Processing method, communication device, and storage medium

Abstract

Disclosed in the present application are a processing method, a communications device, and a storage medium. The processing method comprises: a terminal device determining a measurement resource on the basis of first configuration information. The technical solution of the present application can clarify how to configure measurement resources of SCells corresponding to LTM candidate cells (a cell group to which the LTM candidate cells belong), thereby improving the existing LTM processing mechanism, and thus supporting dynamic SCell activation in LTM cell handover commands.

Description

Processing method, communication device and storage medium TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of communication, in particular to a processing method, a communication device and a storage medium. BACKGROUND

[0002] Currently, for LTM (L1 / L2 Triggered Mobility) SCell (Secondary Cell) activation improvement, SCell needs to be activated dynamically in LTM Cell handover command to reduce interruption latency.

[0003] In the process of conceiving and implementing the present application, the inventors have found that at least the following problems exist:

[0004] The existing process is not clear about how to configure the measurement resource of the SCell corresponding to the LTM candidate cell (the cell group to which it belongs), which can cause the terminal device to be unable to perform measurement reporting on the SCell corresponding to the LTM candidate cell, and further unable to support dynamic activation of the SCell in the LTM Cell handover command.

[0005] Therefore, it is necessary to clarify how to configure the measurement resource of the SCell corresponding to the LTM candidate cell (the cell group to which it belongs) to perfect the existing LTM processing mechanism and further support dynamic activation of the SCell in the LTM Cell handover command.

[0006] The foregoing narrative is intended to provide general background information and does not necessarily constitute prior art. TECHNICAL SOLUTION

[0007] The main purpose of the present application is to provide a processing method, a communication device and a storage medium, which aims to clarify how to configure the measurement resource of the SCell corresponding to the LTM candidate cell (the cell group to which it belongs) to perfect the existing LTM processing mechanism and further support dynamic activation of the SCell in the LTM Cell handover command.

[0008] The processing method provided by the present application can be applied to a terminal device (such as a mobile phone) and includes the following steps:

[0009] S2: determining the measurement resource based on the first configuration information.

[0010] Optionally, the first configuration information includes at least one of LTM candidate configuration, LTM CSI resource configuration and LTM CSI reporting configuration.

[0011] Optionally, the processing method further includes at least one of the following:

[0012] The LTM candidate configuration includes at least one of an LTM candidate ID, an LTM candidate RRC configuration, a candidate cell SSB configuration, and a candidate cell corresponding SCell SSB configuration;

[0013] The LTM CSI resource configuration includes at least one of an LTM CSI resource configuration ID, an LTM SSB resource set, and an LTM SCell SSB resource set;

[0014] The LTM CSI reporting configuration includes at least one of an LTM CSI reporting configuration ID, an LTM CSI resource configuration ID, an LTM reporting configuration type, and LTM reporting content.

[0015] Optionally, the processing method further includes at least one of:

[0016] The LTM candidate RRC configuration includes an RRC reconfiguration message used for configuring the LTM candidate configuration;

[0017] The SCell SSB configuration includes at least one of an SCell index, an SSB frequency, an SSB subcarrier spacing, an SSB periodicity, and an SSB burst position;

[0018] The LTM SSB resource set is used for indicating an SSB resource set of a candidate cell and / or a SCell of the candidate cell for LTM measurement;

[0019] The LTM SSB resource set includes at least one of an SSB resource list, an LTM candidate ID list, and a serving cell list;

[0020] The LTM SCell SSB resource set is used for indicating an SSB resource set of a SCell for LTM measurement;

[0021] The LTM SCell SSB resource set includes at least one of an SSB resource list, an LTM candidate ID list, and an SCell index list;

[0022] The LTM reporting content includes at least one of a number of reported cells, a number of reported reference signals per cell, a measurement result indication including a current SpCell, a measurement result reporting indication including a corresponding SCell, a maximum number of reported SCells, an indication of allowing reporting of any beam, and a maximum number of reported beams;

[0023] The LTM reporting configuration type includes at least one of periodic reporting, semi-persistent reporting, aperiodic reporting, and event-triggered reporting.

[0024] Optionally, step S2 includes at least one of:

[0025] The LTM candidate configuration corresponding SCell SSB configuration is determined by the LTM candidate Id and the SCell index in the LTM SCell SSB resource set;

[0026] If the LTM SSB resource set includes an SSB resource list, an LTM candidate Id list and a serving cell information list, the LTM candidate configuration corresponding SSB configuration is determined by the LTM candidate Id and the serving cell information;

[0027] If the LTM SSB resource set includes an SSB resource list and an LTM candidate Id list, the LTM candidate configuration corresponding candidate cell SSB configuration is determined by the LTM candidate Id.

[0028] Optionally, the processing method further includes at least one of the following:

[0029] The serving cell information includes a serving cell index;

[0030] The SSB resource list includes an SSB index list;

[0031] The SSB resource list in the LTM SSB resource set is used to indicate SSB resources of one or more LTM candidate cells or candidate cell corresponding SCells;

[0032] Entries in the SSB resource list, the LTM candidate Id list and the serving cell information list in the LTM SSB resource set correspond;

[0033] The terminal device associates the LTM candidate configuration corresponding SSB configuration by the LTM candidate Id and the serving cell information in the LTM SSB resource set;

[0034] The SSB resource list in the LTM SCell SSB resource set is used to indicate SSB resources of one or more LTM candidate cells corresponding SCells;

[0035] Entries in the SSB resource list, the LTM candidate Id list and the SCell index list in the LTM SCell SSB resource set correspond;

[0036] The terminal device associates the LTM candidate configuration corresponding SCell SSB configuration by the LTM candidate Id and the SCell index in the SCell SSB resource set;

[0037] The LTM candidate Id list is used to indicate LTM candidate configuration Ids related to SSBs in the SSB resource list;

[0038] The SCell index list is used to indicate the SCell index related to the SSB in the SSB resource list;

[0039] The measurement result of the corresponding SCell is used to indicate whether the reported content should include the SCell-related measurement result of the candidate cell;

[0040] The serving cell information is used to indicate the LTM candidate cell or the SCell corresponding to the LTM candidate cell;

[0041] The serving cell information list is used to indicate the cell index related to the SSB in the SSB resource list.

[0042] Optionally, the processing method further includes at least one of the following:

[0043] If the serving cell index is the first value, the serving cell index is used to indicate the corresponding LTM candidate cell;

[0044] If the serving cell index is not the first value, the serving cell index is used to indicate the SCell index;

[0045] Performing measurement based on the measurement resource to obtain the measurement result;

[0046] Generating or determining the measurement report according to the measurement result;

[0047] Reporting the measurement report when the measurement reporting condition is met;

[0048] Receiving the LTM handover command;

[0049] Performing LTM cell handover according to the LTM handover command.

[0050] Optionally, the processing method further includes at least one of the following:

[0051] Satisfying the measurement reporting condition includes satisfying at least one of periodic reporting, aperiodic reporting, semi-persistent reporting, and event-triggered reporting;

[0052] The measurement result of the SCell is reported together with the measurement result of the corresponding candidate cell;

[0053] The LTM handover command includes at least one of the target configuration ID, the TA command, the TCI state ID, and the SCell activation or deactivation indication;

[0054] If the LTM handover command does not include the activation or deactivation indication of the corresponding SCell, the state of the SCell is configured according to the preconfigured SCell state in the LTM candidate RRC configuration;

[0055] If the LTM switching command includes an activation or deactivation indication of a corresponding SCell, the state of the corresponding SCell is configured according to the indication.

[0056] The application also provides a processing method, which can be applied to a network device (such as a base station) and includes the following steps:

[0057] S1: sending first configuration information to enable the terminal device to determine measurement resources based on the first configuration information.

[0058] Optionally, the first configuration information includes at least one of LTM candidate configuration, LTM CSI resource configuration, and LTM CSI reporting configuration.

[0059] Optionally, the processing method further includes at least one of the following:

[0060] The LTM candidate configuration includes at least one of an LTM candidate ID, LTM candidate RRC configuration, candidate cell SSB configuration, and SCell SSB configuration corresponding to the candidate cell.

[0061] The LTM CSI resource configuration includes at least one of an LTM CSI resource configuration ID, an LTM SSB resource set, and an LTM SCell SSB resource set.

[0062] The LTM CSI reporting configuration includes at least one of an LTM CSI reporting configuration ID, an LTM CSI resource configuration ID, an LTM reporting configuration type, and LTM reporting content.

[0063] Optionally, the processing method further includes at least one of the following:

[0064] The LTM candidate RRC configuration includes an RRC reconfiguration message used to configure the LTM candidate configuration.

[0065] The SCell SSB configuration includes at least one of an SCell index, an SSB frequency, an SSB subcarrier spacing, an SSB period, and an SSB burst position.

[0066] The LTM SSB resource set is used to indicate an SSB resource set of a candidate cell and / or an SCell of the candidate cell for LTM measurement.

[0067] The LTM SSB resource set includes at least one of an SSB resource list, an LTM candidate ID list, and a serving cell information list.

[0068] The LTM SCell SSB resource set is used to indicate an SSB resource set of an SCell for LTM measurement.

[0069] The LTM SCell SSB resource set includes at least one of an SSB resource list, an LTM candidate ID list, and an SCell index list;

[0070] The LTM reporting content includes at least one of a number of reported cells, a number of reported reference signals for each cell, a measurement result indication including a current SpCell, a measurement result reporting indication including a corresponding SCell, a maximum number of reported SCells, an indication of allowing reporting of any beam, and a maximum number of reported beams;

[0071] The LTM reporting configuration type includes at least one of periodic reporting, semi-persistent reporting, aperiodic reporting, and event-triggered reporting.

[0072] Optionally, the terminal device determines the measurement resource based on the first configuration information, including at least one of the following:

[0073] The terminal device determines the corresponding SCell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through the LTM candidate ID and the SCell index in the LTM SCell SSB resource set;

[0074] If the LTM SSB resource set includes an SSB resource list, an LTM candidate ID list, and a serving cell information list, the terminal device determines the corresponding SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through the LTM candidate ID and the serving cell information;

[0075] If the LTM SSB resource set includes an SSB resource list and an LTM candidate ID list, the terminal device determines the corresponding candidate cell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through the LTM candidate ID.

[0076] Optionally, the processing method further includes at least one of the following:

[0077] The serving cell information includes a serving cell index;

[0078] The SSB resource list includes an SSB index list;

[0079] The SSB resource list in the LTM SSB resource set is used to indicate SSB resources of one or more LTM candidate cells or candidate cell corresponding SCells;

[0080] Entries in the SSB resource list, the LTM candidate ID list, and the serving cell information list in the LTM SSB resource set correspond;

[0081] The terminal device associates the corresponding SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through the LTM candidate ID and the serving cell information in the LTM SSB resource set;

[0082] The SSB resource list in the LTM SCell SSB resource set is used to indicate SSB resources of a SCell corresponding to one or more LTM candidate cells;

[0083] The entries in the SSB resource list, the LTM candidate ID list, and the SCell index list in the LTM SCell SSB resource set correspond;

[0084] The terminal device associates the LTM candidate ID and the SCell index in the SCell SSB resource set with the corresponding SCell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration;

[0085] The LTM candidate ID list is used to indicate the LTM candidate configuration ID related to the SSB in the SSB resource list;

[0086] The SCell index list is used to indicate the SCell index related to the SSB in the SSB resource list;

[0087] The measurement result reporting of the corresponding SCell is used to indicate whether the reported content should include the measurement result of the SCell of the candidate cell;

[0088] The serving cell information is used to indicate the LTM candidate cell or the SCell corresponding to the LTM candidate cell;

[0089] The serving cell information list is used to indicate the cell index related to the SSB in the SSB resource list.

[0090] Optionally, the method further includes at least one of the following:

[0091] If the serving cell index is a first value, the serving cell index is used to indicate the corresponding LTM candidate cell;

[0092] If the serving cell index is not the first value, the serving cell index is used to indicate the SCell index;

[0093] The terminal device performs measurement based on the measurement resource to obtain a measurement result;

[0094] A measurement report is generated or determined according to the measurement result;

[0095] When the measurement reporting condition is met, the terminal device reports the measurement report;

[0096] The measurement report sent by the terminal device is received;

[0097] An LTM handover command is sent according to the measurement report;

[0098] The terminal device performs LTM cell switching according to the LTM switching command.

[0099] Optionally, the processing method further includes at least one of the following:

[0100] The measurement reporting condition is satisfied includes at least one of periodic reporting, aperiodic reporting, semi-persistent reporting, and event triggered reporting;

[0101] The measurement result of the SCell is reported together with the corresponding candidate cell measurement result;

[0102] The LTM switching command includes at least one of a target configuration ID, a TA command, a TCI state ID, and an SCell activation or deactivation indication;

[0103] If the LTM switching command does not include the activation or deactivation indication of the corresponding SCell, the terminal device configures the state of the SCell according to the preconfigured SCell state in the LTM candidate RRC configuration;

[0104] If the LTM switching command includes the activation or deactivation indication of the corresponding SCell, the terminal device configures the state of the corresponding SCell according to the indication.

[0105] The application also provides a processing device, which includes:

[0106] The determining module is configured to determine the measurement resource based on the first configuration information.

[0107] The application also provides a processing device, which includes:

[0108] The sending module is configured to send the first configuration information, so that the terminal device determines the measurement resource based on the first configuration information.

[0109] The application also provides a communication device, which includes a memory, a processor, and a processing program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, and the processing program, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the processing method according to any one of the above.

[0110] The communication device in the application can be a terminal device (such as a mobile phone), a network device (such as a base station), or a chip (such as a SOC or a baseband chip with communication function), and the specific meaning needs to be determined in combination with the context.

[0111] The application also provides a computer readable storage medium, which stores a computer program, and the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the processing method according to any one of the above.

[0112] The terminal device determines the measurement resource based on the first configuration information, so that it is clear how to configure the measurement resource of the SCell corresponding to the LTM candidate cell (the cell group to which the LTM candidate cell belongs), the existing LTM processing mechanism can be improved, and then the SCell can be dynamically activated in the LTM cell switching command. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0113] The drawings incorporated in and forming a part of the specification, illustrate preferred embodiments of the present application and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the present application. In the drawings:

[0114] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a mobile terminal for implementing various embodiments of the present application;

[0115] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a communication network system architecture provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0116] FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a controller 140 provided by the present application;

[0117] FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a network node 150 provided by the present application;

[0118] FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the flow of a processing method according to a first embodiment of the present application;

[0119] FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the flow of a processing method according to a sixth embodiment of the present application;

[0120] FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the interaction flow between a network device and a terminal device of a processing method according to a seventh embodiment of the present application;

[0121] FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a processing device according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0122] FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a processing device according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0123] FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0124] The implementation, functional features and advantages of the present application will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with the embodiments. The above-described drawings have shown the specific embodiments of the present application, and will be described in more detail in the following. These drawings and the written description are not intended to limit the scope of the present application in any way, but to illustrate the concept of the present application to those skilled in the art by referring to specific embodiments.

[0125] Embodiments of the present application

[0126] The exemplary embodiments will be described in detail herein with reference to the attached drawings. The description herein relates to the drawings, in which the same numbers represent the same or similar elements, unless otherwise represented. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments are not representative of all embodiments consistent with the present application. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatuses and methods consistent with some aspects of the present application as detailed in the appended claims.

[0127] It should be noted that, as used in this document, the terms "comprises", "comprising", or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but can also include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without limitation, an element preceded by "comprises... a" does not, without more constraints, foreclose the existence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element. The terms "comprises", "comprising", or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but can also include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without limitation, an element preceded by "comprises... a" does not, without more constraints, foreclose the existence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element. The terms "comprises", "comprising", or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but can also include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without limitation, an element preceded by "comprises... a" does not, without more constraints, foreclose the existence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

[0128] It should be understood that, although terms, first, second, third, etc. can be used herein to describe various information, these terms are not intended to denote a particular order or hierarchy among the information. These terms are used only to distinguish one category of information from another category of information. For example, a first information can be termed a second information, and similarly, a second information can be termed a first information without departing from the scope hereof. The word "if' as used herein, depending on the context in which it is used, can be interpreted to mean "when" or "upon" or "in response to determining" or "in response to detecting." Also, the word "comprise" or "comprising" as used herein, can be interpreted as meaning "comprising but not limited to." It will be further understood that the terms "comprises" and / or "comprising," when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, elements, components, items, and / or groups but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, steps, operations, elements, components, items, and / or groups thereof. As used herein, the terms "or," "and / or," "and," "at least one of," and the like are to be interpreted as inclusive, unless the context of their use indicates otherwise. For example, "A, B, or C" or "A, B, and / or C" or "at least one of A, B, or C" can be interpreted to mean "A; B; C; A and B; A and C; B and C; A, B, and C," or any combination thereof. Similarly, "A, B, or C" or "A, B, and / or C" or "at least one of A, B, or C" can be interpreted to mean "A; B; C; A and B; A and C; B and C; A, B, and C," or any combination thereof. Only when the context of their use indicates otherwise is the definition of these terms to be interpreted as exclusive.

[0129] It should be understood that, although various steps in the flowcharts of the embodiments of the present application are shown in a sequential order, these steps are not necessarily performed in the order shown. Unless explicitly stated, the steps of the embodiments of the present application are not necessarily performed in the order shown. Moreover, at least some of the steps can include multiple sub-steps or multiple stages, which are not necessarily performed in a same time instant, but can be performed in different time instants, and not necessarily sequentially, but can be performed in a round-robin or alternating manner with other steps or sub-steps or stages of other steps.

[0130] The word "if' as used herein, depending on the context in which it is used, can be interpreted to mean "when" or "upon" or "in response to determining" or "in response to detecting." Similarly, the phrase "if determined" or "if detecting (a stated condition or event)" can be interpreted to mean "when determined" or "in response to determining" or "when detecting (a stated condition or event)" or "in response to detecting (a stated condition or event)," depending on the context in which it is used.

[0131] It should be noted that, in this article, step codes such as S1, S2, etc. are used, the purpose is to more clearly and briefly express the corresponding content, and does not constitute a substantial limitation on the order. Those skilled in the art may perform S2 before S1, etc. when implementing, but these should be within the scope of protection of the present application.

[0132] It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely intended to explain the present application and are not intended to limit the present application.

[0133] In the following description, the suffixes such as "module", "part", or "unit" used for an element are merely intended for facilitating explanation of the present application, and have no specific meaning by itself. Thus, "module", "part", or "unit" can be mixedly used.

[0134] The communication device in the present application can be a terminal device (such as a mobile phone), a network device (such as a base station), or a chip (such as a SOC or a baseband chip with communication function), and the specific meaning needs to be clarified according to the context.

[0135] The terminal device can be implemented in various forms. For example, the terminal device described in the present application can include a smart terminal device such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable media player (PMP), a navigation device, a wearable device, a smart bracelet, a pedometer, and the like, and a fixed terminal device such as a digital TV, a desktop computer, and the like.

[0136] In the following description, a mobile terminal will be taken as an example for illustration, and those skilled in the art will understand that the structure according to the embodiments of the present application can also be applied to a terminal device of a fixed type, except for elements specially used for mobile purposes.

[0137] Please refer to FIG. 1, which is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a mobile terminal implementing various embodiments of the present application. The mobile terminal 100 can include a radio frequency unit 101, a WiFi module 102, an audio output unit 103, an A / V (audio / video) input unit 104, a sensor 105, a display unit 106, a user input unit 107, an interface unit 108, a memory 109, a processor 110, and a power supply 111, etc. Those skilled in the art can understand that the mobile terminal structure shown in FIG. 1 does not constitute a limitation on the mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal can include more or fewer components than shown, or combine certain components, or different component arrangements.

[0138] The various components of the mobile terminal will be specifically introduced below in combination with FIG. 1.

[0139] The radio frequency unit 101 can be used for receiving and sending signals in the process of information or communication. Specifically, after receiving the downlink information of the base station, the radio frequency unit 101 processes the information for the processor 110; in addition, the radio frequency unit 101 sends the uplink data to the base station. Generally, the radio frequency unit 101 includes but is not limited to an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low-noise amplifier, a duplexer, etc. And / or, the radio frequency unit 101 can also communicate with the network and other devices through wireless communication. The above wireless communication can use any communication standard or protocol, including but not limited to GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication), GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), CDMA2000 (Code Division Multiple Access 2000), WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access), TD-SCDMA (Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access), FDD-LTE (Frequency Division Duplexing-Long Term Evolution), TDD-LTE (Time Division Duplexing-Long Term Evolution), 5G and 6G, etc.

[0140] WiFi belongs to a short-range wireless transmission technology. The WiFi module 102 can help users to send and receive e-mails, browse web pages, and access streaming media, etc. It provides users with wireless broadband Internet access. Although the WiFi module 102 is shown in FIG. 1, it can be understood that it does not belong to the necessary components of the mobile terminal, and can be omitted according to the needs without changing the essence of the application.

[0141] The audio output unit 103 can convert audio data, which are received from the radio frequency unit 101 or the WiFi module 102 or stored in the memory 109, into an audio signal and output the audio signal as sound when the mobile terminal 100 is in a call signal reception mode, a call mode, a record mode, a voice recognition mode, a broadcast reception mode, and the like. Moreover, the audio output unit 103 can provide a specific function related to a particular function performed by the mobile terminal 100 (e.g., a call signal reception sound, a message reception sound, and the like). The audio output unit 103 can include a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

[0142] The A / V input unit 104 is for receiving audio or video signals. The A / V input unit 104 can include a graphic processing unit (GPU) 1041 and a microphone 1042. The graphic processing unit 1041 processes image data of a still picture or a video obtained by an image capture device (e.g., a camera) in a video call mode or an image call mode. Processed image frames can be displayed on the display unit 106. The image frames processed by the graphic processing unit 1041 can be stored in the memory 109 (or other storage medium) or transmitted via the radio frequency unit 101 or the WiFi module 102. The microphone 1042 receives a sound (audio data) in a phone call mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, and the like via the microphone 1042, and can process such a sound into audio data. Processed audio (voice) data can be converted into a format transmittable to a mobile communication base station in a phone call mode and outputted via the radio frequency unit 101. The microphone 1042 can implement various types of noise removal (or cancellation) algorithms to remove (or cancel) noise generated in the process of receiving and transmitting audio signals.

[0143] The mobile terminal 100 further includes at least one sensor 105, such as a light sensor, a motion sensor, and the like. The light sensor includes an ambient light sensor to adjust the brightness of the display panel 1061 according to the brightness of ambient light, and a proximity sensor to turn off the display panel 1061 and / or the backlight when the mobile terminal 100 approaches an ear. As one of the motion sensor, an accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude and direction of acceleration in each of the three axes, and can be used to identify the posture of the mobile terminal 100 (e.g., a screen rotation, a game, a magnetometer posture calibration), a vibration recognition-related function (e.g., a pedometer, a knock), and the like. The mobile terminal 100 can further include a fingerprint sensor, a pressure sensor, an iris sensor, a molecule sensor, a gyroscope, a barometer, a hygrometer, a thermometer, an infrared sensor, and the like, which are not described herein.

[0144] The display unit 106 is configured to display information input by a user or information provided for the user. The display unit 106 can include a display panel 1061, which can be implemented in the form of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED), or the like.

[0145] The user input unit 107 can be configured to receive input digital or character information, and to generate a key signal corresponding to a user's manipulation of keys provided in the mobile terminal. Alternatively, the user input unit 107 can include a touch panel 1071 and other input devices 1072. The touch panel 1071, also called a touch screen, can collect touch operations of a user on or proximity to the touch panel 1071 (e.g., a user's operation using a finger, a stylus, or the like on or in proximity to the touch panel 1071), and can drive a corresponding connection device according to a pre-stored program. The touch panel 1071 can include a touch detecting device and a touch controller. The touch detecting device can detect a user's touch position and can detect a signal resulting from a touch operation, and can transmit the signal to the touch controller. The touch controller can receive touch information from the touch detecting device, and can convert the touch information into a touch coordinate, and can transmit the touch coordinate to the processor 110. The touch controller can also receive a command from the processor 110 and can execute the command. The touch panel 1071 can be implemented in various types such as a resistive type, a capacitive type, an infrared type, a surface acoustic wave type, and the like. In addition to the touch panel 1071, the user input unit 107 can include other input devices 1072. The other input devices 1072 can include, for example, one or more of a physical keypad, function keys (e.g., a volume control button, a switch button, or the like), a track ball, a mouse, a joystick, or the like, without limitation.

[0146] Alternatively, the touch panel 1071 can cover the display panel 1061, and when the touch panel 1071 detects a touch operation on or in proximity to the touch panel 1071, can transmit the same to the processor 110 to determine a type of the touch event, and the processor 110 can then provide a corresponding visual output on the display panel 1061 according to the type of the touch event. Although the touch panel 1071 and the display panel 1061 are implemented as two separate components to provide input and output functions of the mobile terminal in FIG. 1, in some embodiments, the touch panel 1071 and the display panel 1061 can be integrated to provide input and output functions of the mobile terminal, without limitation.

[0147] The interface unit 108 serves as an interface through which at least one external device can be connected to the mobile terminal 100. For example, the external device can include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio input / output (I / O) port, a video I / O port, an earphone port, and / or the like. The interface unit 108 can be used to receive input data from an external device (e.g., data information, power, and / or the like) and to transmit the received input data to one or more elements within the mobile terminal 100 or can be used to transmit data between the mobile terminal 100 and the external device.

[0148] The memory 109 is operable to store software programs as well as various data. The memory 109 can include a program storage area and a data storage area, and can optionally further include a storage for an operating system, applications program (e.g., for at least one function such as play of a music file, play of a video file, etc.), and / or the like; and can store data (e.g., a phone book with phone numbers and addresses, music files, video files, etc.) created by the user as well as any other intermediate results of the operation of the mobile terminal. The memory 109 can include a RAM, and can further include a flash memory, a Hard Disk Drive (HDD), or other types of non-volatile memory.

[0149] The processor 110 is a control center of the mobile terminal, which controls the overall operations of the mobile terminal by communicating with various elements of the mobile terminal through various interfaces and lines, by executing software programs and / or modules stored in the memory 109 and / or by calling up data stored in the memory 109. The processor 110 can include one or more processing units. Preferably, the processor 110 can include an application processor and a modem processor. The application processor can be mainly responsible for executing an operating system, a user interface, and application programs, etc., and the modem processor can be mainly responsible for wireless communication. It is understood that the modem processor can not be integrated into the processor 110.

[0150] The mobile terminal 100 can further include a power supply 111 (e.g., a battery) to supply power to the various components of the mobile terminal 100. The power supply 111 can be logically connected to the processor 110 through a power management system, and the power management system can perform functions such as charging, discharging, and power consumption management, etc.

[0151] Although not shown in FIG. 1, the mobile terminal 100 can further include a Bluetooth module, etc., which will not be described here.

[0152] For the convenience of understanding the embodiments of the present application, a communication network system based on which the mobile terminal of the present application is implemented will be described below.

[0153] Referring to FIG. 2, which is a diagram of a communication network system architecture provided by the embodiments of the present application, the communication network system is a NR (New Radio) system of a general mobile communication technology, the NR system includes a UE (User Equipment) 201, an E-UTRAN (Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network) 202, an EPC (Evolved Packet Core) 203, and an operator's IP service 204 connected in sequence.

[0154] Optionally, the UE 201 can be the terminal device 100 described above, which will not be described here again.

[0155] The E-UTRAN 202 includes an eNode B 2021 and other eNode Bs 2022. Optionally, the eNode B 2021 can be connected with other eNode Bs 2022 through a backhaul (for example, an X2 interface), the eNode B 2021 is connected to the EPC 203, and the eNode B 2021 can provide access for the UE 201 to the EPC 203.

[0156] The EPC 203 can include an MME (Mobility Management Entity) 2031, an HSS (Home Subscriber Server) 2032, other MMEs 2033, an SGW (Serving Gate Way) 2034, a PGW (PDN Gate Way) 2035, and a PCRF (Policy and Charging Rules Function) 2036. Optionally, the MME 2031 is a control node for processing signaling between the UE 201 and the EPC 203, and provides bearer and connection management. The HSS 2032 is configured to provide some registers to manage functions such as a home location register (not shown in the figure), and to store some user-specific information about service features, data rates, and the like. All user data can be transmitted through the SGW 2034, the PGW 2035 can provide IP address allocation and other functions for the UE 201, and the PCRF 2036 is a policy and charging control policy decision point for service data flow and IP bearer resources, which selects and provides available policy and charging control decisions for a policy and charging enforcement function unit (not shown in the figure).

[0157] The IP service 204 can include the Internet, an intranet, an IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem), or other IP services, etc.

[0158] Although the above is described by taking the LTE system as an example, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the present application is not only applicable to the LTE system, but also applicable to other wireless communication systems, such as GSM, CDMA2000, WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, 5G, and future new network systems (such as 6G), etc., which are not limited here.

[0159] FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a controller 140 provided by the present application. The controller 140 includes a memory 1401 and a processor 1402. The memory 1401 is configured to store program instructions, and the processor 1402 is configured to invoke the program instructions in the memory 1401 to perform the steps executed by the controller in the above method embodiment one. The implementation principle and beneficial effects are similar, and will not be described here in detail.

[0160] Optionally, the controller further includes a communication interface 1403, which can be connected with the processor 1402 through a bus 1404. The processor 1402 can control the communication interface 1403 to realize the receiving and sending functions of the controller 140.

[0161] FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a network node 150 provided by the present application. The network node 150 includes a memory 1501 and a processor 1502. The memory 1501 is configured to store program instructions, and the processor 1502 is configured to invoke the program instructions in the memory 1501 to perform the steps executed by the primary node in the above method embodiment one. The implementation principle and beneficial effects are similar, and will not be described here in detail.

[0162] Optionally, the controller further includes a communication interface 1503, which can be connected with the processor 1502 through a bus 1504. The processor 1502 can control the communication interface 1503 to realize the receiving and sending functions of the network node 150.

[0163] The integrated modules in the form of software function modules described above can be stored in a computer readable storage medium. The software function modules described above are stored in a storage medium, including a plurality of instructions for causing a computer device (which can be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) or a processor (English: processor) to execute part of the steps of the method of each embodiment of the present application.

[0164] In the above embodiments, all or part can be implemented by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. When implemented by software, all or part can be implemented in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When the computer program instructions are loaded and executed on a computer, all or part of the processes or functions according to the embodiments of the present application are generated. The computer can be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable devices. The computer instructions can be stored in a storage medium or transferred from one storage medium to another storage medium, for example, the computer instructions can be transferred from one website site, computer, server or data center to another website site, 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 storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device such as a server, data center, etc. containing one or more available media sets. The available medium can be a magnetic medium (for example, floppy disk, hard disk, magnetic tape), optical medium (for example, DVD), or semiconductor medium (for example, solid state disk (SSD)) and the like.

[0165] Based on the above mobile terminal hardware structure and communication network system, various embodiments of the present application are proposed.

[0166] Technical terms related to the embodiments of the present application:

[0167] SCell: Secondary Cell, secondary cell;

[0168] LTM: L1 / L2 Triggered Mobility, layer 1 / layer 2 triggered mobility;

[0169] LTM-candidate: LTM candidate configuration;

[0170] SSB: SS / PBCH Block, synchronization signal block;

[0171] CSI: Channel State Information, channel state information;

[0172] LTM-CSI-ResourceConfig: LTM CSI resource configuration;

[0173] LTM-CSI-ReportConfig: LTM CSI reporting configuration;

[0174] LTM-SSB-ResourceSet: LTM-SSB resource set;

[0175] TA: Timing Advance, timing advance.

[0176] First embodiment

[0177] Referring to FIG. 5, FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a processing method according to the first embodiment of the present application. The processing method according to the embodiment of the present application can be applied to a terminal device (such as a mobile phone) and includes the following step S2:

[0178] In step S2, the terminal device determines measurement resources based on first configuration information.

[0179] The embodiment of the present application considers that the existing process is not clear about how to configure the measurement resources of the SCell corresponding to the LTM candidate cell (the cell group to which it belongs), which can cause the terminal device to be unable to measure and report the SCell corresponding to the LTM candidate cell, and further unable to support the dynamic activation of the SCell in the LTM cell switching command.

[0180] Therefore, the technical solution is proposed in the embodiment of the present application. The terminal device determines the measurement resources based on the first configuration information, which clarifies how to configure the measurement resources of the SCell corresponding to the LTM candidate cell (the cell group to which it belongs), so as to perfect the existing LTM processing mechanism, and further support the dynamic activation of the SCell in the LTM cell switching command.

[0181] Optionally, the first configuration information is provided by a network device.

[0182] Optionally, the network device can be a base station or the like.

[0183] Optionally, the network device sends the first configuration information.

[0184] Optionally, the terminal device receives the first configuration information.

[0185] Optionally, the terminal device determines the measurement resources based on the first configuration information.

[0186] Optionally, the first configuration information includes at least one of LTM candidate configuration, LTM CSI resource configuration, and LTM CSI reporting configuration.

[0187] Optionally, the LTM candidate configuration includes at least one of LTM candidate Id, LTM candidate RRC configuration, candidate cell SSB configuration, and SCell SSB configuration corresponding to the candidate cell (the cell group to which it belongs).

[0188] Optionally, the LTM CSI resource configuration includes at least one of LTM CSI resource configuration Id, LTM SSB resource set, and LTM SCell SSB resource set.

[0189] Optionally, the LTM CSI reporting configuration includes at least one of an LTM CSI reporting configuration ID, an LTM CSI resource configuration ID, an LTM reporting configuration type, and an LTM reporting content.

[0190] Optionally, the LTM candidate ID is used to identify one LTM candidate configuration.

[0191] Optionally, the LTM candidate RRC configuration includes an RRC reconfiguration message used to configure the LTM candidate configuration.

[0192] Optionally, the SCell SSB configuration is associated with a SCell index.

[0193] Optionally, the SCell SSB configuration includes at least one of a SCell index, an SSB frequency, an SSB subcarrier spacing, an SSB periodicity, and an SSB burst position (ssb-PositionsInBurst).

[0194] Optionally, the LTM CSI resource configuration ID is used to identify one LTM CSI resource configuration.

[0195] Optionally, the LTM SSB resource set is used to indicate SSB resource set of a candidate cell and / or a SCell of the candidate cell (belonging to a cell group) for LTM measurement.

[0196] Optionally, the LTM SSB resource set includes at least one of an SSB resource list, an LTM candidate ID list, and a serving cell information list.

[0197] Optionally, the serving cell information is used to indicate information of a candidate cell and / or a SCell of the candidate cell corresponding to a corresponding SSB resource.

[0198] Optionally, the serving cell information includes a serving cell index.

[0199] Optionally, the LTM SCell SSB resource set is used to indicate SSB resource set of a SCell for LTM measurement.

[0200] Optionally, the LTM SCell SSB resource set includes at least one of an SSB resource list, an LTM candidate ID list, and a SCell index list.

[0201] Optionally, the LTM CSI reporting configuration ID is used to identify one LTM CSI reporting configuration.

[0202] Optionally, the LTM reporting configuration type includes at least one of periodic reporting, semi-persistent reporting, aperiodic reporting, and event-triggered reporting.

[0203] Optionally, the LTM reporting content includes at least one of the number of reported cells, the number of reported reference signals per cell, the measurement result indication including the current SpCell, the measurement result reporting indication including the corresponding SCell, the maximum number of reported SCells, the indication of allowing reporting any beam, the maximum number of reported beams.

[0204] Optionally, for non-event triggered measurement reporting (such as periodic reporting or semi-persistent reporting or aperiodic reporting), the LTM reporting content includes at least one of the number of reported cells, the number of reported reference signals per cell, the measurement result indication including the current SpCell, the measurement result reporting indication including the corresponding SCell, the number of reported SCells, the maximum number of reported SCells.

[0205] Optionally, for event triggered measurement reporting, the LTM reporting content includes at least one of the indication of allowing reporting any beam, the maximum number of reported beams, the measurement result reporting indication including the corresponding SCell, the number of reported SCells, the maximum number of reported SCells.

[0206] Optionally, the measurement result reporting indication including the corresponding SCell means including the measurement result of the SCell corresponding to the candidate cell in the measurement reporting for the reported candidate cell.

[0207] Optionally, the measurement resource is determined from the LTM candidate configuration.

[0208] Optionally, the terminal device determines the measurement resource based on the first configuration information includes:

[0209] The terminal device determines the corresponding candidate cell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration and / or the SCell SSB configuration corresponding to the candidate cell (the cell group to which it belongs) through the LTM SCell SSB resource set and / or the LTM SSB resource set.

[0210] Optionally, the SSB resource list includes an SSB index list.

[0211] Optionally, the SSB resource list in the LTM SSB resource set is used to indicate the SSB resource of one or more LTM candidate cells or the SCell corresponding to the candidate cell (the cell group to which it belongs).

[0212] Optionally, the entries in the SSB resource list, the LTM candidate Id list and the service cell information list in the LTM SSB resource set correspond one-to-one.

[0213] Optionally, the entries in the SSB resource list, the LTM candidate Id list and the service cell information list in the LTM SSB resource set correspond one-to-one.

[0214] Optionally, the terminal device associates the LTM candidate configuration corresponding SSB configuration by LTM candidate Id in the LTM SSB resource set and the serving cell information.

[0215] Optionally, the terminal device indexes the LTM candidate configuration corresponding SSB configuration by LTM candidate Id in the LTM SSB resource set and the serving cell information.

[0216] Optionally, the LTM candidate configuration corresponding SSB configuration can be the candidate cell SSB configuration and / or the SCell SSB configuration corresponding to the candidate cell (the cell group to which it belongs).

[0217] Optionally, the terminal device determines from the serving cell information whether the LTM candidate configuration corresponding SSB configuration is the candidate cell SSB configuration or the SCell SSB configuration corresponding to the candidate cell (the cell group to which it belongs).

[0218] Optionally, the SSB resource list in the LTM SCell SSB resource set is used to indicate the SSB resource of the SCell corresponding to one or more LTM candidate cells (the cell group to which it belongs).

[0219] Optionally, the entries in the SSB resource list, the LTM candidate Id list and the SCell index list in the LTM SCell SSB resource set correspond.

[0220] Optionally, the entries in the SSB resource list, the LTM candidate Id list and the SCell index list in the LTM SCell SSB resource set correspond one-to-one.

[0221] Optionally, the terminal device associates the LTM candidate configuration corresponding SCell SSB configuration by LTM candidate Id in the SCell SSB resource set and the SCell index.

[0222] Optionally, the terminal device indexes the LTM candidate configuration corresponding SCell SSB configuration by LTM candidate Id in the SCell SSB resource set and the SCell index.

[0223] Optionally, the LTM candidate Id list is used to indicate the LTM candidate configuration Id related to the SSB in the SSB resource list.

[0224] Optionally, the SCell index list is used to indicate the SCell index related to the SSB in the SSB resource list.

[0225] Optionally, the measurement result reporting indication of the corresponding SCell is used to indicate whether the reporting content should include the SCell-related measurement result of the candidate cell.

[0226] Optionally, the serving cell information is used to indicate the LTM candidate cell or the SCell corresponding to the LTM candidate cell (belonging to the cell group).

[0227] Optionally, the serving cell information list is used to indicate the cell index related to the SSB in the SSB resource list.

[0228] Optionally, if the serving cell index is a first value, the serving cell index is used to indicate the corresponding LTM candidate cell.

[0229] Optionally, if the serving cell index is not the first value, the serving cell index is used to indicate the SCell index.

[0230] Optionally, the first value can be 0 or other values.

[0231] Optionally, the serving cell index can also be in other forms, used to indicate that the corresponding SSB resource is the SSB resource of the LTM candidate cell or the SCell corresponding to the candidate cell.

[0232] Optionally, the terminal device performs measurement based on the measurement resource to obtain the measurement result.

[0233] Optionally, the terminal device generates or determines the measurement report according to the measurement result.

[0234] Optionally, the terminal device generates or determines the measurement report according to the LTM CSI reporting configuration and the measurement result.

[0235] Optionally, the terminal device reports the measurement report when the measurement reporting condition is met.

[0236] Optionally, the measurement reporting condition includes at least one of periodic reporting, aperiodic reporting, semi-persistent reporting, and event-triggered reporting.

[0237] Optionally, the terminal device reports the measurement result of the SCell together with the measurement result of the corresponding candidate cell.

[0238] Optionally, the network device receives the measurement report reported by the terminal device.

[0239] Optionally, the network device LTM handover command.

[0240] Optionally, the terminal device receives the LTM handover command.

[0241] Optionally, the terminal device performs LTM cell handover according to the LTM handover command.

[0242] Optionally, the LTM handover command comprises at least one of a target configuration Id, a TA command, a TCI state ID, and an SCell activation or deactivation indication.

[0243] Optionally, the TA command indicates TA information of a target cell.

[0244] Optionally, if the LTM handover command does not comprise an activation or deactivation indication of a corresponding SCell, the terminal device configures a state of the SCell according to a preconfigured SCell state in the LTM candidate RRC configuration.

[0245] Optionally, if the LTM handover command comprises an activation or deactivation indication of a corresponding SCell, the terminal device configures a state of the corresponding SCell according to the indication.

[0246] Through the technical solutions of the embodiment, the terminal device determines the measurement resource based on the first configuration information, thereby explicitly configuring the measurement resource of the SCell corresponding to the LTM candidate cell (the cell group to which the cell belongs), which can improve the existing LTM processing mechanism, and further support dynamic activation of the SCell in the LTM cell handover command.

[0247] Second embodiment

[0248] On the basis of the first embodiment of the present application, the second embodiment of the present application is proposed, which mainly describes the processing method of the LTM candidate configuration.

[0249] Optionally, the terminal device determines the measurement resource based on the first configuration information.

[0250] Optionally, the first configuration information comprises at least one of an LTM candidate configuration, an LTM CSI resource configuration, and an LTM CSI reporting configuration.

[0251] Optionally, the network device adds SSB configuration of the SCell in the LTM candidate configuration.

[0252] Optionally, the SSB configuration of the SCell is associated with the SCell index.

[0253] Optionally, the LTM candidate configuration comprises at least one of an LTM candidate Id, an LTM candidate RRC configuration, candidate cell SSB configuration (LTM-SSB-Config), and SCell SSB configuration corresponding to the candidate cell (the cell group to which the cell belongs).

[0254] Optionally, the LTM candidate Id is used to identify an LTM candidate configuration.

[0255] Optionally, the LTM candidate RRC configuration comprises an RRC reconfiguration message for configuring the LTM candidate configuration.

[0256] Optionally, the SCell SSB configuration comprises at least one of SCell index, SSB frequency, SSB subcarrier spacing, SSB periodicity, SSB burst position (ssb-PositionsInBurst).

[0257] Optionally, the SCell SSB configuration comprises a list of SCell SSB configuration information.

[0258] Optionally, the SCell SSB configuration information comprises at least one of SCell index, SSB frequency, SSB subcarrier spacing, SSB periodicity, SSB burst position (ssb-PositionsInBurst).

[0259] Optionally, the LTM CSI resource configuration comprises at least one of LTM CSI resource configuration Id, LTM SSB resource set, LTM SCell SSB resource set.

[0260] Optionally, the LTM CSI reporting configuration comprises at least one of LTM CSI reporting configuration Id, LTM CSI resource configuration Id, LTM reporting configuration type, LTM reporting content.

[0261] Optionally, the measurement resource is determined from the LTM candidate configuration.

[0262] Optionally, the terminal device determines the measurement resource based on the first configuration information, comprising at least one of:

[0263] The terminal device determines the corresponding SCell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through the LTM candidate Id in the LTM SCell SSB resource set and the SCell index.

[0264] If the LTM SSB resource set comprises a list of SSB resources, a list of LTM candidate Ids and a list of serving cell information, the terminal device determines the corresponding SSB configuration (including candidate cell SSB configuration and / or candidate cell corresponding SCell SSB configuration) in the LTM candidate configuration through the LTM candidate Id and the serving cell information.

[0265] The terminal device indexes to the corresponding SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through the LTM candidate Id in the LTM SSB resource set and the serving cell information.

[0266] The corresponding SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration can be a candidate cell SSB configuration and / or a corresponding SCell SSB configuration of the candidate cell (a cell group to which the candidate cell belongs);

[0267] The terminal device determines, according to the serving cell information, whether the corresponding SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration is a candidate cell SSB configuration or a corresponding SCell SSB configuration of the candidate cell (a cell group to which the candidate cell belongs);

[0268] If the LTM SSB resource set includes an SSB resource list and an LTM candidate ID list, the terminal device determines, through the LTM candidate ID, the corresponding candidate cell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration;

[0269] The terminal device indexes, through the LTM candidate ID in the LTM SSB resource set, the corresponding candidate cell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration.

[0270] Through the technical solutions of the embodiment, the terminal device determines the measurement resource based on the first configuration information, and increases the corresponding SCell SSB configuration of the candidate cell in the LTM candidate configuration, so as to clearly configure the measurement resource of the SCell corresponding to the LTM candidate cell (a cell group to which the candidate cell belongs), which can improve the existing LTM processing mechanism, and further support dynamic activation of the SCell in the LTM cell switching command.

[0271] Third embodiment

[0272] On the basis of any of the above embodiments of the present application, the third embodiment of the present application is proposed, and the embodiment mainly describes a processing method of LTM CSI resource configuration.

[0273] Optionally, the terminal device determines the measurement resource based on the first configuration information.

[0274] Optionally, the first configuration information includes at least one of the LTM candidate configuration, the LTM CSI resource configuration, and the LTM CSI reporting configuration.

[0275] Optionally, the LTM candidate configuration includes at least one of an LTM candidate ID, an LTM candidate RRC configuration, a candidate cell SSB configuration (LTM-SSB-Config), and a corresponding SCell SSB configuration of the candidate cell (a cell group to which the candidate cell belongs).

[0276] Optionally, the LTM CSI reporting configuration includes at least one of an LTM CSI reporting configuration ID, an LTM CSI resource configuration ID, an LTM reporting configuration type, and LTM reporting content.

[0277] Optionally, the network device increases the CSI resource configuration of the SCell in the LTM CSI resource configuration.

[0278] Optionally, the LTM CSI resource configuration includes at least one of an LTM CSI resource configuration Id, an LTM SSB resource set, an LTM SCell SSB resource set.

[0279] Optionally, the LTM CSI resource configuration Id is used to identify one LTM CSI resource configuration.

[0280] Optionally, the LTM SSB resource set (LTM-SSB-ResourceSet) is used to indicate an SSB resource set of a candidate cell for LTM measurement.

[0281] Optionally, the LTM SSB resource set includes at least one of an SSB resource list, an LTM candidate Id list, a serving cell information list.

[0282] Optionally, the LTM SCell SSB resource set (such as LTM-SCell-SSB-ResourceSet) is used to indicate an SSB resource set of an SCell for LTM measurement.

[0283] Optionally, the LTM SCell SSB resource set includes at least one of an SSB resource list, an LTM candidate Id list, an SCell index list.

[0284] Optionally, the SSB resource list (LTM-SSB-Resource List) includes an SSB index list.

[0285] Optionally, the SSB resource list in the LTM SSB resource set is used to indicate an SSB resource of one or more LTM candidate cells.

[0286] Optionally, the LTM candidate Id list is used to indicate an LTM candidate configuration Id related to an SSB in the SSB resource list.

[0287] Optionally, the SCell index list (such as LTM-Scell IndexList) is used to indicate an SCell index related to an SSB in the SSB resource list.

[0288] Optionally, the entries in the SSB resource list, the LTM candidate ID list and the SCell index list in the LTM SCell SSB resource set are one-to-one corresponding. That is, the first entry of the SSB resource list is associated with the first entry of the LTM candidate ID list and the SCell index list, the second entry of the SSB resource list is associated with the second entry of the LTM candidate ID list and the SCell index list, and so on.

[0289] Optionally, the terminal device indexes the corresponding SCell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through the LTM candidate ID and the SCell index in the SCell SSB resource set.

[0290] Optionally, the terminal device indexes the corresponding SCell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through the LTM candidate ID and the SCell index in the SCell SSB resource set.

[0291] Through the technical solutions of the present embodiment, the terminal device determines the measurement resource based on the first configuration information, increases the SSB measurement resource of the SCell in the LTM CSI resource configuration, and identifies how to configure the measurement resource of the SCell corresponding to the LTM candidate cell (the cell group) through the candidate cell ID and the SCell index, which can improve the existing LTM processing mechanism and further support the dynamic activation of the SCell in the LTM cell switching command.

[0292] Fourth embodiment

[0293] On the basis of any of the above embodiments of the present application, the fourth embodiment of the present application is proposed, which mainly describes the processing method of the LTM CSI resource configuration.

[0294] Optionally, the terminal device determines the measurement resource based on the first configuration information.

[0295] Optionally, the first configuration information includes at least one of the LTM candidate configuration, the LTM CSI resource configuration and the LTM CSI reporting configuration.

[0296] Optionally, the LTM candidate configuration includes at least one of the LTM candidate ID, the LTM candidate RRC configuration, the candidate cell SSB configuration (LTM-SSB-Config) and the SCell SSB configuration corresponding to the candidate cell (the cell group).

[0297] Optionally, the LTM CSI reporting configuration includes at least one of an LTM CSI reporting configuration ID, an LTM CSI resource configuration ID, an LTM reporting configuration type, and an LTM reporting content.

[0298] Optionally, the LTM CSI resource configuration includes at least one of an LTM CSI resource configuration ID and an LTM SSB resource set.

[0299] Optionally, the LTM CSI resource configuration ID is used to identify one LTM CSI resource configuration.

[0300] Optionally, the network device adds information of a serving cell in an LTM SSB resource set (LTM-SSB-ResourceSet).

[0301] Optionally, the LTM SSB resource set (LTM-SSB-ResourceSet) is used to indicate an SSB resource set of a candidate cell and / or a candidate cell (a cell group to which the candidate cell belongs) of an SCell.

[0302] Optionally, the LTM SSB resource set includes at least one of an SSB resource list, an LTM candidate ID list, and a serving cell information list.

[0303] Optionally, the serving cell information is used to indicate information of a candidate cell to which a corresponding SSB resource belongs and / or an SCell corresponding to the candidate cell.

[0304] Optionally, the serving cell information includes a serving cell index.

[0305] Optionally, the SSB resource list (LTM-SSB-Resource List) includes an SSB index list.

[0306] Optionally, the SSB resource list in the LTM SSB resource set is used to indicate an SSB resource of one or more LTM candidate cells or a candidate cell (a cell group to which the candidate cell belongs) corresponding to an SCell.

[0307] Optionally, the LTM candidate ID list is used to indicate an LTM candidate configuration ID related to an SSB in the SSB resource list.

[0308] Optionally, the serving cell information is used to indicate an LTM candidate cell or an SCell corresponding to an LTM candidate cell (a cell group to which the LTM candidate cell belongs).

[0309] Optionally, the serving cell information list is used to indicate a cell index related to an SSB in the SSB resource list.

[0310] Optionally, if the serving cell index is the first value, the serving cell index is used to indicate the corresponding LTM candidate cell.

[0311] Optionally, if the serving cell index is not the first value, the serving cell index is used to indicate the SCell index (i.e. the SCell corresponding to the LTM candidate cell).

[0312] Optionally, the first value can be 0 or other values.

[0313] Optionally, the serving cell index can also be in other forms, used to indicate that the corresponding SSB resource is the SSB resource of the LTM candidate cell or the SCell corresponding to the candidate cell.

[0314] Optionally, as one scenario, when the LTM SSB resource set includes an SSB resource list (LTM-SSB-ResourceList), an LTM candidate ID list (LTM-CandidateIdList), and a serving cell information list (such as LTM-ServIndexList), the entries in the SSB resource list, the LTM candidate ID list, and the serving cell information list in the LTM SSB resource set are one-to-one corresponding. That is, the first entry of the SSB resource list is associated with the first entry of the LTM candidate ID list and the serving cell information list, the second entry of the SSB resource list is associated with the second entry of the LTM candidate ID list and the serving cell information list, and so on.

[0315] Optionally, the terminal device associates the corresponding SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through the LTM candidate ID and the serving cell information in the LTM SSB resource set.

[0316] Optionally, the terminal device indexes the corresponding SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through the LTM candidate ID and the serving cell information in the LTM SSB resource set.

[0317] Optionally, the corresponding SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration can be the candidate cell SSB configuration and / or the SCell SSB configuration corresponding to the candidate cell (the cell group to which it belongs).

[0318] Optionally, the terminal device determines whether the corresponding SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration is the candidate cell SSB configuration or the SCell SSB configuration corresponding to the candidate cell (the cell group to which it belongs) according to the serving cell information.

[0319] Optionally, if the SSB resource list contains SSB index 0, SSB index 1, SSB index 2, the LTM candidate Id list includes LTM-CandidateId 0, LTM-CandidateId 1, LTM-CandidateId 2, and the serving cell information list contains index 0, index 1, index 2, there are at least one of the following technical solutions:

[0320] Optionally, SSB index 0 indicates the SSB resource of the candidate cell corresponding to LTM-CandidateId 0 (Cell index 0 indicates the candidate cell).

[0321] Optionally, the terminal device determines the corresponding SSB configuration information in the LTM candidate configuration through LTM-CandidateId 0 (i.e., determines the corresponding SSB configuration from the candidate cell SSB configuration information).

[0322] Optionally, SSB index 1 indicates the SSB resource of the SCell index 1 corresponding to the candidate cell corresponding to LTM-CandidateId 1.

[0323] Optionally, the terminal device determines the corresponding SCell SSB configuration information in the LTM candidate configuration through LTM-CandidateId 1 and SCell index 1 (i.e., determines the SSB configuration of the corresponding SCell from the SCell SSB configuration information list).

[0324] Optionally, SSB index 2 indicates the SSB resource of the SCell index 2 corresponding to the candidate cell corresponding to LTM-CandidateId 2.

[0325] Optionally, the terminal device determines the corresponding SCell SSB configuration information in the LTM candidate configuration through LTM-CandidateId 2 and SCell index 2 (i.e., determines the SSB configuration of the corresponding SCell from the SCELL SSB configuration information list).

[0326] Optionally, as another scenario, when the LTM SSB resource set includes an SSB resource list and an LTM candidate Id list, the entries in the SSB resource list and the LTM candidate Id list in the LTM SSB resource set are one-to-one corresponding, that is, the first entry of the SSB resource list is associated with the first entry of the LTM candidate Id list, the second entry of the SSB resource list is associated with the second entry of the LTM candidate Id list, and so on.

[0327] Optionally, the SSB resource list indicates SSB resources from one or more LTM candidate cells (i.e., SSB index indicates SSB resources of the corresponding LTM candidate cell).

[0328] Optionally, the terminal device associates the LTM candidate Id in the LTM SSB resource set with the corresponding LTM SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration.

[0329] Optionally, the terminal device indexes the LTM candidate Id in the LTM SSB resource set to the corresponding candidate cell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration.

[0330] Optionally, if the SSB resource list contains SSB index 0, SSB index 1, SSB index 2, the LTM candidate Id list contains LTM-CandidateId 0, LTM-CandidateId 1, LTM-CandidateId 2, there is at least one of the following technical solutions:

[0331] Optionally, SSB index 0 indicates the SSB resources of the candidate cell corresponding to LTM-CandidateId 0, and the terminal device determines the SSB configuration information of the corresponding candidate cell in the LTM candidate configuration through LTM-CandidateId 0 (i.e., determines the corresponding SSB configuration from the candidate cell SSB configuration information).

[0332] Optionally, SSB index 1 indicates the SSB resources of the candidate cell corresponding to LTM-CandidateId 1, and the terminal device determines the SSB configuration information of the corresponding candidate cell in the LTM candidate configuration through LTM-CandidateId 1 (i.e., determines the corresponding SSB configuration from the candidate cell SSB configuration information).

[0333] Optionally, SSB index 2 indicates the SSB resources of the candidate cell corresponding to LTM-CandidateId 2, and the terminal device determines the SSB configuration information of the corresponding candidate cell in the LTM candidate configuration through LTM-CandidateId 2 (i.e., determines the corresponding SSB configuration from the candidate cell SSB configuration information).

[0334] By the technical solutions of the embodiment, the terminal device determines the measurement resource based on the first configuration information, the information of the serving cell is added in the LTM SSB resource set, the corresponding SSB measurement resource indication is flexibly indicated as the measurement resource of the candidate cell or the SCell corresponding to the candidate cell (the belonging cell group), and then the measurement resource of the SCell corresponding to the LTM candidate cell (the belonging cell group) is simultaneously configured in the same SSB resource set, so that how to configure the measurement resource of the SCell corresponding to the LTM candidate cell (the belonging cell group) is determined, the existing LTM processing mechanism is improved, and then the SCell is dynamically activated in the LTM cell switching command.

[0335] Fifth embodiment

[0336] On the basis of any one of the above embodiments of the application, the fourth embodiment of the application is proposed, and the processing method of the LTM CSI reporting configuration is mainly described.

[0337] Optionally, the terminal device determines the measurement resource based on the first configuration information.

[0338] Optionally, the first configuration information includes at least one of LTM candidate configuration, LTM CSI resource configuration and LTM CSI reporting configuration.

[0339] Optionally, the LTM candidate configuration includes at least one of LTM candidate Id, LTM candidate RRC configuration, candidate cell SSB configuration (LTM-SSB-Config) and SCell SSB configuration corresponding to the candidate cell (the belonging cell group).

[0340] Optionally, the LTM CSI resource configuration includes at least one of LTM CSI resource configuration Id, LTM SSB resource set and LTM SCell SSB resource set.

[0341] Optionally, the LTM CSI reporting configuration includes at least one of LTM CSI reporting configuration Id, LTM CSI resource configuration Id, LTM reporting configuration type, LTM reporting content.

[0342] Optionally, the LTM CSI reporting configuration Id is used to identify one LTM CSI reporting configuration.

[0343] Optionally, the LTM reporting configuration type includes at least one of periodic reporting, semi-persistent reporting, aperiodic reporting and event triggered reporting.

[0344] Optionally, for non-event triggered measurement reporting, the LTM reporting content includes at least one of the following: the number of reported cells, the number of reported reference signals for each cell, the measurement result indication including the current SpCell, the measurement result reporting indication including the corresponding SCell, the number of reported SCells, and the maximum number of reported SCells.

[0345] Optionally, the measurement result of the SCell is reported together with the measurement result of the corresponding candidate cell, i.e., the measurement result of the SCell is not reported alone, and the measurement result of the corresponding SCell is reported when the measurement result of the candidate cell is reported. This can reduce the number of measurement reporting and save uplink resources, while ensuring that the network device has the latest measurement result of the SCell when making an LTM switching decision.

[0346] Optionally, for event triggered measurement reporting, the LTM reporting content includes at least one of the following: the indication of allowing reporting of any beam, the maximum number of reported beams, the measurement result reporting indication including the corresponding SCell, the number of reported SCells, and the maximum number of reported SCells.

[0347] Optionally, when the candidate cell satisfies the event triggered measurement reporting, the measurement result of the SCell is reported together with the measurement result of the corresponding candidate cell, i.e., the measurement result of the SCell is not reported alone, and the measurement result of the corresponding SCell is reported when the measurement result of the candidate cell is reported. This can reduce the number of measurement reporting and save uplink resources, while ensuring that the network device has the latest measurement result of the SCell when making an LTM switching decision, and ensuring the accuracy of SCell activation and deactivation.

[0348] Through the technical solutions of the embodiment, the terminal device determines the measurement resource based on the first configuration information, which clearly configures the measurement resource of the SCell corresponding to the LTM candidate cell (the cell group to which the candidate cell belongs), and clearly configures the measurement reporting content and how to report the measurement result of the SCell. This can reduce the number of measurement reporting and save uplink resources, perfect the existing LTM processing mechanism, and further support dynamic activation of the SCell in the LTM cell switching command.

[0349] Sixth Embodiment

[0350] Referring to FIG. 6, FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a processing method according to the sixth embodiment of the present application. The processing method according to the embodiment of the present application can be applied to a network device (such as a base station), and includes the following step S1:

[0351] Step S1: The network device sends first configuration information, so that the terminal device determines the measurement resource based on the first configuration information.

[0352] The embodiment of the application proposes a technical solution. The network device sends first configuration information to enable the terminal device to determine measurement resources based on the first configuration information. The measurement resources of the SCell corresponding to the LTM candidate cell (the cell group to which the cell belongs) are configured to improve the existing LTM processing mechanism, thereby supporting the dynamic activation of the SCell in the LTM cell switching command.

[0353] Optionally, the first configuration information is provided by the network device.

[0354] Optionally, the network device can be a base station or the like.

[0355] Optionally, the network device sends the first configuration information.

[0356] Optionally, the terminal device receives the first configuration information.

[0357] Optionally, the terminal device determines the measurement resources based on the first configuration information.

[0358] Optionally, the first configuration information includes at least one of LTM candidate configuration, LTM CSI resource configuration, and LTM CSI reporting configuration.

[0359] Optionally, the LTM candidate configuration includes at least one of LTM candidate Id, LTM candidate RRC configuration, candidate cell SSB configuration, and SCell SSB configuration corresponding to the candidate cell (the cell group to which the cell belongs).

[0360] Optionally, the LTM CSI resource configuration includes at least one of LTM CSI resource configuration Id, LTM SSB resource set, and LTM SCell SSB resource set.

[0361] Optionally, the LTM CSI reporting configuration includes at least one of LTM CSI reporting configuration Id, LTM CSI resource configuration Id, LTM reporting configuration type, and LTM reporting content.

[0362] Optionally, the LTM candidate Id is used to identify an LTM candidate configuration.

[0363] Optionally, the LTM candidate RRC configuration includes an RRC reconfiguration message used to configure the LTM candidate configuration.

[0364] Optionally, the SCell SSB configuration is associated with the SCell index.

[0365] Optionally, the SCell SSB configuration includes at least one of SCell index, SSB frequency, SSB subcarrier spacing, SSB period, and SSB burst position (ssb-PositionsInBurst).

[0366] Optionally, the SCell SSB configuration includes a list of SCell SSB configuration information.

[0367] Optionally, the SCell SSB configuration information includes at least one of SCell index, SSB frequency, SSB subcarrier spacing, SSB periodicity, SSB burst position (ssb-PositionsInBurst).

[0368] Optionally, the LTM CSI resource configuration Id is used to identify one LTM CSI resource configuration.

[0369] Optionally, the LTM SSB resource set is used to indicate SSB resource set of candidate cell and / or SCell of candidate cell (belonging to cell group) for LTM measurement.

[0370] Optionally, the LTM SSB resource set includes at least one of SSB resource list, LTM candidate Id list, serving cell information list.

[0371] Optionally, the serving cell information is used to indicate information of candidate cell and / or SCell of candidate cell corresponding to the SSB resource.

[0372] Optionally, the serving cell information includes serving cell index.

[0373] Optionally, the LTM SCell SSB resource set is used to indicate SSB resource set of SCell for LTM measurement.

[0374] Optionally, the LTM SCell SSB resource set includes at least one of SSB resource list, LTM candidate Id list, SCell index list.

[0375] Optionally, the LTM CSI reporting configuration Id is used to identify one LTM CSI reporting configuration.

[0376] Optionally, the LTM reporting configuration type includes at least one of periodic reporting, semi-persistent reporting, aperiodic reporting and event triggered reporting.

[0377] Optionally, the LTM reporting content includes at least one of reported cell number, reported reference signal number per cell, measurement result indication including current SpCell, measurement result reporting indication including corresponding SCell, reported SCell number, maximum reported SCell number, allowed arbitrary beam indication, maximum reported beam number.

[0378] Optionally, the measurement result reporting indication of the corresponding SCell means that the measurement result of the corresponding SCell is included in the measurement report for the reported candidate cell.

[0379] Optionally, for the non-event triggered measurement reporting (such as periodic reporting or semi-persistent reporting or non-periodic reporting), the LTM reporting content includes at least one of the number of reported cells, the number of reported reference signals per cell, the measurement result indication including the current SpCell, the measurement result reporting indication including the corresponding SCell, the number of reported SCells, and the maximum number of reported SCells.

[0380] Optionally, for the event triggered measurement reporting, the LTM reporting content includes at least one of the indication of allowing reporting of any beam, the maximum number of reported beams, the measurement result reporting indication including the corresponding SCell, the number of reported SCells, and the maximum number of reported SCells.

[0381] Optionally, the measurement resource is determined from the LTM candidate configuration.

[0382] Optionally, the terminal device determines the measurement resource based on the first configuration information, including:

[0383] The terminal device determines the corresponding candidate cell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration and / or the corresponding SCell SSB configuration of the candidate cell (the cell group to which it belongs) through the LTM SCell SSB resource set and / or the LTM SSB resource set.

[0384] Optionally, the terminal device determines the measurement resource based on the first configuration information, including at least one of:

[0385] The terminal device determines the corresponding SCell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through the LTM candidate Id and the SCell index in the LTM SCell SSB resource set;

[0386] The terminal device indexes to the corresponding SCell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through the LTM candidate Id and the SCell index in the LTM SCell SSB resource set;

[0387] If the LTM SSB resource set includes an SSB resource list, an LTM candidate Id list, and a serving cell information list, the terminal device determines the corresponding SSB configuration (including the candidate cell SSB configuration and / or the corresponding SCell SSB configuration of the candidate cell) in the LTM candidate configuration through the LTM candidate Id and the serving cell information;

[0388] If the LTM SSB resource set includes an SSB resource list and an LTM candidate Id list, the terminal device determines the corresponding candidate cell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through the LTM candidate Id.

[0389] Optionally, the SSB resource list includes an SSB index list.

[0390] Optionally, the SSB resource list in the LTM SSB resource set is used to indicate the SSB resource of the SCell corresponding to one or more LTM candidate cells or candidate cells (belonging to the cell group).

[0391] Optionally, the entries in the SSB resource list, the LTM candidate Id list, and the serving cell information list in the LTM SSB resource set correspond.

[0392] Optionally, the entries in the SSB resource list, the LTM candidate Id list, and the serving cell information list in the LTM SSB resource set correspond one-to-one.

[0393] Optionally, the terminal device associates the corresponding SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through the LTM candidate Id and the serving cell information in the LTM SSB resource set.

[0394] Optionally, the terminal device indexes to the corresponding SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through the LTM candidate Id and the serving cell information in the LTM SSB resource set.

[0395] Optionally, the corresponding SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration can be a candidate cell SSB configuration and / or a SCell SSB configuration corresponding to a candidate cell (belonging to the cell group).

[0396] Optionally, the terminal device determines whether the corresponding SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration is a candidate cell SSB configuration or a SCell SSB configuration corresponding to a candidate cell (belonging to the cell group) according to the serving cell information.

[0397] Optionally, the SSB resource list in the LTM SCell SSB resource set is used to indicate the SSB resource of the SCell corresponding to one or more LTM candidate cells (belonging to the cell group).

[0398] Optionally, the entries in the SSB resource list, the LTM candidate Id list, and the SCell index list in the LTM SCell SSB resource set correspond.

[0399] Optionally, the entries in the SSB resource list, the LTM candidate Id list, and the SCell index list in the LTM SCell SSB resource set correspond one-to-one.

[0400] Optionally, the terminal device indexes, by an LTM candidate Id in the SCell SSB resource set and an SCell index, to a corresponding SCell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration.

[0401] Optionally, the terminal device indexes, by an LTM candidate Id in the SCell SSB resource set and an SCell index, to a corresponding SCell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration.

[0402] Optionally, the LTM candidate Id list is used to indicate the LTM candidate configuration Id related to the SSB in the SSB resource list.

[0403] Optionally, the SCell index list is used to indicate the SCell index related to the SSB in the SSB resource list.

[0404] Optionally, the measurement result of the corresponding SCell is used to indicate whether the reported content should include the measurement result of the SCell of the candidate cell.

[0405] Optionally, the serving cell information is used to indicate the LTM candidate cell or the SCell corresponding to the LTM candidate cell (the cell group to which the cell belongs).

[0406] Optionally, the serving cell information list is used to indicate the cell index related to the SSB in the SSB resource list.

[0407] Optionally, if the serving cell index is a first value, the serving cell index is used to indicate the corresponding LTM candidate cell.

[0408] Optionally, if the serving cell index is not the first value, the serving cell index is used to indicate the SCell index.

[0409] Optionally, the first value can be 0 or other values.

[0410] Optionally, the serving cell index can also be in other forms, used to indicate that the corresponding SSB resource is the SSB resource of the SCell corresponding to the LTM candidate cell or the candidate cell.

[0411] Optionally, the terminal device performs measurement based on the measurement resource to obtain the measurement result.

[0412] Optionally, the terminal device generates or determines the measurement report according to the measurement result.

[0413] Optionally, the terminal device generates or determines the measurement report according to the LTM CSI reporting configuration and the measurement result.

[0414] Optionally, the terminal device reports the measurement report when a measurement reporting condition is met.

[0415] Optionally, the measurement reporting condition being met comprises at least one of a periodic reporting, an aperiodic reporting, a semi-persistent reporting, and an event-triggered reporting.

[0416] Optionally, the terminal device reports the measurement result of the SCell together with the corresponding candidate cell measurement result.

[0417] Optionally, the network device receives the measurement report reported by the terminal device.

[0418] Optionally, the network device sends an LTM switching command.

[0419] Optionally, the terminal device receives the LTM switching command.

[0420] Optionally, the terminal device performs an LTM cell switching according to the LTM switching command.

[0421] Optionally, the LTM switching command comprises at least one of a target configuration ID, a TA command, a TCI state ID, and an SCell activation or deactivation indication.

[0422] Optionally, the TA command indicates TA information of a target cell.

[0423] Optionally, if the LTM switching command does not comprise an activation or deactivation indication of a corresponding SCell, the terminal device configures a state of the SCell according to a preconfigured SCell state in the LTM candidate RRC configuration.

[0424] Optionally, if the LTM switching command comprises an activation or deactivation indication of a corresponding SCell, the terminal device configures a state of the corresponding SCell according to the indication.

[0425] Through the technical solutions of the embodiment, the network device sends first configuration information to enable the terminal device to determine measurement resources based on the first configuration information, thereby explicitly configuring measurement resources of an SCell corresponding to an LTM candidate cell (a cell group), which can improve the existing LTM processing mechanism, and further support dynamic activation of an SCell in an LTM cell switching command.

[0426] Seventh Embodiment

[0427] Referring to FIG. 7, which is an interaction flow diagram of a network device and a terminal device of a processing method according to the seventh embodiment, the tenth embodiment of the present application proposes a processing method, comprising steps S1 and S2:

[0428] Step S1: The network device sends first configuration information to enable the terminal device to determine measurement resources based on the first configuration information.

[0429] The terminal device determines the measurement resource based on the first configuration information.

[0430] The embodiments of the present application provide a technical solution. The network device sends first configuration information, and the terminal device determines the measurement resource based on the first configuration information. The embodiments of the present application clearly configure the measurement resource of the SCell corresponding to the LTM candidate cell (the cell group to which the cell belongs), perfect the existing LTM processing mechanism, and further support the dynamic activation of the SCell in the LTM cell switching command.

[0431] Optionally, the first configuration information is provided by the network device.

[0432] Optionally, the network device can be a base station or the like.

[0433] Optionally, the network device sends the first configuration information.

[0434] Optionally, the terminal device receives the first configuration information.

[0435] Optionally, the terminal device determines the measurement resource based on the first configuration information.

[0436] Optionally, the first configuration information includes at least one of LTM candidate configuration, LTM CSI resource configuration, and LTM CSI reporting configuration.

[0437] Optionally, the LTM candidate configuration includes at least one of LTM candidate Id, LTM candidate RRC configuration, candidate cell SSB configuration, and SCell SSB configuration corresponding to the candidate cell (the cell group to which the cell belongs).

[0438] Optionally, the LTM CSI resource configuration includes at least one of LTM CSI resource configuration Id, LTM SSB resource set, and LTM SCell SSB resource set.

[0439] Optionally, the LTM CSI reporting configuration includes at least one of LTM CSI reporting configuration Id, LTM CSI resource configuration Id, LTM reporting configuration type, and LTM reporting content.

[0440] Optionally, the LTM candidate Id is used to identify one LTM candidate configuration.

[0441] Optionally, the LTM candidate RRC configuration includes an RRC reconfiguration message used to configure the LTM candidate configuration.

[0442] Optionally, the SCell SSB configuration is associated with the SCell index.

[0443] Optionally, the SCell SSB configuration includes at least one of SCell index, SSB frequency, SSB subcarrier spacing, SSB periodicity, SSB burst position (ssb-PositionsInBurst).

[0444] Optionally, the SCell SSB configuration includes a list of SCell SSB configuration information.

[0445] Optionally, the SCell SSB configuration information includes at least one of SCell index, SSB frequency, SSB subcarrier spacing, SSB periodicity, SSB burst position (ssb-PositionsInBurst).

[0446] Optionally, the LTM CSI resource configuration Id is used to identify one LTM CSI resource configuration.

[0447] Optionally, the LTM SSB resource set is used to indicate SSB resource set of candidate cell and / or SCell of candidate cell (belonging cell group) for LTM measurement.

[0448] Optionally, the LTM SSB resource set includes at least one of SSB resource list, LTM candidate Id list, serving cell information list.

[0449] Optionally, the serving cell information is used to indicate information of candidate cell and / or SCell of candidate cell corresponding to the SSB resource.

[0450] Optionally, the serving cell information includes serving cell index.

[0451] Optionally, the LTM SCell SSB resource set is used to indicate SSB resource set of SCell for LTM measurement.

[0452] Optionally, the LTM SCell SSB resource set includes at least one of SSB resource list, LTM candidate Id list, SCell index list.

[0453] Optionally, the LTM CSI reporting configuration Id is used to identify one LTM CSI reporting configuration.

[0454] Optionally, the LTM reporting configuration type includes at least one of periodic reporting, semi-persistent reporting, aperiodic reporting and event triggered reporting.

[0455] Optionally, the LTM reporting content includes at least one of the following: a number of reported cells, a number of reported reference signals per cell, an indication of including measurement results of current SpCell, an indication of including measurement results of corresponding SCell, a number of reported SCells, a maximum number of reported SCells, an indication of allowing reporting of any beam, and a maximum number of reported beams.

[0456] Optionally, the indication of including measurement results of corresponding SCell means that the measurement results of corresponding SCell are included in the measurement report for the reported candidate cell.

[0457] Optionally, for non-event triggered measurement reporting (such as periodic reporting or semi-persistent reporting or aperiodic reporting), the LTM reporting content includes at least one of the following: a number of reported cells, a number of reported reference signals per cell, an indication of including measurement results of current SpCell, an indication of including measurement results of corresponding SCell, a number of reported SCells, and a maximum number of reported SCells.

[0458] Optionally, for event triggered measurement reporting, the LTM reporting content includes at least one of the following: an indication of allowing reporting of any beam, a maximum number of reported beams, an indication of including measurement results of corresponding SCell, a number of reported SCells, and a maximum number of reported SCells.

[0459] Optionally, the measurement resource is determined from the LTM candidate configuration.

[0460] Optionally, the terminal device determines the measurement resource based on the first configuration information, including:

[0461] The terminal device determines the corresponding candidate cell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration and / or the corresponding SCell SSB configuration of the candidate cell (belonging to the cell group) through the LTM SCell SSB resource set and / or the LTM SSB resource set.

[0462] Optionally, the terminal device determines the measurement resource based on the first configuration information, including at least one of the following:

[0463] The terminal device determines the corresponding SCell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through the LTM candidate Id and the SCell index in the LTM SCell SSB resource set;

[0464] The terminal device indexes to the corresponding SCell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through the LTM candidate Id and the SCell index in the LTM SCell SSB resource set;

[0465] If the LTM SSB resource set includes a SSB resource list, an LTM candidate Id list and a serving cell information list, the terminal device determines the corresponding SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through the LTM candidate Id and the serving cell information (including the candidate cell SSB configuration and / or the SCell SSB configuration corresponding to the candidate cell (the cell group to which the candidate cell belongs)).

[0466] If the LTM SSB resource set includes a SSB resource list and an LTM candidate Id list, the terminal device determines the corresponding candidate cell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through the LTM candidate Id.

[0467] Optionally, the SSB resource list includes a SSB index list.

[0468] Optionally, the SSB resource list in the LTM SSB resource set is used to indicate the SSB resource of one or more LTM candidate cells or the SCell corresponding to the candidate cell (the cell group to which the candidate cell belongs).

[0469] Optionally, the entries in the SSB resource list, the LTM candidate Id list and the serving cell information list in the LTM SSB resource set correspond to each other.

[0470] Optionally, the entries in the SSB resource list, the LTM candidate Id list and the serving cell information list in the LTM SSB resource set correspond to each other.

[0471] Optionally, the terminal device associates the corresponding SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through the LTM candidate Id and the serving cell information in the LTM SSB resource set.

[0472] Optionally, the terminal device indexes to the corresponding SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through the LTM candidate Id and the serving cell information in the LTM SSB resource set.

[0473] Optionally, the corresponding SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration can be the candidate cell SSB configuration and / or the SCell SSB configuration corresponding to the candidate cell (the cell group to which the candidate cell belongs).

[0474] Optionally, the terminal device determines whether the corresponding SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration is the candidate cell SSB configuration or the SCell SSB configuration corresponding to the candidate cell (the cell group to which the candidate cell belongs) according to the serving cell information.

[0475] Optionally, the SSB resource list in the LTM SCell SSB resource set is used to indicate the SSB resource of one or more LTM candidate cells corresponding to the SCell.

[0476] Optionally, the entries in the SSB resource list, the LTM candidate ID list and the SCell index list in the LTM SCell SSB resource set correspond one-to-one.

[0477] Optionally, the entries in the SSB resource list, the LTM candidate ID list and the SCell index list in the LTM SCell SSB resource set correspond one-to-one.

[0478] Optionally, the terminal device indexes the corresponding SCell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration by the LTM candidate ID and the SCell index in the SCell SSB resource set.

[0479] Optionally, the terminal device indexes the corresponding SCell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration by the LTM candidate ID and the SCell index in the SCell SSB resource set.

[0480] Optionally, the LTM candidate ID list is used to indicate the LTM candidate configuration ID related to the SSB in the SSB resource list.

[0481] Optionally, the SCell index list is used to indicate the SCell index related to the SSB in the SSB resource list.

[0482] Optionally, the measurement result reporting indication for the corresponding SCell is used to indicate whether the reported content should include the measurement result of the SCell of the candidate cell.

[0483] Optionally, the serving cell information is used to indicate the LTM candidate cell or the SCell corresponding to the LTM candidate cell (the cell group to which it belongs).

[0484] Optionally, the serving cell information list is used to indicate the cell index related to the SSB in the SSB resource list.

[0485] Optionally, if the serving cell index is a first value, the serving cell index is used to indicate the corresponding LTM candidate cell.

[0486] Optionally, if the serving cell index is not the first value, the serving cell index is used to indicate the SCell index.

[0487] Optionally, the first value can be 0 or other values.

[0488] Optionally, the serving cell index can also be in other forms, used to indicate that the corresponding SSB resource is the SSB resource of the SCell corresponding to the LTM candidate cell or the candidate cell.

[0489] Optionally, the terminal device performs measurement based on the measurement resource, and obtains a measurement result.

[0490] Optionally, the terminal device generates or determines a measurement report according to the measurement result.

[0491] Optionally, the terminal device generates or determines a measurement report according to the LTM CSI reporting configuration and the measurement result.

[0492] Optionally, the terminal device reports the measurement report when a measurement reporting condition is met.

[0493] Optionally, the measurement reporting condition includes at least one of periodic reporting, aperiodic reporting, semi-persistent reporting, and event-triggered reporting.

[0494] Optionally, the terminal device reports the measurement result of the SCell together with the measurement result of the corresponding candidate cell.

[0495] Optionally, the network device receives the measurement report reported by the terminal device.

[0496] Optionally, the network device sends an LTM switching command.

[0497] Optionally, the terminal device receives the LTM switching command.

[0498] Optionally, the terminal device performs LTM cell switching according to the LTM switching command.

[0499] Optionally, the LTM switching command includes at least one of a target configuration ID, a TA command, a TCI state ID, and an SCell activation or deactivation indication.

[0500] Optionally, the TA command indicates TA information of a target cell.

[0501] Optionally, if the LTM switching command does not include an activation or deactivation indication of the corresponding SCell, the terminal device configures the state of the SCell according to the preconfigured SCell state in the LTM candidate RRC configuration.

[0502] Optionally, if the LTM switching command includes an activation or deactivation indication of the corresponding SCell, the terminal device configures the state of the corresponding SCell according to the indication.

[0503] Through the technical solutions of the embodiment, the network device sends first configuration information, and the terminal device determines a measurement resource based on the first configuration information, thereby explicitly configuring the measurement resource of the SCell corresponding to the LTM candidate cell (the cell group to which the SCell belongs), which can improve the existing LTM processing mechanism, and further support dynamic activation of the SCell in the LTM cell switching command.

[0504] Eighth embodiment

[0505] Please refer to FIG. 8, which is a structural schematic diagram of a processing device provided by an embodiment of the present application. The device can be carried on or is a terminal device in the method embodiments described above. The processing device shown in FIG. 8 can be used to execute part or all of the functions in the method embodiments described above. As shown in FIG. 8, the processing device 160 includes:

[0506] The determining module 1601 is configured to determine the measurement resource based on the first configuration information.

[0507] Optionally, the first configuration information includes at least one of LTM candidate configuration, LTM CSI resource configuration, and LTM CSI reporting configuration.

[0508] Optionally, the processing device further includes at least one of the following:

[0509] The LTM candidate configuration includes at least one of LTM candidate Id, LTM candidate RRC configuration, candidate cell SSB configuration, and SCell SSB configuration corresponding to the candidate cell.

[0510] The LTM CSI resource configuration includes at least one of LTM CSI resource configuration Id, LTM SSB resource set, and LTM SCell SSB resource set.

[0511] The LTM CSI reporting configuration includes at least one of LTM CSI reporting configuration Id, LTM CSI resource configuration Id, LTM reporting configuration type, and LTM reporting content.

[0512] Optionally, the processing device further includes at least one of the following:

[0513] The LTM candidate RRC configuration includes an RRC reconfiguration message used to configure the LTM candidate configuration.

[0514] The SCell SSB configuration includes at least one of SCell index, SSB frequency, SSB subcarrier spacing, SSB period, and SSB burst position.

[0515] The SCell SSB configuration includes an SCell SSB configuration information list.

[0516] The SCell SSB configuration information includes at least one of SCell index, SSB frequency, SSB subcarrier spacing, SSB period, and SSB burst position (ssb-PositionsInBurst).

[0517] The LTM SSB resource set is used to indicate the SSB resource set of the candidate cell and / or the SCell of the candidate cell (belonging to the cell group) for LTM measurement;

[0518] The LTM SSB resource set includes at least one of the SSB resource list, the LTM candidate ID list, and the serving cell information list;

[0519] The serving cell information is used to indicate the information of the candidate cell to which the corresponding SSB resource belongs and / or the SCell corresponding to the candidate cell;

[0520] The serving cell information includes a serving cell index;

[0521] The LTM SCell SSB resource set is used to indicate the SSB resource set of the SCell for LTM measurement;

[0522] The LTM SCell SSB resource set includes at least one of the SSB resource list, the LTM candidate ID list, and the SCell index list;

[0523] The LTM reporting content includes at least one of the number of reported cells, the number of reference signals reported for each cell, the measurement result indication including the current SpCell, the measurement result reporting indication including the corresponding SCell, the number of reported SCells, the maximum number of reported SCells, the indication of allowing to report any beam, and the maximum number of reported beams;

[0524] The LTM reporting configuration type includes at least one of periodic reporting, semi-persistent reporting, aperiodic reporting, and event-triggered reporting.

[0525] Optionally, determining the measurement resource based on the first configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0526] The corresponding SCell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration is determined through the LTM candidate ID and the SCell index in the LTM SCell SSB resource set;

[0527] If the LTM SSB resource set includes the SSB resource list, the LTM candidate ID list, and the serving cell information list, the corresponding SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration is determined through the LTM candidate ID and the serving cell information;

[0528] If the LTM SSB resource set includes the SSB resource list and the LTM candidate ID list, the corresponding candidate cell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration is determined through the LTM candidate ID.

[0529] Optionally, the processing device further includes at least one of the following:

[0530] The SSB resource list in the SSB resource set includes an SSB index list;

[0531] The SSB resource list in the LTM SSB resource set is used to indicate the SSB resource of the SCell corresponding to one or more LTM candidate cells or candidate cells (belonging to a cell group);

[0532] The entries in the SSB resource list, the LTM candidate ID list, and the service cell information list in the LTM SSB resource set correspond;

[0533] The terminal device associates the LTM candidate ID and the service cell information in the LTM SSB resource set with the corresponding SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration;

[0534] The corresponding SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration can be a candidate cell SSB configuration and / or a SCell SSB configuration corresponding to the candidate cell (belonging to a cell group).

[0535] The SSB resource list in the LTM SCell SSB resource set is used to indicate the SSB resource of the SCell corresponding to one or more LTM candidate cells;

[0536] The entries in the SSB resource list, the LTM candidate ID list, and the SCell index list in the LTM SCell SSB resource set correspond;

[0537] The terminal device associates the LTM candidate ID and the SCell index in the SCell SSB resource set with the corresponding SCell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration;

[0538] The LTM candidate ID list is used to indicate the LTM candidate configuration ID related to the SSB in the SSB resource list;

[0539] The SCell index list is used to indicate the SCell index related to the SSB in the SSB resource list;

[0540] The measurement result reporting indication for the corresponding SCell is used to indicate whether the reported content should include the measurement result related to the SCell of the candidate cell;

[0541] The service cell information is used to indicate the LTM candidate cell or the SCell corresponding to the LTM candidate cell;

[0542] The service cell information list is used to indicate the cell index related to the SSB in the SSB resource list;

[0543] If the serving cell index is the first value, the serving cell index is used to indicate the corresponding LTM candidate cell;

[0544] If the serving cell index is not the first value, the serving cell index is used to indicate the SCell index.

[0545] Optionally, the first value can be 0 or other values.

[0546] Optionally, the serving cell index can also be in other forms, used to indicate that the corresponding SSB resource is the SSB resource of the LTM candidate cell or the candidate cell corresponding to the SCell.

[0547] Optionally, the processing device further comprises at least one of the following:

[0548] Performing measurement based on the measurement resource to obtain a measurement result;

[0549] Generating or determining a measurement report according to the measurement result;

[0550] When the measurement reporting condition is met, reporting the measurement report;

[0551] Receiving an LTM handover command;

[0552] Performing LTM cell handover according to the LTM handover command.

[0553] Optionally, the processing device further comprises at least one of the following:

[0554] The measurement reporting condition being met includes at least one of periodic reporting, aperiodic reporting, semi-persistent reporting, and event-triggered reporting;

[0555] The measurement result of the SCell is reported together with the measurement result of the corresponding candidate cell;

[0556] The LTM handover command includes at least one of a target configuration ID, a TA command, a TCI state ID, and an SCell activation or deactivation indication;

[0557] If the LTM handover command does not include the activation or deactivation indication of the corresponding SCell, the state of the SCell is configured according to the preconfigured SCell state in the LTM candidate RRC configuration;

[0558] If the LTM handover command includes the activation or deactivation indication of the corresponding SCell, the state of the corresponding SCell is configured according to the indication.

[0559] The processing device provided by the embodiments of the present application has similar implementation principles and beneficial effects to the technical solutions shown by the above-mentioned corresponding method embodiments, and will not be described here in detail.

[0560] Ninth Embodiment

[0561] Referring to FIG. 9, FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a processing apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application, which can be mounted on or is a network device in the method embodiments described above. The processing apparatus shown in FIG. 9 can be used to perform part or all of the functions in the method embodiments described in the above embodiments. As shown in FIG. 9, the apparatus 170 includes:

[0562] The sending module 1701 is configured to send first configuration information, so that the terminal device determines measurement resources based on the first configuration information.

[0563] Optionally, the first configuration information includes at least one of LTM candidate configuration, LTM CSI resource configuration and LTM CSI reporting configuration.

[0564] Optionally, the processing apparatus further includes at least one of the following:

[0565] The LTM candidate configuration includes at least one of LTM candidate Id, LTM candidate RRC configuration, candidate cell SSB configuration and candidate cell corresponding SCell SSB configuration;

[0566] The LTM CSI resource configuration includes at least one of LTM CSI resource configuration Id, LTM SSB resource set and LTM SCell SSB resource set;

[0567] The LTM CSI reporting configuration includes at least one of LTM CSI reporting configuration Id, LTM CSI resource configuration Id, LTM reporting configuration type and LTM reporting content.

[0568] Optionally, the processing apparatus further includes at least one of the following:

[0569] The LTM candidate RRC configuration includes an RRC reconfiguration message for configuring the LTM candidate configuration;

[0570] The SCell SSB configuration includes at least one of SCell index, SSB frequency, SSB subcarrier spacing, SSB period and SSB burst position;

[0571] The SCell SSB configuration includes an SCell SSB configuration information list;

[0572] The SCell SSB configuration information includes at least one of SCell index, SSB frequency, SSB subcarrier spacing, SSB period and SSB burst position (ssb-PositionsInBurst);

[0573] ​The LTM SSB resource set is used to indicate the SSB resource set of a candidate cell and / or a SCell of the candidate cell for LTM measurement;

[0574] The LTM SSB resource set includes at least one of an SSB resource list, an LTM candidate ID list, and a serving cell information list;

[0575] The serving cell information is used to indicate information of a candidate cell and / or a SCell of the candidate cell corresponding to the SSB resource;

[0576] The serving cell information includes a serving cell index;

[0577] The LTM SCell SSB resource set is used to indicate the SSB resource set of a SCell for LTM measurement;

[0578] The LTM SCell SSB resource set includes at least one of an SSB resource list, an LTM candidate ID list, and a SCell index list;

[0579] The LTM reporting content includes at least one of a number of reported cells, a number of reported reference signals for each cell, a measurement result indication including a current SpCell, a measurement result reporting indication including a corresponding SCell, a maximum number of reported SCells, an indication of allowing reporting of any beam, and a maximum number of reported beams;

[0580] The LTM reporting configuration type includes at least one of periodic reporting, semi-persistent reporting, aperiodic reporting, and event-triggered reporting.

[0581] Optionally, the terminal device determines the measurement resource based on the first configuration information, including at least one of the following:

[0582] The terminal device determines the corresponding SCell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through the LTM candidate ID and the SCell index in the LTM SCell SSB resource set;

[0583] If the LTM SSB resource set includes an SSB resource list, an LTM candidate ID list, and a serving cell information list, the terminal device determines the corresponding SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through the LTM candidate ID and the serving cell information;

[0584] If the LTM SSB resource set includes an SSB resource list and an LTM candidate ID list, the terminal device determines the corresponding candidate cell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through the LTM candidate ID.

[0585] Optionally, the processing device further includes at least one of the following:

[0586] The SSB resource list includes an SSB index list;

[0587] The SSB resource list in the LTM SSB resource set is used to indicate the SSB resource of the SCell corresponding to one or more LTM candidate cells or candidate cells (the cell group to which the cell belongs);

[0588] The entries in the SSB resource list, the LTM candidate ID list, and the service cell information list in the LTM SSB resource set correspond;

[0589] The terminal device is associated with the corresponding SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through the LTM candidate ID and the service cell information in the LTM SSB resource set;

[0590] The SSB resource list in the LTM SCell SSB resource set is used to indicate the SSB resource of the SCell corresponding to one or more LTM candidate cells;

[0591] The entries in the SSB resource list, the LTM candidate ID list, and the SCell index list in the LTM SCell SSB resource set correspond;

[0592] The terminal device is associated with the corresponding SCell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through the LTM candidate ID and the SCell index in the SCell SSB resource set;

[0593] The LTM candidate ID list is used to indicate the LTM candidate configuration ID related to the SSB in the SSB resource list;

[0594] The SCell index list is used to indicate the SCell index related to the SSB in the SSB resource list;

[0595] The measurement result report indication for the corresponding SCell is used to indicate whether the reported content should include the measurement result related to the SCell of the candidate cell;

[0596] The service cell information is used to indicate the LTM candidate cell or the SCell corresponding to the LTM candidate cell;

[0597] The service cell information list is used to indicate the cell index related to the SSB in the SSB resource list;

[0598] If the service cell index is a first value, the service cell index is used to indicate the corresponding LTM candidate cell;

[0599] If the service cell index is not the first value, the service cell index is used to indicate the SCell index.

[0600] Optionally, the first value can be 0 or other values.

[0601] Optionally, the service cell index can also be in other forms, used to indicate that the corresponding SSB resource is an LTM candidate cell or an SSB resource of a candidate cell corresponding to the SCell.

[0602] Optionally, the processing device further comprises at least one of the following:

[0603] The terminal device performs measurement based on the measurement resource to obtain a measurement result;

[0604] Generate or determine a measurement report according to the measurement result;

[0605] When the measurement reporting condition is met, the terminal device reports the measurement report;

[0606] Receive the measurement report sent by the terminal device;

[0607] Send an LTM handover command according to the measurement report;

[0608] The terminal device performs LTM cell handover according to the LTM handover command.

[0609] Optionally, the processing device further comprises at least one of the following:

[0610] The measurement reporting condition is met, including at least one of periodic reporting, aperiodic reporting, semi-persistent reporting, and event-triggered reporting;

[0611] The measurement result of the SCell is reported together with the measurement result of the corresponding candidate cell;

[0612] The LTM handover command includes at least one of the target configuration ID, the TA command, the TCI state ID, and the SCell activation or deactivation indication;

[0613] If the LTM handover command does not include the activation or deactivation indication of the corresponding SCell, the terminal device configures the state of the SCell according to the preconfigured SCell state in the LTM candidate RRC configuration;

[0614] If the LTM handover command includes the activation or deactivation indication of the corresponding SCell, the terminal device configures the state of the corresponding SCell according to the indication.

[0615] The processing device provided by the embodiments of the present application has similar implementation principles and beneficial effects to the technical solutions shown in the above corresponding method embodiments, and will not be described here.

[0616] Referring to FIG. 10, FIG. 10 is a structural schematic diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 10, the communication device 180 described in the embodiment of the present application can be a terminal device (or a component used for the terminal device) or a network device (or a component used for the network device) mentioned in the method embodiments. The communication device 180 can be used to implement the method corresponding to the terminal device or the network device described in the method embodiments, for details, refer to the description in the method embodiments.

[0617] The communication device 180 can include one or more processors 1801, which can also be referred to as processing units, and can implement certain control or processing functions. The processor 1801 can be a general purpose processor or a special purpose processor, etc. For example, it can be a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor can be used to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processing unit can be used to control the communication device, execute software programs, and process data of the software programs.

[0618] Optionally, the processor 1801 can also store instructions 1803 or data (for example, intermediate data). Optionally, the instructions 1803 can be executed by the processor 1801, so that the communication device 180 performs the method corresponding to the terminal device or the network device described in the method embodiments.

[0619] Optionally, the communication device 180 can include a circuit, which can implement the functions of sending or receiving or communication in the method embodiments.

[0620] Optionally, the communication device 180 can include one or more memories 1802, which can store instructions 1804 that can be executed by the processor 1801, so that the communication device 180 performs the method described in the method embodiments.

[0621] Optionally, the memory 1802 can also store data. The processor 1801 and the memory 1802 can be separately arranged or integrated together.

[0622] Optionally, the communication device 180 can also include a transceiver 1805 and / or an antenna 1806. The processor 1801 can be referred to as a processing unit, and can control the communication device 180 (terminal device or core network device or radio access network device). The transceiver 1805 can be referred to as a transceiving unit, a transceiver, a transceiving circuit, or a transceiver, etc., and can implement the transceiving function of the communication device 180.

[0623] Optionally, if the communication device 180 is used to implement the operation of the terminal device corresponding to the above embodiments, for example, the transceiver 1805 can receive the first configuration information; and the processor 1801 can determine the measurement resource based on the first configuration information.

[0624] The implementation process of the processor 1801 and the transceiver 1805 can refer to the related description of the above embodiments, and will not be described here.

[0625] Optionally, if the communication device 180 is used to implement the operation of the network device corresponding to the above embodiments, for example, the first configuration information can be sent by the transceiver 1805.

[0626] The implementation process of the processor 1801 and the transceiver 1805 can refer to the related description of the above embodiments, and will not be described here.

[0627] The processor 1801 and the transceiver 1805 described in the present application can be implemented on an IC (Integrated Circuit), an analog integrated circuit, an RFIC (Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit), a mixed signal integrated circuit, an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), a PCB (Printed Circuit Board), an electronic device, etc. The processor 1801 and the transceiver 1805 can also be manufactured by various integrated circuit technology, such as CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor), NMOS (N Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor), PMOS (Positive channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor), BJT (Bipolar Junction Transistor), BiCMOS (Bi-polar CMOS), SiGe, GaAs, etc.

[0628] In the present application, the communication device can be a terminal device (such as a mobile phone) or a network device (such as a base station), which needs to be determined according to the context. In addition, the terminal device can be implemented in various forms. For example, the terminal device described in the present application can include mobile terminals such as mobile phones, tablet computers, notebook computers, palmtop computers, personal digital assistants (PDA), portable media players (PMP), navigation devices, wearable devices, smart bracelets, pedometers, etc., and fixed terminal devices such as digital TVs, desktop computers, etc.

[0629] Although in the above embodiment description, the communication device is described by taking the terminal device or the network device as an example, the range of the communication device described in the present application is not limited to the terminal device or the network device described above, and the structure of the communication device can not be limited by FIG. 10. The communication device can be a stand-alone device or can be part of a larger device.

[0630] The embodiment of the present application further provides a communication system, comprising: the terminal device in any of the above embodiments; and the network device in any of the above embodiments.

[0631] The embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device, comprising a memory and a processor, and the memory stores a processing program, and the processing program is executed by the processor to implement the steps of the processing method in any of the above embodiments.

[0632] The communication device in the present application can be a terminal device (such as a mobile phone), can be a network device (such as a base station), and can also be a chip (such as a SOC or a baseband chip with a communication function), and the specific meaning needs to be clarified according to the context.

[0633] The embodiment of the present application further provides a computer readable storage medium, and the computer readable storage medium stores a processing program, and the processing program is executed by the processor to implement the steps of the processing method in any of the above embodiments.

[0634] In the embodiment of the communication device and the storage medium provided by the embodiment of the present application, all the technical features of any of the above processing method embodiments can be contained, and the description and explanation contents are basically the same as those of the above method embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

[0635] The embodiment of the present application further provides a computer program product, and the computer program product comprises computer program code, which, when running on a computer, causes the computer to execute the method in various possible embodiments described above.

[0636] The embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, comprising a memory and a processor, the memory is used to store a computer program, and the processor is used to call and run the computer program from the memory, so that the device installed with the chip executes the method in various possible embodiments described above.

[0637] It can be understood that the above scenarios are only examples and do not constitute a limitation on the application scenarios of the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present application. The technical solutions of the present application can also be applied to other scenarios. For example, those skilled in the art can know that with the evolution of system architecture and the appearance of new business scenarios, the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present application are also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0638] The above sequence numbers of the embodiments of the present application are only for description, and do not represent the advantages or disadvantages of the embodiments.

[0639] The steps in the method of the embodiments of the present application can be adjusted in sequence, combined and deleted according to actual needs.

[0640] The units in the device of the embodiments of the present application can be combined, divided and deleted according to actual needs.

[0641] In the present application, for the same or similar term concept, technical solution and / or application scene description, generally only the first time is described in detail, and the repeated description is omitted for brevity. When understanding the technical solutions of the present application, the same or similar term concept, technical solution and / or application scene description which is not described in detail can be referred to the previous related description.

[0642] In the present application, the description of each embodiment has its own emphasis, and the part not described or recorded in a certain embodiment can be referred to the related description of other embodiments.

[0643] The technical features of the technical solutions of the present application can be combined arbitrarily, and in order to make the description simple, all possible combinations of the technical features in the above embodiments are not described, however, as long as the combination of the technical features does not exist contradictory, it should be considered as the range recorded in the present application.

[0644] From the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the above-mentioned embodiment method can be realized by means of software and necessary general hardware platform, of course, it can also be realized by hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better embodiment. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present application can be embodied in the form of software product, which is stored in the above-mentioned storage medium (such as ROM / RAM, magnetic disc, optical disc), including a plurality of instructions for making a terminal device (which can be a mobile phone, computer, server, controlled terminal device, or network device, etc.) execute the method of each embodiment of the present application.

[0645] In the above embodiments, 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 instructions. When the computer program instructions are loaded and executed on a computer, all or part of the processes or functions according to the embodiments of the present application are generated. The computer can be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable apparatus. The computer instructions can be stored in a storage medium or transferred from one storage medium to another storage medium, for example, the computer instructions 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) or wireless (such as infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) mode. The storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed 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, storage disk, magnetic tape), optical media (such as DVD), or semiconductor media (such as solid state disk (SSD)) and the like.

[0646] The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present application, and does not limit the patent scope of the present application, and any equivalent structure or equivalent process transformation using the content of the specification and drawings of the present application, or direct or indirect application in other related technical fields, are also included in the patent protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A processing method, wherein, The application is applied to a terminal device and comprises the following steps: S2: determining a measurement resource based on first configuration information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, The first configuration information comprises at least one of LTM candidate configuration, LTM CSI resource configuration and LTM CSI reporting configuration.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein, Further comprising at least one of the following: The LTM candidate configuration comprises at least one of LTM candidate Id, LTM candidate RRC configuration, candidate cell SSB configuration and SCell SSB configuration corresponding to the candidate cell; The LTM CSI resource configuration comprises at least one of LTM CSI resource configuration Id, LTM SSB resource set and LTM SCell SSB resource set; The LTM CSI reporting configuration comprises at least one of LTM CSI reporting configuration Id, LTM CSI resource configuration Id, LTM reporting configuration type and LTM reporting content.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein, Further comprising at least one of the following: The LTM candidate RRC configuration comprises an RRC reconfiguration message for configuring the LTM candidate configuration; The SCell SSB configuration comprises at least one of SCell index, SSB frequency, SSB subcarrier spacing, SSB periodicity and SSB burst position; The LTM SSB resource set is used for indicating SSB resource set of a candidate cell and / or SCell of the candidate cell for LTM measurement; The LTM SSB resource set comprises at least one of SSB resource list, LTM candidate Id list and serving cell information list; The LTM SCell SSB resource set is used for indicating SSB resource set of an SCell for LTM measurement; The LTM SCell SSB resource set comprises at least one of SSB resource list, LTM candidate Id list and SCell index list; The LTM reporting content comprises at least one of reported cell number, reported reference signal number of each cell, measurement result indication containing a current SpCell, measurement result reporting indication containing a corresponding SCell, maximum number of reported SCells, allowed arbitrary beam reporting indication and maximum number of reported beams; The LTM reporting configuration type comprises at least one of periodic reporting, semi-persistent reporting, aperiodic reporting and event-triggered reporting.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein, Step S2 comprises at least one of the following: The corresponding SCell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration is determined through the LTM candidate Id and SCell index in the LTM SCell SSB resource set; If the LTM SSB resource set comprises SSB resource list, LTM candidate Id list and serving cell information list, the corresponding SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration is determined through the LTM candidate Id and serving cell information; If the LTM SSB resource set comprises SSB resource list and LTM candidate Id list, the corresponding candidate cell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration is determined through the LTM candidate Id.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein, Further comprising at least one of the following: The serving cell information comprises serving cell index; The SSB resource list comprises SSB index list; The SSB resource list in the LTM SSB resource set is used to indicate the SSB resource of one or more LTM candidate cells or the SCell corresponding to the candidate cell pair; The entries in the SSB resource list, the LTM candidate ID list and the serving cell information list in the LTM SSB resource set correspond to each other; The terminal device is associated with the corresponding SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through the LTM candidate ID in the LTM SSB resource set and the serving cell information; The SSB resource list in the LTM SCell SSB resource set is used to indicate the SSB resource of one or more LTM candidate cells corresponding to the SCell; The entries in the SSB resource list, the LTM candidate ID list and the SCell index list in the LTM SCell SSB resource set correspond to each other; The terminal device is associated with the corresponding SCell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through the LTM candidate ID in the SCell SSB resource set and the SCell index; The LTM candidate ID list is used to indicate the LTM candidate configuration ID related to the SSB in the SSB resource list; The SCell index list is used to indicate the SCell index related to the SSB in the SSB resource list; The measurement result reporting of the corresponding SCell is used to indicate whether the reporting content should include the measurement result of the SCell related to the candidate cell; The serving cell information is used to indicate the LTM candidate cell or the SCell corresponding to the LTM candidate cell; The serving cell information list is used to indicate the cell index related to the SSB in the SSB resource list.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein, Further comprising at least one of the following: If the serving cell index is a first value, the serving cell index is used to indicate the corresponding LTM candidate cell; If the serving cell index is not the first value, the serving cell index is used to indicate the SCell index; Performing measurement based on the measurement resource to obtain the measurement result; Generating or determining the measurement report according to the measurement result; Reporting the measurement report when the measurement reporting condition is met; Receiving the LTM handover command; Performing LTM cell handover according to the LTM handover command.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein, Further comprising at least one of the following: The measurement reporting condition being met includes at least one of periodic reporting, aperiodic reporting, semi-persistent reporting and event triggered reporting; The measurement result of the SCell is reported together with the measurement result of the corresponding candidate cell; The LTM handover command includes at least one of the target configuration ID, the TA command, the TCI state ID and the SCell activation or deactivation indication; If the LTM handover command does not include the activation or deactivation indication of the corresponding SCell, the state of the SCell is configured according to the preconfigured SCell state in the LTM candidate RRC configuration; If the LTM handover command includes the activation or deactivation indication of the corresponding SCell, the state of the corresponding SCell is configured according to the indication.

9. A processing method, wherein, Applied to a network device, comprising the steps of: S1: sending first configuration information to enable the terminal device to determine the measurement resource based on the first configuration information.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein, The first configuration information comprises at least one of an LTM candidate configuration, an LTM CSI resource configuration, and an LTM CSI reporting configuration.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein, Further comprising at least one of: The LTM candidate configuration comprises at least one of an LTM candidate ID, an LTM candidate RRC configuration, a candidate cell SSB configuration, and a candidate cell corresponding SCell SSB configuration; The LTM CSI resource configuration comprises at least one of an LTM CSI resource configuration ID, an LTM SSB resource set, and an LTM SCell SSB resource set; The LTM CSI reporting configuration comprises at least one of an LTM CSI reporting configuration ID, an LTM CSI resource configuration ID, an LTM reporting type, and LTM reporting content.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein, Further comprising at least one of: The LTM candidate RRC configuration comprises an RRC reconfiguration message for configuring the LTM candidate configuration; The SCell SSB configuration comprises at least one of an SCell index, an SSB frequency, an SSB subcarrier spacing, an SSB periodicity, and an SSB burst position; The LTM SSB resource set is used for indicating an SSB resource set of a candidate cell and / or a SCell of the candidate cell for LTM measurement; The LTM SSB resource set comprises at least one of an SSB resource list, an LTM candidate ID list, and a serving cell information list; The LTM SCell SSB resource set is used for indicating an SSB resource set of a SCell for LTM measurement; The LTM SCell SSB resource set comprises at least one of an SSB resource list, an LTM candidate ID list, and an SCell index list; The LTM reporting content comprises at least one of a number of reported cells, a number of reported reference signals per cell, a measurement result indication including a current SpCell, a measurement result reporting indication including a corresponding SCell, a maximum number of reported SCells, an indication of allowing reporting of any beam, and a maximum number of reported beams; The LTM reporting type comprises at least one of periodic reporting, semi-persistent reporting, aperiodic reporting, and event-triggered reporting.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein, The terminal device determines a measurement resource based on the first configuration information, comprising at least one of: The terminal device determines a corresponding SCell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through an LTM candidate ID and an SCell index in the LTM SCell SSB resource set; If the LTM SSB resource set comprises an SSB resource list, an LTM candidate ID list, and a serving cell information list, the terminal device determines a corresponding SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through an LTM candidate ID and serving cell information; If the LTM SSB resource set comprises an SSB resource list and an LTM candidate ID list, the terminal device determines a corresponding candidate cell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through an LTM candidate ID.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein, Further comprising at least one of: The serving cell information comprises a serving cell index; The SSB resource list comprises an SSB index list; The SSB resource list in the LTM SSB resource set is used to indicate the SSB resource of one or more LTM candidate cells or the SCell corresponding to the candidate cell pair; The entries in the SSB resource list, the LTM candidate ID list, and the serving cell information list in the LTM SSB resource set correspond to each other; The terminal device is associated with the corresponding SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through the LTM candidate ID in the LTM SSB resource set and the serving cell information; The SSB resource list in the LTM SCell SSB resource set is used to indicate the SSB resource of one or more LTM candidate cells corresponding to the SCell; The entries in the SSB resource list, the LTM candidate ID list, and the SCell index list in the LTM SCell SSB resource set correspond to each other; The terminal device is associated with the corresponding SCell SSB configuration in the LTM candidate configuration through the LTM candidate ID in the SCell SSB resource set and the SCell index; The LTM candidate ID list is used to indicate the LTM candidate configuration ID related to the SSB in the SSB resource list; The SCell index list is used to indicate the SCell index related to the SSB in the SSB resource list; The measurement result reporting indication for the corresponding SCell is used to indicate whether the reported content should include the measurement result of the SCell related to the candidate cell; The serving cell information is used to indicate the LTM candidate cell or the SCell corresponding to the LTM candidate cell; The serving cell information list is used to indicate the cell index related to the SSB in the SSB resource list.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein, Further comprising at least one of the following: If the serving cell index is a first value, the serving cell index is used to indicate the corresponding LTM candidate cell; If the serving cell index is not the first value, the serving cell index is used to indicate the SCell index; The terminal device performs measurement based on the measurement resource to obtain the measurement result; The measurement report is generated or determined according to the measurement result; When the measurement reporting condition is met, the terminal device reports the measurement report; The terminal device receives the measurement report sent by the terminal device; The LTM handover command is sent according to the measurement report; The terminal device performs LTM cell handover according to the LTM handover command.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein, Further comprising at least one of the following: The measurement reporting condition is met, including at least one of periodic reporting, aperiodic reporting, semi-persistent reporting, and event-triggered reporting; The measurement result of the SCell is reported together with the corresponding candidate cell measurement result; The LTM handover command includes at least one of the target configuration ID, the TA command, the TCI state ID, and the SCell activation or deactivation indication; If the LTM handover command does not include the activation or deactivation indication of the corresponding SCell, the terminal device configures the state of the SCell according to the preconfigured SCell state in the LTM candidate RRC configuration; If the LTM handover command includes the activation or deactivation indication of the corresponding SCell, the terminal device configures the state of the corresponding SCell according to the indication.

17. A communication device, wherein, Comprise: A memory, a processor, the memory has a processing program stored thereon, and the processing program is executed by the processor to implement the processing method in claim 1 or 9.

18. A computer readable storage medium, wherein, The computer readable storage medium has a processing program stored thereon, and the processing program is executed by the processor to implement the processing method in claim 1 or 9.

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