Information indication method, terminal equipment and network equipment

Abstract

The invention relates to an information indication method, terminal equipment, network equipment, a chip, a computer readable storage medium, a computer program product, a computer program and a communication system. The method comprises the following steps: a terminal device sends first indication information to a network device; wherein the first indication information is used for indicating information related to an interval in each of a plurality of cell states, and the interval comprises an MG and / or an NCSG. According to the invention, configuration related to measurement can be conveniently carried out for different cell states, the flexibility of measurement configuration is improved, and the data transmission interruption time caused by measurement is further reduced.

Description

Information indication method, terminal device and network device Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the field of communications, and more specifically, to an information indication method, terminal equipment, network equipment, chip, computer-readable storage medium, computer program product, computer program, and communication system. Background Art

[0002] For wireless mobile communication systems, measuring cell quality and beam quality is fundamental to effectively implementing wireless resource management and mobility management. Terminal devices can perform measurements during a measurement gap (MG). However, MGs can interrupt data transmission. To reduce the interruption time caused by measurements, NSCG (Network Controlled Small Gap) has been introduced into the communication system. When using NCSG, terminal devices can utilize idle RF link resources for measurements without incurring long interruptions during the measurement process. Data transmission and reception of both the measurement and serving cells can be maintained simultaneously. However, adjustments to the RF link before and after the measurement will result in shorter interruptions.

[0003] However, even with the introduction of NCSG, the related measurement configuration methods are still not flexible enough, and the data transmission interruption time caused by measurement still needs to be further reduced. It is necessary to consider how to improve the flexibility of measurement configuration.

[0004] Summary of the Invention

[0005] This embodiment of the present application provides an information indication method, including:

[0006] The terminal device sends first indication information to the network device; wherein the first indication information is used to indicate information related to the interval in each cell state in multiple cell states, wherein the interval includes MG and / or NCSG.

[0007] This embodiment of the present application provides an information indication method, including:

[0008] The network device sends sixth indication information to the terminal device, wherein the sixth indication information is used to indicate information related to the interval in each cell state of multiple cell states, wherein the interval includes MG and / or NCSG.

[0009] An embodiment of the present application provides a terminal device, including:

[0010] A first communication module is used to send first indication information to a network device; wherein the first indication information is used to indicate interval-related information in each cell state in multiple cell states, wherein the interval includes a measurement interval MG and / or a network-controllable small interval NCSG.

[0011] An embodiment of the present application provides a network device, including:

[0012] The second communication module is used to send sixth indication information to the terminal device, wherein the sixth indication information is used to indicate information related to the interval in each cell state in multiple cell states, wherein the interval includes MG and / or NCSG.

[0013] An embodiment of the present application provides a terminal device, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory is used to store a computer program, and the processor is used to call and run the computer program stored in the memory, so that the terminal device executes the above-mentioned information indication method.

[0014] An embodiment of the present application provides a network device, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory is used to store a computer program, and the processor is used to call and run the computer program stored in the memory, so that the network device executes the above-mentioned information indication method.

[0015] An embodiment of the present application provides a chip for implementing the above-mentioned information indication method.

[0016] Specifically, the chip includes: a processor, which is used to call and run a computer program from a memory, so that a device equipped with the chip executes the above-mentioned information indication method.

[0017] An embodiment of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program. When the computer program is executed by a device, the device executes the above-mentioned information indication method.

[0018] An embodiment of the present application provides a computer program product, including computer program instructions, which enable a computer to execute the above-mentioned information indication method.

[0019] An embodiment of the present application provides a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, enables the computer to execute the above-mentioned information indication method.

[0020] In an embodiment of the present application, the terminal device and the network device exchange indication information to indicate information related to the MG and / or NCSG in different cell states. This facilitates measurement-related configuration for different cell states, improves the flexibility of the measurement configuration, and minimizes the data transmission interruption time caused by the measurement. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0021] FIG1 is a schematic diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0022] FIG2 is a schematic diagram of measurement using NCSG in an embodiment of the present application.

[0023] FIG3 is a schematic flowchart of an information indication method according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0024] FIG4 is a schematic flowchart of an information indication method according to another embodiment of the present application.

[0025] FIG5 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0026] FIG6 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device according to another embodiment of the present application.

[0027] FIG7 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device according to another embodiment of the present application.

[0028] FIG8 is a schematic block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0029] FIG9 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0030] FIG10 is a schematic block diagram of a chip according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0031] FIG11 is a schematic block diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0032] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application.

[0033] The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application can be applied to various communication systems, such as: Global System of Mobile communication (GSM) system, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system, Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) system, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, Advanced Long Term Evolution (LTE-A) system, New Radio (NR) system, NR system evolution system, LTE on unlicensed spectrum (LTE-U) system, NR on unlicensed spectrum (NR-U) system, Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) system, Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS), Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN), Wireless Fidelity (Wireless Fidelity) system. Fidelity, WiFi), fifth-generation communication (5th-Generation, 5G) system or other communication systems, etc.

[0034] Generally speaking, traditional communication systems support a limited number of connections and are easy to implement. However, with the development of communication technology, mobile communication systems will not only support traditional communications, but will also support, for example, device-to-device (D2D) communication, machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, machine-type communication (MTC), vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication, or vehicle-to-everything (V2X) and other terminal-to-terminal direct communications, and the embodiments of the present application can also be applied to these communication systems.

[0035] In one embodiment, the communication system in the embodiment of the present application can be applied to a carrier aggregation (CA) scenario, a dual connectivity (DC) scenario, and a standalone (SA) networking scenario.

[0036] In one embodiment, the communication system in the embodiment of the present application can be applied to an unlicensed spectrum, wherein the unlicensed spectrum can also be considered as a shared spectrum; or, the communication system in the embodiment of the present application can also be applied to an authorized spectrum, wherein the authorized spectrum can also be considered as an unshared spectrum.

[0037] The embodiments of the present application describe various embodiments in conjunction with network devices and terminal devices, wherein the terminal device may also be referred to as user equipment (UE), access terminal, user unit, user station, mobile station, mobile station, remote station, remote terminal, mobile device, user terminal, terminal, wireless communication device, user agent or user device, etc.

[0038] The terminal device can be a station (STATION, ST) in a WLAN, a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) device, a handheld device with wireless communication capabilities, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a terminal device in a next-generation communication system such as an NR network, or a terminal device in a future evolved Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) network, etc.

[0039] In the embodiments of the present application, the terminal device can be deployed on land, including indoors or outdoors, handheld, wearable or vehicle-mounted; it can also be deployed on the water surface (such as ships, etc.) or underwater (such as submarines, etc.); it can also be deployed in the air (such as airplanes, balloons and satellites, etc.).

[0040] In an embodiment of the present application, the terminal device may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a computer with wireless transceiver function, a virtual reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (AR) terminal device, a terminal device in the personal internet of things (PIoT), a wireless terminal device in industrial control, a wireless terminal device in self-driving, a wireless terminal device in remote medical, a wireless terminal device in a smart grid, a wireless terminal device in transportation safety, a wireless terminal device in a smart city, or a wireless terminal device in a smart home, etc.

[0041] As an example and not a limitation, in the embodiment of the present application, the terminal device may also be a wearable device. Wearable devices may also be called wearable smart devices, which are a general term for wearable devices that are intelligently designed and developed using wearable technology for daily wear, such as glasses, gloves, watches, clothing, and shoes. A wearable device is a portable device that is worn directly on the body or integrated into the user's clothes or accessories. Wearable devices are not only hardware devices, but also achieve powerful functions through software support, data interaction, and cloud interaction. Broadly speaking, wearable smart devices include full-featured, large-sized, and independent of smartphones to achieve complete or partial functions, such as smart watches or smart glasses, as well as devices that only focus on a certain type of application function and need to be used in conjunction with other devices such as smartphones, such as various smart bracelets and smart jewelry for vital sign monitoring.

[0042] In an embodiment of the present application, the network device may be a device for communicating with a mobile device. The network device may be an access point (AP) in WLAN, a base station (BTS) in GSM or CDMA, a base station (NodeB, NB) in WCDMA, an evolved base station (eNB or eNodeB) in LTE, or a relay station or access point, or a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, and a network device (gNB) in an NR network, or a network device in a future evolved PLMN network or a network device in an NTN network, etc.

[0043] As an example and not a limitation, in an embodiment of the present application, the network device may have a mobile feature, for example, the network device may be a mobile device. Alternatively, the network device may be a satellite or a balloon station. For example, the satellite may be a low earth orbit (LEO) satellite, a medium earth orbit (MEO) satellite, a geostationary earth orbit (GEO) satellite, a high elliptical orbit (HEO) satellite, etc. Optionally, the network device may also be a base station set up in a location such as land or water.

[0044] In an embodiment of the present application, the network device can provide services for a cell, and the terminal device communicates with the network device through the transmission resources used by the cell (for example, frequency domain resources, or spectrum resources). The cell can be a cell corresponding to the network device (for example, a base station). The cell can belong to a macro base station or a base station corresponding to a small cell. The small cells here may include: metro cells, micro cells, pico cells, femto cells, etc. These small cells have the characteristics of small coverage and low transmission power, and are suitable for providing high-speed data transmission services.

[0045] FIG1 exemplarily illustrates a communication system 100. The communication system includes a network device 110 and two terminal devices 120. In one possible implementation, the communication system 100 may include multiple network devices 110, and each network device 110 may include a different number of terminal devices 120 within its coverage area, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

[0046] In one possible implementation, the communication system 100 may further include other network entities such as a Mobility Management Entity (MME) and an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF), which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

[0047] Among them, the network equipment may include access network equipment and core network equipment. That is, the wireless communication system also includes multiple core networks for communicating with the access network equipment. The access network equipment can be an evolutionary base station (evolutional node B, abbreviated as eNB or e-NodeB) macro base station, micro base station (also called "small base station"), pico base station, access point (AP), transmission point (TP) or new generation base station (new generation Node B, gNodeB), etc. in a long-term evolution (LTE) system, a next-generation (mobile communication system) (next radio, NR) system or an authorized auxiliary access long-term evolution (LAA-LTE) system.

[0048] It should be understood that in the embodiments of the present application, a device having a communication function in a network / system may be referred to as a communication device. Taking the communication system shown in Figure 1 as an example, the communication device may include a network device and a terminal device having a communication function. The network device and the terminal device may be specific devices in the embodiments of the present application and will not be described in detail here. The communication device may also include other devices in the communication system, such as a network controller, a mobility management entity, and other network entities, which are not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0049] To facilitate understanding of the embodiments of the present application, the following briefly describes the basic processes and basic concepts involved in the embodiments of the present application. It should be understood that the basic processes and basic concepts introduced below do not limit the embodiments of the present application.

[0050] It should be understood that the terms "system" and "network" are often used interchangeably herein. The term "and / or" is simply a description of an association between related objects, indicating that three possible relationships exist. For example, "A and / or B" can represent: A exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, or B exists alone. Furthermore, the character " / " generally indicates that the related objects are in an "or" relationship.

[0051] It should be understood that the "indication" mentioned in the embodiments of this application can be a direct indication, an indirect indication, or an indication of an association. For example, "A indicates B" can mean that A directly indicates B, for example, B can be obtained through A; it can also mean that A indirectly indicates B, for example, A indicates C, and B can be obtained through C; it can also mean that there is an association between A and B.

[0052] In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the term "corresponding" may indicate a direct or indirect correspondence between the two, or an association relationship between the two, or a relationship between indication and being indicated, configuration and being configured, etc.

[0053] To facilitate understanding of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the relevant technologies of the embodiments of the present application are described below. The following relevant technologies can be arbitrarily combined with the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application as optional solutions, and they all fall within the protection scope of the embodiments of the present application.

[0054] Compared with MG, NCSG can reduce the interruption time required for measurement. Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of measurement using NCSG in an embodiment of the present application. Figure 2 takes SSB (Synchronization Signal Block) measurement as an example for illustration. The UE can use idle RF chain resources (such as RF chain 2 in Figure 2) to perform measurements. During the measurement length (Measurement length, ML), it can simultaneously maintain the measurement of neighboring cells and the data transmission and reception of the service cell, which will not cause a long interruption time, but only needs to cause a shorter interruption within the time of the visible interruption length (VIL) before and after the measurement. As can be seen from Figure 2, there is a certain difference between the NCSG pattern and the ordinary MG pattern. The NCSG pattern is defined in the relevant technology, which includes a repetition period VIRP (Visible Interruption Repetition Period) and ML.

[0055] For SSB-based measurement objects, users (i.e., terminal devices) can dynamically report whether the corresponding measurement requires an MG or NCSG through the signaling of needForGapNCSG-reporting-r17={gap,ncsg,nogap-noncsg}. The option gap indicates that an MG is required, the option ncsg indicates that an NCSG is required, and the option nogap-noncsg indicates that neither an MG nor an NCSG is required. The network will configure the appropriate MG or NCSG based on the user's reported information to complete the measurement. Specifically:

[0056] When needForGapNCSG is set to nogap-noncsg, the user can measure the measurement object at this frequency outside the MG and NCSG. The network can configure the user to measure within the MG and NCSG or outside the MG and NCSG.

[0057] When the value of needForGapNCSG is ncsg, it means that the user needs to measure the measurement object of this frequency point in NCSG. The network can configure the user to measure in MG or NCSG.

[0058] When the value of needForGapNCSG is gap, it means that the user needs to measure the measurement object of this frequency in the MG. The network can only configure the user to measure in the MG.

[0059] A typical usage scenario of NCSG is to measure deactivated Scell ​​(deactivated Secondary Cell) or dormant SCell (dormant secondary cell). Usually, in the CA (Carrier Aggregation) scenario, each CC (Carrier Component) SCell is equipped with a radio frequency link. When the SCell is deactivated or in a dormant state, the corresponding radio frequency link will also be shut down. If it is necessary to measure the deactivated SCell, the corresponding radio frequency link resources can be used to receive the reference signal without occupying the radio frequency links of other serving cells. At this time, only a brief interruption will be caused at the VIL due to the opening or closing of the radio frequency link to the data reception and transmission of other serving cells, while the ML can simultaneously perform the measurement of the deactivated SCell and the data reception and transmission of other serving cells.

[0060] Currently, the measurement of deactivated SCells or dormant SCells can use NCSG by default, without the need to determine based on user-reported information.

[0061] In addition, in the related art, the combination of NCSG and concurrent gaps is considered, that is, multiple gaps (GAPs) can be configured for users, and at least one of the GAPs is NCSG. The configuration of GAP (including the GAP pattern and the association between GAP and MO, etc.) is completed through RRC (Radio Resource Control) information. SCell activation can be achieved through MAC CE (MAC Control Element, control element of media access control) and other methods. If the state of the SCell changes, whether the SCell measurement requires MG / NCSG will also change. At this time, the associated measurement GAP also needs to be updated, but there will be a long delay in reconfiguration through RRC messages.

[0062] As can be seen, the current measurement configuration is still not flexible enough, resulting in some situations where terminal capabilities cannot be fully utilized to reduce data interruption time. For example, there are two situations:

[0063] 1. Deactivated SCell measurements are divided into two types: without GAP and with NCSG. When the SCell is in the deactivated state, NCSG is used for measurement by default. However, the information reported by the user through needForGapNCSG is for the activated SCell. This means that the without gap method cannot be used for deactivated SCells, and measurement must be performed in NCSG at least.

[0064] 2. When concurrent GAPs are supported, the network can configure multiple GAPs. The GAP requirements for SCells in the activated and deactivated states are different. For example, NCSG is sufficient in the deactivated or dormant state, while MG may be required in the activated state. If the same GAP is configured for different SCell states, NCSG cannot be fully utilized to reduce data transmission and reception interruption time. At the same time, SCell activation / deactivation can be achieved through MAC CE, and dormant BWP (Bandwidth Part) switching (SCell can be dormant / awakened) can be achieved through DCI or timer mechanisms, but GAP configuration needs to be implemented through RRC signaling, and switching GAP configuration will bring longer delays.

[0065] The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application are primarily intended to address at least one of the aforementioned technical issues. Figure 3 is a schematic flow chart of an information indication method according to an embodiment of the present application. The method may optionally be applied to the system shown in Figure 1 , but is not limited thereto. The method includes at least some of the following:

[0066] S310. The terminal device sends first indication information to the network device; wherein the first indication information is used to indicate information related to the gap (GAP) in each cell state in multiple cell states, wherein the gap includes MG and / or NCSG.

[0067] For example, the first indication information may be used to indicate information such as the terminal device's capabilities or requirements related to the gap in different cell states. In this way, the network device can appropriately configure the GAP for the terminal device based on the terminal device's capabilities or requirements in different cell states, thereby fully utilizing the terminal's capabilities and reducing data transmission and reception interruption time.

[0068] Optionally, the first indication information is used to indicate the interval requirement of the terminal device to measure the first MO in each cell state. The interval requirement may refer to whether the terminal device needs MG and / or NCSG to measure the first MO. It should be noted that the first indication information may be indication information for a single MO (i.e., indication for the first MO) or indication information for a class of MOs (the class of MOs includes the first MO).

[0069] It should be noted that in the embodiment of the present application, MO can also be called the frequency point to be measured, or in other words, MO corresponds to the frequency point to be measured, and the indication of MO can also be regarded as an indication of the frequency point to be measured.

[0070] Optionally, the gap requirement may be one of the following: MG required, NCSG required, and GAP not required. For example, the first indication information may indicate one of the options {gap, ncsg, nogap-noncsg}, where gap indicates that MG is required, ncsg indicates that NCSG is required, and nogap-noncsg indicates that GAP is not required.

[0071] Optionally, the multiple cell states may include a cell state of a secondary cell (SCell).

[0072] Optionally, the cell state of the SCell is determined based on whether the SCell is activated and / or dormant.

[0073] Exemplarily, the states of the multiple cells include a first state and a second state of an SCell.

[0074] For example, the first state may be an SCell activated state, and the second state may be an SCell deactivated state. Further, the first state may include an activated and non-dormant state or an activated and dormant state.

[0075] For another example, the first state may be an SCell non-sleep state, and the second state may be an SCell sleep state.

[0076] For another example, the first state may be an SCell activated and non-dormant state, and the second state may be an SCell deactivated state or an SCell dormant state (activated and dormant state).

[0077] It is understood that the states of the multiple cells may also include three or more states. For example, the first state may be an SCell activated and non-dormant state, the second state may be an SCell activated and dormant state, and the third state may be an SCell deactivated state. The specific state may be determined based on actual needs, protocols, system agreements, etc.

[0078] It should be noted that in actual applications, in order to identify different cell states, the cell states may be numbered. The cell state numbers may be pre-set according to a protocol or system agreement. The "first" and "second" in the above-mentioned first state and second state are only used to distinguish different cell states and do not completely correspond to the cell state numbers in actual applications. For example, the first state may refer to state 1 in actual applications, and the second state may indicate state 2 in actual applications; or, the first state may refer to state 2 in actual applications, and the second state may indicate state 1 in actual applications.

[0079] It should be noted that the spacing requirement may have different options in different cell states. For example, the spacing requirement indicated by the terminal device in the first state may be MG required, NCSG required, or GAP not required, and the spacing requirement in the second state may be NCSG required or GAP not required.

[0080] Optionally, there are multiple implementation forms of the first indication information, and three exemplary implementations are provided below.

[0081] Method 1: The first indication information includes multiple interval requirement indications of the first MO, and the multiple interval requirement indications correspond one-to-one to the multiple cell states; wherein each interval requirement indication of the multiple interval requirement indications is used to indicate the interval requirement of measuring the first MO in the corresponding cell state.

[0082] Exemplarily, the multiple interval indications include an interval indication of a first state and an interval indication of a second state. The interval indication of the first state is used to indicate that measuring the first MO in the first state requires MG, requires NCSG, or does not require GAP. The interval indication of the second state is used to indicate that measuring the first MO in the second state requires MG, requires NCSG, or does not require GAP, or is used to indicate that measuring the first MO in the second state requires NCSG, or does not require GAP. The first state may be an SCell activation state or an SCell non-sleep state set according to the protocol, and the second state may be an SCell deactivation state or an SCell sleep state set according to the protocol.

[0083] For example, the first indication information can be the signaling NeedForGapNCSG that the terminal device dynamically reports whether MG / NCSG is needed. In related technologies, for each frequency point / MO, a gap indication (gapIndication) is included in the signaling NeedForGapNCSG. In an embodiment of the present application, the gap indication can be used as the gap indication of the first state, and at least one gap indication can be added as the gap indication of at least one other state. For example, the signaling NeedForGapNCSG is set with reference to the following information:

[0084] in:

[0085] gapIndicationIntra-r17 is the gap indication of the first state, and gapIndicationIntra-deactivatedSCell-r18 is the gap indication of the second state. Optionally, the value option of the gap indication of the second state can also be {ncsg, nogap-noncsg}, that is:

[0086] gapIndicationIntra-deactivatedSCell-r18ENUMERATED{ncsg,nogap-noncsg}

[0087] Mode 2: The first indication information includes an interval requirement sequence of a first MO, and the interval requirement sequence includes the interval requirements corresponding to each cell state.

[0088] That is, a sequence can be added to the relevant signaling, where multiple elements in the sequence are multiple interval requirements, and the positions of the elements correspond to the cell states. For example, the interval requirements of each cell state are sorted in the order of the numbers of the cell states. For example, the first element in the sequence is the interval requirement corresponding to state 1, and the second element in the sequence is the interval requirement corresponding to state 2, where state 1 and state 2 are determined according to the protocol or system agreement. As an example and not a limitation, state 1 can be the aforementioned first state, such as the SCell activation state or the SCell non-sleep state; state 2 can be the aforementioned second state, such as the SCell deactivation state or the SCell sleep state.

[0089] For example, the sequence gapIndicationIntra-SCell-r18 is added to the signaling NeedForGapNCSG, for example:

[0090] in:

[0091] gapIndicationIntra-r17 is the original gap indication, which can be used for the situation where MO only indicates a single gap requirement. The newly added gapIndicationIntra-SCell-r18 is a sequence, in which the element gapIndication1 is the gap requirement in the first state, which can be one of MG required, NCSG required, and GAP not required; the element gapIndication2 is the interval requirement in the second state, which can be one of MG required, NCSG required, and GAP not required, or one of NCSG required and GAP not required. When gapIndicationIntra-SCell-r18 is included in NeedForGapNCSG, the UE can choose not to report gapIndicationIntra-r17; or, the UE can report gapIndicationIntra-r17, but the newly added gapIndicationIntra-SCell-r18 can overwrite the original gapIndicationIntra-r17.

[0092] Mode 3: The first indication information includes a target MO related indication; the target MO related indication is used to indicate the interval requirement for measuring each MO in the target MO set in each cell state; the target MO set includes the first MO.

[0093] That is to say, the first indication information is an indication for a target MO set, or an indication for a class of MOs.

[0094] Exemplarily, the target MO set may be configured by the network device through other signaling. For example, each MO in the target MO set may be an MO in an MO sequence indicated by the network device through the second indication information.

[0095] Alternatively, the target MO set may be determined based on preset conditions. For example, each MO in the target MO set may be an MO associated with a secondary cell, and the terminal device and the network device may determine whether each MO is associated with the secondary cell based on the configuration of each MO and the cell.

[0096] Optionally, the interval requirements for different cell states in the target MO related indication can also be set with reference to method 1 or method 2.

[0097] Exemplarily, the target MO related indication may include multiple interval requirement indications, and the multiple interval requirement indications correspond one-to-one to the multiple cell states; wherein each interval requirement indication in the multiple interval requirement indications is used to indicate the interval requirement of each MO in the target MO set measured under the corresponding cell state.

[0098] For example, the signaling NeedForGapNCSG includes the following indication:

[0099] Among them, the newly added multiState-needForNCSG is a target MO-related indication, which contains the gap indication gapIndicationIntra-r17 for indicating the gap requirement in the first state, and the gap indication gapIndicationIntra-deactivatedSCell-r18 for indicating the gap requirement in the second state. If the target MO set is a set of MOs related to the secondary cell, the target MO-related indication can also be named SCell-needForNCSG-r18.

[0100] Exemplarily, the target MO related indication includes an interval requirement sequence of the target MO set, and the interval requirement sequence includes the interval requirements corresponding to each cell state.

[0101] For example, the signaling NeedForGapNCSG includes the following indication:

[0102] Among them, the newly added multiState-needForNCSG-r18 is a target MO related indication, and the gap requirement sequence gapIndicationIntra-SCell-r18 contained therein includes the gap requirements of two cell states.

[0103] In some embodiments, the terminal device reporting the first indication information may be based on a request from the network device. Specifically, the terminal device sending the first indication information to the network device may include: upon receiving second indication information from the network device, the terminal device sending the first indication information to the network device. The second indication information is used to instruct the terminal to report the interval requirement corresponding to each of the multiple cell states.

[0104] It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the instruction information sent by the network device may also be referred to as configuration information.

[0105] Optionally, there are multiple implementation forms of the first indication information, and two exemplary implementations are provided below.

[0106] Mode 1: The second indication information includes an MO sequence, and the second indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to report the interval requirement measured in each cell state for each MO in the MO sequence; the MO sequence includes the first MO.

[0107] The MO sequence may also be called a frequency point sequence, which includes multiple frequency points to be measured.

[0108] Exemplarily, the second indication information can be carried by an RRC configuration message. That is, a signaling can be added to the RRC configuration message, and the signaling is an MO sequence. When the RRC configuration message received by the terminal device contains the MO sequence, the terminal device can determine that the network device requests to report the interval requirement measured in different cell states for each MO in the MO sequence, after which the terminal device sends the first indication information. When the RRC configuration message received by the terminal device does not contain the MO sequence, the terminal device can determine that the network device does not request to report the interval requirement measured in different cell states for each MO in the MO sequence.

[0109] Optionally, the newly added signaling in the RRC configuration message may be named NeedForGapNCSG-ConfigNR-SCell-r18 or NeedForGapNCSG-ConfigNR-multiState-r18. For example, the RRC configuration message is as follows:

[0110] needForGapNCSG-ConfigNR-r17 SetupRelease{NeedForGapNCSG-ConfigNR-r17} OPTIONAL, needForGapNCSG-ConfigNR-multiState-r18 SetupRelease{NeedForGapNCSG-ConfigNR-multiState-r18}OPTIONAL

[0111] As can be seen, the RRC configuration message can include needForGapNCSG-ConfigNR-r17 and needForGapNCSG-ConfigNR-SCell-r18. Among them, needForGapNCSG-ConfigNR-r17 is used to request other MO / frequency reporting measurement interval requirements. This interval requirement is for all cell states, that is, there is no interval requirement reported separately for each cell state. needForGapNCSG-ConfigNR-multiState-r18 is the MO sequence / frequency sequence.

[0112] The structure of needForGapNCSG-ConfigNR-multiState-r18 is as follows:

[0113] NeedForGapNCSG-ConfigNR-multiState-r18::= SEQUENCE{

[0114] requestedTargetBandFilterNCSG-NR-r17 SEQUENCE(SIZE(1..maxBands))OF FreqBandIndicatorNR OPTIONAL

[0115] It can be seen that needForGapNCSG-ConfigNR-multiState-r18 is a frequency sequence / MO sequence. For each frequency / MO to be measured contained therein, the terminal device is required to report the measurement interval requirements for different cell states.

[0116] Mode 2: The second indication information includes first switch information, and the first switch information is used to indicate whether to request the terminal device to report the interval requirement measured in each cell state for the first MO.

[0117] Exemplarily, the second indication information is a switch, which indicates, through the switch, whether the terminal device is requested to report the interval requirement for measurement under each cell state for the first MO, or whether the terminal device is not required to report the interval requirement for measurement under each cell state for the first MO. The terminal device may send the first indication information when receiving the second indication information and the first switch information therein indicates that the terminal device needs to report the interval requirement for reporting each cell state.

[0118] Optionally, the first MO is an MO that meets a predetermined condition, that is, the first switch information may indicate a type of MO that meets a certain condition, and the type of MO includes the first MO.

[0119] Optionally, the above method may further include: the terminal device determining, based on configuration information of the first MO, that the first MO meets a predetermined condition.

[0120] Optionally, the predetermined condition is that the first MO is related to the secondary cell.

[0121] For example, based on the configuration information of each MO and cell, both the terminal device and the network device can confirm the cell ID corresponding to each MO. Therefore, the network device requests, through the first switch information, that each MO associated with the secondary cell report the interval requirements for measurement under different cell states. Accordingly, the terminal device can determine the first MO associated with the secondary cell and report the first indication information, indicating the interval requirements for measuring the first MO under different cell states.

[0122] Optionally, the first switch information may be named NeedForGapNCSG-ConfigNR-multiState-r18, specifically as follows:

[0123] Enable-NeedForGapNCSG-Config-multiState-r18 ENUMERATED{supported} OPTIONAL

[0124] Alternatively, when the preset condition is that the first MO is related to the secondary cell, the first switch information may also be named Enable-NeedForGapNCSG-Config-SCell-r18, as follows:

[0125] Enable-NeedForGapNCSG-Config-SCell-r18 ENUMERATED{supported} OPTIONAL

[0126] As can be seen, in the above embodiment, the terminal device can send the first indication information based on the second indication information of the network device. In other embodiments, the terminal device can also autonomously send the first indication information, that is, without the network side sending relevant request information. For example, the terminal device can default to sending the first indication information for MOs that meet the predetermined conditions. That is, the first MO is the MO that meets the predetermined conditions, for example, the first MO is related to the secondary cell.

[0127] Optionally, whether the terminal device can report the interval requirements corresponding to different cells is a capability. In some embodiments of the present application, the terminal device may also report this capability to the network device. Specifically, before the terminal device sends the first indication information to the network device, the above-mentioned information indication method further includes: the terminal device sends fifth indication information to the network device; wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a second capability, wherein the second capability includes supporting reporting of the interval requirements corresponding to the status of each cell.

[0128] In actual applications, the second capability can be named nr-NeedForGapNCSG-reporting-multiState-r18. When the terminal device indicates that it has this capability, the network device can send a second indication message to request the terminal device to report the interval requirements corresponding to each cell state. Alternatively, when the terminal device indicates that it has this capability, the network device can know that the terminal device will report the interval requirements corresponding to each cell state for eligible MOs. That is, the process of reporting this capability can be combined with the embodiment of the network device sending the second indication information, or it can be implemented by decoupling from this embodiment.

[0129] Through the above embodiments, the terminal device can indicate the interval requirements under different cell states to the network device, so that the network device can perform measurement configuration of the terminal device according to the indication of the terminal device. For example, when the terminal device indicates that no interval is required in the first state and no interval is required in the second state, the network device may consider not configuring the associated interval for the MO, and the terminal device measures it outside the interval. In this way, the problem of no out-of-interval measurement in the deactivated Scell ​​in the related art can be overcome, so that the terminal device can measure the deactivated Scell ​​outside the interval. It can be seen that according to the embodiments of the present application, flexible indication of terminal capabilities / requirements is achieved, which is conducive to fully utilizing the terminal capabilities and can reduce the interruption time of data transmission and reception in some cases.

[0130] According to some embodiments of the present application, the network device may also perform different configurations for the terminal device according to different cell states. Specifically, in some embodiments, the above information indication method may further include:

[0131] The terminal device receives third indication information from the network device; wherein the third indication information is used to indicate multiple intervals associated with the first MO, and the multiple intervals include intervals corresponding to each cell state in the multiple cell states.

[0132] Optionally, the third indication information may be carried by the configuration information of the first MO. That is, when configuring the first MO, the network device will configure the interval of the first MO in different cell states, which may be MG or NCSG.

[0133] Optionally, the intervals corresponding to different cell states may be the same interval or different intervals. For example, the network configures the terminal device through the third indication information to use GAP1 to measure the first MO in the first state and GAP2 to measure the first MO in the second state, then GAP1 and GAP2 may be the same interval or different intervals. Here, the same or different intervals refer to the same or different patterns of the intervals.

[0134] Optionally, the intervals corresponding to different cell states may be intervals of the same type or intervals of different types. For example, GAP1 is MG, and GAP2 may be MG or NCSG.

[0135] Optionally, the above information indication method may further include: when the cell state is switched, the terminal device determines the interval used to measure the first MO according to the third indication information.

[0136] That is to say, when the third indication information is configured (equivalent to the network configuring the GAP in different cell states at one time), when the cell state switches, the terminal device can directly switch to the corresponding interval for measurement according to the configuration, without the need for the network device to reconfigure the interval associated with the first MO through the RRC configuration message. In the scenario of SCell state switching, the associated GAP can be changed according to the state of the SCell without a long delay. In this way, the advantages of different intervals can be fully utilized through flexible configuration, which is conducive to further reducing the interruption time of data transmission and reception.

[0137] Optionally, there are multiple implementation forms of the third indication information, and two exemplary implementations are provided below.

[0138] Mode 1: The third indication information includes a plurality of associated interval indications corresponding one-to-one to the plurality of cell states, and each of the plurality of associated interval indications is used to indicate an identifier of an interval used in a corresponding cell state.

[0139] For example, in the related art, the configuration information of the first MO includes an associated interval indication associatedMeasGapSSB-r17, which is used to indicate the identifier (ID) of the interval associated with the first MO. In an embodiment of the present application, an associated interval indication associatedMeasGapSSB-deactivedSCell-r18 may be added. Among them, the associated interval indication associatedMeasGapSSB-r17 indicates the ID of the interval adopted by the first MO in the first state, and the associated interval indication associatedMeasGapSSB-secondState-r18 indicates the ID of the interval adopted by the first MO in the second state. Specifically as follows:

[0140] associatedMeasGapSSB-r17 MeasGapId-r17 OPTIONAL, --Need R

[0141] associatedMeasGapSSB-secondState-r18 MeasGapId-r17 OPTIONAL, --Need R

[0142] Mode 2: The third indication information includes an interval identification sequence; the interval identification sequence includes the identifier of each interval in the multiple intervals. That is, the third indication information uses a sequence to carry the ID of each interval, where the position of each element in the sequence (i.e., each interval ID) determines the corresponding cell state. For example, the first interval ID corresponds to the first state, and the second interval ID corresponds to the second state.

[0143] For example, the configuration information of the first MO includes the following information:

[0144] associatedMeasGapSSB-multiState-r18 SEQUENCE / LIST{MeasGapId1-r17,MeasGapId2-r17}OPTIONAL, --NeedR

[0145] Among them, associatedMeasGapSSB-SCell-r18 represents the interval identification sequence.

[0146] Optionally, whether or not to support configuring multiple intervals for one MO can be regarded as a capability of the terminal. In some embodiments of the present application, the terminal device can report the capability to the network device.

[0147] Specifically, before the terminal device receives the third indication information from the network device, the above-mentioned information indication method may also include: the terminal device sends a fourth indication information to the network device, wherein the fourth indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a first capability, and the first capability includes supporting the configuration of the multiple intervals for the first MO.

[0148] Optionally, the network device may send the third indication information to the terminal device when receiving the fourth indication information, that is, when the terminal has the first capability. Otherwise, the network device may configure the first MO for the terminal device to be associated with only one interval.

[0149] Optionally, the first capability mentioned above may be associated with the second capability of supporting reporting of an interval requirement corresponding to the status of each cell in the aforementioned embodiment.

[0150] Exemplarily, the terminal device only needs to indicate to the network device whether it supports the second capability when it has the first capability. Specifically, the terminal device sends the fifth indication information to the network device, including: the terminal device sends the fifth indication information to the network device when it has the first capability; wherein the first capability includes supporting the configuration of the multiple intervals for the first MO. Accordingly, the terminal device first reports to the network device the interval requirement for measuring the first MO under different cell states based on the second capability, and the network device then configures the first MO to be associated with multiple intervals for the terminal based on the terminal device's requirement information and the first capability.

[0151] Exemplarily, the first capability and the second capability are reported in the same signaling, that is, the terminal device may only report the fifth indication information, where the fifth indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has the second capability and is also used to indicate that the terminal device supports the first capability. When the terminal device does not report the fifth indication information, it indicates that the terminal device does not have the first capability and / or the second capability.

[0152] Optionally, the first capability and the second capability may be reported in the same manner as other measurement-related capabilities of the terminal, for example, through nr-NeedForGapNCSG-reporting.

[0153] Optionally, the interaction mode of the first capability and the second capability on the network side may be the same as other capabilities. For example, after a cell handover, the source cell forwards the capability to the target cell.

[0154] FIG4 is a schematic flow chart of an information indication method according to another embodiment of the present application. The method can optionally be applied to the system shown in FIG1 , but is not limited thereto. The method includes at least part of the following contents.

[0155] S410. The network device sends sixth indication information to the terminal device, where the sixth indication information is used to indicate information related to the interval in each cell state in multiple cell states, where the interval includes MG and / or NCSG.

[0156] According to this method, the network device can indicate interval-related information under different cell states to the terminal device, realizing flexible configuration related to terminal measurements, which is conducive to making full use of the terminal capabilities and the characteristics of different cell states, and further reducing the interruption time of data transmission and reception.

[0157] In some embodiments, the sixth indication information includes third indication information, and the third indication information is used to indicate multiple intervals associated with the first MO, and the multiple intervals include intervals corresponding to each cell state in the multiple cell states.

[0158] When the third indication information is sent (equivalent to the network configuring the GAP in different cell states at one time), when the cell state switches, the terminal device can directly switch to using the corresponding interval for measurement according to the configuration, without the network device reconfiguring the interval associated with the first MO through the RRC configuration message. In the scenario of SCell state switching, the associated GAP can be changed according to the SCell state without a long delay.

[0159] Optionally, the third indication information is carried by the configuration information of the first MO.

[0160] Exemplarily, the third indication information includes a plurality of associated interval indications corresponding one-to-one to the plurality of cell states, and each associated interval indication in the plurality of associated interval indications is used to indicate an identifier of an interval adopted in a corresponding cell state.

[0161] Exemplarily, the third indication information includes an interval identification sequence; the interval identification sequence includes an identification of each interval in the multiple intervals.

[0162] The configuration method of the third indication information can refer to the corresponding description in the above embodiment and will not be repeated here.

[0163] Optionally, the network device may send third indication information to the terminal device when the terminal device has the first capability. Specifically, the above-mentioned information indication method may also include: the network device receives fourth indication information from the terminal device, wherein the fourth indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has the first capability, and the first capability includes supporting the configuration of the multiple intervals for the first MO.

[0164] It should be noted that the scheme in which the network device sends the third indication information in this embodiment can be independent of the scheme in which the terminal device sends the first indication information in the aforementioned embodiment. For example, the terminal device does not need to send the first indication information to the network device. The network device can default to using NCSG when the SCell is deactivated (i.e., NCSG is required but MG is not required), and the interval requirement in the SCell activation state can be determined by a single interval indication reported by the terminal, such as gapIndicationIntra-r17. In this way, although the terminal device does not report the interval requirements corresponding to different cell states, the network device can also determine the interval requirements corresponding to different cell states, thereby configuring the associated GAPs for different cell states.

[0165] Optionally, the scheme in which the network device sends the third indication information can be combined with the scheme in which the terminal device sends the first indication information in the aforementioned embodiment. Exemplarily, the above-mentioned information indication method may also include: the network device receives the first indication information from the terminal device; wherein the first indication information is used to indicate the interval requirement of the terminal device to measure the first MO in each cell state.

[0166] Optionally, the interval requirement is one of the following: requiring the MG, requiring the NCSG, and not requiring the interval.

[0167] Optionally, the first indication information includes multiple interval requirement indications of the first MO, and the multiple interval requirement indications correspond one-to-one to the multiple cell states; wherein each interval requirement indication of the multiple interval requirement indications is used to indicate the interval requirement of measuring the first MO in the corresponding cell state.

[0168] Optionally, the first indication information includes an interval requirement sequence of the first MO, and the interval requirement sequence includes the interval requirements corresponding to each cell state.

[0169] Optionally, the first indication information includes a target MO related indication; the target MO related indication is used to indicate the interval requirement for measuring each MO in the target MO set in each cell state; the target MO set includes the first MO.

[0170] Optionally, the target MO related indication includes multiple interval requirement indications of the target MO set, and the multiple interval requirement indications correspond one-to-one to the multiple cell states; wherein each interval requirement indication of the multiple interval requirement indications is used to indicate the interval requirement of each MO in the target MO set measured under the corresponding cell state.

[0171] Optionally, the target MO related indication includes an interval requirement sequence of the target MO set, and the interval requirement sequence includes the interval requirements corresponding to each cell state.

[0172] Optionally, the multiple cell states include the cell state of a secondary cell.

[0173] Optionally, the cell state of the secondary cell is determined based on whether the secondary cell is activated and / or dormant.

[0174] The configuration method of the first indication information can refer to the corresponding description in the above embodiment and will not be repeated here.

[0175] Optionally, the above method may also include: the network device receives fifth indication information from the terminal device, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a second capability, wherein the second capability includes supporting reporting of interval requirements corresponding to the status of each cell.

[0176] Optionally, the network device receiving fifth indication information from the terminal device includes:

[0177] When the network device receives the fourth indication information from the terminal device, it receives the fifth indication information from the terminal device; wherein the fourth indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a first capability, and the first capability includes supporting the configuration of the multiple intervals for the first MO.

[0178] Optionally, the fifth indication information is also used to indicate that the terminal device has a first capability, wherein the first capability includes supporting configuration of the multiple intervals for the first MO.

[0179] For the technical details on the terminal capability reporting, please refer to the corresponding description in the aforementioned embodiment and will not be repeated here.

[0180] In some embodiments, the sixth indication information includes second indication information, and the second indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device reports the interval requirement for measuring the first MO in each cell state.

[0181] According to this embodiment, the network requests the terminal device to report the interval requirements of the terminal device for different cell states by sending the second indication information, so that the network can perform corresponding configuration.

[0182] Optionally, the second indication information includes an MO sequence, and the second indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to report the interval requirement measured in each cell state for each MO in the MO sequence; the MO sequence includes the first MO.

[0183] Optionally, the second indication information includes first switch information, and the first switch information is used to indicate whether to request the terminal device to report the interval requirement measured in each cell state for the first MO.

[0184] Optionally, the first MO is an MO that meets predetermined conditions.

[0185] Optionally, the predetermined condition is that the first MO is related to the secondary cell.

[0186] The configuration method of the second indication information can refer to the corresponding description in the above embodiment and will not be repeated here.

[0187] It should be noted that the scheme in which the network device sends the second indication information in the above embodiment can be independent of the scheme in which the network device sends the third indication information in the above embodiment. Specifically, the network device requests the terminal to report the interval requirements for measurements in different cell states, but the network device is not required to configure multiple intervals for the terminal device for different cell states. Exemplarily, the network device can perform relevant configurations for the terminal based on the most stringent interval requirement among multiple interval requirements corresponding to multiple cell states. For example, when the terminal device indicates that an interval is not required in the first state and an interval is not required in the second state, the network device can consider configuring the terminal device to measure outside the interval. In this way, the problem that there is no out-of-interval measurement in the deactivated Scell ​​in the related art can also be overcome, so that the terminal device can measure the deactivated Scell ​​outside the interval, further reducing the interruption time of data transmission and reception.

[0188] It is understandable that the scheme in which the network device sends the second indication information in the above embodiment can also be combined with the scheme in which the network device sends the third indication information in the above implementation. For example, the network device sends the second indication information to instruct the terminal device to report the interval requirements for different cell states. After the terminal device sends the first indication information to report the interval requirement, the network device sends the third indication information to configure multiple intervals for the terminal device to measure the first MO for different cell states.

[0189] As can be seen, the embodiments of the present application provide a method for rapidly updating the associated GAP following changes in cell status, as well as a method for reporting UE-related capabilities / requirements. This allows for measurement-related configuration tailored to different cell states, improving measurement configuration flexibility and further reducing data transmission interruption time caused by measurements.

[0190] FIG5 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device 500 according to an embodiment of the present application. The terminal device 500 may include:

[0191] The first communication module 510 is used to send a first indication message to the network device; wherein the first indication message is used to indicate interval-related information in each cell state in multiple cell states, wherein the interval includes a measurement interval MG and / or a network-controllable small interval NCSG.

[0192] In one embodiment, the first indication information is used to indicate an interval requirement for measuring the first measurement object MO in each cell state.

[0193] In one embodiment, the interval requirement is one of the following: requiring the MG, requiring the NCSG, and not requiring the interval.

[0194] In one embodiment, the first indication information includes multiple interval requirement indications of the first MO, and the multiple interval requirement indications correspond one-to-one to the multiple cell states; wherein each interval requirement indication of the multiple interval requirement indications is used to indicate the interval requirement for measuring the first MO in the corresponding cell state.

[0195] In one embodiment, the first indication information includes an interval requirement sequence of a first MO, and the interval requirement sequence includes the interval requirements corresponding to each cell state.

[0196] In one embodiment, the first indication information includes a target MO related indication; the target MO related indication is used to indicate the interval requirement for measuring each MO in the target MO set under the state of each cell; the target MO set includes the first MO.

[0197] In one embodiment, the target MO related indication includes multiple interval requirement indications of the target MO set, and the multiple interval requirement indications correspond one-to-one to the multiple cell states; wherein each interval requirement indication of the multiple interval requirement indications is used to indicate the interval requirement of each MO in the target MO set measured under the corresponding cell state.

[0198] In one embodiment, the target MO related indication includes an interval requirement sequence of the target MO set, and the interval requirement sequence includes the interval requirements corresponding to each cell state.

[0199] In one embodiment, the first communication module 510 is further configured to:

[0200] When the second indication information is received from the network device, the first indication information is sent to the network device.

[0201] In one embodiment, the second indication information includes an MO sequence, and the second indication information is used to indicate the interval requirement for reporting the measurement in each cell state for each MO in the MO sequence; the MO sequence includes the first MO.

[0202] In one embodiment, the second indication information includes first switch information, where the first switch information is used to indicate whether to request reporting of an interval requirement measured in each cell state for the first MO.

[0203] In one embodiment, the first MO is an MO that meets a predetermined condition.

[0204] In one embodiment, as shown in FIG6 , the terminal device 500 further includes a first processing module 610 configured to:

[0205] According to the configuration information of the first MO, it is determined that the first MO meets a predetermined condition.

[0206] In one implementation, the predetermined condition is that the first MO is related to the secondary cell.

[0207] In one embodiment, the first communication module 510 is further configured to:

[0208] Receive third indication information from the network device; wherein the third indication information is used to indicate multiple intervals associated with the first MO, and the multiple intervals include intervals corresponding to each cell state in the multiple cell states.

[0209] In one embodiment, as shown in FIG7 , the terminal device 500 further includes a second processing module 710 configured to:

[0210] In the case of cell state switching, the interval used to measure the first MO is determined according to the third indication information.

[0211] In one embodiment, the third indication information is carried by the configuration information of the first MO.

[0212] In one embodiment, the third indication information includes a plurality of associated interval indications corresponding one-to-one to the plurality of cell states, and each associated interval indication in the plurality of associated interval indications is used to indicate an identifier of an interval used in a corresponding cell state.

[0213] In one embodiment, the third indication information includes an interval identification sequence; the interval identification sequence includes an identification of each interval in the multiple intervals.

[0214] In one embodiment, the first communication module 510 is further configured to:

[0215] Send fourth indication information to the network device, wherein the fourth indication information is used to indicate that the network device has a first capability, and the first capability includes supporting configuration of the multiple intervals for the first MO.

[0216] In one embodiment, the first communication module 510 is further configured to:

[0217] Sending fifth indication information to the network device; wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate that a second capability is possessed, wherein the second capability includes supporting reporting an interval requirement corresponding to the status of each cell.

[0218] In one embodiment, the first communication module 510 is further configured to:

[0219] When the first capability is possessed, the fifth indication information is sent to the network device; wherein the first capability includes supporting configuration of the multiple intervals for the first MO.

[0220] In one embodiment, the fifth indication information is further used to indicate that a first capability is possessed, wherein the first capability includes supporting configuration of the multiple intervals for the first MO.

[0221] In one embodiment, the multiple cell states include a cell state of a secondary cell.

[0222] In one embodiment, the cell status of the secondary cell is determined based on whether the secondary cell is activated and / or dormant.

[0223] The terminal device 500 of the embodiment of the present application can implement the corresponding functions of the terminal device in the aforementioned method embodiment. The processes, functions, implementation methods and beneficial effects corresponding to the various modules (sub-modules, units or components, etc.) in the terminal device 500 can be found in the corresponding descriptions in the above-mentioned method embodiments, and will not be repeated here. It should be noted that the functions described by the various modules (sub-modules, units or components, etc.) in the terminal device 500 of the embodiment of the application can be implemented by different modules (sub-modules, units or components, etc.) or by the same module (sub-module, unit or component, etc.).

[0224] FIG8 is a schematic block diagram of a network device 800 according to an embodiment of the present application. The network device 800 may include:

[0225] The second communication module 810 is used to send sixth indication information to the terminal device, wherein the sixth indication information is used to indicate information related to the interval in each cell state in multiple cell states, wherein the interval includes MG and / or NCSG.

[0226] In one embodiment, the sixth indication information includes third indication information, and the third indication information is used to indicate multiple intervals associated with the first MO, and the multiple intervals include intervals corresponding to each cell state in the multiple cell states.

[0227] In one embodiment, the third indication information is carried by the configuration information of the first MO.

[0228] In one embodiment, the third indication information includes a plurality of associated interval indications corresponding one-to-one to the plurality of cell states, and each associated interval indication in the plurality of associated interval indications is used to indicate an identifier of an interval used in a corresponding cell state.

[0229] In one embodiment, the third indication information includes an interval identification sequence; the interval identification sequence includes an identification of each interval in the multiple intervals.

[0230] In one embodiment, the second communication module 810 is further configured to:

[0231] Receive fourth indication information from the terminal device, wherein the fourth indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a first capability, and the first capability includes supporting configuration of the multiple intervals for the first MO.

[0232] In one embodiment, the second communication module 810 is further configured to:

[0233] Receive fifth indication information from the terminal device, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a second capability, wherein the second capability includes supporting reporting of an interval requirement corresponding to the status of each cell.

[0234] In one embodiment, the second communication module 810 is further configured to:

[0235] Upon receiving fourth indication information from the terminal device, fifth indication information is received from the terminal device; wherein the fourth indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a first capability, and the first capability includes supporting configuration of the multiple intervals for the first MO.

[0236] In one embodiment, the fifth indication information is further used to indicate that the terminal device has a first capability, wherein the first capability includes supporting configuration of the multiple intervals for the first MO.

[0237] In one embodiment, the sixth indication information includes second indication information, and the second indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to report the interval requirement for measuring the first MO in each cell state.

[0238] In one embodiment, the second indication information includes an MO sequence, and the second indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to report the interval requirement measured in each cell state for each MO in the MO sequence; the MO sequence includes the first MO.

[0239] In one embodiment, the second indication information includes first switch information, and the first switch information is used to indicate whether to request the terminal device to report the interval requirement measured in each cell state for the first MO.

[0240] In one embodiment, the first MO is an MO that meets a predetermined condition.

[0241] In one implementation, the predetermined condition is that the first MO is related to the secondary cell.

[0242] In one embodiment, the second communication module 810 is further configured to:

[0243] Receive the first indication information from the terminal device; wherein the first indication information is used to indicate the interval requirement of the terminal device to measure the first MO in each cell state.

[0244] In one embodiment, the interval requirement is one of the following: requiring the MG, requiring the NCSG, and not requiring the interval.

[0245] In one embodiment, the first indication information includes multiple interval requirement indications of the first MO, and the multiple interval requirement indications correspond one-to-one to the multiple cell states; wherein each interval requirement indication of the multiple interval requirement indications is used to indicate the interval requirement for measuring the first MO in the corresponding cell state.

[0246] In one embodiment, the first indication information includes an interval requirement sequence of a first MO, and the interval requirement sequence includes the interval requirements corresponding to each cell state.

[0247] In one embodiment, the first indication information includes a target MO related indication; the target MO related indication is used to indicate the interval requirement for measuring each MO in the target MO set under the state of each cell; the target MO set includes the first MO.

[0248] In one embodiment, the target MO related indication includes multiple interval requirement indications of the target MO set, and the multiple interval requirement indications correspond one-to-one to the multiple cell states; wherein each interval requirement indication of the multiple interval requirement indications is used to indicate the interval requirement of each MO in the target MO set measured under the corresponding cell state.

[0249] In one embodiment, the target MO related indication includes an interval requirement sequence of the target MO set, and the interval requirement sequence includes the interval requirements corresponding to each cell state.

[0250] In one embodiment, the multiple cell states include a cell state of a secondary cell.

[0251] In one embodiment, the cell status of the secondary cell is determined based on whether the secondary cell is activated and / or dormant.

[0252] The network device 800 of the embodiment of the present application can implement the corresponding functions of the network device in the aforementioned method embodiment. The processes, functions, implementation methods and beneficial effects corresponding to the various modules (sub-modules, units or components, etc.) in the network device 800 can be found in the corresponding descriptions in the aforementioned method embodiment, and will not be repeated here. It should be noted that the functions described in the various modules (sub-modules, units or components, etc.) in the network device 800 of the embodiment of the application can be implemented by different modules (sub-modules, units or components, etc.) or by the same module (sub-module, unit or component, etc.).

[0253] Figure 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device 900 according to an embodiment of the present application. The communication device 900 includes a processor 910, which can call and run a computer program from a memory to enable the communication device 900 to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

[0254] In one embodiment, the communication device 900 may further include a memory 920. The processor 910 may call and execute a computer program from the memory 920 to enable the communication device 900 to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

[0255] The memory 920 may be a separate device independent of the processor 910 , or may be integrated into the processor 910 .

[0256] In one embodiment, the communication device 900 may further include a transceiver 930 , and the processor 910 may control the transceiver 930 to communicate with other devices, specifically, to send information or data to other devices, or to receive information or data sent by other devices.

[0257] The transceiver 930 may include a transmitter and a receiver. The transceiver 930 may further include an antenna, and the number of antennas may be one or more.

[0258] In one embodiment, the communication device 900 may be a terminal device of an embodiment of the present application, and the communication device 900 may implement the corresponding processes implemented by the terminal device in each method of the embodiment of the present application. For the sake of brevity, they will not be repeated here.

[0259] In one embodiment, the communication device 900 may be a network device of an embodiment of the present application, and the communication device 900 may implement the corresponding processes implemented by the network device in each method of the embodiment of the present application. For the sake of brevity, they will not be repeated here.

[0260] 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip 1000 according to an embodiment of the present application. The chip 1000 includes a processor 1010, which can call and execute a computer program from a memory to implement the method according to the embodiment of the present application.

[0261] In one embodiment, the chip 1000 may further include a memory 1020. The processor 1010 may call and execute a computer program from the memory 1020 to implement the method executed by the terminal device in the embodiment of the present application.

[0262] The memory 1020 may be a separate device independent of the processor 1010 , or may be integrated into the processor 1010 .

[0263] In one embodiment, the chip 1000 may further include an input interface 1030. The processor 1010 may control the input interface 1030 to communicate with other devices or chips, and specifically, may obtain information or data sent by other devices or chips.

[0264] In one embodiment, the chip 1000 may further include an output interface 1040. The processor 1010 may control the output interface 1040 to communicate with other devices or chips, and specifically, may output information or data to other devices or chips.

[0265] In one embodiment, the chip can be applied to the terminal device in the embodiments of the present application, and the chip can implement the corresponding processes implemented by the terminal device in each method of the embodiments of the present application. For the sake of brevity, they will not be repeated here.

[0266] In one embodiment, the chip can be applied to the network device in the embodiments of the present application, and the chip can implement the corresponding processes implemented by the network device in each method of the embodiments of the present application. For the sake of brevity, they will not be repeated here.

[0267] It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of the present application can also be called a system-level chip, a system chip, a chip system or a system-on-chip chip, etc.

[0268] The processor mentioned above may be a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or other programmable logic devices, transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, etc. The general-purpose processor mentioned above may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor, etc.

[0269] The memory mentioned above may be a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory, or may include both volatile and non-volatile memories. The non-volatile memory may be a read-only memory (ROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), or a flash memory. The volatile memory may be a random access memory (RAM).

[0270] It should be understood that the above-mentioned memories are exemplary but not restrictive. For example, the memories in the embodiments of the present application may also be static random access memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR SDRAM), enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (ESDRAM), synchronous link dynamic random access memory (SLDRAM), and direct RAM bus random access memory (DRRAM). In other words, the memories in the embodiments of the present application are intended to include, but are not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memories.

[0271] FIG11 is a schematic block diagram of a communication system 1100 according to an embodiment of the present application. The communication system 1100 includes a terminal device 500 and a network device 800 .

[0272] Optionally, the terminal device 500 may be configured to send first indication information to the network device 800 ; wherein the first indication information is configured to indicate interval-related information in each cell state among a plurality of cell states.

[0273] Optionally, the network device 800 may be configured to send sixth indication information to the terminal device 500 , where the sixth indication information is used to indicate interval-related information in each cell state among a plurality of cell states.

[0274] In the above embodiments, it can be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. When software is used for implementation, it can be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When the computer program instructions are loaded and executed on a computer, the process or function in accordance with the embodiment of the present application is generated in whole or in part. The computer can be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable devices. The computer instructions can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium. For example, the computer instructions can be transmitted from a website, computer, server or data center by wired (such as coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (DSL)) or wireless (such as infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) mode to another website, computer, server or data center. The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that a computer can access or a data storage device such as a server or data center that includes one or more available media integrations. The available medium may be a magnetic medium (eg, a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (eg, a DVD), or a semiconductor medium (eg, a solid state disk (SSD)).

[0275] It should be understood that in the various embodiments of the present application, the size of the serial numbers of the above-mentioned processes does not mean the order of execution. The execution order of each process should be determined by its function and internal logic, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.

[0276] Those skilled in the art will clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the systems, devices and units described above can refer to the corresponding processes in the aforementioned method embodiments and will not be repeated here.

[0277] The above description is merely a specific embodiment of the present application, but the scope of protection of the present application is not limited thereto. Any modifications or substitutions that can be easily conceived by a person skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in the present application should be included within the scope of protection of the present application. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present application should be based on the scope of protection of the claims.

Claims

1. An information indication method, comprising: The terminal device sends first indication information to the network device; wherein the first indication information is used to indicate interval-related information in each cell state in multiple cell states, wherein the interval includes a measurement interval MG and / or a network-controllable small interval NCSG.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The first indication information is used to indicate the interval requirement of the terminal device to measure the first measurement object MO in each cell state.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein: The interval requirement is one of the following: requiring the MG, requiring the NCSG, and not requiring the interval.

4. The method according to claim 2 or 3, wherein: The first indication information includes multiple interval requirement indications of the first MO, and the multiple interval requirement indications correspond one-to-one to the multiple cell states; wherein each interval requirement indication of the multiple interval requirement indications is used to indicate the interval requirement of measuring the first MO in the corresponding cell state.

5. The method according to claim 2 or 3, wherein: The first indication information includes an interval requirement sequence of a first MO, and the interval requirement sequence includes the interval requirements corresponding to each cell state respectively.

6. The method according to claim 2 or 3, wherein: The first indication information includes a target MO related indication; the target MO related indication is used to indicate the interval requirement for measuring each MO in the target MO set under the state of each cell; the target MO set includes the first MO.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein: The target MO related indication includes multiple interval requirement indications of the target MO set, and the multiple interval requirement indications correspond one-to-one to the multiple cell states; wherein each interval requirement indication of the multiple interval requirement indications is used to indicate the interval requirement of measuring each MO in the target MO set under the corresponding cell state.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein: The target MO related indication includes an interval requirement sequence of the target MO set, and the interval requirement sequence includes the interval requirements corresponding to each cell state respectively.

9. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 8, wherein: The terminal device sends first indication information to the network device, including: When receiving the second indication information from the network device, the terminal device sends the first indication information to the network device; wherein the second indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to report the interval requirement corresponding to each cell state in multiple cell states.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein: The second indication information includes an MO sequence, and the second indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to report the interval requirement measured in each cell state for each MO in the MO sequence; the MO sequence includes the first MO.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein: The second indication information includes first switch information, and the first switch information is used to indicate whether to request the terminal device to report the interval requirement measured in each cell state for the first MO.

12. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 8 and 11, wherein: The first MO is an MO that meets a predetermined condition.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein: The method further comprises: The terminal device determines, based on the configuration information of the first MO, that the first MO meets a predetermined condition.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein: The predetermined condition is that the first MO is related to the secondary cell.

15. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 14, wherein: The method further comprises: The terminal device receives third indication information from the network device; wherein the third indication information is used to indicate multiple intervals associated with the first MO, and the multiple intervals include intervals corresponding to each cell state in the multiple cell states.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein: The method further comprises: When the cell state is switched, the terminal device determines the interval used to measure the first MO according to the third indication information.

17. The method according to claim 15 or 16, wherein: The third indication information is carried by the configuration information of the first MO.

18. The method according to any one of claims 15 to 17, wherein: The third indication information includes a plurality of associated interval indications corresponding one-to-one to the plurality of cell states, and each associated interval indication of the plurality of associated interval indications is used to indicate an identifier of an interval used in a corresponding cell state.

19. The method according to any one of claims 15 to 17, wherein: The third indication information includes an interval identification sequence; the interval identification sequence includes an identification of each interval in the multiple intervals.

20. The method according to any one of claims 15 to 19, wherein: Before the terminal device receives the third indication information from the network device, the method further includes: The terminal device sends fourth indication information to the network device, wherein the fourth indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a first capability, and the first capability includes supporting configuration of the multiple intervals for the first MO.

21. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 19, wherein: Before the terminal device sends the first indication information to the network device, the method further includes: The terminal device sends fifth indication information to the network device; wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a second capability, wherein the second capability includes supporting reporting of an interval requirement corresponding to the status of each cell.

22. The method according to claim 21, wherein: The terminal device sends fifth indication information to the network device, including: When the terminal device has the first capability, the terminal device sends the fifth indication information to the network device; wherein the first capability includes supporting configuration of the multiple intervals for the first MO.

23. The method according to claim 21, wherein: The fifth indication information is also used to indicate that the terminal device has a first capability, wherein the first capability includes supporting configuration of the multiple intervals for the first MO.

24. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 23, wherein: The multiple cell states include a cell state of a secondary cell.

25. The method according to claim 24, wherein: The cell state of the secondary cell is determined based on whether the secondary cell is activated and / or dormant.

26. An information indication method, comprising: The network device sends sixth indication information to the terminal device, wherein the sixth indication information is used to indicate information related to the interval in each cell state in multiple cell states, wherein the interval includes MG and / or NCSG.

27. The method according to claim 26, wherein: The sixth indication information includes the third indication information, and the third indication information is used to indicate multiple intervals associated with the first MO, and the multiple intervals include intervals corresponding to each cell state in the multiple cell states.

28. The method according to claim 27, wherein: The third indication information is carried by the configuration information of the first MO.

29. The method according to claim 27 or 28, wherein: The third indication information includes a plurality of associated interval indications corresponding one-to-one to the plurality of cell states, and each associated interval indication of the plurality of associated interval indications is used to indicate an identifier of an interval used in a corresponding cell state.

30. The method according to claim 27 or 28, wherein: The third indication information includes an interval identification sequence; the interval identification sequence includes an identification of each interval in the multiple intervals.

31. The method according to any one of claims 27 to 30, wherein: The method further comprises: The network device receives fourth indication information from the terminal device, wherein the fourth indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a first capability, and the first capability includes supporting configuration of the multiple intervals for the first MO.

32. The method according to any one of claims 27 to 30, wherein: The method further comprises: The network device receives fifth indication information from the terminal device, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a second capability, wherein the second capability includes supporting reporting of an interval requirement corresponding to the status of each cell.

33. The method of claim 32, wherein: The network device receives fifth indication information from the terminal device, including: When receiving the fourth indication information from the terminal device, the network device receives the fifth indication information from the terminal device; wherein the fourth indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a first capability, and the first capability includes supporting the configuration of the multiple intervals for the first MO.

34. The method of claim 32, wherein: The fifth indication information is also used to indicate that the terminal device has a first capability, wherein the first capability includes supporting configuration of the multiple intervals for the first MO.

35. The method according to any one of claims 26 to 34, wherein: The sixth indication information includes second indication information, and the second indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to report the interval requirement for measuring the first MO in each cell state.

36. The method of claim 35, wherein: The second indication information includes an MO sequence, and the second indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to report the interval requirement measured in each cell state for each MO in the MO sequence; the MO sequence includes the first MO.

37. The method of claim 35, wherein: The second indication information includes first switch information, and the first switch information is used to indicate whether to request the terminal device to report the interval requirement measured in each cell state for the first MO.

38. The method of claim 37, wherein: The first MO is an MO that meets a predetermined condition.

39. The method of claim 38, wherein: The predetermined condition is that the first MO is related to the secondary cell.

40. The method according to any one of claims 26 to 30, wherein: The method further comprises: The network device receives the first indication information from the terminal device; wherein the first indication information is used to indicate the interval requirement of the terminal device to measure the first MO in each cell state.

41. The method of claim 40, wherein: The interval requirement is one of the following: requiring the MG, requiring the NCSG, and not requiring the interval.

42. The method according to claim 40 or 41, wherein: The first indication information includes multiple interval requirement indications of the first MO, and the multiple interval requirement indications correspond one-to-one to the multiple cell states; wherein each interval requirement indication of the multiple interval requirement indications is used to indicate the interval requirement of measuring the first MO in the corresponding cell state.

43. The method according to claim 40 or 41, wherein: The first indication information includes an interval requirement sequence of a first MO, and the interval requirement sequence includes the interval requirements corresponding to each cell state respectively.

44. The method according to claim 40 or 41, wherein: The first indication information includes a target MO related indication; the target MO related indication is used to indicate the interval requirement for measuring each MO in the target MO set under the state of each cell; the target MO set includes the first MO.

45. The method of claim 44, wherein: The target MO related indication includes multiple interval requirement indications of the target MO set, and the multiple interval requirement indications correspond one-to-one to the multiple cell states; wherein each interval requirement indication of the multiple interval requirement indications is used to indicate the interval requirement of measuring each MO in the target MO set under the corresponding cell state.

46. ​​The method of claim 44, wherein: The target MO related indication includes an interval requirement sequence of the target MO set, and the interval requirement sequence includes the interval requirements corresponding to each cell state respectively.

47. The method according to any one of claims 26 to 46, wherein: The multiple cell states include a cell state of a secondary cell.

48. The method of claim 47, wherein: The cell state of the secondary cell is determined based on whether the secondary cell is activated and / or dormant.

49. A terminal device, comprising: A first communication module is used to send first indication information to a network device; wherein the first indication information is used to indicate interval-related information in each cell state in multiple cell states, wherein the interval includes a measurement interval MG and / or a network-controllable small interval NCSG.

50. The terminal device according to claim 49, wherein: The first indication information is used to indicate the interval requirement for measuring the first measurement object MO in each cell state.

51. The terminal device according to claim 49, wherein: The interval requirement is one of the following: requiring the MG, requiring the NCSG, and not requiring the interval.

52. The terminal device according to claim 50 or 51, wherein: The first indication information includes multiple interval requirement indications of the first MO, and the multiple interval requirement indications correspond one-to-one to the multiple cell states; wherein each interval requirement indication of the multiple interval requirement indications is used to indicate the interval requirement of measuring the first MO in the corresponding cell state.

53. The terminal device according to claim 50 or 51, wherein: The first indication information includes an interval requirement sequence of a first MO, and the interval requirement sequence includes the interval requirements corresponding to each cell state respectively.

54. The terminal device according to claim 50 or 51, wherein: The first indication information includes a target MO related indication; the target MO related indication is used to indicate the interval requirement for measuring each MO in the target MO set under the state of each cell; the MO related to the secondary cell includes the first MO.

55. The terminal device according to claim 54, wherein: The target MO related indication includes multiple interval requirement indications of the target MO set, and the multiple interval requirement indications correspond one-to-one to the multiple cell states; wherein each interval requirement indication of the multiple interval requirement indications is used to indicate the interval requirement of measuring each MO in the target MO set under the corresponding cell state.

56. The terminal device according to claim 54, wherein: The target MO related indication includes an interval requirement sequence of the target MO set, and the interval requirement sequence includes the interval requirements corresponding to each cell state respectively.

57. The terminal device according to any one of claims 50 to 56, wherein: The first communication module is also used for: In case of receiving second indication information from the network device, the first indication information is sent to the network device; wherein the second indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to report the interval requirement corresponding to each cell state in multiple cell states.

58. The terminal device according to claim 57, wherein: The second indication information includes an MO sequence, and the second indication information is used to indicate the requirement of reporting the interval measured in each cell state for each MO in the MO sequence; the MO sequence includes the first MO.

59. The terminal device according to claim 57, wherein: The second indication information includes first switch information, and the first switch information is used to indicate whether to request to report the interval requirement measured in each cell state for the first MO.

60. The terminal device according to any one of claims 50-56 and 59, wherein: The first MO is an MO that meets a predetermined condition.

61. The terminal device according to claim 60, wherein: The terminal device further includes a first processing module, configured to: According to the configuration information of the first MO, it is determined that the first MO meets a predetermined condition.

62. The terminal device according to claim 61, wherein: The predetermined condition is that the first MO is related to the secondary cell.

63. The terminal device according to any one of claims 49 to 62, wherein: The first communication module is also used for: Receive third indication information from the network device; wherein the third indication information is used to indicate multiple intervals associated with the first MO, and the multiple intervals include intervals corresponding to each cell state in the multiple cell states.

64. The terminal device according to claim 63, wherein: The terminal device further includes a second processing module, configured to: In the case of a cell state switch, the interval used to measure the first MO is determined according to the third indication information.

65. The terminal device according to claim 63 or 64, wherein: The third indication information is carried by the configuration information of the first MO.

66. The terminal device according to any one of claims 63-65, wherein: The third indication information includes a plurality of associated interval indications corresponding one-to-one to the plurality of cell states, and each associated interval indication of the plurality of associated interval indications is used to indicate an identifier of an interval used in a corresponding cell state.

67. The terminal device according to any one of claims 63-65, wherein: The third indication information includes an interval identification sequence; the interval identification sequence includes an identification of each interval in the multiple intervals.

68. The terminal device according to any one of claims 63-67, wherein: The first communication module is also used for: Send fourth indication information to the network device, wherein the fourth indication information is used to indicate that the network device has a first capability, and the first capability includes supporting configuration of the multiple intervals for the first MO.

69. The terminal device according to any one of claims 49 to 67, wherein: The first communication module is also used for: Send fifth indication information to the network device; wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate that a second capability is possessed, wherein the second capability includes supporting reporting of an interval requirement corresponding to the status of each cell.

70. The terminal device according to claim 69, wherein: The first communication module is also used for: When having the first capability, sending the fifth indication information to the network device; wherein the first capability includes supporting configuration of the multiple intervals for the first MO.

71. The terminal device according to claim 69, wherein: The fifth indication information is also used to indicate that a first capability is possessed, wherein the first capability includes supporting configuration of the multiple intervals for the first MO.

72. The terminal device according to any one of claims 49 to 71, wherein: The multiple cell states include a cell state of a secondary cell.

73. The terminal device according to claim 72, wherein: The cell state of the secondary cell is determined based on whether the secondary cell is activated and / or dormant.

74. A network device comprising: The second communication module is used to send sixth indication information to the terminal device, wherein the sixth indication information is used to indicate interval-related information in each cell state among multiple cell states, wherein the interval includes MG and / or NCSG.

75. The network device according to claim 74, wherein: The sixth indication information includes the third indication information, and the third indication information is used to indicate multiple intervals associated with the first MO, and the multiple intervals include intervals corresponding to each cell state in the multiple cell states.

76. The network device according to claim 75, wherein: The third indication information is carried by the configuration information of the first MO.

77. The network device according to claim 75 or 76, wherein: The third indication information includes a plurality of associated interval indications corresponding one-to-one to the plurality of cell states, and each associated interval indication of the plurality of associated interval indications is used to indicate an identifier of an interval used in a corresponding cell state.

78. The network device according to claim 75 or 76, wherein: The third indication information includes an interval identification sequence; the interval identification sequence includes an identification of each interval in the multiple intervals.

79. The network device according to any one of claims 75 to 78, wherein: The second communication module is also used for: Receive fourth indication information from the terminal device, wherein the fourth indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a first capability, and the first capability includes supporting configuration of the multiple intervals for the first MO.

80. The network device according to any one of claims 75-78, wherein: The second communication module is also used for: Receive fifth indication information from the terminal device, wherein the fifth indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a second capability, wherein the second capability includes supporting reporting of an interval requirement corresponding to the status of each cell.

81. The network device according to claim 80, wherein: The second communication module is also used for: In the case of receiving fourth indication information from the terminal device, fifth indication information from the terminal device is received; wherein the fourth indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a first capability, and the first capability includes supporting configuration of the multiple intervals for the first MO.

82. The network device according to claim 80, wherein: The fifth indication information is also used to indicate that the terminal device has a first capability, wherein the first capability includes supporting configuration of the multiple intervals for the first MO.

83. The network device according to any one of claims 74 to 82, wherein: The sixth indication information includes second indication information, and the second indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to report the interval requirement for measuring the first MO in each cell state.

84. The network device according to claim 83, wherein: The second indication information includes an MO sequence, and the second indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to report the interval requirement measured in each cell state for each MO in the MO sequence; the MO sequence includes the first MO.

85. The network device according to claim 83, wherein: The second indication information includes first switch information, and the first switch information is used to indicate whether to request the terminal device to report the interval requirement measured in each cell state for the first MO.

86. The network device according to claim 85, wherein: The first MO is an MO that meets a predetermined condition.

87. The network device according to claim 86, wherein: The predetermined condition is that the first MO is related to the secondary cell.

88. The network device according to any one of claims 74-78, wherein: The second communication module is also used for: Receive the first indication information from the terminal device; wherein the first indication information is used to indicate the interval requirement of the terminal device to measure the first MO in each cell state.

89. The network device according to claim 88, wherein: The interval requirement is one of the following: requiring the MG, requiring the NCSG, and not requiring the interval.

90. The network device according to claim 88 or 89, wherein: The first indication information includes multiple interval requirement indications of the first MO, and the multiple interval requirement indications correspond one-to-one to the multiple cell states; wherein each interval requirement indication of the multiple interval requirement indications is used to indicate the interval requirement of measuring the first MO in the corresponding cell state.

91. The network device according to claim 88 or 89, wherein: The first indication information includes an interval requirement sequence of a first MO, and the interval requirement sequence includes the interval requirements corresponding to each cell state respectively.

92. The network device according to claim 88 or 89, wherein: The first indication information includes a target MO related indication; the target MO related indication is used to indicate the interval requirement for measuring each MO in the target MO set under the state of each cell; the MO related to the secondary cell includes the first MO.

93. The network device according to claim 92, wherein: The target MO related indication includes multiple interval requirement indications of the target MO set, and the multiple interval requirement indications correspond one-to-one to the multiple cell states; wherein each interval requirement indication of the multiple interval requirement indications is used to indicate the interval requirement of measuring each MO in the target MO set under the corresponding cell state.

94. The network device according to claim 92, wherein: The target MO related indication includes an interval requirement sequence of the target MO set, and the interval requirement sequence includes the interval requirements corresponding to each cell state respectively.

95. The network device according to any one of claims 74-94, wherein: The multiple cell states include a cell state of a secondary cell.

96. The network device according to claim 95, wherein: The cell state of the secondary cell is determined based on whether the secondary cell is activated and / or dormant.

97. A terminal device, comprising: A processor and a memory, the memory being used to store a computer program, the processor being used to call and run the computer program stored in the memory so that the terminal device executes the method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 25.

98. A network device comprising: A processor and a memory, the memory being used to store a computer program, the processor being used to call and run the computer program stored in the memory so that the network device executes the method as claimed in any one of claims 26 to 48.

99. A chip, comprising: A processor, configured to call and run a computer program from a memory so that a device equipped with the chip executes a method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 48.

100. A computer-readable storage medium, used for storing a computer program, which, when executed by a device, causes the device to perform the method according to any one of claims 1 to 48.

101. A computer program product comprising computer program instructions, the computer program instructions causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 48.

102. A computer program, the computer program causing a computer to execute the method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 48.

103. A communication system comprising: A terminal device, configured to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 25; A network device, configured to execute the method according to any one of claims 26 to 48.

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