Method and apparatus for skipping measurement gap, and communication system

Abstract

Provided in the embodiments of the present application are a method and apparatus for skipping a measurement gap, and a communication device. The apparatus is applied to a terminal device, and comprises a first communication module. The first communication module is configured to: receive a configuration sent by a network device, wherein the configuration is used for instructing the terminal device to skip one or more radio resource management (RRM) measurement gaps; and skip the one or more RRM measurement gaps on the basis of the configuration, wherein the configuration is sent by means of a radio resource control (RRC) message.

Description

Methods, apparatus and communication systems for skipping measurement gaps Technical Field

[0001] The embodiments of this application relate to the field of communication technology. Background Technology

[0002] Extended Reality (XR) refers to all real and virtual environments and human-computer interactions created by computer technology and wearable devices. XR is a general term encompassing different types of reality, including AR, MR, VR, and other hybrid and interdisciplinary fields. Different application areas of XR include entertainment, healthcare, and education.

[0003] Virtual Reality (VR) is a rendered version of a published visual and audio scene. The rendering aims to simulate real-world visual and auditory sensory stimuli as naturally as possible as an observer or user moves within application-defined limits.

[0004] Augmented Reality (AR) refers to providing users with additional information or artificially generated items or content overlaid on their current environment.

[0005] Mixed Reality (MR) is an advanced form of AR where virtual elements are inserted into a physical scene to create the illusion that these elements are part of the real environment. 5G technology is researching key issues, solutions, and outcomes to support advanced media services, such as High Data Rate Low Latency (HDRLL) services, Augmented Reality (AR) / Virtual Reality (VR) / Extended Reality (XR) services, and haptic / multimodal communication services. Objectives include enhancements related to Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gaps or limitations.

[0006] Measurement gaps (MGs) can affect scheduling latency and XR performance. Relevant enhancements are developed to allow data transmission and reception during measurement gaps / restrictions, including inter-frequency radio resource management measurement gaps, co-frequency measurements, or other scheduling restrictions.

[0007] It should be noted that the above introduction to the technical background is only for the purpose of providing a clear and complete explanation of the technical solutions of this application and facilitating understanding by those skilled in the art. It should not be assumed that these technical solutions are known to those skilled in the art simply because they have been described in the background section of this application.

[0008] Summary of the Invention

[0009] In current communication systems, factors limiting the availability of terminal device scheduling include radio resource management measurements, radio link monitoring measurements, and beam failure detection. During scheduling constraints, terminal devices do not decode the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), thus preventing scheduling. These scheduling constraints result in higher scheduling latency.

[0010] The inventors of this application have discovered that, since most XR protocol data units need to be delivered within milliseconds, XR performance is significantly affected by high scheduling latency. Due to scheduling constraints, latency-sensitive XR services may fail to meet latency requirements, thus impacting XR service performance. How to transmit and / or receive within measurement gaps or constraints caused by radio resource management measurements is a problem that needs to be solved.

[0011] To address at least one of the aforementioned problems or other similar issues, embodiments of this application provide a method, apparatus, and communication system for skipping measurement gaps. This method utilizes a semi-static configuration (e.g., radio resource management configuration) of a terminal device by a network device to enable the terminal device to transmit and / or receive data during gaps or limitations caused by one or more RRM measurements. This solves the problem of transmitting and / or receiving data during measurement gaps or limitations caused by radio resource management measurements, thereby better supporting XR services and improving the user experience of XR and media services.

[0012] According to one aspect of the embodiments of this application, a device for skipping measurement gaps is provided, applied to a terminal device, the device including a first communication module, the first communication module being configured to:

[0013] Receive configuration sent by a network device, the configuration being used to instruct the terminal device to skip one or more Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gaps; and

[0014] Based on the configuration, one or more of the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gaps are skipped, wherein the configuration is sent via Radio Resource Control (RRC) messages.

[0015] According to one aspect of the embodiments of this application, a device for skipping measurement gaps is provided, applied to a network device, the device including a second communication module, the second communication module being configured to:

[0016] Send a configuration to the terminal device, the configuration being used to instruct the terminal device to skip one or more Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gaps; and

[0017] The terminal device transmits and / or receives data based on the configuration, wherein the configuration is transmitted via Radio Resource Control (RRC) messages.

[0018] One of the beneficial effects of the embodiments of this application is that by using the semi-static configuration of the terminal device by the network device (e.g., radio resource control configuration) to enable the terminal device to transmit and / or receive data in the gaps or limitations caused by one or more RRM measurements, the problem of transmitting and / or receiving in the measurement gaps or limitations caused by radio resource management measurements is solved, thus better supporting XR services and improving the user experience of XR and media services.

[0019] Specific embodiments of this application are disclosed in detail with reference to the following description and accompanying drawings, indicating how the principles of this application can be adopted. It should be understood that the embodiments of this application are not limited in scope. Within the spirit and scope of the appended claims, embodiments of this application include many changes, modifications, and equivalents.

[0020] Features described and / or illustrated for one embodiment may be used in the same or similar manner in one or more other embodiments, combined with features in other embodiments, or substituted for features in other embodiments.

[0021] It should be emphasized that the term "including / comprises" as used herein refers to the presence of a feature, whole, step, or component, but does not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, wholes, steps, or components. Attached Figure Description

[0022] The elements and features described in one drawing or embodiment of this application may be combined with elements and features shown in one or more other drawings or embodiments. Furthermore, in the drawings, similar reference numerals denote corresponding parts in several drawings and can be used to indicate corresponding parts used in more than one embodiment.

[0023] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of this application;

[0024] Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of a method for skipping measurement gaps according to a first aspect embodiment;

[0025] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of indicating the skipping of measurement gaps by configuring a periodic flow pattern;

[0026] Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of a method for skipping measurement gaps according to a second aspect embodiment;

[0027] Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of a device for skipping measurement gaps according to an embodiment of this application;

[0028] Figure 6 is a schematic diagram of a device for skipping measurement gaps according to an embodiment of this application;

[0029] Figure 7 is a schematic block diagram of an electronic device. Detailed Implementation

[0030] Referring to the accompanying drawings, the foregoing and other features of this application will become apparent from the following description. Specific embodiments of this application are specifically disclosed in the description and drawings, illustrating partial implementations in which the principles of this application may be employed. It should be understood that this application is not limited to the described embodiments; rather, it includes all modifications, variations, and equivalents falling within the scope of the appended claims.

[0031] In the embodiments of this application, the terms "first," "second," etc., are used to distinguish different elements by name, but do not indicate the spatial arrangement or chronological order of these elements, and these elements should not be limited by these terms. The term "and / or" includes any one or more of the terms listed in association and all combinations thereof. The terms "comprising," "including," "having," etc., refer to the presence of the stated features, elements, components, or assemblies, but do not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, elements, components, or assemblies.

[0032] In the embodiments of this application, the singular forms "a," "the," etc., including the plural forms, should be broadly understood as "a kind" or "a class" rather than limited to the meaning of "an." Furthermore, the term "the" should be understood to include both the singular and plural forms, unless the context explicitly indicates otherwise. Additionally, the term "according to" should be understood as "at least partially based on…," and the term "based on" should be understood as "at least partially based on…," unless the context explicitly indicates otherwise.

[0033] In the embodiments of this application, the term "communication network" or "wireless communication network" may refer to a network that conforms to any of the following communication standards, such as New Radio (NR), Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), High-Speed ​​Packet Access (HSPA), etc.

[0034] Furthermore, communication between devices in a communication system can be carried out according to communication protocols at any stage, including but not limited to the following communication protocols: 1G (generation), 2G, 2.5G, 2.75G, 3G, 4G, 4.5G and 5G, New Radio (NR), etc., and / or other currently known or future communication protocols.

[0035] In the embodiments of this application, the term "network device" refers, for example, to a device in a communication system that connects a terminal device to a communication network and provides services to that terminal device. Network devices may include, but are not limited to, the following devices: integrated access and backhaul node (IAB-node), base station (BS), access point (AP), transmission and reception point (TRP), broadcast transmitter, mobile management entity (MME), gateway, server, radio network controller (RNC), base station controller (BSC), etc.

[0036] The term "base station" can include, but is not limited to, NodeBs (or NBs), evolved NodeBs (or eNodeBs or eNBs), and 5G base stations (gNBs), etc. It can also include Remote Radio Heads (RRHs), Remote Radio Units (RRUs), relays, or low-power nodes (such as femeto, pico, etc.). The term "base station" can encompass some or all of its functions, and each base station can provide communication coverage to a specific geographic area. The term "cell" can refer to a base station and / or its coverage area, depending on the context in which the term is used.

[0037] In the embodiments of this application, the terms "User Equipment" (UE) or "Terminal Equipment" (TE) refer, for example, to a device that accesses a communication network and receives network services through a network device. A terminal device can be fixed or mobile, and may also be referred to as a mobile station (MS), terminal, subscriber station (SS), access terminal (AT), station, etc.

[0038] The terminal device may include, but is not limited to, the following devices: cellular phone, personal digital assistant (PDA), wireless modem, wireless communication device, handheld device, machine-type communication device, laptop computer, cordless phone, smartphone, smartwatch, digital camera, etc.

[0039] For example, in scenarios such as the Internet of Things (IoT), terminal devices can also be machines or devices for monitoring or measurement, such as including but not limited to: machine-type communication (MTC) terminals, vehicle communication terminals, device-to-device (D2D) terminals, machine-to-machine (M2M) terminals, and so on.

[0040] Furthermore, the terms "network side" or "network equipment side" refer to one side of the network, which can be a base station or include one or more network devices as described above. The terms "user side," "terminal side," or "terminal equipment side" refer to the side of the user or terminal, which can be a UE or include one or more terminal devices as described above.

[0041] In the following description, without causing confusion, the terms “uplink control signal” and “uplink control information (UCI)” or “physical uplink control channel (PUCCH)” are used interchangeably, as are the terms “uplink data signal” and “uplink data information” or “physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH)”.

[0042] The terms “downlink control signal” and “downlink control information (DCI)” or “physical downlink control channel (PDCCH)” are interchangeable, as are the terms “downlink data signal” and “downlink data information (PDSCH)” or “physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH)”.

[0043] Furthermore, sending or receiving a PUSCH can be understood as sending or receiving uplink data carried by the PUSCH; sending or receiving a PUCCH can be understood as sending or receiving uplink information carried by the PUCCH; and sending or receiving a PRACH can be understood as sending or receiving a preamble carried by the PRACH. Uplink signals can include uplink data signals and / or uplink control signals, and can also be referred to as uplink transmission (UL transmission), uplink information, or uplink channel. Sending an uplink transmission on uplink resources can be understood as using those uplink resources to send the uplink transmission. Similarly, downlink data / signals / channels / information can be understood accordingly.

[0044] In the embodiments of this application, higher-layer signaling may be, for example, Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling; for example, referred to as an RRC message, including MIB, system information, dedicated RRC messages; or referred to as an RRC information element. Higher-layer signaling may also be, for example, Medium Access Control (MAC) signaling; or referred to as a MAC control element. However, this application is not limited to these.

[0045] In the embodiments of this application, "at least one" and "one or more" can be used interchangeably, and "multiple" and "more than one" can be used interchangeably. "Multiple" means at least two, or two or more.

[0046] In the embodiments of this application, "predefined" refers to what is specified by the protocol or determined according to the rules specified by the protocol, and does not require additional configuration. "Configuration / instruction" refers to what the network device directly or indirectly configures / instructs through higher-layer signaling and / or physical layer signaling. Configuration / instruction can be achieved by introducing higher-layer parameters into the higher-layer signaling. Higher-layer parameters refer to information fields and / or information elements / information units / information cells / information cells (IEs) in the higher-layer signaling. Physical layer signaling refers to, for example, control information (DCI) carried by the physical downlink control channel or control information carried by the sequence, but is not limited to these.

[0047] For ease of description, the following text uses a base station as an example of an access network device.

[0048] In the following explanation, without causing confusion, “if…”, “in the case of…” and “when…” can be used interchangeably.

[0049] The following examples illustrate the scenarios of embodiments of this application, but this application is not limited thereto.

[0050] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of this application, illustrating the case of a terminal device and a network device as examples. As shown in Figure 1, the communication system 100 may include a network device 101, a terminal device 102, and a terminal device 103. For simplicity, Figure 1 only illustrates the case of two terminal devices and one network device, but the embodiments of this application are not limited to this.

[0051] In this embodiment of the application, network device 101, terminal device 102, and terminal device 103 can transmit existing services or services that can be implemented in the future. For example, these services may include, but are not limited to: enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), massive machine-type communication (mMTC), ultra-reliable and low-latency communication (URLLC), and related communications of terminal devices with reduced capabilities, etc.

[0052] Terminal devices 102 and 103 can be in RRC_IDLE, RRC_INACTIVE, or RRC_CONNECTED states. Terminal devices 102 and 103 can also communicate with network device 101. For example, taking terminal device 102 as an example, terminal device 102 can send data to network device 101 or perform data retransmission. Network device 101 can send paging messages to terminal device 102 or send data to terminal device 102, and terminal device 102 can receive data sent by network device 101. Furthermore, different terminal devices can also communicate with each other; for example, terminal device 102 and terminal device 103 can exchange data.

[0053] It is worth noting that Figure 1 shows that both terminal device 102 and terminal device 103 are within the coverage area of ​​network device 101, but this application is not limited to this. Terminal device 102 and terminal device 103 may both be outside the coverage area of ​​network device 101, or one of terminal device 102 and terminal device 103 may be within the coverage area of ​​network device 101 while the other is outside the coverage area of ​​network device 101.

[0054] First aspect of the embodiments

[0055] This application provides a method for skipping measurement gaps, applied to terminal device 102.

[0056] Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of a method for skipping measurement gaps according to a first aspect embodiment. As shown in Figure 2, the method for skipping measurement gaps includes:

[0057] Operation 201: Receive configuration sent by a network device, the configuration being used to instruct the terminal device to skip one or more Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gaps; and

[0058] Operation 202: The terminal device skips one or more of the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gaps based on the configuration.

[0059] In operation 201 of this application, the configuration sent by the network device can be sent via a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message.

[0060] In this application, skipping a Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap refers to not performing a predefined measurement operation within the originally configured RRM measurement gap time. Skipping a RRM measurement gap can also be called canceling a RRM measurement gap, deactivating a RRM measurement gap, or dropping a RRM measurement gap. Since skipping a RRM measurement gap is for one or more measurement gap opportunities in a semi-statically configured measurement gap, also called measurement gap occurrence, skipping a RRM measurement gap can also be called skipping a RRM measurement gap opportunity or skipping a RRM measurement gap occurrence.

[0061] Furthermore, in the following description of this application, a radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap may also be simply referred to as a measurement gap, or a measurement gap opportunity, or a measurement gap occurrence.

[0062] In this application, if the terminal device skips one or more Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gaps, then the terminal device can receive and / or transmit data during the time of the one or more RRM measurement gaps.

[0063] This application embodiment utilizes a semi-static configuration (e.g., radio resource control configuration) of a terminal device by a network device to enable the terminal device to transmit and / or receive data during gaps or limitations caused by one or more RRM measurements. This solves the problem of transmitting and / or receiving data during measurement gaps or limitations caused by radio resource management measurements, and thus better supports XR services and improves the user experience of XR and media services.

[0064] The technical solution of this application will be further described below through Embodiment 1, Embodiment 2 and Embodiment 3.

[0065] Example 1:

[0066] In Example 1, a periodic pattern is configured via Radio Resource Control (RRC) messages to instruct the terminal device to skip one or more Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gaps.

[0067] Example 1 can be implemented using the following methods 1 and 2.

[0068] Method 1:

[0069] In method 1, the periodic pattern includes a periodic traffic pattern for periodic data traffic. For example, a network device can configure a periodic traffic pattern for periodic data traffic for a terminal device; this configuration of the periodic traffic pattern can be called the first configuration.

[0070] Periodic data traffic refers to periodic data traffic generated by services such as XR. This can be downlink, uplink, or a periodic pattern that doesn't distinguish between uplink and downlink traffic. This periodic pattern (first configuration) describes some characteristics of the periodic service, such as the time period for the traffic pattern to repeat, the start time of the traffic, and the duration (active time) of the traffic within each period. The duration of the traffic within a period can be configured based on the service's packet delay budget (PDB), indicating that there may be services with low latency requirements during this period that need to skip the measurement interval.

[0071] The first configuration can be configured by the first element (e.g., xr-Config or traffic-Config) in the Radio Resource Control Reconfiguration (RRCReconfiguration) message. This first element can be an element added in RRCReconfiguration. The first element can contain at least one of a first field, a second field, and a third field. The first field indicates the traffic period; the second field indicates the start time of the active time in the first configured period or is used to calculate the start time offset of the active time in each period, such as using the system frame number and / or subframe number and / or slot offset; the third field indicates the duration of traffic activity within the period, referring to the time of traffic activity, which is the beginning of a traffic period. The traffic activity period within a period can also be called a traffic opportunity, traffic pattern opportunity, traffic occurrence, or traffic pattern occurrence.

[0072] The measurement gap itself is also a periodic pattern configured by RRC, which is configured using the GapConfig information cell. Configuration parameters include MGRP (Measurement Gap Repetition Period), which refers to the repetition period of the measurement gap (e.g., 40 milliseconds), the measurement gap length (mgl), and the gap offset indicating the gap start time. On the terminal device side, the terminal device compares the configured measurement gap pattern with the first configured pattern. If a measurement gap overlaps with a period of high traffic activity, then data transmission is considered necessary, i.e., a regular send / receive operation, and the measurement gap needs to be skipped.

[0073] In some examples, the first information cell may also include a first threshold. The first threshold can be a time length or a ratio, such as the overlap time divided by the active time (e.g., the duration of traffic activity within the period represented by the third field) or the overlap time divided by the measurement gap length. When the terminal device compares the measurement gap pattern with the first configuration, if the overlap time or overlap ratio between a measurement gap and the traffic active time exceeds the first threshold, then the measurement gap needs to be skipped.

[0074] Figure 3 illustrates a schematic diagram of indicating skipped measurement gaps by configuring a periodic flow pattern. The first measurement gap does not overlap with the active time of the first configured flow cycle, so it is not skipped and RRM measurement is still performed; the second measurement gap overlaps with a certain flow active time (or the overlap exceeds the first threshold), so it is skipped.

[0075] Since the XR service cycle may be a non-integer cycle, the first field in the first cell can be a non-integer, i.e., a rational number.

[0076] In some cases, the RRC-related configuration can be enhanced to allow the terminal device's configuration and behavior to skip certain measurement gap opportunities. The device can decide which measurement gap opportunities to skip based on the first configuration when it receives the gap configuration (GapConfig) information, or it can decide based on the GapConfig information when it receives the first configuration. Taking determining which measurement gap opportunities to skip upon receiving GapConfig as an example, the behavior of the terminal device upon receiving the measurement gap configuration can be enhanced as follows:

[0077] For each GapConfig (e.g., each GapConfig received in gapToAddModList), if a measurement gap opportunity overlaps with a traffic pattern opportunity indicated by the first configuration and the overlap ratio exceeds a first threshold, then the measurement opportunity is considered to be skipped. The duration of the traffic pattern opportunity is indicated by a third field, the period of the traffic pattern is indicated by a first field, and the system frame number (SFN) and subframe number corresponding to the start time of each period of the traffic pattern satisfy the condition shown in equation (1) below (taking the second field as the starting offset in subframe number units as an example):

[0078] [(SFN × 10) + subframe number] modulo First field = Second field (1)

[0079] Here, modulo represents the modulo operation.

[0080] The condition shown in equation (1) above is based on the case where the flow period is an integer (e.g., milliseconds).

[0081] If the traffic period is not an integer (in milliseconds), an SFN counter (i.e., a system frame number counter) is also needed to prevent misalignment between the traffic period and the system frame number edge when the SFN flips. An SFN counter can be added on the terminal device side, incrementing by 1 when the SFN becomes 0 (i.e., the SFN flips). The maximum value of this SFN counter can be, for example, 65535. To synchronize the terminal device and network counters, a time reference SFN needs to be added to the first configuration as a reference time for configuring the SFN counter. When the RRC is configured or the first configuration is reconfigured (e.g., when the terminal device receives the first configuration), if the RRC (re)configuration message received during the first half of a superframe (i.e., when the system frame number is between 0 and 511) contains this time reference SFN, then the SFN counter is set to 1; otherwise, it is set to 0.

[0082] According to the above scheme, if the flow period is not an integer, the condition shown in equation (1) above will be adjusted to the following equation (1a): floor([(SFN counter × 10240) + (SFN × 10) + subframe number]modulo first field) = second field (1a)

[0083] In equation (1a) above, modulo represents the modulo operation, and floor represents the floor operation.

[0084] In some cases, the first configuration may also contain configurations for multiple traffic patterns, such as using lists, each containing the fields mentioned above. If the determination of which measurement intervals should be skipped is made upon receiving the first configuration, this determination can be made for each traffic pattern configured in the first configuration, using the method described above.

[0085] To save on signaling overhead, existing Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration information can be reused, using the periodic pattern in the DRX configuration information as the periodic pattern for XR traffic. In this case, the first field uses drx-LongCycle or drx-NonIntegerLongCycle, the second field uses drx-StartOffset, the third field uses drx-onDurationTimer, and so on.

[0086] Based on the measurement requirements of the terminal device, measurements need to be enforced during certain measurement gaps. To address the aforementioned enhancements, it's possible to further restrict which configured measurement gaps can be skipped. This involves adding a parameter to each measurement gap configuration in the RRC configuration, indicating whether that measurement gap configuration can be skipped. In other words, all the aforementioned methods only apply to skippable measurement gap opportunities. Specifically, when considering the overlap between measurement gap opportunities and flow patterns, only skippable measurement gaps are considered. For non-skippable measurement gaps, the terminal device still performs measurement-related operations within that measurement gap.

[0087] Method 2:

[0088] In method 2, the periodic pattern may include a bitmap indicating one or more Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gaps that are skipped within a pattern period. For example, an RRC message may configure a bitmap indicating which measurement gaps are likely to be skipped within a pattern period.

[0089] Because both traffic flow and measurement gaps are periodic, their overlap patterns are also periodic. For example, considering all measurement gap opportunities in all measurement gap configurations, from the perspective of overlap with traffic patterns, M measurement gap opportunities form a period. An M-bit bitmap can be configured (i.e., M is a natural number, M represents the number of bits in the bitmap), where each bit corresponds to one of the M measurement gap opportunities. A first value (e.g., 1) indicates skipping, and a second value (e.g., 0) indicates not skipping. The RRC also configures a start time, for example, using the system frame number and subframe number, indicating the start time of the bitmap period, i.e., the start time of the measurement gap opportunity corresponding to the first bit of the bitmap. The bitmap and start time can be included as fields in the second configuration of the RRC message; for example, the fourth field in the second configuration represents the bitmap, and the fifth field represents the start time. The second configuration can be included as a second information element in GapConfig.

[0090] For each GapConfig (e.g., each GapConfig received in gapToAddModList), if a measurement gap opportunity is the i-th measurement gap opportunity after the start time indicated by the start superframe number and subframe number in the fifth field, and the j-th bit of the bitmap in the fourth field is 1, where j = i modulo M, M is the number of bits in the bitmap, then the measurement opportunity is considered skipped, where i is an integer greater than or equal to 0, and i starts from 0. The bits of the bitmap are arranged in order from 0 to M-1, for example, bit 0 (D0), bit 1 (D1), bit M-1 (D...). M-1 )wait.

[0091] Example 2:

[0092] In Embodiment 2, each Semi-Persistent Scheduling (SPS) configuration and / or Configuration Authorization (CG) configuration includes a configuration information (e.g., configuration information added to the existing configuration) that indicates whether to skip the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap when the time and Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap of the SPS configuration or the CG configuration overlap.

[0093] SPS (semi-persistent scheduling) is the periodic downlink scheduling configured by RRC, also known as configured downlink assignment. CG (configured grant) is the periodic uplink grant configured by RRC. A UE can have multiple SPS and CG configurations. This uplink and downlink scheduling information can be used for periodic service traffic. Certain SPS and / or CG configurations can be configured based on XR services. If a particular SPS or CG configuration is used for service data traffic with high latency requirements, then these SPS or CG configurations can be prioritized over measurement gaps. That is, if scheduling time and measurement gaps conflict, scheduling takes precedence, and the measurement gap is skipped.

[0094] In the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration information element, a sixth field (e.g., called skipMeasGap) can be included to indicate whether to skip the measurement gap opportunity if there is a temporal overlap with the measurement gap opportunity within the time corresponding to the SPS configuration. This sixth field can be a newly added field in the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration. Similar to Embodiment 1, a first threshold can also be configured to determine whether to skip the measurement gap opportunity when the overlap time or proportion exceeds the first threshold.

[0095] For example, the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS-Config) information element corresponding to the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration has a sixth field, and the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration information element has a first threshold. The sixth field indicates whether to skip the radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap when the overlap time or overlap ratio of the time corresponding to the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration and the radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap exceeds the first threshold.

[0096] The ConfigurationGrantConfig information element corresponding to the ConfigurationGrant (CG) configuration can have a sixth field to indicate whether to skip the measurement gap opportunity if there is a time overlap with the measurement gap opportunity within the time corresponding to the uplink grant of this configuration. This sixth field can be a newly added field in the ConfigurationGrantConfig information element. Similar to Embodiment 1, a first threshold can also be configured to determine whether to skip the measurement gap opportunity when the overlap time or proportion exceeds the first threshold.

[0097] For example, the Configuration Grant Configuration information element corresponding to the Configuration Grant Configuration (CG) configuration has a sixth field, and the Configuration Grant Configuration information element has a first threshold. The sixth field indicates whether to skip the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap when the overlap time or overlap ratio of the uplink grant time corresponding to the Configuration Grant Configuration exceeds the first threshold.

[0098] Specific enhancement methods can include enhancing RRC configuration behavior or enhancing the MAC layer process.

[0099] Enhancing the RRC configuration behavior can include the following enhancements to the behavior of the terminal device when receiving measurement gap configurations:

[0100] For each gap configuration (GapConfig) cell (e.g., each GapConfig received in gapToAddModList), if a measurement gap opportunity overlaps with a configuration uplink grant with a sixth field configured or with an active configuration downlink allocation corresponding to a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) period, and the overlap ratio is greater than a first threshold, then the measurement opportunity is considered to be skipped. The configuration uplink grant can also be called the CG PUSCH (Configuration Grant Physical Uplink Shared Channel) opportunity.

[0101] Enhancements to the MAC layer process can include the following enhancements to the process of handling measurement gaps in the MAC entity of the terminal device:

[0102] During an active measurement gap opportunity, the Media Access Control (MAC) entity of the terminal device performs at least one of the following operations in one or more serving cells within the frequency range corresponding to the measurement gap configured by the measurement gap configuration information element (measGapConfig IE):

[0103] No Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) feedback is sent unless the process of the HARQ is associated with a semi-persistent scheduler configured with the sixth field. No Scheduling Request (SR) or Channel State Information (CSI) is sent.

[0104] Do not report the Sounding Reference Signal (SRS);

[0105] Do not transmit data other than the payload of message 3 or message A on the Uplink Shared Channel (UL-SCH), unless it is associated with an Uplink Shared Channel (UL-SCH) configured with the sixth field.

[0106] If the random access response window (ra-ResponseWindow), the random access contention resolution timer (ra-ContentionResolutionTimer), or the message B response window (msgB-ResponseWindow) is running, or if a non-random access (RACH-less) Layer 1 / Layer 2 triggered mobile (LTM) cell switch or a non-random access handover is in progress in the terrestrial network, then the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is monitored; otherwise, the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is not monitored, and reception is not performed on the downlink shared channel (DL-SCH), unless it is associated with a semi-persistent scheduling downlink shared channel (DL-SCH) configured with the sixth field mentioned above.

[0107] In addition, the Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) process at the MAC layer of the terminal device can be enhanced as follows:

[0108] If there is no measurement gap during transmission, or if the Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) process is associated with a configuration uplink grant configured with the sixth field, and in the case of a retransmission, the retransmission does not conflict with the transmission of a Media Access Control Protocol Data Unit (MAC PDU) obtained from the message 3 (Msg3) or message A (MsgA) buffer, then the physical layer of the terminal device is instructed to generate a transmission based on the stored uplink grant. That is, when the HARQ process is associated with a configuration grant configured with the sixth field, the physical layer can be instructed to generate an uplink transmission regardless of whether there is a measurement gap.

[0109] Example 3:

[0110] In Embodiment 3, the terminal device can activate or deactivate skipping Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gaps based on instructions from the network device. In other words, the network device can activate or deactivate skipping measurement gaps.

[0111] In some cases, activation or deactivation can be achieved using a Media Access Control Element (MAC CE). For example, when the terminal device receives an instruction to activate the MAC CE to skip the measurement gap, it can perform the operation of skipping the measurement gap opportunity as described in Embodiment 1 or Embodiment 2; when the terminal device receives an instruction to deactivate the MAC CE to skip the measurement gap, it does not perform the operation of skipping the measurement gap opportunity and performs same-frequency or different-frequency measurements as usual.

[0112] In conjunction with Embodiment 1, the MAC CE can further indicate an index in the GapConfig, such as a measurement gap identifier (measGapId), to activate or deactivate the skip operation for the measurement gap corresponding to that index. The MAC CE can also indicate an index for a certain flow mode in the first configuration to activate / deactivate the skip measurement gap operation caused by the flow mode corresponding to that index.

[0113] In conjunction with Embodiment 2, the MAC CE can further indicate an index in SPS-Config, such as a semi-persistent scheduling index (sps-ConfigIndex), to activate or deactivate the skip operation of measurement gaps caused by the SPS corresponding to that index. The MAC CE can also indicate an index in ConfiguredGrantConfig, such as a configuration authorization configuration index media access control (ConfiguredGrantConfigIndexMAC), to activate or deactivate the skip operation of measurement gaps caused by the configuration authorization (CG) corresponding to that index.

[0114] Second aspect of the embodiments

[0115] This application provides a method for skipping measurement gaps, applied to a network device (e.g., network device 101 in FIG1), which corresponds to the method in the first aspect embodiment. The contents that are the same as those in the first aspect embodiment will not be repeated.

[0116] Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of a method for skipping measurement gaps according to an embodiment of this application. As shown in Figure 4, the method includes:

[0117] 401. Send a configuration to the terminal device, the configuration being used to instruct the terminal device to skip one or more Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gaps; and

[0118] 402. To send and / or receive data with the terminal device based on the configuration.

[0119] In Operation 401, this configuration can be sent via a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message.

[0120] In some embodiments, a periodic pattern is configured via the Radio Resource Control (RRC) message to instruct the terminal device to skip the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap.

[0121] In some cases, the periodic pattern includes a periodic traffic pattern for periodic data traffic.

[0122] In some cases, this configuration is performed by the first cell in the Radio Resource Control Reconfiguration (RRCReconfiguration) message.

[0123] In some examples, the first cell contains:

[0124] The first field is used to indicate the flow period; and / or

[0125] The second field is used to indicate the start time of the active time in the first configured period or to calculate the start time offset of the active time in each period; and / or

[0126] The third field is used to indicate the duration of active traffic within a period.

[0127] In some cases, the terminal device compares the configured measurement gap pattern with the configuration, and if the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap overlaps with the traffic active time, it determines that the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap should be skipped.

[0128] In some examples, the first cell also includes a first threshold. The terminal device compares the configured measurement gap pattern with the configuration. If the overlap time or overlap ratio between the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap and the traffic active time exceeds the first threshold, then it is determined that the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap is skipped.

[0129] In some cases, the first field is not an integer.

[0130] In some examples, the terminal device, upon receiving a GapConfig cell, determines which Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap to skip based on the configuration; or

[0131] Upon receiving the configuration, the terminal device combines the information in the GapConfig cell to determine which Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap to skip.

[0132] In some examples, for each gap configuration cell, if a radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap and a traffic pattern indicated by the configuration have a chance of overlapping and the overlap ratio exceeds a first threshold, then the radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap is determined to be skipped.

[0133] In some cases, the duration of this traffic pattern opportunity is indicated by this third field.

[0134] The period of this traffic pattern is indicated by the first field.

[0135] The system frame number (SFN) and subframe number corresponding to the start time of each cycle of this traffic pattern meet predetermined conditions.

[0136] In some cases, the first field is an integer, and the predefined condition is: [(system frame number × 10) + subframe number]modulo first field = second field

[0137] Here, modulo represents the modulo operation, and the second field is the starting offset in units of subframe number;

[0138] Alternatively, if the first field is not an integer, the predefined condition is: floor([(system frame number counter × 10240) + (system frame number × 10) + subframe number]modulo first field) = second field

[0139] Here, modulo represents the modulo operation, and floor represents the floor operation.

[0140] In some examples, at least one measurement gap configuration configured via Radio Resource Control (RRC) messages includes a parameter indicating whether the measurement gap configuration can be skipped.

[0141] In some examples, the periodic pattern includes a bitmap that indicates one or more of the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gaps that are skipped within a pattern period.

[0142] In some examples, each bit in the bitmap corresponds to one of the M radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap opportunities, where a first value for the bit indicates skipping, a second value indicates not skipping, and M is a natural number representing the number of bits in the bitmap.

[0143] In some examples, the Radio Resource Control (RRC) message also configures a start time that indicates the start time of a period of the bitmap.

[0144] In some examples, for each gap configuration cell, if a radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap is the i-th measurement gap after the start time, and the j-th bit of the bitmap is the first value, where j = i modulo M, M is a natural number, and M represents the number of bits in the bitmap, then the i-th measurement gap is considered to be skipped.

[0145] In some examples, each semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration and / or configuration authorization (CG) configuration includes a configuration information that indicates whether to skip the radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap when the timing of the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration or the configuration authorization (CG) configuration overlaps with the radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap.

[0146] In some examples, the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration corresponding to the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration has a sixth field, which indicates whether to skip the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap if the time corresponding to the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration overlaps with the time of the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap; and / or

[0147] The Configuration Grant Configuration (CG) information element has a sixth field, which indicates whether to skip the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap if the uplink grant time corresponding to the Configuration Grant Configuration overlaps with the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap in time.

[0148] In some examples, the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration information element corresponding to the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration has a sixth field, and the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration information element has a first threshold. The sixth field indicates whether to skip the radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap when the overlap time or overlap ratio between the time corresponding to the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration and the radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap exceeds the first threshold; and / or

[0149] The Configuration Grant Configuration (CG) information element corresponding to the Configuration Grant Configuration has a sixth field, and the Configuration Grant Configuration information element has a first threshold. The sixth field indicates whether to skip the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap when the overlap time or overlap ratio of the uplink grant time corresponding to the Configuration Grant Configuration exceeds the first threshold.

[0150] In some examples, for each gap configuration cell, if a radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap overlaps with a configuration uplink grant configured with the sixth field or with a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) time period corresponding to an active downlink allocation configured with the sixth field, and the overlap ratio is greater than a first threshold, then the radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap is determined to be skipped.

[0151] In some examples, during an active measurement gap opportunity, the Media Access Control (MAC) entity of the terminal device performs at least one of the following operations in one or more serving cells within the frequency range corresponding to the measurement gap configured by the measurement gap configuration information element (measGapConfig IE):

[0152] No Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) feedback is sent unless the process of the HARQ is associated with a semi-persistent scheduler configured with the sixth field. No Scheduling Request (SR) or Channel State Information (CSI) is sent.

[0153] Do not report the Sounding Reference Signal (SRS);

[0154] Do not transmit any data other than the payload of message 3 or message A on the Uplink Shared Channel (UL-SCH), unless it is associated with an Uplink Shared Channel (UL-SCH) configured with the sixth field configured.

[0155] If the random access response window (ra-ResponseWindow), the random access contention resolution timer (ra-ContentionResolutionTimer), or the message B response window (msgB-ResponseWindow) is running, or if a non-random access (RACH-less) Layer 1 / Layer 2 triggered mobile (LTM) cell switch or a non-random access handover is in progress in the terrestrial network, then the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is monitored; otherwise, the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is not monitored, and reception is not performed on the downlink shared channel (DL-SCH), unless it is associated with a semi-persistent scheduling downlink shared channel (DL-SCH) configured with this sixth field.

[0156] In some cases, if there is no measurement gap during transmission, or if the Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) process is associated with the configuration uplink grant configured with the sixth field, and in the case of a retransmission, the retransmission does not conflict with the transmission of the Media Access Control Protocol Data Unit (MAC PDU) obtained from the message 3 (Msg3) or message A (MsgA) buffer, then the terminal device's Media Access Control (MAC) entity instructs the terminal device's physical layer to generate a transmission based on the stored uplink grant.

[0157] In some cases, the network device instructs the terminal device to activate or deactivate skipping the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap.

[0158] In some instances, when the network device sends an instruction to the terminal device to activate a Media Access Control Element (MAC CE) for skipping the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap, the terminal device skips one or more of the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gaps according to the network device's configuration.

[0159] When the network device sends an instruction to the terminal device to deactivate the Media Access Control Element (MAC CE) for skipping the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap, the terminal device does not perform the operation of skipping one or more of the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gaps.

[0160] Third aspect of the embodiments

[0161] This application provides an apparatus for skipping measurement gaps. This apparatus may be, for example, a terminal device, or one or more components or parts configured on the terminal device. It corresponds to the method applied to the terminal device side in the first aspect embodiment, and the content identical to that in the first aspect embodiment will not be repeated.

[0162] Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of a device for skipping measurement gaps according to an embodiment of this application. As shown in Figure 5, the device 500 for skipping measurement gaps includes a first communication module 501.

[0163] In some embodiments, the first communication module 501 is configured to:

[0164] Receive configuration sent by a network device, the configuration being used to instruct the terminal device to skip one or more Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gaps; and

[0165] Based on the configuration, one or more of the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gaps are skipped, wherein the configuration is sent via Radio Resource Control (RRC) messages.

[0166] In some embodiments, a periodic pattern is configured via the Radio Resource Control (RRC) message to instruct the terminal device to skip the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap.

[0167] In some embodiments, the periodic pattern includes a periodic traffic pattern for periodic data traffic.

[0168] In some embodiments, the configuration is performed by the first cell in a Radio Resource Control Reconfiguration (RRCReconfiguration) message.

[0169] In some embodiments, the first information cell includes:

[0170] The first field is used to indicate the flow period; and / or

[0171] The second field is used to indicate the start time of the active time in the first configured period or to calculate the start time offset of the active time in each period; and / or

[0172] The third field is used to indicate the duration of active traffic within a period.

[0173] In some embodiments, the first communication module compares the configured measurement gap mode with the configuration, and if the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap overlaps with the traffic active time in time, it determines that the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap is skipped.

[0174] In some embodiments, the first cell further includes a first threshold. The first communication module compares the configured measurement gap mode with the configuration. If the overlap time or overlap ratio between the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap and the traffic active time exceeds the first threshold, it is determined that the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap is skipped.

[0175] In some embodiments, the first field is a non-integer.

[0176] In some embodiments, when the first communication module receives a gap configuration (GapConfig) cell, it determines, in conjunction with the configuration, which radio resource management (RRM) measurement gaps should be skipped; or

[0177] When the first communication module receives the configuration, it combines the information in the gap configuration (GapConfig) cell to determine which radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap to skip.

[0178] In some embodiments, for each gap configuration cell, if a radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap and a traffic pattern indicated by the configuration have a chance of overlapping and the overlap ratio exceeds a first threshold, then the radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap is determined to be skipped.

[0179] In some embodiments, the duration of the traffic pattern opportunity is indicated by the third field, the period of the traffic pattern is indicated by the first field, and the system frame number (SFN) and subframe number corresponding to the start time of each period of the traffic pattern meet predetermined conditions.

[0180] In some embodiments, the first field is an integer, and the predetermined condition is: [(system frame number × 10) + subframe number]modulo first field = second field

[0181] Where modulo represents modulo operation, and the second field is the starting offset in units of subframe number;

[0182] Alternatively, if the first field is a non-integer, the predetermined condition is: floor([(system frame number counter × 10240) + (system frame number × 10) + subframe number]modulo first field) = second field

[0183] Where floor represents the floor function.

[0184] In some embodiments, at least one measurement gap configuration configured via a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message includes a parameter indicating whether the measurement gap configuration can be skipped.

[0185] In some embodiments, the periodic pattern includes a bitmap indicating one or more Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gaps that are skipped within a pattern period.

[0186] In some embodiments, each bit in the bitmap corresponds to one of the M radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap opportunities, wherein a first value of the bit indicates skipping, a second value of the bit indicates not skipping, and M is a natural number representing the number of bits in the bitmap.

[0187] In some embodiments, the Radio Resource Control (RRC) message further configures a start time that indicates the start time of a period of the bitmap.

[0188] In some embodiments, for each gap configuration cell, if a radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap is the i-th measurement gap after the start time, and the j-th bit of the bitmap is a first value, where j = i modulo M, M is a natural number, and M represents the number of bits in the bitmap, then it is determined that the i-th measurement gap is skipped.

[0189] In some embodiments, each semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration and / or configuration authorization (CG) configuration includes configuration information for indicating whether to skip the radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap when the time of the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration or the configuration authorization (CG) configuration overlaps with the radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap.

[0190] In some embodiments, the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS-Config) information element corresponding to the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration has a sixth field, which indicates whether to skip the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap if the time corresponding to the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration overlaps with the time of the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap; and / or

[0191] The Configuration Grant Configuration (CG) information element has a sixth field, which indicates whether to skip the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap if the uplink grant time corresponding to the Configuration Grant Configuration overlaps with the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap in time.

[0192] In some embodiments, the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS-Config) information element corresponding to the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration has a sixth field, and the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration information element has a first threshold. The sixth field indicates whether to skip the radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap when the overlap time or overlap ratio between the time corresponding to the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration and the radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap exceeds the first threshold; and / or

[0193] The Configuration Grant Configuration (CG) information element corresponding to the Configuration Grant Configuration has a sixth field, and the Configuration Grant Configuration information element has a first threshold. The sixth field indicates whether to skip the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap when the overlap time or overlap ratio of the uplink grant time corresponding to the Configuration Grant Configuration exceeds the first threshold.

[0194] In some embodiments, for each gap configuration cell, if a radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap overlaps with a configuration uplink grant configured with the sixth field or with a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) time period corresponding to an active configuration downlink allocation configured with the sixth field, and the overlap ratio is greater than a first threshold, then it is determined that the radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap is skipped.

[0195] In some embodiments, during an active measurement gap opportunity, the Media Access Control (MAC) entity of the terminal device performs at least one of the following operations in one or more serving cells within the frequency range corresponding to the measurement gap configured by the measurement gap configuration information element (measGapConfig IE):

[0196] No Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) feedback is sent unless the process of the HARQ is associated with a semi-persistent scheduler configured with the sixth field. No Scheduling Request (SR) or Channel State Information (CSI) is sent.

[0197] Do not report the Sounding Reference Signal (SRS);

[0198] Do not transmit data other than the payload of message 3 or message A on the Uplink Shared Channel (UL-SCH), unless it is associated with an Uplink Shared Channel (UL-SCH) configured with the sixth field.

[0199] If the random access response window (ra-ResponseWindow), the random access contention resolution timer (ra-ContentionResolutionTimer), or the message B response window (msgB-ResponseWindow) is running, or if a non-random access (RACH-less) Layer 1 / Layer 2 triggered mobile (LTM) cell switch or a non-random access handover is in progress in the terrestrial network, then the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is monitored; otherwise, the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is not monitored, and reception is not performed on the downlink shared channel (DL-SCH), unless it is associated with a semi-persistent scheduling downlink shared channel (DL-SCH) configured with the sixth field mentioned above.

[0200] In some embodiments, if there is no measurement gap during transmission, or if the Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) process is associated with a configuration uplink grant configured with the sixth field, and in the case of a retransmission, the retransmission does not conflict with the transmission of a Media Access Control Protocol Data Unit (MAC PDU) obtained from the message 3 (Msg3) or message A (MsgA) buffer, then the Media Access Control (MAC) entity of the terminal device instructs the physical layer of the terminal device to generate a transmission based on the stored uplink grant.

[0201] In some embodiments, the first communication module activates or deactivates skipping the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap based on an instruction from the network device.

[0202] In some embodiments, when the terminal device receives an instruction to activate a Media Access Control (MAC) element that skips the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap, it skips one or more of the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gaps according to the configuration of the network device.

[0203] When the terminal device receives an instruction to activate the Media Access Control Element (MAC CE) that skips the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap, it does not perform the operation of skipping one or more of the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gaps.

[0204] The above embodiments are merely illustrative examples of embodiments of this application, but this application is not limited thereto, and appropriate modifications can be made based on the above embodiments. For example, the above embodiments can be used alone, or one or more of the above embodiments can be combined.

[0205] It is worth noting that the above description only covers the components or modules relevant to this application, but this application is not limited thereto. The device 500 may also include other components or modules; for details regarding these components or modules, please refer to related technologies.

[0206] Furthermore, for simplicity, Figure 5 only illustrates the connection relationships or signal flow between the various components or modules, but those skilled in the art should understand that various related technologies such as bus connections can be used. The aforementioned components or modules can be implemented using hardware facilities such as processors, memory, transmitters, and receivers; this application does not limit this implementation.

[0207] Fourth aspect of the embodiment

[0208] This application provides an apparatus for skipping measurement gaps. This apparatus may be, for example, a network device, or one or more components or parts configured within a network device. It corresponds to the method applied to the network device side in the second aspect of the embodiment, and the content identical to that in the second aspect of the embodiment will not be repeated.

[0209] Figure 6 is a schematic diagram of a device for skipping measurement gaps according to an embodiment of this application. As shown in Figure 6, the device 600 for skipping measurement gaps includes a second communication module 601.

[0210] In some embodiments, the second communication module 601 is configured to:

[0211] Send a configuration to the terminal device, the configuration being used to instruct the terminal device to skip one or more Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gaps; and

[0212] The terminal device sends and / or receives data based on the configuration.

[0213] In some embodiments, the configuration is sent via a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message.

[0214] Configure a periodic pattern via the Radio Resource Control (RRC) message to instruct the terminal device to skip the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap.

[0215] In some embodiments, the periodic pattern includes a periodic traffic pattern for periodic data traffic.

[0216] In some embodiments, the configuration is performed by the first cell in a Radio Resource Control Reconfiguration (RRCReconfiguration) message.

[0217] In some embodiments, the first information cell includes:

[0218] The first field is used to indicate the flow period; and / or

[0219] The second field is used to indicate the start time of the active time in the first configured period or to calculate the start time offset of the active time in each period; and / or

[0220] The third field is used to indicate the duration of active traffic within a period.

[0221] In some embodiments, the terminal device compares the configured measurement gap mode with the configuration, and if the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap overlaps with the traffic active time in time, it determines that the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap is skipped.

[0222] In some embodiments, the first cell further includes a first threshold. The terminal device compares the configured measurement gap mode with the configuration. If the overlap time or overlap ratio between the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap and the traffic active time exceeds the first threshold, then it is determined that the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap is skipped.

[0223] In some embodiments, the first field is a non-integer.

[0224] In some embodiments, when the terminal device receives a gap configuration cell, it determines, in conjunction with the configuration, which radio resource management (RRM) measurement gaps to skip; or

[0225] Upon receiving the configuration, the terminal device combines the information in the GapConfig cell to determine which Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gaps to skip.

[0226] In some embodiments, for each gap configuration cell, if a radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap and a traffic pattern indicated by the configuration have a chance of overlapping and the overlap ratio exceeds a first threshold, then the radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap is determined to be skipped.

[0227] In some embodiments, the duration of the traffic pattern opportunity is indicated by the third field.

[0228] The period of the traffic pattern is indicated by the first field.

[0229] The system frame number (SFN) and subframe number corresponding to the start time of each cycle of the traffic pattern meet predetermined conditions.

[0230] In some embodiments, the first field is an integer, and the predetermined condition is:

[0231] [(System Frame Number × 10) + Subframe Number]modulo First Field = Second Field

[0232] Where modulo represents modulo operation, and the second field is the starting offset in units of subframe number;

[0233] Alternatively, if the first field is a non-integer, the predetermined condition is:

[0234] floor([(System Frame Counter × 10240) + (System Frame Counter × 10) + Subframe Number]modulo First Field) = Second Field

[0235] Where floor represents the floor function.

[0236] In some embodiments, at least one measurement gap configuration configured via a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message includes a parameter indicating whether the measurement gap configuration can be skipped.

[0237] In some embodiments, the periodic pattern includes a bitmap indicating one or more Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gaps that are skipped within a pattern period.

[0238] In some embodiments, each bit in the bitmap corresponds to one of the M radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap opportunities, wherein a first value of the bit indicates skipping, a second value of the bit indicates not skipping, and M is a natural number representing the number of bits in the bitmap.

[0239] In some embodiments, the Radio Resource Control (RRC) message further configures a start time that indicates the start time of a period of the bitmap.

[0240] In some embodiments, for each gap configuration cell, if a radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap is the i-th measurement gap after the start time, and the j-th bit of the bitmap is a first value, where j = i modulo M, M is a natural number, and M represents the number of bits in the bitmap, then it is determined that the i-th measurement gap is skipped.

[0241] In some embodiments, each semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration and / or configuration authorization (CG) configuration includes configuration information for indicating whether to skip the radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap when the time of the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration or the configuration authorization (CG) configuration overlaps with the radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap.

[0242] In some embodiments, the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS-Config) information element corresponding to the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration has a sixth field, which indicates whether to skip the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap if the time corresponding to the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration overlaps with the time of the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap; and / or

[0243] The Configuration Grant Configuration (CG) information element has a sixth field, which indicates whether to skip the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap if the uplink grant time corresponding to the Configuration Grant Configuration overlaps with the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap in time.

[0244] In some embodiments, the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS-Config) information element corresponding to the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration has a sixth field, and the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration information element has a first threshold. The sixth field indicates whether to skip the radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap when the overlap time or overlap ratio between the time corresponding to the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration and the radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap exceeds the first threshold; and / or

[0245] The Configuration Grant Configuration (CG) information element corresponding to the Configuration Grant Configuration has a sixth field, and the Configuration Grant Configuration information element has a first threshold. The sixth field indicates whether to skip the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap when the overlap time or overlap ratio of the uplink grant time corresponding to the Configuration Grant Configuration exceeds the first threshold.

[0246] In some embodiments, for each gap configuration cell, if a radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap overlaps with a configuration uplink grant configured with the sixth field or with a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) time period corresponding to an active configuration downlink allocation configured with the sixth field, and the overlap ratio is greater than a first threshold, then it is determined that the radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap is skipped.

[0247] In some embodiments, during an active measurement gap opportunity, the Media Access Control (MAC) entity of the terminal device performs at least one of the following operations in one or more serving cells within the frequency range corresponding to the measurement gap configured by the measurement gap configuration information element (measGapConfig IE):

[0248] No Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) feedback is sent unless the process of the HARQ is associated with a semi-persistent scheduler configured with the sixth field. No Scheduling Request (SR) or Channel State Information (CSI) is sent.

[0249] Do not report the Sounding Reference Signal (SRS);

[0250] Do not transmit data other than the payload of message 3 or message A on the Uplink Shared Channel (UL-SCH), unless it is associated with an Uplink Shared Channel (UL-SCH) configured with the sixth field.

[0251] If the random access response window (ra-ResponseWindow), random access contention resolution timer (ra-ContentionResolutionTimer), or message B response window (msgB-ResponseWindow) is running, or if a non-random access (RACH-less) Layer 1 / Layer 2 triggered mobile (LTM) cell switch or non-random access handover is in progress in the terrestrial network, then the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is monitored; otherwise, the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is not monitored, and reception is not performed on the downlink shared channel (DL-SCH), unless it is associated with a semi-persistent scheduling downlink shared channel (DL-SCH) configured with the sixth field mentioned above.

[0252] In some embodiments, if there is no measurement gap during transmission, or if the Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) process is associated with a configuration uplink grant configured with the sixth field, and in the case of a retransmission, the retransmission does not conflict with the transmission of a Media Access Control Protocol Data Unit (MAC PDU) obtained from the message 3 (Msg3) or message A (MsgA) buffer, then the Media Access Control (MAC) entity of the terminal device instructs the physical layer of the terminal device to generate a transmission based on the stored uplink grant.

[0253] In some embodiments, the second communication module further instructs the terminal device to activate or deactivate skipping the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap.

[0254] In some embodiments, when the second communication module sends an instruction to the terminal device to activate a Media Access Control Element (MAC CE) for skipping the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap, the terminal device skips one or more of the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gaps according to the configuration of the second communication module;

[0255] When the second communication module sends an instruction to the terminal device to deactivate the Media Access Control Element (MAC CE) for skipping the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap, the terminal device does not perform the operation of skipping one or more of the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gaps.

[0256] The above embodiments are merely illustrative examples of embodiments of this application, but this application is not limited thereto, and appropriate modifications can be made based on the above embodiments. For example, the above embodiments can be used alone, or one or more of the above embodiments can be combined.

[0257] It is worth noting that the above description only covers the components or modules relevant to this application, but this application is not limited thereto. The device 600 may also include other components or modules; for details regarding these components or modules, please refer to related technologies.

[0258] Furthermore, for simplicity, Figure 8 only illustrates the connection relationships or signal flow between the various components or modules, but those skilled in the art should understand that various related technologies such as bus connections can be used. The aforementioned components or modules can be implemented using hardware facilities such as processors, memory, transmitters, and receivers; this application does not limit this implementation.

[0259] Fifth aspect of the embodiment

[0260] This application provides a communication system, including a terminal device and a network device.

[0261] For example, the structure of the communication system can be seen with reference to FIG1. ​​As shown in FIG1, the communication system 100 includes network device 101 and terminal devices 102 and 103. At least one of the terminal devices 102, 103 and network device 101 may have the configuration of the electronic device shown in FIG7.

[0262] Figure 7 is a schematic block diagram of the electronic device. As shown in Figure 7, the electronic device 700 may include a processor 710 and a memory 720; the memory 720 is coupled to the processor 710. The memory 720 can store various data; in addition, it also stores an information processing program 730, and executes the program 730 under the control of the processor 710 to receive or send various information.

[0263] In one embodiment, processor 710 may be configured to perform the methods of the first aspect embodiment and / or the second aspect embodiment.

[0264] Furthermore, as shown in Figure 7, the electronic device 700 may also include a transceiver 740 and an antenna 750, etc.; the functions of the above components are similar to those in the prior art, and will not be described in detail here. It is worth noting that the electronic device 700 does not necessarily include all the components shown in Figure 7; in addition, the electronic device 700 may also include components not shown in Figure 7, which can be referred to in the prior art.

[0265] This application also provides a computer program, wherein when the program is executed in a terminal device, the program causes the terminal device to perform the method for skipping measurement gaps as described in the first aspect embodiment.

[0266] This application also provides a storage medium storing a computer program, wherein the computer program causes a terminal device to perform the method for skipping measurement gaps as described in the first aspect embodiment.

[0267] This application also provides a computer program, wherein when the program is executed in a network device, the program causes the network device to perform the skipping measurement gap method described in the second aspect of the embodiment.

[0268] This application also provides a storage medium storing a computer program, wherein the computer program causes a network device to perform the method for skipping measurement gaps as described in the second aspect of the embodiment.

[0269] The apparatus and methods described above in this application can be implemented in hardware or in combination with software. This application relates to a computer-readable program that, when executed by a logic component, enables the logic component to implement the apparatus or components described above, or to implement the various methods or steps described above. This application also relates to storage media for storing the above programs, such as hard disks, magnetic disks, optical disks, DVDs, flash memory, etc.

[0270] The methods / apparatus described in conjunction with the embodiments of this application can be directly embodied in hardware, software modules executed by a processor, or a combination of both. For example, one or more and / or combinations of one or more functional block diagrams shown in the figures can correspond to various software modules in a computer program flow, or to various hardware modules. These software modules can correspond to the various steps shown in the figures, respectively. These hardware modules can be implemented, for example, using a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) to embed these software modules.

[0271] The software module can reside in RAM memory, flash memory, ROM memory, EPROM memory, EEPROM memory, registers, hard disk, removable disk, CD-ROM, or any other form of storage medium known in the art. A storage medium can be coupled to the processor, enabling the processor to read information from and write information to the storage medium; or the storage medium can be an integral part of the processor. The processor and storage medium can reside in an ASIC. The software module can be stored in the memory of a mobile terminal or in a memory card that can be inserted into the mobile terminal. For example, if the device (such as a mobile terminal) uses a high-capacity MEGA-SIM card or a high-capacity flash memory device, the software module can be stored in the MEGA-SIM card or the high-capacity flash memory device.

[0272] One or more and / or one or more combinations of functional blocks described in the accompanying drawings can be implemented as a general-purpose processor, digital signal processor (DSP), application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), field-programmable gate array (FPGA), or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic device, discrete hardware component, or any suitable combination thereof for performing the functions described herein. One or more and / or one or more combinations of functional blocks described in the accompanying drawings can also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, such as a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, multiple microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in communication with a DSP, or any other such configuration.

[0273] The present application has been described above with reference to specific embodiments. However, those skilled in the art should understand that these descriptions are exemplary and not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present application. Those skilled in the art can make various modifications and variations to the present application based on its spirit and principles, and these modifications and variations are also within the scope of the present application.

[0274] Regarding the implementation methods including the above embodiments, the following notes are also disclosed:

[0275] 1. A device for skipping measurement gaps, applied to a network device, the device comprising a second communication module configured to:

[0276] Send a configuration to the terminal device, the configuration being used to instruct the terminal device to skip one or more Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gaps; and

[0277] The terminal device sends and / or receives data based on the configuration.

[0278] The configuration is sent via Radio Resource Control (RRC) messages.

[0279] 2. The apparatus as described in Appendix 1, wherein,

[0280] Configure a periodic pattern via the Radio Resource Control (RRC) message to instruct the terminal device to skip the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap.

[0281] 3. The apparatus as described in Appendix 2, wherein,

[0282] The periodic pattern includes a bitmap that indicates one or more Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gaps that are skipped within a pattern period.

[0283] 4. The apparatus as described in Appendix 3, wherein,

[0284] The Radio Resource Control (RRC) message also configures a start time, which indicates the start time of a period of the bitmap.

[0285] 5. The apparatus as described in Appendix 4, wherein,

[0286] For each gap configuration cell, if a radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap is the i-th measurement gap after the start time, and the j-th bit of the bitmap is the first value, where j = i modulo M, M is a natural number, and M represents the number of bits in the bitmap, then it is determined that the i-th measurement gap is skipped.

[0287] 6. The apparatus as described in Appendix 1, wherein,

[0288] The semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration corresponding to the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration has a sixth field, which indicates whether to skip the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap if the time corresponding to the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration overlaps with the time of the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap; and / or

[0289] The Configuration Grant Configuration (CG) information element has a sixth field, which indicates whether to skip the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap if the uplink grant time corresponding to the Configuration Grant Configuration overlaps with the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap in time.

[0290] 7. The apparatus as described in Appendix 6, wherein,

[0291] During an active measurement gap opportunity, the Media Access Control (MAC) entity of the terminal device performs at least one of the following operations in one or more serving cells within the frequency range corresponding to the measurement gap configured by the measurement gap configuration information element (measGapConfig IE):

[0292] No Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) feedback is sent unless the process of the HARQ is associated with a semi-persistent scheduler configured with the sixth field. No Scheduling Request (SR) or Channel State Information (CSI) is sent.

[0293] Do not report the Sounding Reference Signal (SRS);

[0294] Do not transmit data other than the payload of message 3 or message A on the Uplink Shared Channel (UL-SCH), unless it is associated with an Uplink Shared Channel (UL-SCH) configured with the sixth field.

[0295] If the random access response window (ra-ResponseWindow), the random access contention resolution timer (ra-ContentionResolutionTimer), or the message B response window (msgB-ResponseWindow) is running, or if a non-random access (RACH-less) Layer 1 / Layer 2 triggered mobile (LTM) cell switch or a non-random access handover is in progress in the terrestrial network, then the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is monitored; otherwise, the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is not monitored, and reception is not performed on the downlink shared channel (DL-SCH), unless it is associated with a semi-persistent scheduling downlink shared channel (DL-SCH) configured with the sixth field mentioned above.

[0296] 8. The apparatus as described in Appendix 6, wherein,

[0297] If there is no measurement gap during transmission, or if the Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) process is associated with a configured uplink grant configured with the sixth field, and in the case of a retransmission, the retransmission does not conflict with the transmission of a Media Access Control Protocol Data Unit (MAC PDU) obtained from the buffer of message 3 (Msg3) or message A (MsgA), then the Media Access Control (MAC) entity of the terminal device instructs the physical layer of the terminal device to generate a transmission based on the stored uplink grant.

[0298] 9. The apparatus as described in Appendix 1, wherein,

[0299] The second communication module also instructs the terminal device to activate or deactivate skipping the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap.

[0300] 10. The apparatus as described in Appendix 9, wherein,

[0301] When the second communication module sends an instruction to the terminal device to activate the Media Access Control Element (MAC CE) for skipping the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap, the terminal device skips one or more of the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gaps according to the configuration of the second communication module;

[0302] When the second communication module sends an instruction to the terminal device to deactivate the Media Access Control Element (MAC CE) for skipping the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap, the terminal device does not perform the operation of skipping one or more of the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gaps.

Claims

1. A device for skipping measurement gaps, applied to a terminal device, the device comprising a first communication module configured to: Receive configuration sent by a network device, the configuration being used to instruct the terminal device to skip one or more Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gaps; and Based on the configuration, one or more of the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gaps can be skipped. in, The configuration is sent via Radio Resource Control (RRC) messages.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, Configure a periodic pattern via the Radio Resource Control (RRC) message to instruct the terminal device to skip the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein, The periodic pattern includes a periodic traffic pattern for periodic data traffic.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein, The configuration is performed by the first cell in the Radio Resource Control Reconfiguration (RRCReconfiguration) message.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein, The first cell contains: The first field is used to indicate the flow period; and / or The second field is used to indicate the start time of the active time of the first configured period or to calculate the start time offset of the active time of each period. and / or The third field is used to indicate the duration of active traffic within a period.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein, The first communication module compares the configured measurement gap mode with the configuration. If the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap overlaps with the traffic activity time, it determines that the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap should be skipped.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein, The first information cell also contains a first threshold. The first communication module compares the configured measurement gap mode with the configuration. If the overlap time or overlap ratio between the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap and the traffic activity time exceeds the limit set by the first communication module, then the first communication module will determine whether the second communication module is correct. If a threshold is set, then it is determined that the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap is skipped.

8. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein, The first field is a non-integer.

9. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein, When the first communication module receives a gap configuration cell, it determines, based on the configuration, which radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap to skip; or When the first communication module receives the configuration, it combines the information in the gap configuration (GapConfig) cell to determine which radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap to skip.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein, For each gap configuration cell, if a radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap and a traffic pattern indicated by the configuration have a chance of overlapping and the overlap ratio exceeds a first threshold, then the radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap is determined to be skipped.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein, The duration of the traffic pattern opportunity is indicated by the third field. The period of the traffic pattern is indicated by the first field. The system frame number (SFN) and subframe number corresponding to the start time of each cycle of the traffic pattern meet predetermined conditions.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein, The first field is an integer, and the predetermined condition is: [(System Frame Number × 10) + Subframe Number]modulo First Field = Second Field Where modulo represents modulo operation, and the second field is the starting offset in units of subframe number; or The first field is a non-integer, and the predetermined condition is: floor([(System Frame Number Counter × 10240) + (System Frame Number × 10) + Subframe Number]modulo first field) =Second field Where floor represents the floor function.

13. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein, At least one measurement gap configuration configured via Radio Resource Control (RRC) messages includes a method for indicating... The parameter for whether the measurement gap configuration can be skipped.

14. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein, The periodic pattern includes a bitmap that indicates one or more Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gaps that are skipped within a pattern period.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein, Each bit in the bitmap corresponds to one of the M radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap opportunities, where a first value of the bit indicates skipping, a second value of the bit indicates not skipping, and M is a natural number representing the number of bits in the bitmap.

16. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, Each semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration and / or configuration authorization (CG) configuration includes configuration information indicating whether to skip the radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap when the time of the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration or the configuration authorization (CG) configuration overlaps with the radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein, The semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration corresponding to the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration has a sixth field, which indicates whether to skip the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap if the time corresponding to the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration overlaps with the time of the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap; and / or The Configuration Grant Configuration (CG) information element has a sixth field, which indicates whether to skip the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap if the uplink grant time corresponding to the Configuration Grant Configuration overlaps with the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap in time.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein, The semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration information element has a sixth field, and the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration information element has a first threshold. The sixth field indicates whether to skip the radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap when the overlap time or overlap ratio between the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration time and the radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap exceeds the first threshold; and / or The Configuration Grant Configuration (CG) information element corresponding to the Configuration Grant Configuration has a sixth field, and the Configuration Grant Configuration information element has a first threshold. The sixth field indicates whether to skip the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap when the overlap time or overlap ratio of the uplink grant time corresponding to the Configuration Grant Configuration exceeds the first threshold.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein, For each gap configuration cell, if a radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap overlaps with a configuration uplink grant configured with the sixth field or with a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) time period corresponding to an active downlink allocation configured with the sixth field, and the overlap ratio is greater than a first threshold, then the radio resource management (RRM) measurement gap is determined to be skipped.

20. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, The first communication module activates or deactivates skipping the Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement gap based on the instruction of the network device.

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