Communication method and device

Abstract

A communication method and apparatus, applied to the technical field of communications, the method comprising: a terminal device sending first information to a network device, the first information comprising first indication information, the first indication information being used for indicating information supporting a measurement opportunity not used for measurement, the first indication information being associated with a first measurement performance; receiving second information from the network device, the second information being associated with information supporting a measurement opportunity not used for measurement, the second information being used for indicating the measurement opportunity not used for measurement within the first duration; wherein the first measurement performance is one of the following items: the measurement performance is not influenced, the measurement time delay is prolonged, the measurement precision is reduced, or the measurement performance does not meet the measurement requirement. According to the method and the device, differentiated measurement opportunity preemption can be performed according to the measurement performance, and the service requirements and the measurement performance can be balanced.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of communication, in particular to a communication method and device. BACKGROUND

[0002] In a mobile communication system, a terminal device can perform mobility measurement in a measurement occasion configured by a network device, and send a measurement result to the network device; the network device can perform operations such as adding or deleting a secondary carrier, cell switching, etc. according to the measurement result. Generally, transmission of service data is not allowed in the measurement occasion. In a possible scenario, for a service with high demand (for example, a time-sensitive service, etc.), data of the service can preempt part of the measurement occasion for transmission. In other words, the terminal device can use part of the measurement occasion originally used for measurement to transmit data to meet the service demand, but this will cause the measurement performance to decrease, and even the measurement result to be unavailable. Therefore, how to balance the service demand and the measurement performance is a problem to be solved. SUMMARY

[0003] Embodiments of the present application provide a communication method and device, which are used for differentiating measurement occasion preemption according to measurement performance, and are beneficial to balancing the service demand and the measurement performance.

[0004] In a first aspect, the present application provides a communication method, which is applied to a terminal device, for example, can be executed by the terminal device, or can be executed by a device in the terminal device. Exemplarily, the device in the terminal device can refer to a component (for example, a processor, a chip, or a chip system, etc.) in the terminal device, or can also refer to a logical module or software, etc. capable of realizing all or part of the functions of the terminal device.

[0005] The method can include: the terminal device sends first information to a network device, the first information including first indication information, the first indication information being used to indicate information about a measurement occasion not used for measurement, the first indication information being associated with a first measurement performance; receiving second information from the network device, the second information being associated with the information about the measurement occasion not used for measurement, the second information being used to indicate a measurement occasion not used for measurement in a first time length; wherein the first measurement performance is one of: the measurement performance has no influence, the measurement delay is prolonged, the measurement accuracy is reduced, or the measurement performance does not meet the measurement requirement.

[0006] Optionally, the measurement occasion not used for measurement can be replaced by: a measurement occasion pre-empted (or occupied); or can also be replaced by: a measurement occasion skipped; or can also be replaced by: a measurement occasion cancelled; or can also be replaced by: a measurement occasion with data scheduling; or can also be replaced by: a measurement occasion enabled for sending or receiving.

[0007] In the embodiments of the present application, the first indication information indicates information about measurement occasions that are not used for measurement, and the first indication information is associated with the first measurement performance. In this way, the terminal device and the network device can reach an agreement on the measurement performance when the measurement occasions are not used for measurement, so that differentiated measurement occasion preemption can be performed according to the measurement performance, which is beneficial to balancing the service demand and the measurement performance.

[0008] In a possible implementation, the terminal device can further perform measurement according to the second information, where the second information indicates measurement occasions that are not used for measurement.

[0009] Through the above implementation, the terminal device can perform measurement according to the second information, where the second information is associated with preemption measurement associated with the measurement performance. In this way, the measurement performance of the measurement performed by the terminal device according to the second information is the same as the expected measurement performance of the network device, which is beneficial to balancing the service demand and the measurement performance.

[0010] In a second aspect, the present application provides a communication method applied to a terminal device, for example, the method can be executed by the terminal device, or can be executed by an apparatus in the terminal device. Illustratively, the apparatus in the terminal device can refer to a component (for example, a processor, a chip, or a chip system, etc.) in the terminal device, or can also refer to a logical module or software capable of realizing all or part of the functions of the terminal device.

[0011] The method can include: receiving, by the terminal device, second information from a network device, where the second information is associated with information about measurement occasions that are not used for measurement, the second information is used to indicate measurement occasions that are not used for measurement within a first time length, and the information about measurement occasions that are not used for measurement is associated with a first measurement performance; and performing measurement according to the second information, where the second information indicates measurement occasions that are not used for measurement; and wherein the first measurement performance is one of the following: the measurement performance is not affected, the measurement delay is extended, the measurement accuracy is reduced, or the measurement performance does not meet the measurement requirements.

[0012] Optionally, the measurement occasions that are not used for measurement can be replaced by measurement occasions that are preoccupied (or occupied); or can also be replaced by measurement occasions that are skipped; or can also be replaced by measurement occasions that are canceled; or can also be replaced by measurement occasions that are data-scheduled; or can also be replaced by measurement occasions that enable sending or receiving.

[0013] In a possible implementation, the terminal device can further send first information to the network device, where the first information includes first indication information, the first indication information is used to indicate the information about measurement occasions that are not used for measurement, and the first indication information is associated with the first measurement performance.

[0014] The technical effects achieved by the second aspect and any possible implementation thereof can be referred to the technical effects achieved by the first aspect and any possible implementation thereof, which will not be repeated here.

[0015] In a possible implementation of the above first aspect or second aspect, the terminal device performs measurement according to the second information can be replaced by: the terminal device determines a first measurement occasion according to the second information, the first measurement occasion is a measurement occasion in the first time length except for the measurement occasion indicated by the second information; and performs measurement according to the first measurement occasion.

[0016] Through the above implementation, after the network device indicates that part of the measurement occasions are not used for measurement, the terminal device can re-determine the measurement period for measurement to perform the measurement operation.

[0017] In a possible implementation of the above first aspect or second aspect, the terminal device performs measurement according to the first measurement occasion can be replaced by: the terminal device determines a second measurement period according to the first measurement performance and / or the first measurement occasion; and performs measurement according to the second measurement period.

[0018] Through the above implementation, after the network device indicates that part of the measurement occasions are not used for measurement, the measurement period can change, and the terminal device needs to re-determine the measurement period to improve the measurement performance.

[0019] In a possible implementation of the above first aspect or second aspect, the terminal device can further receive third information from the network device, the third information being used to indicate a measurement occasion, and the third information indicating the measurement occasion including the measurement occasion that is supported and not used for measurement.

[0020] Through the above implementation, the network device can configure the terminal device with the related information of the measurement occasion.

[0021] In a possible implementation of the above first aspect or second aspect, the third information includes at least one of the following: a first measurement period of the measurement occasion, a measurement start time, or a time length of the measurement occasion.

[0022] In a possible implementation of the above first aspect or second aspect, the first information further includes information of the first measurement performance.

[0023] Through the implementation manner, the terminal device can report information of a first measurement performance associated with the first indication information to the network device to show the measurement performance associated with the first indication information, or the terminal device can report the measurement performance associated with the first indication information to the network device in an implicit manner, and the implementation manner is flexible and can adapt to different communication scenarios.

[0024] In a possible implementation manner of the first aspect or the second aspect, the first information further includes M pieces of indication information, the M pieces of indication information are associated with at least one measurement performance, the at least one measurement performance includes at least one of the following: no influence on the measurement performance, measurement time delay extension, measurement accuracy reduction, the measurement performance not meeting measurement requirements, and M is an integer greater than 0.

[0025] Through the implementation manner, the terminal device can send multiple pieces of indication information to the network device, which can adapt to more communication scenarios and is beneficial to balance service requirements and measurement performance.

[0026] In a possible implementation manner of the first aspect or the second aspect, the no influence on the measurement performance includes that the measurement time delay meets a first threshold value and the measurement accuracy meets a first range; the measurement time delay extension includes that the measurement time delay meets a second threshold value and the measurement accuracy meets a second range, the second threshold value is greater than the first threshold value, and the measurement accuracy of the second range is worse than that of the first range; the measurement accuracy reduction includes that the measurement time delay meets a third threshold value and the measurement accuracy meets a third range, the third threshold value is the first threshold value or greater than the first threshold value, and the measurement accuracy of the third range is worse than that of the first range; and the measurement performance not meeting the measurement requirements includes that the measurement time delay does not meet a measurement time delay requirement and / or the measurement accuracy does not meet a measurement accuracy requirement.

[0027] Through the implementation manner, the measurement performance can be divided into multiple types, which can adapt to different communication scenarios with different measurement performance, so that differentiated measurement occasion preemption can be performed according to the measurement performance, and this is beneficial to balance service requirements and measurement performance.

[0028] In a possible implementation of the first aspect or the second aspect, the first threshold value is that all measurement occasions in the first time length support a measurement time delay for measurement; the first range is a range of measurement accuracy supported by all measurement occasions in the first time length for measurement; the second threshold value is determined by the first threshold value and a first value, and the first value is determined by information about measurement occasions not supporting measurement associated with the measurement time delay; and the third threshold value is greater than the first threshold value, and the third threshold value is determined by the first threshold value and a second value, and the second value is determined by information about measurement occasions not supporting measurement associated with the measurement accuracy reduction.

[0029] In a possible implementation of the first aspect or the second aspect, the information about measurement occasions not supporting measurement includes: a bitmap of measurement occasions not supporting measurement in the first time length; or a number of measurement occasions not supporting measurement in the first time length; or a range of the number of measurement occasions not supporting measurement in the first time length; or a maximum time interval between adjacent measurement occasions for measurement; or a maximum time interval between adjacent measurement occasions not supporting measurement.

[0030] Through the above implementation, the terminal device can send the information about measurement occasions not supporting measurement to the network device in multiple ways, and the implementation is flexible and can adapt to more communication scenarios.

[0031] In a possible implementation of the first aspect or the second aspect, the second information associated with the information about measurement occasions not supporting measurement can be replaced by: the measurement occasion indicated by the second information is the measurement occasion not supporting measurement; the number of measurement occasions indicated by the second information is less than or equal to the number of measurement occasions not supporting measurement; or the number of measurement occasions indicated by the second information belongs to the range of the number of measurement occasions not supporting measurement.

[0032] In a possible implementation of the first aspect or the second aspect, the first indication information is further associated with a first frequency point to be measured; or the first indication information is further associated with a first frequency range, and the first frequency range includes the frequency point to be measured; or the first indication information is further associated with a first frequency domain range, and the first frequency domain range includes the frequency point to be measured.

[0033] Through the above implementation, the terminal device can send the information about measurement occasions not supporting measurement to the network device in multiple ways, and the implementation is flexible and can adapt to more communication scenarios.

[0034] In a possible implementation manner of the first aspect or the second aspect, the measurement occasion comprises a measurement gap and / or a synchronization signal / physical broadcast channel block measurement occasion configuration. Optionally, the synchronization signal / physical broadcast channel block measurement occasion configuration can be a synchronization signal / physical broadcast channel block measurement occasion configuration with scheduling restriction.

[0035] In a third aspect, a communication method is provided. The method can be applied to a network device, for example, can be executed by the network device, or can be executed by an apparatus in the network device. Illustratively, the apparatus in the network device can refer to a component (for example, a processor, a chip, or a chip system, etc.) in the network device, or can also refer to a logical module or software capable of realizing all or part of the network device functions, etc.

[0036] The method can comprise: receiving, by the network device, first information from a terminal device, the first information comprising first indication information, the first indication information being used to indicate information about a measurement occasion not used for measurement, the first indication information being associated with a first measurement performance; and transmitting, by the network device, second information to the terminal device, the second information being associated with the information about the measurement occasion not used for measurement, the second information being used to indicate a measurement occasion not used for measurement within a first time length; wherein the first measurement performance is one of: no impact on measurement performance, measurement time delay extension, measurement accuracy reduction, or measurement performance not meeting measurement requirements.

[0037] Optionally, the measurement occasion not used for measurement can be replaced by: a measurement occasion with preemption (or occupation) supported; or can also be replaced by: a measurement occasion with skipping supported; or can also be replaced by: a measurement occasion with cancellation supported; or can also be replaced by: a measurement occasion with data scheduling supported; or can also be replaced by: a measurement occasion with transmission or reception enabled.

[0038] In a fourth aspect, a communication method is provided. The method can be applied to a network device, for example, can be executed by the network device, or can be executed by an apparatus in the network device. Illustratively, the apparatus in the network device can refer to a component (for example, a processor, a chip, or a chip system, etc.) in the network device, or can also refer to a logical module or software capable of realizing all or part of the network device functions, etc.

[0039] The method can comprise: transmitting, by the network device, second information to a terminal device, the second information being associated with information about a measurement occasion not used for measurement, the second information being used to indicate a measurement occasion not used for measurement within a first time length, the information about the measurement occasion not used for measurement being associated with a first measurement performance; wherein the first measurement performance is one of: no impact on measurement performance, measurement time delay extension, measurement accuracy reduction, or measurement performance not meeting measurement requirements.

[0040] Optionally, the measurement occasion not used for measurement can be replaced by a measurement occasion pre-empted (or occupied); or can also be replaced by a measurement occasion skipped; or can also be replaced by a measurement occasion cancelled; or can also be replaced by a measurement occasion data-scheduled; or can also be replaced by a measurement occasion enabled to be transmitted or received.

[0041] In a possible implementation, the network device can further receive first information from the terminal device, the first information comprising first indication information, the first indication information being used to indicate the information of supporting the measurement occasion not used for measurement, and the first indication information being associated with the first measurement performance.

[0042] Based on the third aspect or the fourth aspect, in a possible implementation, the network device can further determine, according to fourth information and the information of supporting the measurement occasion not used for measurement, the measurement occasion not used for measurement within the first time length, wherein the fourth information comprises location information of the terminal device and / or service information corresponding to the terminal device.

[0043] Based on the third aspect or the fourth aspect, in a possible implementation, the network device can further send third information to the terminal device, the third information being used to indicate the measurement occasion, and the third information indicating the measurement occasion comprising the measurement occasion not used for measurement.

[0044] Based on the third aspect or the fourth aspect, in a possible implementation, the third information comprises at least one of the following: a first measurement period of the measurement occasion, a measurement start time, or a time length of the measurement occasion.

[0045] Based on the third aspect or the fourth aspect, in a possible implementation, the first information further comprises information of the first measurement performance.

[0046] Based on the third aspect or the fourth aspect, in a possible implementation, the first information further comprises M pieces of indication information, the M pieces of indication information being associated with at least one measurement performance, wherein the at least one measurement performance comprises at least one of the following: measurement performance has no influence, measurement delay is prolonged, measurement precision is reduced, measurement performance does not meet measurement requirements, and M is an integer greater than 0.

[0047] In a possible implementation manner of the third aspect or the fourth aspect, the measurement performance has no influence, including: the measurement time delay satisfies a first threshold value and the measurement accuracy satisfies a first range; the measurement time delay is prolonged, including: the measurement time delay satisfies a second threshold value and the measurement accuracy satisfies a second range, the second threshold value is greater than the first threshold value, and the measurement accuracy of the second range is worse than the measurement accuracy of the first range; the measurement accuracy is reduced, including: the measurement time delay satisfies a third threshold value and the measurement accuracy satisfies a third range, the third threshold value is the first threshold value or greater than the first threshold value, and the measurement accuracy of the third range is worse than the measurement accuracy of the first range; the measurement performance does not satisfy a measurement requirement, including: the measurement time delay does not satisfy a measurement time delay requirement and / or the measurement accuracy does not satisfy a measurement accuracy requirement.

[0048] In a possible implementation manner of the third aspect or the fourth aspect, the first threshold value is that all measurement occasions in the first time length support the measurement time delay for measurement; the first range is that all measurement occasions in the first time length support the measurement accuracy range for measurement; the second threshold value is determined by the first threshold value and a first value, and the first value is determined by information about measurement occasions that do not support measurement associated with the measurement time delay being prolonged; and the third threshold value is greater than the first threshold value, and the third threshold value is determined by the first threshold value and a second value, and the second value is determined by information about measurement occasions that do not support measurement associated with the measurement accuracy being reduced.

[0049] In a possible implementation manner of the third aspect or the fourth aspect, the information about measurement occasions that do not support measurement includes: a bitmap of measurement occasions that do not support measurement in the first time length; or a number of measurement occasions that do not support measurement in the first time length; or a range of the number of measurement occasions that do not support measurement in the first time length; or a maximum time interval between adjacent measurement occasions that support measurement; or a maximum time interval between adjacent measurement occasions that do not support measurement.

[0050] In a possible implementation manner of the third aspect or the fourth aspect, the second information is associated with the information about measurement occasions that do not support measurement, which can be replaced by: the measurement occasion indicated by the second information is the measurement occasion that does not support measurement; the number of measurement occasions indicated by the second information is less than or equal to the number of measurement occasions that do not support measurement; or the number of measurement occasions indicated by the second information belongs to the range of the number of measurement occasions that do not support measurement.

[0051] In a possible implementation of the third aspect or the fourth aspect, the first indication information is further associated with a first frequency point to be measured; or the first indication information is further associated with a first frequency range, the first frequency range including the frequency point to be measured; or the first indication information is further associated with a first frequency domain range, the first frequency domain range including the frequency point to be measured.

[0052] In a possible implementation of the third aspect or the fourth aspect, the measurement occasion includes a measurement gap and / or a synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block measurement occasion configuration. Optionally, the synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block measurement occasion configuration can be a synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block measurement occasion configuration with scheduling restriction.

[0053] The technical effects achieved by the third aspect or the fourth aspect and any possible implementation of the third aspect or the fourth aspect can refer to the technical effects achieved by the first aspect or the second aspect and any possible implementation of the first aspect or the second aspect, which will not be repeated here.

[0054] In a fifth aspect, the present application provides a communication apparatus, which can be used to execute the method in the first aspect or the second aspect and any possible implementation of the first aspect or the second aspect. The communication apparatus can be a terminal device or a component in the terminal device. The communication apparatus can include a module, unit or means corresponding to the method in the first aspect or the second aspect and any possible implementation of the first aspect or the second aspect, which can be implemented by hardware, software or by hardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules or units corresponding to the above functions.

[0055] In a possible implementation, the communication apparatus can include a baseband apparatus and a radio frequency apparatus.

[0056] In another possible implementation, the communication apparatus can include a processing module (also referred to as a processing unit) and a transceiver module (also referred to as a transceiver unit). The transceiver module can implement the sending function and the receiving function. When the transceiver module implements the sending function, it can be referred to as a sending module (also referred to as a sending unit). When the transceiver module implements the receiving function, it can be referred to as a receiving module (also referred to as a receiving unit). The sending module and the receiving module can be the same functional module, which is referred to as a transceiver module and can implement the sending function and the receiving function. Alternatively, the sending module and the receiving module can be different functional modules, and the transceiver module refers to these functional modules in general.

[0057] In a sixth aspect, the present application provides a communication apparatus, which can be used to execute the method in the third aspect or the fourth aspect or any possible implementation manner thereof. The communication apparatus can be a network device or a component in the network device. The communication apparatus can include a module, unit or means corresponding to the method in the third aspect or the fourth aspect or any possible implementation manner thereof, which can be implemented by hardware, software or by executing corresponding software by hardware. The hardware or software includes one or more modules or units corresponding to the above functions.

[0058] In a possible implementation manner, the communication apparatus can include a baseband apparatus and a radio frequency apparatus.

[0059] In another possible implementation manner, the communication apparatus can include a processing module (also referred to as a processing unit) and a transceiver module (also referred to as a transceiver unit). The transceiver module can implement the sending function and the receiving function. When the transceiver module implements the sending function, it can be referred to as a sending module (also referred to as a sending unit). When the transceiver module implements the receiving function, it can be referred to as a receiving module (also referred to as a receiving unit). The sending module and the receiving module can be the same functional module, which is referred to as a transceiver module and can implement the sending function and the receiving function. Alternatively, the sending module and the receiving module can be different functional modules, and the transceiver module refers to these functional modules in general.

[0060] In a seventh aspect, the present application provides a communication system, which can include the communication apparatus in the fifth aspect and / or the communication apparatus in the sixth aspect.

[0061] In an eighth aspect, the present application further provides a communication apparatus. The communication apparatus can include one or more processors. Optionally, the communication apparatus can further include a memory. The memory is configured to store one or more computer programs or instructions. The one or more processors are configured to execute the one or more computer programs or instructions stored in the memory, so that the communication apparatus executes the method in any one of the first aspect to the fourth aspect or any possible implementation manner thereof.

[0062] In a ninth aspect, the present application also provides a communication device, comprising: a processor and an interface circuit; the interface circuit is configured to receive a signal from another communication device outside the communication device and transmit the signal to the processor or send a signal from the processor to another communication device outside the communication device. The processor is configured to implement the method of any one of the above aspects by means of a logic circuit or by executing a computer program or instructions. The communication device can be the terminal device in the first aspect or the second aspect, or a device included in the terminal device, such as a chip; or the communication device can be the network device in the third aspect or the fourth aspect, or a device included in the network device.

[0063] In some possible designs, when the apparatus is a chip system, the chip system can be composed of a chip or can include a chip and other discrete devices.

[0064] In a tenth aspect, the present application also provides a chip system, comprising at least one chip and a memory, wherein the at least one chip is configured to read and execute a program stored in the memory, so as to implement the method in any one of the first aspect to the fourth aspect and any possible implementation manner thereof.

[0065] In an eleventh aspect, the present application also provides a computer readable storage medium, configured to store a computer program or instructions, when the computer program or instructions are executed, the method in any one of the first aspect to the fourth aspect and any possible implementation manner thereof is implemented.

[0066] In a twelfth aspect, the present application also provides a computer program product, comprising a computer program or instructions, when the computer program or instructions are executed on a computer, the method in any one of the first aspect to the fourth aspect and any possible implementation manner thereof is implemented.

[0067] The technical effects achieved by the fifth aspect to the twelfth aspect and any possible implementation manner thereof can be referred to the technical effects achieved by any one of the first aspect to the fourth aspect and any possible implementation manner thereof, and will not be repeated here. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0068] Figure 1A FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0069] Figure 1A FIG. 2 is another schematic diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0070] Figure 1A FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an open access network device according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0071] Figure 2 A schematic diagram of the same frequency measurement and the different frequency measurement provided for the embodiments of the present application;

[0072] Figure 3 A schematic diagram of the preemption GAP provided for the embodiments of the present application;

[0073] Figure 4 A flowchart of the first communication method provided for the embodiments of the present application;

[0074] Figure 5 A schematic diagram of the measurement performance having no influence provided for the embodiments of the present application;

[0075] Figure 6 A schematic diagram of the measurement time delay extension provided for the embodiments of the present application;

[0076] Figure 7 A schematic diagram of the measurement performance not meeting the measurement requirement provided for the embodiments of the present application;

[0077] Figure 8 A flowchart of the second communication method provided for the embodiments of the present application;

[0078] Figure 9 A flowchart of the third communication method provided for the embodiments of the present application;

[0079] Figure 10 A structural schematic diagram of the communication device provided for the embodiments of the present application;

[0080] Figure 11 A structural schematic diagram of the communication device provided for the embodiments of the present application;

[0081] Figure 12 A structural schematic diagram of the communication device provided for the embodiments of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0082] In order to make the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the embodiments of the present application will be further described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

[0083] The network architecture and service scenarios described in the present application are for more clearly illustrating the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, and do not constitute a limitation on the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present application. It can be known by those skilled in the art that, with the evolution of network architecture and the appearance of new service scenarios, the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present application are also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0084] I. In the embodiments of the present application, "a plurality of" can mean two or more, and therefore, in the embodiments of the present application, "a plurality of" can also be understood as "at least two". "At least one" can be understood as one or more, for example, one, two or more. For example, "including at least one" means including one, two or more, for example, including at least one of A, B and C, and the included can be A, B, C, A and B, A and C, B and C, or A, B and C. "And / or" describes the association relationship of the associated objects, and specifically can exist in three relationships, for example, A and / or B can represent: A exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone. In addition, the character " / ", if not specially stated, generally represents that the associated objects before and after are in an "or" relationship.

[0085] II. The terms "system" and "network" in the embodiments of the present application can be used interchangeably, and "according to" and "based on" can be used interchangeably.

[0086] The ordinal numbers "first", "second" and the like mentioned in the embodiments of the present application are generally used to distinguish different objects, and are not used to limit the order, time sequence, priority or importance of a plurality of objects. For example, the first information and the second information involved in the embodiments of the present application are used to distinguish different information, and do not limit the order, time sequence, priority or importance of the two information.

[0087] III. The terms "include" and "have" and any variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, for example, a process, method, system, product or device containing a series of steps or units does not have to be limited to those steps or units clearly listed, but can include other steps or units not clearly listed or inherent to the process, method, product or device.

[0088] IV. In the present application, "predefined" can include predefinition, for example, protocol definition. Wherein, "predefinition" can be realized by pre-storing corresponding codes, tables or other ways that can be used to indicate related information in devices (for example, including various network elements), and the present application does not limit the specific implementation manner thereof.

[0089] V. The "storage" or "saving" involved in the present application can mean saving in one or more memories. The one or more memories can be separately arranged or integrated in the encoder or decoder, processor or communication device. The one or more memories can be part of the separately arranged and part of the integrated in the decoder, processor or communication device. The type of memory can be any form of storage medium, which is not limited.

[0090] Six, the arrow or block shown in the dashed line in the schematic diagram of the drawing part of the specification represents an optional step or an optional module.

[0091] Seven, in this application, "indication" can include direct indication, indirect indication, display indication, implicit indication. When describing that certain indication information is used to indicate A, it can be understood that the indication information carries A, directly indicates A, or indirectly indicates A.

[0092] In this application, the information indicated by the indication information is called the to-be-indicated information. In the specific implementation process, there are many ways to indicate the to-be-indicated information, for example, but not limited to, the to-be-indicated information can be directly indicated, such as the to-be-indicated information itself or the index of the to-be-indicated information. The to-be-indicated information can also be indirectly indicated by indicating other information, where the other information and the to-be-indicated information have an association relationship. The to-be-indicated information can also be indicated only by a part of the to-be-indicated information, and the other part of the to-be-indicated information is known or agreed in advance. For example, the indication of a specific information can also be achieved by means of the arrangement order of each information agreed in advance (for example, the protocol stipulates), thereby reducing the indication overhead to a certain extent. In addition, the to-be-indicated information can be sent as a whole, or can be sent separately into multiple sub-information, and the sending period and / or sending time of these sub-information can be the same or different.

[0093] Eight, in this application, "sending" and "receiving" represent the direction of signal transmission. For example, "sending information to XX" can be understood as that the destination of the information is XX, which can include direct sending through the air interface, and also includes indirect sending through the air interface by other units or modules. "Receiving information from YY" can be understood as that the source of the information is YY, which can include directly receiving from YY through the air interface, and also can include indirectly receiving from YY through the air interface from other units or modules. "Sending" can also be understood as the "output" of the chip interface, and "receiving" can also be understood as the "input" of the chip interface. In other words, sending and receiving can be carried out between devices, for example, between network devices and terminal devices, or can be carried out within a device, for example, between components, modules, chips, software modules or hardware modules within a device through a bus, wire or interface.

[0094] Nine, in the embodiments of the present application, the words such as "exemplarily", "for example", "such as" and the like are used to represent examples, illustrations or descriptions. Any embodiment or design scheme described as "example" in the present application should not be interpreted as more preferred or more advantageous than other embodiments or design schemes. Rather, the word "example" is intended to present the concept in a specific manner. In the embodiments of the present application, "of", "corresponding" and "corresponding" are sometimes used interchangeably, and it should be pointed out that when the difference is not emphasized, the meanings expressed are consistent.

[0095] Ten, the embodiments of the present application will be presented around a system including a plurality of devices, components, modules, etc. It should be understood that the system can include other devices, components, modules, etc. not mentioned, or can only include part of the devices, components, or modules mentioned in the embodiments. Alternatively, "component" and "part" in the present application can be replaced with each other.

[0096] The following first introduces a communication system to which the embodiments of the present application are applicable.

[0097] The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application can be applied to various communication systems, for example, a communication sensing integrated (integrated sensing and communication, ISAC) system, a universal mobile telecommunications system (universal mobile telecommunications system, UMTS), a wireless local area network (wireless local area network, WLAN), an extended reality (extended reality, XR) communication system, a short-range wireless communication system (such as a sidelink, wireless fidelity (wireless fidelity, Wi-Fi), Bluetooth, etc.), a wired network, a vehicle-to-everything (vehicle-to-everything, V2X) communication system, a device-to-device (device-to-device, D2D) communication system, a vehicle networking communication system, a 4th generation (4th generation, 4G) mobile communication system (such as a long term evolution (long term evolution, LTE) system), an LTE frequency division duplex (frequency division duplex, FDD) system, an LTE time division duplex (time division duplex, TDD), a worldwide interoperability for microwave access (worldwide interoperability for microwave access, WiMAX) communication system, a 5th generation (5th generation, 5G) mobile communication system (such as a new radio (new radio, NR) system), a future communication system, or other similar communication systems, etc., without limitation.

[0098] Figure 1A An exemplary schematic diagram of a communication system provided by the embodiments of the present application is shown. As shown in the figure, the communication system includes an access network 100 and a core network 200. Optionally, the communication system can also include an Internet 300. Figure 1A

[0099] Among them, the access network 100 can include at least one radio access network (radio access network, RAN) node (such as 110a and 110b in the figure, collectively referred to as 110) and at least one terminal (such as 120a and 120b in the figure, collectively referred to as 120). Figure 1A Figure 1A ​​The terminal devices in the communication system 100 include 120a-120j, collectively referred to as 120. Among them, 110a is a base station, 110b is a micro station, 120a, 120e, 120f and 120j are mobile phones, 120b is a car, 120c is a fuel dispenser, 120d is a home access point (HAP) arranged indoors or outdoors, 120g is a laptop, 120h is a printer, and 120i is a drone. Among them, the same terminal device or network device can provide different functions in different application scenarios. For example, Figure 1A The mobile phones in the communication system 100 include 120a, 120e, 120f and 120j. The mobile phone 120a can access the base station 110a, connect the car 120b, communicate directly with the mobile phone 120e and access the HAP. The car 120b can access the HAP and communicate directly with the mobile phone 120a. The mobile phone 120f can access the micro station 110b, connect the laptop 120g and connect the printer 120h. The mobile phone 120j can control the drone 120i.

[0100] Among them, the network device is a network side device with wireless transceiver function. The network device can be a device in a radio access network (RAN) that provides wireless communication function for terminal devices, referred to as RAN device; or the network device can also be a core network device. For ease of understanding, the following is described by taking the network device as an example of the RAN device. Among them, the RAN can be an access network in the 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP), such as 4G, 5G, or future-oriented network. The RAN can also be an open access network (open RAN, O-RAN or ORAN), a cloud radio access network (CRAN), or a communication network of two or more of the above networks.

[0101] The RAN device can be a device or module located on the network side of the above communication system and having corresponding communication functions. The RAN device usually has a communication module, circuit or chip for executing corresponding communication functions. The RAN device can also be configured with programs or instructions for executing corresponding communication functions and corresponding programs or instructions.

[0102] In one possible scenario, RAN equipment can be a base station (BS), an evolved NodeB (eNodeB), a transmission point (TP), an access point (AP), a transmission reception point (TRP), a mobile switching center, a next-generation NodeB (gNB), a next-generation base station in a future communication system, or an access node in a WiFi system, etc. Access network equipment can be a macro base station (such as...) Figure 1A 110a), micro base stations or indoor stations (such as Figure 1A The access network equipment can be categorized as follows: 110b), relay nodes or donor nodes, wireless controllers in CRAN scenarios, satellites, drones, balloons, or aircraft, etc. Optionally, the access network equipment can also be servers, wearable devices, vehicles, or in-vehicle equipment. For example, the access network equipment in vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology can be a roadside unit (RSU). All or part of the functions of the access network equipment in this application can also be implemented through software functions running on hardware, or through virtualization functions instantiated on a platform (e.g., a cloud platform).

[0103] In another possible scenario, multiple access network devices collaborate to assist the terminal in achieving wireless access, with each device performing a portion of the base station's functions. For example, the access network devices can be a central unit (CU or control unit), a distributed unit (DU), a CU-control plane (CP), a CU-user plane (UP), or a radio unit (RU), etc. The CU and DU can be separate entities or included in the same network element, such as a baseband unit (BBU). The RU can be included in radio frequency equipment or radio frequency units, such as a remote radio unit (RRU), an active antenna unit (AAU), or a remote radio head (RRH).

[0104] The CU (or CU-CP and CU-UP), DU or RU can also have different names in different systems, but those skilled in the art can understand their meanings. For example, in the ORAN system, the CU can also be referred to as an open CU (O-CU), the DU can also be referred to as an open DU (O-DU), the CU-CP can also be referred to as an open CU-CP (O-CU-CP), the CU-UP can also be referred to as an open CU-UP (O-CU-UP), and the RU can also be referred to as an open RU (O-RU). Any of the CU (or CU-CP, CU-UP), DU and RU in this application can be implemented by a software module, a hardware module, or a combination of a software module and a hardware module.

[0105] The terminal can be a device or module with corresponding communication functions for accessing the communication system. The terminal can also be referred to as a terminal device, a user equipment (UE), a mobile station, a mobile terminal, a wireless terminal device, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a remote station, a user terminal device, a user agent, or a user device, etc. The terminal is usually provided with a communication module, circuit or chip for executing corresponding communication functions. The terminal can also be configured with programs or instructions for executing corresponding communication functions.

[0106] The terminal can be widely applied in various scenarios, for example, device-to-device (D2D), vehicle to everything (V2X) communication, machine-type communication (MTC), internet of things (IOT), extended reality (XR), industrial control, automatic driving, remote medical treatment, smart power grid, smart furniture, smart office, smart wear, smart traffic, smart city, etc. The terminal can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a computer with wireless transceiver function, a wearable device, a vehicle, a drone, a helicopter, an airplane, a ship, a robot, a mechanical arm, a smart home device, etc. Exemplarily, the XR can include virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR), etc. Among them, the wearable device can also be referred to as a wearable smart device or a smart wearable device, etc., which is a general term of devices that can be worn by applying wearable technology to the intelligent design of daily wear. The terminal applied to the vehicle can be referred to as a vehicle terminal device, for example, a transportation vehicle, a communication module or an on-board unit (OBU) with wireless communication function.

[0107] For example, the terminal can include a mobile phone (also referred to as a "cellular" phone), a computer with a mobile terminal device, or a portable, pocket-sized, handheld, computer-embedded mobile device, etc. For example, the terminal can be a personal communication service (PCS) phone, a cordless phone, a session initiation protocol phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a personal digital assistant (PDA), etc. The terminal can also include a limited device, for example, a device with limited power consumption, or a device with limited storage capacity, or a device with limited computing capacity, etc. For example, the terminal can be a bar code, a radio frequency identification (RFID), a sensor, a global positioning system (GPS), or a laser scanner, etc. The embodiments of the present application do not limit the device form of the terminal.

[0108] In this application, the core network device refers to the device in the core network that provides service support for the terminal. For example, in the case of the core network 200 as the core network in the future communication system, or the 5G core network, or the evolved 5G core network, some examples of the core network device are: access and mobility management function (AMF) entity, session management function (SMF) entity, user plane function (UPF) entity, policy control function (PCF) entity, and the like, which are not listed one by one here. Among them, the AMF entity can be responsible for access management and mobility management of the terminal; the SMF entity can be responsible for session management, such as session establishment of a user, etc.; the UPF entity can be a functional entity of the user plane, mainly responsible for connecting external networks. For another example, in the case of the core network 200 as the 4G core network, some examples of the core network device are: mobility management entity (MME) entity, home subscriber server (HSS) entity, serving gateway (S-GW) entity, policy and charging rules function (PCRF) entity, public data network gateway (PDN gateway, P-GW) entity, and the like, which are not listed one by one here. It should be noted that the entity in this application can also be referred to as a network element or a functional entity, for example, the AMF entity can also be referred to as an AMF network element or an AMF functional entity, for another example, the SMF entity can also be referred to as an SMF network element or an SMF functional entity, and the like. The above core network device can work independently, or can be combined together to realize certain control functions, for example, the AMF, the SMF and the PCF can be combined together as a core network device.

[0109] Figure 1B An example shows a schematic diagram of an ORAN system architecture provided by an embodiment of the application. The ORAN system in the embodiment of the application can include Figure 1B components shown in the above-mentioned components. For example Figure 1BAs shown, access network devices can communicate with the core network (CN) via a backhaul link and with terminals via an air interface. For example, a BBU in an access network device communicates with the core network via a backhaul link, and an RU in an access network device communicates with at least one terminal via an air interface. A BBU communicates with at least one RU via a fronthaul link; the BBU and RU may or may not be co-located. A BBU includes at least one CU and at least one DU, which can communicate via at least one midhaul link.

[0110] Figure 1C An exemplary diagram of the network element function division and protocol layer structure of an ORAN device provided in an embodiment of this application is shown.

[0111] In some possible implementations, the CU is a logical node that carries the radio resource control (RRC) layer, service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) layer, packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer, and other control functions of the access network equipment. The CU can connect to network nodes such as the core network through interfaces (e.g., E2 interfaces). Optionally, the CU may have some core network functions. The CU (e.g., the PDCP layer and higher layers of the CU) connects to the DU (e.g., the radio link control (RLC) layer and lower layers of the DU) through interfaces (e.g., the F1 interface). For example, the F1 interface can provide control plane (C-Plane) and user plane (U-Plane) functions (e.g., interface management, system information management, UE context management, RRC message transmission, etc.). F1AP is the application protocol of the F1 interface, and in some examples, it defines the signaling procedures of F1. The F1 interface supports both the F1 control plane (F1-C) and the F1 user plane (F1-U).

[0112] In some examples, a CU may include CU-CP and CU-UP. CU-CP is a logical node carrying the control plane (PDCP-C) layer, which carries the RRC layer and the Packet Data Convergence Protocol layer, and is used to implement the CU's control plane functions. CU-CP can interact with network elements in the core network used to implement control plane functions. These network elements in the core network can be Access and Mobility Function (AMF) network elements, such as the AMF in a 5G system. CU-UP is a logical node carrying the user plane (PDCP-U) layer, which carries the SDAP layer and the Packet Data Convergence Protocol layer, and is used to implement the CU's user plane functions. CU-UP can interact with network elements in the core network used to implement user plane functions. These network elements in the core network can be, for example, the UPF in a 5G system.

[0113] In some possible implementations, the DU is a logical node that carries the RLC layer, medium access control (MAC) layer, higher physical layer (Higher PHY) layer, and other functions. In some examples, the DU can control at least one RU. The DU connects to the RU through some interface (e.g., a fronthaul interface). In some examples, the Higher PHY layer includes the physical layer (PHY) processing, such as forward error correction (FEC) encoding and decoding, scrambling, modulation, and demodulation.

[0114] The above configurations of CU and DU are merely examples; the functions of CU and / or DU can be configured as needed. For instance, CU or DU can be configured to have more protocol layer functions, or to have only some protocol layer processing functions. For example, some RLC layer functions and protocol layer functions above the RLC layer can be placed in the CU, while the remaining RLC layer functions and protocol layer functions below the RLC layer can be placed in the DU. Furthermore, the functions of CU or DU can be divided according to service type or other system requirements, such as by latency, placing functions that need to meet low latency requirements in the DU and functions that do not need to meet such latency requirements in the CU.

[0115] In some possible implementations, the RU is a logical node that carries both the lower physical layer (Lower PHY) and radio frequency (RF) processing. In some examples, the RU may be a 3GPP TRP or RRH, or other similar functional entities. In some examples, the Low-PHY includes PHY processing functions such as Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT), digital beamforming, and filtering. The RU communicates with one or more terminals via a wireless link.

[0116] The DU and RU can be co-located or not. The DU and RU exchange control plane and user plane information via a fronthaul link through a Lower-Layer Split CUS-Plane (LLS-CUS or LLS-C / U / S) interface. LLS-CUS may include a Lower-Layer Split C-Plane (LLS-C) interface providing the control plane (C-Plane) and a Lower-Layer Split U-Plane (LLS-U) interface providing the user plane (U-Plane). In some examples, the control plane refers to real-time control between the DU and RU. The DU and RU exchange management information via a Lower-Layer Split management (LLS-M) interface on the fronthaul link. The management plane (M-Plane) refers to non-real-time management operations between the DU and RU.

[0117] DU and RU can cooperate to implement the functions of the PHY layer. A DU can be connected to one or more RUs. The functions of DU and RU can be configured in various ways depending on the design. For example, a DU can be configured to implement baseband functions, and an RU can be configured to implement mid-RF functions. Another example is that a DU can be configured to implement higher-level functions in the PHY layer, and an RU can be configured to implement lower-level functions in the PHY layer, or both lower-level and RF functions. Higher-level functions in the physical layer can include a portion of the physical layer's functions that are closer to the MAC layer, while lower-level functions in the physical layer can include another portion of the physical layer's functions that are closer to the mid-RF side.

[0118] The communication systems and service scenarios described in the embodiments of this application are for the purpose of more clearly illustrating the technical solutions of the embodiments of this application, and do not constitute a limitation on the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of this application. As those skilled in the art will know, with the evolution of network architecture and the emergence of new service scenarios, the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of this application are also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0119] The relevant terms used in the embodiments of this application will be explained below. It should be noted that these explanations are for the purpose of making the embodiments of this application easier to understand, and should not be regarded as a limitation on the scope of protection claimed by this application.

[0120] 1. Measurement:

[0121] The measurement in this application may refer to layer 3 (L3) measurement, but is not limited to this. This L3 measurement can also be called mobility measurement. For example, a network device can configure a measurement object (MO) for a terminal device; correspondingly, the terminal device can perform measurements at the frequency indicated by the MO, obtain the measurement results of the serving cell and neighboring cells at that frequency, and send the measurement results to the network device; based on the measurement results reported by the terminal device, the network device can perform operations such as adding or deleting secondary carriers and cell handover.

[0122] In one possible scenario, L3 measurements can include both in-frequency and out-of-frequency measurements. Taking synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel (SSB) measurements as an example, in-frequency measurements can be defined as follows: if the center frequency of the SSB of a neighboring cell is the same as the center frequency of the SSB of the serving cell and the subcarrier spacing is the same, then it is considered an in-frequency measurement; otherwise, it is considered an out-of-frequency measurement.

[0123] In another possible scenario, L3 measurement can include measurements that require a measurement gap (MG) and measurements that do not require a measurement gap. The measurement gap can be simply referred to as GAP. For example, if the SSB to be measured on the same frequency is within the active bandwidth part (BWP), the terminal device may not need to perform GAP measurements.

[0124] For example, a network device can configure an SSB-based measurement timing configuration (SMTC) and a gap area (GAP) for an end device. The SMTC can be used to instruct the end device on the location where it performs SSB measurements. For instance, the SMTC can include the SMTC measurement period and duration. If GAP measurement is not required, the end device can perform measurements within the duration indicated by the SMTC; if GAP measurement is required, the end device performs measurements within the GAP.

[0125] For example, assuming the SMTC period is 20 milliseconds (ms) and the SMTC duration is 5ms, the GAP period is 20ms and the GAP duration is 6ms. For co-frequency measurements, both the serving cell's SSB and the neighboring cell's SSB are within the BWP. The terminal device can perform measurements without switching radio frequencies, i.e., without GAP measurements. Therefore, the terminal device can search for and measure the frequency of the neighboring cell's SSB within 5ms of every 20ms. Figure 2 As shown in (1) above. For inter-frequency measurements, the SSB of the serving cell is within the BWP, while the SSB of the neighboring cell is not within the BWP. The terminal device needs to switch radio frequencies for measurement, i.e., it needs to perform GAP measurement. Therefore, the terminal device can search for and measure the frequency of the SSB of the neighboring cell within the SMTC in the GAP within 6ms of every 20ms, such as... Figure 2 As shown in (2) of the text.

[0126] Figure 2 The example given is that same-frequency measurements do not require GAP measurement, while different-frequency measurements do. This application does not limit the scenarios in which GAP measurement is required. For instance, same-frequency measurements may require GAP measurement, while different-frequency measurements may not.

[0127] 2. Scheduling restrictions:

[0128] There are scheduling restrictions within the gap. That is, within the gap, the terminal device does not receive or send data, or the terminal device does not transmit service data.

[0129] Terminal devices may not require GAP measurements, meaning they can perform measurements based on the SMTC. However, some SMTCs have scheduling limitations. For example, within some SMTCs, the terminal device may not receive or send data, or may not transmit service data. Similarly, at certain symbol locations within an SMTC (e.g., the symbol location of the SSB that needs to be measured), the terminal device may not receive or send data, or may not transmit service data.

[0130] In one example, for frequency range 1 (FR1), if the subcarrier spacing of the SSB to be measured is different from that of the data, and the terminal device does not have the ability to simultaneously receive different subcarriers of the SSB and the data, then there is a scheduling constraint in the STMC (or some symbol positions within the SMTC).

[0131] In another example, for frequency range 2 (FR2), the terminal device needs to perform beamforming to form receiving beams in different directions. As a result, the terminal device cannot guarantee that the beam is the same as the data beam when performing measurements, and there are scheduling restrictions in the STMC (or some symbol positions within the SMTC).

[0132] In one possible scenario, for high-demand services (e.g., latency-sensitive services such as XR services), to improve the scheduling opportunities for these services, one can preempt GAP and / or SMTC (which can be called measurement timing), such as... Figure 3 As shown. Figure 3 The example of GAP 2 being preempted illustrates this. In other words, the terminal device uses some of the measurement time slots originally intended for measurement to transmit data in order to improve scheduling opportunities and meet business needs. However, this leads to reduced measurement performance and even unusable measurement results. Therefore, how to balance business needs and measurement performance is a problem that needs to be solved.

[0133] In view of this, embodiments of this application provide a communication method and apparatus for differentiated measurement timing preemption based on measurement performance, which is beneficial for balancing business needs and measurement performance. The method and apparatus described in this application are based on the same technical concept. Since the principles by which the method and apparatus solve problems are similar, the implementation of the apparatus and method can refer to each other, and repeated details will not be elaborated further.

[0134] The following description, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, will elaborate on the implementation of this application, which may be the terminal device itself, or a component within the terminal device (e.g., a processor, chip, or chip system), or the communication method provided in the example. This method can be applied to... Figure 1A or Figure 1B The communication system shown is not limited to this. This application uses the interaction between a terminal device and a network device as an example for illustration. Unless otherwise specified, "terminal device" in this application can also be a logical module or software capable of implementing all or part of the functions of a terminal device. Similarly, unless otherwise specified, "network device" in this application can be the network device itself, or a component within the network device (e.g., a processor, chip, or chip system), or a logical module or software capable of implementing all or part of the functions of the network device.

[0135] It is understood that in the embodiments of this application, the terminal device or network device may execute some or all of the steps in the embodiments of this application. These steps or operations are merely examples, and the embodiments of this application may also execute other operations or variations thereof. Furthermore, the various steps may be executed in different orders as presented in the embodiments of this application, and it is not necessarily necessary to execute all the operations in the embodiments of this application.

[0136] Figure 4 This is a flowchart illustrating a communication method provided in an embodiment of this application. Figure 4 The method may include the following steps.

[0137] S401: The terminal device sends the first information to the network device.

[0138] Accordingly, the network device receives the first information from the terminal device.

[0139] The first information may include N indication messages, where N is an integer greater than 0. This application embodiment describes an example of a terminal device sending N indication messages to a network device. In one possible implementation, these N indication messages may also be predefined. Accordingly, S401 is an optional step. Figure 4 The middle part is indicated by a dashed line.

[0140] Optionally, the first information can be UE assistance information (UAI), and is not limited thereto. Each of the N indication information can be used to indicate information supporting measurement timings not used for measurement. Optionally, the information that each of the N indication information can be used to indicate information supporting measurement timings not used for measurement can be replaced by: each of the N indication information can be used to determine measurement timings not used for measurement. Optionally, the indication information can also be called UE assistance information, or preemption strategy, etc., and the naming of the indication information is not limited in this application embodiment. Accordingly, the terminal device sending N indication information to the network device can be replaced by: the terminal device sending N UE assistance information to the network device; or it can also be replaced by: the terminal device sending N preemption strategies to the network device.

[0141] In one embodiment, the N indication information may include first indication information, that is, the first information includes first indication information. The first indication information may be used to indicate information supporting measurement timing that is not used for measurement; or it may be stated as: the first indication information may be used to determine measurement timing that is not used for measurement.

[0142] Optionally, the measurement timing can also be referred to as a measurement opportunity, measurement time window, measurement period, or measurement window, etc. This application embodiment does not limit the naming of the measurement timing. Optionally, the measurement timing can be understood as a resource used for measurement, such as mobility measurement, L3 measurement, etc., without limitation. Optionally, the measurement timing can be a measurement timing with restricted scheduling (or restricted sending or receiving). In one embodiment, the measurement timing can be a GAP, or the measurement timing can be an SMTC, or the measurement timing can include both GAP and SMTC. For example, if the measurement timing is a GAP, the terminal device can report information to the network device that supports GAPs not used for measurement. For example, if the measurement timing is an SMTC, the terminal device can report information to the network device that supports SMTCs not used for measurement. For example, if the measurement timing includes both GAP and SMTC, the terminal device can report information to the network device that supports both GAPs not used for measurement and SMTCs not used for measurement.

[0143] Optionally, the measurement timing includes SMTC, which can be an SMTC with scheduling constraints. For the description of SMTC with scheduling constraints, please refer to the relevant terminology description, which will not be repeated here.

[0144] The measurement timing can be predefined or configured by the network device, without restriction. For example, the network device can send third information to the terminal device; correspondingly, the terminal device receives the third information from the network device. This third information can be used to indicate (or configure, determine) the measurement timing. The measurement timing indicated by this third information includes measurement timings that are not used for measurement. For example, the third information indicates GAP 1, GAP 2, and GAP 3, and the first indication information can be used to indicate that GAP 2 supports measurement timings that are not used for measurement, such as... Figure 3 As shown in (2) of the text.

[0145] Optionally, the third information may include at least one of the following: the first measurement period of the measurement timing, the measurement start time, or the duration of the measurement timing. For example, if the measurement timing is GAP, the third information may include the measurement period of GAP, the measurement start time of GAP, and the duration of GAP. As another example, if the measurement timing is SMTC, the third information may include the measurement period of SMTC, the measurement start time of SMTC, and the duration of SMTC.

[0146] Optionally, the support for measurement timing not used for measurement can be used for data scheduling. Data scheduling may include, but is not limited to, transmissions of at least one of the following: physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), or reference signals, etc.

[0147] Optionally, the measurement timing that is not used for measurement can be replaced with: the measurement timing that supports preemption (or occupation); or it can be replaced with: the measurement timing that supports skipping; or it can be replaced with: the measurement timing that supports cancellation; or it can be replaced with: the measurement timing that supports data scheduling; or it can be replaced with: the measurement timing that enables sending or receiving.

[0148] In this embodiment, N indication information can be associated with at least one measurement performance parameter. The measurement performance parameter may include measurement delay and / or measurement accuracy. Optionally, the measurement performance parameter may also include other measurement performance parameters, which are not limited in this embodiment. For simplicity, the following description uses measurement delay and measurement accuracy as examples of measurement performance parameters.

[0149] Optionally, sending N indication messages from the terminal device to the network device can be understood as: the terminal device sending at least one N indication message related to a measurement performance to the network device; or it can be understood as: the terminal device sending at least one N preemption strategy related to a measurement performance to the network device. In other words, the terminal device can send one indication message (or preemption strategy) related to a measurement performance to the network device; or it can send multiple indication messages (or preemption strategies) related to a measurement performance to the network device, without limitation.

[0150] In one possible implementation, the terminal device can determine N indication information; or, the terminal device can determine at least one N indication information associated with a measurement performance. Figure 4The information is not shown in the diagram. For example, the terminal device can determine N indication information based on the measurement configuration and / or the terminal device's capability information. The measurement configuration may include the measurement object configuration and / or the measurement timing configuration. Optionally, the measurement timing configuration may be third-party information, and is not limited thereto. For example, the measurement timing configuration may include GAP configuration and / or SMTC. This application embodiment does not limit the implementation process of the terminal device determining N indication information associated with at least one measurement performance.

[0151] In this embodiment, the N indication information includes first indication information, which can be associated with a first measurement performance. The first measurement performance belongs to at least one measurement performance associated with the N indication information, or in other words, at least one measurement performance associated with the N indication information includes the first measurement performance. Optionally, the association of the first indication information with the first measurement performance can be understood as: the measurement performance meets the first measurement performance when the measurement opportunity determined by the first indication information is not used for measurement; or it can also be understood as: the measurement performance meets the first measurement performance when the measurement opportunity determined by the first indication information is preempted. Figure 3 Taking (2) as an example, based on the first indication information, the preemption of GAP 2 is determined, and the measurement performance of the terminal device based on GAP 1 and / or GAP 3 meets the first measurement performance.

[0152] Optionally, a measurement performance can be associated with one indication message, or a measurement performance can be associated with multiple indication messages. Optionally, an indication message can be associated with one measurement performance, or an indication message can be associated with multiple measurement performances.

[0153] In one example, N is 1, and the single indication is the first indication, associated with the first measurement performance. In another example, N is greater than 1, and all N indications can be associated with the first measurement performance. In yet another example, N is greater than 1, and the N indications can be associated with multiple measurement performances, including the first measurement performance.

[0154] For example, N is M+1, where M is an integer greater than 0. That is, the N indication information includes a first indication information and M indication information. The first indication information is associated with a first measurement performance, and the M indication information can be associated with at least one measurement performance. The at least one measurement performance may or may not include the first measurement performance, without limitation.

[0155] This application provides multiple measurement performance characteristics, including at least one measurement performance characteristic associated with N indication information. Exemplarily, the multiple measurement performance characteristics may include several of the following: no impact on measurement performance, increased measurement delay, reduced measurement accuracy, or measurement performance failing to meet measurement requirements. Correspondingly, at least one measurement performance characteristic may include at least one of the following: no impact on measurement performance, increased measurement delay, reduced measurement accuracy, or measurement performance failing to meet measurement requirements. A first measurement performance characteristic may be one of the following: no impact on measurement performance, increased measurement delay, reduced measurement accuracy, or measurement performance failing to meet measurement requirements.

[0156] Optionally, the increase in measurement delay can be understood as: the measurement delay is increased, but the measurement accuracy remains unchanged; or it can also be understood as: the measurement delay is increased, but the measurement accuracy is reduced. Optionally, the decrease in measurement accuracy can be understood as: the measurement delay remains unchanged, but the measurement accuracy is reduced; or it can also be understood as: the measurement delay is increased, but the measurement accuracy is reduced.

[0157] The following describes various measurement performance features provided in the embodiments of this application.

[0158] (1) Measurement performance 1: Measurement performance is unaffected.

[0159] "No impact on measurement performance" can be understood as: compared to the measurement performance without preempting measurement opportunities, the measurement performance remains unchanged when the measurement opportunity determined based on the indication information associated with measurement performance 1 is preempted (or not used for measurement). For example, "No impact on measurement performance" for the first measurement performance can be understood as: compared to the measurement performance without preempting measurement opportunities, the measurement performance remains unchanged when the measurement opportunity determined based on the first indication information is preempted (or not used for measurement).

[0160] In one implementation, the measurement performance is unaffected and can be replaced by: the measurement latency meeting a first threshold and the measurement accuracy meeting a first range. Optionally, the first threshold can be predefined, configured by the network device, or determined by the terminal device, and is not limited. Optionally, the first range can be predefined, configured by the network device, or determined by the terminal device, and is not limited.

[0161] Optionally, the first threshold can be understood as the measurement latency without preempting measurement opportunities, or the first threshold being less than the measurement latency without preempting measurement opportunities. For example, the first threshold can be the measurement latency when all measurement opportunities within a first duration are supported for measurement. The first duration can be predefined, configured by the network device, or determined by the terminal device; this embodiment does not limit this.

[0162] In one example, the first duration can be multiple measurement points. For example, the first duration can be multiple gaps, or multiple SMTCs, or the first duration can include at least one gap and at least one SMTC. In another example, the first duration can be a fixed duration. For example, the first duration can be 100ms, 200ms, or 400ms, etc. This application does not limit the implementation form or method of the first duration.

[0163] For example, the first duration includes 10 measurement opportunities, each measured by SMTC, with an SMTC period of 20ms. The first threshold can be 200ms. This application does not limit the value of the first threshold in its embodiments.

[0164] Optionally, the first range can be understood as the range of measurement accuracy without preempting measurement opportunities, or the measurement accuracy of the first range being better than (or higher than) the range of measurement accuracy without preempting measurement opportunities. For example, the first range can be the range of measurement accuracy when all measurement opportunities within a first duration support measurement. For example, if the range of measurement accuracy without preempting measurement opportunities is expressed as [-3 dB, +3 dB], then the first range can be [-3 dB, +3 dB]; or the measurement accuracy of the first range is better than (or higher than) [-3 dB, +3 dB], for example, [-2 dB, +2 dB]. The embodiments of this application do not limit the value of the first range.

[0165] In one possible implementation, the measurement timing configured for network devices has a margin during the implementation process, so that preempting some measurement timing has no impact on measurement performance.

[0166] Taking the measurement timing as a gap (GAP) as an example, the GAP configuration for FR1 is shown in Table 1. The measurement cycle of the terminal device is related to the SMTC measurement cycle, the GAP repetition period (MGRP), and the carrier-specific scaling factor (CSSF). For descriptions of the parameters in Table 1, please refer to the relevant descriptions in 3GPP R15-TS 38.133; they will not be repeated here. CSSF can be understood as how the terminal device shares the GAP for measurement when there are multiple frequency points for GAP-based measurements. Assuming an MO-based configuration, the terminal device has three frequency points that need to be measured based on GAP. According to relevant protocols (e.g., 3GPP R15-TS 38.133), the CSSF can be 3. If the MGRP is 40ms, the SMTC measurement cycle is 20ms, and the number of measurements is 8, then the measurement delay for the three frequency points can be calculated as 8 * 40 * 3 = 960ms. Typically, not all GAPs in the measurement cycle calculated based on the configuration are used for measurement; there is a margin. For example, a terminal device can complete a measurement in fewer than 8 measurements. If the number of measurements is 6, the measurement delay of the terminal device for the three frequency points can be calculated as 6*40*3=720ms, which provides a gap margin.

[0167] Table 1

[0168] Max(200ms,Ceil(8*K gap ) x Max(MGRP, SMTC period)) x CSSF inter ]]>

[0169] For FR2, the network device is configured with a beam scanning coefficient of 8, meaning the terminal device needs to scan 8 beam directions. If the terminal device completes the measurement with a beam scanning coefficient of less than 8, the measurement latency is less than the measurement latency calculated based on the configuration, resulting in a gap margin.

[0170] In another possible implementation, multiple frequency points share measurement opportunities. The terminal device can select different measurement opportunities through different frequency points, so that some measurement opportunities are available. After seizing these measurement opportunities, there is no impact on the measurement performance.

[0171] Taking the measurement timing as a gap (GAP) as an example, assuming the GAP measurement period is 20ms, and the frequencies to be measured include frequency point 1, frequency point 2, and frequency point 3, the SMTC measurement period for different frequencies is different: the SMTC measurement period for frequency point 1 is 20ms, the SMTC measurement period for frequency point 2 is 40ms, and the SMTC measurement period for frequency point 3 is 80ms. The CSSF is 3, meaning the terminal device can complete one measurement every 3 GAPs. The terminal device can select different GAPs for measurement using different frequencies, leaving at least one GAP unused. Figure 5As shown. Figure 5 The example shown is an instance with 5 gaps left empty. Figure 5 In the above, frequency point 1 is measured in GAP1, frequency point 2 is measured in GAP2, frequency point 3 is measured in GAP4, frequency point 1 is measured in GAP5, frequency point 1 is measured in GAP7, frequency point 2 is measured in GAP10, frequency point 1 is measured in GAP11, and GAP3, GAP6, GAP8, GAP9 and GAP12 are empty.

[0172] Understandably, the implementation process of SMTC measurement timing can refer to the implementation process of GAP, and will not be repeated here.

[0173] (2) Measurement performance 2: Measurement delay is extended, but measurement accuracy remains unchanged.

[0174] Increased measurement delay can be understood as: compared to the measurement delay without preemption, the measurement delay is increased when the measurement opportunity determined by the indication information associated with measurement performance 2 is preempted (or not used for measurement). Unchanged measurement accuracy can be understood as: compared to the measurement accuracy without preemption, the measurement accuracy remains unchanged when the measurement opportunity determined by the indication information associated with measurement performance 2 is preempted (or not used for measurement). For example, the first measurement performance of increased measurement delay and unchanged measurement accuracy can be understood as: compared to the measurement delay and measurement accuracy without preemption, the measurement delay is increased and the measurement accuracy remains unchanged when the measurement opportunity determined by the first indication information is preempted (or not used for measurement).

[0175] In one implementation, extending the measurement delay while maintaining the measurement accuracy can be replaced by: the measurement delay satisfying a second threshold and the measurement accuracy satisfying a first range. The second threshold is greater than the first threshold. The first threshold and the first range are as described above and will not be repeated here.

[0176] Optionally, the second threshold can be predefined, configured by the network device, or determined by the terminal device, without limitation. For example, the second threshold can be determined by a first threshold and a first value, which can be determined by the associated indication information described in Measurement Performance 2. In one example, the first value is the number of preempted measurement opportunities, and the second threshold can be the sum of the first threshold and the number of preempted measurement opportunities.

[0177] For example, the first time interval includes 5 gaps (GAPs). The original measurement latency was 5 GAPs. If 2 of these 5 GAPs are preempted, the terminal device can supplement the measurement with 2 more GAPs to maintain the same measurement accuracy. This extends the measurement latency from the original 5 GAPs to 7 GAPs.Figure 6 As shown. In Figure 6 In the middle, GAP2 and GAP4 were preempted, and the two replacement GAPs are GAP6 and GAP7.

[0178] In another example, the first value can be x / b, and the second threshold can be a positive integer obtained by rounding a*x / b, where a can be the first threshold, b can be the number of remaining measurement opportunities after the measurement opportunity is preempted based on the indication information associated with measurement performance 2 within the first duration, and x can be the number of measurement opportunities included in the first duration.

[0179] (3) Measurement performance 3: Measurement delay remains unchanged, but measurement accuracy is reduced.

[0180] "Unchanged measurement delay" can be understood as: compared to the measurement delay when no measurement opportunity is preempted, the measurement delay remains unchanged when the measurement opportunity determined by the indication information associated with measurement performance 3 is preempted (or not used for measurement). "Decreased measurement accuracy" can be understood as: compared to the measurement accuracy when no measurement opportunity is preempted, the measurement accuracy decreases when the measurement opportunity determined by the indication information associated with measurement performance 3 is preempted (or not used for measurement). For example, the first measurement performance of "unchanged measurement delay and decreased measurement accuracy" can be understood as: compared to the measurement delay and measurement accuracy when no measurement opportunity is preempted, the measurement delay remains unchanged and the measurement accuracy decreases when the measurement opportunity determined by the first indication information is preempted (or not used for measurement).

[0181] In one implementation, the measurement delay remains unchanged, but the measurement accuracy is reduced. This can be replaced by: the measurement delay meeting a first threshold, and the measurement accuracy meeting a second range. The measurement accuracy in the second range is worse than (lower than) the measurement accuracy in the first range. For example, the first range can be [-3dB, +3dB], and the second range can be [-4dB, +4dB]. Optionally, the second range can be predefined, configured by the network device, or determined by the terminal device; there are no limitations. The first threshold and the first range are as described above and will not be repeated here.

[0182] For example, the first time period includes 5 gaps. When 3 of these 5 gaps are preempted, the terminal device still measures within these 5 gaps, and the measurement delay remains unchanged. However, since 2 of the 5 gaps are preempted, the number of gaps used for measurement decreases, and the measurement accuracy decreases, such as from [-3dB, +3dB] to [-5dB, +5dB].

[0183] (4) Measurement performance 4: Measurement delay is prolonged and measurement accuracy is reduced.

[0184] Increased measurement delay can be understood as: compared to the measurement delay when no measurement opportunity is preempted, the measurement delay is longer when the measurement opportunity determined by the indication information associated with measurement performance 4 is preempted (or not used for measurement). Decreased measurement accuracy can be understood as: compared to the measurement accuracy when no measurement opportunity is preempted, the measurement accuracy is lower when the measurement opportunity determined by the indication information associated with measurement performance 4 is preempted (or not used for measurement). For example, the first measurement performance being increased measurement delay and decreased measurement accuracy can be understood as: compared to the measurement delay and measurement accuracy when no measurement opportunity is preempted, the measurement delay is longer and the measurement accuracy is lower when the measurement opportunity determined by the first indication information is preempted (or not used for measurement).

[0185] In one implementation, the increased measurement delay and decreased measurement accuracy can be replaced by: the measurement delay meeting a third threshold and the measurement accuracy meeting a third range. The third threshold is greater than the first threshold. The measurement accuracy in the third range is worse than (lower than) the measurement accuracy in the first range. For example, the first range can be [-3dB, +3dB], and the third range can be [-5dB, +5dB]. The first threshold and the first range are as described above and will not be repeated here.

[0186] Optionally, the third range can be predefined, configured by the network device, or determined by the terminal device, without limitation. Optionally, the third threshold can be predefined, configured by the network device, or determined by the terminal device, without limitation. Exemplarily, the third threshold can be determined by a first threshold and a second value, the second value being determined by indication information associated with measurement performance 4. In one example, the second value can be the number of preempted measurement opportunities, and the third threshold can be greater than the first threshold and less than or equal to the sum of the first threshold and the number of preempted measurement opportunities.

[0187] For example, the first time period includes 5 gaps. When 2 of the 5 gaps are preempted, the terminal device can supplement 1 gap for measurement. The measurement delay is extended from 5 gaps to 6 gaps. The measurement delay is extended, the number of supplemented gaps is less than the number of preempted gaps, the number of gaps used for measurement is reduced, and the measurement accuracy is reduced, such as the measurement accuracy is reduced from [-3dB, +3dB] to [-4dB, +4dB].

[0188] In another example, the second value can be x / c, and the third threshold can be the first threshold and less than or equal to a positive integer obtained by rounding a*x / c, where a can be the first threshold, c can be the number of remaining measurement opportunities after the measurement opportunity is preempted based on the indication information associated with measurement performance 3 within the first duration, and x can be the number of measurement opportunities included in the first duration.

[0189] (5) Measurement performance 5: The measurement performance does not meet the measurement requirements.

[0190] Optionally, if the measurement performance does not meet the measurement requirements, it can be replaced with: the measurement delay does not meet the measurement delay requirements; or it can be replaced with: the measurement accuracy does not meet the measurement accuracy requirements; or it can be replaced with: both the measurement delay and the measurement accuracy do not meet the measurement accuracy requirements.

[0191] Optionally, the first measurement performance being that the measurement performance does not meet the measurement requirements can be understood as follows: the measurement performance does not meet the measurement requirements when the measurement opportunity determined based on the first indication information is preempted (or not used for measurement), and the measurement needs to be re-measured (or restarted); or it can be understood as follows: the measurement result is unavailable (or expired) when the measurement opportunity determined based on the first indication information is preempted (or not used for measurement); or it can be understood as follows: the terminal device cannot determine a reliable measurement opportunity for measurement when the measurement opportunity determined based on the first indication information is preempted (or not used for measurement).

[0192] Optionally, if the measurement performance does not meet the measurement requirements, it can be replaced with: re-measure (or restart); or it can be replaced with: the measurement performance cannot be guaranteed.

[0193] For example, if the first duration is 10 gaps, and 5 of these gaps are preempted, the previous measurement results will expire and become unusable, making the measurement performance within the first duration unreliable. The terminal device will then need to restart the measurement process. Figure 7 As shown. In Figure 7 In the process, GAP6 to GAP10 were preempted, the measurement results of GAP1 to GAP5 expired, and the measurement was restarted in GAP11.

[0194] The above classification of measurement performance is merely an example, and the embodiments of this application are not limited thereto. For example, measurement performance may include no impact on measurement performance and impact on measurement performance. As another example, measurement performance may include no impact on measurement performance and increased measurement latency.

[0195] The aforementioned first indication information can be used to indicate information supporting measurement timings not used for measurement. Exemplarily, information supporting measurement timings not used for measurement can be implemented in various ways. In other words, the terminal device can report support for measurement timings not used for measurement to the network device in various ways. These various methods are described below.

[0196] Method 1: Information supporting measurement timings not used for measurement can be a bitmap or pattern supporting measurement timings not used for measurement within the first duration. Alternatively, information supporting measurement timings not used for measurement can be a bitmap or pattern supporting measurement timings required for measurement within the first duration.

[0197] For example, the first indication information could be 0101001, and the first duration includes seven measurement opportunities. If 0 indicates that a measurement opportunity is not used for measurement, and 1 indicates that a measurement opportunity is used for measurement, then the first, third, fifth, and sixth measurement opportunities out of the seven measurement opportunities support not being used for measurement. Alternatively, if 1 indicates that a measurement opportunity is not used for measurement, and 0 indicates that a measurement opportunity is used for measurement, then the second, fourth, and seventh measurement opportunities out of the seven measurement opportunities support not being used for measurement.

[0198] Method 2: Information on measurement opportunities not used for measurement can be the number of measurement opportunities not used for measurement within the first duration. For example, 3 measurement opportunities can be preempted within 200ms. Another example is 7 measurement opportunities supporting 3 preempted measurement opportunities.

[0199] The number of measurement opportunities required for measurement within the first duration can be determined by the number of measurement opportunities not used for measurement within the first duration. For example, the number of measurement opportunities required for measurement within the first duration can be a first difference. This first difference is the difference between a first quantity and the number of measurement opportunities not used for measurement within the first duration. This first quantity is the number of measurement opportunities included within the first duration.

[0200] For example, if the first quantity is 7, and the first indication information indicates that there are 3 measurement opportunities that are not used for measurement within the 7 measurement opportunities, then the number of measurement opportunities that need to be used for measurement within the 7 measurement opportunities is 4.

[0201] Method 3: Information supporting measurement opportunities not used for measurement can be the number of measurement opportunities required for measurement within a first duration. For example, the number of measurement opportunities required for measurement within 200ms is 6. Another example is the number of measurement opportunities required for measurement within 10 measurement opportunities.

[0202] The number of measurement opportunities not used for measurement within the first duration can be determined by the number of measurement opportunities required for measurement within the first duration. For example, the number of measurement opportunities not used for measurement within the first duration can be less than or equal to a second difference. The second difference is the difference between the first number and the number of measurement opportunities required for measurement within the first duration. The first number is described in Method 2 and will not be repeated here.

[0203] For example, if the first duration is 200ms, and this 200ms includes 10 measurement opportunities, and the first indication information indicates that the number of measurement opportunities that need to be used for measurement within the 200ms is 6, then the number of measurement opportunities that are not used for measurement within the 200ms can be less than or equal to 4.

[0204] Method 4: Information on the number of measurement opportunities not used for measurement can be a range of the number of such opportunities within a first duration. For example, the number of measurement opportunities not used for measurement within 200ms can be less than or equal to 4. Another example is that the number of measurement opportunities not used for measurement within 200ms can be greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 4.

[0205] The range of measurement opportunities required for measurement within the first duration can be determined by the range of measurement opportunities not used for measurement within the first duration. For example, if the first duration is 200ms, which includes 10 measurement opportunities, and the first indication information indicates that the number of measurement opportunities not used for measurement within the 200ms is greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 4, then the number of measurement opportunities required for measurement within the 200ms can be greater than or equal to 6 and less than or equal to 8.

[0206] Method 5: Information supporting measurement opportunities not used for measurement can be a range of the number of measurement opportunities required for measurement within a first duration. For example, the number of measurement opportunities required for measurement within 200ms may be greater than or equal to 7. Another example is that the number of measurement opportunities required for measurement within 200ms may be greater than or equal to 7 and less than or equal to 9.

[0207] The range of the number of measurement opportunities not used for measurement within the first duration can be determined by the number of measurement opportunities required for measurement within the first duration. For example, if the first duration is 200ms, and this 200ms includes 10 measurement opportunities, and the first indication information indicates that the number of measurement opportunities required for measurement within this 200ms is greater than or equal to 7 and less than or equal to 9, then the number of measurement opportunities not used for measurement within this 200ms can be greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 3.

[0208] Method 6: Information supporting measurement opportunities not used for measurement can be the maximum time interval between two adjacent measurement opportunities used for measurement. For example, after a measurement opportunity is preempted, the time interval between the remaining two adjacent measurement opportunities used for measurement is less than or equal to 100ms. Another example is that after a measurement opportunity is preempted, the time interval between the remaining two adjacent measurement opportunities used for measurement is less than or equal to 3 measurement opportunities.

[0209] Method 7: The maximum time interval between two adjacent measurement opportunities that are not used for measurement. For example, the time interval between two adjacent preempted measurement opportunities is less than or equal to 50 ms. Another example is that the time interval between two adjacent preempted measurement opportunities is less than or equal to 3 measurement opportunities.

[0210] The above methods can be illustrated using a fixed first duration as an example. In another possible implementation, the first duration can be multiple measurement opportunities, such as denoted as T measurement opportunities, where T is an integer greater than 1. Accordingly, for method 1, the information supporting measurement opportunities not used for measurement can be a bitmap or pattern supporting measurement opportunities not used for measurement within the T measurement opportunities. For method 2, the information supporting measurement opportunities not used for measurement can be the number of measurement opportunities not used for measurement within the T measurement opportunities. For method 3, the information supporting measurement opportunities not used for measurement can be the number of measurement opportunities required for measurement within the T measurement opportunities. The remaining methods are similar and will not be listed here.

[0211] The above methods can be used independently or in combination. For example, methods 2 and 3 can be used in combination, methods 4 and 5 can be used in combination, methods 6 and 7 can be used in combination, method 6 can be used in combination with methods 2 and / or 3, method 6 can be used in combination with methods 4 and / or 5, method 7 can be used in combination with methods 2 and / or 3, or method 7 can be used in combination with methods 4 and / or 5, etc., and will not be listed here one by one. For example, the first indication information indicates the number of measurement opportunities that are not used for measurement within a first duration and the maximum time interval between two adjacent measurement opportunities that are not used for measurement. It is understood that the implementation method of the terminal device reporting the information on measurement opportunities that are not used for measurement to the network device in the embodiments of this application is not limited.

[0212] In one possible implementation, the terminal device may further send information about at least one measurement performance associated with N indication messages to the network device. Optionally, the information about at least one measurement performance may be an identifier of at least one measurement performance, without limitation. Exemplarily, the first information may also include information about at least one measurement performance associated with N indication messages, as shown in Table 2. Accordingly, the first information includes first indication information, which may also include information about a first measurement performance. In this implementation, the terminal device may request a preemption policy and the measurement performance associated with the preemption policy from the network device, so that the terminal device and the network device can reach an agreement on the measurement performance satisfied when the measurement opportunity is not used for measurement. It is understood that the information in Table 2 is only one example, and the embodiments of this application are not limited thereto.

[0213] Table 2

[0214]

[0215] As mentioned above, the terminal device can send at least one indication message to the network device. Taking Table 2 as an example, the terminal device can send indication message 2 and the measurement performance 2 associated with indication message 2 to the network device, indicating that the measurement performance can meet measurement performance 2 when the number of preempted measurement opportunities is less than or equal to 3; or, the terminal device can send indication message 1, indication message 2, measurement performance 1 associated with indication message 1 and measurement performance 2 associated with indication message 2 to the network device, indicating that the measurement performance can meet measurement performance 1 when the number of preempted measurement opportunities is less than or equal to 2, and the measurement performance can meet measurement performance 2 when the number of preempted measurement opportunities is 3.

[0216] In another possible implementation, the terminal device may not send the information of at least one measurement performance associated with the N indication messages to the network device. This reduces information transmission and improves the utilization of network resources. In one example, the information of at least one measurement performance associated with the N indication messages can be predefined. For example, measurement performance 1 and measurement performance 2 are predefined. Accordingly, the terminal device can send the indication information associated with measurement performance 1 and the information associated with measurement performance 2 to the network device.

[0217] In another example, the information related to at least one measurement performance associated with the N indication messages can also be configured by the network device. For example, the network device can send a fifth message to the terminal device, which instructs the terminal device to send at least one indication message associated with a measurement performance; accordingly, the terminal device receives the fifth message and sends N indication messages to the network device based on the fifth message.

[0218] In another example, the information of at least one measurement performance associated with the N indications can also be associated with the resources occupied by the N indications. For example, if indication 1 is carried by resource 1, and resource 1 is associated with measurement performance 1, then the measurement performance associated with indication 1 is measurement performance 1.

[0219] In one possible implementation, the terminal device may proactively send first information to the network device, or it may send first information to the network device in response to sixth information from the network device. The sixth information may be used to instruct the terminal device to report information supporting measurement timings not used for measurement; or, the sixth information may be used to instruct the terminal device to report at least one measurement performance-related information supporting measurement timings not used for measurement. For example, the network device may send the sixth information to the terminal device; correspondingly, the terminal device receives the sixth information from the network device and sends first information to the network device based on the sixth information. For example, the terminal device may determine N indication messages based on the sixth information and measurement configuration and / or the terminal device's capability information.

[0220] In one possible implementation, the terminal device can report at the frequency point level, the frequency band level, or the frequency domain range (e.g., FR1 or FR2). For example, N indication information can be associated with a first frequency point to be measured. Accordingly, the first indication information is associated with the first frequency point to be measured. As another example, N indication information can also be associated with a first frequency band. Accordingly, the first indication information is associated with the first frequency band. The first frequency band includes at least one of the frequency points to be measured. Yet another example, N indication information can also be associated with a first frequency domain range. Accordingly, the first indication information is associated with the first frequency domain range. The first frequency domain range includes at least one of the frequency points to be measured.

[0221] For example, the measurement timing includes GAP and SMTC. Suppose the first indication information indicates that there are 3 measurement timings that are not used for measurement within 200ms. This can mean that there is 1 GAP and 2 SMTCs that are not used for measurement within 200ms; or it can mean that there are a total of 3 GAPs and SMTCs that are not used for measurement within 200ms, where the frequency points corresponding to the SMTCs include the first frequency point and the second frequency point.

[0222] S402: The network device sends a second message to the terminal device.

[0223] Accordingly, the terminal device receives the second information from the network device.

[0224] The second information can be used to indicate measurement opportunities that are not used for measurement within the first duration. Optionally, measurement opportunities not used for measurement can be replaced with: preempted (or occupied) measurement opportunities; or they can also be replaced with: skipped measurement opportunities; or they can also be replaced with: canceled measurement opportunities; or they can also be replaced with: measurement opportunities used for data scheduling; or they can also be replaced with: measurement opportunities used for (or enabling) transmission or reception. Optionally, the measurement opportunities indicated by the second information are part of the measurement opportunities indicated by the third information.

[0225] The second information is associated with information supporting measurement timings not used for measurement. In one embodiment, the second information can be determined based on one of N indications. For example, a network device can determine measurement timings not used for measurement within a first duration based on one of the N indications. Optionally, the second information can also be associated with measurement performance associated with the one indication. For example, the second information can be determined based on a first indication. For example, a network device can determine measurement timings not used for measurement within a first duration based on the first indication. Accordingly, the second information can also be associated with first measurement performance.

[0226] For example, if the first indication information is reported via method 1, and the second information is associated with information supporting measurement timings not used for measurement, it can be understood that the measurement timing indicated by the second information is the same as the measurement timing supported by the first indication information that is not used for measurement. For instance, if a first duration includes five measurement timings, and the first indication information indicates that the first and third measurement timings out of the five timings are not used for measurement, then the second information can be used to indicate that the first and third measurement timings out of those five timings are not used for measurement.

[0227] For example, if the first indication information is reported via method 2, and the second information is associated with information supporting measurement opportunities not used for measurement, it can be understood that the number of measurement opportunities indicated by the second information is less than or equal to the number of measurement opportunities supported by the first indication information not used for measurement. For instance, if a first duration includes 5 measurement opportunities, and the first indication information indicates that 2 of these 5 measurement opportunities are not used for measurement, then the number of measurement opportunities indicated by the second information can be less than or equal to 2. For example, the second information could be used to indicate that the first and third of the 5 measurement opportunities are not used for measurement, or the second information could be used to indicate that the first of the 5 measurement opportunities is not used for measurement.

[0228] For example, if the first indication information is reported via method 3, and the second information is associated with information supporting measurement opportunities not used for measurement, it can be understood that the number of measurement opportunities indicated by the second information is less than or equal to the number of measurement opportunities supported for not used for measurement determined based on the first indication information. For instance, if a first duration includes 5 measurement opportunities, and the first indication information indicates that 4 of these 5 measurement opportunities need to be used for measurement, and based on this first indication information it can be determined that 1 of these 5 measurement opportunities supports not being used for measurement, then the number of measurement opportunities indicated by the second information is less than or equal to 1. For example, the second information could be used to indicate that the first of these 5 measurement opportunities is not used for measurement.

[0229] For example, if the first indication information is reported via method 4, and the second information is associated with information supporting measurement opportunities not used for measurement, it can be understood as follows: the number of measurement opportunities indicated by the second information falls within the range of the number of measurement opportunities not used for measurement indicated by the first indication information; or it can be understood as follows: the number of measurement opportunities indicated by the second information is less than or equal to the maximum value within the range of the number of measurement opportunities not used for measurement indicated by the first indication information. For instance, if the first duration includes 7 measurement opportunities, and the first indication information indicates that the range of the number of measurement opportunities not used for measurement among these 7 measurement opportunities is greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 3, then the number of measurement opportunities indicated by the second information can be greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 3, or the number of measurement opportunities indicated by the second information can be less than or equal to 3. For example, the second information can be used to indicate that the first measurement opportunity among the 7 measurement opportunities is not used for measurement, or the second information can also be used to indicate that the first and fourth measurement opportunities among the 7 measurement opportunities are not used for measurement, or the second information can also be used to indicate that the second, third, and sixth measurement opportunities among the 7 measurement opportunities are not used for measurement.

[0230] For example, the first indication information is reported via method 5, and the second information is associated with information supporting measurement opportunities not used for measurement. This can be understood as: the number of measurement opportunities indicated by the second information falls within the range of the number of measurement opportunities supporting not used for measurement determined based on the first indication information; or it can be understood as: the number of measurement opportunities indicated by the second information is less than or equal to the maximum value within the range of the number of measurement opportunities supporting not used for measurement determined based on the first indication information. For instance, if the first duration includes 7 measurement opportunities, and the first indication information indicates that the range of the number of measurement opportunities required for measurement among these 7 is greater than or equal to 5 and less than or equal to 6, and based on the first indication information it can be determined that the range of the number of measurement opportunities supporting not used for measurement among these 7 is greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 2, then the number of measurement opportunities indicated by the second information can be greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 2, or the number of measurement opportunities indicated by the second information can be less than or equal to 2. For example, the second information can be used to indicate that the first measurement opportunity among the 7 measurement opportunities is not used for measurement, or the second information can also be used to indicate that the first and fourth measurement opportunities among the 7 measurement opportunities are not used for measurement.

[0231] For example, the first indication information is reported through method 6, and the second information is associated with information supporting measurement timings that are not used for measurement. This can be understood as: the time interval between two adjacent measurement timings used for measurement, determined based on the second information, is less than or equal to the maximum time interval indicated by the first indication information.

[0232] For example, the first indication information is reported via method 7, and the second information is associated with information supporting measurement timings that are not used for measurement. This can be understood as: the time interval between two adjacent measurement timings that are not used for measurement indicated by the second information is less than or equal to the maximum time interval indicated by the first indication information.

[0233] The preceding explanation uses the association of the second information with the first measurement performance and the association of the first measurement performance with the first indication information as an example. In another possible implementation, the first measurement performance can also be associated with multiple indication information, which belong to N indication information, i.e., the N indication information includes the multiple indication information associated with the first measurement performance. For example, the first measurement performance is associated with the first indication information, and the first measurement performance is also associated with the second indication information. The first and second indication information can be reported in different ways.

[0234] For example, within 200ms, there are 7 measurement opportunities. The first measurement performance is measurement performance 1. The first indication information is reported via method 1. This first indication information, through a bitmap, indicates that the first, third, and fourth measurement opportunities within 200ms are not used for measurement. The second indication information is reported via method 2. This second indication information indicates that the number of measurement opportunities within 200ms that are not used for measurement is 2. If this second information is determined based on the first indication information, then it can be used to indicate that the first, third, and fourth measurement opportunities within 200ms are not used for measurement. Alternatively, if this second information is determined based on the second indication information, then the number of measurement opportunities indicated by the second information is less than or equal to 2. For example, the second information can be used to indicate that the second and third measurement opportunities within 200ms are not used for measurement. As another example, the second information can be used to indicate that the fifth measurement opportunity within 200ms is not used for measurement.

[0235] In one possible implementation, the network device can determine measurement opportunities that are not used for measurement within a first duration. Exemplarily, the network device can determine these opportunities based on fourth information and information supporting such opportunities. For example, the network device can determine these opportunities based on fourth information and N indications (or first information). For example, the network device can determine a second measurement performance based on the fourth information and determine the measurement opportunities that are not used for measurement within the first duration based on the first information and the second measurement performance. For example, the network device can determine these opportunities based on information associated with the second measurement performance that supports such opportunities.

[0236] The second measurement performance belongs to at least one measurement performance associated with the N indication information, meaning that at least one measurement information associated with the N indication information includes the second measurement performance. Optionally, the second measurement performance can be the first measurement performance, or it can be a measurement performance other than the first measurement performance, without limitation. For ease of understanding, unless otherwise specified, the description will take the second measurement performance as the first measurement performance as an example. Accordingly, the network device can determine the first measurement performance based on the fourth information, and determine the measurement timing that is not used for measurement within the first time period based on the first information (or the first indication information) and the first measurement performance.

[0237] The fourth piece of information may include the location information of the terminal device, or the service information corresponding to the terminal device, or both. For example, if the service at the cell edge and / or the terminal device is not a latency-sensitive service, and the priority of the service corresponding to the terminal device is lower than the measurement priority, the network device can determine a measurement performance with higher performance (e.g., measurement performance 1 or measurement performance 2) to reduce the number of gaps (gaps) preempted and mitigate the problem of decreased measurement performance due to excessive gap preemption. Conversely, if the service at the cell center and / or the terminal device is a latency-sensitive service, and the priority of the service corresponding to the terminal device can be higher than the measurement priority, the network device can determine a measurement performance with lower performance (e.g., measurement performance 3, measurement performance 4, or measurement performance 5) to preempt more measurement opportunities and improve the reliability of service data transmission.

[0238] In the first communication method described above, each of the N indication messages indicates information supporting measurement timings that are not used for measurement. These N indication messages are associated with at least one measurement performance, so that the terminal device and the network device can reach a consensus on the measurement performance that is satisfied when the measurement timing is not used for measurement. This allows for differentiated measurement timing preemption based on measurement performance, which is beneficial for balancing business needs and measurement performance.

[0239] Optionally, the first communication method described above may further include: the terminal device performing measurements based on the second information, such as... Figure 8 As shown in S403.

[0240] Figure 8 A second communication method provided by an embodiment of this application is illustrated by way of example. Wherein, Figure 8 Please refer to the S401 and S402 shown below. Figure 4 The difference between S401 and S402 shown is that:

[0241] S403: The terminal device performs measurements based on the second information.

[0242] The terminal device can perform measurements based on the second information, but the measurement timing indicated by the second information is not used for measurement during the measurement process.

[0243] In one possible implementation, the terminal device can determine a first measurement opportunity based on the second information. This first measurement opportunity can be any measurement opportunity within a first duration other than the measurement opportunity indicated by the second information. For example, if the first duration includes five measurement opportunities, and the second information indicates that the first and second measurement opportunities among the five measurement opportunities are not used for measurement, then the first measurement opportunity includes the third, fourth, and fifth measurement opportunities among the five measurement opportunities.

[0244] Optionally, the first measurement timing can be the measurement timing for the frequency point associated with the first indication information; or, the first measurement timing can also be the measurement timing for all frequency points to be measured. For example, if there are multiple frequency points to be measured, the terminal device can determine strategy information for sharing measurement timing among these multiple frequency points to achieve sharing of measurement timing among multiple frequency points. The strategy for sharing measurement timing among multiple frequency points can refer to... Figure 5 The relevant descriptions will not be repeated here. Furthermore, the embodiments of this application do not limit the implementation method of the strategy for sharing measurement opportunities across multiple frequency points.

[0245] In one possible implementation, the terminal device may determine a second measurement period based on a first measurement performance and / or a first measurement timing, and perform measurements according to the second measurement period. Alternatively, the terminal device may determine a second measurement period based on first indication information and / or a first measurement timing, and perform measurements according to the second measurement period. Optionally, the second measurement period may be the same as or different from the first measurement period configured by the network device.

[0246] by Figure 6 For example, the first measurement period may include 5 gaps (GAPs). Assuming the network device selects the indication information associated with measurement performance 3 for configuration (i.e., measurement latency remains unchanged, but measurement accuracy decreases), then the second measurement period may include 5 gaps, and the second measurement period is the same as the first measurement period. Alternatively, assuming the network device selects the indication information associated with measurement performance 2 for configuration (i.e., measurement latency increases, but measurement accuracy remains unchanged), then the terminal device can supplement with 2 measurement opportunities, and the second measurement period may include 7 gaps; or the terminal device can supplement with (K-5) measurement opportunities, and the second measurement period may include K measurement opportunities. Here, K can be a positive integer obtained by rounding Y*Y / X, Y is the number of measurement opportunities included in the first measurement period, and X is the number of first measurement opportunities within the first measurement period.

[0247] Optionally, the second measurement period can be the measurement period of the frequency point associated with the first indication information, or the second measurement period can be the measurement period of all frequency points to be measured.

[0248] In one possible implementation, the terminal device can determine the measurement performance associated with the second information. For example, the terminal device can determine the measurement performance associated with the second information and determine a second measurement cycle based on the measurement performance associated with the second information. For example, the terminal device can determine the measurement performance associated with the second information based on the measurement timing indicated by the second information and N indication information. The application embodiment is described using the measurement performance associated with the second information as an example of the first measurement performance. For example, the terminal device can match (or compare) the measurement timing indicated by the second information with information indicating a measurement timing not used for measurement that is indicated by at least one of the N indication information, and the measurement performance associated with the second information is the measurement performance associated with the indication information with the highest matching degree with the second information (or the matching degree meets preset conditions, etc.).

[0249] For example, suppose the terminal device reports N indication messages, including indication message 1 and indication message 2, and the first duration includes 5 measurement opportunities. Indication message 1 is associated with measurement performance 1, indicating that 2 out of the 5 measurement opportunities support measurement opportunities not used for measurement. Indication message 2 is associated with measurement performance 2, indicating that 4 out of the 5 measurement opportunities support measurement opportunities not used for measurement. If the second message indicates 3 or 4 measurement opportunities not used for measurement, the second message has a higher degree of matching with indication message 2, and the terminal device can determine that the measurement performance associated with the second message is the same as the measurement performance associated with indication message 2, i.e., the measurement performance associated with the second message is measurement performance 2.

[0250] Alternatively, if the number of measurement opportunities not used for measurement indicated by the second information is 1 or 2, the second information has a higher degree of matching with the indication information 1, and the terminal device can determine that the measurement performance associated with the second information is the measurement performance associated with the indication information 1, that is, the measurement performance associated with the second information is measurement performance 1.

[0251] Alternatively, if the number of measurement opportunities not used for measurement indicated by the second information is 5, the terminal device can determine that the measurement performance associated with the second information is measurement performance 5. If the second information indicates that all measurement opportunities within the first duration are not used for measurement, the terminal device can default to the measurement performance associated with the second information being measurement performance 5, meaning that the measurement performance cannot be guaranteed and measurement needs to be restarted.

[0252] Another example: Suppose the terminal device reports N indication messages, including indication message 3, indication message 4, and indication message 5, and the first duration includes 6 measurement opportunities. Indication message 3 is associated with measurement performance 1, indicating that the first, third, and fourth measurement opportunities out of the 6 are not suitable for measurement. Indication message 4 is associated with measurement performance 3, indicating that the number of measurement opportunities not suitable for measurement out of the 6 is 2. Indication message 5 is associated with measurement performance 4, indicating that the number of measurement opportunities not suitable for measurement out of the 6 is 4. If the second information indicates that the number of measurement opportunities not suitable for measurement is 4, then the second information has a higher degree of matching with indication message 5. The terminal device can determine that the measurement performance associated with the second information is the same as the measurement performance associated with indication message 5, that is, the measurement performance associated with the second information is measurement performance 4.

[0253] Alternatively, if the number of measurement opportunities not used for measurement indicated by the second information is 3, and the 3 measurement opportunities indicated by the second information are not the first, third, and fourth measurement opportunities among the 6 measurement opportunities, the second information has a higher degree of matching with the indication information 5, and the terminal device can determine that the measurement performance associated with the second information is the measurement performance associated with the indication information 5, that is, the measurement performance associated with the second information is measurement performance 4.

[0254] Alternatively, if the number of measurement opportunities not used for measurement indicated by the second information is 3, and the 3 measurement opportunities indicated by the second information are the first, third, and fourth measurement opportunities among the 6 measurement opportunities, the second information has a higher degree of matching with the indication information 3, and the terminal device can determine that the measurement performance associated with the second information is the measurement performance associated with the indication information 3, that is, the measurement performance associated with the second information is measurement performance 1.

[0255] Alternatively, if the number of measurement opportunities not used for measurement indicated by the second information is 1 or 2, the second information has a higher degree of matching with the indication information 4, and the terminal device can determine that the measurement performance associated with the second information is the measurement performance associated with the indication information 4, that is, the measurement performance associated with the second information is measurement performance 3.

[0256] Alternatively, if the number of measurement opportunities not used for measurement indicated by the second information is 5 or 6, the terminal device can determine that the measurement performance associated with the second information is measurement performance 5. If the second information indicates that none of the 5 or 6 measurement opportunities within the first duration are used for measurement, and the indication information 5 associated with measurement performance 4 indicates that the number of measurement opportunities not used for measurement within the first duration is 4, then the terminal device can default to measurement performance 5 associated with the second information, meaning that measurement performance cannot be guaranteed and measurement needs to be restarted.

[0257] In the second communication method described above, the terminal device can perform measurements based on the second information, which is associated with preemptive measurement related to measurement performance. In this way, the measurement performance performed by the terminal device based on the second information is the same as the measurement performance expected by the network device, which is beneficial to balancing service requirements and measurement performance.

[0258] Figure 9 A schematic flowchart of a third communication method provided in an embodiment of this application is shown as an example. This third communication method is an example of the first and second communication methods described above. Figure 9 The method may include the following:

[0259] S901: The network device sends third-party information to the terminal device.

[0260] Accordingly, the terminal device receives third information from the network device.

[0261] The third information can be used to indicate the timing of the measurement. Optionally, the third information may include at least one of the following: the first measurement period of the measurement timing, the measurement start time, or the duration of the measurement timing, etc.

[0262] S902: The terminal device determines the first information.

[0263] The first information may include N indications, each of which can be used to indicate information supporting measurement timing not used for measurement. The N indications include the first indication. The N indications are associated with at least one measurement performance characteristic, which includes the first measurement performance characteristic associated with the first indication.

[0264] Optionally, the terminal device may determine N indication information (or first information); or, the terminal device may determine N indication information associated with at least one measurement performance. For example, the terminal device may determine N indication information based on measurement configuration and / or the terminal device's capability information. The measurement configuration may include measurement object configuration and / or measurement timing configuration. Optionally, the measurement timing configuration may be third information and is not limited. For example, the measurement timing configuration may include GAP configuration and / or SMTC. This application embodiment does not limit the implementation process of the terminal device determining N indication information associated with at least one measurement performance.

[0265] Optionally, the first information may also include at least one measurement performance associated with N indication information.

[0266] Figure 9 The first information includes first indication information, which is used to indicate information that supports measurement timing that is not used for measurement. The first indication information is associated with a first measurement performance as an example.

[0267] S903: The terminal device sends the first information to the network device.

[0268] Accordingly, the network device receives the first information from the terminal device.

[0269] S904: The network device determines the first measurement performance based on the fourth information.

[0270] The fourth piece of information may include the location information of the terminal device, or the service information corresponding to the terminal device, or both. For example, if the service at the cell edge and / or the terminal device is not a latency-sensitive service, and the priority of the service corresponding to the terminal device is lower than the measurement priority, the network device can determine a measurement performance with higher performance (e.g., measurement performance 1 or measurement performance 2) to reduce the number of gaps (gaps) preempted and mitigate the problem of decreased measurement performance due to excessive gap preemption. Conversely, if the service at the cell center and / or the terminal device is a latency-sensitive service, and the priority of the service corresponding to the terminal device can be higher than the measurement priority, the network device can determine a measurement performance with lower performance (e.g., measurement performance 3, measurement performance 4, or measurement performance 5) to preempt more measurement opportunities and improve the reliability of service data transmission.

[0271] S905: The network device determines the measurement timing that will not be used for measurement within a first duration based on the first information and the first measurement performance.

[0272] S906: The network device sends a second message to the terminal device.

[0273] Accordingly, the terminal device receives the second information from the network device.

[0274] The second information can be used to indicate measurement opportunities that are not used for measurement within the first time period. Optionally, the second information can be associated with the first indication information, or with the first measurement performance, or with information supporting measurement opportunities that are not used for measurement.

[0275] S907: The terminal device determines the first measurement timing based on the second information.

[0276] The first measurement opportunity is any measurement opportunity within a first duration other than those not used for measurement. For example, the terminal device can determine the first measurement opportunity based on the second information, which can be any measurement opportunity within the first duration other than those indicated by the second information. For instance, if the first duration includes five measurement opportunities, and the second information indicates that the first and second measurement opportunities are not used for measurement, then the first measurement opportunity includes the third, fourth, and fifth measurement opportunities among the five measurement opportunities.

[0277] Optionally, the first measurement timing may be the measurement timing for the frequency point associated with the first indication information; or, the first measurement timing may be the measurement timing for all frequency points to be measured. For example, if there are multiple frequency points to be measured, the terminal device may determine the strategy information for sharing measurement timing among these multiple frequency points to achieve sharing of multiple frequency points based on measurement timing.

[0278] S908: The terminal device determines the second measurement cycle based on the first measurement opportunity.

[0279] For example, the terminal device may determine the second measurement cycle based on the first measurement performance and / or the first measurement timing. Alternatively, the terminal device may determine the second measurement cycle based on the first indication information and / or the first measurement timing. Optionally, the second measurement cycle may be the same as or different from the first measurement cycle configured by the network device.

[0280] Optionally, the second measurement period can be the measurement period of the frequency point associated with the first indication information, or the second measurement period can be the measurement period of all frequency points to be measured.

[0281] S909: The terminal device performs measurements according to the second measurement cycle.

[0282] Figure 9 The steps shown can be referred to in the relevant descriptions of the first and second communication methods above, and will not be repeated here.

[0283] As mentioned above, the steps performed by the network device can also be performed by components within the network device. In one possible implementation, at least one of the following can be implemented by a CU within the network device: the generation of third information, the generation of second information, the determination of the first measurement performance, and the determination of measurement timings not used for measurement within the first duration.

[0284] In another possible implementation, at least one of the following can also be implemented by CU-UP and / or CU-CP in the network device: the generation of third information, the generation of second information, the determination of first measurement performance, and the determination of measurement timing not used for measurement within the first duration.

[0285] In another possible implementation, at least one of the generation of third information, generation of second information, determination of first measurement performance, and determination of measurement timing not used for measurement within the first duration can also be implemented by a near-real-time (RT) radio access network intelligent controller (RIC) in the network device.

[0286] For example, the first information can be received by the RU and transmitted to the CU (or CU-UP and / or CU-CP, or near-RT RIC) via the DU, and the CU (or CU-UP and / or CU-CP, or near-RT RIC) can determine the measurement timing that is not used for measurement within the first time period based on the first information.

[0287] For example, the second and third information can perform physical layer functions through the DU and / or RU and be sent to the terminal device.

[0288] As mentioned above, the steps performed by the terminal device can also be performed by components within the terminal device. In one possible implementation, the determination and measurement of the first information can be implemented by a processor within the terminal device. In another possible implementation, the determination and measurement of the first information can be implemented by software on a readable medium within the terminal device. In yet another possible implementation, the determination and measurement of the first information can be implemented by a baseband within the terminal device. For example, the first information is implemented by a processor, software, or baseband within the terminal device and transmitted to a network device via a transmission module. As another example, the second information is received by a receiving module within the terminal device and sent to a processor, software, or baseband for processing.

[0289] The embodiments provided in this application describe the methods provided by this application from the perspective of interaction between multiple communication devices (e.g., terminal devices and network devices). The steps performed by the communication devices (e.g., terminal devices or network devices) can be implemented by different functional entities that make up the communication devices. The communication devices (e.g., terminal devices or network devices) may include hardware structures and / or software modules, implementing the above functions in the form of hardware structures, software modules, or a combination of hardware structures and software modules. Whether a particular function is implemented in the form of hardware structures, software modules, or a combination of hardware structures and software modules depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution.

[0290] The communication device used to implement the above method in the embodiments of this application is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Therefore, the content above can be used in subsequent embodiments, and repeated content will not be described again.

[0291] Figure 10 A schematic diagram of a communication device 1000 is shown as an example. This communication device 1000 can implement the functions or steps implemented by the terminal device or network device in the above-described method embodiments.

[0292] For example, when the communication device 1000 is used to implement the functions or steps implemented by the terminal device in the above method embodiments, the communication device 1000 may be the terminal device or a device in the terminal device.

[0293] For example, when the communication device 1000 is used to implement the functions or steps implemented by the network device in the above method embodiments, the communication device 1000 may be a network device or a device in the network device.

[0294] In one embodiment, the communication device 1000 may include a processing module 1001 and a transceiver module 1002. The processing module 1001 can be used for data processing, such as executing the various method embodiments described above. The processing module 1001 may also be referred to as a processing unit, etc. The transceiver module 1002 can be used to implement corresponding communication functions, such as receiving or sending relevant data, information, or messages. The transceiver module 1002 may also be referred to as a communication interface, a communication module, or a transceiver unit, etc.

[0295] It should be noted that the communication device 1000 may include a processing module 1001, but not a transceiver module 1002. Alternatively, the communication device 1000 may include a transceiver module 1002, but not a processing module 1001. Specifically, it depends on whether the above-described scheme executed by the communication device 1000 includes processing and transceiver actions.

[0296] Optionally, the communication device 1000 may further include a storage module. Figure 10 Not shown in the diagram. The storage module can be used to store instructions and / or data, and the processing module 1001 can read the instructions and / or data in the storage module so that the communication device 1000 can implement the aforementioned method embodiment.

[0297] Optionally, the transceiver module 1002 may include a sending module and a receiving module. The sending module is used to perform the sending operation in the above method embodiments. The receiving module is used to perform the receiving operation in the above method embodiments.

[0298] It should be noted that the communication device 1000 may include a transmitting module but not a receiving module. Alternatively, the communication device 1000 may include a receiving module but not a transmitting module. Specifically, it depends on whether the above-described scheme executed by the communication device 1000 includes both transmitting and receiving actions.

[0299] Optionally, the communication device 1000 is a chip system, the transceiver module 1002 can be the input / output interface of a chip (e.g., a baseband chip), and the processing unit can be the processor of the chip system.

[0300] In the first implementation, the communication device 1000 can realize the functions of a terminal device and perform the following: a transceiver module 1002 is used to send first information to a network device, the first information including first indication information, the first indication information being used to indicate information supporting measurement timing not used for measurement, and the first indication information being associated with first measurement performance; receiving second information from the network device, the second information being associated with the information supporting measurement timing not used for measurement, the second information being used to indicate measurement timing not used for measurement within a first duration; wherein, the first measurement performance is one of the following: measurement performance is unaffected, measurement delay is prolonged, measurement accuracy is reduced, or measurement performance does not meet measurement requirements.

[0301] Optionally, the measurement timing that is not used for measurement can be replaced with: the measurement timing that supports preemption (or occupation); or it can be replaced with: the measurement timing that supports skipping; or it can be replaced with: the measurement timing that supports cancellation; or it can be replaced with: the measurement timing that supports data scheduling; or it can be replaced with: the measurement timing that enables sending or receiving.

[0302] Optionally, the processing module 1001 is configured to perform a measurement based on the second information, wherein the measurement timing indicated by the second information is not used for measurement.

[0303] In the second implementation, the communication device 1000 can perform the functions of a terminal device, executing the following: a transceiver module 1002, configured to receive second information from a network device, the second information being associated with information supporting measurement timing not used for measurement, the second information indicating measurement timing not used for measurement within a first duration, the information supporting measurement timing not used for measurement being associated with first measurement performance; and a processing module 1001, configured to perform measurement based on the second information, wherein the measurement timing indicated by the second information is not used for measurement; wherein the first measurement performance is one of the following: measurement performance is unaffected, measurement delay is prolonged, measurement accuracy is reduced, or measurement performance does not meet measurement requirements.

[0304] Optionally, the measurement timing that is not used for measurement can be replaced with: the measurement timing that supports preemption (or occupation); or it can be replaced with: the measurement timing that supports skipping; or it can be replaced with: the measurement timing that supports cancellation; or it can be replaced with: the measurement timing that supports data scheduling; or it can be replaced with: the measurement timing that enables sending or receiving.

[0305] Optionally, the transceiver module 1002 is further configured to send first information to the network device, the first information including first indication information, the first indication information being used to indicate the information supporting measurement timing not used for measurement, and the first indication information being associated with first measurement performance.

[0306] Optionally, based on the first or second implementation described above, when measuring according to the second information, the processing module 1001 is used to determine a first measurement opportunity according to the second information, wherein the first measurement opportunity is a measurement opportunity within the first duration other than the measurement opportunity indicated by the second information; and to perform the measurement according to the first measurement opportunity.

[0307] Optionally, based on the first or second implementation described above, when performing a measurement according to the first measurement timing, the processing module 1001 is used to determine a second measurement cycle based on the first measurement performance and / or the first measurement timing; and to perform a measurement according to the second measurement cycle.

[0308] Optionally, based on the first or second implementation described above, the transceiver module 1002 is further configured to receive third information from the network device, the third information being used to indicate a measurement timing, and the measurement timing indicated by the third information including the measurement timing that supports not being used for measurement.

[0309] Optionally, based on the first or second implementation method described above, the third information includes at least one of the following: the first measurement period of the measurement timing, the measurement start time, or the duration of the measurement timing.

[0310] Optionally, based on the first or second implementation method described above, the first information may further include information about the first measurement performance.

[0311] Optionally, based on the first or second implementation method described above, the first information further includes M indication information, wherein the M indication information is associated with at least one measurement performance, wherein the at least one measurement performance includes at least one of the following: no impact on measurement performance, extended measurement delay, reduced measurement accuracy, or measurement performance not meeting measurement requirements, and M is an integer greater than 0.

[0312] Optionally, based on the first or second implementation described above, the measurement performance is unaffected, including: the measurement delay meets a first threshold and the measurement accuracy meets a first range; the measurement delay is prolonged, including: the measurement delay meets a second threshold and the measurement accuracy meets a second range, where the second threshold is greater than the first threshold, the second range is the first range, or the measurement accuracy of the second range is worse than the measurement accuracy of the first range; the measurement accuracy is reduced, including: the measurement delay meets a third threshold and the measurement accuracy meets a third range, where the third threshold is the first threshold, or the third threshold is greater than the first threshold, and the measurement accuracy of the third range is worse than the measurement accuracy of the first range; the measurement performance does not meet the measurement requirements, including: the measurement delay does not meet the measurement delay requirements and / or the measurement accuracy does not meet the measurement accuracy requirements.

[0313] Optionally, based on the first or second implementation described above, the first threshold is the measurement delay supported for measurement during all measurement opportunities within the first duration; the first range is the range of measurement accuracy supported for measurement during all measurement opportunities within the first duration; the second threshold is determined by the first threshold and a first value, the first value being determined by information related to the extended measurement delay supporting measurement opportunities not used for measurement; the third threshold is greater than the first threshold, the third threshold is determined by the first threshold and a second value, the second value being determined by information related to the reduced measurement accuracy supporting measurement opportunities not used for measurement.

[0314] Optionally, based on the first or second implementation described above, the information supporting measurement opportunities not used for measurement includes: a bitmap supporting measurement opportunities not used for measurement within the first duration; or, the number of measurement opportunities not used for measurement within the first duration; or, the range of the number of measurement opportunities not used for measurement within the first duration; or, the maximum time interval between two adjacent measurement opportunities used for measurement; or, the maximum time interval between two adjacent measurement opportunities not used for measurement.

[0315] Optionally, based on the first or second implementation described above, the association between the second information and the information supporting measurement opportunities not used for measurement can be replaced by: the measurement opportunity indicated by the second information being the measurement opportunity supporting not used for measurement; the number of measurement opportunities indicated by the second information being less than or equal to the number of measurement opportunities supporting not used for measurement; and the number of measurement opportunities indicated by the second information falling within the range of the number of measurement opportunities supporting not used for measurement.

[0316] Optionally, based on the first or second implementation described above, the first indication information is further associated with the first frequency point to be measured; or, the first indication information is further associated with a first frequency band, the first frequency band including the frequency point to be measured; or, the first indication information is further associated with a first frequency domain range, the first frequency domain range including the frequency point to be measured.

[0317] Optionally, based on the first or second implementation described above, the measurement timing includes the configuration of measurement gaps and / or synchronization signals with physical broadcast channel block measurement timing.

[0318] In the third implementation, the communication device 1000 can perform the functions of a network device, executing the following: a transceiver module 1002 is used to receive first information from a terminal device, the first information including first indication information, the first indication information being used to indicate information supporting measurement timing not used for measurement, the first indication information being associated with first measurement performance; and sending second information to the terminal device, the second information being associated with the information supporting measurement timing not used for measurement, the second information being used to indicate measurement timing not used for measurement within a first duration; wherein, the first measurement performance is one of the following: measurement performance is unaffected, measurement delay is prolonged, measurement accuracy is reduced, or measurement performance does not meet measurement requirements.

[0319] Optionally, the measurement timing that is not used for measurement can be replaced with: the measurement timing that supports preemption (or occupation); or it can be replaced with: the measurement timing that supports skipping; or it can be replaced with: the measurement timing that supports cancellation; or it can be replaced with: the measurement timing that supports data scheduling; or it can be replaced with: the measurement timing that enables sending or receiving.

[0320] In the fourth implementation, the communication device 1000 can perform the functions of a network device, executing the following: a transceiver module 1002 is used to send second information to a terminal device, the second information being associated with information supporting measurement timings not used for measurement, the second information being used to indicate measurement timings not used for measurement within a first duration, the information supporting measurement timings not used for measurement being associated with a first measurement performance; wherein, the first measurement performance is one of the following: measurement performance is unaffected, measurement delay is prolonged, measurement accuracy is reduced, or measurement performance does not meet measurement requirements.

[0321] Optionally, the measurement timing that is not used for measurement can be replaced with: the measurement timing that supports preemption (or occupation); or it can be replaced with: the measurement timing that supports skipping; or it can be replaced with: the measurement timing that supports cancellation; or it can be replaced with: the measurement timing that supports data scheduling; or it can be replaced with: the measurement timing that enables sending or receiving.

[0322] Optionally, the transceiver module 1002 is further configured to receive first information from the terminal device, the first information including first indication information, the first indication information being used to indicate the information supporting measurement timing not used for measurement, and the first indication information being associated with the first measurement performance.

[0323] Optionally, based on the third or fourth implementation method described above, the processing module 1001 is used to determine the measurement timing that is not used for measurement within the first duration according to the fourth information and the information supporting measurement timing that is not used for measurement, wherein the fourth information includes the location information of the terminal device and / or the service information corresponding to the terminal device.

[0324] Optionally, based on the third or fourth implementation method described above, the transceiver module 1002 is further configured to send third information to the terminal device, the third information being used to indicate a measurement timing, and the measurement timing indicated by the third information including the measurement timing that supports not being used for measurement.

[0325] Optionally, based on the third or fourth implementation method described above, the third information includes at least one of the following: the first measurement period of the measurement timing, the measurement start time, or the duration of the measurement timing.

[0326] Optionally, based on the third or fourth implementation method described above, the first information may also include information about the first measurement performance.

[0327] Optionally, based on the third or fourth implementation method described above, the first information further includes M indication information, wherein the M indication information is associated with at least one measurement performance, wherein the at least one measurement performance includes at least one of the following: no impact on measurement performance, extended measurement delay, reduced measurement accuracy, or measurement performance not meeting measurement requirements, and M is an integer greater than 0.

[0328] Optionally, based on the third or fourth implementation method described above, the measurement performance is unaffected, including: the measurement delay meets a first threshold and the measurement accuracy meets a first range; the measurement delay is prolonged, including: the measurement delay meets a second threshold and the measurement accuracy meets a second range, where the second threshold is greater than the first threshold, the second range is the first range, or the measurement accuracy of the second range is worse than the measurement accuracy of the first range; the measurement accuracy is reduced, including: the measurement delay meets a third threshold and the measurement accuracy meets a third range, where the third threshold is the first threshold, or the third threshold is greater than the first threshold, and the measurement accuracy of the third range is worse than the measurement accuracy of the first range; the measurement performance does not meet the measurement requirements, including: the measurement delay does not meet the measurement delay requirements and / or the measurement accuracy does not meet the measurement accuracy requirements.

[0329] Optionally, based on the third or fourth implementation described above, the first threshold is the measurement delay supported for measurement during all measurement opportunities within the first duration; the first range is the range of measurement accuracy supported for measurement during all measurement opportunities within the first duration; the second threshold is determined by the first threshold and a first value, the first value being determined by information related to the extended measurement delay supporting measurement opportunities not used for measurement; the third threshold is greater than the first threshold, the third threshold is determined by the first threshold and a second value, the second value being determined by information related to the reduced measurement accuracy supporting measurement opportunities not used for measurement.

[0330] Optionally, based on the third or fourth implementation described above, the information supporting measurement opportunities not used for measurement includes: a bitmap supporting measurement opportunities not used for measurement within the first duration; or, the number of measurement opportunities not used for measurement within the first duration; or, the range of the number of measurement opportunities not used for measurement within the first duration; or, the maximum time interval between two adjacent measurement opportunities used for measurement; or, the maximum time interval between two adjacent measurement opportunities not used for measurement.

[0331] Optionally, based on the third or fourth implementation described above, the association between the second information and the information supporting measurement opportunities not used for measurement can be replaced by: the measurement opportunity indicated by the second information being the measurement opportunity supporting not used for measurement; the number of measurement opportunities indicated by the second information being less than or equal to the number of measurement opportunities supporting not used for measurement; and the number of measurement opportunities indicated by the second information falling within the range of the number of measurement opportunities supporting not used for measurement.

[0332] Optionally, based on the third or fourth implementation method described above, the first indication information is further associated with the first frequency point to be measured; or, the first indication information is further associated with the first frequency band, which includes the frequency point to be measured; or, the first indication information is further associated with the first frequency domain range, which includes the frequency point to be measured.

[0333] Optionally, based on the third or fourth implementation method described above, the measurement timing includes the configuration of measurement gaps and / or synchronization signals with physical broadcast channel block measurement timing.

[0334] The implementation process of each of the above modules can be found in the aforementioned method embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

[0335] like Figure 11 As shown in the diagram, this application provides another structural schematic of a communication device 1100. The communication device 1100 may include a processor 1120, used to implement or support the communication device 1100 in implementing the functions of a terminal device or network device in any of the method embodiments of this application. For details, please refer to the detailed descriptions in the foregoing method embodiments, which will not be repeated here. For example, the processor 1120 is used to read and execute program instructions through a communication interface, so that the communication device 1100 implements the corresponding method. The processor 1120 may include one or more processors, without limitation.

[0336] It should be noted that the aforementioned functional modules can be implemented by hardware or by a combination of hardware and software, without limitation. Furthermore, when the communication device 1100 includes only the processor 1120, the communication device 1100 can be a chip or a chip system.

[0337] For example, the communication device 1100 can be a chip system. The chip system can be composed of chips or may include chips and other discrete components, without limitation.

[0338] Optionally, the communication device 1100 may further include a memory 1130 for storing program instructions and / or data. The memory 1130 is coupled to the processor 1120. This coupling can be understood as an indirect coupling or communication connection between devices, units, or modules, and can be electrical, mechanical, or other forms, used for information exchange between devices, units, or modules. The processor 1120 may operate in conjunction with the memory 1130; the processor 1120 and the memory 1130 may be integrated together or disposed separately.

[0339] Furthermore, the processor 1120 is used to execute program instructions stored in the memory 1130 so that the communication device 1100 implements the corresponding method.

[0340] One or more of the memories in memory 1130 may be contained within the processor, or memory 1130 may exist independently, such as off-chip memory, connected via a communication bus ( Figure 11 The memory 1130 (represented by the thick line 1140) is connected to the processor 1120. The memory 1130 and the processor 1120 can also be integrated together.

[0341] Optionally, the communication device 1100 further includes a communication interface 1110. Figure 11 (Represented by dashed lines), it is used for communication with other devices via a transmission medium, so that the device in the communication device 1100 can communicate with other devices. For example, when the communication device is a terminal device, the other devices can be network devices, etc. The processor 1120 can use the communication interface 1110 to send and receive data. For example, the processor 1120 can be used to control the communication interface 1110 to receive and / or send signals.

[0342] Optionally, the communication interface 1110 can specifically be a transceiver. In hardware implementation, the transceiver can be used to implement the functions of the aforementioned transceiver module 1002, and the transceiver is integrated into the communication device 1100 to form the communication interface 1110. Optionally, the communication interface 1110 can also be an input / output interface, input / output circuit, or pins.

[0343] It should be noted that the communication interface 1110 may have both sending and receiving functions, enabling the transmission and reception of signals; or it may have a sending function but no receiving function, used to transmit signals; or it may have a receiving function but no sending function, used to receive signals.

[0344] It should be noted that the specific connection medium between the communication interface 1110, the processor 1120 and the memory 1130 is not limited in the embodiments of this application. Figure 11 The memory 1130, processor 1120, and communication interface 1110 are connected via a communication bus 1140. The connections between other components are only illustrative and not intended to be limiting. The communication bus 1140 can be divided into address bus, data bus, control bus, etc. For ease of illustration, Figure 11 The symbol is represented by a single thick line, but this does not mean that there is only one communication bus or one type of communication bus.

[0345] In the embodiments of this application, the processor 1120 may be one or more combinations of a CPU, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a microprocessor unit (MPU), a microcontroller unit (MCU), a GPU, an artificial intelligence processor (AI processor), a neural processing unit (NPU), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, or discrete hardware components. A general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor. The methods disclosed in the embodiments of this application can be executed by the hardware in the processor, or by a combination of hardware and software in the processor.

[0346] In this embodiment, the memory 1130 may be, but is not limited to, a cache, read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), hard disk drive (HDD), solid-state drive (SSD), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), or compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), etc. Memory is any other medium capable of carrying or storing desired program code having an instruction or data structure form and accessible by a computer, but is not limited thereto. The memory in this embodiment may also be a circuit or any other device capable of implementing storage functions for storing program instructions and / or data.

[0347] In a first possible implementation, the communication device 1100 may be a terminal device used to implement the relevant methods corresponding to the terminal device in the above embodiments. For specific functions, please refer to the descriptions in the above embodiments.

[0348] For example, the methods corresponding to the terminal device in the above embodiments include: sending first information to a network device, the first information including first indication information, the first indication information being used to indicate information supporting measurement timing not used for measurement, the first indication information being associated with first measurement performance; receiving second information from the network device, the second information being associated with the information supporting measurement timing not used for measurement, the second information being used to indicate measurement timing not used for measurement within a first duration; wherein, the first measurement performance is one of the following: measurement performance is unaffected, measurement delay is prolonged, measurement accuracy is reduced, or measurement performance does not meet measurement requirements.

[0349] In a second possible implementation, the communication device 1100 may be a terminal device used to implement the methods corresponding to the terminal device in the above embodiments. For specific functions, please refer to the descriptions in the above embodiments.

[0350] For example, the methods corresponding to the terminal device in the above embodiments include: receiving second information from a network device, the second information being associated with information supporting measurement timings not used for measurement, the second information being used to indicate measurement timings not used for measurement within a first duration, the information supporting measurement timings not used for measurement being associated with a first measurement performance; and performing measurement according to the second information, wherein the measurement timing indicated by the second information is not used for measurement; wherein the first measurement performance is one of the following: measurement performance is unaffected, measurement delay is prolonged, measurement accuracy is reduced, or measurement performance does not meet measurement requirements.

[0351] In a third possible implementation, the communication device 1100 may be a network device, used to implement the methods corresponding to the network device in the above embodiments. For specific functions, please refer to the descriptions in the above embodiments.

[0352] For example, the methods corresponding to network devices in the above embodiments include: receiving first information from a terminal device, the first information including first indication information, the first indication information being used to indicate information supporting measurement timing not used for measurement, the first indication information being associated with first measurement performance; sending second information to the terminal device, the second information being associated with the information supporting measurement timing not used for measurement, the second information being used to indicate measurement timing not used for measurement within a first duration; wherein, the first measurement performance is one of the following: measurement performance is unaffected, measurement delay is prolonged, measurement accuracy is reduced, or measurement performance does not meet measurement requirements.

[0353] In a fourth possible implementation, the communication device 1100 may be a network device used to implement the methods corresponding to the network device in the above embodiments. For specific functions, please refer to the descriptions in the above embodiments.

[0354] For example, the methods corresponding to network devices in the above embodiments include: sending second information to a terminal device, the second information being associated with information supporting measurement timings not used for measurement, the second information being used to indicate measurement timings not used for measurement within a first duration, the information supporting measurement timings not used for measurement being associated with a first measurement performance; wherein the first measurement performance is one of the following: measurement performance is unaffected, measurement delay is prolonged, measurement accuracy is reduced, or measurement performance does not meet measurement requirements.

[0355] For the specific implementation process, please refer to the relevant content in the aforementioned method embodiments; it will not be repeated here.

[0356] Based on the same concept, see [link / reference] Figure 12 This application embodiment also provides another communication device 1200, including: an input / output interface 1210 and a logic circuit 1220; the input / output interface 1210 is used to receive code instructions and transmit them to the logic circuit 1220; the logic circuit 1220 is used to run the code instructions to execute the method executed by the terminal device or network device in any of the above embodiments.

[0357] In a first implementation, the communication device 1200 can be applied to a terminal device to execute the methods performed by the terminal device, specifically, for example, the methods performed by the terminal device in the aforementioned method embodiments. For example, the communication device 1200 can send first information to a network device, the first information including first indication information, which indicates information supporting measurement timing not used for measurement, and the first indication information is associated with first measurement performance; and receive second information from the network device, the second information being associated with the information supporting measurement timing not used for measurement, and the second information indicating measurement timing not used for measurement within a first duration; wherein the first measurement performance is one of the following: measurement performance is unaffected, measurement delay is prolonged, measurement accuracy is reduced, or measurement performance does not meet measurement requirements.

[0358] In the second implementation, the communication device 1200 can be applied to a terminal device to execute the methods performed by the terminal device, specifically, for example, the methods performed by the terminal device in the aforementioned method embodiments. For example, the communication device 1200 can receive second information from a network device, the second information being associated with information supporting measurement timings not used for measurement, the second information indicating measurement timings not used for measurement within a first duration, the information supporting measurement timings not used for measurement being associated with first measurement performance; and performing measurement based on the second information, wherein the measurement timing indicated by the second information is not used for measurement; wherein the first measurement performance is one of the following: measurement performance is unaffected, measurement delay is prolonged, measurement accuracy is reduced, or measurement performance does not meet measurement requirements.

[0359] In the third implementation, the communication device 1200 can be applied to a network device to execute the methods performed by the network device, specifically, for example, the methods performed by the network device in the aforementioned method embodiments. For example, the communication device 1200 can receive first information from a terminal device, the first information including first indication information, which indicates information supporting measurement timing not used for measurement, and the first indication information is associated with first measurement performance; and send second information to the terminal device, the second information being associated with the information supporting measurement timing not used for measurement, and the second information indicating measurement timing not used for measurement within a first duration; wherein the first measurement performance is one of the following: measurement performance is unaffected, measurement delay is prolonged, measurement accuracy is reduced, or measurement performance does not meet measurement requirements.

[0360] In the fourth implementation, the communication device 1200 can be applied to a network device to execute the methods performed by the network device, specifically, for example, the methods performed by the network device in the aforementioned method embodiments. For example, the communication device 1200 can send second information to a terminal device. This second information is associated with information supporting measurement timings not used for measurement. The second information indicates measurement timings not used for measurement within a first duration. The information supporting measurement timings not used for measurement is associated with first measurement performance; wherein the first measurement performance is one of the following: measurement performance is unaffected, measurement delay is prolonged, measurement accuracy is reduced, or measurement performance does not meet measurement requirements.

[0361] For the specific implementation process, please refer to the relevant content in the aforementioned method embodiments; it will not be repeated here.

[0362] This application also provides a communication system, which may include at least one of the following: a terminal device or a network device. The terminal device or network device can be found in the descriptions of the foregoing method embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

[0363] This application also provides a computer-readable storage medium including program instructions that, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the methods or steps of the terminal device or network device described in the above embodiments.

[0364] This application also provides a computer program product, including program instructions, which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the methods or steps of the terminal device or network device described in the above embodiments.

[0365] This application provides a chip system including a processor for implementing the functions of the terminal device or network device in the aforementioned methods (e.g., executing corresponding methods or steps). The chip system may consist of a chip or may include a chip and other discrete components.

[0366] Optionally, the chip system also includes a memory for storing program instructions that the processor can read and execute to implement the corresponding method.

[0367] It should be understood that in the various embodiments of this application, the order of the above-mentioned processes does not imply 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 this application.

[0368] Those skilled in the art will recognize that the units and algorithm steps of the various examples described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are implemented in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Those skilled in the art can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered beyond the scope of this application.

[0369] Those skilled in the art will understand that, for the sake of convenience and brevity, the specific working processes of the systems, devices, and units described above can be referred to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

[0370] In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, apparatuses, and methods can be implemented in other ways. For example, the apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative; for instance, the division of units is only a logical functional division, and in actual implementation, there may be other division methods. For example, multiple units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be ignored or not executed. Furthermore, the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed may be through some interfaces; the indirect coupling or communication connection between apparatuses or units may be electrical, mechanical, or other forms.

[0371] The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separate. The components shown as units may or may not be physical units; that is, they may be located in one place or distributed across multiple network units. Some or all of the units can be selected to achieve the purpose of this embodiment according to actual needs.

[0372] In addition, the functional units in the various embodiments of this application can be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit can exist physically separately, or two or more units can be integrated into one unit.

[0373] If the aforementioned functions are implemented as software functional units and sold or used as independent products, they can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the essential contributing part of the technical solution of this application, or a portion of the technical solution, can be embodied in the form of a software product. This computer software product is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) to execute all or part of the steps of the methods described in the various embodiments of this application. The aforementioned storage medium includes various media capable of storing program code, such as USB flash drives, portable hard drives, read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), magnetic disks, or optical disks.

[0374] The above description is merely a specific embodiment of this application, but the protection scope of the embodiments of this application is not limited thereto. Any variations or substitutions that can be easily conceived by those skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in the embodiments of this application should be included within the protection scope of the embodiments of this application. Therefore, the protection scope of the embodiments of this application should be determined by the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A communication method, characterized in that, The method includes: Send first information to the network device, the first information including first indication information, the first indication information being used to indicate information supporting measurement timing not used for measurement, the first indication information being associated with first measurement performance; Receive second information from the network device, the second information being associated with the information supporting measurement timing not used for measurement, the second information being used to indicate measurement timing not used for measurement within a first duration; Wherein, the first measurement performance is one of the following: measurement performance is unaffected, measurement delay is prolonged, measurement accuracy is reduced, or measurement performance does not meet the measurement requirements.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The method further includes: The measurement is performed based on the second information, wherein the measurement timing indicated by the second information is not used for measurement.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that, The measurement based on the second information includes: The first measurement timing is determined based on the second information, and the first measurement timing is any measurement timing within the first duration other than the measurement timing indicated by the second information; The measurement is performed according to the first measurement timing.

4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that, The measurement based on the first measurement timing includes: The second measurement cycle is determined based on the first measurement performance and / or the first measurement timing. Measurements are performed according to the second measurement cycle.

5. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The method further includes: Receive third information from the network device, the third information being used to indicate a measurement timing, the measurement timing indicated by the third information including the measurement timing that supports not being used for measurement.

6. A communication method, characterized in that, The method includes: Receive first information from a terminal device, the first information including first indication information, the first indication information being used to indicate information supporting measurement timing not used for measurement, the first indication information being associated with first measurement performance; Send a second message to the terminal device, the second message being associated with the information supporting measurement timing not used for measurement, the second message being used to indicate measurement timing not used for measurement within a first duration; Wherein, the first measurement performance is one of the following: measurement performance is unaffected, measurement delay is prolonged, measurement accuracy is reduced, or measurement performance does not meet the measurement requirements.

7. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that, The method further includes: Based on the fourth information and the information supporting measurement opportunities not used for measurement, a measurement opportunity not used for measurement within the first duration is determined, wherein the fourth information includes the location information of the terminal device and / or the service information corresponding to the terminal device.

8. The method according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that, The method further includes: A third message is sent to the terminal device, the third message indicating the timing of the measurement, including the measurement timing that supports not being used for measurement.

9. The method according to claim 5 or 8, characterized in that, The third information includes at least one of the following: the first measurement period of the measurement timing, the measurement start time, or the duration of the measurement timing.

10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that, The first information also includes information about the first measurement performance.

11. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that, The first information also includes M indication information, which are associated with at least one measurement performance, wherein the at least one measurement performance includes at least one of the following: no impact on measurement performance, extended measurement delay, reduced measurement accuracy, or measurement performance not meeting measurement requirements, where M is an integer greater than 0.

12. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that, The measurement performance is unaffected, including: the measurement delay meets the first threshold and the measurement accuracy meets the first range; The measurement delay extension includes: the measurement delay meeting a second threshold and the measurement accuracy meeting a second range, wherein the second threshold is greater than the first threshold, and the second range is the first range or the measurement accuracy of the second range is worse than the measurement accuracy of the first range; The reduction in measurement accuracy includes: the measurement delay meeting a third threshold and the measurement accuracy meeting a third range, wherein the third threshold is the first threshold or the third threshold is greater than the first threshold, and the measurement accuracy in the third range is worse than the measurement accuracy in the first range; The measurement performance does not meet the measurement requirements, including: the measurement delay does not meet the measurement delay requirements and / or the measurement accuracy does not meet the measurement accuracy requirements.

13. The method according to claim 12, characterized in that, The first threshold is that all measurement opportunities within the first duration support the measurement delay used for measurement. The first range is the range of measurement accuracy supported for all measurement opportunities within the first time period. The second threshold is determined by the first threshold and the first value, wherein the first value is determined by information related to the measurement delay extension that supports measurement timing not used for measurement; The third threshold is greater than the first threshold, and the third threshold is determined by the first threshold and the second value, the second value being determined by information related to the reduced measurement accuracy that supports measurement timing that is not used for measurement.

14. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that, The information supporting measurement timings not used for measurement includes: Support bitmaps for measurement opportunities not used for measurement during the first duration; or... The number of measurement opportunities not used for measurement within the first duration; or... Within the first duration, support a range of measurement opportunities that are not used for measurement; or... The maximum time interval between two adjacent measurement events; or, The maximum time interval between two adjacent measurement opportunities that are not used for measurement.

15. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 14, characterized in that, The second information is associated with the information supporting measurement timing not used for measurement, including: The measurement timing indicated by the second information is the measurement timing that supports measurements not being taken; or, The number of measurement opportunities indicated by the second information is less than or equal to the number of measurement opportunities that support not being used for measurement; or, The number of measurement opportunities indicated by the second information falls within the range of the number of measurement opportunities that are not used for measurement.

16. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 15, characterized in that, The first indication information is also associated with a first frequency point to be measured; or, the first indication information is also associated with a first frequency band, which includes the frequency point to be measured; or, the first indication information is also associated with a first frequency domain range, which includes the frequency point to be measured.

17. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 16, characterized in that, The measurement timing includes the measurement gap (GAP) and / or synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block (SMTC) measurement timing configuration.

18. A communication device, characterized in that, Includes a module for performing the method as described in any one of claims 1 to 17.

19. A communication device, characterized in that, It includes at least one processor, said at least one processor being used to perform the method as described in any one of claims 1 to 17.

20. A communication system, characterized in that, It includes terminal devices and / or network devices, wherein the terminal devices are used to perform the method as described in any one of claims 1 to 5, 9 to 17, and the network devices are used to perform the method as described in any one of claims 6 to 17.

21. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that, It stores a computer program or instructions that, when executed, cause the method as described in any one of claims 1 to 17 to be implemented.

22. A computer program product, characterized in that, The computer program product includes a computer program that, when run on a computer, causes the method as described in any one of claims 1 to 17 to be implemented.

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