A configuration method and device for measurement interval, terminal equipment, and network equipment

Abstract

This application provides a method and apparatus for configuring measurement intervals, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes: the terminal device receiving first configuration information sent by the network device, the first configuration information being used to determine at least one pre-configured measurement interval, each of the at least one pre-configured measurement intervals being associated with a measurement interval index.

Description

[0001] This application is a divisional application of the PCT international patent application PCT / CN2021 / 078531 with an application date of March 1, 2021, which entered the Chinese national phase with Chinese patent application number 202180075610.6 and the invention name being “A method and device for configuring a measurement interval, terminal equipment, and network equipment.” Technical Field

[0002] The embodiments of the present application relate to the field of mobile communication technology, and specifically to a configuration method and device for a measurement interval, a terminal device, and a network device. Background Art

[0003] The network side can configure one or more dedicated bandwidth parts (Band Width Part, BWP) of the serving cell for the terminal device. For each serving cell, one or more dedicated BWPs can be configured for the serving cell, and only one dedicated BWP can be activated at the same time. For a serving cell, if the serving cell is configured with multiple dedicated BWPs, the activated dedicated BWP can be switched between multiple dedicated BWPs.

[0004] However, different dedicated BWPs activated in the serving cell may change whether the measurement interval is required for a certain frequency point. In other words, the number of frequencies measured using a certain measurement interval may also change. Therefore, configuring the measurement interval according to the granularity of the user equipment (UE) will result in poor flexibility, and how to configure the measurement interval needs to be further improved. Summary of the invention

[0005] Embodiments of the present application provide a method and apparatus for configuring a measurement interval, a terminal device, and a network device.

[0006] The configuration method of the measurement interval provided in the embodiment of the present application includes:

[0007] The terminal device receives first configuration information sent by the network device, where the first configuration information is used to determine at least one preconfigured measurement interval, and each preconfigured measurement interval in the at least one preconfigured measurement interval is associated with a measurement interval index.

[0008] The embodiment of the present application provides a method for configuring a measurement interval, the method comprising:

[0009] The network device sends first configuration information to the terminal device, where the first configuration information is used to determine at least one preconfigured measurement interval, and each preconfigured measurement interval in the at least one preconfigured measurement interval is associated with a measurement interval index.

[0010] The configuration device of the measurement interval provided in the embodiment of the present application is applied to a terminal device, and the device includes:

[0011] The receiving unit is configured to receive first configuration information sent by a network device, where the first configuration information is used to determine at least one preconfigured measurement interval, and each preconfigured measurement interval in the at least one preconfigured measurement interval is associated with a measurement interval index.

[0012] The configuration device of the measurement interval provided in the embodiment of the present application is applied to a network device, and the device includes:

[0013] A sending unit is used to send first configuration information to a terminal device, where the first configuration information is used to determine at least one preconfigured measurement interval, and each preconfigured measurement interval in the at least one preconfigured measurement interval is associated with a measurement interval index.

[0014] The terminal device provided in the embodiment of the present application includes a processor and a memory. The memory is used to store a computer program, and the processor is used to call and run the computer program stored in the memory to execute the above-mentioned configuration method of the measurement interval.

[0015] The network device provided in the embodiment of the present application includes a processor and a memory. The memory is used to store a computer program, and the processor is used to call and run the computer program stored in the memory to execute the above-mentioned configuration method of the measurement interval.

[0016] The chip provided in the embodiment of the present application is used to implement the above-mentioned configuration method of the measurement interval.

[0017] Specifically, the chip includes: a processor, which is used to call and run a computer program from a memory, so that a device equipped with the chip executes the above-mentioned configuration method of the measurement interval.

[0018] The computer-readable storage medium provided in the embodiment of the present application is used to store a computer program, and the computer program enables a computer to execute the above-mentioned configuration method of the measurement interval.

[0019] The computer program product provided in the embodiment of the present application includes computer program instructions, which enable a computer to execute the above-mentioned measurement interval configuration method.

[0020] The computer program provided in the embodiment of the present application, when executed on a computer, enables the computer to execute the above-mentioned method for configuring the measurement interval.

[0021] Through the above technical solution, the network device preconfigures at least one preconfigured measurement interval through the first configuration information. The preconfigured measurement interval can be used to configure the measurement interval configuration according to the BWP granularity, so that the application of the measurement interval is flexible and effective. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0022] The drawings described herein are used to provide a further understanding of the present application and constitute a part of the present application. The illustrative embodiments of the present application and their descriptions are used to explain the present application and do not constitute an improper limitation on the present application. In the drawings:

[0023] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a communication system architecture provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0024] Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of beam sweeping provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0025] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of SSB provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0026] Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of an SSB burst set cycle provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0027] Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the SMTC provided in the embodiment of the present application;

[0028] Figure 6 is a schematic diagram of a measurement interval provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0029] Figure 7 It is a flowchart of a method for configuring a measurement interval provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0030] Figure 8 The structure of the configuration device of the measurement interval provided in the embodiment of the present application is shown in FIG. Figure 1 ;

[0031] Fig. 9 The structure of the configuration device of the measurement interval provided in the embodiment of the present application is shown in FIG. Figure 2 ;

[0032] Fig.10 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0033] Fig.11 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0034] Fig.12 It is a schematic block diagram of a communication system provided in an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0035] The following will describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present application, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of this application.

[0036] The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application can be applied to various communication systems, such as: Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, LTE Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) system, LTE Time Division Duplex (TDD) system, 5G communication system or future communication system, etc.

[0037] For example, the communication system 100 used in the embodiment of the present application is as follows: Figure 1 As shown. The communication system 100 may include a network device 110, which may be a device that communicates with a terminal 120 (or referred to as a communication terminal, terminal). The network device 110 may provide communication coverage for a specific geographical area, and may communicate with terminals located within the coverage area. Optionally, the network device 110 may be an evolved base station (eNB or eNodeB) in an LTE system, or a wireless controller in a cloud radio access network (CRAN), or the network device may be a mobile switching center, a relay station, an access point, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a hub, a switch, a bridge, a router, a network-side device in a 5G network, or a network device in a future communication system, etc.

[0038] The communication system 100 also includes at least one terminal 120 located within the coverage of the network device 110. As used herein, "terminal" includes but is not limited to connecting via a wired line, such as via a Public Switched Telephone Networks (PSTN), a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), a digital cable, a direct cable connection; and / or another data connection / network; and / or via a wireless interface, such as, for a cellular network, a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), a digital television network such as a DVB-H network, a satellite network, an AM-FM broadcast transmitter; and / or another terminal configured to receive / send communication signals; and / or an Internet of Things (IoT) device. A terminal configured to communicate via a wireless interface may be referred to as a "wireless communication terminal", "wireless terminal" or "mobile terminal". Examples of mobile terminals include, but are not limited to, satellite or cellular telephones; Personal Communications System (PCS) terminals that may combine cellular radiotelephones with data processing, fax, and data communications capabilities; PDAs that may include radiotelephones, pagers, Internet / Intranet access, Web browsers, notepads, calendars, and / or Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers; and conventional laptop and / or palmtop receivers or other electronic devices that include radiotelephone transceivers. A terminal may refer to an access terminal, User Equipment (UE), a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a mobile station, a remote station, a remote terminal, a mobile device, a user terminal, a terminal, a wireless communication device, a user agent, or a user device. The access terminal can 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 capabilities, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a terminal in a 5G network, or a terminal in a future evolved PLMN, etc.

[0039] Optionally, the terminals 120 may perform device-to-device (D2D) communication.

[0040] Optionally, the 5G communication system or 5G network may also be referred to as a New Radio (NR) system or NR network.

[0041] Figure 1 One network device and two terminals are shown exemplarily. Optionally, the communication system 100 may include multiple network devices and each network device may include another number of terminals within its coverage area, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0042] Optionally, the communication system 100 may also include other network entities such as a network controller and a mobility management entity, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0043] It should be understood that the device with communication function in the network / system in the embodiment of the present application can be referred to as a communication device. Figure 1 Taking the communication system 100 shown as an example, the communication equipment may include a network device 110 and a terminal 120 with communication functions. The network device 110 and the terminal 120 may be the specific devices described above and will not be repeated here. The communication equipment may also include other devices in the communication system 100, such as a network controller, a mobile management entity and other network entities, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0044] It should be understood that the terms "system" and "network" are often used interchangeably in this article. The term "and / or" in this article is only a description of the association relationship of associated objects, indicating that three relationships can exist. 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 generally indicates that the associated objects before and after are in an "or" relationship.

[0045] To facilitate understanding of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the technical solutions related to the embodiments of the present application are described below.

[0046] As people pursue higher speed, lower latency, high-speed mobility, and higher energy efficiency, as well as the diversity and complexity of services in future life, the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) international standard organization has begun to develop 5G. The main application scenarios of 5G are: Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB), Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication (URLLC), and massive Machine Type Communication (mMTC).

[0047] On the one hand, eMBB still aims at users to obtain multimedia content, services and data, and its demand is growing rapidly. On the other hand, since eMBB may be deployed in different scenarios, such as indoors, in urban areas, and in rural areas, its capabilities and requirements vary greatly, so it cannot be generalized and must be analyzed in detail in combination with specific deployment scenarios. Typical applications of URLLC include: industrial automation, power automation, remote medical operations (surgery), traffic safety, etc. Typical features of mMTC include: high connection density, small data volume, latency-insensitive services, low cost and long service life of modules, etc.

[0048] In the early days of NR deployment, complete NR coverage was difficult to obtain, so the typical network coverage was wide-area LTE coverage and NR island coverage mode. In addition, a large number of LTEs are deployed below 6GHz, and there is little spectrum below 6GHz available for 5G. Therefore, NR must study spectrum applications above 6GHz, but high-frequency bands have limited coverage and fast signal fading. At the same time, in order to protect mobile operators' early investments in LTE, a tight interworking working mode between LTE and NR was proposed.

[0049] In order to realize 5G network deployment and commercial applications as soon as possible, 3GPP first completed the first 5G version, namely EN-DC (LTE-NR Dual Connectivity). In EN-DC, the LTE base station (eNB) serves as the master node (Master Node, MN), and the NR base station (gNB or en-gNB) serves as the secondary node (Secondary Node, SN), connected to the EPC core network. In the later stage of R15, other DC modes will be supported, namely NE-DC, 5GC-EN-DC, and NR DC. In NE-DC, the NR base station serves as the MN and the eLTE base station serves as the SN, connected to the 5GC core network. In 5GC-EN-DC, the eLTE base station serves as the MN and the NR base station serves as the SN, connected to the 5GC core network. In NR DC, the NR base station serves as the MN and the NR base station serves as the SN, connected to the 5GC core network.

[0050] NR can also be deployed independently. NR will be deployed on high frequencies in the future. In order to improve coverage, in 5G, a beam sweeping mechanism is introduced to meet coverage requirements (exchanging space for coverage and time for space). Figure 2After the introduction of beam sweeping, synchronization signals need to be sent in each beam direction. The synchronization signals of 5G are given in the form of synchronization signal blocks (SS / PBCH blocks, SSB), including primary synchronization signals (Primary Synchronisation Signal, PSS), secondary synchronization signals (Secondary Synchronisation Signal, SSS), and physical broadcast channels (Physical Broadcast Channel, PBCH), as shown in Figure 1. Figure 3 The 5G synchronization signal appears periodically in the time domain in the form of a synchronization signal burst set (SSburst set), as shown in Figure 4 shown.

[0051] The actual number of beams transmitted by each cell is determined by the network configuration, but the frequency of the cell determines the maximum number of beams that can be configured, as shown in Table 1 below.

[0052]

[0053]

[0054] Table 1

[0055] In the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement, the measurement signal can be SSB measurement, that is, measuring the SSS signal in the SSB or the demodulation reference signal (DMRS) signal of the PBCH to obtain the beam measurement result and the cell measurement result. In addition, the terminal device in the Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection state can also configure the Channel Status Indicator Reference Signal (CSI-RS) as the reference signal for cell measurement.

[0056] For SSB-based measurements, the actual transmission position of SSB in each cell may be different, and the SS burst set period may also be different. Therefore, in order to save energy during the measurement process, the network side configures the SSB measurement timing configuration (SS / PBCH block measurement timing configuration, SMTC) for the terminal device. The terminal device only needs to perform measurements within the SMTC window, such as Figure 5 shown.

[0057] Since the position of the SSB actually transmitted in each cell may be different, in order to enable the terminal device to find the position of the actually transmitted SSB as soon as possible, the network side will also configure the terminal device with the actual SSB transmission position measured by the UE, such as the union of the actual SSB transmission positions of all measured cells. For example, at 3-6GHz, the network side indicates the bitmap: 10100110, which notifies the terminal device to measure only the SSBs with SSB index (SSBindex) of 0, 2, 5, and 6 among the candidate positions of the 8 SSBs.

[0058] Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurements are divided into two types: intra-frequency measurements and inter-frequency measurements. For inter-frequency measurements, measurement interval configuration may be required. As shown in Table 2 below, the measurement interval configuration includes the following information: measurement interval period (MGRP), measurement interval offset (GapOffset), measurement interval length (MGL), timing reference (MGTA), etc.

[0059]

[0060] Table 2

[0061] The various information in the measurement interval configuration can be referred to Figure 6 As shown, MGRP represents the period of measurement interval repetition, GapOffset represents the offset of the starting position of the measurement interval relative to the starting position of an MGRP, MGL represents the duration of the measurement interval, and MGTA is used to determine the timing of the measurement interval.

[0062] For a terminal device in the RRC connected state, if it is to perform inter-frequency or inter-system measurements, the network side needs to configure a measurement interval, during which the terminal device stops measuring all services and service cells. In addition, intra-frequency measurements may also require a measurement interval.

[0063] NR supports measurement intervals configured at UE granularity (per UE) and measurement intervals configured at FR granularity (per FR), where the relevant configuration of the measurement interval configured at per UE may also be referred to as per-UE gap configuration, and the relevant configuration of the measurement interval configured at per FR may also be referred to as per-FR gap configuration.

[0064] For per-UE gap configuration:

[0065] MN determines the per UE gap configuration and the related gap sharing configuration. Further, MN sends the per UE gap configuration to the terminal device, and MN also notifies SN about the per UE gap configuration and gap purpose (such as per-UE). Further, SN notifies MN about the FR1 frequency list and FR2 frequency list to be configured by SN as gap configuration auxiliary information.

[0066] For per-FR gap configuration:

[0067] 1) For NG-DC or EN-DC: MN determines the FR1 gap configuration and related gap sharing configuration; SN determines the FR2 gap configuration and related gap sharing configuration. Further, MN will configure the per FR1 gap to the terminal device, and MN will also notify SN about the per FR1 gap configuration and gap purpose (such as per-FR1). Further, MN notifies SN about the FR2 frequency list to be configured by MN as gap configuration auxiliary information, and SN notifies MN about the FR1 frequency list to be configured by SN as gap configuration auxiliary information.

[0068] 2) For NE-DC and NR-DC, MN determines the FR1 gap configuration and related gap sharing configuration, as well as the FR2 gap configuration and related gap sharing. Further, for NE-DC, MN notifies SN about the per FR1 gap configuration, and SN provides gap demand request to MN, but does not require any frequency list; for NR-DC, MN notifies SN about the perFR1 gap configuration, per FR2 gap configuration and gap purpose, and SN can indicate to MN about the FR1 frequency list and FR2 frequency list to be configured by SN.

[0069] There are many types of measurement intervals. The following Table 3 shows the configuration of 24 interval patterns. Different interval patterns correspond to different measurement periods (MGRP) and measurement durations (MGL). Some interval patterns are used for FR1 frequency point measurements, and some interval patterns are used for FR2 frequency point measurements.

[0070]

[0071] Table 3

[0072] In NR, the measurement interval is configured to the terminal device through RRC dedicated signaling and is a per UE configuration parameter.

[0073] In 5G, the maximum channel bandwidth can be 400MHZ (called wideband carrier), which is very large compared to the maximum 20M bandwidth of LTE. If the terminal device keeps working on the wideband carrier, the power consumption of the terminal device is very large. Therefore, it is recommended that the radio frequency (RF) bandwidth of the terminal device can be adjusted according to the actual throughput of the terminal device. To this end, the concept of BWP is introduced, and the motivation of BWP is to optimize the power consumption of the terminal device. For example, if the rate of the terminal device is very low, a smaller BWP can be configured for the terminal device. If the rate requirement of the terminal device is very high, a larger BWP can be configured for the terminal device. If the terminal device supports high speed, or works in carrier aggregation (CA) mode, multiple BWPs can be configured for the terminal device. Another purpose of BWP is to trigger the coexistence of multiple basic parameter sets (numerology) in a cell, for example, BWP1 corresponds to numerology1, and BWP2 corresponds to numerology2.

[0074] Terminal devices in idle or inactive states reside on the initial BWP. The initial BWP is visible to terminal devices in idle or inactive states. Terminal devices can obtain information such as the Master Information Block (MIB), Remaining Minimum System Information (RMSI), Other System Information (OSI) and paging from the initial BWP.

[0075] For terminal devices in the RRC connected state, up to 4 uplink BWPs and up to 4 downlink BWPs can be configured for a terminal through RRC dedicated signaling, but only one uplink BWP and downlink BWP can be activated at the same time. In the RRC dedicated signaling, the first activated BWP among the configured BWPs can be indicated. At the same time, while the terminal device is in the RRC connected state, it can also switch between different BWPs through downlink control information (Downlink Control Information, DCI). When a carrier in an inactive state enters an activated state, the first activated BWP is the first activated BWP configured in the RRC dedicated signaling.

[0076] The configuration of BWP is based on the granularity of the service cell. The network side can configure one or more dedicated BWPs for the service cell for the terminal device. For each service cell, one or more dedicated BWPs can be configured for the service cell (such as up to 4 uplink BWPs and up to 4 downlink BWPs). Only one dedicated BWP can be activated at the same time (such as one uplink BWP and / or one downlink BWP is activated). For a service cell, if the service cell is configured with multiple dedicated BWPs, the activated dedicated BWP can be switched between multiple dedicated BWPs.

[0077] However, different dedicated BWPs activated in the serving cell may change whether the measurement interval is required for a certain frequency point. In other words, the number of frequencies measured using a certain measurement interval may also change. Therefore, configuring the measurement interval according to the UE granularity will result in poor flexibility. How to configure the measurement interval and how to select the measurement interval need to be further improved.

[0078] To this end, the following technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application are proposed. It should be noted that the network device in the embodiments of the present application may be a base station, but is not limited thereto, and the network device may also be other devices with control functions.

[0079] Figure 7 is a flow chart of a method for configuring a measurement interval provided in an embodiment of the present application, such as Figure 7 As shown, the configuration method of the measurement interval includes the following steps:

[0080] Step 701: The network device sends first configuration information to the terminal device, and the terminal device receives the first configuration information sent by the network device, where the first configuration information is used to determine at least one preconfigured measurement interval, and each of the at least one preconfigured measurement interval is associated with a measurement interval index.

[0081] In some optional implementations, the first configuration information is carried in RRC dedicated signaling.

[0082] For example: the network device configures at least one pre-configured measurement interval (Pre-configured gap) to the terminal device through RRC dedicated signaling. Each pre-configured measurement interval configuration is used to determine a type of measurement interval (or interval pattern), and each pre-configured measurement interval configuration is associated with a measurement interval index, which can also be understood as each measurement interval (or interval pattern) is associated with a measurement interval index. Here, the measurement interval index can be a gap index or a gap pattern identifier (gap pattern id), etc.

[0083] In the embodiment of the present application, the determination (or selection) of the measurement interval is performed according to the BWP granularity, so that the measurement interval can be flexibly applied. The following describes how different types of BWP determine their associated measurement intervals.

[0084] Option 1: Dedicated BWP

[0085] In the embodiment of the present application, the dedicated BWP may determine its associated measurement interval in the following manner.

[0086] Method 1-1: The network device sends second configuration information to the terminal device, and the terminal device receives the second configuration information sent by the network device, the second configuration information includes at least one service cell configuration, each service cell configuration in the at least one service cell configuration includes at least one dedicated BWP configuration, and each dedicated BWP in at least some of the at least one dedicated BWP is associated with a measurement interval index; the terminal device determines the measurement interval associated with each dedicated BWP in the at least some of the dedicated BWPs based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information.

[0087] In some optional implementations, the second configuration information is carried in RRC dedicated signaling.

[0088] In some optional implementations, the measurement interval index associated with the dedicated BWP may be carried in the dedicated BWP configuration corresponding to the dedicated BWP.

[0089] For example: the network device configures at least one service cell configuration to the terminal device through RRC dedicated signaling. Each service cell configuration includes at least one dedicated BWP configuration, and each dedicated BWP configuration is associated with a measurement interval index. Here, the measurement interval index can be a gap index or a gap pattern id, etc. For example: the network device configures 4 service cell configurations to the terminal device through RRC dedicated signaling, and each service cell configuration includes 4 dedicated BWP configurations. Then, there are a total of 16 dedicated BWP configurations, and each of the 16 dedicated BWP configurations carries a measurement interval index for associating the dedicated BWP determined by the dedicated BWP configuration.

[0090] In the above solution, optionally, the dedicated BWP may be a downlink BWP or an uplink BWP.

[0091] Method 1-2: If the second dedicated BWP is not configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval, the terminal device determines the measurement interval associated with the second dedicated BWP based on the measurement configuration in the RRC connection reconfiguration message; or, if the second dedicated BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval, the terminal device determines the preconfigured measurement interval associated with the second dedicated BWP as the measurement interval of the second dedicated BWP.

[0092] Here, the measurement configuration in the RRC connection reconfiguration message may also be referred to as MeasConfig, such as MeasConfig in R15. It should be noted that the network device configures the measurement interval through MeasConfig in the RRC connection reconfiguration message.

[0093] For example: when the terminal device switches to a dedicated BWP, if the dedicated BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval, the terminal device uses the preconfigured measurement interval as the measurement interval associated with the dedicated BWP and ignores the measurement interval configured in MeasConfig; if the dedicated BWP is not configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval, the terminal device uses the measurement interval configured in MeasConfig as the measurement interval associated with the dedicated BWP.

[0094] Option 2: Initial BWP

[0095] In the embodiment of the present application, the initial BWP may be a default one or an instruction by a network device. The initial BWP may determine its associated measurement interval in the following manner.

[0096] Method 2-1: The network device sends third configuration information to the terminal device, and the terminal device receives the third configuration information sent by the network device, where the third configuration information is used to determine a first measurement interval, where the first measurement interval is the measurement interval associated with the initial BWP; based on the third configuration information, the terminal device determines that the measurement interval associated with the initial BWP is the first measurement interval.

[0097] In some optional implementations, the third configuration information further includes first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate that the first measurement interval is a measurement interval associated with an initial BWP.

[0098] In some optional implementations, the third configuration information is carried in a system broadcast message; or, the third configuration information is carried in RRC dedicated signaling. Here, the system broadcast message is, for example, SIB1.

[0099] For example: the network device configures a measurement interval (i.e., the first measurement interval) in SIB1, and indicates that the measurement interval is the measurement interval associated with the initial BWP. Here, the first measurement interval can also be understood as the measurement interval activated or enabled when the terminal device switches to the initial BWP, wherein the terminal device switching to the initial BWP can also be understood as the initial BWP being activated.

[0100] For example: the network device configures a measurement interval (i.e., the first measurement interval) through RRC dedicated signaling, and indicates that the measurement interval is the measurement interval associated with the initial BWP. Here, the first measurement interval can also be understood as the measurement interval activated or enabled when the terminal device switches to the initial BWP, wherein the terminal device switching to the initial BWP can also be understood as the initial BWP being activated.

[0101] Mode 2-2: The terminal device determines the measurement interval associated with the first BWP based on the measurement configuration in the RRC connection reconfiguration message, wherein the first BWP is the initial BWP.

[0102] Here, the measurement configuration in the RRC connection reconfiguration message may also be referred to as MeasConfig, such as MeasConfig in R15. It should be noted that the network device configures the measurement interval through MeasConfig in the RRC connection reconfiguration message. Among them, the measurement interval associated with the initial BWP is the measurement interval configured in the measurement configuration in the RRC connection reconfiguration message, which may be the default or indicated by the network device.

[0103] Mode 2-3: The terminal device determines the measurement interval associated with the first BWP based on the measurement interval associated with the default BWP, wherein the first BWP is the initial BWP.

[0104] Here, the default BWP may be a default or indicated by a network device. When the terminal device is switched to the initial BWP, the terminal device may use the measurement interval associated with the default BWP. The measurement interval associated with the initial BWP is the measurement interval associated with the default BWP, which may be a default or indicated by a network device.

[0105] Mode 2-4: The terminal device determines the measurement interval associated with the first BWP based on the preconfigured measurement interval associated with the first dedicated BWP, wherein the first BWP is an initial BWP.

[0106] In some optional implementations, the dedicated BWP configuration corresponding to the first dedicated BWP carries second indication information, where the second indication information is used to indicate that the preconfigured measurement interval associated with the first dedicated BWP is also the measurement interval associated with the first BWP.

[0107] For example, when a terminal device is switched to an initial BWP, the measurement interval associated with the initial BWP borrows the measurement interval associated with a dedicated BWP.

[0108] Solution 3: Dedicated BWP without associated preconfigured measurement interval

[0109] In the embodiment of the present application, a dedicated BWP that is not configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval may determine its associated measurement interval in the following manner.

[0110] Mode 3-1: The terminal device determines the measurement interval associated with the first BWP based on the measurement configuration in the RRC connection reconfiguration message, wherein the first BWP is a dedicated BWP that is not configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval.

[0111] Here, the measurement configuration in the RRC connection reconfiguration message may also be referred to as MeasConfig, such as MeasConfig in R15. It should be noted that the network device configures the measurement interval through MeasConfig in the RRC connection reconfiguration message. When the terminal device switches to a dedicated BWP, if the dedicated BWP is not configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval, the terminal device uses the measurement interval configured in MeasConfig as the measurement interval associated with the dedicated BWP.

[0112] Mode 3-2: The terminal device determines the measurement interval associated with the first BWP based on the measurement interval associated with the default BWP, wherein the first BWP is a dedicated BWP that is not configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval.

[0113] Here, the default BWP may be a default or indicated by a network device. When the terminal device switches to a dedicated BWP, if the dedicated BWP has no associated preconfigured measurement interval, the terminal device may use the measurement interval associated with the default BWP as the measurement interval associated with the dedicated BWP.

[0114] Mode 3-3: The terminal device determines the measurement interval associated with the first BWP based on the preconfigured measurement interval associated with the first dedicated BWP, wherein the first BWP is a dedicated BWP that is not configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval.

[0115] In some optional implementations, the dedicated BWP configuration corresponding to the first dedicated BWP carries second indication information, where the second indication information is used to indicate that the preconfigured measurement interval associated with the first dedicated BWP is also the measurement interval associated with the first BWP.

[0116] For example: when the terminal device switches to a dedicated BWP, if the dedicated BWP has no associated preconfigured measurement interval, the terminal device uses the preconfigured measurement interval associated with the first dedicated BWP as the measurement interval associated with the dedicated BWP.

[0117] Solution 4: Dormant BWP

[0118] In the embodiment of the present application, the dormant BWP has no associated measurement interval, and the dormant BWP is prohibited from configuring a pre-configured measurement interval.

[0119] In the embodiment of the present application, the reference timing of the preconfigured measurement interval can be determined in the following manner:

[0120] Mode A: In some optional implementations, the timing information of the preconfigured measurement interval is determined with reference to the timing information of the primary cell (PCell) or the primary secondary cell (PScell).

[0121] Method B: In some optional implementations, the timing information of the pre-configured measurement interval is determined with reference to the timing information of the first service cell, and the first service cell is determined based on the configuration of the network device. For example, the network device configures an identifier of the first service cell to indicate that the timing information of the pre-configured measurement interval is determined with reference to the timing information of the first service cell.

[0122] Mode C: The timing information of the preconfigured measurement interval is determined by referring to the timing information of the serving cell where the dedicated BWP associated with the preconfigured measurement interval is located.

[0123] In an embodiment of the present application, each preconfigured measurement interval in the at least one preconfigured measurement interval corresponds to a priority; the indication information for indicating the priority of the preconfigured measurement interval is carried in the configuration information of the preconfigured measurement interval; or, the indication information for indicating the priority of the preconfigured measurement interval is carried in a dedicated BWP configuration associated with the preconfigured measurement interval.

[0124] For example, the network device configures at least one preconfigured measurement interval to the terminal device through RRC dedicated signaling, wherein each preconfigured measurement interval is configured with a priority. The higher the priority of a preconfigured measurement interval, the more preferentially the preconfigured measurement interval is activated or enabled.

[0125] For example: the network device configures at least one preconfigured measurement interval to the terminal device through RRC dedicated signaling, and the network device configures at least one dedicated BWP through RRC dedicated signaling, each dedicated BWP is associated with a preconfigured measurement interval, and is also associated with a priority indication indicating the preconfigured measurement interval. The higher the priority of a preconfigured measurement interval, the more priority the preconfigured measurement interval will be activated or enabled.

[0126] In some optional implementations, the priority of the preconfigured measurement interval is changed by a first instruction, and the first instruction is carried in a DCI or a MAC CE. In other words, the priority of the preconfigured measurement interval can be dynamically changed by an instruction carried in a DCI or a MAC CE.

[0127] In the embodiment of the present application, the priority of the measurement interval determined by the measurement configuration in the RRC connection reconfiguration message may also be determined. For example, the priority of the measurement interval configured in MeasConfig is set to the lowest or highest by default or a priority indication is configured.

[0128] In an embodiment of the present application, the terminal device is configured with multiple service cells, and the multiple service cells correspond to multiple activated BWPs; each of the multiple activated BWPs is associated with a measurement interval, and how to determine the measurement interval that is finally activated or enabled needs to be clarified, which is explained below.

[0129] In the embodiment of the present application, the terminal device selects at least one measurement interval from the multiple measurement intervals as an activated or enabled measurement interval based on the priority of the measurement interval associated with each activated BWP in the multiple activated BWPs.

[0130] Solution I) The pre-configured measurement interval configured in the first configuration information is a measurement interval of UE granularity.

[0131] The terminal device selects a measurement interval with the highest priority from the multiple measurement intervals as the activated or enabled measurement interval based on the priority of the measurement interval associated with each activated BWP in the multiple activated BWPs.

[0132] It should be noted that the dormant BWP has no associated measurement interval. If a cell is in a dormant BWP, then the dormant BWP does not participate in the competition for measurement interval selection.

[0133] In some optional implementations, for multiple activated BWPs, it is not required that all of them have associated measurement intervals; for activated BWPs without associated measurement intervals, they do not participate in the competition for measurement interval selection. For example, there are 4 activated BWPs in total, among which BWP1 is associated with gap1, BWP2 is associated with gap2, BWP2 is associated with gap3, and BWP4 is not associated with gap. Then, the gap with the highest priority is selected from gap, gap2 and gap3 as the measurement interval to be finally activated or enabled.

[0134] In some optional implementations, for multiple activated BWPs, all BWPs have associated measurement intervals, and the determination method of the measurement interval associated with the BWP can refer to the aforementioned related schemes, and all BWPs participate in the competition for the selection of the measurement interval. For example, there are 4 activated BWPs in total, among which BWP1 is associated with gap1, BWP2 is associated with gap2, BWP2 is associated with gap3, and BWP4 is associated with gap4. Then, the gap with the highest priority is selected from gap, gap2, gap3 and gap4 as the measurement interval to be finally activated or enabled.

[0135] Solution II) The preconfigured measurement interval configured in the first configuration information is a measurement interval of FR granularity.

[0136] The terminal device determines a first activated BWP list associated with a FR1 pre-configured measurement interval and a second activated BWP list associated with a FR2 pre-configured measurement interval from the multiple activated BWPs; the terminal device selects a measurement interval from the first activated BWP list as an activated or enabled FR1 measurement interval based on the priority of the measurement interval associated with each activated BWP in the first activated BWP list; the terminal device selects a measurement interval from the second activated BWP list as an activated or enabled FR2 measurement interval based on the priority of the measurement interval associated with each activated BWP in the second activated BWP list.

[0137] In some optional implementations, the first configuration information includes a first preconfigured measurement interval list and a second preconfigured measurement interval list, the first preconfigured measurement interval list includes one or more FR1 preconfigured measurement intervals, and the second preconfigured measurement interval list includes one or more FR2 preconfigured measurement intervals. Here, the first preconfigured measurement interval list may also be referred to as an FR1 gap list, and the second preconfigured measurement interval list may also be referred to as an FR2 gap list.

[0138] The first preconfigured measurement interval list is associated with an FR1 indication, and the FR1 indication is used to indicate that each preconfigured measurement interval in the first preconfigured measurement interval list belongs to an FR1 preconfigured measurement interval; the second preconfigured measurement interval list is associated with an FR2 indication, and the FR2 indication is used to indicate that each preconfigured measurement interval in the second preconfigured measurement interval list belongs to an FR2 preconfigured measurement interval; wherein, a numbering range of a measurement interval index of the FR1 preconfigured measurement interval in the first preconfigured measurement interval list and a numbering range of a measurement interval index of the FR2 preconfigured measurement interval in the second preconfigured measurement interval list completely overlap, partially overlap, or do not overlap.

[0139] It should be noted that the FR1 indication and the FR2 indication may be displayed or implicitly indicated. For example, the FR1 indication and the FR2 indication may be carried in the first configuration information.

[0140] Since the first preconfigured measurement interval list is associated with the FR1 indication and the second preconfigured measurement interval list is associated with the FR2 indication, the measurement interval index of each preconfigured measurement interval in the first preconfigured measurement interval list and the measurement interval index of each preconfigured measurement interval in the second preconfigured measurement interval list can be used overlappingly. In order to distinguish whether a measurement interval index indicates a preconfigured measurement interval in the first preconfigured measurement interval list or a preconfigured measurement interval in the second preconfigured measurement interval list, the dedicated BWP is associated with not only a measurement interval index but also an indication, wherein the indication is the FR1 indication or the FR2 indication, and the indication is used to determine whether the preconfigured measurement interval indicated by the preconfigured measurement interval index associated with the dedicated BWP is a FR1 preconfigured measurement interval or a FR2 preconfigured measurement interval.

[0141] In some optional implementations, the first configuration information includes a preconfigured measurement interval list, where the preconfigured measurement interval list includes one or more FR1 preconfigured measurement intervals and one or more FR2 preconfigured measurement intervals.

[0142] Each FR1 preconfigured measurement interval in the preconfigured measurement interval list is associated with a measurement interval index, and each FR2 preconfigured measurement interval is also associated with a measurement interval index; wherein the numbering range of the measurement interval index of the FR1 preconfigured measurement interval in the preconfigured measurement interval list does not overlap with the numbering range of the measurement interval index of the FR2 preconfigured measurement interval.

[0143] After the finally activated or enabled measurement interval is selected according to the above solution, the activated or enabled measurement interval is reselected under the triggering of at least one of the following events:

[0144] Event 1: The secondary cell is activated and the first activated BWP is not a dormant BWP;

[0145] Event 2: The secondary cell is activated and the first activated BWP is configured with an associated pre-configured measurement interval;

[0146] Event 3: The secondary cell is activated and the first activated BWP is not a dormant BWP and the first activated BWP is configured with an associated pre-configured measurement interval;

[0147] Event 4: The secondary cell is deactivated and the currently activated BWP is not a dormant BWP;

[0148] Event 5: The secondary cell is deactivated and the currently activated BWP is configured with an associated pre-configured measurement interval;

[0149] Event 6: the secondary cell is deactivated and the currently activated BWP is not a dormant BWP and the currently activated BWP is configured with an associated pre-configured measurement interval;

[0150] Event 7: the activated BWP of the secondary cell switches from the source BWP to the target BWP, the target BWP is a dormant BWP and the source BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval;

[0151] Event 8: the activated BWP of the secondary cell switches from the source BWP to the target BWP, the source BWP is a dormant BWP and the target BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval;

[0152] Event 9: The activated BWP of the serving cell switches from the source BWP to the target BWP, and one of the source BWP and the target BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval;

[0153] Event 10: The activated BWP of the serving cell is switched from a source BWP to a target BWP, both the source BWP and the target BWP are configured with associated preconfigured measurement intervals and the preconfigured measurement intervals of the source BWP and the target BWP are different.

[0154] The above technical solution of the embodiment of the present application realizes the pre-configuration of the measurement interval, and clarifies how various types of BWPs determine their associated measurement intervals and set their priorities for the measurement intervals, so that the final selected measurement interval can be determined according to the priority of the measurement interval, making the application of the measurement interval flexible and effective.

[0155] Figure 8 The structure of the configuration device of the measurement interval provided in the embodiment of the present application is shown in FIG. Figure 1 , applied to terminal devices, such as Figure 8 As shown, the configuration device of the measurement interval includes:

[0156] The receiving unit 801 is configured to receive first configuration information sent by a network device, where the first configuration information is used to determine at least one preconfigured measurement interval, and each preconfigured measurement interval in the at least one preconfigured measurement interval is associated with a measurement interval index.

[0157] In some optional implementations, the first configuration information is carried in RRC dedicated signaling.

[0158] In some optional implementations, the receiving unit 801 is further configured to receive second configuration information sent by the network device, where the second configuration information includes at least one serving cell configuration, each serving cell configuration in the at least one serving cell configuration includes at least one dedicated BWP configuration, and each dedicated BWP in at least some of the at least one dedicated BWP is associated with a measurement interval index;

[0159] The apparatus further includes: a determining unit 802, configured to determine a measurement interval associated with each dedicated BWP in the at least partially dedicated BWP based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information.

[0160] In some optional implementations, the second configuration information is carried in RRC dedicated signaling.

[0161] In some optional implementations, the receiving unit 801 is further configured to receive third configuration information sent by the network device, where the third configuration information is used to determine a first measurement interval, where the first measurement interval is a measurement interval associated with an initial BWP;

[0162] The apparatus further includes: a determining unit 802, configured to determine, based on the third configuration information, that a measurement interval associated with an initial BWP is the first measurement interval.

[0163] In some optional implementations, the third configuration information further includes first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate that the first measurement interval is a measurement interval associated with an initial BWP.

[0164] In some optional implementations, the third configuration information is carried in a system broadcast message; or,

[0165] The third configuration information is carried in RRC dedicated signaling.

[0166] In some optional embodiments, the device further comprises:

[0167] The determining unit 802 is configured to determine a measurement interval associated with the first BWP based on the measurement configuration in the RRC connection reconfiguration message.

[0168] In some optional embodiments, the device further comprises:

[0169] The determining unit 802 is configured to determine a measurement interval associated with a first BWP based on a measurement interval associated with a default BWP.

[0170] In some optional embodiments, the device further comprises:

[0171] The determining unit 802 is configured to determine a measurement interval associated with a first BWP based on a preconfigured measurement interval associated with a first dedicated BWP.

[0172] In some optional implementations, the dedicated BWP configuration corresponding to the first dedicated BWP carries second indication information, where the second indication information is used to indicate that the preconfigured measurement interval associated with the first dedicated BWP is also the measurement interval associated with the first BWP.

[0173] In some optional embodiments, the first BWP is an initial BWP; or,

[0174] The first BWP is a dedicated BWP that is not configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval.

[0175] In some optional embodiments, the device further comprises:

[0176] The determination unit 802 is configured to determine the measurement interval associated with the second dedicated BWP based on the measurement configuration in the RRC connection reconfiguration message if the second dedicated BWP is not configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval; or, if the second dedicated BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval, determine the preconfigured measurement interval associated with the second dedicated BWP as the measurement interval of the second dedicated BWP.

[0177] In some optional implementations, the timing information of the preconfigured measurement interval is determined with reference to the timing information of the PCell or PScell; or,

[0178] The timing information of the preconfigured measurement interval is determined by referring to the timing information of the first serving cell, and the first serving cell is determined based on the configuration of the network device; or,

[0179] The timing information of the preconfigured measurement interval is determined by referring to the timing information of the serving cell where the dedicated BWP associated with the preconfigured measurement interval is located.

[0180] In some optional implementations, each preconfigured measurement interval in the at least one preconfigured measurement interval corresponds to a priority;

[0181] The indication information for indicating the priority of the preconfigured measurement interval is carried in the configuration information of the preconfigured measurement interval; or,

[0182] The indication information for indicating the priority of the preconfigured measurement interval is carried in a dedicated BWP configuration associated with the preconfigured measurement interval.

[0183] In some optional implementations, the priority of the preconfigured measurement interval is changed through a first instruction, and the first instruction is carried in a DCI or a MAC CE.

[0184] In some optional implementations, the terminal device is configured with multiple serving cells, and the multiple serving cells correspond to multiple activated BWPs;

[0185] The apparatus further includes: a selecting unit 803, configured to select at least one measurement interval from the multiple measurement intervals as an activated or enabled measurement interval based on the priority of the measurement interval associated with each of the multiple activated BWPs.

[0186] In some optional implementations, the preconfigured measurement interval configured in the first configuration information is a measurement interval of UE granularity;

[0187] The selecting unit 803 is configured to select a measurement interval with the highest priority from the multiple measurement intervals as the activated or enabled measurement interval based on the priority of the measurement interval associated with each activated BWP in the multiple activated BWPs.

[0188] In some optional implementations, the preconfigured measurement interval configured in the first configuration information is a measurement interval of FR granularity;

[0189] The selection unit 803 is used to determine a first activated BWP list associated with a FR1 pre-configured measurement interval and a second activated BWP list associated with a FR2 pre-configured measurement interval from the multiple activated BWPs; based on the priority of the measurement interval associated with each activated BWP in the first activated BWP list, select a measurement interval from the first activated BWP list as an activated or enabled FR1 measurement interval; based on the priority of the measurement interval associated with each activated BWP in the second activated BWP list, select a measurement interval from the second activated BWP list as an activated or enabled FR2 measurement interval.

[0190] In some optional implementations, the first configuration information includes a first preconfigured measurement interval list and a second preconfigured measurement interval list, the first preconfigured measurement interval list includes one or more FR1 preconfigured measurement intervals, and the second preconfigured measurement interval list includes one or more FR2 preconfigured measurement intervals.

[0191] In some optional implementations, the first preconfigured measurement interval list is associated with an FR1 indication, and the FR1 indication is used to indicate that each preconfigured measurement interval in the first preconfigured measurement interval list belongs to an FR1 preconfigured measurement interval;

[0192] The second preconfigured measurement interval list is associated with an FR2 indication, where the FR2 indication is used to indicate that each preconfigured measurement interval in the second preconfigured measurement interval list belongs to an FR2 preconfigured measurement interval;

[0193] The number range of the measurement interval index of the FR1 preconfigured measurement interval in the first preconfigured measurement interval list and the number range of the measurement interval index of the FR2 preconfigured measurement interval in the second preconfigured measurement interval list completely overlap, partially overlap, or do not overlap.

[0194] In some optional embodiments, in addition to being associated with a measurement interval index, the dedicated BWP is also associated with an indication, where the indication is the FR1 indication or the FR2 indication, and the indication is used to determine whether the preconfigured measurement interval indicated by the preconfigured measurement interval index associated with the dedicated BWP is a FR1 preconfigured measurement interval or a FR2 preconfigured measurement interval.

[0195] In some optional implementations, the first configuration information includes a preconfigured measurement interval list, where the preconfigured measurement interval list includes one or more FR1 preconfigured measurement intervals and one or more FR2 preconfigured measurement intervals.

[0196] In some optional implementations, each FR1 preconfigured measurement interval in the preconfigured measurement interval list is associated with a measurement interval index, and each FR2 preconfigured measurement interval is also associated with a measurement interval index;

[0197] The number range of the measurement interval index of the FR1 preconfigured measurement interval in the preconfigured measurement interval list does not overlap with the number range of the measurement interval index of the FR2 preconfigured measurement interval.

[0198] In some optional implementations, the activated or enabled measurement interval is reselected under the triggering of at least one of the following events:

[0199] The secondary cell is activated and the first activated BWP is not a dormant BWP;

[0200] The secondary cell is activated and the first activated BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval;

[0201] The secondary cell is activated and the first activated BWP is not a dormant BWP and the first activated BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval;

[0202] The secondary cell is deactivated and the currently activated BWP is not a dormant BWP;

[0203] The secondary cell is deactivated and the currently activated BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval;

[0204] The secondary cell is deactivated and the currently activated BWP is not a dormant BWP and the currently activated BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval;

[0205] The activated BWP of the secondary cell is switched from a source BWP to a target BWP, the target BWP is a dormant BWP and the source BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval;

[0206] The activated BWP of the secondary cell is switched from a source BWP to a target BWP, the source BWP is a dormant BWP and the target BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval;

[0207] The activated BWP of the serving cell is switched from a source BWP to a target BWP, and one of the source BWP and the target BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval;

[0208] The activated BWP of the serving cell is switched from a source BWP to a target BWP, the source BWP and the target BWP are both configured with associated preconfigured measurement intervals and the preconfigured measurement intervals of the source BWP and the target BWP are different.

[0209] Those skilled in the art should understand that the relevant description of the above-mentioned measurement interval configuration device in the embodiment of the present application can be understood by referring to the relevant description of the measurement interval configuration method in the embodiment of the present application.

[0210] Fig. 9 The structure of the configuration device of the measurement interval provided in the embodiment of the present application is shown in FIG. Figure 2 , applied to network equipment, such as Fig. 9 As shown, the configuration device of the measurement interval includes:

[0211] The sending unit 901 is used to send first configuration information to a terminal device, where the first configuration information is used to determine at least one pre-configured measurement interval, and each pre-configured measurement interval in the at least one pre-configured measurement interval is associated with a measurement interval index.

[0212] In some optional implementations, the first configuration information is carried in RRC dedicated signaling.

[0213] In some optional embodiments, the sending unit 901 is also used to send second configuration information to the terminal device, the second configuration information including at least one service cell configuration, each of the at least one service cell configuration including at least one dedicated BWP configuration, and each of at least some of the at least one dedicated BWP is associated with a measurement interval index.

[0214] In some optional implementations, the second configuration information is carried in RRC dedicated signaling.

[0215] In some optional implementations, the sending unit 901 is further used to send third configuration information to the terminal device, where the third configuration information is used to determine a first measurement interval, where the first measurement interval is a measurement interval associated with an initial BWP.

[0216] In some optional implementations, the third configuration information further includes first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate that the first measurement interval is a measurement interval associated with an initial BWP.

[0217] In some optional implementations, the third configuration information is carried in a system broadcast message; or,

[0218] The third configuration information is carried in RRC dedicated signaling.

[0219] In some optional implementations, the timing information of the preconfigured measurement interval is determined with reference to the timing information of the PCell or PScell; or,

[0220] The timing information of the preconfigured measurement interval is determined by referring to the timing information of the first serving cell, and the first serving cell is determined based on the configuration of the network device; or,

[0221] The timing information of the preconfigured measurement interval is determined by referring to the timing information of the serving cell where the dedicated BWP associated with the preconfigured measurement interval is located.

[0222] In some optional implementations, each preconfigured measurement interval in the at least one preconfigured measurement interval corresponds to a priority;

[0223] The indication information for indicating the priority of the preconfigured measurement interval is carried in the configuration information of the preconfigured measurement interval; or,

[0224] The indication information for indicating the priority of the preconfigured measurement interval is carried in a dedicated BWP configuration associated with the preconfigured measurement interval.

[0225] In some optional implementations, the priority of the preconfigured measurement interval is changed through a first instruction, and the first instruction is carried in a DCI or a MAC CE.

[0226] Those skilled in the art should understand that the relevant description of the above-mentioned measurement interval configuration device in the embodiment of the present application can be understood by referring to the relevant description of the measurement interval configuration method in the embodiment of the present application.

[0227] Fig.10 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device 1000 provided in an embodiment of the present application. The communication device may be a terminal device or a network device. Fig.10 The communication device 1000 shown includes a processor 1010, and the processor 1010 can call and run a computer program from a memory to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

[0228] Alternatively, if Fig.10 As shown, the communication device 1000 may further include a memory 1020. The processor 1010 may call and run a computer program from the memory 1020 to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

[0229] The memory 1020 may be a separate device independent of the processor 1010 , or may be integrated into the processor 1010 .

[0230] Alternatively, if Fig.10 As shown, the communication device 1000 may further include a transceiver 1030, and the processor 1010 may control the transceiver 1030 to communicate with other devices, specifically, may send information or data to other devices, or receive information or data sent by other devices.

[0231] The transceiver 1030 may include a transmitter and a receiver. The transceiver 1030 may further include an antenna, and the number of antennas may be one or more.

[0232] Optionally, the communication device 1000 may specifically be a network device of an embodiment of the present application, and the communication device 1000 may implement corresponding processes implemented by the network device in each method of the embodiment of the present application, which will not be described in detail here for the sake of brevity.

[0233] Optionally, the communication device 1000 may specifically be a mobile terminal / terminal device of an embodiment of the present application, and the communication device 1000 may implement the corresponding processes implemented by the mobile terminal / terminal device in each method of the embodiment of the present application, which will not be described again for the sake of brevity.

[0234] Fig.11 It is a schematic structural diagram of the chip of an embodiment of the present application. Fig.11The chip 1100 shown includes a processor 1110, which can call and run a computer program from a memory to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

[0235] Alternatively, if Fig.11 As shown, the chip 1100 may further include a memory 1120. The processor 1110 may call and run a computer program from the memory 1120 to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

[0236] The memory 1120 may be a separate device independent of the processor 1110 , or may be integrated into the processor 1110 .

[0237] Optionally, the chip 1100 may further include an input interface 1130. The processor 1110 may control the input interface 1130 to communicate with other devices or chips, and specifically, may obtain information or data sent by other devices or chips.

[0238] Optionally, the chip 1100 may further include an output interface 1140. The processor 1110 may control the output interface 1140 to communicate with other devices or chips, and specifically, may output information or data to other devices or chips.

[0239] Optionally, the chip can be applied to the network device in the embodiments of the present application, and the chip can implement the corresponding processes implemented by the network device in each method of the embodiments of the present application. For the sake of brevity, they will not be repeated here.

[0240] Optionally, the chip can be applied to the mobile terminal / terminal device in the embodiments of the present application, and the chip can implement the corresponding processes implemented by the mobile terminal / terminal device in the various methods of the embodiments of the present application. For the sake of brevity, they will not be repeated here.

[0241] It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of the present application can also be called a system-level chip, a system chip, a chip system or a system-on-chip chip, etc.

[0242] Fig.12 1 is a schematic block diagram of a communication system 1200 provided in an embodiment of the present application. Fig.12 As shown, the communication system 1200 includes a terminal device 1210 and a network device 1220 .

[0243] Among them, the terminal device 1210 can be used to implement the corresponding functions implemented by the terminal device in the above method, and the network device 1220 can be used to implement the corresponding functions implemented by the network device in the above method. For the sake of brevity, they are not repeated here.

[0244] It should be understood that the processor of the embodiment of the present application may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capabilities. In the implementation process, each step of the above method embodiment can be completed by the hardware integrated logic circuit or software instructions in the processor. The above processor can be a general processor, a digital signal processor (Digital Signal Processor, DSP), an application-specific integrated circuit (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), a field programmable gate array (Field Programmable Gate Array, FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gates or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components. The methods, steps and logic block diagrams disclosed in the embodiments of the present application can be implemented or executed. The general processor can be a microprocessor or the processor can also be any conventional processor. The steps of the method disclosed in the embodiment of the present application can be directly embodied as a hardware decoding processor to perform, or the hardware and software modules in the decoding processor are combined and performed. The software module can be located in a random access memory, a flash memory, a read-only memory, a programmable read-only memory or an electrically erasable programmable memory, a register, and other mature storage media in the art. The storage medium is located in the memory, and the processor reads the information in the memory and completes the steps of the above method in combination with its hardware.

[0245] It can be understood that the memory in the embodiments of the present application can be a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory, or can include both volatile and non-volatile memories. Among them, the non-volatile memory can be a read-only memory (ROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), or a flash memory. The volatile memory can be a random access memory (RAM), which is used as an external cache. By way of example and not limitation, many forms of RAM are available, such as static random access memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR SDRAM), enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (ESDRAM), synchronous link dynamic random access memory (SLDRAM), and direct RAM bus random access memory (DR RAM). It should be noted that the memory of the systems and methods described herein is intended to include, but is not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

[0246] It should be understood that the above-mentioned memory is exemplary but not restrictive. For example, the memory in the embodiments of the present application may also be static random access memory (static RAM, SRAM), dynamic random access memory (dynamic RAM, DRAM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (synchronous DRAM, SDRAM), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (double data rate SDRAM, DDR SDRAM), enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (enhanced SDRAM, ESDRAM), synchronous link dynamic random access memory (synch link DRAM, SLDRAM) and direct memory bus random access memory (Direct Rambus RAM, DR RAM), etc. That is to say, the memory in the embodiments of the present application is intended to include but not limited to these and any other suitable types of memory.

[0247] An embodiment of the present application also provides a computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program.

[0248] Optionally, the computer-readable storage medium can be applied to the network device in the embodiments of the present application, and the computer program enables the computer to execute the corresponding processes implemented by the network device in the various methods of the embodiments of the present application. For the sake of brevity, they are not repeated here.

[0249] Optionally, the computer-readable storage medium can be applied to the mobile terminal / terminal device in the embodiments of the present application, and the computer program enables the computer to execute the corresponding processes implemented by the mobile terminal / terminal device in the various methods of the embodiments of the present application. For the sake of brevity, they are not repeated here.

[0250] An embodiment of the present application also provides a computer program product, including computer program instructions.

[0251] Optionally, the computer program product can be applied to the network device in the embodiments of the present application, and the computer program instructions enable the computer to execute the corresponding processes implemented by the network device in the various methods of the embodiments of the present application. For the sake of brevity, they are not repeated here.

[0252] Optionally, the computer program product can be applied to the mobile terminal / terminal device in the embodiments of the present application, and the computer program instructions enable the computer to execute the corresponding processes implemented by the mobile terminal / terminal device in the various methods of the embodiments of the present application. For the sake of brevity, they are not repeated here.

[0253] The embodiment of the present application also provides a computer program.

[0254] Optionally, the computer program can be applied to the network device in the embodiments of the present application. When the computer program runs on a computer, the computer executes the corresponding processes implemented by the network device in the various methods in the embodiments of the present application. For the sake of brevity, they are not described here.

[0255] Optionally, the computer program can be applied to the mobile terminal / terminal device in the embodiments of the present application. When the computer program runs on the computer, the computer executes the corresponding processes implemented by the mobile terminal / terminal device in the various methods of the embodiments of the present application. For the sake of brevity, they are not repeated here.

[0256] The configuration method of the measurement interval provided in the embodiment of the present application includes:

[0257] The terminal device receives first configuration information sent by the network device, where the first configuration information is used to determine at least one preconfigured measurement interval, and each preconfigured measurement interval in the at least one preconfigured measurement interval is associated with a measurement interval index.

[0258] In some embodiments of the present application, the first configuration information is carried in radio resource control RRC dedicated signaling.

[0259] In some embodiments of the present application, the method further comprises:

[0260] The terminal device receives second configuration information sent by the network device, where the second configuration information includes at least one serving cell configuration, each of the at least one serving cell configuration includes at least one dedicated bandwidth part BWP configuration, and each of at least some of the at least one dedicated BWP is associated with a measurement interval index;

[0261] The terminal device determines a measurement interval associated with each dedicated BWP in the at least partially dedicated BWP based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information.

[0262] In some embodiments of the present application, the second configuration information is carried in RRC dedicated signaling.

[0263] In some embodiments of the present application, the method further comprises:

[0264] The terminal device receives third configuration information sent by the network device, where the third configuration information is used to determine a first measurement interval, where the first measurement interval is a measurement interval associated with an initial BWP;

[0265] The terminal device determines, based on the third configuration information, that the measurement interval associated with the initial BWP is the first measurement interval.

[0266] In some embodiments of the present application, the third configuration information further includes first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate that the first measurement interval is a measurement interval associated with an initial BWP.

[0267] In some embodiments of the present application, the third configuration information is carried in a system broadcast message; or,

[0268] The third configuration information is carried in RRC dedicated signaling.

[0269] In some embodiments of the present application, the method further comprises:

[0270] The terminal device determines the measurement interval associated with the first BWP based on the measurement configuration in the RRC connection reconfiguration message.

[0271] In some embodiments of the present application, the method further comprises:

[0272] The terminal device determines the measurement interval associated with the first BWP based on the measurement interval associated with the default BWP.

[0273] In some embodiments of the present application, the method further comprises:

[0274] The terminal device determines a measurement interval associated with the first BWP based on a preconfigured measurement interval associated with the first dedicated BWP.

[0275] In some embodiments of the present application, the dedicated BWP configuration corresponding to the first dedicated BWP carries second indication information, and the second indication information is used to indicate that the preconfigured measurement interval associated with the first dedicated BWP is also the measurement interval associated with the first BWP.

[0276] In some embodiments of the present application, the first BWP is an initial BWP; or,

[0277] The first BWP is a dedicated BWP that is not configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval.

[0278] In some embodiments of the present application, the method further comprises:

[0279] If the second dedicated BWP is not configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval, the terminal device determines the measurement interval associated with the second dedicated BWP based on the measurement configuration in the RRC connection reconfiguration message; or,

[0280] If the second dedicated BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval, the terminal device determines the preconfigured measurement interval associated with the second dedicated BWP as the measurement interval of the second dedicated BWP.

[0281] In some embodiments of the present application, the timing information of the preconfigured measurement interval is determined with reference to the timing information of the primary cell PCell or the primary secondary cell PScell; or,

[0282] The timing information of the preconfigured measurement interval is determined by referring to the timing information of the first serving cell, and the first serving cell is determined based on the configuration of the network device; or,

[0283] The timing information of the preconfigured measurement interval is determined by referring to the timing information of the serving cell where the dedicated BWP associated with the preconfigured measurement interval is located.

[0284] In some embodiments of the present application, each preconfigured measurement interval in the at least one preconfigured measurement interval corresponds to a priority;

[0285] The indication information for indicating the priority of the preconfigured measurement interval is carried in the configuration information of the preconfigured measurement interval; or,

[0286] The indication information for indicating the priority of the preconfigured measurement interval is carried in a dedicated BWP configuration associated with the preconfigured measurement interval.

[0287] In some embodiments of the present application, the priority of the preconfigured measurement interval is changed through a first instruction, and the first instruction is carried in downlink control information DCI or a media access control control element MAC CE.

[0288] In some embodiments of the present application, the terminal device is configured with multiple serving cells, and the multiple serving cells correspond to multiple activated BWPs; the method further includes:

[0289] The terminal device selects at least one measurement interval from the multiple measurement intervals as an activated or enabled measurement interval based on the priority of the measurement interval associated with each of the multiple activated BWPs.

[0290] In some embodiments of the present application, the preconfigured measurement interval configured in the first configuration information is a measurement interval of user equipment UE granularity;

[0291] The terminal device selects at least one measurement interval from the multiple measurement intervals as an activated or enabled measurement interval based on the priority of the measurement interval associated with each activated BWP in the multiple activated BWPs, including:

[0292] The terminal device selects a measurement interval with the highest priority from the multiple measurement intervals as the activated or enabled measurement interval based on the priority of the measurement interval associated with each activated BWP in the multiple activated BWPs.

[0293] In some embodiments of the present application, the preconfigured measurement interval configured in the first configuration information is a measurement interval of frequency band FR granularity;

[0294] The terminal device selects at least one measurement interval from the multiple measurement intervals as an activated or enabled measurement interval based on the priority of the measurement interval associated with each activated BWP in the multiple activated BWPs, including:

[0295] The terminal device determines, from the plurality of activated BWPs, a first activated BWP list associated with a FR1 preconfigured measurement interval and a second activated BWP list associated with a FR2 preconfigured measurement interval;

[0296] The terminal device selects, based on the priority of the measurement interval associated with each activated BWP in the first activated BWP list, a measurement interval from the first activated BWP list as an activated or enabled FR1 measurement interval;

[0297] The terminal device selects a measurement interval from the second activated BWP list as an activated or enabled FR2 measurement interval based on the priority of the measurement interval associated with each activated BWP in the second activated BWP list.

[0298] In some embodiments of the present application, the first configuration information includes a first preconfigured measurement interval list and a second preconfigured measurement interval list, the first preconfigured measurement interval list includes one or more FR1 preconfigured measurement intervals, and the second preconfigured measurement interval list includes one or more FR2 preconfigured measurement intervals.

[0299] In some embodiments of the present application, the first preconfigured measurement interval list is associated with an FR1 indication, and the FR1 indication is used to indicate that each preconfigured measurement interval in the first preconfigured measurement interval list belongs to an FR1 preconfigured measurement interval;

[0300] The second preconfigured measurement interval list is associated with an FR2 indication, where the FR2 indication is used to indicate that each preconfigured measurement interval in the second preconfigured measurement interval list belongs to an FR2 preconfigured measurement interval;

[0301] The number range of the measurement interval index of the FR1 preconfigured measurement interval in the first preconfigured measurement interval list and the number range of the measurement interval index of the FR2 preconfigured measurement interval in the second preconfigured measurement interval list completely overlap, partially overlap, or do not overlap.

[0302] In some embodiments of the present application, in addition to being associated with a measurement interval index, the dedicated BWP is also associated with an indication, wherein the indication is the FR1 indication or the FR2 indication, and the indication is used to determine whether the preconfigured measurement interval indicated by the preconfigured measurement interval index associated with the dedicated BWP is a FR1 preconfigured measurement interval or a FR2 preconfigured measurement interval.

[0303] In some embodiments of the present application, the first configuration information includes a preconfigured measurement interval list, and the preconfigured measurement interval list includes one or more FR1 preconfigured measurement intervals and one or more FR2 preconfigured measurement intervals.

[0304] In some embodiments of the present application, each FR1 preconfigured measurement interval in the preconfigured measurement interval list is associated with a measurement interval index, and each FR2 preconfigured measurement interval is also associated with a measurement interval index;

[0305] The number range of the measurement interval index of the FR1 preconfigured measurement interval in the preconfigured measurement interval list does not overlap with the number range of the measurement interval index of the FR2 preconfigured measurement interval.

[0306] In some embodiments of the present application, the activated or enabled measurement interval is reselected under the triggering of at least one of the following events:

[0307] The secondary cell is activated and the first activated BWP is not a dormant BWP;

[0308] The secondary cell is activated and the first activated BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval;

[0309] The secondary cell is activated and the first activated BWP is not a dormant BWP and the first activated BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval;

[0310] The secondary cell is deactivated and the currently activated BWP is not a dormant BWP; the secondary cell is deactivated and the currently activated BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval;

[0311] The secondary cell is deactivated and the currently activated BWP is not a dormant BWP and the currently activated BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval;

[0312] The activated BWP of the secondary cell is switched from a source BWP to a target BWP, the target BWP is a dormant BWP and the source BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval;

[0313] The activated BWP of the secondary cell is switched from a source BWP to a target BWP, the source BWP is a dormant BWP and the target BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval;

[0314] The activated BWP of the serving cell is switched from a source BWP to a target BWP, and one of the source BWP and the target BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval;

[0315] The activated BWP of the serving cell is switched from a source BWP to a target BWP, the source BWP and the target BWP are both configured with associated preconfigured measurement intervals and the preconfigured measurement intervals of the source BWP and the target BWP are different.

[0316] The embodiment of the present application provides a method for configuring a measurement interval, the method comprising:

[0317] The network device sends first configuration information to the terminal device, where the first configuration information is used to determine at least one preconfigured measurement interval, and each preconfigured measurement interval in the at least one preconfigured measurement interval is associated with a measurement interval index.

[0318] In some embodiments of the present application, the first configuration information is carried in RRC dedicated signaling.

[0319] In some embodiments of the present application, the method further comprises:

[0320] The network device sends second configuration information to the terminal device, the second configuration information includes at least one service cell configuration, each of the at least one service cell configuration includes at least one dedicated BWP configuration, and each of at least some of the at least one dedicated BWP is associated with a measurement interval index.

[0321] In some embodiments of the present application, the second configuration information is carried in RRC dedicated signaling.

[0322] In some embodiments of the present application, the method further comprises:

[0323] The network device sends third configuration information to the terminal device, where the third configuration information is used to determine a first measurement interval, where the first measurement interval is a measurement interval associated with an initial BWP.

[0324] In some embodiments of the present application, the third configuration information further includes first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate that the first measurement interval is a measurement interval associated with an initial BWP.

[0325] In some embodiments of the present application, the third configuration information is carried in a system broadcast message; or,

[0326] The third configuration information is carried in RRC dedicated signaling.

[0327] In some embodiments of the present application, the timing information of the preconfigured measurement interval is determined with reference to the timing information of the PCell or PScell; or,

[0328] The timing information of the preconfigured measurement interval is determined by referring to the timing information of the first serving cell, and the first serving cell is determined based on the configuration of the network device; or,

[0329] The timing information of the preconfigured measurement interval is determined by referring to the timing information of the serving cell where the dedicated BWP associated with the preconfigured measurement interval is located.

[0330] In some embodiments of the present application, each preconfigured measurement interval in the at least one preconfigured measurement interval corresponds to a priority;

[0331] The indication information for indicating the priority of the preconfigured measurement interval is carried in the configuration information of the preconfigured measurement interval; or,

[0332] The indication information for indicating the priority of the preconfigured measurement interval is carried in a dedicated BWP configuration associated with the preconfigured measurement interval.

[0333] In some embodiments of the present application, the priority of the preconfigured measurement interval is changed through a first instruction, and the first instruction is carried in a DCI or a MAC CE.

[0334] The configuration device of the measurement interval provided in the embodiment of the present application is applied to a terminal device, and the device includes:

[0335] The receiving unit is configured to receive first configuration information sent by a network device, where the first configuration information is used to determine at least one preconfigured measurement interval, and each preconfigured measurement interval in the at least one preconfigured measurement interval is associated with a measurement interval index.

[0336] In some embodiments of the present application, the first configuration information is carried in RRC dedicated signaling.

[0337] In some embodiments of the present application, the receiving unit is further configured to receive second configuration information sent by the network device, where the second configuration information includes at least one serving cell configuration, each serving cell configuration in the at least one serving cell configuration includes at least one dedicated BWP configuration, and each dedicated BWP in at least some of the at least one dedicated BWP is associated with a measurement interval index;

[0338] The apparatus further includes: a determining unit configured to determine a measurement interval associated with each dedicated BWP in the at least partially dedicated BWP based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information.

[0339] In some embodiments of the present application, the second configuration information is carried in RRC dedicated signaling.

[0340] In some embodiments of the present application, the receiving unit is further used to receive third configuration information sent by the network device, where the third configuration information is used to determine a first measurement interval, where the first measurement interval is a measurement interval associated with an initial BWP;

[0341] The apparatus further includes: a determining unit, configured to determine, based on the third configuration information, that a measurement interval associated with an initial BWP is the first measurement interval.

[0342] In some embodiments of the present application, the third configuration information further includes first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate that the first measurement interval is a measurement interval associated with an initial BWP.

[0343] In some embodiments of the present application, the third configuration information is carried in a system broadcast message; or,

[0344] The third configuration information is carried in RRC dedicated signaling.

[0345] In some embodiments of the present application, the apparatus further includes: a determining unit, configured to determine a measurement interval associated with the first BWP based on a measurement configuration in an RRC connection reconfiguration message.

[0346] In some embodiments of the present application, the apparatus further includes: a determining unit, configured to determine a measurement interval associated with the first BWP based on a measurement interval associated with a default BWP.

[0347] In some embodiments of the present application, the apparatus further includes: a determining unit, configured to determine a measurement interval associated with the first BWP based on a preconfigured measurement interval associated with the first dedicated BWP.

[0348] In some embodiments of the present application, the dedicated BWP configuration corresponding to the first dedicated BWP carries second indication information, and the second indication information is used to indicate that the preconfigured measurement interval associated with the first dedicated BWP is also the measurement interval associated with the first BWP.

[0349] In some embodiments of the present application, the first BWP is an initial BWP; or,

[0350] The first BWP is a dedicated BWP that is not configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval.

[0351] In some embodiments of the present application, the apparatus further includes: a determining unit, configured to determine the measurement interval associated with the second dedicated BWP based on the measurement configuration in the RRC connection reconfiguration message if the second dedicated BWP is not configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval; or,

[0352] If the second dedicated BWP is configured with an associated pre-configured measurement interval, the pre-configured measurement interval associated with the second dedicated BWP is determined as the measurement interval of the second dedicated BWP.

[0353] In some embodiments of the present application, the timing information of the preconfigured measurement interval is determined with reference to the timing information of the PCell or PScell; or,

[0354] The timing information of the preconfigured measurement interval is determined by referring to the timing information of the first serving cell, and the first serving cell is determined based on the configuration of the network device; or,

[0355] The timing information of the preconfigured measurement interval is determined by referring to the timing information of the serving cell where the dedicated BWP associated with the preconfigured measurement interval is located.

[0356] In some embodiments of the present application, each preconfigured measurement interval in the at least one preconfigured measurement interval corresponds to a priority;

[0357] The indication information for indicating the priority of the preconfigured measurement interval is carried in the configuration information of the preconfigured measurement interval; or,

[0358] The indication information for indicating the priority of the preconfigured measurement interval is carried in a dedicated BWP configuration associated with the preconfigured measurement interval.

[0359] In some embodiments of the present application, the priority of the preconfigured measurement interval is changed through a first instruction, and the first instruction is carried in a DCI or a MAC CE.

[0360] In some embodiments of the present application, the terminal device is configured with multiple serving cells, and the multiple serving cells correspond to multiple activated BWPs;

[0361] The apparatus further includes: a selection unit, configured to select at least one measurement interval from a plurality of measurement intervals as an activated or enabled measurement interval based on a priority of a measurement interval associated with each of the plurality of activated BWPs.

[0362] In some embodiments of the present application, the preconfigured measurement interval configured in the first configuration information is a measurement interval of UE granularity;

[0363] The selection unit is configured to select a measurement interval with the highest priority from the multiple measurement intervals as the activated or enabled measurement interval based on the priority of the measurement interval associated with each activated BWP in the multiple activated BWPs.

[0364] In some embodiments of the present application, the preconfigured measurement interval configured in the first configuration information is a measurement interval of FR granularity;

[0365] The selection unit is configured to determine, from the plurality of activated BWPs, a first activated BWP list associated with a FR1 preconfigured measurement interval and a second activated BWP list associated with a FR2 preconfigured measurement interval;

[0366] Based on the priority of the measurement interval associated with each activated BWP in the first activated BWP list, select a measurement interval from the first activated BWP list as an activated or enabled FR1 measurement interval;

[0367] Based on the priority of the measurement interval associated with each active BWP in the second active BWP list, a measurement interval is selected from the second active BWP list as the activated or enabled FR2 measurement interval.

[0368] In some embodiments of the present application, the first configuration information includes a first preconfigured measurement interval list and a second preconfigured measurement interval list, the first preconfigured measurement interval list includes one or more FR1 preconfigured measurement intervals, and the second preconfigured measurement interval list includes one or more FR2 preconfigured measurement intervals.

[0369] In some embodiments of the present application, the first preconfigured measurement interval list is associated with an FR1 indication, and the FR1 indication is used to indicate that each preconfigured measurement interval in the first preconfigured measurement interval list belongs to an FR1 preconfigured measurement interval;

[0370] The second preconfigured measurement interval list is associated with an FR2 indication, where the FR2 indication is used to indicate that each preconfigured measurement interval in the second preconfigured measurement interval list belongs to an FR2 preconfigured measurement interval;

[0371] The number range of the measurement interval index of the FR1 preconfigured measurement interval in the first preconfigured measurement interval list and the number range of the measurement interval index of the FR2 preconfigured measurement interval in the second preconfigured measurement interval list completely overlap, partially overlap, or do not overlap.

[0372] In some embodiments of the present application, in addition to being associated with a measurement interval index, the dedicated BWP is also associated with an indication, wherein the indication is the FR1 indication or the FR2 indication, and the indication is used to determine whether the preconfigured measurement interval indicated by the preconfigured measurement interval index associated with the dedicated BWP is a FR1 preconfigured measurement interval or a FR2 preconfigured measurement interval.

[0373] In some embodiments of the present application, the first configuration information includes a preconfigured measurement interval list, and the preconfigured measurement interval list includes one or more FR1 preconfigured measurement intervals and one or more FR2 preconfigured measurement intervals.

[0374] In some embodiments of the present application, each FR1 preconfigured measurement interval in the preconfigured measurement interval list is associated with a measurement interval index, and each FR2 preconfigured measurement interval is also associated with a measurement interval index;

[0375] The number range of the measurement interval index of the FR1 preconfigured measurement interval in the preconfigured measurement interval list does not overlap with the number range of the measurement interval index of the FR2 preconfigured measurement interval.

[0376] In some embodiments of the present application, the activated or enabled measurement interval is reselected under the triggering of at least one of the following events: the secondary cell is activated and the first activated BWP is not a dormant BWP;

[0377] The secondary cell is activated and the first activated BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval;

[0378] The secondary cell is activated and the first activated BWP is not a dormant BWP and the first activated BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval;

[0379] The secondary cell is deactivated and the currently activated BWP is not a dormant BWP;

[0380] The secondary cell is deactivated and the currently activated BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval;

[0381] The secondary cell is deactivated and the currently activated BWP is not a dormant BWP and the currently activated BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval;

[0382] The activated BWP of the secondary cell is switched from a source BWP to a target BWP, the target BWP is a dormant BWP and the source BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval;

[0383] The activated BWP of the secondary cell is switched from a source BWP to a target BWP, the source BWP is a dormant BWP and the target BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval;

[0384] The activated BWP of the serving cell is switched from a source BWP to a target BWP, and one of the source BWP and the target BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval;

[0385] The activated BWP of the serving cell is switched from a source BWP to a target BWP, the source BWP and the target BWP are both configured with associated preconfigured measurement intervals and the preconfigured measurement intervals of the source BWP and the target BWP are different.

[0386] The configuration device of the measurement interval provided in the embodiment of the present application is applied to a network device, and the device includes:

[0387] A sending unit is used to send first configuration information to a terminal device, where the first configuration information is used to determine at least one preconfigured measurement interval, and each preconfigured measurement interval in the at least one preconfigured measurement interval is associated with a measurement interval index.

[0388] In some embodiments of the present application, the first configuration information is carried in RRC dedicated signaling.

[0389] In some embodiments of the present application, the sending unit is also used to send second configuration information to the terminal device, the second configuration information includes at least one service cell configuration, each of the at least one service cell configuration includes at least one dedicated BWP configuration, and each of at least some of the at least one dedicated BWP is associated with a measurement interval index.

[0390] In some embodiments of the present application, the second configuration information is carried in RRC dedicated signaling.

[0391] In some embodiments of the present application, the sending unit is further used to send third configuration information to the terminal device, where the third configuration information is used to determine a first measurement interval, where the first measurement interval is a measurement interval associated with an initial BWP.

[0392] In some embodiments of the present application, the third configuration information further includes first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate that the first measurement interval is a measurement interval associated with an initial BWP.

[0393] In some embodiments of the present application,

[0394] The third configuration information is carried in a system broadcast message; or,

[0395] The third configuration information is carried in RRC dedicated signaling.

[0396] In some embodiments of the present application,

[0397] The timing information of the preconfigured measurement interval is determined by referring to the timing information of the PCell or PScell; or,

[0398] The timing information of the preconfigured measurement interval is determined by referring to the timing information of the first serving cell, and the first serving cell is determined based on the configuration of the network device; or,

[0399] The timing information of the preconfigured measurement interval is determined by referring to the timing information of the serving cell where the dedicated BWP associated with the preconfigured measurement interval is located.

[0400] In some embodiments of the present application, each preconfigured measurement interval in the at least one preconfigured measurement interval corresponds to a priority;

[0401] The indication information for indicating the priority of the preconfigured measurement interval is carried in the configuration information of the preconfigured measurement interval; or,

[0402] The indication information for indicating the priority of the preconfigured measurement interval is carried in a dedicated BWP configuration associated with the preconfigured measurement interval.

[0403] In some embodiments of the present application, the priority of the preconfigured measurement interval is changed through a first instruction, and the first instruction is carried in a DCI or a MAC CE.

[0404] The terminal device provided in the embodiment of the present application includes a processor and a memory. The memory is used to store a computer program, and the processor is used to call and run the computer program stored in the memory to execute the above-mentioned configuration method of the measurement interval.

[0405] The network device provided in the embodiment of the present application includes a processor and a memory. The memory is used to store a computer program, and the processor is used to call and run the computer program stored in the memory to execute the above-mentioned configuration method of the measurement interval.

[0406] The chip provided in the embodiment of the present application is used to implement the above-mentioned configuration method of the measurement interval.

[0407] Specifically, the chip includes: a processor, which is used to call and run a computer program from a memory, so that a device equipped with the chip executes the above-mentioned configuration method of the measurement interval.

[0408] The computer-readable storage medium provided in the embodiment of the present application is used to store a computer program, and the computer program enables a computer to execute the above-mentioned configuration method of the measurement interval.

[0409] The computer program product provided in the embodiment of the present application includes computer program instructions, which enable a computer to execute the above-mentioned measurement interval configuration method.

[0410] The computer program provided in the embodiment of the present application, when executed on a computer, enables the computer to execute the above-mentioned method for configuring the measurement interval.

[0411] Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the units and algorithm steps of each example described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Professional and technical personnel can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered to be beyond the scope of this application.

[0412] Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the systems, devices and units described above can refer to the corresponding processes in the aforementioned method embodiments and will not be repeated here.

[0413] In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices and methods can be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are only schematic. For example, the division of the units is only a logical function division. There may be other division methods in actual implementation, such as 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.

[0414] 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.

[0415] In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.

[0416] If the functions are implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as independent products, they can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present application can be essentially or partly embodied in the form of a software product that contributes to the prior art. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions for a computer device (which can be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described in each embodiment of the present application. The aforementioned storage medium includes: various media that can store program codes, such as a USB flash drive, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

[0417] The above is only a specific implementation of the present application, but the protection scope of the present application is not limited thereto. Any technician familiar with the technical field can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope disclosed in the present application, which should be included in the protection scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application should be based on the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A method for configuring a measurement interval, the method comprising: The terminal device receives first configuration information sent by the network device, where the first configuration information is used to determine at least one preconfigured measurement interval, each preconfigured measurement interval in the at least one preconfigured measurement interval is associated with a measurement interval index, The terminal device is configured with multiple serving cells, and the multiple serving cells correspond to multiple activated bandwidth parts BWP; The method further comprises: The terminal device selects at least one measurement interval from the multiple measurement intervals as an activated or enabled measurement interval based on the priority of the measurement interval associated with each of the multiple activated BWPs.

2. According to the method of claim 1, the first configuration information is carried in radio resource control RRC dedicated signaling.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The method further comprises: The terminal device receives second configuration information sent by the network device, where the second configuration information includes at least one serving cell configuration, each of the at least one serving cell configuration includes at least one dedicated bandwidth part BWP configuration, and each of at least some of the at least one dedicated BWP is associated with a measurement interval index; The terminal device determines a measurement interval associated with each dedicated BWP in the at least partially dedicated BWP based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein: The second configuration information is carried in RRC dedicated signaling.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein: The timing information of the preconfigured measurement interval is determined by referring to the timing information of the primary cell PCell or the primary and secondary cells PScell; or, The timing information of the preconfigured measurement interval is determined by referring to the timing information of the first serving cell, and the first serving cell is determined based on the configuration of the network device; or, The timing information of the preconfigured measurement interval is determined by referring to the timing information of the serving cell where the dedicated BWP associated with the preconfigured measurement interval is located.

6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein: Each preconfigured measurement interval in the at least one preconfigured measurement interval corresponds to a priority; The indication information for indicating the priority of the preconfigured measurement interval is carried in the configuration information of the preconfigured measurement interval; or, The indication information for indicating the priority of the preconfigured measurement interval is carried in a dedicated BWP configuration associated with the preconfigured measurement interval.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The activated or enabled measurement interval is reselected under the triggering of at least one of the following events: The secondary cell is activated and the first activated BWP is not a dormant BWP; The secondary cell is activated and the first activated BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval; The secondary cell is activated and the first activated BWP is not a dormant BWP and the first activated BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval; The secondary cell is deactivated and the currently activated BWP is not a dormant BWP; The secondary cell is deactivated and the currently activated BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval; The secondary cell is deactivated and the currently activated BWP is not a dormant BWP and the currently activated BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval; The activated BWP of the secondary cell is switched from a source BWP to a target BWP, the target BWP is a dormant BWP and the source BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval; The activated BWP of the secondary cell is switched from a source BWP to a target BWP, the source BWP is a dormant BWP and the target BWP is configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval; The activated BWP of the serving cell is switched from a source BWP to a target BWP, one of the source BWP and the target BWP being configured with an associated preconfigured measurement interval; An activated BWP of a serving cell is switched from a source BWP to a target BWP, wherein both the source BWP and the target BWP are configured with associated preconfigured measurement intervals and the preconfigured measurement intervals of the source BWP and the target BWP are different.

8. A method for configuring a measurement interval, the method comprising: The network device sends first configuration information to the terminal device, where the first configuration information is used to determine at least one preconfigured measurement interval, each preconfigured measurement interval in the at least one preconfigured measurement interval being associated with a measurement interval index; as well as Multiple service cells are configured for the terminal, and the multiple service cells correspond to multiple activated bandwidth parts BWP, so that the terminal device can select at least one measurement interval from the multiple measurement intervals as an activated or enabled measurement interval based on the priority of the measurement interval associated with each activated BWP in the multiple activated BWPs.

9. A computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program, wherein the computer program causes a computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 8.

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