Measurement time configuration method, apparatus, chip, and storage medium

Abstract

Embodiments of the present application provide a measurement time configuration method, an apparatus, a chip, and a storage medium. The method comprises: a network device sends first indication information to a terminal device, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating configuration information of at least two measurement time in a measurement period. The terminal device receives the first indication information sent by the network device, and acquires positions of the at least two measurement time on the basis of the first indication information, so as to configure a plurality of measurement time with intervals in the measurement period. According to the method in the present application, an overlapping area of the measurement time and service data transmission can be reduced, and the conflict between the measurement time and the service data transmission is reduced, thereby reducing the effect of the measurement time on the service data transmission, improving efficiency of the service data transmission.

Description

Measurement time configuration method, device, chip and storage medium

[0001] This application claims priority to the Chinese patent application filed with the State Intellectual Property Office of China on January 12, 2024, with application number 202410055020.2 and application name “Measurement time configuration method, device, chip and storage medium”, the entire contents of which are incorporated by reference into this application. Technical Field

[0002] The present application relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a measurement time configuration method, device, chip, and storage medium. Background Art

[0003] With the development of communication technology, existing wireless communication systems provide measurement time for measurement, including measurement gaps (MGs). MGs are an important network optimization feature in wireless communication systems. User equipment (UE) can perform signal quality measurements during MGs to support network performance monitoring, cell reselection, and handover operations. However, when transmitting Extended Reality (XR) service data in wireless communication systems during a MG, the transmission of the service data is delayed until after the MG ends, resulting in a significant impact of the MG on service data transmission.

[0004] Therefore, how to reduce the impact of measurement gaps on service data transmission is an urgent problem to be solved. Summary of the Invention

[0005] The embodiments of the present application provide a measurement time configuration method, device, chip, and storage medium, which are applied to the field of communication technology and can reduce the impact of measurement gaps on service data transmission.

[0006] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a measurement time configuration method, including:

[0007] First indication information is sent to the terminal device, where the first indication information can be used to indicate configuration information of at least two measurement times within a measurement period.

[0008] Optionally, the configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0009] The length of the interval between the measurement times, the length of the measurement times, the number of the measurement times, and the offset of the measurement times.

[0010] Optionally, the offset of the measurement time includes: the offset of the first measurement time in the measurement cycle, and / or the offset of the second measurement time, the first measurement time is the first measurement time in the measurement cycle, and the second measurement time is other measurement time in the measurement cycle except the first measurement time.

[0011] Optionally, if the offset of the measurement time includes the offset of the first measurement time in the measurement cycle and the offset of the second measurement time, the offset of the first measurement time in the measurement cycle is the offset of the measurement time mode of the first measurement time.

[0012] Optionally, if the offset of the measurement time includes the offset of the first measurement time within the measurement period and the offset of the second measurement time, the offset of the first measurement time is the offset of the first measurement time relative to the reference position, and the offset of the second measurement time is the offset of the second measurement time relative to the reference position.

[0013] Optionally, the reference position is the starting position of the measurement period, or the reference position is the starting position of the first measurement time, or the reference position is the position when the offset of the measurement time mode is a target value.

[0014] Optionally, the target value is 0.

[0015] Optionally, the interval length between the measurement times is the interval length between the measurement times in the measurement cycle, and the interval length between the measurement times is applied to the first measurement time and / or the second measurement time.

[0016] Optionally, the interval length between the measurement times includes multiple length values; if the interval length between the measurement times is applied to the first measurement time and the second measurement time, the Nth length value in the interval length between the measurement times is used to indicate the interval length between the Nth measurement time and the N-1th measurement time in the measurement cycle, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

[0017] Optionally, the first length value in the interval length between the measurement times is an offset value of the first measurement time, or an offset value of a measurement time mode of the first measurement time.

[0018] Optionally, if the interval length between the measurement times is applied to the second measurement time, the Nth length value in the interval length between the measurement times is used to indicate the interval length between the N+1th measurement time and the Nth measurement time in the measurement cycle, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0019] Optionally, the interval lengths between adjacent measurement times in the at least two measurement times are the same, or the measurement times are the same in length.

[0020] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application proposes a measurement time configuration method, including:

[0021] Acquire first indication information, where the first indication information may be used to indicate configuration information of at least two measurement times within a measurement period;

[0022] According to the first indication information, positions of at least two measurement times are acquired.

[0023] Optionally, obtaining the first indication information includes:

[0024] Receive the first indication information sent by the network device.

[0025] Optionally, the configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0026] The length of the interval between the measurement times, the length of the measurement times, the number of the measurement times, and the offset of the measurement times.

[0027] Optionally, the offset of the measurement time includes: the offset of the first measurement time in the measurement cycle, and / or the offset of the second measurement time, the first measurement time is the first measurement time in the measurement cycle, and the second measurement time is other measurement time in the measurement cycle except the first measurement time.

[0028] Optionally, if the offset of the measurement time includes the offset of the first measurement time in the measurement cycle and the offset of the second measurement time, the offset of the first measurement time in the measurement cycle is the offset of the measurement time mode of the first measurement time.

[0029] Optionally, if the offset of the measurement time includes the offset of the first measurement time within the measurement period and the offset of the second measurement time, the offset of the first measurement time is the offset of the first measurement time relative to the reference position, and the offset of the second measurement time is the offset of the second measurement time relative to the reference position.

[0030] Optionally, the reference position is the starting position of the measurement period, or the reference position is the starting position of the first measurement time, or the reference position is the position when the offset of the measurement time mode is a target value.

[0031] Optionally, the target value is 0.

[0032] Optionally, the interval length between the measurement times is the interval length between the measurement times in the measurement cycle, and the interval length between the measurement times is applied to the first measurement time and / or the second measurement time.

[0033] Optionally, the interval length between the measurement times includes multiple length values; if the interval length between the measurement times is applied to the first measurement time and the second measurement time, the Nth length value in the interval length between the measurement times is used to indicate the interval length between the Nth measurement time and the N-1th measurement time in the measurement cycle, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

[0034] Optionally, the first length value in the interval length between the measurement times is an offset value of the first measurement time, or an offset value of a measurement time mode of the first measurement time.

[0035] Optionally, if the interval length between the measurement times is applied to the second measurement time, the Nth length value in the interval length between the measurement times is used to indicate the interval length between the N+1th measurement time and the Nth measurement time in the measurement cycle, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0036] Optionally, the interval lengths between adjacent measurement times in the at least two measurement times are the same, or the measurement times are the same in length.

[0037] Optionally, acquiring the positions of the at least two measurement times according to the first indication information includes:

[0038] Acquire, according to the first indication information, an offset of the measurement time;

[0039] The position of the measurement time is acquired according to the offset of the measurement time.

[0040] Optionally, the acquiring, according to the first indication information, the offset of the measurement time includes:

[0041] Determining, according to the first indication information, the length of the measurement time or the length of the interval of the measurement time;

[0042] The offset of the measurement time is acquired according to the length of the measurement time or the length of the interval of the measurement time.

[0043] Optionally, acquiring the position of the measurement time according to the offset of the measurement time includes:

[0044] acquiring a position of the first measurement time according to the offset of the first measurement time;

[0045] The position of the second measurement time is acquired according to the position of the first measurement time.

[0046] Optionally, acquiring the position of the second measurement time according to the position of the first measurement time includes:

[0047] determining an offset of the first measurement time according to the length of the first measurement time, the length of the interval between the first measurement time, the length of the second measurement time, and the length of the interval between the second measurement time;

[0048] The position of the second measurement time is acquired according to the offset of the first measurement time.

[0049] Optionally, acquiring the positions of the at least two measurement times according to the first indication information includes:

[0050] acquiring a position of the first measurement time according to the offset of the first measurement time;

[0051] The position of the adjacent next measurement time is determined according to the position of the previous measurement time.

[0052] Optionally, determining the position of an adjacent subsequent measurement time according to the position of a previous measurement time includes:

[0053] The position of the next measurement time is acquired according to the position of the previous measurement time and the length of the interval between the adjacent next measurement time and the previous measurement time.

[0054] Optionally, the offset of the measurement time includes an offset of a first measurement time and an offset of a second measurement time within the measurement period, and acquiring, according to the first indication information, positions of the at least two measurement times includes:

[0055] The position of the measurement time is determined according to the offset of the measurement time.

[0056] Optionally, obtaining the positions of the at least two measurement times includes:

[0057] determining subframes included in the at least two measurement times;

[0058] The positions of the at least two measurement times are acquired according to the subframes included in the at least two measurement times.

[0059] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a measurement time configuration device, the device comprising:

[0060] The sending module is used to send first indication information to the terminal device, where the first indication information is used to indicate configuration information of at least two measurement times within a measurement period.

[0061] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a measurement time configuration device, the device comprising:

[0062] an acquisition module, configured to acquire first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate configuration information of at least two measurement times within a measurement period;

[0063] A processing module is configured to obtain the positions of the at least two measurement times according to the first indication information.

[0064] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a measurement time configuration device, the device comprising: a processor, a transceiver, and a memory; the processor is communicatively connected to the transceiver and the memory respectively;

[0065] The memory stores computer-executable instructions;

[0066] The transceiver communicates and interacts with an external device;

[0067] The processor executes the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory to implement the method as described in any one of the first aspect or any one of the second aspect.

[0068] In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip having a computer program stored thereon, and when the computer program is executed by the chip, the method as described in any one of the first aspect or any one of the second aspect is implemented.

[0069] In the seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, which stores a computer program. When the computer program is executed by a processor, it implements the method as described in any one of the first aspect or any one of the second aspect.

[0070] In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer program product, which includes a computer program. When the computer program is run, it enables the computer to execute any method in the first aspect or any method in the second aspect.

[0071] The measurement time configuration method, device, chip and storage medium provided in the present application, the terminal device determines the positions of at least two measurement times within the measurement period based on the first indication information of the configuration information indicating at least two measurement gaps within the measurement period obtained from the network device, and configures the measurement time for measurement according to the positions of the at least two measurement times. Within the measurement period, the overlapping area between the measurement time and the service data transmission is reduced by using a measurement time with a short length and an interval, so as to reduce the conflict between the measurement time and the service data transmission, thereby reducing the impact of the measurement time on the service data transmission and improving the efficiency of the service data transmission. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0072] FIG1 is a communication system used in an embodiment of the present application;

[0073] FIG2 is a schematic diagram of a scenario of business data transmission provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0074] FIG3 is a schematic diagram of another scenario of business data transmission provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0075] FIG4 is a flow chart of a measurement time configuration method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0076] FIG5 is a schematic diagram of a scenario of an indicated measurement period provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0077] FIG6 is a schematic diagram of another scenario of an indicated measurement period provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0078] FIG7 is a flow chart of another measurement time configuration method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0079] FIG8 is a schematic diagram of a time measurement scenario provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0080] FIG9 is a schematic diagram of another time measurement scenario provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0081] FIG10 is a schematic diagram of another time measurement scenario provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0082] FIG11 is a schematic diagram of another time measurement scenario provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0083] FIG12 is a schematic diagram of another time measurement scenario provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0084] FIG13 is a flow chart of another measurement time configuration method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0085] FIG14 is a schematic structural diagram of a measurement time configuration device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0086] FIG15 is a schematic structural diagram of another measurement time configuration device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0087] FIG16 is a schematic structural diagram of another measurement time configuration device provided in an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0088] To facilitate a clear description of the technical solutions of the embodiments of this application, the words "exemplary" or "for example" are used in the embodiments of this application to indicate examples, illustrations, or explanations. Any embodiment or design described in this application as "exemplary" or "for example" should not be interpreted as being preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, the use of words such as "exemplary" or "for example" is intended to present the relevant concepts in a concrete manner.

[0089] In the embodiments of the present application, "at least one" refers to one or more, and "more" refers to two or more. "And / or" describes the association relationship of associated objects, indicating that three relationships may exist. For example, A and / or B can represent: the existence of A alone, the existence of A and B at the same time, and the existence of B alone, where A and B can be singular or plural. The character " / " generally indicates that the previous and next associated objects are in an "or" relationship. "At least one of the following items" or similar expressions refers to any combination of these items, including any combination of single items or plural items. For example, at least one of a, b, or c can represent: a, b, c, ab, ac, bc, or abc, where a, b, c can be single or multiple.

[0090] It should be noted that the "at..." in the embodiments of the present application can be the instant when a certain situation occurs, or it can be a period of time after the situation occurs, and the embodiments of the present application do not specifically limit this. In addition, the display interface provided in the embodiments of the present application is only an example, and the display interface can also include more or less content.

[0091] The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application can be applied to various communication systems, such as: long term evolution (LTE) system, LTE frequency division duplex (FDD) system, LTE time division duplex (TDD), universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS), world-wide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) communication system, fifth generation (5G) system or new radio (NR), new systems that may appear in the future, etc.

[0092] To facilitate understanding of the embodiments of the present application, a communication system applicable to the embodiments of the present application is first described in detail.

[0093] Figure 1 shows a communication system used in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 1 , the communication system includes: network equipment and terminal equipment.

[0094] The network device and the terminal device can communicate via a wireless link. When the network device acts as a transmitting end, the terminal device can act as a receiving end; when the network device acts as a receiving end, the terminal device can act as a transmitting end. The embodiments of this application do not limit the number of network devices and terminal devices included in the communication system. Furthermore, it should be understood that Figure 1 is merely a schematic diagram, and the communication system may also include other network devices, which are not limited in this application and are not shown in Figure 1.

[0095] The terminal device in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as: user equipment (UE), mobile station (MS), mobile terminal (MT), access terminal, user unit, user station, mobile station, mobile station, remote station, remote terminal, mobile device, user terminal, terminal, wireless communication equipment, user agent or user device, etc.

[0096] The terminal device may be a device that provides voice / data connectivity to users, such as a handheld device or vehicle-mounted device with wireless connection function. At present, some examples of terminal devices include: mobile phones, tablet computers, laptop computers, PDAs, mobile internet devices (MIDs), wearable devices, virtual reality (VR) devices, augmented reality (AR) devices, wireless terminals in industrial control, wireless terminals in self-driving, wireless terminals in remote medical surgery, wireless terminals in smart grids, wireless terminals in transportation safety, wireless terminals in smart cities, wireless terminals in smart homes, cellular phones, cordless phones, session initiation protocol (SIP) phones, wireless local loop (WLL) stations, personal digital assistants (PDAs), handheld devices with wireless communication capabilities, computing devices or other processing devices connected to wireless modems, vehicle-mounted devices, wearable devices, terminal devices in 5G networks or future evolved public land mobile communication networks (PLMNs). The present application does not limit the terminal equipment in the network (PLMN), etc.

[0097] By way of example and not limitation, in this application, a terminal device may be a terminal device in an Internet of Things (IoT) system. The IoT is an important component of the future development of information technology. Its main technical feature is connecting objects to the Internet through communication technologies, thereby realizing an intelligent network that interconnects humans and machines, and things and things. For example, the terminal device in the embodiments of this application may be a wearable device. Wearable devices, also known as wearable smart devices, are a general term for wearable devices that apply wearable technology to intelligently design and develop wearable devices, such as glasses, gloves, watches, clothing, and shoes. Wearable devices are portable devices that can be worn directly on the body or integrated into the user's clothing or accessories. Wearable devices are not just hardware devices; they can also achieve powerful functions through software support, data interaction, and cloud interaction. Broadly speaking, wearable smart devices include those that are fully functional, large in size, and can achieve full or partial functions independently of smartphones, such as smart watches or smart glasses, as well as those that focus on a specific application function and require cooperation with other devices such as smartphones, such as various smart bracelets and smart jewelry for vital sign monitoring.

[0098] As an example and not a limitation, in an embodiment of the present application, the terminal device may also be a terminal device in a machine type communication (MTC). In addition, the terminal device may also be an on-board module, on-board module, on-board component, on-board chip or on-board unit built into the vehicle as one or more components or units, and the vehicle may implement the method provided in the present application through the built-in on-board module, on-board module, on-board component, on-board chip or on-board unit. Therefore, the embodiment of the present application may also be applied to the Internet of Vehicles, such as vehicle to everything (V2X), long term evolution-vehicle (LTE-V), vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) technology, etc.

[0099] The network device involved in this application can be a device that communicates with a terminal device. The network device can also be called an access network device or a wireless access network device. It can be a transmission reception point (TRP), an evolved NodeB (eNB or eNodeB) in an LTE system, a home base station (for example, home evolved NodeB, or home Node B, HNB), a base band unit (BBU), or a wireless controller in a cloud radio access network (CRAN) scenario, or the network device can be a relay station, an access point, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a network device in a 5G network, or a network device in a future evolved PLMN network, etc. It can also be an access point (AP) in a WLAN, or a gNB in ​​an NR system. The above-mentioned network devices can also be urban base stations, micro base stations, pico base stations, femto base stations, etc., and this application does not limit this.

[0100] In a network structure, the network device may include a centralized unit (CU) node, a distributed unit (DU) node, a RAN device including a CU node and a DU node, or a RAN device including a control plane CU node (CU-CP node) and a user plane CU node (CU-UP node) and a DU node.

[0101] Network equipment provides services for cells, and terminal devices communicate with cells through transmission resources allocated by the network equipment (for example, frequency domain resources, or spectrum resources). The cell can belong to a macro base station (for example, a macro eNB or macro gNB), or to a base station corresponding to a small cell. Small cells here can include: metro cells, micro cells, pico cells, femto cells, etc. These small cells have the characteristics of small coverage and low transmission power, and are suitable for providing high-speed data transmission services.

[0102] Currently, network equipment can configure a measurement gap (MG) for a terminal device for measurement. The measurement gap is a period during which the terminal device measures a specific frequency or cell when it is not performing data transmission. The measurement may include, for example, inter-frequency measurement or inter-radio access technology (RAT) measurement. During the measurement gap, the terminal device will stop data transmission, and the network device will not perform uplink and downlink scheduling. Therefore, using the measurement gap for measurement will affect the transmission of other service data. The measurement gap can be configured periodically, and the period of the measurement gap can be called a measurement period.

[0103] Currently, when configuring a measurement gap, the configuration information of the measurement gap includes the offset (gapOffset) of the measurement gap pattern, the length (mgl) of the measurement gap, the period (mgrp) of the measurement gap (i.e., the measurement period), and the measurement gap timing advance (mgta).

[0104] Among them, at least one of the measurement period and measurement gap length corresponding to different measurement gap modes is different. Exemplarily, the measurement gap mode may include gp0, gp1, gp2-r14, gp3-r14, gp4-r15, gp5-r15, etc. Taking LTE as an example, the measurement period of gp0 mode is 40ms, and the measurement period of gp1 mode is 80ms, but the mgl of gp0 and gp1 are both 6ms, that is, the duration of the measurement gap is 6ms. Table 1 is a measurement gap mode configuration table provided by this application:

[0105] Table 1

[0106] The offset gapOffset is the offset of the measurement gap pattern, and the offset can be used to indicate the starting position of the measurement gap. For example, FIG2 is a schematic diagram of a measurement gap scenario provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG2 , assuming that the starting position of measurement gap 1 when gapOffset is 0 is used as the reference position, when other parameters remain unchanged, when gapOffset is 3, it represents that the measurement gap pattern is offset by 3ms, that is, measurement gap 1, measurement gap 2, and measurement gap 3 in FIG3 are all offset to the right by 3ms. At this time, the offset between the starting position of measurement gap 1 and the reference position is 3ms.

[0107] For example, the current configuration information of the measurement gap may include the following content:

[0108] For example, FIG3 is a schematic diagram of a scenario of business data transmission provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG3 , the business data is XR business data, and the period of discontinuous reception (DRX) of the business data is 16.67 ms. The burst arrival time (Burst Arrivals) of the XR business data can be understood as the moment when the pre-configured terminal device sends the XR business data to the network device. The period of the measurement gap used for measurement by the terminal device is 20 ms. In FIG3 , each raised portion is a measurement gap, and the length of each raised portion is the length of the measurement gap.

[0109] Optionally, the burst arrival time 1 of the XR service data overlaps with the measurement gap 1, that is, the burst arrival time 1 is within the duration of the measurement gap 1. Therefore, the terminal device stops transmitting the XR service data within the duration of the measurement gap 1 and starts transmitting the XR service data after the measurement gap 1 ends.

[0110] Optionally, if the burst arrival time 2 of the XR service data is before measurement gap 2, the terminal device starts transmitting the XR service data at the burst arrival time 2 and stops transmitting the XR service data at the start of measurement gap 2. Transmission of the remaining XR service data resumes after the end of measurement gap 2. Similarly, when the terminal device starts transmitting XR service data at the burst arrival time 3, it also needs to suspend transmission of XR service data for the duration of measurement gap 3 and resume transmission of the remaining XR service data after measurement gap 3.

[0111] As can be seen from this, when a terminal device uses a measurement gap for measurement, the duration of the measurement gap affects the transmission of other service data. However, if data transmission is allowed during the measurement gap, the measurement accuracy may be affected, thereby affecting the terminal device's cell switching behavior, and further reducing the quality of the network environment in which the terminal device is located. Therefore, there is an urgent need to provide a method that can maintain normal measurement performance of the terminal device while reducing the impact of the measurement gap on service data transmission and improving the user experience.

[0112] In view of this, the present application provides a measurement time configuration method, in which the terminal device configures multiple short measurement times with intervals within the measurement cycle according to the configuration information of the measurement time sent by the network device, so as to reduce the overlapping area between the service data and the measurement time, thereby maintaining the quality of the measurement within the cycle while reducing the conflict between the measurement time and the service data transmission and reducing the duration of the suspension of service data transmission, thereby reducing the impact of the measurement time on the service data transmission and improving the user experience.

[0113] Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of another scenario for business data transmission provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 4, the first measurement cycle in Figure 4 is configured as multiple (Figure 4 uses three as an example, and the present application is not limited to three) short measurement times with intervals, so that only one short measurement time conflicts with the transmission of the business data, reducing the overlap between the business data transmission and the measurement time, thereby reducing the duration of the suspension of business data transmission, thereby reducing the impact of the measurement time on business data transmission and improving the user experience.

[0114] The data transmission method of the present application is described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The execution subjects of the embodiments shown in the present application are terminal devices or network devices, and the specific forms and quantities of the devices shown are only examples and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation of the method provided in the present application.

[0115] The terminal device in the embodiments of the present application can be the terminal device itself, or a chip, chip system, or processor that supports the terminal device to implement the data transmission method, or a logic module or software that can implement all or part of the terminal device functions. The network device in the embodiments of the present application can be the network device itself, or a chip, chip system, or processor that supports the network device to implement the data transmission method, or a logic module or software that can implement all or part of the network device functions. This application does not impose specific restrictions on this.

[0116] FIG5 is a flow chart of a measurement time configuration method provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG5 , the method may include:

[0117] S501. The terminal device obtains first indication information.

[0118] The first indication information may be used to indicate configuration information of at least two measurement times within the measurement period. Alternatively, the first indication information may indicate configuration information of one measurement time within the measurement period. The measurement time includes a measurement gap or an SSB measurement time (SS / PBCH block measurement timing configuration, SMTC).

[0119] The first indication information may be indication information having the function of indicating configuration information of a measurement gap, and indication information having the function of indicating configuration information of at least two measurement times within a measurement cycle, or indication information only for indicating configuration information of at least two measurement times within a measurement cycle. When the first indication information indicates configuration information of at least two measurement times within a measurement cycle, the terminal device may configure at least two measurement times within the measurement cycle according to the configuration information.

[0120] Optionally, in a measurement cycle, the total length of at least two measurement times included therein is equal to the total length of the measurement gap or SMTC in the existing measurement cycle.

[0121] When the measurement time includes a measurement gap, the configuration information for the measurement time is the configuration information for the measurement gap. When the measurement time includes an SSB measurement time, the configuration information for the measurement time is the configuration information for the SSB measurement time. The following embodiments describe the content of the configuration information for the measurement time, taking the case where the measurement time includes a measurement gap as an example.

[0122] The first indication information may include the configuration information, or the first indication information may include an identifier indicating the configuration information. When the first indication information includes an identifier indicating the configuration information, the terminal device may determine the configuration information corresponding to the identifier from a preset configuration information list based on the identifier. The configuration information list may be pre-set in the terminal device, or may be pre-acquired by the terminal device from a network device or other device, etc. The terminal device may determine at least two measurement times with intervals within the measurement cycle (for example, the first measurement cycle shown in FIG4 above) based on the configuration information indicated by the first indication information. Since there is an interval between the measurement times, service data can also be transmitted within the interval, so the duration of suspension of service data transmission can be reduced, thereby reducing the impact of the measurement time on service data transmission and improving user experience. The sum of the lengths of at least two measurement times within the measurement cycle is a length that can meet the measurement requirements of the terminal device within the measurement cycle, for example, the sum of the lengths of the at least two measurement times is greater than or equal to the length of the measurement requirement.

[0123] The measurement period may be any measurement period of the terminal device, any multiple measurement periods of the terminal device, or all measurement periods of the terminal device. The measurement period may determine which measurement period needs to be configured to include at least two measurement times based on the needs of the service data to be transmitted. For example, the measurement period indicated by the first indication information may be the next measurement period of the terminal device, or the next N measurement periods, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2, or all subsequent measurement periods, etc.

[0124] In one possible implementation, the measurement period is indicated by the first indication information. The measurement period indicated by the first indication information can be determined according to actual needs, and this application does not impose any restrictions on this.

[0125] In another possible implementation, the measurement period is indicated by second indication information different from the first indication information, and the first indication information is used only to indicate configuration information of the measurement times within the measurement period. For example, the second indication information may indicate activation / use of configurations of at least two measurement times within the measurement period, or indicate use of the configuration information indicated by the first indication information.

[0126] For example, Figure 6 is a schematic diagram of a scenario of an indicated measurement period provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 6, the measurement period indicated by the first indication information is measurement period 4, that is, the first indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to configure measurement period 4 as a measurement period including at least two measurement times of smaller lengths and with an interval between them.

[0127] For example, Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of another scenario of an indicated measurement period provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 7, the measurement period indicated by the first indication information is all measurement periods of the terminal device, that is, the first indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to configure all measurement periods to include at least two measurement periods of smaller length and with an interval between them.

[0128] Optionally, the first indication information may directly indicate that at least two measurement times are configured in the measurement cycle, or may indicate that the original measurement time in the measurement cycle (ie, there is only one measurement time with a longer length in the measurement cycle) is split into at least two measurement times.

[0129] Optionally, the configuration information may include at least one of the length of the interval between measurement times, the length of the measurement time, the number of measurement times, and the offset of the measurement time. Alternatively, the configuration information may include information related to the position of each measurement time in the time domain, and the time domain position of the measurement time can be determined based on the configuration information (for example, it may include information such as the starting position and length of each measurement time on the time domain resource to determine its position, etc.). The contents included in the configuration information enable the terminal device to obtain how to configure at least two measurement times within the measurement period indicated by the first indication information. The above four parameters are introduced below.

[0130] Interval length between measurement times: used to indicate the length of the interval between adjacent measurement times within a measurement cycle.

[0131] In one implementation, the interval length is the first interval length of the starting position between adjacent measurement times.

[0132] In one implementation, the interval length is a second interval length between end positions of adjacent measurement times.

[0133] In one implementation, the interval length is a third interval length between the end position and the start position of adjacent measurement times. Exemplarily, the third interval length is the interval length between the end position of measurement time 1 and the start position of measurement time 2, where measurement time 1 is the measurement time before measurement time 2.

[0134] For the convenience of description, the first measurement time in the measurement period is referred to as the first measurement time, and the other measurement times except the first measurement time are referred to as the second measurement time.

[0135] Wherein, the interval length between the measurement times can be used for all measurement times in the measurement cycle, and can also be used for the second measurement time in the measurement cycle. When the interval length between the measurement times is used for all measurement times in the measurement cycle, the interval length can be used to determine the position of the first measurement time and the second measurement time. When the interval length between the measurement times is used for the second measurement time in the measurement cycle, the interval length between the measurement times is the interval length between the starting positions of every two adjacent measurement times in the second measurement time, and the interval length can be used to determine the position of the second measurement time. In this case, the position of the first measurement time can be determined according to the offset gapOffset of the measurement time mode (i.e., similar to the measurement gap mode mentioned above). At this time, gapOffset can be called the interval length between the measurement times corresponding to the first measurement time; wherein, for different measurement times, the interval length between the measurement times can be the same interval length, or all different interval lengths, or partially the same interval lengths.

[0136] For example, FIG8 is a schematic diagram of a time measurement scenario provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG8 , three situations can be included. The first situation is that the starting position of the measurement period is the reference position, the second situation is that the starting position of the measurement period is the starting position of the first measurement time, and the third situation is that the starting position of the measurement period, the starting position of the first measurement time, and the reference position are the same position.

[0137] If the starting position of the measurement cycle is the reference position, the interval length corresponding to the first measurement time (measurement time 1) is interval 1 between the starting position of measurement time 1 and the starting position of the measurement cycle, the interval length corresponding to measurement time 2 in the second measurement time is interval 2 between the starting position of measurement time 2 and the ending position of measurement time 1, and the interval length corresponding to measurement time 3 in the second measurement time is interval 3 between the starting position of measurement time 3 and the ending position of measurement time 2.

[0138] If the starting position of the measurement cycle is the starting position of measurement time 1, and the reference position is the position when gapOffset is 0, in this case, the interval length corresponding to the first measurement time (measurement time 1) is interval 1 between the starting position of measurement time 1 and the reference position, the interval length corresponding to measurement time 2 in the second measurement time is interval 2 between the starting position of measurement time 2 and the end position of measurement time 1, and the interval length corresponding to measurement time 3 in the second measurement time is interval 3 between the starting position of measurement time 3 and the end position of measurement time 2.

[0139] If the starting position of the measurement cycle, the starting position of the first measurement time, and the reference position are the same position, then the interval length corresponding to the first measurement time is 0, the interval length corresponding to measurement time 2 in the second measurement time is interval 2 between the starting position of measurement time 2 and the end position of measurement time 1, and the interval length corresponding to measurement time 3 in the second measurement time is interval 3 between the starting position of measurement time 3 and the end position of measurement time 2.

[0140] Exemplarily, FIG9 is a schematic diagram of another scenario of measurement time provided in an embodiment of the present application. The three situations in FIG9 are the same as the three situations in FIG8 above, and will not be repeated here. As shown in FIG9 , the interval length between the measurement times is used for the second measurement time in the measurement cycle. In this case, the interval length corresponding to the first measurement time (measurement time 1) is the offset gapOffset of the measurement time mode (gapOffset is 0 in case 3), the interval length corresponding to measurement time 2 in the second measurement time is the interval 1 between the starting position of measurement time 2 and the ending position of measurement time 1, and the interval length corresponding to measurement time 3 in the second measurement time is the interval 2 between the starting position of measurement time 3 and the ending position of measurement time 2.

[0141] Optionally, the length of the interval between the measurement times includes one or more length values, wherein the length values ​​are used to determine the position of the first measurement time and the position of the second measurement time (in this case, the first length value is used to determine the position of the first measurement time, and the second length value is used to determine the position of the second measurement time), or the length values ​​are used to determine the position of the second measurement time (in this case, the first length value is used to determine the position of the second measurement time, and the second length value is used to determine the position of the third measurement time, and the position of the first measurement time can be determined by gapoffset).

[0142] When the interval length includes a length value, the interval lengths between measurement times within a measurement cycle are the same. In one embodiment, the length value can be used for all measurement times in the cycle to indicate the length of the interval between the second measurement time and the first measurement time, to indicate the length of the interval between the third measurement time and the second measurement time, and so on. The length value can also be used to indicate a measurement time mode or an offset of the first measurement time. In one embodiment, the length value can be used for the second measurement time to indicate the length of the interval between the second measurement time and the first measurement time, to indicate the length of the interval between the third measurement time and the second measurement time, and so on, to determine the length of the intervals between all second measurement times in the measurement cycle.

[0143] When the interval length includes multiple length values, in one way, the length value can be used for all measurement times of the period, the first length value can correspond to the first measurement time in the measurement period, the second length value can correspond to the second measurement time in the measurement period, the third length value can correspond to the third measurement time in the measurement period, and so on. In this case, the first length value can be used to indicate the measurement time mode or the offset of the first measurement time (that is, the first length value is used to determine the position of the first measurement time), the second length value is used to indicate the interval length between the second measurement time and the first measurement time, the third length value is used to indicate the interval length between the third measurement time and the second measurement time, and so on. In another way, the length value can be used for the second measurement time of the period, the first length value can correspond to the second measurement time, the second length value can correspond to the third measurement time. In this case, the first length value can be used to indicate the interval length of the second measurement time relative to the first measurement time, the second length value can be used to indicate the interval length of the third measurement time relative to the second measurement time, and so on.

[0144] Length of measurement time: The length of the measurement time refers to the length of each measurement time. The length of each measurement time can be the same or different, or the length of some measurement times can be the same and the length of the remaining measurement times can be different. In one case, multiple measurement time length values ​​can be configured, the first value is used to indicate the length of the first measurement time, and the second value is used to indicate the length of the second measurement time. In one case, the measurement time length value of the period is configured, and the length of each measurement time is obtained according to the number of measurement times. For example, if the measurement time length value within the period is 3ms and the number is 1, then one period only includes one measurement time with a measurement time length of 5ms; if the measurement time length value within the period is 3ms and the number is 2, then one period only includes one measurement time with a measurement time length of 1.5ms.

[0145] The number of measurement times refers to the number of measurement times included in the measurement period. The number is greater than or equal to 2, that is, the measurement period includes at least two measurement times. In one case, the number of measurement times can be 1.

[0146] Measurement time offset: used to indicate the measurement time offset within the measurement period.

[0147] In one implementation, the offset of the measurement time includes the offset gapOffset of the measurement time mode mentioned above, and the offset of the second measurement time. Exemplarily, Figure 10 is a schematic diagram of another measurement time scenario provided by an embodiment of the present application. In Figure 10, in case 1, gapOffset is taken as 0 as the reference position, and the starting position of the measurement period is the same as the reference position. In case 2, gapOffset is taken as 0 as the reference position, and the starting position of the measurement period is the same as the starting position of the first measurement time (measurement time 1). In case 3, the position of gapOffset is 0, the starting position of the measurement period, and the starting position of the first measurement time (measurement time 1) are all the same as an example.

[0148] In Cases 1 and 2, as shown in Figure 10 , the offset gapOffset of the measurement time mode is 5 ms, and the offset of the second measurement time includes second measurement time offset 1 and second measurement time offset 2. The offset gapOffset of the measurement time mode is the offset of the starting position of the first measurement time relative to the reference position, the offset 1 of the second measurement time is the offset of the starting position of the first measurement time in the second measurement time relative to the reference position, and the offset 2 of the second measurement time is the offset of the starting position of the second measurement time in the second measurement time relative to the reference position.

[0149] In case 3, as shown in FIG10 , the offset gapOffset of the measurement time mode is 0 ms, and the offset of the second measurement time includes second measurement time offset 1 and second measurement time offset 2. The second measurement time offset 1 is the offset of the starting position of the first measurement time in the second measurement time relative to the reference position (or the starting position of measurement time 1 or the starting position of the measurement cycle), and the second measurement time offset 2 is the offset of the starting position of the second measurement time in the second measurement time relative to the reference position (or the starting position of measurement time 1 or the starting position of the measurement cycle).

[0150] In another implementation, the measurement time offset includes an offset of a second measurement time, and the offset is used to determine a starting position of each second measurement time. In this implementation, the configuration information indicated by the first indication information also includes an offset gapOffset of the measurement time mode to determine the offset of the first measurement time.

[0151] In another implementation, the offset of the measurement time is the offset of each measurement time in the measurement cycle. In this case, the offset of the measurement time may only indicate the offset of each measurement time in the measurement cycle, without indicating the offset of the measurement time mode. Exemplarily, Figure 11 is a schematic diagram of another measurement time scenario provided by an embodiment of the present application. In Figure 11, in case 1, gapOffset is 0 as the reference position, and the starting position of the measurement cycle is the same as the reference position. In case 2, gapOffset is 0 as the reference position, and the starting position of the measurement cycle is the same as the starting position of the first measurement time (measurement time 1). In case 3, the position where gapOffset is 0, the starting position of the measurement cycle, and the starting position of the first measurement time (measurement time 1) are all the same are taken as an example.

[0152] In case 1 and case 2, as shown in Figure 11, the offset of the measurement time includes the offset of the first measurement time (offset 1 of measurement time, 5ms), the offset of the first measurement time in the second measurement time (offset 2 of measurement time, 11ms), and the offset of the second measurement time in the second measurement time (offset 3 of measurement time, 17ms).

[0153] In case 3, the offset of the first measurement time included in the offset of the measurement time is 0, or the offset of the first measurement time is not indicated in the offset of the measurement time, so as to represent the offset of the first measurement time as 0 by default.

[0154] The first indication information described in this step can be obtained by the terminal device from within itself, or can be obtained by the terminal device from the network device. For example, the first indication information is sent by the network device to the terminal device, and the terminal device obtains the first indication information by receiving the first indication information sent by the network device.

[0155] The first indication information indicates that a piece of information may be determined according to the first indication information.

[0156] S502: The terminal device obtains positions of at least two measurement times according to the first indication information.

[0157] The position of the measurement time may be the starting position of the measurement time in the time domain, or the position of the duration of the measurement time in the time domain. For example, when the length of the measurement time is predefined, the terminal device only needs to determine the starting position of the measurement time to determine the position of the measurement time on the time domain resource. When the length of the measurement time is determined according to the length of the measurement time indicated by the first indication information, the position of the measurement time on the time domain resource can be determined based on the starting position of the measurement time and the length of the measurement time indicated by the first indication information. The subsequent embodiments are introduced by taking the position of the measurement time as the starting position on the time domain resource as an example.

[0158] The terminal device may obtain, based on the first indication information, the moments of the starting positions of the at least two measurement times within the measurement period. Alternatively, the terminal device may obtain, based on the first indication information, the system frame numbers of the starting positions of the at least two measurement times and the subframe corresponding to the starting positions in the system frame numbers.

[0159] It should be understood that since the at least two measurement times are periodically configured, the starting position of the measurement cycle can be the starting position of the first measurement time or other position other than the starting position of the first measurement time, and this application does not limit this.

[0160] The terminal device may determine the positions of the at least two measurement times within the measurement cycle based on the length of the interval between the measurement times, the length of the measurement times, and the number of measurement times; or the terminal device may determine the positions of the at least two measurement times within the measurement cycle based on the length of the interval between the measurement times, the length of the measurement times, and the number of measurement times; or the terminal device may determine the positions of the at least two measurement times within the measurement cycle based on the offset of the measurement times, the length of the measurement times, and the number of measurement times; or the terminal device may determine the positions of the at least two measurement times within the measurement cycle based on the offset of the measurement times, the length of the interval between the measurement times, the length of the measurement times, and the number of measurement times, etc. Subsequent embodiments will provide detailed descriptions of the above-mentioned various implementations.

[0161] S503: The terminal device configures a measurement time according to positions of at least two measurement times to perform measurement.

[0162] The terminal device configures the measurement times within a measurement cycle based on the positional configuration of at least two measurement times, so that the measurement cycle includes at least two measurement times of relatively short duration and separated by a gap. The terminal device performs measurements at the corresponding measurement times, thereby reducing the duration of the impact on service data transmission and improving service data transmission efficiency.

[0163] Below, taking the example of the first indication information being sent by the network device to the terminal device, FIG12 is a flow chart of another measurement time configuration method provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG12, the method may include:

[0164] S1201. The network device sends first indication information to the terminal device.

[0165] Correspondingly, the terminal device receives the first indication information sent by the network device.

[0166] S1202. The terminal device obtains the locations of at least two measurement times according to the first indication information.

[0167] S1203: The terminal device configures a measurement time according to positions of at least two measurement times to perform measurement.

[0168] The method provided in the embodiment of the present application is that the terminal device determines the positions of at least two measurement times within the measurement period based on first indication information of configuration information indicating at least two measurement times within the measurement period obtained from the network device, and configures the measurement time for measurement according to the positions of the at least two measurement times. Within the measurement period, the overlapping area between the measurement time and the service data transmission is reduced by using measurement times that are shorter in length and have intervals, so as to reduce the conflict between the measurement time and the service data transmission, thereby reducing the impact of the measurement time on the service data transmission and improving the efficiency of the service data transmission.

[0169] The following describes in detail how to configure at least two measurement times with shorter lengths and intervals within the measurement period indicated by the first indication information in the aforementioned embodiment.

[0170] Implementation method 1: Configure according to the length of the interval between measurement times.

[0171] In this implementation, the interval length between measurement times is taken as the third interval length between the end position and the start position between adjacent measurement times as an example for illustration. Other implementations of this interval length are similar and will not be described in detail in this application.

[0172] Case 1: The length of the interval between measurement times is used for all measurement times within the measurement period.

[0173] In a possible implementation, the configuration information indicated by the first indication information includes the length of the interval between the measurement times. The position of the first measurement time can be determined based on the length of the interval of the first measurement time in the measurement cycle. After determining the position of the first measurement time, the position of the second measurement time is determined based on the length of the interval of the second measurement time, and the length of the interval of the second measurement time after the first measurement time, and so on, to determine the position of each measurement time, and configure these measurement times according to the position of each measurement time. In this implementation, the length of each measurement time, and the number of measurement times can be pre-acquired by the terminal device before obtaining the first indication information (for example, pre-sent to the terminal device by the network device), or predefined in the communication protocol.

[0174] In another possible implementation, the configuration information indicated by the first indication information includes the length of the interval between the measurement times, and the length of the measurement time. The starting position of the first measurement time can be determined based on the length of the interval of the first measurement time in the measurement cycle, and the ending position of the first measurement time can be determined based on the length of the first measurement time. The starting position of the second measurement time is determined based on the length of the interval of the second measurement time and the ending position of the first measurement time, and the ending position of the second measurement time is determined based on the length of the second measurement time, and so on, the position of each measurement time is determined, and the measurement times are configured according to the position of each measurement time. In this implementation, the number of measurement times can be pre-acquired by the terminal device before obtaining the first indication information (for example, pre-sent by the network device to the terminal device), or pre-defined in the communication protocol.

[0175] In another possible implementation, the configuration information indicated by the first indication information includes the length of the interval between measurement times, the length of the measurement time, and the number of measurement times.

[0176] For example, referring to FIG8 , the configuration information indicated by the first indication information includes three interval lengths between measurement times, and each interval length is 2ms. For example, the configuration of the interval lengths between measurement times included in the configuration information can be in the following two forms: Form 1: Interval lengths between measurement times {2ms, 2ms, 2ms}; Form 2: Interval lengths between measurement times {2ms}. If each interval length is different, for example, Interval 1 is 2ms, Interval 2 is 3ms, and Interval 3 is 4ms, the configuration of the interval lengths between measurement times included in the configuration information can be: Interval lengths between measurement times {2ms, 3ms, 4ms}.

[0177] Case 2: The length of the interval between the measurement times is used to measure the second measurement time of the cycle.

[0178] In one possible implementation, the configuration information indicated by the first indication information includes the interval length between the measurement times, and gapOffset. The position of the first measurement time can be determined based on gapOffset. After determining the position of the first measurement time, the position of the second measurement time is determined based on the interval length of the second measurement time (i.e., the first interval length) and the first interval length after the first measurement time, and so on, to determine the position of each measurement time, and configure these measurement times based on the position of each measurement time. Under this implementation, the length of each measurement time and the number of measurement times can be pre-acquired by the terminal device before obtaining the first indication information (for example, pre-sent to the terminal device by the network device), or pre-defined in the communication protocol.

[0179] In another possible implementation, the configuration information indicated by the first indication information includes the interval length between the measurement times, gapOffset, and the length of the measurement time. The starting position of the first measurement time can be determined based on gapOffset, and the ending position of the first measurement time can be determined based on the length of the interval of the second measurement time (i.e., the first interval length) and the ending position of the first measurement time, the starting position of the second measurement time is determined, and the ending position of the second measurement time is determined based on the length of the second measurement time, and so on, the position of each measurement time is determined, and the measurement times are configured according to the position of each measurement time. In this implementation, the number of measurement times can be pre-acquired by the terminal device before obtaining the first indication information (for example, pre-sent to the terminal device by the network device), or pre-defined in the communication protocol.

[0180] In another possible implementation, the configuration information indicated by the first indication information includes the length of the interval between measurement times, gapOffset, the length of the measurement time, and the number of measurement times.

[0181] Exemplarily, continuing to refer to FIG9 , taking the configuration information indicated by the first indication information as including the interval length of the second measurement time, and each interval length is 2ms as an example, the configuration of the interval length between the measurement times included in the configuration information can be in the following two forms: Form 1: interval length between measurement times {2ms, 2ms}; Form 2: interval length between measurement times {2ms}. If each interval length is different, for example, interval 2 is 3ms and interval 3 is 4ms, the configuration of the interval length between the measurement times included in the configuration information can be: interval length between measurement times {2ms, 3ms, 4ms}. In the above two cases, assuming that the interval length between measurement time 1 and the reference position is 2ms, the configuration of gapOffset in the configuration information can be gapOffset(2).

[0182] Implementation method 2: Configure according to the offset of the measurement time.

[0183] Case 1: The offset of the measurement time is used for all measurement times within the measurement period.

[0184] In one possible implementation, the configuration information indicated by the first indication information includes an offset of the measurement time. The offset of the measurement time is the offset of all measurement times in the measurement period relative to the measurement period. According to the offset, the position of each measurement time can be determined, and the corresponding measurement time can be configured according to the position of each measurement time and the length of each measurement time. In this implementation, the length of each measurement time and the number of measurement times can be pre-acquired by the terminal device before obtaining the first indication information (for example, pre-sent to the terminal device by the network device), or pre-defined in the communication protocol. Exemplarily, the offset of the measurement time is the offset of the starting position of the measurement time in the measurement period relative to the reference position. The reference position can be determined according to actual needs, for example, it can be the starting position of the measurement period, or any position within the measurement period.

[0185] In another possible implementation, the configuration information indicated by the first indication information may include not only the offset of the measurement time, but also the length of the measurement time and / or the number of the measurement times.

[0186] Case 2: The offset of the measurement time is used for the second measurement time of the measurement cycle.

[0187] In one possible implementation, the configuration information indicated by the first indication information includes an offset of the measurement time and a gapOffset. The offset of the measurement time is the offset of the second measurement time. The position of the first measurement time can be determined according to the gapOffset (similar to the existing method of determining the starting position of the measurement gap by gapOffset, which will not be repeated here). After determining the position of the first measurement time, the position of the second measurement time is determined according to the offset of the second measurement time, and the corresponding measurement time is configured according to the position of the first measurement time and the position of the second measurement time. In this implementation, the length of each measurement time and the number of measurement times can be pre-acquired by the terminal device before obtaining the first indication information (for example, pre-sent by the network device to the terminal device), or pre-defined in the communication protocol. Exemplarily, the offset of the second measurement time is the offset of the starting position of the second measurement time relative to the reference position. The reference position can be determined according to actual needs, for example, it can be the starting position of the measurement cycle, or the position where gapOffset is 0, or the starting position of the first measurement time, etc.

[0188] In another possible implementation, the configuration information indicated by the first indication information may include not only the offset of the measurement time, but also the length of the measurement time and / or the number of the measurement times.

[0189] The method provided in the embodiment of the present application can flexibly indicate the positions of at least two measurement times of the terminal device within the measurement period through the configuration information indicated by multiple first indication information, so that the terminal device can reduce the conflict between the measurement time and the service data transmission when performing measurements within the measurement period, thereby improving the efficiency of service data transmission.

[0190] The location of the measurement time involved in this application can be calculated based on the location representation method used in the communication protocol used by the network device and the terminal device, and this application does not limit the location representation method. For example, in NR, the location representation method of the measurement time is represented by the system frame and the subframe in the system frame.

[0191] In the following, taking NR as an example, the starting position of the measurement time is represented by the subframe in the system frame to introduce how to determine the subframe occupied by the measurement time.

[0192] The measurement time occupies at least one subframe. The subframes occupied by the measurement time can be determined by the system frames to which these subframes belong and their positions within the system frames to which they belong. For example, if a system frame includes 10 subframes, each subframe is 1 ms, and the length of measurement time 1 is 3 ms, the subframes occupied by measurement time 1 may include the third, fourth, and fifth subframes in system frame 1.

[0193] In this step, it is only necessary to determine the subframe in which each measurement time starts. Then, based on the length of each measurement time and the subframe in which the measurement time starts, the number of subframes following the start position that belong to the measurement time can be determined. Therefore, the following description will focus on how to determine the subframe in which each measurement time starts, and will not further describe the method for determining the subframes included in the measurement time based on the subframe in which the start position is located and the length of the measurement time.

[0194] Methods for determining the position of the measurement time within the cycle include the following:

[0195] Method 1: Calculate based on the offset of the measurement time.

[0196] The offset of the measurement time may be an offset corresponding to each measurement time in a measurement cycle, or an offset corresponding to each measurement time in a measurement time mode.

[0197] (1) When the offsets of the measurement times corresponding to all measurement times are determined by the first indication information, the system frame and subframe number of each measurement time may be calculated according to the offset of the measurement time corresponding to each measurement time.

[0198] In this implementation, the system frame and subframe numbers at each measurement time can be calculated using the following formulas (1) and (2): SFN(i) mod T = FLOOR(gapOffset1(i) / 10) (1) subframe(i) = gapOffset1(i) mod 10 (2)

[0199] Where SFN(i) is the frame number of the system frame corresponding to the starting position of the i-th measurement time, i is greater than or equal to 1, gapOffset1(i) is the offset of the i-th measurement time (starting position), T is the length of the measurement period, T = mrgp / 10, mod is the modulo operator, and FLOOR is the floor function. subframe(i) is the number of the subframe corresponding to the starting position of the i-th measurement time. The system frame number of the starting position of the i-th measurement time can be determined by formula (1). The subframe number of the starting position of the i-th measurement time can be determined by formula (2).

[0200] Optionally, the offset of the i-th measurement time (starting position) can be expressed by adding the length of the first i-1 measurement times and the length of the interval between the measurement times corresponding to the first i measurement times, that is:

[0201] Where i is greater than or equal to 2, gap(i) is the length of the interval between the starting position of the i-th measurement time and the ending position of the previous measurement time, gapOffset is the offset of the measurement time mode, that is, the offset of the initial position of the first measurement time (equivalent to the length of the interval between measurement times corresponding to the first measurement time), and Lengh(i) is the length of the i-th measurement time. gap(i) can be configured in subframe units or in time units, where the time unit can be, for example, milliseconds.

[0202] If the length of the interval between measurement times is the length of the interval between the starting position of the measurement time and the starting position of the previous measurement time, then the offset of the i-th measurement time (starting position) can be expressed by adding the lengths of the intervals between the measurement times corresponding to the previous i measurement times, that is:

[0203] Wherein, i is greater than or equal to 2, gap(i) is the length of the interval between the starting position of the i-th measurement time and the starting position of the previous measurement time, and gapOffset is the offset of the measurement time mode, that is, the offset of the initial position of the first measurement time (equivalent to the length of the interval between the measurement times corresponding to the first measurement time).

[0204] If the offset directly indicating the initial position of the first measurement time is gap(1), then formula (3) can also be transformed into:

[0205] Here, i is greater than or equal to 1. gap(i) is the length of the interval between the starting position of the i-th measurement time and the ending position of the previous measurement time.

[0206] Optionally, the offset of the i-th measurement time (starting position) can also be represented by adding the offset of the measurement time before the i-th measurement time, the interval between the corresponding measurement times, and the length of the corresponding measurement time. For example, the third measurement time can be represented by adding the offset of the first measurement time, the length of the first measurement time, the length of the interval between the second measurement time, the length of the second measurement time, and the length of the interval between the third measurement time; or the third measurement time can be represented by adding the offset of the second measurement time, the length of the second measurement time, and the length of the interval between the third measurement time, etc.

[0207] In this implementation, the principles of the above formulas (1) and (2) are briefly introduced. For example, FIG13 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a system frame provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG13, each system frame includes 10 subframes, and each subframe is 1ms. Taking the measurement time length as 4ms, the measurement period mrgp as 40ms, the gapOffset1(1) as 1ms, and the gapOffset1(2) as 6ms as an example, SFN(1)mod(40 / 10)=FLOOR(1 / 10) subframe(1)=1 mod 10

[0208] It can be seen that the system frame can be 0, 4, 8, ..., and the subframe in the system frame is 1. That is, in Figure 13, when the system frame is 0, 4, 8, ..., the starting position of the first measurement time is subframe 1 in these system frames. Since the length of the measurement time is 4ms, the subframes occupied by the position of the first measurement time are subframes 1 to subframe 4 in the system frames 0, 4, 8, .... SFN(2)mod(40 / 10)=FLOOR(6 / 10) subframe(2)=6 mod 10

[0209] It can be seen that the system frame can be 0, 4, 8, ..., and the subframe in the system frame is 6. That is, in Figure 13, when the system frames are 0, 4, 8, ..., the starting position of the second measurement time is subframe 6 in these system frames. Since the measurement time length is 4 ms, the subframes occupied by the position of the first measurement time are subframes 6 to 9 in the system frames 0, 4, 8, ....

[0210] (2) When the offset of the measurement time corresponding to the second measurement time is determined by the first indication information, the system frame and subframe number of the second measurement time may be calculated based on the offset of the measurement time corresponding to each second measurement time. In this case, the position of the first measurement time is calculated using gapOffset, where the gapOffset may be indicated by the first indication information or other indication information.

[0211] First, calculate the system frame and subframe number of the first measurement time. In this implementation, the system frame and subframe number of the first measurement time can be calculated using the following formulas (6) and (7): SFN(1) mod T = FLOOR(gapOffset / 10) (6) subframe1 = gapOffset mod 10 (7)

[0212] Wherein, SFN(1) is the system frame number of the system frame where the starting position of the first measurement time is located, gapOffset is the offset of the aforementioned measurement time mode, and subframe1 is the subframe number of the subframe occupied by the starting position of the first measurement time in the system frame.

[0213] Next, the system frame and subframe numbers of the second measurement time are calculated. In this implementation, the system frame and subframe numbers of the second measurement time can be calculated using the following formulas (8) and (9): SFN(i) mod T = FLOOR(gapOffset2(i) / 10) (8) subframe(i) = gapOffset2(i) mod 10 (9)

[0214] Where SFN(i) is the system frame number of the system frame in which the starting position of the i-th second measurement time resides, subframe(i) is the subframe number of the subframe occupied by the starting position of the i-th second measurement time in the system frame, and gapOffset2(i) is the offset of the measurement time corresponding to the i-th second measurement time, where i is greater than or equal to 1.

[0215] Method 2: Calculate the second measurement time based on the position of the first measurement time.

[0216] Calculate the system frame number of the first measurement time, calculate the system frame number of the second measurement time based on the system frame number of the first measurement time, obtain the system frame of the second measurement time based on the number of system frames that differ between the first measurement time and the second measurement time, and calculate the subframe position of the second measurement time in the system frame based on the offset of the second measurement time. The number of system frames that differ can be obtained by the interval between the offset of the first measurement time and the offset of the second measurement time. The following calculation is performed using the offset of the first measurement time as gapOffset as an example, where gapOffset is in subframes or ms. In this case, one SFN includes 10ms or 10 subframes:

[0217] In this implementation, the subframe number subframe(i) of the subframe occupied by the starting position of the i-th second measurement time can be calculated according to the above formula (7). When gapOffset is in time slot units, in this case, an SFN includes 10ms or 10*N time slots, then

[0218] Method 3: Calculate based on adjacent measurement times.

[0219] The subframe corresponding to the starting position of the second measurement time can be calculated by the length of the interval between the starting position of each second measurement time and the measurement time of the starting position of the previous measurement time. This calculation method can be implemented by the following formulas (11) and (12): SFN(i) = SFN(i-1) + FLOOR(gap(i) / 10) (11) subframe(i) = gapOffset mod 10 (12)

[0220] Here, i is greater than or equal to 2. gap(i) is the length of the interval between the start position of the i-th measurement time and the measurement time of the start position of the previous measurement time in the measurement period.

[0221] Alternatively, the subframe corresponding to the starting position of the second measurement time can be calculated based on the subframe corresponding to the starting position of the first measurement time and the length of the interval between the starting position of each second measurement time and the measurement time of the starting position of the previous measurement time. This calculation method can be implemented by the following formula (13) and formula (14):

[0222] Where i is greater than or equal to 2. Lengh(i) is the length of the i-th measurement time in the measurement cycle.

[0223] Figure 14 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a measurement time configuration device provided in an embodiment of the present application. It is understood that the measurement time configuration device can implement the operations or steps of the corresponding network devices in the aforementioned method embodiments. The measurement time configuration device can be a network device or a component configurable in a network device, such as a chip or chip module. As shown in Figure 14, the measurement time configuration device can include: a sending module 1401. Optionally, the sending module 1401 and the receiving module can be integrated into the transceiver module or separated.

[0224] The sending module 1401 is used to send first indication information to the terminal device, where the first indication information can be used to indicate configuration information of at least two measurement times within a measurement period.

[0225] Optionally, the configuration information includes at least one of the following: the length of the interval between the measurement times, the length of the measurement time, the number of the measurement times, and the offset of the measurement time.

[0226] Optionally, the offset of the measurement time includes: the offset of the first measurement time in the measurement cycle, and / or the offset of the second measurement time, the first measurement time is the first measurement time in the measurement cycle, and the second measurement time is the other measurement time in the measurement cycle except the first measurement time.

[0227] Optionally, if the offset of the measurement time includes the offset of the first measurement time in the measurement cycle and the offset of the second measurement time, the offset of the first measurement time in the measurement cycle is the offset of the measurement time mode of the first measurement time.

[0228] Optionally, if the offset of the measurement time includes the offset of the first measurement time within the measurement period and the offset of the second measurement time, the offset of the first measurement time is the offset of the first measurement time relative to the reference position, and the offset of the second measurement time is the offset of the second measurement time relative to the reference position.

[0229] Optionally, the reference position is the starting position of the measurement cycle, or the reference position is the starting position of the first measurement time, or the reference position is the position when the offset of the measurement time mode is a target value.

[0230] Optionally, the target value is 0.

[0231] Optionally, the interval length between the measurement times is the interval length between the measurement times in the measurement cycle, and the interval length between the measurement times is applied to the first measurement time and / or the second measurement time.

[0232] Optionally, the interval length between the measurement times includes multiple length values. If the interval length between the measurement times applies to the first measurement time and the second measurement time, the Nth length value in the interval length between the measurement times is used to indicate the interval length between the Nth measurement time and the N-1th measurement time in the measurement cycle, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

[0233] Optionally, the first length value in the interval length between the measurement times is the offset value of the first measurement time, or the offset value of the measurement time mode of the first measurement time.

[0234] Optionally, if the interval length between the measurement times is applied to the second measurement time, the Nth length value in the interval length between the measurement times is used to indicate the interval length between the N+1th measurement time and the Nth measurement time in the measurement cycle, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0235] Optionally, the interval lengths between adjacent measurement times in the at least two measurement times are the same, or the measurement times are the same in length.

[0236] The measurement time configuration device provided in this embodiment can execute the actions of the network device in the aforementioned method embodiment. Its implementation principle and technical effects are similar and will not be described in detail here.

[0237] FIG15 is a schematic diagram of the structure of another measurement time configuration device provided in an embodiment of the present application. It is understood that the measurement time configuration device can implement the operations or steps of the corresponding terminal devices in the aforementioned various method embodiments. The measurement time configuration device can be a terminal device or a component that can be configured in the terminal device, such as a chip, a chip module, etc. As shown in FIG15 , the measurement time configuration device may include: an acquisition module 1501 and a processing module 1502. In one possible implementation, it also includes: a receiving module 1503. Optionally, the receiving module 1503 and the sending module can be integrated into the transceiver module or can be separated.

[0238] The acquisition module 1501 is configured to acquire first indication information, where the first indication information may be used to indicate configuration information of at least two measurement times within a measurement period.

[0239] The processing module 1502 is configured to obtain positions of the at least two measurement times according to the first indication information.

[0240] Optionally, the receiving module 1503 is configured to receive first indication information sent by the network device.

[0241] Optionally, the configuration information includes at least one of the following: the length of the interval between the measurement times, the length of the measurement time, the number of the measurement times, and the offset of the measurement time.

[0242] Optionally, the offset of the measurement time includes: the offset of the first measurement time in the measurement cycle, and / or the offset of the second measurement time, the first measurement time is the first measurement time in the measurement cycle, and the second measurement time is the other measurement time in the measurement cycle except the first measurement time.

[0243] Optionally, if the offset of the measurement time includes the offset of the first measurement time in the measurement cycle and the offset of the second measurement time, the offset of the first measurement time in the measurement cycle is the offset of the measurement time mode of the first measurement time.

[0244] Optionally, if the offset of the measurement time includes the offset of the first measurement time within the measurement period and the offset of the second measurement time, the offset of the first measurement time is the offset of the first measurement time relative to the reference position, and the offset of the second measurement time is the offset of the second measurement time relative to the reference position.

[0245] Optionally, the reference position is the starting position of the measurement cycle, or the reference position is the starting position of the first measurement time, or the reference position is the position when the offset of the measurement time mode is a target value.

[0246] Optionally, the target value is 0.

[0247] Optionally, the interval length between the measurement times is the interval length between the measurement times in the measurement cycle, and the interval length between the measurement times is applied to the first measurement time and / or the second measurement time.

[0248] Optionally, the interval length between the measurement times includes multiple length values. If the interval length between the measurement times applies to the first measurement time and the second measurement time, the Nth length value in the interval length between the measurement times is used to indicate the interval length between the Nth measurement time and the N-1th measurement time in the measurement cycle, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

[0249] Optionally, the first length value in the interval length between the measurement times is the offset value of the first measurement time, or the offset value of the measurement time mode of the first measurement time.

[0250] Optionally, if the interval length between the measurement times is applied to the second measurement time, the Nth length value in the interval length between the measurement times is used to indicate the interval length between the N+1th measurement time and the Nth measurement time in the measurement cycle, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0251] Optionally, the interval lengths between adjacent measurement times in the at least two measurement times are the same, or the measurement times are the same in length.

[0252] Optionally, the processing module 1502 is specifically configured to obtain an offset of the measurement time according to the first indication information, and obtain a position of the measurement time according to the offset of the measurement time.

[0253] Optionally, the processing module 1502 is specifically configured to determine the length of the measurement time or the length of the interval of the measurement time according to the first indication information, and obtain an offset of the measurement time according to the length of the measurement time or the length of the interval of the measurement time.

[0254] Optionally, the processing module 1502 is specifically configured to obtain a position of the first measurement time according to an offset of the first measurement time, and determine a position of the second measurement time according to the position of the first measurement time.

[0255] Optionally, processing module 1502 is specifically configured to determine an offset of the first measurement time based on the length of the first measurement time, the length of the interval between the first measurement time, the length of the second measurement time, and the length of the interval between the second measurement time, and obtain a position of the second measurement time based on the offset of the first measurement time.

[0256] Optionally, the processing module 1502 is specifically configured to obtain a position of the first measurement time according to the offset of the first measurement time, and determine a position of an adjacent subsequent measurement time according to the position of the previous measurement time.

[0257] Optionally, the processing module 1502 is specifically configured to obtain the position of the subsequent measurement time according to the position of the previous measurement time and the length of the interval between the adjacent subsequent measurement time and the previous measurement time.

[0258] Optionally, the offset of the measurement time includes the offset of the first measurement time and the offset of the second measurement time within the measurement period. The processing module 1502 is specifically configured to determine the position of the measurement time according to the offset of the measurement time.

[0259] Optionally, the processing module 1502 is specifically configured to determine subframes included in the at least two measurement times, and obtain positions of the at least two measurement times according to the subframes included in the at least two measurement times.

[0260] The measurement time configuration device provided in this embodiment can execute the actions of the terminal device in the aforementioned method embodiment. Its implementation principle and technical effects are similar and will not be described in detail here.

[0261] Optionally, the above-mentioned measurement time configuration device may also include at least one storage module, which may include data and / or instructions. Other modules in the measurement time configuration device (such as a receiving module, a sending module, a processing module, etc.) can read the data and / or instructions in the storage module to implement the corresponding method.

[0262] It should be noted that it should be understood that in each of the above embodiments, the sending module can be a transmitter when actually implemented, and the receiving module can be a receiver when actually implemented, or the sending module and the receiving module can be implemented through a transceiver, or the sending module and the receiving module can be implemented through a communication port. The processing module can be implemented in the form of software called by a processing element; it can also be implemented in the form of hardware. For example, the processing module can be at least one separately established processing element, or it can be integrated into a chip of the above-mentioned device for implementation. In addition, it can also be stored in the memory of the above-mentioned device in the form of program code, and called by a processing element of the above-mentioned device to perform the functions of the above-mentioned processing module. In addition, all or part of these modules can be integrated together, or they can be implemented independently. The processing element mentioned here can be an integrated circuit with signal processing capabilities. During implementation, each step of the above method or each of the above modules can be completed by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in the processor element or instructions in the form of software.

[0263] For example, the above modules may be one or more integrated circuits configured to implement the above methods, such as one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), one or more microprocessors (digital signal processors (DSPs), or one or more field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). For another example, when a module is implemented by a processing element calling a program code, the processing element may be a general-purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (CPU) or other processor that can call a program code. For another example, these modules may be integrated together and implemented in the form of a system-on-a-chip (SOC).

[0264] Figure 16 is a schematic diagram of the structure of another measurement time configuration device provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 16, measurement time configuration device 1600 may include: at least one processor 1601, memory 1602, and transceiver 1603. Processor 1601, transceiver 1603, and memory 1602 communicate with each other via an internal connection path. Memory 1602 is configured to store instructions, and processor 1601 is configured to execute the instructions stored in memory 1602 to control transceiver 1603 to send and / or receive indication information.

[0265] The measurement time configuration device may be, for example, the aforementioned network device or the aforementioned terminal device.

[0266] It should be understood that the measurement time configuration device can correspond to the terminal device in the above-mentioned method embodiment or the network device in the above-mentioned method embodiment. It can also be used to execute the various steps and / or processes performed by the terminal device or the network device in the above-mentioned method embodiment. Optionally, the memory 1602 may include a read-only memory and a random access memory, and provide instructions and data to the processor 1601. A portion of the memory 1602 may also include a non-volatile random access memory. The memory 1602 may be a separate device or integrated into the processor 1601. The processor 1601 may be used to execute the instructions stored in the memory 1602, and when the processor 1601 executes the instructions stored in the memory, the processor 1601 is used to execute the various steps and / or processes of the above-mentioned method embodiment.

[0267] The transceiver 1603 may include a transmitter and a receiver. The transceiver 1603 may further include an antenna, which may be one or more. The processor 1601, memory 1602, and transceiver 1603 may be integrated on different chips. For example, the processor 1601 and memory 1602 may be integrated in a baseband chip, and the transceiver 1603 may be integrated in a radio frequency chip. The processor 1601, memory 1602, and transceiver 1603 may also be integrated on the same chip. This application does not limit this.

[0268] Optionally, the measurement time configuration device is a component configured in a terminal device or a network device, such as a chip, a chip system, etc.

[0269] The transceiver 1603 may also be a communication interface, such as an input interface and / or output interface, circuit, etc. The transceiver 1603, the processor 1601 and the memory 1602 may be integrated into the same chip, such as a baseband chip.

[0270] It should be understood that the above-mentioned measurement time configuration device can be one or more chips. For example, the measurement time configuration device can be a field programmable gate array (FPGA), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a system on chip (SoC), a central processor unit (CPU), a network processor (NP), a digital signal processor (DSP), a microcontroller unit (MCU), a programmable logic device (PLD), or other integrated chips.

[0271] During implementation, each step of the above method can be completed by an integrated logic circuit of the hardware in the processor or by instructions in the form of software. The steps of the method disclosed in conjunction with the embodiments of the present application can be directly embodied as being executed by a hardware processor, or can be executed by a combination of hardware and software modules in the processor. The software module can be located in a storage medium mature in the art such as a random access memory, a flash memory, a read-only memory, a programmable read-only memory or an electrically erasable programmable memory, a register, etc. The storage medium is located in the memory, and the processor reads the information in the memory and completes the steps of the above method in conjunction with its hardware. To avoid repetition, it will not be described in detail here.

[0272] It should be noted that the processor in the embodiments of the present application can be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capabilities. During implementation, each step of the above method embodiment can be completed by an integrated logic circuit of the hardware in the processor or by instructions in the form of software. The above processor can be a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, a discrete gate or transistor logic device, or a discrete hardware component. The various methods, steps, and logic block diagrams disclosed in the embodiments of the present application can be implemented or executed. The general-purpose processor can be a microprocessor or the processor can also be any conventional processor. The steps of the method disclosed in the embodiments of the present application can be directly embodied as being executed by a hardware decoding processor, or can be executed by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor. The software module can be located in a storage medium mature in the art, such as random access memory, flash memory, read-only memory, programmable read-only memory, or electrically erasable programmable memory, registers, etc. The storage medium is located in the memory, and the processor reads the information in the memory and completes the steps of the above method in combination with its hardware.

[0273] It is understood that the memory in the embodiments of the present application may be a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory, or may include both volatile and non-volatile memories. Among them, the non-volatile memory may be a read-only memory (ROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), or a flash memory. The volatile memory may 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 RAM (SRAM), dynamic RAM (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double data rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), synchronous link DRAM (SLDRAM), and direct RAM bus RAM (DR RAM). It should be noted that the memory described herein is intended to include, but is not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

[0274] An embodiment of the present application also provides a measurement time configuration system, which includes the terminal device in the aforementioned embodiment and a network device.

[0275] The present application also provides a chip having a computer program stored thereon. When the computer program is executed by the chip, the method in the above embodiment is implemented.

[0276] The present application also provides a computer-readable storage medium, which may include: a USB flash drive, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a disk or an optical disk, and other media that can store program codes. Specifically, the computer-readable storage medium stores program instructions, and when the program instructions are executed, the method in the above embodiment is implemented.

[0277] The present application also provides a computer program product, including execution instructions stored in a readable storage medium. At least one processor of a communication device can read the execution instructions from the readable storage medium, and the at least one processor executes the execution instructions so that the communication device implements the measurement time configuration methods provided in the various embodiments described above.

[0278] Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, rather than to limit them. Although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the aforementioned embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that they can still modify the technical solutions described in the aforementioned embodiments, or make equivalent replacements for some or all of the technical features therein. These modifications or replacements do not deviate the essence of the corresponding technical solutions from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. A method for measuring time configuration, characterized in that, Including: Sending first indication information to a terminal device, where the first indication information can be used to indicate configuration information of at least two measurement times within a measurement period.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein The configuration information includes at least one of the following: The interval length between the measurement times, the length of the measurement time, the number of the measurement times, the offset of the measurement time.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein, The offset of the measurement time includes: the offset of the first measurement time within the measurement period, and / or, the offset of the second measurement time, where the first measurement time is the first measurement time within the measurement period, and the second measurement time is other measurement times within the measurement period except the first measurement time.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein If the offset of the measurement time includes the offset of the first measurement time within the measurement period and the offset of the second measurement time, the offset of the first measurement time within the measurement period is the offset of the measurement time mode of the first measurement time.

5. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that, If the offset of the measurement time includes the offset of the first measurement time within the measurement period and the offset of the second measurement time, the offset of the first measurement time is the offset of the first measurement time relative to a reference position, and the offset of the second measurement time is the offset of the second measurement time relative to the reference position.

6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that, The reference position is the starting position of the measurement period, or, the reference position is the starting position of the first measurement time, or, the reference position is the position when the offset of the measurement time mode is a target value.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein The target value is 0.

8. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that The interval length between the measurement times is the interval length between the measurement times within the measurement period, and the interval length between the measurement times is applied to the first measurement time, and / or, the second measurement time.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein The interval length between the measurement times includes multiple length values; if the interval length between the measurement times is applied to the first measurement time and the second measurement time, the Nth length value in the interval length between the measurement times is used to indicate the interval length between the Nth measurement time and the (N - 1)th measurement time within the measurement period, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

10. The method according to claim 9, characterized in that, The first length value in the interval length between the measurement times is the value of the offset of the first measurement time, or, the value of the offset of the measurement time mode of the first measurement time.

11. The method according to any one of claims 8 to 10, characterized in that, If the interval length between the measurement times is applied to the second measurement time, the Nth length value in the interval length between the measurement times is used to indicate the interval length between the (N + 1)th measurement time and the Nth measurement time within the measurement period, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

12. The method according to any one of claims 1-11, characterized in that, The interval length between adjacent measurement times among the at least two measurement times is the same, or, the measurement time lengths are the same.

13. A method for measuring time configuration, characterized in that, Including: Obtaining first indication information, where the first indication information can be used to indicate configuration information of at least two measurement times within a measurement period; Obtaining the positions of at least two measurement times according to the first indication information.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein The obtaining of the first indication information includes: Receiving the first indication information sent by a network device.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein The configuration information includes at least one of the following: The length of the interval between the measurement times, the length of the measurement time, the number of the measurement times, the offset of the measurement time.

16. The method according to claim 14, wherein The offset of the measurement time includes: the offset of the first measurement time within the measurement period, and / or, the offset of the second measurement time, where the first measurement time is the first measurement time within the measurement period, and the second measurement time is other measurement times within the measurement period except the first measurement time.

17. The method according to claim 16, characterized in that, If the offset of the measurement time includes the offset of the first measurement time within the measurement period and the offset of the second measurement time, the offset of the first measurement time within the measurement period is the offset of the measurement time pattern of the first measurement time.

18. The method according to claim 16, wherein If the offset of the measurement time includes the offset of the first measurement time within the measurement period and the offset of the second measurement time, the offset of the first measurement time is the offset of the first measurement time relative to the reference position, and the offset of the second measurement time is the offset of the second measurement time relative to the reference position.

19. The method according to claim 18, characterized in that, The reference position is the starting position of the measurement period, or, the reference position is the starting position of the first measurement time, or, the reference position is the position when the offset of the measurement time pattern is the target value.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein The target value is 0.

21. The method according to claim 15, wherein The length of the interval between the measurement times is the length of the interval between the measurement times within the measurement period, and the length of the interval between the measurement times is applied to the first measurement time, and / or, the second measurement time.

22. The method according to claim 21, wherein The length of the interval between the measurement times includes multiple length values; if the length of the interval between the measurement times is applied to the first measurement time and the second measurement time, the Nth length value in the length of the interval between the measurement times is used to indicate the length of the interval between the Nth measurement time and the (N - 1)th measurement time within the measurement period, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

23. The method according to claim 22, wherein The first length value in the length of the interval between the measurement times is the value of the offset of the first measurement time, or, the value of the offset of the measurement time pattern of the first measurement time.

24. The method according to any one of claims 21-23, characterized in that, If the length of the interval between the measurement times is applied to the second measurement time, the Nth length value in the length of the interval between the measurement times is used to indicate the length of the interval between the (N + 1)th measurement time and the Nth measurement time within the measurement period, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

25. The method according to any one of claims 13 - 24, characterized in that, The length of the interval between adjacent measurement times among the at least two measurement times is the same, or, the length of the measurement time is the same.

26. The method according to claim 18, wherein Obtaining the positions of the at least two measurement times according to the first indication information includes: Obtaining the offset of the measurement time according to the first indication information; Obtaining the positions of the measurement time according to the offset of the measurement time.

27. The method according to claim 26, wherein Obtaining the offset of the measurement time according to the first indication information includes: Determining the length of the measurement time or the length of the interval between the measurement times according to the first indication information; Obtain the offset of the measurement time according to the length of the measurement time or the interval length of the measurement time.

28. The method according to claim 26 or 27, characterized in that, The obtaining the position of the measurement time according to the offset of the measurement time includes: Obtain the position of the first measurement time according to the offset of the first measurement time; Obtain the position of the second measurement time according to the position of the first measurement time.

29. The method according to claim 28, wherein The obtaining the position of the second measurement time according to the position of the first measurement time includes: Determine the offset of the first measurement time according to the length of the first measurement time, the interval length of the first measurement time, the length of the second measurement time, and the interval length of the second measurement time; Obtain the position of the second measurement time according to the offset of the first measurement time.

30. The method according to claim 18, wherein The obtaining the positions of the at least two measurement times according to the first indication information includes: Obtain the position of the first measurement time according to the offset of the first measurement time; Determine the position of the adjacent subsequent measurement time according to the position of the previous measurement time.

31. The method according to claim 30, wherein The determining the position of the adjacent subsequent measurement time according to the position of the previous measurement time includes: Obtain the position of the subsequent measurement time according to the position of the previous measurement time and the interval length between the adjacent subsequent measurement time and the previous measurement time.

32. The method according to claim 18, wherein The offset of the measurement time includes the offset of the first measurement time and the offset of the second measurement time within the measurement period. The obtaining the positions of the at least two measurement times according to the first indication information includes: Determine the position of the measurement time according to the offset of the measurement time.

33. The method according to any one of claims 26-32, characterized in that, The obtaining the positions of the at least two measurement times includes: Determine the subframes included in the at least two measurement times; Obtain the positions of the at least two measurement times according to the subframes included in the at least two measurement times.

34. A time measurement configuration device, characterized in that, The device includes: A sending module, configured to send first indication information to a terminal device, where the first indication information is used to indicate configuration information of at least two measurement times within a measurement period.

35. A time measurement configuration device, characterized in that, The device includes: An obtaining module, configured to obtain first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate configuration information of at least two measurement times within a measurement period; A processing module, configured to obtain the positions of the at least two measurement times according to the first indication information.

36. A time measurement configuration device, characterized in that, The device includes: a processor, a transceiver, and a memory; the processor is communicatively connected to the transceiver and the memory respectively; The memory stores computer-executable instructions; The transceiver communicates with an external device; The processor executes the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory to implement the method according to any one of claims 1 to 12 or any one of claims 13 to 33.

37. A chip, characterized in that, A computer program is stored on the chip, and when the computer program is executed by the chip, the method according to any one of claims 1 to 12 or any one of claims 13 to 33 is implemented.

38. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that For storing a computer program, the computer program including instructions for implementing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 12, or any one of claims 13 to 33.

39. A computer program product, characterized in that, The computer program product includes computer program code which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to implement the method according to any one of claims 1 to 12, or any one of claims 13 to 33.

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