Communication method, apparatus and device

Abstract

The present application discloses a communication method, apparatus and a device, belonging to the technical field of communications. The communication method comprises a communication device: for a target service cell, on the basis of a first transmission object and a preset mode, determining whether to execute a preset operation, wherein the first transmission object comprises at least one of a configured channel, a configured signal, a scheduled channel and a scheduled signal, the preset operation is used for relaxing a transceiving limitation on a target service cell by an interval mechanism, and / or the preset operation is used for relaxing a scheduling limitation on the target service cell by scheduling availability / restrictions.

Description

Communication method, device and equipment

[0001] Cross-references

[0002] This application claims priority to the Chinese patent application filed with the China Patent Office on September 28, 2023, with application number 202311283147.1 and application name “Communication Methods, Devices and Equipment”. The entire contents of the application are incorporated by reference into this application. Technical Field

[0003] The present application belongs to the field of communication technology, and specifically relates to a communication method, apparatus and device. Background Art

[0004] In the New Radio wireless communication system, various gap mechanisms and corresponding data transmission and reception restrictions are introduced to support Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurements, positioning, cell global identifier (CGI), reporting, Multi Universal Subscriber Identity Module (MUSIM) operations, and transmit power management. In addition, to ensure RRM measurements, Radio Link Monitoring (RLM), and Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD), various regulations on scheduling availability / restrictions are introduced.

[0005] Some services, such as extended reality (XR), require high latency for data transmission. However, the transmission and reception restrictions associated with the interval mechanism, as well as the scheduling restrictions associated with scheduling availability / limitation regulations, can increase data transmission latency, reduce service capacity, and impact communication performance.

[0006] Summary of the Invention

[0007] The embodiments of the present application provide a communication method, apparatus, and device to relax the sending and receiving restrictions corresponding to the interval mechanism, and / or relax the scheduling restrictions corresponding to the scheduling availability / restriction provisions, thereby ensuring the communication performance of related business data.

[0008] In a first aspect, a communication method is provided, the method comprising:

[0009] The communication device determines whether to perform a preset operation for a target service cell based on a first transmission object and a preset method, wherein the first transmission object includes at least one of a configured channel, a configured signal, a scheduled channel and a scheduled signal, and the preset operation is used to relax the reception and transmission restrictions of the target service cell imposed by the interval mechanism, and / or the preset operation is used to relax the scheduling restrictions imposed on the target service cell by the scheduling availability / restriction provisions.

[0010] In a second aspect, a communication apparatus is provided, which is applied to a communication device, and includes:

[0011] A determination module is used to determine whether to perform a preset operation for a target service cell based on a first transmission object and a preset method, wherein the first transmission object includes at least one of a configured channel, a configured signal, a scheduled channel and a scheduled signal, and the preset operation is used to relax the reception and transmission restrictions of the target service cell imposed by the interval mechanism, and / or the preset operation is used to relax the scheduling restrictions imposed on the target service cell by the scheduling availability / restriction provisions.

[0012] In a third aspect, a network side device is provided, which includes a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores programs or instructions that can be run on the processor, and when the program or instructions are executed by the processor, the steps of the communication method described in the first aspect are implemented.

[0013] In a fourth aspect, a terminal device is provided, which includes a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores programs or instructions that can be run on the processor, and when the program or instructions are executed by the processor, the steps of the communication method described in the first aspect are implemented.

[0014] In a fifth aspect, a network side device is provided, comprising a processor and a communication interface, wherein the processor is used to determine whether to perform a preset operation for a target service cell based on a first transmission object and a preset method, wherein the first transmission object includes at least one of a configured channel, a configured signal, a scheduled channel and a scheduled signal, and the preset operation is used to relax the reception and transmission restrictions of the target service cell imposed by the interval mechanism, and / or, the preset operation is used to relax the scheduling restrictions imposed on the target service cell by the scheduling availability / restriction provisions.

[0015] In a sixth aspect, a terminal device is provided, comprising a processor and a communication interface, wherein the processor is used to determine whether to perform a preset operation for a target service cell based on a first transmission object and a preset method, wherein the first transmission object includes at least one of a configured channel, a configured signal, a scheduled channel and a scheduled signal, and the preset operation is used to relax the reception and transmission restrictions of the target service cell imposed by the interval mechanism, and / or, the preset operation is used to relax the scheduling restrictions imposed on the target service cell by the scheduling availability / restriction provisions.

[0016] In a seventh aspect, a communication system is provided, comprising a network side device and a terminal, wherein the network side device is used to execute the steps of the communication method as described in the first aspect, or the terminal is used to execute the steps of the communication method as described in the first aspect.

[0017] In an eighth aspect, a readable storage medium is provided, on which a program or instruction is stored. When the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the steps of the method described in the first aspect are implemented.

[0018] In a ninth aspect, a chip is provided, comprising a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to run a program or instruction to implement the steps of the method described in the first aspect.

[0019] In a tenth aspect, a computer program / program product is provided, wherein the computer program / program product is stored in a non-volatile storage medium, and the computer program / program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the steps of the method described in the first aspect.

[0020] In an embodiment of the present application, for the target service cell, it can be determined based on the first transmission object and the preset method whether to perform an operation for relaxing the reception and transmission restrictions of the target service cell by the interval mechanism, and / or determine whether to perform an operation for relaxing the scheduling restrictions of the target service cell by the scheduling availability / restriction provisions, so as to relax the reception and transmission restrictions of the target service cell by the interval mechanism when necessary, and / or relax the scheduling restrictions of the target service cell by the scheduling availability / restriction provisions, thereby ensuring the communication performance of the relevant business data carried by the first transmission object. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0021] FIG1 is a block diagram of a wireless communication system provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0022] FIG2 is a schematic diagram of an XR service scenario provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0023] Figure 3 is an illustration of NCSG configuration parameters: VIL1, ML, VIL2, and VIRP;

[0024] FIG4 is a flow chart of a communication method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0025] FIG5 is a schematic diagram of logical channel configuration parameters provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0026] FIG6 is a schematic diagram of a discontinuous reception or intermittent reception mechanism provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0027] FIG7 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0028] FIG8 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device of the present application;

[0029] FIG9 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a terminal device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0030] FIG10 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of the network side device provided in an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0031] The following will be combined with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of this application to clearly describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of this application. Obviously, the embodiments described are part of the embodiments of this application, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in this application, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field are within the scope of protection of this application.

[0032] The terms "first," "second," and the like in the specification and claims of this application are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not used to describe a specific order or precedence. It should be understood that the terms used in this manner are interchangeable where appropriate, so that the embodiments of this application can be implemented in an order other than that illustrated or described herein, and that the objects distinguished by "first" and "second" are generally of the same type, and do not limit the number of objects. For example, the first object can be one or more. In addition, the term "and / or" in the specification and claims refers to at least one of the connected objects, and the character " / " generally indicates that the objects connected are in an "or" relationship.

[0033] It is worth noting that the technology described in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to the Long Term Evolution (LTE) / LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) system, but can also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Single-carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in the embodiments of the present application are often used interchangeably, and the technology described can be used for the systems and radio technologies mentioned above, as well as for other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes a New Radio (NR) system for illustrative purposes, and the NR terminology is used in most of the following description, but these technologies can also be applied to applications other than NR system applications, such as 6th generation (6G) systems. th Generation, 6G) communication system.

[0034] 1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system applicable to embodiments of the present application. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network-side device (referred to as a network device) 12. The terminal 11 may be a mobile phone, a tablet personal computer, a laptop computer or a notebook computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a handheld computer, a netbook, an ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), a mobile internet device (MID), an augmented reality (AR) / virtual reality (VR) device, a robot, a wearable device (Wearable Device), a vehicle user equipment (VUE), a pedestrian user equipment (PUE), a smart home (home appliances with wireless communication capabilities, such as refrigerators, televisions, washing machines, or furniture), a game console, a personal computer (PC), an ATM, or a self-service machine, etc. The wearable devices include: smart watches, smart bracelets, smart headphones, smart glasses, smart jewelry (smart bracelets, smart bracelets, smart rings, smart necklaces, smart anklets, smart anklets, etc.), smart wristbands, smart clothing, etc. It should be noted that the specific type of the terminal 11 is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. The network side device 12 may include an access network device or a core network device, wherein the access network device may also be referred to as a radio access network device, a radio access network (RAN), a radio access network function, or a radio access network unit. The access network device may include a base station, a WLAN access point, or a WiFi node, etc. The base station may be referred to as a node B, an evolved node B (eNB), an access point, a base transceiver station (BTS), a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a basic service set (BSS), an extended service set (ESS), a home node B, a home evolved node B, a transmission reception point (TRP), or other appropriate terms in the field. As long as the same technical effect is achieved, the base station is not limited to a specific technical vocabulary. It should be noted that in the embodiment of the present application, only the base station in the NR system is used as an example for introduction, and the specific type of the base station is not limited.

[0035] In order to ensure the communication performance of business data such as extended reality (eXtended Reality, XR), an embodiment of the present application proposes a communication method to relax the sending and receiving restrictions corresponding to the interval mechanism and / or relax the scheduling restrictions corresponding to the scheduling availability / restriction regulations.

[0036] Among them, XR refers to the combined real and virtual environment and human-computer interaction generated by computer technology and wearable devices. As shown in Figure 2, XR includes representative forms such as augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR), virtual reality (VR), and their intersections. The level of virtual world ranges from partial sensory input to fully immersive virtual reality. A key aspect of XR is the expansion of human experience, especially the experience related to presence (represented by VR) and cognitive acquisition (represented by AR). As shown in Figure 2, the application scenarios of XR can include healthcare, education, military, emergency response, industrial manufacturing, entertainment, engineering, marketing and advertising, and retail.

[0037] For VR services, the uplink transmission primarily involves the transmission of dense, small data packets. These packets carry information such as gestures and controls, serving as input and reference for downlink presentation data. The downlink transmission primarily involves the transmission of multimedia data, such as video and audio. The timely reception and presentation of this multimedia data provide users with an immersive experience. Taking downlink video data transmission as an example, video data can be modeled as video frames based on a frame rate (Frames Per Second, FPS), with typical FPS values ​​of 60 or 120. These video frames arrive periodically or quasi-periodically based on a period determined by the FPS (1 / FPS second), and their size varies dynamically. Over the air interface, a video frame is typically required to be successfully transmitted within 10ms, with a transmission success rate of at least 99% or even 99.9%. Furthermore, downlink video data typically requires a very high data rate, typically reaching tens or even hundreds of Mbps (typical values ​​are 30 / 45 Mbps).

[0038] For AR services, in addition to the above-mentioned intensive transmission of small data packets, the uplink direction may also transmit multimedia data such as video, audio, and scene images. Its service characteristics are similar to those in the downlink direction. The data rate is usually relatively low, for example, at most tens of Mbps (typical value is 10 / 20 Mbps). The time limit for air interface transmission can also be relaxed. For example, a video frame is generally required to be successfully transmitted within 30ms. The downlink data transmission characteristics are basically the same as those of VR services.

[0039] From the above description, it can be seen that the data transmission of XR services has high latency requirements. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure the communication performance of XR service data by reasonably relaxing the sending and receiving restrictions corresponding to the interval mechanism and the scheduling restrictions corresponding to the scheduling availability / restriction regulations.

[0040] The following is a brief description of the gap mechanism and scheduling availability / restriction regulations.

[0041] In different communication systems, the spacing mechanism may vary. This embodiment of the application takes NR as an example to briefly explain the spacing mechanism. The spacing mechanism in NR includes:

[0042] 1) Basic Measurement Gap Configuration

[0043] If the UE requires a measurement gap to identify and measure at least one of intra-frequency cells, inter-frequency cells, and inter-RAT E-UTRAN cells, where UTMS refers to the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System, then:

[0044] If the UE does not support independent measurement gap patterns for different frequency ranges, the network needs to provide a per-UE measurement gap pattern for concurrent monitoring of all frequency layers.

[0045] If the UE supports independent measurement gap patterns for different frequency ranges, the network needs to provide: a per Frequency Range measurement gap pattern (per-FR measurement gap pattern) for the frequency range where the UE requires independent concurrent monitoring of all frequency layers of each frequency range; or a UE-level measurement gap pattern for concurrent monitoring of all frequency layers of all frequency ranges.

[0046] 2) UE behavior when measurement interval is configured

[0047] During the UE-level measurement interval, the UE's behavior includes one or more of the following:

[0048] ① For Evolved-Universal Terrestrial Radio Access-New Radio (E-UTRA-NR) dual connectivity, except for receiving signals for Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurements and signals for the random access procedure, there is no need to receive or transmit signals from / to the corresponding E-UTRAN PCell, E-UTRAN cell, and NR serving cell for E-UTRA-NR dual connectivity;

[0049] ② For Standalone Architecture (SA) (configured with a single carrier or carrier aggregation (CA)), except for receiving signals for RRM measurement, Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) measurement and random access process, there is no need to receive / send from / to the corresponding NR serving cell.

[0050] ③ For NR-E-UTRA dual connectivity, except for receiving signals for RRM measurement, PRS measurement and random access procedure, there is no need to receive / send from / to the corresponding PCell, Scell ​​and E-UTRAN serving cell.

[0051] ④ For NR Dual Connectivity (NR-DC), except for receiving signals for RRM measurement, PRS measurement and random access process, there is no need to receive / send from / to the corresponding NR serving cell for NR-DC.

[0052] During a FR level measurement gap, the UE's actions include one or more of the following:

[0053] ① For E-UTRA-NR dual connectivity, except for receiving signals for RRM measurements and signals for random access procedures, there is no need to receive / transmit from / to the corresponding E-UTRAN PCell, E-UTRAN cell and NR serving cell within the corresponding frequency range of E-UTRA-NR dual connectivity.

[0054] ② For SA (configured with single carrier or CA), within the corresponding frequency range, except for receiving signals for RRM measurement, PRS measurement and random access process, there is no need to receive / send from / to the corresponding NR serving cell.

[0055] ③ For NR-E-UTRA dual connectivity, except for receiving signals for RRM measurement, PRS measurement and random access procedure, there is no need to receive / send from / to the corresponding PCell, Scell ​​and NR-E-UTRA dual connectivity E-UTRAN serving cell.

[0056] ④ For NR-DC, within the corresponding frequency range, except for receiving signals for RRM measurement, PRS measurement and random access process, there is no need to receive / send from / to the corresponding NR serving cell within the corresponding frequency range of NR-DC.

[0057] 3) Derivative or enhancement mechanism based on measurement interval

[0058] Based on the above per-UE measurement gap or per-FR measurement gap configuration and UE behavior, NR further introduces the following derived or enhanced mechanisms:

[0059] ①Measurement gap sharing

[0060] When either intra-frequency measurements or inter-frequency measurements need to occupy the measurement interval or affect the use of the measurement interval (for example, the SSB measurement timing configuration (SMTC) window corresponding to the synchronization signal block (Synchronization Signal / PBCH Block, SSB)-based measurement completely overlaps with the measurement interval), it is necessary to consider the sharing of the measurement interval between intra-frequency measurements and inter-frequency measurements.

[0061] Specifically, when the following conditions are simultaneously met based on the UE-level measurement interval or the FR-level measurement interval, measurement interval sharing based on the UE-level measurement interval and / or the FR-level measurement interval corresponding to the FR is applied:

[0062] Condition 1: Intra-frequency measurement requires or affects the use of measurement intervals.

[0063] Condition 2: Inter-frequency measurement or radio access measurement (RAT measurement) requires the use of the measurement interval, or inter-frequency measurement does not require the use of the measurement interval but affects the use of the measurement interval;

[0064] Condition 3: The UE is configured to measure frequency layers used for positioning.

[0065] The measurement gap sharing can be controlled by the parameter MeasGapSharingScheme in the RRC message configured by the network device.

[0066] ②Pre-configured measurement gap

[0067] Compared to the basic measurement interval, NR further introduces an activation / deactivation mechanism. Once a pre-configured measurement interval is activated, its operation is exactly the same as the basic measurement interval.

[0068] Regarding the activation / deactivation mechanism, we can further distinguish between the following two mechanisms:

[0069] A. Autonomous activation / deactivation mechanism

[0070] The UE may autonomously change the state of a preconfigured measurement interval from activated to deactivated, or vice versa, based on any one or any combination of the triggering conditions listed in the relevant protocols.

[0071] B. Network-controlled activation / deactivation mechanism

[0072] The UE may determine whether the status of a pre-configured measurement gap is activated or deactivated based on the parameter preConfGapStatus in the RRC message configured by the network device.

[0073] ③Concurrent measurement gaps

[0074] Compared to the basic measurement gap, it is allowed to configure a combination of measurement gaps with collisions of MG occasions for the UE.

[0075] When the UE does not support the configuration of FR-level measurement intervals, the network device can configure up to two UE-level measurement interval patterns (per-UE MG patterns) for the UE; when the UE supports the configuration of FR-level measurement intervals (per-FR MG), the network can configure a combination of MG patterns in the relevant protocol for the UE.

[0076] For information on determining measurement interval conflicts, refer to the relevant protocols. When a conflict is detected, the priority configured for the measurement interval is used: the measurement interval with the higher priority is applied (valid), and the measurement interval with the lower priority is discarded (invalid). It is required that any two measurement intervals that are determined to conflict have corresponding priorities and are different.

[0077] 4) Other interval mechanisms (independent of measurement intervals)

[0078] In NR, the following interval mechanism is further introduced:

[0079] 1. Network controlled small gap (NCSG)

[0080] When NCSG is configured, other measurement intervals cannot be configured at the same time.

[0081] The schematic diagram of the NCSG parameters is shown in Figure 3.

[0082] In Figure 3:

[0083] VIL1 is the visible interruption length before ML, and VIL2 is the visible interruption length after ML. During VIL1 and VIL2, the UE is not expected to transmit and receive any data.

[0084] ML stands for measurement length. During ML, whether the terminal expects to send and receive data on the corresponding service operator depends on the scheduling restriction requirements specified in clauses 9.2.7.3 and 9.3.10.3 of TS38.133.

[0085] VIRP stands for Visible Interruption Repetition Period.

[0086] For the NCSG Configurations table, see Table 9.1.9.3-1 in TS38.133, which is different from the configuration table for the measurement interval.

[0087] ②Multi universal Subscriber Identity Module (MUSIM) interval

[0088] The MUSIM Gap is used for MUSIM operations, such as cell identification and measurement, paging monitoring, representative System Information Block (SIB) acquisition, and / or on-demand representative information system request (SI) for the target cell in the target network.

[0089] ③UL gap for Tx power management

[0090] The UL gap is used for transmit power measurement in NR FR2 and has limitations for some uplink transmissions in the following scenarios:

[0091] In the FR2 single carrier (Component Carrier, CC) scenario, the FR2 intra-band carrier aggregation (Carrier Aggregation, CA) scenario, and the FR2 inter-band CA scenario where the terminal does not support tx-Support-UL-GapFR2-r17, when the UL gap of the NR service unit overlaps with the uplink transmission, the terminal does not need to perform transmissions other than TS 38.321 clause 5.30 in the UL gap of the NR service unit.

[0092] The UL Gap Pattern Configurations table is shown in Table 9.1.11-1 in TS38.133, which is different from the basic measurement gap configuration table.

[0093] Next, the restrictions on scheduling availability in NR are briefly described.

[0094] Taking into account the RRM operation on the UE side, in addition to the data transmission and reception restrictions on the UE side of the aforementioned interval mechanism, relevant provisions on scheduling availability restrictions are introduced in the time period (or symbol subset therein) when the UE (may) perform RRM operations.

[0095] It should be noted that the situations listed below focus on scheduling restrictions when the UE is not in a measurement interval (some situations marked with NCSG are scheduling restrictions for the UE during the ML period of NCSG, and the UE is not allowed to configure other measurement intervals at the same time).

[0096] Specifically, the considerations for introducing scheduling availability restrictions during the period when the UE (may) perform RRM operations generally include:

[0097] Factor 1: Switching between uplink and downlink transmission directions

[0098] At this time, only uplink transmission is affected: the UE does not expect to transmit PUCCH / PUSCH / SRS.

[0099] Cases involved:

[0100] Case I: UE performs measurements in the Time Division Duplexing (TDD) band (on FR1 (see Note 11 below))

[0101] Case 1: Intra-frequency measurement based on NR SSB without MG (or with NCSG);

[0102] Scheduling restrictions apply to the following symbols: SSB symbols within the SMTC window duration, RSSI measurement symbols (applicable only to SS-RSRQ measurements), and some data symbols before and after the aforementioned symbols.

[0103] Extension to other serving cells: See Notes 12 and 13 below.

[0104] Case 2: NR based on SSB without MG (or using NCSG) inter-frequency measurement;

[0105] Symbols involved in scheduling restrictions: SSB symbols within the SMTC window duration, RSSI measurement symbols (only applicable to SS-RSRQ measurement), and some data symbols before / after the aforementioned symbols;

[0106] Extension to other service areas: See Notes 12 and 13 below (applicable only to NCSG cases).

[0107] Case 3: CLI (SRS-RSRP / CLI-RSSI) measurement on FR1 / FR2 (MG is not always required);

[0108] Symbols involved in scheduling restrictions: OFDM symbols used to perform CLI measurements and some pre-data symbols before these symbols;

[0109] Extension to other service areas: See Note 12 below.

[0110] Case 4: Intra-frequency measurement based on NR CSI-RS (MG is not always required);

[0111] Symbols involved in scheduling restrictions: configured CSI-RS resource symbols and some data symbols before / after these symbols;

[0112] Extension to other service areas: See Note 12 below.

[0113] Note 11: Applicable to Cases 3 and 4, not limited to FR1.

[0114] Note 12: Scheduling restrictions apply to other serving cells in the same frequency band (it is understood that Note 12 also applies to the above-mentioned Case 1 / Case 2 / Case 3 / Case 4).

[0115] Specifically, when performing TDD intra-band carrier aggregation, the scheduling restrictions generated by a given serving cell should also apply to all other serving cells on the same frequency band that fully or partially overlap with the symbols involved in the above scheduling restrictions.

[0116] Note 13: When, for a certain other frequency band, the UE does not support simultaneous RxTx InterBand CA (simultaneous transmission and reception between frequency bands) for the frequency band pair formed by the current frequency band and the other frequency band, the scheduling restriction applies to the serving cell in this other frequency band.

[0117] Specifically, when performing TDD inter-band carrier aggregation, if the UE does not have the capability to support simultaneous RxTxInterBandCA for the band pair, then the scheduling restrictions of a given serving cell should also apply to another serving cell in a different band that fully or partially overlaps with the above-mentioned restricted symbols. That is, in TDD inter-band carrier aggregation, if a serving cell has scheduling restrictions, then these restrictions should also apply to the symbols of another serving cell in a different band that partially or fully overlaps with it.

[0118] Factor 2: Switching between different downlink subcarrier spacings (DL SCS) on FR1

[0119] This affects both uplink transmission and downlink reception: the UE does not expect to transmit PUCCH / PUSCH / SRS, or does not expect to receive PDCCH / PDSCH / TRS / CSI-RS for tracking / CSI-RS for Channel Quality Indicator (CQI). The TRS and CSI-RS for tracking options are only effective in the following situations:

[0120] Cases covered: For UEs that do not support simultaneousRxDataSSB-DiffNumerology (for intra-frequency measurements (including cases where there is no MG or NCSG is used), L1-RSRP measurements (including cases where reporting or candidate beam detection occurs), LI-SINR measurements, radio link monitoring, beam failure detection) or simultaneousRxDataSSB-DiffNumerology-Inter-r16 (for inter-frequency measurements), and SSB-based operation:

[0121] Case I: UE performs measurements on FR1 using a different subcarrier spacing than PDSCH / PDCCH (not applicable for CSI-RS)

[0122] Case 1: NR based on SSB without MG (or using NCSG) intra-frequency measurement

[0123] The symbols involved in the scheduling restrictions are: if deriveSSB_IndexFromCell is enabled, the SSB symbols within the SMTC window duration and some data symbols before / after the SSB symbols are involved; if deriveSSB_IndexFromCell is not enabled, all symbols within the SMTC window duration are involved;

[0124] Extension to other serving cells: See Note 21 below.

[0125] Case 2: NR based on SSB without MG (or using NCSG) inter-frequency measurement

[0126] Symbols involved in scheduling restrictions: SSB symbols within the SMTC window duration and some data symbols before / after the SS symbols;

[0127] Extension to other serving cells: See Note 21 below.

[0128] Case 3: NR SSB-based L1-RSRP measurement for reporting (or candidate beam detection) (MG is not always required)

[0129] Symbols involved in scheduling restrictions: symbols corresponding to the SSB index used for L1-RSRP measurement;

[0130] Extension to other serving cells: See Notes 21 and 22 below.

[0131] Case 4: L1-SINR measurement based on NR SSB (MG is not always required)

[0132] Symbols involved in scheduling restrictions: SSB symbols to be measured for L1-SINR measurement;

[0133] Extension to other serving cells: See Notes 21 and 22 below.

[0134] Case II: UE performs radio link monitoring using a subcarrier spacing different from that of PDSCH / PDCCH on FR1

[0135] Symbols involved in the scheduling restrictions: SSB symbols used for radio link monitoring;

[0136] Extension to other serving cells: See Notes 21 and 22 below.

[0137] Case III: UE uses a different subcarrier spacing than PDSCH / PDCCH for beam failure detection in FR1

[0138] Symbols involved in scheduling restrictions: SSB symbols used for beam failure detection;

[0139] Extension to other serving cells: See Notes 21 and 22 below.

[0140] Note 21: Scheduling restrictions apply to other serving cells in the same frequency band (it is understood that Note 21 applies to all the above cases at the same time).

[0141] Specifically, when intra-band carrier aggregation is performed, scheduling restrictions due to a given serving cell should also apply to all other serving cells in the same frequency band on symbols that fully or partially overlap with the above restricted symbols.

[0142] Note 22: Scheduling restrictions do not apply to serving cells in other frequency bands.

[0143] Specifically, when inter-band carrier aggregation is configured within FR1, except for the frequency band where the serving cell with scheduling restriction is configured, the FR1 serving cells configured in other frequency bands are not subject to scheduling restriction.

[0144] Factor 3: Switching between different analog beams in FR2 (Beam management)

[0145] This affects both uplink transmission and downlink reception: the UE does not expect to transmit PUCCH / PUSCH / SRS, or does not expect to receive PDCCH / PDSCH / TRS / CSI-RS for tracking / CSI-RS for Channel Quality Indicator (CQI). The TRS and CSI-RS for tracking options are only effective in the following situations:

[0146] Cases involved:

[0147] Case I: UE performs measurements on FR2

[0148] Case 1: NR based on SSB without MG (or using NCSG) intra-frequency measurement

[0149] Scheduling restrictions involve symbols: If deriveSSB_IndexFromCell is enabled, it involves SSB symbols within the SMTC window duration and some data symbols before / after the SSB symbols; If deriveSSB_IndexFromCell is not enabled, it involves all symbols within the SMTC window duration;

[0150] Extension to other serving cells: See Notes 31, 32, 33 and 34 below.

[0151] Case 2: NR based on SSB without MG (or using NCSG) inter-frequency measurement

[0152] Symbols involved in scheduling restrictions: SSB symbols within the SMTC window duration and some data symbols before / after the SSB symbols;

[0153] Extension to other service cells: See "Note 31" and "Note 35 (applicable only to NCSG)" below.

[0154] Case 3: L1-RSRP measurement report (or candidate beam detection) based on NR CSI-RS / SSB (MG is not always required)

[0155] Symbols involved in scheduling restrictions: symbols corresponding to SSB indices or periodic / semi-persistent / aperiodic CSI-RS resources configured for L1-RSRP measurement, and some data symbols before / after these symbols (for FR2-2 and 480 / 960kHz SCS reference symbols, and for HST scenarios).

[0156] Extension to other service cells: See "Note 31", "Note 32" and "Note 33" below.

[0157] Case 4: L1-SINR measurement based on NR CSI-RS / SSB (MG is not always required)

[0158] Symbols involved in scheduling restrictions: symbols for which L1-SINR needs to be measured, and some data symbols before and after these symbols (applicable only to FR2 power level 6 UEs configured with highSpeedMeasFlagFR2-r17);

[0159] Extension to other service areas: See Note 31 below.

[0160] Case 5: Intra-frequency measurement based on NR CSI-RS (MG is not always required)

[0161] Symbols involved in scheduling restrictions: CSI-RS symbols configured in the configured time slot for the CSI-RS resources used for measurement;

[0162] Extension to other service areas: See "Note 31" and "Note 32" below.

[0163] Case II: UE monitors the radio link in FR2

[0164] Symbols affected by scheduling restrictions: RLM-RS symbols for radio link monitoring measurements, and some data symbols before / after the RLM-RS symbols (applicable only to R2-2 and RLM-RS using 480 / 960 kHz SCS);

[0165] Extension to other service cells: See "Note 31", "Note 32" and "Note 33" below.

[0166] Case III: UE performs beam failure detection on FR2

[0167] Symbols involved in scheduling restrictions: reference symbols used for candidate beam detection, and data symbols before and after these symbols (for FR2-2 and RLM-RS using 480 / 960kHz SCS);

[0168] Extension to other service cells: See "Note 31", "Note 32" and "Note 33" below.

[0169] Note 31: Scheduling restrictions apply to other serving cells in the same frequency band (it is understood that Note 31 applies to all the above cases at the same time).

[0170] Specifically, when performing intra-band carrier aggregation in FR2, the scheduling restrictions caused by a given serving cell should also apply to all other serving cells in the same frequency band that fully or partially overlap with the above restricted symbols.

[0171] Note 32: Scheduling restrictions do not apply to serving cells in other frequency bands.

[0172] Specifically, when performing inter-band carrier aggregation of FR2, if the UE can perform independent beam management on the FR2 band pair, then since there are scheduling restrictions on FR2 serving cells in different frequency bands, there are no scheduling restrictions on FR2 serving cells in each frequency band.

[0173] NOTE 33: Scheduling restrictions do not apply to the inter-band case where the SSB of one FR2 band is different from the SCS of the data of another FR2 band, assuming that IBM (Independent Beam Management) operation is supported for the band pair consisting of these two FR2 bands.

[0174] Specifically, if the terminal is configured with different numerologies between SSB on one FR2 band and data on another FR2 band, there is no scheduling restriction, provided that the terminal is configured for Independent Beam Management (IBM) for the band pair.

[0175] NOTE 34: When the UE does not support simultaneousRxTxInterBandCA, scheduling restrictions apply to the serving cell in this other frequency band.

[0176] Specifically, when inter-band carrier aggregation is performed in FR2, if the UE does not support the FR2 simultaneous RxTx InterBand CA, then on symbols that completely or partially overlap with the above restricted symbols.

[0177] NOTE 35: For inter-band situations, the applicability of scheduling restrictions for various combinations of IBM capability and simultaneous transmit / receive capability.

[0178] Specifically, the following situations A / B / C / D can be distinguished and regulated separately:

[0179] Case A: For the frequency band pair consisting of the target measurement frequency band and the serving cell frequency band, the UE supports neither IBM nor simultaneousRxTxInterBandCA;

[0180] Case B: For the frequency band pair consisting of the target measurement frequency band and the serving cell frequency band, the UE does not support IBM but supports simultaneousRxTxInterBandCA;

[0181] Case C: For the frequency band pair consisting of the target measurement frequency band and the serving cell frequency band, the UE supports IBM but does not support simultaneousRxTxInterBandCA;

[0182] Case D: For the frequency band pair consisting of the target measurement frequency band and the frequency band where the serving cell is located, the UE supports both IBM and simultaneousRxTxInterBandCA: In this case, there is no scheduling restriction for the serving cell.

[0183] Factor 4: Different downlink frequency division multiplexed (FDMed) measurements and receiving UE capabilities

[0184] This only affects downlink reception: the UE does not expect to receive PDCCH / PDSCH / TRS / CSI-RS for tracking / CSI-RS used for channel quality indication (CQI).

[0185] Cases involved:

[0186] Case I: UE performs CLI measurement and DL reception in FDM mode

[0187] Case 1: CLI (SRS-RSRP / CLI-rssi) measurement on FR1 / FR2 (MG is not always required)

[0188] Scheduling restrictions involve the following symbols: OFDM symbols used for SRS-RSRP measurement, OFDM symbols used for SRS-RSRP measurement, and some data symbols before these symbols;

[0189] The OFDM symbols used for CLI-RSSI measurement, the OFDM symbols used to perform CLI-RSSI measurement, and some data symbols before these symbols.

[0190] Extension to other serving areas: See Note 41 below.

[0191] Note 41: Scheduling restrictions apply to other serving cells in the same frequency band (it is understood that Note 41 applies to all the above cases at the same time).

[0192] Specifically, when TDD intra-band carrier aggregation is configured, the scheduling restriction on the serving cell performing CLI measurement is applicable to all serving cells in the same frequency band that fully or partially overlap with the restricted symbols.

[0193] It should be noted that, in the above text, MG is the abbreviation of measurement gap.

[0194] The above briefly describes the spacing mechanism and scheduling availability / constraint regulations.

[0195] The following describes a communication method proposed in an embodiment of the present application.

[0196] As shown in FIG4 , an embodiment of the present application proposes a communication method, which may include:

[0197] Step 401: The communication device determines whether to perform a preset operation for a target service cell based on a first transmission object and a preset method, wherein the first transmission object includes at least one of a configured channel, a configured signal, a scheduled channel, and a scheduled signal, and the preset operation is used to relax the reception and transmission restrictions of the target service cell imposed by the interval mechanism, and / or the preset operation is used to relax the scheduling restrictions imposed on the target service cell by the scheduling availability / restriction provisions.

[0198] The communication device may be a network device or a terminal device.

[0199] The first transmission object belongs to the target serving cell, or in other words, the first transmission object is on the target serving cell. Furthermore, the target serving cell is a serving cell to which the spacing mechanism is applied, and the target serving cell is a serving cell with scheduling restrictions; or in other words, the serving cells to which the spacing mechanism is applied include the target serving cell, and the serving cells with scheduling restrictions include the target serving cell.

[0200] Exemplarily, in step 401, determining whether to perform a preset operation based on the first transmission object and the preset method may include: when the time domain where the first transmission object is located overlaps with the target time domain, determining whether to perform the preset operation in the target time domain based on the preset method, wherein the target time domain includes a time domain related to the interval and / or a time domain with scheduling restrictions.

[0201] Specifically, the target time domain may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0202] 1) The time domain or gap occasions;

[0203] 2) A set of symbols;

[0204] 3) Synchronization Signal / PBCH Block Measurement Timing Configuration (SMTC) window.

[0205] The first set of symbols may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0206] Symbols within one or more windows or window groups;

[0207] Symbols within one or more time periods / time sub-segments;

[0208] The duration / interval / time within which scheduling restrictions exist for transmissions scheduled by downlink control information (DCI);

[0209] Symbols corresponding to the time of the transmission opportunity indicated by the uplink control information (UCI) / the interval overlapping with the transmission opportunity indicated by the UCI / the time during which scheduling restrictions exist;

[0210] A symbolic set of scheduling restrictions.

[0211] The definitions of windows, window groups, time periods / time sub-segments, and transmission durations / extended durations are described in detail below. For example, a window can be a gap window, or, for the NCSG mechanism, the window can be the ML shown in Figure 3. For symbol sets with scheduling restrictions, see the corresponding descriptions of scheduling availability / restrictions above.

[0212] The first transmission object may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0213] 1) Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), for example, at least one of Configuring granting Physical Uplink Shared Channel (CG PUSCH) (for example, PUSCH configured by the parameter ConfiguredGrantConfig) and PUSCH carrying semi-persistent channel state information (SP-CSI) (for example, PUSCH configured by the parameter semiPersistentOnPUSCH);

[0214] 2) Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), for example, the PUCCH carrying HARQ-ACK corresponding to the Semi-Persistent Scheduling PDSCH (SPS PDSCH), the PUCCH carrying CSI, and the PUCCH carrying SR;

[0215] 3) Sounding Reference Signal (SRS);

[0216] 4) Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH);

[0217] 5) Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), such as SPS PDSCH;

[0218] 6) Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH);

[0219] 7) Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS);

[0220] 8) Wake-up signal (WUS).

[0221] The preset method may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0222] Pre-set rules stipulated in the agreement;

[0223] Instructions from network equipment, including high-level signaling configuration or base station instructions;

[0224] Instructions for terminal equipment.

[0225] Exemplarily, the indication of the network device may include, but is not limited to, at least one of the following:

[0226] 1) Execute or not execute the preset operation for the second transmission object

[0227] The second object may be a transmission object of a specific type or any type (including at least one of a configured channel, a configured signal, a scheduled channel, and a scheduled signal). For example, the base station instructs a certain type of channel or signal (such as a PDCCH) to perform or not perform the preset operation. It should be noted that the second transmission object may be the same as or different from the first transmission object.

[0228] Specifically, the network device may explicitly configure or indicate, through signaling such as RRC, MAC CE, or DCI, whether to perform the preset operation on the transmission object, for example:

[0229] a. For one or more configured second transmission objects, respectively configure / instruct to execute or not execute the preset operation.

[0230] For example, configuration / indication is performed for CG Config / PUCCH Config / PUCCH resource / SR configuration / CSI configuration / SRS Config (or SRS-ResourceSet) / CORESET (or Search space) respectively.

[0231] b. Configure a list of N second transmission objects to the terminal device through the unlimited resource control RRC, and execute or not execute the preset operation for at least one second transmission object in the list.

[0232] For example, the network device first configures a list through RRC, which contains N configurations: config 0, config 1, ..., config N-1, where each configuration can correspond to at least one of CG PUSCH, PUCCH, SRS, SPS PDSCH and search space (SS), indicating that the UE may perform the preset operation based on these N configurations.

[0233] c. Configure a list containing N second transmission objects to the terminal device through the unlimited resource control RRC, and indicate the M second transmission objects in the list through the first indication information to execute or not execute the preset operation.

[0234] For example, the network device first configures a list through RRC, which contains N configurations: config 0, config 1, ..., config N-1, where each configuration can correspond to at least one of CG PUSCH, PUCCH, SRS, SPS PDSCH and search space (SS), etc.; further, the network device can indicate M configurations (for example, M = 1 or greater than 1, and M <= N) among the N configurations configured by RRC through MAC CE or DCI, indicating that the UE performs the preset operation based on these M configurations.

[0235] In addition, for the second transmission object for which the network device is not configured / indicated whether to execute the preset operation, the preset operation is always executed or not executed by default.

[0236] 2) Execute or not execute the preset operation for the first UE behavior

[0237] The first UE behavior may be a specific UE behavior (eg, a PDCCH monitoring behavior) or any UE behavior.

[0238] It can be understood that for PDCCH monitoring, the UE is configured to detect the corresponding PDCCH at certain specific locations (e.g. periodically). The UE performs PDCCH detection at these locations. The UE may detect the corresponding PDCCH or may not detect the corresponding PDCCH (e.g., the base station does not send the corresponding PDCCH at this location).

[0239] 3) First parameters and preset rules, wherein the first parameters include the configuration and priority of the third transmission object. Whether to perform the preset operation on the first transmission object can be determined based on the first parameters and the preset rules.

[0240] Likewise, the third transmission object may include at least one of a configured channel, a configured signal, a scheduled channel, and a scheduled signal, and the third transmission object may be the same as or different from the first transmission object.

[0241] The first parameter may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0242] PUSCH physical layer (PHY) priority (e.g., priority index);

[0243] PUCCH PHY priority (e.g., priority index);

[0244] PUCCH configuration (PUCCH config), for example, the PUCCH-config corresponding to the high-priority UCI;

[0245] PHY priority of PDSCH (e.g., priority index);

[0246] The PHY priority (e.g., priority index) of the Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request-Acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) corresponding to the PDSCH;

[0247] The PHY priority (such as priority index) of the HARQ-ACK corresponding to the PDCCH.

[0248] Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) corresponding to PDSCH;

[0249] RNTI corresponding to PDCCH;

[0250] The transmission period corresponding to the third transmission object includes at least one of PUSCH, PUCCH, PDSCH, PDCCH and PDSCH.

[0251] The preset rules may include but are not limited to at least one of the following:

[0252] 1) Execute or not execute the preset operation for the second transmission object.

[0253] The second object may be a transmission object of a specific type or any type (including at least one of a configured channel, a configured signal, a scheduled channel, and a scheduled signal). For example, the base station instructs a certain type of channel or signal (such as a PDCCH) to perform or not perform the preset operation. It should be noted that the second transmission object may be the same as or different from the first transmission object.

[0254] 2) For the second transmission object for which the network device is not configured / indicated whether to execute the preset operation, the preset operation is always executed or not executed by default.

[0255] 3) Determine whether to perform the preset operation according to the priority of the first transmission object and the priority corresponding to the target time domain.

[0256] For example, the priority of the first transmission object may be compared with the priority of the measurement interval (gapPriority-r17), and based on the comparison between the two, it is determined whether to perform the preset operation on the first transmission object. Generally speaking, if the priority of the first transmission object is higher than the priority of the measurement interval, the preset operation is performed on the first transmission object; otherwise, the preset operation is not performed.

[0257] Or determine whether to perform the preset operation based on the priority of the first transmission object and the priority of the measurement interval. For example, when the priority of the first transmission object is high priority, and / or when the priority of the measurement interval meets certain conditions (for example, the priority value is greater than or equal to a certain value), the terminal performs the preset operation, otherwise the preset operation is not performed.

[0258] 4) If the first transmission object includes a PUSCH and the PUSCH satisfies a first condition, perform the preset operation; otherwise, do not perform the preset operation.

[0259] The first condition may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0260] a. The PHY priority of the PUSCH is high priority. For example, the preset operation can be performed on a CG PUSCH (such as Type 1 and / or Type 2 CG PUSCH) with a PHY priority index of 1 or a high PHY priority or a PUSCH carrying SP-CSI. Otherwise, the preset operation is not performed.

[0261] b. The logical channel LCH priority of the PUSCH satisfies the ninth condition, wherein the ninth condition includes at least one of the conditions of being higher than a preset priority, lower than a preset priority, having the lowest priority, and having the highest priority. For example, for a CG PUSCH whose LCH priority is higher than a preset priority, the preset operation can be performed, otherwise the preset operation is not performed. The LCH of the CG PUSCH can be determined based on semi-static configuration information. For example, when a CG PUSCH corresponds to multiple LCHs, whether to perform the preset operation can be determined based on the corresponding lowest / highest LCH priority. For an introduction to the LCH priority, please refer to "Supplementary Note 1" below.

[0262] c. The PUSCH is a PUSCH that carries semi-persistent channel state information (CSI, SP-CSI), and the CSI carried satisfies the tenth condition. For example, the tenth condition includes that the priority corresponding to the CSI is less than or equal to a certain threshold, or that the priority corresponding to the CSI is greater than or equal to a certain threshold. If a priority value is used to represent the priority corresponding to the CSI, the larger the priority value, the lower the priority corresponding to the CSI. The priority value corresponding to the CSI can be determined using a protocol predefined method or a network device indication.

[0263] d. The PUSCH is in the first transmission opportunity TO. For example, the first TO is the first opportunity or the first valid opportunity in a transmission cycle, or the UCI does not indicate an unused transmission opportunity.

[0264] e. The PUSCH transmission period satisfies the eleventh condition. For example, the eleventh condition includes: the PUSCH transmission period is greater than or equal to a certain duration, or the PUSCH transmission period is less than or equal to a certain duration. The length of the certain duration may be determined by a network device instruction or a protocol predefined method.

[0265] f. The PUSCH is configured with a repetition number, the redundancy version (RV) corresponding to the PUSCH is a specified RV (such as RV0), and the repetition number is greater than 1.

[0266] g. The PUSCH is configured with a repetition number, the PUSCH corresponds to a specific transmission in the repeated transmission, such as the first repetition, and the repetition number is greater than 1.

[0267] h. The PUSCH is in a specific serving cell (i.e., the target serving cell is a specific serving cell). For example, the PUSCH is located in a serving cell set (set) C1 to which a spacing mechanism or scheduling availability / restriction provision applies, or in a cell in the same frequency band as C1, or in a different frequency band in the same frequency domain range as C1 (e.g., the frequency band corresponding to C1 belongs to the same frequency band pair), or in a cell in the same frequency domain range as C1 (e.g., FR1 or FR2, see "Supplementary Note 2" below for details).

[0268] 5) When the first transmission object includes PUCCH and the PUCCH satisfies a second condition, perform the preset operation; otherwise, do not perform the preset operation.

[0269] The second condition may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0270] a. The PHY priority of the PUCCH is a high priority. For example, for a PUCCH with a PHY priority index of 1 or a high priority, the preset operation can be performed. Otherwise, the preset operation is not performed.

[0271] b. The PUCCH is a PUCCH in a first configuration (i.e., a specific configuration). For example, the base station configures multiple PUCCH-configurations using the PUCCH-configurationList. The first PUCCH-config corresponds to low-priority UCI transmission, and the second PUCCH-config corresponds to high-priority UCI transmission. The PUCCH in the specific configuration may be a PUCCH in the second PUCCH-configuration.

[0272] c. The PUCCH is a PUCCH that carries the first uplink control information UCI, that is, the UCI type carried by the PUCCH includes a specific type. For example, the first UCI may include at least one of HARQ-ACK, a scheduling request (SR), and CSI. Optionally, if the first UCI includes HARQ-ACK, the transmission mode corresponding to the HARQ-ACK is an ACK / NACK mode, or the ACK / NACK mode is a unicast ACK / NACK mode; if the first UCI includes CSI, the priority of the CSI satisfies the fourth condition, such as being higher than a preset priority. If a priority value is used to represent the priority corresponding to the CSI, the larger the priority value, the lower the priority corresponding to the CSI. The priority value corresponding to the CSI may be determined by protocol pre-definition or network device indication.

[0273] d. The transmission period of the PUCCH satisfies the thirteenth condition. For example, the thirteenth condition includes that the PUSCH is a PUCCH carrying an SR, and the transmission period of the SR is greater than or equal to a certain duration, or the transmission period of the SR is less than or equal to a certain duration.

[0274] 6) If the first transmission object includes an SRS and the SRS satisfies a third condition, perform the preset operation; otherwise, do not perform the preset operation.

[0275] The third condition includes but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0276] a. The transmission period of the SRS satisfies the fourteenth condition. For example, the fourteenth condition includes that the transmission period of the SRS is greater than or equal to a certain duration, or that the transmission period of the SRS is less than or equal to a certain duration.

[0277] b. The SRS includes an SRS for a specific purpose. For example, the SRS includes an SRS for positioning.

[0278] 7) If the first transmission object includes PRACH and the PRACH meets the fourth condition, perform the preset operation; otherwise, do not perform the preset operation.

[0279] The fourth condition may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0280] a. The PRACH is used for a first purpose, wherein the first purpose may include but is not limited to at least one of contention-based random access (CBRA) and contention-free random access (CFRA).

[0281] b. The PRACH is used for a second purpose, ie, for a specific purpose, wherein the second purpose may be specified by a protocol or indicated by a network device.

[0282] c. The PRACH is configured by a second parameter, that is, the PRACH can be configured by a specific parameter, wherein the second parameter can be specified by a protocol or indicated by a network device. For details, see "Supplementary Note 3" below.

[0283] 8) If the first transmission object includes a PDCCH and the PDCCH satisfies a fifth condition, perform the preset operation; otherwise, do not perform the preset operation.

[0284] The fifth condition may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0285] a. The control resource set (CORESET) where the PDCCH is located satisfies the fifteenth condition, wherein the fifteenth condition can be set according to actual needs.

[0286] b. The search space (SS) corresponding to the PDCCH satisfies the sixteenth condition, wherein the sixteenth condition includes that the SS is a common search space (CSS), the transmission period of the SS satisfies certain conditions, and the SS is configured with at least one of the specified downlink control information DCI formats (such as format 1_0 or format 0_0, etc.) monitored by the terminal device.

[0287] 9) When the first transmission object includes PDSCH and the PDSCH satisfies the sixth condition, perform the preset operation; otherwise, do not perform the preset operation.

[0288] The sixth condition may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0289] a. The priority of the PDSCH is high priority, for example, the priority index of the PDSCH is 1;

[0290] b. The priority corresponding to the HARQ-ACK corresponding to the PDSCH is high priority, for example, the priority index corresponding to the HARQ-ACK corresponding to the PDSCH is 1 (high priority);

[0291] c. The configuration index corresponding to the PDSCH satisfies the seventeenth condition, for example, the seventeenth condition includes that the configuration index of the PDSCH is less than or equal to a specific value;

[0292] d. The PDSCH is a unicast PDSCH;

[0293] e. The RNTI corresponding to the PDSCH includes at least one of a Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI), a Modulation and Coding Scheme Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (MCS-C-RNTI), and a Cell-specific Radio Network Temporary Identifier (CS-RNTI);

[0294] f. The transmission period of the PDSCH satisfies the eighteenth condition, for example, the eighteenth condition includes that the transmission period of the PDSCH is less than or equal to a certain duration, or that the transmission period of the PDSCH is greater than or equal to a certain duration.

[0295] 10) If the first transmission object includes a CSI-RS and the CSI-RS satisfies the seventh condition, perform the preset operation; otherwise, do not perform the preset operation.

[0296] The seventh condition may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0297] a. The CSI-RS transmission period satisfies the nineteenth condition, for example, the nineteenth condition includes that the CSI-RS transmission period is less than or equal to a certain duration, or that the PDSCH transmission period is greater than or equal to a certain duration;

[0298] b. The CSI-RS is used for a third purpose (i.e., a specific purpose), for example, the CSI-RS is the CSI-RS configured by measObjectNR (for RRM), or the CSI-RS is the CSI-RS associated with RadioLinkMonitoringConfig and BeamFailureDectection (for RLM and BFD), or the CSI-RS is a periodic CSI-RS with "trs-Info" configured as "true" (for tracking), or the CSI-RS is a periodic / semi-persistent CSI-RS (for BM).

[0299] c. The type of the CSI-RS is the second type (ie, a specific type), see the above description of the third purpose.

[0300] 11) If the first transmission object includes a WUS and the WUS satisfies the eighth condition, perform the preset operation; otherwise, do not perform the preset operation.

[0301] The eighth condition may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0302] a. The WUS includes a monitoring signal of the network device configured to monitor the location of the WUS;

[0303] b. The WUS includes a monitoring signal of the monitoring WUS location determined by a specified rule.

[0304] Exemplarily, the indication of the terminal device may include but is not limited to at least one of the following: whether the transmission occasion (TO) of the physical uplink data channel PUSCH is used.

[0305] On this basis, in step 401, determining whether to perform a preset operation in the target time domain based on a preset manner may include:

[0306] In a case where the terminal device indicates that at least one TO of the PUSCH is unused, the at least one TO in the target time domain does not perform the preset operation;

[0307] In a case where the terminal device does not indicate that at least one TO of the PUSCH is not used, the at least one TO in the target time domain performs the preset operation.

[0308] For example, the terminal device may indicate whether one or some transmission opportunities of the CG PUSCH are used through UCI (e.g., UTO-UCI). If the UTO-UCI indicates that one or some CG PUSCH transmission opportunities are unused, the preset operation is not performed in the target time domain corresponding to the CG PUSCH transmission opportunity (e.g., the MG that overlaps with the CG PUSCH transmission opportunity time domain); if the UTO-UCI does not indicate that one or some CG PUSCH transmission opportunities are unused, the preset operation is performed in the target time domain corresponding to the CG PUSCH transmission opportunity (e.g., the MG that overlaps with the CG PUSCH transmission opportunity time domain).

[0309] Optionally, if the terminal device corresponding to the first transmission object is configured with a first discontinuous reception (DRX), and the first transmission object is in the activation time of the first DRX, or the first transmission object overlaps with the activation time of the first DRX, wherein the first DRX includes at least one of connected DRX (DRX) and cell DRX (DRX), and the target service cell belongs to the DRX group corresponding to the first DRX or the service cell corresponding to the cell DRX, the preset operation is performed. For example, during the operation of drx-OnDurationTimer, drx-IactivityTimer, DRX retransmission timer (for example, drx-RetransmissionTimerDL, drx-RetransmissionTimerUL), the preset operation is performed.

[0310] Optionally, if the terminal device corresponding to the first transmission object is configured with discontinuous reception (DRX) or discontinuous transmission (DTX) in the target service cell, and the first transmission object is in the activation time of the cell DRX or the cell DTX, or the first transmission object overlaps with the activation time of the cell DRX or the cell DTX, the preset operation is performed.

[0311] Optionally, determining that the target time domain for performing the preset operation meets a preset condition, wherein the preset condition includes at least one of the following:

[0312] 1) The target time domain is not used for the fourth purpose or the first scenario, wherein the fourth purpose or the first scenario is specified by the protocol or configured by high-layer signaling. For example, the first purpose may include at least one of Resource Linking and Monitoring (RLM) and Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD).

[0313] 2) The target time domain is only used for the fifth purpose or the second scenario, wherein the fifth purpose or the second scenario is specified by the protocol or configured by high-level signaling. For example, the fifth purpose may include at least one of intra-frequency measurement, inter-frequency measurement and positioning.

[0314] 3) The priority of the target time zone meets preset requirements. For example, the preset requirements include: the absolute priority is lower than the preset priority, and / or the relative priority is lower than the priority of the transmission object, etc. The purpose of setting this preset condition is to allow the preset operation to be performed only for target time zones with a lower or sufficiently lower priority, so as to minimize the impact on the use of the target time zone by higher priority or more important functions.

[0315] 4) If the terminal device corresponding to the first transmission object is configured with a first discontinuous reception DRX, the target time domain is in the activation time of the first DRX, or the target time domain overlaps with the activation time of the first DRX, wherein the first DRX includes at least one of connected DRX (DRX) and cell DRX (DRX), and the target service cell belongs to the DRX group corresponding to the first DRX, or the target service cell and the first DRX are in the same service cell. Optionally, the terminal device is instructed (for example, by DCI format 2_6 indication, or by LP-WUS signal) to wake up (wake up) during the first DRX duration (onDuration).

[0316] 5) If the terminal device corresponding to the first transmission object is configured with discontinuous reception DRX or discontinuous transmission DTX in the target service cell, the target time domain is in the activation time of the cell DRX or the cell DTX, or the target time domain overlaps with the activation time of discontinuous reception DRX or discontinuous transmission DTX.

[0317] It should be noted that in the embodiments of the present application, for absolute value requirements, for example, requiring the corresponding priority to be lower than or not higher than a predefined threshold, or requiring the gapPriority-r17 value corresponding to GapConfig-r17 corresponding to the transmission opportunity to be greater than or not less than a predefined threshold. The predefined threshold here can be specified by the protocol, configured by higher-layer signaling, or reported by the terminal. For relative requirements, for example, the corresponding priority is the lowest among all configured GapConfig-r17 values ​​(the larger the value of this parameter, the lower the corresponding priority) or is one of the lowest N priorities (or, the corresponding gapPriority-r17 value is the largest among all configured GapConfig-r17 values ​​or is one of the largest N priorities), or, the corresponding priority is the lowest among the GapConfig-r17 values ​​corresponding to the gap occasion that exists within a period of time (given by the period of time for determining whether to perform the preset operation in each specific method) or is one of the lowest M priorities (or, the corresponding gapPriority-r17 value is the largest among the GapConfig-r17 values ​​corresponding to the gap occasion that exists within this period of time or is one of the largest M priorities).

[0318] Currently, it is assumed that there is no priority concept for symbols with scheduling restrictions.

[0319] 6) The period or length of the window meets preset requirements, for example, the period is not longer than a preset threshold, and / or the length is not shorter than a preset threshold, etc. The preset threshold here can be specified by the protocol or configured by high-level signaling.

[0320] Currently, it is temporarily considered that symbols with scheduling restrictions do not involve concepts such as period and length.

[0321] For example, the preset operation may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0322] 1) Relax, remove, override, or ignore scheduling restrictions within the first set of symbols.

[0323] The first set of symbols may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0324] Symbols within one or more windows or window groups;

[0325] Symbols within one or more time periods / time sub-segments;

[0326] The duration / interval / time within which scheduling restrictions exist for transmissions scheduled by downlink control information (DCI);

[0327] Symbols corresponding to the time of the transmission opportunity indicated by the uplink control information (UCI) / the interval overlapping with the transmission opportunity indicated by the UCI / the time during which scheduling restrictions exist;

[0328] A symbolic set of scheduling restrictions.

[0329] The definitions of windows, window groups, time periods / time sub-segments, and transmission durations / extended durations are described in detail below. For example, a window can be a gap window, or, for the NCSG mechanism, the window can be the ML shown in Figure 3. For symbol sets with scheduling restrictions, see the corresponding descriptions of scheduling availability / restrictions above.

[0330] Here, relaxing, removing, covering or ignoring the scheduling constraints within the first symbol set can be understood as the following a or b:

[0331] a. Turn off / remove the scheduling restriction corresponding to the first symbol set, so that channels / signals that were not allowed to be transmitted or received before the symbol set are allowed to be transmitted or received, such as the terminal receiving and transmitting in these symbols according to the base station configuration or scheduling;

[0332] b. Partially close / remove the scheduling restrictions corresponding to the first symbol set, so that channels / signals that were not allowed to be sent or received before closing / removing and meet the corresponding conditions (see the description of the preset rules above for details) are allowed to be sent and received within this symbol set.

[0333] 2) Skip, remove, override, or ignore gap occasions (Skip / disable / override / ignore Gap occasion(s));

[0334] An interval opportunity can be understood as a (single) interval window corresponding to a certain interval mechanism in NR after configuration / activation. For the NCSG mechanism, the interval opportunity here can be a window consisting of VIL1, ML, and VIL2 as shown in Figure 3, or a time portion that only includes at least one of VIL1, VIL2, and ML in Figure 3.

[0335] The skipping, removal, overwriting or ignoring here can be understood as closing / removing the reception and sending restrictions within the interval opportunity (that is, treating this interval opportunity as invalid, or treating this interval opportunity as not existing), or closing / removing the reception and sending restrictions within the interval opportunity for the reception / sending that meets certain conditions (see the description of the preset rules above for details) (that is, only for the reception / sending that meets certain conditions, this interval opportunity is treated as invalid, or treated as not existing).

[0336] 3) Skip / Disable / Override / Ignore measurement during a set of symbols or gap occasion(s). Here, "skip," "disable," "override," or "ignore" refers to disabling or removing measurements that may have been taken previously. The second symbol set is similar to the first symbol set.

[0337] 4) Adjusting the interval pattern parameters, wherein the interval pattern parameters include at least one of the interval period length, the interval length, and the interval offset. For example, adjusting the interval pattern parameters may include extending / shortening the interval period, adjusting the value of the parameter mgrp, adjusting the value of the parameter gapOffset, and adjusting the value of the parameter mgl, etc.

[0338] 5) receiving or sending the first transmission object normally without being subject to the sending and receiving restrictions (i.e., without sending and receiving restrictions);

[0339] 6) Receiving or sending a second transmission object (i.e., sending or receiving a specific channel / signal), where the second transmission object is specified by the protocol or indicated by the network device. For example, the second transmission object may include LP-WUS, a high-priority transmission object (e.g., a PUSCH or PUCCH with a PHY priority of 1, or a PRACH or PUCCH with a search space configured for detecting a CSS, etc.).

[0340] Supplementary Note 1: Network devices can configure the priority of LCH and the CG PUSCH configuration corresponding to LCH through RRC parameters (such as allowedCG-List-r16).

[0341] Logical channel related configuration includes:

[0342] LogicalChannelConfig->ul-SpecificParameters->priority

[0343] LogicalChannelConfig->ul-SpecificParameters->allowedServingCells / allowedSCS-List / allo wedCG-List-r16 / allowedPHY-PriorityIndex-r16

[0344] For details on the logical channel configuration, please refer to Figure 5.

[0345] Supplementary Note 2: The scope of the target serving cells (including the target serving cells) for the above-mentioned preset operations is, by default, specified by the protocol, or is the serving cell or serving cell set to which the interval or scheduling restriction applies. For example, for the interval corresponding to the UE-level measurement gap (per-UE measurement gap), the target serving cells can be understood as all serving cells configured by the UE, including NR serving cells or E-UTRAN serving cells; for the interval corresponding to the FR-level measurement gap (per-FR measurement gap), the target serving cells can be understood as all serving cells configured by the UE in the corresponding FR (FR1 or FR2), including NR serving cells or E-UTRAN serving cells. For another example, with respect to scheduling restrictions, in addition to serving cells directly subject to scheduling restrictions based on RRM measurements, CLI measurements, L1-RSRP measurements, L1-SINR measurements, RLM, BFD, etc., it also includes other serving cells in the same or different frequency bands that are extended based on capabilities such as simultaneous transmission and reception or IBM of the corresponding frequency band pair, or in different frequency bands (for specific extension rules, see the corresponding description above).

[0346] Supplementary Note 3: The PRACH configuration specified in the relevant protocol shall be used, including at least one of the following:

[0347] Common PRACH configuration: The PRACH configuration configured by the higher-layer parameter BWP-UplinkCommon->rach-ConfigCommon->prach-ConfigurationIndex. The corresponding RACH resources can be used for both CBRA and CFRA.

[0348] Dedicated PRACH configuration: The PRACH configuration configured by the higher-layer parameter ReconfigurationWithSync->rach-ConfigDedicated->cfra->prach-ConfigurationIndex is optional. The corresponding RACH resources are only used for CFRA.

[0349] BFR PRACH configuration: The PRACH configuration configured by the higher-layer parameter BWP-UplinkDedicated->beamFailureRecoveryConfig->rach-ConfigBFR->prach-ConfigurationIndex is optional. The corresponding RACH resources are only used for CFRA.

[0350] SIPRACH configuration: PRACH configuration configured by the higher-layer parameter SI-SchedulingInfo->si-RequestConfig( / si-RequestConfigSUL)->rach-OccasionsSI->prach-ConfigurationIndex. This is an optional configuration, and the corresponding RACH resources are only used for CFRA.

[0351] The above describes a communication method provided by the present application. In this method, for a target service cell, based on a first transmission object and a preset method, it can be determined whether to perform an operation for relaxing the transmission and reception restrictions of the target service cell by the interval mechanism, and / or determine whether to perform an operation for relaxing the scheduling restrictions of the target service cell by the scheduling availability / restriction provisions, so as to relax the transmission and reception restrictions of the target service cell by the interval mechanism, and / or relax the scheduling restrictions of the target service cell by the scheduling availability / restriction provisions, when necessary, thereby ensuring the communication performance of the relevant business data carried by the first transmission object. It can be understood that when the first transmission object is XR business data, the transmission delay of the XR business data can be reduced, the XR business capacity can be increased, and the communication performance of the XR business data can be guaranteed.

[0352] The following is an example of a communication method provided by the present application through more specific embodiments.

[0353] Figure 6 shows a schematic diagram of a discontinuous reception (DRX) mechanism according to an embodiment of the present application. In Figure 6, ① corresponds to a long-cycle DRX configuration with a wakeup indication of 0 (Wakeup indication = 0), indicating not awake (sleep); ② corresponds to a long-cycle DRX configuration with a wakeup indication of 1 (Wakeup indication = 1), indicating awake (Wakeup).

[0354] As shown in Figure 6, it is assumed that MG0, MG1, and MG2 are measurement gap occasions determined according to the base station configuration, and that these MGs can be ignored or skipped (for example, the MG priority meets a specific condition) through the above-mentioned preset method. Figure 6 also shows the transmission occasion (TO) corresponding to the configured first transmission object (config Tx1). Whether to perform the preset operation can be determined by at least one of the following methods:

[0355] 1) config Tx1 can be a transmission object that can be used to ignore or skip MGs, determined in a certain manner. For example, it can be determined by at least one of higher-layer signaling, MAC CE, DCI indication, and preset rules. For details, please refer to the description of the preset method above. As shown in Figure 6, TO0 overlaps with MG0 in the time domain, and TO3 overlaps with MG1. Since no TO overlaps with MG2, the UE performs according to relevant technologies at MG2 (for example, performing measurements, and not transmitting or receiving other channels except for related signals such as RRM / PRACH, see the previous section for details). For MG0 and MG1, since they overlap with certain TOs of config Tx1, MG0 and MG1 will be skipped or disabled (that is, the UE performs preset operations at MG0 and MG1, such as not performing measurements, but performing downlink reception or uplink transmission according to base station configuration or scheduling, such as receiving PDCCH / PDSCH and transmitting PUCCH / PUSCH / SRS).

[0356] 2) Certain TOs in config Tx1 can be used to ignore or skip MG configuration transmissions. These TOs can be indicated by UCI, or they can be specific repetitions or specific occasions. As shown in Figure 6, TO0 overlaps with MG0 in the time domain, and TO3 overlaps with MG1. Since no TOs overlap with MG2, the UE performs the relevant techniques during MG2 (e.g., performing measurements and not transmitting or receiving other channels except for related signals such as RRM / PRACH). For MG0 and MG1, since they overlap with certain TOs in config Tx1, assuming that TO0 and TO3 are TOs that meet the aforementioned UCI indication, specific repetitions, or specific occasions, MG0 and MG1 will be skipped or disabled (i.e., the UE performs preset operations on MG0 and MG1, such as not performing measurements, but performing downlink reception or uplink transmission according to base station configuration or scheduling, such as receiving PDCCH / PDSCH and transmitting PUCCH / PUSCH / SRS).

[0357] 3) MG can be skipped or ignored only when the TO of config Tx1 is in the DRX onDuration state. In Figure 6, the TO overlapping with MG0 is in the DRX off state. In MG0, the UE performs according to the relevant technology (for example, performing measurements, and not transmitting or receiving other channels except for related signals such as RRM / PRACH, refer to the previous text for details). In Figure 6, the TO overlapping with MG1 is in the DRX onDuration state, then MG1 will be disabled or skipped (that is, the UE performs preset operations in MG1, such as not performing measurements, but performing downlink reception or uplink transmission according to the base station configuration or scheduling, such as receiving PDCCH / PDSCH and transmitting PUCCH / PUSCH / SRS).

[0358] 4) If the UE is also configured with drx-IactivityTimer and DRX retransmission timer (e.g., drx-RetransmissionTimerDL, drx-RetransmissionTimerUL), the MG can be disabled or skipped only when config Tx1 is in the TO of DRX active time. That is, the preset operation is performed during the OnDurationTimer, drx-IactivityTimer, and DRX retransmission timer (e.g., drx-RetransmissionTimerDL, drx-RetransmissionTimerUL) running.

[0359] 5) Only when config Tx1 is in DRX active time and the UE is instructed to wake up during the onDuration can the TO disable or skip the MG. For example, in Figure 6, before the start of each onDuration, the UE can detect the DCI sent by the base station (specific details can be configured by the base station), such as DCI format 2_6 or other LP-WUS signals. If the Wake Up Indication in the DCI or LP-WUS signal is 1, it means that the UE will wake up during the next onDuration; otherwise, the UE will continue to sleep. As shown in the figure, if the corresponding DCI indicates that the UE wakes up during the DRX cycle corresponding to MG1, TO3 will disable or skip MG1; otherwise, TO3 will not disable or skip MG1.

[0360] 6) If the target serving cell (set) C1 to which the MG applies or the serving cell where the above configuration is transmitted is configured with cell DTX / DRX, the MG can be disabled or skipped only when the TO of config Tx1 is in the DRX / DTX active time, etc.

[0361] It should be noted that the communication method provided in the embodiment shown in FIG4 can be executed by a transmission device. In the embodiments of the present application, the transmission device provided in the embodiments of the present application is described by taking a transmission device executing the communication method as an example. The communication method provided in the embodiment shown in FIG4 can be executed by a communication device. In the embodiments of the present application, the communication device provided in the embodiments of the present application is described by taking a communication device executing the communication method as an example.

[0362] The following describes a transmission device provided in an embodiment of the present application in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Since the transmission device provided in an embodiment of the present application corresponds to a communication method provided in an embodiment of the present application, the description of the transmission device provided in an embodiment of the present application is relatively brief. For details, please refer to the introduction of the method embodiment section above.

[0363] As shown in FIG7 , an embodiment of the present application provides a transmission device 700 , which may include: a determination module 701 .

[0364] The determination module 701 is used to determine whether to perform a preset operation for the target service cell based on a first transmission object and a preset method, wherein the first transmission object includes at least one of a configured channel, a configured signal, a scheduled channel and a scheduled signal, and the preset operation is used to relax the reception and transmission restrictions of the target service cell imposed by the interval mechanism, and / or the preset operation is used to relax the scheduling restrictions imposed on the target service cell by the scheduling availability / restriction provisions.

[0365] The first transmission object belongs to the target serving cell, or in other words, the first transmission object is on the target serving cell. Furthermore, the target serving cell is a serving cell to which the spacing mechanism is applied, and the target serving cell is a serving cell with scheduling restrictions; or in other words, the serving cells to which the spacing mechanism is applied include the target serving cell, and the serving cells with scheduling restrictions include the target serving cell.

[0366] Exemplarily, in the determination module 701, the determination of whether to perform the preset operation based on the first transmission object and the preset method may include: when the time domain where the first transmission object is located overlaps with the target time domain, determining whether to perform the preset operation in the target time domain based on the preset method, wherein the target time domain includes a time domain related to the interval and / or a time domain with scheduling restrictions.

[0367] Specifically, the target time domain may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0368] 1) The time domain or interval occasions of the interval;

[0369] 2) A set of symbols;

[0370] 3) Synchronization Signal / PBCH Block Measurement Timing Configuration (SMTC) window.

[0371] The first set of symbols may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0372] Symbols within one or more windows or window groups;

[0373] Symbols within one or more time periods / time sub-segments;

[0374] Downlink Control Information (DCI) scheduled transmission duration / interval / symbols within the time with scheduling restrictions;

[0375] Symbols corresponding to the time of the transmission opportunity indicated by the uplink control information (UCI) / the interval overlapping with the transmission opportunity indicated by the UCI / the time during which scheduling restrictions exist;

[0376] A symbolic set of scheduling restrictions.

[0377] The definitions of windows, window groups, time periods / time sub-segments, and transmission durations / extended durations are described in detail above. For example, a window can be a gap window, or, for the NCSG mechanism, the window can be the ML shown in Figure 3. For symbol sets with scheduling restrictions, see the description of scheduling availability / restrictions above.

[0378] The first transmission object may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0379] 1) Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), for example, at least one of Configuring granting Physical Uplink Shared Channel (CG PUSCH) (for example, PUSCH configured by the parameter ConfiguredGrantConfig) and PUSCH carrying semi-persistent channel state information (SP-CSI) (for example, PUSCH configured by the parameter semiPersistentOnPUSCH);

[0380] 2) Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), for example, the PUCCH carrying HARQ-ACK corresponding to the Semi-Persistent Scheduling PDSCH (SPS PDSCH), the PUCCH carrying CSI, and the PUCCH carrying SR;

[0381] 3) Sounding Reference Signal (SRS);

[0382] 4) Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH);

[0383] 5) Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), such as SPS PDSCH;

[0384] 6) Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH);

[0385] 7) Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS)

[0386] 8) Wake-up signal (WUS).

[0387] The preset method may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0388] Pre-set rules stipulated in the agreement;

[0389] Instructions from network equipment, including high-level signaling configuration or base station instructions;

[0390] Instructions for terminal equipment.

[0391] Exemplarily, the indication of the network device may include, but is not limited to, at least one of the following:

[0392] 1) Execute or not execute the preset operation for the second transmission object

[0393] The second object may be a transmission object of a specific type or any type (including at least one of a configured channel, a configured signal, a scheduled channel, and a scheduled signal). For example, the base station instructs a certain type of channel or signal (such as a PDCCH) to perform or not perform the preset operation. It should be noted that the second transmission object may be the same as or different from the first transmission object.

[0394] Specifically, the network device may explicitly configure or indicate, through signaling such as RRC, MAC CE, or DCI, whether to perform the preset operation on the transmission object, for example:

[0395] a. For one or more configured second transmission objects, respectively configure / instruct to execute or not execute the preset operation.

[0396] For example, configuration / indication is performed for CG Config / PUCCH Config / PUCCH resource / SR configuration / CSI configuration / SRS Config (or SRS-ResourceSet) / CORESET (or Search space) respectively.

[0397] b. Configure a list of N second transmission objects to the terminal device through the unlimited resource control RRC, and execute or not execute the preset operation for at least one second transmission object in the list.

[0398] For example, the network device first configures a list through RRC, which contains N configurations: config 0, config 1, ..., config N-1, where each configuration can correspond to at least one of CG PUSCH, PUCCH, SRS, SPS PDSCH and search space (SS), indicating that the UE may perform the preset operation based on these N configurations.

[0399] c. Configure a list containing N second transmission objects to the terminal device through the unlimited resource control RRC, and indicate the M second transmission objects in the list through the first indication information to execute or not execute the preset operation.

[0400] For example, the network device first configures a list through RRC, which contains N configurations: config 0, config 1, ..., config N-1, where each configuration can correspond to at least one of CG PUSCH, PUCCH, SRS, SPS PDSCH and search space (SS), etc.; further, the network device can indicate M configurations (for example, M = 1 or greater than 1, and M <= N) among the N configurations configured by RRC through MAC CE or DCI, indicating that the UE performs the preset operation based on these M configurations.

[0401] In addition, for the second transmission object for which the network device is not configured / indicated whether to execute the preset operation, the preset operation is always executed or not executed by default.

[0402] 2) Execute or not execute the preset operation for the first UE behavior

[0403] The first UE behavior may be a specific UE behavior (eg, a PDCCH monitoring behavior) or any UE behavior.

[0404] It can be understood that for PDCCH monitoring, the UE is configured to detect the corresponding PDCCH at certain specific locations (e.g. periodically). The UE performs PDCCH detection at these locations. The UE may detect the corresponding PDCCH or may not detect the corresponding PDCCH (e.g., the base station does not send the corresponding PDCCH at this location).

[0405] 3) First parameters and preset rules, wherein the first parameters include the configuration and priority of the third transmission object. Whether to perform the preset operation on the first transmission object can be determined based on the first parameters and the preset rules.

[0406] Likewise, the third transmission object may include at least one of a configured channel, a configured signal, a scheduled channel, and a scheduled signal, and the third transmission object may be the same as or different from the first transmission object.

[0407] The first parameter may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0408] PUSCH physical layer (PHY) priority (e.g., priority index);

[0409] PUCCH PHY priority (e.g., priority index);

[0410] PUCCH configuration (PUCCH config), for example, the PUCCH-config corresponding to the high-priority UCI;

[0411] PHY priority of PDSCH (e.g., priority index);

[0412] The PHY priority (e.g., priority index) of the Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request-Acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) corresponding to the PDSCH;

[0413] The PHY priority (such as priority index) of the HARQ-ACK corresponding to the PDCCH.

[0414] Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) corresponding to PDSCH;

[0415] RNTI corresponding to PDCCH;

[0416] The transmission period corresponding to the third transmission object includes at least one of PUSCH, PUCCH, PDSCH, PDCCH and PDSCH.

[0417] The preset rules may include but are not limited to at least one of the following:

[0418] 1) Execute or not execute the preset operation for the second transmission object.

[0419] The second object may be a transmission object of a specific type or any type (including at least one of a configured channel, a configured signal, a scheduled channel, and a scheduled signal). For example, the base station instructs a certain type of channel or signal (such as a PDCCH) to perform or not perform the preset operation. It should be noted that the second transmission object may be the same as or different from the first transmission object.

[0420] 2) For the second transmission object for which the network device is not configured / indicated whether to execute the preset operation, the preset operation is always executed or not executed by default.

[0421] 3) Determine whether to perform the preset operation according to the priority of the first transmission object and the priority corresponding to the target time domain.

[0422] For example, the priority of the first transmission object may be compared with the priority of the measurement interval (gapPriority-r17), and based on the comparison between the two, it is determined whether to perform the preset operation on the first transmission object. Generally speaking, if the priority of the first transmission object is higher than the priority of the measurement interval, the preset operation is performed on the first transmission object; otherwise, the preset operation is not performed.

[0423] Or determine whether to perform the preset operation according to the priority of the first transmission object and the priority of the measurement interval. For example, when the priority of the first transmission object is high priority, and / or when the priority of the measurement interval meets certain conditions (for example, the priority value is greater than or equal to a certain value), the terminal performs the preset operation, otherwise the preset operation is not performed.

[0424] 4) If the first transmission object includes a PUSCH and the PUSCH satisfies a first condition, perform the preset operation; otherwise, do not perform the preset operation.

[0425] The first condition may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0426] a. The PHY priority of the PUSCH is high priority. For example, the preset operation can be performed on a CG PUSCH (such as Type 1 and / or Type 2 CG PUSCH) with a PHY priority index of 1 or a high PHY priority or a PUSCH carrying SP-CSI. Otherwise, the preset operation is not performed.

[0427] b. The logical channel LCH priority of the PUSCH satisfies the ninth condition, wherein the ninth condition includes at least one of the conditions of being higher than a preset priority, lower than a preset priority, having the lowest priority, and having the highest priority. For example, for a CG PUSCH whose LCH priority is higher than a preset priority, the preset operation can be performed, otherwise the preset operation is not performed. The LCH of the CG PUSCH can be determined based on semi-static configuration information. For example, when a CG PUSCH corresponds to multiple LCHs, whether to perform the preset operation can be determined based on the corresponding lowest / highest LCH priority. For an introduction to the LCH priority, please refer to "Supplementary Note 1" above.

[0428] c. The PUSCH is a PUSCH that carries semi-persistent channel state information (CSI, SP-CSI), and the CSI carried satisfies the tenth condition. For example, the tenth condition includes that the priority corresponding to the CSI is less than or equal to a certain threshold, or that the priority corresponding to the CSI is greater than or equal to a certain threshold. If a priority value is used to represent the priority corresponding to the CSI, the larger the priority value, the lower the priority corresponding to the CSI. The priority value corresponding to the CSI can be determined by protocol pre-definition or network device indication.

[0429] d. The PUSCH is in the first transmission opportunity TO. For example, the first TO is the first opportunity or the first valid opportunity in a transmission cycle, or the UCI does not indicate an unused transmission opportunity.

[0430] e. The PUSCH transmission period satisfies the eleventh condition. For example, the eleventh condition includes: the PUSCH transmission period is greater than or equal to a certain duration, or the PUSCH transmission period is less than or equal to a certain duration. The length of the certain duration may be determined by a network device instruction or a protocol predefined method.

[0431] f. The PUSCH is configured with a repetition number, the redundancy version (RV) corresponding to the PUSCH is a specified RV (such as RV0), and the repetition number is greater than 1.

[0432] g. The PUSCH is configured with a repetition number, the PUSCH corresponds to a specific transmission in the repeated transmission, such as the first repetition, and the repetition number is greater than 1.

[0433] h. The PUSCH is in a specific serving cell (i.e., the target serving cell is a specific serving cell). For example, the PUSCH is located in a serving cell set (set) C1 to which a spacing mechanism or scheduling availability / restriction provision applies, or a cell in the same frequency band as C1, or a different frequency band in the same frequency domain range as C1 (e.g., the frequency band corresponding to C1 belongs to the same frequency band pair), or a cell in the same frequency domain range as C1 (e.g., FR1 or FR2, see "Supplementary Note 2" above for details).

[0434] 5) When the first transmission object includes PUCCH and the PUCCH satisfies a second condition, perform the preset operation; otherwise, do not perform the preset operation.

[0435] The second condition may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0436] a. The PHY priority of the PUCCH is a high priority. For example, for a PUCCH with a PHY priority index of 1 or a high priority, the preset operation can be performed. Otherwise, the preset operation is not performed.

[0437] b. The PUCCH is a PUCCH in a first configuration (i.e., a specific configuration). For example, the base station configures multiple PUCCH-configurations using the PUCCH-configurationList. The first PUCCH-config corresponds to low-priority UCI transmission, and the second PUCCH-config corresponds to high-priority UCI transmission. The PUCCH in the specific configuration may be a PUCCH in the second PUCCH-configuration.

[0438] c. The PUCCH is a PUCCH that carries the first uplink control information UCI, that is, the UCI type carried by the PUCCH includes a specific type. For example, the first UCI may include at least one of HARQ-ACK, a scheduling request (SR), and CSI. Optionally, if the first UCI includes HARQ-ACK, the transmission mode corresponding to the HARQ-ACK is an ACK / NACK mode, or the ACK / NACK mode is a unicast ACK / NACK mode; if the first UCI includes CSI, the priority of the CSI satisfies the fourth condition, such as being higher than a preset priority. If a priority value is used to represent the priority corresponding to the CSI, the larger the priority value, the lower the priority corresponding to the CSI. The priority value corresponding to the CSI may be determined by protocol pre-definition or network device indication.

[0439] d. The transmission period of the PUCCH satisfies the thirteenth condition, for example, the PUSCH is a PUCCH carrying an SR, and the transmission period of the SR is greater than or equal to a certain duration, or the transmission period of the SR is less than or equal to a certain duration.

[0440] 6) If the first transmission object includes an SRS and the SRS satisfies a third condition, perform the preset operation; otherwise, do not perform the preset operation.

[0441] The third condition includes but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0442] a. The transmission period of the SRS satisfies the fourteenth condition. For example, the fourteenth condition includes that the transmission period of the SRS is greater than or equal to a certain duration, or that the transmission period of the SRS is less than or equal to a certain duration.

[0443] b. The SRS includes an SRS for a specific purpose. For example, the SRS includes an SRS for positioning.

[0444] 7) If the first transmission object includes PRACH and the PRACH meets the fourth condition, perform the preset operation; otherwise, do not perform the preset operation.

[0445] The fourth condition may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0446] a. The PRACH is used for a first purpose, wherein the first purpose may include but is not limited to at least one of contention-based random access (CBRA) and contention-free random access (CFRA).

[0447] b. The PRACH is used for a second purpose, ie, for a specific purpose, wherein the second purpose may be specified by a protocol or indicated by a network device.

[0448] c. The PRACH is configured by a second parameter, that is, the PRACH can be configured by a specific parameter, wherein the second parameter can be specified by a protocol or indicated by a network device. For details, see "Supplementary Note 3" above.

[0449] 8) If the first transmission object includes a PDCCH and the PDCCH satisfies a fifth condition, perform the preset operation; otherwise, do not perform the preset operation.

[0450] The fifth condition may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0451] a. The control resource set (CORESET) where the PDCCH is located satisfies the fifteenth condition, wherein the fifteenth condition can be set according to actual needs.

[0452] b. The search space (SS) corresponding to the PDCCH satisfies the sixteenth condition, wherein the sixteenth condition includes that the SS is a common search space (CSS), the transmission period of the SS satisfies certain conditions, and the SS is configured with at least one of the specified downlink control information DCI formats (such as format 1_0 or format 0_0, etc.) monitored by the terminal device.

[0453] 9) When the first transmission object includes PDSCH and the PDSCH satisfies the sixth condition, perform the preset operation; otherwise, do not perform the preset operation.

[0454] The sixth condition may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0455] a. The priority of the PDSCH is high priority, for example, the priority index of the PDSCH is 1;

[0456] b. The priority corresponding to the HARQ-ACK corresponding to the PDSCH is a high priority. For example, the priority index corresponding to the HARQ-ACK corresponding to the PDSCH is 1 (high priority);

[0457] c. The configuration index corresponding to the PDSCH satisfies the seventeenth condition, for example, the configuration index of the PDSCH is less than or equal to a specific value;

[0458] d. The PDSCH is a unicast PDSCH;

[0459] e. The RNTI corresponding to the PDSCH includes at least one of a Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI), a Modulation and Coding Scheme Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (MCS-C-RNTI), and a Cell-specific Radio Network Temporary Identifier (CS-RNTI);

[0460] f. The transmission period of the PDSCH satisfies the eighteenth condition, for example, the eighteenth condition includes that the transmission period of the PDSCH is less than or equal to a certain duration, or that the transmission period of the PDSCH is greater than or equal to a certain duration.

[0461] 10) If the first transmission object includes a CSI-RS and the CSI-RS satisfies the seventh condition, perform the preset operation; otherwise, do not perform the preset operation.

[0462] The seventh condition may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0463] a. The CSI-RS transmission period satisfies the nineteenth condition, for example, the nineteenth condition includes that the CSI-RS transmission period is less than or equal to a certain duration, or that the PDSCH transmission period is greater than or equal to a certain duration;

[0464] b. The CSI-RS is used for a third purpose (i.e., a specific purpose), for example, the CSI-RS is the CSI-RS configured by measObjectNR (for RRM), or the CSI-RS is the CSI-RS associated with RadioLinkMonitoringConfig and BeamFailureDectection (for RLM and BFD), or the CSI-RS is a periodic CSI-RS with "trs-Info" configured as "true" (for tracking), or the CSI-RS is a periodic / semi-persistent CSI-RS (for BM).

[0465] c. The type of the CSI-RS is the second type (ie, a specific type), see the above description of the third purpose.

[0466] 11) If the first transmission object includes a WUS and the WUS satisfies the eighth condition, perform the preset operation; otherwise, do not perform the preset operation.

[0467] The eighth condition may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0468] a. The WUS includes a monitoring signal of the network device configured to monitor the location of the WUS;

[0469] b. The WUS includes a monitoring signal of the monitoring WUS location determined by a specified rule.

[0470] Exemplarily, the indication of the terminal device may include but is not limited to at least one of the following: whether the transmission occasion (TO) of the physical uplink data channel PUSCH is used.

[0471] On this basis, in the determination module 701, determining whether to perform a preset operation in the target time domain based on a preset manner may include:

[0472] In a case where the terminal device indicates that at least one TO of the PUSCH is unused, the at least one TO in the target time domain does not perform the preset operation;

[0473] In a case where the terminal device does not indicate that at least one TO of the PUSCH is not used, the at least one TO in the target time domain performs the preset operation.

[0474] For example, the terminal device may indicate whether one or some transmission opportunities of the CG PUSCH are used through UCI (e.g., UTO-UCI). If the UTO-UCI indicates that one or some CG PUSCH transmission opportunities are unused, the preset operation is not performed in the target time domain corresponding to the CG PUSCH transmission opportunity (e.g., the MG that overlaps with the CG PUSCH transmission opportunity time domain); if the UTO-UCI does not indicate that one or some CG PUSCH transmission opportunities are unused, the preset operation is performed in the target time domain corresponding to the CG PUSCH transmission opportunity (e.g., the MG that overlaps with the CG PUSCH transmission opportunity time domain).

[0475] Optionally, if the terminal device corresponding to the first transmission object is configured with a first discontinuous reception (DRX), and the first transmission object is in the activation time of the first DRX, or the first transmission object overlaps with the activation time of the first DRX, wherein the first DRX includes at least one of connected DRX (DRX) and cell DRX (DRX), and the target service cell belongs to the DRX group corresponding to the first DRX or the service cell corresponding to the cell DRX, the preset operation is performed. For example, during the operation of drx-OnDurationTimer, drx-IactivityTimer, DRX retransmission timer (for example, drx-RetransmissionTimerDL, drx-RetransmissionTimerUL), the preset operation is performed.

[0476] Optionally, if the terminal device corresponding to the first transmission object is configured with discontinuous reception (DRX) or discontinuous transmission (DTX) in the target service cell, and the first transmission object is in the activation time of the cell DRX or the cell DTX, or the first transmission object overlaps with the activation time of the cell DRX or the cell DTX, the preset operation is performed.

[0477] Optionally, determining that the target time domain for performing the preset operation meets a preset condition, wherein the preset condition includes at least one of the following:

[0478] 1) The target time domain is not used for the fourth purpose or the first scenario, wherein the fourth purpose or the first scenario is specified by the protocol or configured by high-layer signaling. For example, the first purpose may include at least one of Resource Linking and Monitoring (RLM) and Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD).

[0479] 2) The target time domain is only used for the fifth purpose or the second scenario, wherein the fifth purpose or the second scenario is specified by the protocol or configured by high-level signaling. For example, the fifth purpose may include at least one of intra-frequency measurement, inter-frequency measurement and positioning.

[0480] 3) The priority of the target time zone meets preset requirements. For example, the preset requirements include: the absolute priority is lower than the preset priority, and / or the relative priority is lower than the priority of the transmission object, etc. The purpose of setting this preset condition is to allow the preset operation to be performed only for target time zones with a lower or sufficiently lower priority, so as to minimize the impact on the use of the target time zone by higher priority or more important functions.

[0481] 4) If the terminal device corresponding to the first transmission object is configured with a first discontinuous reception DRX, the target time domain is in the activation time of the first DRX, or the target time domain overlaps with the activation time of the first DRX, wherein the first DRX includes at least one of connected DRX (DRX) and cell DRX (DRX), and the target service cell belongs to the DRX group corresponding to the first DRX, or the target service cell and the CDRX are in the same service cell. Optionally, the terminal device is instructed (for example, by DCI format 2_6 indication, or by LP-WUS signal) to wake up (wake up) during the cell DRX duration (onDuration).

[0482] 5) If the terminal device corresponding to the first transmission object is configured with discontinuous reception DRX or discontinuous transmission DTX in the target service cell, the target time domain is in the activation time of the cell DRX or the cell DTX, or the target time domain overlaps with the activation time of discontinuous reception DRX or discontinuous transmission DTX.

[0483] 6) The period or length of the window meets preset requirements, for example, the period is not longer than a preset threshold, and / or the length is not shorter than a preset threshold, etc. The preset threshold here can be specified by the protocol or configured by high-level signaling.

[0484] Currently, it is temporarily considered that symbols with scheduling restrictions do not involve concepts such as period and length.

[0485] For example, the preset operation may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0486] 1) Relax, remove, override, or ignore scheduling restrictions within the first set of symbols.

[0487] The first set of symbols may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0488] Symbols within one or more windows or window groups;

[0489] Symbols within one or more time periods / time sub-segments;

[0490] The duration / interval / time within which scheduling restrictions exist for transmissions scheduled by downlink control information (DCI);

[0491] Symbols corresponding to the time of the transmission opportunity indicated by the uplink control information (UCI) / the interval overlapping with the transmission opportunity indicated by the UCI / the time during which scheduling restrictions exist;

[0492] A symbolic set of scheduling restrictions.

[0493] The definitions of windows, window groups, time periods / time sub-segments, and transmission durations / extended durations are described in detail above. For example, a window can be a gap window, or, for the NCSG mechanism, the window can be the ML shown in Figure 3. For symbol sets with scheduling restrictions, see the description of scheduling availability / restrictions above.

[0494] Here, relaxing, removing, covering or ignoring the scheduling constraints within the first symbol set can be understood as the following a or b:

[0495] a. Turn off / remove the scheduling restriction corresponding to the first symbol set, so that channels / signals that were not allowed to be transmitted or received before the symbol set are allowed to be transmitted or received, such as the terminal receiving and transmitting in these symbols according to the base station configuration or scheduling;

[0496] b. Partially close / remove the scheduling restrictions corresponding to the first symbol set, so that channels / signals that were not allowed to be sent or received before closing / removing and meet the corresponding conditions (see the description of the preset rules above for details) are allowed to be sent and received within this symbol set.

[0497] 2) Skip, remove, override or ignore gap occasion(s);

[0498] An interval opportunity can be understood as a (single) interval window corresponding to a certain interval mechanism in NR after configuration / activation. For the NCSG mechanism, the interval opportunity here can be a window consisting of VIL1, ML, and VIL2 as shown in Figure 3, or a time portion that only includes at least one of VIL1, VIL2, and ML in Figure 3.

[0499] The skipping, removal, overwriting or ignoring here can be understood as closing / removing the reception and sending restrictions within the interval opportunity (that is, treating this interval opportunity as invalid, or treating this interval opportunity as not existing), or closing / removing the reception and sending restrictions within the interval opportunity for the reception / sending that meets certain conditions (see the description of the preset rules above for details) (that is, only for the reception / sending that meets certain conditions, this interval opportunity is treated as invalid, or treated as not existing).

[0500] 3) Skip / Disable / Override / Ignore measurement during a set of symbols or gap occasion(s). Here, "skip," "disable," "override," or "ignore" refers to disabling or removing measurements that may have been taken previously. The second symbol set is similar to the first symbol set.

[0501] 4) Adjusting the interval pattern parameters, wherein the interval pattern parameters include at least one of the interval period length, the interval length, and the interval offset. For example, adjusting the interval pattern parameters may include extending / shortening the interval period, adjusting the value of the parameter mgrp, adjusting the value of the parameter gapOffset, and adjusting the value of the parameter mgl, etc.

[0502] 5) receiving or sending the first transmission object normally without being subject to the sending and receiving restrictions (i.e., without sending and receiving restrictions);

[0503] 6) Receiving or sending a second transmission object (i.e., sending or receiving a specific channel / signal), where the second transmission object is specified by the protocol or indicated by the network device. For example, the second transmission object may include LP-WUS, a high-priority transmission object (e.g., a PUSCH or PUCCH with a PHY priority of 1, or a PRACH or PUCCH with a search space configured for detecting a CSS, etc.).

[0504] The communication device 700 provided in an embodiment of the present application can determine, for a target service cell, based on a first transmission object and a preset method, whether to perform an operation for relaxing the transmission and reception restrictions of the target service cell by the interval mechanism, and / or determine whether to perform an operation for relaxing the scheduling restrictions of the target service cell by the scheduling availability / restriction provisions, so as to relax the transmission and reception restrictions of the target service cell by the interval mechanism, and / or relax the scheduling restrictions of the target service cell by the scheduling availability / restriction provisions, when necessary, thereby ensuring the communication performance of the relevant business data carried by the first transmission object. It can be understood that when the first transmission object is XR business data, the transmission delay of the XR business data can be reduced, the XR business capacity can be increased, and the communication performance of the XR business data can be guaranteed.

[0505] The communication device 700 in the embodiment of the present application can be an electronic device, such as an electronic device with an operating system, or a component in an electronic device, such as an integrated circuit or chip, and the electronic device can be a terminal device.

[0506] As shown in Figure 8, an embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device 800, including a processor 801 and a memory 802. The memory 802 stores a program or instruction that can be run on the processor 801. For example, when the communication device 800 is a network-side device, the program or instruction is executed by the processor 801 to implement the various steps of the communication method embodiment shown in Figure 4 above, and can achieve the same technical effect. When the communication device 800 is a terminal device, the program or instruction is executed by the processor 801 to implement the various steps of the communication method embodiment shown in Figure 4 above, and can achieve the same technical effect.

[0507] An embodiment of the present application also provides a terminal device, which is used to implement the various steps of the communication method embodiment corresponding to Figure 4 above.

[0508] An embodiment of the present application also provides a terminal, comprising a communication interface and a processor, wherein the processor is used to determine whether to perform a preset operation for a target service cell based on a first transmission object and a preset method, wherein the first transmission object includes at least one of a configured channel, a configured signal, a scheduled channel, and a scheduled signal, and the preset operation is used to relax the reception and transmission restrictions of the target service cell by the interval mechanism, and / or, the preset operation is used to relax the scheduling restrictions of the target service cell by the scheduling availability / restriction regulations. This terminal embodiment corresponds to the above-mentioned terminal side method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation method of the above-mentioned method embodiment can be applied to the terminal embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect. Specifically, Figure 9 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a terminal that implements an embodiment of the present application.

[0509] The terminal 900 includes but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 901, a network module 902, an audio output unit 903, an input unit 904, a sensor 905, a display unit 906, a user input unit 907, an interface unit 908, a memory 909 and at least some of the components of the processor 910.

[0510] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal 900 may further include a power source (such as a battery) for powering various components. The power source may be logically connected to the processor 910 via a power management system, thereby enabling the power management system to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption. The terminal structure shown in FIG9 does not limit the terminal. The terminal may include more or fewer components than shown, or may combine certain components, or have different component arrangements, which will not be described in detail here.

[0511] It should be understood that in an embodiment of the present application, the input unit 904 may include a graphics processing unit (GPU) 9041 and a microphone 9042, and the graphics processor 9041 processes the image data of a static picture or video obtained by an image capture device (such as a camera) in a video capture mode or an image capture mode. The display unit 906 may include a display panel 9061, and the display panel 9061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, etc. The user input unit 907 includes a touch panel 9071 and at least one of other input devices 9072. The touch panel 9071 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 9071 may include two parts: a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 9072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and an operating stick, which will not be repeated here.

[0512] In the embodiment of the present application, after receiving downlink data from a network-side device, the RF unit 901 may transmit the data to the processor 910 for processing. Furthermore, the RF unit 901 may send uplink data to the network-side device. Typically, the RF unit 901 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, an amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low-noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like.

[0513] The memory 909 can be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 909 may mainly include a first storage area for storing programs or instructions and a second storage area for storing data, wherein the first storage area may store an operating system, applications or instructions required for at least one function (such as a sound playback function, an image playback function, etc.), etc. In addition, the memory 909 may include a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory, or the memory 909 may include both volatile and non-volatile memories. Among them, the non-volatile memory may be a read-only memory (ROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), or a flash memory. Volatile memory can be random access memory (RAM), static random access memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDRSDRAM), enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (ESDRAM), synchronous link dynamic random access memory (SLDRAM), and direct RAM bus random access memory (DRRAM). The memory 909 in the embodiment of the present application includes but is not limited to these and any other suitable types of memory.

[0514] Processor 910 may include one or more processing units. Optionally, processor 910 may be integrated into an application processor and a modem processor. The application processor primarily handles operations related to the operating system, user interface, and application programs, while the modem processor primarily processes wireless communication signals, such as a baseband processor. It is understood that the modem processor may not be integrated into processor 910.

[0515] Among them, the processor 910 is used to determine whether to perform a preset operation for the target service cell based on a first transmission object and a preset method, wherein the first transmission object includes at least one of a configured channel, a configured signal, a scheduled channel and a scheduled signal, and the preset operation is used to relax the reception and transmission restrictions of the target service cell imposed by the interval mechanism, and / or, the preset operation is used to relax the scheduling restrictions imposed on the target service cell by the scheduling availability / restriction provisions.

[0516] An embodiment of the present application further provides a network-side device, which is used to implement the various steps of the communication method embodiment corresponding to FIG. 4 above.

[0517] An embodiment of the present application also provides a network-side device, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the processor is used to determine whether to perform a preset operation for a target service cell based on a first transmission object and a preset method, wherein the first transmission object includes at least one of a configured channel, a configured signal, a scheduled channel and a scheduled signal, and the preset operation is used to relax the reception and transmission restrictions of the target service cell imposed by the interval mechanism, and / or, the preset operation is used to relax the scheduling restrictions imposed on the target service cell by the scheduling availability / restriction provisions.

[0518] Specifically, an embodiment of the present application also provides a network-side device. As shown in Figure 10, the network-side device 1000 includes: an antenna 1001, a radio frequency device 1002, a baseband device 1003, a processor 1004, and a memory 1005. Antenna 1001 is connected to radio frequency device 1002. In the uplink direction, radio frequency device 1002 receives information via antenna 1001 and sends the received information to baseband device 1003 for processing. In the downlink direction, baseband device 1003 processes the information to be transmitted and sends it to radio frequency device 1002. Radio frequency device 1002 processes the received information and sends it through antenna 1001.

[0519] The method executed by the network-side device in the above embodiment may be implemented in the baseband device 1003 , which includes a baseband processor.

[0520] The baseband device 1003 may, for example, include at least one baseband board, on which multiple chips are arranged, as shown in Figure 10, one of which is, for example, a baseband processor, which is connected to the memory 1005 through a bus interface to call the program in the memory 1005 and execute the network device operations shown in the above method embodiment.

[0521] The network side device may further include a network interface 1006, which is, for example, a common public radio interface (CPRI).

[0522] Specifically, the network side device 1000 of the embodiment of the present application also includes: instructions or programs stored in the memory 1005 and executable on the processor 1004. The processor 1004 calls the instructions or programs in the memory 1005 to execute the method shown in FIG4 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be described here.

[0523] An embodiment of the present application also provides a readable storage medium, on which a program or instruction is stored. When the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the various processes of the above-mentioned communication method embodiment are implemented and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0524] The processor is the processor in the terminal described in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium includes a computer-readable storage medium, such as a computer read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

[0525] An embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, which includes a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement the various processes of the above-mentioned communication method embodiment and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0526] It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of the present application can also be called a system-level chip, a system chip, a chip system or a system-on-chip chip, etc.

[0527] An embodiment of the present application further provides a computer program / program product, which is stored in a non-volatile storage medium. The computer program / program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the various processes of the above-mentioned communication method embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0528] An embodiment of the present application also provides a communication system, including: a network side device and a terminal device, and the network side device or the terminal device can be used to execute the steps of the communication method shown in Figure 4 above.

[0529] It should be noted that, in this article, the terms "comprise", "include" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device comprising a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. In the absence of further restrictions, an element defined by the statement "comprises a ..." does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device comprising the element. In addition, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and devices in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing functions in the order shown or discussed, and may also include performing functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in the opposite order according to the functions involved. For example, the described method may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may also be added, omitted, or combined. In addition, the features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

[0530] Through the description of the above implementation methods, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the above-mentioned embodiment methods can be implemented by means of software plus the necessary general hardware platform, and of course can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases the former is a better implementation method. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present application, or the part that contributes to the prior art, can be embodied in the form of a computer software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM / RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk), and includes a number of instructions for enabling a terminal (which can be a mobile phone, computer, server, air conditioner, or network device, etc.) to execute the methods described in each embodiment of the present application.

[0531] The embodiments of the present application are described above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-mentioned specific implementation methods. The above-mentioned specific implementation methods are merely illustrative and not restrictive. Under the guidance of this application, ordinary technicians in this field can also make many forms without departing from the purpose of this application and the scope of protection of the claims, all of which are within the protection of this application.

Claims

1. A communication method, the method comprising: The communication device determines whether to perform a preset operation for a target service cell based on a first transmission object and a preset method, wherein the first transmission object includes at least one of a configured channel, a configured signal, a scheduled channel and a scheduled signal, and the preset operation is used to relax the reception and transmission restrictions of the target service cell imposed by an interval mechanism, and / or the preset operation is used to relax the scheduling restrictions imposed on the target service cell by scheduling availability / restriction regulations.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The determining whether to perform a preset operation based on the first transmission object and the preset mode includes: In the case where the time domain where the first transmission object is located overlaps with the target time domain, it is determined whether to perform a preset operation in the target time domain based on a preset method, wherein the target time domain includes a time domain related to the interval and / or a time domain with scheduling restrictions.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein: The target time domain includes at least one of the following: The time domain or timing of the interval; A first symbol set; Synchronous signal block measurement timing configuration SMTC window.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein: The first transmission object includes at least one of the following: Physical uplink shared channel PUSCH; Physical uplink control channel PUCCH; Measurement reference signal SRS; Physical Random Access Channel PRACH; Physical downlink control channel PDCCH; Physical downlink data channel PDSCH; Channel state information reference signal CSI-RS; Wake-up signal WUS.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein: The PUSCH includes at least one of the following: Configure the authorized physical uplink shared channel CG PUSCH; PUSCH carrying semi-persistent channel state information SP-CSI.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein: The PDSCH includes: Semi-persistent scheduling SPS PDSCH.

7. The method according to claim 2, wherein: The preset method includes at least one of the following: The preset rules stipulated in the agreement; Indication of network equipment; Indication of terminal equipment.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein: The indication of the network device includes at least one of the following: executing or not executing the preset operation for the second transmission object; A first parameter and a preset rule, wherein the first parameter includes at least one of a configuration and a priority of a third transmission object.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein: The executing or not executing the preset operation for the second transmission object includes: For one or more second transmission objects, respectively configure / instruct to execute or not execute the preset operation; or, Configuring a list of N second transmission objects to the terminal device through the unlimited resource control RRC, and executing or not executing the preset operation for at least one second transmission object in the list; or, A list containing N second transmission objects is configured to the terminal device through unlimited resource control RRC, and the M second transmission objects in the list are indicated through first indication information to execute or not execute the preset operation.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein: The first parameter includes at least one of the following: Physical layer PHY priority of the physical uplink data channel PUSCH; PHY priority of the physical uplink control channel PUCCH; Configuration of physical uplink control channel PUCCH; PHY priority of the physical downlink data channel PDSCH; The PHY priority of the HARQ-ACK corresponding to the physical downlink data channel PDSCH; The PHY priority of the HARQ-ACK corresponding to the physical downlink control channel PDCCH; The radio network temporary identifier RNTI corresponding to the physical downlink data channel PDSCH; RNTI corresponding to the physical downlink control channel PDCCH; The transmission period corresponding to the third transmission object, wherein the third transmission object includes at least one of PUSCH, PUCCH, PDSCH, PDCCH and PDSCH.

11. The method according to any one of claims 7 to 10, wherein: The preset rules include at least one of the following: executing or not executing the preset operation for the second transmission object; For the second transmission object for which the network device is not configured / indicated whether to execute the preset operation, the preset operation is always executed or not executed by default; Determining whether to perform the preset operation according to the priority of the first transmission object and the priority corresponding to the target time domain; If the first transmission object includes a PUSCH and the PUSCH satisfies a first condition, performing the preset operation; otherwise, not performing the preset operation; If the first transmission object includes a PUCCH and the PUCCH satisfies a second condition, perform the preset operation; otherwise, do not perform the preset operation; If the first transmission object includes an SRS and the SRS satisfies a third condition, performing the preset operation; otherwise, not performing the preset operation; If the first transmission object includes a PRACH and the PRACH satisfies a fourth condition, performing the preset operation; otherwise, not performing the preset operation; If the first transmission object includes a PDCCH and the PDCCH satisfies a fifth condition, performing the preset operation; otherwise, not performing the preset operation; When the first transmission object includes a PDSCH and the PDSCH satisfies a sixth condition, performing the preset operation; otherwise, not performing the preset operation; If the first transmission object includes a CSI-RS and the CSI-RS satisfies a seventh condition, performing the preset operation; otherwise, not performing the preset operation; When the first transmission object includes a WUS and the WUS satisfies an eighth condition, the preset operation is performed; otherwise, the preset operation is not performed.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein: The first condition includes at least one of the following: The PHY priority of the PUSCH is high priority; The logical channel LCH priority of the PUSCH meets the ninth condition; The PUSCH is a PUSCH carrying semi-persistent channel state information SP-CSI, and the carried CSI satisfies the tenth condition; The PUSCH is in the first transmission opportunity TO; The transmission period of the PUSCH satisfies the eleventh condition; The PUSCH is configured with a repetition number, the redundancy version RV corresponding to the PUSCH is a specified RV, and the repetition number is greater than 1; The PUSCH is configured with a repetition number, the PUSCH corresponds to a specific transmission in the repeated transmission, and the repetition number is greater than 1.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein: The second condition includes at least one of the following: The PHY priority of the PUCCH is high priority; The PUCCH is a PUCCH under a first configuration; The PUCCH is a PUCCH carrying first uplink control information UCI; The transmission period of the PUCCH satisfies the thirteenth condition.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein: The third condition includes at least one of the following: The transmission period of the SRS satisfies the fourteenth condition; The SRS includes an SRS for a specific purpose.

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein: The fourth condition includes at least one of the following: The PRACH is used for a first purpose, wherein the first purpose includes at least one of contention-based random access (CBRA) and contention-free random access (CFRA); The PRACH is used for a second purpose; The PRACH is configured by a second parameter.

16. The method according to claim 11, wherein: The fifth condition includes at least one of the following: The control resource set CORESET where the PDCCH is located meets the fifteenth condition; The search space SS corresponding to the PDCCH satisfies the sixteenth condition.

17. The method according to claim 11, wherein: The sixth condition includes at least one of the following: The priority of the PDSCH is high priority; The priority corresponding to the hybrid automatic repeat request confirmation HARQ-ACK corresponding to the PDSCH is a high priority; The configuration index corresponding to the PDSCH satisfies the seventeenth condition; The PDSCH is a unicast PDSCH; The RNTI corresponding to the PDSCH includes at least one of a cell radio network temporary identifier C-RNTI, a modulation and coding scheme cell radio network identifier MCS-C-RNTI, and a specific cell radio network identifier CS-RNTI; The transmission period of the PDSCH satisfies the eighteenth condition.

18. The method according to claim 11, wherein: The seventh condition includes at least one of the following: The transmission period of the CSI-RS satisfies the nineteenth condition; The CSI-RS is used for a third purpose; The type of the CSI-RS is the second type.

19. The method according to claim 11, wherein: The eighth condition includes at least one of the following: The WUS includes a monitoring signal configured by the network device to monitor the WUS location; The WUS includes a monitoring signal of a monitoring WUS location determined by a specified rule.

20. The method according to claim 7, wherein: The indication of the terminal device includes: whether the transmission timing TO of the physical uplink data channel PUSCH is used.

21. The method according to claim 20, wherein: The determining whether to perform a preset operation in the target time domain based on a preset manner includes: In a case where the terminal device indicates that at least one TO of the PUSCH is not used, the at least one TO in the target time domain does not perform the preset operation; In a case where the terminal device does not indicate that at least one TO of the PUSCH is not used, the at least one TO in the target time domain performs the preset operation.

22. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The terminal device corresponding to the first transmission object is configured with a first discontinuous reception DRX, and the first transmission object or the first time domain is in the activation time of the first DRX, or the first transmission object overlaps with the activation time of the first DRX, wherein the first DRX includes at least one of connection DRX and cell DRX, and the target service cell belongs to the DRX group corresponding to the first DRX.

23. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The terminal device corresponding to the first transmission object is configured with discontinuous reception DRX or discontinuous transmission DTX in the target service cell, and the first transmission object is in the activation time of the DRX or the DTX, or the first transmission object overlaps with the activation time of the DRX or the DTX.

24. The method according to any one of claims 2-3, 5-10, 12-23, wherein: Determine that a target time domain for executing the preset operation satisfies a preset condition, wherein the preset condition includes at least one of the following: The target time domain is not used for a fourth purpose or a first scenario, wherein the first purpose or the first scenario is specified by a protocol or configured by high-layer signaling; The target time domain is only used for the fifth purpose or the second scenario, wherein the second purpose or the second scenario is specified by a protocol or configured by high-layer signaling; The priority of the target time domain meets the preset requirements; If the terminal device corresponding to the first transmission object is configured with a first discontinuous reception DRX, the target time domain is in the activation time of the first DRX, or the target time domain overlaps with the activation time of the first DRX, wherein the first DRX includes at least one of a connection DRX and a cell DRX, and the target serving cell belongs to a DRX group corresponding to the first DRX; If the terminal device corresponding to the first transmission object is configured with discontinuous reception DRX or discontinuous transmission DTX in the target service cell, the target time domain is in the activation time of the cell DRX or the cell DTX, or the target time domain overlaps with the activation time of the cell DRX or the cell DTX.

25. The method according to any one of claims 1-3, 5-10, 12-23, wherein The preset operation includes at least one of the following: relaxing, removing, overriding or ignoring scheduling constraints within the first set of symbols; Skip, remove, cover or ignore interval opportunities; skipping, removing, overwriting or ignoring measurements within a second symbol set or interval opportunity; Adjusting interval mode parameters, wherein the interval mode parameters include at least one of an interval period length, an interval length, and an interval offset; The first transmission object is received or sent normally without being subject to the transmission and reception restriction; A second transmission object is received or sent, where the second transmission object is specified by a protocol or indicated by a network device.

26. The method of claim 1, wherein: The communication device includes a terminal device or a network device.

27. A transmission device, applied to a communication device, comprising: A determination module is used to determine whether to perform a preset operation for a target service cell based on a first transmission object and a preset method, wherein the first transmission object includes at least one of a configured channel, a configured signal, a scheduled channel and a scheduled signal, and the preset operation is used to relax the reception and transmission restrictions of the target service cell by the interval mechanism, and / or the preset operation is used to relax the scheduling restrictions on the target service cell by scheduling availability / restriction regulations.

28. A network side device, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores a program or instruction that can be run on the processor, and when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps of the communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 26 are implemented.

29. A terminal comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores a program or instruction that can be run on the processor, and when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps of the communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 26 are implemented.

30. A readable storage medium storing a program or an instruction, wherein the program or the instruction, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 26.

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