limited to relay network architectures, dual-connection architectures, vehicle-to-everything communication architectures, and other architectures.

[0037] This application mainly relates to the communication between terminal equipment and network equipment. Among them:

[0038] The network device in the embodiment of the present application may also be referred to as an access network device, for example, it may be a base station (BS) (also referred to as a base station device), and the network device is a device deployed in a radio access network (RAN) to provide wireless communication functions. For example, in the second-generation (2G) network, the equipment that provides base station functions includes the base transceiver station (BTS), in the third-generation (3G) network, the equipment that provides base station functions includes the node B (NodeB), and in the fourth-generation (4G) network, the equipment that provides base station functions includes the evolved node B (eNB). In wireless local area networks (WLAN), the equipment that provides base station functions is the access point (AP), and the equipment that provides base station functions in NR is the next generation Node Base station (gNB), as well as the evolved node B (ng-eNB), where the gNB and the terminal device communicate using NR technology, and the ng-eNB and the terminal device communicate using evolved universal terrestrial radio access (Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access, E-UTRA) technology, and both gNB and ng-eNB can be connected to the 5G core network. The network devices in the embodiments of the present application also include devices that provide base station functions in future new communication systems, etc.

[0039] The terminal equipment in the embodiments of the present application may refer to various forms of access terminals, user units, user stations, mobile stations, mobile stations (Mobile Station, MS), remote stations, remote terminals, mobile devices, user terminals, wireless communication devices, user agents or user devices. The terminal equipment may also be a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a handheld device with wireless communication function, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a terminal device in a future 5G network or a terminal device in a future evolving Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), etc., which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application. The terminal equipment may also be referred to as User Equipment (UE), a terminal, etc.

[0040] As described in the background technology, once the GAP is configured, the terminal device needs to apply the GAP and stop communicating with the serving cell at each GAP to measure heterogeneous frequencies / systems. When the number of measurements exceeds the actual measurement requirements of the terminal device, frequent cessation of communication with the serving cell will lead to unnecessary communication interruptions.

[0041] Specifically, during the GAP period, the terminal device interrupts communication with the network. On the one hand, the current network configures GAP mainly based on the capabilities reported by the terminal device, which requires the terminal device to report in detail whether GAP is needed for inter-frequency measurement; on the other hand, once GAP is applied, regardless of whether the terminal device needs to perform inter-frequency measurement in each GAP period, the terminal device and the network will not communicate during the GAP period.

[0042] In an embodiment of the present application, the terminal device sends a first indication message to the network side to indicate that only part of the cycle in the gap configuration and / or part of the time domain resources within the cycle are used for measurement, so that the terminal device and the network device can transmit data on unused cycles and / or time domain resources, thereby avoiding unnecessary measurements and unnecessary communication interruptions, ensuring the continuity of communication, and improving the communication experience.

[0043] In order to make the above-mentioned objects, features and advantages of the present application more obvious and easy to understand, the specific embodiments of the present application are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0044] In this embodiment, the terminal device accesses the service cell, establishes an RRC connection, and conducts business. The terminal device establishes multiple services, such as Data Radio Bearer (DRB) 1, DRB2, and DRB3, and different DRBs have different business requirements. In order to meet mobility and possible network optimization, the service cell configures multiple frequency point measurements for the terminal device, including same-frequency measurement and different-frequency measurement, as well as measurement of neighboring cells of different systems.

[0045] See also Figure 1 The method provided in this application specifically includes the following steps:

[0046] Step 101: The network device sends a gap configuration to the terminal device. The gap configuration includes a period and a duration.

[0047] In this embodiment, the gap configuration may be configured by the network device for each inter-frequency point independently, or may be configured by the network device for multiple inter-frequency points together.

[0048] Specifically, the gap (GAP) is periodic, and the value of the period can be selected from 40ms, 80ms or 160ms, etc. The GAP length (that is, the duration) can also take different values ​​such as 6ms, 4ms or 3ms, etc. The specific values ​​of the period and duration can refer to the provisions of the communication standard protocol TS38.133.

[0049] In a non-limiting embodiment, the terminal device may report the capability information of measuring heterodyne to the network device, such as NeedForGapsInfoNR, etc. The network device configures the gap configuration for the terminal device based on the capability information of the terminal device, such as a GAP with a period of 40ms and a length of 6ms.

[0050] In another non-limiting embodiment, the network device can configure the gap configuration for the terminal device based on the distribution of the reference signal of the inter-frequency neighboring area. For example, the reference signal distribution at different frequencies is different, the reference signal at frequency F1 is located in the second time slot, and the reference signal at frequency F2 is located in the fourth and fifth time slots (assuming that the time base of frequency F1 and frequency F2 is the same), then the network device can configure a GAP to cover the 2nd to 5th time slots.

[0051] Step 102: The terminal device sends first indication information to the network device. The first indication information indicates to use part of the period in the gap configuration and / or part of the time domain resources within the period.

[0052] In the specific implementation, after the terminal device receives the gap configuration, it finds that it needs to measure several heterofrequency points. The terminal device can reasonably plan the measurement of different heterofrequency points based on its own RF receiving capability and the distribution of the heterofrequency points to be measured. That is, the terminal device plans how long to measure which heterofrequency point in which cycle. This is because different frequency points have the same or different measurement requirements. For some heterofrequency points, the terminal device may not need to tune the currently working RF transceiver to measure. Generally, heterofrequency measurements require tuning the RF transceiver to measure. Sometimes the terminal device can measure multiple heterofrequency points by tuning once. Taking the above factors into consideration, the terminal device determines the period for measuring each heterofrequency point and its position within the period.

[0053] Specifically, some inter-frequency point measurements do not require GAP, while some inter-frequency point measurements require GAP. The terminal device can determine whether a 40ms periodic GAP is required for each GAP period. For details, please refer to Figure 2 , assuming that the terminal device finds that it does not need to use every GAP in the 40ms cycle, it can use only the first two GAPs within 120ms (3 GAPs) (such as Figure 2 The shaded part in the middle is shown in the figure, and the out-of-frequency point to be measured can be measured and the measurement requirements are met.

[0054] In this case, the actual measurement requirement of the terminal device is: only part of the GAP needs to be used for inter-frequency measurement, and the GAP does not need to be enabled in each cycle. The terminal device can report the above actual measurement requirement to the network device through the first indication information, that is, the network device is informed that the terminal device uses part of the cycle in the gap configuration.

[0055] Another case is, please refer to Figure 3 Since the duration of each GAP is 6ms, the actual measurement duration of the terminal device does not need to be so long, and 4ms may be sufficient (e.g. Figure 3 In this case, the terminal device can report the above actual measurement requirements to the network device through the first indication information, that is, the network device learns that the terminal device uses part of the period in the gap configuration and part of the time domain resources in the part of the period.

[0056] After the above step 102, the network device can know which periods and which time domain resources within those periods the terminal device performs heterofrequency measurement on, so the network device can transmit data on the periods or time domain resources where the terminal device does not perform heterofrequency measurement to avoid communication interruption caused by unnecessary GAP.

[0057] Specifically, after the network device receives the first indication information, it can clarify the GAP position that the terminal device actually needs to use and the actual duration of each GAP. During this period, the terminal device needs to tune its own RF frequency to the frequency to be measured to perform measurements. At other times, the terminal device can communicate with the number of devices.

[0058] Specifically, the terminal device may send a high-level signaling to the network device, wherein the high-level signaling carries the first indication information. The high-level signaling may specifically be RRC signaling, a Medium Access Control (MAC) control element (CE), and the like.

[0059] It should be pointed out that the serial numbers of the steps in this embodiment do not limit the execution order of the steps.

[0060] It is understandable that, in a specific implementation, the communication method can be implemented in the form of a software program, which runs in a processor integrated inside a chip or a chip module. The method can also be implemented in the form of software combined with hardware, which is not limited in this application.

[0061] The following uses the first indication information including different contents as an example to illustrate respectively.

[0062] Embodiment 1: The first indication information may include the first position of the partial cycle used by the terminal device, that is, the first position of the partial cycle used by the terminal device to perform heterofrequency measurement.

[0063] Embodiment 2: The first indication information may include the second position of the remaining cycle not used by the terminal device, that is, the second position of the partial cycle not used by the terminal device to perform inter-frequency measurement.

[0064] Embodiment 3: The first indication information may include the first position and the second position mentioned above.

[0065] Specifically, the first indication information may include a bitmap, each bit in the bitmap corresponds to a period, and the value of each bit indicates whether the corresponding period is used or not. For example, a bit value of 1 indicates that the corresponding period is used, and a bit value of 0 indicates that the corresponding period is not used. Of course, it is also possible that a bit value of 0 indicates that the corresponding period is used, and a bit value of 1 indicates that the corresponding period is not used, and this application does not limit this.

[0066] Taking the example of using only the first two GAPs out of every three GAPs, the bit map can be set to 110, where the first two 1s indicate that the GAP needs to be applied for hetero-frequency / hetero-system measurement in the first two cycles out of every three cycles, and the third bit is set to 0 to indicate that the GAP does not need to be applied for hetero-frequency / hetero-system measurement in the third cycle out of every three cycles.

[0067] It should be noted that the number of bits in the bitmap represents the multiple of the period in the actual measurement requirement and the period in the original gap configuration. For example, if the original gap configuration period is 40ms and the actual measurement requirement period is 120ms, then the number of bits in the bitmap is 3.

[0068] Of course, the number of bits in the bitmap may also be set according to other principles (such as a fixed number of bits), or may be any feasible value, and this application does not impose any limitation on this.

[0069] Embodiment 4: The first indication information includes a first position of a partial period used and a third position of a portion of time domain resources used in the partial period.

[0070] In this embodiment, the terminal device in the connected state obtains the gap configuration from the network device, which includes one or more heterofrequency measurement objects and GAP configuration, assuming that the GAP has a period of 80 ms and a duration of 6 ms.

[0071] After the terminal device obtains the measurement configuration, it determines that only half of the 80ms periodic GAP needs to be used based on its own receiving capability and the inter-frequency frequency to be measured. Then the bitmap 10 can be used to indicate that the first GAP within 160ms needs to be used, and the second GAP does not need to be used. At the same time, the terminal device finds that only part of the time domain resources, such as the first 2ms, need to be used in the GAP to be used, instead of the entire 6ms (that is, the terminal device can use these 2ms to measure all the frequency points to be measured).

[0072] In this case, the terminal device can report the third position of the portion of time domain resources to the network device.

[0073] Specifically, the length of some time domain resources is smaller than the duration, and the granularity of some time domain resources is selected from milliseconds, slots, symbols, and subframes.

[0074] For example, part of the time domain resources is 2 time slots, and the terminal device can include the specific locations of these 2 time slots in the first indication information.

[0075] For another example, part of the time domain resources is 28 symbols, and the terminal device may include the specific positions of these 28 symbols in the first indication information.

[0076] Embodiment 5: The first indication information includes a first position of a used partial period and a fourth position of an unused partial time domain resource in the partial period.

[0077] Specifically, in addition to reporting the third position of part of the time domain resources to be used, the terminal device may also report the fourth position of the unused time domain resources.

[0078] For example, the last 4 ms in a cycle, the last 10 time slots in a cycle, etc.

[0079] Please refer to Figure 4 , Figure 4 A specific interaction process of a communication method is shown.

[0080] In step 401, the network device sends a gap configuration to the terminal device.

[0081] In step 402, the terminal device sends first indication information to the network device.

[0082] For example, the terminal device needs to measure an inter-frequency, and the network configures a GAP with a period of 80ms for the terminal device. Based on the measurement requirements, the terminal device finds that it only needs to measure the inter-frequency once every 240ms to meet the measurement requirements. Therefore, the terminal device only needs to use part of the GAP for inter-frequency measurement, and does not need to enable the GAP every 80ms. At this time, the terminal device can report a bit map 100 to indicate to the network device that the first cycle in every three cycles is used for inter-frequency measurement.

[0083] In step 403, the terminal device uses a partial period and / or a partial duration to perform hetero-frequency / hetero-system measurement / positioning measurement.

[0084] In step 404, the terminal device and the network device use the remaining period and / or part of the duration to perform data transmission.

[0085] The embodiments of the present application can avoid unnecessary measurements and unnecessary communication interruptions through the above steps, ensure the continuity of communication, and improve the communication experience.

[0086] After a period of time, the network device updates the gap configuration, such as modifying the inter-frequency point to be tested. After obtaining the new gap configuration, the terminal device determines the new first indication information according to its own capabilities and the inter-frequency point to be tested, and indicates the new first indication information to the base station. For example, the indicated bit map is changed from "10" to "1001". In the cycle to be used, the third position of the actual application part of the time domain resources and / or the fourth position of the unused part of the time domain resources can be further indicated.

[0087] For more specific implementation methods of the embodiments of the present application, please refer to the aforementioned embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

[0088] Please refer to Figure 5 , Figure 5 A communication device 50 is shown, which may include:

[0089] The communication module 501 is used to receive a gap configuration, where the gap configuration includes a period and a duration;

[0090] The communication module 501 is further used to send first indication information, where the first indication information indicates to use part of the period in the gap configuration and / or part of the time domain resources within the period.

[0091] Specifically, the communication module 501 sends a high-level signaling, where the high-level signaling includes the first indication information.

[0092] In a specific embodiment, the communication device 50 may further include: a processing module (not shown) for using the partial period and / or partial duration to perform hetero-frequency / hetero-system measurement. The communication module 501 uses the remaining period and / or partial duration for data transmission.

[0093] In a specific implementation, the above-mentioned communication device 50 may correspond to a chip with communication function in a terminal device, such as a system-on-a-chip (SOC), a baseband chip, etc.; or correspond to a chip module with communication function in a terminal device; or correspond to a chip module with a data processing function chip, or correspond to a terminal device.

[0094] In another embodiment, the communication module 501 is used to send a gap configuration, wherein the gap configuration includes a period and a duration; the communication module 501 is also used to receive first indication information, wherein the first indication information indicates the use of part of the period in the gap configuration and / or part of the time domain resources within the period.

[0095] Specifically, the communication module 501 receives high-layer signaling, where the high-layer signaling includes first indication information.

[0096] In a specific embodiment, the communication module 501 and the terminal device use the remaining period and / or part of the duration to perform data transmission.

[0097] In a specific implementation, the above-mentioned communication device 50 may correspond to a chip with communication function in a network device, such as a SOC, a baseband chip, etc.; or correspond to a chip module with communication function in a network device; or correspond to a chip module with a data processing function chip, or correspond to a network device.

[0098] For other related descriptions about the communication device 50 , reference may be made to the related descriptions in the aforementioned embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

[0099] Regarding the various modules / units included in the various devices and products described in the above embodiments, they can be software modules / units, or hardware modules / units, or they can be partially software modules / units and partially hardware modules / units. For example, for various devices and products applied to or integrated in a chip, the various modules / units included therein can all be implemented in the form of hardware such as circuits, or at least some of the modules / units can be implemented in the form of software programs, which run on a processor integrated inside the chip, and the remaining (if any) modules / units can be implemented in the form of hardware such as circuits; for various devices and products applied to or integrated in a chip module, the various modules / units included therein can all be implemented in the form of hardware such as circuits, and different modules / units can be located in the same component of the chip module (such as a chip, circuit module, etc.) or in different components, or at least some of the modules / units can be implemented in the form of software programs. It is implemented in the form of a software program, which runs on a processor integrated inside the chip module, and the remaining (if any) modules / units can be implemented in hardware such as circuits; for various devices and products applied to or integrated in the terminal equipment, the various modules / units contained therein can be implemented in hardware such as circuits, and different modules / units can be located in the same component (for example, chip, circuit module, etc.) or in different components in the terminal equipment, or, at least some modules / units can be implemented in the form of a software program, which runs on a processor integrated inside the terminal equipment, and the remaining (if any) modules / units can be implemented in hardware such as circuits.

[0100] The present application also discloses a storage medium, which is a computer-readable storage medium and stores a computer program, which can be executed when the computer program is run. Figures 1 to 3 The steps of the method shown in . The storage medium may include a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, etc. The storage medium may also include a non-volatile memory (non-volatile) or a non-transitory memory, etc.

[0101] Please refer to Figure 6 The embodiment of the present application also provides a hardware structure diagram of a communication device. The device includes a processor 601, a memory 602 and a transceiver 603.

[0102] Processor 601 may be a general-purpose central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or one or more integrated circuits for controlling the execution of the program of the present application. Processor 601 may also include multiple CPUs, and processor 601 may be a single-core (single-CPU) processor or a multi-core (multi-CPU) processor. The processor here may refer to one or more devices, circuits, or processing cores for processing data (such as computer program instructions).

[0103] The memory 602 may be a ROM or other types of static storage devices that can store static information and instructions, a RAM or other types of dynamic storage devices that can store information and instructions, or an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM) or other optical disc storage, optical disc storage (including compressed optical disc, laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc, Blu-ray disc, etc.), a disk storage medium or other magnetic storage device, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store the desired program code in the form of an instruction or data structure and can be accessed by a computer, and the embodiments of the present application do not impose any restrictions on this. The memory 602 may exist independently (in this case, the memory 602 may be located outside the device or inside the device), or it may be integrated with the processor 601. Among them, the memory 602 may contain a computer program code. The processor 601 is used to execute the computer program code stored in the memory 602, thereby realizing the method provided in the embodiments of the present application.

[0104] The processor 601, the memory 602 and the transceiver 603 are connected via a bus. The transceiver 603 is used to communicate with other devices or a communication network. Optionally, the transceiver 603 may include a transmitter and a receiver. The device used to implement the receiving function in the transceiver 603 can be regarded as a receiver, and the receiver is used to perform the receiving step in the embodiment of the present application. The device used to implement the sending function in the transceiver 603 can be regarded as a transmitter, and the transmitter is used to perform the sending step in the embodiment of the present application.

[0105] when Figure 6 The schematic diagram of the structure shown in FIG. 1 is used to illustrate the structure of the terminal device involved in the above embodiment. The processor 601 is used to control and manage the actions of the terminal device. For example, the processor 601 is used to support the terminal device to execute Figure 1 Steps 101 and 102 in , or Figure 4 The processor 601 may communicate with other network entities, for example, the network devices described above, through the transceiver 603. The memory 602 is used to store program codes and data of the terminal device.

[0106] when Figure 6 The schematic diagram of the structure shown in FIG. 1 is used to illustrate the structure of the network device involved in the above embodiment. The processor 601 is used to control and manage the actions of the network device. For example, the processor 601 is used to support the network device to execute Figure 1 Steps 101 and 102 in , or Figure 4 The processor 601 may communicate with other network entities, for example, the terminal device, through the transceiver 603. The memory 602 is used to store program codes and data of the network device.

[0107] The embodiment of the present application defines a unidirectional communication link from an access network to a terminal device as a downlink, data transmitted on the downlink is downlink data, and the transmission direction of downlink data is called the downlink direction; and a unidirectional communication link from a terminal device to an access network is an uplink, data transmitted on the uplink is uplink data, and the transmission direction of uplink data is called the uplink direction.

[0108] It should be understood that the term "and / or" in this article is only a description of the association relationship of the associated objects, indicating that there can be three relationships. For example, A and / or B can represent: A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone. In addition, the character " / " in this article indicates that the associated objects before and after are in an "or" relationship.

[0109] The "plurality" appearing in the embodiments of the present application refers to two or more.

[0110] The first, second, etc. descriptions appearing in the embodiments of the present application are only used for illustration and distinction of the description objects. There is no order, nor do they indicate any special limitation on the number of devices in the embodiments of the present application, and cannot constitute any limitation on the embodiments of the present application.

[0111] The "connection" that appears in the embodiments of the present application refers to various connection methods such as direct connection or indirect connection to achieve communication between devices, and the embodiments of the present application do not impose any limitations on this.

[0112] The above embodiments may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware or any other combination thereof. When implemented using software, the above embodiments may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions or computer programs. When the computer instructions or computer programs are loaded or executed on a computer, the processes or functions described in the embodiments of the present application are generated in whole or in part. The computer may be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable devices. The computer instructions may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium, for example, the computer instructions may be transmitted from one website site, computer, server or data center to another website site, computer, server or data center by wired or wireless means.

[0113] It should be understood that in the various embodiments of the present application, the size of the serial numbers of the above-mentioned processes does not mean the order of execution. The execution order of each process should be determined by its function and internal logic, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.

[0114] In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed methods, devices and systems can be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are merely schematic; for example, the division of the units is only a logical function division, and there may be other division methods in actual implementation; for example, multiple units or components can be combined or integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed. Another point is that the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed can be through some interfaces, indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units, which can be electrical, mechanical or other forms.

[0115] The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components shown as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be located in one place or distributed on multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

[0116] In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may be physically included separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit. The above-mentioned integrated unit may be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of hardware plus software functional units.

[0117] The above-mentioned integrated unit implemented in the form of a software functional unit can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. The above-mentioned software functional unit is stored in a storage medium, including a number of instructions for enabling a computer device (which can be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform some steps of the method described in each embodiment of the present application.

[0118] Although the present application is disclosed as above, the present application is not limited thereto. Any person skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the scope defined by the claims.

Claims

1. A communication method, characterized in that: include: receiving a gap configuration, the gap configuration including a period and a duration; Sending first indication information, where the first indication information indicates using a portion of the period in the gap configuration and / or a portion of the time domain resources within the period.

2. The communication method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first indication information includes a first position of the used partial cycle and / or a second position of the unused remaining cycle.

3. The communication method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first indication information includes a bit map, each bit in the bit map corresponds to a period, and the value of each bit indicates whether the corresponding period is used or not used.

4. The communication method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first indication information includes a first position of the used partial period, a third position of the partial time domain resources used in the partial period, and / or a fourth position of the partial time domain resources not used in the partial period.

5. The communication method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The length of the part of time domain resources is smaller than the duration, and the granularity of the part of time domain resources is selected from milliseconds, time slots, symbols, and subframes.

6. The communication method according to claim 1, characterized in that: Also includes: Using the partial period and / or the partial duration to perform heterofrequency / heterosystem measurement, or to perform positioning measurement; Use the remaining period and / or part of the duration for data transmission.

7. The communication method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The sending of the first indication information includes: A higher layer signaling is sent, where the higher layer signaling includes the first indication information.

8. A communication method, characterized in that: include: Sending a gap configuration, wherein the gap configuration includes a period and a duration; First indication information is received, where the first indication information indicates using a portion of the period in the gap configuration and / or a portion of the time domain resources within the period.

9. The communication method according to claim 8, characterized in that: The first indication information includes a first position of the used partial cycle and / or a second position of the unused remaining cycle.

10. The communication method according to claim 8, characterized in that: The first indication information includes a bit map, each bit in the bit map corresponds to a period, and the value of each bit indicates whether the corresponding period is used or not used.

11. The communication method according to claim 8, characterized in that: The first indication information includes a first position of the used partial period, a third position of the partial time domain resources used in the partial period, and / or a fourth position of the partial time domain resources not used in the partial period.

12. A communication device, characterized in that: include: A communication module, configured to receive a gap configuration, wherein the gap configuration includes a period and a duration; The communication module is further used to send first indication information, where the first indication information indicates using a portion of the cycle in the gap configuration and / or a portion of the time domain resources within the cycle.

13. A communication device, characterized in that: include: A communication module, used to send a gap configuration, wherein the gap configuration includes a period and a duration; The communication module is further configured to receive first indication information, where the first indication information indicates using a portion of the cycle in the gap configuration and / or a portion of the time domain resources within the cycle.

14. A computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, characterized in that: When the computer program is executed by a processor, the computer program executes the steps of the communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, or executes the steps of the communication method according to any one of claims 8 to 11.

15. A communication device, comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the memory stores a computer program that can be run on the processor, characterized in that: When the processor runs the computer program, the processor performs the steps of the communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

16. A communication device, comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the memory stores a computer program that can be run on the processor, characterized in that: When the processor runs the computer program, the processor performs the steps of the communication method according to any one of claims 8 to 11.

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