Communication method, terminal, and storage medium

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method, a terminal, and a storage medium. The method is executed by a terminal. The method comprises: on the basis of the result of determination based on a capability supported by the terminal, determining whether to execute an operation. In this way, it is clear how the terminal receives and processes, on an OFDM symbol, reference signals and / or data from a neighbor cell and a serving cell.

Description

Communication method, terminal and storage medium Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular to a communication method, a terminal, and a storage medium. Background Art

[0002] In the field of communication technology, a terminal may use an omnidirectional antenna for reception, thereby receiving and processing reference signals and / or data from neighboring cells and a serving cell on the same Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol on the entire carrier.

[0003] Summary of the Invention

[0004] It is not clear how the terminal receives and processes reference signals and / or data from neighboring cells and serving cells on OFDM symbols.

[0005] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method, a terminal, and a storage medium.

[0006] According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication method is provided, where the method is performed by a terminal and includes:

[0007] Determine whether to perform restricted operations based on the capabilities supported by the terminal;

[0008] The capabilities include at least one of the following:

[0009] a first terminal capability, where the first terminal capability indicates that the terminal supports concurrent processing of measurement and reception of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) using different subcarrier spacings (SCS) in a serving cell or a target cell;

[0010] a second terminal capability, where the first terminal capability indicates that the terminal supports concurrent processing of data and / or reference signals when a received time difference (RTD) is greater than a cyclic prefix (CP), where the RTD is a time difference between the data and / or reference signal of the serving cell and the reference signal of the target cell;

[0011] The limiting operation includes at least one of the following:

[0012] Operation of measurement restriction on serving cell;

[0013] Operation of measurement restriction on neighboring cells;

[0014] Operations on scheduling restrictions of serving cells.

[0015] According to a second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a terminal is provided, comprising:

[0016] The processing module is configured to:

[0017] Determine whether to perform restricted operations based on the capabilities supported by the terminal;

[0018] The capabilities include at least one of the following:

[0019] a first terminal capability, where the first terminal capability indicates that the terminal supports concurrent processing of measurement and reception of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) using different subcarrier spacings (SCS) in a serving cell or a target cell;

[0020] a second terminal capability, where the first terminal capability indicates that the terminal supports concurrent processing of data and / or reference signals when a received time difference (RTD) is greater than a cyclic prefix (CP), where the RTD is a time difference between the data and / or reference signal of the serving cell and the reference signal of the target cell;

[0021] The limiting operation includes at least one of the following:

[0022] Operation of measurement restriction on serving cell;

[0023] Operation of measurement restriction on neighboring cells;

[0024] Operations on scheduling restrictions of serving cells.

[0025] According to a third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a terminal is provided, comprising:

[0026] one or more processors;

[0027] The terminal is used to execute the method described in the first aspect.

[0028] According to a fourth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a storage medium is provided, wherein the storage medium stores instructions, and when the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes the method provided in the first aspect.

[0029] The technical solution provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure clarifies how a terminal receives and processes reference signals and / or data from neighboring cells and a serving cell on OFDM symbols.

[0030] It should be understood that the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are merely exemplary and explanatory and are not restrictive of the embodiments of the present disclosure. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0031] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the embodiments of the present invention.

[0032] FIG1a is a schematic diagram showing an architecture of a communication system according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0033] FIG2a is a schematic flow chart showing a communication method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0034] FIG2 b is a schematic flow chart showing a communication method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0035] FIG2c is a schematic flow chart showing a communication method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0036] FIG3a is a schematic flow chart showing a communication method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0037] FIG3 b is a schematic flow chart showing a communication method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0038] FIG4a is a schematic flow chart showing a communication method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0039] FIG4b is a schematic flow chart showing a communication method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0040] FIG4c is a schematic flow chart showing a communication method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0041] FIG5a is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0042] FIG5b is a schematic structural diagram of a network device according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0043] FIG6a is a schematic structural diagram of a UE according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0044] Fig. 6b is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an exemplary embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0045] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method, a terminal, and a storage medium.

[0046] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication method, which is executed by a terminal and includes:

[0047] Determine whether to perform restricted operations based on the capabilities supported by the terminal;

[0048] The capabilities include at least one of the following:

[0049] a first terminal capability, where the first terminal capability indicates that the terminal supports concurrent processing of measurement and reception of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) using different subcarrier spacings (SCS) in a serving cell or a target cell;

[0050] a second terminal capability, where the first terminal capability indicates that the terminal supports concurrent processing of data and / or reference signals when a received time difference (RTD) is greater than a cyclic prefix (CP), where the RTD is a time difference between the data and / or reference signal of the serving cell and the reference signal of the target cell;

[0051] The limiting operation includes at least one of the following:

[0052] Operation of measurement restriction on serving cell;

[0053] Operation of measurement restriction on neighboring cells;

[0054] Operations on scheduling restrictions of serving cells.

[0055] In the above embodiment, the first terminal capability and the second terminal capability can be comprehensively considered to determine whether to perform measurement restriction operations on the service cell, measurement restriction operations on the neighboring cell and / or scheduling restriction operations on the service cell. Compared with the method without comprehensive consideration, some unnecessary restriction operations are reduced and processing efficiency is improved.

[0056] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the RTD is determined based on the channel state information reference signal CSI-RS sent by the received serving cell and the synchronization signal block SSB sent by the received adjacent cell; or, the RTD is determined based on the data sent by the received serving cell and the SSB sent by the received adjacent cell.

[0057] In the above embodiment, the RTD can be determined based on the channel state information reference signal CSI-RS sent by the received service cell and the synchronization signal block SSB sent by the received adjacent cell, or it can be determined based on the RTD based on the data sent by the received service cell and the SSB sent by the received adjacent cell. The determination method is more flexible and can adapt to the needs of different scenarios.

[0058] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, determining whether to perform an operation based on the capabilities supported by the terminal includes: performing signal and / or data processing for different SCSs, and determining whether to perform a restriction operation based on the capabilities supported by the terminal includes one of the following:

[0059] The terminal supports the first terminal capability and determines not to perform the restriction operation;

[0060] The terminal does not support the first terminal capability and does not support the second terminal capability, and determines to perform the restriction operation;

[0061] The terminal does not support the first terminal capability but supports the second terminal capability, and determines not to perform the restriction operation;

[0062] The terminal does not support the first terminal capability, and determines whether to perform the restriction operation based on the relative size of the RTD and the CP.

[0063] In the above embodiment, in the scenario of signal and / or data processing for different SCSs, whether to perform the restriction operation can be determined based on the first terminal capability, the second terminal capability, and the relative size of the RTD and the CP, clarifying the mechanism of whether to perform the restriction operation.

[0064] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, determining whether to perform the limiting operation based on the relative size of the RTD and the CP includes one of the following:

[0065] The RTD is not greater than the CP, performing the limiting operation;

[0066] The RTD is greater than the CP, and whether to perform the restriction operation is determined based on whether the terminal supports the second terminal capability.

[0067] In the above embodiment, a mechanism for determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on the relative size of the RTD and the CP is clarified.

[0068] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether the terminal supports the second terminal capability includes one of the following:

[0069] The terminal does not support the second terminal capability, and determines to perform the restriction operation;

[0070] The terminal supports the second terminal capability and determines not to perform the restriction operation.

[0071] In the above embodiment, a mechanism for determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether the terminal supports the second terminal capability is clarified.

[0072] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes: when the RTD is greater than the CP, determining whether to perform an operation based on the capabilities supported by the terminal, and wherein,

[0073] The terminal supports the second terminal capability and determines not to perform the restriction operation;

[0074] The terminal does not support the second terminal capability and does not support the first capability, and determines to perform the restriction operation;

[0075] The terminal does not support the second terminal capability but supports the first capability, and determines not to perform the restriction operation;

[0076] The terminal does not support the second terminal capability, and determines whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether signal and / or data processing is performed for different SCSs.

[0077] In the above embodiment, a mechanism for determining whether to perform a restriction operation based on the capabilities supported by the terminal in a scenario where the RTD is greater than the CP is clarified.

[0078] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, determining whether to perform the operation based on whether signal and / or data processing is performed for different SCSs includes one of the following:

[0079] without performing signal and / or data processing for different SCSs, and determining to execute the restriction operation;

[0080] Signal and / or data processing is performed for different SCSs, and whether the restriction operation is performed is determined based on whether the first terminal capability is supported.

[0081] In the above embodiment, a mechanism for determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether signal and / or data processing is performed for different SCSs is clarified.

[0082] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether the first terminal capability is supported includes one of the following:

[0083] The terminal does not support the first capability, and determines to perform the restriction operation;

[0084] The terminal supports the first capability and determines not to perform the restriction operation.

[0085] In the above embodiment, a mechanism for determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether the first terminal capability is supported is clarified.

[0086] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, determining whether to perform a restriction operation based on capabilities supported by the terminal includes:

[0087] Whether to perform restriction operations is determined based on whether signal and / or data processing is performed for different SCSs and based on the capabilities supported by the terminal.

[0088] In the above embodiment, a mechanism for determining whether to perform a restriction operation based on the capabilities supported by the terminal is clarified.

[0089] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, determining whether to perform a restriction operation based on whether signal and / or data processing is performed for different SCSs and based on capabilities supported by the terminal includes one of the following:

[0090] determining to perform signal and / or data processing on the same SCS, and determining whether to perform the limiting operation based on a relative size of the RTD and the CP;

[0091] Determine whether to perform signal and / or data processing for different SCSs, and determine whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether the terminal supports the first terminal capability.

[0092] In the above embodiments, a mechanism is clarified for determining whether to perform restriction operations based on whether signal and / or data processing is performed for different SCSs and based on the capabilities supported by the terminal.

[0093] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether the terminal supports the first terminal capability includes one of the following:

[0094] The terminal supports the first terminal capability but does not support the second terminal capability, and determines to perform the restriction operation;

[0095] The terminal supports the first terminal capability and the second terminal capability, and determines not to perform the restriction operation;

[0096] The terminal supports the first terminal capability, and determines whether to perform the restriction operation based on the relative size of the RTD and the CP;

[0097] The terminal does not support the first terminal capability and does not support the second terminal capability, and determines to perform the restriction operation;

[0098] The terminal does not support the first terminal capability, and determines whether to perform the restriction operation based on the relative size of the RTD and the CP.

[0099] In the above embodiment, a mechanism for determining whether to perform the execution operation based on whether the first terminal capability is supported is clarified.

[0100] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the terminal supports the first terminal capability, and determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on the relative size of the RTD and the CP includes one of the following:

[0101] The terminal supports the first terminal capability, determines that the RTD is not greater than the CP, and determines not to perform the restriction operation;

[0102] The terminal supports the first terminal capability, determines that the RTD is greater than the CP, and determines whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether the terminal supports the second terminal capability.

[0103] In the above embodiment, the scenario of determining whether to support the first terminal capability is clarified, and whether to perform the operation is determined based on whether the RTD is greater than the CP.

[0104] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether the terminal supports the second terminal capability includes one of the following:

[0105] The terminal does not support the second terminal capability, and determines to perform the restriction operation;

[0106] The second terminal capability is supported, and it is determined not to perform the restriction operation.

[0107] In some embodiments, a mechanism for determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether the second terminal capability is supported is specified.

[0108] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the terminal does not support the first terminal capability, and determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on the relative size of the RTD and the CP includes:

[0109] The terminal does not support the first terminal capability, determines that the RTD is not greater than the CP, and determines to perform the restriction operation;

[0110] The terminal does not support the first terminal capability, determines that the RTD is greater than the CP, and determines whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether the terminal supports the second terminal capability.

[0111] In the above embodiment, it is clarified that it is determined that the first terminal capability is not supported, and a mechanism is provided for determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on the relative size of the RTD and the CP.

[0112] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether the terminal supports the second terminal capability includes:

[0113] The terminal does not support the second terminal capability and determines to perform the restriction operation.

[0114] In the above embodiment, a mechanism for determining whether to perform the operation based on the second determination result of whether the second terminal capability is supported is clarified.

[0115] With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, performing the operation includes:

[0116] Perform the operation on the same orthogonal frequency division multiplexing OFDM symbol where the received reference signal is located, and / or perform the operation on 1 OFDM symbol before and after the OFDM symbol; the reference signal is the CSI-RS sent by the serving cell; or the reference signal is the SSB sent by the neighboring cell.

[0117] In the above embodiment, it is clarified that performing the operation may be a mechanism of performing the operation on the same orthogonal frequency division multiplexing OFDM symbol where the received reference signal is located, and / or performing the operation on one OFDM symbol before and after the OFDM symbol.

[0118] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a terminal, the terminal including:

[0119] The processing module is configured to:

[0120] Determine whether to perform restricted operations based on the capabilities supported by the terminal;

[0121] The capabilities include at least one of the following:

[0122] a first terminal capability, where the first terminal capability indicates that the terminal supports concurrent processing of measurement and reception of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) using different subcarrier spacings (SCS) in a serving cell or a target cell;

[0123] a second terminal capability, where the first terminal capability indicates that the terminal supports concurrent processing of data and / or reference signals when a received time difference (RTD) is greater than a cyclic prefix (CP), where the RTD is a time difference between the data and / or reference signal of the serving cell and the reference signal of the target cell;

[0124] The limiting operation includes at least one of the following:

[0125] Operation of measurement restriction on serving cell;

[0126] Operation of measurement restriction on neighboring cells;

[0127] Operations on scheduling restrictions of serving cells.

[0128] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a terminal, the terminal including:

[0129] one or more processors;

[0130] The terminal is used to execute the method provided by the first aspect.

[0131] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a storage medium, wherein the storage medium stores instructions, which, when the instructions are executed on a communication device, enable the communication device to execute the method described in the optional implementation manner of the first aspect.

[0132] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a program product. When the program product is executed by a communication device, the communication device executes the method described in the optional implementation manner of the first aspect.

[0133] In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, enables the computer to execute the method described in the optional implementation manner of the first aspect.

[0134] In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a chip or a chip system. The chip or chip system includes a processing circuit configured to execute the method described in the optional implementation of the first aspect.

[0135] It is understandable that the above-mentioned terminals, storage media, program products, computer programs, chips or chip systems are all used to execute the methods proposed in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Therefore, the beneficial effects that can be achieved can refer to the beneficial effects of the corresponding methods and will not be repeated here.

[0136] The present disclosure provides a communication method, a terminal, and a storage medium. In some embodiments, the terms communication method, information indication method, information processing method, information transmission method, etc. are interchangeable, and the terms communication system, information processing system, etc. are interchangeable.

[0137] The embodiments of the present disclosure are not exhaustive and are merely illustrative of some embodiments, and are not intended to be a specific limitation on the scope of protection of the present disclosure. In the absence of contradiction, each step in a certain embodiment can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the steps can be arbitrarily combined. For example, a solution after removing some steps in a certain embodiment can also be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the order of the steps in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily exchanged. In addition, the optional implementation methods in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined; in addition, the embodiments can be arbitrarily combined. For example, some or all steps of different embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, and a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined with the optional implementation methods of other embodiments.

[0138] In each embodiment of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified or provided for by logic, the terms and / or descriptions between the embodiments are consistent and can be referenced by each other. The technical features in different embodiments can be combined to form a new embodiment based on their inherent logical relationships.

[0139] The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present disclosure.

[0140] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, elements expressed in the singular, such as "a", "an", "the", "above", "said", "the", "the", etc., may mean "one and only one", or "one or more", "at least one", etc. For example, when using articles such as "a", "an", "the" in English in translation, the noun following the article may be understood as a singular expression or a plural expression.

[0141] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, “plurality” refers to two or more.

[0142] In some embodiments, the terms "at least one," "one or more," "a plurality of," "multiple," etc. may be used interchangeably.

[0143] In some embodiments, descriptions such as "at least one of A and B," "A and / or B," "A in one case, B in another case," or "in response to one case A, in response to another case B" may include the following technical solutions depending on the situation: in some embodiments, A (A is executed independently of B); in some embodiments, B (B is executed independently of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed); and in some embodiments, A and B (both A and B are executed). The above is also applicable when there are more branches such as A, B, and C.

[0144] In some embodiments, "A or B" and other descriptions may include the following technical solutions depending on the situation: in some embodiments, A (A is executed independently of B); in some embodiments, B (B is executed independently of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed). The above is also applicable when there are more branches such as A, B, C, etc.

[0145] The prefixes such as "first" and "second" in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only used to distinguish different description objects and do not constitute any restriction on the position, order, priority, quantity or content of the description objects. For the statement of the description object, please refer to the description in the context of the claims or embodiments, and no unnecessary restriction should be constituted due to the use of prefixes. For example, if the description object is a "field", the ordinal number before the "field" in the "first field" and the "second field" does not limit the position or order between the "fields". "First" and "second" do not limit whether the "fields" they modify are in the same message, nor do they limit the order of the "first field" and the "second field". For another example, if the description object is a "level", the ordinal number before the "level" in the "first level" and the "second level" does not limit the priority between the "levels". For another example, the number of description objects is not limited by the ordinal number and can be one or more. Taking "first device" as an example, the number of "devices" can be one or more. In addition, the objects modified by different prefixes can be the same or different. For example, if the description object is "device", then the "first device" and the "second device" can be the same device or different devices, and their types can be the same or different; for another example, if the description object is "information", then the "first information" and the "second information" can be the same information or different information, and their contents can be the same or different.

[0146] In some embodiments, “including A,” “comprising A,” “used to indicate A,” and “carrying A” can be interpreted as directly carrying A or indirectly indicating A.

[0147] In some embodiments, terms such as "in response to...", "in response to determining...", "in the case of...", "at the time of...", "when...", "if...", "if...", etc. can be used interchangeably.

[0148] In some embodiments, terms such as "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "not less than", "more than", "more than or equal to", "not less than", "higher than", "higher than or equal to", "not less than", and "above" can be replaced with each other, and terms such as "less than", "less than or equal to", "not greater than", "less than", "less than or equal to", "not more than", "lower than", "lower than or equal to", "not higher than", and "below" can be replaced with each other.

[0149] In some embodiments, devices and equipment can be interpreted as physical or virtual, and their names are not limited to the names recorded in the embodiments. In some cases, they can also be understood as "equipment", "device", "circuit", "network element", "node", "function", "unit", "section", "system", "network", "chip", "chip system", "entity", "subject", etc.

[0150] In some embodiments, "network" can be interpreted as devices included in the network, such as access network equipment, core network equipment, etc.

[0151] In some embodiments, "access network device (AN device)" may also be referred to as "radio access network device (RAN device)", "base station (BS)", "radio base station", "fixed station", and in some embodiments may also be understood as "node", "access point", "transmission point (TP)", "reception point (RP)", "transmission and / or reception point (TRP)" "panel", "antenna panel", "antenna array", "cell", "macro cell", "small cell", "femto cell", "pico cell", "sector", "cell group", "serving cell", "carrier", "component carrier", "bandwidth part (BWP)", etc.

[0152] In some embodiments, "terminal" or "terminal device" may be referred to as "user equipment (UE)", "user terminal" "mobile station (MS)", "mobile terminal (MT)", subscriber station, mobile unit, subscriber unit, wireless unit, remote unit, mobile device, wireless device, wireless communication device, remote device, mobile subscriber station, access terminal, mobile terminal, wireless terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client, etc.

[0153] In some embodiments, obtaining data, information, etc. may comply with the laws and regulations of the country where the data is obtained.

[0154] In some embodiments, data, information, etc. may be obtained with the user's consent.

[0155] In addition, each element, each row, or each column in the table of the embodiment of the present disclosure can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the combination of any elements, any rows, and any columns can also be implemented as an independent embodiment.

[0156] FIG1a is a schematic diagram showing the architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0157] As shown in FIG. 1 a , a communication system 100 includes a terminal 101 and a network device 102 .

[0158] In some embodiments, the network device 102 may include at least one of an access network device and a core network device.

[0159] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 includes, for example, a mobile phone, a wearable device, an Internet of Things device, a car with communication function, a smart car, a tablet computer, a computer with wireless transceiver function, a virtual reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control, a wireless terminal device in self-driving, a wireless terminal device in remote medical surgery, a wireless terminal device in a smart grid, a wireless terminal device in transportation safety, a wireless terminal device in a smart city, and at least one of a wireless terminal device in a smart home, but is not limited thereto.

[0160] In some embodiments, the access network device may be, for example, a node or device that accesses a terminal to a wireless network. The access network device may include an evolved NodeB (eNB), a next generation evolved NodeB (ng-eNB), a next generation NodeB (gNB), a node B (NB), a home node B (HNB), a home evolved nodeB (HeNB), a wireless backhaul device, a radio network controller (RNC), a base station controller (BSC), a base transceiver station (BTS), a base band unit (BBU), a mobile switching center, a base station in a 6G communication system, an open base station (Open RAN), a cloud base station (Cloud RAN), a base station in other communication systems, and at least one of an access node in a Wi-Fi system, but is not limited thereto.

[0161] In some embodiments, the technical solution of the present disclosure can be applied to the Open RAN architecture. In this case, the interfaces between or within the access network devices involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be transformed into internal interfaces of the Open RAN, and the processes and information interactions between these internal interfaces can be implemented through software or programs.

[0162] In some embodiments, the access network device can be composed of a centralized unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU), where the CU can also be called a control unit. The CU-DU structure can be used to split the protocol layer of the access network device, with the functions of some protocol layers centrally controlled by the CU, and the functions of the remaining part or all of the protocol layers distributed in the DU, which is centrally controlled by the CU, but is not limited to this.

[0163] In some embodiments, a core network device may be a device including one or more network elements, or may be multiple devices or device groups, each including all or part of the one or more network elements. The network element may be virtual or physical. The core network may include, for example, at least one of an Evolved Packet Core (EPC), a 5G Core Network (5GCN), and a Next Generation Core (NGC).

[0164] It can be understood that the communication system described in the embodiment of the present disclosure is for the purpose of more clearly illustrating the technical solution of the embodiment of the present disclosure, and does not constitute a limitation on the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure. Ordinary technicians in this field can know that with the evolution of the system architecture and the emergence of new business scenarios, the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure is also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0165] The following embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to the communication system 100 shown in FIG1a, or a portion thereof, but are not limited thereto. The entities shown in FIG1a are illustrative only. The communication system may include all or a portion of the entities shown in FIG1a, or may include other entities other than those shown in FIG1a. The number and form of the entities may be arbitrary. The connection relationship between the entities is illustrative only. The entities may be connected or disconnected, and the connection may be in any manner, including direct or indirect, wired or wireless.

[0166] The embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4th generation mobile communication system (4G), 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), 5G new radio (NR), future radio access (FRA), new radio access technology (RAT), new radio (NR), new radio access (NX), future generation radio access (FX), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM (registered trademark)), CDMA2000, Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, Ultra-WideBand (UWB), Bluetooth (registered trademark), Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) networks, Device-to-Device (D2D) systems, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) systems, Internet of Things (IoT) systems, Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X), systems utilizing other communication methods, and next-generation systems based on and extending these methods. Furthermore, multiple systems may be combined (for example, a combination of LTE or LTE-A with 5G).

[0167] In some embodiments, for frequency range 1 (FR1), the terminal uses an omnidirectional antenna for reception. This allows the terminal to receive and process the synchronization signal blocks (SSB, PSS / SSS PBCH Block) from the neighboring cell and the SSB / data of the serving cell on the same OFDM symbol across the entire carrier.

[0168] In some embodiments, the following two capabilities are defined: simultaneousRxDataSSB-DiffNumerology capability (i.e., (DiffNumerology capability)) and simultaneousRxDataSSB-DiffNumerology-Inter-r16 capability. Among them, simultaneousRxDataSSB-DiffNumerology indicates whether the terminal uses different sub-carrier spacing (SCS, Sub-Carrier Spacing) in the serving cell or the adjacent target cell to concurrently process measurements and reception of the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH, Physical Downlink Control Channel) or the Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH, Physical Downlink Shared CHannel).

[0169] In some embodiments, terminals supporting the DiffNumerology capability can support the simultaneous reception of data and SSBs with different SCSs. For terminals that do not support the DiffNumerology capability, when receiving data and SSBs with different SCSs, the terminal needs to discard one of them, and the corresponding terminal behavior is defined in the measurement restriction and scheduling restriction requirements.

[0170] In some embodiments, measurement and scheduling restrictions are defined based on the RTD ≤ CP (Cyclic Prefix (CP)) condition. When the received time difference (RTD) is less than the CP, that is, when these SSBs or SSB and data overlap in time domain, the terminal can apply a single Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) engine to process them. However, the time difference between the SSB or data of the serving cell and the SSB of the neighboring cell arriving at the terminal can be different.

[0171] In some embodiments, to support the case of RTD>CP, a terminal measurement capability for RTD>CP is introduced. For terminals with RTD>CP, multiple FFT engines are applied for processing to measure the serving cell and neighboring cells on the same OFDM symbol in FR1.

[0172] In some embodiments, for terminals that support synchronous rxdatassb-diffnumerology, in order to process the SSB / data of the serving cell with different SCS and the SSB of the neighboring cell, the terminal can have two implementation methods. One method is that the terminal stores the samples in a buffer and processes the SSB resource elements (Res, Resource Element) and non-SSB REs in sequence. Another method is that the terminal is equipped with multiple FFT units, which can then process SSB REs and non-SSB REs in parallel. In this way, the two UE capabilities, namely the measurement UE capability of RTD>CP and the DiffNumerology capability, may have some overlap. When the UE supports both at the same time, the UE behavior needs to be specified.

[0173] FIG2a is an interactive diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG2a, the present disclosure embodiment relates to a communication method for a communication system 100, the method comprising:

[0174] Step S2101: The network device sends data and / or reference signals to the terminal in the serving cell of the terminal.

[0175] In some embodiments, the terminal receives data and / or reference signals sent by the network device in the serving cell.

[0176] In some embodiments, the reference signal may be a Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS).

[0177] Step S2102: The network device sends data and / or reference signals to the terminal in a neighboring cell of the terminal.

[0178] In some embodiments, the terminal receives data and / or reference signals sent by a network device in a neighboring cell.

[0179] In some embodiments, the reference signal may be SSB.

[0180] Step S2103: The terminal determines whether to perform an operation.

[0181] In some embodiments, the operation may be a restrict operation.

[0182] In some embodiments, the limiting operation includes at least one of the following:

[0183] Operation of measurement restriction on serving cell;

[0184] Operation of measurement restriction on neighboring cells;

[0185] Operations on scheduling restrictions of serving cells.

[0186] In some embodiments, the determination of whether to perform the restriction operation is based on the capabilities supported by the terminal. In some embodiments, the determination of whether to perform the restriction operation is based on the result of the determination of the capabilities supported by the terminal.

[0187] In some embodiments, the capability includes at least one of the following:

[0188] a first terminal capability, where the first terminal capability indicates that the terminal supports concurrent processing of measurements and reception of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) using different subcarrier spacings (SCS) in a serving cell or a target cell;

[0189] The second terminal capability, the first terminal capability indicates that the terminal supports concurrent processing of data and / or reference signals when the received time difference RTD is greater than the cyclic prefix CP, and the RTD is the time difference between the data and / or reference signal of the serving cell and the reference signal of the target cell.

[0190] In some embodiments, the first terminal capability indicates that the terminal supports concurrent processing of measurement and reception of a physical downlink control channel PDCCH or a physical downlink shared channel PDSCH using different subcarrier spacings SCS in a serving cell or a target cell.

[0191] In some embodiments, the measurements may be intra-frequency or same-frequency measurements.

[0192] In some embodiments, the measurements may also be off-frequency measurements.

[0193] In some embodiments, concurrent processing of data and / or reference signals by at least two FFT units is supported when the received time difference RTD is greater than the cyclic prefix CP, where the RTD is the time difference between the data and / or reference signal of the serving cell and the reference signal of the target cell.

[0194] In some embodiments, the determination result may include at least one of the following:

[0195] Supporting the first terminal capability and not supporting the second terminal capability;

[0196] The first terminal capability is not supported and the second terminal capability is supported;

[0197] The first terminal capability is not supported and the second terminal capability is not supported.

[0198] In some embodiments, the RTD is determined based on a channel state information reference signal CSI-RS sent by the receiving serving cell and a synchronization signal block SSB sent by the receiving neighboring cell.

[0199] In some embodiments, the RTD is determined based on receiving data sent by a serving cell and receiving SSBs sent by a neighboring cell.

[0200] In some embodiments, signal and / or data processing is performed for different SCSs.

[0201] In some embodiments, the terminal supports the first terminal capability and determines not to perform the restriction operation.

[0202] In some embodiments, the terminal does not support the first terminal capability and does not support the second terminal capability, and determines to perform the restriction operation;

[0203] In some embodiments, the terminal does not support the first terminal capability but supports the second terminal capability, and determines not to perform the restriction operation;

[0204] In some embodiments, the terminal does not support the first terminal capability, and whether to perform the restriction operation is determined based on whether the RTD is greater than the CP.

[0205] In some embodiments, the terminal does not support the first terminal capability and determines that the RTD is not greater than the CP, and performs the restriction operation.

[0206] In some embodiments, the terminal does not support the first terminal capability and determines that the RTD is greater than the CP, and determines whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether the second terminal capability is supported.

[0207] In some embodiments, the terminal does not support the first terminal capability and determines that the RTD is greater than the CP, determines that the second terminal capability is not supported, and determines to perform the restriction operation.

[0208] In some embodiments, the terminal does not support the first terminal capability and determines that the RTD is greater than the CP, determines that the second terminal capability is supported, and does not perform the restriction operation.

[0209] In some embodiments, performing the restriction operation may be performing the operation on the same orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol where the received reference signal is located, and / or performing the operation on one OFDM symbol before and after the OFDM symbol.

[0210] In some embodiments, the reference signal is a channel state information reference signal CSI-RS sent by a serving cell; or, the reference signal is an SSB sent by a neighboring cell.

[0211] In some embodiments, the measurement restriction is that the terminal needs to perform one of SSB-based measurement and CSI-RS-based measurement on the overlapping OFDM symbols and / or the OFDM symbols one before and one after the overlapping OFDM symbols, but not both simultaneously. The measurement period for the measurement with scheduling restrictions can be longer, and no requirements are defined for it.

[0212] The scheduling restriction is that, for overlapping OFDM symbols and / or the OFDM symbols before and after overlapping OFDM symbols, the terminal is not expected to send PUCCH or PUSCH or Sounding Reference Signal (SRS), or receive PDCCH or PDSCH or Tracking Reference Signal (TRS) or CSI-RS for Channel Quality Indication (CQI).

[0213] In some embodiments, the term "information" can be interchangeable with terms such as "message", "signal", "signaling", "report", "configuration", "indication", "instruction", "command", "channel", "parameter", "field", and "data".

[0214] In some embodiments, the term "send" can be interchanged with terms such as "transmit", "report", and "transmit".

[0215] The information indication method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S2101 to S2103. For example, step S2101 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S2102 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step S2103 may be implemented as an independent embodiment; for example, step S2101 and step S2103 may be implemented as independent embodiments, and step S2102 and step S2103 may be implemented as independent embodiments, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0216] FIG2b is an interactive diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG2b, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method for use in a communication system 100, the method comprising:

[0217] Step S2201: The network device sends data and / or reference signals to the terminal in the serving cell of the terminal.

[0218] In some embodiments, the terminal receives data and / or reference signals sent by the network device in the serving cell.

[0219] In some embodiments, the reference signal may be a Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS).

[0220] Step S2202: The network device sends data and / or reference signals to the terminal in a neighboring cell of the terminal.

[0221] In some embodiments, the terminal receives data and / or reference signals sent by a network device in a neighboring cell.

[0222] In some embodiments, the reference signal may be SSB.

[0223] Step S2203: The terminal determines whether to perform the operation.

[0224] In some embodiments, the operation may be a restrict operation.

[0225] In some embodiments, the limiting operation includes at least one of the following:

[0226] Operation of measurement restriction on serving cell;

[0227] Operation of measurement restriction on neighboring cells;

[0228] Operations on scheduling restrictions of serving cells.

[0229] In some embodiments, the determination of whether to perform an operation is based on capabilities supported by the terminal.

[0230] In some embodiments, whether to perform an operation is determined based on a determination of capabilities supported by the terminal.

[0231] In some embodiments, the capability includes at least one of the following:

[0232] a first terminal capability, where the first terminal capability indicates that the terminal supports concurrent processing of measurements and reception of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) using different subcarrier spacings (SCS) in a serving cell or a target cell;

[0233] The second terminal capability, the first terminal capability indicates that the terminal supports concurrent processing of data and / or reference signals when the received time difference RTD is greater than the cyclic prefix CP, and the RTD is the time difference between the data and / or reference signal of the serving cell and the reference signal of the target cell.

[0234] In some embodiments, the first terminal capability indicates that the terminal supports concurrent processing of measurement and reception of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) using different subcarrier spacings (SCS) in a serving cell or a target cell. In some embodiments, concurrent processing of data and / or reference signals by at least two FFT units is supported when a reception time difference (RTD) is greater than a cyclic prefix (CP), where the RTD is a time difference between the data and / or reference signal of the serving cell and the reference signal of the target cell.

[0235] In some embodiments, the determination result may include at least one of the following:

[0236] Supporting the first terminal capability and not supporting the second terminal capability;

[0237] The first terminal capability is not supported and the second terminal capability is supported;

[0238] The first terminal capability is not supported and the second terminal capability is not supported.

[0239] In some embodiments, the RTD is determined based on a channel state information reference signal CSI-RS sent by the receiving serving cell and a synchronization signal block SSB sent by the receiving neighboring cell.

[0240] In some embodiments, the RTD is determined based on receiving data sent by a serving cell and receiving SSBs sent by a neighboring cell.

[0241] In some embodiments, the RTD is greater than the CP.

[0242] In some embodiments, the terminal supports the second terminal capability and determines not to perform the restriction operation.

[0243] In some embodiments, the terminal does not support the second terminal capability and does not support the first capability, and determines to perform the restriction operation.

[0244] In some embodiments, the terminal does not support the second terminal capability but supports the first capability, and determines not to perform the restriction operation.

[0245] In some embodiments, the terminal does not support the second terminal capability, and determines whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether signal and / or data processing is performed for different SCSs.

[0246] In some embodiments, the terminal does not support the second terminal capability, determines not to perform signal and / or data processing for different SCSs, and determines to perform the restriction operation.

[0247] In some embodiments, the terminal does not support the second terminal capability, determines to perform signal and / or data processing for different SCSs, and determines whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether the terminal supports the first terminal capability.

[0248] In some embodiments, the terminal does not support the second terminal capability, determines to perform signal and / or data processing for different SCSs, determines that the first capability is not supported, and determines to perform the restriction operation.

[0249] In some embodiments, the terminal does not support the second terminal capability, determines to perform signal and / or data processing for different SCSs, determines to support the first capability, and determines not to perform the restriction operation.

[0250] In some embodiments, performing the restriction operation may be performing the operation on the same orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol where the received reference signal is located, and / or performing the operation on one OFDM symbol before and after the OFDM symbol.

[0251] In some embodiments, the reference signal is a channel state information reference signal CSI-RS sent by a serving cell; or, the reference signal is an SSB sent by a neighboring cell.

[0252] In some embodiments, the measurement restriction is that the terminal needs to perform one of SSB-based measurement and CSI-RS-based measurement on the overlapping OFDM symbols and / or the OFDM symbols one before and one after the overlapping OFDM symbols, but not both simultaneously. The measurement period for the measurement with scheduling restrictions can be longer, and no requirements are defined for it.

[0253] The scheduling restriction is that, for overlapping OFDM symbols and / or the OFDM symbols preceding and following the overlapping OFDM symbols, the terminal is not expected to send PUCCH or PUSCH or Sounding Reference Signal (SRS), or receive PDCCH or PDSCH or Tracking Reference Signal (TRS) or CSI-RS for Channel Quality Indication (CQI). In some embodiments, the term "information" can be interchangeable with terms such as "message", "signal", "signaling", "report", "configuration", "indication", "instruction", "command", "channel", "parameter", "field", and "data".

[0254] In some embodiments, the term "send" can be interchanged with terms such as "transmit", "report", and "transmit".

[0255] The information indication method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S2201 to S2203. For example, step S2201 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S2202 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step S2203 may be implemented as an independent embodiment; for example, step S2201 and step S2203 may be implemented as independent embodiments, and step S2202 and step S2203 may be implemented as independent embodiments, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0256] FIG2c is an interactive diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG2c, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method for use in a communication system 100, the method comprising:

[0257] Step S2301: The network device sends data and / or reference signals to the terminal in the serving cell of the terminal.

[0258] In some embodiments, the terminal receives data and / or reference signals sent by the network device in the serving cell.

[0259] In some embodiments, the reference signal may be a Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS).

[0260] Step S2302: The network device sends data and / or reference signals to the terminal in a neighboring cell of the terminal.

[0261] In some embodiments, the terminal receives data and / or reference signals sent by a network device in a neighboring cell.

[0262] In some embodiments, the reference signal may be SSB.

[0263] Step S2303: The terminal determines whether to perform an operation.

[0264] In some embodiments, the operation is a restricted operation.

[0265] In some embodiments, the limiting operation includes at least one of the following:

[0266] Operation of measurement restriction on serving cell;

[0267] Operation of measurement restriction on neighboring cells;

[0268] Operations on scheduling restrictions of serving cells.

[0269] In some embodiments, the determination of whether to perform the restriction operation is based on the capabilities supported by the terminal. In some embodiments, the determination of whether to perform the restriction operation is based on the result of the determination of the capabilities supported by the terminal.

[0270] In some embodiments, the capability includes at least one of the following:

[0271] a first terminal capability, where the first terminal capability indicates that the terminal supports concurrent processing of measurements and reception of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) using different subcarrier spacings (SCS) in a serving cell or a target cell;

[0272] The second terminal capability, the first terminal capability indicates that the terminal supports concurrent processing of data and / or reference signals when the received time difference RTD is greater than the cyclic prefix CP, and the RTD is the time difference between the data and / or reference signal of the serving cell and the reference signal of the target cell.

[0273] In some embodiments, the first terminal capability indication indicates that the terminal supports concurrent processing of measurement and reception of a physical downlink control channel PDCCH or a physical downlink shared channel PDSCH using different subcarrier spacings SCS in a serving cell or a target cell.

[0274] In some embodiments, concurrent processing of data and / or reference signals by at least two FFT units is supported when the received time difference RTD is greater than the cyclic prefix CP, where the RTD is the time difference between the data and / or reference signal of the serving cell and the reference signal of the target cell.

[0275] In some embodiments, the determination result may include at least one of the following:

[0276] Supporting the first terminal capability and not supporting the second terminal capability;

[0277] The first terminal capability is not supported and the second terminal capability is supported;

[0278] The first terminal capability is not supported and the second terminal capability is not supported.

[0279] In some embodiments, the RTD is determined based on a channel state information reference signal CSI-RS sent by the receiving serving cell and a synchronization signal block SSB sent by the receiving neighboring cell.

[0280] In some embodiments, the RTD is determined based on receiving data sent by a serving cell and receiving SSBs sent by a neighboring cell.

[0281] In some embodiments, whether to perform restriction operations is determined based on whether signal and / or data processing is performed for different SCSs and based on the capabilities supported by the terminal.

[0282] In some embodiments, signal and / or data processing is performed on the same SCS, and whether to perform the limiting operation is determined based on whether the RTD is greater than the CP;

[0283] In some embodiments, signal and / or data processing is performed for different SCSs, and whether to perform the restriction operation is determined based on whether the first terminal capability is supported.

[0284] In some embodiments, signal and / or data processing is performed on different SCSs, and it is determined that the first terminal capability is supported and the second terminal capability is not supported, and the restriction operation is performed.

[0285] In some embodiments, signal and / or data processing is performed on different SCSs, and it is determined that the first terminal capability is supported and the second terminal capability is supported, and the restriction operation is not performed.

[0286] In some embodiments, signal and / or data processing is performed for different SCSs to determine whether the first terminal capability is supported, and whether to perform the restriction operation is determined based on whether the RTD is greater than the CP.

[0287] In some embodiments, signal and / or data processing is performed for different SCSs, and it is determined that the first terminal capability is not supported and the second terminal capability is not supported, and the restriction operation is performed.

[0288] In some embodiments, signal and / or data processing is performed for different SCSs to determine that the first terminal capability is not supported, and whether to perform the restriction operation is determined based on whether the RTD is greater than the CP.

[0289] In some embodiments, signal and / or data processing is performed for different SCSs, it is determined that the first terminal capability is not supported, it is determined that the first terminal capability is supported, it is determined that the RTD is not greater than the CP, and the restriction operation is not performed.

[0290] In some embodiments, signal and / or data processing is performed for different SCSs, it is determined that the first terminal capability is not supported, it is determined that the first terminal capability is supported, it is determined that the RTD is greater than the CP, and it is determined whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether the second terminal capability is supported.

[0291] In some embodiments, signal and / or data processing is performed for different SCSs, it is determined that the first terminal capability is not supported, it is determined that the first terminal capability is supported, it is determined that the RTD is greater than the CP, it is determined that the second terminal capability is not supported, and it is determined to perform the restriction operation.

[0292] In some embodiments, signal and / or data processing is performed for different SCSs, and it is determined that the first terminal capability is not supported, the first terminal capability is supported, the RTD is determined to be greater than the CP, the second terminal capability is supported, and it is determined not to perform the restriction operation.

[0293] In some embodiments, the first terminal capability is not supported, it is determined that the RTD is not greater than the CP, and the restriction operation is performed.

[0294] In some embodiments, the first terminal capability is not supported, the RTD is determined to be greater than the CP, and whether to perform the restriction operation is determined based on whether the second terminal capability is supported.

[0295] In some embodiments, it is determined that the first terminal capability is not supported, it is determined that the RTD is greater than the CP, it is determined that the second terminal capability is not supported, and the restriction operation is performed.

[0296] In some embodiments, performing the restriction operation may be performing the operation on the same orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol where the received reference signal is located, and / or performing the operation on one OFDM symbol before and after the OFDM symbol.

[0297] In some embodiments, the reference signal is a channel state information reference signal CSI-RS sent by a serving cell; or, the reference signal is an SSB sent by a neighboring cell.

[0298] In some embodiments, the measurement restriction is that the terminal needs to perform one of SSB-based measurement and CSI-RS-based measurement on the overlapping OFDM symbols and / or the OFDM symbols one before and one after the overlapping OFDM symbols, but not both simultaneously. The measurement period for the measurement with scheduling restrictions can be longer, and no requirements are defined for it.

[0299] The scheduling restriction is that, for overlapping OFDM symbols and / or the OFDM symbols before and after overlapping OFDM symbols, the terminal is not expected to send PUCCH or PUSCH or Sounding Reference Signal (SRS), or receive PDCCH or PDSCH or Tracking Reference Signal (TRS) or CSI-RS for Channel Quality Indication (CQI).

[0300] In some embodiments, the term "information" can be interchangeable with terms such as "message", "signal", "signaling", "report", "configuration", "indication", "instruction", "command", "channel", "parameter", "field", and "data".

[0301] In some embodiments, the term "send" can be interchanged with terms such as "transmit", "report", and "transmit".

[0302] The information indication method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S2301 to S2303. For example, step S2301 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S2302 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step S2303 may be implemented as an independent embodiment; for example, step S2301 and step S2303 may be implemented as independent embodiments, and step S2302 and step S2303 may be implemented as independent embodiments, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0303] Figure 3a is a flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 3a, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method, which is executed by a terminal. The method includes:

[0304] Step S3101: Receive data and / or reference signals sent by a network device in a serving cell.

[0305] In some embodiments, the optional implementation of step S3101 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2101, step S2201 and step S2301 in Figures 2a, 2b and 2c, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2a, 2b and 2c, which will not be repeated here.

[0306] Step S3102: Receive data and / or reference signals sent by a network device in a neighboring cell.

[0307] In some embodiments, the optional implementation of step S3102 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2102, step S2202 and step S2302 in Figures 2a, 2b and 2c, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2a, 2b and 2c, which will not be repeated here.

[0308] Step S3103: The terminal determines whether to perform the operation.

[0309] In some embodiments, the operation may be a restrict operation.

[0310] In some embodiments, the optional implementation of step S3103 can be found in the optional implementation of step S2103, step S2203 and step S2303 in Figures 2a, 2b and 2c, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2a, 2b and 2c, which will not be repeated here.

[0311] The information indication method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S3101 to S3103. For example, step S3101 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S3102 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step S3103 can be implemented as an independent embodiment. For example, step S3101 combined with step S3103 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step S3102 combined with step S3103 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0312] Figure 3b is a flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 3b, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method, which is executed by a terminal and includes:

[0313] Step S3201: Determine whether to perform a restriction operation based on the capabilities supported by the terminal.

[0314] In some embodiments, the capability includes at least one of the following:

[0315] a first terminal capability, where the first terminal capability indicates that the terminal supports concurrent processing of measurement and reception of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) using different subcarrier spacings (SCS) in a serving cell or a target cell;

[0316] The second terminal capability indicates that the terminal supports concurrent processing of data and / or reference signals when the received time difference RTD is greater than the cyclic prefix CP, wherein the RTD is the time difference between the data and / or reference signal of the serving cell and the reference signal of the target cell.

[0317] In some embodiments, the limiting operation includes at least one of the following:

[0318] Operation of measurement restriction on serving cell;

[0319] Operation of measurement restriction on neighboring cells;

[0320] Operations on scheduling restrictions of serving cells.

[0321] In some embodiments, the RTD is determined based on the channel state information reference signal CSI-RS sent by the receiving serving cell and the synchronization signal block SSB sent by the receiving adjacent cell; or, the RTD is determined based on the data sent by the receiving serving cell and the SSB sent by the receiving adjacent cell.

[0322] In some embodiments, the determining whether to perform an operation based on the capabilities supported by the terminal includes: performing signal and / or data processing for different SCSs and determining whether to perform a restriction operation based on the capabilities supported by the terminal, and wherein,

[0323] The terminal supports the first terminal capability and determines not to perform the restriction operation;

[0324] The terminal does not support the first terminal capability and does not support the second terminal capability, and determines to perform the restriction operation;

[0325] The terminal does not support the first terminal capability but supports the second terminal capability, and determines not to perform the restriction operation;

[0326] The terminal does not support the first terminal capability, and determines whether to perform the restriction operation based on the relative size of the RTD and the CP.

[0327] In some embodiments, determining whether to perform the limiting operation based on the relative size of the RTD and the CP includes one of the following:

[0328] If the RTD is not greater than the CP, it is determined to perform the limiting operation;

[0329] The RTD is greater than the CP, and whether to perform the restriction operation is determined based on whether the terminal supports the second terminal capability.

[0330] In some embodiments, determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether the terminal supports the second terminal capability includes one of the following:

[0331] The terminal does not support the second terminal capability, and determines to perform the restriction operation;

[0332] The terminal supports the second terminal capability and determines not to perform the restriction operation.

[0333] In some embodiments, the method further comprises: determining whether to perform a restriction operation based on the capabilities supported by the terminal when the RTD is greater than the CP, and wherein,

[0334] The terminal supports the second terminal capability and determines not to perform the restriction operation;

[0335] The terminal does not support the second terminal capability and does not support the first capability, and determines to perform the restriction operation;

[0336] The terminal does not support the second terminal capability but supports the first capability, and determines not to perform the restriction operation;

[0337] The terminal does not support the second terminal capability, and determines whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether signal and / or data processing is performed for different SCSs.

[0338] In some embodiments, determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether signal and / or data processing is performed for different SCSs includes one of the following:

[0339] Performing signal and / or data processing on the same SCS to determine to perform the restriction operation;

[0340] Signal and / or data processing is performed for different SCSs, and whether the restriction operation is performed is determined based on whether the terminal supports the first terminal capability.

[0341] In some embodiments, determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether the terminal supports the first terminal capability includes one of the following:

[0342] The terminal does not support the first capability, and determines to perform the restriction operation;

[0343] The terminal supports the first capability and determines not to perform the restriction operation.

[0344] In some embodiments, the determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on the capabilities supported by the terminal includes one of the following:

[0345] Whether to perform restriction operations is determined based on whether signal and / or data processing is performed for different SCSs and based on the capabilities supported by the terminal.

[0346] In some embodiments, determining whether to perform a restriction operation based on whether signal and / or data processing is performed for different SCSs and based on capabilities supported by the terminal includes one of the following:

[0347] determining to perform signal and / or data processing on the same SCS, and determining whether to perform the limiting operation based on a relative size of the RTD and the CP;

[0348] Determine whether to perform signal and / or data processing for different SCSs, and determine whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether the terminal supports the first terminal capability.

[0349] In some embodiments, determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether the terminal supports the first terminal capability includes one of the following:

[0350] The terminal supports the first terminal capability but does not support the second terminal capability, and determines to perform the restriction operation;

[0351] The terminal supports the first terminal capability and the second terminal capability, and determines not to perform the restriction operation;

[0352] Determining that the first terminal capability is supported, and determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on a relative size of the RTD and the CP;

[0353] The terminal does not support the first terminal capability and determines not to support the second terminal capability, and determines to perform the restriction operation;

[0354] The terminal does not support the first terminal capability, and determines whether to perform the restriction operation based on the relative size of the RTD and the CP.

[0355] In some embodiments, the terminal supports the first terminal capability, and determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on the relative size of the RTD and the CP includes one of the following:

[0356] The terminal supports the first terminal capability, determines that the RTD is not greater than the CP, and determines not to perform the restriction operation;

[0357] The terminal supports the first terminal capability, determines that the RTD is greater than the CP, and determines whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether the terminal supports the second terminal capability.

[0358] In some embodiments, determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether the terminal supports the second terminal capability includes one of the following:

[0359] The terminal does not support the second terminal capability, and determines to perform the restriction operation;

[0360] The terminal supports the second terminal capability and determines not to perform the restriction operation.

[0361] In some embodiments, the terminal does not support the first terminal capability, and determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on the relative size of the RTD and the CP includes:

[0362] The terminal does not support the first terminal capability, determines that the RTD is not greater than the CP, and determines to perform the restriction operation;

[0363] The terminal does not support the first terminal capability, determines that the RTD is greater than the CP, and determines whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether the terminal supports the second terminal capability.

[0364] In some embodiments, determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether the terminal supports the second terminal capability includes:

[0365] The terminal does not support the second terminal capability and performs the restriction operation.

[0366] In some embodiments, performing the operation includes:

[0367] Perform the operation on the same orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol where the received reference signal is located, and / or perform the operation on one OFDM symbol before and after the OFDM symbol;

[0368] The reference signal is a CSI-RS sent by a serving cell; or, the reference signal is an SSB sent by a neighboring cell.

[0369] In order to better understand the embodiments of the present disclosure, some exemplary embodiments are further described below:

[0370] In some embodiments, for measurement restrictions, when the SSB used for layer 1 reference signal received power (L1-RSRP) measurement overlaps with the CSI-RS sent from the serving cell for radio link monitoring (RLM), beam failure detection (BFD), candidate beam detection (CBD), or L1-RSRP measurement, if additional capabilities (e.g., first terminal capabilities and second terminal capabilities) are not supported, the measurement restriction is applied. The measurement restriction is that the terminal needs to perform one of the SSB-based measurement and the CSI-RS-based measurement on the overlapping OFDM symbol and / or the OFDM symbol before and after the overlapping OFDM symbol, but not both at the same time. The measurement period for the measurement with scheduling restrictions can be longer, and no requirements are defined for it.

[0371] Example 1:

[0372] Referring to FIG4a , an embodiment of the present disclosure shows a communication method, the method including:

[0373] Step S4101: Determine signal and / or data processing for different SCSs.

[0374] Step S4102: Determine whether the first terminal capability is supported (eg, support simultaneousRxDataSSB-DiffNumerology capability). If supported, execute step S4103; if not, execute step S4104.

[0375] Step S4103: No operation is performed (eg, no measurement-restricted operation is performed).

[0376] Step S4104: Determine whether the RTD is greater than the CP. If the RTD is greater than the CP, execute step S4105; otherwise, execute step S4107.

[0377] Step S4105: Determine whether the second terminal capability is supported. If the second terminal capability is supported, execute step S4103; otherwise, execute step S4106.

[0378] Step S4106: performing the operation on the same orthogonal frequency division multiplexing OFDM symbol where the received reference signal is located and on one OFDM symbol before and after the OFDM symbol.

[0379] Step S4107: Execute the same orthogonal frequency division multiplexing OFDM symbol where the received reference signal is located.

[0380] Example 2:

[0381] Referring to FIG. 4 b , an embodiment of the present disclosure shows a communication method, the method including:

[0382] Step S4201: Determine whether the RTD is greater than the CP.

[0383] Step S4202: Determine whether the first terminal capability is supported. If the first terminal capability is supported, execute step S4203; if the first terminal capability is not supported, execute step S4104.

[0384] Step S4203: No operation is performed (eg, no measurement-restricted operation is performed).

[0385] Step S4204: Determine whether to perform signal and / or data processing for different SCSs. If so, execute step S4205; otherwise, execute step S4207 for signal and / or data processing for the same SCS.

[0386] Step S4205: Determine whether the first terminal capability is supported. If so, proceed to step S4203; otherwise, proceed to step S4206.

[0387] Step S4206: performing the operation on the same orthogonal frequency division multiplexing OFDM symbol where the received reference signal is located and on one OFDM symbol before and after the OFDM symbol.

[0388] Step S4207: Execute the same orthogonal frequency division multiplexing OFDM symbol where the received reference signal is located.

[0389] Example 3:

[0390] Referring to FIG. 4c , an embodiment of the present disclosure shows a communication method, the method including:

[0391] Step S4301: Determine whether to perform signal and / or data processing for different SCSs. If so, execute step S4302; otherwise, execute step S4303.

[0392] Step S4302: Determine whether the first terminal capability is supported. If the first terminal capability is supported, execute step S4303; otherwise, execute step S4307.

[0393] Step S4303: Determine whether RTD is greater than CP. If RTD is greater than CP, execute step S4304; otherwise, execute step S4305.

[0394] Step S4304: Determine whether the second terminal capability is supported. If the second terminal capability is supported, execute step S4305; otherwise, execute step S4306.

[0395] Step S4305: No measurement restriction is performed.

[0396] Step S4306: performing the operation on the same orthogonal frequency division multiplexing OFDM symbol where the received reference signal is located and on one OFDM symbol before and after the OFDM symbol.

[0397] Step S4307: Determine whether RTD is greater than CP. If RTD is greater than CP, execute step S4308; otherwise, execute step S4310.

[0398] Step S4308: Determine whether the second terminal capability is supported. If the second terminal capability is not supported, execute step S4309.

[0399] Step S4309: performing the operation on the same orthogonal frequency division multiplexing OFDM symbol where the received reference signal is located and on one OFDM symbol before and after the OFDM symbol.

[0400] Step S4310: Execute the same orthogonal frequency division multiplexing OFDM symbol where the received reference signal is located.

[0401] In some embodiments, when the SSB used for L1-RSRP measurement overlaps with data sent from the serving cell, if additional capabilities are not supported, scheduling restrictions are applied. The scheduling restriction is that the terminal is not expected to send PUCCH or PUSCH or Sounding Reference Signal (SRS), or receive PDCCH or PDSCH or Tracking Reference Signal (TRS) or CSI-RS for Channel Quality Indication (CQI) on the overlapping OFDM symbols and / or on the OFDM symbols before and after the overlapping OFDM symbols. Similar to the measurement restriction.

[0402] The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an apparatus for implementing any of the above methods. For example, an apparatus is provided, comprising units or modules for implementing each step performed by a terminal in any of the above methods. For another example, another apparatus is provided, comprising units or modules for implementing each step performed by a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network function node, a core network device, etc.) in any of the above methods.

[0403] It should be understood that the division of the various units or modules in the above device is merely a division of logical functions. In actual implementation, they may be fully or partially integrated into a physical entity, or they may be physically separated. In addition, the units or modules in the device may be implemented in the form of a processor calling software: for example, the device includes a processor, the processor is connected to a memory, and the memory stores instructions. The processor calls the instructions stored in the memory to implement any of the above methods or implement the functions of the various units or modules of the above device, wherein the processor is, for example, a general-purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (CPU) or a microprocessor, and the memory is a memory within the device or a memory outside the device. Alternatively, the units or modules in the device can be implemented in the form of hardware circuits, and the functions of some or all of the units or modules can be realized by designing the hardware circuits. The above-mentioned hardware circuits can be understood as one or more processors; for example, in one implementation, the above-mentioned hardware circuit is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), which realizes the functions of some or all of the above units or modules by designing the logical relationship of the components in the circuit; for example, in another implementation, the above-mentioned hardware circuit can be realized by a programmable logic device (PLD). Taking a field programmable gate array (FPGA) as an example, it can include a large number of logic gate circuits, and the connection relationship between the logic gate circuits is configured by configuring the configuration file, thereby realizing the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. All units or modules of the above devices can be realized in the form of software called by the processor, or in the form of hardware circuits, or in part by the form of software called by the processor, and the rest by hardware circuits.

[0404] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the processor is a circuit with signal processing capabilities. In one implementation, the processor can be a circuit with instruction reading and execution capabilities, such as a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, a graphics processing unit (GPU) (which can be understood as a microprocessor), or a digital signal processor (DSP). In another implementation, the processor can implement certain functions through the logical relationship of the hardware circuit. The logical relationship of the above-mentioned hardware circuit is fixed or reconfigurable. For example, the processor is a hardware circuit implemented by an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a programmable logic device (PLD), such as an FPGA. In a reconfigurable hardware circuit, the process of the processor loading a configuration document and implementing the hardware circuit configuration can be understood as the process of the processor loading instructions to implement the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. In addition, it can also be a hardware circuit designed for artificial intelligence, which can be understood as an ASIC, such as a neural network processing unit (NPU), a tensor processing unit (TPU), a deep learning processing unit (DPU), etc.

[0405] Figure 5a is a schematic diagram of the structure of a terminal proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 5a, terminal 5100 may include at least one of a transceiver module 5101 and a processing module 5102. In some embodiments, the transceiver module is used to send and receive information. Optionally, the transceiver module is used to perform at least one of the communication steps, such as sending and / or receiving, performed by the terminal in any of the above methods, which are not further described here. Optionally, the processing module is used to perform at least one of the other steps performed by the terminal in any of the above methods, which are not further described here.

[0406] Figure 5b is a schematic diagram of the structure of a network device proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 5b, the network device 5200 may include: at least one of a transceiver module 5201, a processing module 5202, etc. In some embodiments, the transceiver module is used to send and receive information. Optionally, the transceiver module is used to perform at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving performed by the network device in any of the above methods, which will not be repeated here. Optionally, the processing module is used to perform at least one of the other steps performed by the network device in any of the above methods, which will not be repeated here.

[0407] Figure 6a is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device 8100 proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. Communication device 8100 can be a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network device, etc.), a terminal (e.g., a user equipment, etc.), a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports a network device to implement any of the above methods, or a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports a terminal to implement any of the above methods. Communication device 8100 can be used to implement the methods described in the above method embodiments. For details, please refer to the description of the above method embodiments.

[0408] As shown in Figure 6a, the communication device 8100 includes one or more processors 8101. The processor 8101 can be a general-purpose processor or a dedicated processor, for example, a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor can be used to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processing unit can be used to control the communication device (such as a base station, baseband chip, terminal device, terminal device chip, DU or CU, etc.), execute programs, and process program data. The communication device 8100 is used to perform any of the above methods.

[0409] In some embodiments, the communication device 8100 further includes one or more memories 8102 for storing instructions. Optionally, all or part of the memories 8102 may be located outside the communication device 8100.

[0410] In some embodiments, the communication device 8100 further includes one or more transceivers 8103. When the communication device 8100 includes one or more transceivers 8103, the transceiver 8103 performs at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving in the above method (for example, step S2101 and step S3101, but not limited thereto), and the processor 8101 performs at least one of the other steps (for example, step S2102 and step S3102, but not limited thereto).

[0411] In some embodiments, a transceiver may include a receiver and / or a transmitter. The receiver and transmitter may be separate or integrated. Optionally, the terms transceiver, transceiver unit, transceiver, and transceiver circuit may be used interchangeably; the terms transmitter, transmitting unit, transmitter, and transmitting circuit may be used interchangeably; and the terms receiver, receiving unit, receiver, and receiving circuit may be used interchangeably.

[0412] In some embodiments, the communication device 8100 may include one or more interface circuits 8104. Optionally, the interface circuit 8104 is connected to the memory 8102. The interface circuit 8104 may be configured to receive signals from the memory 8102 or other devices, and may be configured to send signals to the memory 8102 or other devices. For example, the interface circuit 8104 may read instructions stored in the memory 8102 and send the instructions to the processor 8101.

[0413] The communication device 8100 described in the above embodiment may be a network device or a terminal, but the scope of the communication device 8100 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device 8100 may not be limited by FIG. 6a. The communication device may be an independent device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be: 1) an independent integrated circuit IC, or a chip, or a chip system or subsystem; (2) a collection of one or more ICs, optionally, the above IC collection may also include a storage component for storing data or programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a modem; (4) a module that can be embedded in other devices; (5) a receiver, a terminal device, an intelligent terminal device, a cellular phone, a wireless device, a handheld device, a mobile unit, an in-vehicle device, a network device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligence device, etc.; (6) others, etc.

[0414] FIG6b is a schematic diagram of the structure of the chip 8200 proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. If the communication device 8100 can be a chip or a chip system, please refer to the schematic diagram of the structure of the chip 8200 shown in FIG6b, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

[0415] The chip 8200 includes one or more processors 8201 , and the chip 8200 is configured to execute any of the above methods.

[0416] In some embodiments, the chip 8200 further includes one or more interface circuits 8202. Optionally, the interface circuit 8202 is connected to the memory 8203. The interface circuit 8202 can be used to receive signals from the memory 8203 or other devices, and can be used to send signals to the memory 8203 or other devices. For example, the interface circuit 8202 can read instructions stored in the memory 8203 and send the instructions to the processor 8201.

[0417] In some embodiments, the interface circuit 8202 performs at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving in the above method (for example, step S2101, step S3101, but not limited to this), and the processor 8201 performs at least one of the other steps (for example, step S2102, step S3102, but not limited to this).

[0418] In some embodiments, terms such as interface circuit, interface, transceiver pin, and transceiver may be used interchangeably.

[0419] In some embodiments, the chip 8200 further includes one or more memories 8203 for storing instructions. Alternatively, all or part of the memories 8203 may be outside the chip 8200.

[0420] The present disclosure also proposes a storage medium having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed on the communication device 8100, causes the communication device 8100 to execute any of the above methods. Optionally, the storage medium is an electronic storage medium. Optionally, the storage medium is a computer-readable storage medium, but is not limited thereto, and may also be a storage medium readable by other devices. Optionally, the storage medium may be a non-transitory storage medium, but is not limited thereto, and may also be a temporary storage medium.

[0421] The present disclosure also provides a program product, which, when executed by the communication device 8100, enables the communication device 8100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the program product is a computer program product.

[0422] The present disclosure also proposes a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform any one of the above methods.

Claims

1. A communication method, characterized in that: The method is executed by a terminal, and includes: Determining whether to perform a restriction operation based on capabilities supported by the terminal; The capability includes at least one of the following: a first terminal capability, where the first terminal capability indicates that the terminal supports concurrent processing of measurement and reception of a physical downlink control channel PDCCH or a physical downlink shared channel PDSCH using different subcarrier spacings SCS in a serving cell or a target cell; a second terminal capability, where the second terminal capability indicates that the terminal supports concurrent processing of data and / or reference signals when a received time difference RTD is greater than a cyclic prefix CP, wherein the RTD is a time difference between the data and / or reference signal of the serving cell and the reference signal of the target cell; The limiting operation includes at least one of the following: Operation of measurement restriction on serving cell; Operation of measurement restriction on neighboring cells; Operation of scheduling restrictions on the serving cell.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The RTD is determined based on a channel state information reference signal CSI-RS sent by the receiving serving cell and a synchronization signal block SSB sent by the receiving neighboring cell; or The RTD is determined based on receiving data sent by the serving cell and receiving SSB sent by the neighboring cell.

3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on the capabilities supported by the terminal includes: performing signal and / or data processing for different SCSs and the capabilities supported by the terminal, determining whether to perform the restriction operation, and wherein: The terminal supports the first terminal capability and determines not to perform the restriction operation; The terminal does not support the first terminal capability and does not support the second terminal capability, and determines to perform the restriction operation; The terminal does not support the first terminal capability but supports the second terminal capability, and determines not to perform the restriction operation; The terminal does not support the first terminal capability, and determines whether to perform the restriction operation based on the relative size of the RTD and the CP.

4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that The determining whether to perform the limiting operation based on the relative size of the RTD and the CP includes one of the following: If the RTD is not greater than the CP, it is determined to perform the limiting operation; The RTD is greater than the CP, and whether to perform the restriction operation is determined based on whether the terminal supports the second terminal capability.

5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that The determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether the terminal supports the second terminal capability includes one of the following: The terminal does not support the second terminal capability, and determines to perform the restriction operation; The terminal supports the second terminal capability and determines not to perform the restriction operation.

6. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The method further comprises: determining whether to perform a restriction operation based on the capabilities supported by the terminal when the RTD is greater than the CP, and wherein the terminal supports the second terminal capability and determines not to perform the restriction operation; The terminal does not support the second terminal capability and does not support the first capability, and determines to perform the restriction operation; The terminal does not support the second terminal capability but supports the first capability, and determines not to perform the restriction operation; The terminal does not support the second terminal capability, and determines whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether signal and / or data processing is performed for different SCSs.

7. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that The determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether signal and / or data processing is performed for different SCSs includes one of the following: Perform signal and / or data processing on the same SCS to determine to perform the restriction operation; Signal and / or data processing is performed for different SCSs, and whether to perform the restriction operation is determined based on whether the terminal supports the first terminal capability.

8. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that The determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether the terminal supports the first terminal capability includes one of the following: The terminal does not support the first capability, and determines to perform the restriction operation; The terminal supports the first capability and determines not to perform the restricted operation.

9. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on the capabilities supported by the terminal includes determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether signal and / or data processing is performed for different SCSs and the capabilities supported by the terminal.

10. The method according to claim 9, characterized in that The determining whether to perform a restriction operation based on whether to perform signal and / or data processing for different SCSs and capabilities supported by the terminal includes one of the following: Perform signal and / or data processing on the same SCS, and determine whether to perform the limiting operation based on the relative size of the RTD and the CP; Signal and / or data processing is performed for different SCSs, and whether to perform the restriction operation is determined based on whether the terminal supports the first terminal capability.

11. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that The determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether the terminal supports the first terminal capability includes one of the following: The terminal supports the first terminal capability but does not support the second terminal capability, and determines to perform the restriction operation; The terminal supports the first terminal capability and the second terminal capability, and determines not to perform the restriction operation; Determining that the first terminal capability is supported, and determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on the relative size of the RTD and the CP; The terminal does not support the first terminal capability and determines that it does not support the second terminal capability, and determines to perform the restriction operation; The terminal does not support the first terminal capability, and determines whether to perform the restriction operation based on the relative size of the RTD and the CP.

12. The method according to claim 11, characterized in that The terminal supports the first terminal capability, and determines whether to perform the restriction operation based on the relative size of the RTD and the CP, including one of the following: The terminal supports the first terminal capability, determines that the RTD is not greater than the CP, and determines not to perform the restriction operation; The terminal supports the first terminal capability, determines that the RTD is greater than the CP, and determines whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether the terminal supports the second terminal capability.

13. The method according to claim 12, characterized in that The determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether the terminal supports the second terminal capability includes one of the following: The terminal does not support the second terminal capability, and determines to perform the restriction operation; The terminal supports the second terminal capability and determines not to perform the restriction operation.

14. The method according to claim 11, characterized in that The terminal does not support the first terminal capability, and determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on the relative size of the RTD and the CP includes: The terminal does not support the first terminal capability, determines that the RTD is not greater than the CP, and determines to perform the restriction operation; The terminal does not support the first terminal capability, determines that the RTD is greater than the CP, and determines whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether the terminal supports the second terminal capability.

15. The method according to claim 14, characterized in that The determining whether to perform the restriction operation based on whether the terminal supports the second terminal capability includes: The terminal does not support the second terminal capability and performs the restriction operation.

16. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 15, characterized in that The performing of the operation comprises: Perform the operation on the same orthogonal frequency division multiplexing OFDM symbol where the received reference signal is located, and / or perform the operation on one OFDM symbol before and after the OFDM symbol; The reference signal is a CSI-RS sent by a serving cell; or, the reference signal is an SSB sent by a neighboring cell.

17. A terminal, characterized in that: The terminal comprises: The processing module is configured as follows: Determine whether to perform the restricted operation based on the capabilities supported by the terminal; The capability includes at least one of the following: a first terminal capability, where the first terminal capability indicates that the terminal supports concurrent processing of measurement and reception of a physical downlink control channel PDCCH or a physical downlink shared channel PDSCH using different subcarrier spacings SCS in a serving cell or a target cell; a second terminal capability, where the first terminal capability indicates that the terminal supports concurrent processing of data and / or reference signals when a received time difference RTD is greater than a cyclic prefix CP, where the RTD is a time difference between the data and / or reference signal of the serving cell and the reference signal of the target cell; The limiting operation includes at least one of the following: Operation of measurement restriction on serving cell; Operation of measurement restriction on neighboring cells; Operation of scheduling restrictions on the serving cell.

18. A terminal, characterized in that: The terminal comprises: one or more processors; The terminal is used to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 16.

19. A storage medium, characterized in that: The storage medium stores instructions, and when the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes the method according to any one of claims 1 to 16.

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