Measurement method and apparatus, terminal, network device and storage medium

Abstract

The disclosure provides a measurement method and apparatus, a terminal, a network device and a storage medium, and the method comprises: in an NCSG, carrying out measurement of a deactivated secondary cell; and / or sending first information to a network, the first information comprising at least one of a cell supporting the NCSG, a frequency band supporting the NCSG, a frequency point supporting the NCSG, and information for indicating NCSG support only for the deactivated secondary cell; and / or, obtaining second information, wherein the second information is used for instructing using an association between the frequency point and the measurement gap or not using the association between the frequency point and the measurement gap.

Description

Measurement method, device, terminal, network equipment and storage medium

[0001] CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0002] This application claims priority to Chinese patent application No. 202311786466.4 filed in China on December 22, 2023, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Technical Field

[0003] The present disclosure relates to the field of wireless technology, and in particular to a measurement method, apparatus, terminal, network equipment, and storage medium. Background Art

[0004] In the related art, if the concurrent gap includes a network controlled small gap (NCSG) and a non-NCSG measurement gap, once the cell associated with the non-NCSG measurement gap is deactivated, the terminal can only measure the cell outside the measurement gap, resulting in throughput loss. Summary of the Invention

[0005] To solve related technical problems, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a measurement method, apparatus, terminal, network device, and storage medium.

[0006] The technical solution of the embodiment of the present disclosure is implemented as follows:

[0007] An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a measurement method, applied to a terminal, the method including:

[0008] Performing measurements of a deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG; and / or,

[0009] Sending first information to the network, where the first information includes at least one of a cell supporting NCSG, a frequency band supporting NCSG, a frequency point supporting NCSG, and information indicating that NCSG is supported only for a deactivated secondary cell; and / or,

[0010] Second information is acquired, where the second information is used to indicate whether association between the frequency point and the measurement interval is adopted or whether association between the frequency point and the measurement interval is not adopted.

[0011] In the above solution, the measurement of the deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG includes:

[0012] In the case where the synchronization signal block measurement timing configuration (Measurement Timing Configuration, SMTC) partially overlaps or completely overlaps with the NCSG, the measurement of the deactivated secondary cell is performed within the NCSG.

[0013] In the above solution, the measurement of the deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG includes:

[0014] When a set condition is met, measurement of the deactivated secondary cell is performed within the NCSG, where the set condition includes at least one of the following:

[0015] The terminal supports NCSG;

[0016] The frequency band for deactivating the secondary cell is a frequency band that supports NCSG;

[0017] The frequency for deactivating the secondary cell is a frequency that supports NCSG;

[0018] NCSG is only supported for deactivated secondary cells.

[0019] In the above solution, the measurement of the deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG includes:

[0020] In the case where the secondary cell is not associated with the NCSG, measurements of the deactivated secondary cell are performed within the NCSG.

[0021] In the above solution, when the secondary cell is not associated with the NCSG, performing measurements of the deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG includes:

[0022] When the secondary cell is not associated with the NCSG and the SMTC partially or completely overlaps with the NCSG, measurements of the deactivated secondary cell are performed within the NCSG.

[0023] In the above solution, when the set conditions are met, performing measurements of the deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG includes:

[0024] If the frequency range (FR) of the deactivated secondary cell is the same as that of the NCSG, measurements of the deactivated secondary cell are performed within the NCSG.

[0025] If the frequency of the deactivated secondary cell is the same as the FR of the NCSG, measurements of the deactivated secondary cell are performed within the NCSG;

[0026] For a terminal supporting per-FR NCSG, if the deactivated secondary cell has the same FR as the NCSG, measurements of the deactivated secondary cell are performed within the NCSG.

[0027] For a terminal supporting per-FR NCSG, if the frequency of the deactivated secondary cell is the same as the FR of the NCSG, measurement of the deactivated secondary cell is performed within the NCSG.

[0028] In the above solution, when the SMTC partially or completely overlaps with the NCSG, the measurement of the deactivated secondary cell is performed within the NCSG, including:

[0029] When the secondary cell is not associated with the NCSG, and the first setting condition is met and the SMTC partially or completely overlaps with the NCSG, measurements of the deactivated secondary cell are performed within the NCSG.

[0030] In the above solution, the measurement of the deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG includes:

[0031] When the second information indicates that the association between the frequency point and the measurement interval is not adopted, measurement of the deactivated secondary cell is performed within the NCSG.

[0032] In the above solution, when the second information indicates that the association between the frequency point and the measurement interval is not adopted, performing measurement of the deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG includes:

[0033] When the secondary cell is not associated with the NCSG, and the second information indicates that association between the frequency point and the measurement interval is not adopted, measurement of the deactivated secondary cell is performed within the NCSG.

[0034] In the above solution, the second information includes not using a frequency associated with the measurement interval, or includes using a frequency associated with the measurement interval.

[0035] In the above solution, the method further includes:

[0036] Receive third information sent by the network; wherein,

[0037] The third information is used to indicate that the association between at least one frequency point of the terminal and the measurement interval of non-NCSG is only effective when the cell corresponding to the at least one frequency point is in an activated state; or, the third information is used to indicate that the association between the at least one frequency point and the measurement interval of non-NCSG is invalid when the cell corresponding to the at least one frequency point is in an inactivated state.

[0038] In the above solution, the method further includes:

[0039] Measurements of deactivated cells are performed outside the measurement interval.

[0040] In the above solution, the measurement of the deactivated cell outside the measurement interval includes:

[0041] When a first condition is met, measurement of the deactivated cell is performed outside the measurement interval, where the first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0042] The second information indicates an association between an adopted frequency point and a measurement interval;

[0043] The second information indicates that association between a frequency point and a measurement interval is used, and the deactivated cell is not associated with an NCSG;

[0044] The second information indicates that association between a frequency point and a measurement interval is adopted, and that a deactivated cell is associated with the measurement interval;

[0045] Support NCSG for activated secondary cells;

[0046] NCSG is not supported for deactivating secondary cells.

[0047] In the above solution, the measurement of the deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG includes:

[0048] The terminal supports NCSG only for a deactivated secondary cell, and the terminal performs measurement of the deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG.

[0049] The present disclosure also provides a measurement method, which is applied to a network device and includes:

[0050] receiving first information sent by a terminal, where the first information includes at least one of a cell supporting NCSG, a frequency band supporting NCSG, a frequency point supporting NCSG, and information indicating that NCSG is supported only for a deactivated secondary cell; and / or,

[0051] Second information is sent to the terminal, where the second information is used to indicate whether to use association between the frequency point and the measurement interval or not to use association between the frequency point and the measurement interval.

[0052] In the above solution, the second information includes not using a frequency associated with the measurement interval, or includes using a frequency associated with the measurement interval.

[0053] In the above solution, the method further includes:

[0054] Sending third information to the terminal; wherein,

[0055] The third information is used to indicate that the association between at least one frequency point of the terminal and the measurement interval of non-NCSG is only effective when the cell corresponding to the at least one frequency point is in an activated state; or, the third information is used to indicate that the association between the at least one frequency point and the measurement interval of non-NCSG is invalid when the cell corresponding to the at least one frequency point is in an inactivated state.

[0056] The present disclosure also provides a measuring device, including:

[0057] a measurement unit, configured to perform measurement of a deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG; and / or

[0058] A first sending unit is configured to send first information to a network, where the first information includes at least one of cells supporting NCSG, frequency bands supporting NCSG, frequencies supporting NCSG, and information indicating that NCSG is supported only for deactivated secondary cells; and / or,

[0059] The acquiring unit is configured to acquire second information sent by the network, where the second information is used to indicate whether to use association between the frequency point and the measurement interval or not to use association between the frequency point and the measurement interval.

[0060] The present disclosure also provides a measuring device, including:

[0061] a second receiving unit, configured to receive first information sent by a terminal, where the first information includes at least one of a cell supporting NCSG, a frequency band supporting NCSG, a frequency point supporting NCSG, and information indicating that NCSG is supported only for a deactivated secondary cell; and / or,

[0062] The first sending unit is configured to send second information to the terminal, where the second information is used to indicate whether to use association between frequency points and measurement intervals or not to use association between frequency points and measurement intervals.

[0063] An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a terminal, including: a first processor and a first communication interface; wherein the first communication interface is configured to:

[0064] Performing measurements of a deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG; and / or,

[0065] Sending first information to the network, where the first information includes at least one of a cell supporting NCSG, a frequency band supporting NCSG, a frequency point supporting NCSG, and information indicating that NCSG is supported only for a deactivated secondary cell; and / or,

[0066] The first processor or the first communication interface is configured to receive second information sent by a network, where the second information is used to indicate whether to use association between frequency points and measurement intervals or not to use association between frequency points and measurement intervals.

[0067] The present disclosure also provides a network device, including: a second processor and a second communication interface; wherein the second communication interface is configured to:

[0068] receiving first information sent by a terminal, where the first information includes at least one of a cell supporting NCSG, a frequency band supporting NCSG, a frequency point supporting NCSG, and information indicating that NCSG is supported only for a deactivated secondary cell; and / or,

[0069] Second information is sent to the terminal, where the second information is used to indicate whether to use association between the frequency point and the measurement interval or not to use association between the frequency point and the measurement interval.

[0070] The present disclosure also provides a terminal including: a first processor and a first memory for storing a computer program that can be run on the processor.

[0071] Wherein, the first processor is used to execute the steps of any of the above-mentioned terminal-side methods when running the computer program.

[0072] The embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a network device, comprising: a second processor and a second memory for storing a computer program that can be run on the processor,

[0073] Wherein, the second processor is used to execute the steps of any of the above-mentioned methods on the network device side when running the computer program.

[0074] An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a storage medium storing a computer program, which, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of any of the above-mentioned methods on the terminal side, or implements the steps of any of the above-mentioned methods on the network device side.

[0075] In the measurement method, apparatus, terminal, network equipment and storage medium provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal performs measurements of the deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG; and / or the terminal sends first information to the network, the first information including at least one of the cell supporting NCSG, the frequency band supporting NCSG, the frequency point supporting NCSG and information for indicating that only the deactivated secondary cell supports NCSG; and / or the terminal obtains second information, the second information being used to indicate whether to use the association between the frequency point and the measurement interval or not. Based on the above scheme, in the case where the deactivated cell is associated with a measurement interval other than NCSG, it is possible to avoid the terminal performing measurements of the deactivated cell outside the measurement interval, thereby avoiding the resulting throughput loss. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0076] FIG1 is a schematic diagram of a measurement interval in related art;

[0077] Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the related art NCSG;

[0078] FIG3 is a flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0079] FIG4 is a flow chart of another measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0080] FIG5 is a schematic structural diagram of a measuring device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0081] FIG6 is a schematic structural diagram of another measuring device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0082] FIG7 is a schematic diagram of the terminal structure according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0083] FIG8 is a schematic diagram of the network device structure according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0084] In actual applications, the measurement interval is configured through Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling. Referring to Figure 1, the configuration parameters involved include the measurement interval period, measurement gap length (MGL), offset, etc. During the measurement interval, the terminal disconnects from the current serving frequency and tunes to the target reference symbol position for measurement. At this time, the original serving cell cannot schedule the terminal. Therefore, the terminal can only perform measurements on deactivated cells outside the measurement interval, resulting in measurement interruption and a significant throughput loss. Furthermore, since it is uncertain when the terminal will perform measurements on the deactivated cell, the network cannot determine the location of the measurement interruption.

[0085] As a special type of measurement interval, NCSG allows the terminal to simultaneously transmit and receive data in the serving cell and perform neighboring cell measurements within a portion of the time domain range within the MGL. As shown in Figure 2, this time domain range is called the measurement length (ML), and there will be a small interruption time (Visible Interruption Length, VIL) in the two time domain ranges before and after the ML. The introduction of NCSG can be used to measure deactivated cells, and the interruption time of NCSG is short, which can reduce throughput loss. At the same time, the interruption location is also controllable for the network. Therefore, the terminal can measure the deactivated cell within the NCSG to avoid measurement interruption and effectively control the throughput.

[0086] Concurrent Gap is another type of measurement interval. At least two measurement intervals can be configured through RRC signaling. Each measurement object (MO) needs to be associated with and can only be associated with one measurement interval in the concurrent interval. Each MO only performs measurements within the associated measurement interval. So, it can be imagined that if the measurement interval configured in the concurrent interval includes NCSG and non-NCSG, then some MOs may be associated with NCSG and some MOs may be associated with non-NCSG measurement intervals. If each MO in the concurrent interval is in an activated state, since each MO only performs measurements within the associated measurement interval, that is, the MO associated with NCSG only performs measurements in NCSG, and the MO associated with the non-NCSG measurement interval only performs measurements in the non-NCSG measurement interval, then once the cell associated with the non-NCSG measurement interval is deactivated, the terminal needs to measure the cell outside the measurement interval, which brings additional throughput operations and affects communication efficiency.

[0087] Based on this, in each embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal performs measurements of the deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG; and / or, the terminal sends first information to the network, the first information including at least one of cells supporting NCSG, frequency bands supporting NCSG, frequency points supporting NCSG, and information for indicating that only the deactivated secondary cell supports NCSG; and / or, obtains second information, the second information being used to indicate whether to use the association between the frequency point and the measurement interval or not. Based on the above scheme, in the case where the deactivated cell is associated with a measurement interval that is not NCSG, it is possible to avoid the terminal performing measurements of the deactivated cell outside the measurement interval, thereby avoiding the resulting throughput loss.

[0088] The present disclosure will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

[0089] An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a measurement method, which is applied to a terminal. Referring to FIG. 3 , the method includes:

[0090] Step 301: Perform measurements of the deactivated secondary cell within the small interval NCSG controlled by the network; and / or, send first information to the network, the first information including at least one of the cells supporting NCSG, the frequency bands supporting NCSG, the frequency points supporting NCSG, and information used to indicate that only the deactivated secondary cell supports NCSG; and / or, obtain second information, the second information being used to indicate whether to use the association between the frequency point and the measurement interval or not to use the association between the frequency point and the measurement interval.

[0091] In one embodiment, the measurement of the deactivated secondary cell by the terminal (such as user equipment (UE)) within the NCSG can also be described as measuring the deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG, or as measuring all deactivated secondary cells within the NCSG.

[0092] In one embodiment, the terminal performs measurements of a deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG, including: measuring the deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG without requiring restricted interval association. Interval association includes association between a measurement target and a measurement interval (which may be simply referred to as an interval). Not requiring restricted interval association can also be described as ignoring interval association or as not being restricted by interval association. Specifically, even if the deactivated secondary cell is not associated with the NCSG according to the interval association, the measurement is still performed within the NCSG.

[0093] In one embodiment, the terminal performs measurements of a deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG, including: configuring two NCSGs (or describing the concurrent measurement interval as including two NCSGs), and measuring the deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG according to the interval association. The above application is applied to a scenario where the interval association is configured (or described as provided). That is, the terminal performs measurements of a deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG, including configuring two NCSGs, and if the interval association is configured, measuring the deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG according to the interval association. Configuring the interval association can also be described as the terminal being configured with the interval association or as the UE being provided with the interval association. Measuring the deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG according to the interval association can also be described as measuring the deactivated secondary cell within the corresponding NCSG according to the interval association. Configuring two NCSGs can also be described as the terminal being configured with two measurement intervals.

[0094] If two NCSGs are configured and the interval association (also referred to as association) is not provided, the UE is not expected to generate an interruption outside the Visible Interruption Length (VIL). Specifically, if two NCSGs are configured and the interval association (also referred to as association) is not provided, the UE performs measurements within the NCSG and is not expected to generate an interruption outside the VIL. In other words, there is no regulation on which NCSG the UE performs measurements on which deactivated cell(s), but measurements of deactivated cells must be performed within the NCSG. The VIL is part of the NCSG, and interruptions are allowed within the VIL when applying the NCSG.

[0095] Three solutions are provided in step 301. Here, these three solutions can be used independently or in any combination.

[0096] Among them, the network can also be described as a network-side device or a base station. The terminal performs measurements on the deactivated secondary cell, which can also be described as: the terminal performs measurements on the frequency of the deactivated secondary cell, and the frequency can also be described as a measurement object, or as an MO. The measurement of the deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG can also be described as when the secondary cell is deactivated, the MO of the deactivated secondary cell is measured within the NCSG. Non-NCSG measurement intervals can be understood as other types of measurement intervals outside of NCSG, such as Pre-MG, MUSIM, Type-2MG, Type 1MG, etc. Type 1MG includes intervals configured by GapConfig, or is described as intervals configured by GapConfig without a suffix. Type-2MG includes at least one of an interval configured by GapConfig-r17, an interval configured by GapConfig-r17 but without preConfigInd-r17, and an interval configured by GapConfig-r17 but without ncsgInd-r17. GapConfig, GapConfig-r17, preConfigInd-r17, and ncsgInd-r17 are information units or described as signaling. Cells that support NCSG can be described as cells that support measurement via NCSG; frequency bands that support NCSG can be described as frequency bands that support measurement via NCSG; and frequencies that support NCSG can be described as frequencies that support measurement via NCSG. Frequencies can also be described as measurement objects (MOs). When implemented, measurement objects can be identified by absolute radio frequency channel numbers (ARFCNs).

[0097] When the terminal performs measurements of deactivated secondary cells within the NCSG as an independent solution, it can be understood as being pre-defined by the protocol: when the frequency point is not associated with the NCSG, the terminal measures the deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG; or, when the frequency point is not associated with the NCSG, the terminal measures the deactivated secondary cell of the frequency point within the NCSG. Since the non-NCSG measurement interval cannot be used for the measurement of deactivated cells, the above solution can be adopted. When the frequency point is associated with a non-NCSG measurement interval, it can avoid the terminal only being able to measure the deactivated secondary cell outside the measurement interval, that is, it can avoid the terminal only being able to measure the deactivated secondary cell outside the measurement interval of the NCSG and non-NCSG, thereby avoiding additional throughput loss.

[0098] The terminal sends a first message to the network, wherein the first information is used to indicate that NCSG is supported only for the deactivated secondary cell, and may include cells that support NCSG and / or frequency bands that support NCSG and / or frequency points that support NCSG and / or other information used to indicate that NCSG is supported only for the deactivated secondary cell. Here, supporting NCSG only for the deactivated secondary cell can be understood as when the secondary cell is activated, NCSG cannot be used for measurement, and when the secondary cell is deactivated, NCSG can be used for measurement. In this way, after receiving the first information, the network can associate the frequency point of the deactivated secondary cell with NCSG when configuring the association between the measurement interval and the frequency point, rather than with the non-NCSG measurement interval, thereby subsequently enabling the terminal to perform measurements of the deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG. Here, supporting NCSG only for the deactivated secondary cell can also be described as supporting NCSG only for the deactivated secondary cell, or as supporting NCSG only for the deactivated cell.

[0099] The terminal obtains second information, where the second information is used to indicate whether to adopt an association between a frequency point and a measurement interval, or the second information is used to indicate whether to adopt an association between a frequency point and a measurement interval. Specifically, the second information is used to indicate whether to adopt an association between a frequency point and a measurement interval, which can be understood as the second information including the frequency point associated with the measurement interval; the second information is used to indicate whether to adopt an association between a frequency point and a measurement interval, which can be understood as the second information including the frequency point associated with the measurement interval.

[0100] In one embodiment, the second information includes a frequency point associated with the measurement interval that is not used, or includes a frequency point associated with the measurement interval that is used.

[0101] In actual applications, the second information may be sent to the terminal by the network or predefined by a protocol. If the second information is sent to the terminal by the network, then the terminal obtains the second information by: receiving the second information sent by the network. If the second information is predefined by a protocol, then the terminal obtains the second information by: processing the second information according to the protocol during production by the terminal or a chip built into the terminal.

[0102] Here, the network can decide whether to allow the terminal to measure deactivated cells of unassociated frequencies within the NCSG. Since the measurement duration is proportional to the number of frequencies or deactivated cells, if the number of deactivated cells is too large, if all deactivated cells are measured within the NCSG, the measurement duration will increase. Based on this, if the network allows the terminal to measure deactivated cells of unassociated frequencies within the NCSG, it can indicate which specific frequencies or cells can be measured within the NCSG. In this way, in scenarios with high timeliness requirements, the network indicates the use of association between frequencies and measurement intervals, then some cells or some frequencies can be allowed to continue to use the configured association with the measurement interval. For cells or frequencies that are not associated with the NCSG, the corresponding deactivated cells are measured outside the measurement interval, thereby reducing the measurement duration overall. For scenarios with different timeliness requirements or higher throughput requirements, the network indicates that the association between frequency and measurement interval is not used. In this case, some cells and some frequencies can be allowed to ignore the configured association with the measurement interval. For cells or frequencies that are not associated with NCSG, the corresponding deactivated cells can be measured within NCSG.

[0103] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, under one of the prerequisites of the terminal sending the first information to the network or receiving the second information sent by the network, the terminal or the network can perform measurements of deactivated secondary cells within the NCSG. Specifically, performing measurements of deactivated secondary cells within the NCSG includes:

[0104] In one embodiment, performing measurement of a deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG includes:

[0105] In the case where the secondary cell is not associated with the NCSG, measurements of the deactivated secondary cell are performed within the NCSG.

[0106] Here, the secondary cell is not associated with NCSG, which can also be described as the secondary cell's frequency is not associated with NCSG. The secondary cell not associated with NCSG includes the case where the secondary cell is not associated with NCSG, which can also be described as the frequency of the secondary cell is not associated with NCSG.

[0107] In one embodiment, when the secondary cell is not associated with the NCSG, performing measurement of a deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG includes:

[0108] When the secondary cell is not associated with the NCSG and the SMTC partially or completely overlaps with the NCSG, measurements of the deactivated secondary cell are performed within the NCSG.

[0109] In one embodiment, performing measurements of a deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG includes:

[0110] If the deactivated secondary cell has the same FR as the NCSG, measurements of the deactivated secondary cell are performed within the NCSG;

[0111] If the frequency of the deactivated secondary cell is the same as the FR of the NCSG, measurements of the deactivated secondary cell are performed within the NCSG;

[0112] For terminals that support configuring one NCSG per-FR NCSG per FR, if the deactivated secondary cell is the same as the FR of the NCSG, measurements of the deactivated secondary cell are performed within the NCSG;

[0113] For a terminal supporting per-FR NCSG, if the frequency of the deactivated secondary cell is the same as the FR of the NCSG, measurement of the deactivated secondary cell is performed within the NCSG.

[0114] Here, FR refers to Frequency Range. Per-FR NCSG can be described as: configuring NCSG for each FR, which can be understood as supporting different NCSG configurations for FR1 and FR2. Corresponding to per-FR NCSG is Per-UE NCSG, which can be described as: a terminal that does not support per-FR NCSG. For this terminal, the NCSGs for FR1 and FR2 are the same. Support for per-FR NCSG includes supporting FR1NCSG and supporting FR2NCSG, that is, FR1 and FR2 can be configured with different NCSG patterns (NCSG patterns), where different NCSG patterns may refer to different configurations of NCSG, including configuring different measurement periods and / or measurement interval lengths.

[0115] Based on this embodiment, even if the deactivated cell is not associated with the NCSG, since the frequency of the deactivated cell is the same as the frequency range of the NCSG, it can be understood that the frequency interval between the deactivated cell and the NCSG is not far, so the deactivated cell can still be measured through the NCSG, avoiding the throughput loss caused by performing deactivated cell measurements outside the NCSG and measurement interval in related technologies.

[0116] In one embodiment, performing measurement of a deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG includes:

[0117] When the second information indicates that the association between the frequency point and the measurement interval is not adopted, measurement of the deactivated secondary cell is performed within the NCSG.

[0118] In one embodiment, when the second information indicates that association between the frequency point and the measurement interval is not adopted, performing measurement of the deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG includes:

[0119] When the secondary cell is not associated with the NCSG, and the second information indicates that association between the frequency point and the measurement interval is not adopted, measurement of the deactivated secondary cell is performed within the NCSG.

[0120] Here, frequencies are associated with measurement intervals, including NCSG and non-NCSG measurement intervals. When the network configures at least two measurement intervals, it configures an associated frequency for each measurement interval. The corresponding frequency is measured only within the associated measurement interval, similar to the concurrent interval described above.

[0121] Because in the related art, non-activated cells can only be measured outside the NCSG or measurement interval. If the cell associated with the non-NCSG measurement interval is deactivated, or one or some frequency points are associated with the non-NCSG measurement interval, but the secondary cell of the frequency point is deactivated or deactivated, then for the deactivated cell, or the frequency point of the non-activated cell, the terminal cannot clearly know whether to measure within the NCSG or outside the measurement interval. Therefore, it is necessary to regulate whether the terminal measures within the NCSG or measures the deactivated cell outside the measurement interval. Here, the network sends to obtain the second information. If the second information indicates that the association between the frequency point and the measurement interval is not used, then when measuring the secondary cell, the terminal can ignore the previously configured association between the frequency point and the measurement interval. It can be understood that even if the frequency point of the secondary cell is not associated with the NCSG, the deactivated secondary cell can still be measured within the NCSG, or when the secondary cell is deactivated, the terminal can still measure the deactivated secondary cell through the NCSG. If the second information indicates the association between the frequency and the measurement interval, and if the frequency of the secondary cell is not associated with the NCSG, the terminal measures the deactivated secondary cell outside the measurement interval.

[0122] In one embodiment, performing measurement of a deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG includes:

[0123] In the case where the SMTC partially overlaps or completely overlaps with the NCSG, measurements of the deactivated secondary cell are performed within the NCSG.

[0124] Here, when the SMTC partially overlaps or completely overlaps with the NCSG, the terminal performs measurements on the deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG. It can also be described as when the SMTC of the deactivated secondary cell partially overlaps or completely overlaps with the NCSG, the terminal performs measurements on the deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG; or, it can be described as when the SMTC of the frequency point of the deactivated secondary cell partially overlaps or completely overlaps with the NCSG, the terminal performs measurements on the deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG.

[0125] In one embodiment, performing measurement of a deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG includes:

[0126] When a set condition is met, measurement of the deactivated secondary cell is performed within the NCSG, where the set condition includes at least one of the following:

[0127] The terminal supports NCSG;

[0128] The frequency band for deactivating the secondary cell is a frequency band that supports NCSG;

[0129] The frequency for deactivating the secondary cell is a frequency that supports NCSG;

[0130] NCSG is only supported for deactivated secondary cells.

[0131] Among them, the frequency band for deactivating the secondary cell is a frequency band that supports NCSG, and it can also be described as the deactivating secondary cell is located in a frequency band that supports NCSG, or it can be described as the frequency point for deactivating the secondary cell is located in a frequency band that supports NCSG. The frequency band for deactivating the secondary cell is a frequency band that supports NCSG, and it can also be described as the frequency band for deactivating the secondary cell requires NCSG, or it can be described as the frequency band for deactivating the secondary cell is measured through NCSG. The frequency point for deactivating the secondary cell is a frequency point that supports NCSG, and it can also be described as the frequency point for deactivating the secondary cell requires NCSG, or it can be described as the frequency point for deactivating the secondary cell is measured through NCSG, or it can be described as the frequency point of the deactivated cell supports NCSG.

[0132] In one embodiment, when the SMTC partially overlaps or completely overlaps with the NCSG, performing measurements of a deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG includes:

[0133] When the secondary cell is not associated with the NCSG, and when the SMTC partially or completely overlaps with the NCSG, measurements of the deactivated secondary cell are performed within the NCSG.

[0134] In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

[0135] Receive third information sent by the network; wherein,

[0136] The third information is used to indicate that the association between at least one frequency point of the terminal and the measurement interval of non-NCSG is only effective when the cell corresponding to the at least one frequency point is in an activated state; or, the third information is used to indicate that the association between the at least one frequency point and the measurement interval of non-NCSG is invalid when the cell corresponding to the at least one frequency point is in an inactivated state.

[0137] That is to say, the third information is used to indicate that the association between at least one frequency point of the terminal and the measurement interval of the non-NCSG is only effective when the cell corresponding to the at least one frequency point is in an activated state, that is, when the cell changes from an activated state to a deactivated state, the terminal can perform measurements of the deactivated cell within the NCSG.

[0138] In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

[0139] Measurements of deactivated cells are performed outside the measurement interval.

[0140] Here, "performing measurements of deactivated cells outside the measurement interval" can be used independently of step 301. The corresponding application scenario is that the measurement interval associated with a certain frequency point or certain frequency points is not NCSG. Then, the measurement of the deactivated cell cannot be measured within the NCSG. However, according to relevant technologies, the associated non-NCSG measurement interval cannot be used for the measurement of the deactivated cell. In order to standardize the terminal behavior, the terminal performs measurements of the deactivated cell outside the measurement interval. Performing measurements of the deactivated cell outside the measurement interval can be understood as performing measurements outside all configured measurement intervals, which will bring additional interruptions, or in other words, will bring additional throughput loss.

[0141] In one embodiment, performing measurement of the deactivated cell outside the measurement interval includes:

[0142] When a first condition is met, measurement of the deactivated cell is performed outside the measurement interval, where the first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0143] The second information indicates an association between an adopted frequency point and a measurement interval;

[0144] The second information indicates that association between a frequency point and a measurement interval is used, and the deactivated cell is not associated with an NCSG;

[0145] The second information indicates that association between a frequency point and a measurement interval is adopted, and that a deactivated cell is associated with the measurement interval;

[0146] Support NCSG for activated secondary cells;

[0147] NCSG is not supported for deactivating secondary cells.

[0148] In one embodiment, performing measurement of a deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG includes:

[0149] The terminal supports NCSG only for a deactivated secondary cell, and the terminal performs measurement of the deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG.

[0150] Here, it can be understood that, in a case where the terminal supports NCSG only for the deactivated secondary cell, the terminal performs measurement of the deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG.

[0151] Correspondingly, the embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a measurement method, which is applied to a network device, such as a base station. Referring to FIG4 , the method includes:

[0152] Step 401: Receive first information sent by the terminal, the first information including at least one of cells supporting NCSG, frequency bands supporting NCSG, frequency points supporting NCSG, and information used to indicate that NCSG is supported only for deactivated secondary cells; and / or, send second information to the terminal, the second information being used to indicate whether to use association between frequency points and measurement intervals or not to use association between frequency points and measurement intervals.

[0153] In one embodiment, the second information includes not using a frequency associated with the measurement interval, or includes using a frequency associated with the measurement interval.

[0154] In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

[0155] Sending third information to the terminal; wherein,

[0156] The third information is used to indicate that the association between at least one frequency point of the terminal and the measurement interval of non-NCSG is only effective when the cell corresponding to the at least one frequency point is in an activated state; or, the third information is used to indicate that the association between the at least one frequency point and the measurement interval of non-NCSG is invalid when the cell corresponding to the at least one frequency point is in an inactivated state.

[0157] Based on the above solution, when the deactivated cell is associated with a non-NCSG measurement interval, it is possible to avoid the terminal performing measurements on the deactivated cell outside the measurement interval, thereby avoiding the resulting throughput loss.

[0158] In order to implement the measurement method of the embodiment of the present disclosure, the embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a measurement device, which is provided on a terminal. As shown in FIG5 , the device includes:

[0159] The measurement unit 501 is configured to perform measurement of a deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG; and / or,

[0160] The first sending unit 502 is configured to send first information to the network, where the first information includes at least one of cells supporting NCSG, frequency bands supporting NCSG, frequencies supporting NCSG, and information indicating that NCSG is supported only for deactivated secondary cells; and / or,

[0161] The first receiving unit 503 is configured to receive second information sent by the network, where the second information is used to indicate whether to use association between frequency points and measurement intervals or not to use association between frequency points and measurement intervals.

[0162] In one embodiment, the measuring unit 501 is configured to:

[0163] In the case where the SMTC partially overlaps or completely overlaps with the NCSG, measurements of the deactivated secondary cell are performed within the NCSG.

[0164] In one embodiment, the measuring unit 501 is configured to:

[0165] When a set condition is met, measurement of the deactivated secondary cell is performed within the NCSG, where the set condition includes at least one of the following:

[0166] The terminal supports NCSG;

[0167] The frequency band for deactivating the secondary cell is a frequency band that supports NCSG;

[0168] The frequency for deactivating the secondary cell is a frequency that supports NCSG;

[0169] NCSG is only supported for deactivated secondary cells.

[0170] In one embodiment, the measuring unit 501 is configured to:

[0171] In the case where the secondary cell is not associated with the NCSG, measurements of the deactivated secondary cell are performed within the NCSG.

[0172] In one embodiment, the measuring unit 501 is configured to:

[0173] When the secondary cell is not associated with the NCSG and the SMTC partially or completely overlaps with the NCSG, measurements of the deactivated secondary cell are performed within the NCSG.

[0174] In one embodiment, the measuring unit 501 is configured to:

[0175] If the deactivated secondary cell has the same FR as the NCSG, measurements of the deactivated secondary cell are performed within the NCSG;

[0176] If the frequency of the deactivated secondary cell is the same as the FR of the NCSG, measurements of the deactivated secondary cell are performed within the NCSG;

[0177] For a terminal supporting per-FR NCSG, if the deactivated secondary cell has the same FR as the NCSG, measurements of the deactivated secondary cell are performed within the NCSG.

[0178] For a terminal supporting per-FR NCSG, if the frequency of the deactivated secondary cell is the same as the FR of the NCSG, measurement of the deactivated secondary cell is performed within the NCSG.

[0179] In one embodiment, the measuring unit 501 is configured to:

[0180] When the secondary cell is not associated with the NCSG, and the first setting condition is met and the SMTC partially or completely overlaps with the NCSG, measurements of the deactivated secondary cell are performed within the NCSG.

[0181] In one embodiment, the measuring unit 501 is configured to:

[0182] When the second information indicates that the association between the frequency point and the measurement interval is not adopted, measurement of the deactivated secondary cell is performed within the NCSG.

[0183] In one embodiment, the measuring unit 501 is configured to:

[0184] When the secondary cell is not associated with the NCSG, and the second information indicates that association between the frequency point and the measurement interval is not adopted, measurement of the deactivated secondary cell is performed within the NCSG.

[0185] In one embodiment, the second information includes a frequency point associated with the measurement interval that is not used, or includes a frequency point associated with the measurement interval that is used.

[0186] In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises:

[0187] The third receiving unit is configured to receive third information sent by the network; wherein,

[0188] The third information is used to indicate that the association between at least one frequency point of the terminal and the measurement interval of non-NCSG is only effective when the cell corresponding to the at least one frequency point is in an activated state; or, the third information is used to indicate that the association between the at least one frequency point and the measurement interval of non-NCSG is invalid when the cell corresponding to the at least one frequency point is in an inactivated state.

[0189] In one embodiment, the measuring unit 501 is configured to:

[0190] Measurements of deactivated cells are performed outside the measurement interval.

[0191] In one embodiment, the measuring unit 501 performs measurement of a deactivated cell outside a measurement interval, including:

[0192] When a first condition is met, measurement of the deactivated cell is performed outside the measurement interval, where the first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0193] The second information indicates an association between an adopted frequency point and a measurement interval;

[0194] The second information indicates that association between a frequency point and a measurement interval is used, and the deactivated cell is not associated with an NCSG;

[0195] The second information indicates that association between a frequency point and a measurement interval is adopted, and that a deactivated cell is associated with the measurement interval;

[0196] Support NCSG for activated secondary cells;

[0197] NCSG is not supported for deactivating secondary cells.

[0198] In one embodiment, the measurement unit 501 performs measurement of a deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG, including:

[0199] The terminal supports NCSG only for a deactivated secondary cell, and the terminal performs measurement of the deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG.

[0200] In actual application, the measuring unit 501, the first sending unit 502, the first receiving unit 503 and the third receiving unit can be implemented by a communication interface in the measuring device.

[0201] In order to implement the measurement method of the embodiment of the present disclosure, the embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a measurement device, which is provided on a network device. As shown in FIG6 , the device includes:

[0202] The second receiving unit 601 is configured to receive first information sent by a terminal, where the first information includes at least one of a cell supporting NCSG, a frequency band supporting NCSG, a frequency point supporting NCSG, and information indicating that NCSG is supported only for a deactivated secondary cell; and / or,

[0203] The second sending unit 602 is configured to send second information to the terminal, where the second information is used to indicate whether to use association between frequency points and measurement intervals or not to use association between frequency points and measurement intervals.

[0204] In one embodiment, the second information includes not using a frequency associated with the measurement interval, or includes using a frequency associated with the measurement interval.

[0205] In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises:

[0206] The third sending unit is configured to send third information to the terminal; wherein,

[0207] The third information is used to indicate that the association between at least one frequency point of the terminal and the measurement interval of non-NCSG is only effective when the cell corresponding to the at least one frequency point is in an activated state; or, the third information is used to indicate that the association between the at least one frequency point and the measurement interval of non-NCSG is invalid when the cell corresponding to the at least one frequency point is in an inactivated state.

[0208] In actual application, the second receiving unit 601, the second sending unit 602 and the third sending unit can be implemented by a communication interface in the measuring device.

[0209] It should be noted that the measurement device provided in the above embodiment is merely illustrated by the division of the aforementioned program modules when performing measurement. In actual applications, the aforementioned processing can be assigned to different program modules as needed, that is, the internal structure of the device can be divided into different program modules to complete all or part of the aforementioned processing. Furthermore, the measurement device and the measurement method provided in the above embodiment are based on the same concept. The specific implementation process is detailed in the method embodiment and will not be repeated here.

[0210] Based on the hardware implementation of the above program modules, and in order to implement the method on the terminal side of the embodiment of the present disclosure, the embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a terminal, as shown in FIG7 , where the terminal 700 includes:

[0211] The first communication interface 701 is capable of exchanging information with other network nodes;

[0212] The first processor 702 is connected to the first communication interface 701 to implement information exchange with other network nodes and is used to execute the methods provided by one or more technical solutions on the terminal side when running a computer program. The computer program is stored in the first memory 703.

[0213] Specifically, the first communication interface 701 is used to:

[0214] Performing measurements of a deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG; and / or,

[0215] Sending first information to the network, where the first information includes at least one of a cell supporting NCSG, a frequency band supporting NCSG, a frequency point supporting NCSG, and information indicating that NCSG is supported only for a deactivated secondary cell; and / or,

[0216] Second information sent by the network is received, where the second information is used to indicate whether to use association between the frequency point and the measurement interval or not to use association between the frequency point and the measurement interval.

[0217] In one embodiment, the first communication interface 701 is used to:

[0218] In the case where the SMTC partially overlaps or completely overlaps with the NCSG, measurements of the deactivated secondary cell are performed within the NCSG.

[0219] In one embodiment, the first communication interface 701 is used to:

[0220] When a set condition is met, measurement of the deactivated secondary cell is performed within the NCSG, where the set condition includes at least one of the following:

[0221] The terminal supports NCSG;

[0222] The frequency band for deactivating the secondary cell is a frequency band that supports NCSG;

[0223] The frequency for deactivating the secondary cell is a frequency that supports NCSG;

[0224] NCSG is only supported for deactivated secondary cells.

[0225] In one embodiment, the first communication interface 701 is used to:

[0226] In the case where the secondary cell is not associated with the NCSG, measurements of the deactivated secondary cell are performed within the NCSG.

[0227] In one embodiment, the first communication interface 701 is used to:

[0228] When the secondary cell is not associated with the NCSG and the SMTC partially or completely overlaps with the NCSG, measurements of the deactivated secondary cell are performed within the NCSG.

[0229] In one embodiment, the first communication interface 701 is used to:

[0230] If the deactivated secondary cell has the same FR as the NCSG, measurements of the deactivated secondary cell are performed within the NCSG;

[0231] If the frequency of the deactivated secondary cell is the same as the FR of the NCSG, measurements of the deactivated secondary cell are performed within the NCSG;

[0232] For terminals that support configuring one NCSG per-FR NCSG per FR, if the deactivated secondary cell is the same as the FR of the NCSG, measurements of the deactivated secondary cell are performed within the NCSG;

[0233] For a terminal supporting per-FR NCSG, if the frequency of the deactivated secondary cell is the same as the FR of the NCSG, measurement of the deactivated secondary cell is performed within the NCSG.

[0234] In one embodiment, the first communication interface 701 is used to:

[0235] When the secondary cell is not associated with the NCSG, and the first setting condition is met and the SMTC partially or completely overlaps with the NCSG, measurements of the deactivated secondary cell are performed within the NCSG.

[0236] In one embodiment, the first communication interface 701 is used to:

[0237] When the second information indicates that the association between the frequency point and the measurement interval is not adopted, measurement of the deactivated secondary cell is performed within the NCSG.

[0238] In one embodiment, the first communication interface 701 is used to:

[0239] When the secondary cell is not associated with the NCSG, and the second information indicates that association between the frequency point and the measurement interval is not adopted, measurement of the deactivated secondary cell is performed within the NCSG.

[0240] In one embodiment, the second information includes a frequency point associated with the measurement interval that is not used, or includes a frequency point associated with the measurement interval that is used.

[0241] In one embodiment, the first communication interface 701 is further configured to:

[0242] Receive third information sent by the network; wherein,

[0243] The third information is used to indicate that the association between at least one frequency point of the terminal and the measurement interval of non-NCSG is only effective when the cell corresponding to the at least one frequency point is in an activated state; or, the third information is used to indicate that the association between the at least one frequency point and the measurement interval of non-NCSG is invalid when the cell corresponding to the at least one frequency point is in an inactivated state.

[0244] In one embodiment, the first communication interface 701 is further configured to:

[0245] Measurements of deactivated cells are performed outside the measurement interval.

[0246] In one embodiment, the first communication interface 701 performs measurement of a deactivated cell outside a measurement interval, including:

[0247] When a first condition is met, measurement of the deactivated cell is performed outside the measurement interval, where the first condition includes at least one of the following:

[0248] The second information indicates an association between an adopted frequency point and a measurement interval;

[0249] The second information indicates that association between a frequency point and a measurement interval is used, and the deactivated cell is not associated with an NCSG;

[0250] The second information indicates that association between a frequency point and a measurement interval is adopted, and that a deactivated cell is associated with the measurement interval;

[0251] Support NCSG for activated secondary cells;

[0252] NCSG is not supported for deactivating secondary cells.

[0253] In one embodiment, the first communication interface 701 performs measurement of a deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG, including:

[0254] The terminal supports NCSG only for a deactivated secondary cell, and the terminal performs measurement of the deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG.

[0255] It should be noted that the specific processing process of the first processor 702 and the first communication interface 701 can be understood by referring to the above method.

[0256] Of course, in actual use, the various components in terminal 700 are coupled together via bus system 704. It will be appreciated that bus system 704 is used to enable communication between these components. In addition to a data bus, bus system 704 also includes a power bus, a control bus, and a status signal bus. However, for clarity, in FIG7 , all of these buses are labeled as bus system 704.

[0257] The first memory 703 in the embodiment of the present disclosure is used to store various types of data to support the operation of the terminal 700. Examples of such data include: any computer program used to operate on the terminal 700.

[0258] The methods disclosed in the above embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to the first processor 702 or implemented by the first processor 702. The first processor 702 may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capabilities. During implementation, each step of the above method can be completed by hardware integrated logic circuits or software instructions in the first processor 702. The above first processor 702 may be a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, etc. The first processor 702 can implement or execute the various methods, steps, and logic block diagrams disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure. A general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor. The steps of the methods disclosed in conjunction with the embodiments of the present disclosure can be directly implemented and executed by a hardware decoding processor, or by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor. The software module may be located in a storage medium located in the first memory 703. The first processor 702 reads the information in the first memory 703 and, in conjunction with its hardware, completes the steps of the above method.

[0259] In an exemplary embodiment, the terminal 700 can be implemented by one or more application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), DSPs, programmable logic devices (PLDs), complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs), field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), general-purpose processors, controllers, microcontrollers (MCUs), microprocessors, or other electronic components to execute the aforementioned method.

[0260] Based on the hardware implementation of the above program modules, and in order to implement the method on the network device side of the embodiment of the present disclosure, the embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a network device, as shown in FIG8 , the network device 800 includes:

[0261] The second communication interface 801 is capable of exchanging information with other network nodes;

[0262] The second processor 802 is connected to the second communication interface 801 to implement information exchange with other network nodes and is used to execute the methods provided by one or more technical solutions on the network device side when running a computer program. The computer program is stored in the second memory 803.

[0263] Specifically, the second communication interface 801 is used to:

[0264] receiving first information sent by a terminal, where the first information includes at least one of a cell supporting NCSG, a frequency band supporting NCSG, a frequency point supporting NCSG, and information indicating that NCSG is supported only for a deactivated secondary cell; and / or,

[0265] Second information is sent to the terminal, where the second information is used to indicate whether to use association between the frequency point and the measurement interval or not to use association between the frequency point and the measurement interval.

[0266] In one embodiment, the second information includes not using a frequency associated with the measurement interval, or includes using a frequency associated with the measurement interval.

[0267] In one embodiment, the second communication interface 801 is further configured to:

[0268] Sending third information to the terminal; wherein,

[0269] The third information is used to indicate that the association between at least one frequency point of the terminal and the measurement interval of non-NCSG is only effective when the cell corresponding to the at least one frequency point is in an activated state; or, the third information is used to indicate that the association between the at least one frequency point and the measurement interval of non-NCSG is invalid when the cell corresponding to the at least one frequency point is in an inactivated state.

[0270] It should be noted that the specific processing process of the second processor 802 and the second communication interface 801 can be understood by referring to the above method.

[0271] Of course, in actual use, the various components in network device 800 are coupled together via bus system 804. It will be appreciated that bus system 804 is used to implement connections and communications between these components. In addition to a data bus, bus system 804 also includes a power bus, a control bus, and a status signal bus. However, for clarity, in FIG8 , all of these buses are labeled as bus system 804.

[0272] The second memory 803 in the embodiment of the present disclosure is used to store various types of data to support the operation of the network device 800. Examples of such data include: any computer program used to operate on the network device 800.

[0273] The methods disclosed in the above embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to or implemented by the second processor 802. The second processor 802 may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capabilities. During implementation, each step of the above method can be completed by hardware integrated logic circuits or software instructions in the second processor 802. The above second processor 802 may be a general-purpose processor, a DSP, or other programmable logic device, a discrete gate or transistor logic device, a discrete hardware component, etc. The second processor 802 can implement or execute the various methods, steps, and logic block diagrams disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure. A general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor. The steps of the methods disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be directly implemented and executed by a hardware decoding processor, or by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor. The software modules may be located in a storage medium located in the second memory 803. The second processor 802 reads information from the second memory 803 and, in conjunction with its hardware, completes the steps of the above method.

[0274] In an exemplary embodiment, the network device 800 may be implemented by one or more ASICs, DSPs, PLDs, CPLDs, FPGAs, general-purpose processors, controllers, MCUs, Microprocessors, or other electronic components to perform the aforementioned methods.

[0275] It can be understood that the memory (first memory 703, second memory 803) of the embodiment of the present disclosure can be a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory, and can also include both volatile and non-volatile memories. Among them, the non-volatile memory can be a read-only memory (ROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a magnetic random access memory (FRAM), a flash memory, a magnetic surface memory, an optical disc, or a compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM); the magnetic surface memory can be a disk memory or a tape memory. The volatile memory can be a random access memory (RAM), which is used as an external cache. By way of example and not limitation, many forms of RAM are available, such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), Synchronous Static Random Access Memory (SSRAM), Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM), Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (DDRSDRAM), Enhanced Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (ESDRAM), SyncLink Dynamic Random Access Memory (SLDRAM), and Direct Rambus Random Access Memory (DRRAM).The memories described in the embodiments of the present disclosure are intended to include, but are not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memories.

[0276] In an exemplary embodiment, the present disclosure further provides a storage medium, namely, a computer storage medium, specifically, a computer-readable storage medium, which may include, for example, a first memory 703 storing a computer program. The computer program may be executed by the first processor 702 of the terminal 700 to complete the steps of the aforementioned terminal-side method. Another example includes a second memory 803 storing a computer program. The computer program may be executed by the second processor 802 of the network device 800 to complete the steps of the aforementioned network device-side method. The computer-readable storage medium may be a memory such as FRAM, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, Flash Memory, magnetic surface storage, optical disk, or CD-ROM.

[0277] It should be noted that: "first", "second", etc. are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not necessarily used to describe a specific order or sequence.

[0278] The term "and / or" herein simply describes an association relationship between associated objects, indicating that three relationships can exist. For example, "A and / or B" can represent the existence of A alone, the simultaneous existence of A and B, and the existence of B alone. Furthermore, the term "at least one" herein refers to any combination of at least two of any one or more of a plurality of items. For example, "at least one of A, B, and C" can represent any one or more elements selected from the set consisting of A, B, and C.

[0279] In addition, the technical solutions described in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be arbitrarily combined without conflict.

[0280] The above description is merely a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure and is not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A measurement method, applied to a terminal, comprising: Perform measurements of deactivated secondary cells within a small interval NCSG controlled by the network; and / or, Sending first information to the network, wherein the first information includes at least one of a cell supporting NCSG, a frequency band supporting NCSG, a frequency point supporting NCSG, and information for indicating that NCSG is supported only for a deactivated secondary cell; and / or, Second information is acquired, where the second information is used to indicate whether to use association between the frequency point and the measurement interval or not to use association between the frequency point and the measurement interval.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The performing the measurement of deactivating the secondary cell in the NCSG includes: When the synchronization signal block measurement timing configuration SMTC partially or completely overlaps with NCSG, measurements of deactivated secondary cells are performed within NCSG.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The performing the measurement of deactivating the secondary cell in the NCSG includes: When a set condition is met, measurement of a deactivated secondary cell is performed within the NCSG, where the set condition includes at least one of the following: The terminal supports NCSG; The frequency band for deactivating the secondary cell is a frequency band that supports NCSG; The frequency for deactivating the secondary cell is a frequency that supports NCSG; NCSG is only supported for deactivated secondary cells.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The performing the measurement of deactivating the secondary cell in the NCSG includes: In the case where the secondary cell is not associated with the NCSG, measurements of the deactivated secondary cell are performed within the NCSG.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein: The performing the measurement of deactivating the secondary cell in the NCSG when the secondary cell is not associated with the NCSG includes: When the secondary cell is not associated with the NCSG and the SMTC partially or completely overlaps with the NCSG, measurements of the deactivated secondary cell are performed within the NCSG.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The measurement of deactivated secondary cells is performed within the NCSG, including: If the deactivated secondary cell has the same frequency range FR as the NCSG, measurements of the deactivated secondary cell are performed within the NCSG; If the frequency of the deactivated secondary cell is the same as the FR of the NCSG, the measurement of the deactivated secondary cell is performed within the NCSG; For a terminal supporting per-FR NCSG, if the deactivated secondary cell has the same FR as the NCSG, measurements of the deactivated secondary cell are performed within the NCSG; For a terminal supporting per-FR NCSG, if the frequency of the deactivated secondary cell is the same as the FR of the NCSG, measurement of the deactivated secondary cell is performed within the NCSG.

7. The method according to claim 2, wherein: When the SMTC partially or completely overlaps with the NCSG, measurements of deactivated secondary cells are performed within the NCSG, including: When the secondary cell is not associated with the NCSG, and when the SMTC partially or completely overlaps with the NCSG, measurements of the deactivated secondary cell are performed within the NCSG.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The performing the measurement of deactivating the secondary cell in the NCSG includes: When the second information indicates that the association between the frequency point and the measurement interval is not adopted, measurement of the deactivated secondary cell is performed within the NCSG.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein: The performing the measurement of the deactivated secondary cell in the NCSG when the second information indicates that the association between the frequency point and the measurement interval is not adopted includes: When the secondary cell is not associated with the NCSG, and the second information indicates that the association between the frequency point and the measurement interval is not adopted, the measurement of the deactivated secondary cell is performed within the NCSG.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The second information includes a frequency point associated with the measurement interval that is not used, or includes a frequency point associated with the measurement interval that is used.

11. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: receiving third information sent by the network; wherein, The third information is used to indicate that the association between at least one frequency point of the terminal and the measurement interval of non-NCSG is effective only when the cell corresponding to the at least one frequency point is in an activated state; or, the third information is used to indicate that the association between the at least one frequency point and the measurement interval of non-NCSG is invalid when the cell corresponding to the at least one frequency point is in an inactivated state.

12. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: Measurement of deactivated cells is performed outside the measurement interval.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein: The measuring of the deactivated cell outside the measurement interval includes: When a first condition is met, measurement of the deactivated cell is performed outside the measurement interval, wherein the first condition includes at least one of the following: The second information indicates an association between an adopted frequency point and a measurement interval; The second information indicates that an association between a frequency point and a measurement interval is adopted, and the deactivated cell is not associated with the NCSG; The second information indicates that association between a frequency point and a measurement interval is adopted, and association between a deactivated cell and a measurement interval is adopted; Support NCSG for activation of secondary cells; NCSG is not supported for deactivating secondary cells.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The performing the measurement of deactivating the secondary cell in the NCSG includes: The terminal supports NCSG only for a deactivated secondary cell, and the terminal performs measurement of the deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG.

15. A measurement method, applied to a network device, comprising: receiving first information sent by a terminal, wherein the first information includes at least one of a cell supporting NCSG, a frequency band supporting NCSG, a frequency point supporting NCSG, and information for indicating that NCSG is supported only for a deactivated secondary cell; and / or, Sending second information to the terminal, where the second information is used to indicate whether to use association between the frequency point and the measurement interval or not to use association between the frequency point and the measurement interval.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein: The second information includes a frequency point associated with the measurement interval that is not used, or includes a frequency point associated with the measurement interval that is used.

17. The method according to claim 15, further comprising: Sending third information to the terminal; wherein, The third information is used to indicate that the association between at least one frequency point of the terminal and the measurement interval of non-NCSG is effective only when the cell corresponding to the at least one frequency point is in an activated state; or, the third information is used to indicate that the association between the at least one frequency point and the measurement interval of non-NCSG is invalid when the cell corresponding to the at least one frequency point is in an inactivated state.

18. A measuring device comprising: A measurement unit, used for measuring a deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG; and / or, A first sending unit is configured to send first information to a network, wherein the first information includes at least one of a cell supporting NCSG, a frequency band supporting NCSG, a frequency point supporting NCSG, and information indicating that NCSG is supported only for a deactivated secondary cell; and / or, The acquiring unit is used to acquire second information, where the second information is used to indicate whether to adopt the association between the frequency point and the measurement interval or not to adopt the association between the frequency point and the measurement interval.

19. A measuring device comprising: A second receiving unit is configured to receive first information sent by a terminal, wherein the first information includes at least one of a cell supporting NCSG, a frequency band supporting NCSG, a frequency point supporting NCSG, and information indicating that NCSG is supported only for a deactivated secondary cell; and / or, The first sending unit is used to send second information to the terminal, where the second information is used to indicate whether to use the association between the frequency point and the measurement interval or not to use the association between the frequency point and the measurement interval.

20. A terminal, comprising: A first processor and a first communication interface; wherein the first communication interface is used to: Performing measurements of a deactivated secondary cell within the NCSG; and / or, Sending first information to the network, wherein the first information includes at least one of a cell supporting NCSG, a frequency band supporting NCSG, a frequency point supporting NCSG, and information for indicating that NCSG is supported only for a deactivated secondary cell; and / or, The first processor or the first communication interface is used to obtain second information, where the second information is used to indicate whether to use the association between the frequency point and the measurement interval or not to use the association between the frequency point and the measurement interval.

21. A network device comprising: A second processor and a second communication interface; wherein the second communication interface is used to: receiving first information sent by a terminal, wherein the first information includes at least one of a cell supporting NCSG, a frequency band supporting NCSG, a frequency point supporting NCSG, and information for indicating that NCSG is supported only for a deactivated secondary cell; and / or, Sending second information to the terminal, where the second information is used to indicate whether to use association between the frequency point and the measurement interval or not to use association between the frequency point and the measurement interval.

22. A terminal, comprising: a first processor and a first memory for storing a computer program executable on the processor, Wherein, when the first processor is used to run the computer program, the steps of the method described in any one of claims 1 to 14 are executed.

23. A network device comprising: a second processor and a second memory for storing a computer program executable on the processor, Wherein, when the second processor is used to run the computer program, the steps of the method described in any one of claims 15 to 17 are executed.

24. A storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, wherein when the computer program is executed by a processor, the computer program implements the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 14, or implements the steps of the method according to any one of claims 15 to 17.

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