Determination method and apparatus, and communication device, communication system and storage medium

Abstract

Provided in the present disclosure are a determination method and apparatus, and a communication device, a communication system and a storage medium. The method comprises: when a first secondary cell (SCell) is a first-type cell, determining a synchronization signal block (SSB) transmission state of the first SCell, wherein the first-type cell is a cell that transmits an SSB on the basis of a request. The method in the present disclosure can ensure the successful transmission of an SSB of a first SCell, which is a first-type cell.

Description

Method and apparatus for determining, communication device, communication system, and storage medium TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the technical field of communication, and in particular to a method and apparatus for determining, a communication device, a communication system, and a storage medium. BACKGROUND

[0002] In a communication system, in order to reduce power consumption, on demand Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) transmission is introduced for a communication cell. Alternatively, the on demand Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) transmission can be understood as: the communication cell transmits SSBs when needed based on a request (such as a request sent by a terminal), without periodically transmitting SSBs, thereby saving power consumption and reducing communication resource overhead.

[0003] SUMMARY

[0004] The present disclosure proposes a method and apparatus for determining, a communication device, a communication system, and a storage medium.

[0005] According to a first aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for determining is provided, the method is performed by a terminal, and the method comprises:

[0006] determining a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) transmission state of a first Secondary Cell (SCell) which is a first type of cell; and

[0007] wherein the first type of cell is a cell that transmits SSBs based on a request.

[0008] According to a second aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for determining is provided, the method is performed by a network device, and the method comprises:

[0009] configuring a terminal with a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) transmission state of a first Secondary Cell (SCell) which is a first type of cell; and

[0010] wherein the first type of cell is a cell that transmits SSBs based on a request.

[0011] According to a third aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for determining is provided, for a communication system comprising a terminal and a network device, and the method comprises:

[0012] configuring the terminal with a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) transmission state of a first Secondary Cell (SCell) which is a first type of cell; and

[0013] The terminal determines the SSB sending state of the first SCell.

[0014] According to a fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal is provided, comprising:

[0015] a processing module configured to determine a synchronization signal block (SSB) sending state of a first secondary cell (SCell) when the first SCell is a first type cell.

[0016] The first type cell is a cell that sends SSB based on a request.

[0017] According to a fifth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a network device is provided, comprising:

[0018] a transceiver configured to configure a terminal with a synchronization signal block (SSB) sending state of a first secondary cell (SCell) when the first SCell is a first type cell.

[0019] The first type cell is a cell that sends SSB based on a request.

[0020] According to a sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication device is provided, comprising:

[0021] one or more processors;

[0022] The processor is configured to invoke instructions to cause the communication device to perform the determination method according to any one of the first aspect to the second aspect.

[0023] According to a seventh aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication system is provided, comprising a terminal and a network device, wherein the terminal is configured to implement the determination method according to the first aspect, and the network device is configured to implement the determination method according to the second aspect.

[0024] According to an eighth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a storage medium is provided, which stores instructions, and the instructions, when executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform the determination method according to any one of the first aspect to the second aspect.

[0025] According to a ninth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a program product is provided, comprising a computer program, and the computer program, when executed on a communication device, causes the communication device to perform the determination method according to any one of the first aspect to the second aspect. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0026] The above and / or additional aspects and advantages of the present disclosure will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

[0027] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an architecture of some communication systems according to embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0028] FIG. 2A is a flowchart of a determining method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0029] FIG. 2B is a flowchart of a determining method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0030] FIG. 3A is a flowchart of a determining method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0031] FIG. 3B is a flowchart of a determining method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0032] FIG. 3C is a flowchart of a determining method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0033] FIG. 4A is a flowchart of a determining method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0034] FIG. 4B is a flowchart of a determining method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0035] FIG. 4C is a flowchart of a determining method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0036] FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a determining method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0037] FIG. 6A is a schematic diagram of a structure of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0038] FIG. 6B is a schematic diagram of a structure of a network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0039] FIG. 7A is a schematic diagram of a structure of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0040] FIG. 7B is a schematic diagram of a structure of a chip according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0041] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a determining method and apparatus, a communication device, a communication system, and a storage medium.

[0042] In a first aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a determining method, performed by a terminal, the method comprising:

[0043] determining a synchronization signal block (SSB) transmission state of a first secondary cell (SCell) which is a first type of cell.

[0044] The first type of cell is a cell that transmits an SSB based on a request.

[0045] In the above embodiment, when the terminal determines that the first secondary cell (SCell) is a cell that transmits SSB based on request, the terminal further determines the SSB transmission state of the first SCell, so that when the terminal determines that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is activated, the terminal can directly start receiving the SSB of the first SCell, and when the terminal determines that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is deactivated, the terminal can request the SSB of the first SCell on demand, or the terminal can wait for the network device to trigger the first SCell to transmit the SSB, thereby realizing successful transmission of the SSB between the first SCell and the terminal, and ensuring that the terminal can successfully perform time-frequency synchronization or measurement based on the received SSB in the future, thereby ensuring the communication stability of the terminal.

[0046] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the method further comprises:

[0047] receiving first information configured by the network device, the first information being used to indicate whether the first SCell is the first type of cell.

[0048] In the above embodiment, the network device configures the terminal with whether the first SCell is the first type of cell (i.e., a cell that transmits SSB based on request), so that when the terminal determines that the first SCell is the first type of cell, the terminal can further determine the SSB transmission state of the first SCell, and when the terminal determines that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is activated, the terminal can directly start receiving the SSB of the first SCell, and when the terminal determines that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is deactivated, the terminal can request the SSB of the first SCell on demand, or the terminal can wait for the network device to trigger the first SCell to transmit the SSB, thereby realizing successful transmission of the SSB between the first SCell and the terminal, and ensuring that the terminal can successfully perform time-frequency synchronization or measurement based on the received SSB in the future, thereby ensuring the communication stability of the terminal.

[0049] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the determining the SSB transmission state of the first SCell comprises:

[0050] determining that the first SCell is the first type of cell, and determining that the initial SSB transmission state of the first SCell is activated.

[0051] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the determining the SSB transmission state of the first SCell comprises:

[0052] determining that the first SCell is the first type of cell, and determining that an initial SSB transmission state of the first SCell is deactivated.

[0053] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the determining the SSB transmission state of the first SCell comprises:

[0054] receiving second information configured by the network device, the second information being used to indicate the SSB transmission state of the first SCell.

[0055] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the second information is a first value, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is activated; the second information is a second value, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is deactivated; or

[0056] determining that the second information is configured to indicate that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is activated; determining that the second information is default, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is deactivated; or

[0057] determining that the second information is configured to indicate that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is deactivated; determining that the second information is default, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is activated.

[0058] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the determining the SSB transmission state of the first SCell comprises:

[0059] receiving third information configured by the network device, the third information being used to reconfigure the SSB transmission state of the first SCell.

[0060] In the above embodiments, a method of how the terminal determines the SSB transmission state of the first SCell when the first SCell is a cell based on requested SSB transmission is provided, so that the terminal can successfully determine the SSB transmission state of the first SCell based on requested SSB transmission. When the terminal determines that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is activated, the terminal can directly start receiving the SSB of the first SCell. When the terminal determines that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is deactivated, the terminal can request the SSB of the first SCell on demand, or the terminal can wait for the network device to trigger the first SCell to transmit the SSB, thereby realizing successful transmission of the SSB between the first SCell and the terminal, ensuring that the terminal can successfully perform time-frequency synchronization or measurement based on the received SSB in the future, and ensuring the communication stability of the terminal.

[0061] In some embodiments combined with the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0062] receiving fourth information configured by the network device, the fourth information being used to indicate SSB transmission information of the first SCell.

[0063] In some embodiments combined with the first aspect, in some embodiments, the SSB transmission information comprises at least one of:

[0064] a SSB starting position;

[0065] a SSB ending position;

[0066] a SSB duration;

[0067] a number of SSB transmission bursts;

[0068] an interval between two consecutive SSB bursts.

[0069] In the above embodiments, the network device configures the terminal with SSB transmission information of the first SCell, which can be used by the terminal to determine on which resources the first SCell transmits SSBs. Thus, the terminal can receive SSBs transmitted by the first SCell on the corresponding resources based on the SSB transmission information, thereby achieving successful reception of the SSBs and ensuring that the terminal can subsequently successfully perform time-frequency synchronization or measurement based on the received SSBs, thereby ensuring the communication stability of the terminal.

[0070] In some embodiments combined with the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first information, the second information, the third information, and the fourth information are carried by radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

[0071] In some embodiments combined with the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first information, the second information, the third information, and the fourth information are carried by the same signaling or different signaling respectively.

[0072] In the above embodiments, the method for sending the first information, the second information, the third information, and the fourth information is provided to ensure that the network device can successfully send the first information, the second information, the third information, and the fourth information to the terminal, so that the terminal can subsequently successfully determine whether the first SCell is a first type of cell based on the first information, successfully determine the SSB transmission state of the first SCell based on the second information and the third information, and determine the SSB transmission information of the first SCell based on the fourth information. Thus, the successful transmission of SSBs between the terminal and the first SCell is ensured, so that the terminal can subsequently successfully perform time-frequency synchronization or measurement based on the received SSBs, thereby ensuring the communication stability of the terminal.

[0073] In a second aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a determination method, the method is performed by a network device, and the method comprises the following steps:

[0074] The first secondary cell (SCell) is a first type of cell, and a synchronization signal block (SSB) transmission state of the first SCell is configured to a terminal.

[0075] The first type of cell is a cell that transmits SSB based on a request.

[0076] In the above embodiment, when the network device determines that the first SCell is a cell that transmits SSB based on a request, the network device further configures the SSB transmission state of the first SCell to the terminal, so that the terminal can successfully determine the SSB transmission state of the first SCell. When the terminal determines that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is activated, the terminal can directly start receiving the SSB of the first SCell. When the terminal determines that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is deactivated, the terminal can request the SSB of the first SCell on demand, or the terminal can wait for the network device to trigger the first SCell to transmit the SSB. Thus, the successful transmission of the SSB between the first SCell and the terminal is realized, and the subsequent time-frequency synchronization or measurement of the terminal based on the received SSB is ensured, and the communication stability of the terminal is ensured.

[0077] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0078] The first information is configured to the terminal, and the first information is used to indicate whether the first SCell is the first type of cell.

[0079] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0080] The first SCell is determined to be the first type of cell, and the initial SSB transmission state of the first SCell is determined to be activated.

[0081] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0082] The first SCell is determined to be the first type of cell, and the initial SSB transmission state of the first SCell is determined to be deactivated.

[0083] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0084] configuring the terminal with second information, the second information being used to indicate the SSB transmission status of the first SCell.

[0085] In some embodiments in combination with the second aspect, in some embodiments, the second information is a first value, indicating that the SSB transmission status of the first SCell is activated; the second information is a second value, indicating that the SSB transmission status of the first SCell is deactivated; or

[0086] determining that the second information is configured, indicating that the SSB transmission status of the first SCell is activated; determining that the second information is default, indicating that the SSB transmission status of the first SCell is deactivated; or

[0087] determining that the second information is configured, indicating that the SSB transmission status of the first SCell is deactivated; determining that the second information is default, indicating that the SSB transmission status of the first SCell is activated.

[0088] In some embodiments in combination with the second aspect, in some embodiments, the configuring the terminal with the SSB transmission status of the first SCell comprises:

[0089] configuring the terminal with third information, the third information being used to reconfigure the SSB transmission status of the first SCell.

[0090] In some embodiments in combination with the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0091] configuring the terminal with fourth information, the fourth information being used to indicate the SSB transmission information of the first SCell.

[0092] In some embodiments in combination with the second aspect, in some embodiments, the SSB transmission information comprises at least one of:

[0093] a SSB starting position;

[0094] a SSB ending position;

[0095] a SSB duration;

[0096] a number of SSB transmission bursts;

[0097] an interval between two consecutive SSB bursts.

[0098] In some embodiments in combination with the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first information, the second information, the third information, and the fourth information are carried by radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

[0099] In some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first information, the second information, the third information, and the fourth information are carried by the same signaling, or are respectively carried by different signaling.

[0100] In a third aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a determination method for a communication system, the communication system comprising a terminal and a network device, and the method comprising:

[0101] The first SCell is a first type of cell, and the network device configures a synchronization signal block (SSB) transmission state of the first SCell to the terminal, wherein the first type of cell is a cell that transmits SSB based on a request.

[0102] The terminal determines the SSB transmission state of the first SCell.

[0103] In a fourth aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a terminal, comprising:

[0104] A processing module configured to determine, when a first SCell is a first type of cell, a synchronization signal block (SSB) transmission state of the first SCell.

[0105] The first type of cell is a cell that transmits SSB based on a request.

[0106] In some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the terminal is further configured to:

[0107] Receive first information configured by the network device, the first information being used to indicate whether the first SCell is the first type of cell.

[0108] In some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the determination of the SSB transmission state of the first SCell comprises:

[0109] Determine that the first SCell is the first type of cell, and determine that an initial SSB transmission state of the first SCell is activated.

[0110] In some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the determination of the SSB transmission state of the first SCell comprises:

[0111] Determine that the first SCell is the first type of cell, and determine that an initial SSB transmission state of the first SCell is deactivated.

[0112] In some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the determination of the SSB transmission state of the first SCell comprises:

[0113] receiving second information configured by the network device, the second information being used for indicating the SSB transmission state of the first SCell.

[0114] In some embodiments in combination with the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the second information is a first value, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is activated; the second information is a second value, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is deactivated; or

[0115] determining that the second information is configured, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is activated; determining that the second information is default, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is deactivated; or

[0116] determining that the second information is configured, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is deactivated; determining that the second information is default, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is activated.

[0117] In some embodiments in combination with the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the determining the SSB transmission state of the first SCell comprises:

[0118] receiving third information configured by the network device, the third information being used for reconfiguring the SSB transmission state of the first SCell.

[0119] In some embodiments in combination with the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the terminal further comprises:

[0120] receiving fourth information configured by the network device, the fourth information being used for indicating SSB transmission information of the first SCell.

[0121] In some embodiments in combination with the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the SSB transmission information comprises at least one of:

[0122] a SSB starting position;

[0123] a SSB ending position;

[0124] a SSB duration;

[0125] a number of SSB transmission bursts;

[0126] an interval between two consecutive SSB bursts.

[0127] In some embodiments in combination with the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the first information, the second information, the third information, and the fourth information are carried by radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

[0128] In some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the first information, the second information, the third information, and the fourth information are carried by the same signaling, or are carried by different signaling respectively.

[0129] In a fifth aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a network device, comprising:

[0130] a transceiver, configured to configure, for a terminal, a synchronization signal block (SSB) transmission state of a first secondary cell (SCell) of a first type of cell.

[0131] The first type of cell is a cell that transmits SSB based on a request.

[0132] In some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the network device is further configured to:

[0133] configure the terminal with first information, the first information being used to indicate whether the first SCell is the first type of cell.

[0134] In some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the network device is further configured to:

[0135] determine that the first SCell is the first type of cell, and determine that an initial SSB transmission state of the first SCell is activated.

[0136] In some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the network device is further configured to:

[0137] determine that the first SCell is the first type of cell, and determine that an initial SSB transmission state of the first SCell is deactivated.

[0138] In some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the configuration of the terminal with the SSB transmission state of the first SCell comprises:

[0139] configure the terminal with second information, the second information being used to indicate the SSB transmission state of the first SCell.

[0140] In some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the second information is a first value, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is activated; the second information is a second value, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is deactivated; or

[0141] determine to configure the second information to indicate that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is activated, or determine that the second information is default, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is deactivated.

[0142] determining that the second information is configured to indicate that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is deactivated; and determining that the second information is default to indicate that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is activated.

[0143] In some embodiments of the fifth aspect, the configuring the terminal with the SSB transmission state of the first SCell comprises:

[0144] configuring the terminal with third information, the third information being used to reconfigure the SSB transmission state of the first SCell.

[0145] In some embodiments of the fifth aspect, the network device is further configured to:

[0146] configuring the terminal with fourth information, the fourth information being used to indicate the SSB transmission information of the first SCell.

[0147] In some embodiments of the fifth aspect, the SSB transmission information comprises at least one of:

[0148] a SSB starting position;

[0149] a SSB ending position;

[0150] a SSB duration;

[0151] a number of SSB transmission bursts;

[0152] an interval between two consecutive SSB bursts.

[0153] In some embodiments of the fifth aspect, the first information, the second information, the third information, and the fourth information are carried by a radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

[0154] In some embodiments of the fifth aspect, the first information, the second information, the third information, and the fourth information are carried by a same signaling, or are carried by different signalings respectively.

[0155] In the sixth aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication device, which comprises one or more processors, one or more memories for storing instructions, wherein the processor is configured to invoke the instructions to cause the communication device to perform the determination method described in the first aspect, the optional implementation of the first aspect, the second aspect, and the optional implementation of the second aspect.

[0156] In a seventh aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication system, comprising: a terminal, a network device; wherein the terminal is configured to perform the method described in the first aspect and the optional implementation of the first aspect, and the network device is configured to perform the method described in the second aspect and the optional implementation of the second aspect.

[0157] In an eighth aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a storage medium, which stores instructions, when the instructions are executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform the determination method described in the first aspect, the optional implementation of the first aspect, the second aspect, and the optional implementation of the second aspect.

[0158] In a ninth aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a program product, comprising a computer program, when the computer program is executed by a communication device, causes the communication device to perform the determination method described in the first aspect, the optional implementation of the first aspect, the second aspect, and the optional implementation of the second aspect.

[0159] In a tenth aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a computer program, when it is executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform the determination method described in the first aspect, the optional implementation of the first aspect, the second aspect, and the optional implementation of the second aspect.

[0160] It can be understood that the terminal, the network device, the communication device, the communication system, the storage medium, the program product, and the computer program are all used to perform the method proposed in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Therefore, the beneficial effects that can be achieved can refer to the beneficial effects in the corresponding method, which will not be described here.

[0161] The embodiments of the present disclosure propose an invention name. In some embodiments, the terms of the determination method, the information processing method, the information sending method, and the information receiving method can be replaced with each other, the terms of the information processing device, the information sending device, and the information receiving device can be replaced with each other, and the terms of the information processing system, the communication system, the information sending system, and the information receiving system can be replaced with each other.

[0162] The embodiments of the present disclosure are not exhaustive, but only illustrate some embodiments, and are not specific limitations on the protection scope of the present disclosure. In the case of no contradiction, each step in an embodiment can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the steps can be combined arbitrarily, for example, the scheme after removing some steps in an embodiment can also be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the order of the steps in an embodiment can be exchanged arbitrarily, in addition, the optional implementation in an embodiment can be combined arbitrarily; in addition, the embodiments can be combined arbitrarily, for example, the steps of different embodiments or part of the steps of different embodiments can be combined arbitrarily, and an embodiment can be combined with the optional implementation of other embodiments.

[0163] In each embodiment of the present disclosure, the terms and / or descriptions between the embodiments are consistent and can be referred to each other if there is no special description and logical conflict, and the technical features in different embodiments can be combined to form new embodiments according to their inherent logical relationship.

[0164] The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for the purpose of describing the specific embodiments and not as a limitation of the present disclosure.

[0165] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, the elements expressed in singular form, such as "one", "a", "the", "above", "said", "preceding", "this" and the like, can represent "one and only one", or can represent "one or more", "at least one" and the like. For example, in the case of using articles such as "a", "an", "the" and the like in English, the noun after the article can be understood as singular expression, or can be understood as plural expression.

[0166] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, "plurality" means two or more.

[0167] In some embodiments, the terms "at least one of", "at least one of", "at least one of", "one or more", "a plurality of", "multiple" and the like can be replaced with each other.

[0168] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the description manner such as "at least one of A, B, C……", "A and / or B and / or C……" and the like includes any one of A, B, C…… existing alone, and also includes any combination of any multiple of A, B, C……, each of which can exist alone; for example, "at least one of A, B, C" includes single A, single B, single C, A and B combination, A and C combination, B and C combination, A and B and C combination; for example, A and / or B includes single A, single B, combination of A and B.

[0169] In some embodiments, the description of "in case A, in case B", "in response to case A, in response to case B", and the like, according to the case, can include the following technical solutions: A is executed regardless of B, that is, A in some embodiments; B is executed regardless of A, that is, B in some embodiments; A and B are selectively executed, that is, A and B are selected from A and B in some embodiments; A and B are both executed, that is, A and B in some embodiments. When there are more branches of A, B, C, and the like, the above description is similar.

[0170] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the prefix words "first", "second", and the like are only used to distinguish different description objects, and do not constitute a limitation on the position, order, priority, quantity, or content of the description objects. The description of the description objects should be referred to the description in the context of the claims or embodiments, and should not be limited by the prefix words. For example, the description object is "field", and the ordinal words before "field" in "first field" and "second field" do not limit the position or order between "fields". "First" and "second" do not limit whether the "fields" modified thereby are in the same message, nor do they limit the order of "first field" and "second field". For another example, the description object is "level", and the ordinal words before "level" in "first level" and "second level" do not limit the priority between "levels". For another example, the quantity of the description object is not limited by the ordinal words, and can be one or more. For example, "first device", wherein the quantity of "device" can be one or more. In addition, the objects modified by different prefix words can be the same or different, for example, the description object is "device", and "first device" and "second device" can be the same device or different devices, and their types can be the same or different. For another example, the description object is "information", and "first information" and "second information" can be the same information or different information, and their contents can be the same or different.

[0171] In some embodiments, "including A", "containing A", "for indicating A", and "carrying A" can be interpreted as directly carrying A, or indirectly indicating A.

[0172] In some embodiments, the terms "in response to", "in response to determining", "in case of", "when", "when", "if", and the like can be replaced with each other.

[0173] In some embodiments, the terms "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "not less than", "more than", "more than or equal to", "not less than", "higher than", "higher than or equal to", "not lower than", "above", and the like can be replaced with each other, and the terms "less than", "less than or equal to", "not greater than", "fewer than", "fewer than or equal to", "not more than", "lower than", "lower than or equal to", "not higher than", "below", and the like can be replaced with each other.

[0174] In some embodiments, an apparatus and the like can be interpreted as an entity, and can also be interpreted as virtual, and the names thereof are not limited to the names described in the embodiments. The terms "apparatus", "equipment", "device", "circuitry", "network element", "node", "function", "unit", "section", "system", "network", "chip", "chip system", "entity", "subject", and the like can be replaced with each other.

[0175] In some embodiments, a "network" can be interpreted as an apparatus (for example, an access network device, a core network device, and the like) included in the network.

[0176] In some embodiments, the terms "access network device", "radio access network device", "base station", "radio base station", "fixed station", "node", "access point", "transmission point", "reception point", "transmission / reception point", "panel", "antenna panel", "antenna array", "cell", "macro cell", "small cell", "femto cell", "pico cell", "sector", "cell group", "carrier", "component carrier", "bandwidth part", and the like can be replaced with each other.

[0177] In some embodiments, the terms "terminal", "terminal device", "user equipment (UE)", "user terminal", "mobile station (MS)", "mobile terminal (MT)", "subscriber station", "mobile unit", "subscriber unit", "wireless unit", "remote unit", "mobile device", "wireless device", "wireless communication device", "remote device", "mobile subscriber station", "access terminal", "mobile terminal", "wireless terminal", "remote terminal", "handset", "user agent", "mobile client", "client", and so on can be replaced with each other.

[0178] In some embodiments, the access network device, the core network device, or the network device can be replaced with a terminal. For example, the embodiments of the present disclosure can also be applied to a structure in which communication between the access network device, the core network device, or the network device and the terminal is replaced with communication between a plurality of terminals (for example, also referred to as device-to-device (D2D), vehicle-to-everything (V2X), and so on). In this case, the structure in which the terminal has all or part of the functions of the access network device can also be provided. Further, the language of "uplink", "downlink", and so on can also be replaced with language corresponding to the inter-terminal communication (for example, "side"). For example, the uplink channel, the downlink channel, and so on can be replaced with the side channel, and the uplink, the downlink, and so on can be replaced with the side link.

[0179] In some embodiments, the terminal can be replaced with the access network device, the core network device, or the network device. In this case, the structure in which the access network device, the core network device, or the network device has all or part of the functions of the terminal can also be provided.

[0180] In some embodiments, the data, information, etc. can be obtained in compliance with the laws and regulations of the country where the location is situated.

[0181] In some embodiments, the data, information, etc. can be obtained after obtaining the consent of the user.

[0182] In addition, each element, each row, or each column in the table of the embodiments of the present disclosure can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and any combination of any element, any row, or any column can also be implemented as an independent embodiment.

[0183] The correspondence shown in each table in the present disclosure can be configured or predefined. The values of the information in each table are merely examples, and other values can be configured, and the present disclosure is not limited thereto. When configuring the correspondence between the information and each parameter, it is not necessarily required to configure all the correspondences shown in each table. For example, the correspondences shown in some rows in the table in the present disclosure can also not be configured. For another example, the above table can be appropriately deformed, adjusted, etc., for example, split, merged, etc. The names of the parameters shown in the titles of the above tables can also use other names understandable by the communication device, and the values or representations of the parameters can also use other values or representations understandable by the communication device. When implementing the above tables, other data structures can also be used, for example, arrays, queues, containers, stacks, linear tables, pointers, linked lists, trees, graphs, structures, classes, heaps, hash tables, etc.

[0184] The predefinition in the present disclosure can be understood as defining, predefining, storing, pre-storing, pre-negotiating, pre-configuring, solidifying, or pre-burning.

[0185] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 1, the communication system 100 can include a terminal, a network device; the network device can include at least one of an access network device, a core network device.

[0186] In some embodiments, the terminal includes at least one of a mobile phone, a wearable device, an Internet of Things device, a communication-capable automobile, a smart automobile, a tablet (Pad), a wireless transceiver-equipped computer, a virtual reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control, a wireless terminal device in self-driving, a wireless terminal device in remote medical surgery, a wireless terminal device in a smart grid, a wireless terminal device in transportation safety, a wireless terminal device in a smart city, a wireless terminal device in a smart home, and the like, but is not limited thereto.

[0187] In some embodiments, the access network device is at least one of a node or a device that accesses a terminal to a wireless network, and can include an evolved NodeB (eNB) in a 5G communication system, a next generation eNB (ng-eNB), a next generation NodeB (gNB), a node B (NB), a home node B (HNB), a home evolved node B (HeNB), a wireless backhaul device, a radio network controller (RNC), a base station controller (BSC), a base transceiver station (BTS), a base band unit (BBU), a mobile switching center, a base station in a 6G communication system, an Open RAN, a Cloud RAN, a base station in other communication systems, an access node in a wireless fidelity (WiFi) system, and the like, but is not limited thereto.

[0188] In some embodiments, the technical solutions of the present disclosure can be applied to an Open RAN architecture, in which case, the interfaces between or within the access network devices involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure can become internal interfaces of the Open RAN, and the processes and information interactions between these internal interfaces can be implemented through software or programs.

[0189] In some embodiments, the access network device can be composed of a central unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU), wherein the CU can also be referred to as a control unit. The CU-DU structure can split the protocol layers of the access network device, and the functions of part of the protocol layers are controlled by the CU, and the functions of the remaining part or all of the protocol layers are distributed in the DU, and the CU controls the DU.

[0190] In some embodiments, the core network device can be one device including one or more network elements, or can be multiple devices or device groups including all or part of the one or more network elements. The network element can be virtual or physical. The core network includes at least one of an evolved packet core (EPC), a 5G core network (5GCN), and a next-generation core (NGC), for example. Alternatively, the core network device can also be a location management function network element. The location management function network element includes a location server, which can be implemented as any one of a location management function (LMF), an enhanced serving mobile location center (E-SMLC), a secure user plane location (SUPL), and a SUPL location platform (SUPL LP).

[0191] It can be understood that the communication system described in the embodiments of the present disclosure is for more clearly illustrating the technical solutions of the present disclosure, and does not constitute a limitation on the technical solutions proposed in the present disclosure. Those skilled in the art can know that, as the system architecture evolves and new business scenarios appear, the technical solutions proposed in the present disclosure are also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0192] The following embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to the communication system 100 shown in FIG. 1, or part of the main bodies, but are not limited thereto. The main bodies shown in FIG. 1 are illustrative, and the communication system can include all or part of the main bodies in FIG. 1, or other main bodies other than those in FIG. 1. The number and form of each main body is arbitrary, and the connection relationship between the main bodies is illustrative. The main bodies can be connected or not connected, and the connection can be in any manner, can be direct or indirect, and can be wired or wireless.

[0193] Embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4th generation mobile communication system (4G), 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), 5G new radio (NR), Future Radio Access (FRA), New-Radio Access Technology (RAT), New Radio (NR), New radio access (NX), Future generation radio access (FX), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM (registered trademark)), CDMA2000, Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, Ultra-WideBand (UWB), Bluetooth (Bluetooth (registered trademark)), Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) network, Device-to-Device (D2D) system, Machine to Machine (M2M) system, Internet of Things (IoT) system, Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X), system using other determination methods, next-generation system expanded based thereon, and the like. Further, a plurality of systems can be applied in combination (for example, combination of LTE or LTE-A and 5G, and the like).

[0194] Optionally, the communication system can communicate based on a carrier aggregation (CA) technology or a dual connectivity (DC) technology. Optionally, for the CA technology, the terminal communicates with the network device based on multiple carriers, and for the DC technology, the terminal connects with the network device through multiple cell groups (such as two cell groups), for example, the terminal connects with the network device through a master cell group (MCG) and a secondary cell group (SCG), wherein the network device managing the MCG can be referred to as a master node (MN) (or a master network device), and the network device managing the SCG can be referred to as a secondary node (SN) (or a secondary network device). In addition, the MCG can include one primary cell (PCell) and one or more secondary cells (SCells), and the SCG can include one primary secondary cell (PSCell) and one or more SCells. In the carrier aggregation scenario, on-demand synchronization signal block (SSB) transmission is introduced for the SCell. Optionally, the on-demand SSB transmission can be understood as that the SCell transmits the SSB based on a request (such as a request sent by the terminal) when the SSB needs to be transmitted, without periodically transmitting the SSB, thereby saving power consumption and reducing communication resource overhead. Currently, the on-demand SSB transmission can be applicable to the following scenarios of the SCell.

[0195] Scenario 1: The SCell is added but not activated yet.

[0196] Scenario 2: During SCell activation.

[0197] Scenario 3: After SCell activation.

[0198] However, when the SCell is an on demand SSB cell, the SSB transmission state of the SCell needs to be further determined. Specifically, the SSB transmission state of the SCell can include activation or deactivation. When the SSB transmission state of the SCell is "activation", it means that the SCell activates the transmission of SSB, the SCell starts to transmit SSB, and the terminal can directly receive the SSB transmitted by the SCell without requesting SSB from the SCell. When the SSB transmission state of the SCell is "deactivation", it means that the SCell deactivates the transmission of SSB, the SCell stops transmitting SSB, and the terminal can request SSB from the SCell when it needs SSB, or the terminal can wait for the network device to activate the SSB transmission of the SCell based on implementation, such as when the network device needs to obtain the radio resource management (RRM) measurement report of the SCell, the PCell can directly activate the SCell to transmit SSB, and can tell the terminal that the SSB transmission of the SCell is activated through an indication information, so that the terminal can receive SSB. As can be seen, when the SSB transmission state of the on demand SSB SCell is different, the terminal will also have different ways to obtain the SSB of the SCell. Therefore, when the terminal determines that a certain SCell is an on demand SSB cell, the SSB transmission state of the SCell needs to be further determined, so that the terminal can determine the way to obtain the SSB of the SCell. However, there is currently no method for the terminal to determine the SSB transmission state of the on demand SSB SCell.

[0199] Based on this, the present disclosure provides a determination method to solve the above technical problems.

[0200] FIG. 2A is an interaction schematic diagram of the determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 2A, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a determination method for the communication system 100, and the above method includes:

[0201] Step 2101, the network device configures the first information to the terminal.

[0202] Optionally, the terminal can receive the first information configured by the network device.

[0203] Optionally, the first information can be used to indicate whether the first SCell is a first type cell, for example, the first information can be used to indicate whether the first SCell is a first type cell or a normal secondary cell (normal SCell).

[0204] Optionally, the first SCell here can refer to a newly added first SCell, or can refer to a newly modified first SCell, or can refer to a just activated first SCell, or can refer to an activated first SCell, or can refer to a deactivated first SCell, and the disclosure does not make a specific limitation hereon.

[0205] Optionally, the network device here can refer to a network device managing the first SCell, or can refer to a network device managing a PCell or a PSCell of the terminal, or can refer to other network devices that can communicate with the terminal, and the disclosure does not make a specific limitation hereon.

[0206] Optionally, the first type cell described above can refer to a cell based on sending SSB upon request. That is, if a cell is a first type cell, the cell will not send SSB periodically, but send SSB on demand. For example, SSB can be sent when a request message for requesting SSB is received, or SSB can be sent based on network device implementation determination. For SSB sent based on network device implementation determination, it can be understood that the network device triggers or activates sending SSB on the cell based on implementation. For details, please refer to the foregoing description before the embodiment of FIG. 2A. In some embodiments, the first type cell can also be referred to as an on demand SSB cell. For details, please refer to the foregoing description before the embodiment of FIG. 2A. In other embodiments, the first type cell can also have other names, and the disclosure does not make a specific limitation hereon.

[0207] Optionally, the normal secondary cell described above can be understood as a cell that regularly sends SSB periodically. Or, it can also have other names, and the disclosure does not make a specific limitation hereon.

[0208] Optionally, the first information described above can be carried by first signaling. The first signaling can be, for example, radio resource control (RRC) signaling or other downlink signaling. In some embodiments, the first signaling can be SCell addition / modification signaling. At this time, the first information carried by the SCell addition / modification signaling can be used to indicate whether the SCell added / modified by the SCell addition / modification signaling is a first type cell.

[0209] In some embodiments, when the first information is carried by the RRC signaling, a new information element (IE) can be defined in the ServingCellConfigCommon or ServingCellConfig or SCellConfig of the RRC signaling, and the first information used to define the SSB state is carried by the new IE. For example, when the first information is required, it indicates that the first SCell is a first type of cell. When the first information is not required, for example, when the first information is normal, it indicates that the first SCell is not a first type of cell, but a normal secondary cell. Alternatively, when the first information is configured in the new IE, it indicates that the first SCell is a first type of cell. When the first information is default, it indicates that the first SCell is not a first type of cell. Alternatively, when the first information is configured in the new IE, it indicates that the first SCell is not a first type of cell. When the first information is default, it indicates that the first SCell is a first type of cell. It should be noted that the above method of "how the first information specifically indicates whether the first SCell is a first type of cell" is only an example of the present disclosure, and other implementation forms are possible, which are not limited by the present disclosure.

[0210] Step 2102, the first SCell is a first type of cell, and the terminal and / or network device determines the initial SSB transmission state of the first SCell.

[0211] Optionally, the SSB transmission state of the first SCell can include activation or deactivation. When the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is "activation", the first SCell activates the transmission of SSB, and the first SCell can start transmitting SSB, and the terminal can receive the SSB transmitted by the first SCell. When the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is "deactivation", it indicates that the first SCell deactivates the transmission of SSB, and the first SCell stops transmitting SSB.

[0212] In some embodiments, when the first SCell is a first type of cell, the initial SSB transmission state of the first SCell can be default or can be agreed by the protocol, which is not limited by the present disclosure.

[0213] Based on this, in some embodiments, when the first SCell is determined to be the first type of cell, the terminal and / or network device can determine the initial SSB transmission state of the first SCell to be activated at the same time when the first SCell is determined to be the first type of cell; or in other embodiments, when the first SCell is determined to be the first type of cell, the terminal and / or network device can determine the initial SSB transmission state of the first SCell to be deactivated at the same time when the first SCell is determined to be the first type of cell. For example, the terminal receives the RRC signaling of adding or modifying the first SCell, indicating that the first SCell is the first type of cell, at this time, the first SCell is in the configured but not activated state, and the terminal can determine that the initial SSB transmission state of the first SCell is activated. For example, the terminal receives the RRC signaling of adding or modifying the first SCell, indicating that the first SCell is the first type of cell, at this time, the first SCell is in the configured but not activated state, and the terminal can determine that the initial SSB transmission state of the first SCell is deactivated.

[0214] In another example, assuming that the network device indicates the first SCell to be the first type of cell through the first information described above, and the first information is carried by the SCell addition / modification signaling, in some embodiments, the initial SSB transmission of the first SCell can be determined to be activated at the same time as the first SCell addition / modification; or in other embodiments, the initial SSB transmission of the first SCell can be determined to be deactivated at the same time as the first SCell addition / modification.

[0215] Step 2103, the network device configures the fourth information to the terminal.

[0216] Optionally, the terminal can receive the fourth information configured by the network device.

[0217] Optionally, the fourth information can be used to indicate the SSB transmission information of the first SCell. Optionally, the SSB transmission information can include at least one of the following:

[0218] SSB start position;

[0219] SSB end position;

[0220] SSB duration;

[0221] Number of SSB transmission bursts;

[0222] Interval between two consecutive SSB bursts.

[0223] Optionally, the "start position, end position" described above can be represented by a radio frame, a radio subframe, a time slot, a time domain symbol, or the like, or can also be represented by other units of measurement, and the disclosure does not make specific limitations thereon; and the "SSB duration, interval between two consecutive SSB bursts" described above can be measured by time, minute, second, millisecond, microsecond, nanosecond, or the like, or can be measured by a radio frame, a radio subframe, a time slot, a time domain symbol, or the like, or can also be measured by other units of measurement, and the disclosure does not make specific limitations thereon.

[0224] In some embodiments, the fourth information described above can be carried by second signaling, which can be RRC signaling or other downlink signaling. Optionally, the fourth information and the first information described above can be carried by the same signaling, or can be carried by different signaling. For example, the fourth information and the first information described above can be carried by SCell addition / modification signaling at the same time, or the fourth information can be sent after the first information, or the fourth information can also be sent before the first information. The disclosure does not make specific limitations thereon.

[0225] In the above embodiments, the network device configures the terminal with SSB transmission information of the first SCell, which can be used by the terminal to determine on which resources the first SCell transmits SSBs. Thus, the terminal can receive SSBs transmitted by the first SCell on the corresponding resources based on the SSB transmission information, thereby achieving successful reception of SSBs and ensuring that the terminal can successfully perform time-frequency synchronization or measurement based on the received SSBs in the future, thereby ensuring the communication stability of the terminal.

[0226] Step 2104: The network device configures the terminal with third information.

[0227] Optionally, the third information can be used to reconfigure the SSB transmission state of the first SCell. For example, if the initial SSB transmission state of the first SCell is "deactivated", the third information can reconfigure the SSB transmission state of the first SCell to "activated", or if the initial SSB transmission state of the first SCell is "activated", the third information can reconfigure the SSB transmission state of the first SCell to "deactivated".

[0228] In some embodiments, the third information can be carried by third signaling, which can be RRC signaling or other downlink signaling. The third signaling can be the same signaling as the second signaling and the first signaling described above, or can be different signaling.

[0229] Optionally, in some embodiments, the method of reconfiguring the SSB transmission state of the first SCell by the third information can be: when the third information is a first value, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is: activated; when the third information is a second value, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is: deactivated; wherein the first value can be 0, and the second value can be 1; or the first value can be 1, and the second value can be 0; or the first value can be enabled, and the second value can be disabled, or there can be other implementation manners, which are not limited in the present disclosure.

[0230] Optionally, in some embodiments, the method of reconfiguring the SSB transmission state of the first SCell by the third information can be: when the third information is configured, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is: activated; when the third information is default, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is: deactivated.

[0231] Optionally, in some embodiments, the method of reconfiguring the SSB transmission state of the first SCell by the third information can be: when the third information is configured, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is: deactivated; when the third information is default, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is: activated.

[0232] In addition, in some embodiments, the third information can be sent after the first information, and the third information can be sent simultaneously with the fourth information, or the third information can be sent before or after the fourth information, which is not limited in the present disclosure.

[0233] Step 2105, the terminal receives the SSB of the first SCell based on the SSB transmission state of the first SCell.

[0234] Optionally, in some embodiments, when the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is "activated", at this time, the first SCell can start to transmit SSB, the terminal can receive SSB, when the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is "deactivated", the terminal can request SSB from the first SCell when the terminal needs SSB, for example, the terminal needs SSB to implement time-frequency synchronization, the terminal can request SSB from the first SCell; optionally, the terminal can request SSB from the first SCell through an uplink wake-up signal (UL WUS). Alternatively, the terminal can wait for the network device to activate the first SCell to implement SSB transmission, for example, when the network device needs to obtain the RRM measurement report of the first SCell, the network device can directly trigger the first SCell to transmit SSB, and can tell the terminal that the SSB transmission of the first SCell is activated through an indication information, so that the terminal can receive SSB to perform RRM measurement.

[0235] In the above embodiments, when the terminal determines that the first SCell is a cell that transmits SSB based on a request, the terminal further determines the SSB transmission state of the first SCell, so that when the terminal determines that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is activated, the terminal can directly start to receive SSB of the first SCell, and when the terminal determines that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is deactivated, the terminal can request SSB from the first SCell as needed, or the terminal can wait for the network device to trigger the first SCell to transmit SSB, thereby realizing successful transmission of SSB between the first SCell and the terminal, and ensuring that the terminal can successfully perform time-frequency synchronization or measurement based on the received SSB in the future, thereby ensuring the communication stability of the terminal.

[0236] The determination method related to the embodiments of the present disclosure can include at least one of steps 2101-2105. For example, step 2101 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step 2102 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps 2101+2102 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but not limited thereto.

[0237] In the present embodiment or example, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, the optional mode or optional example can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any step of other embodiments or other examples.

[0238] FIG. 2B is an interaction schematic diagram of a determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 2B, the embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a determination method for the communication system 100, and the above method includes:

[0239] Step 2201. The network device configures first information to the terminal.

[0240] The detailed description of step 2201 can refer to the description of the above embodiments.

[0241] Step 2202. The network device configures second information to the terminal.

[0242] Optionally, the terminal can receive the second information configured by the network device.

[0243] Optionally, the second information can be used to indicate the SSB transmission state of the first SCell. For example, the second information can be used to indicate the initial SSB transmission state of the first SCell.

[0244] In some embodiments, the second information can be carried by fourth signaling, which can be RRC signaling or other downlink signaling. The fourth signaling can be the same signaling as the first signaling used to carry the first information in step 2201, or can be different signaling.

[0245] Optionally, in some embodiments, the method of indicating the SSB transmission state of the first SCell by the second information can be: when the second information is a first value, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is activated; when the second information is a second value, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is deactivated; wherein the first value can be 0, and the second value can be 1; or the first value can be 1, and the second value can be 0; or the first value can be enabled, and the second value can be disabled, or there can be other implementation manners, which are not limited in the present disclosure.

[0246] Optionally, in another embodiment, the method of indicating the SSB transmission state of the first SCell by the second information can be: when the second information is configured, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is activated; when the second information is default, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is deactivated.

[0247] Optionally, in another embodiment, the method of indicating the SSB transmission state of the first SCell by the second information can be: when the second information is configured, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is deactivated; when the second information is default, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is activated.

[0248] In addition, in some embodiments, the second information can be sent at the same time as the first information, or the second information can be sent before or after the first information, which is not limited in the present disclosure.

[0249] At step 2203, the network device configures the terminal with fourth information.

[0250] Optionally, the fourth information and the aforementioned first information and second information can be carried by the same signaling, or can be carried by different signaling. For example, the fourth information and the aforementioned first information are carried by SCell addition / modification signaling at the same time, or the fourth information can be sent after the first information, or the fourth information can also be sent before the first information. The present disclosure does not make specific limitations on this. Alternatively, the fourth information can be sent at the same time as the second information, or the fourth information can also be sent before or after the second information. The present disclosure does not make specific limitations on this.

[0251] In addition, the detailed description of step 2203 can refer to the description of the above embodiments.

[0252] At step 2204, the network device configures the terminal with third information.

[0253] Optionally, the third information and the aforementioned first information, second information, and fourth information can be carried by the same signaling, or can be carried by different signaling. Optionally, the third information can be sent after the first information, the third information can also be sent after the second information, or the third information can be sent at the same time as the fourth information, or the third information can be sent before or after the fourth information. The present disclosure does not make specific limitations on this.

[0254] It should be noted that in some embodiments, the third information and the aforementioned second information can be understood as the same information, and the methods of configuring the SSB transmission state of the first SCell are the same. For example, the RRC parameters corresponding to the second information and the third information are the same, the second information is carried by the fourth signaling, the third information is carried by the third signaling, and the RRC parameters contained in the fourth signaling and the third signaling are the same, which are used to indicate the SSB transmission state of the first SCell. Only the sending time is different, and the SSB transmission state configured by the two is different (i.e., the parameter content of the RRC parameters carried by the two is different), which is embodied as follows: the second information can be sent first, and then the third information is sent. The third information is equivalent to reconfiguring the SSB transmission state of the first SCell indicated by the second information. For example, the second information indicates that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is activated, and then when it is necessary to reconfigure the SSB transmission state of the first SCell, the third information can be sent. The third information can reconfigure the “SSB transmission state is activated” indicated by the second information to “SSB transmission state is deactivated”.

[0255] At step 2205, the terminal determines the SSB transmission state of the first SCell based on the second information and / or the third information.

[0256] Step 2206, the terminal receives the SSB of the first SCell based on the SSB sending state of the first SCell.

[0257] The detailed description of steps 2205-2206 can refer to the above embodiment description.

[0258] In the above embodiment, when the terminal determines that the first SCell is a cell that requests to send SSB, the terminal further determines the SSB sending state of the first SCell, so that when the terminal determines that the SSB sending state of the first SCell is activated, the terminal can directly start receiving the SSB of the first SCell, and when the terminal determines that the SSB sending state of the first SCell is deactivated, the terminal can request the SSB of the first SCell on demand, or the terminal can wait for the network device to trigger the first SCell to send SSB, thereby realizing the successful transmission of SSB between the first SCell and the terminal, and ensuring that the terminal can successfully perform time-frequency synchronization or measurement based on the received SSB in the future, thereby ensuring the communication stability of the terminal.

[0259] The determination method related to the embodiments of the present disclosure can include at least one of steps 2201-2206. For example, step 2201 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step 2202 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps 2201+2202 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but not limited thereto.

[0260] In the present embodiment or example, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, the optional mode or optional example can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any step of other embodiments or other examples.

[0261] FIG. 3A is an interaction schematic diagram of a determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 3A, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a determination method for a terminal, and the above method includes:

[0262] Step 3101, receiving the first information configured by the network device.

[0263] Step 3102, the first SCell is a first type of cell, and the terminal determines the initial SSB sending state of the first SCell.

[0264] Step 3103, receiving the fourth information configured by the network device.

[0265] Step 3104, receiving the third information configured by the network device.

[0266] Step 3105: receiving the SSB of the first SCell based on the SSB sending state of the first SCell.

[0267] For details of steps 3101-3105, refer to the descriptions of the above embodiments.

[0268] The determination method related to the embodiments of the present disclosure can include at least one of steps 3101-3105. For example, step 3101 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step 3102 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps 3101+3102 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but are not limited thereto.

[0269] In the present embodiment or example, each step can be independently combined or exchanged in order without contradiction, and optional modes or examples can be combined with any step of other embodiments or other examples.

[0270] FIG. 3B is an interaction diagram of a determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 3B, the embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a determination method for a terminal, and the above method includes:

[0271] Step 3201: receiving first information configured by a network device.

[0272] Step 3202: receiving second information configured by the network device.

[0273] Step 3203: receiving fourth information configured by the network device.

[0274] Step 3204: receiving third information configured by the network device.

[0275] Step 3205: determining the SSB sending state of the first SCell based on the second information and / or the third information.

[0276] Step 3206: receiving the SSB of the first SCell based on the SSB sending state of the first SCell.

[0277] For details of steps 3201-3206, refer to the descriptions of the above embodiments.

[0278] The determination method related to the embodiments of the present disclosure can include at least one of steps 3201-3206. For example, step 3201 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step 3202 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps 3201+3202 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but are not limited thereto.

[0279] In the embodiments or examples, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in sequence, optional mode or optional example can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any step of other embodiments or other examples, without contradiction.

[0280] FIG. 3C is an interaction schematic diagram of a determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 3C, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a determination method for a terminal, and the above method comprises:

[0281] Step 3301, the first secondary cell SCell is a first type cell, and a synchronization signal block SSB sending state of the first SCell is determined.

[0282] Optionally, the first type cell is a cell that requests to send SSB.

[0283] Optionally, the method further comprises:

[0284] Receiving first information configured by a network device, the first information being used to indicate whether the first SCell is the first type cell.

[0285] Optionally, the determination of the SSB sending state of the first SCell comprises:

[0286] Determining that the first SCell is the first type cell, and determining that an initial SSB sending state of the first SCell is activated.

[0287] Optionally, the determination of the SSB sending state of the first SCell comprises:

[0288] Determining that the first SCell is the first type cell, and determining that an initial SSB sending state of the first SCell is deactivated.

[0289] Optionally, the determination of the SSB sending state of the first SCell comprises:

[0290] Receiving second information configured by a network device, the second information being used to indicate the SSB sending state of the first SCell.

[0291] Optionally, the second information is a first value, indicating that the SSB sending state of the first SCell is activated; the second information is a second value, indicating that the SSB sending state of the first SCell is deactivated; or

[0292] Determining that the second information is configured to indicate that the SSB sending state of the first SCell is activated; determining that the second information is default, indicating that the SSB sending state of the first SCell is deactivated; or

[0293] determining the SSB transmission state of the first SCell comprises:

[0294] Optionally, the determining the SSB transmission state of the first SCell comprises:

[0295] receiving third information configured by the network device, the third information being used for reconfiguring the SSB transmission state of the first SCell.

[0296] Optionally, the method further comprises:

[0297] receiving fourth information configured by the network device, the fourth information being used for indicating SSB transmission information of the first SCell.

[0298] Optionally, the SSB transmission information comprises at least one of:

[0299] a SSB starting position;

[0300] a SSB ending position;

[0301] a SSB duration;

[0302] a number of SSB transmission bursts;

[0303] an interval between two consecutive SSB bursts.

[0304] Optionally, the first information, the second information, the third information, and the fourth information are carried by radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

[0305] Optionally, the first information, the second information, the third information, and the fourth information are carried by the same signaling, or are respectively carried by different signaling.

[0306] Details about step 3301 can be referred to the descriptions of the above embodiments.

[0307] In the embodiments or examples, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined, or the order can be exchanged, the optional modes or examples can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any step of other embodiments or other examples.

[0308] FIG. 4A is an interaction diagram of a determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 4A, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a determination method for a network device, and the above method comprises:

[0309] Step 4101, configuring a terminal with first information.

[0310] Step 4102, the first SCell is a first type cell, and the network device determines an initial SSB sending state of the first SCell.

[0311] Step 4103, the fourth information is configured to the terminal.

[0312] Step 4104, the third information is configured to the terminal.

[0313] Details about steps 4101-4105 can be referred to the descriptions of the above embodiments.

[0314] The determination method related to the embodiments of the present disclosure can include at least one of steps 4101-4105. For example, step 4101 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step 4102 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps 4101+4102 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but not limited thereto.

[0315] In the present embodiment or example, each step can be independently, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, and optional modes or examples can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any step of other embodiments or other examples.

[0316] FIG. 4B is an interaction diagram of a determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 4B, the embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a determination method for a network device, and the above method includes:

[0317] Step 4201, the first information is configured to the terminal.

[0318] Step 4202, the second information is configured to the terminal.

[0319] Step 4203, the fourth information is configured to the terminal.

[0320] Step 4204, the third information is configured to the terminal.

[0321] Details about steps 4201-4205 can be referred to the descriptions of the above embodiments.

[0322] The determination method related to the embodiments of the present disclosure can include at least one of steps 4201-4205. For example, step 4201 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step 4202 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps 4201+4202 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but not limited thereto.

[0323] In the embodiments or examples, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in sequence without contradiction, and optional modes or examples can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any step of other embodiments or other examples.

[0324] FIG. 4C is an interaction schematic diagram of a determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 4C, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a determination method for a network device, and the method comprises:

[0325] Step 4301, the first secondary cell SCell is a first type cell, and a synchronization signal block SSB sending state of the first SCell is configured to a terminal.

[0326] Optionally, the first type cell is a cell that sends SSB based on a request.

[0327] Optionally, the method further comprises:

[0328] configuring first information to the terminal, the first information being used to indicate whether the first SCell is the first type cell.

[0329] Optionally, the method further comprises:

[0330] determining that the first SCell is the first type cell, and determining that an initial SSB sending state of the first SCell is activated.

[0331] Optionally, the method further comprises:

[0332] determining that the first SCell is the first type cell, and determining that an initial SSB sending state of the first SCell is deactivated.

[0333] Optionally, the configuring the SSB sending state of the first SCell to the terminal comprises:

[0334] configuring second information to the terminal, the second information being used to indicate the SSB sending state of the first SCell.

[0335] Optionally, the second information is a first value, indicating that the SSB sending state of the first SCell is activated; the second information is a second value, indicating that the SSB sending state of the first SCell is deactivated; or

[0336] determining to configure the second information to indicate that the SSB sending state of the first SCell is activated; and determining that the second information is default, indicating that the SSB sending state of the first SCell is deactivated; or

[0337] The first information is configured to indicate that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is deactivated, and the second information is configured to indicate that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is activated by default.

[0338] Optionally, the method further comprises:

[0339] Optionally, the method further comprises:

[0340] Optionally, the method further comprises:

[0341] Optionally, the method further comprises:

[0342] Optionally, the SSB transmission information comprises at least one of:

[0343] a SSB start position;

[0344] a SSB end position;

[0345] a SSB duration;

[0346] a number of SSB transmission bursts;

[0347] an interval between two consecutive SSB bursts.

[0348] Optionally, the first information, the second information, the third information, and the fourth information are carried by radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

[0349] Optionally, the first information, the second information, the third information, and the fourth information are carried by the same signaling or different signaling.

[0350] The details of step 4301 can refer to the above embodiment description.

[0351] In the embodiments or examples, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined, or the order can be exchanged without contradiction, and the optional mode or example can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any step of other embodiments or other examples.

[0352] FIG. 5 is an interaction diagram of a determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 5, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a determination method for a communication system comprising a terminal and a network device, and the above method comprises at least one of:

[0353] Step 5101, the first secondary cell (SCell) is a first type cell, and the network device configures, for the terminal, a synchronization signal block (SSB) transmission state of the first SCell.

[0354] Step 5102, the terminal determines the SSB transmission state of the first SCell.

[0355] Optional implementation manners of steps 5101-5102 can refer to the above embodiment introduction.

[0356] In some embodiments, the above method can include the method described in the above communication system side, terminal side, network device side, and the like, which will not be repeated here.

[0357] The determination method related to the embodiments of the present disclosure can include at least one of steps 5101-5102. For example, step 5101 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step 5102 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but is not limited thereto.

[0358] In the present embodiment or embodiment, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, the optional mode or optional example can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any step of other embodiments or other embodiments.

[0359] The following is an exemplary introduction to the above method.

[0360] Optional embodiment 1: The base station indicates whether the SSB of the SCell is transmitted based on the request through the first indication information.

[0361] Embodiment: In the SCell addition / modification (scell addition / modification) RRC signaling, the first indication information is used to indicate whether the SCell is a normal SCell or an on-demand required SSB SCell (which can have other names, and the present disclosure does not make specific limitations), that is, to indicate whether the SCell is a SCell that transmits SSB based on the request. For example, a new IE is defined in ServingCellConfigCommon / ServingCellConfig / SCellConfig, which is used to indicate whether the SCell is a normal SCell. For example, SSBstate is defined, and the value is required, which means that the SCell transmits SSB based on the request. It should be noted that this is only an example, and there can be other implementation forms, and the present disclosure does not make specific limitations.

[0362] Embodiment 1: The initial SSB transmission of the SCell with on-demand SSB is activated. Exemplarily, the UE determines that the SSB of the SCell is transmitted on demand by the first indication information, and determines that the initial SSB transmission of the SCell is activated, that is, at the SCell adding moment, the SCell activates the SSB transmission at the same time. Exemplarily, the base station can also indicate additional information, which can optionally include SSB transmission time information, such as SSB start position, and / or SSB end position, and / or SSB duration and / or the number of SSB transmission bursts, etc. Exemplarily, the start position / end position can be represented by radio frame, radio subframe, time slot, time domain symbol, etc. Exemplarily, the SSB duration can be measured by time, minute, second, millisecond, microsecond, nanosecond, etc. or by radio frame, radio subframe, time slot, time domain symbol, etc.

[0363] Embodiment 2: The initial SSB transmission of the SCell with on-demand SSB is deactivated. Exemplarily, the UE determines that the SSB of the SCell is transmitted on demand by the first indication information, and determines that the initial SSB transmission of the SCell is deactivated, that is, at the SCell adding moment, the SCell does not activate the SSB transmission.

[0364] Optional embodiment 2: The base station indicates whether the SCell activates the SSB transmission by the second indication information.

[0365] Embodiment: Define the second indication information, which is used to indicate the SCell SSB activation or deactivation. Specifically, the UE determines that the SCell SSB is transmitted on demand by the first indication information, and determines whether the SCell activates the SSB transmission by the second indication information. Exemplarily, the second indication information can take 1 bit, for example, “enabled”, when the second indication information is present, it means that the SCell activates the SSB transmission, and when the second indication information is default, it means that the SCell deactivates the SSB transmission. Another possible implementation is that the second indication information can take 1 bit, for example, “enabled”, when the second indication information is present, it means that the SCell deactivates the SSB transmission, and when the second indication information is default, it means that the SCell activates the SSB transmission. Another possible implementation is that the second indication information takes 2 bits, for example, “enabled, disabled”, where “enabled” means that the SCell activates the SSB transmission, and “disabled” means that the SCell deactivates the SSB transmission, or “0, 1” is not limited.

[0366] Embodiment: The base station can activate or deactivate the SSB transmission of the Scell by configuring / reconfiguring the second indication information. The UE determines whether the SCell activates the SSB transmission according to the configured / reconfigured second indication information.

[0367] The embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a device for implementing any of the above methods, for example, a device comprising units or modules for implementing the steps performed by the terminal in any of the above methods. For another example, another device is provided, comprising units or modules for implementing the steps performed by the network device (such as an access network device, a core network function node, a core network device, etc.) in any of the above methods.

[0368] It should be understood that the division of each unit or module in the above device is only a logical function division, and all or part of them can be integrated into one physical entity or physically separated. In addition, the units or modules in the device can be implemented in the form of processor calling software: for example, the device includes a processor connected with a memory, the memory stores instructions, and the processor calls the instructions stored in the memory to implement any of the above methods or to realize the functions of each unit or module of the device, wherein the processor is, for example, a general processor such as a central processing unit (CPU) or a microprocessor, and the memory is a memory within the device or a memory outside the device. Alternatively, the units or modules in the device can be implemented in the form of hardware circuit, and the functions of part or all of the units or modules can be realized by the design of hardware circuit, and the hardware circuit can be understood as one or more processors; for example, in one implementation, the hardware circuit is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and the functions of part or all of the units or modules are realized by the design of the logical relationship between the elements in the circuit; for another example, in another implementation, the hardware circuit is a programmable logic device (PLD), and taking a field programmable gate array (FPGA) as an example, it can include a large number of logic gate circuits, and the connection relationship between the logic gate circuits is configured by a configuration file, so as to realize the functions of part or all of the units or modules. All units or modules of the above device can be implemented in the form of processor calling software, or all units or modules can be implemented in the form of hardware circuit, or part of the units or modules can be implemented in the form of processor calling software, and the remaining part can be implemented in the form of hardware circuit.

[0369] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the processor is a circuit with signal processing capability. In one implementation, the processor can be a circuit with instruction reading and running capability, such as a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, a graphics processing unit (GPU) (which can be understood as a microprocessor), a digital signal processor (DSP), or the like. In another implementation, the processor can implement certain functions through a logical relationship of a hardware circuit, and the logical relationship of the hardware circuit is fixed or can be reconfigured. For example, the processor is a hardware circuit implemented by an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a programmable logic device (PLD), such as an FPGA. In the reconfigurable hardware circuit, the processor loads a configuration document to implement the configuration of the hardware circuit. It can be understood that the processor loads instructions to implement the functions of the above part or all units or modules. In addition, the hardware circuit can also be designed for artificial intelligence, which can be understood as an ASIC, such as a neural network processing unit (NPU), a tensor processing unit (TPU), a deep learning processing unit (DPU), or the like.

[0370] FIG. 6A is a structural schematic diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 6A, the terminal includes:

[0371] The processing module is configured to determine a synchronization signal block (SSB) transmission state of a first secondary cell (SCell) when the first SCell is a first type of cell.

[0372] The first type of cell is a cell that transmits SSBs based on a request.

[0373] Optionally, the processing module is configured to perform the steps related to “processing” performed by the terminal in any of the above methods. The terminal further includes a transceiver module configured to perform the steps related to “transceiving” performed by the terminal in any of the above methods. Details are not described herein.

[0374] FIG. 6B is a structural schematic diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 6B, the network device includes:

[0375] The transceiver module is configured to configure, for a terminal, a synchronization signal block (SSB) transmission state of a first secondary cell (SCell) of a first type of cell.

[0376] The first type of cell is a cell that transmits SSBs based on a request.

[0377] Optionally, the transceiver module is configured to perform the steps related to "transceiving" performed by the network device in any of the above methods, and the network device further includes a processing module configured to perform the steps related to "processing" performed by the network device in any of the above methods. Details are not described herein.

[0378] FIG. 7A is a structural schematic diagram of a communication device 7100 according to the embodiments of the present disclosure. The communication device 7100 can be a network device (such as an access network device, a core network device, etc.), a terminal (such as a user equipment, etc.), a chip, a chip system, or a processor supporting the network device to implement any of the above methods, or a chip, a chip system, or a processor supporting the terminal to implement any of the above methods. The communication device 7100 can be used to implement the methods described in the above method embodiments, and details can be referred to the descriptions in the above method embodiments.

[0379] As shown in FIG. 7A, the communication device 7100 includes one or more processors 7101. The processor 7101 can be a general-purpose processor or a special-purpose processor, for example, a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor can be configured to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processing unit can be configured to control the communication device (such as a base station, a baseband chip, a terminal device, a terminal device chip, a DU or a CU, etc.), execute programs, and process data of the programs. The processor 7101 is configured to invoke instructions to enable the communication device 7100 to perform any of the above methods.

[0380] In some embodiments, the communication device 7100 further includes one or more memories 7102 configured to store instructions. Optionally, all or part of the memory 7102 can also be outside the communication device 7100.

[0381] In some embodiments, the communication device 7100 further includes one or more transceivers 7103. When the communication device 7100 includes one or more transceivers 7103, the communication steps in the above methods are performed by the transceiver 7103, and other steps are performed by the processor 7101.

[0382] In some embodiments, the transceiver can include a receiver and a transmitter, which can be separate or integrated together. Optionally, the terms transceiver, transceiving unit, transceiver, transceiving circuit, etc. can be replaced by each other, the terms transmitter, transmitting unit, transmitter, transmitting circuit, etc. can be replaced by each other, and the terms receiver, receiving unit, receiver, receiving circuit, etc. can be replaced by each other.

[0383] Optionally, the communication device 7100 further includes one or more interface circuits 7104 connected with the memory 7102, which can be used to receive signals from the memory 7102 or other devices, and can be used to send signals to the memory 7102 or other devices. For example, the interface circuit 7104 can read the instructions stored in the memory 7102 and send the instructions to the processor 7101.

[0384] The communication device 7100 described in the above embodiments can be a network device or a terminal, but the scope of the communication device 7100 described in the present disclosure is not limited to this, and the structure of the communication device 7100 can not be limited by Figure 7a. The communication device can be a standalone device or can be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device can be: 1) a standalone integrated circuit (IC), or a chip, or a chip system or subsystem; (2) a set of one or more ICs, which can optionally also include storage components for storing data, programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a modem; (4) a module that can be embedded in other devices; (5) a receiver, terminal device, intelligent terminal device, cellular phone, wireless device, handset, mobile unit, vehicle-mounted device, network device, cloud device, artificial intelligence device, etc.; (6) other, etc.

[0385] Figure 7B is a structural schematic diagram of a chip 7200 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. For the case where the communication device 7100 is a chip or a chip system, the structural schematic diagram of the chip 7200 shown in Figure 7B can be referred to, but is not limited thereto.

[0386] The chip 7200 includes one or more processors 7201 for invoking instructions to cause the chip 7200 to perform any of the above methods.

[0387] In some embodiments, chip 7200 further includes one or more interface circuits 7202 that are connected to memory 7203, which can be used to receive signals from or send signals to memory 7203 or other devices. For example, interface circuit 7202 can read instructions stored in memory 7203 and send the instructions to processor 7201. Alternatively, the terms interface circuit, interface, transceiver pin, transceiver, etc. can be replaced by each other.

[0388] In some embodiments, chip 7200 further includes one or more memories 7203 for storing instructions. Alternatively, all or part of memory 7203 can be outside of chip 7200.

[0389] The disclosure also proposes a storage medium, which has instructions stored thereon, and when the instructions are run on communication device 7100, communication device 7100 performs any of the above methods. Alternatively, the storage medium is an electronic storage medium. Alternatively, the storage medium is a computer readable storage medium, but is not limited to this, and it can also be a storage medium readable by other devices. Alternatively, the storage medium can be a non-transitory storage medium, but is not limited to this, and it can also be a transitory storage medium.

[0390] The disclosure also proposes a program product, which is executed by communication device 7100, so that communication device 7100 performs any of the above methods. Alternatively, the program product is a computer program product.

[0391] The disclosure also proposes a computer program, which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform any of the above methods.

[0392] In the embodiments described above, all or part of the embodiments can be implemented by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. When implemented by software, all or part of the embodiments can be implemented in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer programs. When the computer programs are loaded on a computer and executed, all or part of the processes or functions described in the embodiments of the present disclosure are produced. The computer can be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable devices. The computer programs can be stored in a computer readable storage medium or transferred from one computer readable storage medium to another computer readable storage medium, for example, the computer programs can be transferred from one website, computer, server or data center to another website, computer, server or data center through wired (such as coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (DSL)) or wireless (such as infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) mode. The computer readable storage medium can be any available medium accessible by a computer or a data storage device such as a server, data center, etc. integrated with one or more available media. The available media can be magnetic media (such as floppy disk, hard disk, magnetic tape), optical media (such as high-density digital video disc (digital video disc, DVD)), or semiconductor media (such as solid state disk (solid state disk, SSD)) and the like.

[0393] Those of ordinary skill in the art can realize that the units and algorithm steps of the examples described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented by electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether the functions are implemented in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Those of ordinary skill in the art can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered beyond the scope of the present disclosure.

[0394] Those of ordinary skill in the art can clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the systems, devices and units described above can refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, which will not be described here.

[0395] The above is only a specific implementation of the present disclosure, but the protection scope of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Any person skilled in the art can easily think of changes or replacements within the technical range disclosed by the present disclosure, which should be covered within the protection scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the present disclosure should be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A determination method, characterized in that: Executed by a terminal, the method includes: The first secondary cell SCell is a first type cell, and a synchronization signal block (SSB) transmission state of the first SCell is determined; Among them, the first type of cell is: a cell that sends SSB based on a request.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein The method further comprises: Receive first information configured by a network device, where the first information is used to indicate whether the first SCell is the first type of cell.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: The determining the SSB transmission state of the first SCell includes: Determine that the first SCell is the first type cell, and determine that the initial SSB transmission state of the first SCell is: activated.

4. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: The determining the SSB transmission state of the first SCell includes: Determine that the first SCell is the first type cell, and determine that the initial SSB sending state of the first SCell is: deactivated.

5. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: The determining the SSB transmission state of the first SCell includes: Receive second information configured by the network device, where the second information is used to indicate the SSB sending status of the first SCell.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein The second information is a first value, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is: activated; the second information is a second value, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is: deactivated; or Determine to configure the second information, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is: activated; determine that the second information is default, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is: deactivated; or Determine the configuration of the second information, indicating that the SSB sending status of the first SCell is: deactivated; determine that the second information is default, indicating that the SSB sending status of the first SCell is: activated.

7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein: The determining the SSB transmission state of the first SCell includes: Receive third information configured by the network device, where the third information is used to reconfigure the SSB sending status of the first SCell.

8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein: The method further comprises: Receive fourth information configured by the network device, where the fourth information is used to indicate SSB transmission information of the first SCell.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein The SSB transmission information includes at least one of the following: SSB starting position; SSB end position; SSB duration duration; The number of SSB transmission burst sets burst; The interval between two consecutive SSB bursts.

10. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 9, wherein: The first information, the second information, the third information, and the fourth information are carried by radio resource control RRC signaling.

11. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 10, wherein: The first information, the second information, the third information, and the fourth information are carried by the same signaling, or are carried by different signalings respectively.

12. A determination method, characterized in that: Executed by a network device, the method includes: The first secondary cell SCell is a first type cell, and the synchronization signal block SSB sending state of the first SCell is configured for the terminal; Among them, the first type of cell is: a cell that sends SSB based on a request.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein: The method further comprises: First information is configured for the terminal, where the first information is used to indicate whether the first SCell is the first type of cell.

14. The method according to claim 12 or 13, wherein: The method further comprises: Determine that the first SCell is the first type cell, and determine that the initial SSB transmission state of the first SCell is: activated.

15. The method according to claim 12 or 13, wherein: The method further comprises: Determine that the first SCell is the first type cell, and determine that the initial SSB sending state of the first SCell is: deactivated.

16. The method according to claim 12 or 13, wherein: The configuring the SSB transmission state of the first SCell to the terminal includes: Configure second information to the terminal, where the second information is used to indicate the SSB sending status of the first SCell.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein The second information is a first value, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is: activated; the second information is a second value, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is: deactivated; or Determine to configure the second information, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is: activated; determine that the second information is default, indicating that the SSB transmission state of the first SCell is: deactivated; or Determine the configuration of the second information, indicating that the SSB sending status of the first SCell is: deactivated; determine that the second information is default, indicating that the SSB sending status of the first SCell is: activated.

18. The method according to any one of claims 12 to 17, wherein: The configuring the SSB transmission state of the first SCell to the terminal includes: Configure third information to the terminal, where the third information is used to reconfigure the SSB sending status of the first SCell.

19. The method according to any one of claims 12 to 18, wherein: The method further comprises: Configure fourth information to the terminal, where the fourth information is used to indicate SSB transmission information of the first SCell.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein The SSB transmission information includes at least one of the following: SSB starting position; SSB end position; SSB duration duration; The number of SSB transmission burst sets burst; The interval between two consecutive SSB bursts.

21. The method according to any one of claims 13 to 20, wherein: The first information, the second information, the third information, and the fourth information are carried by radio resource control RRC signaling.

22. The method according to any one of claims 13 to 21, wherein: The first information, the second information, the third information, and the fourth information are carried by the same signaling, or are carried by different signalings respectively.

23. A determination method, used in a communication system, the communication system comprising a terminal and a network device; the method comprising: The first secondary cell SCell is a first type cell, and the network device configures the synchronization signal block SSB of the first SCell to the terminal. Transmission status; wherein the first type of cell is: a cell that sends SSB based on a request; The terminal determines the SSB transmission status of the first SCell.

24. A terminal, characterized in that: include: A processing module, configured to determine, if the first secondary cell (SCell) is a first type cell, a synchronization signal block (SSB) transmission state of the first SCell; Among them, the first type of cell is: a cell that sends SSB based on a request.

25. A network device, characterized in that: include: A transceiver module, configured to configure the synchronization signal block (SSB) sending status of the first secondary cell (SCell) as a first type cell to the terminal; Among them, the first type of cell is: a cell that sends SSB based on a request.

26. A communication device, characterized in that: include: one or more processors; A memory coupled to the processor, wherein instructions are stored in the memory, and when the instructions are executed by the processor, the communication device executes the method according to any one of claims 1 to 11.

27. A communication device, characterized in that: include: one or more processors; A memory coupled to the processor, wherein instructions are stored in the memory, and when the instructions are executed by the processor, the communication device executes the method according to any one of claims 12 to 22.

28. A communication system, characterized in that: The method comprises a terminal and a network device, wherein the terminal is configured to implement the method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, and the network device is configured to implement the method according to any one of claims 12 to 22.

29. A storage medium storing instructions, characterized in that: When the instruction is executed on a communication device, the communication device is caused to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 11.

30. A program product comprising a computer program, characterized in that When the computer program is executed by a communication device, the communication device is caused to perform the method according to any one of claims 12 to 22.

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