Gap request message transmitting / receiving method and apparatus

Abstract

The embodiment of the application discloses a Gap request message sending / receiving method and device, and belongs to the technical field of communication. The Gap request message sending method of the embodiment of the application comprises the following steps: a terminal sends a first Gap request message, the first Gap request message comprises change indication information, and the change indication information is used for requesting at least one of the following: changing Gap auxiliary information; and changing a Gap configuration.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application belongs to the technical field of communication, and particularly relates to a Gap request message sending / receiving method and device. BACKGROUND

[0002] The network side device usually configures a gap (Gap) for the terminal to perform inter-frequency and inter-system measurement, wherein the gap functions to reach an agreement between the terminal and the network side device that a relatively short time (such as 6 ms) is allowed to be left out to provide the terminal for measurement in a period of time (such as 40 ms or 120 ms). The left-out time is referred to as a Gap. In the Gap, the terminal does not upload data to the network side device, and the network side device does not issue data to the terminal.

[0003] The terminal can send assistance information to the network side device to request the Gap. In actual application, the Gap preference of the terminal can change. However, how the terminal requests to change the Gap is a technical problem to be solved in the related art. SUMMARY

[0004] Embodiments of the present application provide a Gap request message sending / receiving method and device, which can solve the problem that the terminal cannot request to change the Gap.

[0005] In a first aspect, a Gap request message sending method is provided, including: a terminal sending a first Gap request message, wherein the first Gap request message includes change indication information, and the change indication information is used to request at least one of the following: changing Gap assistance information; and changing Gap configuration.

[0006] In a second aspect, a Gap request message receiving method is provided, including: a network side device receiving a first Gap request message, wherein the first Gap request message includes change indication information, and the change indication information is used to request at least one of the following: changing Gap assistance information; and changing Gap configuration.

[0007] In a third aspect, a Gap request message sending device is provided, including: a sending module, configured to send a first Gap request message, wherein the first Gap request message includes change indication information, and the change indication information is used to request at least one of the following: changing Gap assistance information; and changing Gap configuration.

[0008] In a fourth aspect, a Gap request message receiving device is provided, including: a receiving module, configured to receive a first Gap request message, wherein the first Gap request message includes change indication information, and the change indication information is used to request at least one of the following: changing Gap assistance information; and changing Gap configuration.

[0009] In a fifth aspect, a terminal is provided, which comprises a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored in the memory and executable on the processor, and the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implement the method according to the first aspect.

[0010] In a sixth aspect, a terminal is provided, which comprises a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is configured to send a first gap (Gap) request message, and the first Gap request message comprises change indication information, and the change indication information is used to request at least one of the following: changing Gap assistance information; changing a Gap configuration.

[0011] In a seventh aspect, a network-side device is provided, which comprises a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored in the memory and executable on the processor, and the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implement the method according to the second aspect.

[0012] In an eighth aspect, a network-side device is provided, which comprises a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is configured to receive a first gap (Gap) request message, and the first Gap request message comprises change indication information, and the change indication information is used to request at least one of the following: changing Gap assistance information; changing a Gap configuration.

[0013] In a ninth aspect, a readable storage medium is provided, which stores a program or instructions, and the program or instructions, when executed by a processor, implement the method according to the first aspect, or implement the method according to the second aspect.

[0014] In a tenth aspect, a chip is provided, which comprises a processor and a communication interface, and the communication interface and the processor are coupled, and the processor is configured to run a program or instructions, and implement the method according to the first aspect, or implement the method according to the second aspect.

[0015] In an eleventh aspect, a computer program / program product is provided, which is stored in a non-transitory storage medium, and the program / program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the method according to the first aspect, or implement the method according to the second aspect.

[0016] In the embodiments of the present application, the terminal can send a first Gap request message, and request to change the Gap assistance information and / or change the Gap configuration through the change indication information included in the first Gap request message. The embodiments of the present application solve the problem that the terminal cannot request to change the Gap, facilitate the network side device to provide the terminal with the Gap configuration matching the Gap preference of the terminal in time, and improve the communication performance of the system; meanwhile, by standardizing the sending process of the Gap request message, it is helpful to reduce the size of the air interface signaling message and improve the efficiency of the Gap negotiation between the terminal and the network side device. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0017] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0018] Figure 2 is a schematic flow chart of a sending method of a Gap request message according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0019] Figure 3 is a schematic flow chart of a sending / receiving method of a Gap request message according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0020] Figure 4 is a schematic flow chart of a sending / receiving method of a Gap request message according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0021] Figure 5 is a schematic flow chart of a sending / receiving method of a Gap request message according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0022] Figure 6 is a schematic flow chart of a receiving method of a Gap request message according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0023] Figure 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a sending device of a Gap request message according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0024] Figure 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a receiving device of a Gap request message according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0025] Figure 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0026] Figure 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0027] Figure 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a network side device according to an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0028] With reference to the drawings and the embodiments described herein, it will be understood that the drawings and embodiments are illustrative of only a portion of the embodiments of the application. Based on the embodiments described herein, a person of ordinary skill in the art will be able to contemplate changes and modifications to the embodiments of the application, which fall within the scope of the application.

[0029] The terms "first", "second", and the like in the description and in the claims of the present application are used for distinguishing between similar objects discussed in the specification and claims and do not necessarily describe a particular order or sequence. It should be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances and embodiments of the present application are capable of operating in other sequences than those depicted or otherwise described herein. Furthermore, the terms "comprise", "include", "contain" and / or "have" should be understood to be open terms, i.e. meaning "including but not limited to", and should not be interpreted as limiting the term when used in the description and claims of the present application.

[0030] It is worth noting that the techniques described in the embodiments of the present application are not limited to Long Term Evolution (LTE) / LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) systems, but can also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as 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 (SC-FDMA) and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" are often used interchangeably in the embodiments of the present application, and the described techniques can be used in the above-mentioned systems and radio technologies, as well as in other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes a New Radio (NR) system for the purpose of example, and NR terminology is used in most of the following description, but these techniques can also be applied outside the NR system application, such as in a 6th Generation (6G) communication system. th

[0031] Figure 1 ​This diagram illustrates a wireless communication system applicable to embodiments of this application. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network-side device 12. The terminal 11 can also be referred to as a terminal device or user equipment (UE). The terminal 11 can be a mobile phone, tablet computer, laptop computer, personal digital assistant (PDA), handheld computer, netbook, ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), mobile internet device (MID), wearable device, vehicle-mounted device (VUE), pedestrian terminal (PUE), etc. Wearable devices include smartwatches, wristbands, headphones, glasses, etc. It should be noted that this application does not limit the specific type of terminal 11. Network-side device 12 can be a base station or a core network. The base station can be referred to as a node B, evolved node B, access point, base transceiver station (BTS), radio base station, radio transceiver, basic service set (BSS), extended service set (ESS), B node, evolved B node (eNB), next-generation node B (gNB), home B node, home evolved B node, WLAN access point, WiFi node, transmitting and receiving point (TRP), or any other suitable term in the field, as long as the same technical effect is achieved. The base station is not limited to specific technical terms. It should be noted that in this application embodiment, only the base station in the NR system is used as an example, but the specific type of base station is not limited.

[0032] The following description, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, details the method and device for sending / receiving Gap request messages provided in this application, through some embodiments and application scenarios.

[0033] like Figure 2 As shown in the figure, this application embodiment provides a method 200 for sending a Gap request message. 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 steps.

[0034] S202: The terminal sends a first Gap request message, and the first Gap request message includes change indication information, which is used to request at least one of the following: changing Gap assistance information; changing Gap configuration.

[0035] Optionally, the first Gap request message can be at least one of the following: terminal assistance information (i.e., UE assistance information); and an RRC reconfiguration completion message. For example, the terminal reports terminal assistance information to the network side device, and the terminal assistance information can be used to request to change Gap assistance information or Gap configuration. For another example, the terminal sends an RRC reconfiguration completion message to the network side device, and the RRC reconfiguration completion message can be used to request to change Gap assistance information or Gap configuration. Before the terminal sends the RRC reconfiguration completion message, the network side device can provide the terminal with Gap configuration through an RRC reconfiguration message.

[0036] Optionally, the change indication information carried in the first Gap request message is used to request to change one or more Gap assistance information. Each Gap assistance information can correspond to one or more Gap, and the one or more Gap can be the Gap to be changed. The change of Gap assistance information mentioned in various embodiments of the present application can include at least one of the following: adding Gap assistance information; modifying Gap assistance information; and releasing Gap assistance information.

[0037] It can be understood that, in the case where the terminal requests to add Gap assistance information, the network side device can provide the terminal with Gap configuration corresponding to the added Gap assistance information; in the case where the terminal requests to modify Gap assistance information, the network side device can provide the terminal with Gap configuration corresponding to the modified Gap assistance information; and in the case where the terminal requests to release Gap assistance information, the network side device releases Gap configuration corresponding to the released Gap assistance information.

[0038] Optionally, the change indication information can include at least one of the following 1) to 4):

[0039] 1) Gap index, which corresponds to the index of Gap assistance information, and / or corresponds to the Gap index of Gap configuration. Optionally, the Gap index can be used to number the added Gap assistance information, or correspond to the existing Gap assistance information, or correspond to the existing Gap configuration.

[0040] 2) Indication information of change operation, which includes at least one of the following: adding, modifying, releasing, etc. The change operation generally refers to the change operation on Gap assistance information.

[0041] 3) Gap parameter value. The Gap parameter value can be the parameter information of the Gap to be changed. Optionally, the Gap parameter value includes at least one of the following: Gap length, Gap period, Gap start time, Gap end time and Gap extension time. In this example, the terminal can carry the specific parameter value of the Gap to be added or modified in the first Gap request message.

[0042] 4) Gap information element (IE) for indicating the Gap type, such as periodic Gap, one-time Gap, etc.

[0043] The Gap assistance information generally contains the Gap preference of the terminal, which is used to assist the network side device to configure the Gap for the terminal. The terminal can have one or more Gap assistance information. One Gap assistance information corresponds to one or more one-time Gap request or periodic Gap request.

[0044] In fact, the above 1) to 4) can be called Gap assistance information, so the change indication information mentioned above includes at least one of 1) to 4), which can refer to the following two cases: one: the change indication information is at least one of the above 1) to 4); two: the change indication information carries at least one of the above 1) to 4), that is, the change indication information is different from the Gap assistance information.

[0045] In one example, the above change indication information can include a Gap index. If the Gap index corresponds to the index of the Gap configured in the RRC reconfiguration message (RRCReconfig), when the terminal requests to add a Gap assistance information, the Gap index can be set to null or other index not corresponding to the index of the Gap configured in the RRC reconfiguration message (RRCReconfig).

[0046] The above Gap configuration is the Gap configuration provided by the network side device to the terminal, such as the Gap configuration provided by the network side device to the terminal through the RRC reconfiguration message.

[0047] In the embodiments of the present application, the terminal sends a first Gap request message, and the change indication information carried by the first Gap request message is used to request at least one of the following: change the Gap assistance information; change the Gap configuration, which will be described in three cases.

[0048] One: in the case where the change indication information is used to request to change the Gap assistance information, the network side device can change the Gap assistance information based on the Gap assistance information carried by the first Gap request message. Subsequently, the network side device can also provide the terminal with the Gap configuration based on the changed Gap assistance information.

[0049] II. In a case where the change indication information is used to request to change the Gap configuration, the network side device can change the Gap configuration based on the Gap assistance information carried in the first Gap request message.

[0050] III. In a case where the change indication information is used to request to change the Gap assistance information and the Gap configuration, the Gap assistance information and the Gap configuration can be a corresponding relationship. The network side device can change the Gap assistance information based on the Gap assistance information carried in the first Gap request message, and change the Gap configuration based on the Gap assistance information carried in the first Gap request message.

[0051] In the above three cases, after S202, the terminal can further receive a Gap configuration, which can be provided by the network side device based on the first Gap request message.

[0052] The Gap request message sending method provided by the embodiments of the present application can be used in a multi-card terminal. The multi-card terminal can carry multiple subscriber identity modules (SIMs), and one SIM corresponds to one UE. The embodiments take into account that the cell reselection and other mobility processes of the multi-card terminal on other networks can cause the Gap preference of the UE to change. The embodiments facilitate the network side device to provide the UE in the multi-card terminal with a Gap configuration that matches the Gap preference of the UE in a timely manner, thereby improving the communication performance of the system.

[0053] The Gap request message sending method provided by the embodiments of the present application can be used in a multi-card terminal. The multi-card terminal can carry multiple subscriber identity modules (SIMs), and one SIM corresponds to one UE. The embodiments take into account that the cell reselection and other mobility processes of the multi-card terminal on other networks can cause the Gap preference of the UE to change. The embodiments facilitate the network side device to provide the UE in the multi-card terminal with a Gap configuration that matches the Gap preference of the UE in a timely manner, thereby improving the communication performance of the system.

[0054] For the Gap index mentioned in the above embodiments, the Gap index can correspond to at least one of the following 1) to 3):

[0055] 1) Gap index of the Gap configuration in the RRC reconfiguration message (RRCReconfig); wherein the RRC reconfiguration message includes the Gap configuration and the Gap index corresponding to the Gap configuration.

[0056] In one example, the change indication information includes the Gap index; wherein the change indication information is used to request to change the Gap configuration corresponding to the Gap index. In this example, if the first Gap request message sent by the terminal carries the Gap index, it indicates that the terminal requests to change the Gap configuration corresponding to the Gap index.

[0057] 2) The first Gap request message indicates (specifically, includes or carries) the index of one or more Gap assistance information.

[0058] 3) The first Gap request message indicates the index of the requested Gap in one or more Gap assistance information.

[0059] The following will introduce the modification of Gap assistance information by the terminal in one example. In this example, the first Gap request message carries the Gap parameter value, and can also carry the Gap index and / or the Gap information element. Optionally, the Gap parameter value is used to request to modify the Gap assistance information corresponding to the Gap index and / or the Gap information element.

[0060] In this example, the terminal does not request to change the first Gap assistance information; wherein the first Gap assistance information is the Gap assistance information corresponding to the Gap index and / or the Gap information element not included in the first Gap request message.

[0061] In this example, for example, the terminal sends the first Gap request message, which at least includes the Gap parameter value, and can also carry the Gap index and / or the Gap information element. The Gap parameter value indicates the modification of the original Gap assistance information parameter corresponding to the Gap index and / or the Gap information element.

[0062] Further, for the Gap index and / or the Gap information element not included, it indicates that the corresponding Gap assistance information is not modified (i.e., the same as the content of the last sent Gap assistance information). The Gap index and / or the Gap information element not included mentioned here can be included in the following range: the Gap index and / or the Gap information element corresponding to the Gap configuration provided by the network side device for the terminal.

[0063] The following will introduce the example of releasing the Gap assistance information by the terminal in one example. In this example, the change indication information included in the first Gap request message is used to request to release part or all of the Gap; wherein the first Gap request message carries the empty Gap information element, and the empty Gap information element is used to request to release the Gap corresponding to the empty Gap information element; or the first Gap request message carries the Gap index without carrying the specific Gap parameter value, and the Gap index is used to request to release the Gap corresponding to the Gap index.

[0064] In this example, the terminal sends the first Gap request message to release part or all of the Gap assistance information, including one of the following 1) and 2):

[0065] 1) The first Gap request message carries an empty Gap IE to release the Gap corresponding to the empty Gap IE. The empty Gap IE means that the Gap IE does not carry any gap parameter value, which represents that the terminal has no preference for the corresponding Gap (No Preference). The Gap parameter value includes the Gap length, the Gap period, the Gap start time, etc.

[0066] 2) The first Gap request message carries the Gap index and does not carry other Gap assistance information to request to release the Gap corresponding to the Gap index (or release the Gap assistance information).

[0067] Optionally, in one example, the terminal sending the first Gap request message in the above embodiments includes at least one of the following:

[0068] 1) If the terminal has a preference for the Gap configuration and / or has Gap assistance information to be sent, and a prohibit timer associated with the Gap assistance information is not running, the terminal sends the first Gap request message. The prohibit timer is configured by the network side device (for example, in the RRC reconfiguration message or system broadcast) or by the protocol agreement.

[0069] In this example, after the terminal sends any Gap request message, the corresponding prohibit timer can be started, which is configured by the network side device (for example, in the RRC reconfiguration message or system broadcast) or by the protocol agreement.

[0070] If the terminal has a preference for the Gap configuration and / or has Gap assistance information to be sent, and a prohibit timer associated with the Gap assistance information is not running, the terminal sends the first Gap request message. Optionally, the Gap configuration is used to perform a multi-card task or a task of the UE on other networks.

[0071] 2) If the Gap configuration received by the terminal cannot meet the Gap requirement of the terminal, and a prohibit timer associated with the Gap assistance information is not running, the terminal sends the first Gap request message.

[0072] In this example, when the Gap configuration (configured gap) received by the terminal cannot meet the Gap requirement of the terminal for Multi-SIM, and the corresponding prohibit timer is not running, the terminal initiates the sending process of the Multi-SIM Gap assistance information.

[0073] 3) If the Gap assistance information of the terminal changes, the terminal sends a first Gap request message.

[0074] 4) If the terminal sends a second Gap request message and does not receive the Gap corresponding to the second Gap request message configured by the network side device within a first preset time period, then the terminal sends a first Gap request message.

[0075] For example, if the terminal sends a second Gap request message and does not receive the corresponding gap configured by the network within a limited time, the terminal resends the Gap request message. The limited time can be controlled by the disable timer mentioned earlier. The first / second Gap request message can contain periodic gaps and / or one-shot gaps.

[0076] 5) If the terminal sends a third Gap request message for requesting a periodic Gap, and the network-side device has not configured the Gap corresponding to the third Gap request message or has configured a one-time Gap, then the terminal sends a first Gap request message for requesting a periodic Gap or retransmits the third Gap request message.

[0077] For example, if the terminal sends a third Gap request message to request a periodic gap, and the network does not have a corresponding gap configured or the network has a one-shot gap configured, the terminal can send a first Gap request message to request a periodic gap or retransmit the third Gap request message.

[0078] The first Gap request information described in 1) to 5) above can be resent by the terminal, that is, the terminal has previously sent a Gap request message, such as the second Gap request message and the third Gap request message mentioned above.

[0079] Alternatively, in another example, the first Gap request message mentioned in the preceding embodiments is sent by the terminal after performing a cell handover, and the terminal sending the first Gap request message includes one of the following:

[0080] 1) If, within a second preset time period before the first Gap request message is sent, the terminal has sent a fourth Gap request message, and in the target cell after handover, the terminal is still configured to provide Gap assistance information, then the terminal sends the first Gap request message.

[0081] In this example, during the handover process from the source cell to the target cell, the target cell carries configuration information in the handover command, which configures the terminal to provide gap assistance information.

[0082] For example, if the terminal initiates the sending of the Gap request message in the previous second, and the terminal is still configured to provide the related Gap assistance information in the target cell switched to, the terminal initiates the sending of the Gap request message. Alternatively, after the terminal sends the first Gap request message, the terminal can also start or restart the prohibit timer corresponding to the Gap assistance information.

[0083] 2) If the terminal is configured to provide the Gap assistance information, the terminal sends the first Gap request message.

[0084] In this example, the terminal is in the process of switching from the source cell to the target cell, and the target cell carries configuration information in the handover command, which configures the terminal to provide the Gap assistance information.

[0085] For example, in the target cell switched to, if the terminal is configured to provide the related Gap assistance information, the terminal initiates the sending of the Gap request message of the periodic Gap, and the Gap request message can include the periodic Gap and / or the one-shot Gap.

[0086] For example, in the target cell switched to, if the terminal is configured to provide the related Gap assistance information, the terminal initiates the sending of the Gap request message of the one-shot Gap.

[0087] The first Gap request message introduced in 1) and 2) above can be re-sent by the terminal after switching to the target cell, for example, the terminal sends the Gap request message in the source cell.

[0088] Alternatively, in each of the foregoing embodiments, after the terminal sends the first Gap request message, the method further includes: the terminal starts or restarts the prohibit timer; wherein during the running of the prohibit timer, the terminal does not send any Gap request message, and the any Gap request message mentioned here includes the first Gap request message, the second Gap request message and the third Gap request message in the foregoing embodiments, etc.

[0089] To explain the sending / receiving method of the Gap request message provided by the embodiments of the present application in detail, the following will be described in conjunction with several specific embodiments.

[0090] Embodiment one.

[0091] This embodiment is a Gap request update based on the Gap index in the terminal assistance information, as shown in the following figure. Figure 3 This embodiment includes the following steps.

[0092] S302: The terminal sends a Gap request message, which contains one or more Gap assistance information. One Gap assistance information corresponds to one or more one-shot Gap request, or one periodic Gap request.

[0093] In this embodiment, the Gap request message contains Gap index to mark one or more Gap assistance information or request information.

[0094] S304: Optionally, the terminal receives an RRC reconfiguration message, which contains Gap configuration information.

[0095] S306: The terminal sends a Gap request message, which changes part or all of the sent Gap assistance information, and uses corresponding Gap index to indicate the update of corresponding Gap assistance information.

[0096] This step corresponds to S202 in the previous embodiment.

[0097] Without loss of generality, as shown in Figure 3 The terminal sends a Gap request message in S302, which contains Gap index 1 and Gap index 2. In S306, the terminal sends a Gap request message, which contains Gap index 1 to update the Gap assistance information corresponding to Gap index 1.

[0098] Optionally, the terminal does not expect to change the Gap assistance information corresponding to Gap index 2.

[0099] In other embodiments, if the terminal releases one or more Gap assistance information, the terminal includes the corresponding Gap index in the Gap request message in S306, but sets the Gap parameter value in the Gap assistance information to null or invalid value.

[0100] Embodiment two

[0101] This embodiment is based on the Gap request update of Gap IE in Gap assistance information, and the main process is the same as that in embodiment one, as shown in Figure 4 This embodiment includes the following steps.

[0102] S402: The terminal sends a Gap request message. The Gap request message contains one or more Gap IEs to indicate different Gap, such as periodic Gap (PeriodicGap) and one-shot Gap (OneshotGap).

[0103] S404: Optionally, the terminal receives an RRC reconfiguration message, which contains Gap configuration information.

[0104] S406: The terminal sends a Gap request message, which contains one or all of the Gap IEs to update the corresponding Gap assistance information.

[0105] This step corresponds to S202 in the previous embodiments.

[0106] Without loss of generality, as shown in Figure 4 The terminal sends a Gap request message at S402, including the Periodic Gap IE (PeriodicGap) and the Oneshot Gap IE (OneshotGap). In S406, the terminal sends a Gap request message, which contains the Periodic Gap IE (PeriodicGap) to update the corresponding Gap assistance information of the Periodic Gap (PeriodicGap).

[0107] Optionally, the terminal does not expect to change the Gap assistance information corresponding to the Oneshot Gap (OneshotGap).

[0108] In other embodiments, if the terminal releases one or more Gap assistance information, the terminal sets the corresponding Gap IE to null in the Gap request message at S606.

[0109] Embodiment Three

[0110] This embodiment is based on the Gap request update in the Gap index in the RRC reconfiguration message, as shown in Figure 5 This embodiment includes the following steps.

[0111] S502: The terminal sends a Gap request message, which contains Gap assistance information. The Gap request message can contain one or more Gap assistance information. One Gap assistance information corresponds to one or more Oneshot Gap requests, or corresponds to a Periodic Gap request.

[0112] S504: The terminal receives an RRC reconfiguration message, which contains Gap configuration information and Gap index information.

[0113] S506: The terminal sends a Gap request message, which contains part or all of the Gap assistance information that has been sent. The Gap assistance information contains a Gap index, which is used to indicate the update of the corresponding Gap configuration Gap assistance information. The Gap index corresponds to the Gap index information contained in the reconfiguration message.

[0114] This step corresponds to S202 in the previous embodiments.

[0115] Without loss of generality, for example Figure 5As shown in the figure, the terminal sends a Gap request message in S502, which can not contain a Gap index parameter or set the Gap index parameter to an invalid value.

[0116] In S504, the terminal receives an RRC reconfiguration message containing one or more Gap configurations represented by Gap index 1 and Gap index 2.

[0117] In S506, the terminal sends a Gap request message. If the terminal requests to update the Gap configuration corresponding to Gap index 1, the Gap request message contains Gap index 1. Optionally, if the terminal does not change the Gap configuration corresponding to Gap index 2, the Gap request message does not contain Gap index 2.

[0118] In other embodiments, if the terminal releases one or more Gap assistance information, the terminal includes the corresponding Gap index in the Gap request message, but sets the Gap parameter value in the Gap assistance information to an empty or invalid value.

[0119] The above describes the sending method of the Gap request message according to the embodiments of the present application. Figure 2 The sending method of the Gap request message according to the embodiments of the present application is described in detail. The receiving method of the Gap request message according to another embodiment of the present application will be described below. Figure 6 The receiving method of the Gap request message according to the embodiments of the present application is described in detail. It can be understood that the interaction between the network side device described from the network side device and the terminal is the same as the description of the terminal side in the method shown in the figure, and the related description is appropriately omitted to avoid repetition. Figure 2 The description of the terminal side in the method shown in the figure is the same, and the related description is appropriately omitted to avoid repetition.

[0120] Figure 6 The receiving method of the Gap request message according to the embodiments of the present application is described in detail. It can be understood that the interaction between the network side device described from the network side device and the terminal is the same as the description of the terminal side in the method shown in the figure, and the related description is appropriately omitted to avoid repetition. Figure 6 As shown in the figure, the method 600 includes the following steps.

[0121] S602: The network side device receives a first Gap request message, and the first Gap request message includes change indication information, which is used to request at least one of the following: changing Gap assistance information; changing Gap configuration.

[0122] In the embodiments of the present application, the network side device can receive a first Gap request message, and change the Gap assistance information and / or change the Gap configuration through the change indication information included in the first Gap request message. The embodiments of the present application solve the problem that the terminal cannot request to change the Gap, facilitate the network side device to provide the terminal with the Gap configuration matching the Gap preference of the terminal in time, and improve the communication performance of the system; at the same time, by standardizing the sending process of the Gap request message, it is helpful to reduce the size of the air interface signaling message and improve the efficiency of the Gap negotiation between the terminal and the network side device.

[0123] Optionally, as one embodiment, the change indication information is used for requesting to change one or more Gap assistance information, each Gap assistance information corresponds to one or more Gap; wherein, the change Gap assistance information includes at least one of the following: adding Gap assistance information; modifying Gap assistance information and releasing Gap assistance information.

[0124] Optionally, as one embodiment, the change indication information includes at least one of the following 1) to 4).

[0125] 1) Gap index, the Gap index corresponds to the index of Gap assistance information, and / or, corresponds to the Gap index of Gap configuration.

[0126] 2) Indication information of change operation, the change operation includes at least one of the following: adding, modifying and releasing.

[0127] 3) Gap parameter value.

[0128] 4) Gap information element, the Gap information element is used for indicating Gap type.

[0129] Optionally, as one embodiment, the Gap parameter value includes at least one of the following: Gap length, Gap period, Gap start time, Gap end time and Gap extension time.

[0130] Optionally, as one embodiment, the Gap index corresponds to at least one of the following 1) to 3).

[0131] 1) Gap index of Gap configuration in RRC reconfiguration message; wherein, the RRC reconfiguration message includes Gap configuration and Gap index corresponding to the Gap configuration.

[0132] 2) Index of one or more Gap assistance information indicated by the first Gap request message.

[0133] 3) Index of Gap requested in one or more Gap assistance information indicated by the first Gap request message.

[0134] Optionally, as one embodiment, the change indication information includes the Gap index; wherein, the change indication information is used for requesting to change Gap configuration corresponding to the Gap index.

[0135] Optionally, as one embodiment, the Gap parameter value is used for requesting to modify Gap assistance information corresponding to the Gap index and / or the Gap information element.

[0136] Optionally, as one embodiment, the terminal does not request to change the first Gap assistance information; wherein the first Gap assistance information is Gap assistance information corresponding to a Gap index and / or a Gap information element not contained in the first Gap request message.

[0137] Optionally, as one embodiment, the change indication information is used to request to release part or all of the Gap; wherein the first Gap request message carries an empty Gap information element, and the empty Gap information element is used to request to release a Gap corresponding to the empty Gap information element; or the first Gap request message carries the Gap index and does not carry the Gap parameter value, and the Gap index is used to request to release a Gap corresponding to the Gap index.

[0138] Optionally, as one embodiment, the first Gap request message is sent by the terminal in at least one of the following 1) to 5).

[0139] 1) the terminal has a preference for Gap configuration and / or has Gap assistance information to be sent, and a prohibit timer is not running, wherein the prohibit timer is associated with the Gap assistance information.

[0140] 2) the Gap configuration received by the terminal cannot meet the Gap requirement of the terminal, and a prohibit timer is not running, wherein the prohibit timer is associated with the Gap assistance information.

[0141] 3) the Gap assistance information of the terminal has a change;

[0142] 4) the terminal has sent a second Gap request message, and has not received a Gap corresponding to the second Gap request message configured by the network side device within a first preset time length.

[0143] 5) the terminal has sent a third Gap request message for requesting a periodic Gap, and the network side device has not configured a Gap corresponding to the third Gap request message or has configured a one-time Gap.

[0144] Optionally, as one embodiment, the first Gap request message is sent by the terminal after performing cell switching, and the first Gap request message is sent by the terminal in at least one of the following 1) and 2).

[0145] 1) within a second preset time length before the first Gap request message is sent, the terminal has sent a fourth Gap request message, and in a target cell switched to, the terminal is still configured to provide Gap assistance information.

[0146] 2) the terminal is configured to provide Gap assistance information.

[0147] Optionally, as an embodiment, the first Gap request message comprises at least one of the following: terminal assistance information; and an RRC reconfiguration complete message.

[0148] It should be noted that the Gap request message sending / receiving method provided in the embodiments of the present application can be executed by a Gap request message sending / receiving device, or a control module in the Gap request message sending / receiving device for executing the Gap request message sending / receiving method. In the embodiments of the present application, the Gap request message sending / receiving device executes the Gap request message sending / receiving method as an example to illustrate the Gap request message sending / receiving device provided in the embodiments of the present application.

[0149] Figure 7 is a structural schematic diagram of a Gap request message sending device according to the embodiments of the present application, which can correspond to the terminal in other embodiments. As shown in Figure 7 the device 700 comprises the following modules.

[0150] The sending module 702 can be used to send a first Gap request message, wherein the first Gap request message comprises change indication information, and the change indication information is used to request at least one of the following: changing Gap assistance information; and changing a Gap configuration.

[0151] Optionally, the device 700 can further comprise a receiving module, which is used to receive a Gap configuration, wherein the Gap configuration can be provided by a network side device for the terminal based on the first Gap request message.

[0152] In the embodiments of the present application, the device 700 (such as a terminal) sends a first Gap request message, and changes Gap assistance information and / or changes a Gap configuration through change indication information comprised in the first Gap request message. The embodiments of the present application solve the problem that a terminal cannot request to change a Gap, facilitate the network side device to provide a Gap configuration matching the Gap preference of the terminal in time, and improve the communication performance of the system; meanwhile, by standardizing the sending process of the Gap request message, it is helpful to reduce the size of air interface signaling messages and improve the efficiency of Gap negotiation between the terminal and the network side device.

[0153] Optionally, as an embodiment, the change indication information is used to request to change one or more Gap assistance information, each Gap assistance information corresponds to one or more Gap; and the change of the Gap assistance information comprises at least one of the following: adding Gap assistance information; modifying Gap assistance information; and releasing Gap assistance information.

[0154] Optionally, as an embodiment, the change indication information comprises at least one of the following 1) to 4).

[0155] 1) Gap index, the Gap index corresponds to an index of Gap assistance information, and / or, a Gap index corresponding to a Gap configuration.

[0156] 2) Indication information of a change operation, the change operation includes at least one of the following: addition, modification and release.

[0157] 3) Gap parameter value.

[0158] 4) Gap information element, the Gap information element is used to indicate a Gap type.

[0159] Optionally, as an embodiment, the Gap parameter value includes at least one of the following: Gap length, Gap period, Gap start time, Gap end time and Gap extension time.

[0160] Optionally, as an embodiment, the Gap index corresponds to at least one of the following 1) to 3).

[0161] 1) Gap index of the Gap configuration in the RRC reconfiguration message; wherein the RRC reconfiguration message includes the Gap configuration and the Gap index corresponding to the Gap configuration.

[0162] 2) Index of one or more Gap assistance information indicated by the first Gap request message.

[0163] 3) Index of the requested Gap in one or more Gap assistance information indicated by the first Gap request message.

[0164] Optionally, as an embodiment, the change indication information includes the Gap index; wherein the change indication information is used to request to change the Gap configuration corresponding to the Gap index.

[0165] Optionally, as an embodiment, the Gap parameter value is used to request to modify the Gap assistance information corresponding to the Gap index and / or the Gap information element.

[0166] Optionally, as an embodiment, the terminal does not request to change the first Gap assistance information; wherein the first Gap assistance information is the Gap assistance information corresponding to the Gap index and / or the Gap information element which is not included in the first Gap request message.

[0167] Optionally, as an embodiment, the change indication information is used for requesting to release part or all of the Gap; wherein the first Gap request message carries an empty Gap element, and the empty Gap element is used for requesting to release the Gap corresponding to the empty Gap element; or the first Gap request message carries the Gap index and does not carry the Gap parameter value, and the Gap index is used for requesting to release the Gap corresponding to the Gap index.

[0168] Optionally, as an embodiment, the sending module 702 is used for at least one of the following 1) to 5).

[0169] 1) If the device has a preference for Gap configuration and / or has Gap assistance information to be sent, and a prohibit timer associated with the Gap assistance information is not running, the first Gap request message is sent.

[0170] 2) If the Gap configuration received by the device cannot meet the Gap requirement of the device, and a prohibit timer associated with the Gap assistance information is not running, the first Gap request message is sent.

[0171] 3) If the Gap assistance information of the device has a change, the first Gap request message is sent.

[0172] 4) If the device sends the second Gap request message, and does not receive the Gap corresponding to the second Gap request message configured by the network side device within a first preset time length, the first Gap request message is sent.

[0173] 5) If the third Gap request message for requesting a periodic Gap is sent, and the network side device does not configure the Gap corresponding to the third Gap request message or configures a one-time Gap, the first Gap request message for requesting a periodic Gap or the third Gap request message is re-sent.

[0174] Optionally, as an embodiment, the first Gap request message is sent after the device performs cell switching, and the sending module 702 is used for at least one of the following 1) and 2).

[0175] 1) If the fourth Gap request message is sent by the sending module within a second preset time length before the first Gap request message is sent, and the device is still configured to provide the Gap assistance information in the target cell switched to, the first Gap request message is sent.

[0176] 2) If the device is configured to provide the Gap assistance information, the terminal sends the first Gap request message.

[0177] Optionally, as an embodiment, the first Gap request message comprises at least one of the following: terminal assistance information; an RRC reconfiguration complete message.

[0178] The apparatus 700 according to the embodiments of the present application can refer to the flow of the method 200 according to the embodiments of the present application, and each unit / module in the apparatus 700 and the above-mentioned other operations and / or functions are respectively used to implement the corresponding flow in the method 200 and can achieve the same or equivalent technical effects, and for the sake of brevity, will not be repeated here.

[0179] The Gap request message sending / receiving apparatus in the embodiments of the present application can be an apparatus, an apparatus with an operating system or an electronic device, and can also be a component in a terminal, an integrated circuit or a chip. The apparatus or electronic device can be a mobile terminal or a non-mobile terminal. Exemplarily, the mobile terminal can include, but is not limited to, the types of the terminal 11 listed above, and the non-mobile terminal can be a server, a Network Attached Storage (NAS), a personal computer (PC), a television (TV), a teller machine or a self-service machine, etc., and the embodiments of the present application are not limited specifically.

[0180] The Gap request message sending / receiving apparatus provided by the embodiments of the present application can implement each process of the method embodiments Figures 2 to 6 and achieve the same technical effects, and for the sake of brevity, will not be repeated here.

[0181] Figure 8 is a structural schematic diagram of a Gap request message receiving apparatus according to the embodiments of the present application, and the apparatus can correspond to the network side device in other embodiments. As shown in Figure 8 , the apparatus 800 includes the following modules.

[0182] The receiving module 802 can be used to receive a first Gap request message, wherein the first Gap request message comprises change indication information, and the change indication information is used to request at least one of the following: changing Gap assistance information; changing Gap configuration.

[0183] Optionally, the apparatus 800 can further include a sending module, which is used to send a Gap configuration, wherein the Gap configuration can be provided by the apparatus 800 for the terminal based on the first Gap request message.

[0184] In the embodiments of the present application, the device 800 (such as a network side device) can receive a first Gap request message, and change the Gap assistance information and / or change the Gap configuration through the change indication information included in the first Gap request message. The embodiments of the present application solve the problem that the terminal cannot request to change the Gap, facilitate the network side device to provide the terminal with the Gap configuration matched with the Gap preference of the terminal in time, and improve the communication performance of the system; meanwhile, by standardizing the sending process of the Gap request message, it is helpful to reduce the size of the air interface signaling message and improve the efficiency of the Gap negotiation between the terminal and the network side device.

[0185] Optionally, as one embodiment, the change indication information is used to request to change one or more Gap assistance information, each Gap assistance information corresponds to one or more Gap; wherein, the change Gap assistance information includes at least one of the following: adding Gap assistance information; modifying Gap assistance information and releasing Gap assistance information.

[0186] Optionally, as one embodiment, the change indication information includes at least one of the following 1) to 4).

[0187] 1) Gap index, the Gap index corresponds to the index of the Gap assistance information, and / or corresponds to the Gap index of the Gap configuration.

[0188] 2) Indication information of change operation, the change operation includes at least one of the following: adding, modifying and releasing.

[0189] 3) Gap parameter value.

[0190] 4) Gap information element, the Gap information element is used to indicate the Gap type.

[0191] Optionally, as one embodiment, the Gap parameter value includes at least one of the following: Gap length, Gap period, Gap start time, Gap end time and Gap extension time.

[0192] Optionally, as one embodiment, the Gap index corresponds to at least one of the following 1) to 3).

[0193] 1) Gap index of the Gap configuration in the RRC reconfiguration message; wherein, the RRC reconfiguration message includes the Gap configuration and the Gap index corresponding to the Gap configuration.

[0194] 2) Index of one or more Gap assistance information indicated by the first Gap request message.

[0195] 3) Index of the Gap requested in one or more Gap assistance information indicated by the first Gap request message.

[0196] Optionally, as an embodiment, the change indication information comprises the Gap index; wherein the change indication information is used for requesting to change the Gap configuration corresponding to the Gap index.

[0197] Optionally, as an embodiment, the Gap parameter value is used for requesting to modify the Gap assistance information corresponding to the Gap index and / or the Gap cell.

[0198] Optionally, as an embodiment, the terminal does not request to change the first Gap assistance information; wherein the first Gap assistance information is the Gap assistance information corresponding to the Gap index and / or the Gap cell which is not contained in the first Gap request message.

[0199] Optionally, as an embodiment, the change indication information is used for requesting to release part or all of the Gap; wherein the first Gap request message carries an empty Gap cell, and the empty Gap cell is used for requesting to release the Gap corresponding to the empty Gap cell; or the first Gap request message carries the Gap index but does not carry the Gap parameter value, and the Gap index is used for requesting to release the Gap corresponding to the Gap index.

[0200] Optionally, as an embodiment, the first Gap request message is sent by the terminal in at least one of the following 1) to 5).

[0201] 1) the terminal has a preference for Gap configuration and / or has Gap assistance information to be sent, and a prohibit timer is not running, wherein the prohibit timer is associated with the Gap assistance information.

[0202] 2) the Gap configuration received by the terminal cannot meet the Gap requirement of the terminal, and a prohibit timer is not running, wherein the prohibit timer is associated with the Gap assistance information.

[0203] 3) the Gap assistance information of the terminal has a change;

[0204] 4) the terminal sends a second Gap request message, and does not receive the Gap configured by the network side device corresponding to the second Gap request message within a first preset time length.

[0205] 5) the terminal sends a third Gap request message for requesting a periodic Gap, and the network side device does not configure the Gap corresponding to the third Gap request message or configures a one-time Gap.

[0206] Optionally, as an embodiment, the first Gap request message is sent by the terminal after performing cell switching, and the first Gap request message is sent by the terminal in at least one of the following 1) and 2).

[0207] 1) Within a second preset time length before the first Gap request message is sent, the fourth Gap request message is sent by the terminal, and the terminal is still configured to provide the Gap assistance information in the target cell switched to.

[0208] 2) The terminal is configured to provide the Gap assistance information.

[0209] Optionally, as an embodiment, the first Gap request message includes at least one of the following: terminal assistance information; RRC reconfiguration completion message.

[0210] The apparatus 800 according to the embodiments of the present application can refer to the flow of the method 600 corresponding to the embodiments of the present application, and each unit / module in the apparatus 800 and the above-mentioned other operations and / or functions are respectively used to implement the corresponding flow in the method 600, and can achieve the same or equivalent technical effects, and for the sake of brevity, will not be repeated here.

[0211] Optionally, as shown in Figure 9 The embodiments of the present application also provide a communication device 900, which includes a processor 901, a memory 902, a program or instruction stored in the memory 902 and executable on the processor 901. For example, when the communication device 900 is a terminal, the program or instruction is executed by the processor 901 to implement each process of the above-mentioned Gap request message sending method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effects. When the communication device 900 is a network side device, the program or instruction is executed by the processor 901 to implement each process of the above-mentioned Gap request message receiving method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0212] The embodiments of the present application also provide a terminal, which includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is used to send a first Gap request message, the first Gap request message includes change indication information, the change indication information is used to request at least one of the following: changing the Gap assistance information; changing the Gap configuration. The terminal embodiment corresponds to the above-mentioned terminal side method embodiment, each implementation process and implementation manner of the above-mentioned method embodiment can be applied to the terminal embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effects. Specifically, Figure 10 A hardware structure diagram of a terminal for implementing the embodiments of the present application.

[0213] The terminal 1000 includes, but is not limited to, at least part of components such as a radio frequency unit 1001, a network module 1002, an audio output unit 1003, an input unit 1004, a sensor 1005, a display unit 1006, a user input unit 1007, an interface unit 1008, a storage 1009, and a processor 1010.

[0214] Those skilled in the art can understand that the terminal 1000 can further include a power supply (such as a battery) for supplying power to each component, and the power supply can be logically connected to the processor 1010 through a power management system, so as to realize functions such as management of charging, discharging, and power consumption management through the power management system. Figure 10 The terminal structure shown in the figure does not constitute a limitation on the terminal, and the terminal can include more or fewer components than those shown, or combine certain components, or different component arrangements, which are not described here.

[0215] It should be understood that in the embodiments of the present application, the input unit 1004 can include a graphics processor (GPU) 10041 and a microphone 10042. The graphics processor 10041 processes image data of a still picture or a video obtained by an image capture device (such as a camera) in a video capture mode or an image capture mode. The display unit 1006 can include a display panel 10061, which can be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, etc. The user input unit 1007 includes a touch panel 10071 and other input devices 10072. The touch panel 10071 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 10071 can include two parts of a touch detection device and a touch controller. The other input devices 10072 can include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control keys, on-off keys, etc.), trackballs, mice, joysticks, etc., which are not described here.

[0216] In the embodiments of the present application, the radio frequency unit 1001 receives downlink data from a network side device and processes the data by the processor 1010. In addition, the radio frequency unit 1001 sends uplink data to the network side device. Generally, the radio frequency unit 1001 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, etc.

[0217] The memory 1009 can be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 1009 can mainly include a storage program or instruction area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program or instruction area can store an operating system, at least one application program or instruction required by a function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), etc. In addition, the memory 1009 can include a high-speed random access memory, and can also include a non-transitory memory, which can be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an Electrically EPROM (EEPROM), or a flash memory. For example, at least one magnetic disk storage device, a flash memory device, or other non-transitory solid-state memory device.

[0218] The processor 1010 can include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 1010 can integrate an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly processes an operating system, a user interface, and an application program or instruction, etc., and the modem processor mainly processes wireless communication, such as a baseband processor. It can be understood that the above-mentioned modem processor can also not be integrated into the processor 1010.

[0219] The radio frequency unit 1001 can be used to send a first Gap request message, wherein the first Gap request message includes change indication information, and the change indication information is used to request at least one of the following: changing Gap assistance information; changing Gap configuration.

[0220] In the embodiments of the present application, the terminal sends a first Gap request message, and changes the Gap assistance information and / or changes the Gap configuration through the change indication information included in the first Gap request message. The embodiments of the present application solve the problem that the terminal cannot request to change the Gap, facilitate the network side device to provide the terminal with the Gap configuration matched with the Gap preference of the terminal in time, and improve the communication performance of the system; at the same time, by standardizing the sending process of the Gap request message, it is helpful to reduce the size of the air interface signaling message and improve the efficiency of the Gap negotiation between the terminal and the network side device.

[0221] The terminal 1000 provided by the embodiments of the present application can also implement each process of the sending method embodiments of the above-mentioned Gap request message, and can achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, it will not be described here.

[0222] This application also provides a network-side device, including a processor and a communication interface. The communication interface is used to receive a first Gap request message. The first Gap request message includes change indication information, which is used to request at least one of the following: change Gap auxiliary information; change Gap configuration. This network-side device embodiment corresponds to the above-described network-side device method embodiment. All implementation processes and methods of the above method embodiments can be applied to this network-side device embodiment and achieve the same technical effects.

[0223] Specifically, embodiments of this application also provide a network-side device. For example... Figure 11 As shown, the network-side device 1100 includes: an antenna 111, a radio frequency (RF) device 112, and a baseband device 113. The antenna 111 is connected to the RF device 112. In the uplink direction, the RF device 112 receives information through the antenna 111 and transmits the received information to the baseband device 113 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 113 processes the information to be transmitted and sends it to the RF device 112. The RF device 112 processes the received information and transmits it through the antenna 111.

[0224] The aforementioned frequency band processing device can be located in the baseband device 113. The method executed by the network-side device in the above embodiments can be implemented in the baseband device 113, which includes a processor 114 and a memory 115.

[0225] Baseband device 113 may include, for example, at least one baseband board on which multiple chips are disposed, such as Figure 11 As shown, one of the chips, for example, is a processor 114, which is connected to a memory 115 to call the program in the memory 115 and execute the network-side device operations shown in the above method embodiments.

[0226] The baseband device 113 may also include a network interface 116 for exchanging information with the radio frequency device 112, such as a common public radio interface (CPRI).

[0227] Specifically, the network-side device in this application embodiment further includes: instructions or programs stored in memory 115 and executable on processor 114, wherein processor 114 calls the instructions or programs in memory 115 to execute. Figure 8 The methods executed by each module shown achieve the same technical effect, and to avoid repetition, they will not be described in detail here.

[0228] The embodiment of the present application further provides a readable storage medium, which has a program or instructions stored thereon, and the program or instructions are executed by a processor to implement each process of the method embodiment of the Gap request message sending / receiving method and achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein.

[0229] The processor can be the processor in the terminal in the above-mentioned embodiments. The readable storage medium includes a computer readable storage medium, such as a computer readable only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), a random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, etc.

[0230] The embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, which includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled with the processor, and the processor is used to run a program or instructions to implement each process of the method embodiment and achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein. xxx

[0231] It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiment of the present application can also be referred to as a system chip, a system chip, a chip system or a system on chip, etc.

[0232] It should be noted that in this paper, the term "includes", "contains" or any other variant thereof is intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that the process, method, article or device including a series of elements not only includes those elements, but also includes other elements not explicitly listed or inherent to such process, method, article or device. Without more limitations, the element defined by the statement "includes a" does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device including the element. In addition, it should be pointed out that the scope of the method and device in the present application is not limited to the order of functions shown or discussed, but can also include functions performed in a substantially simultaneous manner or in reverse order according to the functions involved, for example, the described method can be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps can also be added, omitted or combined. In addition, the features described with reference to some examples can be combined in other examples.

[0233] ​Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the above-mentioned example methods can be realized by means of software and a necessary general hardware platform, and of course, can also be realized by hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better embodiment. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present application can be embodied in the form of a computer software product in essence or in the form of a part that contributes to the prior art, which is stored in a storage medium (such as a ROM / RAM, a magnetic disc, an optical disc), and includes a plurality of instructions for causing a terminal (which can be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network side device, etc.) to execute the methods described in various embodiments of the present application.

[0234] The embodiments of the present application are described above in combination with the drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-mentioned specific embodiments, and the above-mentioned specific embodiments are only illustrative and not restrictive. Those skilled in the art can make many forms under the inspiration of the present application without departing from the scope of the present application and the scope protected by the claims.

Claims

1. A method for sending a Gap request message, characterized in that, Applications include multi-card terminals, including: The terminal sends a first gap request message, which includes change indication information, the change indication information being used to request changes to gap auxiliary information. The terminal sending the first Gap request message includes at least one of the following: If the terminal has a preference for Gap configuration and / or has Gap auxiliary information to send, and the timer is not running, then the terminal sends a first Gap request message. If the Gap configuration received by the terminal cannot meet the terminal's Gap requirements, and the timer is not running, then the terminal sends a first Gap request message. If the terminal sends a second Gap request message and does not receive the Gap corresponding to the second Gap request message configured by the network side device within a first preset time period, then the terminal sends a first Gap request message. If the terminal sends a third Gap request message to request a periodic Gap, and the network-side device has not configured the Gap corresponding to the third Gap request message or the network-side device has configured a one-time Gap, then the terminal sends a first Gap request message to request a periodic Gap or retransmits the third Gap request message. The inhibition timer is associated with the Gap assistance information.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The change instruction information is used to request changes to one or more gap auxiliary information, and each gap auxiliary information corresponds to one or more gaps; The change of Gap assistance information includes at least one of the following: adding Gap assistance information; modifying Gap assistance information; and releasing Gap assistance information.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, The change instruction information includes at least one of the following: Gap index, which corresponds to the index of Gap auxiliary information, and / or corresponds to the Gap index of Gap configuration; The instruction information for the change operation, wherein the change operation includes at least one of the following: adding, modifying, and releasing; Gap parameter value; Gap information element, which is used to indicate the Gap type.

4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that, The gap parameter values ​​include at least one of the following: gap length, gap period, gap start time, gap end time, and gap extension time.

5. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that, The gap index corresponds to at least one of the following: The Gap index of the Gap configuration in the Radio Resource Control (RRC) reconfiguration message; wherein, the RRC reconfiguration message includes the Gap configuration and the Gap index corresponding to the Gap configuration; The index of one or more Gap assistance information indicated by the first Gap request message; The index of the requested gap in one or more gap assistance messages indicated by the first gap request message.

6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that, The change instruction information includes the Gap index; The change instruction information is used to request a change to the Gap configuration corresponding to the Gap index.

7. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that, The Gap parameter value is used to request modification of the Gap index and / or the Gap auxiliary information corresponding to the Gap cell.

8. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that, The terminal does not request to change the first Gap auxiliary information; wherein, the first Gap auxiliary information is the Gap index and / or Gap information element corresponding to the Gap auxiliary information not included in the first Gap request message.

9. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that, The change instruction information is used to request the release of part or all of the gap; wherein... The first Gap request message carries an empty Gap information element, which is used to request the release of the Gap corresponding to the empty Gap information element; or The first Gap request message carries the Gap index but not the Gap parameter value, and the Gap index is used to request the release of the Gap corresponding to the Gap index.

10. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The first Gap request message is sent by the terminal after performing a cell handover, and the terminal sending the first Gap request message includes one of the following: If, within a second preset time period before the first Gap request message is sent, the terminal has sent a fourth Gap request message, and in the target cell after handover, the terminal is still configured to provide Gap assistance information, then the terminal sends the first Gap request message. If the terminal is configured to provide Gap assistance information, the terminal sends a first Gap request message.

11. The method according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that, After the terminal sends the first Gap request message, the method further includes: The terminal can enable or restart the timer to disable it; During the period when the timer is disabled, the terminal does not send a Gap request message.

12. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The first Gap request message includes at least one of the following: Terminal auxiliary information; RRC reconfiguration complete message.

13. A method for receiving a Gap request message, characterized in that, include: The network-side device receives a first Gap request message, which includes change indication information and is used to request changes to Gap auxiliary information. The first Gap request message is sent by the multi-SIM terminal under at least one of the following conditions: The terminal has a preference for Gap configuration and / or has Gap auxiliary information to send, and the timer is prohibited from not running; The Gap configuration received by the terminal cannot meet the terminal's Gap requirements, and the timer is not running. The terminal sent a second Gap request message and did not receive the Gap corresponding to the second Gap request message configured by the network side device within a first preset time period; The terminal sent a third gap request message to request a periodic gap, and the network-side device did not configure the gap corresponding to the third gap request message or the network-side device configured a one-time gap. The inhibition timer is associated with the Gap assistance information.

14. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that, The change instruction information is used to request changes to one or more gap auxiliary information, and each gap auxiliary information corresponds to one or more gaps; The change of Gap assistance information includes at least one of the following: adding Gap assistance information; modifying Gap assistance information; and releasing Gap assistance information.

15. The method according to claim 13 or 14, characterized in that, The change instruction information includes at least one of the following: Gap index, which corresponds to the index of Gap auxiliary information, and / or corresponds to the Gap index of Gap configuration; The instruction information for the change operation, wherein the change operation includes at least one of the following: adding, modifying, and releasing; Gap parameter value; Gap information element, which is used to indicate the Gap type.

16. The method according to claim 15, characterized in that, The gap parameter values ​​include at least one of the following: gap length, gap period, gap start time, gap end time, and gap extension time.

17. The method according to claim 15, characterized in that, The gap index corresponds to at least one of the following: The Gap index of the Gap configuration in the RRC reconfiguration message; wherein, the RRC reconfiguration message includes the Gap configuration and the Gap index corresponding to the Gap configuration; The index of one or more Gap assistance information indicated by the first Gap request message; The index of the requested gap in one or more gap assistance messages indicated by the first gap request message.

18. The method according to claim 17, characterized in that, The change instruction information includes the Gap index; The change instruction information is used to request a change to the Gap configuration corresponding to the Gap index.

19. The method according to claim 15, characterized in that, The Gap parameter value is used to request modification of the Gap index and / or the Gap auxiliary information corresponding to the Gap cell.

20. The method according to claim 19, characterized in that, The terminal does not request to change the first Gap auxiliary information; wherein, the first Gap auxiliary information is the Gap index and / or Gap information element corresponding to the Gap auxiliary information not included in the first Gap request message.

21. The method according to claim 15, characterized in that, The change instruction information is used to request the release of part or all of the gap; wherein... The first Gap request message carries an empty Gap information element, which is used to request the release of the Gap corresponding to the empty Gap information element; or The first Gap request message carries the Gap index but not the Gap parameter value, and the Gap index is used to request the release of the Gap corresponding to the Gap index.

22. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that, The first Gap request message is sent by the terminal after performing a cell handover, and the first Gap request message is sent by the terminal under at least one of the following circumstances: Within a second preset time period before the first Gap request message is sent, the terminal has sent a fourth Gap request message, and in the target cell after handover, the terminal is still configured to provide Gap assistance information; The terminal is configured to provide gap assistance information.

23. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that, The first Gap request message includes at least one of the following: Terminal auxiliary information; RRC reconfiguration complete message.

24. A device for sending a Gap request message, characterized in that, Applications include multi-card terminals, including: A sending module is used to send a first Gap request message, the first Gap request message including change indication information, the change indication information being used to request changes to Gap auxiliary information; The sending module is configured to perform at least one of the following: If the device has a preference for Gap configuration and / or has Gap assistance information to send, and the timer is not running, then a first Gap request message is sent. If the Gap configuration received by the device cannot meet the device's Gap requirements, and the timer is not running, then a first Gap request message is sent. If the device sends a second Gap request message and does not receive a Gap corresponding to the second Gap request message configured by the network side device within a first preset time period, then it sends a first Gap request message. If a third Gap request message for requesting a periodic Gap is sent, and the network-side device has not configured the Gap corresponding to the third Gap request message or the network-side device has configured a one-time Gap, then a first Gap request message for requesting a periodic Gap is sent or the third Gap request message is retransmitted. The inhibition timer is associated with the Gap assistance information.

25. The apparatus according to claim 24, characterized in that, The change instruction information is used to request changes to one or more gap auxiliary information, and each gap auxiliary information corresponds to one or more gaps; The change of Gap assistance information includes at least one of the following: adding Gap assistance information; modifying Gap assistance information; and releasing Gap assistance information.

26. The apparatus according to claim 24 or 25, characterized in that, The change instruction information includes at least one of the following: Gap index, which corresponds to the index of Gap auxiliary information, and / or corresponds to the Gap index of Gap configuration; The instruction information for the change operation, wherein the change operation includes at least one of the following: adding, modifying, and releasing; Gap parameter value; Gap information element, which is used to indicate the Gap type.

27. The apparatus according to claim 24, characterized in that, The first Gap request message is sent by the device after performing a cell handover, and the sending module is configured to perform at least one of the following: If, within a second preset time period before the first Gap request message is sent, the sending module has sent a fourth Gap request message, and the device is still configured to provide Gap assistance information in the target cell after handover, then the first Gap request message is sent. If the device is configured to provide gap assistance information, a first gap request message is sent.

28. A device for receiving gap request messages, characterized in that, include: The receiving module is configured to receive a first Gap request message, the first Gap request message including change indication information, the change indication information being used to request changes to Gap auxiliary information; The first Gap request message is sent by the multi-SIM terminal under at least one of the following conditions: The terminal has a preference for Gap configuration and / or has Gap auxiliary information to send, and the timer is prohibited from not running; The Gap configuration received by the terminal cannot meet the terminal's Gap requirements, and the timer is not running. The terminal sent a second Gap request message and did not receive the Gap corresponding to the second Gap request message configured by the network side device within a first preset time period; The terminal sent a third gap request message to request a periodic gap, and the network-side device did not configure the gap corresponding to the third gap request message or the network-side device configured a one-time gap. The inhibition timer is associated with the Gap assistance information.

29. The apparatus according to claim 28, characterized in that, The change instruction information is used to request changes to one or more gap auxiliary information, and each gap auxiliary information corresponds to one or more gaps; The change of Gap assistance information includes at least one of the following: adding Gap assistance information; modifying Gap assistance information; and releasing Gap assistance information.

30. The apparatus according to claim 28 or 29, characterized in that, The change instruction information includes at least one of the following: Gap index, which corresponds to the index of Gap auxiliary information, and / or corresponds to the Gap index of Gap configuration; The instruction information for the change operation, wherein the change operation includes at least one of the following: adding, modifying, and releasing; Gap parameter value; Gap information element, which is used to indicate the Gap type.

31. The apparatus according to claim 28, characterized in that, The first Gap request message is sent by the terminal after performing a cell handover, and the first Gap request message is sent by the terminal under at least one of the following circumstances: Within a second preset time period before the first Gap request message is sent, the terminal has sent a fourth Gap request message, and in the target cell after handover, the terminal is still configured to provide Gap assistance information; The terminal is configured to provide gap assistance information.

32. A terminal, characterized in that, It includes a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implement the method for sending a Gap request message as described in any one of claims 1 to 12.

33. A network-side device, characterized in that, It includes a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implement the method for receiving a Gap request message as described in any one of claims 13 to 23.

34. A readable storage medium, characterized in that, The readable storage medium stores a program or instructions that, when executed by a processor, implement the method for sending a Gap request message as described in any one of claims 1 to 12, or the method for receiving a Gap request message as described in any one of claims 13 to 23.

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