Information reporting method, terminal, communication system, and storage medium

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an information reporting method, a terminal, a communication system and a storage medium, and relates to the technical field of communication. The method of the present disclosure comprises: reporting terminal capability information to a base station, wherein the terminal capability information indicates whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission within a switching time difference range of a first frequency band pair and a second frequency band pair when the switching times of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair are different, and / or indicates whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission on another frequency band within the first frequency band pair other than the two frequency bands and within a first switching time range when switching between the two frequency bands within the first frequency band pair and the switching time is the first switching time.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to an information reporting method, a terminal, a communication system, and a storage medium. BACKGROUND

[0002] With the continuous evolution of 5G (5th Generation Mobile Communication Technology) networks and the re-farming of gold low-frequency bands, there will be low-frequency bands below 1GHz, mid-frequency bands around 2GHz, and high-frequency bands above 3.5GHz in the multi-band networking of mobile communication FR (Frequency Range) 1 networks.

[0003] Commercial handheld terminals generally only have a maximum of 2 concurrent uplink capabilities, so 2-transmit terminals can perform uplink transmission in 3 or more frequency bands based on transmitter switching between frequency bands. SUMMARY

[0004] The inventors have found that for the scenario of switching transmission between 3 or more frequency bands by 2 sets of transmitters of a terminal, considering different cases such as the specific frequency bands and frequency domain intervals in the frequency band combination, the number of frequency bands that switch and the specific frequency bands, the terminal radio frequency and radio frequency front-end implementation, etc., the base station cannot obtain the uplink transmission capability of the terminal, and cannot effectively perform uplink resource scheduling.

[0005] One technical problem to be solved by the present disclosure is how to improve the utilization rate of uplink resources.

[0006] According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, an information reporting method is provided, wherein a terminal supports uplink switching transmission, and the method comprises: reporting terminal capability information to a base station, wherein the terminal capability information indicates whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission within the switching time difference range of a first frequency band pair and a second frequency band pair when the switching times of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair are different, and / or indicates whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission on another frequency band outside the first frequency band pair within the first switching time range when switching between two frequency bands within the first frequency band pair and the switching time is a first switching time.

[0007] In some embodiments, the switching times of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair are different, which includes: switching between two frequency bands within the first frequency band pair and the switching time is a first switching time, switching between two frequency bands within the second frequency band pair and the switching time is a second switching time, and the first switching time is greater than the second switching time, wherein at least one frequency band in the second frequency band pair is different from the two frequency bands in the first frequency band pair.

[0008] In some embodiments, whether the uplink transmission can be performed within the range of the switching time difference between the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair comprises whether the uplink transmission can be performed within the range of the time difference between the first switching time and the second switching time on each of the at least one frequency band in the second frequency band pair.

[0009] In some embodiments, the terminal capability information comprises, in each of the frequency band combinations, first sub-information corresponding to each of the frequency band pairs other than the first frequency band pair when each of the frequency band pairs is the first frequency band pair, wherein the first sub-information corresponding to each of the frequency band pairs indicates whether the terminal can perform the uplink transmission on each of the frequency bands other than the two frequency bands in the first frequency band pair within the range of the switching time difference between the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair when the switching time of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair is different.

[0010] In some embodiments, the terminal capability comprises, in each of the frequency band combinations, second sub-information corresponding to each of the frequency band pairs other than the two frequency bands in the first frequency band pair when each of the frequency band pairs is the first frequency band pair, wherein the second sub-information corresponding to each of the frequency band pairs indicates whether the terminal can perform the uplink transmission on each of the frequency bands other than the two frequency bands in the first frequency band pair within the range of the first switching time when the terminal switches between the first frequency band and the second frequency band in the first frequency band pair and the switching time is the first switching time.

[0011] In some embodiments, the terminal capability information comprises: the first information indicating whether the terminal can perform the uplink transmission within the range of the switching time difference between the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair when the switching time of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair is different, and indicating whether the terminal can perform the uplink transmission on another frequency band other than the two frequency bands in the first frequency band pair within the range of the first switching time when the terminal switches between the first frequency band and the second frequency band in the first frequency band pair and the switching time is the first switching time, or the terminal capability information comprises: the second information and / or the third information, the second information indicating whether the terminal can perform the uplink transmission within the range of the switching time difference between the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair when the switching time of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair is different, and the third information indicating whether the terminal can perform the uplink transmission on another frequency band other than the two frequency bands in the first frequency band pair within the range of the first switching time when the terminal switches between the first frequency band and the second frequency band in the first frequency band pair and the switching time is the first switching time.

[0012] In some embodiments, the method further comprises: performing the uplink transmission within the range of the switching time difference between the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair when the terminal capability information indicates that the terminal can perform the uplink transmission within the range of the switching time difference between the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair when the switching time of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair is different.

[0013] In some embodiments, in the case that the switching time of the first frequency band pair is greater than the switching time of the second frequency band pair, the uplink transmission within the range of the switching time difference between the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair comprises: uplink transmission on the frequency band before the switching of the second frequency band pair, and / or uplink transmission on the frequency band after the switching of the second frequency band pair.

[0014] In some embodiments, in the case that the terminal capability information indicates switching between two frequency bands within the first frequency band pair and the switching time is a first switching time, and uplink transmission can be performed on another frequency band outside the two frequency bands within the first frequency band pair within the range of the first switching time, the uplink transmission is performed on the other frequency band outside the two frequency bands within the first frequency band pair within the range of the first switching time.

[0015] In some embodiments, the uplink transmission is based on scheduling of the base station.

[0016] In some embodiments, the method further comprises, in the case that the terminal capability information indicates that the terminal cannot perform uplink transmission within the range of the switching time difference between the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair in the case that the switching time of the first frequency band pair is different from the switching time of the second frequency band pair, not performing uplink transmission within the range of the switching time difference between the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair.

[0017] In some embodiments, the method further comprises, in the case that the terminal capability information indicates switching between two frequency bands within the first frequency band pair and the switching time is a first switching time, and uplink transmission cannot be performed on another frequency band outside the two frequency bands within the first frequency band pair within the range of the first switching time, not performing uplink transmission on the other frequency band outside the two frequency bands within the first frequency band pair within the range of the first switching time.

[0018] According to some other embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal is provided, comprising: a sending module configured to send terminal capability information to a base station, wherein the terminal capability information indicates whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission within the range of the switching time difference between a first frequency band pair and a second frequency band pair, and / or indicates whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission on another frequency band outside the two frequency bands within the first frequency band pair within the range of the first switching time in the case that switching is performed between the two frequency bands within the first frequency band pair and the switching time is a first switching time.

[0019] According to some other embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal is provided, comprising: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor and configured to store instructions, which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the information sending method according to any of the preceding embodiments.

[0020] According to some other embodiments of the present disclosure, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium is provided, which stores a computer program, wherein the program, when executed by a processor, implements the information sending method according to any of the preceding embodiments.

[0021] According to yet some embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication system is provided, comprising: the terminal of any of the preceding embodiments; and a base station configured to receive the terminal capability information reported by the terminal.

[0022] The terminal supporting uplink switching transmission in the present disclosure reports terminal capability information to a base station, indicating whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission within a switching time difference range of a first frequency band pair and a second frequency band pair in a case that the switching time of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair is different, and / or indicating whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission on another frequency band within the first frequency band pair other than the two frequency bands within the first frequency band pair within a first switching time in a case that the switching is performed between the two frequency bands within the first frequency band pair and the first switching time. Thus, the base station can perform scheduling according to the capability information of the terminal, improve uplink resource utilization, and improve scheduling efficiency and effectiveness.

[0023] Other features of the present disclosure, and their advantages, will become apparent in the non-limiting detailed description of exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, which is presented in connection with the following drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0024] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure or the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments or the prior art description will be briefly introduced as follows. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without any creative effort based on these drawings.

[0025] Figure 1 A flowchart of a method for reporting information according to some embodiments of the present disclosure is shown.

[0026] Figure 2A A schematic diagram of uplink transmission by two sets of transmitters of a terminal according to some embodiments of the present disclosure is shown.

[0027] Figure 2B A schematic diagram of uplink transmission by two sets of transmitters of a terminal according to some other embodiments of the present disclosure is shown.

[0028] Figure 2C A schematic diagram of uplink transmission by two sets of transmitters of a terminal according to yet some embodiments of the present disclosure is shown.

[0029] Figure 2D A schematic diagram of uplink transmission by two sets of transmitters of a terminal according to still some embodiments of the present disclosure is shown.

[0030] Figure 3A A schematic diagram of uplink transmission by two sets of transmitters of a terminal according to yet some embodiments of the present disclosure is shown.

[0031] Figure 3B Fig. 2 shows a schematic diagram of uplink transmission of two sets of transmitters of a terminal according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0032] Figure 4 Fig. 3 shows a schematic diagram of a structure of a terminal according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0033] Figure 5 Fig. 4 shows a schematic diagram of a structure of a terminal according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0034] Figure 6 Fig. 5 shows a schematic diagram of a structure of a terminal according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0035] Figure 7 Fig. 6 shows a schematic diagram of a structure of a communication system according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0036] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, rather than all the embodiments of the present disclosure. The following description of at least one exemplary embodiment is actually only illustrative in nature, and by no means as any limitation on the present disclosure and its application or use. Based on the embodiments in the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative work fall within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.

[0037] The present disclosure provides an information reporting method, which will be described below. Figures 1-3B

[0038] Figure 1 Fig. 1 is a flowchart of some embodiments of the method of the present disclosure. As shown in the figure, the method of this embodiment, performed by a terminal, includes steps S102-S106. Figure 1

[0039] In step S102, terminal capability information is reported to a base station.

[0040] For a communication system configured with N (N>=3) uplink frequency bands and simultaneously transmitting in M (M<=2) uplink frequency bands, two sets of transmitters of a terminal can be dynamically switched between N frequency bands, and at different time points, uplink transmission can be performed in different frequency bands. The terminal supports uplink switching transmission, and the frequency band pairs (Band Pair) of the two sets of transmitters of the terminal for switching can be the same or different.

[0041] ​​In some embodiments, the terminal capability (UE Capability) information indicates whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission within a range of a time difference between a switching time of the first frequency band pair and a switching time of the second frequency band pair, and / or indicates whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission on another frequency band within the first frequency band pair other than the two frequency bands within the first frequency band pair within a range of the first switching time when switching between the two frequency bands within the first frequency band pair and the first switching time.

[0042] The terminal capability information includes the capability of the terminal in the first case and / or the second case. For example, the first case includes: switching between the two frequency bands within the first frequency band pair and the first switching time, switching between the two frequency bands within the second frequency band pair and the second switching time, and the first switching time is greater than the second switching time, wherein at least one frequency band within the second frequency band pair is different from the two frequency bands within the first frequency band pair.

[0043] For example, the first transmitter of the terminal switches between the two frequency bands (e.g., frequency bands A and B) within the first frequency band pair with the first switching time t1, the second transmitter switches between the two frequency bands (e.g., frequency bands C and D, frequency bands A and C, frequency bands D and B, etc.) within the second frequency band pair with the second switching time t2, and t1>t2. The first transmitter and the second transmitter are on the same frequency band before switching and are on different frequency bands after switching, or the first transmitter and the second transmitter are on different frequency bands before switching and are on the same frequency band after switching, or the first transmitter and the second transmitter are on different frequency bands before and after switching. That is, at least one frequency band within the second frequency band pair is different from the two frequency bands (e.g., frequency bands A and B) within the first frequency band pair.

[0044] For the first case, the terminal capability information indicates whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission on at least one frequency band within the second frequency band pair within a range of the time difference between the first switching time and the second switching time.

[0045] For example, the second case includes: switching between the first frequency band and the second frequency band within the first frequency band pair and the first switching time, and maintaining on the third frequency band.

[0046] For example, when the first transmitter of the terminal switches between the two frequency bands (e.g., frequency bands A and B) with the first switching time t1, the second set of transmitters always maintains on another frequency band (e.g., frequency band C) unchanged.

[0047] For the second case, the terminal capability information indicates whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission on the third frequency band within a range of the first switching time.

[0048] For the above first and second cases, the terminal can uniformly report a set of capability information or report a set of capability information for the first case and a set of capability information for the second case (i.e., report two sets of capability information or report one of the two sets).

[0049] In some embodiments, the terminal capability information includes: first information indicating whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission within a range of a switching time difference between a first band pair and a second band pair when the switching times of the first band pair and the second band pair are different, and indicating whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission on another band within the first band pair other than the two bands within the first band pair within a range of a first switching time when switching between the first band and the second band within the first band pair and the switching time is the first switching time.

[0050] In some embodiments, the terminal capability information includes: second information and / or third information, the second information indicating whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission within a range of a switching time difference between a first band pair and a second band pair when the switching times of the first band pair and the second band pair are different, and the third information indicating whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission on another band within the first band pair other than the two bands within the first band pair within a range of a first switching time when switching between the first band and the second band within the first band pair and the switching time is the first switching time.

[0051] For example, the reporting granularity of the terminal capability information is: for each band combination, each band pair (i.e., 2 bands), and each band other than the band pair within the band combination (i.e., each band other than the band pair).

[0052] In some embodiments, the terminal capability information includes: in each band combination, first sub-information corresponding to each band pair other than the first band pair when the band pair is the first band pair, wherein the first sub-information corresponding to each band pair indicates whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission on each band other than the two bands within the first band pair within a range of a switching time difference between the first band pair and a second band pair when the switching times of the first band pair and the second band pair are different.

[0053] In some embodiments, the terminal capability includes: in each band combination, second sub-information corresponding to each band pair other than the two bands within the first band pair when the band pair is the first band pair, wherein the second sub-information corresponding to each band pair indicates whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission on each band other than the two bands within the first band pair within a range of a first switching time when switching between the first band and the second band within the first band pair and the switching time is the first switching time.

[0054] For example, for the frequency band combination A+B+C: for the frequency band pair A+B (as the first frequency band pair), report whether uplink transmission can be performed in frequency band C; for the frequency band pair A+C (as the first frequency band pair), report whether uplink transmission can be performed in frequency band B; for the frequency band pair B+C (as the first frequency band pair), report whether uplink transmission can be performed in frequency band A.

[0055] For example, for the frequency band combination A+B+C+D: for the frequency band pair A+B, report whether uplink transmission can be performed in frequency bands C and D respectively; for the frequency band pair A+C, report whether uplink transmission can be performed in frequency bands B and D respectively; for the frequency band pair A+D, report whether uplink transmission can be performed in frequency bands B and C respectively; for the frequency band pair B+C, report whether uplink transmission can be performed in frequency bands A and D respectively; for the frequency band pair B+D, report whether uplink transmission can be performed in frequency bands A and C respectively; for the frequency band pair C+D, report whether uplink transmission can be performed in frequency bands A and B respectively.

[0056] If a set of capability information is reported for the first case and / or a set of capability information is reported for the second case (i.e., two sets of capability information are reported or one of the two sets is reported), each set of capability information can include, in each frequency band combination, first sub-information or second sub-information corresponding to each frequency band pair other than the first frequency band pair when each frequency band pair is taken as the first frequency band pair, which will not be described in detail.

[0057] The terminal capability reporting signaling can include a frequency band combination uplink transmission switching field, further include an uplink transmission switching frequency band pair field, and further include an uplink transmission switching maintaining uplink transmission field, which can indicate maintaining uplink transmission in another frequency band other than the two frequency bands in the first frequency band pair, corresponding to the second case described above.

[0058] In step S104, uplink transmission or no uplink transmission is performed within the switching time difference range of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair according to the terminal capability information.

[0059] In some embodiments, in the case where the terminal capability information indicates that the terminal can perform uplink transmission within the switching time difference range of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair, uplink transmission is performed within the switching time difference range of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair. And / or, in the case where the terminal capability information indicates that the terminal cannot perform uplink transmission within the switching time difference range of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair, no uplink transmission is performed within the switching time difference range of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair.

[0060] In some embodiments, uplink transmission is performed on the frequency band before the switching of the second frequency band pair, and / or uplink transmission is performed on the frequency band after the switching of the second frequency band pair.

[0061] In some embodiments, the uplink transmission is based on base station scheduling. The start of the switching of the first transmitter and the second transmitter is based on the base station scheduling.

[0062] For example, the first transmitter and the second transmitter start switching at the same time, and then the uplink transmission is performed on the frequency band switched by the second transmitter in the time range from when the second transmitter finishes switching to when the first transmitter finishes switching. For another example, the first transmitter starts switching first, and the first transmitter and the second transmitter finish switching at the same time, and then the uplink transmission is performed on the frequency band switched by the second transmitter in the time range from when the first transmitter starts switching to when the second transmitter starts switching. For yet another example, the first transmitter starts switching first, and the second transmitter finishes switching first, and then the uplink transmission is performed on the frequency band switched by the second transmitter in the time range from when the second transmitter finishes switching to when the first transmitter finishes switching, and the uplink transmission is performed on the frequency band switched by the second transmitter in the time range from when the first transmitter starts switching to when the second transmitter starts switching.

[0063] Taking a first frequency band pair of frequency bands A and B and a second frequency band pair of frequency bands C and D as an example, as shown in FIG. 1, the transmitter 1 (the first transmitter) switches between the frequency bands A and B, and the transmitter 2 (the second transmitter) switches between the frequency bands C and D. The transmitter 1 and the transmitter 2 start switching at the same time, and the transmitter 2 finishes switching first. Then, the uplink transmission is performed on the frequency band D in the time range t1-t2. The specific base station scheduling determines. Figure 2A As shown in FIG. 2, the transmitter 1 (the first transmitter) switches between the frequency bands A and B, and the transmitter 2 (the second transmitter) switches between the frequency bands C and D. The transmitter 1 starts switching first, and the transmitter 1 and the transmitter 2 finish switching at the same time. Then, the uplink transmission is performed on the frequency band C in the time range t1-t2. The specific base station scheduling determines.

[0064] Figure 2B As shown in FIG. 3, the transmitter 1 (the first transmitter) switches between the frequency bands A and B, and the transmitter 2 (the second transmitter) switches between the frequency bands C and D. The transmitter 1 starts switching first, and the transmitter 1 and the transmitter 2 finish switching at the same time. Then, the uplink transmission is performed on the frequency band C in the time range t1-t2. The specific base station scheduling determines.

[0065] As shown in FIG. 4, the transmitter 1 (the first transmitter) switches between the frequency bands A and B, and the transmitter 2 (the second transmitter) switches between the frequency bands C and D. The transmitter 1 starts switching first, and the transmitter 2 finishes switching first. Then, the uplink transmission is performed on the frequency band C first, and then the uplink transmission is performed on the frequency band D. The specific base station scheduling determines. Figure 2C As shown in FIG. 5, the transmitter 1 (the first transmitter) switches between the frequency bands A and B, and the transmitter 2 (the second transmitter) switches between the frequency bands C and D. In the time range t1-t2, no uplink transmission is performed.

[0066] Figure 2D As shown in FIG. 6, the transmitter 1 (the first transmitter) switches between the frequency bands A and B, and the transmitter 2 (the second transmitter) switches between the frequency bands C and D. In the time range t1-t2, no uplink transmission is performed.

[0067] ​​In step S106, according to the terminal capability information, uplink transmission is performed on another frequency band outside the two frequency bands in the first frequency band pair within the first switching time range or no uplink transmission is performed.

[0068] In some embodiments, in the case that the terminal capability information indicates switching between the two frequency bands in the first frequency band pair and the switching time is the first switching time, uplink transmission is performed on another frequency band outside the two frequency bands in the first frequency band pair within the first switching time range. And / or in the case that the terminal capability information indicates switching between the two frequency bands in the first frequency band pair and the switching time is the first switching time, no uplink transmission is performed on another frequency band outside the two frequency bands in the first frequency band pair within the first switching time range.

[0069] Taking the first frequency band pair as frequency bands A and B and the second transmitter maintaining in frequency band C as an example, as shown in FIG. 1, transmitter 1 (the first transmitter) switches between frequency bands A and B, and transmitter 2 (the second transmitter) maintains in frequency band C. Transmitter 2 performs uplink transmission in frequency band C within t1. The specific decision is made by the base station scheduling. Figure 3A

[0070] As shown in FIG. 2, transmitter 1 (the first transmitter) switches between frequency bands A and B, and transmitter 2 (the second transmitter) maintains in frequency band C. Transmitter 2 does not perform uplink transmission in frequency band C within t1. Figure 3B

[0071] In the above embodiments, the terminal supporting uplink switching transmission reports terminal capability information to the base station, indicating whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission within the switching time difference range of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair in the case that the switching time of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair is different, and / or indicating whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission on another frequency band outside the two frequency bands in the first frequency band pair within the first switching time range in the case that the switching time between the two frequency bands in the first frequency band pair is the first switching time. Thus, the base station can perform scheduling according to the capability information of the terminal, improve the utilization rate of uplink resources, and improve the scheduling efficiency and effectiveness.

[0072] In addition, in the case that the terminal can perform uplink transmission within the switching time difference range of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair or can perform uplink transmission on another frequency band outside the two frequency bands in the first frequency band pair within the first switching time range, the interruption of uplink transmission can be reduced, the system performance can be improved, and the limitation of network scheduling can be reduced.

[0073] ​​In cases where uplink transmission cannot be performed within the handover time difference between the first and second frequency band pairs, or where uplink transmission cannot be performed on another frequency band outside the two frequency bands within the first frequency band pair within the first handover time range, the base station can be clearly informed of the uplink transmission interruption, thus achieving controllable interruption.

[0074] This disclosure also provides a terminal, which is described below in conjunction with... Figure 4 Describe it.

[0075] Figure 4 This is a structural diagram of some embodiments of the terminal disclosed herein. For example... Figure 4 As shown, the terminal 40 in this embodiment includes a sending module 410.

[0076] The transmitting module 410 is used to report terminal capability information to the base station. The terminal capability information indicates whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission within the time difference between the switching times of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair, and / or indicates whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission on another frequency band outside the two frequency bands in the first frequency band pair within the first switching time range when switching between the two frequency bands in the first frequency band pair and the switching time is the first switching time.

[0077] In some embodiments, the different switching times of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair include: switching between two frequency bands in the first frequency band pair for a first switching time, and switching between two frequency bands in the second frequency band pair for a second switching time, wherein the first switching time is greater than the second switching time, and at least one frequency band in the second frequency band pair is different from both frequency bands in the first frequency band pair.

[0078] In some embodiments, whether uplink transmission can be performed within the time difference between the switching of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair includes whether uplink transmission can be performed on at least one frequency band within the second frequency band pair within the time difference between the first switching time and the second switching time.

[0079] In some embodiments, the terminal capability information includes: in each frequency band combination, when each frequency band pair is the first frequency band pair, the first sub-information corresponding to each frequency band other than the first frequency band pair, wherein the first sub-information corresponding to each frequency band indicates whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission on each frequency band other than the two frequency bands in the first frequency band pair within the range of the time difference between the switching time of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair.

[0080] In some embodiments, the terminal capability includes: in each frequency band combination, in a case that each frequency band pair is the first frequency band pair, second sub-information corresponding to each frequency band pair other than the two frequency bands in the first frequency band pair, wherein the second sub-information corresponding to each frequency band pair indicates whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission on each frequency band other than the two frequency bands in the first frequency band pair within a first switching time range in a case that the terminal switches between the first frequency band and the second frequency band in the first frequency band pair and the switching time is the first switching time.

[0081] In some embodiments, the terminal capability information includes: the first information indicating that the switching time of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair of the terminal is different, whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission within a difference range of the switching time of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair, and whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission on another frequency band other than the two frequency bands in the first frequency band pair within a first switching time range in a case that the terminal switches between the two frequency bands in the first frequency band pair and the switching time is the first switching time; or the terminal capability information includes: the second information indicating that the switching time of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair of the terminal is different, whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission within a difference range of the switching time of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair, and the third information indicating whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission on another frequency band other than the two frequency bands in the first frequency band pair within a first switching time range in a case that the terminal switches between the two frequency bands in the first frequency band pair and the switching time is the first switching time.

[0082] In some embodiments, the sending module 410 is further configured to perform uplink transmission within a difference range of the switching time of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair in a case that the terminal capability information indicates that the switching time of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair of the terminal is different and the terminal can perform uplink transmission within the difference range of the switching time of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair.

[0083] In some embodiments, in a case that the switching time of the first frequency band pair is greater than the switching time of the second frequency band pair, the sending module 410 is configured to perform uplink transmission on a frequency band before switching of the second frequency band pair and / or perform uplink transmission on a frequency band after switching of the second frequency band pair.

[0084] In some embodiments, the sending module 410 is configured to perform uplink transmission on another frequency band other than the two frequency bands in the first frequency band pair in a case that the terminal capability information indicates that the terminal can perform uplink transmission on the other frequency band other than the two frequency bands in the first frequency band pair within a first switching time range in a case that the terminal switches between the two frequency bands in the first frequency band pair and the switching time is the first switching time.

[0085] In some embodiments, the terminal 40 further includes a receiving module 420 configured to receive scheduling information of the base station, and the uplink transmission is based on the scheduling of the base station.

[0086] In some embodiments, the sending module 410 is configured to, in a case where the terminal capability information indicates that the terminal is incapable of performing uplink transmission within a range of switching time difference between the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair when switching time of the terminal is different between the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair, not perform uplink transmission within the range of switching time difference between the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair.

[0087] In some embodiments, the sending module 410 is configured to, in a case where the terminal capability information indicates that the terminal is incapable of performing uplink transmission on another frequency band within the first frequency band pair within a range of a first switching time when switching between two frequency bands within the first frequency band pair is performed and the first switching time, not perform uplink transmission on the another frequency band within the first frequency band pair within the range of the first switching time.

[0088] Embodiments of the terminal in the present disclosure can each be implemented by various computing devices or computer systems, which are described below in conjunction with Figure 5 and Figure 6 .

[0089] Figure 5 is a structural diagram of some embodiments of the terminal in the present disclosure. As Figure 5 shown, the terminal 50 of this embodiment includes a memory 510 and a processor 520 coupled to the memory 510, and the processor 520 is configured to perform the information reporting method in any of some embodiments of the present disclosure based on instructions stored in the memory 510.

[0090] The memory 510 may, for example, include system memory, fixed non-volatile storage media, etc. The system memory may, for example, store an operating system, application programs, a Boot Loader, a database, and other programs, etc.

[0091] Figure 6 is a structural diagram of some other embodiments of the terminal in the present disclosure. As Figure 6 shown, the terminal 60 of this embodiment includes a memory 610 and a processor 620, which are similar to the memory 510 and the processor 520, respectively. It can also include an input / output interface 630, a network interface 640, a storage interface 650, etc. These interfaces 630, 640, 650 and the memory 610 and the processor 620 may, for example, be connected through a bus 660. The input / output interface 630 provides a connection interface for display, mouse, keyboard, touch screen, and other input / output devices. The network interface 640 provides a connection interface for various networking devices, which may, for example, be connected to a database server or a cloud storage server, etc. The storage interface 650 provides a connection interface for external storage devices such as SD cards, U disks, etc.

[0092] The present disclosure also provides a communication system, which is described below in conjunction with Figure 7Describe it.

[0093] Figure 7 This is a structural diagram of some embodiments of the communication system disclosed herein. For example... Figure 7 As shown, the system 7 in this embodiment includes: terminals 40 / 50 / 60 and base station 72.

[0094] Base station 72 is used to receive terminal capability information reported by terminals 40 / 50 / 60. Base station 72 is also used to perform uplink scheduling for terminals 40 / 50 / 60 based on the terminal capability information.

[0095] Those skilled in the art will understand that embodiments of this disclosure can be provided as methods, systems, or computer program products. Therefore, this disclosure can take the form of a completely hardware embodiment, a completely software embodiment, or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, this disclosure can take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable non-transitory storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, etc.) containing computer-usable program code.

[0096] This disclosure is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and / or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of this disclosure. It should be understood that each block of the flowchart illustrations and / or block diagrams, and combinations of blocks in the flowchart illustrations and / or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions can be provided to a processor of a general-purpose computer, special-purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create a machine for implementing the flowchart illustrations and / or block diagrams. Figure 1 One or more processes and / or boxes Figure 1 A device that provides the functions specified in one or more boxes.

[0097] These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable storage medium that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing device to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable storage medium produce an article of manufacture including instruction means, which are implemented in a process Figure 1 One or more processes and / or boxes Figure 1 The function specified in one or more boxes.

[0098] These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing equipment to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable equipment to produce a computer-implemented process, thereby providing instructions that execute on the computer or other programmable equipment for implementing the process. Figure 1 One or more processes and / or boxesFigure 1 Figure 1 the steps of the functions specified in the one or more blocks.

[0099] The above descriptions are only the preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, not intended to limit the present disclosure, and any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present disclosure shall be included in the protection scope of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. An information reporting method, performed by a terminal, wherein, The terminal supports uplink switching transmission, and the method comprises: reporting terminal capability information to a base station, wherein the terminal capability information comprises, in each frequency band combination, second sub-information corresponding to each frequency band pair as the first frequency band pair, wherein, in the case that the first frequency band pair, switching is performed between the first frequency band and the second frequency band within the first frequency band pair and the switching time is a first switching time, and the second sub-information corresponding to each frequency band pair other than the two frequency bands within the first frequency band pair, wherein the second sub-information corresponding to each frequency band pair indicates whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission on each frequency band other than the two frequency bands within the first frequency band pair within the first switching time range.

2. The information reporting method of claim 1, wherein, The each frequency band combination comprises 3 or more than 3 frequency bands.

3. The information reporting method of claim 1, wherein, The terminal capability information is further used to indicate whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission within the switching time difference range of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair when the switching times of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair are different.

4. The information reporting method of claim 3, wherein, The switching times of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair are different, comprising: switching between the two frequency bands within the first frequency band pair and the switching time being a first switching time, switching between the two frequency bands within the second frequency band pair and the switching time being a second switching time, and the first switching time being greater than the second switching time, wherein at least one frequency band within the second frequency band pair is different from the two frequency bands within the first frequency band pair.

5. The information reporting method of claim 4, wherein, The whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission within the switching time difference range of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair comprises: whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission on at least one frequency band within the second frequency band pair within the time difference range of the first switching time and the second switching time.

6. The information reporting method of claim 3, wherein, The terminal capability information further comprises, in each frequency band combination, first sub-information corresponding to each frequency band pair other than the first frequency band pair as the first frequency band pair, wherein the first sub-information corresponding to each frequency band pair indicates whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission on each frequency band other than the two frequency bands within the first frequency band pair within the switching time difference range of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair when the switching times of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair are different.

7. The information reporting method according to claim 3, wherein The terminal capability information further comprises first information indicating whether the terminal can perform uplink transmission within the switching time difference range of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair when the switching times of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair are different.

8. The information reporting method according to any one of claims 3-7, further comprising: performing uplink transmission within the switching time difference range of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair when the terminal capability information indicates that the terminal can perform uplink transmission within the switching time difference range of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair when the switching times of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair are different.

9. The information reporting method of claim 8, wherein, In the case that the switching time of the first frequency band pair is greater than the switching time of the second frequency band pair, the performing uplink transmission within the switching time difference range of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair comprises: perform uplink transmission on another frequency band in the first frequency band pair other than the two frequency bands within the first switching time range.

10. The information reporting method of any one of claims 1-7, wherein, perform uplink transmission on another frequency band in the first frequency band pair other than the two frequency bands within the first switching time range.

11. The information reporting method of claim 9 or 10, wherein, The uplink transmission is based on scheduling of the base station.

12. The information reporting method of any of claims 3-7, further comprising: perform uplink transmission within the switching time difference range of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair in case that the terminal capability information indicates that the terminal is not capable of performing uplink transmission within the switching time difference range of the first frequency band pair and the second frequency band pair.

13. The information reporting method of any of claims 1-7, further comprising: perform uplink transmission on another frequency band in the first frequency band pair other than the two frequency bands within the first switching time range.

14. A terminal, comprising: a sending module, configured to report terminal capability information to a base station, wherein the terminal capability information comprises, in case that each frequency band combination, each frequency band pair as a first frequency band pair, a first switching time between a first frequency band and a second frequency band in the first frequency band pair, and a second sub-information corresponding to each frequency band pair other than the two frequency bands in the first frequency band pair, wherein the second sub-information corresponding to each frequency band pair indicates whether the terminal is capable of performing uplink transmission on each frequency band other than the two frequency bands in the first frequency band pair within the first switching time range.

15. A terminal, comprising: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, configured to store instructions, which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the information reporting method of any of claims 1-13.

16. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program, wherein, The program, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the method of any of claims 1-13.

17. A communication system comprising: The terminal of claim 14 or 15; and a base station, configured to receive the terminal capability information reported by the terminal.

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