Communication method and apparatus

Abstract

A communication method and apparatus, which are applied to the technical field of communications. The method comprises: a terminal device sending first information to a network device, the first information comprising first indication information, the first indication information being used for indicating information supporting measurement occasions that are not used for measurement, and the first indication information being associated with first measurement performance; and receiving second information from the network device, the second information being associated with the information supporting the measurement occasions that are not used for measurement, and the second information being used for indicating measurement occasions that are not used for measurement within a first duration, wherein the first measurement performance is one of the following: the measurement performance not being impacted, the measurement latency being prolonged, the measurement accuracy being reduced, or the measurement performance failing to meet measurement requirements. By means of the present application, differentiated preemption of measurement occasions can be performed on the basis of measurement performance, thereby facilitating the balance between service requirements and the measurement performance.

Description

Communication method and apparatus

[0001] Cross-reference to Related Applications

[0002] This application claims priority to the Chinese Patent Application No. 202411100965.8, filed on August 9, 2024, and entitled "A Communication Method and Apparatus", the content of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. TECHNICAL FIELD

[0003] The present application relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a communication method and apparatus. BACKGROUND

[0004] In a mobile communication system, a terminal device can perform mobility measurement in a measurement occasion configured by a network device, and send a measurement result to the network device; the network device can perform operations such as addition or deletion of a secondary carrier, cell switching, etc. according to the measurement result. Generally, transmission of service data is not allowed in the measurement occasion. In a possible scenario, for a service with high demand (e.g., a time-sensitive service, etc.), data of the service can preempt part of the measurement occasion for transmission. In other words, the terminal device can use part of the measurement occasion originally used for measurement to transmit data to meet the service demand, but this will cause the measurement performance to decrease, and even the measurement result to be unavailable. Therefore, how to balance the service demand and the measurement performance is a problem to be solved. SUMMARY

[0005] Embodiments of the present application provide a communication method and apparatus for differentiating measurement occasion preemption according to measurement performance, which is beneficial to balance the service demand and the measurement performance.

[0006] In a first aspect, the present application provides a communication method, which is applied to a terminal device, for example, can be executed by the terminal device, or can be executed by an apparatus in the terminal device. Illustratively, the apparatus in the terminal device can refer to a component (e.g., a processor, a chip, or a chip system, etc.) in the terminal device, or can also refer to a logical module or software, etc. capable of realizing all or part of the functions of the terminal device.

[0007] The method can comprise: sending, by the terminal device, first information to the network device, the first information comprising first indication information, the first indication information being used to indicate information about a measurement occasion not being used for measurement, the first indication information being associated with a first measurement performance; receiving, by the terminal device, second information from the network device, the second information being associated with the information about the measurement occasion not being used for measurement, the second information being used to indicate a measurement occasion not being used for measurement within a first time length; and wherein the first measurement performance is one of: measurement performance not being affected, measurement time delay being lengthened, measurement accuracy being reduced, or measurement performance not meeting measurement requirements.

[0008] Optionally, the measurement occasion not being used for measurement can be replaced by a measurement occasion being pre-empted (or occupied); or can also be replaced by a measurement occasion being skipped; or can also be replaced by a measurement occasion being cancelled; or can also be replaced by a measurement occasion being data-scheduled; or can also be replaced by a measurement occasion being enabled to be transmitted or received.

[0009] In the embodiments of the present application, the first indication information indicates information about a measurement occasion not being used for measurement, and the first indication information is associated with a first measurement performance. In this way, the terminal device and the network device can reach an agreement on the measurement performance that is met when the measurement occasion is not used for measurement, so that differentiated pre-emption of the measurement occasion can be performed according to the measurement performance, which is beneficial to balancing the service requirement and the measurement performance.

[0010] In a possible implementation, the terminal device can further perform measurement according to the second information, wherein the measurement occasion indicated by the second information is not used for measurement.

[0011] According to the above implementation, the terminal device can perform measurement according to the second information, and the second information is associated with pre-emption of the measurement occasion associated with the measurement performance. In this way, the measurement performance of the measurement performed by the terminal device according to the second information is the same as the measurement performance expected by the network device, which is beneficial to balancing the service requirement and the measurement performance.

[0012] In a second aspect, the present application provides a communication method, which is applied to a terminal device, for example, can be executed by the terminal device, or can be executed by an apparatus in the terminal device. Illustratively, the apparatus in the terminal device can refer to a component (for example, a processor, a chip, or a chip system, etc.) in the terminal device, or can also refer to a logical module or software, etc. that can realize all or part of the functions of the terminal device.

[0013] The method can comprise: receiving, by the terminal device, second information from the network device, the second information being associated with information supporting measurement occasions not used for measurement, the second information being used to indicate measurement occasions not used for measurement within a first time length, the information supporting measurement occasions not used for measurement being associated with a first measurement performance; and performing measurement according to the second information, wherein the measurement occasions indicated by the second information are not used for measurement; and wherein the first measurement performance is one of: measurement performance has no influence, measurement delay is extended, measurement accuracy is reduced, or measurement performance does not meet measurement requirements.

[0014] Optionally, the measurement occasions not used for measurement can be replaced by measurement occasions supporting preemption (or occupation); or can also be replaced by measurement occasions supporting skipping; or can also be replaced by measurement occasions supporting cancellation; or can also be replaced by measurement occasions supporting data scheduling; or can also be replaced by measurement occasions enabling transmission or reception.

[0015] In a possible implementation, the terminal device can further send first information to the network device, the first information comprising first indication information, the first indication information being used to indicate the information supporting measurement occasions not used for measurement, the first indication information being associated with the first measurement performance.

[0016] The technical effects achieved by the second aspect and any possible implementation thereof can be referred to the technical effects achieved by the first aspect and any possible implementation thereof, which will not be repeated.

[0017] Based on the first aspect or the second aspect, in a possible implementation, the terminal device performing measurement according to the second information can be replaced by: the terminal device determining first measurement occasions according to the second information, the first measurement occasions being measurement occasions within the first time length except for the measurement occasions indicated by the second information; and performing measurement according to the first measurement occasions.

[0018] Through the above implementation, after the network device indicates that part of the measurement occasions are not used for measurement, the terminal device can re-determine the measurement period for measurement to perform measurement operations.

[0019] Based on the first aspect or the second aspect, in a possible implementation, the terminal device performing measurement according to the first measurement occasions can be replaced by: the terminal device determining a second measurement period according to the first measurement performance and / or the first measurement occasions; and performing measurement according to the second measurement period.

[0020] By the above implementation manner, after the network device indicates that part of the measurement occasions are not used for measurement, the measurement period can be changed, and the terminal device needs to re-determine the measurement period to improve the measurement performance.

[0021] In a possible implementation manner of the first aspect or the second aspect, the terminal device can further receive third information from the network device, the third information being used for indicating measurement occasions, and the third information indicating that the measurement occasions include the measurement occasions that support not being used for measurement.

[0022] By the above implementation manner, the network device can configure the terminal device with the related information of the measurement occasions.

[0023] In a possible implementation manner of the first aspect or the second aspect, the third information includes at least one of the following: a first measurement period of the measurement occasions, a measurement start time, or a time length of the measurement occasions.

[0024] In a possible implementation manner of the first aspect or the second aspect, the first information further includes information of the first measurement performance.

[0025] By the above implementation manner, the terminal device can report the information of the first measurement performance associated with the first indication information to the network device to show the measurement performance associated with the first indication information, or the terminal device can report the measurement performance associated with the first indication information to the network device in an implicit manner, and the implementation manner is flexible and can adapt to different communication scenarios.

[0026] In a possible implementation manner of the first aspect or the second aspect, the first information further includes M indication information, the M indication information being associated with at least one measurement performance, and the at least one measurement performance includes at least one of the following: no influence on the measurement performance, measurement time delay extension, measurement accuracy reduction, and measurement performance not meeting measurement requirements, and M is an integer greater than 0.

[0027] By the above implementation manner, the terminal device can send multiple indication information to the network device, which can adapt to more communication scenarios and is beneficial to balance the business demand and the measurement performance.

[0028] In a possible implementation manner of the first aspect or the second aspect, the measurement performance has no influence, including: the measurement time delay satisfies a first threshold value and the measurement accuracy satisfies a first range; the measurement time delay is prolonged, including: the measurement time delay satisfies a second threshold value and the measurement accuracy satisfies a second range, the second threshold value is greater than the first threshold value, and the measurement accuracy of the second range is worse than the measurement accuracy of the first range; the measurement accuracy is reduced, including: the measurement time delay satisfies a third threshold value and the measurement accuracy satisfies a third range, the third threshold value is the first threshold value or greater than the first threshold value, and the measurement accuracy of the third range is worse than the measurement accuracy of the first range; the measurement performance does not satisfy a measurement requirement, including: the measurement time delay does not satisfy a measurement time delay requirement and / or the measurement accuracy does not satisfy a measurement accuracy requirement.

[0029] Through the implementation manners, the measurement performance can be divided into multiple types, which can adapt to different communication scenarios with different measurement performances, so that differentiated measurement occasion preemption can be performed according to the measurement performance, and the balance between service demand and measurement performance can be facilitated.

[0030] In a possible implementation manner of the first aspect or the second aspect, the first threshold value is that all measurement occasions in the first time length support measurement time delay for measurement; the first range is that all measurement occasions in the first time length support measurement accuracy for measurement; the second threshold value is determined by the first threshold value and a first value, and the first value is determined by information about measurement occasions that do not support measurement associated with the measurement time delay being prolonged; the third threshold value is greater than the first threshold value, and the third threshold value is determined by the first threshold value and a second value, and the second value is determined by information about measurement occasions that do not support measurement associated with the measurement accuracy being reduced.

[0031] In a possible implementation manner of the first aspect or the second aspect, the information about measurement occasions that do not support measurement includes: a bitmap of measurement occasions that do not support measurement in the first time length; or a quantity of measurement occasions that do not support measurement in the first time length; or a range of the quantity of measurement occasions that do not support measurement in the first time length; or a maximum time interval between adjacent measurement occasions that support measurement; or a maximum time interval between adjacent measurement occasions that do not support measurement.

[0032] Through the implementation manners, the terminal device can send the information about measurement occasions that do not support measurement to the network device in multiple manners, the implementation manners are flexible, and more communication scenarios can be adapted.

[0033] In a possible implementation of the first aspect or the second aspect, the second information is associated with the information of the measurement occasions not used for measurement, and the second information can be replaced by: the measurement occasions indicated by the second information are the measurement occasions not used for measurement; the number of the measurement occasions indicated by the second information is less than or equal to the number of the measurement occasions not used for measurement; or the number of the measurement occasions indicated by the second information belongs to the range of the number of the measurement occasions not used for measurement.

[0034] In a possible implementation of the first aspect or the second aspect, the first indication information is further associated with a first frequency point to be measured; or the first indication information is further associated with a first frequency range, and the first frequency range includes the frequency point to be measured; or the first indication information is further associated with a first frequency domain range, and the first frequency domain range includes the frequency point to be measured.

[0035] Through the above implementation, the terminal device can send the information of the measurement occasions not used for measurement to the network device in multiple granularities, and the implementation is flexible and can adapt to more communication scenarios.

[0036] In a possible implementation of the first aspect or the second aspect, the measurement occasion includes a measurement gap and / or a synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block measurement occasion configuration. Optionally, the synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block measurement occasion configuration can be a synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block measurement occasion configuration with scheduling restriction.

[0037] In a third aspect, a communication method is provided. The method can be applied to a network device, for example, can be executed by the network device, or can be executed by an apparatus in the network device. Illustratively, the apparatus in the network device can refer to a component (for example, a processor, a chip, or a chip system, etc.) in the network device, or can refer to a logical module or software capable of realizing all or part of the functions of the network device.

[0038] The method can include: receiving, by a network device, first information from a terminal device, the first information including first indication information, the first indication information being used to indicate information of measurement occasions not used for measurement, the first indication information being associated with a first measurement performance; and sending, by the network device, second information to the terminal device, the second information being associated with the information of the measurement occasions not used for measurement, the second information being used to indicate the measurement occasions not used for measurement in a first time length; and wherein the first measurement performance is one of: no influence on measurement performance, measurement delay extension, measurement accuracy reduction, or measurement performance not meeting measurement requirements.

[0039] Optionally, the measurement occasion not used for measurement can be replaced by a measurement occasion pre-empted (or occupied); or can also be replaced by a measurement occasion skipped; or can also be replaced by a measurement occasion cancelled; or can also be replaced by a measurement occasion data-scheduled; or can also be replaced by a measurement occasion enabled to transmit or receive.

[0040] In a fourth aspect, a communication method is provided. The method can be applied to a network device, for example, can be executed by the network device, or can be executed by an apparatus in the network device. Illustratively, the apparatus in the network device can refer to a component (for example, a processor, a chip, or a chip system, etc.) in the network device, or can also refer to a logical module or software capable of realizing all or part of the functions of the network device.

[0041] The method can include: the network device sending, to a terminal device, second information associated with information about a measurement occasion not used for measurement, the second information being used to indicate a measurement occasion not used for measurement within a first time length, the information about the measurement occasion not used for measurement being associated with a first measurement performance; and wherein the first measurement performance is one of: no impact on measurement performance, measurement delay extended, measurement accuracy reduced, or measurement performance not meeting measurement requirements.

[0042] Optionally, the measurement occasion not used for measurement can be replaced by a measurement occasion pre-empted (or occupied); or can also be replaced by a measurement occasion skipped; or can also be replaced by a measurement occasion cancelled; or can also be replaced by a measurement occasion data-scheduled; or can also be replaced by a measurement occasion enabled to transmit or receive.

[0043] In a possible implementation, the network device can further receive first information from the terminal device, the first information including first indication information used to indicate the information about the measurement occasion not used for measurement, the first indication information being associated with the first measurement performance.

[0044] Based on the third aspect or the fourth aspect described above, in a possible implementation, the network device can further determine, according to fourth information and the information about the measurement occasion not used for measurement, a measurement occasion not used for measurement within the first time length, wherein the fourth information includes location information of the terminal device and / or service information corresponding to the terminal device.

[0045] In a possible implementation manner of the third aspect or the fourth aspect, the network device can further send third information to the terminal device, the third information being used for indicating measurement occasions, and the third information indicating that the measurement occasions include the measurement occasions not used for measurement.

[0046] In a possible implementation manner of the third aspect or the fourth aspect, the third information includes at least one of the following: a first measurement period of the measurement occasions, a measurement start moment, or a time length of the measurement occasions.

[0047] In a possible implementation manner of the third aspect or the fourth aspect, the first information further includes information of the first measurement performance.

[0048] In a possible implementation manner of the third aspect or the fourth aspect, the first information further includes M pieces of indication information, the M pieces of indication information being associated with at least one measurement performance, wherein the at least one measurement performance includes at least one of the following: measurement performance has no influence, measurement time delay is extended, measurement accuracy is reduced, measurement performance does not meet measurement requirements, and the M is an integer greater than 0.

[0049] In a possible implementation manner of the third aspect or the fourth aspect, the measurement performance has no influence includes that the measurement time delay meets a first threshold value and the measurement accuracy meets a first range; the measurement time delay is extended includes that the measurement time delay meets a second threshold value and the measurement accuracy meets a second range, the second threshold value is greater than the first threshold value, and the measurement accuracy of the second range is worse than the measurement accuracy of the first range; the measurement accuracy is reduced includes that the measurement time delay meets a third threshold value and the measurement accuracy meets a third range, the third threshold value is the first threshold value or the third threshold value is greater than the first threshold value, and the measurement accuracy of the third range is worse than the measurement accuracy of the first range; and the measurement performance does not meet measurement requirements includes that the measurement time delay does not meet a measurement time delay requirement and / or the measurement accuracy does not meet a measurement accuracy requirement.

[0050] In a possible implementation manner of the third aspect or the fourth aspect, the first threshold value is that all measurement occasions in the first time length support a measurement time delay for measurement; the first range is a range of measurement accuracy supported by all measurement occasions in the first time length for measurement; the second threshold value is determined by the first threshold value and a first value, and the first value is determined by information of measurement occasions not supporting measurement associated with the measurement time delay; and the third threshold value is greater than the first threshold value, and the third threshold value is determined by the first threshold value and a second value, and the second value is determined by information of measurement occasions not supporting measurement associated with the measurement accuracy reduction.

[0051] In a possible implementation manner of the third aspect or the fourth aspect, the information of measurement occasions not supporting measurement includes: a bitmap of measurement occasions not supporting measurement in the first time length; or a number of measurement occasions not supporting measurement in the first time length; or a range of the number of measurement occasions not supporting measurement in the first time length; or a maximum time interval between adjacent measurement occasions for measurement; or a maximum time interval between adjacent measurement occasions not supporting measurement.

[0052] In a possible implementation manner of the third aspect or the fourth aspect, the second information is associated with the information of measurement occasions not supporting measurement, which can be replaced by: the measurement occasion indicated by the second information is the measurement occasion not supporting measurement; the number of measurement occasions indicated by the second information is less than or equal to the number of measurement occasions not supporting measurement; or the number of measurement occasions indicated by the second information belongs to the range of the number of measurement occasions not supporting measurement.

[0053] In a possible implementation manner of the third aspect or the fourth aspect, the first indication information is further associated with a first frequency point to be measured; or the first indication information is further associated with a first frequency range, and the first frequency range includes the frequency point to be measured; or the first indication information is further associated with a first frequency domain range, and the first frequency domain range includes the frequency point to be measured.

[0054] In a possible implementation manner of the third aspect or the fourth aspect, the measurement occasion includes a measurement gap and / or a synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block measurement occasion configuration. Optionally, the synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block measurement occasion configuration can be a synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block measurement occasion configuration with scheduling restriction.

[0055] The technical effects achieved by the third aspect or the fourth aspect and any possible implementation of the third aspect or the fourth aspect can be referred to the technical effects achieved by the first aspect or the second aspect and any possible implementation of the first aspect or the second aspect, which will not be repeated here.

[0056] In a fifth aspect, a communication apparatus is provided, which can be used to execute the method in the first aspect or the second aspect and any possible implementation of the first aspect or the second aspect. The communication apparatus can be a terminal device or a component in the terminal device. The communication apparatus can include a module, a unit or a means corresponding to the method in the first aspect or the second aspect and any possible implementation of the first aspect or the second aspect, which can be implemented in hardware, software or by executing corresponding software in hardware. The hardware or software includes one or more modules or units corresponding to the above functions.

[0057] In a possible implementation, the communication apparatus can include a baseband apparatus and a radio frequency apparatus.

[0058] In another possible implementation, the communication apparatus can include a processing module (also referred to as a processing unit) and a transceiver module (also referred to as a transceiver unit). The transceiver module can implement the sending function and the receiving function. When the transceiver module implements the sending function, it can be referred to as a sending module (also referred to as a sending unit). When the transceiver module implements the receiving function, it can be referred to as a receiving module (also referred to as a receiving unit). The sending module and the receiving module can be the same functional module, which is referred to as a transceiver module and can implement the sending function and the receiving function. Alternatively, the sending module and the receiving module can be different functional modules, and the transceiver module refers to these functional modules in general.

[0059] In a sixth aspect, a communication apparatus is provided, which can be used to execute the method in the third aspect or the fourth aspect and any possible implementation of the third aspect or the fourth aspect. The communication apparatus can be a network device or a component in the network device. The communication apparatus can include a module, a unit or a means corresponding to the method in the third aspect or the fourth aspect and any possible implementation of the third aspect or the fourth aspect, which can be implemented in hardware, software or by executing corresponding software in hardware. The hardware or software includes one or more modules or units corresponding to the above functions.

[0060] In a possible implementation, the communication apparatus can include a baseband apparatus and a radio frequency apparatus.

[0061] In another possible implementation, the communication apparatus can include a processing module (also referred to as a processing unit) and a transceiver module (also referred to as a transceiver unit). The transceiver module can implement the sending function and the receiving function. When the transceiver module implements the sending function, it can be referred to as a sending module (also referred to as a sending unit). When the transceiver module implements the receiving function, it can be referred to as a receiving module (also referred to as a receiving unit). The sending module and the receiving module can be the same functional module, which is referred to as a transceiver module and can implement the sending function and the receiving function. Alternatively, the sending module and the receiving module can be different functional modules, and the transceiver module refers to these functional modules in general.

[0062] In a seventh aspect, the present application provides a communication system, which can include the communication apparatus provided in the fifth aspect and / or the communication apparatus provided in the sixth aspect.

[0063] In an eighth aspect, the present application further provides a communication apparatus. The communication apparatus can include one or more processors. Optionally, the communication apparatus can further include a memory. The memory is configured to store one or more computer programs or instructions. The one or more processors are configured to execute the one or more computer programs or instructions stored in the memory, so that the communication apparatus performs the method in any one of the first aspect to the fourth aspect and any possible implementation thereof.

[0064] In a ninth aspect, the present application further provides a communication apparatus, which includes a processor and an interface circuit. The interface circuit is configured to receive a signal from another communication apparatus outside the communication apparatus and transmit the signal to the processor or send a signal from the processor to another communication apparatus outside the communication apparatus. The processor is configured to implement the method in any one of the aspects described above by means of a logic circuit or by executing computer programs or instructions. The communication apparatus can be a terminal device in the first aspect or the second aspect, or an apparatus included in the terminal device, such as a chip; or the communication apparatus can be a network device in the third aspect or the fourth aspect, or an apparatus included in the network device.

[0065] In some possible designs, when the apparatus is a chip system, the apparatus can be composed of a chip or can include a chip and other discrete devices.

[0066] In a tenth aspect, the present application further provides a chip system, which includes at least one chip and a memory. The at least one chip is configured to read and execute a program stored in the memory, so as to implement the method in any one of the first aspect to the fourth aspect and any possible implementation thereof.

[0067] In a eleventh aspect, the present application also provides a computer readable storage medium for storing a computer program or instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the method in any one of the first aspect to the fourth aspect and any possible implementation thereof to be implemented.

[0068] In a twelfth aspect, the present application also provides a computer program product comprising a computer program or instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the method in any one of the first aspect to the fourth aspect and any possible implementation thereof to be implemented.

[0069] The technical effects achieved by the fifth aspect to the twelfth aspect and any possible implementation thereof can be referred to the technical effects achieved by any one of the first aspect to the fourth aspect and any possible implementation thereof, which will not be repeated here. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0070] FIG. 1A is an architecture diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0071] FIG. 1B is another architecture diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0072] FIG. 1C is an architecture diagram of an open access network device according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0073] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of intra-frequency measurement and inter-frequency measurement according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0074] FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of pre-emption of a GAP according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0075] FIG. 4 is a flow diagram of a first communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0076] FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of no impact on measurement performance according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0077] FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of extended measurement time according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0078] FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of measurement performance not meeting measurement requirements according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0079] FIG. 8 is a flow diagram of a second communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0080] FIG. 9 is a flow diagram of a third communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0081] FIG. 10 is a structural diagram of a communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0082] FIG. 11 is a structural schematic diagram of another communication apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0083] FIG. 12 is a structural schematic diagram of still another communication apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0084] In order to make the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the embodiments of the present application will be further described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

[0085] The network architecture and service scenarios described in the present application are for more clearly illustrating the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, and do not constitute a limitation on the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present application. Those skilled in the art can know that, with the evolution of network architecture and the appearance of new service scenarios, the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present application are also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0086] Firstly, in the embodiments of the present application, "multiple" can mean two or more than two. In view of this, "multiple" can also be understood as "at least two" in the embodiments of the present application. "At least one" can be understood as one or more, for example, one, two or more. For example, "including at least one" means including one, two or more, for example, including at least one of A, B and C, which can include A, B, C, A and B, A and C, B and C, or A, B and C. "And / or" describes the association relationship of the associated objects, and specifically can exist in three relationships, for example, A and / or B can represent the following three cases: A exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone. In addition, the character " / ", if not specially stated, generally represents an "or" relationship between the front and rear associated objects.

[0087] Secondly, the terms "system" and "network" in the embodiments of the present application can be used interchangeably, and "according to" and "based on" can be used interchangeably.

[0088] The ordinal numbers "first", "second" and the like mentioned in the embodiments of the present application are generally used to distinguish different objects, and are not used to limit the order, time sequence, priority or importance of multiple objects. For example, the first information and the second information involved in the embodiments of the present application are used to distinguish different information, and do not limit the order, time sequence, priority or importance of the two information.

[0089] Thirdly, the terms "include" and "have" and any variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, for example, a process, method, system, product or device including a series of steps or units does not have to be limited to those steps or units clearly listed, but can include other steps or units not clearly listed or inherent to these processes, methods, products or devices.

[0090] Four, in this application, "predefined" can include pre-defined, for example, protocol definition. Wherein, "pre-defined" can be achieved by pre-saving the corresponding code, table or other means available to indicate the relevant information in the device (for example, including various network elements), the application does not limit the specific implementation.

[0091] Five, the "storage" or "save" referred to in this application, can be saved in one or more memory. The one or more memory, can be set separately, also can be integrated in the encoder or decoder, processor, or communication device. The one or more memory, also can be a part of the separate set, a part of integrated in the decoder, processor, or communication device. The type of memory can be any form of storage medium, not limited.

[0092] Six, the dashed arrows or blocks in the schematic diagram of the drawings part of the present application specification represent optional steps or optional modules.

[0093] Seven, in this application, "indication" can include direct indication, indirect indication, display indication, implicit indication. When describing a certain indication information is used to indicate A, it can be understood as the indication information carrying A, directly indicating A, or indirectly indicating A.

[0094] In this application, the information indicated by the indication information is called the information to be indicated. In the specific implementation process, there are many ways to indicate the information to be indicated, for example, but not limited to, the information to be indicated can be directly indicated, such as the information to be indicated itself or the index of the information to be indicated. It can also be indirectly indicated by indicating other information, wherein the other information and the information to be indicated have an association relationship. It can also only indicate a part of the information to be indicated, and the other part of the information to be indicated is known or agreed in advance. For example, it can also be achieved by means of the arrangement order of each information agreed in advance (for example, protocol stipulation) to indicate a specific information, thereby reducing the indication overhead to a certain extent. In addition, the information to be indicated can be sent as a whole, or can be sent separately as multiple sub-information, and the sending period and / or sending time of these sub-information can be the same or different.

[0095] Eight, in this application, "send" and "receive" represent the direction of signal transmission. For example, "send information to XX" can be understood as the destination of the information is XX, which can include direct transmission through the air interface, and also includes indirect transmission through the air interface by other units or modules. "Receive information from YY" can be understood as the source of the information is YY, which can include direct reception from YY through the air interface, or indirect reception from YY through the air interface from other units or modules. "Send" can also be understood as the "output" of the chip interface, and "receive" can also be understood as the "input" of the chip interface. In other words, sending and receiving can be between devices, such as between network devices and terminal devices, or within devices, such as between components, modules, chips, software modules or hardware modules within a device through a bus, wire or interface.

[0096] Nine, in the embodiments of the present application, the words "exemplarily", "such as", "for example" and the like are used to represent examples, illustrations or descriptions. Any embodiment or design scheme described as "example" in the present application should not be interpreted as more preferred or more advantageous than other embodiments or design schemes. Rather, the word "example" is intended to present the concept in a specific way. In the embodiments of the present application, "of", "corresponding" and "corresponding" can be used interchangeably at times. It should be pointed out that when the distinction is not emphasized, the meanings expressed are consistent.

[0097] Ten, the embodiments of the present application will be presented around a system including a plurality of devices, components, modules, etc. It should be understood that the system can include other devices, components, modules, etc. not mentioned, or can only include part of the devices, components, or modules mentioned in the embodiments. Alternatively, "component" and "part" in the present application can be replaced with each other.

[0098] The following first introduces a communication system to which the embodiments of the present application are applicable.

[0099] The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application can be applied to various communication systems, for example, a communication sensing integrated (ISAC) system, a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) system, a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, an extended reality (XR) communication system, a short-range wireless communication system (such as a sidelink system, a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) system, a Bluetooth system, etc.), a wired network, a vehicle to everything (V2X) communication system, a device-to-device (D2D) communication system, a vehicle networking communication system, a 4th generation (4G) mobile communication system (such as a long term evolution (LTE) system), an LTE frequency division duplex (FDD) system, an LTE time division duplex (TDD) system, a worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) communication system, a 5th generation (5G) mobile communication system (such as a new radio (NR) system), a future communication system, or other similar communication systems, etc., without limitation.

[0100] FIG. 1A exemplarily shows a schematic diagram of a communication system provided by the embodiments of the present application. As shown in FIG. 1A, the communication system includes an access network 100 and a core network 200. Optionally, the communication system can also include an Internet 300.

[0101] The access network 100 can include at least one radio access network (RAN) node (e.g., 110a and 110b in FIG. 1A, collectively referred to as 110) and at least one terminal (e.g., 120a-120j in FIG. 1A, collectively referred to as 120). The 110a is a base station, the 110b is a micro station, the 120a, 120e, 120f and 120j are mobile phones, the 120b is a car, the 120c is a fuel dispenser, the 120d is a home access point (HAP) arranged indoors or outdoors, the 120g is a notebook computer, the 120h is a printer, and the 120i is a drone. The same terminal device or network device can provide different functions in different application scenarios. For example, the mobile phones in FIG. 1A are 120a, 120e, 120f and 120j. The mobile phone 120a can access the base station 110a, connect to the car 120b, communicate directly with the mobile phone 120e and access the HAP. The car 120b can access the HAP and communicate directly with the mobile phone 120a. The mobile phone 120f can access the micro station 110b, connect to the notebook computer 120g and connect to the printer 120h. The mobile phone 120j can control the drone 120i.

[0102] The network device is a network-side device with wireless transceiving function. The network device can be a device in a radio access network (RAN) that provides wireless communication function for a terminal device, referred to as a RAN device. Alternatively, the network device can also be a core network device. For ease of understanding, the network device is taken as a RAN device in the following description. The RAN can be an access network in the 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP), such as 4G, 5G or future-oriented network. The RAN can also be an open RAN (O-RAN or ORAN), a cloud radio access network (CRAN), or a communication network of two or more of the above networks.

[0103] The RAN device can be a device or module located on the network side of the above communication system and having corresponding communication function. The RAN device usually has a communication module, circuit or chip for performing corresponding communication function. The RAN device can also have programs or instructions for performing corresponding communication function and corresponding programs or instructions.

[0104] In a possible scenario, the RAN device can be a base station (BS), an evolved NodeB (eNodeB), a transmission point (TP), an access point (AP), a transmission reception point (TRP), a mobile switching center, a next generation NodeB (gNB), a next generation NodeB in a future communication system, or an access node in a WiFi system, etc. The access network device can be a macro base station (such as 110a in FIG. 1A), a micro base station or an indoor station (such as 110b in FIG. 1A), a relay node or a donor node, a wireless controller in a CRAN scenario, a satellite, a drone, a balloon or an airplane, etc. Optionally, the access network device can also be a server, a wearable device, a vehicle or a vehicle-mounted device, etc. For example, the access network device in vehicle to everything (V2X) technology can be a road side unit (RSU). All or part of the functions of the access network device in this application can also be implemented by software functions running on hardware, or by virtualized functions instantiated on a platform (such as a cloud platform).

[0105] In another possible scenario, multiple access network devices cooperate to assist a terminal to implement wireless access, and different access network devices respectively implement part of the functions of a base station. For example, the access network device can be a central unit (CU) or a control unit (CU), a distributed unit (DU), a CU-control plane (CP), a CU-user plane (UP), or a radio unit (RU), etc. The CU and the DU can be separately arranged, or can be included in the same network element, such as a baseband unit (BBU). The RU can be included in a radio frequency device or a radio frequency unit, such as a radio frequency remote unit (RRU), an active antenna processing unit (AAU), or a remote radio head (RRH).

[0106] The CU (or CU-CP and CU-UP), DU or RU can also have different names in different systems, but those skilled in the art can understand their meanings. For example, in the ORAN system, the CU can also be referred to as an open CU (O-CU), the DU can also be referred to as an open DU (O-DU), the CU-CP can also be referred to as an open CU-CP (O-CU-CP), the CU-UP can also be referred to as an open CU-UP (O-CU-UP), and the RU can also be referred to as an open RU (O-RU). Any of the CU (or CU-CP, CU-UP), DU and RU in this application can be implemented by a software module, a hardware module, or a combination of a software module and a hardware module.

[0107] The terminal can be a device or module with corresponding communication functions for accessing the communication system. The terminal can also be referred to as a terminal device, a user equipment (UE), a mobile station, a mobile terminal, a wireless terminal device, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a remote station, a user terminal device, a user agent or a user device, etc. The terminal is usually provided with a communication module, circuit or chip for performing corresponding communication functions. The terminal can also be configured with programs or instructions for performing corresponding communication functions.

[0108] The terminal can be widely applied in various scenarios, for example, device-to-device (D2D), vehicle to everything (V2X) communication, machine-type communication (MTC), internet of things (IOT), extended reality (XR), industrial control, automatic driving, remote medical treatment, smart power grid, smart furniture, smart office, smart wear, smart traffic, smart city, etc. The terminal can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a computer with wireless transceiver function, a wearable device, a vehicle, a drone, a helicopter, an airplane, a ship, a robot, a mechanical arm, a smart home device, etc. Exemplarily, the XR can include virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR), etc. Among them, the wearable device can also be referred to as a wearable smart device or a smart wearable device, etc., which is a general term of devices that can be worn by applying wearable technology to the intelligent design of daily wear. The terminal applied to the vehicle can be referred to as a vehicle terminal device, for example, a transportation vehicle, a communication module or an on-board unit (OBU) with wireless communication function.

[0109] For example, the terminal can include a mobile phone (also referred to as a "cellular" phone), a computer with a mobile terminal device, or a portable, pocket-sized, handheld, computer-embedded mobile device, etc. For example, the terminal can be a personal communication service (PCS) phone, a cordless phone, a session initiation protocol phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a personal digital assistant (PDA), etc. The terminal can also include a limited device, for example, a device with limited power consumption, or a device with limited storage capacity, or a device with limited computing capacity, etc. For example, the terminal can be a bar code, a radio frequency identification (RFID), a sensor, a global positioning system (GPS), or a laser scanner, etc. The embodiments of the present application do not limit the device form of the terminal.

[0110] In this application, the core network device refers to a device in the core network that provides service support for the terminal. For example, in the case of the core network 200 as the core network in the future communication system, or the 5G core network, or the evolved 5G core network, some examples of the core network device are: access and mobility management function (AMF) entity, session management function (SMF) entity, user plane function (UPF) entity, policy control function (PCF) entity, etc., which are not listed one by one here. Among them, the AMF entity can be responsible for access management and mobility management of the terminal; the SMF entity can be responsible for session management, such as session establishment of the user, etc.; the UPF entity can be a functional entity of the user plane, mainly responsible for connecting external networks. For another example, in the case of the core network 200 as the 4G core network, some examples of the core network device are: mobility management entity (MME) entity, home subscriber server (HSS) entity, serving gateway (S-GW) entity, policy and charging rules function (PCRF) entity, public data network gateway (PDN gateway, P-GW) entity, etc., which are not listed one by one here. It should be noted that the entity in this application can also be referred to as a network element or a functional entity, for example, the AMF entity can also be referred to as an AMF network element or an AMF functional entity, for another example, the SMF entity can also be referred to as an SMF network element or an SMF functional entity, etc. The above core network device can work independently, or can be combined together to realize certain control functions, such as: AMF, SMF and PCF can be combined together as a core network device.

[0111] FIG. 1B illustrates an example of an ORAN system architecture according to some embodiments. The ORAN system in the embodiments can include other components than those shown in FIG. 1B. As shown in FIG. 1B, the access network device can communicate with the CN through a backhaul link and communicate with the terminal through an air interface. For example, the BBU in the access network device communicates with the core network through a backhaul link, and the RU in the access network device communicates with at least one terminal through an air interface. The BBU communicates with at least one RU through a front-haul link. The BBU and the RU can be co-located or not co-located. The BBU includes at least one CU and at least one DU, which can communicate through at least one mid-haul link.

[0112] FIG. 1C illustrates an example of a network element function division and protocol layer structure of an ORAN device according to some embodiments.

[0113] In some possible implementations, the CU is a logical node that carries the radio resource control (RRC) layer, the service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) layer, the packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer, and other control functions of the access network device. The CU can be connected to a network node such as a core network through some interfaces (e.g., an E2 interface, etc.). Optionally, the CU can have part of the functions of the core network. The CU (e.g., the PDCP layer and higher layers of the CU) is connected to the DU (e.g., the radio link control (RLC) layer and lower layers of the DU) through some interfaces (e.g., an F1 interface, etc.). For example, the F1 interface can provide control plane (C-Plane) and user plane (U-Plane) functions (e.g., interface management, system information management, UE context management, RRC message transmission, etc.). The F1AP is an application protocol of the F1 interface, which defines the signaling procedures of the F1 in some examples. The F1 interface supports the F1 control plane (F1-C) and the F1 user plane (F1-U).

[0114] In some examples, a CU can include a CU-CP and a CU-UP. Wherein the CU-CP is a logical node carrying a control plane part of PDCP (PDCP-C) layer of RRC layer and packet data convergence protocol layer, used to implement control plane function of the CU. The CU-CP can interact with a network element in the core network for implementing control plane function. The network element in the core network for implementing control plane function can be an access and mobility function network element, for example, AMF in 5G system. The CU-UP is a logical node carrying a user plane part of PDCP (PDCP-U) layer of SDAP layer and packet data convergence protocol layer, used to implement user plane function of the CU. The CU-UP can interact with a network element in the core network for implementing user plane function. The network element in the core network for implementing user plane function is for example UPF in 5G system.

[0115] In some possible implementations, a DU is a logical node carrying RLC layer, medium access control (MAC) layer, higher physical (Higher PHY) layer and other functions. In some examples, a DU can control at least one RU. The DU is connected with the RU through some interfaces (for example, a front-haul interface). In some examples, the Higher PHY layer includes part of physical layer (PHY) processing, for example, forward error correction (FEC) encoding and decoding, scrambling, modulation and demodulation, and other processing functions.

[0116] The above configuration of CU and DU is only an example, and the functions of the CU and / or DU can be configured as needed. For example, the CU or DU can be configured to have more functions of protocol layers, or the CU or DU can be configured to have part of the processing functions of the protocol layers. For example, part of the functions of the RLC layer and the functions of the protocol layers above the RLC layer are arranged in the CU, and the remaining functions of the RLC layer and the functions of the protocol layers below the RLC layer are arranged in the DU. For another example, the functions of the CU or DU can be divided according to the service type or other system requirements, for example, according to the delay. The functions that need to meet the requirement of shorter delay in processing time are arranged in the DU, and the functions that do not need to meet the requirement of shorter delay are arranged in the CU.

[0117] In some possible implementations, the RU is a logical node that hosts lower physical (Lower PHY) layer and radio frequency (RF) processing. In some examples, the RU can be a 3GPP TRP or RRH or other similar functional entity. In some examples, the Low-PHY includes portions of PHY processing such as fast Fourier transform (FFT), inverse fast Fourier transformation (IFFT), digital beamforming and filtering, and other processing functions. The RU communicates with one or more terminals over a wireless link.

[0118] The DU and the RU can or can not be co-located. The DU and the RU exchange control plane and user plane information over a fronthaul link via a lower-layer split-control, user and synchronization (Lower-Layer Split CUS-Plane, LLS-CUS or LLS-C / U / S) interface. The LLS-CUS can include a lower-layer split-control plane (LLS-C) interface and a lower-layer split-user plane (LLS-U) interface that provide control plane (C-Plane) and user plane (U-Plane), respectively. In some examples, the control plane refers to real-time control between the DU and the RU. The DU and the RU exchange management information over a lower-layer split management (LLS-M) interface of the fronthaul link. The management plane (M-Plane) refers to non-real-time management operations between the DU and the RU.

[0119] The DU and the RU can cooperate to collectively implement the functionality of the PHY layer. One DU can be connected to one or more RUs. The functionalities that the DU and the RU have can be configured in multiple ways according to design. For example, the DU is configured to implement baseband functionality and the RU is configured to implement mid- RF functionality. As another example, the DU is configured to implement high-layer functionality in the PHY layer and the RU is configured to implement low-layer functionality in the PHY layer or to implement the low-layer functionality and RF functionality. The high-layer functionality in the PHY layer can include a portion of the functionality of the PHY layer that is closer to the MAC layer, and the low-layer functionality in the PHY layer can include another portion of the functionality of the PHY layer that is closer to the mid-RF side.

[0120] The communication system and service scenarios described in the embodiments of the present application are used to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, and do not constitute a limitation on the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present application. Those skilled in the art can know that, with the evolution of network architecture and the appearance of new service scenarios, the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present application are also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0121] The related terms involved in the embodiments of the present application are explained below. It should be noted that these explanations are to make the embodiments of the present application easier to understand, and should not be regarded as a limitation on the scope of protection required by the present application.

[0122] 1. Measurement:

[0123] The measurement in the present application can refer to layer 3 (L3) measurement, but is not limited thereto. The L3 measurement can also be referred to as mobility measurement. For example, the network device can configure a measurement object (MO) for the terminal device; accordingly, the terminal device can perform measurement on the frequency point indicated by the MO, obtain the measurement results of the serving cell and the neighboring cell of the frequency point, and send the measurement results to the network device; and the network device can perform operations such as addition or deletion of secondary carriers, cell switching, etc. according to the measurement results reported by the terminal device.

[0124] In one possible scenario, the L3 measurement can include intra-frequency measurement and inter-frequency measurement. Taking synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel (SSB) measurement as an example, the intra-frequency measurement can be defined as: if the center frequency point of the SSB of the neighboring cell and the center frequency point of the SSB of the serving cell are the same and the subcarrier spacing is the same, it is considered as intra-frequency measurement; otherwise, it is considered as inter-frequency measurement.

[0125] In another possible scenario, the L3 measurement can include measurement gap (MG) measurement and non-measurement gap measurement. The measurement gap can be referred to as GAP. For example, if the SSB to be measured is in the activated bandwidth part (BWP), the terminal device can not need to perform GAP measurement.

[0126] Exemplarily, the network device can configure a terminal device with an SSB measurement timing configuration (SMTC) and a GAP. The SMTC can be used to indicate a configuration of a measurement position of an SSB of the terminal device. For example, the SMTC can include an SMTC measurement period and a duration. If no GAP measurement is required, the terminal device can measure within the duration indicated by the SMTC; if GAP measurement is required, the terminal device measures within the GAP.

[0127] For example, it is assumed that the period of the SMTC is 20 milliseconds (ms), the duration of the SMTC is 5 ms, the period of the GAP is 20 ms, and the duration of the GAP is 6 ms. For intra-frequency measurement, the SSB of a serving cell and the SSB of a neighbor cell are both within a BWP, the terminal device can not need to switch a radio frequency to perform measurement, that is, no GAP measurement is required, and the terminal device can search and measure a frequency point of the SSB of the neighbor cell within 5 ms of every 20 ms, as shown in (1) of FIG. 2. For inter-frequency measurement, the SSB of the serving cell is within the BWP, and the SSB of the neighbor cell is not within the BWP, the terminal device needs to switch the radio frequency to perform measurement, that is, GAP measurement is required, and the terminal device can search and measure the frequency point of the SSB of the neighbor cell within the SMTC within the GAP of 6 ms of every 20 ms, as shown in (2) of FIG. 2.

[0128] In FIG. 2, the intra-frequency measurement does not require GAP measurement, and the inter-frequency measurement requires GAP measurement as an example. The embodiments of the present application do not limit the scenarios whether GAP measurement is required or not. For example, GAP measurement can be required for intra-frequency measurement, and GAP measurement can not be required for inter-frequency measurement.

[0129] 2. Scheduling restriction

[0130] There is a scheduling restriction within the GAP. That is, within the GAP, the terminal device does not receive and send data, or the terminal device does not transmit service data.

[0131] The terminal device can not need GAP measurement, that is, the terminal device can measure based on the SMTC, but there is a scheduling restriction in part of the SMTC. For example, within part of the SMTC, the terminal device does not receive and send data, or the terminal device does not transmit service data. For another example, on part of symbol positions within the SMTC (for example, symbol positions of the SSB to be measured), the terminal device does not receive and send data, or the terminal device does not transmit service data.

[0132] In an example, for frequency range 1 (FR1), if the subcarrier spacing of the SSB to be measured is different from the subcarrier spacing of the data, and the terminal device does not have the capability of simultaneously receiving the subcarriers of the SSB and the subcarriers of the data, there is a scheduling restriction within the STMC (or the partial symbol position within the SMTC).

[0133] In another example, for frequency range 2 (FR2), the terminal device needs to perform beamforming to form a receiving beam in a different direction, so that the terminal device cannot guarantee that the beam for measurement is the same as the beam for data, and there is a scheduling restriction within the STMC (or the partial symbol position within the SMTC).

[0134] In a possible scenario, for a service with high demand (for example, a latency-sensitive service such as an XR service), in order to improve the scheduling opportunity of the service, the GAP and / or SMTC (which can be referred to as a measurement occasion) can be preempted, as shown in FIG. 3. In FIG. 3, GAP 2 is preempted as an example. In other words, the terminal device transmits data using part of the measurement occasion originally used for measurement, to improve the scheduling opportunity and meet the service demand, but this will cause the measurement performance to decrease, and even the measurement result to be unavailable. Therefore, how to balance the service demand and the measurement performance is a problem to be solved.

[0135] In view of this, the embodiments of the present application provide a communication method and device for differentiating the measurement occasion preemption according to the measurement performance, which is beneficial to balance the service demand and the measurement performance. The method and device described in the present application are based on the same technical concept, and the implementation of the device and the method can be mutually referred to, and the repeated parts will not be described again.

[0136] The embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiments of the present application can be the terminal device itself, or a component (for example, a processor, a chip, or a chip system, etc.) in the terminal device, or the communication method provided by the embodiments of the present application. The method can be applied to the communication system shown in FIG. 1A or FIG. 1B, but is not limited thereto. The embodiments of the present application take the interaction between the terminal device and the network device as an example. In the absence of special description, the "terminal device" in the present application can also be a logical module or software that can realize all or part of the functions of the terminal device. Similarly, in the absence of special description, the "network device" in the present application can also be the network device itself, or a component (for example, a processor, a chip, or a chip system, etc.) in the network device, or a logical module or software that can realize all or part of the functions of the network device.

[0137] It can be understood that, in the embodiments of the present application, the terminal device or the network device can perform some or all of the steps in the embodiments of the present application, and these steps or operations are only examples, and the embodiments of the present application can also perform other operations or variations of various operations. In addition, each step can be performed in a different order from that presented in the embodiments of the present application, and it is possible that not all operations in the embodiments of the present application are performed.

[0138] FIG. 4 is a flow diagram of a communication method provided by the embodiments of the present application. As shown in FIG. 4, the method can include the following steps.

[0139] S401: The terminal device sends first information to the network device.

[0140] Correspondingly, the network device receives the first information from the terminal device.

[0141] The first information can include N pieces of indication information, where N is an integer greater than 0. The embodiments of the present application are described by taking that the terminal device sends N pieces of indication information to the network device as an example. In a possible implementation manner, the N pieces of indication information can also be predefined. Correspondingly, S401 is an optional step, which is represented by a dashed line in FIG. 4.

[0142] Optionally, the first information can be UE assistance information (UAI), which is not limited. Each piece of indication information in the N pieces of indication information can be used to indicate information about supporting a measurement occasion that is not used for measurement. Optionally, each piece of indication information in the N pieces of indication information can be used to indicate information about supporting a measurement occasion that is not used for measurement can be replaced by: each piece of indication information in the N pieces of indication information can be used to determine a measurement occasion that is not used for measurement. Optionally, the indication information can also be referred to as UE assistance information, or preemption policy, etc., and the naming of the indication information is not limited in the embodiments of the present application. Correspondingly, the terminal device sends N pieces of indication information to the network device can be replaced by: the terminal device sends N pieces of UE assistance information to the network device; or can also be replaced by: the terminal device sends N pieces of preemption policy to the network device.

[0143] In an implementation manner, the N pieces of indication information can include first indication information, that is, the first information includes the first indication information. The first indication information can be used to indicate information about supporting a measurement occasion that is not used for measurement; or expressed as: the first indication information can be used to determine a measurement occasion that is not used for measurement.

[0144] Optionally, the measurement occasion can also be referred to as a measurement opportunity, a measurement time window, a measurement time period, or a measurement window, etc. The naming of the measurement occasion is not limited in the embodiments of the present application. Optionally, the measurement occasion can be understood as a resource for measurement, and the measurement can be mobility measurement, L3 measurement, etc. without limitation. Optionally, the measurement occasion can be a measurement occasion with limited scheduling (or limited transmission or reception). In an implementation, the measurement occasion can be a GAP, or the measurement occasion can be an SMTC, or the measurement occasion can include a GAP and an SMTC. For example, the measurement occasion is a GAP, and the terminal device can report to the network device information supporting the GAP not being used for measurement. For example, the measurement occasion is an SMTC, and the terminal device can report to the network device information supporting the SMTC not being used for measurement. For example, the measurement occasion includes a GAP and an SMTC, and the terminal device can report to the network device information supporting the GAP not being used for measurement and information supporting the SMTC not being used for measurement.

[0145] Optionally, the measurement occasion includes an SMTC, and the SMTC can be an SMTC with scheduling limitation. The SMTC with scheduling limitation is described in the related terms, and will not be repeated here.

[0146] The measurement occasion can be predefined or configured by the network device, without limitation. For example, the network device can send third information to the terminal device; correspondingly, the terminal device receives the third information from the network device. The third information can be used to indicate (or configure or determine) the measurement occasion. The measurement occasion indicated by the third information includes a measurement occasion supporting not being used for measurement. For example, the third information indicates GAP 1, GAP 2 and GAP 3, and the first indication information can be used to indicate that GAP 2 supports not being used for measurement, as shown in (2) of FIG. 3.

[0147] Optionally, the third information can include at least one of the following: a first measurement period of the measurement occasion, a measurement starting time, or a duration of the measurement occasion, etc. For example, the measurement occasion is a GAP, and the third information can include a measurement period of the GAP, a measurement starting time of the GAP, and a duration of the GAP. For another example, the measurement occasion is an SMTC, and the third information can include a measurement period of the SMTC, a measurement starting time of the SMTC, and a duration of the SMTC.

[0148] Optionally, the measurement occasion not used for measurement can be used for data scheduling. The data scheduling can include, but is not limited to, transmission of at least one of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), or a reference signal.

[0149] Optionally, the measurement occasion not used for measurement can be replaced by a measurement occasion supporting preemption (or occupation), or can be replaced by a measurement occasion supporting skipping, or can be replaced by a measurement occasion supporting cancellation, or can be replaced by a measurement occasion supporting data scheduling, or can be replaced by a measurement occasion enabling transmission or reception.

[0150] In the embodiments of the present application, the N pieces of indication information can be associated with at least one measurement performance. The measurement performance can include a measurement delay and / or a measurement accuracy. Optionally, the measurement performance can also include other measurement performance parameters, which are not limited in the embodiments of the present application. For the sake of brevity, the measurement performance is described below by taking the measurement delay and the measurement accuracy as examples.

[0151] Optionally, the terminal device sending the N pieces of indication information to the network device can be understood as the terminal device sending the N pieces of indication information associated with at least one measurement performance to the network device, or can be understood as the terminal device sending the N pieces of preemption strategies associated with at least one measurement performance to the network device. In other words, the terminal device can send one piece of indication information (or preemption strategy) associated with one measurement performance to the network device, or can send multiple pieces of indication information (or preemption strategies) associated with multiple measurement performances to the network device, which is not limited.

[0152] In a possible implementation manner, the terminal device can determine the N pieces of indication information, or the terminal device can determine the N pieces of indication information associated with at least one measurement performance, which is not shown in FIG. 4. For example, the terminal device can determine the N pieces of indication information according to a measurement configuration and / or capability information of the terminal device. The measurement configuration can include a measurement object configuration and / or a measurement occasion configuration. Optionally, the measurement occasion configuration can be the third information, which is not limited. For example, the measurement occasion configuration can include a GAP configuration and / or an SMTC. The implementation process of the terminal device determining the N pieces of indication information associated with at least one measurement performance is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0153] In the embodiments of the present application, the N pieces of indication information include first indication information, and the first indication information can be associated with a first measurement performance. The first measurement performance belongs to at least one measurement performance associated with the N pieces of indication information, or in other words, the at least one measurement performance associated with the N pieces of indication information includes the first measurement performance. Alternatively, the first indication information is associated with the first measurement performance, which can be understood as that the measurement performance under the condition that the measurement occasion determined based on the first indication information is not used for measurement satisfies the first measurement performance, or can also be understood as that the measurement performance under the condition that the measurement occasion determined based on the first indication information is preempted satisfies the first measurement performance. Taking (2) in FIG. 3 as an example, the first indication information is determined to preempt the GAP 2, and the measurement performance of the terminal device based on the GAP 1 and / or the GAP 3 for measurement satisfies the first measurement performance.

[0154] Alternatively, one measurement performance can be associated with one piece of indication information, or one measurement performance can also be associated with multiple pieces of indication information. Alternatively, one piece of indication information can be associated with one measurement performance, or one piece of indication information can also be associated with multiple measurement performances.

[0155] In one example, N is 1, the one piece of indication information is the first indication information, and is associated with the first measurement performance. In another example, N is greater than 1, and the N pieces of indication information can all be associated with the first measurement performance. In another example, N is greater than 1, and the N pieces of indication information can be associated with multiple measurement performances, and the multiple measurement performances include the first measurement performance.

[0156] For example, N is M+1, M is an integer greater than 0, that is, the N pieces of indication information include the first indication information and M pieces of indication information, the first indication information is associated with the first measurement performance, and the M pieces of indication information can be associated with at least one measurement performance, which can include the first measurement performance or can not include the first measurement performance, which is not limited.

[0157] The embodiments of the present application provide multiple measurement performances, and the multiple measurement performances include at least one measurement performance associated with the N pieces of indication information. For example, the multiple measurement performances can include multiple items in the following: the measurement performance has no influence, the measurement time delay is prolonged, the measurement accuracy is reduced, or the measurement performance does not meet the measurement requirement. Correspondingly, the at least one measurement performance can include at least one of the following: the measurement performance has no influence, the measurement time delay is prolonged, the measurement accuracy is reduced, or the measurement performance does not meet the measurement requirement. The first measurement performance can be one of the following: the measurement performance has no influence, the measurement time delay is prolonged, the measurement accuracy is reduced, or the measurement performance does not meet the measurement requirement.

[0158] Optionally, the measurement time delay extension can be understood as: the measurement time delay is extended, and the measurement accuracy is unchanged; or can also be understood as: the measurement time delay is extended, and the measurement accuracy is reduced. Optionally, the measurement accuracy reduction can be understood as: the measurement time delay is unchanged, and the measurement accuracy is reduced; or can also be understood as: the measurement time delay is extended, and the measurement accuracy is reduced.

[0159] The following describes various measurement performances provided by the embodiments of the present application.

[0160] (1) Measurement performance 1: measurement performance has no influence.

[0161] The measurement performance has no influence can be understood as: compared with the measurement performance in the case of not preoccupying the measurement occasion, the measurement performance in the case of the measurement occasion determined based on the indication information associated with the measurement performance 1 being preoccupied (or not used for measurement) is unchanged. For example, the first measurement performance is the measurement performance has no influence, which can be understood as: compared with the measurement performance in the case of not preoccupying the measurement occasion, the measurement performance in the case of the measurement occasion determined based on the first indication information being preoccupied (or not used for measurement) is unchanged.

[0162] In an implementation manner, the measurement performance has no influence can be replaced by: the measurement time delay satisfies a first threshold, and the measurement accuracy satisfies a first range. Optionally, the first threshold can be predefined, or can be configured by the network device, or can be determined by the terminal device, and is not limited. Optionally, the first range can be predefined, or can be configured by the network device, or can be determined by the terminal device, and is not limited.

[0163] Optionally, the first threshold can be understood as the measurement time delay in the case of not preoccupying the measurement occasion, or the first threshold is less than the measurement time delay in the case of not preoccupying the measurement occasion. For example, the first threshold can be the measurement time delay that all measurement occasions in a first time length support measurement. The first time length can be predefined, or can be configured by the network device, or can be determined by the terminal device, and the embodiments of the present application do not limit this.

[0164] In an example, the first time length can be a plurality of measurement occasions. For example, the first time length can be a plurality of GAPs, or the first time length can be a plurality of SMTCs, or the first time length can include at least one GAP and at least one SMTC. In another example, the first time length can be a fixed time length. For example, the first time length can be 100 ms, 200 ms, or 400 ms, etc. The embodiments of the present application do not limit the implementation form and implementation manner of the first time length.

[0165] For example, the first duration includes 10 measurement occasions, the measurement occasion is SMTC, the SMTC period is 20 ms, and the first threshold can be 200 ms. Embodiments of the present application do not limit the value of the first threshold.

[0166] Optionally, the first range can be understood as a range of measurement accuracy in the case of not pre-empting the measurement occasion, or the measurement accuracy of the first range is better (or higher) than the range of measurement accuracy in the case of not pre-empting the measurement occasion. For example, the first range can be a range of measurement accuracy supported by all measurement occasions in the first duration for measurement. For example, the range of measurement accuracy in the case of not pre-empting the measurement occasion is represented as [-3 decibels (dB), +3 dB], and then the first range can be [-3 dB, +3 dB]; or the measurement accuracy of the first range is better (or higher) than [-3 dB, +3 dB], for example, [-2 dB, +2 dB]. Embodiments of the present application do not limit the value of the first range.

[0167] In a possible implementation, the measurement occasion configured by the network device has a margin in the implementation process, and pre-empting part of the measurement occasion has no effect on the measurement performance.

[0168] Taking the measurement occasion as GAP for example, the GAP configuration for FR1 is shown in Table 1, and the measurement period of the terminal device is related to the measurement period of SMTC, the measurement gap repetition period (MGRP), and the carrier specific scaling factor (CSSF). Wherein, the description of each parameter in Table 1 is described with reference to the related description of 3GPP R15-TS 38.133, which is not repeated here. The CSSF can be understood as how the terminal device shares the GAP for measurement when there are multiple GAP-based measurement frequency points. Assuming that the MO-based configuration exists, the terminal device has three frequency points that need to be measured based on GAP, and according to the related protocol (for example, 3GPP R15-TS 38.133), the CSSF can be 3. If the MRGP is 40 ms, the measurement period of SMTC is 20 ms, and the measurement times are 8 times, then the measurement time delay of the terminal device for the three frequency points can be calculated as 8*40*3=960 ms. Usually, all the GAPs in the measurement period calculated based on the configuration are not all used for measurement, that is, there is a margin. For example, the terminal device can complete the measurement by less than 8 times of measurement, such as 6 times of measurement, and the measurement time delay of the terminal device for the three frequency points can be calculated as 6*40*3=720 ms, and there is a GAP margin.

[0169] Table 1

[0170] For FR2, the network device configures a beam scanning coefficient 8, i.e., the terminal device needs to scan 8 beam directions. If the terminal device completes measurement through a beam scanning coefficient less than 8, the measurement delay is less than the measurement delay calculated based on the configuration, and there is a GAP margin.

[0171] In another possible implementation, multiple frequency points share a measurement occasion, and the terminal device can select different measurement occasions through different frequency points for measurement, so that part of the measurement occasions are empty, and the measurement performance is not affected after occupying the part of the measurement occasions.

[0172] Taking a GAP as an example, assuming that the measurement period of the GAP is 20 ms, the frequency points to be measured include frequency point 1, frequency point 2, and frequency point 3, the measurement periods of the SMTCs of different frequency points are different, the measurement period of the SMTC of the frequency point 1 is 20 ms, the measurement period of the SMTC of the frequency point 2 is 40 ms, the measurement period of the SMTC of the frequency point 3 is 80 ms, and the CSSF is 3, i.e., the terminal device can complete measurement once every 3 GAPs. The terminal device can select different GAPs through different frequency points for measurement, and at least one GAP can be empty, as shown in FIG. 5. FIG. 5 takes 5 empty GAPs as an example. In FIG. 5, the frequency point 1 is measured in the GAP1, the frequency point 2 is measured in the GAP2, the frequency point 3 is measured in the GAP4, the frequency point 1 is measured in the GAP5, the frequency point 1 is measured in the GAP7, the frequency point 2 is measured in the GAP10, and the frequency point 1 is measured in the GAP11. The GAP3, the GAP6, the GAP8, the GAP9, and the GAP12 are empty.

[0173] It can be understood that the implementation process of the measurement occasion as the SMTC can refer to the implementation process of the GAP, and will not be described herein again.

[0174] (2) Measurement performance 2: the measurement delay is extended, and the measurement accuracy is unchanged.

[0175] The extended measurement delay can be understood as: compared with the measurement delay in the case where the measurement occasion is not occupied, the measurement delay in the case where the measurement occasion determined based on the indication information associated with the measurement performance 2 is occupied (or not used for measurement) is extended. The unchanged measurement accuracy can be understood as: compared with the measurement accuracy in the case where the measurement occasion is not occupied, the measurement accuracy in the case where the measurement occasion determined based on the indication information associated with the measurement performance 2 is occupied (or not used for measurement) is unchanged. For example, the first measurement performance is the extended measurement delay and the unchanged measurement accuracy, which can be understood as: compared with the measurement delay and the measurement accuracy in the case where the measurement occasion is not occupied, the measurement delay is extended and the measurement accuracy is unchanged in the case where the measurement occasion determined based on the first indication information is occupied (or not used for measurement).

[0176] In an implementation, the measurement time delay is extended, and the measurement accuracy is unchanged, which can be replaced by: the measurement time delay satisfies a second threshold, and the measurement accuracy satisfies a first range. The second threshold is greater than the first threshold. The first threshold and the first range can refer to the foregoing description, and will not be described again.

[0177] Optionally, the second threshold can be predefined, or can also be configured by the network device, or can also be determined by the terminal device, and is not limited. Exemplarily, the second threshold can be determined by the first threshold and a first value, which can be determined by the indication information associated with the measurement performance 2. In an example, the first value is the number of measurement occasions that are preempted, and the second threshold can be the sum of the first threshold and the number of measurement occasions that are preempted.

[0178] For example, 5 GAPs are included in the first time length, and the original measurement time delay is 5 GAPs. When 2 GAPs in the 5 GAPs are preempted, the terminal device can supplement 2 GAPs for measurement to keep the measurement accuracy unchanged, and the measurement time delay is extended from the original 5 GAPs to 7 GAPs, as shown in FIG. 6. In FIG. 6, GAP2 and GAP4 are preempted, and the supplemented 2 GAPs are GAP6 and GAP7.

[0179] In another example, the first value can be x / b, and the second threshold can be a positive integer obtained by rounding a*x / b, where a can be the first threshold, b can be the number of measurement occasions remaining after the measurement occasions are preempted based on the indication information associated with the measurement performance 2 in the first time length, and x can be the number of measurement occasions included in the first time length.

[0180] (3) Measurement performance 3: the measurement time delay is unchanged, and the measurement accuracy is reduced.

[0181] The measurement time delay being unchanged can be understood as: compared with the measurement time delay in the case where the measurement occasions are not preempted, the measurement time delay in the case where the measurement occasions determined based on the indication information associated with the measurement performance 3 are preempted (or not used for measurement) is unchanged. The measurement accuracy being reduced can be understood as: compared with the measurement accuracy in the case where the measurement occasions are not preempted, the measurement accuracy in the case where the measurement occasions determined based on the indication information associated with the measurement performance 3 are preempted (or not used for measurement) is reduced. For example, the first measurement performance is that the measurement time delay is unchanged and the measurement accuracy is reduced, which can be understood as: compared with the measurement time delay and the measurement accuracy in the case where the measurement occasions are not preempted, the measurement time delay is unchanged and the measurement accuracy is reduced in the case where the measurement occasions determined based on the first indication information are preempted (or not used for measurement).

[0182] In an implementation, the measurement time delay is unchanged and the measurement accuracy is reduced, which can be replaced by: the measurement time delay satisfies a first threshold, and the measurement accuracy satisfies a second range. The measurement accuracy of the second range is worse (lower) than the measurement accuracy of the first range. For example, the first range can be [-3dB, +3dB], and the second range can be [-4dB, +4dB]. Alternatively, the second range can be predefined, or can also be configured by the network device, or can also be determined by the terminal device, without limitation. The first threshold and the first range can refer to the foregoing description, and will not be described again.

[0183] For example, the first duration includes 5 GAPs, when 3 of the 5 GAPs are preempted, the terminal device still measures within the 5 GAPs, the measurement time delay is unchanged, and because 2 of the 5 GAPs are preempted, the number of GAPs used for measurement is reduced, and the measurement accuracy is reduced, such as from [-3dB, +3dB] to [-5dB, +5dB].

[0184] (4) Measurement performance 4: measurement time delay is extended, and measurement accuracy is reduced.

[0185] The extension of the measurement time delay can be understood as: compared with the measurement time delay in the case where the measurement occasion is not preempted, the measurement time delay in the case where the measurement occasion determined based on the indication information associated with the measurement performance 4 is preempted (or not used for measurement) is extended. The reduction of the measurement accuracy can be understood as: compared with the measurement accuracy in the case where the measurement occasion is not preempted, the measurement accuracy in the case where the measurement occasion determined based on the indication information associated with the measurement performance 4 is preempted (or not used for measurement) is reduced. For example, the first measurement performance is the extension of the measurement time delay and the reduction of the measurement accuracy, which can be understood as: compared with the measurement time delay and the measurement accuracy in the case where the measurement occasion is not preempted, the measurement time delay is extended and the measurement accuracy is reduced in the case where the measurement occasion determined based on the first indication information is preempted (or not used for measurement).

[0186] In an implementation, the measurement time delay is extended and the measurement accuracy is reduced, which can be replaced by: the measurement time delay satisfies a third threshold, and the measurement accuracy satisfies a third range. The third threshold is greater than the first threshold. The measurement accuracy of the third range is worse (lower) than the measurement accuracy of the first range. For example, the first range can be [-3dB, +3dB], and the third range can be [-5dB, +5dB]. The first threshold and the first range can refer to the foregoing description, and will not be described again.

[0187] Optionally, the third range can be predefined, or can also be configured by the network device, or can further be determined by the terminal device, and is not limited. Optionally, the third threshold value can be predefined, or can also be configured by the network device, or can further be determined by the terminal device, and is not limited. Illustratively, the third threshold value can be determined by the first threshold value and a second value, and the second value can be determined by the indication information associated with the measurement performance 4. In an example, the second value can be the number of measurement occasions that are preempted, and the third threshold value can be greater than the first threshold value and less than or equal to the sum of the first threshold value and the number of measurement occasions that are preempted.

[0188] For example, the first duration includes 5 GAPs, and when 2 of the 5 GAPs are preempted, the terminal device can supplement 1 GAP for measurement, the measurement delay is extended from 5 GAPs to 6 GAPs, the measurement delay is extended, the number of supplemented GAPs is less than the number of preempted GAPs, the number of GAPs used for measurement is reduced, and the measurement accuracy is reduced, such as from [-3dB, +3dB] to [-4dB, +4dB].

[0189] In another example, the second value can be x / c, and the third threshold value can be greater than the first threshold value and less than or equal to a positive integer obtained by rounding a*x / c, where a can be the first threshold value, c can be the number of measurement occasions remaining after the measurement occasions are preempted based on the indication information associated with the measurement performance 3 in the first duration, and x can be the number of measurement occasions included in the first duration.

[0190] (5) Measurement performance 5: The measurement performance does not meet the measurement requirement.

[0191] Optionally, the measurement performance does not meet the measurement requirement can be replaced by: the measurement delay does not meet the measurement delay requirement; or can also be replaced by: the measurement accuracy does not meet the measurement accuracy requirement; or can further be replaced by: the measurement delay does not meet the measurement delay requirement and the measurement accuracy does not meet the measurement accuracy requirement.

[0192] Optionally, the first measurement performance is that the measurement performance does not meet the measurement requirement, which can be understood as: the measurement performance based on the measurement occasion determined based on the first indication information being preempted (or not used for measurement) does not meet the measurement requirement, and the measurement needs to be re-performed (or restarted); or can also be understood as: the measurement result based on the measurement occasion determined based on the first indication information being preempted (or not used for measurement) is unavailable (or expired); or can further be understood as: the terminal device cannot determine a reliable measurement occasion for measurement based on the measurement occasion determined based on the first indication information being preempted (or not used for measurement).

[0193] Optionally, the measurement performance does not meet the measurement requirement, which can be replaced by: re-measuring (or restarting measurement); or can also be replaced by: the measurement performance cannot be guaranteed.

[0194] For example, the first duration is 10 GAPs, and 5 GAPs in the 10 GAPs are preempted, which causes the previous measurement result to expire and be unusable, so that the measurement performance in the first duration cannot be guaranteed, and the terminal device needs to restart measurement, as shown in FIG. 7. In FIG. 7, GAP6 to GAP10 are preempted, the measurement result of GAP1 to GAP5 expires, and measurement is restarted in GAP11.

[0195] The above-mentioned division of the measurement performance is only an example, and the embodiments of the present application are not limited thereto. For example, the measurement performance can include measurement performance without influence and measurement performance with influence. For another example, the measurement performance can include measurement performance without influence and measurement time delay extension.

[0196] It is mentioned above that the first indication information can be used to indicate information about supporting measurement occasions not used for measurement. For example, the information about supporting measurement occasions not used for measurement can be implemented in various ways. In other words, the terminal device can report to the network device in various ways that it supports measurement occasions not used for measurement. The various ways are introduced one by one as follows.

[0197] Method 1: The information about supporting measurement occasions not used for measurement can be a bitmap or a pattern of supporting measurement occasions not used for measurement in the first duration. Alternatively, the information about supporting measurement occasions not used for measurement can be a bitmap or a pattern of measurement occasions needed for measurement in the first duration.

[0198] For example, the first indication information can be 0101001, and the first duration includes seven measurement occasions. If 0 represents a measurement occasion not used for measurement and 1 represents a measurement occasion used for measurement, then the first, third, fifth, and sixth measurement occasions in the seven measurement occasions support measurement occasions not used for measurement. Alternatively, if 1 represents a measurement occasion not used for measurement and 0 represents a measurement occasion used for measurement, then the second, fourth, and seventh measurement occasions in the seven measurement occasions support measurement occasions not used for measurement.

[0199] Method 2: The information about supporting measurement occasions not used for measurement can be the number of measurement occasions not used for measurement in the first duration. For example, 3 measurement occasions can be preempted in 200 ms. For another example, 7 measurement occasions support preemption of 3 measurement occasions.

[0200] The number of measurement occasions required for measurement in the first time duration can be determined by the number of measurement occasions not required for measurement supported in the first time duration. For example, the number of measurement occasions required for measurement in the first time duration can be the first difference value. The first difference value is the difference between the first number and the number of measurement occasions not required for measurement supported in the first time duration. The first number is the number of measurement occasions included in the first time duration.

[0201] For example, the first number is 7, and the first indication information indicates that the number of measurement occasions not required for measurement supported in the 7 measurement occasions is 3, and then the number of measurement occasions required for measurement in the 7 measurement occasions is 4.

[0202] Method 3: The information of measurement occasions not required for measurement can be the number of measurement occasions required for measurement in the first time duration. For example, the number of measurement occasions required for measurement in 200 ms is 6. For another example, the number of measurement occasions required for measurement in 10 measurement occasions is 6.

[0203] The number of measurement occasions not required for measurement supported in the first time duration can be determined by the number of measurement occasions required for measurement in the first time duration. For example, the number of measurement occasions not required for measurement supported in the first time duration can be less than or equal to the second difference value. The second difference value is the difference between the first number and the number of measurement occasions required for measurement in the first time duration. The first number is described in Method 2 and will not be repeated here.

[0204] For example, the first time duration is 200 ms, the 200 ms includes 10 measurement occasions, and the first indication information indicates that the number of measurement occasions required for measurement in the 200 ms is 6, and then the number of measurement occasions not required for measurement supported in the 200 ms can be less than or equal to 4.

[0205] Method 4: The information of measurement occasions not required for measurement can be the range of the number of measurement occasions not required for measurement supported in the first time duration. For example, the number of measurement occasions not required for measurement supported in 200 ms can be less than or equal to 4. For another example, the number of measurement occasions not required for measurement supported in 200 ms can be greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 4.

[0206] The range of the number of measurement occasions required for measurement in the first time duration can be determined by the range of the number of measurement occasions not required for measurement supported in the first time duration. For example, the first time duration is 200 ms, the 200 ms includes 10 measurement occasions, and the first indication information indicates that the number of measurement occasions not required for measurement supported in the 200 ms is greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 4, and then the number of measurement occasions required for measurement in the 200 ms can be greater than or equal to 6 and less than or equal to 8.

[0207] Way 5: The information of the measurement occasion not used for measurement can be the range of the number of measurement occasions needed for measurement within the first time length. For example, the number of measurement occasions needed for measurement within 200 ms can be greater than or equal to 7. For another example, the number of measurement occasions needed for measurement within 200 ms can be greater than or equal to 7 and less than or equal to 9.

[0208] The range of the number of measurement occasions not used for measurement within the first time length can be determined by the range of the number of measurement occasions needed for measurement within the first time length. For example, the first time length is 200 ms, 10 measurement occasions are included in the 200 ms, and the first indication information indicates that the number of measurement occasions needed for measurement within the 200 ms is greater than or equal to 7 and less than or equal to 9. Then, the number of measurement occasions not used for measurement within the 200 ms can be greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 3.

[0209] Way 6: The information of the measurement occasion not used for measurement can be the maximum time interval between two adjacent measurement occasions used for measurement. For example, after the measurement occasion is preempted, the time interval between the remaining two adjacent measurement occasions used for measurement is less than or equal to 100 ms. For another example, after the measurement occasion is preempted, the time interval between the remaining two adjacent measurement occasions used for measurement is less than or equal to 3 measurement occasions.

[0210] Way 7: The maximum time interval between two adjacent measurement occasions not used for measurement. For example, the time interval between two adjacent preempted measurement occasions is less than or equal to 50 ms. For another example, the time interval between two adjacent preempted measurement occasions is less than or equal to 3 measurement occasions.

[0211] The above various ways are described by taking the first time length as a fixed time length as an example. In another possible implementation, the first time length can be a plurality of measurement occasions, denoted as T measurement occasions, and T is an integer greater than 1. Correspondingly, for way 1, the information of the measurement occasion not used for measurement can be a bitmap or a pattern of the measurement occasion not used for measurement supported within T measurement occasions. For way 2, the information of the measurement occasion not used for measurement can be the number of measurement occasions not used for measurement supported within T measurement occasions. For way 3, the information of the measurement occasion not used for measurement can be the number of measurement occasions needed for measurement within T measurement occasions. The rest are similar, which will not be listed one by one here.

[0212] Each of the above-described modes can be used independently or in combination. For example, mode 2 and mode 3 are used in combination, mode 4 and mode 5 are used in combination, mode 6 and mode 7 are used in combination, mode 6 is used in combination with mode 2 and / or mode 3, mode 6 is used in combination with mode 4 and / or mode 5, mode 7 is used in combination with mode 2 and / or mode 3, or mode 7 is used in combination with mode 4 and / or mode 5, and the like, which are not listed one by one here. For example, the first indication information indicates the number of measurement occasions not used for measurement and the maximum time interval between adjacent two measurement occasions not used for measurement within the first time length. It can be understood that the implementation mode of the terminal device reporting the information of the measurement occasions not used for measurement to the network device is not limited.

[0213] In a possible implementation mode, the terminal device can further send information of at least one measurement performance associated with the N indication information to the network device. Optionally, the information of at least one measurement performance can be an identifier of the at least one measurement performance, which is not limited. For example, the first information can further include information of at least one measurement performance associated with the N indication information, as shown in Table 2. Accordingly, the first information includes the first indication information, and the first information can further include information of the first measurement performance. In this implementation mode, the terminal device can report the preemption strategy and the measurement performance associated with the preemption strategy to the network device, so that the terminal device and the network device can reach an agreement on the measurement performance that can be met when the measurement occasion is not used for measurement. It can be understood that each information in Table 2 is only an example, and the embodiments of the present application are not limited thereto.

[0214] Table 2

[0215] As mentioned above, the terminal device can send at least one indication information to the network device. For example, the terminal device can send the indication information 2 and the measurement performance 2 associated with the indication information 2 to the network device, indicating that when the number of pre-empted measurement occasions is less than or equal to 3, the measurement performance can meet the measurement performance 2; or the terminal device can send the indication information 1, the indication information 2, the measurement performance 1 associated with the indication information 1, and the measurement performance 2 associated with the indication information 2 to the network device, indicating that when the number of pre-empted measurement occasions is less than or equal to 2, the measurement performance can meet the measurement performance 1, and when the number of pre-empted measurement occasions is 3, the measurement performance can meet the measurement performance 2.

[0216] In another possible implementation, the terminal device can also not send the information about the at least one measurement performance associated with the N pieces of indication information to the network device, so as to reduce information transmission and improve utilization of network resources. In an example, the information about the at least one measurement performance associated with the N pieces of indication information can be predefined. For example, the terminal device is predefined to report measurement performance 1 and measurement performance 2, and accordingly, the terminal device can send the indication information associated with measurement performance 1 and the indication information associated with measurement performance 2 to the network device.

[0217] In another example, the information about the at least one measurement performance associated with the N pieces of indication information can also be configured by the network device. For example, the network device can send fifth information to the terminal device, where the fifth information is used to instruct the terminal device to send the indication information associated with the at least one measurement performance; and accordingly, the terminal device receives the fifth information and sends the N pieces of indication information to the network device according to the fifth information.

[0218] In another example, the information about the at least one measurement performance associated with the N pieces of indication information can also be associated with the resources occupied by the N pieces of indication information. For example, indication information 1 is carried by resource 1, the resource 1 is associated with measurement performance 1, and the measurement performance associated with the indication information 1 is measurement performance 1.

[0219] In a possible implementation, the terminal device can actively send the first information to the network device, or can send the first information to the network device in response to sixth information of the network device. The sixth information can be used to instruct the terminal device to report information about measurement occasions that are not used for measurement, or the sixth information can be used to instruct the terminal device to report information about at least one measurement performance associated with measurement occasions that are not used for measurement. For example, the network device can send the sixth information to the terminal device; and accordingly, the terminal device receives the sixth information from the network device and sends the first information to the network device according to the sixth information. For example, the terminal device can determine the N pieces of indication information according to the sixth information and measurement configuration and / or capability information of the terminal device.

[0220] In a possible implementation, the terminal device can report in the granularity of a frequency point, or report in the granularity of a frequency band, or report in the granularity of a frequency range (for example, FR1 or FR2). For example, the N pieces of indication information can be associated with a first frequency point to be measured. Accordingly, the first indication information is associated with the first frequency point to be measured. For another example, the N pieces of indication information can also be associated with a first frequency band. Accordingly, the first indication information is associated with the first frequency band. The first frequency band includes at least one of the frequency points to be measured. For another example, the N pieces of indication information can also be associated with a first frequency range. Accordingly, the first indication information is associated with the first frequency range. The first frequency range includes at least one of the frequency points to be measured.

[0221] For example, the measurement occasion includes a GAP and an SMTC, and it is assumed that the first indication information indicates that 3 measurement occasions in 200 ms are supported and not used for measurement, which means that 1 GAP and 2 SMTCs in 200 ms are supported and not used for measurement, or it also means that 3 GAPs and SMTCs in 200 ms are supported and not used for measurement, wherein the frequency points corresponding to the SMTCs include the first frequency point and the second frequency point.

[0222] S402: The network device sends second information to the terminal device.

[0223] Correspondingly, the terminal device receives the second information from the network device.

[0224] The second information can be used to indicate the measurement occasion not used for measurement in the first time length. Alternatively, the measurement occasion not used for measurement can be replaced by: a measurement occasion preempted (or occupied); or it can also be replaced by: a measurement occasion skipped; or it can also be replaced by: a measurement occasion cancelled; or it can also be replaced by: a measurement occasion used for data scheduling; or it can also be replaced by: a measurement occasion used for (or enabled to) send or receive. Alternatively, the measurement occasion indicated by the second information belongs to the measurement occasion indicated by the third information.

[0225] The second information is associated with the information of the measurement occasion not used for measurement. In an implementation, the second information can be determined based on one of the N indication information. For example, the network device can determine the measurement occasion not used for measurement in the first time length according to one of the N indication information. Alternatively, the second information can also be associated with the measurement performance associated with the one indication information. For example, the second information can be determined based on the first indication information. For example, the network device can determine the measurement occasion not used for measurement in the first time length according to the first indication information. Correspondingly, the second information can also be associated with the first measurement performance.

[0226] For example, the first indication information is reported by way 1, and the second information is associated with the information of the measurement occasion not used for measurement. It can be understood that the measurement occasion indicated by the second information is the measurement occasion not used for measurement indicated by the first indication information. For example, the first time length includes 5 measurement occasions, and the first indication information indicates that the first measurement occasion and the third measurement occasion in the 5 measurement occasions are supported and not used for measurement, and then the second information can be used to indicate that the first measurement occasion and the third measurement occasion in the 5 measurement occasions are not used for measurement.

[0227] For example, the first indication information is reported by way 1, and the second information is associated with information about measurement occasions that are not used for measurement. It can be understood that the number of measurement occasions indicated by the second information is less than or equal to the number of measurement occasions that are not used for measurement indicated by the first indication information. For example, there are 5 measurement occasions in the first time period, and the first indication information indicates that 2 of the 5 measurement occasions are used for measurement. The number of measurement occasions indicated by the second information can be less than or equal to 2. For example, the second information can be used to indicate that the first measurement occasion and the third measurement occasion of the 5 measurement occasions are not used for measurement, or the second information can be used to indicate that the first measurement occasion of the 5 measurement occasions is not used for measurement.

[0228] For example, the first indication information is reported by way 3, and the second information is associated with information about measurement occasions that are not used for measurement. It can be understood that the number of measurement occasions indicated by the second information is less than or equal to the number of measurement occasions that are not used for measurement determined based on the first indication information. For example, there are 5 measurement occasions in the first time period, and the first indication information indicates that 4 of the 5 measurement occasions are used for measurement. Based on the first indication information, it can be determined that 1 of the 5 measurement occasions is not used for measurement. The number of measurement occasions indicated by the second information is less than or equal to 1. For example, the second information can be used to indicate that the first measurement occasion of the 5 measurement occasions is not used for measurement.

[0229] For example, the first indication information is reported by way 4, and the second information is associated with information about measurement occasions that are not used for measurement. It can be understood that the number of measurement occasions indicated by the second information is within the range of the number of measurement occasions that are not used for measurement indicated by the first indication information, or it can also be understood that the number of measurement occasions indicated by the second information is less than or equal to the maximum value in the range of the number of measurement occasions that are not used for measurement indicated by the first indication information. For example, there are 7 measurement occasions in the first time period, and the first indication information indicates that the number of measurement occasions that are not used for measurement is greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 3. The number of measurement occasions indicated by the second information can be greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 3, or the number of measurement occasions indicated by the second information can be less than or equal to 3. For example, the second information can be used to indicate that the first measurement occasion of the 7 measurement occasions is not used for measurement, or the second information can be used to indicate that the first measurement occasion and the fourth measurement occasion of the 7 measurement occasions are not used for measurement, or the second information can be used to indicate that the second measurement occasion, the third measurement occasion, and the sixth measurement occasion of the 7 measurement occasions are not used for measurement.

[0230] For another example, the first indication information is reported by the manner 5, the second information is associated with the information of supporting measurement occasions not used for measurement, and it can be understood that: the number of measurement occasions indicated by the second information belongs to the range of the number of measurement occasions not used for measurement determined based on the first indication information; or it can also be understood that: the number of measurement occasions indicated by the second information is less than or equal to the maximum value in the range of the number of measurement occasions not used for measurement determined based on the first indication information. For example, there are 7 measurement occasions in the first time length, the first indication information indicates that the range of the number of measurement occasions used for measurement in the 7 measurement occasions is greater than or equal to 5 and less than or equal to 6, and based on the first indication information, it can be determined that the range of the number of measurement occasions not used for measurement in the 7 measurement occasions is greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 2, then the number of measurement occasions indicated by the second information can be greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 2, or the number of measurement occasions indicated by the second information can be less than or equal to 2. For example, the second information can be used to indicate that the first measurement occasion in the 7 measurement occasions is not used for measurement, or the second information can also be used to indicate that the first measurement occasion and the fourth measurement occasion in the 7 measurement occasions are not used for measurement.

[0231] For another example, the first indication information is reported by the manner 6, the second information is associated with the information of supporting measurement occasions not used for measurement, and it can be understood that: the time interval between two adjacent measurement occasions used for measurement determined based on the second information is less than or equal to the maximum time interval indicated by the first indication information.

[0232] For another example, the first indication information is reported by the manner 7, the second information is associated with the information of supporting measurement occasions not used for measurement, and it can be understood that: the time interval between two adjacent measurement occasions not used for measurement indicated by the second information is less than or equal to the maximum time interval indicated by the first indication information.

[0233] The foregoing is described by taking the example that the second information is associated with the first measurement performance, and the first measurement performance is associated with the first indication information. In another possible implementation, the first measurement performance can also be associated with a plurality of indication information, and the plurality of indication information belongs to N indication information, that is, the N indication information includes the plurality of indication information associated with the first measurement performance. For example, the first measurement performance is associated with the first indication information, and the first measurement performance is also associated with the second indication information. The first indication information and the second indication information can be reported by using different manners.

[0234] For example, when 7 measurement occasions are included in 200 ms, the first measurement performance is measurement performance 1, the first indication information is reported by way 1, the first indication information indicates that the first measurement occasion, the third measurement occasion and the fourth measurement occasion in 200 ms do not support measurement by bitmap, the second indication information is reported by way 2, and the second indication information indicates that the number of measurement occasions that support measurement in 200 ms is 2. The second information is determined based on the first indication information, and the second information is used to indicate that the first measurement occasion, the third measurement occasion and the fourth measurement occasion in 200 ms do not support measurement. Alternatively, the second information is determined based on the second indication information, and the number of measurement occasions indicated by the second information is less than or equal to 2. For example, the second information can be used to indicate that the second measurement occasion and the third measurement occasion in 200 ms do not support measurement. For another example, the second information can be used to indicate that the fifth measurement occasion in 200 ms does not support measurement.

[0235] In a possible implementation, the network device can determine the measurement occasion that does not support measurement in the first time length. For example, the network device can determine the measurement occasion that does not support measurement in the first time length according to the fourth information and the information about the measurement occasion that supports measurement. For example, the network device can determine the measurement occasion that does not support measurement in the first time length according to the fourth information and N pieces of indication information (or the first information). For example, the network device can determine the measurement occasion that does not support measurement in the first time length according to the second measurement performance and the information about the measurement occasion that supports measurement associated with the second measurement performance.

[0236] For example, the second measurement performance belongs to at least one measurement performance associated with the N pieces of indication information, that is, at least one measurement information associated with the N pieces of indication information includes the second measurement performance. Alternatively, the second measurement performance can be the first measurement performance, or can be a measurement performance other than the first measurement performance, which is not limited. For ease of understanding, the second measurement performance is taken as the first measurement performance for description without special description. Correspondingly, the network device can determine the first measurement performance according to the fourth information, and determine the measurement occasion that does not support measurement in the first time length according to the first information (or the first indication information) and the first measurement performance.

[0237] The fourth information can include location information of the terminal device, or include service information corresponding to the terminal device, or include the location information of the terminal device and the service information corresponding to the terminal device. For example, when the terminal device is at the cell edge and / or the service of the terminal device is not a time delay sensitive service, and the priority of the service corresponding to the terminal device is lower than the priority of the measurement, the network device can determine a measurement performance with higher measurement performance (for example, measurement performance 1 or measurement performance 2) to reduce the number of preempted GAPs and reduce the problem of measurement performance degradation caused by preemption of more GAPs. For another example, when the terminal device is at the cell center and / or the service of the terminal device is a time delay sensitive service, and the priority of the service corresponding to the terminal device can be higher than the priority of the measurement, the network device can determine a measurement performance with lower measurement performance (for example, measurement performance 3, measurement performance 4 or measurement performance 5) to preempt more measurement occasions to improve the transmission reliability of service data.

[0238] In the first communication method, each of the N pieces of indication information indicates information about a measurement occasion not used for measurement, and the N pieces of indication information are associated with at least one measurement performance, so that the terminal device and the network device can reach an agreement on the measurement performance that is met when the measurement occasion is not used for measurement, thereby enabling differentiated measurement occasion preemption according to the measurement performance and facilitating balancing of service demand and measurement performance.

[0239] Optionally, the first communication method can further include that the terminal device performs measurement according to the second information, as shown in S403 in FIG. 8.

[0240] FIG. 8 exemplarily shows a second communication method provided by the embodiments of the present application. In FIG. 8, S401 and S402 are the same as S401 and S402 shown in FIG. 4, except that:

[0241] S403: The terminal device performs measurement according to the second information.

[0242] The terminal device can perform measurement according to the second information, and the measurement occasion indicated by the second information is not used for measurement in the measurement process.

[0243] In a possible implementation, the terminal device can determine a first measurement occasion according to the second information, and the first measurement occasion can be a measurement occasion in a first time period except for the measurement occasion indicated by the second information. For example, the first time period includes five measurement occasions, and the second information indicates that the first measurement occasion and the second measurement occasion of the five measurement occasions are not used for measurement, and then the first measurement occasion includes the third measurement occasion, the fourth measurement occasion and the fifth measurement occasion of the five measurement occasions.

[0244] Optionally, the first measurement occasion can be a measurement occasion of a frequency point associated with the first indication information for measurement; or the first measurement occasion can also be a measurement occasion of all frequency points to be measured. For example, the number of frequency points to be measured is multiple, and the terminal device can determine strategy information of the multiple frequency points sharing the measurement occasion, to realize sharing of the multiple frequency points based on the measurement occasion. The strategy of the multiple frequency points sharing the measurement occasion can refer to the related description of FIG. 5, and will not be repeated here. In addition, the embodiment of the present application does not limit the implementation mode of the strategy of the multiple frequency points sharing the measurement occasion.

[0245] In a possible implementation manner, the terminal device can determine a second measurement period according to the first measurement performance and / or the first measurement occasion, and perform measurement according to the second measurement period. Alternatively, the terminal device can determine a second measurement period according to the first indication information and / or the first measurement occasion, and perform measurement according to the second measurement period. Optionally, the second measurement period can be the same as or different from the first measurement period configured by the network device.

[0246] Taking FIG. 6 as an example, the first measurement period can include 5 GAPs. Assuming that the network device selects the indication information associated with the measurement performance 3 for configuration, that is, the measurement time delay is unchanged, and the measurement precision is reduced, then the second measurement period can include 5 GAPs, and the second measurement period is the same as the first measurement period. Alternatively, assuming that the network device selects the indication information associated with the measurement performance 2 for configuration, that is, the measurement time delay is prolonged, and the measurement precision is unchanged, then the terminal device can supplement 2 measurement occasions, and the second measurement period can include 7 GAPs; or the terminal device can also supplement (K-5) measurement occasions, and the second measurement period can include K measurement occasions. Wherein, K can be a positive integer obtained by rounding Y*Y / X, Y is the number of measurement occasions included in the first measurement period, and X is the number of first measurement occasions in the first measurement period.

[0247] Optionally, the second measurement period can be a measurement period of a frequency point associated with the first indication information, or the second measurement period can also be a measurement period of all frequency points to be measured.

[0248] In a possible implementation, the terminal device can determine the measurement performance associated with the second information. For example, the terminal device can determine the measurement performance associated with the second information, and determine the second measurement period and the like according to the measurement performance associated with the second information. For example, the terminal device can determine the measurement performance associated with the second information according to the measurement occasion indicated by the second information and the N pieces of indication information. The application embodiment takes the measurement performance associated with the first measurement performance as an example for description. For example, the terminal device can match (or compare) the measurement occasion indicated by the second information with the information about the measurement occasion that is not used for measurement and is indicated by at least one piece of indication information in the N pieces of indication information, and the measurement performance associated with the second information is the measurement performance associated with the indication information with the highest matching degree (or the matching degree satisfies a preset condition and the like) with the second information.

[0249] For example, it is assumed that the N pieces of indication information reported by the terminal device include indication information 1 and indication information 2, and the first time length includes five measurement occasions. The indication information 1 is associated with measurement performance 1, and the indication information 1 indicates that the number of measurement occasions that support not being used for measurement in the five measurement occasions is two. The indication information 2 is associated with measurement performance 2, and the indication information 2 indicates that the number of measurement occasions that support not being used for measurement in the five measurement occasions is four. If the number of measurement occasions that are not used for measurement indicated by the second information is three or four, the matching degree of the second information with the indication information 2 is higher, and the terminal device can determine that the measurement performance associated with the second information is the measurement performance associated with the indication information 2, that is, the measurement performance associated with the second information is measurement performance 2.

[0250] Alternatively, if the number of measurement occasions that are not used for measurement indicated by the second information is one or two, the matching degree of the second information with the indication information 1 is higher, and the terminal device can determine that the measurement performance associated with the second information is the measurement performance associated with the indication information 1, that is, the measurement performance associated with the second information is measurement performance 1.

[0251] Alternatively, if the number of measurement occasions that are not used for measurement indicated by the second information is five, the terminal device can determine that the measurement performance associated with the second information is measurement performance 5. The second information indicates that all the measurement occasions in the first time length are not used for measurement, and the terminal device can determine, by default, that the measurement performance associated with the second information is measurement performance 5, that is, the measurement performance cannot be guaranteed, and the measurement needs to be restarted.

[0252] As another example, assume that the N pieces of indication information reported by the terminal device include indication information 3, indication information 4, and indication information 5, and the first time length includes 6 measurement occasions. The indication information 3 is associated with measurement performance 1, and the indication information 3 indicates that the first, third, and fourth measurement occasions of the 6 measurement occasions support not being used for measurement. The indication information 4 is associated with measurement performance 3, and the indication information 4 indicates that the number of measurement occasions that support not being used for measurement in the 6 measurement occasions is 2. The indication information 5 is associated with measurement performance 4, and the indication information 5 indicates that the number of measurement occasions that support not being used for measurement in the 6 measurement occasions is 4. If the number of measurement occasions that support not being used for measurement indicated by the second information is 4, the matching degree of the second information with the indication information 5 is higher, and the terminal device can determine that the measurement performance associated with the second information is the measurement performance associated with the indication information 5, i.e., the measurement performance associated with the second information is measurement performance 4.

[0253] Alternatively, if the number of measurement occasions that support not being used for measurement indicated by the second information is 3, and the 3 measurement occasions indicated by the second information are not the first, third, and fourth measurement occasions of the 6 measurement occasions, the matching degree of the second information with the indication information 5 is higher, and the terminal device can determine that the measurement performance associated with the second information is the measurement performance associated with the indication information 5, i.e., the measurement performance associated with the second information is measurement performance 4.

[0254] Alternatively, if the number of measurement occasions that support not being used for measurement indicated by the second information is 3, and the 3 measurement occasions indicated by the second information are the first, third, and fourth measurement occasions of the 6 measurement occasions, the matching degree of the second information with the indication information 3 is higher, and the terminal device can determine that the measurement performance associated with the second information is the measurement performance associated with the indication information 3, i.e., the measurement performance associated with the second information is measurement performance 1.

[0255] Alternatively, if the number of measurement occasions that support not being used for measurement indicated by the second information is 1 or 2, the matching degree of the second information with the indication information 4 is higher, and the terminal device can determine that the measurement performance associated with the second information is the measurement performance associated with the indication information 4, i.e., the measurement performance associated with the second information is measurement performance 3.

[0256] Alternatively, if the number of measurement occasions that support not being used for measurement indicated by the second information is 5 or 6, the terminal device can determine that the measurement performance associated with the second information is measurement performance 5. The second information indicates that 5 or 6 measurement occasions in the first time length are not used for measurement, and the indication information 5 associated with measurement performance 4 indicates that the number of measurement occasions that support not being used for measurement in the first time length is 4. Therefore, the terminal device can determine that the measurement performance associated with the second information is measurement performance 5 by default, i.e., the measurement performance cannot be guaranteed, and the measurement needs to be restarted.

[0257] In the second communication method, the terminal device can perform the measurement according to the second information, and the second information is associated with the preemption measurement associated with the measurement performance, so that the measurement performance of the measurement performed by the terminal device according to the second information is the same as the expected measurement performance of the network device, which is beneficial to balance the service demand and the measurement performance.

[0258] FIG. 9 shows a flowchart of a third communication method provided by the embodiments of the present application. The third communication method is an example of the first communication method and the second communication method. As shown in FIG. 9, the method can include the following contents.

[0259] S901: The network device sends third information to the terminal device.

[0260] Correspondingly, the terminal device receives the third information from the network device.

[0261] The third information can be used to indicate a measurement occasion. Optionally, the third information can include at least one of the following: a first measurement period of the measurement occasion, a measurement start time, or a time length of the measurement occasion.

[0262] S902: The terminal device determines the first information.

[0263] The first information can include N pieces of indication information, each piece of the N pieces of indication information can be used to indicate information supporting a measurement occasion not used for measurement. The N pieces of indication information include first indication information. The N pieces of indication information are associated with at least one measurement performance, and the at least one measurement performance includes a first measurement performance associated with the first indication information.

[0264] Optionally, the terminal device can determine the N pieces of indication information (or the first information), or the terminal device can determine the N pieces of indication information associated with the at least one measurement performance. For example, the terminal device can determine the N pieces of indication information according to a measurement configuration and / or capability information of the terminal device. The measurement configuration can include a measurement object configuration and / or a measurement occasion configuration. Optionally, the measurement occasion configuration can be the third information, which is not limited. For example, the measurement occasion configuration can include a GAP configuration and / or an SMTC. The embodiments of the present application do not limit the implementation process of the terminal device determining the N pieces of indication information associated with the at least one measurement performance.

[0265] Optionally, the first information can further include the at least one measurement performance associated with the N pieces of indication information.

[0266] In FIG. 9, it is exemplified that the first information includes the first indication information, and the first indication information is used to indicate information supporting a measurement occasion not used for measurement, and the first indication information is associated with the first measurement performance.

[0267] S903: The terminal device sends first information to the network device.

[0268] Correspondingly, the network device receives the first information from the terminal device.

[0269] S904: The network device determines a first measurement performance according to fourth information.

[0270] The fourth information can include location information of the terminal device, or include service information corresponding to the terminal device, or include the location information of the terminal device and the service information corresponding to the terminal device. For example, when the terminal device is at the cell edge and / or the service of the terminal device is not a delay-sensitive service, the priority of the service corresponding to the terminal device is lower than the priority of the measurement, and the network device can determine a measurement performance with a higher measurement performance (e.g., measurement performance 1 or measurement performance 2) to reduce the number of preempted GAPs and reduce the problem of measurement performance degradation caused by preemption of more GAPs. For another example, when the terminal device is at the cell center and / or the service of the terminal device is a delay-sensitive service, the priority of the service corresponding to the terminal device can be higher than the priority of the measurement, and the network device can determine a measurement performance with a lower measurement performance (e.g., measurement performance 3, measurement performance 4, or measurement performance 5) to preempt more measurement occasions to improve the transmission reliability of service data.

[0271] S905: The network device determines a measurement occasion not used for measurement in a first time duration according to the first information and the first measurement performance.

[0272] S906: The network device sends second information to the terminal device.

[0273] Correspondingly, the terminal device receives the second information from the network device.

[0274] The second information can be used to indicate the measurement occasion not used for measurement in the first time duration. Alternatively, the second information is associated with the first indication information, or the second information is associated with the first measurement performance, or the second information is associated with information supporting the measurement occasion not used for measurement.

[0275] S907: The terminal device determines a first measurement occasion according to the second information.

[0276] The first measurement occasion is a measurement occasion in the first time duration except for the measurement occasion not used for measurement. Illustratively, the terminal device can determine the first measurement occasion according to the second information, and the first measurement occasion can be a measurement occasion in the first time duration except for the measurement occasion indicated by the second information. For example, the first time duration includes 5 measurement occasions, and the second information indicates that the first measurement occasion and the second measurement occasion of the 5 measurement occasions are not used for measurement, and then the first measurement occasion includes the third measurement occasion, the fourth measurement occasion, and the fifth measurement occasion of the 5 measurement occasions.

[0277] Optionally, the first measurement occasion can be a measurement occasion of a frequency point associated with the first indication information for measurement; or the first measurement occasion can also be a measurement occasion of all frequency points to be measured. For example, the number of frequency points to be measured is multiple, and the terminal device can determine strategy information of the multiple frequency points sharing the measurement occasion, to realize sharing of the multiple frequency points based on the measurement occasion.

[0278] S908: The terminal device determines a second measurement period according to the first measurement occasion.

[0279] For example, the terminal device can determine the second measurement period according to the first measurement performance and / or the first measurement occasion. Alternatively, the terminal device can determine the second measurement period according to the first indication information and / or the first measurement occasion. Optionally, the second measurement period can be the same as or different from the first measurement period configured by the network device.

[0280] Optionally, the second measurement period can be a measurement period of a frequency point associated with the first indication information, or the second measurement period can also be a measurement period of all frequency points to be measured.

[0281] S909: The terminal device performs measurement according to the second measurement period.

[0282] The manner of each step shown in FIG. 9 can be referred to the description of the first communication method and the second communication method described above, and will not be described here.

[0283] As mentioned above, the steps performed by the network device can also be performed by components in the network device. In a possible implementation, at least one of the generation of the third information, the generation of the second information, the determination of the first measurement performance, and the determination of the measurement occasion not used for measurement in the first time length can be implemented by a CU in the network device.

[0284] In another possible implementation, at least one of the generation of the third information, the generation of the second information, the determination of the first measurement performance, and the determination of the measurement occasion not used for measurement in the first time length can also be implemented by a CU-UP and / or a CU-CP in the network device.

[0285] In another possible implementation, at least one of the generation of the third information, the generation of the second information, the determination of the first measurement performance, and the determination of the measurement occasion not used for measurement in the first time length can also be implemented by a near (near)-real time (RT) RAN intelligent controller (RIC) in the network device.

[0286] For example, the first information can be received by the RU and transmitted by the DU to the CU (or CU-UP and / or CU-CP, or near-RT RIC), and the measurement occasion not used for measurement in the first time length is determined by the CU (or CU-UP and / or CU-CP, or near-RT RIC) based on the first information.

[0287] For example, the second information and the third information can complete the physical layer function through the DU and / or the RU, and be sent to the terminal device.

[0288] It is mentioned above that the steps performed by the terminal device can also be performed by components in the terminal device. In one possible implementation, the determination of the first information and the measurement, etc. can be implemented by a processor in the terminal device. In another possible implementation, the determination of the first information and the measurement, etc. can be implemented by software on a readable medium in the terminal device. In another possible implementation, the determination of the first information and the measurement, etc. can be implemented by a baseband in the terminal device. For example, the first information is implemented by a processor or software or baseband, etc. in the terminal device, and is sent to the network device through a transmitting module. For another example, the second information is received by a receiving module of the terminal device, and is processed by a processor or software or baseband, etc.

[0289] In the embodiments provided in the present application, the method provided by the embodiments of the present application is introduced from the perspective of interaction of multiple communication devices (for example, terminal devices and network devices, etc.). The steps performed by the communication device (for example, terminal device or network device) can be implemented by different functional entities constituting the communication device. The communication device (for example, terminal device or network device) can include hardware structures and / or software modules, and the above-mentioned functions are implemented in the form of hardware structures, software modules, or hardware structures plus software modules. Whether a certain function in the above-mentioned functions is implemented in the form of hardware structure, software module, or hardware structure plus software module depends on the specific application of the technical solution and the design constraint conditions.

[0290] The communication device used to implement the above-mentioned method in the embodiments of the present application will be introduced below in conjunction with the drawings. Therefore, the content in the foregoing can be used in the subsequent embodiments, and the repeated content will not be described in detail.

[0291] FIG. 10 exemplarily shows a structural schematic diagram of a communication device 1000. The communication device 1000 can implement the functions or steps implemented by the terminal device or the network device in the above-mentioned various method embodiments.

[0292] Exemplarily, when the communication device 1000 is used to implement the functions or steps implemented by the terminal device in the above-mentioned various method embodiments, the communication device 1000 can be a terminal device, or can also be a device in the terminal device.

[0293] Exemplarily, when the communication apparatus 1000 is used to implement the functions or steps implemented by the network device in the above various method embodiments, the communication apparatus 1000 can be the network device, or can also be a device in the network device.

[0294] In an implementation manner, the communication apparatus 1000 can include a processing module 1001 and a transceiver module 1002. The processing module 1001 can be used for data processing, for example, executing the above various method embodiments. The processing module 1001 can also be referred to as a processing unit, etc. The transceiver module 1002 can be used to implement corresponding communication functions, for example, receiving or sending related data, information or messages. The transceiver module 1002 can also be referred to as a communication interface, or a communication module, or a transceiver unit, etc.

[0295] It should be noted that the communication apparatus 1000 can include the processing module 1001, but not the transceiver module 1002. Alternatively, the communication apparatus 1000 can include the transceiver module 1002, but not the processing module 1001. Whether the processing module 1001 and the transceiver module 1002 are included in the communication apparatus 1000 can depend on whether the processing action and the transceiving action are included in the above scheme implemented by the communication apparatus 1000.

[0296] Optionally, the communication apparatus 1000 can further include a storage module, which is not shown in FIG. 10. The storage module can be used to store instructions and / or data. The processing module 1001 can read the instructions and / or data in the storage module, so that the communication apparatus 1000 implements the foregoing method embodiments.

[0297] Optionally, the transceiver module 1002 can include a sending module and a receiving module. The sending module is used to perform the sending operation in the above method embodiments. The receiving module is used to perform the receiving operation in the above method embodiments.

[0298] It should be noted that the communication apparatus 1000 can include the sending module, but not the receiving module. Alternatively, the communication apparatus 1000 can include the receiving module, but not the sending module. Whether the sending module and the receiving module are included in the communication apparatus 1000 can depend on whether the sending action and the receiving action are included in the above scheme implemented by the communication apparatus 1000.

[0299] Optionally, the communication apparatus 1000 is a chip system, and the transceiver module 1002 can be an input / output interface of a chip (for example, a baseband chip), and the processing unit can be a processor of the chip system.

[0300] In the first implementation, the communication apparatus 1000 can implement the function of a terminal device, and perform the following: the transceiver 1002 is configured to send first information to a network device, the first information comprising first indication information, the first indication information being used to indicate information about support for measurement occasions that are not used for measurement, and the first indication information being associated with a first measurement performance; receive second information from the network device, the second information being associated with the information about support for measurement occasions that are not used for measurement, and the second information being used to indicate measurement occasions that are not used for measurement within a first time duration; and wherein the first measurement performance is one of: no impact on measurement performance, extended measurement time delay, reduced measurement accuracy, or measurement performance not meeting measurement requirements.

[0301] Optionally, the support for measurement occasions that are not used for measurement can be replaced by: support for measurement occasions that are preempted (or occupied); or can also be replaced by: support for measurement occasions that are skipped; or can also be replaced by: support for measurement occasions that are cancelled; or can also be replaced by: support for measurement occasions that are data-scheduled; or can also be replaced by: measurement occasions that enable sending or receiving.

[0302] Optionally, the processing module 1001 is configured to perform measurement according to the second information, wherein the measurement occasions indicated by the second information are not used for measurement.

[0303] In the second implementation, the communication apparatus 1000 can implement the function of a terminal device, and perform the following: the transceiver 1002 is configured to receive second information from a network device, the second information being associated with information about support for measurement occasions that are not used for measurement, and the second information being used to indicate measurement occasions that are not used for measurement within a first time duration, and the information about support for measurement occasions that are not used for measurement being associated with a first measurement performance; and the processing module 1001 is configured to perform measurement according to the second information, wherein the measurement occasions indicated by the second information are not used for measurement; and wherein the first measurement performance is one of: no impact on measurement performance, extended measurement time delay, reduced measurement accuracy, or measurement performance not meeting measurement requirements.

[0304] Optionally, the support for measurement occasions that are not used for measurement can be replaced by: support for measurement occasions that are preempted (or occupied); or can also be replaced by: support for measurement occasions that are skipped; or can also be replaced by: support for measurement occasions that are cancelled; or can also be replaced by: support for measurement occasions that are data-scheduled; or can also be replaced by: measurement occasions that enable sending or receiving.

[0305] Optionally, the transceiver 1002 is further configured to send first information to a network device, the first information comprising first indication information, the first indication information being used to indicate the information about support for measurement occasions that are not used for measurement, and the first indication information being associated with a first measurement performance.

[0306] Optionally, based on the first implementation manner or the second implementation manner, when performing the measurement according to the second information, the processing module 1001 is configured to determine a first measurement occasion according to the second information, the first measurement occasion being a measurement occasion in the first time length except for the measurement occasion indicated by the second information; and perform the measurement according to the first measurement occasion.

[0307] Optionally, based on the first implementation manner or the second implementation manner, when performing the measurement according to the first measurement occasion, the processing module 1001 is configured to determine a second measurement period according to the first measurement performance and / or the first measurement occasion; and perform the measurement according to the second measurement period.

[0308] Optionally, based on the first implementation manner or the second implementation manner, the transceiver module 1002 is further configured to receive third information from the network device, the third information being used for indicating a measurement occasion, and the third information indicating the measurement occasion including the measurement occasion not used for the measurement.

[0309] Optionally, based on the first implementation manner or the second implementation manner, the third information includes at least one of the following: a first measurement period of the measurement occasion, a measurement start time, or a time length of the measurement occasion.

[0310] Optionally, based on the first implementation manner or the second implementation manner, the first information further includes information of the first measurement performance.

[0311] Optionally, based on the first implementation manner or the second implementation manner, the first information further includes M pieces of indication information, the M pieces of indication information being associated with at least one measurement performance, wherein the at least one measurement performance includes at least one of the following: no influence on the measurement performance, measurement time delay extension, measurement accuracy reduction, measurement performance not meeting measurement requirements, and the M being an integer greater than 0.

[0312] Optionally, based on the first implementation manner or the second implementation manner, the measurement performance has no influence includes that the measurement time delay satisfies a first threshold and the measurement accuracy satisfies a first range; the measurement time delay is prolonged includes that the measurement time delay satisfies a second threshold and the measurement accuracy satisfies a second range, the second threshold is greater than the first threshold, and the second range is the first range or the measurement accuracy of the second range is worse than the measurement accuracy of the first range; the measurement accuracy is reduced includes that the measurement time delay satisfies a third threshold and the measurement accuracy satisfies a third range, the third threshold is the first threshold or the third threshold is greater than the first threshold, and the measurement accuracy of the third range is worse than the measurement accuracy of the first range; and the measurement performance does not satisfy a measurement requirement includes that the measurement time delay does not satisfy a measurement time delay requirement and / or the measurement accuracy does not satisfy a measurement accuracy requirement.

[0313] Optionally, based on the first implementation manner or the second implementation manner, the first threshold is that all measurement occasions in the first time length support the measurement time delay for measurement; the first range is that all measurement occasions in the first time length support the measurement accuracy range for measurement; the second threshold is determined by the first threshold and a first value, and the first value is determined by information about supporting measurement occasions not for measurement associated with the measurement time delay being prolonged; and the third threshold is greater than the first threshold, and the third threshold is determined by the first threshold and a second value, and the second value is determined by information about supporting measurement occasions not for measurement associated with the measurement accuracy being reduced.

[0314] Optionally, based on the first implementation manner or the second implementation manner, the information about supporting measurement occasions not for measurement includes a bitmap of supporting measurement occasions not for measurement in the first time length, or a number of supporting measurement occasions not for measurement in the first time length, or a range of the number of supporting measurement occasions not for measurement in the first time length, or a maximum time interval between adjacent measurement occasions for measurement, or a maximum time interval between adjacent measurement occasions not for measurement.

[0315] Optionally, based on the first implementation manner or the second implementation manner, the second information is associated with the information about supporting measurement occasions not for measurement, which can be replaced by that the measurement occasion indicated by the second information is the measurement occasion not for measurement; the number of measurement occasions indicated by the second information is less than or equal to the number of measurement occasions not for measurement; or the number of measurement occasions indicated by the second information belongs to the range of the number of measurement occasions not for measurement.

[0316] Optionally, based on the first implementation manner or the second implementation manner, the first indication information is further associated with a first frequency point to be measured; or the first indication information is further associated with a first frequency range, the first frequency range including the frequency point to be measured; or the first indication information is further associated with a first frequency domain range, the first frequency domain range including the frequency point to be measured.

[0317] Optionally, based on the first implementation manner or the second implementation manner, the measurement occasion includes a measurement gap and / or a synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block measurement occasion configuration.

[0318] In the third implementation manner, the communication apparatus 1000 can implement a function of a network device, and perform the following: a transceiver 1002 configured to receive first information from a terminal device, the first information including first indication information, the first indication information being used to indicate information about a measurement occasion not used for measurement, the first indication information being associated with a first measurement performance; and send second information to the terminal device, the second information being associated with the information about the measurement occasion not used for measurement, the second information being used to indicate the measurement occasion not used for measurement within a first time length; and the first measurement performance is one of the following: no influence on measurement performance, measurement time delay extension, measurement accuracy reduction, or measurement performance not meeting measurement requirements.

[0319] Optionally, the measurement occasion not used for measurement can be replaced by a measurement occasion subject to preemption (or occupation); or can be replaced by a measurement occasion subject to skipping; or can be replaced by a measurement occasion subject to cancellation; or can be replaced by a measurement occasion subject to data scheduling; or can be replaced by a measurement occasion enabling transmission or reception.

[0320] In the fourth implementation manner, the communication apparatus 1000 can implement a function of a network device, and perform the following: a transceiver 1002 configured to send second information to a terminal device, the second information being associated with information about a measurement occasion not used for measurement, the second information being used to indicate the measurement occasion not used for measurement within a first time length, and the information about the measurement occasion not used for measurement being associated with a first measurement performance; and the first measurement performance is one of the following: no influence on measurement performance, measurement time delay extension, measurement accuracy reduction, or measurement performance not meeting measurement requirements.

[0321] Optionally, the measurement occasion not used for measurement can be replaced by a measurement occasion subject to preemption (or occupation); or can be replaced by a measurement occasion subject to skipping; or can be replaced by a measurement occasion subject to cancellation; or can be replaced by a measurement occasion subject to data scheduling; or can be replaced by a measurement occasion enabling transmission or reception.

[0322] Optionally, the transceiver 1002 is further configured to receive first information from the terminal device, the first information comprising first indication information, the first indication information being used to indicate the information of the measurement occasion not used for measurement, and the first indication information being associated with the first measurement performance.

[0323] Optionally, based on the third implementation manner or the fourth implementation manner, the processing module 1001 is configured to determine the measurement occasion not used for measurement in the first time length according to fourth information and the information of the measurement occasion not used for measurement, wherein the fourth information comprises location information of the terminal device and / or service information corresponding to the terminal device.

[0324] Optionally, based on the third implementation manner or the fourth implementation manner, the transceiver 1002 is further configured to send third information to the terminal device, the third information being used to indicate the measurement occasion, and the third information indicating the measurement occasion comprising the measurement occasion not used for measurement.

[0325] Optionally, based on the third implementation manner or the fourth implementation manner, the third information comprises at least one of the following: a first measurement period of the measurement occasion, a measurement start time, or a time length of the measurement occasion.

[0326] Optionally, based on the third implementation manner or the fourth implementation manner, the first information further comprises information of the first measurement performance.

[0327] Optionally, based on the third implementation manner or the fourth implementation manner, the first information further comprises M pieces of indication information, the M pieces of indication information being associated with at least one measurement performance, wherein the at least one measurement performance comprises at least one of the following: no influence on the measurement performance, measurement time delay extension, measurement accuracy reduction, measurement performance not meeting measurement requirements, and M being an integer greater than 0.

[0328] Optionally, based on the third implementation manner or the fourth implementation manner, the measurement performance has no influence includes that the measurement time delay satisfies a first threshold and the measurement accuracy satisfies a first range; the measurement time delay is prolonged includes that the measurement time delay satisfies a second threshold and the measurement accuracy satisfies a second range, the second threshold is greater than the first threshold, and the second range is the first range or the measurement accuracy of the second range is worse than the measurement accuracy of the first range; the measurement accuracy is reduced includes that the measurement time delay satisfies a third threshold and the measurement accuracy satisfies a third range, the third threshold is the first threshold or the third threshold is greater than the first threshold, and the measurement accuracy of the third range is worse than the measurement accuracy of the first range; the measurement performance does not satisfy a measurement requirement includes that the measurement time delay does not satisfy a measurement time delay requirement and / or the measurement accuracy does not satisfy a measurement accuracy requirement.

[0329] Optionally, based on the third implementation manner or the fourth implementation manner, the first threshold is that all measurement occasions in the first time length support the measurement time delay for measurement; the first range is that all measurement occasions in the first time length support the measurement accuracy range for measurement; the second threshold is determined by the first threshold and a first value, and the first value is determined by information about supporting measurement occasions not for measurement associated with the measurement time delay being prolonged; the third threshold is greater than the first threshold, and the third threshold is determined by the first threshold and a second value, and the second value is determined by information about supporting measurement occasions not for measurement associated with the measurement accuracy being reduced.

[0330] Optionally, based on the third implementation manner or the fourth implementation manner, the information about supporting measurement occasions not for measurement includes: a bitmap of supporting measurement occasions not for measurement in the first time length; or a number of supporting measurement occasions not for measurement in the first time length; or a range of a number of supporting measurement occasions not for measurement in the first time length; or a maximum time interval between adjacent measurement occasions for measurement; or a maximum time interval between adjacent measurement occasions supporting not for measurement.

[0331] Optionally, based on the third implementation manner or the fourth implementation manner, the second information is associated with the information about supporting measurement occasions not for measurement, which can be replaced by: the measurement occasion indicated by the second information is the measurement occasion not for measurement; a number of measurement occasions indicated by the second information is less than or equal to a number of the measurement occasions not for measurement; or the number of measurement occasions indicated by the second information belongs to a range of the number of the measurement occasions not for measurement.

[0332] Optionally, based on the third implementation manner or the fourth implementation manner, the first indication information is further associated with a first frequency point to be measured; or the first indication information is further associated with a first frequency range, the first frequency range including the frequency point to be measured; or the first indication information is further associated with a first frequency range, the first frequency range including the frequency point to be measured.

[0333] Optionally, based on the third implementation manner or the fourth implementation manner, the measurement occasion includes a measurement gap and / or a synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block measurement occasion configuration.

[0334] The implementation process of each module is described above in the foregoing method embodiments, and thus is not described herein.

[0335] As shown in FIG. 11, the embodiment of the present application provides a structure diagram of another communication apparatus 1100. The communication apparatus 1100 can include a processor 1120, which is configured to implement or support implementation of the functions of the terminal device or the network device in any method embodiment of the present application. For details, refer to the foregoing method embodiments, which are not described herein. For example, the processor 1120 is configured to read and execute program instructions through a communication interface, so that the communication apparatus 1100 implements the corresponding method. The processor 1120 can include one or more processors, which are not limited.

[0336] It should be noted that the above-mentioned functional modules can be implemented by hardware, or implemented by a combination of hardware and software, which are not limited. When the communication apparatus 1100 only includes the processor 1120, the communication apparatus 1100 can be a chip, or also can be a chip system.

[0337] For example, the communication apparatus 1100 can be a chip system. The chip system can be composed of a chip, or can include a chip and other discrete devices, which are not limited.

[0338] Optionally, the communication apparatus 1100 can further include a memory 1130 configured to store program instructions and / or data. The memory 1130 is coupled with the processor 1120. The coupling can be understood as indirect coupling or communication connection between devices, units or modules, which can be electrical, mechanical or other forms, and is used for information interaction between devices, units or modules. The processor 1120 can operate in cooperation with the memory 1130. The processor 1120 and the memory 1130 can be integrated together, or can be separately arranged.

[0339] Further, the processor 1120 is configured to execute the program instructions stored in the memory 1130, so that the communication apparatus 1100 implements the corresponding method.

[0340] One or more of the memories 1130 can be included in the processor 1120, or the memories 1130 can be independent of the processor 1120, such as a memory included in a chipset, etc., that is in communication with the processor 1120 via a communication bus (represented by the thick line 1140 in FIG. 11). The memory 1130 and the processor 1120 can also be integrated together in a single chip.

[0341] Optionally, the communication device 1100 further includes a communication interface 1110 (shown in FIG. 11 in dashed line) for communicating with other devices via transmission medium, so that the devices in the communication device 1100 can communicate with other devices. For example, when the communication device is a terminal device, the other devices can be network devices, etc. The processor 1120 can use the communication interface 1110 to transceive data. For example, the processor 1120 can be configured to control the communication interface 1110 to receive and / or send signals.

[0342] Optionally, the communication interface 1110 can be a transceiver. In hardware implementation, the transceiver can be configured to implement the functions of the transceiving module 1002 described above, and the transceiver is integrated in the communication device 1100 to form the communication interface 1110. Optionally, the communication interface 1110 can also be an input / output interface, an input / output circuit, a pin, etc.

[0343] It should be noted that the communication interface 1110 can have both sending and receiving functions, and can realize signal receiving and sending; or the communication interface 1110 can have only sending function and no receiving function, and is configured to realize signal sending; or the communication interface 1110 can have only receiving function and no sending function, and is configured to realize signal receiving.

[0344] It should be noted that the specific connection medium between the communication interface 1110, the processor 1120 and the memory 1130 is not limited in the embodiments of the present application. In FIG. 11, the memory 1130, the processor 1120 and the communication interface 1110 are connected through the communication bus 1140, and the connection mode between other components is only illustrative and is not limited. The communication bus 1140 can be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, etc. For convenience of representation, only one thick line is shown in FIG. 11, but it does not mean that there is only one communication bus or only one type of communication bus.

[0345] In the embodiments of the present application, the processor 1120 can be one or a combination of a CPU, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application-specific integrated circuit, a microprocessor (MPU), a microcontroller unit (MCU), a GPU, an artificial intelligence processor (AI processor), a neural network processor (Neural Processing Unit, NPU), a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, a discrete gate or transistor logic device, a discrete hardware component, etc. The general-purpose processor can be a microprocessor or any conventional processor, etc. The method disclosed in combination with the embodiments of the present application can be completed by hardware in the processor or by a combination of hardware and software in the processor.

[0346] In the embodiments of the present application, the memory 1130 can include, but is not limited to, a cache, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), a hard disk drive (HDD) or a solid-state drive (SSD), an erasable programmable ROM (EPROM), or a compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), etc. The memory is any other medium capable of carrying or storing desired program codes in the form of instructions or data structures and capable of being accessed by a computer, but is not limited thereto. The memory in the embodiments of the present application can also be a circuit or any other device capable of realizing a storage function, used for storing program instructions and / or data.

[0347] In a first possible implementation, the communication apparatus 1100 can be a terminal device, used to implement the related method corresponding to the terminal device in each of the above embodiments, and the specific functions can refer to the description in each of the above embodiments.

[0348] Exemplarily, the method corresponding to the terminal device in each of the above embodiments comprises: sending first information to a network device, the first information comprising first indication information, the first indication information being used to indicate information about supporting measurement occasions not used for measurement, the first indication information being associated with first measurement performance; receiving second information from the network device, the second information being associated with the information about supporting measurement occasions not used for measurement, the second information being used to indicate measurement occasions not used for measurement within a first time length; wherein the first measurement performance is one of the following: measurement performance has no influence, measurement time delay is prolonged, measurement precision is reduced, or measurement performance does not meet measurement requirements.

[0349] In a second possible implementation, the communication apparatus 1100 can be a terminal device, configured to implement the method corresponding to the terminal device in each of the above embodiments, and specific functions can be referred to the descriptions in the above embodiments.

[0350] Exemplarily, the method corresponding to the terminal device in each of the above embodiments comprises: receiving second information from a network device, the second information being associated with information about supporting measurement occasions not used for measurement, the second information being used to indicate measurement occasions not used for measurement within a first time length, the information about supporting measurement occasions not used for measurement being associated with first measurement performance; and performing measurement according to the second information, wherein the measurement occasions indicated by the second information are not used for measurement; wherein the first measurement performance is one of the following: measurement performance has no influence, measurement time delay is prolonged, measurement precision is reduced, or measurement performance does not meet measurement requirements.

[0351] In a third possible implementation, the communication apparatus 1100 can be a network device, configured to implement the method corresponding to the network device in each of the above embodiments, and specific functions can be referred to the descriptions in the above embodiments.

[0352] Exemplarily, the method corresponding to the network device in each of the above embodiments comprises: receiving first information from a terminal device, the first information comprising first indication information, the first indication information being used to indicate information about supporting measurement occasions not used for measurement, the first indication information being associated with first measurement performance; sending second information to the terminal device, the second information being associated with the information about supporting measurement occasions not used for measurement, the second information being used to indicate measurement occasions not used for measurement within a first time length; wherein the first measurement performance is one of the following: measurement performance has no influence, measurement time delay is prolonged, measurement precision is reduced, or measurement performance does not meet measurement requirements.

[0353] In a fourth possible implementation, the communication apparatus 1100 can be a network device, configured to implement the related method corresponding to the network device in the above various embodiments, and the specific functions can be referred to the description in the above various embodiments.

[0354] Exemplarily, the related method corresponding to the network device in the above various embodiments includes: sending, to a terminal device, second information, the second information being associated with information supporting a measurement occasion not used for measurement, the second information being used to indicate the measurement occasion not used for measurement in a first time length, the information supporting the measurement occasion not used for measurement being associated with a first measurement performance; and the first measurement performance is one of: measurement performance has no influence, measurement time delay is prolonged, measurement precision is reduced, or measurement performance does not meet measurement requirements.

[0355] For the implementation process, please refer to the related content in the above various method embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

[0356] Based on the same concept, referring to FIG. 12, the embodiment of the present application further provides another communication apparatus 1200, including: an input / output interface 1210 and a logic circuit 1220; the input / output interface 1210 is configured to receive code instructions and transmit them to the logic circuit 1220; the logic circuit 1220 is configured to run the code instructions to execute the method performed by the terminal device or the network device in any of the above embodiments.

[0357] In a first implementation, the communication apparatus 1200 can be applied to a terminal device to execute the method performed by the terminal device described above, for example, the method performed by the terminal device in the above method embodiments. For example, the communication apparatus 1200 can send, to a network device, first information including first indication information, the first indication information being used to indicate information supporting a measurement occasion not used for measurement, the first indication information being associated with a first measurement performance; and receive second information from the network device, the second information being associated with the information supporting the measurement occasion not used for measurement, the second information being used to indicate the measurement occasion not used for measurement in a first time length; and the first measurement performance is one of: measurement performance has no influence, measurement time delay is prolonged, measurement precision is reduced, or measurement performance does not meet measurement requirements.

[0358] In the second implementation, the communication apparatus 1200 can be applied to a terminal device, and perform the method performed by the terminal device as described above, for example, the method performed by the terminal device in the foregoing method embodiments. For example, the communication apparatus 1200 can receive second information from a network device, the second information being associated with information supporting a measurement occasion not used for measurement, the second information being used to indicate a measurement occasion not used for measurement in a first time length, the information supporting the measurement occasion not used for measurement being associated with a first measurement performance; and perform measurement according to the second information, wherein the measurement occasion indicated by the second information is not used for measurement; and wherein the first measurement performance is one of: no impact on measurement performance, measurement time delay is extended, measurement accuracy is reduced, or measurement performance does not meet measurement requirements.

[0359] In the third implementation, the communication apparatus 1200 can be applied to a network device, and perform the method performed by the network device as described above, for example, the method performed by the network device in the foregoing method embodiments. For example, the communication apparatus 1200 can receive first information from a terminal device, the first information including first indication information, the first indication information being used to indicate information supporting a measurement occasion not used for measurement, the first indication information being associated with a first measurement performance; and send second information to the terminal device, the second information being associated with the information supporting the measurement occasion not used for measurement, the second information being used to indicate a measurement occasion not used for measurement in a first time length; and wherein the first measurement performance is one of: no impact on measurement performance, measurement time delay is extended, measurement accuracy is reduced, or measurement performance does not meet measurement requirements.

[0360] In the fourth implementation, the communication apparatus 1200 can be applied to a network device, and perform the method performed by the network device as described above, for example, the method performed by the network device in the foregoing method embodiments. For example, the communication apparatus 1200 can send second information to a terminal device, the second information being associated with information supporting a measurement occasion not used for measurement, the second information being used to indicate a measurement occasion not used for measurement in a first time length, the information supporting the measurement occasion not used for measurement being associated with a first measurement performance; and wherein the first measurement performance is one of: no impact on measurement performance, measurement time delay is extended, measurement accuracy is reduced, or measurement performance does not meet measurement requirements.

[0361] For specific implementation processes, reference can be made to the related content in the foregoing method embodiments, which will not be described herein again.

[0362] The embodiments of the present application further provide a communication system, which can include at least one of: a terminal device or a network device. The terminal device or the network device can refer to the description in the foregoing method embodiments, which will not be described herein again.

[0363] The embodiments of the present application further provide a computer readable storage medium, including program instructions, which, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method or steps of the terminal device or the network device in the above various embodiments.

[0364] The embodiments of the present application further provide a computer program product, including program instructions, which, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method or steps of the terminal device or the network device in the above various embodiments.

[0365] The embodiments of the present application provide a chip system, which includes a processor for implementing the functions of the terminal device or the network device in the above method (for example, performing the corresponding method or steps). The chip system can be composed of a chip, or can include a chip and other discrete devices.

[0366] Optionally, the chip system further includes a memory for storing program instructions, so that the above processor reads and executes to implement the corresponding method.

[0367] It should be understood that, in various embodiments of the present application, the size of the sequence number of the above processes does not mean the order of execution, and the execution order of the processes should be determined according to their functions and inherent logic, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.

[0368] Those skilled in the art can realize that the units and algorithm steps of the examples described in combination with the embodiments disclosed herein can be realized in electronic hardware or in combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether the functions are realized in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Those skilled in the art can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered beyond the scope of the present application.

[0369] Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the above described system, device and unit can refer to the corresponding processes in the above method embodiments, which will not be described here.

[0370] In several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed system, device and method can be implemented in other manners. For example, the described device embodiments are merely schematic. The division of the units is merely logical function division. There can be other division manners in actual implementation. For example, a plurality of units or components can be combined or integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed. In addition, the displayed or discussed mutual couplings or direct couplings or communication connections can be indirect couplings or communication connections through some interfaces, devices or units, and can be in electrical, mechanical or other forms.

[0371] The units described as separate components can or can not be physically separate, and the components shown as units can or can not be physical units, i.e., can be located in one place, or can be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the embodiment.

[0372] In addition, each functional unit in the various embodiments of the present application can be integrated into a processing unit, or each unit can be a physically independent unit, or two or more units can be integrated into one unit.

[0373] If the functions are realized in the form of software function units and sold or used as independent products, they can be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solutions of the present application essentially make contributions or parts of the technical solutions can be embodied in the form of a software product. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions for causing a computer device (which can be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute all or part of the steps of the methods described in the various embodiments of the present application. The aforementioned storage medium includes various media that can store program codes, such as a U disk, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, etc.

[0374] The above is merely specific implementation of the present application, but the protection scope of the embodiments of the present application is not limited thereto. Any person skilled in the art can easily think of changes or replacements within the technical range disclosed in the embodiments of the present application, which should be covered within the protection scope of the embodiments of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the embodiments of the present application should be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A communication method characterized by comprising: The method comprises: sending first information to a network device, the first information comprising first indication information, the first indication information being used for indicating information about supporting measurement occasions not used for measurement, the first indication information being associated with first measurement performance; receiving second information from the network device, the second information being associated with the information about supporting measurement occasions not used for measurement, the second information being used for indicating measurement occasions not used for measurement within a first time length; wherein the first measurement performance is one of the following: measurement performance has no influence, measurement time delay is prolonged, measurement accuracy is reduced, or measurement performance does not meet measurement requirements.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, The method further comprises: performing measurement according to the second information, wherein the measurement occasions indicated by the second information are not used for measurement.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein, The performing measurement according to the second information comprises: determining first measurement occasions according to the second information, the first measurement occasions being measurement occasions within the first time length except for the measurement occasions indicated by the second information; performing measurement according to the first measurement occasions.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein, The performing measurement according to the first measurement occasions comprises: determining a second measurement period according to the first measurement performance and / or the first measurement occasions; performing measurement according to the second measurement period.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein, The method further comprises: receiving third information from the network device, the third information being used for indicating measurement occasions, the measurement occasions indicated by the third information comprising the measurement occasions not used for measurement.

6. A communication method characterized by comprising: The method comprises: receiving first information from a terminal device, the first information comprising first indication information, the first indication information being used for indicating information about supporting measurement occasions not used for measurement, the first indication information being associated with first measurement performance; sending second information to the terminal device, the second information being associated with the information about supporting measurement occasions not used for measurement, the second information being used for indicating measurement occasions not used for measurement within a first time length; wherein the first measurement performance is one of the following: measurement performance has no influence, measurement time delay is prolonged, measurement accuracy is reduced, or measurement performance does not meet measurement requirements.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein, The method further comprises: determining measurement occasions not used for measurement within the first time length according to fourth information and the information about supporting measurement occasions not used for measurement, wherein the fourth information comprises location information of the terminal device and / or service information corresponding to the terminal device.

8. The method according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that, The method further comprises: sending third information to the terminal device, the third information being used for indicating measurement occasions, the measurement occasions indicated by the third information comprising the measurement occasions not used for measurement.

9. The method according to claim 5 or 8, characterized in that, The third information comprises at least one of the following: a first measurement period of the measurement occasions, a measurement start time, or a time length of the measurement occasions.

10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that, The first information further comprises information about the first measurement performance.

11. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that, The first information further comprises M pieces of indication information, the M pieces of indication information being associated with at least one measurement performance, wherein the at least one measurement performance comprises at least one of: measurement performance has no influence, measurement time delay is prolonged, measurement accuracy is reduced, measurement performance does not meet measurement requirements, and M is an integer greater than 0.

12. The method of any one of claims 1-11, wherein, the measurement performance has no influence comprises that the measurement time delay meets a first threshold and the measurement accuracy meets a first range; the measurement time delay is prolonged comprises that the measurement time delay meets a second threshold and the measurement accuracy meets a second range, the second threshold is greater than the first threshold, and the second range is the first range or the measurement accuracy of the second range is worse than the measurement accuracy of the first range; the measurement accuracy is reduced comprises that the measurement time delay meets a third threshold and the measurement accuracy meets a third range, the third threshold is the first threshold or the third threshold is greater than the first threshold, and the measurement accuracy of the third range is worse than the measurement accuracy of the first range; the measurement performance does not meet measurement requirements comprises that the measurement time delay does not meet a measurement time delay requirement and / or the measurement accuracy does not meet a measurement accuracy requirement.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein, the first threshold is that all measurement occasions within the first time length support measurement time delay for measurement; the first range is that all measurement occasions within the first time length support measurement accuracy range for measurement; the second threshold is determined by the first threshold and a first value, and the first value is determined by information of measurement occasions not supporting measurement associated with the measurement time delay being prolonged; the third threshold is greater than the first threshold, and the third threshold is determined by the first threshold and a second value, and the second value is determined by information of measurement occasions not supporting measurement associated with the measurement accuracy being reduced.

14. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that, the information of measurement occasions not supporting measurement comprises: a bitmap of measurement occasions not supporting measurement within the first time length; or, a number of measurement occasions not supporting measurement within the first time length; or, a range of numbers of measurement occasions not supporting measurement within the first time length; or, a maximum time interval between two adjacent measurement occasions for measurement; or, a maximum time interval between two adjacent measurement occasions not supporting measurement.

15. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 14, characterized in that, the second information is associated with the information of measurement occasions not supporting measurement comprises: the measurement occasion indicated by the second information is the measurement occasion not supporting measurement; or, a number of measurement occasions indicated by the second information is less than or equal to a number of measurement occasions not supporting measurement; or, a number of measurement occasions indicated by the second information belongs to a range of numbers of measurement occasions not supporting measurement.

16. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 15, characterized in that, The first indication information is further associated with a first frequency point to be measured; or the first indication information is further associated with a first frequency range, the first frequency range including the frequency point to be measured; or the first indication information is further associated with a first frequency domain range, the first frequency domain range including the frequency point to be measured.

17. The method of any one of claims 1 to 16, wherein, The measurement occasion includes a measurement gap (GAP) and / or a synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block measurement time configuration (SMTC).

18. A communications device, characterized by comprise means for performing the method of any one of claims 1 to 17.

19. A communications device, characterized by comprise at least one processor configured to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 17.

20. A communication system, characterized by comprise a terminal device and / or a network device, wherein the terminal device is configured to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 5, 9 to 17, and the network device is configured to perform the method of any one of claims 6 to 17.

21. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that, The computer program product comprises a computer program which, when executed on a computer, causes the method of any one of claims 1 to 17 to be implemented.

22. A computer program product, characterised in that, The computer program product comprises a computer program which, when executed on a computer, causes the method of any one of claims 1 to 17 to be implemented.

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