Communication method and device

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides a communication method and device, and the method comprises the steps: receiving first information through terminal equipment, and obtaining a measurement interval GAP corresponding to one or more measurement object sets; wherein the first information indicates priorities corresponding to one or more measurements, the one or more measurement object sets are determined according to the priorities of one or more measurement objects, and the measurement GAP is used for measuring the measurement object set corresponding to the measurement GAP.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The embodiments of the present application relate to the field of communications, and in particular, to a communication method and device. Background Art

[0002] In a wireless communication system, when a terminal moves from the coverage of one cell to the coverage of another cell, a cell handover is required to ensure the continuity of the terminal service. Specifically, in the radio resource control (RRC) connected state (RRC_CONNECTED), the base station sends measurement configuration information to the terminal through an RRC reconfiguration message. The terminal performs cell measurement according to the measurement configuration information and reports a measurement report. The base station determines the target cell or candidate cell for handover based on the measurement report.

[0003] The above measurement reporting mechanism may cause the target cell or candidate cell determined by the base station during the cell switching process to fail to meet the service requirements of the terminal and / or the operator. Summary of the invention

[0004] The embodiments of the present application provide a communication method and apparatus, which can enable a target cell or a candidate cell determined by a wireless access network device to meet the service requirements of a terminal device and / or an operator.

[0005] In a first aspect, a communication method is provided, which can be executed by a terminal device, or by a component of the terminal device, such as a processor, a chip, or a chip system of the terminal device, or by a logic module or software that can implement all or part of the functions of the terminal device. The method includes: receiving first information, the first information indicating the priority of one or more measurement objects; obtaining measurement intervals GAPs corresponding to one or more measurement object sets, respectively, the one or more measurement object sets are determined according to the priority of one or more measurement objects, and the measurement GAP is used to measure the measurement object set corresponding to the measurement GAP.

[0006] Based on this solution, the terminal device can measure a measurement object set within the measurement GAP corresponding to the measurement object set, that is, the terminal device can measure different measurement object sets in different GAPs, that is, different measurement GAPs can be used according to different measurement object sets to ensure that the frequency points indicated by each measurement object in the measurement object set can be fully measured. For example, in order to adapt the measurement duration of each measurement object in the measurement object set, a measurement GAP with a shorter duration may be used when there are fewer measurement objects in the measurement object set, and a measurement GAP with a longer duration may be used when there are more measurement objects in the measurement object set. Compared with the solution of configuring only one measurement GAP and completing the measurement of different measurement object sets within the one measurement GAP, on the one hand, it can avoid the degradation of transmission performance caused by too long a data transmission suspension time, and on the other hand, it can avoid the degradation of measurement performance caused by insufficient measurement duration.

[0007] In addition, since one or more measurement object sets are determined according to the priority of one or more measurement objects, the terminal device can select a suitable measurement object set for measurement according to the priority. For example, a measurement object set including the highest priority can be selected for measurement. It can be understood that in different scenarios, the priority of the same measurement object may be different, so that one or more measurement object sets determined according to the priority in different scenarios are also different. For example, the priority of one or more measurement objects can be set according to the business needs of the terminal device, such as setting the priority of the measurement object that best meets the business needs to the highest priority, and setting the priority of the measurement object that more meets the business needs to the second highest priority. Thus, when selecting a measurement object set, the terminal device can give priority to the measurement object set that includes the highest priority and best meets the business needs for measurement, so that the target cell found meets the business needs as much as possible.

[0008] In one possible design, obtaining measurement GAPs corresponding to one or more measurement object sets includes: receiving an Nth measurement GAP corresponding to an Nth measurement object set in one or more measurement object sets, where N is a positive integer.

[0009] Based on this possible design, the terminal device can measure different measurement object sets in different measurement GAPs. That is, different measurement GAPs can be used according to different measurement object sets to ensure that the frequency points indicated by each measurement object in the measurement object set can be fully measured. For example, when there are fewer measurement objects in the measurement object set, the measurement objects in the measurement object set indicate fewer frequency points. Therefore, the measurement duration (SSB search time window) of each frequency point in the fewer frequency points can be adapted, that is, a measurement GAP with a shorter duration is used. When there are more measurement objects in the measurement object set, the measurement objects in the measurement object set indicate more frequency points. Therefore, in order to adapt the measurement duration of each frequency point in the more frequency points, a measurement GAP with a longer duration can be used. Compared with the solution of configuring only one measurement GAP and completing the measurement of different measurement object sets within the one measurement GAP, it can avoid the degradation of data transmission performance and measurement performance caused by unreasonable GAP settings.

[0010] In one possible design, obtaining measurement GAPs corresponding to one or more measurement object sets respectively also includes: when the measurement amount of the measurement object with the lowest priority among the priorities of one or more measurement objects in the Nth measurement object set is less than or equal to a first threshold, receiving the N+1th measurement GAP corresponding to the N+1th measurement object set in one or more measurement object sets, wherein the first threshold is used to determine whether the measurement amount of the measurement object with the lowest priority in the Nth measurement object set satisfies the requirement for starting measurement of the Xth measurement object in one or more measurement objects, the N+1th measurement object set includes the Nth measurement object set and the Xth measurement object, the priority of the Xth measurement object is lower than the lowest priority of the measurement objects in the Nth measurement object set, and X is a positive integer.

[0011] Based on this possible design, when the measurement amount of the measurement object with the lowest priority among the priorities of one or more measurement objects in the Nth measurement object set is less than or equal to the first threshold, it indicates that the measurement amount of the measurement object with the lowest priority does not meet the corresponding measurement reporting condition, that is, the terminal device fails to report the measurement amount. In order to avoid the failure of the radio link in the current cell due to the delay in switching of the terminal device, the low-priority measurement object (that is, the Xth measurement object) can be added to the Nth measurement object set to form the N+1th measurement object set, so as to expand the measurement range and increase the probability of finding the target cell, thereby realizing timely and reasonable switching.

[0012] In one possible design, the communication method also includes: receiving indication information used to indicate the first threshold.

[0013] Based on this possible design, when the measurement amount of the lowest-priority measurement object among the priorities of one or more measurement objects in the Nth measurement object set is less than or equal to the first threshold, it means that the measurement amount of the lowest-priority measurement object does not meet its corresponding measurement reporting condition. At this time, the measurement amount of each measurement object in the Nth measurement object set is poor. If only the measurement objects in the Nth measurement object set are still measured, the measurement amount reporting may not be achieved. Therefore, the low-priority measurement object (i.e., the Xth measurement object) is also added to the Nth measurement object set to obtain the N+1th measurement object set, so as to expand the measurement range and improve the probability of finding the target cell, thereby achieving timely and reasonable cell switching.

[0014] In one possible design, before receiving the N+1th measurement GAP corresponding to the N+1th measurement object set in one or more measurement object sets, the communication method also includes: sending indication information for instructing to start measurement of the Xth measurement object.

[0015] Based on this possible design, after the measurement object range is expanded (i.e., from measuring the Nth measurement object set to measuring the N+1th measurement object set), the terminal device needs to send indication information to the radio access network device to indicate the start of measurement of the Xth measurement object, thereby enabling each measurement object in the N+1th measurement object set. The radio access network device is informed of the measurement object set (i.e., the N+1th measurement object set) that currently needs to be measured, and indicates the N+1th measurement GAP corresponding to the N+1th measurement object set to the terminal device, so as to ensure that the terminal device can fully measure each measurement object in the N+1th measurement object set, thereby avoiding the degradation of measurement performance.

[0016] In a possible design, when there is a second threshold, the N+1th measurement object set includes the Nth measurement object set and the Xth measurement object, and the second threshold is used to determine whether the measurement amount of the Xth measurement object satisfies the requirement of starting measurement of the Yth measurement object among one or more measurement objects, the priority of the Yth measurement object is lower than the priority of the Xth measurement object, and Y is a positive integer.

[0017] In a possible design, when the second threshold does not exist and the third threshold exists, the N+1th measurement object set also includes the Yth measurement object among the one or more measurement objects, the second threshold is used to determine whether the measurement amount of the Xth measurement object satisfies the requirements for starting the measurement of the Yth measurement object, the third threshold is used to determine whether the measurement amount of the Yth measurement object satisfies the requirements for starting the measurement of the Zth measurement object among the one or more measurement objects, the priority of the Yth measurement object is lower than the priority of the Xth measurement object, the priority of the Zth measurement object is lower than the priority of the Yth measurement object, and X, Y, and Z are all positive integers.

[0018] In one possible design, the communication method also includes: receiving indication information used to indicate a second threshold.

[0019] In one possible design, the communication method also includes: receiving indication information for indicating a third threshold.

[0020] Based on the above four possible designs, when the measurement amount of the lowest priority measurement object among the priorities of one or more measurement objects in the Nth measurement object set is less than or equal to the first threshold, it means that the measurement amount of the lowest priority measurement object does not meet its corresponding measurement reporting condition. At this time, the measurement amount of each measurement object in the Nth measurement object set is poor, so the measurement range needs to be expanded. Therefore, the terminal device can expand the measurement range (i.e., determine the measurement objects that need to be added to the Nth measurement object set) according to whether there is a threshold (such as a second threshold and a third threshold) for determining whether to start low-priority frequency point measurement. For example, when the second threshold exists, the Xth measurement object is added to the Nth measurement object set to form the N+1th measurement object set (at this time, the N+1th measurement object set includes the Nth measurement object set and the Xth measurement object). When the second threshold does not exist and the third threshold exists, the Xth measurement object and the Yth measurement object are added to the measurement object set (at this time, the N+1th measurement object set includes the Nth measurement object set, the Xth measurement object, and the X+1th measurement object). Compared with the solution of measuring all measurement objects, it can reduce measurement actions and save power consumption.

[0021] In one possible design, obtaining measurement GAPs corresponding to one or more measurement object sets respectively also includes: when the measurement amount of the Mth measurement object in the priority of one or more measurement objects in the Nth measurement object set is greater than or equal to a fourth threshold, receiving the N+1th measurement GAP corresponding to the N+1th measurement object set in one or more measurement object sets, wherein the fourth threshold is used to determine whether the measurement amount of the Mth measurement object in the Nth measurement object set satisfies the requirement of stopping the measurement of measurement objects whose priority is less than that of the Mth measurement object, and the N+1th measurement object set includes measurement objects in the Nth measurement object set whose priority is greater than or equal to that of the Mth measurement object, and M is a positive integer.

[0022] In one possible design, before receiving the N+1th measurement GAP corresponding to the N+1th measurement object set in one or more measurement object sets, the communication method also includes: sending indication information for indicating to stop measuring the measurement objects whose priority is less than the priority of the Mth measurement object.

[0023] Based on the above two possible designs, when the measurement amount of the Mth measurement object in the Nth measurement object set is greater than or equal to the fourth threshold, it means that the measurement amount of the Mth measurement object is good, that is, if the measurement object with a priority greater than or equal to the priority of the Mth measurement object in the Nth measurement object set is measured at this time, the probability of the terminal device reporting the measurement is relatively high, so there is no need to measure the measurement object with a priority less than the priority of the Mth measurement object, so the measurement range can be narrowed, that is, the N+1th measurement object set includes the measurement objects with a priority greater than or equal to the priority of the Mth measurement object in the Nth measurement object set. Compared with the solution of measuring all measurement objects, it can reduce measurement actions and save power consumption.

[0024] In a possible design, obtaining measurement GAPs corresponding to one or more measurement object sets respectively includes: determining measurement GAPs corresponding to one or more measurement object sets respectively from a first corresponding relationship, where the first corresponding relationship includes a corresponding relationship between the measurement object set and the measurement GAP.

[0025] In one possible design, the measurement GAPs corresponding to one or more measurement object sets are determined from the first correspondence relationship, including: determining the measurement GAP corresponding to the Nth measurement object set in the one or more measurement object sets in the first correspondence relationship as the Nth measurement GAP; the communication method also includes: sending indication information indicating the Nth measurement GAP.

[0026] Based on this possible design, after determining the Nth measurement GAP, the terminal device needs to send indication information for indicating the Nth measurement GAP to the wireless access network device. Accordingly, after receiving the indication information, the wireless access network device suspends data transmission between the terminal device and the Nth measurement GAP, thereby avoiding packet loss caused by the wireless access network device transmitting data to the terminal device in the Nth measurement GAP and the terminal device being unable to receive the data in the Nth measurement GAP.

[0027] In a possible design, the first information also indicates a first corresponding relationship.

[0028] In one possible design, a first measurement object set in the one or more measurement object sets includes a measurement object with a highest priority among the one or more measurement objects.

[0029] In a second aspect, a communication method is provided, which can be executed by a wireless access network device, or by a component of the wireless access network device, such as a processor, a chip, or a chip system of the wireless access network device, or can be implemented by a logic module or software that can implement all or part of the functions of the wireless access network device. The method includes: sending first information, the first information indicating the priority of one or more measurement objects; sending measurement GAPs corresponding to one or more measurement object sets, respectively, the one or more measurement object sets are determined according to the priority of one or more measurement objects, and the measurement GAP is used to measure the measurement object set corresponding to the measurement GAP.

[0030] Based on this solution, the wireless access network device sends the first information indicating the priority of one or more measurement objects and the measurement GAPs corresponding to one or more measurement object sets to the terminal device; so that the terminal device can measure the measurement object set within the measurement GAP corresponding to the measurement object set, that is, the terminal device can measure different measurement object sets in different GAPs, that is, different measurement GAPs can be used according to different measurement object sets to ensure that the frequency points indicated by each measurement object in the measurement object set can be fully measured. For example, in order to adapt the measurement duration of each measurement object in the measurement object set, a measurement GAP with a shorter duration may be used when there are fewer measurement objects in the measurement object set, and a measurement GAP with a longer duration may be used when there are more measurement objects in the measurement object set. Compared with the solution of configuring only one measurement GAP and completing the measurement of different measurement object sets within the one measurement GAP, on the one hand, it can avoid the degradation of transmission performance caused by too long a data transmission suspension time, and on the other hand, it can avoid the degradation of measurement performance caused by insufficient measurement duration.

[0031] In one possible design, sending measurement GAPs corresponding to one or more measurement object sets respectively includes: sending an Nth measurement GAP corresponding to an Nth measurement object set in one or more measurement object sets, where N is a positive integer.

[0032] In one possible design, sending measurement GAPs corresponding to one or more measurement object sets respectively also includes: receiving indication information used to instruct the initiation of measurement of the Xth measurement object in one or more measurement object sets, the priority of the Xth measurement object is lower than the lowest priority of the measurement objects in the Nth measurement object set, and X is a positive integer; sending the N+1th measurement GAP corresponding to the N+1th measurement object set in one or more measurement object sets, the N+1th measurement object set including the Nth measurement object set and the Xth measurement object.

[0033] In one possible design, the communication method also includes: sending indication information for indicating a first threshold, the first threshold being used to determine whether the measurement quantity with the lowest priority in the Nth measurement object set satisfies the requirement for initiating measurement of the Xth measurement object in one or more measurement objects.

[0034] In a possible design, when there is a second threshold, the N+1th measurement object set includes the Nth measurement object set and the Xth measurement object, and the second threshold is used to determine whether the measurement amount of the Xth measurement object satisfies the requirement of starting measurement of the Yth measurement object among one or more measurement objects, the priority of the Yth measurement object is lower than the priority of the Xth measurement object, and Y is a positive integer.

[0035] In a possible design, when the second threshold does not exist and the third threshold exists, the N+1th measurement object set also includes the Yth measurement object among the one or more measurement objects, the second threshold is used to determine whether the measurement amount of the Xth measurement object satisfies the requirements for starting the measurement of the Yth measurement object, the third threshold is used to determine whether the measurement amount of the Yth measurement object satisfies the requirements for starting the measurement of the Zth measurement object among the one or more measurement objects, the priority of the Yth measurement object is lower than the priority of the Xth measurement object, the priority of the Zth measurement object is lower than the priority of the Yth measurement object, and X, Y, and Z are all positive integers.

[0036] In one possible design, the communication method also includes: sending indication information for indicating a second threshold.

[0037] In one possible design, the communication method also includes: sending indication information for indicating a third threshold.

[0038] In one possible design, the measurement GAPs corresponding to one or more measurement object sets are sent, and the method also includes: receiving indication information for indicating stopping the measurement of measurement objects whose priority is less than the priority of the Mth measurement object in the Nth measurement object set, where M is a positive integer; and sending the N+1th measurement GAP corresponding to the N+1th measurement object set in one or more measurement object sets, where the N+1th measurement object set includes measurement objects whose priority is greater than or equal to the priority of the Mth measurement object in the Nth measurement object set.

[0039] In one possible design, the communication method also includes: sending indication information for indicating a fourth threshold, the fourth threshold being used to determine whether the measurement amount of the Mth measurement object in the Nth measurement object set satisfies the requirement of stopping measurement objects whose priority is less than that of the Mth measurement object.

[0040] In a possible design, the first information also indicates a first corresponding relationship, where the first corresponding relationship includes a corresponding relationship between a measurement object set and a measurement GAP.

[0041] In one possible design, the communication method also includes: receiving indication information for indicating the Nth measurement GAP, the Nth measurement GAP being the measurement GAP corresponding to the Nth measurement object set in the first corresponding relationship, and the Nth measurement GAP being used for measurement of the Nth measurement object set.

[0042] In one possible design, a first measurement object set in the one or more measurement object sets includes a measurement object with a highest priority among the one or more measurement objects.

[0043] Among them, the technical effects brought about by any possible design of the second aspect can refer to the technical effects brought about by the corresponding design in the above-mentioned first aspect, and will not be repeated here.

[0044] In a third aspect, a communication device is provided for implementing various methods. The communication device may be the terminal device in the first aspect, or a device included in the terminal device, such as a chip or a chip system; or, the communication device may be the wireless access network device in the second aspect, or a device included in the wireless access network device, such as a chip or a chip system. The communication device includes a module, unit, or means corresponding to the implementation method, and the module, unit, or means may be implemented by hardware, software, or by executing the corresponding software implementation by hardware. The hardware or software includes one or more modules or units corresponding to the functions.

[0045] In some possible designs, the communication device may include a processing module and a transceiver module. The processing module may be used to implement the processing function in any of the above aspects and any possible implementations thereof. The transceiver module may include a receiving module and a sending module, respectively used to implement the receiving function and the sending function in any of the above aspects and any possible implementations thereof.

[0046] In some possible designs, the transceiver module may be composed of a transceiver circuit, a transceiver, a transceiver or a communication interface.

[0047] In a fourth aspect, a communication device is provided, comprising: a processor and a memory; the memory is used to store computer instructions, and when the processor executes the instructions, the communication device executes the method described in any aspect. The communication device can be the first communication device in the first aspect, or a device included in the first communication device, such as a chip or a chip system; or the communication device can be the second communication device in the second aspect, or a device included in the second communication device, such as a chip or a chip system.

[0048] In a fifth aspect, a communication device is provided, comprising: a processor and a communication interface; the communication interface is used to communicate with a module outside the communication device; the processor is used to execute a computer program or instruction so that the communication device executes the method described in any aspect. The communication device may be the terminal device in the first aspect, or a device included in the terminal device, such as a chip or a chip system; or the communication device may be the wireless access network device in the second aspect, or a device included in the wireless access network device, such as a chip or a chip system.

[0049] In a sixth aspect, a communication device is provided, comprising: at least one processor; the processor is used to execute a computer program or instruction stored in a memory so that the communication device performs the method described in any aspect. The memory may be coupled to the processor, or may be independent of the processor. The communication device may be the terminal device in the first aspect, or a device included in the terminal device, such as a chip or a chip system; or the communication device may be the wireless access network device in the second aspect, or a device included in the wireless access network device, such as a chip or a chip system. The above-mentioned memory may be located in the above-mentioned processor, or may be a discrete device independent of the processor.

[0050] In some possible designs, the communication device includes a memory for storing necessary program instructions and data.

[0051] In some possible designs, when the device is a chip system, it can be composed of a chip or include a chip and other discrete devices.

[0052] It can be understood that when the communication device provided in any one of the third to sixth aspects is a chip, the sending action / function of the communication device can be understood as output information, and the receiving action / function of the communication device can be understood as input information.

[0053] In a seventh aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, in which a computer program or instruction is stored, and when the computer-readable storage medium is run on a communication device, the communication device can execute the method described in any one of the aspects.

[0054] In an eighth aspect, a computer program product comprising instructions is provided, which, when executed on a communication device, enables the communication device to execute the method described in any one of the aspects.

[0055] Among them, the technical effects brought about by any design method in the third aspect to the eighth aspect can refer to the technical effects brought about by different design methods in the first aspect or the second aspect, and will not be repeated here. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0056] Figure 1A schematic diagram of measuring the relationship between the duration of GAP and SMTC provided in this application;

[0057] Figure 2 A schematic diagram of a cell switching process provided by this application;

[0058] Figure 3 A schematic diagram of the structure of a communication system provided for this application;

[0059] Figure 4 A schematic diagram of a module of a network element in a wireless access network device provided by the present application;

[0060] Figure 5 A schematic diagram of a module of a network element in another wireless access network device provided by the present application;

[0061] Figure 6 A flow chart of a measurement method provided in this application;

[0062] Figure 7 A flow chart of another measurement method provided in this application;

[0063] Figure 8 A flow chart of another measurement method provided in this application;

[0064] Fig. 9 A schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device provided by the present application;

[0065] Fig.10 A schematic diagram of the structure of another communication device provided by the present application;

[0066] Fig.11 A schematic diagram of the structure of another communication device provided in the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0067] In the description of this application, unless otherwise specified, " / " indicates that the objects associated with each other are in an "or" relationship, for example, A / B can represent A or B; "and / or" in this application is merely a description of the association relationship between associated objects, indicating that three relationships may exist, for example, A and / or B can represent: A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone, where A and B can be singular or plural.

[0068] In the description of this application, unless otherwise specified, "plurality" means two or more than two. "At least one of the following" or similar expressions refers to any combination of these items, including any combination of single items or plural items. For example, at least one of a, b, or c can mean: a, b, c, ab, ac, bc, or abc, where a, b, and c can be single or multiple.

[0069] In addition, in order to clearly describe the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, in the embodiments of the present application, words such as "first" and "second" are used to distinguish the same items or similar items with substantially the same functions and effects. Those skilled in the art can understand that words such as "first" and "second" do not limit the quantity and execution order, and words such as "first" and "second" do not necessarily limit the difference.

[0070] In the embodiments of the present application, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used to indicate examples, illustrations or descriptions. Any embodiment or design described as "exemplary" or "for example" in the embodiments of the present application should not be interpreted as being more preferred or more advantageous than other embodiments or designs. Specifically, the use of words such as "exemplary" or "for example" is intended to present related concepts in a concrete way for easy understanding.

[0071] It is understood that the "embodiment" mentioned throughout the specification means that the specific features, structures or characteristics related to the embodiment are included in at least one embodiment of the present application. Therefore, the various embodiments in the entire specification do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment. In addition, these specific features, structures or characteristics can be combined in one or more embodiments in any suitable manner. It is understood that in various embodiments of the present application, the size of the sequence number of each process does not mean the order of execution, and the execution order of each process should be determined by its function and internal logic, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiment of the present application.

[0072] It can be understood that in the present application, "when" and "if" both mean that corresponding processing will be carried out under certain objective circumstances, and do not limit the time, nor do they require any judgment action when implementing, nor do they mean the existence of other limitations.

[0073] It can be understood that some optional features in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented independently in certain scenarios without relying on other features, such as the solution on which they are currently based, to solve corresponding technical problems and achieve corresponding effects, or may be combined with other features according to needs in certain scenarios. Accordingly, the devices provided in the embodiments of the present application may also realize these features or functions accordingly, which will not be elaborated here.

[0074] In this application, unless otherwise specified, the same or similar parts between the various embodiments can refer to each other. In the various embodiments in this application, and the various implementation methods / implementation methods / implementation methods in each embodiment, if there is no special explanation and logical conflict, the terms and / or descriptions between different embodiments and the various implementation methods / implementation methods / implementation methods in each embodiment are consistent and can be referenced to each other. The technical features in different embodiments and the various implementation methods / implementation methods / implementation methods in each embodiment can be combined to form new embodiments, implementation methods, implementation methods, or implementation methods according to their inherent logical relationships. The implementation methods of this application described below do not constitute a limitation on the scope of protection of this application.

[0075] In order to facilitate understanding of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, a brief introduction to the related technologies of the present application is first given as follows.

[0076] 1. Measurement configuration (measconfig) information:

[0077] The measurement configuration information is used in the measurement reporting process in the cell handover; the measurement configuration information is carried in the radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration information.

[0078] Exemplarily, the measurement configuration information may include the content shown in the following Table 1:

[0079] Table 1

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[0081] Among them, each measurement configuration has a separate identifier (measId), and each measurement object has a separate ID (measObjectId). In order to ensure accurate and complete measurement of the SSB beam under each cell, when the base station configures the measurement object, in addition to indicating the time-frequency position and subcarrier spacing of the reference signal, it will also indicate the timing position and duration of the reference signal measurement started by SMTC. The configuration of SMTC can effectively indicate the time window for UE to search for the reference signal, where the reference signal can be SSB or CSI-RS. Each reporting configuration has a separate identifier (reportConfigId). The reporting configuration (also known as the configuration of the measurement reporting condition) can be based on event triggering or based on periodic triggering. Event-triggered reporting configuration Event-triggered reporting configuration includes various event categories and threshold values, durations to meet the triggering conditions, measurement quantities to be reported, and reference signal types. Various event definitions include A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, B1, and B2 events. The periodic triggered reporting configuration includes the reporting period, reference signal type, measurement quantities to be reported, and a list of available whitelist cells.

[0082] The measurement GAP is a time interval specifically used for measurement agreed upon by the network side and the UE. During the measurement GAP, the terminal device and the primary service cell suspend uplink and downlink data transmission. After the measurement GAP ends, the UE continues to send and receive data. An exemplary measurement GAP configuration (measgapconfig) field may include the fields in Table 2 below:

[0083] Table 2

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[0086] When the terminal device needs to measure an inter-frequency point or an inter-system frequency point, the base station determines that a measurement GAP is configured for the terminal device.

[0087] 24 GAP patterns are defined in the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) protocol TS38.133, where each GAP pattern corresponds to a different MGL and a different MGRP. In order to reduce the overhead of measuring the GAP, the GAP pattern can be adaptively selected based on the capabilities of the terminal device and / or the SMTC configuration, and then sent to the terminal device through the measurement configuration information.

[0088] Optionally, the effective measurement duration in the measurement GAP is greater than or equal to the duration of the SMTC to ensure that the heterodyne frequency point can be fully measured. The effective measurement duration is the difference between the measurement GAP and the switching time of the first and last frequency points. For example, Figure 1 As shown in the figure, the duration of SMTC is 2 milliseconds (MS), and the effective measurement time of measuring GAP can completely cover the duration of SMTC. The duration of frequency switching is 1ms. At this time, the time interval length of measuring GAP must be greater than or equal to 3ms. SMTC configuration is based on SSB frequency points. When the number of frequencies increases, it is necessary to ensure that the effective measurement time of measuring GAP can cover the duration of SMTC corresponding to multiple frequencies.

[0089] 2. Cell handover:

[0090] For example, in a fifth generation (5G) or new radio (NR) system, the cell switching process may include: Figure 2 Steps S201-S209 shown:

[0091] Step S201: The source base station of the terminal device (also referred to as the serving base station before the handover) may send measurement configuration information to the terminal device. Correspondingly, the terminal device receives the measurement configuration information from the source base station.

[0092] Step S202: The terminal device measures the measurement object according to the measurement configuration information.

[0093] Optionally, if a measurement result of a measurement object measured by the terminal device within a certain time period meets the measurement reporting condition, the terminal device reports the measurement report.

[0094] The measurement result is obtained by measuring at layer 1 (eg, physical (PHY) layer) and filtering at layer 3 (eg, RRC layer).

[0095] Step S203: The terminal device sends a measurement report to the source base station. Correspondingly, the source base station receives the measurement report from the terminal device.

[0096] Exemplarily, the measurement quantity includes a measurement ID, a measurement quantity of a primary serving cell, and a measurement quantity of a neighboring cell of the primary serving cell, wherein the measurement quantity of the cell may include: a physical cell identity (PCI), a cell reference signal measurement result, a beam reference signal measurement result, and the like.

[0097] Step S204: After receiving the measurement report, the source base station determines the target cell based on the measurement report.

[0098] For example, the source base station evaluates the measurement results in the measurement report and then determines the target cell.

[0099] Step S205: The source base station sends a handover request to the target base station to which the target cell belongs. Correspondingly, the target base station receives the handover request from the source base station.

[0100] Exemplarily, the handover request includes information required for handover such as the ID of the target cell.

[0101] Step S206: The target base station performs admission control.

[0102] Optionally, admission control can be understood as determining whether the terminal device is supported to access the target base station.

[0103] When the terminal device is supported to access the target base station, step S207 is executed:

[0104] S207: The target base station sends a handover confirmation message to the source base station. Correspondingly, the source base station receives the handover confirmation message from the target base station.

[0105] Exemplarily, the handover confirmation information includes configuration information related to the target cell (such as the ID of the target cell, etc.).

[0106] Step S208: The source base station sends an RRC reconfiguration message (handover command) to the terminal device. Correspondingly, the terminal device receives the RRC reconfiguration message from the source base station.

[0107] Step S209: The terminal device executes switching according to the switching command.

[0108] Exemplarily, the terminal device may perform RRC reconfiguration according to the RRC reconfiguration information. After the RRC reconfiguration is completed, the terminal device sends information indicating successful RRC reconfiguration to the target base station. Correspondingly, the target base station receives information indicating successful RRC reconfiguration from the terminal device. At this point, it can be considered that the handover of the terminal device to the radio access network (RAN) side is successful.

[0109] Optionally, the switching in this application generally refers to the switching of base station control and terminal device control in the RRC connection state, cell change, etc.

[0110] In a networking scenario with multiple overlapping frequencies, different service requirements have different target base stations. For example, for data services, higher frequencies can ensure data transmission performance. Therefore, the requirement of data services is to prioritize cells with higher frequencies as target cells. For continuous coverage services, lower frequencies can ensure the stability of continuous coverage. Therefore, the requirement of continuous coverage services is to prioritize cells with lower frequencies as target cells.

[0111] However, in the above Figure 2 In the cell switching process shown, the terminal device determines whether the reporting condition is met according to the signal quality of the cell, so that the source base station determines that the target base station is the base station of the cell with the best signal quality in the neighboring cell. In other words, Figure 2 The cell switching process shown does not take into account different service requirements. Figure 2 The target cell determined by the cell switching process shown does not meet the service requirements of the terminal device.

[0112] Based on this, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication method, in which a terminal device can measure a measurement object set within a measurement GAP corresponding to a measurement object set, that is, the terminal device can measure different measurement object sets in different GAPs, that is, different measurement GAPs can be used according to different measurement object sets to ensure that the frequency points indicated by each measurement object in the measurement object set can be fully measured. For example, in order to adapt the measurement duration of each measurement object in the measurement object set, a measurement GAP with a shorter duration may be used when there are fewer measurement objects in the measurement object set, and a measurement GAP with a longer duration may be used when there are more measurement objects in the measurement object set. Compared with the solution of configuring only one measurement GAP and completing the measurement of different measurement object sets within the one measurement GAP, on the one hand, it can avoid the degradation of transmission performance caused by too long a data transmission suspension time, and on the other hand, it can avoid the degradation of measurement performance caused by insufficient measurement duration.

[0113] In addition, since one or more measurement object sets are determined according to the priority of one or more measurement objects, the terminal device can select a suitable measurement object set for measurement according to the priority. For example, a measurement object set including the highest priority can be selected for measurement. It can be understood that in different scenarios, the priority of the same measurement object can be different, so that one or more measurement object sets determined according to the priority in different scenarios are also different. For example, the priority of one or more measurement objects can be set according to the business needs of the terminal device, such as setting the priority of the measurement object that best meets the business needs to the highest priority, and setting the priority of the measurement object that more meets the business needs to the second highest priority. Thus, when selecting a measurement object set, the terminal device can give priority to the measurement object set that includes the highest priority and best meets the business needs for measurement, thereby making the target cell used to perform the handover meet the business needs as much as possible.

[0114] The technical solution provided in the present application can be used for various communication systems, and the communication system can be a 3GPP communication system, for example, a 4th generation (4G) long term evolution (LTE) system, a 5th generation (5G) NR system, a future-oriented evolution system (such as a 6th generation (6G) system), a vehicle to everything (V2X) system, a system of hybrid networking of LTE and NR, or a device to device (D2D) system, a machine to machine (M2M) communication system, an Internet of Things (IoT) cloud radio access network (CRAN), an open access network (open RAN, O-RAN or ORAN), a wireless fidelity (WIFI) system, and other next generation communication systems. Alternatively, the communication system may be a communication system obtained by integrating at least two of the above systems. Alternatively, the communication system may also be a non-3GPP communication system, without limitation.

[0115] Among them, the above-mentioned communication system applicable to the present application is only an example, and the communication system applicable to the present application is not limited to this. It is uniformly explained here and will not be repeated below.

[0116] See also Figure 3 , is an exemplary communication system provided by the present application. The communication system includes at least one radio access network device and at least one terminal device (or, the combination of at least one radio access network device and at least one terminal device is called a radio access network (RAN)). Further, the communication system may also include a core network (CN). Optionally, different terminal devices can communicate with each other. Among them, Figure 3 The network element 110 (such as network elements 110a and 110b) may be a wireless access network node, and the terminal 120 (such as terminals 120a to 120j) may be a terminal device.

[0117] Optionally, the terminal device may refer to a user-side device with wireless transceiver functions, which can send signals to network devices or receive signals from network devices. The terminal device may also be referred to as user equipment (UE), terminal, access terminal, user unit, user station, mobile station (MS), remote station, remote terminal, mobile terminal (MT), user terminal, wireless communication device, user agent or user device, etc. The terminal can be widely used in various scenarios, for example, it can be a wireless terminal in IoT, V2X, D2D, M2M, MTC, 5G network, or future evolved PLMN. The terminal device can be deployed on land, including indoors or outdoors, handheld or vehicle-mounted; it can also be deployed on the water (such as ships, etc.); it can also be deployed in the air (such as airplanes, balloons and satellites, etc.).

[0118] Exemplarily, the terminal device may be a drone, a helicopter, a robotic arm, an IoT device (e.g., a sensor, an electric meter, a water meter, etc.), a V2X device, a station (ST) in a wireless local area network (WLAN), a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a session initiation protocol (SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a personal digital assistant (PDA) device, a handheld device with a wireless communication function, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, an in-vehicle device, a wearable device (also referred to as a wearable smart device), a tablet computer or a computer with a wireless transceiver function, a virtual reality (VR) terminal, an augmented reality (AR) terminal, a wireless terminal in industrial control, a wireless terminal in self driving, a wireless terminal in remote medical, a wireless terminal in a smart grid, a wireless terminal in transportation safety, a smart city, or a wireless terminal in a smart city. The present invention relates to wireless terminals in smart cities, wireless terminals in smart homes, wireless devices in smart home control systems (SCS), wireless devices in smart offices (OA), vehicle-mounted terminals, vehicles with vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication capabilities, intelligent networked vehicles, drones with UAV to UAV (U2U) communication capabilities, etc. The terminal can be mobile or fixed, and this application does not make specific restrictions on this.

[0119] Optionally, the radio access network device is a device that connects a terminal device to a wireless network, or may also be referred to as a RAN node, or a RAN entity, or an access node, etc. The radio access network device may be an evolutionary Node B (eNB or eNodeB) in an LTE or an evolved LTE system (LTE-Advanced, LTE-A), such as a traditional macro base station eNB and a micro base station eNB in ​​a heterogeneous network scenario; or may be a next generation node B (gNodeB or gNB) in a 5G system; or may be a next generation base station in a 6G system; or may be a transmission reception point (TRP); or may be a base station in a future evolved public land mobile network (PLMN); or may be a broadband network service gateway (BNG), an aggregation switch or a non-3GPP access device; or may be a wireless controller in a cloud radio access network (CRAN); or may be an access node (access point) in a WiFi system. point, AP); or it may be a wireless relay node or a wireless backhaul node; or it may be a device that implements a base station function in IoT, a device that implements a base station function in V2X, a device that implements a base station function in D2D, or a device that implements a base station function in M2M, and the embodiments of the present application do not make specific limitations on this.

[0120] Exemplarily, the base station in the embodiment of the present application may include various forms of base stations, such as: macro base stations, micro base stations (also called small stations), indoor stations, relay stations, access points, donor nodes, etc., or may be a wireless controller in a CRAN scenario. The embodiment of the present application does not specifically limit this.

[0121] Optionally, the wireless access network device may be a server, a wearable device, a vehicle or an onboard device, etc. For example, in V2X technology, the access network device may be a road side unit (RSU). The embodiments of the present application do not specifically limit this.

[0122] Optionally, the roles between the wireless access network device and the terminal device may be relative, for example, Figure 3In the terminal 120i and the terminal 120j, since the terminal 120j needs to access the wireless access network device 110a through the terminal 120i, the terminal 120i can be configured as a wireless access network device relative to the terminal 120j; and relative to the wireless access network device 110a, the terminal 120i is a terminal device at this time, that is, the wireless access network device 110a and the terminal 120i communicate through the wireless air interface protocol. Optionally, the wireless access network device 110a and the terminal 120i can also communicate through the interface protocol between the wireless access network device and the wireless access network device. At this time, relative to the wireless access network device 110a, the terminal 120i also acts as a wireless access network device. Optionally, the wireless access network device and the terminal device, the wireless access network device and the wireless access network device, or the terminal device and the terminal device can communicate through the authorized spectrum, or can communicate through the unlicensed spectrum, or can communicate through the authorized spectrum and the unlicensed spectrum at the same time. Optionally, the wireless access network device and the terminal device, the wireless access network device and the wireless access network device, or the terminal device and the terminal device can communicate through a spectrum below 6 gigahertz (GHz), or can communicate through a spectrum above 6 GHz, or can communicate using a spectrum below 6 GHz and a spectrum above 6 GHz at the same time. The embodiments of the present application do not limit the spectrum resources used for wireless communication.

[0123] Optionally, in a specific implementation, the radio access network device may refer to a module or unit that completes some functions of a base station. For example, a central unit (CU), or a distributed unit (DU), or a CU-control plane (CP), or a CU-user plane (UP), or a radio unit (RU). Alternatively, it may be an access network device or a module of an access network device in an open ORAN system.

[0124] See also Figure 4 , is a module of the access network device of the ORAN system in the embodiment of the present application. The wireless access network device includes: CU, DU, RU. Among them, CU includes CU-UP and CU-CP. The wireless access network device communicates with the terminal device through RU.

[0125] Optionally, the CU and DU may be separately configured, or they may be included in the same network element (e.g., a baseband unit (BBU)). The CU node and the DU node split the protocol layer of the gNB, and the functions of some protocol layers are centrally controlled by the CU, while the functions of the remaining part or all of the protocol layers are distributed in the DU, and the DU is centrally controlled by the CU.

[0126] In some embodiments, the CU and DU can be divided according to the protocol layers of the wireless network: for example, the functions of the packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer and the above protocol layers (such as the radio resource control (RRC) layer and the service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) layer, etc.) are set in the CU, and the functions of the protocol layers below the PDCP layer (such as the radio link control (RLC) layer, the media access control (MAC) layer, or the physical (PHY) layer, etc.) are set in the DU; for another example, the functions of the protocol layers above the PDCP layer are set in the CU, and the functions of the protocol layers at and below the PDCP layer are set in the DU, without limitation.

[0127] See also Figure 5 (a) in the figure is the functional setting of CU and DU in the embodiment of the present application. Figure 5 In (a), the base station consists of a CU-CP, a CU-UP, and a DU. The CU-CP is used to implement the functions of the RRC layer and the control plane functions of the PDCP layer, the CU-UP is used to implement the functions of the SDAP layer and the user plane functions of the PDCP layer, and the DU is used to implement the functions of the RLC layer, the MAC layer, and the PHY layer. The CU-CP is connected to the CU-UP through the E1 interface, the CU-CP is connected to the DU through the F1-C interface, and the CU-UP is connected to the DU through the F1-U interface.

[0128] See also Figure 5 (b) in FIG. 1 is the functional setting of CU and DU in the embodiment of the present application. Figure 5 In (b), the base station consists of a CU and two DUs. The CU is used to implement the functions of the RRC layer, the SDAP layer, and the PDCP layer, and the DU is used to implement the functions of the RLC layer, the MAC layer, and the PHY layer. The CU and the DU are connected via the F1 interface.

[0129] The above division of the processing functions of CU and DU according to the protocol layer is only an example, and the division can also be carried out in other ways. For example, the CU or DU can be divided into functions with more protocol layers, and the CU or DU can be divided into partial processing functions with protocol layers. For example, some functions of the RLC layer and the functions of the protocol layers above the RLC layer are set in the CU, and the remaining functions of the RLC layer and the functions of the protocol layers below the RLC layer are set in the DU. For another example, the functions of the CU or DU can be divided according to the service type or other system requirements, such as division by latency, and the functions whose processing time needs to meet the latency requirements are set in the DU, and the functions that do not need to meet the latency requirements are set in the CU.

[0130] In some embodiments, the RU may be included in a radio frequency device or a radio frequency unit, for example, in a remote radio unit (RRU), an active antenna unit (AAU) or a remote radio head (RRH).

[0131] In some embodiments, when the wireless access network device is an access network device or a module of an access network device in an open ORAN system, in the ORAN system, CU may also be referred to as an open (open, O)-CU, DU may also be referred to as O-DU, CU-CP may also be referred to as O-CU-CP, CU-UP may also be referred to as O-CU-UP, and RU may also be referred to as O-RU. Any unit in the CU (or CU-CP, CU-UP), DU and RU in the present application may be implemented by a software module, a hardware module, or a combination of a software module and a hardware module.

[0132] Exemplarily, the network elements and their functions included in the ORAN system may be shown in the following Table 3:

[0133] Table 3

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[0135] The following will be combined with the accompanying drawings to describe the measurement method provided by the embodiment of the present application. It is understandable that in the embodiment of the present application, the wireless access network device or the terminal device can perform some or all of the steps in the embodiment of the present application, and these steps or operations are only examples. The embodiment of the present application can also perform other operations or variations of various operations. In addition, each step can be performed in a different order presented in the embodiment of the present application, and it is possible not to perform all the operations in the embodiment of the present application.

[0136] It should be noted that the message names between the devices or the names of the parameters in the messages in the following embodiments of the present application are only examples, and other names may be used in the specific implementation, and the embodiments of the present application do not specifically limit this.

[0137] See also Figure 6 , is a measurement method provided in an embodiment of the present application, the measurement method comprising the following steps:

[0138] S601, a wireless access network device sends first information to a terminal device, and correspondingly, the terminal device receives the first information from the wireless access network device. The first information indicates the priority of one or more measurement objects. In other words, the first information indicates the priority of one or more frequency points respectively indicated by the measurement.

[0139] Optionally, the first information may be carried in an RRC reconfiguration message; further, the first information may be carried in measurement configuration information carried by the RRC reconfiguration message.

[0140] Exemplarily, the first information may indicate the priorities of multiple measurement objects at one time; or, the first information may also indicate the priority of a measurement object, and the first information may be sent multiple times to indicate the priorities of multiple measurement objects. For example, the wireless access network device may indicate the priority of a measurement object to the terminal device, and upon receiving the indication information from the terminal device indicating the start of the measurement object of the next priority, indicate the measurement object of the next priority to the terminal device; or the wireless access network device may also indicate the priority of one or more measurement objects by other methods other than the above, without limitation. Among them, the one or more measurement objects include at least one of a measurement object indicating the frequency of the service cell, a measurement object indicating an alien frequency, or a measurement object indicating an alien system frequency.

[0141] Exemplarily, the priority of the measurement object may also be referred to as the priority of the frequency indicated by the measurement object, the priority of the frequency, the measurement order of the measurement object (or frequency), the order of the measurement object (or frequency), or other names may exist, which are not limited to the embodiments of the present application.

[0142] Optionally, the correspondence between multiple frequency points and priorities may include the following two examples:

[0143] As an example, one measurement object corresponds to one priority. For example, taking three measurement objects (measurement object #1 to measurement object #3) as an example, the priority of measurement object #1 may be the highest priority, the priority of measurement object #2 may be the second highest priority, and the priority of measurement object #3 may be the lowest priority, that is, measurement object #1 to measurement object #3 correspond to a total of 3 priorities, and the 3 priorities decrease in sequence.

[0144] As another example, multiple measurement objects correspond to one priority. For example, taking three measurement objects (measurement object #1 to measurement object #3) as an example, the priority of measurement object #1 may be the highest priority, and the priorities of measurement object #2 and measurement object #3 are the same, both of which are the lowest priority, that is, measurement object #1 to measurement object #3 correspond to 2 priorities in total, and the 2 priorities decrease in sequence.

[0145] Optionally, in the configuration of the priorities of multiple measurement objects, the priority of the measurement object is determined according to the business requirements of the terminal device and the degree to which each measurement object in the multiple measurement object points complies with the business requirements. For example, the priority of the measurement object that best meets the business requirements may be set to the highest priority, the priority of the measurement object that relatively meets the business requirements may be set to the second highest priority, and the priority of the measurement object that least meets the business requirements may be set to the lowest priority.

[0146] For example, the priority of the same measurement object under different requirements of the terminal device may be different. Taking three measurement objects (measurement object #1 to measurement object #3), the frequency points indicated by the measurement objects of measurement object #1 to measurement object #3 are successively reduced. Under the requirement of data transmission performance, the priority of measurement object #1 to measurement object #3 is successively reduced; under the requirement of ensuring signal stability (i.e., coverage quality), the priority of measurement object #1 to measurement object #3 is successively increased.

[0147] S602. The terminal device obtains measurement GAPs corresponding to one or more measurement object sets, where the one or more measurement object sets are determined according to priorities of one or more measurement objects, and the measurement GAP is used to measure the measurement object set corresponding to the measurement GAP.

[0148] Exemplarily, in the embodiment of the present application, the measurement object indicates a frequency point, and therefore measuring the measurement object set corresponding to the measurement GAP refers to measuring the frequency points respectively indicated by each measurement object in the measurement object set, that is, measuring the cells on the frequency points respectively indicated by each measurement object in the measurement object set.

[0149] Optionally, the measured GAP may be determined by measuring parameters such as the GAP length (MGL), measuring the offset of the GAP repetition period (MGRP), etc. Specifically, MGL and MGRP may refer to the relevant description of Table 2 above, and the embodiments of the present application will not be repeated here.

[0150] The embodiment of the present application provides a communication method, in which a terminal device can measure a measurement object set within a measurement GAP corresponding to the measurement object set, that is, the terminal device can measure different measurement object sets in different GAPs, that is, different measurement GAPs can be used according to different measurement object sets to ensure that the frequency points indicated by each measurement object in the measurement object set can be fully measured. For example, in order to adapt the measurement duration of each measurement object in the measurement object set, a measurement GAP with a shorter duration may be used when there are fewer measurement objects in the measurement object set, and a measurement GAP with a longer duration may be used when there are more measurement objects in the measurement object set. Compared with the solution of configuring only one measurement GAP and completing the measurement of different measurement object sets within the one measurement GAP, on the one hand, it can avoid the degradation of transmission performance caused by too long a data transmission suspension time, and on the other hand, it can avoid the degradation of measurement performance caused by insufficient measurement duration.

[0151] In addition, since one or more measurement object sets are determined according to the priority of one or more measurement objects, the terminal device can select a suitable measurement object set for measurement according to the priority. For example, a measurement object set including the highest priority can be selected for measurement. It can be understood that in different scenarios, the priority of the same measurement object can be different, so that one or more measurement object sets determined according to the priority in different scenarios are also different. For example, the priority of one or more measurement objects can be set according to the business needs of the terminal device, such as setting the priority of the measurement object that best meets the business needs to the highest priority, and setting the priority of the measurement object that more meets the business needs to the second highest priority. Thus, when selecting a measurement object set, the terminal device can give priority to the measurement object set that includes the highest priority and best meets the business needs for measurement, thereby making the target cell used to perform the handover meet the business needs as much as possible.

[0152] The above is an overall description of the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application. The following is a detailed introduction to obtaining the measurement GAPs corresponding to one or more measurement object sets mentioned in the above embodiment. Exemplarily, the terminal device can obtain the measurement GAPs corresponding to one or more measurement object sets based on the following two possible implementation methods:

[0153] In a first possible implementation, the terminal device receives an Nth measurement GAP from a wireless access network device. The Nth measurement GAP is a measurement GAP corresponding to an Nth measurement object set in one or more measurement object sets. Figure 7 ( Figure 7 (a) or Figure 7 As shown in (b)), the above step S602 may include step S602A:

[0154] S602A. The wireless access network device sends the Nth measurement GAP corresponding to the Nth measurement object set in one or more measurement object sets to the terminal device. Correspondingly, the terminal device receives the Nth measurement GAP from the wireless access network device, where N is a positive integer.

[0155] Exemplarily, after obtaining the Nth measurement object set, the terminal device may measure the Nth measurement object set in the Nth measurement GAP. Exemplarily, when the value of N is 1, the first measurement GAP may be carried in the first information, that is, the first information may also indicate the first measurement GAP.

[0156] Optionally, after step S602A, Figure 7 As shown, the communication method may further include step S603A:

[0157] S603A: Determine whether there is a measurement quantity satisfying the measurement reporting condition corresponding to each measurement object in the Nth measurement object set, wherein the measurement objects correspond to the measurement reporting conditions one-to-one, and the measurement objects correspond to the measurement quantities one-to-one.

[0158] Exemplarily, the measurement reporting conditions corresponding to each measurement object may be the same or different. For the sake of convenience, the measurement reporting conditions corresponding to each measurement object are referred to as measurement reporting conditions. For example, the measurement amounts of the measurement objects in the Nth measurement object set do not meet the measurement reporting conditions, which can be understood as: the measurement amounts of each measurement object in the measurement objects in the Nth measurement object set do not meet their respective corresponding measurement reporting conditions.

[0159] Optionally, if there are measurement quantities satisfying the measurement reporting conditions among the measurement quantities corresponding to the measurement objects in the Nth measurement object set, such as Figure 7 As shown in (a), the communication method may further include step S604A:

[0160] S604A: The terminal device reports the measurement quantity that meets the measurement reporting condition, so that the radio access network device can select a target cell from cells at the frequency point indicated by the measurement object corresponding to the measurement quantity.

[0161] Exemplarily, the measurement quantity of the measurement object may include a measurement result of at least one cell at a frequency point indicated by the measurement object, such as signal quality of at least one cell.

[0162] Optionally, if there is no measurement quantity satisfying the measurement reporting condition among the measurement quantities corresponding to the measurement objects in the Nth measurement object set, such as Figure 7 As shown in (b), the communication method may further include step S604B: the terminal device determines the N+1th measurement object set.

[0163] Exemplarily, the N+1th measurement object set may be implemented based on the following three situations:

[0164] Case 1: the number of measurement objects included in the N+1th measurement object set is greater than the number of measurement objects included in the Nth measurement object set.

[0165] Optionally, the terminal device may determine the N+1th measurement object set according to a first threshold value. The first threshold value is used to determine whether the measurement amount of the lowest priority measurement object in the Nth measurement object set satisfies the requirement of starting the measurement of the Xth measurement object in one or more measurement objects, the priority of the Xth measurement object is lower than the lowest priority of the measurement objects in the Nth measurement object set, and X is a positive integer.

[0166] Optionally, the first threshold value may be a threshold value. Alternatively, it may be a threshold range. In this case, if the measurement value of the lowest priority measurement object is less than or equal to the first threshold value, it means that the measurement value of the lowest priority measurement object is less than or equal to the minimum value in the first threshold value (i.e., the threshold range). Exemplarily, the first threshold value may also be referred to as the low-priority measurement start threshold value corresponding to the lowest priority measurement object, or other names may exist without limitation.

[0167] Optionally, the correspondence between the priority of the measurement object and the low-priority measurement start threshold may include the following two implementations:

[0168] As a possible implementation, a measurement object corresponding to each priority level among the priorities of the multiple measurement objects corresponds to a low priority measurement start threshold, that is, the radio access network device can configure a low priority measurement start threshold for each priority level.

[0169] Exemplarily, taking the priorities (priority #1 to priority #3) corresponding to three measurement objects as an example, the wireless access network device configures a low priority measurement start threshold #1 for priority #1, configures a low priority measurement start threshold #2 for priority #2, and configures a low priority measurement start threshold #3 for priority #3. At this time, if the lowest priority in the Nth measurement object set is priority #2, the low priority measurement start threshold #2 is the first threshold.

[0170] As another possible implementation, each of some of the priorities of the multiple measurement objects corresponds to a low priority measurement start threshold. That is, the wireless access network device can configure a low priority measurement start threshold for each of some of the priorities of the multiple measurement objects.

[0171] Exemplarily, taking the priorities of three measurement objects (priority #1 to priority #3) as an example, the wireless access network device configures a low priority measurement start threshold #1 for priority #1, does not configure a low priority measurement start threshold for priority #2, and configures a low priority measurement start threshold #3 for priority #3. At this time, if the lowest priority in the Nth measurement object set is priority #1, the low priority measurement start threshold #1 is the first threshold.

[0172] Exemplarily, for a priority level among the priorities of multiple measurement objects for which a low priority measurement start threshold is not configured, it can be considered that the measurement object corresponding to the priority level does not have a low priority measurement start threshold. For example, when the wireless access network device in the above example does not configure a low priority measurement start threshold for priority #2, it can be considered that the measurement object corresponding to priority #2 does not have a low priority measurement start threshold, and when the terminal device evaluates that the measurement amount of low priority #1 satisfies the low priority start threshold #1 corresponding to priority #1, the terminal device determines to start the measurement object of priority #2 and the measurement object of priority #3.

[0173] Optionally, before step S604B, the wireless access network device may send indication information for indicating the first threshold to the terminal device, and correspondingly, the terminal device receives the indication information for indicating the first threshold from the wireless access network device.

[0174] Optionally, the indication information for indicating the first threshold value may be carried in an RRC reconfiguration message; further, the indication information for indicating the first threshold value may be carried in the measurement configuration information carried by the RRC reconfiguration message. The indication information for indicating the first threshold value and the first information may be sent to the terminal device through the same RRC reconfiguration message or through different RRC reconfiguration messages. Alternatively, the first information may include indication information for indicating the first threshold value, that is, the first information indicates the priority and the first threshold value of one or more measurement objects.

[0175] Exemplarily, the indication information for indicating the first threshold is carried in the RRC reconfiguration information, which can be understood as follows: the first threshold is configured by the radio access network device for the terminal device through RRC signaling. Further, the first threshold is configured by the radio access network device for the lowest priority measurement object in the Nth measurement object, and is used by the terminal device to evaluate whether the measurement amount of the lowest priority measurement object is less than or equal to the first threshold.

[0176] Optionally, when the value of N is 1, the Nth measurement object set is the first measurement object set, and the first measurement object set includes the measurement object with the highest priority among one or more measurement objects (for the convenience of description, the measurement object with the highest priority is referred to as the first measurement object below). Further, at this time, the first threshold is configured by the wireless access network device for the first measurement object, and is used to evaluate whether the measurement amount of the first measurement object is less than or equal to the first threshold. When the value of N is not 1, the Nth measurement object set includes one or more measurement objects whose priority is greater than or equal to the Qth measurement object, that is, at this time, the measurement object with the lowest priority in the Nth measurement object set is the Qth measurement object.

[0177] Optionally, when there is a first threshold, or when there is a first threshold and the measurement amount of the lowest priority measurement object in the Nth measurement object set is greater than the first threshold, the N+1th measurement object set is determined. At this time, the N+1th measurement object set includes the Xth measurement object and the Nth measurement object set.

[0178] Exemplarily, taking the case where the priorities of measurement objects #1 to #3 decrease in sequence, and the Nth measurement object set includes measurement object #1 and measurement object #2, and the Xth measurement object is measurement object #3, at this time, the first threshold is used to determine whether the measurement amount of measurement object #2 starts the measurement of measurement object #3. Therefore, when there is no measurement amount that meets the measurement reporting condition in the Nth measurement object set, the terminal device can add measurement object #3 to the Nth measurement object set to obtain the N+1th measurement object set. Alternatively, the terminal device determines whether the measurement amount of measurement object #2 is less than or equal to the first threshold, and when the measurement amount of measurement object #2 is less than or equal to the first threshold, adds measurement object #3 to the Nth measurement object set to obtain the N+1th measurement object set. In the above example, the N+1th measurement object set includes measurement objects #1 to #3.

[0179] Optionally, under this alternative scheme, if Figure 8 As shown in (a), the communication method may further include step S602B: that is, step S602 may further include step S602B:

[0180] S602B, the wireless access network device sends the N+1th measurement GAP corresponding to the N+1th measurement object set in one or more measurement object sets to the terminal device, and accordingly, the terminal device receives the N+1th measurement GAP from the wireless access network device. That is, when the first threshold exists, or when the first threshold exists and the measurement amount of the lowest priority measurement object in the Nth measurement object set is greater than the first threshold, the terminal device receives the N+1th measurement GAP corresponding to the N+1th measurement object set in one or more measurement object sets.

[0181] Optionally, before step S602B, Figure 8 As shown in (a), the communication method may further include step S605:

[0182] S605: The terminal device sends indication information for instructing to start measurement of the Xth measurement object to the wireless access network device. Accordingly, the wireless access network device receives the indication information for instructing to start measurement of the Xth measurement object from the terminal device. Thus, the wireless access network device can perform the following operations based on the indication information: Figure 8 Step S602B in (a) of FIG. 1 , that is, Figure 8 Step S602B in (a) is triggered based on the indication information for instructing to start measurement of the Xth measurement object.

[0183] Optionally, the terminal device may measure the N+1th measurement object set within the N+1th measurement object set. Exemplarily, the implementation of the terminal device measuring the N+1th measurement object set within the N+1th measurement object set is similar to the implementation of measuring the Nth measurement object set within the Nth measurement object set. For details, please refer to the relevant description of the implementation of measuring the Nth measurement object set within the Nth measurement object set, which will not be repeated here.

[0184] Based on this optional solution, the terminal device measures the Nth measurement object set in the Nth measurement GAP, and measures the N+1th measurement object set in the N+1th measurement GAP. That is, the terminal device can measure different measurement object sets in different measurement GAPs. In other words, different measurement GAPs can be used according to different measurement object sets. For example, when there are fewer measurement objects, a measurement GAP with a shorter duration may be used, and when there are more measurement objects, a measurement GAP with a longer duration may be used. Compared with the solution of configuring only one measurement GAP and completing the measurement of different measurement object sets in the one measurement GAP, on the one hand, it can avoid the degradation of transmission performance caused by too long a data transmission suspension time, and on the other hand, it can avoid the degradation of measurement performance.

[0185] Based on the first situation, when the measurement amount of the lowest priority measurement object in the Nth measurement object set does not meet the measurement reporting condition and the measurement amount is less than or equal to the first threshold, it means that the measurement amount of the measurement object is poor, so the measurement range needs to be expanded to increase the probability of measurement amount reporting and avoid the failure of the wireless link in the current cell due to the delay in switching of the terminal device.

[0186] Therefore, in the process of expanding the measurement range (i.e., adding measurement objects to the Nth measurement object set), according to the relationship between the priority of one or more measurement objects and the low priority measurement start threshold, it can be known that a certain priority may not be configured with a low priority measurement start threshold, and the terminal device does not need to evaluate the measurement amount of the priority to determine to start the measurement of the measurement object with a priority lower than that. Conversely, the terminal device can expand the measurement range according to the low priority measurement start threshold. For example, the terminal device can determine the first priority (which can be called priority A) configured with a low priority measurement start threshold among the priorities lower than the highest priority in order from high to low, and add the measurement objects (or frequency points) corresponding to the priorities greater than or equal to priority A among the priorities of multiple measurement objects to the Nth measurement object set to obtain the N+1th measurement object set. In other words, the measurement range is expanded to the measurement object corresponding to priority A.

[0187] Optionally, the N+1th measurement object set may be implemented based on the following three scenarios:

[0188] Scenario 1: There is a second threshold.

[0189] Optionally, in the following scenario, the N+1th measurement object set includes the Nth measurement object set and the Xth measurement object, and the second threshold is used to determine whether the measurement amount of the Xth measurement object satisfies the start of the measurement of the Yth measurement object among one or more measurement objects, and the priority of the Yth measurement object is lower than the priority of the Xth measurement object, and Y is a positive integer. At this time, it can also be considered that the terminal device determines the N+1th measurement object set in this example based on the first threshold and the second threshold. In addition, the N+1th measurement GAP is used to satisfy the measurement of the Nth measurement object set and the Xth measurement object.

[0190] Optionally, the second threshold is configured by the wireless access network device for the Yth measurement object, and is used by the terminal device to evaluate whether the measurement amount of the Yth measurement object is less than or equal to the second threshold. Exemplarily, the second threshold may also be referred to as the low priority measurement start threshold corresponding to the Yth measurement object, or other names may exist without limitation.

[0191] Exemplarily, taking the priorities of three measurement objects (priority #1 to priority #3), the priority order of the three priorities is reduced once, and priority #1 corresponds to measurement object #1, priority #2 corresponds to measurement object #2, priority #3 corresponds to measurement object #3, and the Nth measurement object set includes measurement object #1 as an example, if priority #1, priority #2, and priority #3 are all configured with a low priority measurement start threshold, at this time, the measurement object with the lowest priority in the Nth measurement object set is measurement object #1, and the low priority measurement start threshold of measurement object #1 is the first threshold, and the Xth measurement object is measurement object #2, and the low priority measurement start threshold of measurement object #2 is the second threshold. Therefore, the terminal device can add measurement object #2 to the Nth measurement object set to obtain the N+1th measurement object set, and the N+1th measurement object set includes measurement object #1 and measurement object #2, so that the terminal device can measure the N+1th measurement object set.

[0192] Optionally, before step S604B, the communication method may further include: the radio access network device sends indication information for indicating the second threshold to the terminal device. Correspondingly, the terminal device receives the indication information for indicating the second threshold from the radio access network device.

[0193] Scenario 2: The second threshold does not exist, but the third threshold exists.

[0194] Optionally, in scenario 2, the N+1th measurement object set also includes the Yth measurement object, the second threshold is used to determine whether the measurement amount of the Xth measurement object satisfies the start of measurement of the Yth measurement object among one or more measurement objects, the third threshold is used to determine whether the measurement amount of the Yth measurement object satisfies the start of measurement of the Zth measurement object among one or more measurement objects, the priority of the Yth measurement object is lower than the priority of the Xth measurement object, the priority of the Zth measurement object is lower than the priority of the Yth measurement object, and X, Y, and Z are all positive integers. At this point, it can also be considered that the terminal device determines the N+1th measurement object set in this example based on the first threshold and the third threshold.

[0195] Optionally, the third threshold is configured by the wireless access network device for the Zth measurement object, and is used by the terminal device to evaluate whether the measurement amount of the Zth measurement object is less than or equal to the second threshold. Exemplarily, the second threshold may also be referred to as the low priority measurement start threshold corresponding to the Zth measurement object, or other names may exist without limitation.

[0196] Exemplarily, taking the priorities of three measurement objects (priority #1 to priority #3), the priority order of the three priorities is reduced once, and priority #1 corresponds to measurement object #1, priority #2 corresponds to measurement object #2, and priority #3 corresponds to measurement object #3. The Nth measurement object set includes measurement object #1. For example, if priority #1 and priority #3 are both configured with a low priority measurement start threshold, and priority #2 is not configured with a low priority measurement start threshold, at this time, the terminal device can add measurement object #2 and measurement object #3 to the Nth measurement object set to obtain the N+1th measurement object set, which includes measurement object #1, measurement object #2 and measurement object #3, so that the terminal device can measure the N+1th measurement object set.

[0197] Optionally, before step S604B, the communication method may further include: the radio access network device sends indication information for indicating the third threshold to the terminal device. Correspondingly, the terminal device receives the indication information for indicating the third threshold from the radio access network device.

[0198] Scenario 3: There is no second threshold and no third threshold.

[0199] Optionally, in scenario three, the terminal device determines in order from high to low priority whether there are measurement objects configured with a low priority measurement start threshold among the measurement objects whose priorities are lower than the priority of the Zth measurement object, that is, among the measurement objects whose priorities are lower than the priority of the Zth measurement object, the terminal device determines in order whether there are measurement objects that require further evaluation to determine whether to start measurement.

[0200] The measurement object that is first configured with a low priority measurement start threshold among the measurement objects whose priorities are lower than the priority of the Zth measurement object is determined as the last measurement object added to the Nth measurement object set. That is, when the second threshold does not exist and the third threshold does not exist, the N+1th measurement object set includes: the Nth measurement object set, and measurement objects whose priorities among the multiple measurement objects are lower than the lowest priority in the Nth measurement object set and are greater than or equal to priority B (i.e., the measurement object that is first configured with a low priority measurement start threshold among the frequency points whose priorities are lower than the priority of the Zth measurement object).

[0201] Alternatively, after traversing all priorities except the highest priority among multiple measurement objects, the terminal device determines that among the priorities of the multiple measurement objects except the lowest priority in the Nth measurement object set, there is no measurement object configured with a low priority measurement start threshold. At this time, the terminal device can add all measurement objects with priorities lower than the lowest priority in the Nth measurement object set among the multiple measurement objects to the Nth measurement object set, that is, the N+1th measurement object set at this time: includes the Nth measurement object set, and all measurement objects with priorities lower than the lowest priority in the Nth measurement object set among the multiple measurement objects.

[0202] Exemplarily, taking the priorities of 6 measurement objects (priority #1 to priority #6), the priorities of the 6 measurement objects decrease in sequence, and priority #1 corresponds to measurement object #1, priority #2 corresponds to measurement object #2, priority #3 corresponds to measurement object #3, priority #4 corresponds to measurement object #4, priority #5 corresponds to measurement object #5, and priority #6 corresponds to measurement object #6, and the Nth measurement object set includes measurement object #1 as an example, if priority #1 and priority #5 are respectively configured with low priority measurement start thresholds, priority #2, priority #3, priority #4, and priority #6 are not configured with low priority measurement start thresholds, when it is determined that priority #3 is not configured with a low priority measurement start threshold, priority #4 continues to be judged until it is determined that priority #5 is configured with a low priority measurement start threshold. At this time, the terminal device can add measurement objects #2 to measurement objects #5 to the Nth measurement object set to obtain the N+1th measurement object set, and the N+1th measurement object set includes measurement objects #1 to measurement objects #5, so that the terminal device can measure the N+1th measurement object set.

[0203] Alternatively, taking the priorities of 6 measurement objects (priority #1 to priority #6), the priorities of the 6 measurement objects decrease in sequence, and priority #1 corresponds to measurement object #1, priority #2 corresponds to measurement object #2, priority #3 corresponds to measurement object #3, priority #4 corresponds to measurement object #4, priority #5 corresponds to measurement object #5, and priority #6 corresponds to measurement object #6 as an example, if priority #1 is configured with a low priority measurement start threshold, and priority #2 to priority #6 are not configured with a low priority measurement start threshold, when it is determined that priority #3 is not configured with a low priority measurement start threshold, the remaining measurement objects are traversed until the last priority (i.e., priority #6) is traversed, and no priority configured with a low priority measurement start threshold is found. At this time, the terminal device can add measurement objects #2 to measurement objects #6 to the Nth measurement object set to obtain the N+1th measurement object set, which includes measurement objects #1 to measurement objects #6, so that the terminal device can measure the N+1th measurement object set.

[0204] Based on this possible implementation, when the measurement amount of the lowest priority measurement object in the Nth measurement object set is less than or equal to the first threshold, it indicates that the measurement amount of the measurement object is poor, and therefore the measurement range needs to be expanded. Therefore, the terminal device can expand the measurement range (i.e., determine the N+1th measurement object set) based on the existence of a threshold for determining whether to start measurement of a low-priority measurement object. Compared with the solution of measuring all measurement objects, it can reduce measurement actions and calculations, save power consumption, and reduce the impact of measurement GAP on data transmission performance.

[0205] Case 2: the number of measurement objects included in the N+1th measurement object set is less than the number of measurement objects included in the Nth measurement object set.

[0206] Optionally, the terminal device may determine the N+1th measurement object set according to a fourth threshold value, wherein the fourth threshold value is used to determine whether the measurement amount of the Mth measurement object in the Nth measurement object set satisfies the requirement of stopping the measurement of the measurement object whose priority is less than that of the Mth measurement object, and M is a positive integer.

[0207] Optionally, before step S604B, the wireless access network device may send indication information for indicating the fourth threshold to the terminal device, and correspondingly, the terminal device receives the indication information for indicating the fourth threshold from the wireless access network device. Exemplarily, the implementation of the indication information for indicating the fourth threshold is similar to the implementation of the indication information for indicating the first threshold, and the relevant description of the indication information for indicating the first threshold may be referred to, and will not be repeated here.

[0208] Optionally, the fourth threshold value may be a threshold value. Alternatively, it may be a threshold range, in which case, if the measurement value of the Mth measurement object is greater than or equal to the fourth threshold value, it means that the measurement value of the Mth measurement object is greater than or equal to the maximum value in the fourth threshold value (i.e., the threshold range). Exemplarily, the fourth threshold value may also be referred to as the low priority measurement stop threshold corresponding to the Mth measurement object, or other names may exist without limitation.

[0209] Optionally, the low priority measurement stop threshold and the low priority measurement start threshold may correspond to each other one by one. That is, if any one of the priorities of multiple measurement objects is configured with a low priority measurement start threshold, the priority is also configured with a low priority measurement stop threshold. Alternatively, the low priority measurement stop threshold and the low priority measurement start threshold may be configured separately and optionally, a certain priority may be configured with a low priority measurement start threshold but not a low priority measurement stop threshold, or a certain priority may not be configured with a low priority measurement start threshold but is configured with a low priority measurement stop threshold.

[0210] Exemplarily, taking the priorities of 6 measurement objects (priority #1 to priority #6), the priorities of the 6 measurement objects decrease in sequence, and priority #1 corresponds to measurement object #1, priority #2 corresponds to measurement object #2, priority #3 corresponds to measurement object #3, priority #4 corresponds to measurement object #4, priority #5 corresponds to measurement object #5, and priority #6 corresponds to measurement object #6, and the Nth measurement object set includes measurement object #1 as an example, if priority #1, priority #3, and priority #5 are respectively configured with low priority measurement start thresholds, and priority #2, priority #4, and priority #6 are not configured with low priority measurement start thresholds, the wireless access network device may configure low priority measurement stop thresholds for part or all of priority #1, priority #3, and priority #5; or, the wireless access network device may not configure low priority measurement stop thresholds for priority #1, priority #3, and priority #5; or, the wireless access network device may configure low priority measurement stop thresholds for part or all of priority #2, priority #4, and priority #6.

[0211] Optionally, the terminal device may determine the N+1th measurement object set according to the fourth threshold, including: when the measurement amount of the Mth measurement object is greater than or equal to the fourth threshold, determining the N+1th measurement object set. At this time, the N+1th measurement object set includes measurement objects in the Nth measurement object set whose priority is greater than or equal to the priority of the Mth measurement object.

[0212] Optionally, under this alternative scheme, if Figure 8 As shown in (b), the communication method may further include step S602B: that is, step S602 may further include step S602B:

[0213] S602B, the wireless access network device sends the N+1th measurement GAP corresponding to the N+1th measurement object set in one or more measurement object sets to the terminal device, and accordingly, the terminal device receives the N+1th measurement GAP from the wireless access network device. That is, when the measurement amount of the Mth measurement object is greater than or equal to the fourth threshold, the terminal device receives the N+1th measurement GAP corresponding to the N+1th measurement object set in one or more measurement object sets, and at this time, the N+1th measurement GAP is used to measure the measurement objects that meet the priority of the Nth measurement object set that is greater than or equal to the priority of the Mth measurement object.

[0214] Optionally, before step S604B, the wireless access network device may send indication information indicating the fourth threshold to the terminal device, and correspondingly, the terminal device receives indication information indicating the fourth threshold from the wireless access network device. Exemplarily, the implementation of the fourth threshold is similar to the implementation of the first threshold, and specific reference may be made to the relevant description of the first threshold, which will not be repeated here.

[0215] Optionally, before step S602B, Figure 8 As shown in (b), the communication method may further include step S606:

[0216] S606. The terminal device sends to the radio access network device indication information for indicating to stop measuring the measurement object whose priority is less than the priority of the Mth measurement object. Accordingly, the radio access network device receives from the terminal device indication information for indicating to stop measuring the measurement object whose priority is less than the priority of the Mth measurement object. Thus, the radio access network device can perform the following operations based on the indication information: Figure 8 Step S602B in (b) of FIG. 1 , that is, Figure 8 Step S602B in (b) is based on the instruction information for instructing to stop the measurement of the measurement object whose priority is lower than the priority of the Mth measurement object.

[0217] Based on the second situation, when the measurement amount of the Mth measurement object is greater than or equal to the fourth threshold value, it means that the measurement amount of the Mth measurement object is good. If the measurement objects with a priority greater than or equal to the priority of the Mth measurement object in the Nth measurement object set are continued to be measured, the terminal device is more likely to report the measurement amount. Therefore, there is no need to measure the measurement objects with a priority less than the priority of the Mth measurement object in the Nth measurement object set. Thus, the N+1th measurement object set determined by the terminal device includes the measurement objects with a priority greater than or equal to the priority of the Mth measurement object in the Nth measurement object set. Compared with the solution of measuring all measurement objects, it can reduce measurement actions and calculation amounts, reduce the impact of measurement GAP on data transmission performance, and save power consumption.

[0218] Optionally, in the above step S605: the indication information for indicating the start of measurement of the Xth measurement object, and in step S606: the indication information for indicating the stop of measurement of the measurement object whose priority is less than that of the Mth measurement object, can be carried in the same information. For the convenience of description, the same information is referred to as the second information below. That is, the second information can indicate the start or stop of measurement of the low-priority measurement object. Further, the wireless access network device can obtain the N+1th measurement object set through the second information, thereby further determining the N+1th measurement GAP corresponding to the N+1th measurement object set.

[0219] Exemplarily, the second information indicates starting or stopping the measurement of the low-priority measurement object, which can be understood as: the second information implicitly indicates starting or stopping the measurement of the low-priority measurement object by indicating the priority that satisfies the start condition or stop condition of the measurement of the low-priority measurement object. Specifically, the second information indicates the priority information, and further indicates whether the start condition or the stop condition is satisfied to indicate the expansion or contraction of the measurement object set. Among them, satisfying the start condition can be understood as the measurement amount of the measurement object corresponding to the priority is less than or equal to the corresponding low-priority measurement start threshold, and satisfying the stop condition can be understood as the measurement amount of the priority is less than or equal to the corresponding low-priority measurement stop threshold. For example, when N is 1, after the terminal device measures the Nth measurement object set (i.e., the first measurement object set), when it is determined that the first measurement object in the first measurement object set satisfies the start condition / stop condition for starting the low-priority measurement object, the second information can indicate that priority #1 (the priority of the first measurement object) satisfies the start condition or stop condition, which can be understood as: indicating that the measurement amount (such as the first measurement amount) of the measurement object corresponding to priority #1 is less than or equal to the first threshold, or indicating that the measurement amount (the first measurement amount) of the measurement object corresponding to priority #1 is greater than or equal to the fourth threshold. Among them, when priority #1 meets the start condition, it means that the Nth measurement object set needs to expand the measurement range, that is, the number of measurement objects in the N+1th measurement object set is greater than the number of measurement objects in the Nth measurement object set. When priority #1 meets the stop condition, it means that the Nth measurement object set needs to narrow the measurement range, that is, the number of measurement objects in the N+1th measurement object set is less than the number of measurement objects in the Nth measurement object set. Exemplarily, the process of the wireless access network device determining the N+1th measurement object set is similar to the process of the terminal device determining the N+1th measurement object set in the above cases 1 and 2. Please refer to the relevant descriptions of the above cases 1 and 2, which will not be repeated here.

[0220] As a first example, the second information indication information may include a first field and a second field, the first field indicating the priority of starting the low priority measurement (i.e., the priority corresponding to the measurement object that meets the starting condition for the low priority measurement). The second field indicates the priority corresponding to stopping the low priority measurement (i.e., the priority corresponding to the measurement object that meets the stopping condition for the low priority measurement).

[0221] Exemplarily, taking the Nth measurement object set including the first measurement object to the Qth measurement object (where the first measurement object to the Qth measurement object include the Mth measurement object), the priority of the Qth measurement object is priority #Q, and the priority of the Mth measurement object is priority #M as an example, if the first field is priority #Q, at this time, the first field indicates that the priority for starting the low priority measurement is priority #Q, that is, the Qth measurement amount (that is, the measurement amount of the Qth measurement object) is less than or equal to the low priority measurement start threshold of priority #Q (that is, the first threshold), and therefore it is necessary to expand the measurement range, that is, the number of measurement objects in the N+1th measurement object set is greater than the number of measurement objects in the Nth measurement object set.

[0222] If the second field is priority #M, the second field indicates that the priority for stopping the low priority measurement is priority #M. That is, the Mth measurement amount (i.e., the measurement amount of the Mth measurement object) is greater than or equal to the low priority measurement stop threshold (i.e., the fourth threshold) of priority #Q, so the measurement range needs to be narrowed, that is, the number of measurement objects in the N+1th measurement object set is less than the number of measurement objects in the Nth measurement object set.

[0223] As a second example, the second information may include a third field and a fourth field, the third field indicating priority information. The fourth field indicates whether the priority in the third field is a priority for starting low-priority measurement or a priority for stopping low-priority measurement.

[0224] Exemplarily, the value of the fourth field can be 1 bit. When the 1 bit is 1, it indicates that the priority of the third field is the priority for starting low-priority measurement, and correspondingly, when the 1 bit is 0, it indicates that the priority of the third field is the priority for stopping low-priority measurement. Alternatively, when the 1 bit is 1, it indicates that the priority of the third field is the priority for stopping low-priority measurement, and correspondingly, when the 1 bit is 0, it indicates that the priority of the third field is the priority for starting low-priority measurement. Alternatively, the fourth field may also include multiple bits, for example, the multiple bits may be 2 bits, when the 2 bits are 00, it indicates that the priority of the third field is the priority for stopping low-priority measurement, and when the 2 bits are 11, it indicates that the priority of the third field is the priority for starting low-priority measurement, or, the fourth field may have other implementation forms besides the above, which are not limited by the embodiments of the present application.

[0225] When the value of the fourth field is 1, it indicates that the priority of the third field is the priority for starting low priority measurement. Correspondingly, when the 1 bit is 0, it indicates that the priority of the third field is the priority for stopping low priority measurement. The Nth measurement object set includes the first measurement object to the Qth measurement object (wherein the first measurement object to the Qth measurement object include the Mth measurement object), the priority of the Qth measurement object is priority #Q, and the priority of the Mth measurement object is priority #M. For example, if the third field is priority #Q and the fourth field is 1, the second information indicates that the priority for starting low priority measurement is priority #Q. Therefore, the measurement range needs to be expanded, that is, the number of measurement objects in the N+1th measurement object set is greater than the number of measurement objects in the Nth measurement object set.

[0226] If the third field is priority #M and the fourth field is 0, the second information indicates that the priority for stopping low priority measurement is priority #M, so the measurement range needs to be narrowed, that is, the number of measurement objects in the N+1th measurement object set is less than the number of measurement objects in the Nth measurement object set.

[0227] As a third example, the second information may include a fifth field and a sixth field, wherein the fifth field indicates the priority of the measurement to be started (i.e., the priority of the measurement object to be added to the Nth measurement object set). The sixth field indicates the priority of the measurement to be stopped (i.e., the priority of the measurement object to be removed from the Nth measurement object set).

[0228] Exemplarily, taking the case where the Nth measurement object set includes the first measurement object to the Qth measurement object (where the first measurement object to the Qth measurement object include the Mth measurement object), the priority of the Qth measurement object is priority #Q, the priority of the Mth measurement object is priority #M, and priority #M is greater than priority #Q, if the N+1th measurement object set includes the Nth measurement object set and the Xth measurement object, it indicates that the priority to be started is priority #X (i.e., the priority of the Xth measurement object), that is, the fifth field indicates that the priority of the measurement to be started is priority #X; if the N+1th measurement object set includes the Nth measurement object set, the Xth measurement object and the Yth measurement object, it indicates that the priorities to be started are priority #X and priority #Y (i.e., the priority of the Yth measurement object), that is, the fifth field indicates that the priorities of the measurement to be started are priority #X and priority #Y.

[0229] If the N+1th measurement object set includes a measurement object in the Nth measurement object set whose priority is greater than or equal to that of the Mth measurement object, it indicates that the priority to be stopped is priority #Q, that is, the sixth field indicates that the priority to be stopped is priority #Q.

[0230] As a fourth example, the second information may include a seventh field and an eighth field, wherein the seventh field indicates priority information, and the eighth field indicates whether the priority in the seventh field is a priority for starting measurement or a priority for stopping measurement.

[0231] Exemplarily, the value of the eighth field can be 1 bit. When the 1 bit is 1, it indicates that the priority of the seventh field is the priority for starting measurement, and correspondingly, when the 1 bit is 0, it indicates that the priority of the seventh field is the priority for stopping measurement. Alternatively, when the 1 bit is 1, it indicates that the priority of the seventh field is the priority for stopping measurement, and correspondingly, when the 1 bit is 0, it indicates that the priority of the seventh field is the priority for starting measurement. Alternatively, the eighth field may also include multiple bits, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0232] Taking the value of the eighth field as 1 bit, when the 1 bit is 1, it indicates that the priority of the eighth field is the priority for starting measurement. Correspondingly, when the 1 bit is 0, it indicates that the priority of the eighth field is the priority for stopping measurement. The Nth measurement object set includes the first measurement object to the Qth measurement object (wherein the first measurement object to the Qth measurement object include the Mth measurement object), the priority of the Qth measurement object is priority #Q, the priority of the Mth measurement object is priority #M, and priority #M is greater than priority #Q. For example, if the N+1th measurement object set includes the Nth measurement object set and the Xth measurement object, it indicates that the priority to be started is priority #X (that is, the priority of the Xth measurement object), that is, the seventh field indicates that the priority of the measurement to be started is priority #X, and the eighth field is 1; if the N+1th measurement object set includes the Nth measurement object set, the Xth measurement object and the Yth measurement object, it indicates that the priority to be started is priority #X and priority #Y (that is, the priority of the Yth measurement object), that is, the seventh field indicates priority #X and priority #Y, and the eighth field is 1.

[0233] If the (N+1)th measurement object set includes a measurement object whose priority is greater than or equal to that of the (M)th measurement object in the (N)th measurement object set, it indicates that the priority to be stopped is priority #Q, that is, the seventh field indicates priority #Q and the eighth field is 0.

[0234] The above exemplary embodiment takes the one-to-one correspondence between measurement objects and priorities as an example to exemplify the implementation of the second information; the correspondence between measurement objects and priorities can also be many-to-one. For example, the measurement object corresponding to priority #X may include the Xth measurement object #1 and the Xth measurement object #2. Then the second information indicates that the priority for starting the measurement is priority #X, which means that the N+1th measurement object set includes the Nth measurement object set and the Xth measurement object #1 and the Xth measurement object #2.

[0235] Case 3: the number of measurement objects included in the N+1th measurement object set is equal to the number of measurement objects included in the Nth measurement object set.

[0236] Optionally, the terminal device may determine the N+1th measurement object set according to the first threshold. Exemplarily, when there is a first threshold and the measurement amount of the lowest priority measurement object in the Nth measurement object set is greater than the first threshold, the N+1th measurement set is equal to the Nth measurement object set.

[0237] Optionally, in case three, the terminal device re-measures / continues to measure the Nth measurement object set, so that it can judge whether the measurement amount obtained by the latest measurement satisfies the measurement reporting condition corresponding to the measurement amount according to the measurement amount obtained by the latest measurement. Exemplarily, the terminal device can re-measure / continue to measure the Nth measurement object set within the Nth measurement GAP.

[0238] Based on this situation three, when the measurement amount of the lowest priority measurement object in the Nth measurement object set is greater than the first threshold, it means that the measurement amount of the measurement object is good, so there is no need to expand the measurement range. If the Nth measurement object set is still measured, the terminal device is more likely to report the measurement amount. In other words, the terminal device needs to continue to measure only the Nth measurement object set. Compared with the solution of measuring all measurement objects, it can reduce measurement actions and calculations, save power consumption, and reduce the impact of measurement GAP on data transmission performance.

[0239] Optionally, when the measurement quantity of the measurement object in the N+1th measurement object set meets the measurement reporting condition, the terminal device can report the measurement quantity.

[0240] When there is no measurement amount of the measurement object in the N+1th measurement object set that meets the measurement reporting condition, if the measurement object with the lowest priority in the N+1th measurement object set is the measurement object with the lowest priority among the priorities of one or more measurement objects, that is, at this time, the N+1th measurement object set includes all measurement objects in the one or more measurement objects; then the terminal device can report the measurement amount of all measurement objects in the one or more measurement objects, and none of them meets the measurement reporting condition. This allows the wireless access network device to implement cell switching through other methods, thereby avoiding the failure of the wireless link in the current cell caused by the terminal device's delay in switching.

[0241] If the minimum priority in the N+1th measurement object set is greater than the minimum priority among the priorities of one or more measurement objects, the terminal device can determine the N+2th measurement object set. Exemplarily, the implementation of the N+2th measurement object set is similar to the implementation of the above-mentioned N+1th measurement object set, and the implementation of the above-mentioned N+1th measurement object set can be specifically referred to, which will not be repeated here.

[0242] In a second possible implementation, the terminal device obtains the measurement GAPs corresponding to one or more measurement object sets, including: the terminal device determines the measurement GAPs corresponding to one or more measurement object sets from a first correspondence relationship, wherein the first correspondence relationship includes a correspondence relationship between the measurement object set and the measurement GAP.

[0243] Optionally, the first correspondence is sent by the wireless access network device to the terminal device. Exemplarily, the first correspondence is sent by the wireless access network device to the terminal device via the first information; that is, the first information also indicates the first correspondence. Alternatively, the first correspondence is sent by the wireless access network device to the terminal device via other information other than the first information.

[0244] Optionally, the terminal device determines measurement GAPs corresponding to one or more measurement object sets respectively from the first corresponding relationship, including: determining the measurement GAP corresponding to the Nth measurement object set in the one or more measurement object sets in the first corresponding relationship as the Nth measurement GAP.

[0245] Optionally, when the N+1th measurement object set includes the Nth measurement object set, the N+1th measurement GAP is equal to the Nth measurement GAP. At this time, the terminal device does not need to determine the N+1th measurement GAP from the first corresponding relationship, and can directly use the Nth measurement GAP to measure the N+1th measurement object set. Therefore, the terminal device determines the measurement GAPs corresponding to one or more measurement object sets from the first corresponding relationship, including: when the N+1th measurement object set is not equal to the Nth measurement object set, determining the measurement GAP corresponding to the N+1th measurement object set in one or more measurement object sets in the first corresponding relationship as the N+1th measurement GAP.

[0246] As an example, the first corresponding relationship can be represented in the form of expression.

[0247] In a possible implementation, when there are the first threshold, the second threshold, and the third threshold, the first corresponding relationship may include the following content:

[0248] Table 4

[0249]

[0250] In the above Table 4, the first measurement object to the Mth measurement object can be understood as: the measurement object set #(n-1) includes measurement objects with a priority greater than the priority of the Mth measurement object in one or more measurement object sets, that is, the measurement object with the lowest priority in the measurement object set #(n-1) is the Mth measurement object. Similarly, the first measurement object to the Qth measurement object can be understood as: the measurement object set #n includes measurement objects with a priority greater than the priority of the Qth measurement object in one or more measurement object sets, that is, the measurement object with the lowest priority in the measurement object set #n is the Qth measurement object. The first measurement object to the Xth measurement object can be understood as: the measurement object set #(n+1) includes measurement objects with a priority greater than the priority of the Xth measurement object in one or more measurement object sets, that is, the measurement object with the lowest priority in the measurement object set #(n+1) is the Xth measurement object. The first measurement object to the Yth measurement object can be understood as: the measurement object set #(n+2) includes measurement objects with a priority greater than the priority of the Yth measurement object in one or more measurement object sets, that is, the measurement object with the lowest priority in the measurement object set #(n+2) is the Yth measurement object.

[0251] According to the above, when the value of N is 1, the first measurement object set includes the first measurement object. Combined with Table 4 above, it can be seen that the measurement object set #1 in Table 4 above is the first measurement object set. Therefore, the terminal device can regard the measurement GAP #1 corresponding to the first measurement object set (i.e., measurement object set #1) as the first measurement GAP. Similarly, since the value of N is not 1, the measurement object with the lowest priority in the Nth measurement object set is the Qth measurement object. The measurement object set #n in Table 4 above is the Nth measurement object set. Therefore, the terminal device can regard the measurement GAP #n corresponding to the Nth measurement object set (i.e., measurement object set #n) as the Nth measurement GAP.

[0252] When the N+1th measurement object set includes the Nth measurement object set and the Xth measurement object, the measurement object set #(n+1) in the above Table 4 is the N+1th measurement object set. Therefore, the terminal device can use the measurement GAP #(n+1) corresponding to the N+1th measurement object set (i.e., measurement object set #(n+1)) as the N+1th measurement GAP.

[0253] When the N+1th measurement object set includes measurement objects whose priority is greater than or equal to that of the Mth measurement object in the Nth measurement object set, the measurement object set #(n-1) in the above Table 4 is the N+1th measurement object set. Therefore, the terminal device can use the measurement GAP #(n-1) corresponding to the N+1th measurement object set (i.e., measurement object set #(n-1)) as the N+1th measurement GAP.

[0254] In another possible implementation, when the first threshold and the third threshold exist, and the second threshold does not exist, the first corresponding relationship may include the following content:

[0255] Table 5

[0256]

[0257]

[0258] In the above Table 5, the descriptions of the first measurement object to the Mth measurement object, the first measurement object to the Qth measurement object, and the first measurement object to the Xth measurement object can refer to the relevant descriptions in the above Table 4. In addition, the process of determining the Nth measurement GAP according to the Nth measurement object set is the same as the process of determining the Nth measurement GAP according to the Nth measurement object set in the above Table 4, and can refer to the description in Table 4, which will not be repeated here.

[0259] When the N+1th measurement object set includes the Nth measurement object set, the Xth measurement object, and the Yth measurement object, since the first measurement object to the Yth measurement object are measurement objects with a priority greater than or equal to the Yth measurement object among one or more measurement objects, and the priorities of the Qth measurement object, the Xth measurement object, and the Yth measurement object are reduced in sequence. Therefore, the first measurement object to the Yth measurement object are equivalent to the Nth measurement object set, the Xth measurement object, and the Yth measurement object, so the measurement object set #(n+1) in Table 5 is the N+1th measurement object set, and therefore, the terminal device can use the measurement GAP #(n+1) corresponding to the N+1th measurement object set (i.e., the measurement object set #(n+1)) as the N+1th measurement GAP.

[0260] When the N+1th measurement object set includes measurement objects whose priority is greater than or equal to that of the Mth measurement object in the Nth measurement object set, the measurement object set #(n-1) in the above Table 5 is the N+1th measurement object set. Therefore, the terminal device can use the measurement GAP #(n-1) corresponding to the N+1th measurement object set (i.e., measurement object set #(n-1)) as the N+1th measurement GAP.

[0261] As another example, the first corresponding relationship may be represented in the form of a set.

[0262] In a first possible implementation, the odd-numbered columns in the first corresponding relationship are represented as a measurement object set, and the even-numbered columns are represented as a measurement GAP, and the measurement object set and the measurement GAP correspond one to one.

[0263] Exemplarily, taking the first correspondence relationship including the content in Table 4 as an example, the first correspondence relationship can be {measurement object set #1 (first measurement object set), measurement GAP #1;…; measurement object #(n-1) (first measurement object to Mth measurement object), measurement GAP #(n-1); measurement object set #n (first measurement object to Qth measurement object), measurement GAP #n; measurement object set #(n+1) (first measurement object to Xth measurement object), measurement GAP #(n+1); measurement object set #(n+2) (first measurement object to Yth measurement object), measurement GAP #(n+2);...;}.

[0264] In a second possible implementation, the first correspondence may include two sets, set #1 includes one or more measurement object sets, set #2 includes one or more measurement GAPs corresponding to the measurement object sets, and the elements in set #1 correspond one-to-one to the elements in set #2.

[0265] Exemplarily, taking the first correspondence relationship including the content in Table 4 as an example, the first correspondence relationship may include: Set #1: {measurement object set #1; ...; measurement object set #(n-1); measurement object set #n; measurement object set #(n+1); measurement object set #(n+2); ...;}. And Set 2: {measurement GAP #1; ...; measurement GAP #(n-1); measurement GAP #n; measurement GAP #(n+1); measurement GAP #(n+2); ...;}. Among them, measurement object set #1 corresponds to measurement GAP #1, ..., measurement object set #(n-1) corresponds to measurement GAP #(n-1), measurement object set #n corresponds to measurement GAP #n, measurement object set #(n+1) corresponds to measurement GAP #(n+1), and measurement object set #(n+2) corresponds to measurement GAP #(n+2).

[0266] In a third possible implementation, the first correspondence may include a set, wherein one or more measurement GAPs in the set are respectively corresponding to the measurement object sets. The elements in the set are gradually expanded according to the order in the set, and the number of measurement objects contained in the measurement object set corresponding to each element in the set is also gradually expanded according to the order in the set.

[0267] Exemplarily, taking the first correspondence relationship including the content in Table 4 as an example, the first correspondence relationship may include: Set #1: {measurement GAP #1; ...; measurement GAP #(n-1); measurement GAP #n; measurement GAP #(n+1); measurement GAP #(n+2); ...;}. Among them, measurement object set #1 corresponds to measurement GAP #1, ..., measurement object set #(n-1) corresponds to measurement GAP #(n-1), measurement object set #n corresponds to measurement GAP #n, measurement object set #(n+1) corresponds to measurement GAP #(n+1), and measurement object set #(n+2) corresponds to measurement GAP #(n+2).

[0268] In the above three possible implementations, the first correspondence relationship including the content in Table 4 is taken as an example to describe the first correspondence relationship represented in the form of a set. When the first correspondence relationship includes the content in Table 5, the implementation of the first correspondence relationship represented in the form of a set is similar to the implementation of the first correspondence relationship represented in the form of a set when the above first correspondence relationship includes the content in Table 4. For details, please refer to the relevant descriptions in the above three possible implementations, which will not be repeated here.

[0269] Optionally, in a second possible implementation manner, the terminal device and the wireless access network device default the first measurement GAP to be the measurement GAP corresponding to the minimum measurement object set.

[0270] Optionally, in a second possible implementation, after the terminal device determines the Nth measurement GAP, the communication method further includes: the terminal device sends indication information for indicating the Nth measurement GAP to the wireless access network device. Accordingly, the wireless access network device can receive indication information for indicating the Nth measurement GAP from the terminal device.

[0271] Based on this optional solution, the terminal device can inform the wireless access network device of the Nth measurement GAP. After receiving the Nth measurement GAP, the wireless access network device suspends data transmission with the terminal device within the Nth measurement GAP to avoid packet loss caused by the wireless access network device transmitting data to the terminal device within the Nth measurement GAP, while the terminal device cannot receive the data within the Nth measurement GAP.

[0272] The above exemplary embodiment takes the one-to-one correspondence between measurement objects and priorities as an example to exemplify the implementation of the Nth measurement object set, the Nth measurement GAP, the N+1th measurement object set, and the N+1th measurement GAP; the correspondence between measurement objects and priorities can also be many-to-one. For example, the measurement object corresponding to priority #X may include the Xth measurement object #1 and the Xth measurement object #2, then the N+1th measurement object set includes the Nth measurement object set, the Xth measurement object #1, and the Xth measurement object #2; at this time, the N+1th measurement GAP is used for measurements that satisfy the Nth measurement object set, the Xth measurement object #1, and the Xth measurement object #2, and will not be repeated here.

[0273] Optionally, the Nth measurement object set may also include measurement objects corresponding to the frequency point of the primary serving cell of the terminal device.

[0274] Optionally, before the terminal device measures the first measurement object set, the communication method further includes: measuring the measurement object corresponding to the frequency point of the primary service cell of the terminal device, and determining whether the measurement amount of the measurement object corresponding to the frequency point of the primary service cell meets the measurement reporting condition. The measurement amount of the measurement object corresponding to the frequency point of the primary service cell includes the measurement amount of the primary service cell and the measurement amount of the co-frequency neighboring cell.

[0275] When the measurement amount of the measurement object corresponding to the frequency point of the primary service cell meets the measurement reporting condition, the terminal device reports the measurement amount that meets the measurement reporting condition. When the measurement amount of the measurement object corresponding to the frequency point of the primary service cell does not meet the measurement reporting condition, the terminal device can determine whether to start the measurement of the first measurement object according to the fifth threshold value, that is, whether to add the first measurement object into the measurement range to obtain the first measurement object set.

[0276] Based on this optional scheme, when the measurement amount of the main service cell is less than or equal to the fifth threshold, it indicates that the measurement amount of the main service cell is poor and cell switching is required. Therefore, it is necessary to start neighboring cell measurement. The neighboring cell measurement may include same-frequency neighboring cell measurement and different-frequency neighboring cell measurement. Based on this, the measurement amount of the same-frequency neighboring cell is first evaluated to determine whether the reporting conditions are met. If the measurement amount of the same-frequency neighboring cell meets the third measurement reporting condition, the target cell determined by the wireless access network device is the cell in the same-frequency neighboring cell, and there is no need to start different-frequency measurement, thereby ensuring that the performance impact caused by the measurement GAP required for measuring different frequencies is reduced when determining the target cell.

[0277] Exemplarily, the implementation of the fifth threshold is similar to the implementation of the first threshold. For details, please refer to the relevant description of the first threshold, which will not be repeated here. The fifth threshold can be the threshold for starting neighboring area measurement (s-measureconfig). The fifth threshold is used by the terminal device to determine whether to start measuring the first measurement object.

[0278] Optionally, the terminal device may determine whether to start measurement of the first measurement object according to the fifth threshold value, including: when the measurement amount of the primary service cell is less than or equal to the fifth threshold value, it indicates that the measurement amount of the primary service cell is poor, and it may be necessary to determine whether the measurement amount of the co-frequency neighboring area meets the measurement reporting condition, or it may be necessary to further expand the measurement range to measure other measurement objects except the measurement object corresponding to the frequency point of the primary service cell. Therefore, it is necessary to start the evaluation of the measurement amount of the co-frequency neighboring area, and further, start the measurement of the first measurement object with the highest priority. Exemplarily, the terminal device determines whether the measurement amount of the co-frequency neighboring area meets the measurement reporting condition, and when the measurement amount of the co-frequency neighboring area meets the measurement reporting condition, the terminal device can report the measurement amount of the co-frequency neighboring area. When the measurement amount of the co-frequency neighboring area does not meet the measurement reporting condition, the terminal device may determine whether to start measurement of the first measurement object according to the fifth threshold value. For example, when the measurement amount of the co-frequency neighboring area is less than or equal to the fifth threshold value, the measurement of the first measurement object is started, that is, the terminal device needs to measure the first measurement object set. When the measurement amount of the same-frequency neighboring area is greater than the fifth threshold, the terminal device does not need to expand the measurement range and continues to measure the objects corresponding to the frequency points of the main serving cell. At this time, the set of measurement objects that the terminal device needs to measure includes the measurement objects corresponding to the frequency points of the main serving cell.

[0279] Optionally, if at least one of the measurement amount of the main service cell or the measurement amount of the same-frequency neighboring cell is greater than the fifth threshold, the terminal device needs to continue / continue to measure the measurement object corresponding to the frequency of the main service cell, that is, the measurement object set that the terminal device needs to measure includes the measurement object corresponding to the frequency of the main service cell. Since the measurement object set does not include the measurement objects corresponding to the frequencies of hetero-frequency or hetero-system cells, the measurement GAP corresponding to the measurement object set can be considered to have no GAP configured. Optionally, when measuring the first measurement object set, the terminal device can also continue to measure the measurement objects corresponding to the frequency of the main service cell, that is, the first measurement object can also include the measurement objects corresponding to the frequency of the main service cell. Similarly, when measuring the Nth measurement object set / the N+1th measurement object set, the terminal device can also continue to measure the measurement objects corresponding to the frequency of the main service cell, that is, the Nth measurement object set / the N+1th measurement object set can also include the measurement objects corresponding to the frequency of the main service cell.

[0280] Optionally, when the Nth measurement object set / the N+1th measurement object set includes the measurement objects corresponding to the frequency point of the primary serving cell, the first corresponding relationship may include the following content:

[0281] In a possible implementation, when there are the first threshold, the second threshold, and the third threshold, the first corresponding relationship may include the following content:

[0282] Table 6

[0283]

[0284]

[0285] In another possible implementation, when the first threshold and the third threshold exist, and the second threshold does not exist, the first corresponding relationship may include the following content:

[0286] Table 7

[0287]

[0288] The implementation of the parameters in Table 6 and Table 7 is similar to that of the parameters in Table 4 and Table 5 above. For details, please refer to the relevant descriptions in Table 4 and Table 5 above and will not be repeated here.

[0289] It can be understood that in each of the above embodiments, the methods and / or steps implemented by the wireless access network device can also be implemented by components that can be used for the wireless access network device (such as a processor, a chip, a chip system, a circuit, a logic module, or software such as a chip or a circuit); the methods and / or steps implemented by the terminal device can also be implemented by components that can be used for the terminal device (such as a processor, a chip, a chip system, a circuit, a logic module, or software such as a chip or a circuit).

[0290] The above mainly introduces the scheme provided by the present application. Accordingly, the present application also provides a communication device, which is used to implement the above various methods. The communication device can be a terminal device in the above method embodiment, or a device including the above terminal device, or a component that can be used for the terminal device, such as a chip or a chip system; or, the communication device can be a wireless access network device in the above method embodiment, or a device including the above wireless access network device, or a component that can be used for the wireless access network device, such as a chip or a chip system.

[0291] It is understandable that, in order to realize the above functions, the communication device includes hardware structures and / or software modules corresponding to the execution of each function. Those skilled in the art should easily realize that, in combination with the units and algorithm steps of each example described in the embodiments disclosed herein, the present application can be implemented in the form of hardware or a combination of hardware and computer software. Whether a function is executed in the form of hardware or computer software driving hardware 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.

[0292] The embodiment of the present application can divide the functional modules of the communication device according to the above method embodiment. For example, each functional module can be divided according to each function, or two or more functions can be integrated into one processing module. The above integrated module can be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of software functional modules. It should be noted that the division of modules in the embodiment of the present application is schematic and is only a logical function division. There may be other division methods in actual implementation.

[0293] Fig. 9 A schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device 90 is shown. The communication device 90 includes a processing module 901 and a transceiver module 902. The communication device 90 can be used to implement the functions of the above-mentioned wireless access network device or terminal device.

[0294] In some embodiments, the communication device 90 may further include a storage module ( Fig. 9 ), for storing program instructions and data.

[0295] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 902, which may also be referred to as a transceiver unit, is used to implement the sending and / or receiving functions. The transceiver module 902 may be composed of a transceiver circuit, a transceiver, a transceiver or a communication interface.

[0296] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 902 may include a receiving module and a sending module, which are respectively used to execute the receiving and sending steps performed by the wireless access network device or the terminal device in the above-mentioned method embodiment, and / or used to support other processes of the technology described in this document; the processing module 901 may be used to execute the processing steps (such as determination, generation, etc.) performed by the wireless access network device or the terminal device in the above-mentioned method embodiment, and / or used to support other processes of the technology described in this document.

[0297] When the communication device 90 is used to implement the functions of the above terminal device:

[0298] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 902 is used to receive first information, where the first information indicates the priority of one or more measurement objects; the processing module 901 is used to obtain the measurement interval GAP corresponding to one or more measurement object sets, where the one or more measurement object sets are determined based on the priority of one or more measurement objects, and the measurement GAP is used to measure the measurement object set corresponding to the measurement GAP.

[0299] Optionally, the transceiver module 902 is further configured to receive an Nth measurement GAP corresponding to an Nth measurement object set in one or more measurement object sets, where N is a positive integer.

[0300] Optionally, the transceiver module 902 is also used to receive the N+1th measurement GAP corresponding to the N+1th measurement object set in one or more measurement object sets, wherein the N+1th measurement object set includes the Nth measurement object set and the Xth measurement object, the priority of the Xth measurement object is lower than the lowest priority of the measurement objects in the Nth measurement object set, and X is a positive integer.

[0301] Optionally, the transceiver module 902 is further used to receive indication information used to indicate the first threshold.

[0302] Optionally, the transceiver module 902 is further configured to send indication information for instructing to start measurement of the Xth measurement object.

[0303] Optionally, the transceiver module 902 is further used to receive indication information used to indicate the second threshold.

[0304] Optionally, the transceiver module 902 is further used to receive indication information used to indicate a third threshold.

[0305] Optionally, the transceiver module 902 is also used to receive the N+1th measurement GAP corresponding to the N+1th measurement object set in one or more measurement object sets, wherein the N+1th measurement object set includes measurement objects in the Nth measurement object set whose priority is greater than or equal to the priority of the Mth measurement object, and M is a positive integer.

[0306] Optionally, the transceiver module 902 is further used to send indication information for instructing to stop measuring the measurement object whose priority is lower than the priority of the Mth measurement object.

[0307] Optionally, the processing module 901 is further configured to determine, from a first corresponding relationship, measurement GAPs corresponding to one or more measurement object sets, respectively, where the first corresponding relationship includes a corresponding relationship between the measurement object sets and the measurement GAPs.

[0308] Optionally, the processing module 901 is also used to measure the first measurement object and the second measurement object when there is a second threshold, and the second threshold is used to determine whether to start measurement of a third measurement object, the frequency point of the third measurement object is a third frequency point among multiple frequency points, and the priority of the third frequency point is lower than the priority of the second frequency point.

[0309] Optionally, the processing module 901 is further used to determine the measurement GAP corresponding to the Nth measurement object set in one or more measurement object sets in the first corresponding relationship as the Nth measurement GAP; the transceiver module 902 is further used to send indication information indicating the Nth measurement GAP.

[0310] When the communication device 90 is used to implement the functions of the above-mentioned wireless access network device:

[0311] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 902 is used to send first information, where the first information indicates the priority of one or more measurement objects; the transceiver module 902 is also used to send measurement GAPs corresponding to one or more measurement object sets, respectively, where the one or more measurement object sets are determined based on the priority of one or more measurement objects, and the measurement GAP is used to measure the measurement object set corresponding to the measurement GAP.

[0312] Optionally, the transceiver module 902 is also used to send second information, where the second information indicates a first threshold, and the first threshold is used to determine whether to start measurement of a second measurement object. The frequency point of the second measurement object includes a second frequency point among multiple frequency points, and the priority of the second frequency point is lower than that of the first frequency point.

[0313] Optionally, the transceiver module 902 is further configured to send an Nth measurement GAP corresponding to an Nth measurement object set in one or more measurement object sets, where N is a positive integer.

[0314] Optionally, the transceiver module 902 is further used to receive indication information for instructing to start measurement of the Xth measurement object in one or more measurement object sets, where the priority of the Xth measurement object is lower than the lowest priority of the measurement objects in the Nth measurement object set, and X is a positive integer; and send the N+1th measurement GAP corresponding to the N+1th measurement object set in one or more measurement object sets, where the N+1th measurement object set includes the Nth measurement object set and the Xth measurement object.

[0315] Optionally, the transceiver module 902 is further used to send indication information indicating a first threshold, where the first threshold is used to determine whether the measurement quantity with the lowest priority in the Nth measurement object set satisfies the requirement for starting measurement of the Xth measurement object in one or more measurement objects.

[0316] Optionally, the transceiver module 902 is further used to send indication information used to indicate the second threshold.

[0317] Optionally, the transceiver module 902 is further used to send indication information used to indicate a third threshold.

[0318] Optionally, the transceiver module 902 is also used to receive indication information for instructing to stop measuring the measurement objects whose priority in the Nth measurement object set is less than the priority of the Mth measurement object, where M is a positive integer; and send the N+1th measurement GAP corresponding to the N+1th measurement object set in one or more measurement object sets, where the N+1th measurement object set includes measurement objects whose priority in the Nth measurement object set is greater than or equal to the priority of the Mth measurement object.

[0319] Optionally, the transceiver module 902 is further used to send indication information for indicating a fourth threshold, where the fourth threshold is used to determine whether the measurement amount of the Mth measurement object in the Nth measurement object set satisfies the requirement for stopping measurement objects whose priority is less than that of the Mth measurement object.

[0320] Optionally, the transceiver module 902 is further used to receive indication information for indicating an Nth measurement GAP, where the Nth measurement GAP is the measurement GAP corresponding to the Nth measurement object set in the first corresponding relationship, and the Nth measurement GAP is used for measurement of the Nth measurement object set.

[0321] Among them, all relevant contents of each step involved in the above method embodiment can be referred to the functional description of the corresponding functional module, and will not be repeated here.

[0322] In the present application, the communication device 90 may be presented in the form of dividing various functional modules in an integrated manner. The "module" here may refer to a specific application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a circuit, a processor and a memory that executes one or more software or firmware programs, an integrated logic circuit, and / or other devices that can provide the above functions.

[0323] In some embodiments, when Fig. 9 When the communication device 90 is a chip or a chip system, the function / implementation process of the transceiver module 902 can be implemented through the input and output interface (or communication interface) of the chip or the chip system, and the function / implementation process of the processing module 901 can be implemented through the processor (or processing circuit) of the chip or the chip system.

[0324] Since the communication device 90 provided in this embodiment can execute the above method, the technical effects that can be obtained can refer to the above method embodiments and will not be repeated here.

[0325] As a possible product form, the wireless access network device or terminal device described in the embodiments of the present application can also be implemented using the following: one or more field programmable gate arrays (FPGA), programmable logic devices (PLD), controllers, state machines, gate logic, discrete hardware components, any other suitable circuits, or any combination of circuits that can perform the various functions described throughout the present application.

[0326] As another possible product form, the wireless access network device or terminal device of the embodiment of the present application can be implemented by a general bus architecture. Fig.10 , Fig.10 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device 100 provided in an embodiment of the present application, and the communication device 100 includes a processor 1001 and a transceiver 1002. The communication device 100 may be a terminal device, or a chip or chip system therein; or, the communication device 100 may be a wireless access network device, or a chip or module therein. Fig.10 Only the main components of the communication device 100 are shown. In addition to the processor 1001 and the transceiver 1002, the communication device may further include a memory 1003 and an input and output device (not shown in the figure).

[0327] Optionally, the processor 1001 is mainly used to process the communication protocol and communication data, and to control the entire communication device, execute the software program, and process the data of the software program. The memory 1003 is mainly used to store the software program and data. The transceiver 1002 may include a radio frequency circuit and an antenna. The radio frequency circuit is mainly used for converting baseband signals and radio frequency signals and processing radio frequency signals. The antenna is mainly used to transmit and receive radio frequency signals in the form of electromagnetic waves. The input and output devices, such as a touch screen, a display screen, a keyboard, etc., are mainly used to receive data input by the user and output data to the user.

[0328] Optionally, the processor 1001, the transceiver 1002, and the memory 1003 may be connected via a communication bus.

[0329] When the communication device is turned on, the processor 1001 can read the software program in the memory 1003, interpret and execute the instructions of the software program, and process the data of the software program. When data needs to be sent wirelessly, the processor 1001 performs baseband processing on the data to be sent, and outputs the baseband signal to the radio frequency circuit. The radio frequency circuit performs radio frequency processing on the baseband signal and then sends the radio frequency signal outward in the form of electromagnetic waves through the antenna. When data is sent to the communication device, the radio frequency circuit receives the radio frequency signal through the antenna, converts the radio frequency signal into a baseband signal, and outputs the baseband signal to the processor 1001. The processor 1001 converts the baseband signal into data and processes the data.

[0330] In another implementation, the RF circuit and antenna may be arranged independently of the processor performing baseband processing. For example, in a distributed scenario, the RF circuit and antenna may be arranged remotely from the communication device.

[0331] In some embodiments, in terms of hardware implementation, those skilled in the art may imagine that the communication device 90 may be implemented as Fig.10 The form of the communication device 100 is shown.

[0332] As an example, Fig. 9The function / implementation process of the processing module 901 in Fig.10 The processor 1001 in the communication device 100 shown calls the computer execution instructions stored in the memory 1003 to implement. Fig. 9 The function / implementation process of the transceiver module 902 can be Fig.10 The transceiver 1002 in the communication device 100 is shown to be implemented.

[0333] As another possible product form, the wireless access network device or terminal device in this application can adopt Fig. 9 The structure shown, or including Fig.11 Parts shown. Fig.11 A schematic diagram of the composition of a communication device 1100 provided in the present application, wherein the communication device 1100 may be a terminal device or a chip or a system on chip in a terminal device; or, it may be a wireless access network device or a module or a chip or a system on chip in a wireless access network device.

[0334] like Fig.11 As shown, the communication device 1100 includes at least one processor 1101 and at least one communication interface ( Fig.11 The communication device 1100 is merely illustrative and is described by taking a communication interface 1104 and a processor 1101 as an example. Optionally, the communication device 1100 may further include a communication bus 1102 and a memory 1103.

[0335] The processor 1101 may be a general-purpose central processing unit (CPU), a general-purpose processor, a network processor (NP), a digital signal processor (DSP), a microprocessor, a microcontroller, a programmable logic device (PLD), or any combination thereof. The processor 1101 may also be other devices with processing functions, such as circuits, devices, or software modules, without limitation.

[0336] The communication bus 1102 is used to connect different components in the communication device 1100 so that the different components can communicate. The communication bus 1102 can be a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) bus or an extended industry standard architecture (EISA) bus. The bus can be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, etc. For ease of representation, Fig.11Only one thick line is used in the diagram, but this does not mean that there is only one bus or only one type of bus.

[0337] The communication interface 1104 is used to communicate with other devices or communication networks. Exemplarily, the communication interface 1104 can be a module, a circuit, a transceiver, or any device capable of implementing communication. Optionally, the communication interface 1104 can also be an input / output interface located in the processor 1101 to implement signal input and signal output of the processor.

[0338] The memory 1103 may be a device with a storage function, used to store instructions and / or data, wherein the instructions may be computer programs.

[0339] Exemplarily, the memory 1103 may be a read-only memory (ROM) or other types of static storage devices that can store static information and / or instructions, or a random access memory (RAM) or other types of dynamic storage devices that can store information and / or instructions, or an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM) or other optical disc storage, optical disc storage (including compressed optical discs, laser discs, optical discs, digital versatile discs, Blu-ray discs, etc.), magnetic disk storage media or other magnetic storage devices, etc., without limitation.

[0340] It should be noted that the memory 1103 may exist independently of the processor 1101 or may be integrated with the processor 1101. The memory 1103 may be located inside the communication device 1100 or outside the communication device 1100, without limitation. The processor 1101 may be used to execute instructions stored in the memory 1103 to implement the methods provided in the following embodiments of the present application.

[0341] As an optional implementation, the communication device 1100 may also include an output device 1105 and an input device 1106. The output device 1105 communicates with the processor 1101 and can display information in a variety of ways. For example, the output device 1105 may be a liquid crystal display (LCD), a light emitting diode (LED) display device, a cathode ray tube (CRT) display device, or a projector. The input device 1106 communicates with the processor 1101 and can receive user input in a variety of ways. For example, the input device 1106 may be a mouse, a keyboard, a touch screen device, or a sensor device.

[0342] In some embodiments, in terms of hardware implementation, those skilled in the art may imagine that the communication device 90 may be implemented as Fig.11 The form of the communication device 1100 is shown.

[0343] As an example, Fig. 9 The function / implementation process of the processing module 901 in Fig.11 The processor 1101 in the communication device 1100 shown calls the computer execution instructions stored in the memory 1103 to implement. Fig. 9 The function / implementation process of the transceiver module 902 can be Fig.11 The communication interface 1104 in the communication device 1100 is implemented.

[0344] It should be noted that Fig.11 The structure shown does not constitute a specific limitation on the wireless access network device or terminal device. For example, in other embodiments of the present application, the wireless access network device or terminal device may include more or fewer components than shown in the figure, or combine some components, or split some components, or arrange the components differently. The components shown in the figure may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of software and hardware.

[0345] In some embodiments, an embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device, which includes a processor for implementing a method in any of the above method embodiments.

[0346] As a possible implementation, the communication device further includes a memory. The memory is used to store necessary computer programs and data. The computer program may include instructions, and the processor may call the instructions in the computer program stored in the memory to instruct the communication device to execute the method in any of the above method embodiments. Of course, the memory may not be in the communication device.

[0347] As another possible implementation, the communication device also includes an interface circuit, which is a code / data read / write interface circuit, which is used to receive computer execution instructions (computer execution instructions are stored in a memory, may be read directly from the memory, or may pass through other devices) and transmit them to the processor.

[0348] As another possible implementation manner, the communication device further includes a communication interface, and the communication interface is used to communicate with a module outside the communication device.

[0349] It can be understood that the communication device can be a chip or a chip system. When the communication device is a chip system, it can be composed of chips, or it can include chips and other discrete devices. The embodiments of the present application do not specifically limit this.

[0350] The present application also provides a computer-readable storage medium on which a computer program or instruction is stored. When the computer program or instruction is executed by a computer, the functions of any of the above method embodiments are implemented.

[0351] The present application also provides a computer program product, which implements the functions of any of the above method embodiments when executed by a computer.

[0352] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that, for the sake of convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the systems, devices and units described above may refer to the corresponding processes in the aforementioned method embodiments and will not be repeated here.

[0353] It is understood that the systems, devices and methods described in the present application can also 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.

[0354] The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, i.e., they may be located in one place, or they may be distributed over multiple network units. The components shown as units may or may not be physical units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

[0355] 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.

[0356] In the above embodiments, it can be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. When implemented using a software program, it can be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When the computer program instructions are loaded and executed on a computer, the process or function described in the embodiment of the present application is generated in whole or in part. The computer may be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable device. The computer instructions may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium, for example, the computer instructions may be transmitted from a website site, computer, server or data center by wired (e.g., coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (digital subscriber line, DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) mode to another website site, computer, server or data center. The computer-readable storage medium may be any available medium that a computer can access or may contain one or more servers, data centers and other data storage devices that can be integrated with the medium. The available medium may be a magnetic medium (eg, a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (eg, a DVD), or a semiconductor medium (eg, a solid state disk (SSD)), etc. In the embodiment of the present application, the computer may include the aforementioned device.

[0357] Although the present application is described herein in conjunction with various embodiments, in the process of implementing the claimed application, those skilled in the art may understand and implement other variations of the disclosed embodiments by viewing the drawings, the disclosure, and the appended claims. In the claims, the word "comprising" does not exclude other components or steps, and "one" or "an" does not exclude multiple situations. A single processor or other unit may implement several functions listed in a claim. Certain measures are recorded in different dependent claims, but this does not mean that these measures cannot be combined to produce good results.

[0358] Although the present application has been described in conjunction with specific features and embodiments thereof, it is obvious that various modifications and combinations may be made thereto without departing from the scope of the present application. Accordingly, this specification and the drawings are merely exemplary illustrations of the present application as defined by the appended claims, and are deemed to have covered any and all modifications, variations, combinations or equivalents within the scope of the present application. Obviously, a person skilled in the art may make various modifications and variations to the present application without departing from the scope of the present application. Thus, if these modifications and variations of the present application fall within the scope of the claims of the present application and their equivalents, the present application is also intended to include these modifications and variations.

Claims

1. A communication method, characterized in that: The method comprises: Receive first information, where the first information indicates the priority of one or more measurement objects; obtain measurement intervals GAPs corresponding to one or more measurement object sets, respectively, where the one or more measurement object sets are determined based on the priorities of the one or more measurement objects, and the measurement GAP is used to measure the measurement object sets corresponding to the measurement GAPs.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The obtaining of the measurement GAPs respectively corresponding to the one or more measurement object sets includes: An Nth measurement GAP corresponding to an Nth measurement object set in the one or more measurement object sets is received, where N is a positive integer.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that The obtaining of the measurement GAPs respectively corresponding to the one or more measurement object sets further includes: When the measurement amount of the lowest priority measurement object in the Nth measurement object set is less than or equal to the first threshold, receiving the N+1th measurement GAP corresponding to the N+1th measurement object set in the one or more measurement object sets, wherein: The first threshold is used to determine whether the measurement amount of the measurement object with the lowest priority in the Nth measurement object set satisfies the requirement to start measurement of the Xth measurement object among the one or more measurement objects, the N+1th measurement object set includes the Nth measurement object set and the Xth measurement object, the priority of the Xth measurement object is lower than the lowest priority of the measurement objects in the Nth measurement object set, and X is a positive integer.

4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that The method further comprises: Indication information for indicating the first threshold is received.

5. The method according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that: Before receiving the N+1th measurement GAP corresponding to the N+1th measurement object set in the one or more measurement object sets, the method further includes: Sending indication information for instructing to start measurement of the Xth measurement object.

6. The method according to any one of claims 3 to 5, characterized in that: When there is a second threshold, the N+1th measurement object set includes the Nth measurement object set and the Xth measurement object, and the second threshold is used to determine whether the measurement amount of the Xth measurement object satisfies the start of measurement of the Yth measurement object among the one or more measurement objects, the priority of the Yth measurement object is lower than the priority of the Xth measurement object, and Y is a positive integer.

7. The method according to any one of claims 3 to 5, characterized in that: When the second threshold does not exist and the third threshold exists, the N+1th measurement object set also includes the Yth measurement object among the one or more measurement objects, the second threshold is used to determine whether the measurement amount of the Xth measurement object satisfies the requirement for starting the measurement of the Yth measurement object, the third threshold is used to determine whether the measurement amount of the Yth measurement object satisfies the requirement for starting the measurement of the Zth measurement object among the one or more measurement objects, the priority of the Yth measurement object is lower than the priority of the Xth measurement object, the priority of the Zth measurement object is lower than the priority of the Yth measurement object, and X, Y, and Z are all positive integers.

8. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that The method further comprises: Indication information for indicating the second threshold is received.

9. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that: The method further comprises: Indication information for indicating the third threshold is received.

10. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that The obtaining of the measurement GAPs respectively corresponding to the one or more measurement object sets further includes: When the measurement amount of the Mth measurement object in the priority of one or more measurement objects in the Nth measurement object set is greater than or equal to a fourth threshold, receiving the N+1th measurement GAP corresponding to the N+1th measurement object set in the one or more measurement object sets, wherein: The fourth threshold is used to determine whether the measurement amount of the Mth measurement object in the Nth measurement object set satisfies the requirement of stopping the measurement of the measurement object whose priority is less than the priority of the Mth measurement object, and the N+1th measurement object set includes the measurement objects in the Nth measurement object set whose priority is greater than or equal to the priority of the Mth measurement object, where M is a positive integer.

11. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that The method further comprises: Indication information for indicating the fourth threshold is received.

12. The method according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that: Before receiving the N+1th measurement GAP corresponding to the N+1th measurement object set in the one or more measurement object sets, the method further includes: Sending indication information for instructing to stop measuring the measurement object whose priority is lower than the priority of the Mth measurement object.

13. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The obtaining of the measurement GAPs respectively corresponding to the one or more measurement object sets includes: The measurement GAPs respectively corresponding to the one or more measurement object sets are determined from a first corresponding relationship, where the first corresponding relationship includes a corresponding relationship between the measurement object sets and the measurement GAPs.

14. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that The determining, from the first corresponding relationship, the measurement GAPs corresponding to the one or more measurement object sets respectively includes: Determine, in the first corresponding relationship, a measurement GAP corresponding to an Nth measurement object set in the one or more measurement object sets as the Nth measurement GAP; The method further comprises: Send indication information for indicating the Nth measurement GAP.

15. The method according to claim 13 or 14, characterized in that The first information also indicates the first corresponding relationship.

16. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 15, characterized in that: The first measurement object set among the one or more measurement object sets includes the measurement objects with the highest priority among the one or more measurement objects.

17. A communication method, characterized in that: The method comprises: a base station Sending first information, where the first information indicates a priority of the one or more measurement objects; Sending measurement intervals GAPs corresponding to one or more measurement object sets respectively, where the one or more measurement object sets are determined according to the priorities of the one or more measurement objects, and the measurement GAPs are used to measure the measurement object sets corresponding to the measurement GAPs.

18. The method according to claim 17, characterized in that The sending of the measurement GAPs respectively corresponding to one or more measurement object sets includes: Send an Nth measurement GAP corresponding to an Nth measurement object set in the one or more measurement object sets, where N is a positive integer.

19. The method according to claim 18, characterized in that The sending of the measurement GAPs respectively corresponding to the one or more measurement object sets further includes: receiving indication information for instructing to start measurement of an Xth measurement object in the one or more measurement object sets, where the priority of the Xth measurement object is lower than the lowest priority of the measurement objects in the Nth measurement object set, and X is a positive integer; Sending an N+1th measurement GAP corresponding to an N+1th measurement object set among the one or more measurement object sets, where the N+1th measurement object set includes the Nth measurement object set and the Xth measurement object.

20. The method according to claim 19, characterized in that The method further comprises: The indication information indicating a first threshold is sent, where the first threshold is used to determine whether the measurement amount of the measurement object with the lowest priority in the Nth measurement object set satisfies the requirement for starting the measurement of the Xth measurement object among the one or more measurement objects.

21. The method according to claim 19 or 20, characterized in that When there is a second threshold, the N+1th measurement object set includes the Nth measurement object set and the Xth measurement object, and the second threshold is used to determine whether the measurement amount of the Xth measurement object satisfies the start of measurement of the Yth measurement object among the one or more measurement objects, the priority of the Yth measurement object is lower than the priority of the Xth measurement object, and Y is a positive integer.

22. The method according to claim 19 or 20, characterized in that When the second threshold does not exist and the third threshold exists, the N+1th measurement object set also includes the Yth measurement object among the one or more measurement objects, the second threshold is used to determine whether the measurement amount of the Xth measurement object satisfies the requirement for starting the measurement of the Yth measurement object, the third threshold is used to determine whether the measurement amount of the Yth measurement object satisfies the requirement for starting the measurement of the Zth measurement object among the one or more measurement objects, the priority of the Yth measurement object is lower than the priority of the Xth measurement object, the priority of the Zth measurement object is lower than the priority of the Yth measurement object, and X, Y, and Z are all positive integers.

23. The method according to claim 21 or 22, characterized in that The method further comprises: Send indication information used to indicate the second threshold.

24. The method according to claim 22, characterized in that The method further comprises: Send indication information used to indicate the third threshold.

25. The method according to claim 18, characterized in that The sending of the measurement GAPs respectively corresponding to the one or more measurement object sets further includes: receiving indication information for instructing to stop measuring a measurement object whose priority is lower than that of an Mth measurement object in the Nth measurement object set, where M is a positive integer; Sending an N+1th measurement GAP corresponding to an N+1th measurement object set in the one or more measurement object sets, where the N+1th measurement object set includes measurement objects whose priorities in the Nth measurement object set are greater than or equal to the priority of the Mth measurement object.

26. The method according to claim 25, characterized in that The method further comprises: Sending indication information for indicating a fourth threshold, wherein the fourth threshold is used to determine whether the measurement amount of the Mth measurement object in the Nth measurement object set satisfies the requirement of stopping measurement objects whose priority is lower than that of the Mth measurement object.

27. The method according to claim 17, characterized in that The first information further indicates a first corresponding relationship, where the first corresponding relationship includes a corresponding relationship between a measurement object set and a measurement GAP.

28. The method according to claim 27, characterized in that The method also includes: receiving indication information for indicating an Nth measurement GAP, where the Nth measurement GAP is a measurement GAP corresponding to an Nth measurement object set in the first corresponding relationship, and the Nth measurement GAP is used for measurement of the Nth measurement object set.

29. The method according to any one of claims 17 to 28, characterized in that: The first measurement object set among the one or more measurement object sets includes the measurement objects with the highest priority among the one or more measurement objects.

30. A communication device, characterized in that: The communication device includes a transceiver module and a processing module. The transceiver module is used to perform the receiving behavior or the sending behavior in the method according to any one of claims 1 to 16, or to perform the receiving behavior or the sending behavior in the method according to any one of claims 17 to 29; The processing module is used to execute the processing behavior in the method according to any one of claims 1-16, or to execute the processing behavior in the method according to any one of claims 17-29.

31. A communication device, characterized in that: The communication device comprises a processor; the processor is configured to execute a computer program or instruction so that the communication device executes the method according to any one of claims 1 to 16, or so that the communication device executes the method according to any one of claims 17 to 29.

32. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that: The computer-readable storage medium stores computer instructions or programs. When the computer instructions or programs are executed on a computer, the method according to any one of claims 1 to 16 is executed, or the method according to any one of claims 17 to 29 is executed.

33. A computer program product, characterized in that When the computer program product is executed on a communication device, the communication device is caused to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 16, or the communication device is caused to execute the method according to any one of claims 17 to 29.

34. A chip, characterized in that: include: A processor, wherein the processor is coupled to a memory, wherein the memory is used to store programs or instructions, and when the programs or instructions are executed by the processor, the chip executes the method as described in any one of claims 1-16, or the chip executes the method as described in any one of claims 17-29.

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