Measurement method and device

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of communication, in particular to a measurement method and device, and aims to clarify the understanding of network equipment and terminal equipment on whether to configure a measurement window and a measurement gap or not, reduce the scheduling interruption time length of the terminal equipment due to measurement and improve the communication performance. The method comprises the following steps: the terminal equipment receives first information from network equipment; under the condition that the first information indicates a measurement gap and does not indicate a measurement window, the terminal equipment measures a first evolved universal land-based radio access (E-UTRA) measurement object (MO) according to the measurement gap, and the first E-UTRA MO is the E-UTRA MO which has scheduling limitation and does not need the measurement gap to execute measurement; and the terminal equipment does not measure the first E-UTRA MO under the condition that the first information does not indicate the measurement gap and does not indicate the measurement window.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a measurement method and device. Background Art

[0002] In a communication system, in order to ensure service continuity and communication quality of terminal equipment, the terminal equipment usually needs to perform cell measurement to achieve cell reselection and cell handover. The types of cell measurement include intra-frequency measurement and inter-frequency / inter-system measurement.

[0003] When the terminal device initially accesses or performs inter-frequency / inter-system measurements during the radio resource control (RRC) connection state (RRC_connective), in order to ensure the quality of the wireless link between the terminal device and the current service cell, the terminal device usually stops receiving the signal and data of its service cell during a specified time period, and receives signals from other cells to perform inter-frequency measurements or inter-system measurements. When the time period ends, the terminal device starts to receive the signal and data of the service cell again. This time period is called the measurement gap (MG). During the measurement gap, the terminal device receives the reference signal of the neighboring cell and measures the reference signal of the neighboring cell. After the measurement is completed, the terminal device sends a measurement report to the network device that manages the service cell. The network device then switches the terminal device to a cell with better signal quality based on the measurement report.

[0004] The R18 standard of the 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) agreed that for heterogeneous system measurements, terminal devices are allowed to perform measurements even without measurement gaps. For example, in scenarios where there are spare RF links that can be used to measure evolved universal terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA) measurement objects (MO), or where the activated bandwidth part (BWP) can fully cover the E-UTRA MO that needs to be measured, terminal devices whose serving cells are new radio (NR) cells can also measure E-UTRA MOs without measurement gaps. However, not measuring E-UTRA MOs in measurement gaps may cause the terminal device to restrict the scheduling of network devices, that is, the terminal device cannot normally perform the uplink and downlink data scheduling of network devices. Therefore, the standard further introduces a measurement window, which defines a time domain position for the terminal device to perform measurements of E-UTRAMO that will result in scheduling restrictions.

[0005] However, after the introduction of the measurement window, the network equipment and terminal equipment have an unclear understanding of whether to indicate (or configure) the measurement window and the measurement gap. It is also unclear when to use what time domain position to measure which MO, which can easily lead to inconsistent understanding between the terminal equipment and the network equipment, which may affect communication performance. Summary of the invention

[0006] A measurement method and device provided in an embodiment of the present application are intended to clarify the understanding of network equipment and terminal equipment on whether to indicate (or configure) a measurement window and a measurement gap, reduce the duration of scheduling of terminal equipment due to measurement interruptions, and improve communication performance.

[0007] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a measurement method, the method comprising: a terminal device receives first information from a network device; when the first information indicates a measurement gap and does not indicate a measurement window, the terminal device measures a first E-UTRA MO according to the measurement gap, and the first E-UTRA MO is an E-UTRA MO that has scheduling restrictions and does not require a measurement gap to perform measurement; when the first information does not indicate a measurement gap and does not indicate a measurement window, the terminal device does not measure the first E-UTRA MO.

[0008] Through the above method, the network device can, when there is a scheduling restriction on the terminal device and the first E-UTRA MO (i.e., long term evolution (LTE) MO) that does not require a measurement gap to perform measurement, only indicate (or configure) the measurement gap, so that the terminal device measures the first E-UTRA MO according to the measurement gap; or do not indicate (or configure) the measurement gap and the measurement window, and indirectly / implicitly indicate that the first E-UTRA MO is not measured, which can reduce the duration of the terminal device's scheduling interruption due to measurement, clarify the understanding of the terminal device and the network device on whether to indicate (or configure) the measurement window and the measurement gap, and is conducive to improving the communication performance between the terminal device and the network device.

[0009] In one possible design, before the terminal device receives the first information from the network device, the method also includes: the terminal device sends second information to the network device, the second information indicating that the terminal device supports performing E-UTRA measurements without measurement gaps when an E-UTRA cell reference signal (CRS) is completely contained in a bandwidth part (BWP) activated by the terminal device, wherein the first E-UTRA MO is completely contained in the BWP; or, the second information indicates that a first E-UTRA frequency band does not require a measurement gap to perform E-UTRA measurements, and the first E-UTRA MO corresponds to the first E-UTRA band.

[0010] The above design is helpful for the network device to obtain information about whether the terminal device needs to perform measurement on the first E-UTRAM0 during the measurement gap.

[0011] In one possible design, the measurement gap indicated by the first information is determined based on a new radio (NR) MO or a second E-UTRA MO configured by the network device for the terminal device that requires a measurement gap to perform measurements.

[0012] Through the above design, the network device can indicate (or configure) the measurement gap according to the NR MO or the second E-UTRA MO that needs to perform measurements with the measurement gap configured for the terminal device, and is compatible with the measurement of the NR MO or the second E-UTRA MO that needs to perform measurements with the measurement gap.

[0013] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a measurement method, the method comprising: a terminal device receives third information from a network device, the third information indicating a measurement gap and a measurement window, wherein the measurement gap corresponds to at least one first measurement opportunity, and the measurement window corresponds to at least one second measurement opportunity; in the event of a conflict between a first target measurement opportunity and a second target measurement opportunity, the terminal device measures the MO according to one or more of the priorities of the measurement gap and the measurement window, the number of first measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement gap and the number of second measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement window, and measurement gap ratio coefficients of each type of MO, wherein the first target measurement opportunity belongs to at least one first measurement opportunity, and the second target measurement opportunity belongs to at least one second measurement opportunity.

[0014] Through the above method, the terminal device can be supported to resolve the conflict between the measurement gap and the measurement window according to one or more of the priorities of the measurement gap and the measurement window, the number of first measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement gap and the number of second measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement window, and the measurement gap ratio coefficients of each type of MO.

[0015] In one possible design, when the first target measurement opportunity conflicts with the second target measurement opportunity, the terminal device measures the MO according to the priorities of the measurement gap and the measurement window, including: when the priority of the measurement gap is greater than or equal to the priority of the measurement window, the terminal device measures the MO according to the first target measurement opportunity; when the priority of the measurement gap is less than the priority of the measurement window, the terminal device measures the MO according to the second target measurement opportunity. Optionally, the method also includes: the terminal device receives fourth information from the network device, and the fourth information is used to indicate the priority of the measurement gap and / or the priority of the measurement window.

[0016] The above method provides a solution for MO measurement based on priority when the measurement timings of the measurement gap and the measurement window conflict.

[0017] In one possible design, when the first target measurement opportunity conflicts with the second target measurement opportunity, the terminal device measures the MO according to the number of first measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement gap and the number of second measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement window, including: when the number of first measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement gap is greater than or equal to the number of second measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement window, the terminal device measures the MO according to the second target measurement opportunity; when the number of first measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement gap is less than the number of second measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement window, the terminal device measures the MO according to the first target measurement opportunity.

[0018] Through the above method, a solution for MO measurement is provided according to the number of measurement opportunities when the measurement opportunities of the measurement gap and the measurement window conflict. In addition, measurement gaps or measurement windows with a smaller number of measurement opportunities are given priority, which is beneficial to taking into account the measurement requirements of the terminal device to measure the MO in the measurement gap and the measurement window.

[0019] In a possible design, when the first target measurement timing conflicts with the second target measurement timing, the terminal device measures the MO according to the measurement gap proportion coefficients of each type of MO, including: the terminal device measures the target type of MO at the first target measurement timing, wherein the target type of MO is determined according to the first measurement gap proportion coefficient of the same-frequency MO, the second measurement gap proportion coefficient of the different-frequency MO or the different-system MO other than the E-UTRA MO with scheduling restrictions, and the third measurement gap proportion coefficient of the E-UTRA MO with scheduling restrictions.

[0020] Through the above method, a solution for MO measurement is provided according to the measurement gap proportion coefficient of each type of MO when the measurement timing of the measurement gap and the measurement window conflicts.

[0021] In one possible design, the first measurement gap ratio is X, the second measurement gap ratio is 100-XY, and the third measurement gap ratio is Y, where X and Y are natural numbers, and X+Y is less than or equal to 100; or, the first measurement gap ratio is X, the second measurement gap ratio is (100-X)*Q%, and the third measurement gap ratio is (100-X)*(100-Q)%, where X and Q are natural numbers less than or equal to 100.

[0022] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a measurement method, the method comprising: a network device configures a first E-UTRA MO for a terminal device, the first E-UTRA MO being an E-UTRAMO with scheduling restrictions and no measurement gap required to perform measurement; the network device sends first information to the terminal device, the first information indicates a measurement gap and does not indicate a measurement window, or the first information does not indicate a measurement gap and does not indicate a measurement window.

[0023] In one possible design, before the network device configures the first E-UTRA MO for the terminal device, the method also includes: the network device receives second information from the terminal device, the second information indicating that the terminal device supports performing E-UTRA measurements without measurement gaps when the E-UTRA CRS is completely contained by the BWP activated by the terminal device, wherein the first E-UTRA MO is completely contained by the BWP; or, the second information indicates that the first E-UTRA band does not require measurement gaps to perform E-UTRA measurements, and the first E-UTRA MO corresponds to the first E-UTRA band.

[0024] In one possible design, the measurement gap indicated by the first information is determined based on a new wireless NR MO or a second E-UTRA MO configured by the network device for the terminal device that requires a measurement gap to perform measurements.

[0025] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a measurement method, the method comprising: a network device sends third information to a terminal device, the third information indicating a measurement gap and a measurement window, wherein the measurement gap corresponds to at least one first measurement opportunity, the measurement window corresponds to at least one second measurement opportunity, and the at least one first measurement opportunity does not conflict with the at least one second measurement opportunity.

[0026] In one possible design, when the measurement window period of the measurement window is an integer multiple of the measurement timing configuration SMTC period based on the synchronization signal / physical broadcast channel block SSB, the measurement window offset of the measurement window satisfies: (n-1)*smtc_periodicity+smtc_offset+smtc_duration≤window_offset≤n*smtc_periodicity+smtc_offset-window_duration; when the SMTC period is an integer multiple of the measurement window period, the measurement window offset of the measurement window satisfies: (n-1)*window_periodicity+window_offset+window_duration≤sm tc_offset≤n*window_periodicity+window_offset-smtc_duration; wherein, window_offset represents the measurement window offset, smtc_offset represents the SMTC offset, window_duration represents the window duration of the measurement window, smtc_periodicity represents the SMTC period, smtc_duration represents the SMTC duration, window_periodicity represents the measurement window period, n=0,1,2..., the measurement gap is determined according to smtc_offset, smtc_periodicity, and smtc_duration.

[0027] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication device, which has the function of implementing the method of any one of the first to fourth aspects above, and the function can be implemented by hardware, or by hardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules or units corresponding to the above functions, such as an interface unit and a processing unit.

[0028] In one possible design, the device may be a chip or an integrated circuit.

[0029] In one possible design, the device includes a memory and a processor, the memory is used to store instructions executed by the processor, and when the instructions are executed by the processor, the device can execute the method of any one of the first to fourth aspects.

[0030] In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication device, which includes an interface circuit and a processor, and the processor and the interface circuit are coupled to each other. The processor is used to implement the method of any one of the first to fourth aspects above through a logic circuit or an execution instruction. The interface circuit is used to receive a signal from other communication devices outside the communication device and transmit it to the processor or send a signal from the processor to other communication devices outside the communication device. It is understandable that the interface circuit can be a transceiver or a transceiver or a transceiver or an input-output interface.

[0031] Optionally, the communication device may further include a memory for storing instructions executed by the processor or storing input data required by the processor to execute the instructions or storing data generated after the processor executes the instructions. The memory may be a physically independent unit or may be coupled to the processor, or the processor may include the memory (i.e., the processor and the memory are integrated together).

[0032] In a possible implementation, the communication device is a chip.

[0033] In the seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication system, which includes a terminal device and a network device. The terminal device can be used to implement the method of the first or second aspect above, and the network device can be used to implement the method of the third or fourth aspect above.

[0034] In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, in which a computer program or instructions are stored. When the computer program or instructions are executed by a processor, the method of any one of the first to fourth aspects above can be implemented.

[0035] In the ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a computer program product, including a computer program or instructions. When the computer program or instructions are executed by a processor, the method of any one of the first to fourth aspects above can be implemented.

[0036] In the tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present application also provides a chip system, which includes a processor, the processor is used to couple with a memory, the memory is used to store programs or instructions, and when the program or instructions are executed by the processor, the method of any one of the first to fourth aspects above can be implemented.

[0037] The technical effects that can be achieved in the third to tenth aspects mentioned above can refer to the technical effects that can be achieved in the first or second aspect mentioned above, and will not be repeated here. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0038] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0039] Figure 2 A schematic diagram of the time domain position of a reference signal provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0040] Figure 3 A schematic diagram of the relationship between the measurement gap and the SMTC configuration provided in the embodiment of the present application;

[0041] Figure 4 One of the schematic diagrams of the measurement method provided in the embodiment of the present application;

[0042] Figure 5 The second schematic diagram of the measurement method provided in the embodiment of the present application;

[0043] Figure 6 A schematic diagram of the measurement gap and SMTC distribution provided in the embodiment of the present application;

[0044] Figure 7 A schematic diagram of the distribution of measurement opportunities of the measurement gap and the measurement window provided in the embodiment of the present application;

[0045] Figure 8 One of the structural schematic diagrams of the communication device provided in the embodiment of the present application;

[0046] Fig. 9 The second structural diagram of the communication device provided in the embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0047] The technical solution of the embodiment of the present application can be applied to various communication systems, such as: long term evolution (LTE) system, also known as E-TURA system, evolved LTE (LTE-advanced, LTE-A) system, universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS), and NR and other fifth generation (5th generation, 5G) mobile communication systems, beyond 5G (B5G) mobile communication systems, or sixth generation (6G) and other communication systems evolved after 5G, etc. The communication system can also be a device-to-device (D2D) network, a machine-to-machine (M2M) network, an Internet of Things (IoT) network or other networks.

[0048] The architecture of the communication system used in the embodiments of the present application can be as follows: Figure 1 As shown, the communication system 1000 includes a radio access network (RAN) 100 and a core network (CN) 200. Optionally, the communication system 1000 may also include the Internet 300. The RAN 100 includes at least one network device (such as Figure 1 110a and 110b in, collectively referred to as 110) and at least one terminal device (such as Figure 1 RAN 100 may also include other RAN nodes, such as wireless relay equipment and / or wireless backhaul equipment ( Figure 1 The terminal device 120 is connected to the network device 110 in a wireless manner. The network device 110 is connected to the core network 200 in a wireless or wired manner. The core network device in the core network 200 and the network device 110 in the RAN 100 may be different physical devices, or may be the same physical device that integrates the core network logical functions and the radio access network logical functions.

[0049] RAN 100 may be a cellular system related to the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), such as 4G, 5G, or an evolved system after 5G (such as a 6G mobile communication system). RAN 100 may also be an open access network (open RAN, O-RAN or ORAN), or a cloud radio access network (cloud radio access network, CRAN). RAN 100 may also be a communication system that integrates two or more of the above systems.

[0050] The apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present application may be applied to the network device 110 or to the terminal device 120. It is understandable that: Figure 1 Only one possible communication system architecture to which the embodiments of the present application can be applied is shown. In other possible scenarios, the communication system architecture may also include other devices.

[0051] The network device 110 is a node in a radio access network (RAN), which can also be called an access network device or a RAN node (or device). The network device 110 is used to help terminal devices achieve wireless access. The multiple network devices 110 in the communication system 1000 can be nodes of the same type or different types. In some scenarios, the roles of the network device 110 and the terminal device 120 are relative, for example, Figure 1 The network element 120i may be a helicopter or a drone, which may be configured as a mobile base station. For the terminal devices 120j that access the RAN 100 through the network element 120i, the network element 120i is a base station; but for the base station 110a, the network element 120i is a terminal device. The network device 110 and the terminal device 120 are sometimes referred to as communication devices, for example Figure 1 The network elements 110a and 110b may be understood as communication devices having base station functions, and the network elements 120a-120j may be understood as communication devices having terminal equipment functions.

[0052] In one possible scenario, the network device may be a base station, an evolved NodeB (eNodeB), a transmitting and receiving point (TRP), a transmitting point (TP), a next generation NodeB (gNB), a next generation base station in a 6G mobile communication system, a base station in a future mobile communication system, a satellite, or an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node, a mobile switching center, or a network device in a non-terrestrial network (NTN) communication system, that is, it may be deployed on a high altitude platform or a satellite, etc. The network device may be a macro base station (such as Figure 1 110a in), micro base stations or indoor stations (such as Figure 1 110b in the example), a relay node or a donor node, or a wireless controller in a CRAN scenario. The network device may also be a device that functions as a base station in device-to-device (D2D) communication, Internet of Vehicles communication, drone communication, or machine communication. Optionally, the network device may also be a server, a wearable device, a vehicle or an onboard device, etc. For example, the access network device in the vehicle to everything (V2X) technology may be a road side unit (RSU).

[0053] In another possible scenario, multiple network devices collaborate to assist the terminal device in achieving wireless access, and different network devices respectively implement part of the functions of the base station. For example, the network device may be a centralized unit (CU), a distributed unit (DU), a CU-control plane (CP), a CU-user plane (UP), or a radio unit (RU). The CU and DU may be separately configured, or may be included in the same network element, such as a baseband unit (BBU). The RU may be included in a radio frequency device or a radio frequency unit, such as a remote radio unit (RRU), an active antenna unit (AAU), or a remote radio head (RRH). It is understandable that the network device may be a CU node, a DU node, or a device including a CU node and a DU node. In addition, the CU may be divided into a network device in the access network RAN, or the CU may be divided into a network device in the core network CN, without limitation here.

[0054] In different systems, CU (or CU-CP and CU-UP), DU or RU may also have different names, but those skilled in the art can understand their meanings. For example, in the ORAN system, CU may also be called O-CU (open CU), DU may also be called O-DU, CU-CP may also be called O-CU-CP, CU-UP may also be called O-CU-UP, and RU may also be called O-RU. For the convenience of description, CU, CU-CP, CU-UP, DU and RU are described as examples in this application. Any unit of CU (or CU-CP, CU-UP), DU and RU in this application may be implemented by a software module, a hardware module, or a combination of a software module and a hardware module.

[0055] In the embodiments of the present application, the form of the network device is not limited. The device for realizing the function of the network device can be the network device; or it can be a device that can support the network device to realize the function, such as a chip system. The device can be installed in the network device or used in combination with the network device.

[0056] The terminal device 120 may also be referred to as a terminal, user equipment (UE), mobile station (MS), mobile terminal (MT), etc., or a device for providing voice or data connectivity to a user, or an IoT device. For example, the terminal device includes a handheld device with a wireless connection function, a vehicle-mounted device, etc. At present, terminal devices can be: mobile phones, tablet computers, laptops, PDAs, mobile internet devices (MID), wearable devices (such as smart watches, smart bracelets, pedometers, etc.), vehicle-mounted devices (such as cars, bicycles, electric vehicles, airplanes, ships, trains, high-speed trains, etc.), satellite terminals, virtual reality (VR) devices, augmented reality (AR) devices, smart point of sale (POS) machines, customer-premises equipment (CPE), wireless terminals in industrial control, smart home devices (such as refrigerators, TVs, air conditioners, electric meters, etc.), smart robots, robotic arms, workshop equipment, wireless terminals in unmanned driving, wireless terminals in telemedicine, wireless terminals in smart grids, wireless terminals in transportation safety, wireless terminals in smart cities, or wireless terminals in smart homes, flight equipment (such as smart robots, hot air balloons, drones, airplanes), etc. The terminal device can also be other devices with terminal functions, for example, the terminal device can also be a device that serves as a terminal function in D2D communication.

[0057] The embodiments of the present application do not limit the device form of the terminal device. The device for realizing the function of the terminal device can be the terminal device; it can also be a device that can support the terminal device to realize the function, such as a chip system. The device can be installed in the terminal device or used in combination with the terminal device. In the embodiments of the present application, the chip system can be composed of chips, or it can include chips and other discrete devices.

[0058] In order to facilitate understanding by those skilled in the art, some terms in this application are explained below.

[0059] 1) Neighboring cell measurement, which can also be called neighboring area measurement. In a communication system, in order to ensure service continuity, terminal equipment can obtain continuous services of the wireless network by switching or reselecting cells with different coverage. For example, when a terminal device moves to the edge of a cell, the network device will issue measurement control tasks such as the same frequency, different frequency or different system to enable the terminal device to switch to the same frequency, different frequency or different system for neighboring cells.

[0060] Among them, there are many scenarios for cell switching or reselection, for example, scenario 1, after the terminal device accesses the service cell, the location of the terminal device moves, for example, when it is far away from the service cell, the terminal device can perform cell switching or cell reselection. Scenario 2, when the service quality of the service cell currently providing services to the terminal device is poor (for example, the signal strength is low), the terminal device can perform cell switching or cell reselection to access a neighboring cell with a better signal. The service cell here is the cell that currently provides services to the terminal device, and the neighboring cell can be understood as other cells that the terminal device can search for in the service cell except the service cell.

[0061] For example, when the terminal device is in the RRC connection (RRC_connected) state, there is an RRC link between the terminal device and the serving cell. The serving cell can send measurement configuration information to the terminal device through RRC signaling, etc., instructing the terminal device to perform neighboring cell measurements. The terminal device can report the measurement results of the neighboring cells to the serving cell, and the serving cell switches the terminal device to a cell with better signal quality based on the measurement results. When the terminal device is in the RRC_connected state, the process of switching from the serving cell to the neighboring cell is a cell handover process. It can be understood that the above-mentioned cell reselection or cell handover process is based on the measurement results of the neighboring cells.

[0062] For another example, when the terminal device is in the radio resource control (RRC) idle (RRC_idle) state and the RRC inactive (RRC_inactive state), there is no RRC link between the terminal device and the serving cell. When the signal quality of the serving cell where the terminal device resides is lower than a certain threshold, the serving cell can send measurement configuration information to the terminal device, indicating that the terminal device can perform neighboring cell measurements to measure the signal quality of the neighboring cell. If the signal quality meets the conditions, it switches to the neighboring cell and resides in the neighboring cell. When the terminal device is in the RRC_idle state and the RRC_inactive state, the process of switching from the serving cell to other cells is the cell reselection process.

[0063] 2) Reference signal: The terminal device can perform cell search and cell measurement through the reference signal sent by the network device. In 4G (such as LTE) networks, the network equipment will continuously transmit the cell reference signal (CRS), which can be evenly distributed in each subframe. Therefore, the terminal device can easily measure the signal quality of the neighboring cell. It only needs to determine the carrier frequency of the reference signal to be measured, and the measurement can be performed at any time domain position.

[0064] In order to reduce overhead and reference signal interference from other cells, the 5G (such as NR) network removes the CRS and introduces the synchronization signal / physical broadcast channel block (SS / PBCH block, SSB) for cell signal measurement. The synchronization block consists of a synchronization signal (synchronization signal, SS) and a physical broadcast channel (physical broadcast channel, PBCH), and its transmission period is longer than that of CRS.

[0065] like Figure 2 As shown, SSB is sent according to a period, and multiple SSBs can be sent in a period, and multiple SSBs can be concentrated in a certain time window in the period to form an SSB block set (burst set / burst). Among them, the SSB period can be 5ms, 10ms, 20ms, 40ms, 80ms, or 160ms, etc., and the SSB period of different NR cells can also be different. For example, assuming that the SSB period is 20ms, the SSB block set can be concentrated in the first or second 5ms to be sent.

[0066] 3) Measurement configuration information is sent by the network device to the terminal device, and is used to enable the terminal device to perform cell measurement according to the measurement configuration information. Usually, the network device can send the measurement configuration information through RRC signaling (such as RRC reconfiguration (RRCReconfiguration) message, etc.). Among them, the measurement configuration information may include one or more of the following measurement parameters: measurement objects (measurement objects, MO), measurement gap (measurementgap, MG) configuration parameters, reporting configurations of measurement reports, triggering quantity of measurement reports, and measurement identities, i.e., measurement ID.

[0067] 4) SSB-based measurement timing configuration (SMTC), the NR cell will periodically send multiple SSB beams in the time domain (i.e., SSB beam scanning), and the SSB beam of each cell will be configured with the same frequency domain position in the frequency domain. In order to ensure accurate and complete measurement of the SSB beam in the cell, when the network device sends down the measurement configuration information, in addition to indicating the SSB frequency point to be measured, it will also indicate the timing position and duration for starting the SSB measurement, which leads to a new concept SMTC. The configuration of SMTC can effectively indicate the time window for the terminal device to search for SSB, reducing unnecessary measurement power consumption of the terminal device. SMTC indicates that when the terminal device performs SSB-based measurement on a certain cell, the timing configuration sent by the network device to the terminal device includes the SMTC period, SMTC duration and SMTC offset (also called SMTC bias).

[0068] 5) Measurement object: The measurement object is the object on which the terminal device performs measurement, which may include the measurement object of NR (MeasObjectNR), the measurement object of evolved universal terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA) (MeasObjectEUTRA), etc.

[0069] MeasObjectEUTRA is the MO of E-UTRA (that is, LTE). MeasObjectEUTRA contains measurement-related information about the E-UTRA (that is, LTE) cell, such as the frequency of the reference signal of the E-UTRA cell (that is, LTE), such as the carrier frequency (carrierFreq) of the reference signal, the maximum allowed measurement bandwidth (allowedMeasBandwidth) on the carrier, etc.

[0070] MeasObjectNR is the MO of NR. MeasObjectNR contains measurement-related information about the NR cell, such as the SSB information of the NR cell, such as SSB frequency, SSB subcarrier spacing, SSB-based measurement timing configuration (SMTC) configuration, etc. Due to the different definitions of measurement objects between NR and LTE, the concepts of NR co-frequency measurement and inter-frequency measurement have also changed compared to E-UTRA: SSB-based co-frequency measurement: the SSB frequency used for measurement in the neighboring cell is the same as the SSB frequency of the serving cell, and the SSB subcarrier spacing is the same; SSB-based inter-frequency measurement: the SSB frequency used for measurement in the neighboring cell is different from the SSB frequency of the serving cell, or the SSB frequencies of the two are the same but the SSB subcarrier spacing is different.

[0071] It can be understood that in the embodiment of the present application, the MO of E-UTRA (i.e., the MO of LTE) can also be called E-UTRA MO or LTE MO, and the MO of NR can also be called NR MO.

[0072] In addition, it is worth noting that the terms E-UTRA, LTE, and 4G can be used interchangeably in any position in this application. 6) Measurement Gap (MG),

[0073] When the receiver bandwidth of the terminal device is not sufficient to cover both the frequency of the serving cell and the frequency of the neighboring cell to be measured, the terminal device will measure the neighboring cell to be measured with a certain measurement gap. At present, for scenarios with different frequencies or systems (i.e., different radio access technologies (inter-radio access technology, inter-RAT)), the terminal device generally needs the assistance of measurement gaps to conduct effective measurements.

[0074] Co-frequency measurement: There is no conflict between the measurement and data reception frequencies. The terminal device is always listening to the main carrier, so the terminal device can perform the measurement without any adjustment. In particular, if the currently activated BWP of the terminal device cannot cover the MO to be measured, it is also necessary to use the measurement gap for measurement.

[0075] Inter-frequency or inter-system measurement: If the terminal device does not have multiple receivers, or the receiver bandwidth of the terminal device does not cover the inter-frequency or inter-system frequency to be measured, it is impossible to simultaneously transmit and receive signals in the serving cell and measure neighboring cells. In this case, the serving cell needs to arrange some measurement gaps for the terminal device to perform inter-frequency or inter-system measurements.

[0076] The measurement gap may be pre-configured or configured by a network device, and the measurement gap is a time period for the terminal device to perform measurement, and no uplink or downlink transmission is scheduled during the measurement gap. The information of the measurement gap pre-configured or configured by the network device may include: measurement gap repetition period (MGRP), measurement gap duration or length (MGL), measurement gap offset (gapOffset) for configuring the starting position of the measurement gap, and measurement gap timing advance (MGTA). If MGTA is configured, the terminal device starts the measurement MGTA ahead of the subframe of the measurement gap.

[0077] Usually the relationship between the measurement GAP and SMTC configuration can be as follows Figure 3 As shown, D represents the downlink time slot, U represents the uplink time slot, and S represents the flexible time slot or the special time slot. The key to the measurement gap configuration is to ensure that during the measurement, the effective measurement time after deducting the frequency switching time at the head and tail of the measurement gap can completely cover the SMTC duration of the frequency point, so as to ensure that the heterofrequency point can be fully measured.

[0078] 7) Effective measurement window (EMW), 3GPP's R18 standard agrees that for inter-system measurements, terminal devices can be allowed to perform measurements without measurement gaps, and defines three inter-system measurements that do not require measurement gaps, including: Case a-1: Inter-system NR measurement without measurement gaps, because there is an idle RF link for terminal device measurement; Case b-1: Inter-system E-UTRA measurement without measurement gaps, because there is an idle RF link for terminal device measurement; Case b-2: Inter-system E-UTRA measurement without gaps when the E-UTRA CRS to be measured (that is, the E-UTRAMO to be measured) is completely contained in the activated BWP of the terminal device. At the same time, the R18 standard also clarifies that when the NR terminal device performs such E-UTRA (that is, LTE) measurements, no measurement gaps or interruptions are required.

[0079] However, when the E-UTRA MO is not measured within the measurement gap, the following problems will arise: the terminal device's measurement of the E-UTRA MO (such as E-UTRA CRS) will restrict the scheduling of the NR, that is, the terminal device cannot perform uplink and downlink data scheduling normally. Therefore, the standard further introduces the concept of an effective measurement window, which can also be called a measurement window (measurement window) or an effective measurement timing configuration (EMTC). The time domain position defined is used for the terminal device to perform the measurement of the E-UTRA MO that will generate scheduling restrictions (or there are scheduling restrictions), and the measurement window period, measurement window offset, and window duration of the measurement window are defined for the measurement window. The defined measurement window periods include 40ms and 80ms. If this concept is not introduced, the terminal device can measure the E-UTRA MO (such as E-UTRA CRS) at any location, and the network device will not know when the terminal device performs the E-UTRA MO (such as E-UTRA CRS) measurement, and will not be able to accurately schedule the NR data, which will affect the NR data scheduling.

[0080] However, after the introduction of the measurement window, the network equipment and terminal equipment have an unclear understanding of whether to indicate (or configure) the measurement window and measurement gap. It is also unclear when to use what time domain position to measure which MO, which can easily lead to inconsistent understanding between the terminal equipment and the network equipment, which may affect communication performance.

[0081] Based on this, the embodiment of the present application provides a measurement method and device, in order to clarify the understanding of the network equipment and the terminal equipment on whether to indicate (or configure) the measurement window and the measurement gap, reduce the duration of the terminal equipment's scheduling interruption due to measurement, and improve communication performance. The embodiment of the present application will be described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

[0082] In addition, it should be understood that the ordinal numbers such as "first" and "second" mentioned in the embodiments of the present application are used to distinguish multiple objects, and are not used to limit the size, content, order, timing, priority or importance of multiple objects. For example, the first information and the second information do not indicate the difference in priority or importance of the two information.

[0083] In the embodiments of the present application, the number of nouns, unless otherwise specified, means "singular noun or plural noun", that is, "one or more". "At least one" means one or more, and "plural" means two or more. "And / or" describes the association relationship of associated objects, indicating that three relationships may exist. For example, A and / or B can mean: A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone, where A and B can be singular or plural. The character " / " generally indicates that the previous and next associated objects are in an "or" relationship. For example, A / B means: A or B. "At least one of the following" or similar expressions refers to any combination of these items, including any combination of single or plural items. For example, at least one of a, b, or c means: a, b, c, a and b, a and c, b and c, or a and b and c, where a, b, c can be single or multiple.

[0084] The measurement method provided in the embodiment of the present application can be performed by a first communication device and a second communication device. The first communication device here can refer to the terminal device itself, or a processor, module, chip, or chip system that implements the method in the terminal device; the second communication device can refer to the network device itself, or a processor, module, chip, or chip system that implements the method in the network device. The following takes the first communication device and the second communication device as an example, respectively, to introduce the measurement method of the present application.

[0085] It can be understood that different embodiments of the present invention may be combined with each other, and a single embodiment may only execute part of the steps, or execute more steps.

[0086] Figure 4 A schematic diagram of a measurement method provided in an embodiment of the present application, the method comprising:

[0087] S401: The network device sends first information to the terminal device, and correspondingly, the terminal device receives the first information.

[0088] Referring to Table 1, it is a schematic table of the relationship between existing MO types and measurement gaps and measurement windows, wherein the first row of Table 1 lists possible MO types, which may include NR MO and E-UTRA MO (i.e., LTE MO), wherein NR MO may include: one or more of: NR MO that requires measurement gaps to perform measurements (referred to as gap NR MO), and NR MO that does not require measurement gaps to perform measurements (referred to as no gap NR MO). E-UTRA MO (i.e., LTE MO) may include: one or more of: E-UTRA MO that requires measurement gaps to perform measurements (referred to as gap E-UTRA MO), E-UTRA MO that has scheduling restrictions and does not require measurement gaps to perform measurements (referred to as no gap restricted E-UTRA MO), and E-UTRA MO that does not have scheduling restrictions and does not require measurement gaps to perform measurements (referred to as no gap unlimited E-UTRA MO).

[0089] Table 1

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[0091] The second row of Table 1 indicates that the network device indicates (or configures) the measurement gap and measurement window for the terminal device. For NR MO and E-UTRA MO that require measurement gaps to perform measurements, the terminal device performs measurements within the measurement gaps; for NR MO that does not require measurement gaps to perform measurements, the terminal device can decide at what time domain position to measure based on the time domain position of the SMTC corresponding to the NR MO, that is, measure within the time window of the SSB indicated by the SMTC corresponding to the NR MO (also referred to as measuring within the SMTC); for E-UTRA MO that has scheduling restrictions and does not require measurement gaps to perform measurements, the terminal device can perform measurements at the corresponding time domain position based on the measurement window; for E-UTRA MO that does not have scheduling restrictions and does not require measurement gaps to perform measurements, the terminal device can perform measurements at any time domain position.

[0092] The third row of Table 1 indicates that there are no NR MO and E-UTRA MO that require measurement gaps to perform measurements. The network device only indicates (or configures) the measurement window for the terminal device. For the NR MO that does not require measurement gaps to perform measurements, the terminal device can decide at what time domain position to perform measurements based on the time domain position of the SMTC corresponding to the NR MO; for the E-UTRA MO that has scheduling restrictions and does not require measurement gaps to perform measurements, the terminal device can perform measurements at the corresponding time domain position according to the measurement window; for the E-UTRA MO that does not have scheduling restrictions and does not require measurement gaps to perform measurements, the terminal device can perform measurements at any time domain position.

[0093] It should be noted that the measurement gap in the embodiment of the present application may also be a network controlled small gap (NCSG) or an interruption, where interruption is a concept introduced by the R18 standard of 3GPP, which is similar to NCSG and is a time domain position shorter than the measurement gap. That is to say, in the embodiment of the present application, the need to perform measurements in the measurement gap can also be understood as the need to perform measurements in one or more of the measurement gap, NCSG, and interruption, and the need not to perform measurements in the measurement gap can also be understood as the need not to perform measurements in one or more of the measurement gap, NCSG, and interruption.

[0094] In addition, in some implementations, the measurement gap may also be referred to as a gap. The indication (or configuration) of the measurement gap involved in the embodiments of the present application may also be understood as indicating (or configuring) the activation / effectiveness of the measurement gap. The activated / effective measurement gap may be pre-configured or configured by the network device to the terminal device. Similarly, indicating (or configuring) the measurement window may also be understood as indicating (or configuring) the activation / effectiveness of the measurement window. The activated / effective measurement window may be pre-configured or configured by the network device to the terminal device.

[0095] For MOs with scheduling restrictions (such as NR MOs, E-UTRA MOs), etc., it may be caused by the fact that the sub-carrier space (SCS), beam direction, working mode, working frequency band, etc. of the current working of the terminal device are different from the SCS, beam direction, working mode, working frequency band, etc. required by the MO to be measured. For example, the SCS of the service cell of the terminal device is 30KHz, and the SCS required by the MO to be measured is 60KHz, or the terminal device works in the frequency range (FR) 1 (i.e., the frequency band below 6GHz) in the time division duplex (TDD) mode, and the MO to be measured requires the terminal device to work in the frequency division duplex (FDD) mode. FR2 (i.e., the frequency band above 30GHz), etc., when the terminal device measures the MO, it cannot continue to send and receive data in the service cell due to scheduling restrictions.

[0096] S402: When the first information indicates a measurement gap but does not indicate a measurement window, the terminal device measures a first E-UTRA MO according to the measurement gap. The first E-UTRA MO is an E-UTRA MO with scheduling restrictions and does not require a measurement gap to perform measurement.

[0097] S403: When the first information does not indicate a measurement gap and does not indicate a measurement window, the terminal device does not measure the first E-UTRA MO.

[0098] In an embodiment of the present application, the baseline scheme in which the network device indicates (or configures) a measurement window for the terminal device when the MO that the terminal device needs to measure includes an E-UTRA MO (i.e., LTE MO) that has scheduling restrictions and does not require measurement gaps to perform measurements is changed, and the terminal device measures the E-UTRA MO (i.e., LTE MO) that has scheduling restrictions and does not require measurement gaps to perform measurements according to the measurement window is changed to a scheme in which the network device may not indicate (or configure) a measurement window for the terminal device when the MO that the terminal device needs to measure includes an E-UTRA MO (i.e., LTE MO) that has scheduling restrictions and does not require measurement gaps to perform measurements.

[0099] In a possible implementation, when the MO that the terminal device needs to measure includes a first E-UTRA MO that has scheduling restrictions and does not require a measurement gap to perform measurement, the network device may send first information indicating (or configuring) a measurement gap and not indicating (or configuring) a measurement window to the terminal device. The first information may be measurement configuration information, measurement-related indication information, etc.

[0100] Optionally, the first information may be included in an RRC reconfiguration message. The first information may be sent to the terminal device via one message or multiple messages, which is not limited in the present application.

[0101] As an example: If the network device configures the terminal device with an NR MO and / or a second E-UTRA MO that requires a measurement gap to perform measurements, the measurement gap indicated (or configured) by the first information can be determined according to the measurement gap required by the NR MO and / or the second E-UTRAMO. Alternatively, if the terminal device is pre-configured with a measurement gap or the network device has configured the terminal device with a measurement gap, the network device can also activate / validate the measurement gap pre-configured or configured by the network device for the terminal device through the first information. After the terminal device receives the first information, the terminal device can measure the first E-UTRA MO according to the measurement gap indicated (or configured) by the first information. For example: the first E-UTRA MO can be measured within the measurement gap indicated (or configured) by the first information, that is, the first E-UTRA MO can be measured within the time domain position (or time domain range) corresponding to the measurement gap indicated (or configured) by the first information.

[0102] As another example: if the network device has not configured the NR MO and / or the second E-UTRA MO for the terminal device that requires a measurement gap to perform measurements, the network device can configure a new measurement gap for the terminal device and indicate (or configure) the measurement gap through first information. After the terminal device receives the first information, it can measure the first E-UTRA MO according to the measurement gap indicated (or configured) by the first information.

[0103] In a possible implementation, when the MO that the terminal device needs to measure includes a first E-UTRA MO that has scheduling restrictions and does not require a measurement gap to perform measurement, the network device may also send to the terminal device first information that does not indicate (or configure) a measurement gap and does not indicate (or configure) a measurement window, indirectly / implicitly indicating that the first E-UTRA MO is not measured. After receiving the first information that does not indicate (or configure) a measurement gap and does not indicate (or configure) a measurement window, the terminal device does not measure the first E-UTRA MO.

[0104] As an example: when the channel occupancy rate between the network device and the terminal device is greater than a first threshold, or the amount of data to be transmitted (or scheduled) between the network device and the terminal device is greater than a second threshold, and when the terminal device needs to measure the first E-UTRA MO, the network device may send the first information without indicating (or configuring) a measurement gap or a measurement window to the terminal device, so that the terminal device does not measure the first E-UTRA MO, thereby avoiding interruption of data transmission between the network device and improving data transmission efficiency.

[0105] In some implementations, before receiving the first information from the network device, the terminal device may also report to the network device that the terminal device does not need a measurement gap to perform the first E-UTRA MO measurement.

[0106] As an example: the terminal device may send second information to the network device, and the second information indicates that the terminal device supports performing E-UTRA measurements without measurement gaps when the E-UTRA CRS is completely included in the BWP activated by the terminal device. After the network device receives the second information, if it is determined that a certain E-UTRA CRS (such as the first E-UTRAMO) configured for the terminal device is completely included in the BWP activated by the terminal device, the network device may determine that the E-UTRAMO does not require measurement gaps to perform measurements. It can be understood that the E-UTRA MO being completely included in the BWP activated by the terminal device may mean that the frequency range corresponding to the E-UTRA MO is located in or belongs to the frequency range of the BWP activated by the terminal device, or the frequency range corresponding to the E-UTRA MO is part or all of the frequency range of the BWP activated by the terminal device.

[0107] Among them, the second information can be included in the R18 inter-system gapless measurement (interRAT-LTE-Meas-NoGapNoInterr-r18) message (also known as a capability message), which can be sent to the network device via one message or multiple messages, and this application does not limit this.

[0108] As another example: the second information may also indicate one or more E-UTRA bands for which the terminal device does not need measurement gaps to perform E-UTRA measurements. For example: the terminal device may indicate through the second information that the first E-UTRA band does not need measurement gaps to perform E-UTRA measurements, or indicate that the first E-UTRA band does not need measurement gaps or NCSG to perform E-UTRA measurements, and the first E-UTRA MO configured by the network device for the terminal device corresponds to the first E-UTRA band, and the network device may determine that the first E-UTRA MO does not need measurement gaps to perform measurements. It can be understood that the first E-UTRA MO corresponds to the first E-UTRA band, which may mean that the frequency range corresponding to the first E-UTRA MO is located in or belongs to the first E-UTRA band, or the frequency range corresponding to the first E-UTRA MO is part or all of the first E-UTRA band.

[0109] The second information may be included in the EUTRA gap and NCSG requirement information (needForGapNCSG-InfoEUTRA) element in the RRC reconfiguration complete (RRCReconfigurationComplete) message or the RRC recovery complete (RRCResumeComplete) message, and may be sent to the network device via one message or multiple messages, which is not limited in this application.

[0110] In a possible implementation, the second information may be reported in the measurement gap and NCSG requirement information field or indication field in an RRC reconfiguration complete (RRCReconfigurationComplete) message or an RRC recovery complete (RRCResumeComplete) message.

[0111] In one possible implementation, the band range reported by the terminal device (such as the first E-UTRA band mentioned above) can be requested by the network device, for example, it can be determined based on whether measurement gaps are required and the E-UTRA target band for NCSG to perform measurements in the RRC reconfiguration (RRCReconfiguration) message or RRC recovery (RRCResume) message sent by the network device.

[0112] Referring to the schematic diagram of the relationship between MO types, measurement gaps and measurement windows shown in Table 2, different from Table 1 which includes two situations in which the network device indicates (or configures) measurement gaps and measurement windows for the terminal device, or the network device only indicates (or configures) measurement windows for the terminal device, in an embodiment of the present application, the network device may also only indicate (or configure) the measurement window to the terminal device when the MO that the terminal device needs to measure includes an E-UTRA MO that has scheduling restrictions and does not require measurement gaps to perform measurements (corresponding to the fourth row of Table 2). Under this configuration or indication, for NR MO and E-UTRA MO that require measurement gaps to perform measurements, the terminal device performs measurements within the measurement gap; for NR MO that does not require measurement gaps to perform measurements, the terminal device can decide at what time domain position to perform measurements based on the time domain position of the SMTC corresponding to the NR MO; for E-UTRA MO that has scheduling restrictions and does not require measurement gaps to perform measurements, the terminal device can perform measurements at the corresponding time domain position based on the measurement gap; for E-UTRA MO that does not have scheduling restrictions and does not require measurement gaps to perform measurements, the terminal device can perform measurements at any time domain position.

[0113] In addition, when the MO that the terminal device needs to measure includes an E-UTRA MO that has scheduling restrictions and does not require measurement gaps to perform measurements, the network device may not indicate (or configure) the measurement gap and measurement window to the terminal device (corresponding to the 5th row of Table 2). Under this configuration or indication, the terminal device does not perform measurements on the E-UTRA MO that has scheduling restrictions and does not require measurement gaps; for the E-UTRA MO that does not have scheduling restrictions and does not require measurement gaps to perform measurements, the terminal device can perform measurements at any time domain location.

[0114] Table 2

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[0116] In some implementations, for the scenario where the network device indicates (or configures) a measurement gap and a measurement window, a first measurement time corresponding to the measurement gap and a second measurement time corresponding to the measurement window may conflict. In an embodiment of the present application, the problem of how to measure MO in the scenario where the network device indicates (or configures) a measurement gap and a measurement window can be solved by avoiding the conflict between the measurement gap and the measurement window, or by defining the behavior of the terminal device in the conflict scenario.

[0117] Figure 5 A schematic diagram of another measurement method provided in an embodiment of the present application, the method comprising:

[0118] S501: The network device sends third information to the terminal device, and accordingly, the terminal device receives the third information, wherein the third information indicates (or configures) a measurement gap and a measurement window, the measurement gap corresponds to at least one first measurement opportunity, and the measurement window corresponds to at least one second measurement opportunity.

[0119] In the embodiment of the present application, at least one measurement opportunity corresponding to the measurement gap can be determined according to the configuration of the measurement gap, such as one or more of a measurement gap repetition period (MGRP), a measurement gap length (MGL), a measurement gap offset (gapOffset) for configuring the starting position of the measurement gap, etc. At least one second measurement opportunity corresponding to the measurement window can be determined according to the configuration of the measurement window, such as one or more of a measurement window period, a measurement window offset, and a window duration of the measurement window, etc.

[0120] S502: When at least one first measurement opportunity and at least one second measurement opportunity do not conflict, the terminal device performs measurement according to the at least one first measurement opportunity and the at least one second measurement opportunity.

[0121] In an embodiment of the present application, the network device can avoid conflicts between measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement gap and the measurement window by controlling the time domain positions of at least one first measurement opportunity corresponding to the measurement gap and at least one second measurement opportunity corresponding to the measurement window.

[0122] For example: the network device configures at least one first measurement opportunity corresponding to the measurement time slot for the terminal device, which usually includes the duration of the SMTC corresponding to the NR MO to be measured, so that the terminal device can measure the NR MO within at least one first measurement opportunity corresponding to the measurement time slot. Therefore, in some implementations, the measurement window offset can be set according to the configuration of the SMTC to avoid conflicts between the measurement gap and the measurement opportunity corresponding to the measurement window.

[0123] Taking the measurement window period as an integral multiple of the SMTC period as an example, the measurement window offset of the measurement window may satisfy Formula 1: (n-1)*smtc_periodicity+smtc_offset+smtc_duration≤window_offset≤n*smtc_periodicity+smtc_offset-window_duration.

[0124] Taking the SMTC period as an integral multiple of the measurement window period as an example, the measurement window offset of the measurement window may satisfy Formula 2: (n-1)*window_periodicity+window_offset+window_duration≤smtc_offset≤n*window_periodicity+window_offset-smtc_duration.

[0125] Among them, window_offset represents the measurement window offset, smtc_offset represents the SMTC offset, window_duration represents the window duration of the measurement window, smtc_periodicity represents the SMTC period, smtc_duration represents the SMTC duration, window_periodicity represents the measurement window period, n=0,1,2..., the measurement gap is determined according to smtc_offset, smtc_periodicity, and smtc_duration.

[0126] It should be understood that the measurement window offset can be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to the difference between the measurement window period and the window duration of the measurement window. Similarly, the SMTC offset can be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to the difference between the SMTC period and the SMTC duration.

[0127] In some implementations, when the measurement window period is an integer multiple of the SMTC period, the value of n can be a natural number not greater than the ratio of the measurement window period to the SMTC period; when the SMTC period is an integer multiple of the measurement window period, the value of n can be a natural number not greater than the ratio of the SMTC period to the measurement window.

[0128] Optionally, in order to avoid the measurement window offset being outside the measurement window period range, the measurement window offset of the measurement window can simultaneously satisfy the above formula 1 or formula 2, as well as the condition that the measurement window offset is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to the difference between the measurement window period and the window duration of the measurement window.

[0129] The above formula can be used to limit the measurement window to end before the start of SMTC, and the measurement window can be started only after the end of SMTC. Therefore, when the SMTC configuration is fixed, the time domain position of the measurement window (i.e., the measurement opportunity corresponding to the measurement window) is placed in the middle gap of SMTC (i.e., the middle time domain position). This configuration method is suitable for the case where the period of SMTC and the measurement window is a multiple relationship (such as the SMTC period is a multiple of the measurement window period, or the measurement window period is a multiple of the SMTC). In addition, for staggering, in some implementations, it can also be required that the distance between any SMTC and the measurement window (i.e., the measurement opportunity corresponding to the measurement window) must exceed 4ms to ensure that the terminal device has sufficient switching time when there is a need to switch SCS, working frequency band (or frequency point), etc.

[0130] Reference Figure 6 As shown, taking the SMTC period of 20ms, the SMTC offset of 9ms, the SMTC duration of 2ms, the measurement window period of 40ms, and the window duration of the measurement window of 2ms as an example, the value of n can be 0, 1, or 2. When n is 0, according to (n-1)*smtc_periodicity+smtc_offset+smtc_duration≤window_offset≤n*smtc_periodicity+smtc_offset-window_duration, it can be known that window_offset can be a value greater than or equal to -9 and less than or equal to 7; when n is 1, according to (n-1)*smtc_periodicity+smtc_o ffset+smtc_duration≤window_offset≤n*smtc_periodicity+smtc_offset-window_duration, it can be known that window_offset can be a value greater than or equal to 11 and less than or equal to 27; when n is 2, according to (n-1)*smtc_periodicity+smtc_offset+smtc_duration≤window_offset≤n*smtc_periodicity+smtc_offset-window_duration, it can be known that window_offset can be a value greater than or equal to 31 and less than or equal to 47. In summary, when n is 0, 1, or 2, window_offset can be a value greater than or equal to -9 and less than or equal to 7, or a value greater than or equal to 11 and less than or equal to 27, or a value greater than or equal to 31 and less than or equal to 47.

[0131] Optionally, in order to avoid the measurement window offset not being within the measurement window period range, window_offset (i.e., measurement window offset) is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 40 (measurement window period) - 2 (window duration of the measurement window). For example: in combination with this condition, when n is 0, 1, or 2, window_offset can be a value greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 7, or a value greater than or equal to 11 and less than or equal to 27, or a value greater than or equal to 31 and less than or equal to 38. Figure 6 In the example, window_offset is equal to 19. Figure 6 Where EMTC represents the measurement window (or the measurement timing corresponding to the measurement window).

[0132] It should be understood that in some implementations, the above-mentioned SMTC may also refer to the measurement gap, that is, the above-mentioned SMTC offset (smtc_offset), SMTC period (smtc_periodicity), and SMTC duration (smtc_duration), and may also refer to the measurement gap offset, measurement gap period (or measurement gap repetition period), and measurement gap duration.

[0133] S503: When the first target measurement opportunity conflicts with the second target measurement opportunity, the terminal device measures the MO according to one or more of the priorities of the measurement gap and the measurement window, the number of first measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement gap and the number of second measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement window, the measurement gap ratio of each type of MO, etc.

[0134] The first target measurement opportunity belongs to the at least one first measurement opportunity, and the second target measurement opportunity belongs to the at least one second measurement opportunity.

[0135] It can be understood that the conflict between the first target measurement opportunity and the second target measurement opportunity may mean that the time domain positions of the first target measurement opportunity and the second target measurement opportunity partially or completely overlap, or the interval between the time domain positions of the first target measurement opportunity and the second target measurement opportunity is less than the interval threshold.

[0136] Implementation 1: In the case where the first target measurement opportunity conflicts with the second target measurement opportunity, if the MO that the terminal device needs to measure includes an NR MO with scheduling restrictions (such as an NR MO that requires a measurement gap to perform measurement), the terminal device can abandon the second target measurement opportunity, or measure the MO according to the first target measurement opportunity. For example, according to the first target measurement opportunity, measure the NR MO with scheduling restrictions, etc. It can be understood that in the embodiment of the present application, abandonment can also be understood as discarding, giving up, etc., and no additional explanation will be given.

[0137] Alternatively, in the case where the first target measurement timing conflicts with the second target measurement timing, if the MO that the terminal device needs to measure includes an NR MO with scheduling restrictions, the terminal device may also abandon the inter-system E-UTRA measurement. For example: in the case where the first target measurement timing conflicts with the second target measurement timing, if the MO that the terminal device needs to measure includes an NR MO with scheduling restrictions, the terminal device may abandon the second target measurement timing for E-UTRA measurement, or measure the MO according to the first target measurement timing. For example, according to the first target measurement timing, measure the NR MO with scheduling restrictions, and so on.

[0138] That is, when EMW is configured overlapped with SMTC / SSB / CSI-RS measurement and when NR measurement causes scheduling restriction, inter-RATLTE measurement will be dropped.

[0139] As an example: See Figure 7 As shown, taking the example of the measurement gap corresponding to 4 first measurement opportunities (first measurement opportunities 1-4) and the measurement window corresponding to 2 second measurement opportunities (second measurement opportunities 1 and 2), the second measurement opportunity 1 conflicts with the first measurement opportunity 1. If the MO that the terminal device needs to measure contains an NR MO with scheduling restrictions, the terminal device can measure the NR MO with scheduling restrictions according to the first measurement opportunity 1; similarly, the second measurement opportunity 2 conflicts with the first measurement opportunity 3. If the MO that the terminal device needs to measure contains an NR MO with scheduling restrictions, the terminal device can also measure the NR MO with scheduling restrictions according to the first measurement opportunity 3.

[0140] Implementation 2: When the first target measurement timing conflicts with the second target measurement timing, the terminal device may abandon the second target measurement timing, or measure the MO according to the first target measurement timing. For example, the NR MO with scheduling restrictions may be measured according to the first target measurement timing.

[0141] Alternatively, when the first target measurement timing conflicts with the second target measurement timing, the terminal device may also abandon the inter-system E-UTRA measurement. For example, when the first target measurement timing conflicts with the second target measurement timing, the terminal device may abandon the second target measurement timing used for E-UTRA measurement, or measure the MO according to the first target measurement timing. For example, according to the first target measurement timing, measure the NR MO with scheduling restrictions, etc.

[0142] Implementation 3: If a measurement gap is indicated (or configured) but a measurement window is not configured; or if a measurement gap and a measurement window are indicated (or configured), but there is a conflict between the first target measurement opportunity and the second target measurement opportunity in the first measurement opportunity corresponding to the measurement gap and the second measurement opportunity corresponding to the measurement window, the terminal device can measure the heterogeneous system E-UTRA MO with scheduling restrictions. It can be understood that if a measurement gap and a measurement window are indicated (or configured), the terminal device can measure the heterogeneous system E-UTRA MO with scheduling restrictions when there is a conflict between the first target measurement opportunity and the second target measurement opportunity, solving the problem of how the terminal device performs measurement when there is a conflict between the first target measurement opportunity and the second target measurement opportunity.

[0143] For example: the network device indicates (or configures) a measurement gap but does not configure a measurement window. The terminal device can measure the heterogeneous system E-UTRA MO with scheduling restrictions according to the first measurement opportunity corresponding to the measurement gap.

[0144] The network device indicates (or configures) a measurement gap and a measurement window, but there is a conflict between the first target measurement opportunity and the second target measurement opportunity in the first measurement opportunity corresponding to the measurement gap and the second measurement opportunity corresponding to the measurement window. The terminal device can measure the heterogeneous system E-UTRA MO with scheduling restrictions according to the first target measurement opportunity (or the second target measurement opportunity). In the case of a conflict between the first target measurement opportunity and the second target measurement opportunity, whether the terminal device measures the heterogeneous system E-UTRA MO with scheduling restrictions according to the first target measurement opportunity or the second target measurement opportunity can be defined by a protocol, etc., can be configured by a network device, or can be determined autonomously by the terminal device, and this application does not limit this.

[0145] Implementation 4: Take the case where the first target measurement timing conflicts with the second target measurement timing, and the terminal device measures the MO according to the priority of the measurement gap and the measurement window as an example. In a possible implementation, when the priority of the measurement gap is greater than or equal to the priority of the measurement window, the terminal device can measure the MO according to the first target measurement timing. For example, the NR MO that needs to perform measurements with a measurement gap is measured within the first target measurement timing. When the priority of the measurement gap is less than the priority of the measurement window, the terminal device can measure the MO according to the second target measurement timing. For example: the terminal device can measure the E-UTRA MO that has scheduling restrictions and does not need to perform measurements with a measurement gap within the second measurement timing.

[0146] It can also be understood that when the priority of the measurement gap is equal to the priority of the measurement window, the terminal device can also measure the MO according to the second target measurement time. The present application does not limit the target measurement time selected by the terminal device for MO measurement when the priority of the measurement gap is equal to the priority of the measurement window.

[0147] The priority of the measurement gap and the priority of the measurement window can be defined by a protocol, etc., or can be indicated (or configured) to the terminal device by a network device. This application does not limit the way in which the terminal device obtains the priority of the measurement gap and the priority of the measurement window.

[0148] As an example: the network device may send fourth information indicating the priority of the measurement gap and / or the priority of the measurement window to the terminal device, and indicate (or configure) the priority of the measurement gap and / or the priority of the measurement window to the terminal device.

[0149] Implementation 5: Take the case where the first target measurement opportunity conflicts with the second target measurement opportunity, and the terminal device measures MO according to the number of first measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement gap and the number of second measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement window as an example. In a possible implementation, when the number of first measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement gap is greater than or equal to the number of second measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement window, the terminal device measures MO according to the second target measurement opportunity; when the number of first measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement gap is less than the number of second measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement window, the terminal device measures MO according to the first target measurement opportunity.

[0150] Reference Figure 7As shown, taking the case where the measurement gap corresponds to 4 first measurement opportunities (first measurement opportunities 1-4) and the measurement window corresponds to 2 second measurement opportunities (second measurement opportunities 1 and 2) as an example, wherein the second measurement opportunity 1 conflicts with the first measurement opportunity 1, and the second measurement opportunity 2 conflicts with the first measurement opportunity 3, the terminal device can measure the NR MO etc. that requires measurement gaps to perform measurements at the first measurement opportunities 2 and 4, and can measure the E-UTRA MO etc. that has scheduling restrictions and does not require measurement gaps to perform measurements at the second measurement opportunities 1 and 2. According to the number of first measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement gap and the number of second measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement window, measuring the MO can take into account the measurement requirements of the terminal device to measure the MO in the measurement gap and the measurement window.

[0151] It can be understood that when the number of first measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement gap and the number of second measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement window are equal, the terminal device can also measure the MO according to the first target measurement opportunity. The present application does not limit the target measurement opportunity selected by the terminal device for MO measurement when the priority of the measurement gap is equal to the priority of the measurement window.

[0152] Implementation 6: Take the case where the first target measurement opportunity conflicts with the second target measurement opportunity, and the terminal device measures the MO according to the measurement gap ratio of each type of MO as an example. In a possible implementation, the terminal device can determine the target type of the MO corresponding to the first target measurement opportunity according to the first measurement gap ratio of the same-frequency MO, the second measurement gap ratio of the different-frequency MO or the different-system MO except the E-UTRA MO with scheduling restrictions, and the third measurement gap ratio of the E-UTRA MO with scheduling restrictions, and measure the MO of the target type at the first target measurement opportunity.

[0153] The current measurement gap sharing mechanism (MeasGapSharingScheme) defines the proportion of measurement gaps used for four types of co-frequency measurements to the entire measurement gap. As shown in Table 3, parameter X represents the measurement gap ratio used for co-frequency measurements when the measurement gap sharing mechanism is used. Depending on the value of MeasGapSharingScheme, parameter X has 4 values. When MeasGapSharingScheme is '00', the measurement gaps are evenly distributed (equal splitting) and parameter X is not used. When MeasGapSharingScheme is '01', '10' and '11', parameter X is 25, 50 and 75 respectively, and the X% part represents the proportion of the measurement gap used for co-frequency measurements, and the remaining (100-X)% of the measurement gap is used for hetero-frequency and hetero-system (i.e., inter-RAT) measurements.

[0154] Table 3

[0155] measGapSharingConfig X(％) ‘00’ Even distribution ‘01’ 25 ‘10’ 50 ‘11’ 75

[0156] In an embodiment of the present application, considering that when the measurement timing of the measurement gap and the measurement window conflicts, the current ratio of inter-frequency and inter-system (i.e., inter-RAT) measurements can be divided again into a part for inter-frequency MO or inter-system MO measurements other than E-UTRA MO with scheduling restrictions, and a part for E-UTRAMO measurements with scheduling restrictions.

[0157] In a possible implementation, the first measurement gap ratio is X, the second measurement gap ratio is 100-XY, and the third measurement gap ratio is Y. That is, for the first target measurement opportunity where the measurement gap conflicts with the measurement window, X% of the first target measurement opportunities are used for intra-frequency MO measurement, (100-XY)% of the first target measurement opportunities are used for inter-frequency MO or inter-system MO measurement other than E-UTRA MO with scheduling restrictions, and Y% of the first target measurement opportunities are used for E-UTRA MO measurement with scheduling restrictions. Wherein X and Y are natural numbers, X+Y is less than or equal to 100, and X and Y can be defined by a protocol, etc., or can be indicated (or configured) to a terminal device by a network device, and this application does not limit this.

[0158] Taking X as 25, Y as 25, and 100-XY equals 50 as an example, the terminal device can determine that the first first target measurement opportunity is used for intra-frequency MO measurement, the second and third first target measurement opportunities are used for inter-frequency MO or inter-system MO measurement other than E-UTRA MO with scheduling restrictions, the fourth first target measurement opportunity is used for E-UTRA MO measurement with scheduling restrictions, and so on. The fifth first target measurement opportunity is used for intra-frequency MO measurement, and so on.

[0159] In addition, it can be understood that the above-mentioned X and Y can also be values ​​between 0 and 1, that is, they can be specific proportion values, for example, the first measurement gap proportion coefficient X is 0.25 (or 25%), the third measurement gap proportion coefficient Y is 0.10 (or 10%), and the second measurement gap proportion coefficient 1-XY is 0.65 (or 65%).

[0160] In another possible implementation, the first measurement gap ratio is X, the second measurement gap ratio is (100-X)*Q%, and the third measurement gap ratio is (100-X)*(100-Q)%. That is, for the first target measurement opportunity where the measurement gap conflicts with the measurement window, X% of the first target measurement opportunity is used for intra-frequency MO measurement, (100-X)%*Q% of the first target measurement opportunity is used for hetero-frequency MO or hetero-system MO measurement other than E-UTRA MO with scheduling restrictions, and (100-X)%*(100-Q)% of the first target measurement opportunity is used for E-UTRA MO measurement with scheduling restrictions. Among them, X and Q are natural numbers less than or equal to 100, and X and Q can be defined by a protocol, etc., or can be indicated (or configured) to the terminal device by a network device, and this application does not limit this.

[0161] In addition, it can be understood that the above X and Q can also be values ​​between 0 and 1, that is, they can be specific proportion values. For example, the first measurement gap proportion coefficient X is 0.25, the second measurement gap proportion coefficient (1-X)*Q is (1-0.25)*0.90, the second measurement gap proportion coefficient (1-X)*(1-Q) is (1-0.25)*(1-0.90), and so on.

[0162] The communication device provided in the embodiment of the present application is described below. Figure 8 , Figure 8 The communication device may include units or modules corresponding to all or part of the steps in the above method embodiment, and may be used to execute the steps executed by the terminal device or network device in the above method embodiment. For details, please refer to the relevant introduction in the above method embodiment.

[0163] like Figure 8 As shown, the communication device 800 includes a processing unit 810 and an interface unit 820, wherein the processing unit 810 can be a processor or a processing circuit, and the interface unit 820 can also be a transceiver unit or an input / output interface. The communication device 800 can be used to implement the steps performed by the terminal device or the network device in the above embodiment.

[0164] When the communication device 800 is used to implement the steps performed by the terminal device in the above embodiment:

[0165] The interface unit 820 is used to receive first information from a network device; the processing unit 810 is used to measure a first evolved E-UTRA MO according to the measurement gap when the first information indicates a measurement gap but does not indicate a measurement window, where the first E-UTRA MO is an E-UTRA MO with scheduling restrictions and does not require a measurement gap to perform measurement; and to control not to measure the first E-UTRA MO when the first information does not indicate a measurement gap and does not indicate a measurement window.

[0166] In one possible design, before the interface unit 820 receives the first information from the network device, it is also used to send second information to the network device, where the second information indicates that the communication device supports performing E-UTRA measurements without measurement gaps when the E-UTRA CRS is completely contained by the BWP activated by the communication device, wherein the first E-UTRA MO is completely contained by the BWP; or, the second information indicates that the first E-UTRA band does not require measurement gaps to perform E-UTRA measurements, and the first E-UTRA MO corresponds to the first E-UTRA band.

[0167] In one possible design, the measurement gap indicated by the first information is determined according to the NR MO or the second E-UTRA MO configured by the network device for the communication device that requires the measurement gap to perform measurement.

[0168] In one possible design, the interface unit 820 is used to receive third information from the network device, where the third information indicates a measurement gap and a measurement window, wherein the measurement gap corresponds to at least one first measurement opportunity, and the measurement window corresponds to at least one second measurement opportunity; the processing unit 810 is used to measure the MO according to one or more of the priorities of the measurement gap and the measurement window, the number of first measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement gap and the number of second measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement window, and measurement gap ratio coefficients of each type of MO when a first target measurement opportunity conflicts with a second target measurement opportunity, wherein the first target measurement opportunity belongs to at least one first measurement opportunity, and the second target measurement opportunity belongs to at least one second measurement opportunity.

[0169] In one possible design, when the first target measurement opportunity conflicts with the second target measurement opportunity, the processing unit 810 measures the MO according to the priorities of the measurement gap and the measurement window. Specifically, when the priority of the measurement gap is greater than or equal to the priority of the measurement window, the MO is measured according to the first target measurement opportunity; when the priority of the measurement gap is less than the priority of the measurement window, the MO is measured according to the second target measurement opportunity.

[0170] In one possible design, the interface unit 820 is further used to receive fourth information from the network device, where the fourth information is used to indicate the priority of the measurement gap and / or the priority of the measurement window.

[0171] In one possible design, when the first target measurement opportunity conflicts with the second target measurement opportunity, the processing unit 810 measures the MO according to the number of first measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement gap and the number of second measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement window. Specifically, when the number of first measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement gap is greater than or equal to the number of second measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement window, the MO is measured according to the second target measurement opportunity; when the number of first measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement gap is less than the number of second measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement window, the MO is measured according to the first target measurement opportunity.

[0172] In one possible design, when the first target measurement timing conflicts with the second target measurement timing, the processing unit 810 measures the MO according to the measurement gap proportion coefficients of each type of MO, and is specifically used to measure the target type of MO at the first target measurement timing, wherein the target type of MO is determined according to the first measurement gap proportion coefficient of the same-frequency MO, the second measurement gap proportion coefficient of the different-frequency MO or the different-system MO other than the E-UTRA MO with scheduling restrictions, and the third measurement gap proportion coefficient of the E-UTRA MO with scheduling restrictions.

[0173] Exemplarily, the first measurement gap ratio is X, the second measurement gap ratio is 100-XY, and the third measurement gap ratio is Y, where X and Y are natural numbers, and X+Y is less than or equal to 100.

[0174] Exemplarily, the first measurement gap ratio is X, the second measurement gap ratio is (100-X)*Q%, and the third measurement gap ratio is (100-X)*(100-Q)%, where X and Q are natural numbers less than or equal to 100.

[0175] When the communication device 800 is used to implement the steps executed by the network device in the above embodiment: the processing unit 810 is used to configure a first E-UTRA MO for the terminal device, and the first E-UTRA MO is an E-UTRA MO with scheduling restrictions and does not require measurement gaps to perform measurements; the interface unit 820 is used to send first information to the terminal device, the first information indicates a measurement gap and does not indicate a measurement window, or the first information does not indicate a measurement gap and does not indicate a measurement window.

[0176] In one possible design, the interface unit 820 is further used to receive second information from the terminal device before the processing unit 810 configures the first E-UTRA MO for the terminal device, the second information indicating that the terminal device supports performing E-UTRA measurements without measurement gaps when the E-UTRA CRS is completely contained by the BWP activated by the terminal device, wherein the first E-UTRA MO is completely contained by the BWP; or, the second information indicates that the first E-UTRA band does not require measurement gaps to perform E-UTRA measurements, and the first E-UTRA MO corresponds to the first E-UTRA band.

[0177] In one possible design, the measurement gap indicated by the first information is determined based on a new radio NR MO or a second E-UTRA MO configured for the terminal device that requires a measurement gap to perform measurements.

[0178] In one possible design, the interface unit 820 is used to send third information to the terminal device, where the third information indicates a measurement gap and a measurement window, wherein the measurement gap corresponds to at least one first measurement opportunity, the measurement window corresponds to at least one second measurement opportunity, and the at least one first measurement opportunity does not conflict with the at least one second measurement opportunity.

[0179] In one possible design, when the measurement window period of the measurement window is an integer multiple of the SMTC period, the measurement window offset of the measurement window satisfies: (n-1)*smtc_periodicity+smtc_offset+smtc_duration≤window_offset≤n*smtc_periodicity+smtc_offset-window_duration; when the SMTC period is an integer multiple of the measurement window period, the measurement window offset of the measurement window satisfies: (n-1)*window_periodicity+window_offset+window_duration≤smtc_offset≤n* window_periodicity+window_offset-smtc_duration; wherein, window_offset represents the measurement window offset, smtc_offset represents the SMTC offset, window_duration represents the window duration of the measurement window, smtc_periodicity represents the SMTC period, smtc_duration represents the SMTC duration, window_periodicity represents the measurement window period, n=0,1,2..., the measurement gap is determined according to smtc_offset, smtc_periodicity, and smtc_duration.

[0180] like Fig. 9 As shown, the present application also provides a communication device 900, including a processor 910, and may also include a communication interface 920. The processor 910 and the communication interface 920 are coupled to each other. It can be understood that the communication interface 920 can be a transceiver, an input-output interface, an input interface, an output interface, an interface circuit, etc. Optionally, the communication device 900 may also include a memory 930 for storing instructions executed by the processor 910 or storing input data required for the processor 910 to run the instructions or storing data generated after the processor 910 runs the instructions. Among them, the memory 930 may be a physically independent unit, or it may be coupled to the processor 910, or the processor 910 may include the memory 930.

[0181] When the communication device 900 is used to implement the steps executed by the terminal device or the network device in the above embodiment, the processor 910 can be used to implement the functions of the above processing unit 810, and the communication interface 920 can be used to implement the functions of the above interface unit 820.

[0182] It is understood that the processor in the embodiments of the present application may be a central processing unit (CPU), or other general-purpose processors, digital signal processors (DSP), application specific integrated circuits (ASIC), logic circuits, field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, transistor logic devices, hardware components or any combination thereof. The general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor.

[0183] The method steps in the embodiments of the present application can be implemented by hardware, or by a processor executing software instructions. The software instructions can be composed of corresponding software modules, and the software modules can be stored in a random access memory, a flash memory, a read-only memory, a programmable read-only memory, an erasable programmable read-only memory, an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory, a register, a hard disk, a mobile hard disk, a CD-ROM, or any other form of storage medium well known in the art. An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor so that the processor can read information from the storage medium and can write information to the storage medium. Of course, the storage medium can also be a component of the processor. The processor and the storage medium can be located in an ASIC. In addition, the ASIC can be located in a network device or a terminal device. Of course, the processor and the storage medium can also be present in a network device or a terminal device as discrete components.

[0184] In the above embodiments, it can be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. When implemented using software, 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 programs or instructions. When the computer program or instruction is loaded and executed on a computer, the process or function described in the embodiment of the present application is executed in whole or in part. The computer may be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, a network device, a user device or other programmable device. The computer program or instruction 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 program or instruction may be transmitted from one network device, terminal, computer, server or data center to another network device, terminal, computer, server or data center by wired or wireless means. The computer-readable storage medium may be any available medium that a computer can access or a data storage device such as a server or data center that integrates one or more available media. The available medium may be a magnetic medium, for example, a floppy disk, a hard disk, a tape; it may also be an optical medium, for example, a digital video disc; it may also be a semiconductor medium, for example, a solid-state hard disk. The computer-readable storage medium may be a volatile or nonvolatile storage medium, or may include both volatile and nonvolatile types of storage media.

[0185] In the various embodiments of the present application, unless otherwise specified or provided for in any logical conflict, the terms and / or descriptions between the different embodiments are consistent and may be referenced to each other, and the technical features in the different embodiments may be combined to form new embodiments according to their inherent logical relationships.

[0186] In addition, it should be understood that in the embodiments of the present application, the word "exemplary" is used to indicate an example, illustration or description. Any embodiment or design described as "exemplary" in the present application should not be interpreted as being more preferred or more advantageous than other embodiments or designs. Specifically, the use of the word "exemplary" is intended to present concepts in a specific way.

[0187] It is understood that the various numbers involved in the embodiments of the present application are only for the convenience of description and are not used to limit the scope of the embodiments of the present application. The size of the sequence number of the above-mentioned processes does not mean the order of execution, and the execution order of each process should be determined by its function and internal logic.

Claims

1. A measurement method, characterized in that: include: The terminal device receives first information from the network device; When the first information indicates a measurement gap and does not indicate a measurement window, the terminal device measures a first evolved universal land-based radio access E-UTRA measurement object MO according to the measurement gap, where the first E-UTRA MO is an E-UTRA MO with scheduling restrictions and does not require a measurement gap to perform measurement; When the first information does not indicate a measurement gap and does not indicate a measurement window, the terminal device does not measure the first E-UTRA MO.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that Before the terminal device receives the first information from the network device, the method further includes: The terminal device sends second information to the network device, wherein the second information indicates that the terminal device supports performing E-UTRA measurement without measurement gaps when an E-UTRA cell reference signal CRS is completely contained by a partial bandwidth BWP activated by the terminal device, wherein the first E-UTRA MO is completely contained by the BWP; or The second information indicates that a first E-UTRA frequency band does not require a measurement gap to perform E-UTRA measurement, and the first E-UTRA MO corresponds to the first E-UTRA band.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that The measurement gap indicated by the first information is determined according to a new radio NR MO or a second E-UTRA MO configured by the network device for the terminal device that requires a measurement gap to perform measurement.

4. A measurement method, characterized in that: include: The terminal device receives third information from the network device, where the third information indicates a measurement gap and a measurement window, where the measurement gap corresponds to at least one first measurement opportunity, and the measurement window corresponds to at least one second measurement opportunity; In the event that the first target measurement opportunity conflicts with the second target measurement opportunity, the terminal device measures the MO according to one or more of the priorities of the measurement gap and the measurement window, the number of first measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement gap and the number of second measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement window, and measurement gap ratio coefficients of each type of measurement object MO, wherein the first target measurement opportunity belongs to the at least one first measurement opportunity and the second target measurement opportunity belongs to the at least one second measurement opportunity.

5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that When the first target measurement opportunity conflicts with the second target measurement opportunity, the terminal device measures the MO according to the measurement gap and the priority of the measurement window, including: When the priority of the measurement gap is greater than or equal to the priority of the measurement window, the terminal device measures the MO according to the first target measurement opportunity; When the priority of the measurement gap is lower than the priority of the measurement window, the terminal device measures the MO according to the second target measurement opportunity.

6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that The method further comprises: The terminal device receives fourth information from the network device, where the fourth information is used to indicate the priority of the measurement gap and / or the priority of the measurement window.

7. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that When the first target measurement opportunity conflicts with the second target measurement opportunity, the terminal device measures the MO according to the number of first measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement gap and the number of second measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement window, including: When the number of first measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement gap is greater than or equal to the number of second measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement window, the terminal device measures the MO according to the second target measurement opportunity; When the number of first measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement gap is less than the number of second measurement opportunities corresponding to the measurement window, the terminal device measures the MO according to the first target measurement opportunity.

8. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that When the first target measurement opportunity conflicts with the second target measurement opportunity, the terminal device measures the MO according to the measurement gap proportion coefficient of each type of MO, including: The terminal device measures the target type of MO at the first target measurement time, wherein the target type of MO is determined according to the first measurement gap proportion coefficient of the same-frequency MO, the second measurement gap proportion coefficient of the different-frequency MO or the different-system MO other than the Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access E-UTRA MO with scheduling restrictions, and the third measurement gap proportion coefficient of the E-UTRA MO with scheduling restrictions.

9. The method according to claim 8, characterized in that The first measurement gap ratio is X, the second measurement gap ratio is 100-XY, and the third measurement gap ratio is Y, where X and Y are natural numbers, and X+Y is less than or equal to 100; or, The first measurement gap ratio is X, the second measurement gap ratio is (100-X)*Q%, and the third measurement gap ratio is (100-X)*(100-Q)%, where X and Q are natural numbers less than or equal to 100.

10. A measurement method, characterized in that: include: The network device configures a first evolved universal land-based radio access E-UTRA measurement object MO for the terminal device, where the first E-UTRA MO is an E-UTRA MO with scheduling restrictions and does not require measurement gaps to perform measurements; The network device sends first information to the terminal device, where the first information indicates a measurement gap but does not indicate a measurement window, or the first information does not indicate a measurement gap but does not indicate a measurement window.

11. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that Before the network device configures the first E-UTRAMO for the terminal device, the method further includes: The network device receives second information from the terminal device, the second information indicating that the terminal device supports performing E-UTRA measurement without measurement gaps when an E-UTRA cell reference signal CRS is completely contained by a partial bandwidth BWP activated by the terminal device, wherein the first E-UTRA MO is completely contained by the BWP; or The second information indicates that a first E-UTRA frequency band does not require a measurement gap to perform E-UTRA measurement, and the first E-UTRA MO corresponds to the first E-UTRA band.

12. The method according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that The measurement gap indicated by the first information is determined according to the new wireless NR MO or the second E-UTRAMO configured by the network device for the terminal device and requiring a measurement gap to perform measurement.

13. A measurement method, characterized in that: include: The network device sends third information to the terminal device, where the third information indicates a measurement gap and a measurement window, wherein the measurement gap corresponds to at least one first measurement opportunity, the measurement window corresponds to at least one second measurement opportunity, and the at least one first measurement opportunity does not conflict with the at least one second measurement opportunity.

14. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that When the measurement window period of the measurement window is an integral multiple of the measurement timing configuration SMTC period based on the synchronization signal / physical broadcast channel block SSB, the measurement window offset of the measurement window satisfies: (n-1)*smtc_periodicity+smtc_offset+smtc_duration≤window_offset≤n*smtc_periodicity+smtc_offset-window_duration; When the SMTC period is an integral multiple of the measurement window period, the measurement window offset of the measurement window satisfies: (n-1)*window_periodicity+window_offset+window_duration≤smtc_offset≤n*window_periodicity+window_offset-smtc_duration; Among them, window_offset represents the measurement window offset, smtc_offset represents the SMTC offset, window_duration represents the window duration of the measurement window, smtc_periodicity represents the SMTC period, smtc_duration represents the SMTC duration, window_periodicity represents the measurement window period, n=0,1,2..., the measurement gap is determined according to the smtc_offset, smtc_periodicity, and smtc_duration.

15. A communication device, characterized in that: The method comprises a unit or a module for executing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 14.

16. A communication device, characterized in that: It includes a processor and an interface circuit, wherein the interface circuit is used to receive signals from other communication devices outside the communication device and transmit them to the processor, or send signals from the processor to other communication devices outside the communication device, and the processor is used to implement the method as described in any one of claims 1-14 through a logic circuit or execution instructions.

17. A computer program product, characterized in that The method comprises a computer program or an instruction, and when the computer program or the instruction is executed by a processor, the method according to any one of claims 1 to 14 is implemented.

18. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that: The storage medium stores a computer program or instruction. When the computer program or instruction is executed by a processor, the method according to any one of claims 1 to 14 is implemented.

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